Probabbly they had enough time to retool their toys out from the Atlantean's original purpose.
Like how someone could still stab people with a fork. Not really designed for it, but it works.
Harry Potter and the Scabbard of Excalibur [AU]
Probabbly they had enough time to retool their toys out from the Atlantean's original purpose.
Like how someone could still stab people with a fork. Not really designed for it, but it works.
- Location
- Italy
I was more thinking of Atlantean real powers/magic working on just a higher tier of power, such that "normal" magic is simply useless against them.
You can cut or burn anything with a wand gesture? they're just invulnerable to those, and they have conceptual regeneration anyway.
You can make Felix Felicis and make yourself more lucky? Sorry, They have improved themselves to the point the concepts of Luck and Destiny don't apply to them.
You want to use Avada Kedavra on an Atlantean? Sorry, they're beyond life and death.
That kind of thing.
- Location
- a place
Yeah, Geist's speech definitely sounds like a clear eyed view of his mortal enemies and not a incoherent rant conveniently absolving himself of all guilt because the people he was fighting just happened to not have even the most basic critical thinking skills or emotional maturity.
Now, I'm not saying he has to be wrong, but it sounds close enough to the sort of thing you'd find in a irl manifesto about society by a guy whose Totally Found Out All The Answers That The Authorities Are Too Stupid To Implement right before their jury rigged explosive goes off.
That being said, Geist is really fun to read.
[X] History of Magic
Really would like Harry to get a less biased look at the world, and the bit about the ancient Atlanteans creating modern magic as a toy really makes me want to Trimestigus History of Magic just to try figuring out more about their methods.
Now, I'm not saying he has to be wrong, but it sounds close enough to the sort of thing you'd find in a irl manifesto about society by a guy whose Totally Found Out All The Answers That The Authorities Are Too Stupid To Implement right before their jury rigged explosive goes off.
That being said, Geist is really fun to read.
[X] History of Magic
Really would like Harry to get a less biased look at the world, and the bit about the ancient Atlanteans creating modern magic as a toy really makes me want to Trimestigus History of Magic just to try figuring out more about their methods.
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- Location
- France
[X] History of Magic
- Location
- Italy
to be fair though we're talking about wizard authorities, and in canon those are quite disappointing.
- Location
- a place
Yeah but this was supposed to be a lot more grounded then canon. Plus irl 'authorities' are often pretty disappointing too, but usually it's for deeper reasons then 'almost everyone but me is a stupid child' and the sort of people who attribute real problems to that basis then propose violence as a solution generally don't have great prescriptions for how to restructure society because they dont grasp the underlyng issues.
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Corvus Black
The Inestimable
- Location
- England
[X] He's Fine
[X] Magic Theory
[X] Magic Theory
- Location
- Where Jokes Die
[X] He's Fine
[X] History of Magic
[X] History of Magic
- Location
- Virginia
[X] He's Fine
[x] Magic Theory
[x] Magic Theory
- Location
- Louisiana
[X] He's Fine
[X] Magic Theory
[X] Magic Theory
Solarstream
It's all in the cards
- Location
- Zombie World
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] He's Fine
[X] History of Magic
[X] History of Magic
- Location
- Between dreams and reality
The gheat is totally Voldormort the Dark Lord isn't he?
[x] He's Fine
You can't force help on people if they don't want it. What Kreacher really needs is to be treated with respect. And we can start by respecting his wishes. It helps that Kreacher seems to veiws his current position as the best spot in a general bad situation and wants us to save our energy to help those who truly need it. (I like Kreacher) I'm just hoping this doen't mean we become complacent towards the situation. I want to be a supportor of Elf Rights regardless, but the way to help the elves is by backing them up, not trying to act like some Human Saivor.
[x]Potion making
Let do somthing practicle and hands on.And funny. Don't forget funny.
[x] He's Fine
You can't force help on people if they don't want it. What Kreacher really needs is to be treated with respect. And we can start by respecting his wishes. It helps that Kreacher seems to veiws his current position as the best spot in a general bad situation and wants us to save our energy to help those who truly need it. (I like Kreacher) I'm just hoping this doen't mean we become complacent towards the situation. I want to be a supportor of Elf Rights regardless, but the way to help the elves is by backing them up, not trying to act like some Human Saivor.
[x]Potion making
Let do somthing practicle and hands on.
Orthodoxy
Birdsie
Sharp Talons Cleave The Worthy
- Location
- Poland
Orthodoxy
Alright, so we're learning magic theory?
"Mhm," Harry hummed.
Ahead of Harry, sprawled messily on the table of the library, was a number of useful - or so he assumed - tomes in that subject. Among them, the largest and most impressive by page count was Magical Theory and Orthodoxy by Bathsheba Lupushawl, over four hundred pages long. A thick walnut that Harry was hoping that he might save for last.
That's probably my second least favorite subject.
"All subjects are your second least favorite, aren't they?"
Geist chose not to dignify that superficial bait with any kind of response. As his mental companion chose not to bother him, remaining in the background of his thoughts and perusing Harry's own surface cognition, Harry got to reading with the zeal and keen hunger for knowledge that matched the greatest nerds and geeks he'd seen in his television shows. He flipped across the pages of the books, scanning them and committing their introductory sections to memory, and finally selecting the book that seemed to be the most friendly towards complete newbies on the subject. As soon as he was done with that forty-five-page book, he moved onto a thicker and more advanced tome, and by the time he'd dug halfway into that one, it was evening and he needed to go to sleep.
He continued the magical studies on the following morning, as soon as he ate breakfast, and made a number of fascinating findings. Maybe Geist's half-cocked musings had some kind of texture to them? A lot of the stuff he discovered seemed to match.
"So," Harry concluded, as he closed an intermediate tome, having worked through its contents. "All European wizards use incantations in Latin?"
Pseudo-Latin, Geist corrected, A lot of their Latin is simply wrong. Because wizards are manchildren and can't put in the effort.
"Right. Whatever. So did modern wizardry originate in Rome?"
If you're referring to the most pernicious wizarding culture that remains seated at the core of our world - much like a tapeworm remains seated at the core of a sickened man's intestines - then, yes, most of that is from Rome. However, it evolved over time.
As Harry's curiosity was now stoked, especially in relation to the vision of the Arthurian times he'd seen, he decided to research that particular topic and find out more. However, for now, he chose to focus on the particulars of theory - especially how simple intent guided the formulaic equations and guiding principles of the incantation and the motion signals of the wand in order to produce a spell. He could use this later when he was an adult to make spells of his own, or so Geist had claimed, and spell creation was the path towards awesome versatility and immediate power; an ability to resolve any issue he encountered, with sufficient time and training.
Several days and nights passed by, some of them spent on practice rather than theory - putting what he'd learned into reality - until Harry finally managed to learn the right movements of the wrist to cast what the book had called a non-verbal, wandless Levitation Charm, making the book itself float in the air in accordance with his will.
Even Geist had been surprised by him managing it, saying, I'm pretty sure I never saw a ten-year-old capable of casting at-will Levitation Charms. That's an actual first. If you keep this up for another seven years, you'll probably conquer the world eventually. Congrats, kid.
And so, Harry learned to cast several other spells throughout the last week of June in a similar manner. However, as June ended, his guardian came back home. He stepped down to the ground floor as soon as he heard the door opening, curious what his godfather looked like. He could hear Kreacher's voice from the stairs.
"Master Sirius, welcome home. Allow me to take your coat and suitcase," Kreacher greeted at the entryway. "I'm happy to say that dinner will be ready soon, in more than five minutes. Shall I fetch Master Harry?"
"Already here," Harry said, stepping down the stairs and rounding the corner.
Harry's godfather was a darkly handsome gentleman with fair skin and medium black hair, almost as tall as Kreacher, but more on the gaunt side of well-built. He carried an air of casual elegance that matched his longcoat and the suit underneath in many ways. He smiled when he saw Harry.
"Hello there, Harry."
Harry wasn't sure how to reply. He blinked, adjusted his glasses, and cleared his throat. "Hello."
"It's been a while since we've seen each other," Sirius remarked, as he came up closer. "Since you've been a toddler, in fact. I'm sorry that I didn't visit you. I realize it's no excuse, but these last few years..." Sirius shook his head.
Ask him if he's a dog person. I want to see his face when you do.
"It's alright," Harry said.
"I heard about what happened to the Dursleys. I never had a chance to meet them. I heard that Professor Dumbledore is working on finding the people responsible for that entire mess," Sirius remarked, as they stepped together into the dining room. "I'm... sorry."
"It's alright," Harry repeated himself, and cleared his throat, realizing it was dry. "So, uh, dinner?"
"Ah, right," Kreacher realized, "Allow me to bring out the appetizers..."
Over the next week, Harry slowed down his studies in magic, in favor of getting to know his guardian a little better. It seemed that Sirius was a quiet person; mild in attitude, a man of a few words; but Geist kept supplying topic ideas and advice on how to approach the older, detached man in conversation without seeming too awkward or needy, and it ended up working out more than fine. As their first Wednesday together approached, Harry and Sirius were comfortable enough with each other to speak on casual terms, performing idle chit-chat and even laughing together at minor anecdotes or jokes. A few of their conversations initiated Harry to the more magical side of the world, the culture of wizarding Britain and the casual day-to-day life of such people.
As Harry opened himself up, he found that he could mention his past life with the Dursleys more casually without feeling an emptiness in his stomach that he associated with their absence. He still missed them, of course, and whenever he thought about his cousin, Dudley, the idea of not seeing him again hurt deeply, like a knife to the chest or a snake knotting itself in his stomach and biting from the inside, but it was now a pain that he could bear, and even call upon without suffering. However, it was also a solemn reminder of what he'd lost. On Friday, Harry requested to visit their grave, and Sirius complied, going to the cemetery alongside Harry via simple Muggle cab service. Sirius waited outside the cemetery out of respect - keeping Harry securely within sight range, but staying at the edge of earshot - as Harry went to pay his respects.
"I'm sorry," he apologized to the shared family grave in front of him, kneeling. "I'm sorry that... that..."
How could he even apologize? How could he encapsulate what he felt?
"I'm sorry that..." I am who I am. That I'm magical and that some people wanted to hurt me, and that you were hurt because of me. I'm sorry that you loved me, and that I loved you. I'm sorry that you had to be the family of someone dangerous like me. If magic hadn't been so dangerous, they wouldn't have gotten hurt.
After a long, tense silence, Geist was the one to speak.
I don't think you have to blame yourself. It wasn't your fault.
Then whose?
Sometimes, no one is at fault. Sometimes, the world is simply wrong.
"Harry," Sirius' voice reached them, "Is everything alright?"
Harry looked down at his watch. It was small and rather expensive, with a silver finish. It was a gift from Uncle Vernon; 'to never miss an important appointment,' he'd said, and told Harry not to wear it except for special and formal occasions. They'd been at the grave for almost half an hour.
"I'm sorry that we couldn't have had a better life," Harry said, and then, slowly, he stood up and walked.
---
Harry's making some deep explorations into his guilt. Who's actually at fault for the Dursleys' death, however? What did Harry learn from his traumatic experience?
[ ] The World Is Wrong - Maybe Geist is right. Maybe sometimes there is no one person to actually blame, but rather, the world itself is at fault? Although Harry no less misses the Dursleys, he accepts their passing more elegantly than with more options. Makes Harry more practical, rational, determined, and pragmatic.
[ ] All My Fault - If Harry could have simply not been magical, then his existence wouldn't have been a bother for the Dursleys, and would presumably not have led to his family's demise. As such, Harry blames himself and seeks to become someone better. Makes Harry more aloof, perceptive, forgiving, and self-sufficient.
[ ] All Their Fault - It's not Harry's fault, and it was definitely not a random circumstance. There are people at fault, who've made conscious decisions that led to the tragic incident. Muggles get hurt when wizards fight? Then wizards are at fault: the Death Eaters and the Aurors. Makes Harry more spiteful, decisive, hard-willed, and unforgiving.
*The objectively correct conclusion.
Also, what other aspects of magical theory did Harry learn? Select three (3) to learn. Aside from the Levitation Charm, Harry's also learned to cast the Drying Spell, Softening Charm, and Unlocking Spell in a both wandless and non-verbal manner reliably. And of course, he's learned a bunch of theory that allowed him to learn such things.
[ ] Fire-Making Charm - A wandless, non-verbal invocation of the Fire-Making Charm. An astonishing achievement at your age.
[ ] Basic Spell Modification - Allows Harry to tweak the spells he casts in minor ways, even on the fly, but much better with practice. As an example, the Fire-Making Charm can be made to produce a point-contact spark that ignites a candle from across a room, rather than a directed gust of flames. Although spells exist to do the former, this allows Harry to achieve the effects of multiple spells by using a single Charm or Transfiguration as the basis and modifying it to fit the results he wishes to achieve.
[ ] Magical Language - Apparently, Harry's ability to speak with rats has been called, Skweek, Pipskweek, and Squeekspeech in history, and there's more to it than simply talking to small rodents, like mice and rats. It can enable communication with many species of mammalian animals. Harry broadens his horizons.
[ ] Enchantment - A doctrine of magic oriented with imbuing material objects with special magical properties which persist over time without the aid of the caster. A very common enchantment is one that allows a broom or similar object to fly and carry someone aloft.
[ ] Ancient Runes - Ancient Runes is one of the higher topics studied at Hogwarts and requires some knowledge of other subjects, but Ancient Runes Made Easy by Laurenzoo seems to have some promise. Apparently, Geist likes this subject a lot and considers it worthy of sinking time into.
[ ] Astrology - Advanced divination subject, practiced via observation of the movements of celestial objects. Although its use is limited for now, Harry took efforts towards memorizing the core aspects and correspondences between certain stars and planets in the solar system, and their effects on magic back on Earth.
Alright, so we're learning magic theory?
"Mhm," Harry hummed.
Ahead of Harry, sprawled messily on the table of the library, was a number of useful - or so he assumed - tomes in that subject. Among them, the largest and most impressive by page count was Magical Theory and Orthodoxy by Bathsheba Lupushawl, over four hundred pages long. A thick walnut that Harry was hoping that he might save for last.
That's probably my second least favorite subject.
"All subjects are your second least favorite, aren't they?"
Geist chose not to dignify that superficial bait with any kind of response. As his mental companion chose not to bother him, remaining in the background of his thoughts and perusing Harry's own surface cognition, Harry got to reading with the zeal and keen hunger for knowledge that matched the greatest nerds and geeks he'd seen in his television shows. He flipped across the pages of the books, scanning them and committing their introductory sections to memory, and finally selecting the book that seemed to be the most friendly towards complete newbies on the subject. As soon as he was done with that forty-five-page book, he moved onto a thicker and more advanced tome, and by the time he'd dug halfway into that one, it was evening and he needed to go to sleep.
He continued the magical studies on the following morning, as soon as he ate breakfast, and made a number of fascinating findings. Maybe Geist's half-cocked musings had some kind of texture to them? A lot of the stuff he discovered seemed to match.
"So," Harry concluded, as he closed an intermediate tome, having worked through its contents. "All European wizards use incantations in Latin?"
Pseudo-Latin, Geist corrected, A lot of their Latin is simply wrong. Because wizards are manchildren and can't put in the effort.
"Right. Whatever. So did modern wizardry originate in Rome?"
If you're referring to the most pernicious wizarding culture that remains seated at the core of our world - much like a tapeworm remains seated at the core of a sickened man's intestines - then, yes, most of that is from Rome. However, it evolved over time.
As Harry's curiosity was now stoked, especially in relation to the vision of the Arthurian times he'd seen, he decided to research that particular topic and find out more. However, for now, he chose to focus on the particulars of theory - especially how simple intent guided the formulaic equations and guiding principles of the incantation and the motion signals of the wand in order to produce a spell. He could use this later when he was an adult to make spells of his own, or so Geist had claimed, and spell creation was the path towards awesome versatility and immediate power; an ability to resolve any issue he encountered, with sufficient time and training.
Several days and nights passed by, some of them spent on practice rather than theory - putting what he'd learned into reality - until Harry finally managed to learn the right movements of the wrist to cast what the book had called a non-verbal, wandless Levitation Charm, making the book itself float in the air in accordance with his will.
Even Geist had been surprised by him managing it, saying, I'm pretty sure I never saw a ten-year-old capable of casting at-will Levitation Charms. That's an actual first. If you keep this up for another seven years, you'll probably conquer the world eventually. Congrats, kid.
And so, Harry learned to cast several other spells throughout the last week of June in a similar manner. However, as June ended, his guardian came back home. He stepped down to the ground floor as soon as he heard the door opening, curious what his godfather looked like. He could hear Kreacher's voice from the stairs.
"Master Sirius, welcome home. Allow me to take your coat and suitcase," Kreacher greeted at the entryway. "I'm happy to say that dinner will be ready soon, in more than five minutes. Shall I fetch Master Harry?"
"Already here," Harry said, stepping down the stairs and rounding the corner.
Harry's godfather was a darkly handsome gentleman with fair skin and medium black hair, almost as tall as Kreacher, but more on the gaunt side of well-built. He carried an air of casual elegance that matched his longcoat and the suit underneath in many ways. He smiled when he saw Harry.
"Hello there, Harry."
Harry wasn't sure how to reply. He blinked, adjusted his glasses, and cleared his throat. "Hello."
"It's been a while since we've seen each other," Sirius remarked, as he came up closer. "Since you've been a toddler, in fact. I'm sorry that I didn't visit you. I realize it's no excuse, but these last few years..." Sirius shook his head.
Ask him if he's a dog person. I want to see his face when you do.
"It's alright," Harry said.
"I heard about what happened to the Dursleys. I never had a chance to meet them. I heard that Professor Dumbledore is working on finding the people responsible for that entire mess," Sirius remarked, as they stepped together into the dining room. "I'm... sorry."
"It's alright," Harry repeated himself, and cleared his throat, realizing it was dry. "So, uh, dinner?"
"Ah, right," Kreacher realized, "Allow me to bring out the appetizers..."
Over the next week, Harry slowed down his studies in magic, in favor of getting to know his guardian a little better. It seemed that Sirius was a quiet person; mild in attitude, a man of a few words; but Geist kept supplying topic ideas and advice on how to approach the older, detached man in conversation without seeming too awkward or needy, and it ended up working out more than fine. As their first Wednesday together approached, Harry and Sirius were comfortable enough with each other to speak on casual terms, performing idle chit-chat and even laughing together at minor anecdotes or jokes. A few of their conversations initiated Harry to the more magical side of the world, the culture of wizarding Britain and the casual day-to-day life of such people.
As Harry opened himself up, he found that he could mention his past life with the Dursleys more casually without feeling an emptiness in his stomach that he associated with their absence. He still missed them, of course, and whenever he thought about his cousin, Dudley, the idea of not seeing him again hurt deeply, like a knife to the chest or a snake knotting itself in his stomach and biting from the inside, but it was now a pain that he could bear, and even call upon without suffering. However, it was also a solemn reminder of what he'd lost. On Friday, Harry requested to visit their grave, and Sirius complied, going to the cemetery alongside Harry via simple Muggle cab service. Sirius waited outside the cemetery out of respect - keeping Harry securely within sight range, but staying at the edge of earshot - as Harry went to pay his respects.
"I'm sorry," he apologized to the shared family grave in front of him, kneeling. "I'm sorry that... that..."
How could he even apologize? How could he encapsulate what he felt?
"I'm sorry that..." I am who I am. That I'm magical and that some people wanted to hurt me, and that you were hurt because of me. I'm sorry that you loved me, and that I loved you. I'm sorry that you had to be the family of someone dangerous like me. If magic hadn't been so dangerous, they wouldn't have gotten hurt.
After a long, tense silence, Geist was the one to speak.
I don't think you have to blame yourself. It wasn't your fault.
Then whose?
Sometimes, no one is at fault. Sometimes, the world is simply wrong.
"Harry," Sirius' voice reached them, "Is everything alright?"
Harry looked down at his watch. It was small and rather expensive, with a silver finish. It was a gift from Uncle Vernon; 'to never miss an important appointment,' he'd said, and told Harry not to wear it except for special and formal occasions. They'd been at the grave for almost half an hour.
"I'm sorry that we couldn't have had a better life," Harry said, and then, slowly, he stood up and walked.
---
Harry's making some deep explorations into his guilt. Who's actually at fault for the Dursleys' death, however? What did Harry learn from his traumatic experience?
[ ] The World Is Wrong - Maybe Geist is right. Maybe sometimes there is no one person to actually blame, but rather, the world itself is at fault? Although Harry no less misses the Dursleys, he accepts their passing more elegantly than with more options. Makes Harry more practical, rational, determined, and pragmatic.
[ ] All My Fault - If Harry could have simply not been magical, then his existence wouldn't have been a bother for the Dursleys, and would presumably not have led to his family's demise. As such, Harry blames himself and seeks to become someone better. Makes Harry more aloof, perceptive, forgiving, and self-sufficient.
[ ] All Their Fault - It's not Harry's fault, and it was definitely not a random circumstance. There are people at fault, who've made conscious decisions that led to the tragic incident. Muggles get hurt when wizards fight? Then wizards are at fault: the Death Eaters and the Aurors. Makes Harry more spiteful, decisive, hard-willed, and unforgiving.
*The objectively correct conclusion.
Also, what other aspects of magical theory did Harry learn? Select three (3) to learn. Aside from the Levitation Charm, Harry's also learned to cast the Drying Spell, Softening Charm, and Unlocking Spell in a both wandless and non-verbal manner reliably. And of course, he's learned a bunch of theory that allowed him to learn such things.
[ ] Fire-Making Charm - A wandless, non-verbal invocation of the Fire-Making Charm. An astonishing achievement at your age.
[ ] Basic Spell Modification - Allows Harry to tweak the spells he casts in minor ways, even on the fly, but much better with practice. As an example, the Fire-Making Charm can be made to produce a point-contact spark that ignites a candle from across a room, rather than a directed gust of flames. Although spells exist to do the former, this allows Harry to achieve the effects of multiple spells by using a single Charm or Transfiguration as the basis and modifying it to fit the results he wishes to achieve.
[ ] Magical Language - Apparently, Harry's ability to speak with rats has been called, Skweek, Pipskweek, and Squeekspeech in history, and there's more to it than simply talking to small rodents, like mice and rats. It can enable communication with many species of mammalian animals. Harry broadens his horizons.
[ ] Enchantment - A doctrine of magic oriented with imbuing material objects with special magical properties which persist over time without the aid of the caster. A very common enchantment is one that allows a broom or similar object to fly and carry someone aloft.
[ ] Ancient Runes - Ancient Runes is one of the higher topics studied at Hogwarts and requires some knowledge of other subjects, but Ancient Runes Made Easy by Laurenzoo seems to have some promise. Apparently, Geist likes this subject a lot and considers it worthy of sinking time into.
[ ] Astrology - Advanced divination subject, practiced via observation of the movements of celestial objects. Although its use is limited for now, Harry took efforts towards memorizing the core aspects and correspondences between certain stars and planets in the solar system, and their effects on magic back on Earth.
- Location
- USA
[x] The World Is Wrong
[x] Basic Spell Modification
[x] Enchantment
[x] Astrology
[x] Basic Spell Modification
[x] Enchantment
[x] Astrology
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OctarineShrike
Avatar of Mandos
This is a largely Intrigue setting. Spies could be useful. Astrology may also come in handy for knowing why a wizard might be doing X at which time.
[x] The World is Wrong
[x] Basic Spell Modification
[x] Magical Language
[x] Astrology
[x] The World is Wrong
[x] Basic Spell Modification
[x] Magical Language
[x] Astrology
[x] The World Is Wrong - Maybe Geist is right. Maybe sometimes there is no one person to actually blame, but rather, the world itself is at fault? Although Harry no less misses the Dursleys, he accepts their passing more elegantly than with more options. Makes Harry more practical, rational, determined, and pragmatic.
[x] Basic Spell Modification - Allows Harry to tweak the spells he casts in minor ways, even on the fly, but much better with practice. As an example, the Fire-Making Charm can be made to produce a point-contact spark that ignites a candle from across a room, rather than a directed gust of flames. Although spells exist to do the former, this allows Harry to achieve the effects of multiple spells by using a single Charm or Transfiguration as the basis and modifying it to fit the results he wishes to achieve.
[x] Astrology - Advanced divination subject, practiced via observation of the movements of celestial objects. Although its use is limited for now, Harry took efforts towards memorizing the core aspects and correspondences between certain stars and planets in the solar system, and their effects on magic back on Earth.
[x] Magical Language - Apparently, Harry's ability to speak with rats has been called, Skweek, Pipskweek, and Squeekspeech in history, and there's more to it than simply talking to small rodents, like mice and rats. It can enable communication with many species of mammalian animals. Harry broadens his horizons.
[x] Basic Spell Modification - Allows Harry to tweak the spells he casts in minor ways, even on the fly, but much better with practice. As an example, the Fire-Making Charm can be made to produce a point-contact spark that ignites a candle from across a room, rather than a directed gust of flames. Although spells exist to do the former, this allows Harry to achieve the effects of multiple spells by using a single Charm or Transfiguration as the basis and modifying it to fit the results he wishes to achieve.
[x] Astrology - Advanced divination subject, practiced via observation of the movements of celestial objects. Although its use is limited for now, Harry took efforts towards memorizing the core aspects and correspondences between certain stars and planets in the solar system, and their effects on magic back on Earth.
[x] Magical Language - Apparently, Harry's ability to speak with rats has been called, Skweek, Pipskweek, and Squeekspeech in history, and there's more to it than simply talking to small rodents, like mice and rats. It can enable communication with many species of mammalian animals. Harry broadens his horizons.
Corvus Black
The Inestimable
- Location
- England
[X] The World Is Wrong
[X] Basic Spell Modification
[X] Magical Language
[X] Enchantment
[X] Basic Spell Modification
[X] Magical Language
[X] Enchantment
[X] All Their Fault
[x] Basic Spell Modification
[x] Enchantment
[x] Ancient Runes
[x] Basic Spell Modification
[x] Enchantment
[x] Ancient Runes
- Location
- The UK
[X] The World Is Wrong
[X] Basic Spell Modification - Allows Harry to tweak the spells he casts in minor ways, even on the fly, but much better with practice. As an example, the Fire-Making Charm can be made to produce a point-contact spark that ignites a candle from across a room, rather than a directed gust of flames. Although spells exist to do the former, this allows Harry to achieve the effects of multiple spells by using a single Charm or Transfiguration as the basis and modifying it to fit the results he wishes to achieve.
[X] Enchantment - A doctrine of magic oriented with imbuing material objects with special magical properties which persist over time without the aid of the caster. A very common enchantment is one that allows a broom or similar object to fly and carry someone aloft.
[X] Ancient Runes - Ancient Runes is one of the higher topics studied at Hogwarts and requires some knowledge of other subjects, but Ancient Runes Made Easy by Laurenzoo seems to have some promise. Apparently, Geist likes this subject a lot and considers it worthy of sinking time into.
[X] Basic Spell Modification - Allows Harry to tweak the spells he casts in minor ways, even on the fly, but much better with practice. As an example, the Fire-Making Charm can be made to produce a point-contact spark that ignites a candle from across a room, rather than a directed gust of flames. Although spells exist to do the former, this allows Harry to achieve the effects of multiple spells by using a single Charm or Transfiguration as the basis and modifying it to fit the results he wishes to achieve.
[X] Enchantment - A doctrine of magic oriented with imbuing material objects with special magical properties which persist over time without the aid of the caster. A very common enchantment is one that allows a broom or similar object to fly and carry someone aloft.
[X] Ancient Runes - Ancient Runes is one of the higher topics studied at Hogwarts and requires some knowledge of other subjects, but Ancient Runes Made Easy by Laurenzoo seems to have some promise. Apparently, Geist likes this subject a lot and considers it worthy of sinking time into.
[X] The World Is Wrong
[X] Basic Spell Modification
[X] Magical Language
[X] Ancient Runes
[X] Basic Spell Modification
[X] Magical Language
[X] Ancient Runes
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] All Their Fault - It's not Harry's fault, and it was definitely not a random circumstance. There are people at fault, who've made conscious decisions that led to the tragic incident. Muggles get hurt when wizards fight? Then wizards are at fault: the Death Eaters and the Aurors. Makes Harry more spiteful, decisive, hard-willed, and unforgiving.
[X] Fire-Making Charm - A wandless, non-verbal invocation of the Fire-Making Charm. An astonishing achievement at your age.
[X] Basic Spell Modification - Allows Harry to tweak the spells he casts in minor ways, even on the fly, but much better with practice. As an example, the Fire-Making Charm can be made to produce a point-contact spark that ignites a candle from across a room, rather than a directed gust of flames. Although spells exist to do the former, this allows Harry to achieve the effects of multiple spells by using a single Charm or Transfiguration as the basis and modifying it to fit the results he wishes to achieve.
[X] Ancient Runes - Ancient Runes is one of the higher topics studied at Hogwarts and requires some knowledge of other subjects, but Ancient Runes Made Easy by Laurenzoo seems to have some promise. Apparently, Geist likes this subject a lot and considers it worthy of sinking time into.
[X] Fire-Making Charm - A wandless, non-verbal invocation of the Fire-Making Charm. An astonishing achievement at your age.
[X] Basic Spell Modification - Allows Harry to tweak the spells he casts in minor ways, even on the fly, but much better with practice. As an example, the Fire-Making Charm can be made to produce a point-contact spark that ignites a candle from across a room, rather than a directed gust of flames. Although spells exist to do the former, this allows Harry to achieve the effects of multiple spells by using a single Charm or Transfiguration as the basis and modifying it to fit the results he wishes to achieve.
[X] Ancient Runes - Ancient Runes is one of the higher topics studied at Hogwarts and requires some knowledge of other subjects, but Ancient Runes Made Easy by Laurenzoo seems to have some promise. Apparently, Geist likes this subject a lot and considers it worthy of sinking time into.