Harry Potter is thrown into Azkaban for a crime he did not commit. A mysterious new wizard appears and puts the Ministry, the Order and Voldemort on the defensive. Harry escapes but is it too late for him? What will he do once he is proven innocent? I'm back and trying to finish this off. Patience please.

The escape of Peter Pettigrew leaves a deeper mark on his character than anyone expected, then comes the Goblet of Fire and the chance of a quiet year to improve himself, but Harry Potter and the Quiet Revision Year was never going to last long. A more mature, darker Harry, bearing the effects of 11 years of virtual solitude. GoF AU. There will be romance... eventually.

Harry Potter is thrown into an alternate universe due to archaic rules of magic. Hiding under the alias of Chris Collins, he tries to find a place among the suspicion of those he knew and some he never did, as Voldemort's power grows.

Harry Potter’s younger brother, Mark was thought to be the prophesized child and Harry was left to the orphanage. Harry’s adventure as a first year student will turn for the worst as Voldemort tries and persuade Harry against his detestable family.

When vampires come calling at 4 Privet Drive, what fate is in store for Harry Potter? post OotP, vampires, Padfoot, and other fun stuff!

COMPLETE. Harry is fed up with stress and fed up with being famous. He had hoped joining the Cannons might let him relax, but no such luck. Now, he's officially called his retirement from Quidditch. Where to next? werewolves teaching living. Final Chapter posted!

A twist of Fate… an opened window… a cradle robbed… two frantic parents… a lost hope, along with a shattered Prophecy. Moved to 'M' for future violence. Extending take down until July 1, 2012, so I have time respond to everyone and its gives people time to finish reading.

Framed and betrayed, Harry disappears from the Wizarding World upon his release from Azkaban. He finds his true heritage, and creates a new identity. Still, he knows that Voldemort is not gone, and it seems that his past has no intention of letting go. Pending rewrite.

The war has been over for a year, Ginny and Harry have been dating since the last battle. Ginny however breaks up with Harry at her graduation and leaves for Switzerland, when she is surprised with a little visitor...

YASBF Yet Another Soul Bond Fic starting with the Chamber of Secrets. Harry and Ginny have to learn to live with a bond that steals away their privacy and leaves them dependent on each other and frightened for their future.

AU: What if Harry grew up neglected by his parents? What if he had been kidnaped by Voldemort and raised as his dark heir? Read and find out!

A letter causes Harry to learn some surprising things about his lineage, a different twist on the usual Harry in Azkaban story line.

Harry returns to Privet Drive after 4th year and finds it...empty! What do you do when you can't go to your friends for help? Additional Story Notes FYI: a. AU Summer before Fifth Year Fic, b. Not particularly fast paced.

CH 26 UP!Post OOTP: AU: Harry leaves Britian for the summer, and journeys to America without alerting anyone.Join him for adventures and new friends,but even Harry can't have a normal vacation as the OOTP and DEs search for him.

More than 150 years ago, a boy with extraordinary talent arrived at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his wizard training. This is the story of 11 year old Albus Dumbledore and his thrilling adventures at Hogwarts.

Sequel to The Secret Diary of Fleur Delacour. So you should read that first. Set in Harry's fifth year, and more or less AU. Find out how Fleur gets to Hogwarts for her last school year, and how Harry's and her fight against Voldemort goes on. Re-posted f

Harry is framed for the mass murder of Muggles after he deals Voldemort a stunning blow. He is sent to Azkaban where he and his cell mate, Bellatrix Black, begin to discover Harry's heritage and his potential power as they plot to escape.

Spinoff to 'HP: The Lone Traveller'. The story of Harry James Potter, the brother of the supposed BoyWhoLived, and his friends... My take on the old 'Harry the brother of the BWL' & 'Harry the Slytherin' plotline.

COMPLETE! - PostOOTP, noHBP or DH. Harry finally grows up over a long difficult summer with a lot of help. Slow moving & Mature Themes. HPNT honks, maybe some HGRW but don't hold your breath. HarryTonks!

Written in response to Jon3776's challage 'Turning the Table', though does not completely follow it. Harry was captured by the Black sisters. HarryMutiship. notevil!Harry. Post HBP

AU: Vader finds Leia at an early age. Is the redemption of the Dark Lord at hand? Or will the Princess fall into darkness. Follow Leia as she grows up to be a loving daughter, dependable friend, swoop bike fanatic, chic shopaholic, and Sith Lord.

As far as Dumbledore knew, Harry was just the heir to Lily and James, but Dumbledore didn't know everything. Harry startes dreaming Tom Riddle's memories and learns that everyone, including himself, is not what they seem. Better summary inside.

PreHBP Harry saves the lives of Snape and Malfoy, finds out he's Salazar Slytherin, and Dumbledore makes him spend the summer with the the two Slytherins. Not long after that, he's thrown back in time to the Marauder's era. Semidarkish with some laughs.

It's the summer after the Department of Mysteries and Harry Potter's about to do something drastic, something nobody expects, and he may not be alone. Following the lives of Harry and the Order as they battle against each other.

Harry potter is once again sent back to the Dursleys. And Tom Riddle is once again plotting. What will happen when he see's how the golden boy really lives? Rr Please! Thanks!

WRITERS BLOCK AAHHH! AU. 6th Year. As harry begins mending the fences with his ex girlfriend, Cho Chang, He's captured by Death Eaters. Soon after, a chance meeting and a certain agreement helps Harry find the power he needs to destroy Voldemort.

postHBP. Book seven is set to be more of a book six, part 2. Harry knows what he has to do. If finding the Horcruxes isn't hard enough, he still has to find a way to rid the world of Voldemort, and all the while try to have a normal life

-COMPLETE- One morning Harry wakes up in a different world. His parents are alive and Neville bears the scar. Things are different and Harry starts to like that the weight of the world isn't on his shoulders. Neville may not be able to bear that weight.

Sequel to Heir of Blood. Third year with old friends, new friends, new dangers, and befallen tragedy.

To what length would Harry go to keep his promise? Harry goes back home and is about to start his fifth year in Hogwarts 'again'. He is confused and doesn't know what to do with Voldemort anymore. Are they friends? Or foes? Sequel to Learn from History

One sister had a soul consumed by the darkest magics.Another was lost in a loveless marriage.Neither had expected the life they had ended up with and in the quiet of their souls they wanted a second chance. Now they have one. PostOOTP HarryBellaNarcissa

COMPLETE. Two years after defeating Voldemort, Harry falls into an alternate dimension with his godfather. Together, they embark on a new life filled with drunken debauchery, thievery, and generally antagonizing all their old family, friends, and enemies.

AU What if Harry knew he was a wizard and about the prophecy before he went to Hogwarts? What if he was kicked out of the Dursleys and decided to attend Hogwarts disguised as a muggleborn? Harry Ginny

Post OotP. AU. Will be dovetailed with HBP. With the World turning against him, and everything going horribly wrong, Harry is stuck. He has to keep fighting, but he may have to do it all alone. FINISHED

After OoTP. AU Harry recieves a mystery letter over the summer.Will he find the will to live?Is it possible that Dumbledore was right about Harry's power that the Dark Lord knew not?And who is the mystery woman on the other side of the enchanted notebook.

This is an idea I came up with after reading many fan fiction stories. Set after HBP and featuring a very disgruntled and reflective Harry. Tonks is there to help him figure a few thinks out, and friends aren't friends. THIS IS NOT A SLASH FIC.

The Final Battle has come down to a fight between Harry and Voldemort. But what happens when a freak accident hurls Harry 13 years into the past? Will he be able to fix everything, or are some things just out of his control?

Set post OOTP AU NonHBP. Harry Potter and Susan Bones. Gritty realism, independent Harry and a believable Voldemort all in a desperate battle to control the fate of the wizarding world. Rating increased to Mature.

Uninspiring title aside, this story includes mischief, mayhem, and a lot of humor. Harry Potter returns to the Wizarding World with a chip on his shoulder and a few smart-mouthed sidekicks. Slytherin really is the only option in that case, and Hogwarts had better watch out. ON HIATUS

HarryOC Chpt. 40: The rescue of Mahari is underway, and Daphne and everyone else of rank in the DA really has to step forward. During this time of reorganization trust is tantamount, but at times old rivalries die hard.

The brother wands had a farther reaching affect than anyone could have predicted. Harry's fifth year will be a time filled with vampires, ancient magics, new love, and the most dangerous thing in the world-a woman scorned...HFleur and HGirl!blaise

Alt Univ: After walking in on his girlfriend, Hermione, and best friend, Ron, in bed together, a 16yo Harry leaves to deal with his destiny without them. Tonks convinces him that he can't do it alone. And how does Draco fit in? HP:NT.

Starting right after HBP, Harry begins the journey to the final confrontation with the help of his friends. HL RHr but not a big part of the story

He was not anyone's hero, he would not be their symbol. He had his own ambitions, he had his own goals. Harry James Potter was going to live his life according to his own rules and what was best for him. What will the first year of Hogwarts will hold?

While taking out the trash, a business man discover something unexpected behind the trash cans

Book 5 in the RSeries is now complete. A Ministry loyal woman comes to teach at Hogwarts. Harry's relationship with Tonks is stressed. Pushed to and over his breaking point, will Harry be able to survive the year with his sanity intact?

When Darth Vader is gifted a palatial estate by his master, what happens when he meets an architect with nothing to live for, & catches a glimmer of the light once more? AU no crispy halfmachine sith lord!R&R CH28 UP! please review, please please.

What if Harry had been an heir of Slytherin? How could that have changed the events in the Chamber of Secrets?

AU: Life had Harry been able to control accidental magic. Warning: Dursleys will be terrorized.

Not your usual veela bonding story. When young veela enter puberty, their instincts guide them to the perfect man. It's either love or death for these beings of lust and flame, and Gabrielle Delacour has her mind set on love. HPGD

A Sequel to Make a Wish: Takes place directly after the events of 'Make a Wish,' Harry Potter is missing and his friends are determined to find him.

In Harry's fifth year, he accidentially sends himself back in time and meets his teenaged parents. The problem is, Lily starts to like a Potter...and it isn't James.

From Multiple POV's. not HBP compliant. Voldemort has a new inner circle member, and he's the most promising Death Eater. but the most mysterious. Who is he? Where does Harry keep going off to? and why is he hanging around Pansy?

New friends help Harry figure out the power he knows not and what to do about the enemy. Primarily post OOTP with elements from HBP though it does not follow that story. Rated for mature themes and lots of death. HarryTonks.

AU The final battle has been won, but was it worth the cost? Harry, alone and determined, sets out to rewrite history for a better world ... only to find himself stranded in another.

AU Ritually abused by the Dursley's, young Harry Potter learns to count on himself. After discovering magic at a young age, he practices to become stronger to protect those weaker than him. Full Summary inside.

Harry is a vampire. He always was. His biggest problem isn’t Voldemort anymore. It’s choosing which side he has to be on in another war. He is everyone’s enemy, yet everyone’s friend. this is my first fic, so please have mercy.

Warning: OotP Spoilers After his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is getting worse and worse. Fortunately for Harry, a certain Phoenix decides to do something about it. Rating just to be safe. Not your average Independent!Super!Harry fic. Will be HG, RH

Revised and Edited! After Hogwarts Harry is very depressed over his loss of Sirius. Tonks assigns herself to help him out... some very confusing emotions arise. New Chapter is up!

After his latest clash with Voldemort, Harry finds himself in a universe where Voldemort raised him to be a Death Eater. Can Harry get in touch with Dumbledore, convince him that he's not evil, and find a way home? AU after OotP, no ships.

Harry Potter has the world on his shoulders, he's not complaining but he asks one thing, for the light to send him some one to help guide him through his quest. What would happen if he made that request in front of the ROR? Powerful Harry! Harry Multiship

Summer after fifth year. Voldemort kidnaps Harry and they agree to fulfill the prophecy once and for all. What starts as a simple duel to the death gets complicated real quick.

AU. Slytherin!Harry. What happens to the Wizarding World when Bellatrix and others discover the news of her inability to bear magical children? An enraged Dark Lord falls, and a small boy becomes missing: Harry. COMPLETE.

Snape is Harry's father. No one is happy to hear it. [R due to colorful language, dark themes, and nongraphic violence.]

PostOotP. Harry escapes Private Drive and goes out to learn about the world and magic on his own. Hunted by all sides of the war, he must rely on his newfound wit and cunning to survive. Independent!Harry.

Continuation of Soul Searching. The horcruxes have been destroyed. The trio returns for their 7th year at Hogwarts to prepare for the final confrontation with Voldemort, with some romance to complicate things. Ship starts HG, ends ? may be HG, may be HHr

Her it is folks. Dark!Harry. Harry is spared by Voldemort and is nothing like the child of two light wizards. He is rebellious and feels he doesn’t fit in the perfect family Potter picture. Join him at Hogwarts as the public draws conclusions about why

DISCONTINUED AU GoF. Harry Potter is revealed to be the first Male Veela in a millennia. Is he up to the challenge of being the 'one? NO SLASH, powerful, political, intelligent Harry. HMulti with Fleur, Lavender, others

In England: Harry Potter has finally finished Hogwarts and the battle against Voldemort is in full swing. On the other side of the world Lily and James Potter have created a haven from the war for them and their children. When these two world collide Harr

People have described his eyes as Avada Kedavra eyes. What if it was real, in the most literal sense of those words? Post OotP, 6th Year AU. Independent! Harry, HarryFem! Blaise pairing. Heir of Founders Harry, To Hell with Dumbledore.

Harry has learned the prophesy and he does not believe that a schoolboy can defeat Voldemort, so he decides that if he is going to die then he is first going to live.

In a world of terror Ginny is caught by Death Eaters. Her situation seems hopeless, until she meets the son of the Dark Lord...

Hermione finds herself carrying the Boy Who Lived's child after an act of comfort on the night of Sirius' Death. As she confronts her parents with the awkward news, things take a horrifying turn when Hermione's enraged father drives her to Privet Drive...

Harry Potter in his sixth year. Harry finds out during his summer that he is a male veela. Once again Harry's life is turned upside down but how will he take it? Harrymultiships. R&R Chapter 6 is finally out!

Facing defeat, Voldemort attempts a spell that will erase Harry from birth. What would happen to our favorite Hogwarts students if it is reflected and Tom Riddle had never been born instead? Slytherin Harry, ect.

AU Harry awakes as a prisoner at the ministry, soon learning he has been under the Imperius curse and life as he thought he knew it never really happened. Knowledge is capricious, reality is tilting. Redemption is not easily had. Slytherin!Harry

COMPLETE, Post OoP, Harry's grief over Sirius drives him over the edge to the Dark side. He will use everything he can to exact revenge on Pettigrew, Lestrange, Voldemort, and the deatheaters.

COMPLETE Edit in process. PostOOTP, Very Little of HBP. Harry returns to Privet Drive and Tonks helps him become the man and hero he must be to survive. HONKS. Action, Violence, Language and Sexual Situations

Harry Potter goes to Azkaban not because he was framed or turn evil but because he wants to find someone that is there to help him. Rated R for future chapters... Powerful Potter, HPdiffrent characters, No Slash...

Harry was having a quiet summer but that all gos to hell when his love for Tonks grows and he is taken to a time when Dragons and ther riders ruled over the land.

On Halloween 1981 Harry is taken along by Voldemort. One day he will have to choose on which side he is but what if he doesn't want to decide and he and his friends are caught in the middle of a raging war between the Dark and the Light? Will discovering

Harry can't stop the dreams. What happens when he attacks Snape and gets removed from the Dursley's? After a summer away can things ever go back to the way they were?

Harry Potter is a broken man after then end of Second Wizarding War when he accepts a teaching position in France. Can the love and faith of a student save a wizard who believes himself beyond hope? Post Hogwarts HarryGabrielle Delacour.

UP FOR ADOPTION! Harry receives a package, and it reveals more than you can imagine. Discoveries of a soul-sister, a powerful vampire clan, and another prophecy made centuries before his birth... Well, Harry's sure to have an eventful year...

Pre!HBP AU, Dark!Harry. A mysterious summons brings Harry to Gringotts, where he learns of his true heritage as a dakaath, a demonic parallel of the veela, and of his destiny as the heir of Lord Grindelwald. HarryCho, HarryFem!OC. No slash. Discontinued.

A fateful night lands both Harry and Pansy into detention...for a week. Both are just about to realize the other isn't quite who they thought they were and even if they could fall in love by some fluke...what if house loyalties step in?

Harry’s lost his parents, Sirius and any chance at a normal life because of a prophecy. Unfortunately the prophecy Harry was told isn’t the real one. Dumbledore changed it to hide the true savior at the expense of the Potters. Harry is about to find out.

1980. The order of the phoenix members are all called to have an immediate meeting due to an odd apparition of some sort that reveals what looks like the future… What happens when one of the hologram figures falls out of their time into theirs? SPOILERS!

After the Durleys ignore Moddy's warning Harry joins Voldemort. Finds out is isn't a Potter. Learns of his heritage. DARK VAMPIRE HARRY, DARK GINNY, Will Ginny want to be a vamp as well? HPGW RWHG

After her parents become Death Eaters Blaise Zabini (femaleBlaise) runs away from home to avoid that fate, running to her headmaster for help, she is sent to the one place that is better protected against Voldemort and Death Eaters than Hogwarts! actionad

Harry and his power. Both held back, held down, oppressed. And now, Harry decides to make sure both are free. Independent!Harry, Possible Dumbledore and Ron bashing, HarryMultiple PostOoTP

Harry is expecting another miserable summer after his fifth year at Hogwarts until a strange girl named Jen moves in next door. Harry eventually befriends the girl, but when he finds out the truth about Jen and her past, will he be willing to accept it?

Harry potter has been thrown into Azkaban for a crime he did not commit, and then rescued by the strangest ppl. A journy to belong. AU begins at the end of fourth year, HPXmen evo crossover COMPLETE! Pre HBP

Harry must learn how to destroy Voldemort, but he is the only person that has ever come close. Who best to teach him how to destroy Voldemort than Voldemort himself. Rated R for a reason. Read my warning at the beginning

Someone said a while ago: here be monsters. Harry didn't know what that sentence meant until the unthinkable. In a single night, his world collapses as he strolls mindlessly, unaware of what's stalking him in the darkness. Undercover, vampire Harry...

Interesting how people find themselves changed after tragedy. Set after the Final Battle. Not everyone came through alive... and those who didn't die weren't left unscathed. Two such people find that they have more in common than they thought.

Crossroads of Twilight from Tuon’s POV. What exactly made her come with Mat? And why is she always smiling that smile?

PostOoTP After being locked up at the Dursley’s, Harry is taken away to a new family, where the way of a Slytherin rules. Determination leads him to gain knowledge, seeking the power to destroy the Dark Lord for good. HarryBlaise *Temp. Abandoned*

When Albus Dumbledore left Harry Potter in front of 4 Privet Drive, another man came and took Harry away from a life of pain. Six years in the past Harry Potter grows up being loved, and trained for the battle that would have destroyed him otherwise.

AU 20 year old Bellatrix can't have children. what happens when she accompanies the Dark Lord to the Potters on 31 oct 1981 and maternal feelings arrise. read and reveiw.

Harry has been sentenced to life in Azkaban for the murder of Rubeus Hagrid. After six years, his innocence is proven and he returns to the wizarding world. What will happen to those who were closest to him and betrayed him? HHr. Abandoned

Unjustly accused, locked away, at least one person still believes in him. An accident during training has unexpected results. And what's Voldemort up to? HPNT

AU. Betrayed and abandoned by all but one, he gave up the human world for a lost heritage. Now when the wizarding world knows of his innocence, will he help them in their fight against Voldemort? Azkaban, elves, teaching at Hogwarts. HPOC

Harry is sent to Azkaban for using an unforgivable to only be later kidnapped by Voldie. With the choice to join or die, and no hope of rescue, he joins for his only chance of success, but will he fall into the D.E. ideals?HPBL R for lang.,sex, no lemons.

Sequel to Blood Prince. Harry and Blaise are back for their second year at Hogwarts and things promise to be just as exciting as their first year. Too bad their Defense teacher is another incompetent loser…Mafia Harry!

ON HIATUS After running away from the Dursleys at a young age, he learned to survive on his own. Faced by the cruelties of a harsh world, he fought for his freedom. Challenged by those above him, he killed for his power. AU Post OotP

Voldemort has a plan to catch Harry out of bounds and cast a spell to send him back two hundred years, but all does not go as planned and Harry isn't as gone as he'd thought...

5th year. Harry learns the horrible truth of the wizarding world and finds himself at the center of the war against Voldemort and a revolution against centuries of opression. Harry&Susan Bones and Harry&Tonks will be the main relationships.

AU Something happened to Harry the night Sirius died. Something that will help him achieve his goals, as he breaks free from Dumbledore and learns to wield the power that's his by right. Post OotP.

Ok, so James Potter was really Dracula, prince of the dead, and after he died, Harry became the new one. It's Harry's sixth year and his Vampiric powers emerging and he has to learn how to control them. discontinued until further notice

Harry needs to make some changes to his life or loose it. Thrust into the center of a large war, it's time for him to learn about himself, life, what friendship really means, and how horrible things can become. HarryTonks

AU, Pre HBP: In the summer after his fifth year, Harry is tried and sent to Azkaban. The catch: He's innocent. Follow Harry as he discovers his heritage... and all that comes with it. By Aerin. [COMPLETE]

Harry gains an unexpected mentor and learns more about himself than he may have wanted to know. The secret to defeating Voldemort was there all along, will he find the strength to use it?. Cannon until Book 4.

COMPLETE! Harry Potter disappears and a strange man appears by the name of Silver Wolf. Who is he, and why are the Aurors and Fudge after him. Who or what isare the Jade Scorpions? Throw in a confused Tonks...

[AU] In the summer after the Chamber incident, Harry is hurt beyond recognition, and tries to start anew. Some ties can’t be severed, though, and some powers can’t be acquired without a price. Keywords: violence, shapeshifting, mental health, books

ON HIATUS. Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts is about to begin, and already he's faced with a new pet, a new crush and the weakening state of his friendship with Ron and Hermione. But now, strange voices from nowhere are unsettling him.

It isn't a game between us, Pansy. There's something between us. Something electric and something worth putting an effort towards. I know it, and I don't understand why you won't acknowledge it. A HarryPansy love story.

HIATUS. Gryffindors and Slytherins have been fighting with each other for as long as Harry has been at Hogwarts. But now, with Voldemort back and growing ever more powerful, perhaps it's time for that to change. HarryPansy.

Harry tries to end his life, but something holds him to this world. M for language, some sexual content (no porn though), and violence. GWHP, no other pairings at this time.

What if Dumbledore didn't give Harry all the answers that night? What if someone else told him the rest? How much would that effect the way Harry sees things?

Instead of Harry being the boy who lived he is the brother of the girl who lived and he completely hates her because of the way she acts. Problem is Voldemort doesn’t know this and goes after her, can Harry get over his hate and save his sister or will he

[COMPLETED - EPILOGUE ADDED] Harry has finally got over Sirius's death. His 6'th year has started but Hogwarts seems to be in grave danger. What is it that Voldemort wants this time?

Harry trys to commit suicide, but is saved at the last moments by the Order. But when Harry recovers, he's not the same boy that they all knew. Enter the new and improved Harry Potter! But wait! What does Remus have to do with all of this? H-G

Time changes people. Trapped, thought abandoned and betrayed the DA changes in the blink of an eye. How will the wizarding world deal with Harry and his friends? What are they now friend or foe? What of the Dark Lord’s interest in the change?

After the events of Harry’s fifth year and the tragic loss of Sirius, he realizes that its time to step up and take control in order to reorganize his life. An unexpected event forces him to lead a different lifestyle, one that he never believed could hap

ABANDONED. PostOotP. Harry's 16th Birthday is to be spent at Privet Drive. A visit from Tonks and then the Minister leads to some fireworks in Harry's usually quiet, peaceful life. HONKS.

AU: Sirius breaks out of Azkaban eight years early, and rescues Harry from the Dursleys. Eleven years later, Ginny is accidentally kidnapped....by Harry? HG

[HPNT] Tonks is determined to make sure That Harry has some fun before sixth year, so what can she do? Take him to her apartment, embarrass the hell out of him and then take him on a road trip of course!complete]

Harry gets thrown into Azkaban Prison after the trial in his fifth year. there he meets an inmate who strangely appeals to him. Harry's Darkside is becoming more pronounced and manifests in a strange way

AU: What if that Halloween night so long ago someone else found out about the Potters death before Dumbledore? Harry dosen't have to grow up with the Dursley's, but at what price? PreHBP

Dead. May tear down and rewrite.

Death of the Child, birth of the Man, Harry returns, confident, slightly arrogant and growing in power,This story is on temporary hold, maybe permanent but not sure

When Harry turned 16 the one thing he did not expect was to be summoned to Gringotts to become Head of two old and powerful Families, become an Ambassador for the Goblins, and get engaged. (let alone engaged four times)