During his five years at Hogwarts, Harry visited Gringotts a handful of times in his earlier years until his time at Hogwarts made it a vital component to aid in his fight against Voldemort and his forces.
Yet he'd never taken the inheritance test in his time, never knowing the full extent of wealth in his grasp, much less the numerous Lordships.
If he'd known, a great deal of pain and suffering could have been avoided, especially by those mongrels supposedly working in his 'interest'.
Harry didn't know what to think as he realised the missed opportunities of the past, though his continued silence led Ragnok to lead the conversation for the moment.
He explained only a handful of the accounts were active since the end of Grindelwald's war saw to the end of numerous Ancient Houses, Clans, and families.
Only the Heiðran, Black, and Potter accounts saw activity until the acts of Voldemort caused two ancient Houses to nearly die out, and another to disappear into the shadows to combat against Riddle's remnant forces.
They remained fairly active according to the records Harry was shown by Ragnok as the Lordship Ring Bands of Authenticity were brought out and presented.
Each ring was encased in plush cases, enchanted to only wield to the rightful heirs to the relevant Houses Harry had Lordship rights over.
The rings melded with one another as they went over Harry's middle finger on the right hand, securing themselves to the acknowledged Lord further fueled by the strong connection to Ancestral Familial Magiks.
Ragnok felt the rush of magic funneling into the grand lounge room, churning, and twisting in chaos as it rushed into Harry before bursting out and spreading far.
Parts of it began to settle on the forms of multiple mythical creatures, and a few odd forms Ragnok nor any other Goblin could understand, as they all appeared to judge Harry before rushing back into his body.
After everything settled, for the first time after the War to End All had the King sensed a difference in the ambient magical energy.
It wasn't immense, but enough for a magical being to sense a change in the magical air currents, just not to the level that they could understand its purpose or range of effect.
Such an event wasn't unnoticed by the magical creatures and beings throughout Britain and the world, however for many the knowledge of its source was far from ever being found, until it presented itself.
In the present though, Ragnok and his personal guards felt the dense ambient magical energy wash through their bodies, affecting them on a level they weren't aware of just yet.
But the moment passed as did the unique thoughts before a wave of Goblin accountants and managers entered with plenty of files floated neatly behind each person.
"Your Majesty," greeted Bloodaxe, leading the rushing horde of Goblins before turning, "Lord Potter, it appears your inheritance of new Lordships we originally weren't aware of until now saw to increase your fortune by a significant level.
It was enough to cause plenty of ancient alarms set during the creation of Gringotts and even before its time has seen to your power and wealth reaching a grade that requires far more attention by our institution than previous.
As such, your control over Gringotts has increased as well, not only due to the importance of your accounts, however you will soon find out the truth, your Majesty." Crisply stated Bloodaxe, once more facing his King.
He wasn't wrong as two well-dressed and guarded Goblins rushed into the lounge with their own stack of papers floating behind them.
It was charmed by Milly by quickly enchanting the metal badge each Goblin employee of Gringotts received after joining the organisation.
Harry quite liked the grin each Goblin displayed when they quickly moved the documents through their intent alone as the badges acted like small intent-based foci through the enchantments but only for a few spells and tasks.
A few Goblins had the papers already to patent the magic behind the badges, knowing full well its potential as a product not only utilised by the bank but other forces in the future.
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Ragnok read through the documents brought over by his staff, only to laugh out loud hysterically in a maniacal tone, much to the shock and worry of Harry until the Goblin King explained after passing over the papers.
"It appears you have now gained the controlling share of Gringotts Bank, Lord Potter, or better yet, His Imperial Highness, the Grand Duke of Magical Britain, and her Empire."
Ragnok's maniacal laughter and the document's proclamation left Harry with a piercing headache that could only be rivalled by the adventures he was forced to participate in by Lady Death's command during his days studying under her supervision.
The document stated clearly for Harry to understand without issue, that his claim over the lordships of Sayre, Gryffindor, and especially Heiðran had fulfilled the requirements to obtain the rights of Olanscáth.
An ancient land long faded into legend and myth, was believed to have once come under the rule and management of the eldest Clans and Houses in alliance with one another, established during the druidic era of Britannia.
House Potter and Sayre were members of the alliance during the days they operated as Clans, whereas Clan Heiðruind, or better known as Heiðran, acted as the Judge, Jury, and Executioner for its members.
However, after the events of World War Two, only a handful of Houses remained alive of the alliance to still keep guardianship over Olanscáth, a magical land kept away from society and the influences of mankind.
A great number of magical creatures and beings called it their home, having separated from the known world after constant persecution.
Harry knew of its rough location off the west coast of Britain, after he understood what was available to obtain through magical right.
The curiosity to see a magical land untouched by man that had existed for thousands of years intrigued Harry greatly, but he held off such an act for now.
Instead, he spent the next hour or so educating himself on his knew station through magical right meant for magical Britain through numerous Goblins while Ragnok watched on in amusement.
His new status as a Grand Duke happened only due to his sole option to obtain Olanscáth as his own property, which long ago led enough prestige for it to be considered as a Dukedom.
The 'Grand' title came from his majority controlling power within Gringotts since the controlling shares for the organisation were long held by the Lordships now in his control.
Furthermore, as the last remaining noble alive with the necessary requirements to Lord over a Dukedom, Harry gained the rank of 'His Imperial Highness', and 'Grand Duke', as the sole power to control Magical Britain.
Harry couldn't learn a whole lot more about his new status and Olanscáth without visiting the Dukedom Island off the west coast of Britain, but until then he focused on what Gringotts could offer.
This included the numerous vaults and accounts now under his control, adding to the immense wealth at his fingertips.
Certain requirements of his titles by Gringotts and the British Imperial Royal Family meant Harry had to make certain trips to landmarks to gain full access to his new rights.
Ragnok immediately advised what he knew from his own education as the King of his nation and people.
"You may find this all… exhausting and mentally bothersome, however you are now the leading noble and royal for Magical Britain, and her colonies.
As such, those who reside on her lands and practice magic must answer to you.
When you are ready, I shall send for my warriors and Shamans to serve at your side throughout the ceremony for your acceptance of responsibility over the empire."
Harry could only nod at the Goblin King and accept the follow steps to come so the roles and titles came easily into his grasp without any sort of disgruntled reaction from magic for the delay.
First off, a visit to the main Potter vault was made immediately, as the group left for the rail carts, to gain a sense of the wealth House Potter long held throughout the thousands of years they'd been alive and active in the world.
An incredible number of magical artifacts and muggle items were stored safely within the vault, removed from the natural effects of degradation over time.
It included copious amounts of raw and refined metals, gold coins minted by Gringotts including gold bricks, as well as an insane number of jewels and gems.
Written knowledge stretched back further than Harry expected by the state of the Vault Library, yet the forged weapons and handcrafted pottery caught the wizard's attention for the quality displayed in its craftmanship.
In all honestly, everything in sight had great value, but Harry knew most of it was useless currently, so he packed away what he found useful into his own expanded storage rings.
He'd mastered runes long ago to create small pocket dimensions before Lady Death taught him another method using power from her Aspect of Existence to achieve a similar feat.
Through vast trial and error of the years travelling, Harry learnt to fuel the runes of the pocket dimension not only by his personal magical energy, but Death's own power on offer to him as her servant.
As such the rings could hold other items like expanded chests without the spaces collapsing in on themselves, destroying everything stored away.
So, Harry never once squirmed like Bloodaxe after he witnessed several dozen expanded chests shrunk down at once to fit into a pocket dimension on his right-handed ring.
Portraits were also stored into many of the chests kept in the vault before moving into the small pocket dimensions tied to Harry's soul for safekeeping.
Only two pocket dimensions were ever created by Harry and tied to his soul through the two rings he wore, one on each hand, as to not overly complicate himself with the strain to manage the requirements for such hidden spaces.
One pocket dimension had a stasis charm built into the runework ensuring anything placed in it would remain the exact same as it was before it ended up in the dimension while the other would have breathable air and fertile land.
Both were filled up with various goods Harry found noteworthy to keep for himself through his travels, much of which he never expected to ever see truly exist.
He knew some of it would eventually come out and assist him with repairing the state of the world, but for now, it wasn't more than stored goods.
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After packing away everything he wanted, including every sort of artifact, armour, book, weapon, metal and gold, Harry moved onto the Black vault.
For once he couldn't help but stand still agape at the mountainous levels of gold coin stored away over generations for thousands of years.
Unlike House Potter who strove to diversify their portfolio through properties and businesses around the world that saw the wizarding world survive without greater reliance on their mundane counterparts, House Black saved their gold like no other.
They had the same business opportunities as House Potter, but they operated for a long time in the shadows, managing different underworld empires over the centuries until they gave up on such duties.
Harry's realized Lucius Malfoy wanted the wealth and connections of House Black to grasp the underworld powers once more under its banner, while House Malfoy became the true powerhouse.
Thankfully in this world it remained safely in native Harry's hands, where it further increased in size after a portion of it was squandered fueling Voldemort's First Great Blood War.
Wandering through the vastly expanded vault, Harry worked with Bloodaxe to store everything of value, including a stack of books on runes and their possible use through new applications explored by members of House Black.
It spoke about warding and new methods discovered through research and application in the real world, much of which saw House Black surviving until the modern day where other ancient Houses died out over time.
Taking the books to further his own knowledge on the subject and its application, including plenty of other materials from the vault, leaving little behind, Harry turned to leave the Black vault, only to stop once he noticed the glass display stashed away in a shrouded corner.
On the approach, Harry flicked his index finger on his left hand, checking for any harmful magical traps or curses on the shrouded object before he moved away the magical dark cloth to find a full set of polished dark steel armour.
"Ahh, you've found the armour of Lord Pyxis Fornaxion Black, a renowned artificer for his time to create such an artefact that even our craftsmen can appreciate.
Built during desperate days of survival against the acolytes of Ekrizdis, the Lord of Azkaban who'd died after battle against Peverell's finest, Lord Pyxis fought in the vanguard against the forces of darkness in that suit to honour House Black's continued alliance with House Peverell.
The mantle of Black Knight became known across the land, reaching the ears of commoners and nobles alike till the call came from royalty to appear before their royal court.
On a nice summer day during 1635, King Charles the first of his name, of House Stuart, named the Black Knight as the Sword of his Divine Right as King and sent the Lord away to Europe to fight in a war not of his choosing.
He returned eventually, but not the same man he left, but rather a darker and driven man that showed Magical Britain the boldness and brutal viciousness of House Black, much the same he'd shown to his enemies on the old continent that sought to end his family's life."
Larnuk the Account Manager of House Black accounts ended up explaining part of the history concerning the suit of armour and blade, all of which Harry secured in his pocket dimension.
Nobody opposed his actions, before leading Harry out of the vault as they began heading towards the Peverell vault, taking Larnuk along as the man knew the history pertaining to his ancestry.
Harry also wanted to take the man for his possible knowledge on artifacts stored in the other vaults especially the Peverell vault.
Earlier in the day, after the inheritance test was taken and the Goblin accountants rushed into the lounge, Harry received a letter left behind with the bank to pass onto him from the native Harry of this world.
To his surprise, it had the marking of Death's Keys, or more commonly known as the Deathly Hallows amongst wizarding kind.
After opening the letter, its contents left Harry a little concerned about his future in this world.
It felt like Lady Death had decided to twist fate in a way he'd likely never discover to aid him for one reason or another.
Aware he wasn't anything more than a servant to Lady Death, Harry kept his darker thoughts on the subject sent to the deepest depths of his mind.
Instead, Harry's mind focused on the his role in returning magic to the world and fixing the damage caused by non-magical kind through their harm to the environment.
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To the Harry Potter not of this world, whom I consider a brother in kind,
DO NOT concern yourself with the possibility of myself knowing your existence!
You will lose yourself trying to find the answers to a question you are far from ready to ever know.
Besides that, Fate will do as it pleases, so believe me when I say this but DO NOT focus solely on the goals set by your Lady.
The whole world is at your feet!
Do as you please, learn all you can, create what no one ever has or could do before you fulfil the goal.
So, look around you, Harry.
No one is in your way to stop whatever you will to do beyond Lady Magic and Lady Death, however you no doubt have their favour.
They have deemed the unworthy of existence, so only those who remain can freely make sure of their gift's humanity has squandered.
Now achieve all you can through study, training, research, discovery, creation, and much more without any restrictions to stop you.
Don't fool around trying to achieve your goal without looking around you to understand the muggle aspects of life and power they have created to survive upon, much like our magic before they caused the end through greed alone.
I'll even give you my own test.
Achieve what others have failed to do and create harmony between magic and technology.
I have always wanted to create a new method of instant transport after I heard about the vanishing cabinet.
Don't worry, for your piece of mind and my own in the afterlife, I have secured several sets of vanishing cabinets that I could find.
After all there weren't ever many created since the family that built them were all killed off in one night.
Ignoring the past acts of jealous and greedy wizards and witches, imagine moving instantly across the ocean to America, Australia, or China simply by opening a door of one's home.
You could also try developing better versions of the Floo network, Portkey Magic, Apparition and so forth to start off, and honestly, it'll make things easier for you later on.
Ideally, I suggest you go study at all of the magical schools around the world and combine their libraries together in one place.
More than likely, you'll go to Hogwarts so make sure to… honour them the right way.
THE POTTER WAY
Another suggestion I have is creating a sanctuary for magical creatures not only for their safety and wellbeing but to harvest ingredients humanly.
I have not been successful in obtaining the magical rite to know where Olanscáth may rest, as it required two other Lords of the alliance to pass over the knowledge to its location.
Sadly, I am the only remaining Lord of the alliance as the rest have died and taken its knowledge with them, unable to pass it on to the next generation, or they were deemed acceptable to know of its existence.
I trust you will find it, but even so, create your own sanctuary for magical creatures, maybe several of them spread across the world.
In saying that, expanding upon the medical field and improve potions to not have HORRIBLE FUCKING TASTES!
Honestly you could create another wizarding sport for fun and or improve what we have, which would be ideal since Quidditch does drag out sometimes.
I've always been quite fond out the system employed by the English FA.
Anyway, do as you please, Harry, you have all the time in the world to change my world and any other you may next come across in your grand existence.
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Moving on, I… have not bothered to accept binding the three Deadly Hallows, keeping them far away from one another after the Battle of Hogwarts.
The accursed Elder Wand has been burnt to a crisp ten times over, yet it returns to my possession.
Frustrated and unable to keep it destroyed for good, I opened the Peverell vault, and began to secure the Hallows one by one, locked away in an ancient family trunk.
To access the items, you will need to open the Peverell vault, which shouldn't be hard for one kissed so dearly by Lady Death.
It's up to you if binding those sacred but accursed items to your soul and magiks.
I have long refused to take the gift as I never could accept suffering the agony of immortality without my family beside me, even if the Philosopher Stone could be created.
So, I will leave the decision up to you, but ensure it is you that wields the items and no one else.
Otherwise even Lady Death will fail to stop ME from HUNTING you DOWN!
Now go and bring my world back to life, even if you make it into your private garden or testing ground.
All I ask is you honour our family, Harry.
We are Potter's, successors to House Gryffindor and Peverell, conquerors of Slytherin through conquest, inheritors of Black.
We are the Last Blood of the Badger, a title gained by our mother Lily Potter for her lineage and ferocious loyalty to her loved ones and friends.
We are the Light, we are the Dark,
We are Magic's Beloved,
We are the Shields of Life, We are the Reapers of Death,
We are Guardians,
May House Potter continue its reign, even in Death,
Quia Gloria Eius Sumus.
Mischief Managed.
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The letter made Harry question if his other version was a seer or somehow was advised of the future through other means but choosing not to delve into the matter as requested by his native self.
Harry's mind rather went to the Deathly Hallows, including the knowledge he'd brought over the one from his own world after dying since it remained on his person during the events leading to his life's end.
Lady Death never explained why it remained with him after dying, and Harry wasn't one to push an Aspect of Existence for answer, so the subject was long dropped and never brought up again.
Yet now his current line of thought led to the possibility of two invisibility cloaks bonding together, or some sort of other magical reaction.
A childish part of Harry wanted the answers, but the mature and reasonable Harry knew it wasn't worth the time to experiment with plenty of other tasks already piled up and waiting for his attention.
Once the cart arrived at the Peverell vault, which was far deeper into the earth than any of the other prestigious families because of certain bonds with the Goblin Nation as explained by Ragnok, Harry noticed the insignia of the Deathly Hallows was engraved into the vault doors.
It was close to 50 or so metres from the rail cart, which Harry assumed contained the wards to stop anyone who tried to force their way into the vault.
Ragnok had stopped near to the rail cart, not moving closer until Harry had arrived by the vault door without activating the repelling wards.
Yet he found the torches of the short hallway alight suddenly as Harry reached the vault door and placed his hand on the dark obsidian stone pillar that reached up to his chest height.
The Goblin King didn't know what the obsidian stone meant, or why the chosen Peverell needed to take such a step but chose not to concern himself on the subject with his own duties to ensure the vault opened without sending anything harmful out.
A necessary step long made mandatory when opening vaults of ancient Houses, or organisations which may leave behind artifacts capable of causing great mayhem and pandemonium.
He knew not to expect something harmful from the Peverell vault due to the friendship they held with the Goblin Nation, but procedure was necessary and part of the paperwork, something a Goblin loved and dearly hated all the same.
The vault opened up without any issues, giving way to showcase mountains of gold, silver, and copper coins along with a wide range of artifacts of magical and non-magical kind.
Larnuk, Bloodaxe, and Ragnok all closely examined the coins safely managed in the vault, each stamped by Gringotts old mark for minted coins before they updated it around the 14th century.
It happened due to the Ministry of Magic deciding they had complete control over Gringotts Bank through the members that owned shares of the organisation in the majority all because of a ruling made long ago when it came into existence.
A large portion of positions were taken away from Goblins and redistributed to wizarding kind, reducing the influence Goblins had in the bank but it only fueled aggression.
Eventually the mint style employed by the Ministry of Magic was removed after the Goblins gained control over the bank again, but the style could never match what it previously was.
A wizarding family had long stolen the minting plate for the original coins upon the Ministry of Magic taking over the bank.
Sadly, nobody ever came to find out who that individual was or their family over the centuries.
Harry figured the coins could be sold back to the bank if they wanted to ensure they remained within their keep, but it wasn't what he came to the vault for.
Walking through the grand open space of the vault through dedicated pathways to keep people from walking over unstable plains of metal coins or treasures, Harry stopped to examine everything for the taking.
Everything from bladed weapons, armours, books, potion ingredients, wands, and even stocks of different metals stored neatly into a section of the vault much like the Potters.
A few things caught his attention like the sleek wizarding robes with armour incorporated into its dark design, which appeared rather influenced by modern aspects of clothing fashion.
Much like the armour of the Black Knight, Harry felt himself drawn to the wizarding robes, only for his eyes to finally notice the mark of the Deathly Hallows around the left breast region.
The marking wasn't larger than the size of his thumb, since it wasn't designed to stand out, but the insignia of the hallows made him reconsider taking it away from the vault.
Part of Harry wanted to wear it right away but most of his mind said to stay away for now all because of the mental draw on his will it naturally caused.
Dragging himself away from the armour, Harry continued further into the vault until he found a richly dark chest on a pedestal, set up to appear like an altar.
Walking closer to the chest crafted from elder wood of the darkest shade to ever be known, only for it to increase the aura of death surrounding the item, which for most common people would be fatal or capable of inducing nightmares of monstrous proportions.
Harry on the other hand wasn't bothered at all by the aura of death, but instead relished in it somewhat, as he was trained by Lady Death to enforce her will after all.
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Once he moved close enough to the chest that he could rest his hand on the elder wood and metal trim, it opened with a horrifying screech which stopped once the chest completely opened.
Inside Harry found the Invisibility Cloak wrapped around the Elder Wand and Resurrection Stone, waiting for someone to make sure of them.
For a moment, the combined might of the three objects tried to influence Harry to take possession of them immediately, but his mind refused to be affected, giving him the strength to step away.
Sadly, his concentration broke rather quickly at the loud noise of a voice he'd long known far too well to never forget.
"So, you have found Them of this world, child?"
"Yes… my Lady," Replied Harry, "it appears my native self knew of their capability and chose not to entangle himself with the artifacts."
"For good reason.
They were never meant for him… or that version of you.
The Keys are far from what you have been taught during your days alive and in my care.
A representative of my Aspect created a Nexus Point through Time, Space, and Creation, in conjunction with Fate and Destiny to introduce the Keys as gifts to mortals.
The very same mortals who are your ancestors, child, and have ensured their bloodline is intertwined with my Aspect for Eternity, no matter which family or bloodline they tried to marry into.
House Potter currently holds my favour, evident by your continued servitude by my side.
As such, I advise you bond with those Keys and bind the power they hold to your own.
I have no use for them anymore, especially that stone if all is to flow as Fate has ordained…
For now, you will protect the items by binding them to your soul and magiks.
I'll remove the accursed effects on the wand and stone to ensure your days are easier than all who have held them in the past."
Harry looked on in exasperation at the humanoid form of Lady Death, the master he'd come to serve of free mind and will.
She'd act far from what her believed personification behaves as ever since Harry had been in her service.
Rather she behaved like a wiseman at times while also insane when it pleased her fancy, much to his displeasure.
Currently she appeared sane, but Harry didn't suspect for a moment she'd leave without causing some sort of mayhem for the hell of it.
"Should I combine the cloak with my own, Lady Death?" Harry asked, hoping for an answer when none had ever been given before.
Fortunately, she gave Harry enough to appease the man for a long time, "Sure, why not.
You'll gain something new I guess, a strength to add to your ever-growing list of abilities.
However, there is far more to the gift than what may appear… or not in this case.
You've already seen part of it in this vault, so make sure to not live it behind or ignore it in those 'cute' pocket dimensions of yours.
Good luck, my son."
Waving with finality, Death disappeared in an instant, leaving behind a confused Harry to continue gazing at the Deathly Hallows, forgetting part of the interaction as Lady Death planned.
After Death waved her hand to leave, she also affected the three items in ways Harry couldn't understand currently, however suspected they would be of greater use now than they ever were previously.
But it didn't mean he would equip them onto his body right away without first inspecting to find out about their uses.
Yet Death didn't enjoy being made to wait so a helpful nudge to the Hallows to form together and rush towards Harry before he could process what was happening.
This attracted the second cloak away in the pocket dimension, binding with cloak from the wooden chest as the Keys of Death bound to his soul for good.
The two cloaks stitched themselves together length wise to increase their oversize drastically, though it burst alive in a way unseen before once the wand and stone came together to bond with the material.
Wrapping around the wand and stone, it all rushed into Harry's stunned body, merging with his core, body, mind, and soul, causing all sorts of mayhem while unlocking great potential.
All the meanwhile, Ragnok watched in astonishment as another magnificent magical event displayed itself today before his very eyes.
Earlier it occurred when Harry accepted the Lordships, and now watched Harry floating into the air as magic burst free from his form in massive waves.
Before he knew it, the magic receded but it left another deep impression in his mind of the wizard to gain the title of His Imperial Highness Grand Duke and a controlling factor in Gringotts, a feat no other wizard or witch had ever attained.
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Harry had to be dragged out by Ragnok and his guards from the vault after the Deathly Hallows settled into his body once they combined together.
They were planning to take Harry back to the lounge, but stopped as he suddenly awoke and asked to enter once more into the Peverell vault.
He went back to claim a number of treasures he found worthwhile inspecting and studying, such as the wizarding robe armour he found earlier.
The robes freed themselves from the display frame and rushed at Harry, only to dissolve in the air as they reached the wizard and interacted with his magic.
Harry didn't know what had happened and froze at the unknown display of magic until his mind saw a rush of information pertaining to the sudden access to draw on the armour to appear as the Greater Invisibility Cloak recorded its structure.
As part of a new feature, it had access to now after the binding of two invisibility cloaks with two other pieces of the Hallows, it recorded the forging process of the robes and all the enchantments, capable of making them appear with a simple thought, and just as powerful, if not more so.
Harry called on the wizard armour robes a few times, surprising the Goblins travelling along, until he felt comfortable to continue storing away the goods in the vault.
Any Portrait found was noted and stored to be taken away to fill up Hogwarts walls, though a portion of them would remain in the private area reserved for Harry's own use to interact with his ancestors, if possible, for assistance or even guidance.
As Harry practiced magic storing the items away, he noticed the ease at which he could use magic, even sensing his magical core had grown and the quantity of energy after binding with the Hallows was far more than he previously could ever wield.
Grumbling at the fact he wasn't aware of the true extent of change to his body, mind, and soul, Harry could do nothing more than leave for the next vault with the group, which just so happened to be the founder vaults as they were nearby by one another in the vicinity of the main Peverell vault.
First off, the Goblins moved towards the Gryffindor vault following the scheduled plan organised by Ragnok and Harry before heading down to the vaults.
It opened up without fault for Harry as the Gryffindor Familial Magiks recognised its Lord, showcasing all the wealth kept safely inside for over half a millennium.
Mountains of wizarding currency minted during the founder's era were stacked within, including plenty of goblin, dwarven, and gnome coins, alongside a few with the stamp of a leprechaun.
A little surprised by the variety of coin types, which were also found in the Peverell vault but not to the same extent, Harry asked Bloodaxe and the others for some answers.
What he learnt left him rather annoyed and furious at the actions of magical beings in the past.
"Grand Duke Potter, we weren't the only magical species to try and establish a banking institution within Britain during those days, and as our competitors, they were… removed, if you will, from our path to dominance.
This never deterred the other institutions as the Dwarves moved to the old continent, taking residence in the Alps, creating the Hjarkdun Bank, with the Gnome's of Kelbar's Financial Institute.
Other branches of various magical beings have taken a chance at managing the wealth of others, yet they have failed.
While we might have worked to ensure our competition remained nothing more than a small hinderance, we never moved to kill.
Wizarding kind had plenty of issues in the past to allow any sort of magical being having any sort of influence over them.
Worst of all, money caused plenty of anxious wizards and witches to attack."
In his youth, Harry quickly understood the magical world he'd become a part of, lived as far back in the past to match the Victorian era for its 'beauty' and 'simplicity'.
Yet the fact the wizarding world remained the same for several centuries without change told Harry enough that it would also see its end soon enough.
"Bloodaxe, who manages the Gryffindor account?"
Hearing Harry's question, an elderly Goblin following Bloodaxe stepped forward and introduced himself, "It is I, Grand Duke.
My name is Logblunt, named for my youthful acts of battle with a forged log of magical wood.
Since my days of childhood, I have been taught about House Gryffindor, and their faithful bond to the Goblin Nation and our family for managing the accounts, even before the days of Gringotts marbled halls were laid down.
They have also been part of Gringotts since its creation, having provided a sum of their financial wealth to create the monetary economy.
As such, Gringotts has ensured the accounts have never fallen into destitute even during the years with no Lord to actively manage the Lordship.
My family has worked effortlessly to see the wealth increase in the vault, My Lord, hoping for a day as such for it to add in your plans, whatever they might be."
An impressed Harry gave Logblunt a pat on the shoulder and advised him to keep up the good work after examining the documents passed over by one of the guards that showed the finances of the vault.
A bonus for Logblunt made the Goblin grin madly, as the efforts of his family and his own were vident to Harry through the documents.
Around the tenth century the account went inactive until this very day, with no Lord Gryffindor, yet it never stopped Logrun or his family in the past and now from making all sorts of business deals to continue increasing the wealth locked away.
It wasn't only gold that entered the vault, but a wide range of weapons and armour from over the years, many of which ended up on display including the more modern goods, based off Harry's initial examination.
Logblunt explained House Gryffindor was known for their Battle Magic, specialising in the field of Warrior Mages.
They were known to wield weapons and armour to fight with their magic, fighting in the deadliest battles of any war, and challenge brought upon them.
House Gryffindor also had a habit of securing weapons and armour throughout the ages of their victims, either through honourable duels or warfare, a tradition continued by Logblunt's family.
Yet they included the armours and weapons of others to have carried out deals deemed worthy by House Gryffindor's Familial Magic and allowed to enter its vault.
Most weapons and armour rested beside portraits of their past wielders, with a few having several portraits due to a number of men and women choosing the item as their own after finding it within the vault.
From what he could sense, each of the weapons and armour still held the magic of the original and successive users imbued into the materials, storing part of their knowledge and capabilities to be passed onto the next wielding.
Based off preliminary inspections of the items, Harry figured many weapons were gaining sentience of their own, in turn aiding any of those who would come to wield the weapons or armour.
Harry wasn't sure how such an achievement was possible even with his time learning under Death's command but looking out towards the rather grand collection of books, tomes, parchments and other written materials, the wizard chose to secure it all for Hogwarts.
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Spending some time in the vault, they eventually left and moved towards the main Slytherin vault which just happened to require parseltongue to open the vault doors, even if he wore the Lordship ring.
So far in each vault, Harry had gained his Lord Ring from cabinets left in the space to store a range of different ring designs for use.
Taking what he found to match his taste or design, Harry wore them over the same middle finger he wore the silver bands upon.
They merged, accepting the new ring designs as their main appearance to show any who may ask to see proof of their lordship.
Harry couldn't wait to see what House Slytherin had to offer just based on the intricate designs employed for the vault door.
An emerald snake embedded into the grand doors upon the entrance had partial sentience, examining all who dared approach the vault to see the treasures inside.
Harry couldn't tell if it gained sentience from the point of the enchantment's incantation or from the influence of the magical energy possibly enhancing the enhancement organically.
"§Who dares come before the vault of Slytherin, the Mightiest Lord of the Four?!§" hissed the emerald bejeweled snake sticking its head out of the vault doors, ready to attack if it didn't like Harry's answer.
"§I'm the poor sod who's had to deal with being named the Heir of Slytherin or some other sort of nonsense that makes me sound like a bigoted pureblood maniac.
It makes me wonder what sort of person Salazar had to be for the other founders to accept into their friendship circle for Hogwarts to be built.
If he truly was as dark as everyone makes him out to be then I doubt the other founders were stupid enough to invest their time and effort to create Hogwarts and make it the legend it has become today.§" Harry's statement to the emerald snake left it confused and a little exasperated.
But the snake had enough wisdom forged into its creation along with general organic improvement to laugh at Harry's answer.
The sounds of a chucking snake were both awe inspiring to witness but terrifying to hear for anyone but Harry who watched on with a smile plastered across the face.
"§Hahaha!
Well, well, well, a Speaker who understands good ole Salazar was the furthest thing from a wizard desiring blood purity or any other such nonsense.
Oh Marduk, if Salazar had been alive to see his name besmirched in such a way, the wise man would sow the end of all who've tried to claim this vault for their nefarious means.
So… challenger for the vault, what claim do you have on House Slytherin?§" the emerald snake hissed to Harry, quite prepared to strike out at him should he fail to convince it of his stake on the Slytherin Lordship and vaults.
With a grin unable to fade away, Harry's magic pulsed out and his body naturally spawned the Elder Wand to his hand, even if it bound itself with his magical core, it could take form at will, if asked.
Crackling with power drawn straight from Harry's immense reserves of strength, and part of Death's Domain, his eyes swirled with magical power as his voice captured part of it to fuel his declaration.
"§I, Harry James Fleamont Charlus Arcturus Sirius Remus Potter-Black-Heiðran-Sayre-Eveningshade-Gryffindor-Slytherin-Peverell, as ordained by Lady Magic and Death, consciously believe it is my name, and call on the Ancient Magiks of my ancestral Houses to take action if my statement is false, so mote it be.§"
The tip of his wand glowed to prove the statement was true, and without waiting for another second to pass, the doors of the vault to opened to a similar scene of mountains of gold, much like Gryffindors own vault.
However, the stark difference came from the great number potion ingredients kept safely in stasis and books on magic ranging back centuries and thousands of years during the days of the founder's best era.
There were plenty of unknown projects as well littered throughout the vault, with plenty left unfinished as the knowledge wasn't present during the era that could aid conceptualising the idea.
Searching through the vault, Harry found plenty of items, all of which screamed priceless or far too expensive for any normal person to possibly obtain and own without having their life on the line.
Dark Magic, Blood Magic, Alchemy, and Ritual Magic information was prevalent throughout the vault's expanded library that had its own portion of the vault secluded off to ensure everything was manageable in storage.
Yet the main piece of the collection that attracted Harry to the library was Slytherin's Grimoire, an item that has existed since the first member of House Slytherin forged it together and call on magic for its guidance.
Collecting everything he found useful, which included a wealth of portraits, Harry ensured everything was categorised properly in the pocket dimensions.
Everything that had to remain in stasis moved to the relevant dimensions whereas the rest disappeared into the other one, ready to be brought out once they arrived back at Hogwarts.
Part of the plan back at Hogwarts would see the Chamber of Secrets transforming from its past as the nest of the Basilisk to the home of all the knowledge from the vaults and a possible room for treasures, relaxation, study, and entertainment.
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The next vault they arrived at required Ragnok's personal assistance to open the doors, evident by the Goblin King arriving before a stone pedestal which he coated lightly with his blood.
Once the doors started to rumble, Ragnok slammed his sword into the very top of the pedestal once the blade of the Goblin sword coated lightly with his blood as well, carrying a specific order of enchantments and spells to command the vault's authority to pass over to its Lord.
Harry sensed the Ancestral Magik of House Heiðran calling out to him, waiting to see if there was a bond.
He perceived its anxiousness to find its Lord, Heir, or Scion, so he sent out his own magic, the two sources crashed into one another before a connection formed permanently.
For a moment, Harry struggled to stabilise himself as the Familial Magic of House Heiðran fully came into his control, requiring more willpower than he expected to wield and shape freely.
Only then did the vault doors begin to open up, but unlike the others full of gold and treasure from the very beginning, this time around everything from armour and weapons, to books, cauldrons, clothing and everything else one could think of littered throughout the grand space.
Everything was labelled and stored to last, showing to Harry the members of House Heiðran rather cared about maintaining whatever remained in their care.
He couldn't understand why they could take such care of common items until Ragnok and other Goblins began to salivate at the collection of goods in the vault.
According to them, House Heiðran had a collection saved no one else could ever compare to if their best guesses off what they had seen so far concluded.
Weapons owned and wielded by Roman Emperors and royalty were just some of the goods locked away for display whereas the truly rare goods had to be sealed away.
But the collection of weapons and armour left Harry agape at the level of craftsmanship shown in each work.
The vault had the necessary knowledge for crafting away in its massive library, something Harry wanted to investigate right away but he stopped and held back his drive to rush into research.
Taking the time to collect close to everything held in the vault besides the gold, the group left for the next few vaults.
Sayre Vault contained a fortune very few could match due to their operations in the New World, or MACUSA, since Isolt saw to the creation of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The family died out during World War Two, attacked by Grindelwald's forces that saw everyone dying from the main family expect for a young daughter.
She went on to marry a muggle whose child married into the Evans family, leaving everything for Harry to claim.
As it turned out the native Harry had taken possession of the Sayre Lordship and sought to improve its standings once more around the globe, especially MACUSA, sadly the War to End All never allowed those plans to come to fruition.
Like before, all that appeared valuable was taken away, while the rest remained for later study.
The Eveingshade vault similarly surprised Harry like the Sayre vault mainly because of the scale of treasures it held.
House Eveingshade were a member of the alliance to oversee and protect Olanscáth but their role saw them managing the precise work to gain magical materials without harming the creatures.
Even so the vault held plenty of creatures enclosed in stasis to keep them from degrading or awakening in the case of a violent few if the notes were anything to go by.
All that he wanted to take or explore was stored, while the rest stayed behind, which ended the group's journey through the different accounts Harry inherited.
The rest he gained due to Lady Magic's and Death's blessing had yet to be compiled together and catalogued for all it held.
Until it was all sorted out, Harry had nothing left to do at the bank and decided to leave for Hogwarts with all the goods he'd taken from the vaults.
He needed to inspect the changes to his body after the Hallows were combined and bound to his magical core.
He'd summoned the Elder Wand with ease to his hand, forming out of thin air into a solid foci, yet he could use magic quite precisely without it in his hand.
Harry suspected the Elder Wand had influenced his magic to act far more precisely than before, as the efficiency of his magical use increased far beyond what he knew was normal.
He suspected the wand had something to do with it, but the Resurrection Strone caused him to worry and wonder of the possibilities it offered.
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Leaving the bank entrance, Harry realised soon he'd be sending teams of Goblins and Aelflyn to find what remained of the magical world alive.
The thought crossed his mind once more as he tried to figure out his schedule for the next few weeks, hoping to allocate a few days to learn about his personal changes.
Not wanting to wait any further and waste his time loitering through Diagon Alley, Harry left with Milly while the rest of the Aelflyn began to sweep through the businesses.
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Upon their return to Hogwarts, Harry tasked Milly to begin organising the Aelflyn for the various new jobs around Hogwarts and their surrounding area while he focused on learning about the combined Deathly Hallows would cause his magic.
His personal trips into the Forbidden Forest to test his powers saw to a refinement of his precision, accuracy, and depth of magical control Harry found hard to believe.
The speed at which casting magic occurred astonished Harry since he'd been trained by Lady Death's chosen educators for magic to be one of the best users even in death.
There was no delay from the moment he thought of the spell and the magic rushed from his core to the wand if it was wielded or the tip of his hand if without.
However, he couldn't make full use of his new speed without improving his mental processing power to match the efficiency of his magic.
As the training continued for Harry to understand his power, the wizard realised it wasn't long before he would turn into a truly terrifying powerhouse if he could manage his speed, precision, reaction, and control.
Harry, however, knew his stamina and physical strength was far from what it should be to match the magical power in his grasp.
He even received a chance to explore part of his strength and chose to act against the large nest of Acromantula spiders after they attacked him indiscriminately.
Never too fond of the creatures, Harry began to eliminate the nest with fair ease as he walked through the massive underground cavern, capturing more than a few Acromantula spiders for his own source of silk for clothing and much more.
With a few flicks of his hand, large rocks in the area transfigured permanently into cages to contain the creatures in stasis before heading to the pocket dimension with land and air to keep them all alive.
Upon his return to Aelflyn one evening over the first week upon his return from Gringotts after exploring in the Forbidden Forest, Harry presented the restrained creatures to a number of Aelflyn to manage safely so they could harvest their silk and venom for potions.
A lot of work went into creating the perfect conditions and environment for their habitation, with plenty of protection for everyone else working with the Acromantula before they were released from the cages.
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Over the next few weeks, a blur of activities coursed around Hogwarts and Britain after a significant few changes made by Harry after various new discoveries.
First off, all the portraits stored away by Hogwarts over the ages by different Headmaster due to personal preferences appeared once more throughout the castle.
From there he began to understand the knowledge each of the portraits held depending on the presences contained within.
They were made using Magical Ink, a product made previously using charcoal, water, and a few other magical ingredients to allow for various pigments and dyes to mix in.
Harry wanted to use what little Magical Ink he'd found to repair may of the portraits damaged over the years, however he knew little about their creation.
The reason for his sudden fixation on portraits was around surrounded around the hope they'd educate Aelflyn and Goblins alike without prejudice, since most portrait presences remained ideal or travelling between other frames to pass the time.
While no classes were being taught officially, Aelflyn learnt through self-study by venturing through the library and speaking with the portrait presences willing to communicate and offer their past experiences.
A small test was conducted where the portraits willing to educate Aelflyn found themselves in classrooms with willing students, yet Harry found it rather awful as a substitute for proper educators after a day of setting it all up and seeing the result of his work.
Fortunately for Harry, a deep search of several magical properties in the outskirts of Cornwall discovered several dozen magical tomes and books related to crafting magical portraits.
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A team returned and catalogued everything they found, only to present the tomes and books straight to Harry.
They knew of their importance and value, as it would only aid their own education regarding magic and scientific fields of study.
Through the use of certain Time Runes, and particular wards developed through Death's Aspect Energy to extend his day several times over, Harry made all sorts of discoveries and improvements to the field.
Magical Ink became far more efficient and readily available for Harry as he discovered Pure Graphene flakes with a single pigment for colouration allowed for the perfect magical conduit.
It also meant for Harry the portraits would easily recover their charm and strength from when they were created if fixed up using the improved ink.
The tomes also spoke of the liquid crystals utilised to create other mediums with animated pictures, such as newpapers and personalised image cards, better known by the mundane world as pictures.
Along with a couple other discoveries found in the recovered knowledge noted how to evolve Portrait Presences to have far greater capabilities than in the past.
They could be added to those already created, including a few enhancements already known to magicals, and often not employed, allowed for the Portrait Presences to change and growth over time, as their personalities took on new information and memories.
Using Archaic Chinese, along with Elder Futhark, intertwining the two languages to layer upon each other, Harry discovered how to create portraits capable of learning and adapting from new information taken on.
Better yet, the effect could be provided to portraits already made and active with presence.
Since Blood Magic was employed as well for Portrait Presences to take shape, a Celtic rune Harry discovered was added to the acceptable list that could be added to the frame.
It was designed to draw magical energy straight from the surroundings to bare the excess draw they might take to keep up with all the modifications and upgrades most portraits contained as they far exceeded the base options.
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It wasn't long before Harry saw to upgrading the portraits after an Aelflyn made themselves known for their creative painting ability.
They were natural artists, a fact Harry accepted quite easily after seeing their work and how they could perform using magic and without it to craft their work.
As House Elves they never had the chance to enjoy their hobbies but made sure to learn when they had the chance, even if it were only visual.
The pair, as such, were naturally incredibly gifted after their evolution into Aelflyn, as magic drew on their talents, desires, and preferences.
After letting the Aelflyn duo, Leo and Annise, test their skills on portraits of Death Eaters that ended up at Hogwarts, or found by the scouting teams, Lady Karselina Grenbore became the first presence to accept a full new upgrade.
From the era of 1327, Karselina gained far greater freedom and abilities than she ever had before within a short few hours after Leo increased the size of the canvas and carved the respective runes.
She asked to have her frame moved immediately from the workshop and into a private study room in the library with the ability to call on the stored knowledge.
A few different modifications and specifically crafted artefacts enabled Karselina to study without any issues, first learning all she could pertaining to the current situation of the wizarding world, and non-magical, while checking up on the details she might have missed from her days till now.
Portrait Presences retained plenty of memories of their own throughout the years, but they weren't capable of recalling parts of it as time moved on.
In the case of many different Portrait Presences, they didn't have the full collection of memories from their original counterpart, though the new modifications allowed for greater memory storage than previous.
It also allowed Karselina to remember many of the years she spent at Hogwarts during her day, as magic guided most of the past memories to resurface.
As a result, her personality became sharper and more rounded, while her ability to think and process what occurred around her had increased significantly.
As she didn't need to spend her nights sleeping to replenish the portraits magical charge in the ink once she was connected to Hogwarts wardstone to manage her energy levels, Karselina dove straight in her studies without looking back.
It went on for a couple of days until she felt ready to teach an eager group of Aelflyn that wanted to learn all about magic through a foci, such as a wand.
Using multiple portrait frames set up on the walls of the classroom to move around effortlessly, Karselina began to educate Aelflyn coming to her classes for Mathematics, History, Geography and Languages practiced by Magical and Non-Magical kind.
Ragpor actually took several classes taught by Professor Karselina Grenbore once she started to teach various subjects.
This eventually saw the Goblins arriving in droves through the Floo network created on the ground floor of the castle after Harry requested it from Hogwarts.
The castle chose to build a secure room with plenty of fireplaces to allow for secure connections straight from Gringotts.
As such, the Goblins were easily able to travel over and attend classes as they wished, many of whom preferred to study on their lonesome.
A few adjustments were needed for Harry to make before the Floo network from Gringotts worked out and allowed the bankers a safe mode of travel on a daily basis.
They all accepted Professor Grenbore as a fair witch for willing to upgrade her capabilities and canvas to not only improve her living standard but to use the new capabilities to teach magical beings.
As the first portrait educator for Hogwarts, Karselina quickly found appropriate Portrait Presences to join her new career profession after learning about all new fields from the mundane world and incorporating it with magic.
Several dozen others came forward after hearing of Karselina's upgrade and heard of the potential displayed by the Aelflyn and Goblins during their lessons.
They all wished to have the same upgrades as Karselina, especially if it allowed them to learn new fields, even if they weren't magical in nature.
Plenty of others refused Harry's proposition due to their personalities from childhood whilst alive had taught them to not interact with their 'lesser'.
Mind you, none of the students were experiencing the true Hogwarts experience and journey as it hadn't officially opened since Harry felt the school was far from being ready to take students en mass.
Yet it was enough for those taking the time out to attend the few classes available.
Harry envisioned his own golden era for the school, which required his attention to inspect each subject taught and the relevant materials needed by each student, before he could understand what needed improving.
So far anyone who wished to learn could enter the halls of Hogwarts and ask one of the attending Aelflyn to take a certain class.
Only Aelflyn called Hogwarts home for now, even if they began to create a village near the Black Lake, though closer to the Forbidden Forest.
Most of Aelflyn already viewed Hogwarts as their true home, but they realised it couldn't remain theirs forever as the next generation would take up precious space reserved for students.
A number of Aelflyn remained back in Hogwarts, ensuring the current students were looked after as they were considered the next generation of Hogwarts students by most of the elder mother Aelflyn.
Yet more often than not, Aelflyn found themselves joining the scouting teams, whilst focused on training their magical skills and bodily strengths, which now included classes with Goblins to further their combat skills and readiness in the field.
Harry learnt through Hogwarts semi-sentient Genius Foci to find a training facility that accommodated the Goblin warriors without having to create an arena for their combat classes.
It just so happened to create another entrance into the castle through the grand open training arena, capable of seating hundreds with ease, as it connected onto the side of Hogwarts.
The castle further surprised everyone by released wooden puppets capable of fighting back with various techniques charmed into their function, including weapons.
Harry spent one evening altering the puppets to include all the skills and techniques he'd learnt during his time being taught by Lady Death's chosen instructors.
They also had mundane martial arts and weapon mastery included into their functionality, yet most of the knowledge was stored and controlled by Hogwarts through its wardstone, and its minimal storage capabilities.
Harry noted to himself to understand how the wardstone could retain certain knowledge and store it without issue for the puppets to draw upon through a runic array tied into the different techniques and artforms.
Furthermore, the puppets were designed to instruct the students rather than pummel into the ground without holding back.
They would fight back based off the opponent's capabilities, before shifting its focus to improve the opponent's skills, but through combat trial and error.
The Goblins quickly fell in love with the puppets, even going as far as to name them as 'Demon Golem Instructors' for their efficiency and effectiveness to shape anyone into sharp and deadly warriors.
Aelflyns left to survive against the Demon Golem Instructors became the finest warriors within a short few weeks of ruthless training.
However, the fierce training imposed by the golems had a lot to do with Harry's past research work many years back whilst fulfilling an errand for Lady Death.
Evoking the aid of Lord Pyxis Fornaxion Black's armour after its basic sentience grew with each new wearer, and their gifts aid in its growth, Harry knew he'd found the best teacher for those taking the combat classes.
The Basic Magical Sentience, named Pleiades, had long served House Black and fought in plenty of battles since the days of Lord Pyxis, however it hadn't seen the light of day for many years now.
It explained to Harry that serving Lord Pyxis wasn't beyond aiding the man from surviving enemies' unseen, or sudden attacks that came at his back.
Locating the craftwork for the Basic Magical Sentience wasn't difficult for Harry, however shifting it into another form for it to have access to the golems required knowledge from the past to be brought forward.
The knowledge of the specific craft was taught to Harry by an instructor Lady Death deemed acceptable, however the classes when beyond anything the emerald eyed wizard expected.
Even so, he learnt a great deal about magical constructs and beings formed naturally over time simply by inscribing a particular few runes into the base material of the artefact.
To ensure his plans for the golems went according to plan, a new home had to be made for Pleiades to house itself in, as it controlled the puppets simultaneously.
First Harry created a humanoid body, shaped to appear as a combination of the eight Lords to have utilised the armour before it was secured in the vault.
For most people, this part of the process would have been the hardest part, but as a servant of Death, Harry was extensively educated to understand anatomy, health science, and many more subjects to serve Lady Death effectively.
As such, Harry constructed a body for Pleiades that appeared human, yet his bones were made from a rune inscribed metal skeletal structure, and synthetic graphene polymer skin, grafted over the reinforced artificial organs made from transfigured materials.
After absorbing the Deathly Hallows of this world, Harry's transfiguration became permanent and magically conductive if willed while practicing the magic.
So, the new form for Pleiades to house itself within became a walking nightmare, as the muscle fiber incorporated nano-tubing encased in crystalised muscle casing, giving the humanoid form superhuman strength, speed, and reflexes.
Harry had to stop for a moment and consider what he had created after considering the power in Pleiades control, however the thought passed, and he continued with his work, only after setting a number of failsafe's just in case.
The new platform for Pleiades only became complete after Harry created a clear diamond from compressed coal, with his magical energy acting as the pressure and heat to allow the transformation.
Using the diamond shaped like a parallelogram, with elongated tips and a shorter width, Harry had to reshape the atomic layout of the facets within to become a housing and storage unit for a Basic Magical Sentience.
Harry had to concentrate on his will and intent to ensure the magic followed through with his instructions and vision for the diamond before the final verdict came from a positive Pleiades.
The Magical Sentience couldn't believe the new life it gained by taking control over the humanoid golem platform made by Harry.
It swore to continue serving House Black, as it had since its creation, which only secured its control over the platform, since its magic and that of the diamond fused together, much to Harry's surprise and delight.
He didn't know how it happened yet, but figured the diamond was created using a portion of his charged magical energy, and similarly the platform contained a great deal of his magical energy.
In some way or another, the diamond interacted with the platform after Pleiades moved over to house itself in the diamond, accidently creating a unique magical being, the first of its kind.
Harry chose not to delve too far into the matter yet but suspected it wouldn't take long before he had to deal with the implications of his actions.
Instead, he used the link runes and charms necessary for the Communication Mirrors his father and Padfoot created together to work on most glass mirrors, which Harry learnt could easily be improved by using glass cut from the same large piece, to establish Pleiades link with the instructor golems.
It wasn't long before the connection became solid, and Pleiades became capable of operating all the golems at once without any sort of delay in the actions chosen or obstructed while teaching several students together.
As Pleiades had the ability to communicate verbally, there wasn't any issue with its functions to communicate in several different discussions at once either.
Harry couldn't be more pleased with his work, and left Pleiades to handle the combat classes, only after it learnt everything, he had for it to learn and teach others.
This included modern martial arts, fighting techniques, swordsmanship and much more, until Pleiades became a God of War, even capable of improving what it knew to either further the artform or create another, if necessary, with greater efficiency and effectiveness.
Pleiades had plenty of experience in battles, non-magical and magical sorts from its days as one half of the mantle known as Black Knight, serving the different Lords and sons of House Black over the centuries.
Through teaching the students, Pleiades only furthered its own pool of experience, battle capabilities, and teaching techniques to improve its efficiency, though it preferred finding gifted students to further their natural talent.
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In time, Pleiades itself caused the scouting teams to grow in their effectiveness in the field and overall efficiency in collecting items and goods of all sorts to bring back to Hogwarts.
The new skills they learnt from Pleiades, having learnt how to track and hunt, used such information to find signs of intelligent life still walking amongst them, and not killed off after the events of the War to End All.
The few teams of Goblins and Aelflyn that were taught by Pleiades, and trained for tracking, began to find more signs of possible life in the greater cities of Britain by the shores facing towards France.
Most of the time they noted someone had been in the area but left before they arrived by at least a few days.
In the case of a few other teams, they were successful in finding several settlements of Merfolk, Centaurs, Nymphs, Dryads, Veela, and many others magical species to have survived the War to End All, as the non-magical world focused more on eliminating wizards and witches.
They believed their acts of war would somehow affect the magical environment, like their combat in the Middle East left the nations and their infrastructure ruined.
Thankfully for the magical creatures and beings, Lady Magic chose to protect them all from their ends unlike mankind who faced ruin from the effects of a nuclear winter raining instant death.
Many of the hidden settlements the scouting teams discovered had Part Veela populations, which continued to communicate with their main settlement on the old continent.
They were willing to start communications between the two sides, much of which left Harry delighted as it meant there wouldn't be a labour shortage in the near future to fulfil his different project requirements.
Of course, he felt delighted to find others alive, and well, but Harry had to think of the greater plans he hoped to have sorted and active sooner rather than later.
Soon enough, a small group of representatives arrived at Hogwarts with an Aelflyn member of the scouting team to discover their settlement.
News reached Harry advising him of their arrival a few days earlier, so he wasn't late to meet the representatives at the new entrance leading onto Hogwarts lands.
The chosen representatives were not just Veela, but Centaurs, a few Werewolves, and even a Vampire.
To his surprise they were all under the protection of the Veela Kingdom and its forces, saving a great many species from the war that saw humankind dying out.
Others such as Merfolk, Nymphs, Dryads, Dwarves, and other such magical species were under the protection of the Veela Kingdom, though it didn't include the entire races, only a portion.
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When the group arrived at Hogwarts, Harry came out to greet them, dressed in the finest Acromantula Silk that Aelflyn learnt to effortlessly weave into the most magical clothes he'd ever witnessed.
Attributing it as a natural affinity of Aelflyn, they could spell weave into the fabrics they'd used to make the clothes without ever handling the materials with their bare hands.
Through his intent alone, Harry could change the colour scheme to his personal choosing, while also enabling the hood of the robes to appear and remove itself as he pleased.
Further yet, it could focus part of his magic but funneling the energy as a separate passive active shield if the wearer so chooses.
It all came from the farm made by Aelflyn's to manage the Acromantula spiders taken from the nest previously in the Forbidden Forest to have survived the War to End All.
Now they produced the finest silk in abundant levels to have plenty to sort away for later use.
Harry appeared before the representatives in silver, black, blue, white, and golden robes containing the colours of all the Hogwarts Houses in a tasteful manner with a modern non-magical touch.
Their fashion industry far surpassed magical kind and it honestly showcased ingenuity wizarding kind had long forgotten in the past.
However, he stopped in surprise and shock at the selected members of the team of representatives daring to visit Hogwarts after the War to End All.
As a major location where the final battle took place, evident by the damage remaining in parts of the surrounding lands of the forest and open area, Harry figured most people would stay away because of the dislike magicals had for all things concerning mass death and suffering.
The representatives travelled over with Ragpor, having taken the time away from his team to provide transportation effortlessly that it caused plenty of heads to turn in his direction due to comfort brought by the travel, not ever found in magical transportation.
Ragpor wasn't bothered with the expressions formed by the guests, as he walked with drive to appear before Harry, his confidence affecting the others.
For this reason, the Aelflyn wasn't leading his own team because he actually preferred to operate on his own and often left his scouting team whilst out on a journey outside of Hogwarts lands to hasten their raiding efforts.
The Aelf, as they preferred from time to time, had a knack for finding things hidden away in the most obscure ways, even if they employed magic.
"Your Majesty," said Harry, curtly bowing before the Queen of the Veela Kingdom, while managing the same level of respect to her companions, two of whom he never expected to see.
His mind stopped for a moment to process everything before kicking back into high gear after seeing old friends once more, when one appeared no older than a child, whereas the other was on the cusp of womanhood.
Both now stood in front of him, gracefully as much as the queen, yet refined beyond her in their own unique ways.
Having finally settled part of his pulsing mind, Harry greeted his friends, never expecting to see either in the present dead world, "Fleur, Gabby… is that you?"
"H'arry, it's good to see you again, chère." Said Fleur with a hint of sadness, joy, and grief echoing through her voice.
Much the same, Gabrielle echoed the same pain, while trying to show a stronger side, "Haha, indeed it is Mon Amie.
I never expected to see you again after… well… you know what I mean."
She'd been made aware of Harry's appearance in the world and his actions so far by Ragpor as per the instructions to advise those who could be trusted when establishing contact with a settlement.
Aelflyn could sense the truth and lies from someone to an extent, yet it was only perfected by a few who trained those abilities.
Ragpor found Gabrielle and Fleur worthy of knowing Harry true past so far concerning the world, compared to the native Harry.
It greatly dampened the mood of both sisters from their earlier happiness as it reenforced the knowledge of her friend's death fighting till the end, slaying as many as he could in his wake.
She'd heard about this valiant end through her elder sister, Fleur, after she'd survived the attack on the settlement native Harry rushed to save in his final fight, a place Fleur and Bill Weasley called home.
Her husband survived, and even lived through the events of the War to End All by gaining the bond rite of a friend to a Hebridean Black Dragon which only furthered to gift Bill worthy of their brotherhood.
He went through the ritual with the Hebridean Black Dragon after hearing of Charlie undertaking such an action to fight in the war, which he survived and lived as part of the Veela Kingdom.
The ritual notes were handed to Bill earlier to refine before Charlie performed it with Norberta's partner, a Hungarian Horntail.
As such Bill had the information already on hand to perform it for himself, extending his life to match those of Dragons, even altering his physique partially to gain the abilities of a Dragonkin, or Half-Dragons.
Both brothers now worked to provide for the Veela Kingdom, while protecting their bonded Dragons to ensure they lived and weren't harmed or exploited.
Harry knew none of this but once he became informed of it later on, he felt that it might be possible to have some sort of family life in his new life after death.
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Led into Hogwarts by an exuberant Harry Potter, the representative group suddenly grew as Ragpor returned from the settlement with a few guards from the Veela Kingdom as part of the agreement to allow for discussions to exist and to ensure the safety of the scouting team currently situated at the Veela settlement.
Harry didn't mind as the guards were a pair of armoured Werewolves in their human form and Dwarves, wielding warhammers and forged plated armour, inscribed with runes to increase their strength and stamina marginally, and if required to over exhausted in the case of a battle to death.
They surprisingly weren't much of an issue for Harry to deal with if things were to go sideways, however he ignored their presence for now.
His bond to the Aelflyn advised those in the castle to watch out for the actions of the guards, especially if any were to harass the supposed students attending Hogwarts.
Accompanying the group through Hogwarts gated entrance until the front door of the castle, Ragpor eventually left to fulfil other tasks around the castle while waiting for the moment when the representatives wished to return home.
Before he left, he served the guests with a team of Aelflyn as they shifted to take over managing the guests and providing every luxury Hogwarts could afford to give out since Harry took over the castle and the lands it held.
Which would surprise most people, especially those who witnessed Hogwarts in its past 'glory'.
If one compared it to what was displayed during the Tri-Wizard Tournament as the height of its beauty and magnificence in the modern era, then Harry had outdone it tenfold in its current state.
A dozen magical elevators were located strategically throughout the castle to aid the students, professors, and visitors to reach any level without having to climb the evermoving staircases.
However, they weren't to be abused so students still used the staircases more often than not.
Recreation and Theatre Rooms were included in the castle layout, as items such as Table Tennis, Pool Tables, Putting Golf, Darts, Boardgames, Indoor Mundane Sports and other such indoor activities were organised for the students to use.
Films and televisions acceptable for all age groups were kept at Hogwarts after being found by the scouting teams, before they were safe for use in magically altered media entertainment equipment.
After examining non-magical players for films and television shows, which included projectors utilised by cinemas, and those equipped in homes, until Harry finally created a Magical Cinematography Lantern.
Due to its unique shape, Harry dubbed it the 'Lantern' projector as it held a large cinematography collection of films, televisions, and general videos compiled into the multimedia library that could expand through a series of new charms and spells.
They could note the whole film or show if they were recorded on a disc, as it allowed for partial conductivity to allow for the magic to react as necessary.
Hogwarts in its Semi-Sentient form had argued with Harry to increase the size of the multimedia library as it saw a new way to revitalise imagination in the minds of magicals.
Many Aelflyn and Goblins appeared in the cinema when they had a free chance, yet it was often enjoyed by the young that came to enjoy the facility as they witnessed the storytelling of the mundane.
On the other hand, more portraits filled out the castle walls and classrooms, which the group stopped to watch in progress as Professor Eleazar Fig from the last 19th century taught Magical Theory to a class of Goblin and Aelflyn young.
His portrait, along with hundreds of others, had been recovered from the brink of death by Leo and Annise, the Aelflyn painting savants.
The pair learnt to allow the Portrait Presences a certain amount of free reign to discharge spells from their frames, travelling for a few feet before fizzling out.
They allowed the portrait frames within classrooms to extend out further to interact with the students better than before, however for those in the hallways, they had no more than a couple feet in their control.
Eleazar Fig showcased this best by explaining the process of channeling to actively sense those around them and how to improve one's control by training certain magical 'muscles'.
He further spoke of mundane theories advancing the understanding of certain points and topics within the field of Magical Theory, eventually catching the full attention of the Veela Kingdom representatives.
The discussion went on to boggle the minds of all members in the group, especially the Delacour sisters, who felt intrigued to sit in on the class further and possibly deepen their own understanding of magic.
Eleazar wasn't the easiest person to convince at first to educate magical beings until he spoke with his wife's Portrait Presence after he heard she'd agreed to teach a class on Healing Magic.
After that, the man never looked back and happily taught Goblins and Aelflyn alike, happy to see their joy at expressing magic.
Past the classes on offer, which far exceeded anything ever taught previously by any magical educational institution since it included mundane sciences as well, had become a trade school of sorts to teach the surviving populous on how to rebuild.
This just so happened to involve a great deal of trial and error exploring how to reuse wasted materials from across the globe.
Plastic became the most important point during these discussions because of its natural to last for centuries without degrading and its textile strength was amazing, especially if they found a way to enhance it magically.
The group of representatives actually came across one of the classes upon their arrival on the ground floor of the castle.
Several male and female mundane-affected Werewolves were teaching a class on construction with a couple Dryads and Nymphs that showed unique methods on finding the right wood and how to bond the fibres of the wood to create strong connections.
It actually caused a few members of the group to stop and take a moment to see how the magic allowed for such an effect, but soon left to keep up with the rest of the group.
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Beyond the classes, the representatives were entranced by the treasures on display, many of which came from the vaults Lady Magic gifted to him through her interference of the Goblins Bloodline Magic.
It brought up another point for Harry to visit the other magical financial institutes around the globe to see if Lady Magic or Death interfered in some manner or another and granted him even more accounts or Lordships.
The group looked at the treasures on the walls, protected by enchanted glass with its relevant history to explain its past if it were a weapon or armour.
Jewels, attire, and other such artifacts were protected much the same, though more and more treasures had portraits set up above to explain in depth about the items and their use in the past.
The Queen stopped numerous times to inspect a certain item, reading the detailed notes explaining its past owners and who ordered for its creation, until she decided to speak with the portraits.
It caused many to do the same, as Harry found no issue in waiting, after all he had organised the treasures in such a way to educate all who walked through Hogwarts halls.
The group, minus Fleur, Gabrielle, and the Queen, openly gawked at the extravagance on the upper floors of the castle, lining the long hallways and grand walls of Hogwarts, truly displaying its might as an ancient castle currently in the hands of a powerful and wealthy being.
Other such opulence the group lost themselves eyeing was the lining of trim to brighten up the castle to give it a face lift it hadn't seen after its creation.
Not one to hold back, Harry freely used the metals, gems, jewels, and other such goods from the vaults to improve the interior of Hogwarts by adding plenty of moving art décor such as statuses charmed through the spell Piertotum Locomotor to move about within reason for specific ones.
However, the effect saw the statues capable of interacting with anyone interested while fully able to defend the castle in the case of emergencies.
They also notified professors when conflict occurred or interfered themselves if the issue required immediate action.
Harry had worked long and hard to awaken the Genius Foci of Hogwarts, but it remained Semi-Sentient, waiting for a specific sequence of actions for its activation.
He believed it was the work of the founders, yet he made do with the castle's wards for such situations to include the statues as monitors and interceptors in dire cases.
Harry explained the value of the statues to the representatives once Gabrielle pointed outan armour Knight dressed in the colours of House Slytherin, along with the crest of Pendragons Royal Knights.
The Knights armour happened to be found by the Goblins, sealed away in an old family vault that had the opportunity long ago to gain the title of Ancient and Most Noble House amongst the Wizengamot but due to lack of generational funds, they remained hidden away in society.
Several other Pendragon Royal Knights armours were discovered in the vaults, each consisting of their own Magical Sentience's to assist the wearer, had now turned to protecting Hogwarts while educating curious students.
They hadn't received the same treatment as Pleiades just yet as they preferred to remain in their armour instead of taking on another form in a Magical Platform, as they were known now.
One of the Magical Sentience's named Symen, currently led the other armours to patrol Hogwarts and its lands after they were keyed into the wards of Hogwarts and the wardstone continued to power their magical signature to let them operate freely in its defence and counterattack if need be.
Gabby, Fleur, and the other members of the group appreciated the sense of security all the armours portray to any who'd dare enter the castle halls to attack another.
They would learn the hard way that the wards of Hogwarts would quickly terminate their aggression upon meeting the Armoured Knights of Hogwarts.
They all knew about the past state of Hogwarts once Voldemort's war ended with the castle in a state of disrepair.
Yet now it stood tall and proud, lined with centuries of history and treasures freely set out on display to educate the future of what they wished to accomplish today.
Furthermore the energy in the air could be felt by all as it presented them with an area of hope, learning, safety, and a new hope for the future.
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Last but not least saw the groups attention falling onto the grand tapestries spread across the walls, telling their story through visual animation via magical enchantments.
Old history of earth was told through the different tapestries, each made of materials considered rather rare to find or long extinct.
Everyone stopped for a moment to watch a tapestry regaling the tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable, as a Pendragon Royal Knight regaled of his days serving the King and his loyal Knights.
Not directly addressing anyone specific, the Queen began to say, "The legend goes King Arthur broke the sword he retrieved from stone, so he travelled with Merlin to visit the Lady of the Lake.
Both hoped to receive her aid in repairing the broken sword and endowing it with gifts far beyond Merlin's magical capabilities.
Instead, the Lady of the Lake took away the broken sword and gift King Arthur with Excalibur, a magical weapon requiring an oath lost to time and myth.
It ensured the sword's abilities aided the worthy possessor and their heirs in the future were they able to pass on a worthy bloodline to the world, as per the condition of the oath.
What few know of the tale is the role played by the Lady of the Lake and her affinity to magic.
Most consider her to be a member of the merfolk or one of their cousin species, however its believed the world has forgotten her true role.
My own teachings from a child say she guarded the lake and the surrounding lands, but my own research into the subject has found she may be the key to Avalon.
And the lake is its entrance." The Queen continued to watch the tapestry, unaware of the portraits in the vicinity closely listening to her comments.
Like the portrait presences deeply woven into the Queens tale, Harry along with the group found themselves closely listening to the Veela leader.
Harry considered what the Queen said aloud, assured she made such comments known for a reason, but never believed she hoped for him to possibly find the supposed lake.
He knew time was on his side, but there wasn't any reason to focus solely on such a gamble when it would require his time away from Hogwarts and its resources for far too long.
Besides working to find any traces of life beyond the Veela Kingdom, Harry main goal focused on improving his magical knowledge to begin fixing the environment damage done to the planet.
Other side projects that weren't heavily focused on the environment or saving magical creatures saw Harry working on projects such as reinventing Quidditch as it became far too extreme of a sport for only those who had wealth to funnel their victory.
To even out the playing field and improve its adaption across the world like soccer, basketball and other such non-magical sports, Harry knew quidditch required a thorough revamp.
Certain ideas were piling up in Harry's mind, but they weren't a good idea to focus on whilst his guest, a Queen, walked through the halls of Hogwarts, his home and duty.
Eventually, they arrived at the old headmaster's office, a place long changed to suit Harry's personal aesthetics and design preferences.
It still included in the portraits of former headmasters and mistresses as they all like to pitch in on whatever Harry tinkered with while working in the office, but more often than not they acted as councillors when they weren't teaching.
Most, if not all, had jumped at the opportunity to teach once more and study magic without restrictions of life interfering.
Snape and Dumbledore both spent extended periods of time in the library, having access to the ever-growing number of tomes and books added for their use.
A few artifacts were created by Harry to aid the portraits to make full use of the library including the use of verbally dictated quills to add their own thoughts and ideas down.
This further expanded the size of the library as the Portrait Presences began to create their own thesis to grant themselves Masters and other degrees offered by mundane scholars.
A far number of Headmasters and Headmistresses were Doctorates in a number of fields, having pushed themselves day and night to understand the necessary know to teach others.
Plans to further improve Portrait Magic was on Harry's list of projects but for now he left such thoughts to the students wandering through the castle halls each day, having already given them plenty of functionality.
Most students nowadays were young Aelflyn learning everything they could above magic wizarding kind knew but a growing number of Goblins could be seen each day, as more took the chance to further their magical knowledge.
More often than not though they found themselves taking up the non-magical subjects due to their practical and theoretical truths.
