Harry Potter Origins

[SotF]

Memories streamed through his head as a flood from a burst dam into a vale below.

A figure with pointy ears with odd markings tattooed across his face facing what could only be werewolves with tight muscles, shaggy fur, and claws that looked as if they would easily rend flesh.

Another memory and a short man fighting things that came from the dark while the only illumination came from the volcanic glow that burned the air and left the stench of sulfer to merge with that of death and decay.

Magics flashed in another as an undead horde poured from the castle and the lady of magic unleashed an arcane force that seemed capable of rending the world asunder.

High above in the peaks he saw another battling a great winged dragon while firing a stream of arrows that flashed with morning frost and crisp air between patches burnt black.

Guarding a man who was sealing a rift between the world and the next while monsters poured in from portals.

Unholy abominations clashed with mages and soldiers while the memories had them arrive in time to give aid to those besieged by a traitor.

All of these memories were different.

Male and female.

Dwarf, elf, or human.

All these memories contained a battle that tore the world apart and set forth the near damnation of an entire world.

All these memories ended with an eerily similar one, a fight atop a tower and driving a blade into a twisted monster of a dragon and then light.

Light that dimmed as he watched as emerald eyes flickered open leaving only the few trickles of it that crept between the door and frame of a cupboard under the stairs.

It was Harry Potter that remembered another age...

 

[Darksnider05]

Harry Potter with the memories of Morrigan would be fooking scary.

 

[SotF]

Harry Potter with the memories of Morrigan would be fooking scary.

That crying in the corner would end up being Voldemort when Harry got bored with him.

I was trying to give him all of the Warden possibilities at once.

Perhaps the way he survived the Killing Curse as a baby was that it inadvertently caused something to go wonky and latched onto the section of the universe where the Archdemon was slain.

Perhaps have Urthemiel riding shotgun in his head as well, or at least what was left of the Old God before the corruption of the taint.

 

[Shadowseraph]

Interesting tidbit and could be an amusing story. Any idea what you want to do with it? Or will this just be another semi-crack with Harry kicking obscene amounts of his just for the giggles?

 

[Ta'al]

Perhaps Harry's last life was either the (Elven) Mage origin OR possibly Morrigan and the Warden's DemonGod!Child? Either way, BloodMage!Harry rules!

 

[Darksnider05]

Your thinking to limited full on Master shape shifter and blood mage.

Dragon Form and all.

 

[SotF]

Interesting tidbit and could be an amusing story. Any idea what you want to do with it? Or will this just be another semi-crack with Harry kicking obscene amounts of his just for the giggles?

This is one I'd rather do more seriously.

Dragon Age doesn't easily lend itself to crack with the way its universe plays. There are few happy endings.

 

[Ina_meishou]

Interesting tidbit and could be an amusing story. Any idea what you want to do with it? Or will this just be another semi-crack with Harry kicking obscene amounts of his just for the giggles?

This is one I'd rather do more seriously.

Dragon Age doesn't easily lend itself to crack with the way its universe plays. There are few happy endings.

there are happy endings?

 

[SotF]

Interesting tidbit and could be an amusing story. Any idea what you want to do with it? Or will this just be another semi-crack with Harry kicking obscene amounts of his just for the giggles?

This is one I'd rather do more seriously.

Dragon Age doesn't easily lend itself to crack with the way its universe plays. There are few happy endings.

there are happy endings?

Not for the Warden. Though some of them could be that way such as the human noble (male) who can end up as King.

Some of the characters have them such as Dagda. Also, of "main characters" Marrick's not dead yet (It has been confirmed that he's still alive somewhere, though Ferelden thinks he's dead)

 

[SotF]

To the mere child, now dream and nightmare merged as he touched that which no other could.

A haunting song, almost a lullaby while touching tones that were not as conducive to that task, whispered in his ears day and night. One of sorrow and grief and yet with the one thing that lay beyond.

The singers voice was familiar to him only through those memories that prowled the edges of his mind, taking any opportunity to slam into his sense of self.

In the mists of the fade, the boy turned warden did not rest peacefully to the song of one that in most of those memories was a dear friend and in many was something more that such a child had not the experience to contemplate such mysteries.

And just out of reach within his dreams lay something that existed within him while being unable to fully release itself into joining with the boy, mourning its losses to that very same song, to it a dirge as if it saw it a lament for the young ones innocence.

And still the troubled dreams were haunted by the memories of countless deaths that, by right, should never have been upon his conscience.

 

[Lord of Bones]

Not all the Warden's endings suck - if you get Morrigan's Ring, he has a bittersweet one, and the Mage ending (helping rebuild the Circle) is fairly nice.

 

[Ina_meishou]

Not all the Warden's endings suck - if you get Morrigan's Ring, he has a bittersweet one, and the Mage ending (helping rebuild the Circle) is fairly nice.

heh, given that I played the mage as resentful of the Circle and the Chantry, and hoping to never return, working to rebuild the Chantry's gilded cage sounds alot like a bad end to me...

 

[Lord of Bones]

Not all the Warden's endings suck - if you get Morrigan's Ring, he has a bittersweet one, and the Mage ending (helping rebuild the Circle) is fairly nice.

heh, given that I played the mage as resentful of the Circle and the Chantry, and hoping to never return, working to rebuild the Chantry's gilded cage sounds alot like a bad end to me...

You can, IIRC, get Alistair to remove the Chantry's obsessive grip over the Circle.

 

[Ina_meishou]

Not all the Warden's endings suck - if you get Morrigan's Ring, he has a bittersweet one, and the Mage ending (helping rebuild the Circle) is fairly nice.

heh, given that I played the mage as resentful of the Circle and the Chantry, and hoping to never return, working to rebuild the Chantry's gilded cage sounds alot like a bad end to me...

You can, IIRC, get Alistair to remove the Chantry's obsessive grip over the Circle.

hmm, he might, he's a good enough man, but in that case...

I smell an exalted march in the near future...

 

[SotF]

hmm, he might, he's a good enough man, but in that case...

I smell an exalted march in the near future...

From the way it's handled, I kind of doubt it that way.

From the conversation with the blood mage in the tower and some of the entries, having them relax a bit might make things run more smoothly. The way it seemed to be working was that the Chantry just kept on putting more pressure on the Circle and some of the mages wanted to simply have some freedom rather than constant observation.

Not to mention the way Irving describes what would have happened with Lily and Jowan if you hadn't helped catch them in the act. Lily would have been excused while Jowan would be executed (or possibly made Tranquil if he was very lucky).

And considering that it seemed that the Templars were forcing steps to make it impossible for Mages to learn to fight with more than their magic while hammering it into them that they exist essentially as cursed slaves...

 

[Ina_meishou]

hmm, he might, he's a good enough man, but in that case...

I smell an exalted march in the near future...

From the way it's handled, I kind of doubt it that way.

From the conversation with the blood mage in the tower and some of the entries, having them relax a bit might make things run more smoothly. The way it seemed to be working was that the Chantry just kept on putting more pressure on the Circle and some of the mages wanted to simply have some freedom rather than constant observation.

Not to mention the way Irving describes what would have happened with Lily and Jowan if you hadn't helped catch them in the act. Lily would have been excused while Jowan would be executed (or possibly made Tranquil if he was very lucky).

And considering that it seemed that the Templars were forcing steps to make it impossible for Mages to learn to fight with more than their magic while hammering it into them that they exist essentially as cursed slaves...

See that's just it, yes a relaxed grip from the chantry would probably lead to less hatred and subversive study by the mages.

The thing is, the chantry as a whole, doesn't relax it's grip on mages. One king, in a backwater little ass end of nowhere nation directly countermands the Chantry authority, right after the mages in that same nation stage s destructive rebelion killing numerous Templar.

The Chantry, is unlikely to let that go, even if it is technically a good idea. They weren't relaxing beforehand, they probably won't relax now, and they have a history of marching on those who don't follow the Chantry's way of operating.

They might not of course, but it's a distinct possibility. The fact that the mages are pretty justified in wanting more freedom doesn't mean the Chantry that originally took those freedoms will see it that way.

 

[SotF]

See that's just it, yes a relaxed grip from the chantry would probably lead to less hatred and subversive study by the mages.

The thing is, the chantry as a whole, doesn't relax it's grip on mages. One king, in a backwater little ass end of nowhere nation directly countermands the Chantry authority, right after the mages in that same nation stage s destructive rebelion killing numerous Templar.

The Chantry, is unlikely to let that go, even if it is technically a good idea. They weren't relaxing beforehand, they probably won't relax now, and they have a history of marching on those who don't follow the Chantry's way of operating.

They might not of course, but it's a distinct possibility. The fact that the mages are pretty justified in wanting more freedom doesn't mean the Chantry that originally took those freedoms will see it that way.

Not entirely, if you remember from the notes you pick up that it was Gregoir's predecessor that essentially cracked down on the mages for no real reason as well as then taking over the self defense training areas the mages had to house more templars...

 

[Lord of Bones]

Alistair doesn't like the Chantry very much, and Wynne, depending on her ending, becomes Court Mage. Assuming the mages fight for the player during the Archdemon's assault, I can see a crowned Alistair subtly smacking down the Chantry if they get too uppity.

Irving's a genuinely nice man though, since he tries to shield you (if you're a mage) from the Templars' wrath (if you were there on his instructions). He's like Dumbledore, just more human and less "lol greater good lol".

 

[SotF]

Alistair doesn't like the Chantry very much, and Wynne, depending on her ending, becomes Court Mage. Assuming the mages fight for the player during the Archdemon's assault, I can see a crowned Alistair subtly smacking down the Chantry if they get too uppity.

Irving's a genuinely nice man though, since he tries to shield you (if you're a mage) from the Templars' wrath (if you were there on his instructions). He's like Dumbledore, just more human and less "lol greater good lol".

Gregoir also comes off as a nice guy if just a bit combative.

He seems like he's trying to do the right thing, and I do wish that Bioware had put a section into the tower between heading into the tower and encountering Wynne's group to make it more visible that he could believe there were no survivors.

 

[Ina_meishou]

Alistair doesn't like the Chantry very much, and Wynne, depending on her ending, becomes Court Mage. Assuming the mages fight for the player during the Archdemon's assault, I can see a crowned Alistair subtly smacking down the Chantry if they get too uppity.

Irving's a genuinely nice man though, since he tries to shield you (if you're a mage) from the Templars' wrath (if you were there on his instructions). He's like Dumbledore, just more human and less "lol greater good lol".

he might smack down the chantry...in ferelden.

Thedas is a big place, and the Chantry isn't above calling a march on any particular country.

 

[SotF]

Harry staggered back as the thing in his teachers head moved towards him and he stumbled.

A sharp pain and a quick glance spotted the edge of a pin in his clothes, the tip having pricked his finger enough to draw blood as the memories flashed through him once more.

Blood was power.

He had seen it so many times in those memories.

Avernus, Jowain, Uldred, and others.

Power beckoned him as fear threatened to overtake him.

It was but a moment of weakness that unleashed something that would have horrified many of those his memories came from.

Blood was life, and the power to give or take it.

And Harry Potter knew how to use blood magic...

 

[Darkemace]

It was but a moment of weakness that unleashed something that would have horrified many of those his memories came from.

Why? The Grey Wardens do not forbid blood magic, and their world view is "Do what ever it takes to win".

 

[SotF]

It was but a moment of weakness that unleashed something that would have horrified many of those his memories came from.

Why? The Grey Wardens do not forbid blood magic, and their world view is "Do what ever it takes to win".

Except for the fact that he'd still be reluctant to use it.

Most examples of the use of blood magic lead to horrifying consequences such as Uldred...