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Serack:
I was thinking about the events of Fool Moon and trying to fit them into the structure of a hypothesis that some of what is being orchestrated behind the scenes is an attempt to forge Harry into a stronger wizard.  So I was wondering what in the events of Fool Moon made him stronger and wasn't quite sure what the answer was...

But that led me to wanting to make another of the Lists I enjoy fashioning, and that I enjoy seeing what other people contribute to.  "Harry's Power Ups"  This will be in chronological order.  I don't want to include things that are just milestones like "defeated enemy X," however, some things that might be considered a milestone might also be indicative of a particular level of growth and thus will be included.  I.E. his first usage of the Sight, which according to Jim, is a pretty big deal (well at least I'm inferring that).

Main categories that a "Power Up" could be put in, although these may not be all inclusive, and there are fuzzy lines:
Raw Power (RP)
Skill (Sk)
Knoledge (K)
Ally Gained (A)
Marker (M)
Marker Loss (ML)
Power Down (PD)

Harry's Power Ups:
* @0: Born (w/ extenuating circumstances)
* Power over Outsiders RP
* Atribute where he serves as a catalist for other's strength A'sRP
* @10: Power Manifests and he is adopted by Justin who trains him RP,Sk
* @14: Uses his sight for the first time on a tree spirit RP
* @16: Gains the confidence necessary to beat Justin from Lea
* @16: Harry obtains Bob K,A
* @16-19: Harry recieves training from Eb Sk
* @~20-24: Harry recieves investigative training from Nicholas Christian Sk
* Before SF: Harry begins working with Michael A
* SF Harry demonstrates the ability to "Listen" Sk
* GP: Ate Kravos's power RP
* SK: First "Calls" the Za Lord's Guard A
* SK: Gains favor with Summer Lady and Knight M
* BR: Adopts Mouse A
* BR: Realizes his true association with Thomas A
* BR: Burn trauma stunts Harry's ability to use Fire Magic PD
* DB: Starts moving things using directly applied Force/Will rather than Wind RP/Sk
* WK: Crafts his new Shield Bracelet which blocks more than force/physical, particularly fire Sk
* BR: Gains knowledge from his mother in the Thomas Soulgaze K
* DB: Gains resources from Lasciel including usage of Hellfire RP
* DB: Reads the Word of Kemmler K (note, this was a direct consequence of Mavra's manipulation)
* DB: Regains usage of Fire Magic RP
* PG: Passes Summer Lady's Debt to Charity ML
* PG: Gains a "boon" from Summer M
* PG: Demonstrates increased Craftyness by out politic-ing the Merlin Sk
* PG: Gains Molly as apprentice (thus re-examining the fundamentals) A,Sk

* WK Little Ball of Sunshine Sk
* Changes Uses Better Veils Sk
* WK: Crafts Little Chicago Sk
* WK: Loses Lasciel's resources, including Hell Fire PD
* WK: Strengthens the allegance the Little Folk have with him (has the pixies released in his name) A
* WK: Founds Paranet A
* SmF: Gains Soulfire RP
* SmF: Cashes in Boon from Summer for a doughnut ML
* SmF: Saves Ivy bigtime M x2 (marker with Kincade too)
* TC: Establishes Sanctum with Demonreach RP,A?
* Changes: Gains Winter Knight mantle RP
* Changes: Gains his Mother's Legacy (access to the ways) K
* GS: Gains Wisdom about the consequences of his actions, and the utility of not immediately acting on his rage K
More to come. (and some filling in)

Mauve Shirt:
Maybe he gained a slightly stronger "alliance" with Marcone? Or just fighting experience and werewolf knowledge. I haven't read FM in a while.

sociotard:
I happen to think this was a sufficiently powerful toy that it should count.

* PG Harry creates "Little Chicago" (later destroyed)

Quantus:
He'd been using Force magic for a while, in the form of those rings, since SF. 

Offhand:
WK - Learns of and uses his connection to Outsiders for the first time

FM - Saves Marcone (gains "ally")

GP - Meets/Names Ivy the Archive
GP - Meets Kincaid the Hellhound

DB - Meets NecroBob
DB - Uses Necromancy for the first time

Changes - Meets Vadderrung

SK - Saves the crap out of the new Summer Lady and Knight

itshim:
It depends what you call a power up.

Is it a power up when Harry changes his rings from 1 ring to 3 per finger?
Similarly is it a power up when his shield can block more than one thing? (this is a thing that he learns by experience as being necessary).
Is it a power up when he learns to do veils as an invocation?

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