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A Positive Death "Curse"
groinkick:
--- Quote from: peregrine on May 25, 2018, 05:39:53 AM ---Harry's Mom didn't do it to protect or save anyone though. She did it to get back at Raith.
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She did more than just that. She sandbagged the entire White Court according to Jim. So Raith's pain was a bonus but I get the impression it was also a tactical move. I don't remember everything Jim said but it seemed like she did have a purpose larger than just Raith when she did what she did.
KurtinStGeorge:
--- Quote from: Fcrate on May 24, 2018, 03:07:55 AM ---Interesting thought, I'm not sure if it's possible, but if it happened like you think it would, we'd have "bloodlines" of wizards getting more powerful every generation.
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We don't hear about family lines of wizards in the DF. (Maybe this should be part of another thread.) Harry is the exception in the series, so far. He knows his mother was a powerful wizard and he knows one grandfather, who is on the Senior Council. Long lived wizards can outlive their progeny; especially those who are born as vanilla mortals, and some wizards; like those who become wardens, have a more dangerous lifestyle than a wizard who spends most of their time doing magical research. So the wizard doing research could still outlive his higher risk taking, though magically gifted children. Add to this the secretive nature of being a wizard and you have a lot of people who don't communicate well with others, including members of their own families.
Of course we can put down our lack of knowledge of other wizard families to Harry's general isolation from the White Council for most of his life, but we do know a little about one other wizard. In Turn Coat Harry asked Luccio if she had family. She replied "Yes. Technically." ... "The men and women I grew up with...They've been dead for generations." OK, so maybe these people weren't her brothers and sisters, maybe she's talking about cousins, but it seems a bit cold to me. Perhaps that would be a natural adaptation to outliving so the people you grew up with, and many others you met along the way who aged and died while you kept rolling along, but it suggests that many wizards live somewhat dysfunctional lives by normal standards. Most of them must have a hard time getting close to others after they have been around for a while and gone through this cycle a couple of times.
Fcrate:
I understand their coldness towards vanilla blood family, but that's not what I meant. The OP question is about a positive death curse to transfer power to an ally. What I meant by "bloodlines" wasn't literal blood relations, but say from master to a former apprentice who's moral code is just like his or her master, and they being closer to the master than blood family ever could be. And so on down the generations, with mortal wizards becoming more powerful with every one.
KurtinStGeorge:
Your right, my post didn't address the OP at all, so this one will. Who would make this kind of life enhancing sacrifice, if it's possible to do so? It's not going to be the Merlin, I'm fairly confident in making that prediction. He might lay down a huge death curse to help Harry; though he would probably see it as helping the White Council. This is probably true of most of the important wizards on the Council. I think the only person who would make the kind of sacrifice you suggest is Ebenezer, because he has a personal family relationship with Harry. It might even be this type of closeness which would make such a thing possible.
Jack of Hearts:
--- Quote ---Your right, my post didn't address the OP at all, so this one will. Who would make this kind of life enhancing sacrifice, if it's possible to do so? It's not going to be the Merlin, I'm fairly confident in making that prediction. He might lay down a huge death curse to help Harry; though he would probably see it as helping the White Council. This is probably true of most of the important wizards on the Council. I think the only person who would make the kind of sacrifice you suggest is Ebenezer, because he has a personal family relationship with Harry. It might even be this type of closeness which would make such a thing possible.
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This is what I was thinking as well. If any of this is possible I could see Ebenezer doing something like this in order to save Harry's life or give him another boost in power at a time when he needs it. Also you made me think of another question to ask but I will save that for a separate post.
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