With that, Bogrod called upon the rings for the heirship claiming. Three beautiful rings appeared upon the table. Harry tried each of them in turn. The ruby Potter ring accepted him instantly, as expected. Harry was more than pleased when the platinum Black ring did the same. It was a shame that he couldn't tell anyone about all of this. He would have loved to see Draco's reaction.
The emerald Slytherin Lordship ring took the longest, but eventually it accepted him as well. A very pleased Harry turned to Bogrod, who was nodding slowly. He slowly took each of the rings off, watching as they vanished into thin air. He'd see them soon enough.
"So what does being the heir to a house mean?" asked Harry. He had a feeling he knew what it meant, but hoped he was wrong. Bogrod's snide smile did nothing to ease his fear.
"Practically nothing. It just means you are guaranteed lordship whenever the time comes, and that nobody can truly contest your claims unless the rings deem them more worthy, something highly unlikely once the ring has accepted someone. You might have a very limited amount of control over the Potter family, as you hold the Potter surname, but nothing more."
They decided to visit the Potter Trust Vault before talking about Harry's abilities. Bogrod said it would be best to save them for last, saying that he might find them to be particularly interesting. Although being the Heir to three of the Noble and Most Ancient houses meant he would never have to work a day in his life, until he claimed lordship he would simply have to survive on this. It wasn't like it was a small amount of money, but it was more than likely about a million times less in value than the rest of his wealth.
"Do you have your key?" asked the goblin as they approached the vault.
"Er - no. Hagrid had it last time, probably has it now."
The goblin shook his head in displeasure, staying silent for the remainder of the journey. Once they arrived at the vault, Bogrod performed some sort of complicated pattern across the vault keyhole, provided Harry with a knife, and told him to place a drop of blood onto a series of stones outside the vault.
A moment later, Harry's key appeared upon the stones. Bogrod explained that it was a method used by the goblins to recall lost keys belonging to a certain client. He also warned Harry not to lose his key again, as there would be a fine after the second time.
After collecting around a thousand galleons, he headed back up to the client conference rooms with Bogrod. Once there, he immediately proceeded to purchase a money bag directly connected to his vault, meaning that he would not have to come back nearly as often. It wasn't that he didn't want to return or anything, but . . . he just really didn't want to be here any more often than he had to.
"Lastly, your abilities." begun Bogrod, as the two of them took their seats, "A Metamorphmagus is someone who can change their appearance at will. All possible changes include hair colour and length, eye colour, height, width, skin tone, and facial features. A full and talented Metamorphmagus can even change their facial features to that of an animal, such as a bird's beak for a nose, or something similar. Gender can not be changed, no matter how talented. The ability is tied to the Black family, and is hereditary." Harry nodded in an attempt to show that he was paying attention.
"I was unaware that there was such a thing as a Partial Metamorphmagus." admitted the goblin, "It is clear that you are capable of changing your appearance, yet there is something unusual with the method you use. Unfortunately, you will have to do any further research on your own.
Nothing much needs to be said about Parselmouth. It is a language tied to the Slytherin family. As far as I know, it is a simple, as well as the most effective way to control any and all snakes. There may be more applications, but I would not know of them."
Harry wasn't all too surprised. He would most likely have to learn that one on his own. Even if it was really just a way to control snakes, it would still be incredibly useful. He would have to make sure not to let it go to waste.
"Now, dear wizard, lies the point of interest. Your last ability. Mage." he once again stared at Harry, waiting for a reaction that never came. The goblin sighed, before turning around and shuffling through a drawer labeled 'Abilities'. Pushing the drawer open, Harry leant to the side to see what was there. Five different files sat inside, the first file the biggest. The size of the files decreased respectively, to the point where Harry was sure that the last file had only a single page within it. The files in question were named respectively:
'Common Abilities'
'Uncommon Abilities'
'Rare Abilities'
'Extremely Rare Abilities'
'You-Definitely-Don't-Have-It Abilities'
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