Magical focus
I'm looking for stories where Harry gets a different magical focus. This can be for instance a staff, a scepter, jewellery, a weapon or a custom-made wand. But he has to be able to channel all (or at least most) of his spells through it. If he has a ring for instance that he can use to cast just one single spell, that doesn't count.
Concerning wands I won't take fics where he just gets an extra-wand (or even a normal replacement wand), it has to be made either custom-made for him or otherwise very special, such as he finds Godric Gryffindor's wand in his vaults and he is the first one to be able to use it since Godric. Or Harry himself makes the wand.
Btw, speaking of staves, English is not my first language and I seem to have managed to easily comprehend that which keeps many fanfic-writers stumped: staff is the singular and staves the plural...
I have read quite a few fics that would fit my list but unfortunately I seem to have forgotten most of them, so please help me out by reccing fics that fit this list. :)
- No obviously abandoned (unless they are very long) or badly written stories, please.
- Nor any WIPs with less than 5 chapters written.
- No crossovers.
- Wandless magic alone doesn't count, he has to use an object to channel his magic through (at least part of the time). But the focus can be on or in Harry's body, such as a tattoo (provided he can use this tattoo to cast diverse spells. Stories like
Skindeep where the tattoos only cast one single spell, defending Harry against contact - don't count.)
- For stories with custom-wands or special wands I only take stories where Harry originally gets his holly-phoenix-wand and only lateron a second wand. But I take complete AU-stories with other magical foci.
( On to the fics )