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* PhotographicMemory: The first rune of Harry's second runic set will allow him to remember things much better, although according to the Author it's actually eidetic memory. However it results in Harry reading things much slower than normal.
* PlayingWithFire: Harry's third runic set gives him the ability to manipulate fire, although only fire that he creates and not fire from other sources, such as Phoenixes.


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* Teleportation: Beyond apparation, Harry can also teleport through conjured fire.
* ThinkingUpPortals: Harry's third runic set allows him to create a door made of fire.
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* HealingFactor: After being stuck in bed for a week due to common cold, Harry decides to get a rune that increases his regeneration. It's not as advanced as other examples but does reduce the regeneration time by a lot, while not giving him extraordinary abilites like FromASingleCell.

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* DeadFic: The fic has not been updated since summer 2015, however the author with another very long fic and is implying they will update once that one is over with.

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* DeadFic: The fic has not been updated since summer 2015, however the author is busy with another very long fic and is implying has a note on their page saying they will update once that one when the new fic is over with.over.


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* EyepatchOfPower: When Harry crafts rune that makes his right eye see magic but also corrects the eye sight, he becomes TheClutz so Kerr, Tiny and Mike give him an eyepatch.
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* ThePhoenix: As in canon, Fawkes. [[spoiler:Harry also gains the ability to shapeshift into a Phoenix after he carves up a runic set dedicated to the Sun]].
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* AllThereInTheManual: The author has compiled a handy [[https://www.fanfiction.net/topic/130079/86211281/1/Harry-s-Runes list of Harry's runes]], due to how many he collects over the fic.


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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: One of the runic sets Harry gets [[spoiler:gives him the ability to shapeshift into a Phoenix, and he has all the powers of a Phoenix as long he's transformed]].
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Harry starts developing his flight abilities, Tiny, Kerr and Mike invent a game of throwing a wooden ring while the flying wizard boy tries to catch it, Mike suggests to call the game fetch and this trope is Harry's reaction. Kerr is not so pleased about the suggestion.
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* LanguageOfMagic: Not all wizards use latin, with some foreign wizards using other languages for spellcasting. Old, preferably dead languages are favored because of the innate power of centuries of usage and because it ensures that PowerIncontinence by accidental spellcasting is avoided.
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* FandomSpecificPlot: The concept of a finite amount of magic avaliable to wizards and witches and how spellcasting spends it, when in canon only physical and emotional exhaustion are shown and there's no hint of limited magic.

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* FandomSpecificPlot: The concept of a finite magical cores, which is basically power levels, which also includes limted amount of magic being avaliable to wizards and witches and how spellcasting spends it, when in canon only physical and emotional exhaustion are shown and there's no hint of limited magic.
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* {{Fanon}} / FandomSpecificPlot: The concept of a finite amount of magic avaliable to wizards and witches and how spellcasting spends it, when in canon only physical and emotional exhaustion are shown and there's no hint of limited magic.

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* {{Fanon}} / FandomSpecificPlot: The concept of a finite amount of magic avaliable to wizards and witches and how spellcasting spends it, when in canon only physical and emotional exhaustion are shown and there's no hint of limited magic.
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* {{Fanon}} / FandomSpecificPlot: The concept of a finite amount of magic avaliable to wizards and witches and how spellcasting spends it, when in canon only physical and emotional exhaustion are shown and there's no hint of limited magic.
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* CoolHouse: Mr. Steel owns a cottage in the countryside, which he, Harry and the Steel Wings eventually move to.


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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The Memory Charm, which is deconstructed by showing how destructive to social life it can be [[spoiler:Dumbledore wipes out Mr. Steel's memory of Harry, damaging his relationship with the wizard boy forever]].
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* BloodMagic: Dumbledore created a device by using a few drops of blood to keep minotoring of Harry's magic. Harry getting a tattoo however causes massive disruption of the magical flow and the device explodes.


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* CrystalBall: The device Dumbledore to track Harry's health is a round orb, transparent and smoky. It doesn't allow him to scry for Harry but to monitor the growth of his magic.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Due to using legilimancy on the Dursleys, Snape has a much more positive view on Harry. Which is what causes his violent outbrush as the Order's search for Harry turns fruitless.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Due to using legilimancy on the Dursleys, Snape has a much more positive view on Harry. Which is what causes his violent outbrush as angry reaction when Augusta Longbottom suggest to let the Acceptance Letter do its work when the Order's search for Harry turns fruitless.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Due to using legilimancy on the Dursleys, Snape has a much more positive view on Harry. Which is what causes his violent outbrush as the Order's search for Harry turns fruitless.
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* AssholeVictim: The Dursleys, who get an AgonyBeam curtesy of Snape.


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* ColdBloodedTorture: Severus Snape uses the [[AgonyBeam Cruciatus curse]] on the Dursleys after he uses [[{{telepathy}} legilimancy]] on them to find out about Harry's whereabouts.
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* ShoutOut: To the first book, where a ParentalSubstitute brings about a BrokenMasquerade by telling Harry he's a wizard.
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* AnimatedTattoo: If a wizard gets a tattoo, their magic will animate it and cannot be removed without losing a bit of magic. [[spoiler:When Harry gets a wing tattoo as a member for Mr Steel's group, his magic turns it into two [[TitleDrop steel wings]] as well revealing he's a wizard]].
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* CheatersNeverProsper: Subverted. Harry wins the race against Mick and Rick by apparating half-way through.

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* CheatersNeverProsper: Subverted. Harry wins the race against Mick Mike and Rick by apparating half-way through.



* HateAtFirstSight: Mick, and somwhat Rick too, to Harry.

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* HateAtFirstSight: Mick, Mike, and somwhat Rick too, to Harry.



* RoofHopping: During his race against Rick and Mick, Harry engages in this until he [[{{teleportation}} apparates]].

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* RoofHopping: During his race against Rick and Mick, Mike, Harry engages in this until he [[{{teleportation}} apparates]].
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** Muggle-Repealing Charms work horizontally, not vertically so the Steel Wings can bypass them by getting into a rooftop.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The inability of wizards to dress up like muggles, in violation of the Statue of Secrecy, is what initially intrigued Mr. Steel, eventually to him discovering TheMasquerade.
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* PresentDay: Unlike canon, the story is set in the mid of TheNewTens. For instance Vladmir Putin is the ruler of Russia, rather than Boris Yeltsin and cellphones are commonplace.
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* RoofHopping: During his race against Rick and Mick, Harry engages in this until he [[{{teleporation}} apparates]].

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* RoofHopping: During his race against Rick and Mick, Harry engages in this until he [[{{teleporation}} [[{{teleportation}} apparates]].
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* CheatersNeverProsper: Subverted. Harry wins the race against Mick and Rick by apparating half-way through.


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* RoofHopping: During his race against Rick and Mick, Harry engages in this until he [[{{teleporation}} apparates]].
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* HateAtFirstSight: Mick, and somwhat Rick too, to Harry.
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* PowerIncontinence: A burst of accidental magic causes Harry to fry every appliance in the Dursley's kitchen.
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* Doorstopper: The fic has over seven hundred thousand words, and it's not yet complete.

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* Doorstopper: {{Doorstopper}}: The fic has over seven hundred thousand words, and it's not yet complete.

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* BrokenMasquerade: A major plotline is [[spoiler:how a bunch of online conspiracy theorists are plotting
to bring about TheUnmaskedWorld]].

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* BrokenMasquerade: A major plotline is [[spoiler:how a bunch of online conspiracy theorists are plotting
plotting to bring about TheUnmaskedWorld]].
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* SpoiledByTheFormat: The very first chapter starts by revealing that [[spoiler:Harry is a
winged humanoid who is seen with suspicion by both muggle and wizards alike and that TheUnmaskedWorld is in vogue]].
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9036071/1/With-Strength-of-Steel-Wings With Strength of Steel Wings]]'' by is an ongoing ''Literature/HarryPotter'' ForWantOfANail {{Fanfic}} in which Harry is abandoned by the Dursleys and eventually rescued by a few kids. These kids work for a man who is not what he seems...

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!!Tropes Present In This Work Include:
* AbusiveParents: The Dursley, who kickstart the plot by abandoning Harry
* BrokenMasquerade: A major plotline is [[spoiler:how a bunch of online conspiracy theorists are plotting
to bring about TheUnmaskedWorld]].
* ConspiracyTheorist: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. The theorists are correct that there's a worldwide conspiracy going on but their intentions vary somewhat from noble to greed and vengeance.
* DeadFic: The fic has not been updated since summer 2015, however the author with another very long fic and is implying they will update once that one is over with.
* Doorstopper: The fic has over seven hundred thousand words, and it's not yet complete.
* InstantRunes: Subverted, Harry has to work hard to carve runes [[spoiler:into his own skin]].
* TheMasquerade: Deconstructed. The Wizarding World reliance on MindRape and separating families has resulted in a [[spoiler:nearly invisible backlash amongst muggles that might bring about it's exposure]].
* MenInBlack: Most governments and their respective intelligence communities are aware of the existance of the wizarding world.
* ParentalAbandonment: The Dursleys do this to Harry.
* SpoiledByTheFormat: The very first chapter starts by revealing that [[spoiler:Harry is a
winged humanoid who is seen with suspicion by both muggle and wizards alike and that TheUnmaskedWorld is in vogue]].
* [[spoiler:TheUnmaskedWorld: In the first chapter it's implied this the case.]] The rest of the fic reveal how this came to pass.
* WingedHumanoid: [[spoiler:Harry]]

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