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[[!meta title="A Little Greed"]]
The morning that Petunia discovers Harry on her doorstep, she makes a decision:
Lilly would not have left Harry to her without also leaving her some monetary
compensation. She remembers the Goblins, and makes her way to Gringotts,
demanding to see the will. The Goblins find a clause:
"Our son, Harry Potter, is to be left to the care of whomsoever the Goblins of
Gringotts find best suited to raise him."
Petunia is sent on her way (with a small token or something from the will).
Obviously, no-one in the Wizarding world would be *best* suited to raise Harry;
they'd raise him as a *Wizard*, and Wizards are (in the minds of Goblins) all
terrible people. The Goblins raise Harry as one of their own.
This is an exploration of Harry with inhuman morals and drives.
* Harry winds up *completely* self-motivated. He is *clearly* superior to all
those *humans*, viewing himself as a Goblin who happens to have access to some
really amazing legal rights and loopholes through an accident of genetics.
* Why does Harry attend Hogwarts? He's an *asset* as a fully-trained wizard;
imagine what the Goblins plan to do with one of their own seen as a returning
hero to Wizarding Britain, and eventually to take a seat as a Lord in the
Wizengamot.
* I am honestly not sure what house Harry is in.
* Gryffindor - he is trained as a warrior.
* Ravenclaw - as a Goblin, he is an unremarkable warrior, but he is very
interested in learning Wizarding magic so as to exploit his great advantage.
* Slytherin - from a Human perspective, his morals are off the wall; he is
*insanely* cunning and ambitious.
* Hufflepuff - he is loyal to the Goblin nation, after all.
* History of Magic classes do not go well.
* Harry spends his childhood training as a Goblin; their lives are shorter and
faster than Human, so he mostly completes this training prior to Hogwarts.
* Harry is, at best, "nearly adequate" at fighting. He lacks Goblin speed and
strength.
* Some wandless magic, but not impressive. This can change over the years, as
he gets more formal studies in Wizarding magics.
* Absolute *hatred* for a vast majority of wizards, especially purebloods.
Harry spent time under a glamor working the counters at Gringotts, and he
has more than a little bit of a grudge.
* The children at Hogwarts he doesn't-yet-hate ("friends", but he doesn't use
that word) are pushed to see Goblins as fair and honorable. He's recruiting
for the Goblin nation, after all!
* The conflict with Voldemort gets *weird*:
* Harry had the horcrux removed shortly after the adoption, as a general
health concern.
* The Goblins were not particularly shocked or disgusted by the horcrux. They
are perfectly reasonable devices for immortality. Sadly, without wands they
lack the ability to make their own.
* Harry plans to construct at least one horcrux for himself. As someone with
Goblin morals, splitting the soul is done a little differently. Harry
donates to charity. The pain almost kills him.
* At the end of year 1, Harry is attacked by Voldemort (while Harry is taking
advantage of Dumbledore's absence to steal the stone for himself) and learns
that Voldemort is the one who attempted to steal from Gringotts. Harry,
being an admitted hypocrit, takes this *personally*.
* Harry reclaims Goblin artifacts aggressively. Gryffindor's sword in year 2.
The Goblet of Fire in year 4, *before* the names are drawn.
* Ideally, a huge buildup to a new Goblin revolution.
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