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WHO: Harry Potter and OPEN
WHAT: Realising that a cracked wand is no good for fighting demons, Harry seeks out some mages who might be wiling to teach him how to fight with a staff.
WHEN: Throughout the day
WHERE: Warden Camp and Skyhold Proper
NOTES: This post is specifically for him to begin to learn Thedas style magic BUT it also functions as a general OPEN post which means even if your character isn't a mage feel free to reply to ask him why he's looming around or to just say hi!

Skyhold

He's learned by now that his wand is not reliable anymore and it pains him to even try to cast spells and risk it breaking completely again. He doesn't have the Elder Wand to fix it this time and he can't risk losing it completely again. It feels as if a part of him has cracked and he feels real remorse over not being able to easily use magic. It's almost as if his senses had been dulled.

Eventually, though, he realizes that he might be able to use the staff based magic that the mages here use. He won't be floating teacups across the room any time soon but it's better than being defenseless. He knows enough by now to know that he can't just make a declaration that he wants to learn magic here without some people misunderstanding his motives so he doesn't make a loud announcement using the crystals.

Instead, he spends the day around where he's learned some mages meet to teach and learn. Maybe if one of them doesn't seem as busy he can ask for help.

Warden Camp

He also treks his way to the Warden Camp because he knows that they have mages there and tend not to be as distrustful of them. At least, that's what he's heard about them. He's still having trouble remembering all the different factions of Thedas and keeping which ones hate which other groups straight.

It's the first time he's ever been to the camp so he also can't help but feel a level of curiosity. He volunteered to help bring them supplies so his visit isn't too awkward and once he's done unloading it (again wishing for the use of his wand so that he could just float the crates where they need to be) he wanders a little deeper into the camp to see if he can find any Warden mages.

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"I..." He started, then he frowned a bit. "I've been limiting using my wand. I don't want it to break. We don't have the Elder Wand to fix it again." Maybe he was bit paranoid now, but being without the holly wand during the last part of the war had been like losing a part of him.

"I have been thinking about trying to use one of those staffs. If mages here can do it, maybe we can too."

Hermione hesitated at that, trying not to frown. She'd tried using a staff and had found it personally uncomfortable, though not completely unusable. Perhaps Harry could find his stride with one of them, though she wouldn't be able to help him much at first.

"I've tried using one before. I'd been practicing with a local mage, so he'd been attempting to show me how to use their magic. I don't know how well it would be able to handle our magic, but if we really do pull it from the Fade just like any other mage here, I don't see why we wouldn't be able to manage at least something."

Absently rubbing at her arm, she hesitantly brought up, "Do you suppose we could fashion our own wands here if they're in dire need of repair? They've dragons and phoenixes here to make up cores, though their phoenixes look nothing like our own. It would be like asking someone to craft us very small staves. I've thought about it before, but... well, that would require hunting down a dragon, and I'm not exactly the dragon slayer type." Nor a demon slayer, but that hadn't stopped Hermione from doing what had been necessary.