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Surprisingly, or perhaps not so much, Harry had chosen a different path indeed. There was plenty of evidence of 'Dark' magic in this community, and while everything else was commonly thought of as the lighter branches of magic, they would, upon closer inspection, be better classified as 'Neutral'. Where then was the true 'Light' magic that would counterbalance the dark? He had spent several days researching in tomes of history, only to find that once, wizards had used truly Light magics to combat the Dark ones... but that they had fallen out of favor many centuries ago. The author of the musty tome suspected that it was because users of Light magics would, time to time, recieve quests from the divinities that fueled their spells... quests that had to be completed, else there would be penalties to the wizard in question. The quests and penalties both seemed rather random, even frivolous at times. There was one account of a Light wizard who was sent on a quest to hatch a specific chicken egg, raise the chick to a hen, and give it to a monastery. Midway through the quest, the wizard's attention apparently lagged, and a dog got at the chick and ate it. For his failure, the wizard's penalty... was permament removal of his sense of smell. Oh there were the typical quests as well... go here, slay this monster, rescue this damsel in distress... but it was the ridiculous quests that were most memorable. It actually took most of Harry's spare time, right up until only the day before they would have to head for the train station, to find an old copy of a copy of a manuscript on Light magic... and in the most unlikely place as well. Borgin and Burkes... apparently a Dark arts supply store under the disguise of a creepy hobby shop.

Honor among Thieves, Chapter 4