Nice chapter. I like what you do with the blood wards. But what puzzles me is they seem to be set on Harry's magical core. Do they protect his core or do they protect him? For a parallel, notice how wards on a property work. They aren't set up on the center of the property, are they? but on the perimeter, aren't they? Harry then should notice the blood protection, not around his core, but around the perimeter of his aura, or something like that, shouldn't he?
I'm also curious about the mixing of the AK energy (or perhaps a piece of Voldie?) into Harry's core. Why would Harry want all that 'hate and ill will' mixing in? Why would he allow something he acknowledges as 'not a good thing' to continue? Is that making Harry dark or, as you put it, 'non-Gryffindor'? I would think Harry would want to eliminate anything alien. And if he can cut off Dumbledore's ties, something intentionally crafted by a master, why can't he cut off the accidental remainder, which has not been intentionally crafted to be tied to Harry's core?
Author's response
Let me explain a bit here. The wards aren't set to his inner most core. They aren't suppose to attatch to his core at all. When he moved from the center where he was in the third chapter to the edge of his perceptions, that is what you are calling his aura. The fact that the shield is drawing power from his magic is an accident. I'm not sure if you can see the Author response part of the review but if you can look at the last Alorkin post. I already stated that there would be no horcuxes, so no that is not a piece of voldies soul. It is an imprint of his magic though. Harry is leaving it there because that ill will and hate is being cleansed as it mixes with his magic. Dumbledore's attatchment is not connected to harry, it is connected to the shield which is failing slowly. It doesn't matter how strong a bridge might be if the ground it's anchored in is crumbling away.
And that left over power has nothing to do with harry's personality. It only affects his own power slightly, maybe making it a little harder to heal someone, and easier to hurt them.