FOREWORD

One fanfic cliché that I haven't done with my Harry Potter fanfics yet is the 'immortal Master of Death' Harry story. I flirted with it a little in Broken Tools and Champion of Twilight, where the Deathly Hallows do have some effects on Harry, but nothing like the immortal, pseudo-invincible Harry many writers like to use.

This is about to change with this fic.

As I write this, it's the day after my massive Christmas update. It will be some considerable time before this story gets posted, though. That update marked the publishing of no less than four new stories, including what seems to be the first Harry Potter crossover with Final Fantasy XII that was no slash. In all likelihood, this will be the second. And while Ghost of Dalmasca was a more serious work, this is a more comedic work. It takes significant inspiration from Getting Too Old For This and The Green-Eyed Spectre, two crossovers with Mass Effect. Especially Getting Too Old For This by a writer with the unique name of ManMadeofLasers. In fact, this will probably be one of my more humorous pieces, albeit still with drama and pathos.

Plus, I wanted to experiment a little with the Harry shipping. I wanted to do a Viera shipping, and Fran's taken by Balthier, and Jote has a massive stick where the sun doesn't shine, so, process of elimination, it's Mjrn. She gets kind of a raw deal in the game (an overly strict sister, experimentation by the Archadians, Venat mind-raping her, and then basically told to accept the gilded cage that is Eruyt Village by both of her sisters: I like Fran, but that is not her finest hour). And, ironically for this story having no slash, it has some small inspiration from one of the slash crossovers, The Green Word, where Harry is raised by the Viera. That doesn't happen here, but the Viera do play something of a role in this story.

Oh, and the title means 'We Strive For the Forbidden'. It discusses Mjrn and Harry's mindset throughout, Mjrn through curiosity, and Harry through being a gadfly.

Anyway, time for the usual disclaimers. Firstly, there will be spoilers for both Harry Potter and Final Fantasy XII.

Secondly, there will be heavy annotations, as is usual for my works. You have been warned.

Thirdly, this is an M-Rated work. There will be coarse language, violence, and sexual references. Again, you have been warned.

Finally, the following is a fan-written work. Harry Potter and Final Fantasy XII are the properties of their respective owners. Please support the official release. Otherwise, the Wood-Warders will use you in a recreation of the death of Saint Sebastian: turning you into an arrow pincushion…