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And THAT gets back to some of the lack of Magic building. Authoring, I agree, is a completely different type of magic than spell casting, which is different than potion making (which I also consider a magical skill) or Divination.

And it is very hard to determine how powerful one type of magic when compared to another. Quick-draw fireballs are powerful. But is someone with diviniation forsaw the use of the fireball and took appropriate measures to counter the spell, then the fireball becomes nothing. Or if someone brewed a potion that provided protection against fireballs (something not shown, but might be possible). Point being, comparing the different types of magic to each other is like comparing an Apple to a Brussle Sprout.

All of this to say that many of the lists that discuss who is the most powerful are looking primarily at the spell casting aspect of magic. Henry is powerful as an Author, but that really can't be compared to either of his mom's spell casting abilities.