"She is one of the four founders of the American Wizarding School, Ilvermony, and arguably the most important of the four." The way Bogrod spoke suggested that he agreed with that argument, "But that is of little importance. If you are interested, you can do your own research on your family tree, as I may be incorrect. The point is, Lily Potter née Evans awoke the dormant magical blood within the line. She awoke the Slytherin line. You, being her son, are an acceptable heir. I am more than certain the ring will accept you as the heir."
Harry nodded, slowly processing what he had just been told.
"Wait a moment." he said, realizing something, "Wouldn't that mean that my mother was a Parselmouth too?"
Bogrod paused for a moment, before responding.
"Truthfully, I have no idea. Parseltongue is a hereditary ability, but not a guaranteed one; it is possible that she was simply one of the witches or wizards to have unfortunately not been granted the ability."
With that, Bogrod called upon the rings for the heirship claiming. Three beautiful rings appeared upon the table. Harry tried each of them in turn. The ruby Potter ring accepted him instantly, as expected. Harry was more than pleased when the platinum Black ring did the same. It was a shame that he couldn't tell anyone about all of this. He would have loved to see Draco's reaction.
The emerald Slytherin Lordship ring took the longest, but eventually it accepted him as well. A very pleased Harry turned to Bogrod, who was nodding slowly. He slowly took each of the rings off, watching as they vanished into thin air. He'd see them soon enough.
"So what does being the heir to a house mean?" asked Harry. He had a feeling he knew what it meant, but hoped he was wrong. Bogrod's snide smile did nothing to ease his fear.
"Practically nothing. It just means you are guaranteed lordship whenever the time comes, and that nobody can truly contest your claims unless the rings deem them more worthy, something highly unlikely once the ring has accepted someone. You might have a very limited amount of control over the Potter family, as you hold the Potter surname, but nothing more."
They decided to visit the Potter Trust Vault before talking about Harry's abilities. Bogrod said it would be best to save them for last, saying that he might find them to be particularly interesting. Although being the Heir to three of the Noble and Most Ancient houses meant he would never have to work a day in his life, until he claimed lordship he would simply have to survive on this. It wasn't like it was a small amount of money, but it was more than likely about a million times less in value than the rest of his wealth.
"Do you have your key?" asked the goblin as they approached the vault.
"Er - no. Hagrid had it last time, probably has it now."
The goblin shook his head in displeasure, staying silent for the remainder of the journey. Once they arrived at the vault, Bogrod performed some sort of complicated pattern across the vault keyhole, provided Harry with a knife, and told him to place a drop of blood onto a series of stones outside the vault.
A moment later, Harry's key appeared upon the stones. Bogrod explained that it was a method used by the goblins to recall lost keys belonging to a certain client. He also warned Harry not to lose his key again, as there would be a fine after the second time.
After collecting around a thousand galleons, he headed back up to the client conference rooms with Bogrod. Once there, he immediately proceeded to purchase a money bag directly connected to his vault, meaning that he would not have to come back nearly as often. It wasn't that he didn't want to return or anything, but . . . he just really didn't want to be here any more often than he had to.
"Lastly, your abilities." begun Bogrod, as the two of them took their seats, "A Metamorphmagus is someone who can change their appearance at will. All possible changes include hair colour and length, eye colour, height, width, skin tone, and facial features. A full and talented Metamorphmagus can even change their facial features to that of an animal, such as a bird's beak for a nose, or something similar. Gender can not be changed, no matter how talented. The ability is tied to the Black family, and is hereditary." Harry nodded in an attempt to show that he was paying attention.
"I was unaware that there was such a thing as a Partial Metamorphmagus." admitted the goblin, "It is clear that you are capable of changing your appearance, yet there is something unusual with the method you use. Unfortunately, you will have to do any further research on your own.
Nothing much needs to be said about Parselmouth. It is a language tied to the Slytherin family. As far as I know, it is a simple, as well as the most effective way to control any and all snakes. There may be more applications, but I would not know of them."