St. Olga of Kiev
Class: Avenger
Other Applicable Classes: Ruler
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Sex: Female
Height: 160 cm
Weight: 48 kg
Armament: Igor's Parade Armor (Refitted), Rusted Sword
STR: A
CON: A
AGI: C
MGI: C
LCK: D
Noble Phantasm: A
Legend
A regent of Kievan Rus, a daughter of Vikings, and a saint called “Equal to the Apostles.” As a young girl, she met the Prince of Kiev, Igor, and the two quickly fell in love. A few years later they were married, and a few years after that he was crowned the ruler of Kiev. The next few years were happy ones. Their love stayed strong even as Igor went off to war. She bore him a son, Svyatoslav, but soon after the boy’s birth a dispute arose. A local tribe, the Drevlians, refused to pay tribute to the Rus and their leader, a Viking warlord who fought for Igor, refused to pay unless the ruler visited them to extract it himself. The Drevlians had been troublesome since Igor’s father’s death, but now their behavior was insulting. Not to seem a coward, Igor went to their lands and was immediately captured and slain by them.
Olga was forever changed by this. With the light of her life gone, she sought everything for answers. She converted to Christianity soon after his death and fervently prayed to God for answers, or for the destruction of the Drevlians. Her prayers were never answered. Rather than lose her faith, Olga saw the silence as a failure on her part rather than the Lord’s. After all, the answer to her prayers kept coming around every year: The Drevlians wanted Olga to marry their Prince Mal so that they could rule Kievan Rus, but Olga continued to refuse. Now, she saw an opportunity. The 20 men they had sent most recently were buried alive, but she sent a letter accepting the marriage.
In that letter, she asked for a grand retinue of important people to bring her to the Drevlian capital. They sent their best men, which Olga offered her greatest hall to serve as their bathhouse. The Drevlians accepted, and after they entered Olga locked them in the building and set it on fire, burning them alive. With their best out of the way, Olga now sought to destroy any who remained. She invited land owners to a funeral feast. When they were drunk, she slaughtered over 5,000 of them alongside her men. Calling upon her armies, she set a siege against the Drevlian capital, but relented soon after it began. She claimed that she felt remorseful for the siege, and that she did not ant to burden the citizens any further. All she asked for as tribute were three pigeons and three sparrows from each house, to which the citizens gladly complied.
In the dead of night, she had her men tie sulfur and resin to the birds’ legs, then set them free. The animals flew back into their nests to rest as they had done for their whole lives. Then, Olga gave the command. Burning arrows shot with pinpoint accuracy struck all of the nests simultaneously. The entire city burst into flame, impossible to extinguish because everything was alight at once. The people fled from the city, but Olga had her men stationed at every gate, slaughtering and capturing as they saw fit. This was the price for her husband’s death: the extinction of their entire tribe.
Tactics
Olga works best if collateral damage is not a problem. Her skills and Noble Phantasm make her an ideal counter for servants who field armies or create powerful territories. She also excels at being underestimated and typically uses tactics that make her seem weaker or more fearful than she actually is. She is a shrewd manipulator with an exceptional poker face. However, since the psychological effect of the dissonance between her qualities disappears after the first encounter, she requires even more identity concealment than a regular servant would.
She is more than capable of saying the worst sorts of things with a straight face. She quickly (and violently) rebuffs romantic advances, but does rarely show maternal qualities. Expressing interest in the incongruity between her status as a Saint and her Servant Class is just asking to for a spear to the throat.
Class Abilities
Avenger: BThe state of an Avenger as one that gathers people's hatreds and grudges onto oneself. It is easier for one to accumulate hatred and resentment. The rate of mana generation becomes higher when receiving damage.
Oblivion Correction: APeople are creatures that forget many things, but an Avenger never forgets. The critical effect of Avengers who attack from beyond one's memory is strengthened. Olga can capitulate on an opponent’s mistakes in the midst of battle. This art of exploitation carries over even outside of battle.
Self-Replenishment: DAn Avenger can not rest until their work is done. Olga’s magical energy surges until her revenge is accomplished. She recovers a minuscule amount of mana each turn.
Personal Skills
Aptitude for Slaughter: AA skill denoting an unparalleled affinity for massacres. Grants a plus modifier when in combat against “humans,” with additional bonuses for large amounts of victims killed at once. Ideal for Berserkers and Assassins.
Suppression (Innocence): AA refined art for hiding killing intent until it’s much too late. As long as she is not caught in the act, it is impossible to detect Olga’s ruthlessness, or even that she is an Avenger-class Servant. The only time the truth is revealed is when she is poised to attack.
Familiar (Pigeons and Sparrows): CAllows for the use of pigeons and sparrows as familiars. At this rank, commands given to the familiars can include specific flight patterns and combat orders, as long as they aren’t overly complex. Wild pigeons and sparrows can be tamed in an instant at this rank.
Saint: -Normally Olga would possess a high rank in this skill, but she has chosen to seal it away. There is no place for holiness in a quest for vengeance.
Noble Phantasms
Rahuyil Heyena (Raguel Gehenna)
The Saint Falls, A Star Lost in a Burning Sky
Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit ~ Anti-City Noble Phantasm
Range: 1 ~ 90
Maximum Targets: 777 people
This Noble Phantasm is the sublimation of the evils Olga committed in her quest for vengeance. Slaughtering princes, ambassadors, and governors. Razing cities, caring not to distinguish between civilian and soldier. Every execution, every massacre, was committed in the name of her late, murdered husband. What she left at the end of her journey was a broken, shattered people that were never to be spoken of again. The legend of her smothering of the Drevlian Uprising produces a Noble Phantasm “unfitting of a holy woman.” These acts of single-minded madness fuel a raging hell directed at any who would oppose her.
Upon activation, the sky above darkens as great burning “pillars” of fire and brimstone rain down upon her enemies. These pillars can be of varying size, between thin pinpoint beams or great conflagrations. The thinner beams rain down with pinpoint accuracy, aimed at the vitals of anything alive in the vicinity of its activation, even if they are within buildings or otherwise unknown to Olga. Once she is aware of an enemy, she is able to direct the onslaught so that it tracks the enemy closely; it may even occasionally “predict” an opponent’s path and prepare for it with a timely blow.
The largest and by far most destructive of this Noble Phantasm’s uses is able to cover an entire city in one, massive torrent of “divine wrath.” This use, however, requires some preparation. Over the span of a day, a storm will brew above the targeted area, swirling and writhing with unnatural ferocity. Any birds in that area will fly up into the storm and form a great ring around it, as though circling over a carcass. When night falls, chaos begins. Lightning bolts, meteorites, and a great firestorm impact her designated area at once, causing mass destruction.The scorched earth left behind is rendered incapable of supporting life for eternity.
Originally Posted by King of Padoru
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