Rider
"I have come in response to your summons. I am Ching Shih, admiral of the Red Flag Fleet. Shall we begin?"
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True Name: Ching Shih
Epithets: The Terror of the South China Sea, The Pirate Queen, The Whore Admiral
Class: Rider
Alternate Classes: Saber, Archer, Assassin, Berserker
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Attribute: Man
Origin: Historical Fact — China (19th Century)
Likes: Order, Planning, Those who follow orders, Young boys
Dislikes: Disruptive behavior, Disobedience, Government interference
Talent: Organization
Natural Enemy: Blackbeard
Armament: Pair of liuyedao, pair of matchlock pistols
Traits: Female, Humanoid, Riding, Servant, Weak to Enuma Elish
Catalyst: The hilt of an old sword that belonged to her
Parameters:
STR: C
END: C
AGI: C
MGI: D
LUK: A
NP: A+
PersonalityChing Shih tries to put on a persona of a patient, quiet, and ruthless woman that knows exactly how to take what she wants and has a business woman-like approach in her dealings with people. She is a very calculating individual who isn't above using dirty tricks, sabotage, and seduction to get what she wants. Unlike most pirates she has a strong dislike for unruliness and pointless chaos and will not tolerate rule breakers (especially if she was the one who set the rule in the first place), as such she tends to come off as incredibly strict, violently so if need be.
In her downtime, she can show an attitude more typical of a pirate. Her well developed serious and orderly persona will give way so long as she is not in combat or a tactical situation, allowing her to express a rather carefree attitude and drinks heavily. Ching can be genuinely warm and gentle to those she truly cares about, and she is also rather flirtatious towards both men and women, and enjoys sleeping around. Ching Shih also has a thing for young boys but doesn’t openly admit it.
LoreChing Shih was a pirate leader who terrorized the China Seas during the Jiaqing Emperor period of the Qing dynasty in the early 19th-century. She commanded over 1,800 vessels manned by around 80,000 pirates. She entered into conflict with the major nations, such as the British Empire, the Portuguese Empire, and the Qing dynasty. Under her rule, Chinese pirates became invincible, resisting attacks from every major naval power of her time.
Little is known about the early life of Ching Shih except that she was born in the Guangdong province of China under the name “Shih Yang” and that she worked as a prostitute in a floating brothel in Guangzhou, going by the name “Shih Heang Koo”. She was the favored prostitute of the pirate Zheng Yi who commanded the fleet of ships known as the Red Flag Fleet. Zheng Yi fell in love with Ching Shih and organized a raid to plunder the brothel and asked his men to bring her back to him as his portion of the loot and proposed to her. She accepted on the condition that she would have power in his organization and receive an equal share of the loot.
Over the next six years with her help, the Red Flag Fleet went from 200 ships to 1,800 strong, and she and her husband formed the Cantonese Pirate Coalition with the pirate Wu Shi'er. In 1807, Zheng Yi would get caught in a typhoon and die after being married to Ching Shih for six years. Not wanting to return to her life as a prostitute, Ching Shih was quick to seize the opportunity to assume control of the Red Flag Fleet and managed to maneuver herself into a place of power and took control over the entire organization with the help of her adopted son Chang Pao, who she took on as her lover.
She proved to be a strict, regimented leader once she took control, and as the new leader she focused on business and military matters while Chang Pao took on the daily going ons of the ships. Under her rule the Red Flag Fleet flourished and their incredible strength and power enabled them to pillage and raid every town and ship between Macao to Canton. The fleet took over many coastal villages, establishing an ad-hoc government of sorts and sometimes imposed taxes or levies on the villages under their control. Not even landlocked villages were safe, as she would simply use shallow-bottom boats to travel up river and attack them that way, including defeating whatever armies came against them. Stories from that time described her as ruthless — not just to her victims and enemies, but to her crew, as executions were quite common.
The Chinese government tried numerous times to put a stop to the Red Flag Fleet, but each time failed to defeat Ching Shih and her armada. Even when the government sought the aid of the British and Portugese navies they couldn’t break the Red Flag Fleet’s pirate operation within the South China Sea. Eventually the emperor himself offered amnesty to all pirates in the hope that it would put an end to Ching Shih’s reign of terror. Ching Shih was clever enough to know that she couldn’t keep this up forever and began negotiations with Zhang Bai about the fleet’s surrender, and in the end the Red Flag Fleet would be able to keep all of their loot and any of their pirates that wanted to join the Imperial Navy were allowed to do so.
Ching Shih’s pirate came to an end and was given the aristocratic title of “Lady by Imperial Decree” as part of the negotiations. Chang Pao’s status as her adopted son would be annulled by Zhang Bai and he would also marry Ching Shih to Chang Pao. After her retirement from piracy, she would run a successful gambling house and brothel enterprise. She would have children with Chang Pao, and would pass away in 1844 at the age of 69 in her bed, surrounded by her family.
SkillsClass Skills:
Magic Resistance: D
Grants protection against magical effects. Differently from the Resistance effect that merely rejects Magical Energy, this ability cancels the spells altogether. Cancels Single-Action spells. Magic Resistance of the same degree of an amulet that rejects magical energy.
Riding: B
Denoting the ability to ride mounts and vehicles. Most vehicles and animals can be handled with above average skill, even vehicles that did not exist in the time period one was alive in, for they are no exception. However, cannot ride the likes of Phantasmal Species such as Monstrous Beasts. Also, if limited to ships, the Riding Skill will improve by one rank.
Personal Skills:
Gale of Plunder: EX
A Skill that indicates the excellence of pirates. Ching Shih is considered to be the most successful pirate to ever live and at the height of her power she controlled more than 1,800 ships and had the manpower of 80,000 sailors, which was one of the biggest naval armies in the history of the world. She used her massive fleet for robbing and taxing towns and plundering ships throughout the coast of the South China Sea.
Golden Rule: B
A Skill that refers to the measurement of one's fortune to acquire wealth. Ching Shih herself was born destitute, but has a natural talent for collecting money. Even after retiring from piracy she lived as an incredibly wealthy noblewoman with a vast fortune.
Honor of Pirates: C
A unique Skill derived from a pirate's peculiar sense of values. Low ranking Mental Pollution, Bravery, Battle Continuation and others have been combined. Ching Shih receives this from her strict code of law established among the Red Flag Fleet which was heavily enforced.
Voyager of the Storm: A++
Talent that lets one sail objects recognized as ships. Because the ability as a group leader is also necessary, this unique Skill also has the effects of both Charisma and Military Tactics. At her height, Ching Shih commanded one of the largest naval armies in the history of the world.
Noble PhantasmsRed Flag Fleet
The Scourge of the South China Sea
Rank: A+
Type: Anti-Army
Range: 20 - 200
Maximum Number of Targets: 800
This Noble Phantasm represents Ching Shih's personal armada of pirates consisting of over 1,800 ships and 80,000 men that terrorized the seas of South China, The Red Flag Fleet. The fleet she helped grow from a small group of pirates to an international threat that took on Britain, China, and Portugal. She can summon the infamous pirate fleet, and she can summon any individual ship at will when she needs them. Each ship is a ghost ship in a literal sense of the word, acting autonomously as if they were fully crewed and will perform tasks that the crew would normally do on Ching's orders. While the ships are intended to travel on water, they can also travel on land and sky, but consumption of magical energy becomes heavy in this case. To summon the full force of the fleet she must invoke the True Name of the Noble Phantasm, at which point all ships will materialize around Ching, typically in the air if there is no body of water nearby. Upon her order all ships open fire and the enemy is bombarded by overwhelming firepower. The combined might of the fleet's weaponry is incredibly powerful and would be capable of destroying most anything Ching wants destroyed, causing massive damage to targeted areas.
The Noble Phantasm possesses a secondary ability in which Ching Shih can add additional ships to her armada by commandeering other ships. It is representative of Ching Shih’s efforts in creating, and growing the Red Flag Fleet. Once a ship has been commandeered she can then add it to her armada, but the process takes a serious amount of Magical Energy to convert the ships into being an aspect of her Noble Phantasm. In theory she could commandeer ships that are the Noble Phantasms of other Servants and add them to her armada, but the amount of effort and Magical Energy required to do this would be extreme. If given enough time, Ching Shih could boost the number of ships she possesses to epic proportions, but this will inevitably come at the cost of increasing the rank of her Noble Phantasm and, by extension, the drain on her Magical Energy if she were to ever use the full force of her fleet. Should this occur, the only way Ching Shih might be able to truly manifest the full might of the Red Flag Fleet is through a Master will extraordinary reserves of Mana and possibly tapping into a layline.
Tyrannical Pirate's Code of Laws
Pirate Oaths Stained in Blood
Rank: B
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 1 - 10
Maximum Number of Targets: 1
Ching Shih’s control over her pirate fleet at that time was absolute, which was possible not only because of her well maintained political maneuvers which enabled her to rule unopposed but also because of her insistence that all pirates under her command respect a very strict pirate code. Those under her command were given a series of draconic tenants, and failure to follow these rules to the letter was punishable by beatings, mutilation, and execution depending on what law was violated. It is this legacy that made Ching Shih feared among her own crew, and has been supplemented into a Noble Phantasm.
This Noble Phantasm manifests itself as a manuscript on Ching Shih’s person. This Noble Phantasm is a curse-like effect, that when activated targets those of the Chaotic alignment. Those targeted will be hit with excruciating pain throughout their entire body and must pass a resistance check or be overwhelmed by it. In addition, all Skills that aren’t tied to the body, such as Divinity, will temporarily be sealed while the target is under the effect of Tyrannical Pirate’s Laws. Since this Noble Phantasm only targets those of the Chaotic alignment, if she were to use it upon someone of the Lawful or Neutral alignment it would simply not work.
Voice LinesAscensions:
1st Ascension: "Yes, keep up the good work. Don't slack off, understand?"
2nd Ascension: "I've gotten stronger. Impressive work, Master."
3rd Ascension: "I've been looking over maps. I think we could expand our operations."
4th Ascension: "Excellent! Through your tireless work, you have proven quite useful. Shall we discuss your future under me? Fufufu..."
Bonds:
Bond Lv. 1: "We have work to do. So let us set sail."
Bond Lv. 2: "Will we set sail again soon? Not that I don't enjoy the down time that is."
Bond Lv. 3: "Right, down time. Bring me some booze, Master! I'm gonna drink until next time we set sail."
Bond Lv. 4: "We have some down time I see. Care to join me for a drink, Master? Drinking with another is always fun!"
Bond Lv. 5: "Are you as bored as I am? Perhaps you'd like to join me in private for a moment, my dear Master? I think I know a way to ease our boredom."
Other:
Dialogue 1: "There is a need for rules aboard pirate ships. It is my experience that if you let your crew do as they will inevitably cause trouble. Fortunately, beheadings are a good, reliable solution to these issues."
Dialogue 2: "Just because you are my Master doesn't mean you are exempt from following my rules. That would be a costly mistake for you."
Dialogue 3: "I like to consider myself a business woman first and a pirate second. That said, that doesn't mean I won't crush any opposition to my authority with an iron fist."
On the Holy Grail: "The grail is just another piece of treasure to add to my loot. Nothing more."
Something You Like: "I like order aboard my ship. Keeping everyone in line was the key to my success, after all."
Something You Hate: "The government getting in the way of my operations. It is hard to run a criminal empire when you have to deal with whatever armies or navies they send your way..."
Birthday: "It is your birthday? I suppose I could allow you to take some time off. I could take some time off as well to offer you a personal congratulation."
RelationshipsEdward "Blackbeard" Teach: "Such a deplorable cretin. The embodiment of everything I despise in a pirate! Disruptive, disorganized, and a hopeless pervert! I'll have your head!"
Bartholomew Roberts: "I do appreciate a man with rules, but your's don't go far enough to ensure order I feel. Have you considered more beheadings?"
Anne Bonney & Mary Read: "You two are welcome to join my crew! Just be mindful of the rules and we will have no trouble."
Francis Drake: "I did battle with the British Navy once. I wonder, how would they have fared had they had someone like you at the helm? No doubt it would have been a worthy fight indeed."
James Moriarty: "Since you run a criminal organization as well, care to discuss a potential partnership?"
King Hassan: "I too find beheadings a great way to deal with disappointing subordinate."
Young Male Servants (Alexander, Fuuma Kotaro, Alstolfo, etc): "Oh... Oh my... Hmm? I-I wasn't staring!"
Creator's NotesWell here is my sheet for Ching Shih, who is one of my favorite historical figures. I've roleplayed her a couple of times in some RPs on TV Tropes and her sheet was considerably simpler back then, but have since expanded on it and fleshed it out to what it is now. Most notably back then she only had one NP, which even then was not as fleshed out as what I have written here. She is one of my favorite character that I've made and I still use her in some other projects.
Her faceclaim was one I picked as a kind joke on Fate's habit of having Servants in skimpy outfits, and I've honestly kind of grown attached to it. I honestly can' see my version of the character having a different look now. >_>