Born a King on Bethlehem's plain,
Gold I bring to crown Him again,
King for ever,
Ceasing never
Over us all to reign.
O Star
Gold, the first gift, presented by Caspar, first of the three, to the newborn Messiah. Perhaps the easier gift to understand, the gold symbolizes the crowning of the one who was supposed to be the King of Kings, the one human to lead humanity into salvation. A Noble Phantasm of power, it would normally be shaped as a crown of gold. However thanks to the First King current body, his Noble Phantasm has been transformed thanks to the original owner’s experience into a new meaning: Land.
To use this Noble Phantasm, the First King has to sacrifice himself by plunging deep into his own spiritual core, removing from it a small golden jewel. As a gift, the First King can’t activate the Noble Phantasm by himself and has to depend on his choosen one. After giving that Jewel, his work as a King is done and he then fades away. To use the gift one must throw the golden jewel into the ground. The jewel will crack into multiple little pieces and will penetrate the ground until reaching the leylines. The jewill then redirect the flow of the leylines directly into the gifted one. The Gifted One will then have supreme authority over the magical energy flowing through the land being free to do whatever they want with such authority.
Anti-Human - A
Frankincense to offer have I,
Incense owns a Deity nigh:
Prayer and praising
All men raising,
Worship Him God on High.
O Star.
Frankincense, the second gift, gifted towards the man and god by Melchior, the second one. It symbolizes the presence of god. If Gold represents the power of a human, Frankincense reprents one’s duty to overseer all beings as the one true god. It’s normally represented as a small bottle containing the resin, but thanks to the original owner’s experience it has been transformed into a new shape and meaning: Order.
To use this Noble Phantasm, the Second King has first to sacrifice himself burning himself aflame. The smoking coming out of him will then envelop his choosen one. The process doesn’t take long and will finish his job as a King, leaving only ashes where he once stand. The smoke will imprint into the gifted one’s body as a singular Command Spell. That command spell allows for the creation of a continuous rule that will be present throughout the entire holy grail war. Going against it will result in continuous degradation of the body and spiritual core of all servants still in the war.
Anti-Servants - A
Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom;—
Sorrowing, sighing,
Bleeding, dying,
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.
O Star.
Myrrh, the last of the gifts to the Lamb of God, given to him by Balthazar, the third one. An embalming oil gifted towards a newborn child meant to represent the sacrifice the King and God will have to realize save the soul of mankind. The last gift meant to represent his last act on earth. Unlike the other two gifts, the concept of this noble phantasm is magnified thanks to the original owner dominion over the Soul.
To use this Noble Phantasm, the Third King has to sacrifice itself by utilizing melting away his existence into an ethereal liquid. The liquid envelops the Third King’s chosen one and allows for a single use of Third Magic over the chosen’s one body. Once that happens, the liquid will simply evaporate into nothingness as the Third King has finished his gift giving and so his purpose
Anti-Soul - EX
Reaching the Messiah
Star of Bethlehem
O Star of Wonder, Star of Night,
Star with Royal Beauty bright,
Westward leading,
Still proceeding,
Guide us to Thy perfect Light.
The collective Noble Phantasm of the Three Wise Men and the reason why they are summoned by the Grail in the first place. This is the star that guided the Three Magi into the direction of the soon to be born Messiah. It’s the end of their legend for the three vagrants and the beginning of the story of the savior of all mankind.
This Noble Phantasm is crystallized as an Star in the night’s sky. Though it seems like a normal star in a starry sky, from closer inspection one starts to see some differences. Even with powerful telescopes is impossible to look at the actual shape of the star and even reach it, as it seems to seems aways out of reach. As long as the Wise Men remain under the night sky, they will receive the bonuses of a Revelation skill with the A rank.
However while showing the way to the Wise Men is one of the fictions of the Star, it’s true purpose is to be part of the Nativity of the Messiah. The Wise Men, their Gifts and the Star are all small parts of the whole that is the ritual of the birth of the Messiah. The Star actually holds all the energy stored by the Greater Grail. The Wise Men are only summoned as fail safe mechanisms to protect the integrity of the Grail against heavy interference. When that happens the initial energy held inside the gate to reach the Core of the World is then transferred to a container deep in the sky, making it impossible to be tampered with. The Wise Men are then sent as overseers to the Holy Grail War, trying to fix whatever could have forced their summoning. Once the Three Wise Men haven given their gifts or if they all perished then the
Ritual of Nativity has finished and the
is born: all that energy held inside the Star gently falls into earth right in the middle of the location between the three gifts. Incidentally, if one receives all three gifts, then logically, all that energy will fall directly into him, giving him a huge advantage in the battle for the Grail.
Rank A - Anti-Grail
Glorious now behold Him arise,
King, and God, and Sacrifice;
Heav’n sings Hallelujah:
Hallelujah the earth replies.
O Star