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“
Humanity. Flawed, imperfect. That is why the law is needed. It is not to make humans perfect; it is to allow humans to live as the imperfect beings they are. The law does not restrain us; it guides us.”
True Name: Hammurabi
Class: Caster
Other Qualified Classes: Saber, Ruler, Gatekeeper, Watcher
Sex: Male
Source: Historical Fact
Region: Mesopotamia, Babylon
Alignment: Lawful Good
Attribute: Man
Height: 185cm
Weight: 71kg
Traits: Male, Servant, Humanoid, King
Catalyst: A stele that has the Code of Hammurabi inscribed onto it
Natural Enemy: Abigail Williams, Utsumi Erice
Image Colour: Marble Grey
Character Voice: Ishida Akira
Parameters
Strength: E
Constitution: D
Agility: C
Magical Power: A
Luck: A
Noble Phantasm: A++
Class Skills
Tool Creation: C++
One can create devices tinged with magical energy.
Hammurabi specializes in contracts, so he cannot create any devices other than those. Furthermore, by infusing these contracts with the effects of his Noble Phantasms, they are capable of matching items of the highest order despite Hammurabi possessing a Tool Creation ability on an average level.
Territory Creation: A
One can create a “
Workshop” that is an advantageous position to oneself as a mage.
Because Hammurabi possesses
Rank A in this, it is possible to create a “
Temple”, which is superior to a “
Workshop”.
Personal Skills
Charisma: B+
The natural talent to command an army. Increases the abilities of allies during group battles. A rare talent, it is possible to say that having
Rank B in this is sufficient for one to lead a whole country as its sovereign.
Due to Hammurabi’s anecdotes where his words are known as the law itself, and due to his nature as the Law King, recipients of his Charisma will always obey his orders (as if it was a curse), even if his allies are acting against him for any reason.
Governor of Divine Laws: A+
A Skill given to lawgivers who has anecdotes of handling divine laws. If the user of this Skill has made a law, anyone who breaks that law will suffer one rank down to all of their Parameters for each instance, regardless if they are in that Skill user’s presence or not, and regardless if they are their allies or enemies. The rank down lasts for 1 turn, or as long as they are in combat, whichever is longer, and the duration is refreshed if they suffer another rank down while already being affected. If a Parameter is unable to be ranked down anymore, then instead of suffering a rank down, the lawbreaker will receive a heavy pressure that will stun them for 1 turn.
For Hammurabi, this Skill also applies to the laws he gives out in the form of his Noble Phantasms.
Wisdom of the Sages: A+
A Skill given to one whose wisdom and knowledge has reached the domain of the sages. It preserves the absoluteness of one's mind, raises the success rate of all of their knowledge checks to 100%, and allows them to see the truth and desires of the target(s) of observation. With the success of a
Luck Check, it can even allow one's gaze of observation to fix a revealed truth as “
absolute”, thus preventing that truth from being changed by any means.
Unified Language: —
The language of ancient Babylonia in a time when no other languages existed and no distinction was made between the speeches of humans, creatures, and living and non-living things. The “
Truth” spoken before humans became scattered across the world. The words of this language can draw out the records, memories and phenomena recorded in the Root, and it can also act as a powerful form of telepathy and hypnotism. Those with the “
Connection to the Root” Skill can somewhat resist its effects.
Hammurabi, being a part of the era and the city where the last remnants of linguists of the Unified Language lived, came to possess this Skill. As a digression, it was theorized that the extinction of the linguists of the Unified Language in Mesopotamia - the last being the death of King Hammurabi - has accordingly caused the rapid decline of the Babylonian kingdom.
Noble Phantasms
Code of Hammurabi: Wise King’s Just Laws
Rank: A+
Classification: Anti-Crime Noble Phantasm
Range: –
Maximum Number of Targets: 1000 people
A set of divine laws given by the Mesopotamian Sun God Shamash to the Babylonian king Hammurabi, who then transcribed them onto a series of tablets that would later become famously known as the Code of Hammurabi. However, the Noble Phantasm is not those tablets, but the divine laws being spoken in the words of the Law King Hammurabi. A Noble Phantasm that embodies Hammurabi’s wisdom and justice. A Noble Phantasm of the Constantly Invoked-Type.
Whether human or god, and whether they are living or non-living, anyone and anything that hears the laws given out by Hammurabi becomes subject to the jurisdiction of those laws. Whatever Hammurabi speaks as the law, shall be the law, no matter how nonsensical they can be. Having the laws hold domain over the targets does not mean the target has to obey the laws, and nothing happens to the targets during the occasion the laws are enacted under the premise that “
all are innocent until proven guilty”.
However, if one were to break a law, then they receive a punishment that was stipulated by Hammurabi at the occasion of him enacting that particular law. How severe a punishment is is in proportion to its accompanying law’s range of scope. A law where any general action can break it will inflict a much less severe punishment, while a law where only a very specific action can break it will inflict a much more severe punishment. Hammurabi can arbitrarily decide on the type of punishment, such as causing invisible damage to the target’s body, causing a mental interference effect, inflicting a bad status ailment, and much, much more.
The effects of this Noble Phantasm can also be imbued into the tools Hammurabi creates via his Tool Creation Skill as well as the territory he creates via his Territory Creation Skill (the laws are magically written onto them). In such cases, anything can be under the jurisdiction of the Noble Phantasm’s laws should they be near his tools or within his territory, even if they do not hear Hammurabi actually speaking those laws out. The laws themselves lose their powers once they are broken, so Hammurabi must re-enact the same laws if he wants to use those particular laws again. Heroic Spirits with anecdotes of lawbreaking receive double the effects of the punishment, while Heroic Spirits with anecdotes of avoiding or nullifying punishments upon breaking a law will receive diminished effects from the punishment.
Upon its True Name Release, black cuneiform scripts cover Hammurabi’s body, allowing him to become the true living embodiment of the Law and gain the “
Law of Retaliation”. Whatever happens to Hammurabi also happens to whoever did that something to Hammurabi, and they will always equally receive the effects even if they should be immune to it. (For example, cutting off Hammurabi’s arm will also have the same arm of the attacker be cut off, even if they are immune to damage.) At this point, one can say the laws have reached the level of an Authority. However, magical energy consumption is intensified while in this form.
Code of Hammurabi: Sage King’s ■■■■ Laws
Rank: EX
Classification: Anti-Crime Noble Phantasm / Anti-World Noble Phantasm
Range: 1~999
Maximum Number of Targets: 1000 people
Hammurabi’s Second Noble Phantasm that is obtained by using the Unified Language in conjunction with his First Noble Phantasm. By accessing the records of the “
Truth” of the World, a pure white, blank texture expands from the ground Hammurabi stands on where nothing but himself and those nearby him - living things with intelligence - exists. An ability falsely similar to a Reality Marble. A place where a single Truth of the World is revealed.
By speaking the divine laws with the words of the Unified Language, it creates “
unbreakable” laws where the punishments associated with the laws are inflicted on the lawbreakers before the laws actually do get broken. This is done by recalling a past via the Unified Language - a past where any lawbreaker has broken the law that is going to be enacted before - and recording it onto the law being enacted. As the punishments are handed out before the laws get broken, those laws will continue to remain active, thus Hammurabi does not have to re-enact broken laws anymore. However, these laws only apply in this blank world. Furthermore, as these laws are being spoken through telepathy by resonating with the people's souls, they cannot be auditorily blocked. However, magical energy consumption is more severe when compared to using his First Noble Phantasm.
Due to the nature of the blank world, the divine laws enacted by Hammurabi through the Unified Language is even capable of nullifying abilities that reveal the Truth, even one that reveals the “
Genesis of the Truth”, for the world makes the Truth to be in a state of "
already has been revealed".
Character
Personality
An intellectual person who considers himself to be the personification of justice and wisdom. This kingly and godly thought was not out of his own arrogance, but out of accepting the gods’ arrogance into himself. “
I shall be the Law.” “
I shall be the Truth.” This is the determination of Hammurabi, the Law King, that he obtained upon receiving the divine laws, all for the sake of leading humanity to their own path instead of allowing the gods to lead them. A human who will not hesitate to take and use those of the gods with his mortal hands for the benefit of mankind, even the kingship and the divine laws he has obtained because of those gods. A man who will use whatever the gods give to him, but only by his own discretion formed with the thoughts of humanity. He may offer his fearful adoration to the gods, and he may fulfill the gods’ heavenly righteousness to the humans, but he will always stay true to his belief: the gods are not needed anymore, let humanity take over and carve out their own path.
A king who leads his people magnificently and fairly. Hammurabi uses his wisdom - which is already within the domain of the sages - to enlighten the people around him. However, he is severely just and strict, even if he displays a kind and gentle disposition. He believes that no wickedness or wrongdoing will ever come out of the law, for the law is the light that shines the path for people to live out their life in peace and harmony. He will admonish even Saints and innocent children if he has to. But these admonishments are not out of blind righteousness, but compassion. He will not hate those who break the laws, but rather, he will try to understand them. And to those who truly break the laws out of evil intent, he will direct his righteous anger towards them and show no mercy to them. On the other hand, while he is truly compassionate to those who follow the laws, he shows no happiness to them. There is no need to show happiness for someone mechanically following the laws; it is something to be expected after all.
In regard to the law, Hammurabi views them as a product of human history. Although the laws were given to humanity by the gods, the laws were always being changed and refined throughout human history; it is the fruit of knowledge and wisdom that humanity created. The laws, evolving through trials and errors brought upon by humanity's flawed and imperfect nature, has become something that is meant to be nurtured by human hands. Thus, the law is humanity itself, with each law being one of the many stars of humanity. That is Hammurabi's belief in regard to the law.
In his spare time, Hammurabi likes to read, be with nature, and study other people. He observes people to see their very reason for existence, their kingship if they are kings, etc. And he is fond of intellectual discourse to the point that he can talk all throughout the night in debates without being aware of how much time has passed. Also, he has apparently learned so much as a Heroic Spirit that his main interests are now about outer space. However, it seems he has merely aligned his interests with humanity's current goal of space exploration.
Motive / Attitude towards the Master
Hammurabi has nothing to wish for on the Holy Grail. He has already fulfilled his great ambitions in his past. How great his ambitions are are in proportion to the desires of the people he leads. Given that he is no longer a king of a group of people and of the living, then he is content in having no personal ambitions.
Hammurabi will not allow himself to be treated as someone of lower status by his Master simply because he is a king. However, he will do whatever means necessary to fulfill the desires of his Master out of duty as a king, and he will serve them as an administrator and as their personal advisor. If his Master is a good person, he will personally lead them and help them grow. But if his Master is a bad person, and should they continue to commit atrocities despite his warnings, Hammurabi will sever their contract with his own power in the case that he has found another suitable Master to lead.
Historical Image / Character Image
Hammurabi was the sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty that was centered around the city of Babylon. A figure from the 18th Century BC. He is also known as the Law King. A king who is also a lawgiver. The lawgiver above all lawgivers throughout history. His fame is not only high throughout all of Mesopotamia, but also throughout the United States due to his representation in the courts of law.
In the World of Fate, Hammurabi was one of the last remaining Unified Language linguists in ancient Mesopotamia since the fall of the Tower of Babel. He was born in a time where Mesopotamia had changed from its state of affairs where the land was ruled by those of divine origin. Instead, Mesopotamia has now become a land ruled by the hands of humans bidding for total control of Mesopotamia all for the sake of mere, simple survival.
At a young age, Hammurabi ascended to the throne after his father abdicated it due to health reasons. His reign marked the beginning of Babylon’s prominence in the annals of human history that continues to last even now in the present. He took this minor kingdom and raised it into a magnificent kingdom through the combination of his administration, military tactics and strategic genius. At times, he even fought on the front lines to inspire his people.
After a series of wars, Hammurabi has laid out a glorious path for the people of Mesopotamia to follow as he effectively had sole rule over the entirety of Mesopotamia. A small glimmering star among the many stars of accomplishments that belongs to what was once a small city-state that no one would have thought to have grown to its greatest height during Hammurabi’s reign. And then, one day, the Sun God Shamash appeared to Hammurabi on behalf of all the gods and decreed that the Babylonian king was the chosen one who would give their divine laws to mankind. In a sense, it is a parting gift from the gods to humanity. Not soon longer, Hammurabi would take an epithet, the “
Law King”, and he would create the most famous code of laws known throughout history, the Code of Hammurabi.
Hammurabi's life was just a small, fleeting star. It shone brightly, but only for an insignificant amount of time. He died around the age of 60, and the Babylonian kingdom started to rapidly decline after his death until their prominence was lost to obscurity, the kingdom returning to just how it was before Hammurabi ascended to the throne. In a sense, Hammurabi himself was a miracle for the people. But humans do not last forever. Despite that, the things humans create can last forever, and the things Hammurabi created will undoubtedly last forever. Even when the people worshipped him as a god, the Law King rejects himself as a god. He chose to remain human out of respect for both the gods and for humanity.
There was one childish wish he had though:
“
Just once, I would like to travel among the sea of stars and admire each of their fleeting presence. It is precisely because they are fleeting that they are able to shine brightly.”
General Armaments
His “
words”.
Connections to Other Characters
Sargon of Akkad
A fellow king and comrade who went on a certain long adventure with him.
“
Do you not get tired of Ishtar following you around all the time? Oh? You are saying I do not have the right to say that given that I use Ishtar’s Temple as a space battleship? Haha, you got a point.”
Minos
Another fellow king and a lawgiver Hammurabi gets along with extremely well. A contemporary of the same time period. The Law King and the Judgement King; they are like two pods in the same pea.
“
You had many things going on during your life, but you did a commendable job as a king and lawgiver despite all of that. I would always be happy to come to your aid and lend my ear to you. Even with the matter of you trying to reconcile with your son.”
Astraea
“
I truly commend your efforts in trying to restore order even while the gods have already left. You have my adoration. However, I am still the strongest Ruler. No, it does not mean I want to wrestle you… Oh look, Ishtar over there just snatched all the riches for herself!”
Truth be told, the kind of woman (goddess) Hammurabi would love to propose to, although he has mixed feelings about the human vessel that Astraea is possessing.
Gilgamesh
A Mesopotamian king Hammurabi respects. Whether it is his Archer self or his Caster self, Hammurabi understands each way of life and interacts with him casually so that Gilgamesh does not get bored and is left alone.
“
Hmmm… He is like my space captain, really. His enthusiasm for space travel never ceases to amuse me.”
Ryougi Shiki 「 」, Sajyou Manaka
Fellow comrades Hammurabi gets along with, even if they have different ideologies. He keeps a watchful eye on their actions while also showing a sincere smile to them. He believes their relationship goes beyond one of mere similarity where they have something directly to do with the Root.
“
They are like my younger sisters, I suppose. I never do get bored around them, although I do wish they stop bothering me when I am clearly giving them signs to not do so…”
Abigail Williams
A girl Hammurabi befriended during a certain long adventure.
“
My precious friend. One day, let us go travel across the sea of stars once again with the other voyagers.”
Comments
I thought about Umineko’s Truths that come in multiple colours. So if Hammurabi was speaking with his Charisma, his words would appear as Green in text. If he was giving out laws with his Governor of Divine Laws Skill, they would appear as Orange. If he speaks in the Unified Language, they would appear as Blue. If he was giving out laws with his First Noble Phantasm, they would appear as Red. And if he was giving them out with his Second Noble Phantasm, they would appear as Purple. Also, his eyes glow a clear sky blue colour when using his Second Noble Phantasm that gives onlookers the impression as if they were staring into the Void despite the sky theme of the colour. (Although I did want to make a play on the Japanese word 空 that can refer to both “sky” and “void” .)
In terms of knowing how to use Hammurabi as a non-direct combat character in combat scenarios, he is like a defensive juggernaut (although he can be witty and be possibly as potent offensively when he himself has to attack). He is meant to be great in faction wars where his Charisma and Governor of Divine Laws can glue his faction together with cooperation, even if it has to be forced. For his Noble Phantasms, he can use it in many ways. Just an example to give:
Crime: One is attacking him with their Noble Phantasm activation.
Punishment: The Noble Phantasm becomes sealed.
In this case, Hammurabi does give a sense of fairness to his opponents in that their Noble Phantasm attack still goes through, even if their NP does become sealed afterwards. But his NP can be made more flexible by applying it to various things. Some examples I can think of can be as follows:
Crime: An attack has entered his territory.
Punishment: The attack is dispelled.
(An example of the law being applied to the attack itself instead of the attacker)
Crime: One has read “
this particular section” of “
this particular book” without permission.
Punishment: Their ability to think becomes sealed for “
this pre-determined duration”.
(An example of a law with a narrow scope)
Crime: One has poisoned his own Master.
Punishment: The poisoner's closest ally is inflicted with an equally lethal poison.
(An example of a law affecting someone related to the attacker rather than the attacker themselves)
If you are curious about
■■■■ in Hammurabi's Second Noble Phantasm's subtitle, it is intentionally left blank. But if a word was to fill it, it would be “
Void” in the sense of absolute nullity; the law specifically treats the event of a law being broken as having never happened (but the punishment is still inflicted), which fits with the Second Noble Phantasm's effects and theme.