Foreward Notes One more before the deadline!
A huge thanks to DelRey for his creation of the Binder class, and his blessing to create a sheet for it. Hope it's at least somewhat up to your standards.
Binder of Temporal Cognition
Conductor of the Holy Rail War
Class: Binder
Other Classes: Rider, Caster
True Name: Sir Sanford Fleming
Alignment: Lawful Good
Region: Scotland, Canada
Source: Historical Fact
Parameters:
STR: D
END: C
AGI: D
MGI: C+
LCK: D
"I do apologies for my lack of inherent strength- I'm more of a traveler, less of a warrior."
Height: 6'2" (7'5"-ish with hat)
Weight: 168 lbs
Likes: Hiking, traveling on railways, children (even if they aren't his own), the outdoors
Dislikes: Tardiness, "Mr. Bones"
Talent: Cartography, designing Bridges
Natural Enemy: Heracles (We still don't know how he broke those chains)
Attribute: Human
Armament: Railroad Spike and Pocketwatch kusarigama, chains
Catalyst: A Railroad spike from any point on the Canadian Pacific Railway
Class Skills:
Binding and Fettering: D+
Forged chains. Binder establishes a network of connections with his as a focal point.
Attacks from Binder create tethers that drain Magical Energy and lower Parameters from the opponent, which are then distributed among his allies. The higher the rank, the more Parameter can be stolen, the higher the duration and range of these tethers.
At D rank, the skill allows him to, "steal one Parameter, each rank adding one more Parameter to his allies", and as the man who ended up tethering the world into a lattice of temporal perception, he naturally lowers Agility.
"As I managed the speed at which the world progressed, I now manage yours- kindly, do hear what I have to say. If you break out, I can always just create more."
Independent Action: C
A Class skill of both Archer and Binder- the ability to remain independent even when rejecting the Magical Energy supply from one's Master; the ability that allows for action even in the absence of the Master.
As an accomplished surveyor, going on multiple expeditions in life, Binder often had to forge his own path and find his won way through the wilderness, achieving a decent rank in this skill.
Personal Skills:
Surveyor: A
The ability to properly map and record one's surrounding area. It functions as a passive radar of sorts, giving Binder a mental topographical map of the area, as well as recording the size and location of structures and other notably large objects in the area. At A rank, Binder's range of effect is half an acre in radius. He can recall the records procured with this skill instantaneously, provided they were created in his current period of summoning. It's range is cut in half if he moves in a vehicle cut off by windows however, as he needs to, "personally experience the terrain". Horses, Motorcycles, Convertibles, those are fine though.
"I travelled all across Canada, creating maps and routes for progress to follow- do you know they named a mountain range after me? Yes, I was that prolific!"
Immigrant: C
A skill born from Fleming's designation as a Canadian of great renown, and historical pride, despite not moving to the country until the age of 18. It represents his ability to achieve greatness, success and happiness, in a land that is not naturally his own.
The effect of Immigrant is similar to territory infringement, allowing him to enter bounded fields and reality marbles, while ignoring or resisting their negative effects, corresponding to the rank at which they equate to being lower, or equal/higher respectively.
This skill is also the reason why his region is listed under both Canada and Scotland
"A man can't ever forget his roots, even if he finds happiness and success in another land. Without my learning in Scotland, I could have never done what I did. I hold both countries near and dear to my heart."
Passenger: D
A skill similar to Riding, with the key difference of not being able to inherently control or operate vehicles- instead, he gains a small boost to his parameters when riding on any sort of transportation.
It is a skill bestowed upon him as a man who built and charted grand railways across Canada, but never really drove the trains himself.
"For a fellow who worked with trains, I was the wrong sort of Engineer! Never drove, only rode- but if I wasn't a passenger, there's a chance I could have never been inconvenienced into creating our current method of worldly scheduling. I suppose I was the right sort all along, ahaha!"
Noble Phantasm(s):
Longitude and Time Reckoning
Anti-Time
Rank B
"I suggest you get to the proper car to use that skill of yours- time is of my essence here."
Named after one of his two papers proposing the system of time zones to the Canadian Institute in Toronto, LaTR splits Binder's surveyed area from west to east, into 24 "Timezones" in an equal vertical split if viewed from above. In the affected area, LaTR disables all time based skills and Noble Phantasms, unless used in the zone corresponding to their allotted usage or cooldown.
For instance, Gawain's Numeral of The Saint would only take effect in areas 3 (the titular numeral), 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, and 17 (The corresponding hours of the day when it activates). If there was a NP that could be used "once daily", it would only be able to be used in area 24, due to a day having 24 hours, while one that could be used, "every 5 minutes" would be relegated to area 1, as it clocks in at under an hour. By exiting the area where an ability is allowed to persist, it will be stopped immediately, and must be restarted when going back in, if an active one.
If Sir Fleming wishes to dispel his noble phantasm, he must re-travel the area he wishes to activate it in. The affected area will always be marked by his scarlet chains, viewable to those with any sort of relation with magecraft, with each Timezone being marked accordingly.
Cosmopolitan Rail
Anti-Distance
Rank D
"Finally! It only took my death to never be late again."
A costly ability despite it's low rank, Binder summons a ghostly locomotive on a spectral rail that leads into nothingness. Upon boarding (passengers optional), the train will leave, and reappear in one of his Timezones a minute later, even if LaTR is not active. He can hit someone with the train, but it's really not meant as an offensive noble phantasm.
A Noble Phantasm born both from his work on railways, and the original instance of him missing a train due to mislabeled times inspiring his invention of worldwide standardized time. It even features the original name he coined it under, before refining the idea.
Lore: Sir Sandford Fleming FRSC KCMG (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915) was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to colonial Canada at the age of 18. He promoted worldwide standard time zones, a prime meridian, and use of the 24-hour clock as key elements to communicating the accurate time, all of which influenced the creation of Coordinated Universal Time. He designed Canada's first postage stamp, produced a great deal of work in the fields of land surveying and map making, engineered much of the Intercolonial Railway and the first several hundred kilometers of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and was a founding member of the Royal Society of Canada and founder of the Canadian Institute (a science organization in Toronto).
Personality: Described in life as a Family man devoted to his wife and children, he continues this reputation as a servant. A fatherly, responsible gentleman with a penchant for punctuality, he presents a stern kindness befitting of someone who was a professor for 35 years. Rarely angry, he is occasionally prone to frustration with factors unknown to him whilst making plans.
Summoner's Synopsis
Sir Sanford Fleming's classification as a binder means that he is highly suited for summoning scenarios where he is ensured teamwork, such as a VS grail war, or a Doubles Subcategory Holy Grail War. By doing this, a master can maximize the effectiveness of his supportive capabilities, and make up for his mediocre combat capabilities. While they can be slightly patched up by the stat boost afforded by his Passenger skill, if one is looking to summon him as a solo fighter, his Rider form is both easier to obtain as a standard class, and more combat-oriented.
Relationships
Click here!Relationships:
Charles Babbage- "You come from a dimension of steam... do tell, are steam trains the main form of transportation there? Or have you moved on to other forms of steam-based transportation?"
Paul Bunyan- "Always good to meet a fellow servant celebrated in Canada! You know, little miss, they said the swathes you cut through the forests made way for some of my rails- regardless if that happened, I must thank you for the mental image- It warms a father's heart."
Super Bunyan- "No, I will not alter the timezones so you and your compatriots may host the only ever, 'Twenty-Five hour day livestream'- I made them to establish order, not views, Miss Bunyan."
Francis Drake- "My invention may have ensnared the world, you actually voyaged around it... as a surveyor, I cannot help but be entranced by your accomplishment."
EMIYA (Assassin)- "Your Chronos Rose- would you mind activating it? I'd like to see the interaction of it with my chains, if you don't mind."
Yosano Akiko- "The ability to shape the earth as you please... my dear, while I respect your trade as a poet, you would have done MARVELS in the field of civil engineering, had you this capability in life."
Johannes Kepler- "So you've made contact with the moon? and It's an Alien machine?... I would have never thought.... if you don't mind my asking, how does it quantify the passing of time? I'm curious of it's methods."
Toriyama Sekien- "An illustrator of monsters... pray tell, have you ever considered coming to Canada? There are still.... things that lurk in her wilds- I daresay you could find yourself extra inspiration there."
Cope and Marsh- "Why I head of both your discoveries in life! Admittedly, I imagined the two of you would be a touch more... professional, but... ah, you've manifested as children, its only natural. Just- do try and behave, alright?"
JFK- "Good Lord- this is why I prefer to travel under vehicles with covered roofs."
Heinrich Schliemann- "...Do you KNOW how much you destroyed in your twisted excavations? You blew away the land itself! Geography holds HISTORY, Berserker, and you even ruined that..."
Yoshitsugu Otani- "Please, you needn't strain yourself with horseback- do join me for a ride on rails, if only for a spell- it's much faster, I assure you."
Christian Caldwell- "...Well, not every Scot in history could be a good man- your actions bring shame to our homeland."
Comte de Saint-Germaine- "Ah- my apologies, my good sir, it appears I approached the wrong version- I was looking for another aspect of yourself, the time-traveler."
Jenny Lind- "I've been forced to brave many a blizzard in the great white north, Miss Lind. Yours will be no different."
William Randolph Hearst- "While I would have appreciated something along the lines of what you push on my side when I was scammed out of a railroad monopoly... I can't agree with the raw sensationalism, I'm sorry. I prefer things presented to me in a manner that is pure and simple."
Nostradamus- "Pardon- do you mind if I enter your library? I understand you're a specialist in calculative magecrafts- If I get you the data, would you be able to come up with likely geographical formations under the sea? You see, I advocated for a trans-pacific telegraph cable- but why not go bigger? If a tunnel could be constructed, a rail..."
Felix von Luckner- "I'm glad you weren't battling the blockade when I immigrated to the Americas- I would have been deathly afraid of being sunk."
Unas- "There is no god of railways, not even a saint- you'll find nothing here. Kindly, step here."
Sorghaghtani- "A fellow of the same class, what a rare sight! I daresay though, you seem to be handling the task of binding much more easily than I do."
Chevalier de Saint-Georges- "An honest to god knight... I'm afraid I've only been awarded the title for my accomplishments in the sciences."
W. T. Stead- "What you discovered in London- as horrible as it was, it makes me feel accomplished as a Father, knowing I was able to keep my children safe from those horrors. Thank you for telling the world of that filth."
William Topaz McGonagal- "You know McGonagal- I may not be one for poetry, but It's got a sort of... silliness to it. I think my children would get the quite the giggle out of it."
Empress Wei of Tang- "You wish to go back in time? I'm afraid I can't manage things like that- I merely quantify time, not control it."
The Mary Celeste- "A Ship... somehow, I can't imagine locomotives having the same animosity. My condolences."
Sugawara no Takasue no Musume- "Come now, there's no shame in enjoying things that may be childish- my children were the light of my life, their behavior a large part of that. Nothing is wrong with holding onto the joys of youth- take it from an old man."
Cacareco- "...Take a railway down to San Paulo? well, you'd likely have to transfer or hop off a few times, but I do believe it's not impossible.."
Plato- "No, I get it, that love you speak of- it's what I feel when I walk about nature, feeling the world around me become part of my thoughts and memories. It's truly a refreshing sensation."
Ismail al-Jazari- "Ah, Lancer, there you are! I wanted to speak with you on something- see I found these design sketches for a train that lays its own rail as it goes, and I wanted to see if it could be replicated on a larger scale...."
Alfred Nobel- "It's... a grand shame what your work ended up being used for. If my creations were to be somehow twisted as yours were... I can only sympathize. No inventor, engineer, or architect wants to see their work corrupted as yours has."
Si Pitung- "I could never dream to match the skill you have with a blade, no matter how I've come to exist as a servant."
Vercingetorix- "If we are to work together, I do hope you don't find my ensnaring of foes for you as disagreeable- I'm not quite familiar with warrior codes, you see."
Aimo Allan Koivunen- "Good Lord man- if you were lucid at that speed, you could have surveyed the rail routes in a mere fraction of the time it took me!"
Gustavus Adolphus Rex Sueciae- "Your highness- from a father to a father: if you, your family, or your men ever need quick transport, do come and seek me out, I'd be happy to help."
Sir Christopher Lee- "Ah, my fellow knight of the crown- I'm glad to finally meet another with the distinction!"
Otávio Maeda- "I'm so sorry, but I don't think I can provide the challenge you seek. If one who measures up to you enters my routed territory however, I'll be sure to let you know."
Haru Urara- "Do keep fighting miss- I'm certain you'll get a win yet."
Lili Boulanger- He simply holds her tight for a moment, with a look of sadness on his face that only a father who lost his children young can know.
Marie-Therese Charlotte- "Please miss- I suggest you give the world another chance- if not the one of man, than the one of earth. Travel, get lost in its mountains, forests, and valleys. It does wonders, learning them, I assure you."
Magdalena Solis- "Absolute freedom is a fallacy- we must have some sort of order, some sort of measure. Even id it is not my metric of time, or planning of routes across a continent, we need SOMETHING. Absolute freedom is predatory animal instinct, where kindness is rarely afforded."
Sir Ernest Shackleton- "Another trusted by the crown- do tell me Ernest- do you think it possible to map that great sheet of ice? Or merely approximate it?"
Petrus and Catherine Gonsalvus- "I must thank you for what your story inspired- it and tales like it brought many smiles, and well-slept nights to my own children as bedtime stories. I'm filled with joy that the two of you were able to be so happy by each other."
"Bad Poetry"/Ern Malley- "No, you're not just ink, now are you? I'll see to it that my chains don't let what is inside, out."
Zé Carioca/J. Carlos- "I never made it to the tropics- though, I would certainly like to explore the jungles in your country, should I be summoned there. Oh the things I could see..."
Lazăr Edeleanu- "Sorry to say, but you remind me of Tupper, the bastard who took the Canadian Pacific Railway from me- kindly calm the cash talk, would you?"
Charles V- "I think- in an abstract way of course, I obtained that universal dominion of yours- one world, under one system. Sure, it's not a ruler's law, but I believe we wished for the same thing."
Blessed Gerard- "Your order's aim was undoubtedly a good thing, trying to heal the sick, but... I have qualms with your methods. Many qualms... I do wish that you get to experience the joys of humanity without a massacre, otherwise I would be forced to oppose your act."
Blaise Pascal- "The vacuums that you employ- I wished to talk to you on them. What's your thoughts on them being used for propulsion purposes?"
Notes!Notes
- Once again, HUGE thanks to Del for letting me do a Binder. I asked him ages ago when he first came up with the concept, and he helped me get rid of the overcomplicated NP that the first sheet was sort of built around. No worries on possible collusion for the contest though, this sheet is of my own making.
- In The Womb a few weeks ago, I passed by the idea of an irregular Grail War type scenario taking place on a magic train referred to as Mr Bones's Wild Ride- this is for that concept! I'm tentatively calling it the Holy Rail War atm, it'll probably be in the form of a tabletop game, idk. More of a fun thought experiment than anything else currently.
- On this and my future sheets, I'm adding the Summoner's Synopsis portion to the sheet to describe why they'd be summoned as a servant- good way to summarize how they operate, and why you'd ever want them as a magus.
- If you look closely at the image, his binder's/kusarigama chain is actually made of little train tracks! I figured because one of the themes that encompass the Binder Class Del listed is connecting people, it'd be a nice little way to personalize his specific chains.
- The Big-ass conductor's hat is a reference to him being photographed at the ceremony of the "last spike" being driven on the Canadian Pacific Railway- he has the tallest tophat in the picture, and I thought it was a fun way to spice up a design that would otherwise just be a conductor's uniform
- Rider form has a timestop.
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