Monthly Create-A-Servant Contest

[Scotcheroos]

Wait a second
Would servants in their weakest possible class work for this?

Least fits do work

As long as they're visibly dogshit in at least one aspect of their profile in terms of power (parameters, Skills....you, you get the idea.)

[Legendary Hero of the Chain]

So, would skills that directly harm the possessor, like Nero's migranes and Okita's illness count towards classifying them as 'weak'?

And may the servant themselves instead revolve around the idea of weakening and destroying others, revolving around weakness in the manor of a saboteur who impairs others because that's the role they played in life?

[DelRey]

sounds like they are the weakness of someone else then. Should fit.
same with the sickness, Ill go the same route

[BnEl15]

Inb4 this turns into biology contest 2 as we get a huge wave of terminally-ill people as Servants

[MuramasaMachII]

Inb4 this turns into biology contest 2 as we get a huge wave of terminally-ill people as Servants

The attack of the leprosy victims...

[NINE-lives]

So, would skills that directly harm the possessor, like Nero's migranes and Okita's illness count towards classifying them as 'weak'?

And may the servant themselves instead revolve around the idea of weakening and destroying others, revolving around weakness in the manor of a saboteur who impairs others because that's the role they played in life?

Oh my god, are you actually submitting a sheet for this contest? Please tell me if you can.

Also would a servant who's weakness is his mercy or compassion causing him to never go for the kill like Ashoka Maurya count for this contest?

[MuramasaMachII]

Wait... would Phantom Spirits count/Phantom Fusions?

[jishara]

Would someone count who was noted as being extremely talented/intelligent in life but just "wasn't good enough" to succeed (Akin to Jing Ke or my previous Emperor Hui of Han) work?

[Random]

Would someone count who was noted as being extremely talented/intelligent in life but just "wasn't good enough" to succeed (Akin to Jing Ke or my previous Emperor Hui of Han) work?

I would assume so, as long as this is represented in their kit in such a way that makes them suck ass

[DelRey]

its always interesting to see that at the beginning of each contest, many ask "yo is that allowed?" or "does this count?"
all in fear if it actually fits the prompt
but think back
when did something not fit?
it is so rare. when you think it fits, it usually does.
easier to apologize than ask for permission. do it with confidence.
I vaguely remember a case in which the sheet tangentially fit but still won because in the end~
the prompt is the initial spark, what wins in the end is if the sheet overall is good.

[Scotcheroos]

So, would skills that directly harm the possessor, like Nero's migranes and Okita's illness count towards classifying them as 'weak'?

And may the servant themselves instead revolve around the idea of weakening and destroying others, revolving around weakness in the manor of a saboteur who impairs others because that's the role they played in life?

Yes to the first, maybe to the second. That description may fit into the guidelines of the contest....but it's vague enough that you could make a profile off of a hella strong figure from said prerequisites. I'm looking for people who, despite their limitations, still carved their names into history. Choosing someone who's incredibly powerful, even if they revovle around weakening others, utterly defeats the purpose of the prompt.

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Wait... would Phantom Spirits count/Phantom Fusions?

Sure! As long as they're still weak in the end, and they have a plausible explanation as to why they're fused.

[Baron Magnus]

I found some inspiration.

I can do the servant that'd have been perfect for this contest.

I just have to verse it right.

[YoungMeme]

"Lord Seimei..."
Seimei's Greatest Rival - Ashiya Doman


Class: Caster
Alternative Classes: Berserker, Alter Ego, █████, █████████
True Name: Ashiya Doman
Gender: N/A
Source: "Uji Shui Monogatari", "Abe-no-Seimei Monogatari", "Ashiya Douman Oouchi Kagami", etc.
Region: Japan
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Attribute: Man
Day of Decisive Battle: "At this rate, you'll never surpass Seimei."

Parameters

Strength: D
Endurance: B
Agility: E
Mana: A++
Luck: B-
Noble Phantasm: B

Class Skills

Item Construction: Rank B - A skill indicating one's ability to manufacture magical items, from implements of war to items for daily use, using appropriate materials. Caster's Item Construction is now as specialized as that of Limbo, who focused exclusively on the creation of shikigami to the detriment of other fields of magical apparatus. As a consequence, the rank is lowered, and the quality of constructed items is poorer, but the variety of what magical items can be created has increased.

Territory Creation: Rank A+ - A skill indicating one's ability to build a special terrain that is advantageous to oneself as a magus, such as for the purpose of collecting mana. As this Ashiya Doman has not yet been exiled from the Imperial Capital as an enemy of the government, the rank is higher than that of Limbo. Given the basis of his Magecraft can be found in various Eastern Foundations, Caster's territory is better described as a 'temple' than a workshop. Rather than a place deliberately constructed with thaumaturgical amenities in mind, it can be considered a place where magical power naturally accumulates and flows into the master of the domain. As an aside, it seems like the rank is increased if Caster's territory is established collaboratively with a Magus of similar skill or talent.

Personal Skills

Doman's Incantations: Rank EX - A skill denoting Ashiya Doman's aptitude for a variety of different types of Magecraft-- including but not limited to: curses, hexes, onmyodo, and houjutsu. Doman possessed a comprehensive knowledge of Eastern Magecraft, and it is in this area that he undeniable was Seimei's equal. But, though they might have possessed the same level of 'knowledge', Seimei surpassed him in 'understanding', and so remained above him all their life. The difference between a hard worker and a natural-born genius is ultimately a matter of specs, after all. The rank matches that of the Alter Ego Limbo, who parasitized Ashiya Doman's undeniably masterful skill for his own evil ends.

As an aside, Doman's aptitude for curses is as high as Limbo's. Call it a talent, or a predisposition.


Act of Life Continuation: Rank B+ - The forbidden Xian Arts of Saint Hakudou, the teacher of Doman's fated rival Abe no Seimei, which allowed the greatest onmyoji in history to reincarnate countless times after his death, surpassing old age, the curse of death gods, and even Ashiya Doman himself. Always looking to surpass his rival, Ashiya Doman stole those techniques for himself, becoming a pseudo-immortal just like Seimei and his teacher. He would go on to further modify these arts, turning it into something truly monstrous, but this version of the Skill predates that act of profanity.

Rather than the ability to automatically reincarnate into countless shikigami bodies via the transmittal of his Saint Graph as malignant information, this Skill requires Ashiya Doman to specially prepare vessels for his soul to flee into upon the destruction of his current body. The resulting Saint Graph is stronger and more robust than those of the shikigami bodies operated by the Alter Ego Limbo, but the resource investment means that Caster would only be able to reincarnate two or three times in a normal Holy Grail War before exhausting the leylines of the spiritual land he was summoned upon. Of course, with a sufficient exterior source of magical energy, such as Command Spells or the Holy Grail itself, he might be able to surpass that limit. Either way, the efficiency is lower than that of his Alter Ego's Dark Karma, but the spiritual weight is lighter.
--Of course, the Skill's original owner could surpass them both. But, that goes without saying.


Breaking Seclusion: Rank A- - A skill denoting one's ability to counter curses, witchcraft and other forms of hostile Magecraft used against the owner. Unlike Magic Resistance, which works by passively nullifying magical energy up to a certain rank, this skill involves the active retaliatory use of Magecraft to counter the opposing spells, either via nullification or simply overwhelming the opposing spell. This philosophy of 'countering' can be applied even to passive effects, allowing Caster to nullify magical effects and divine blessings affecting his foe. By violating all traditions and expectations of his counterparts, Doman can come out on top almost every time. Almost.

A technique originally developed by Ashiya Doman to counter the Magecraft of his greatest rival, designed to acknowledge his superiority in matters of pure power and instead undermine his spellwork-- in other words, applying 'skill' to defeat 'strength' in a battle of onmyoji. Of course, Seimei surpassed him in both sklil and strength, so his application of this technique failed entirely, but it rendered the other, lesser magi of the era entirely unable to defeat Doman himself. Of course, paradoxically, this simply necessitated that Seimei would always be the one to overpower him, to prove his superiority time and time again.

--Discarded by the Alter Ego Limbo, who was able to consume Divine Cores to reinforce his Saint Graph, tossing away the pitiful techniques of the failure Ashiya Doman for the reliable Magic Resistance provided by the various gods he consumed. Its dregs were subsequently sublimated into the Authority of Itzpapalotl, the Aztec god of darkness.


Weakness (Abe-no-Seimei): Rank EX - A skill denoting a weakness or vulnerability possessed by a Heroic Spirit. In the case of Caster, his weakness is towards a single individual-- his fated rival, his greatest friend, the target of all his love and all his hatred, Abe-no-Seimei. Seimei was everything he wasn't, everything he longed to be, and everything he despised, rolled up into one infurating package, and from the day they met Ashiya Doman's life revolved around overcoming him, no matter the cost. Though they were close at first, allies in the defence of the imperial capital Heiankyo, their relationship turned sour as Doman became consumed with the need to overcome him, eventually falling into the darkest pits of evil in his pursuit of power.

--As this version of Ashiya Doman has yet to fall down that path, the skill has become abberant. Ordinarily, Weakness does not possess a rank-- but, paradoxically, Ashiya Doman's weakness has become his greatest source of strength. Though Seimei will always be a step above him, so too will he always be only a step below him, and therefore several steps above everyone else in the room.

Against Abe-no-Seimei, Ashiya Doman will always lose, no matter in which context. But, when the time comes to show off his power to the fullest, Doman's capabilities will always reach to a level just below Seimei's-- a position which still places him squarely in the upper echelon of Caster-class Heroic Spirits.

Noble Phantasms

Pledge to the Eight Gods for a Unassailable Victory

Ukei-no-Hasshoujin

Rank: C
Anti-Unit

A Noble Phantasm representing one of the most infamous episodes in the conflict between Ashiya Doman and Abe-no-Seimei-- a divination contest in which the two competed to divine the contents of a box. By means of subterfuge and trickery, Doman had used his shikigami to fill the box with fifteen mandarins ahead of time, ensuring his divination would be correct, whether it was succesful or not-- after all, he already knew the answer. Of course, his opponent was Abe no Seimei, so there was no chance of it succeeding from the start. Noble Phantasms derived from failure are rare amongst Heroic Spirits, but for Doman, who possesses the concept of being 'always second best' to Seimei, a loss to him can be considered a win against anyone else.

Upon True Name Release, Doman's shikigami will begin to work behind the scenes as stage hands or conspirators, altering certain properties of the current situation so that a 'Victory for Ashiya Doman' will occur, no matter what. A enemy Heroic Spirit with powerful Magic Resistance might find their ability sealed at the moment Doman unleashes a deadly curse upon them, or a Master relying on a Command Spell as a trump card might find his hand suddenly severed from his body. Caster himself has only limited control over these shikigami, who will act autonomously to ensure that a favourable outcome is reached. Though the rank is low due its relative subtlety, its actual effects can reach powerful heights-- even achieving the impossible, such as switching out an item from a completely sealed container without being noticed, or causing some natural disaster to occur by chance.

--Of course, if that man is involved, it needn't be said what the outcome will be.

Demonic Maelstrom of the Left Minister

Kyouran Dotou Akuryousafu

Rank: B
Anti-City

Sealed. Caster will not use this under any circumstances.



Personality

Entirely consumed by his desire to finally overcome Abe-no-Seimei as he is, Ashiya Doman has not yet reached the depths of Limbo, not yet become a hateful spirit that could be counted amongst the enemies of humanity. At once flamboyant and restrained, he has yet to develop the hedonism or cruelty that defines his darker self. Instead, he carries with him a profound sense of duty to help others, even half-subsumed by his inferiority complex as it is. 'It's beneath his notice', he thinks, "but I'll prove I'm the better man like this."

Of course, that malice still lurks in his heart, just waiting for a chance to escape him. in a situation where he's overwhelmed, backed into a corner, or in a dominant situation, shades of the evil called 'Limbo' will begin to emerge from the depths of his subconscious.


Background Overview

The story of Ashiya Doman is not their own. Born under the name of Douma Houshi, Doman's legend exists in the shadow of Abe-no-Seimei, the great onmyoji of Heian Japan, famous for protecting the capital against the onslaught of murderous oni and youkai both through his personal power and the assistance he provided to Minamoto-no-Raikou and her Four Heavenly Kings. Ashiya Doman exists in their legends as his fated rival, regularly showing up with the illusion of assured victory over Seimei only to be swiftly outdone by the great onmyoji.

Their relationship was not always an antagonistic one. In the early years of their acquaintance, they worked together under the imperial government of the day as part of the Bureau of Onmyodo. Though Doman, originally trained as a Buddhist priest, chafed under governmental control, he was close with Seimei and the others who shared a manor in the capital at the time, looking up to him in particular as a great magus worthy of aspiring to. For Doman, who possessed a tendency to become fixated on individuals, often to the detriment of his own sense of self, that man was the ultimate challenge-- and soon, that desire to surpass him began to bloom in earnest.

--At first it was harmless. Challenges in private, highly ritualized and formalized duels and displays of magical power. Doman never won, of course. In terms of skill, he was every bit the equal of Seimei, who recognised as such, but the man called Abe-no-Seimei wasn't a human in the first place. Born of supernatural blood and derived from a long line of powerful magi, Seimei possessed natural, inherent talent that Doman simply couldn't match, no matter how he worked, no matter how hard he tried. The two simply existed in different worlds. Seimei was not a cruel man, but he was inhuman, not entirely aware of what it meant to be a 'human'. He could not recognise the effect this had on Doman, on their relationship, the seeds of hatred that began to take root in his heart.

Later, those seeds would bloom into rotting flowers, into monstrous depravity, a curse against the entire city, and the droplet of curse-maddened ego called 'Limbo'. But this incarnation of Ashiya Doman has been summoned at a different 'peak' in his life, from before that point, before the day he threw everything away as his desire became an obsession.

Relationships

Abe-no-Seimei - "...Seimei. Seimei! SEIMEI!"

Hashihime - "...So that's how it went. I see. Seimei... how cruel can one man be?"

Murasaki Shikibu - "Seimei's pupil... no. I won't say anything. More importantly, Lady Kauriko, shall I prepare some tea?"

Sei Shonagon - "..." (Fearful silence)

Minamoto-no-Raikou - "I'm afraid Lord Seimei is away for the week, but I'll be happy to... no? I understand, of course."

Caster of Limbo - "...It's exactly as you said, Seimei. But, I won't look away."

True Name Retrocognition
Douma Houshi


Class: Pretender
Alternative Classes: Caster, Berserker, Alter Ego, █████
True Name: Douma Houshi
Gender: N/A
Source: "Uji Shui Monogatari", "Abe-no-Seimei Monogatari", "Ashiya Douman Oouchi Kagami", etc.
Region: Japan
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Attribute: Earth
Day of Decisive Battle: A Beautiful Carnivore

Parameters

Strength: E
Endurance: D
Agility: E
Mana: C
Luck: D
Noble Phantasm: EX

Class Skills

Item Construction: Rank D - A skill indicating one's ability to manufacture magical items, from implements of war to items for daily use, using appropriate materials. Without using the name of his future self, Houshi has only a novice's ability in this Skill.

Territory Creation: Rank D+ - A skill indicating one's ability to build a special terrain that is advantageous to oneself as a magus, such as for the purpose of collecting mana. Without using the name of his future self, Houshi has only a novice's ability in this Skill. However, his capacity to build a 'temple' is still in line with his initial training as a Buddhist monk, so he can still get some use out of this unpolished ability.

Personal Skills

Doman's Incantations: Rank C - A skill denoting Ashiya Doman's aptitude for a variety of different types of Magecraft-- including but not limited to: curses, hexes, onmyodo, and houjutsu. Unfortunately, Douma Houshi has not yet reached the level of the name he is stealing as his own, and without it he has only a middling capability in the thaumaturgical arts. Without Abe no Seimei in his life to challenge him, he has yet to mature as a Magus or as a person. No matter what lies at the end, there is still value in the path ahead.


Blossoming Journey (Rotting): Rank A - A rare skill denoting a Heroic Spirit who is still in the process of walking the path of their life, one who still possesses the capacity to change and grow. As most Servants are summoned at the peak of their life, possession of this skill in and of itself denotes an abnormal summoning. As the road that lies ahead of Pretender is ultimately one of suffering and misery, a stain upon the Human Order, this skill has become corroded, and all positive effects have been twisted into modes of attack. The future before Douma Houshi is the only strength he has, no matter how wretched he will become at the end of it.Those who fight him will become disheartened as they catch a glimpse of the dark path ahead, suffering a decrease in fighting capability and mental resistance. As his Saint Graph corrodes, this Skill will eventually become Ridicule Cat.


Distortion (Limbo) : Rank D - A parasite attached to Pretender's Saint Graph, steadily wearing them down, corroding them into a darker form. Ordinarily, the man who would become Ashiya Doman does not possess the capacity to become a Heroic Spirit, as he has not yet reached the peak of his life. However, by stealing his own name, he is able to make use of the power he held at the high points of his life. However, Douma Houshi is not aware of what comes with the name Ashiya Doman-- the malignant information called Limbo, his darkest desires and bottomless capacity for evil given form as an Alter Ego. Whilst the true Ashiya Doman might've been able to resist that corruption, the untrained, untested Douma Houshi had no chance of fighting back the voice at the back of his thoughts, the curses rising to his fingertips as easily as breathing. From the moment Pretender was summoned, the advent of Limbo from his Saint Graph was inevitable.

Causes constant mental interference that drives Pretender to occasionally take actions consistent with the values and morals of the Alter Ego Limbo. As time passes, the rank increases, and Limbo increasingly takes control over Pretender's actions. Eventually, his Class will change again to Alter Ego, and Limbo will be born anew.


Weakness (Abe-no-Seimei): Rank - - A skill denoting a weakness or vulnerability possessed by a Heroic Spirit. In the case of Pretender, his weakness is towards a single individual--

--Only, Douma Houshi has yet to meet Abe no Seimei. In truth, this Skill was always psychosomatic, a self-suggestion on the level of a curse. All along, it wasn't that Seimei was stronger. Doman simply couldn't recognise his own weakness.

No effect.


Noble Phantasms

Secrets of the Sacred East

Hoki Naiden

Rank: EX
Magecraft

Ordinarily one of the possible Noble Phantasms of Abe-no-Seimei, the Hoki Naiden is a book of spells and rituals originally given to him by Saint Hokudou, containing not just the greatest mysteries of Onmyodo but the secret Xian Arts that would eventually allow him to reach immortality. Whilst Ashiya Doman did at one point steal this book from Seimei, it is not a Noble Phantasm that Douma Houshi, who has yet to meet his fated rival, should possess.

Rather, he owns this Noble Phantasm as Pretender because it is a source of incredible magical power, the greatest Noble Phantasm that can be claimed by Ashiya Doman, stolen once again by Douma Houshi, claiming a name that will someday be his without understanding what that name truly means. On its own, the book serves as a near-inexhaustible magical energy furnace on the level of a certain spellbook dredged up from the Sunken Spiral City. Furthermore, the book is able to recreate any of the Noble Phantasms of its owners-- Abe no Seimei, Ashiya Doman and Saint Hokudou. With sufficient time to study the book and learn its secrets, Houshi is capable of calling forth imitations of the Twelve Heavenly Generals employed by Seimei, or the hateful sun wielded by the darkest incarnation of his future self. Even the mysteries of figures who were merely close to the book, like Seimei's wife, can be studied and copied with some work.

--There is a cost, of course. Douma Houshi's Saint Graph is barely coherent, and using this Noble Phantasm carelessly is liable to destroy it. --Or, rather, it's not that the book will destroy him, but it will worsen the corrosion of his Saint Graph, causing holes to appear that will quickly be filled by the opportunistic cancer called Limbo. Pretender himself is unaware of this side-effect, of course-- he sees only a source of the power he knows his life will come to revolve around.


Personality

Douma Houshi tries his best to emulate the person he knows he will become, without entirely understanding why. He knows he will come to oppose Seimei, so he opposes Seimei. He knows he will feel hatred and resentment towards the imperial capital and its populace, so he hates them, no matter how far in his future that hatred will come from. Worse still, the spectre of the demon called Limbo hangs over him like a funeral shroud, slowly scraping the good parts of Douma Houshi away and replacing them with itself.

--And he's only barely aware of it. All he knows is he's losing something, but he can't say what.


Background Overview

A abnormal summoning of Douma Houshi, and an abnormal Pretender-- already an abberant Class in and of itself. Ordinarily, Douma Houshi does not possess the qualifications to be summoned under that name. Every significant point of his life occured under the name of Ashiya Doman, and his evil took form under the name Limbo, but Douma Houshi is simply a footnote, a name mentioned in histories as an aside. Whether by force or by choice, this summoning allowed Houshi to take up the name of his future self, stealing his power for himself just as Doman coveted his rival's power, using his own future identity as a false name to give himself meaning and definition, stabilizing his Saint Graph to some degree. Ordinarily, it's difficult to say if this would allow a Pretender to take shape in the world-- but, the fact remains that Houshi himself rejects his future self as pathetic, a tool for himself not worth pitying, and so he rejects the falsehood that this will be his fate whilst using it as a weapon all the same.

--He's fundamentally unaware of how powerless he really is. He does not understand what comes with the name Ashiya Doman, only the surface-level feelings. His rivalry with Seimei, his friendship with the courtiers of Heiankyo, the writers and poets and warriors, all is discarded as window dressing, simply part of the role to play. At the same time, he fails to recognise the evil that took root within him, just as it did within Ashiya Doman. by inheriting his future self's hatred for that man, so too did he inherit the demon that would eventually be born from that hatred. Unaware of the sickness spreading within him, he wields his future self's power without regard for the consequences-- unaware of his final fate.

[MuramasaMachII]

Sure! As long as they're still weak in the end, and they have a plausible explanation as to why they're fused.

Excellent. It is time for me to make something rather hilarious.

[YoungMeme]

I don't know what the fuck is going on what that collapse, I delete the second one to make it into one and it comes back.

Edit: there we go, I guess centering it fucks it up?

I won't lie, I went into a kind of fugue state whilst writing this so it might suck, but I also banged it out in like 6 hours so I'm sure I was cooking something.

[jishara]

"...Fine. Hello, greetings, whatever. You won't even remember me anyway."


Source: Cuine Art

"I'm always stuck.. just standing on the sidelines because of this disease! But.. no. No more. Now I finally have the chance to bring back the light!"

Class: Assassin
Other Classes: N/A
True Name: Motojiro Kanji
Alignment: True Neutral
Place of Origin: Japan (20th century)
Stars: 2/5

Parameters:

STR: D
END: D
AGI: D
MGI: D
LCK: D
NP: C

Height: 167cm
Weight: 100lbs
Likes: Allies, brightness
Dislikes: illness
Talent: Writing
Natural Enemy: Okita Souji, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Attribute: Man
Traits: Humanoid, Male, Weak Constitution, Weak to Enuma Elish
Armament: Lemons, a letter opener
Catalyst: His short story Lemon

Class Skills:

Presence Concealment C: Many of his short stories discuss how one with the illness of tuberculosis just fades into the background, being avoided by others. This grants him an average rank of this skill allowing him to disguise his presence.

"I just.. fade into the shadows."

Personal Skills:

The All-Absorbing Moon A: His short story the Drowning of K discusses the moon itself. In the story, the character K is brought into a trance by the moon, visually seeing his spirit soaring above his body. This allows Assassin to cause people to fall into trances if they see light. He can use this on himself in an emergency, but only under the moon, causing his spiritual form to separate from his physical body for a brief moment.

"Now... now you shall all fade instead."

Corpses Beneath The Cherry Tree B: Many of his short stories, most famously the Cherry Tree, discuss a changing of senses, where beauty, rather than avoiding horror, comes directly from horror, such as the character in the Cherry Tree only being able to see the beauty of the tree after he imagines corpses lie underneath. A changed sense of beauty that grants him immunity to fear and charm effects at or below this rank.

"Beauty is... befuddling. But horror? ...That's when I learned what beauty was."

Weak Constitution A: His illness has tagged along on his saint graph, a curse of tuberculosis too deeply tied with Assassin to permit any other class be possible. Constant possibility of statistics dropping, especially during combat.

"...No... not here... in my new chance...."

Noble Phantasm(s):

Lemon
Color Explodes Past Shadow

Type: Anti-Army
Rank: C
Range: 20 meters
Max Targets: 100 targets

Assassin's most famous short story, Lemon, manifested in the form of a noble phantasm. The envisioned explosion of a lemon happens. When the true name is called, he hurls one of the lemons in his pocket, it exploding nigh-immediately in a brilliant burst of light also affected by his All-Absorbing Moon skill. This explosion deals damage, naturally, but it also has the effect of temporarily reducing the rank of his Weak Constitution, metaphorically freeing himself from his illness through escaping it. It is empowered against Lawful enemies.

"Yes. Marvelous. Now... I shall have a chance."



Lore: Motojiro Kaiji was a Japanese author from the 20th century. His most famous story was Lemon. Many of his stories discuss illness, in particular the tuberculosis he had for much of his life, and how much is lost through it.

Personality: A gloomy and sullen person. He deeply despises his ailment, feeling it as having stopped him from truly being able to succeed or enjoy his life. Naturally, reincarnating without it is his wish for the Holy Grail. He becomes much more energetic once part of the illness is temporarily alleviated by Lemon.

Relationships:

Shirley Jackson: "You hid away... willingly?"

Okita Souji: "Oh... someone like me..."

Kyosaku Yumeno: "The world's turned on its head? ...Good description."

[Spelror]

loved the skills, but np felt sort of underwhelming.

[Scotcheroos]

Personally, I like it. It fits the theme of weakness, and does correlate to the theme of 'Lemon' itself. The protagonist never wanted something grand in the end. He just wanted to leave something small, to indulge in his mischievous impulses in the middle of his palin and tiresome life. Hell, the short story itself is considered to depict an ailing person's small impulses and indulgences. 'Lemon' as a whole can be thought of as the embodiment of an downtrodden person's small self-freedoms, which the Noble Phantasm encapsulates perfectly.

...I think I went on a tangent here, crap.

[MuramasaMachII]

My only idea is borderline shitposting because of how wacky this guy actually is. So, well, this is going to be very interesting, to say the least if I have the time to make my entry.

[Baron Magnus]

So here is my entry. Another version of Maurice Doreal... this time from Servantverse. Enjoy.

Come on, come on

He stared at the clock on the wall. He was getting restless.

He didn’t have time to mess around today. If he stuck around too long he’d get dragged into a kidnapping plot. One of which he didn’t want to get involved in. Sucking on his cheap cigarette that tastes like ash and cheap booze, he glanced at the doors to a store as he kept his eye on the time. Watching it count down (up) to when the kidnapping would happen.

He sighed in relief when his target walked out.

A rather curvy pale woman whose skin contrasted the bright red clothes they wore. Sunglasses hid her eyes but he knew from experience that she saw him. He could immediately guess her three choices and which she’d pick. Especially since he had a semi-decent profile of her on hand.

She’d immediately attack him, uncaring of the citizens around him. She’d run for the alleys, hoping to lure him into a trap. Alternatively, she’d run for her mount, the car, and try to escape him. He decided to remove her choice. He stood and placed some credits on the table he walked out. In a smooth motion, he drew his pistol to fire.

Except he immediately dropped it and it fired wildly.

Bouncing around a few times, it landed its shot right on his target's head as they raced to strike him. This did not defeat them, of course. It only diverted their trajectory. Instead of landing a critical strike on him, he took a mere glancing blow to his left arm.

He rushed away. He had been counting on them just fleeing. He had a particular rep and he was hoping they’d go for their mount. The car. Instead, he had to rely on plan B. He leaped into it now and pulled out a thumb drive stuck into a port in the radio set.

Nice ride. Mind if I take it for a spin?

Yeah, yeah, just drive!

He turned swiftly, pulling his off-hand from his boot. His old reliable. A flimsy little laser pistol that had gotten him out of more jams than he could count… all despite having less power than even D-rank armaments.

Aiming he began to fire at his adversary. Naturally, his shots were nothing more than annoyances as they stood and began to dash at him. Right as the car revved up, went into drive, and began to drive off on its own. He kept firing to keep the enemy Rider slow. Yet because of how weak his attacks were he knew that’s all it’d do. Slow her down to simply match pace.

We’re en route to point Alpha. Also, the authorities are aware of our presence.

Just what I needed… Why couldn’t this be an easy score? She’s not even a proper saint graph, just a summer one!

You should know better than to underestimate enemy servants just because they’re in their summer alts. Especially this one. Did you read her file?

Yeah, yeah. Figured it’d be an easy score still. She doesn’t have concealment so she can’t just slink away…

No, but it also means we have more to worry about. Coming in at 5 o’clock.

What?

As he looked he realized right then the entire plan was screwed. Two robotic dogs leaped onto the car, each snarling at him. He reacted as one would expect.

He leaped out of the speeding car, removing the thumb drive in one smooth motion, and rolled with the street below. As soon as he stopped he got to his feet and took in the situation. The car had stopped and the two dogs that had forced him to retreat were snarling at him from a distance away. The enemy however had caught up. This limited his options.

Alright, you’ve had your fun.

He looked at his foe. She remained in the summer saint graph. That was lucky for him. It meant he had a chance. He just needed to wait for it. That was when he was surprised for once. The woman, removing her glasses, stated

I’ve got a job offer for you. I need a human's help with a certain job. Agree to just a 10-9 cut and I’ll forget that you tried to steal my car.

He hesitated. It was too good to be true. Yet weighing his options he had little choice but to play it cool.

No thanks. I’m already on a job right now.

It was then that his ship, Lost in Thoths, descended with its guns aimed at Rider. He smirked, pulling out a new cigarette, his old one lost to the winds.

Instead, let's negotiate your surrender. Come quietly and I’ll just cuff you now rather than knock you out.



Yo, Rider answer'in yer summons. First my upfront fee. Jus' give me... let's say ten thousand credits and incarnation upon victory. Deal?


Biglebob

True Name
Doreal

Class
Rider

Origin
Servantverse

Alignment
Neutral-Good

Likes
Space, Music, Video Games, Relaxing, Thoth, Doing Good.

Dislikes
Work, Being Dragged Into Incidents, Putting in Effort.

Hates
Not Helping Those in Distress

Natural Talents
None

Natural Enemy
Trismegistus the Thrice Great

Other Classes
None

Parameters

Strength	Endurance	Agility
E	E	E
Mana	Luck	Noble Phantasm
E	EX	C

The Story So Far...

Maurice Doreal. A name known by many but acknowledged by few.

In proper history, he was a two-bit occultist who made some interesting but ultimately nonsensical theories about occultism. His theories eventually became, ultimately, regarded as pseudoscience even to ardent pseudoscientists and occultists. Few today believe any of his writings beyond one; Thoth the Atlantean. Yet in another time, his life would go in a very different direction than his historical one; his activities in the world of mystery included.

When the Servantverse began and people became servants he was one of the few left out, or so he thought. He continued his life doing odd jobs to support himself but found himself outpaced by his fellow man. Eventually, it became impossible for him to do so and he began living out of his ship. That was until he was browsing a flea market and got roped into what he would later describe as an 'incident'.

Rushing by him and dropping a thumb drive, a strange-looking knight ran from shady cloaked figures pursuing the knight. He acted casual for a second before sneakily pocketing the thumb drive and heading to his ship. He put it in, planning to see the contents, make copies, and sell to the highest bidder. Its contents were beyond his wildest dreams.

An AI Unit named THOTH installed itself immediately and connected to the galactic wide web (GWW) and proceeded to greet him before taking over his ship and fleeing the planet. A move he would be later grateful for. THOTH revealed he was not as sneaky as he thought, merely lucky. His pursuers had been harrassed and delayed by all manner of inconvenience but they were giving chase.

These are how he began his humble life as a space cowboy...

Class Skills
Magic Resistance
C

A skill acquired by his now years of being a space cowboy. Managing, by the skin of his teeth, to capture and turn in countless bounties. Among these were magecraft-wielding vagrants that would use their mysterious tricks to try to win one over. Early on they worked but as he was exposed to more and more he became more and more familiar with them.

By no means perfect, he did adopt a sort of immune system to them based on wit and grit.

In other words, he is immune to spells up to C-rank. However, he cannot defend against high-ranked spells. He cannot even mitigate them on his own. If he happens to have THOTH with him, he can to an extent reduce the rank of incoming spells by 1 rank if they are from a servantverse servant.

Riding
D+++

A skill that is the staple of Riders. It permits them to ride anything they could in life as well as anything adjacent with the right rank. Despite his career path, he actually isn't all that adept at piloting. He is barely passable and often relies heavily on THOTH for piloting. In such instances, his saint graph effectively has three plus modifiers enhancing his rank. However, this is only possible on mechanical aircraft with electrical computer systems and he properly installs THOTH.

Otherwise, he operates with D-rank riding which permits him to ride most vehicles with some training. However, he cannot handle riding phantasmal beasts.

Powerless Shell
EX

Less of a skill that actively suppresses his servant's aura and instead maintains it. It is so abysmally low that even other servants often do not detect that he is a servant and mistake him for a human. This skill keeps it that way even in the midst of combat. Only once a foe determines he must be a servant does its effectiveness drop though only for that specific foe. Even if they spread the information, it must be believed for the efficacy drop to occur.

Yet even with a drop in effectiveness, all this accomplishes is allowing devices to register him as a servant in the first place. His scoring as a servant does not change even when utilizing his noble phantasms.

Fateless
EX

A rare skill that untethers the servant from the bounds of fate and mechanics that rely upon it. Noble Phantasms, skills, and even authorities that would manipulate or bind his fate are completely useless against him. Likewise, sight relying upon reading his 'future' become blind to him. They cannot see him. Sights such as the Mage Kings or High King Fionne also fail to see him at all. Only when physically before him do their eyes perceive him.

Even the golden king's eyes fail to see his future or present.

Even the mighty Asharte could not, with her immensity, manipulate his fate. Not because he is immune to such things. It is because such a thing does not exist for him. He has no determined future or fate. He is, in a sense, free to forge his own path.

Of course, this likewise means he cannot rely on luck or fate to bail him out. It is entirely up to him to overcome the challenges he faces.

Personal Skills
Wisdom of Predicament
C+

A skill derived from experience. Despite his heavy reliance, he picked up tricks and techniques from THOTH. Magecraft, escape tactics, survival tricks, and knife handling. He knows a great deal of minor skills that allow him to accomplish all manner of things. At a baseline, this skill grants him access to minor magecarft and combat skills. When he utilizes THOTH he can not only access more advanced forms of the above, but he can also apply a plus modifier to his parameters and skills.

With some caveats... for example, he cannot improve his Luck at all.

Supporting Bombardment
B

A skill he has due to his ownership of Lost is Thoths. Cooperating with THOTH through unknown means, she can strafe fire with its onboard weapons systems. Switching from energy weapons to kinetic, she can handle both physical and magical enemies. Very useful for sticky situations that he often finds himself in. Even if the enemy is immune, the initial shock of having enemy weapons firing on them grants him an opportunity.

Despite the fact his weapons aren't outdated they aren't very powerful. Only ranking up to C-rank, they will damage most middling servants and will distract practically any but the most single-minded servants. Naturally, Berserkers are immune to the distraction aspect but he avoids them (or tries to) anyway so that isn't an issue.

Scapegoat
B

A skill acquired due to how many incidents he's gotten into and escaped. It represents the accumulation of experience and techniques he's developed in order to escape any situation that is hazardous to him. In essence, so long as he has even a 1% chance to escape he can visualize his escape path and has decent odds of achieving it. Normally, he'd utilize a luck check to guarantee it but a skill prevents this.

Instead, this skill merely lets him visually and mentally identify ways to escape a bad scene without breaking a sweat. Only at less than a 10% chance does he have to strain himself to escape.

Personality
Examining his accomplishments, one might think that he is a go-getter that enjoys time off. A daring cowboy who'd rescue damsels by day and stare at the stars enjoying a smoke by night. Certainly, he enjoys being thought of in such a way but when it comes to actually doing it? He loathes it. THOTH can attest as much that he'd rather laze about than do any actual work.

Doreal, despite his occupation, hates the dangerous lifestyle. He only lives in such a way because he feels he cannot simply abandon THOTH. He considers them close friends rather than his property and treats them as such. He willingly admits that without her he'd likely be drifting through space living ration to ration and as such feels he owes THOTH her freedom. So he works hard to ensure she can enjoy life and that no one else restricts her.

To this end, he often is weary of others and untrusting. Very rarely has this nature been proven wrong. These few times that he's made new friends he's been appreciative. Though he doubts they'll remember him at all. Despite his laziness, desire to not get involved in things, and relaxed nature he has a single pet peeve that will always move him to action.

He hates ignoring those in need.

A cry for help. Tears of dejection. Any sign of giving up. Seeing this always spurs him to take action and save them from whatever is causing it. Either the police hauling away their loved ones or criminals trying to abduct them. He always moves without thinking to save them. THOTH, likewise, helps him feel the same way. This has earned them a reputation for troublemaking.

A reputation he loathes.

Interactions

Ashiya Douman
Huh. Magicians. Amusing bunch but not my cup of tea. They're always annoying to fight...
Hmmm. I'm not so sure Doreal. Check his profile.
... Hmmm. Still a mage but... well now he ain't so dangerous, is he?

Motojiro Kanji
... I feel bad. Are we really picking on the sickly now?
We can always turn it down. Though be careful to not look up at night around him.
Huh. Wh-... ahhhh. Tricksie fellow he is. Well, alright then.

Tess Durbeyfield
...Heh. Not bad, little lady. You are spot on. My story? Kinda pointless.
Doreal...
Yet it's still fun. I'm glad there's someone that appreciates that. Thanks.
... You could learn to be more tactful.
Wait wasn't I? I said she was right and thanked her for noticing it's got a point! What'd I do now!?
I apologize for his lack of etiquette. I hope you'll forgive him, Miss Derbeyfield.

Reaper System
Hey look! You can finally make a fri- wait, wait, hold fire, hold fire!
Setting cannons to stun. Target locked. Firing.
Wait, Wait, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Forgive meeeee!
... My name is THOTH. It is nice to meet you, Reaper System. How is your day going?

Tutenkhamun
Huh. I've seen zombies before but that looks different...
It is. He's a servant, not a zombie. His saint graph is strange, however...
... Huh. I'll keep an eye on 'im. I don't think he's a threat but it pays to be cautious...

Francisco de Asís Tárrega Eixe
Oh, hey... so this is your proper human history self huh? Nice to meet you, my name is Doreal. Dunno if we passed crossed before but all the same. Hope we can be friends too.
Don't you mean 'valued informant'?
H-hey! That implies he was a criminal! We both know that isn't true!
Do you mean before or after breaking out of jail?
Th-that isn't important!

Gaston of Orleans
... Erm... your mispronouncing her name... but if you actually mean that word then-
Not another word.
But he as-
Doreal
Shutting up!

Victoria Regia
...
...
...
... So...
Yeah we gotta... go. Talk to uh... Reaper again. Thoth got interrupted... bye?
... You know she's not from Servantverse... right...?

Young Werther
So what's your name? Mine's Doreal.
...

the Canonical Five
He-ey ladies~ Names Doreal. What are your names?
I am Thoth. His AI Companion. I provide him with intelligence.

Alonso Quixano
Huh. An actual knight... interesting!
... According to my records, he is not. He is merely a literary character.
... and you say I have no tact...

Ea-Nasir
Hey Thoth! I got materials to upgrade the ship!
That's great news Doreal. Let me get rea-... Doreal.
Yeah?
Where did you get this?
That guy. Why?
How much did you pay?
About ten thousand credits total. He's gotta source some stuff and ship it. Why?
... Excuse me, I need to go talk to him.
Thoth? Thoth!? THOTH!? Wait why are you powering up your cannons!? Stop!

Frederic Chopin
Hmmmm.
Everything okay Doreal?
Yeah, yeah. I swear I know that guy from somewhere.
A mission?
Nah it ain't that...
Hmmmm... perhaps you waited somewhere near him and unconsciously noted him?
Ain't it either...
Perhaps he was a cashier for you one time?
Don't sound right either...
Then what?
.... I dunno. He's just familiar...
:(

Seiu Ito
Hmm. For a guy like that, you'd think he'd be employed by the government... but he's just a writer.
He's more of an 'expert' really.
True... huh. Maybe I'll hit him up for lessons. Might make my job easier.
... I don't think that's a good idea. He'll probably get the wrong idea.
You think so? I dunno. He seems like a decent guy.
...

Sanshi
Wait... parasites...? Wait a second, Thoth-
I've already scanned you. You are clean... though I'm doubling up on research into divine parasites... in case of any accidents.
... Right... I'm sure it's fine... right? we're cool, right?

Noble Phantasms

AKAIT

All-Knowing Artificial Intelligence Thoth

Type
Familiar

Rank
B

A highly advanced AI that not only has total sentience but also possesses the capability to alter its code to integrate with any computer system. Even the oldest modules can contain her due to her capability. Thoth however has many more capabilities. She is labeled 'All-Knowing' for an explicit reason. She is not quite knowledgeable on precise details of history but knows generally the events that occurred. However her true capability as 'the All-Knowing' comes from her capability to be a master at any skill she desires.

Her methods are unknown but one moment she can be mediocre at piloting and the next be master-class. A novice at baking and then suddenly a chef. So long as she truly desires it and what she's attempting has a method to complete it she can attain mastery in practically any skill. She often uses this to assist Doreal whose saint graph and status as a servant are lower than even that of the Void-Shaped Human.

Often times their schemes involve them hijacking something close to their target and using it to get a surrender. In the rare instances, this fails she either uploads into his gun directly or she auto-pilots Lost in Thoths directly to him to provide support. In either case, she can maintain control of multiple instances at once without a loss in processing power. At least while she's uploaded primarily to Lost in Thoths.

If she were uploaded to lesser equipment she would be restricted to no more than three instances for middling technology and two for anything worse. The worst technology, 1900s tech, would require her to focus only on that instance due to the lack of resources for processing.

A Man's Vessel is a Man's Home

Lost in Thoths

Type
Anti-Army

Rank
C

His pride and joy. At least his current one.

A custom-order ship ordered by THOTH to grant her the most capacity for the least cost. Despite a few glaring issues he does love the ship and the comfort it provides. These problems include a faulty warp drive prone to mis-coordinating warps, non-functional anti-gravity systems that make free flight on planets impossible, and the settings language all set to Ranmarium making it difficult for him to change settings.

Despite the ship being in his name he often lets Thoth do as she pleases with it, only taking over when he wants to do a particular thing such as watch a movie or pilot in a sticky situation. He's been with the ship so long that the ship became his noble phantasm.

Despite its faults, it's a strong ship. It has both kinetic and energy weapons that can penetrate most forms of non-magical defense. Even forcefields buckle after sustained fire from its energy cannons. It can easily cross a planet's ocean in minutes and its interior is shielded from the g-forces, protecting its pilot from the effects of such fast flight. Finally, it possesses a warp drive that allows it to teleport at will. Despite its penchant for messing up the warp coordinates it still completes it regardless.