Question, would Servants like Nursery Rhyme or Maxwell's Demon — i.e. the embodiment of a concept — be viable for this contest? 'Cause I have an idea in mind and want to be sure.
Berserker of Existential Isolation
"How foolish... You're all talking about things you don't have the slightest understanding of. Idiots, all of you. It's only because of your stupidity that you can be so sure of yourselves."
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"Why... Why are you looking at me like that..? I-Is it not enough? AM I NOT ENOUGH!? Stop... STOP LOOKING AT ME AS IF I'M NOT HUMAN!!"
Class: Berserker
Other Classes: Caster
True Name: Franz Kafka
Alignment: Chaotic/Lawful Neutral
Origin: Austria (19th century)
Parameters:
STR: D
END: D
AGI: C
MGI: D
LCK: E
NP: A
Likes: Writing, feeling superior over others, contemplating life, humans
Dislikes: Receiving judgment from others, making mistakes, incompetent people, humans
Talent: Writing, overthinking, imagining made-up scenarios
Natural Enemy: Anyone who ridicules him
Armament: Pen, basic magecraft
Catalyst: Burnt remnants of his works
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Personal Skills
Noble Phantasm(s)
Description
Lore
Relationships
Creator's Notes/Fun Facts
Last edited by BnEl15; February 3rd, 2021 at 11:28 AM. Reason: Rank Up: Information Erasure (D) --> All Books Must Be Burned (Self) (A)
The Demon of Paris
I'll be honest. I was expecting monsters in the more traditional sense. Instead, the first entries are monsters in the most human sense, which is frankly more terrifying. This is gonna be an interesting one. Personally, I'm waiting for the horror movie actor Servants like Vincent Price and Boris Karloff. Just imagine Berserker's reaction to a man famous for portraying her.
...I wonder if I should try for this one. Couldn't hurt, but I just don't have the mind for this stuff.
Servant Alter-Ego:
Appearance:
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True Name: Enepsigos
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Alternate Classes: Caster, Avenger
Strength- C
Agility- A
Endurance- B+
Mana- EX
Luck- D
NP- A++
History
Personality
Class Skills:
Goddess Divine Core (Chimeric)- A
Expresses one's nature as a perfected goddess from birth. A composite Skill that includes Divinity, preserves the absoluteness of the mind and body, repels all mental interference and prevents one's figure from growing or changing no matter how many calories are ingested. As the amalgamation of three distinct gods, Alter-Ego possesses a highly aberrant version of this Skill that actually gives her three separate Divine Cores. These are the Divine Cores of Artemis, Kronos and Hecate; the gods who originally formed Alter-Ego.
She can freely tap into the power of any of the deities who comprise her, but only one at a time. Depending on which side's authority she draws on Alter-Ego obtains a different unique ability. Artemis' boon is by default active and grants her enhanced healing when bathed in moonlight, from Kronos she can manifest and wield an unearthly scythe able to slay otherwise immortal beings by accelerating their flow of time until they eventually crumble to dust, and Hecate boosts her High-Speed Divine Words Skill to EX-rank. Switching between these in close succession could result in Alter-Ego's Divine Cores becoming unstable and grating against each other, potentially tearing her Saint Graph apart.
This Skill also makes Alter-Ego capable of surviving attacks that destroy her Spiritual Core, as she has two extra "redundant" Cores in stock. In essence giving her a unique variant of Battle Continuation. Each Divine Core is located separately in Alter-Ego's body, one in each head and the last serving as her heart, so a targeted consecutive attack would be needed to bring down all three of them. When one Core is destroyed Alter-Ego loses the ability related to that respective deity. However she can "grow back" the Core in a few days given sufficient Mana supply so long as at least one is intact, akin to Heracles regenerating his extra lives.
Territory Creation- EX
The ability to build a special terrain that is advantageous to oneself as a Magus, such as for the purpose of collecting Mana. At this rank, Alter-Ego can establish a Territory that overwrites the World's very texture, recreating a sliver of her former abode on the moon. Within it, any checks Alter-Ego makes that depend on the presence of the moon are treated as automatically successful.
Avenger- C+
A Skill nominally exclusive to the Avenger Class, representing the state of one who piles up the grudges and hatreds of others upon themselves. It becomes easier to accumulate loathing and resentment, while negative emotions directed at the user are instantly converted into strength. The grudges of an old pantheon stripped of its former glory and the hatred of those who smeared her as a demon are what grant Alter-Ego this Skill. Their scorn becomes her strength, and she won't stop until every last one of the "humans" who put her in such a disgraceful state are eradicated.
Personal Skills:
High-Speed Divine Words- A-
A power to perform thaumaturgy without the use of Magic Circuits. The language of the Age of Gods back when words played a heavy role in spellcasting. As such, it is a power long lost to modern Magi.
Alter-Ego holds mastery in the old Greek, Judaic and European styles of sorcery thanks to absorbing elements of gods and demons from various disparate culture-spheres. She can heal and curse others, commune with spirits of the passed and conjure illusions under the light of the moon. However since Alter-Ego's Magecraft is a "patchwork" integrating multiple different styles her spellcasting contains "holes" that can be noticed and exploited by practitioners who devoted themselves in the utmost to one particular style.
Clairvoyance- EX
Connotes enhanced eyesight. At higher ranks it reaches the level of X-ray vision, future-sight and other supernatural forms of perception. Alter-Ego was known for peering into the future. According to one anecdote King Solomon himself sought out her prophetic powers, having the demon bound in unbreakable magic chains and brought to him. When consulted she foretold the fall of his kingdom and birth of the future Messiah. However Solomon discarded her predictions and returned Alter-Ego to her fetters. Only later when his kingdom was torn apart by God as punishment for chasing after foreign women did he see the partial truth of her visions.
Numeral Of The Demoness- EX
A unique condition of Alter-Ego's existence. Her strength waxes and wanes in proportion to the position of the moon in the sky. When the moon is approaching its peak which depending on the phase can be in the three hours between 3 PM and 6 PM, 9 PM and midnight or 3 AM and 6 AM, her physical and magical power increase threefold. This comes from Alter-Ego's deep connection with the number three and the moon thanks to her nature as a tripartite goddess, her three forms symbolizing the lunar phases.
Noble Phantasm
So here's my entrant for the contest. This was inspired by bouncing ideas off Shiki-pon a while back, so thanks for that. For the horror theme, being a product of gods fused together into a twisted mockery just to survive as well as creepy conjoined twins who want to wipe out humanity should hopefully qualify.
Last edited by RoydGolden; March 29th, 2022 at 10:49 PM.
I kinda purposefully left the prompt open to interpretation-- hopefully it wasn't too vague... Whatever your interpretation of "horror" is! The genre is a wide and varied one with many subgenres, after all.
(I have to say, I really hope I see at least one slasher Servant. I don't know how you'd do it, but if you can do it... do it.)
Gotta say I really love Kafka so far, and the 'creepy twins' archetype as the ultimate possible version of them is super creative. Plus Frollo, that's cool just on principle. Keep 'em coming!
Speaking of slashers, I came across this article on the Halifax Slasher, a case of mass hysteria where multiple people claimed to have been attacked by a knife-wielding madman. Turned out no such madman existed and the previous attacks were all self-inflicted for various reasons. Would be an interesting phenomenon to explore, and since I lack the creativity to expand on it further, you're all free to take this idea, if anyone's interested.
Reminds me of the anime Paranoia Agent. It explores a similar phenomenon, where all victims of it used it as some kind of escapism. It has a strange concept, but touches on several social issues in japan, a weird final and bomb opening. Since such psychological themes are interesting to you, maybe it is something for you and inspires you to make a servant out of it
...Well, this is unexpected. I should just be a blathering mess, shouldn't I? How odd. Oh, forgive me... Master. Yes , that's what you are. I apologize. It's strange to have all these... thoughts. That word feels right. My name? I'm not sure... no, I do have one, in a sense, but it doesn't feel quite right. Unless... Yes. I am Foreigner, but you may address me as Mr. Zombie.Class: Foreigner
Source: A scene from Night of the Living Dead (1968), illustrated by Vox. [Javier Zarracina/Vox]
Other Classes: Berserker
True Name: "Mr." Zombie
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Place of Origin: Haitian Folklore (?)/Pop-culture
Height: Varying (original body: 180 cm.)
Weight: Varying (original body: 78 kilo.)
Likes: Humanity. Investigating the World. Eating
Dislikes: Chainsaws
Natural Enemy: Humanity
Parameters:
STR: B
END: C
AGI: C
MGI: A
LCK: D
NP: B
Class Skills:
Existence Outside the Domain (B):
Rather than being tied to some being of power, Foreigner is tied to the concept of insatiable hunger. This ravenous need to consume is an omnipresent force that drives almost all zombies, becoming an existence equal to a god’s in process. The act of eating can be considered a form of worship to this “God of Hunger”, and the consumption of life is befitting the highest form of praise from it.
Divinity (E):
Becoming an avatar of the “hunger” that invades all zombies, Foreigner gains minor Divinity from his “patron”. Even so, you’d be hard pressed to find those who’d deign to recognize it. It is thought that this Divinity is what gives Foreigner his intelligence and personality.
Personal Skills:
Insatiable (EX):
So long as his goals aren't complete, he will never be satisfied. It doesn't matter if he makes up a goal on the spot. He will do everything he can to achieve it. Whether it is feeding his eternal hunger or curiosity, he will devote himself entirely to the task to the point of ignoring all else. This can be troublesome, as it’s possible he may even ignore a command spell when in such a state.
Unfeeling Body (A):
The body is nothing more than a shell to be manipulated. One that can be wielded dexterously, but a shell, nonetheless. The mind died long ago, yet it continues despite it. Pain, affliction, mental interference, and loss of limbs all go unnoticed by that which never had feeling. This Skill acts similar to a high-ranking Battle Continuation. Despite this, destruction of his head will still kill him, so he protects it at all costs.
Monstrous Strength (A):
Temporarily amplifies one’s strength. An offensive special characteristic possessed only by monsters and Magical Beasts. Increases one’s Strength parameter by one rank upon usage. The duration for this increase depends on the rank of “Monstrous Strength”.
To use this Skill is to indulge in all the monstrous aspects of being a zombie. He becomes stronger, faster, and hungrier. The only drawback to prolonged usage is the slow loss of self Foreigner experiences. The longer he uses the Skill, the more he becomes nothing more than a mindless beast driven solely by the "hunger".
Natural Body (Zombie) (A):
The possession of a perfect body as an undead being since “birth”.
Foreigner’s body has never known true life. His initial appearance is almost indiscernible from a human’s with only his deathly pale skin being a reminder of his state of undeath. A purely magical construct, this body has become exempt from the rot and decay rampant in most of his “species”, maintaining it in a strange state of unchanging limbo.
Noble Phantasm
Zumbi: Hunger’s Fetish (B)
Anti-Humanity
The only Noble Phantasm befitting a zombie, this is not a crystallization, but a curse spread through infection of the body. Biting, scratching, or exchanging fluids transforms any living being into a zombie. The time with which the change takes effect varies to the magical resistance of the infected individual. Normal humans begin changing twenty minutes after infection while a Servant with A rank Magic Resistance will turn within a week, though they begin exhibiting signs after one day.
The zombies created by this Noble Phantasm possess the Skills Monstrous Strength and Unfeeling Body of Foreigner at rank C. They are truly the mindless monsters of pop-culture, controlled only by Foreigner through his connection to the “hunger”. Zombies created from beings of power, however, also retain their former skills and intelligence, tempered by their new hunger and Foreigner’s influence over them, possibly making them deadlier than they were before.
The crowning jewel of this Noble Phantasm is that, if his own body is destroyed, his consciousness will be moved to one of his zombie creations. Just as the infection can never be defeated until every zombie is destroyed, neither can Foreigner.
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Personality
Relationships
Two days later, and he is finished. This was a weird one, but I can say I was as motivated to make him as I was Vortigern, whom I still consider my best Servant. This was fun. BTW, if anyone has any suggestions for Servants to interact with, I'm all ears.
Last edited by Morg van Destro; May 11th, 2021 at 01:03 AM.
Hewwo, sometimes I still appear here to show that I'm alive. (ALSO THIS MONTH'S THEME? HELL YES. REALCASUALLY YOU'RE THE BEST.)
Franz Kafka: YO WHAT THE HECK. Bn you can't just come barging in and throw this sheet in our faces like that and then just leave that's so rude. BUT YOOOO. THIS SERVANT SLAPS. I've never really consider that angle before but he truly works amazing as a Berserker... Those skills? Amazing job with them. All of them tie perfectly with a facet of Kafka and they all work together seamlessly. Those NPs? Hoo boy. Way to go, taking some of his most famous works and twisting them just enough for them to become some of the coolest abilities I've seen in this thread yet. The first one in particular stands out somehow in my mind, I think I love it more than I should hahaha. Seriously, I wish I could weave an entire page of compliments to this man, I truly wish that... What a first entry.
Claude Frollo: Now this is a certified NittyGritty Sheet™ gotta love the way you spin these legends. (And good work for not falling into the temptation of mentioning his Disney version. I like how this one is mostly based on the original by Victor Hugo.) Also! I loved, loved so much what you did with Quasimodo and Esmeralda. That was such a cool twist on their story, and those NPs reflect this very well... Sure we had a cool Caster figure that built homunculi in the past in this franchise, but I think you did an amazing job in making this Servant unique with what he had. He's an absolute nightmare and a very fitting figure for this month's prompt, truly. Good for you for claiming him this early!
Enepsigos: Leave it to Royd to make something outrageous and amazing at the same time. I'm always left in awe after I read your works, always wondering just HOW it's possible for someone to continuously outdo themselves every time hahaha. But really! This entry is really good! I absolutely adored the lore behind this abomination, the "alliance" between dying pantheons and the way this is mostly like some sort of Homunculus-Phantom-Spirit, an abomination in the purest sense of the word, than a proper Servant. (Besides the "creepy twins" trope is a stapple on the horror genre so that's a winn too.) This concept slaps so much! That NP too? It gave me the Dragon Ball flashbacks, such a cool concept. (Not so cool for the earthly spirits, they are so dead.) I'm so happy that you took the time to participate this month too, your entries are always so nice and this one wasn't an exception. Thanks a lot for the read.
"Mr." Zombie: Now this is the sort of Servant that threads that healthy line between "concept" and "truth," absolutely great to admire. While I'm here left curious about the Zombie from the actual Fate lore (sighs) at least someone here gave me something to amuse me while I wait for more. And what a great concept it is! Truly, when you stop to think about it, a zombie Servant would be a thing of nightmare... And I think you translated that quite good in this sheet. Imagine that it only takes one use of his NP to transform a story in one of those Night of the Living Dead-situations... That's a scary thought. And way he can only die if everyone he infected also dies with him? Yikes. (And the fact that he's intelligent enough to not indulge everytime in his hunger is even scarier - the poor Master who summons this dude... I feel they'd totally learn how to sleep with one eye open and advance humanity's evolution this way.)
You probably weren't expecting this, especially not from me, but it hit me for some reason, so your wish is granted
How interesting. You managed to somehow summon me despite how greatly my existence was erased. A very commendable accomplishment, Master. I am Caster, and is it too forward to ask you partake in an experiment?
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Class: Caster
Other Classes: Assassin
True Name: Halifax ‘Hali’ Slasher
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Place of Origin: Historical Fact (?)
Height: 170 cm.
Weight: 64 kilo.
Likes: Experiments. Children. Reading.
Dislikes: Ignorance. Being forgotten.
Natural Enemy: The Clocktower
Catalyst: Artifacts associated with Jack the Ripper. (Prerequisite: Both Assassin and Berserker classes must be already occupied, otherwise it will simply summon Jack or, in extremely rare cases, Caster's Assassin form.)
Parameters:
STR: E
END: D
AGI: C
MGI: A
LCK: A
NP: A
Class Skills:
Item Construction (C):
Specializing in illusory magecraft, Caster’s inherent ability to construct magical items is only at average level.
Territory Creation (B):
Caster has the ability to create a mansion that everyone in the surrounding area remembers as having always been where it is placed. This mansion is a replica of the one she lived in when training in magecraft with her adoptive father, one she often creates with an illusion of the man himself within.
Personal Skills:
Illusionism (A):
At A Rank, the introduction of nightmares unto the realm of the psyche is a matter of course; and even within reality, an illusion on the scale of a single village may be manifested with ease, to the end of successfully beguiling humans. At this level, it is even possible to go beyond people and deceive the environment.
Mass Hysteria (A):
A Skill born from the many cases of mass hysteria she created wherever she went. This Skill makes those around her more susceptible to mental effects, allowing Caster’s illusions to have an even greater sway over them and their environment. It also allows her to instill certain feelings toward the illusion in those affected by it.
Appreciation of Literature (B):
Caster’s fervent study of all books she could obtain and her devotion to collecting knowledge has gifted her with a massive amount of information to draw on. If any Heroic Spirit is a prominent character in literature, there is a high chance that Caster will be able to identify them.
Human Observation (B):
Having spent most of her adolescent life carefully observing people and spending the majority of her adult life doing the same has given Caster insight into those she sets her sights on, being able to discern their character and actions to a certain degree. This Skill, however, is only effective on adult targets, as children are something she failed to understand even when she was one.
Noble Phantasm
Monster Without a Name: Perception is Reality (A)
Anti-Army
Caster’s Reality Marble, this Noble Phantasm does not manifest as an inner world imposed on reality but rather as illusions integrated into reality, to the point that they are indistinguishable from it. These illusions have true presence, able to interact and affect the world by imprinting their actions on the world’s consciousness. The removal or destruction of these illusions causes the world to correct itself, mending the contradiction by changing the world’s collective memories of how the change occurred.
With this Noble Phantasm, Caster can create weapons of nearly any shape and size, all with the power of a B ranked Noble Phantasm, or even manifest creatures and beings that obey her commands. These creatures range in power, and it is even possible to create the illusion of a Heroic Spirt, though in a very diminished form compared to their original power.
While there is a limit to how many illusions she can manifest at once, said limit is about the same as creating an entire village of said illusions, meaning she is not likely to reach that limit during most encounters.
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Personality
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This one was made today in a strangely feverish fervor. I really don't understand why it hit so hard, but it just urged me to create it, so I did. Hope you like it.
Last edited by Morg van Destro; March 14th, 2022 at 08:56 PM.
Halifax Slasher: Wow, when I imagined this figure in my head, I imagined them as an amalgamation of nameless wraiths like Kojiro, Berserker Jack, and maybe a dash of TATARI. You certainly went above and beyond in writing her backstory, and it always interests me to see people combining history with Nasuverse concepts, which you did pretty well. Overall, good job.
I think she's up there with Vortigern for me. Something about her just fills me with pride.
you are rightly proud this is a ggreat servant idea i must say Morg ,well done , i would be curious what she would think o my Shamanes given that she is a similar amalgation ?
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When you wake a Dragon in his Lair...
i like this quite a bit
this entry gives off a certain vibe. kind of a metaphysical dread, an oppressing feel. in fact, i'd even call it.... lynchian...?
no, that's not quite right...
I had an idea for this particular figure in my head for a while, glad to see you take it in such a different direction that I'd have, haha. Good work.
Last edited by kiwi; February 8th, 2021 at 11:34 AM.
I'm fairly certain everyone had a less out-there version in their minds. I don't even understand where she came from, which makes me happy because it means I can still surprise myself.
Side note: I had totally forgotten about your Servant, Koga, but your reminder made me realize she would have something to say, so I put it in Relationships if you haven't already seen it.
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When you wake a Dragon in his Lair...
You really went all out with her, not that I've seen you as one to take half-measures with your creations. The detail, as always, is staggering, and the Skills and NPs are really creative as well. Personality-wise, I somewhat wish we had gotten more on how the older half acts, as almost all relationship stuff just seem to be from the younger's perspective, and the personality segment doesn't really emphasize the difference in how the two act to much of a degree.
On the subject of your next Servant, I await with baited breath.