Class: Avenger
Other Classes: N/A
True Name: Takao II
Alignment: Neutral Good
Place of Origin: Japan (17th Century)
Stars: 3/5
Parameters:
STR: C
END: D
AGI: C
MGI: B
LCK: C
NP: B
Height: 167cm
Weight: 180lbs
Likes: Dances, aesthetics, good conversation
Dislikes: Entitlement
Talent: Conversation
Natural Enemy: Date Tsunamune
Attribute: Earth
Traits: Female, Humanoid, Weak to Enuma Elish
Armament: Weighted sleeves
Catalyst: A hand fan, covered in a coat of solid iron.
Class Skills:
Oblivion Correction C: Her memory will never forget the grievous wounds committed to her.
Avenger E: Not someone deeply hated at all, in fact someone generally thought positively of, as such this skill obtains a low ranking.
Self-Replenishment (Mana) B+: Mana constantly replenishes. The incredibly high stamina of one capable of lugging almost her own body weight in iron in her sleeves.
Personal Skills:
My Weight In Gold C: The capacity to manifest metals equal to Avenger's own weight within her sleeves to enhance her own power and strength. The manifestation of the titanic payment of gold equal to Avenger's weight even with the addded metal, which becomes a useful tool to enhance her power.
Tayu A: Avenger served as a high-tier tayu in the red-light district. This skill includes Pheromones and Pillow Talk at C rank, the default kit of a tayu which would allow her to handle all her typical situations and problems. However this is lowered somewhat as Oblivion Correction somewhat weakens this.
Kabuki Tales B: One's status as a main character in a kabuki tale. In her case, the tale of Takao II is a tragedy often used to the point where this version of her is more tale than the actual person. As such she can vaguely distort it, stretching her legend to buff one of her stats of her choice.
Noble Phantasm(s):
Goruden Suribu
Weighted Sleeves
Type: Anti-Unit
Rank: C
Range: 10 meters
Max Targets: 1
Avenger's iron-filled sleeves are this noble phantasm, controlled by part-telekinesis and part physical strength to allow Avenger to swing them around like flails. But when the true name is called, the sleeves pull farther, grabbing ahold of a single target and launching them up before slamming them into the ground.
Lore: Takao II was a high-tier Tayu who became the main character in kabuki tales, often ones produced to undermine Date Tsunamune. In most of the tales Takao II had a lover who she wanted to marry after her term. But Tsunamune bought her out instead against her will with gold equal to her weight even after her sleeves were filled with iron. And when she didn't love him, he murdered her.
Personality: Generally nice and caring, she deeply appreciates good conversation with interesting people and views it as one of her favorite things. Especially if those people have good aesthetics, as if they don't she is less likely to talk to them. Her wish for the grail is to erase her story.
Relationships:
Tsunamune: "oh. you."
Havisham: "Hmm. Seems there's a story behind that. Tell me more."
Boleyn: "Oh. Of course this happened again and again."
Source
Class: Assassin
Other Classes:
True Name: Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Place of Origin: France
Height: 178 cm.
Weight: 57 kilo.
Likes: Marie. Precious objects. Making people blush.
Dislikes: Those who get between her and what she wants. Sad children. Being abandoned.
Natural Enemy: Marie Antoinette. Alessandro di Cagliostro.
Parameters:
STR: E
END: E
AGI: C
MGI: C
LCK: A
NP: B
Class Skills:
Presence Concealment (-):
The Presence Concealment Skill has been lost due to Comtesse de la Reine.
Personal Skills:
Comtesse de la Reine (C):
While acquiring the necklace, Assassin presented herself as intermediary for the queen, leveraging all her own reputation as being ignored by the queen to craft a narrative of them being secret confidants. Combined with her own natural charisma and knowledge of the letters he received from the “queen”, she caused one of the biggest scandals of Marie’s rule.
Powerless Shell and Proof of Friendship join to create a Skill that suppresses her Skills and Parameters so long as she is not in combat. Likewise, it allows her to calm Servants and allay suspicions to a certain extent, decreasing the chances of her joining combat.
This Skill is nullified though if one sees the mark on her chest. The V that was branded on her chest marks her as a thief and not to be trusted, removing its effects.
Memoires Justificatifs (B+):
The published autobiography Memoires Justificatifs de La Comtesse de Valois de La Motte was Assassin’s attempt to excuse her actions within the infamous Affair and gain further support from the public. She most notably blamed the queen for her crimes, only further fanning the flames of anger against the nobility.
A specialized Scapegoat that lets her more easily pass off her own actions as those of others. Even when it would be hard to believe her lies, people are inclined to trust her words and falsified evidence. When Comtesse de la Reine is still active, this Skill gains advantage on checks.
Bloodstained Necklace (EX):
The entire affair had thoroughly solidified an already soured populace, with Assassin’s memoires further stoking their flames and drawing them closer to revolution. The queen’s reputation never recovered despite being cleared of involvement, and it was all thanks to that damnable necklace.
Though Marie Alter possesses this Skill, it is Assassin who is the true owner of it, not as a specialized Innocent Monster, but as a powerful mental manipulation. An Incitement Skill that uses the blame she has levied with Memoires Justificatifs to specifically target her enemies. Those under the effects will view the targets with unrest, suspicion, and even outright anger. As it burrows deeper in their minds, they are easily directed to act on their feelings, becoming Assassin’s own weapons.
Of course, a strong mental defense or inhuman thinking can resist the incitement, and even a successful check at a disadvantage can break free of the effects, often leading them to target Assassin instead. Even these exceptions are reduced when the target is royalty, and none are able to resist her incitement if the target happens to be Marie Antoinette.
Noble Phantasm:
Guillotine Embrasser: Reaper of Lilies (B+)
Anti-Unit
When their cries of revolution had brought the blade down on the royals, Assassin was already dead. That didn’t stop her impacting the outcome. Were it not for her scheming in the Affaire, it may have taken even longer before they rose up. She may not have killed them with her hand, dragged them out of their palaces, or even pulled the lever, but Assassin helped kill those people, whether she meant to or not.
It appears in a form similar to Marie Alter’s Guillotine Ricanement, though while Marie’s is an expression of her own demise that she’s bonded to, Assassin’s has embraced her nature as “one who sows royalty’s destruction”. As such, it’s given new properties as a royalty killer and can temporarily lock Skills related to their positions.
L'affaire du Collier de la Reine: The Queen of Diamonds (B)
Anti-Fame
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace was one of the biggest stains on Marie Antoinette’s reputation, with the irony being that it was something she had no involvement in. At least, none directly, but her likeness and name were used to bring it to fruition. It was thanks to those that Assassin was able to obtain the necklace and sell off the 650 diamonds that made up its body. It is this act of ruining one’s reputation with the necklace, regardless of their actual involvement, which becomes this Noble Phantasm.
Rather than manifesting the diamonds, Assassin is able to mark others with conceptual diamonds at a touch. These shiny marks have very little effect one their own, being extremely minor demerits to Fame and an increase in damage taken from Assassin. However, she can apply multiple at once, to a limit of 650. After 10 have been applied, the effectiveness of both Assassin’s Memoires Justificatifs and Bloodstained Necklace increase, which each increment furthering their strength.
If Assassin were to apply all of them to a single target, she barely needs to convince others to attack them, and her attacks gain a high chance to instantly kill. However, those 650 marks are a resource that are unable to be removed, meaning any marks are lost when the enemy Servant is defeated.
Lore
As the guillotine descended and the crowd cheered another death, what had brought them here flashed through their minds. Many thought of the decadence and mistreatment. Others thought of hunger and pain. And some thought of that accursed necklace.
The Queen’s Necklace, bearing hundreds of diamonds, had initially been made for Lousi XV, but the man died before it was completed. When it was finished, they tried selling it to his son, the new king, who declined. They then tried persuading his wife, Marie Antoinette, to buy it in celebration of her son's birth, but this too was a failure.
Meanwhile, the Cardinal Louis de Rohan had fallen out of grace with both the previous and current queen. As such, he had little power in or knowledge of the French courts, which was an embarrassment to his lineage. He began seeking out way to gain the queen’s favor, and that would lead him to the Comtesse de la Motte
Jeanne de Valois was a commoner whose blood was said to trace back to King Henry II. When this was confirmed, she and her family were given a royal pension. Using this, she was able to gain the education befitting a noblewoman, and even found a husband. Two children followed shortly after, but died after only a few days, putting early strain on the relationship.
This satisfied her for a time, being able to live as she always dreamed. She even took to calling herself a Comtesse and attending parties with other nobles. However, it was her and her husband’s extravagant lifestyle, which could not continue to be funded by his job and her pension, that would bring this all together.
Much like the jewelers and Rohan, she attempted to approach Marie, but was rebuffed every time. This caused further strain between her and her husband, which culminated in her taking on two lovers. The first was a small-time gigolo, but the other was Cardinal Rohan.
Having heard from the Comtesse de Provence, the patron of her pension, of the necklace that the queen had denied, Jeanne found her opening. Knowing the Cardinal was obsessed with getting the queen’s favor, Jeanne styled herself as a close confidant of Marie’s saying the queen wanted to buy the necklace, but the financials of the country wouldn’t allow it.
Having her other lover forge letters between her and Marie, she convinced him that, were he to buy the necklace for her, it would be an appreciated favor. The Cardinal was reluctant at first, after an arranged meeting with a Marie lookalike, he contacted the jewelers.
Once she received the necklace, her husband disassembled it and began selling off the individual jewels. Things were going well until the deadline approached, as the Cardinal was unable to pay the full amount and had yet to receive aid from the Queen, who he believed would reimburse him.
The jewelers, being told of whom had supposedly bought their necklace at last, contacted the queen, and it all crumbled around them. First, the Cardinal was arrested, then Jeanne was too. Both her husband and lover abandoned her, fleeing the country, and one Count Cagliostro, whom she had used to convince the Cardinal with a false prediction, was taken in last.
The trial, made a public spectacle, did nothing to aid the royals’ reputation. In fact, it actually helped give sympathy to the accused, which led to an acquittal for the Cardinal and the rest being exiled. All save for Jeanne, whom they originally wished to hang, but the sympathy she had accrued made them settle for imprisonment in a hospice.
It wasn’t long until she escaped and ran away to London, where she spent the rest of her days alone. She died unceremoniously when she attempted to escape out a window from debt collectors, falling to the streets below.
Personality
Jeanne is a flirtatious individual. An unabashed charmer with a full smile and captivating eyes. The type of woman to get close to you no matter who you are and sweep you off your feet. Confident, charismatic, and beautiful, it’s not hard to see why she can do so with ease. In some ways she’s a refined noblewoman. In others, she’s closer to a charming prince. Either role suits her perfectly fine, and she’ll always use them to her advantage.
Of course, once you are in her grasp, you may realize how possessive and domineering she is. She will monitor your interactions and deal with those she deems “unfit to associate with”, saying it’s for your benefit the whole time. Part of this is born of her negligent parents, another the loss of her children, and lastly being abandoned by those closest to her when their scam fell apart. Now, she will be the one in control, and she refuses to give it to others. And if that control or what she sees as hers is taken away, she does not take it well.
She will be smiling the whole time though, even as your head is separated from your body.
One of her oddest quirks is her fixation on Marie Antoinette (which seems to just be a result of knowing the woman honestly, given how many other Servants are the same). If asked, she says one of her major motives for the money and higher social status was to get closer to her. Even the Affair was a result of this fixation, crafting a story where she and her “Little Marie” were close. On one level, Jeanne wants to have Marie all for herself, but on another, she has a conceptual desire to destroy her, which translates to her wanting to bring Marie to her breaking point so she can pick up the pieces. For Marie’s benefit, of course.
Relationships
Marie Antoinette:*reaches out and gently lifts her chin*
Oh, Dear Marie~ If only you had noticed me sooner. I would have stolen you from those animals in a heartbeat.
Marie Antoinette Alter: Ah~ Mon Bijou Cassé. So close~ You are almost parfaite.
Swimsuit Marie:*crimes are about to be committed*
Alessandro di Cagliostro: Mon complice, you seem disappointed~ Is it gênant to have one that knew you as I did?
Chevalier d'Eon: Well, you are tout simplement adorable! I am pleased Marie has someone so dévoué at her side.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Wolfgang Amadèe Mozart. We are of le même avis, him and I. He may be a problème.
Charles-Henri Sanson: Monsieur Sanson~ I believe I have something to return to you~
Louis XVI: Non. This pining shell will not do at all. Fortunately, il connaît sa place.
Hans Axel von Fersen: Such a prince délirant. Perhaps it is best he reste dans le déni.
Hans Axel von Fersen: I like you much better this way, Comte Fersen. Je pourrais même tomber amoureux de toi.
Circe: I was always curieuse why they compared me to you. I now see why.
Craft Essence
Le Plus Beau Joyau
Diamond. Le Roi des Joyaux.
You can see the world coincé dans ses bords.
For most, this is exactement the jewel one thinks of. La plus précieuse.
Yet even la perfection of this jewel is terne when compared to her.
Ce beau lys that wilted to their hate.
I would have given tout ce que j'avais just to be near her.
Yet, elle m'a évité.
Reine des Lys.
What is more précieux than that which we cannot have?
I saw this lady, and knew she was who I wanted. She wasn’t originally gonna be an homage to god of world-0, but when I saw he made her and fell on similar lines to what I was thinking, it became the goal since I’ve been wanting to ever since he vanished. I always assumed it’d be Mercadier.
I didn’t plan to make her a bisexual yandere, but life takes us in strange directions. I also did realize just how many people wanted to bang Marie. Like, I don’t know what that girl has going on, but it calls all the boys to her. And one girl now.
[Unused Gina Lestrade Theme]
Before CaS3 closes I just want to quickly come out of retirement to say this is excellent. I am pretty busy lately, so I can't do a deep commentary, but Assassin here is everything I wanted out of this figure and a bit more. Excellent idea tying her skills and NP with Marie Alter, the NPs in particularly being a stand out and I kinda feel pride to have a even a small influence in them, and the personality is also very good.
Btw, I am not dead, just really really tired from life and writing other stuff. Maybe with CaS4 I'll pop-up a bit more frequently, I still like writting Servants from time to time at after all, but I'll still probably only ghost the majority of the time.
Havisham: "Hmm. Seems there's a story behind that. Tell me more."
Boleyn: "Oh. Of course this happened again and again."
No acknowledgement of Musashi and Samson? Even if a normal Takao shouldn't remember being their Master, they should be able to recognize at least her name.
Originally Posted by Dullahan
Some pantheons are depicted as Tamamo, while others are only potentially Tamamo.
regarding some questions
if a sheet is missing, probably because i messed up somewhere or a previous comp forgot you. I added them now.
The list pine shares is the older doc, i have a better spreadsheet now in which i work. It will be part of the CaS4 OP, so everyone has access and can check it out.
Regarding the categories i slot servants in, there will be mistakes, without question. I started out as an absolute noob in geography and learned over time. if a miscategorization pops up, i will change it quickly.
Before CaS3 closes I just want to quickly come out of retirement to say this is excellent. I am pretty busy lately, so I can't do a deep commentary, but Assassin here is everything I wanted out of this figure and a bit more. Excellent idea tying her skills and NP with Marie Alter, the NPs in particularly being a stand out and I kinda feel pride to have a even a small influence in them, and the personality is also very good.
Btw, I am not dead, just really really tired from life and writing other stuff. Maybe with CaS4 I'll pop-up a bit more frequently, I still like writting Servants from time to time at after all, but I'll still probably only ghost the majority of the time.
Aw~ I'm glad you like it. I started looking into her when Alter and Cag were revealed, since he and Jeanne were on my list since forever, so I had the excuse. Finding yours was icing on the cake.
Secondarily glad you're still out there somewhere. Hope life doesn't keep you too far down.
Do you like jazz short stories? Do you want something to distract from making Servants? Do you wish the idea of Shirou Kotomine didn't immediately bring edgelords to mind? Well, I can't promise it's good, but some would disagree with me. Fate/Without Justice
Class: Assassin
Other Classes: N/A
True Name: Rose Valland
Alignment: Neutral Good
Place of Origin: France (20th Century)
Stars: 2/5
Parameters:
STR: D
END: D
AGI: D
MGI: D
LCK: C
NP: C
Height: 160cm
Weight: 150lbs
Likes: Art
Dislikes: Destruction of art
Talent: Photographic memory
Natural Enemy: Goring
Attribute: Man
Traits: Humanoid, Female, Weak to Enuma Elish
Armament: Art knives
Catalyst: The frame of a work of art rescued by here
Class Skills:
Espionage A: Replaces Presence Concealment for her. Instead of making her presence inexistent, she is permanantly automatically assumed to be a weak generic human without having any real power, despite her actual status as a Servant. Weakens when she attacks.
Personal Skills:
Eye for Art A: As one who spent decades as a curator and art expert with years of training, she naturally gains an extremely high rank of this skill. If she sees a noble phantasm associated with art in any way she will immediately recognise the owner. In addition, this weakens the effectiveness of attacks associated with art on her.
Spying Techniques B: Techniques for collecting information fitting for someone like Rose Valland who served as a spy for the entire duration of the nazi occupation of France. Extremely amplified sight and hearing permitting knowledge gathering at an extreme level. In addition the memory to keep this information in.
Four Retirements C: Assassin was fired four times, but each time she just returned and people didn't take the time to refire her until later. The capacity to ignore "blocks", such as barriers, walls, or even damage, four times. After that it becomes unusable during the Grail war, however, so it must be carefully chosen.
Noble Phantasm(s):
Treasure Map of Art
The Endless Locations
Type: Support
Rank: D
Range: N/A
Max Targets: N/A
Assassin's notebooks, filled with the locations of tens of thousands of missing paintings. This noble phantasm is a tracker that auto-deploys on any Servants, Masters, or other Maguses the first time Assassin meets them, and lists their location at the present point. Relatively simple but quite useful for strategizing and avoiding traps.
These Precious Works
The Art of Nurenberg
Type: Anti-Army
Rank: C
Range: 10 meters
Max Targets: 100 targets
The thousands of paintings Assassin rescued throughout her career post-Occupation. Manifested in the form of a Noble Phantasm, these precious works of art manifest for a short second, but during this second mental damage is executed on all who see them. This would include Assassin, but due to her Eye for Art she is immune.
Lore: Rose Valland was a French art curator and spy who collected information about art for the French resistance. She worked in a famous museum as a curator, and was seen as so unimportant that she was used to catalogue art by the Nazis. But with her encyclopedic knowledge and photographic memory she collected the information. After the invasion ended, she revealed her secret treasure trove of the collected list of thousands of artifacts and their locations to the American and French soldiers.
Personality: Secretive and shy. She usually keeps to herself as much as possible, constantly writing in her notebooks. But when she meets someone affiliated with art, such as a painter, sculptor, curator, or collector, she opens up far more and becomes a lot more energetic and talkative. Her wish is to restore the remaining missing paintings.
Relationships:
Da Vinci: "The mona lisa. Indeed, one of my favorite paintings."
Vermeer: "The Astronomer. I traced that one for years."
Van Gogh: "The Sunflowers. interesting choice of work, and interesting choice of person."
Zhang Xu: "Odd. I can't place your art. May I see a sample, please?"
Pope Julius II: "Oh. ....A collector? How intriguing. What was the crown jewel of your collection?"
"You are one among equals," they said unto the prestigious self that deigned to entertain their foul minds.
It was all so wrong, yet so right, and the absurdity enraptured by their prejudice pulled a soft chuckle from his thin lips.
See, he does not handle gambling well. His palms become sweaty and he pulls down on his upper lip, and any ounce of intensity propels his foot into a bouncing frenzy.
But he's never had to hide this tick of his, because nobody ever made a fuss over his blatant self. It is a miracle, that the gracious Lord has given him this privilege that no other man could claim.
For he had lived his entire life rolling people back and forth; swindling and exchanging, spinning thread and pulling strings; pushing the coin between his fingers and counting down, then counting revenue.
He wasn't streets-smart, and he wasn't exceptionally books-smart either. In fact, de Medici did not consider himself to be "smart" at all.
"One among equals?" de Medici clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction. It wasn't quite right.
Cosimo de Medici was the first burst of wind at the smoldering summer; Cosimo de Medici was the blackest flag of the whitest ship.
"I'm a king among men," de Medici replied in earnest. The other man groaned as if he'd been told a lame joke.
de Medici found that interesting, for he'd only used the term 'king' instead of 'God' because God has been sitting in his palm, and it was as resplendent as it was gold.
Saber —Wealth is in the Details—
Alias:
Pater Patriae
Class:
Saber ; {Caster, Ruler}
True Name:
Cosimo de Medici
Source:
Historical Fact
Gender:
Male
Region:
Italy
Armament:
Bronze Sword of Strange Hangings
Attribute:
Man
STR C
END C
AGI C
LUK A+++
MAG C
NP A
BOND The Risk Class Skills
Magic Resistance — B
A modicum of extraneous effort must be made to stab through the armor of a soldier. An enormous amount of power must be exerted to penetrate an "armor" worth several meters of exquisite gold.
Possessing wealth is not only a means to an end, it is a lifestyle, a decision made every day. Saber decides to "be wealthy" just as one decides to brush their teeth and drink some coffee. Or how a magus might "decide" to be capable of enacting mysteries. Magecraft permeates the magus, just as a morning routine might permeate through the average person, just as "being rich" permeates through Saber. Everything Saber performs manifests the most elementary notions of Class Divide, "superiority," magnanimity and prestige. As such, all things that are beneath Saber's status are swept away: poor wine, bad sleep, and non-exquisite spells of magecraft.
Territory Creation — B+
With the fling of a finger, the wave of a hand, a few coins and a demand, anything can be made. Cosimo de Medici was banished from his home of Florence due to a failed attempt to conquer the Republic of Lucca, an early modern state established in Florence. Cosimo's exile allowed him to forge bonds with the major figures of Venice, who adored him and celebrated his decision to accept banishment over continuing the delirious conflicts that plagued the streets of Florence. As payback for their kindness, Cosimo de Medici contacted his esteemed personal architect, Michelozzo—a renowned architect who'd worked with Donatello—and commissioned a library to be built.
Due to their tight relationship, the Patron can summon his Artist to create a Territory rivaling that of a prestigious magus.
Personal Skills
Finance Charge — A
Cosimo lent a hefty sum to Baldassare Cossa so that he could buy himself the office of Cardinal—Baldassare would later acquire the position of Antipope and reward the de Medici family for their investment by making the Medici Bank head of all papal finances. Cosimo has a unique sense towards investments that necessarily maximizes gain from a given exchange; Cosimo can lend a boon applied to him to an ally and let it ferment. Over time, the boon will increase in rank, acquiring up to three (+)s. Once it has reached its apex Cosimo can return the boon to his grasp and benefit from its cultivation.
Monopoly Overdraft — B
The de Medici family's monopoly over banking in the region and their connection to the Antipope allowed them to enact religious punishment unto the indebted. Cosimo can afflict a cleansing effect against Servants whose boons and buffs are derived from the power of the Catholic Church, and at a lower level, other Abrahamic foundations.
Mercantile Privilege — A
An ability that, due to the insistence of the owner, allows for the acquisition of skills that relate to the Valor, Charisma, Arts, Tactics and general magnanimity of a King. Cosimo de Medici was known for holding enormous political power born from his unparalleled financial supremacy, even while pretending otherwise. Political quarrels and races were settled in Cosimo de Medici's home. The future Pope Pius II said of him once that in all but name, Cosimo de Medici was the King of Florence.
Espionage — A++
One's presence fails to register as hostile.
Saber has a way with words that enchants the public to perceive him as a non-threat, no matter how he acts or what he says. So long as he remains in his position of financial supremacy, people will naturally gravitate towards him and get captured in his hefty orbit—to the poor, he's a pal; to the rich, he's king.
Patron of the Arts — B
A powerful appreciation of the arts that supersedes all other moral values. Saber's appreciation of artists transcends the norms of his time, and he's oft credited with having a large hand in the European Renaissance. He's worked with artists to bring to life some of the most important pieces of art know to mankind, such as Donatello's David and the Santa Maria del Fiore. Since he's a patron of such grand artists, with whom he'd had such close relations with, he's allowed to draw upon the works he'd commissioned since they're "his."
BOND The Reward
The Bronze Enigma
Sword of Strange Hangings
A story of the weak triumphing over the strong through sheet wit and ingenuity.
The Bronze David of Donatello was commissioned by Cosimo de Medici at an unknown time. In fact, it is unknown whether it was even Cosimo himself. The truth is, it's an undocumented exchange.
Whether this piece of art had 'purpose' is unknown, for no one has made any effort to investigate at the source. Some postulated that this was a homosexual statement by Donatello, or something akin to that.
The curvature of the winged helmet that laid under David's feet, the beheaded Goliath, the sword put down in nonchalance. What kind of message can one derive?
"What's it about?... My struggle with the strong, of course."
Who is the strong with whom you struggle, dear King of Florence?
"The chains that shackle me? The earthly desires that plague us all.
What earthly desires might plague you? Let me guess: Gula, Luxuria, Avaritia, Tristitia, Ira, Acedia, Vangloria, Superbia.
"...What? No. My Goliath is the expectation that I will ever relent my iron grip over the pulse of this beautiful earth."
A coin unfolds into a lifetime. It has been exchanged between peers until it lost its value.
But when a coin loses its value, where does it go? From whence it came!
Just as a human soul returns to the heavens, the coin returns to its creator.
And Cosimo de Medici awaits it...WITH UTMOST COMPASSION.
Saver —The Bank of Heaven—
Alias:
Saver of Coins, Pater Patriae
Class:
Saver ; {Caster, Ruler, Saber}
True Name:
Cosimo de Medici
Source:
Historical Fact
Gender:
Male
Region:
Italy
Armament:
The Form of The Coin
Attribute:
Sky
APOTHEOSIS SKILLS
An Apotheosis Skill is a skill which can "ascend" to a skill befitting the divine, the messiahs, and the like—Apotheosis Skills can also "degenerate" into their mundane manifestations, allowing for greater manipulation of the perception of the self as a messiah.
Monopoly Overdraft — B——> Counter Hero (Hierarchy) — D+
Counter Hero (Hierarchy) reduces the parameters of all things that perceive themselves to be beneath Saver in the hierarchy of society. The perception that Cosimo is "a king" or "a god" or "absurdly wealthy" is a curse upon the self, which teaches the self to submit in whole or in part to one's superiors. At rank D++, all parameters are decreased by one rank—Luck is decreased by two ranks, as well as acquiring a (-).
Mercantile Privilege — A+——> Charisma — A+
The self is magnanimous. Saver has led armies, attempted conquest, and his downfall had only occurred due to a general disinterest in the idea of war.
So long as Saver does not consider a thing beneath him, his ability to command and dictate the future of a nation is on par with that of the best kings in history. But the moment things become "too much" and his interest dwindles, his charisma degenerates back into Mercantile Privilege without much resistance.
Finance Charge — A——> Papal Authority — B
"Saver Cosimo de Medici" is a Saver to the coin.
As a Messiah is sent into this world to bring mankind to Heaven and divert them from Hell, de Medici was sent into the world to bring coins to a sacred haven.
The buying of the papacy is a plausible occurrence, nothing new. de Medici had done it before, and nothing stops him from doing it again. This time, he will be the one who steps into the throne.
As the Pope of Currency, the Bride of Wealth, the Left Hand of Luxury, he can invoke upon himself all sort of pseudo-saint abilities in relation to the preservation and propagation of wealth, such as the Shroud of Matthew (Patron Saint of Finance), Revelation (Market Trends), Miracle (Stocks).
Saver can forcefully degenerate this Skill, invoking a chain-reaction of self-buffing, lending the buff to allies, and returning the buff to himself in an upgraded form.
Patron of the Arts — B——> Collector — A
The accumulation of art, money, and human ingenuity in a single vassal. While the average Collector aims to bring together all of mankind's greatest treasures under one's grasp, Saver seeks to construct as many embodiments of human ingenuity by disseminating his money in the ultimate belief that all coins will return to him at last. The reason for this staunch position is simple: Saver has replaced his very Saint Graph with the Form of the Coin—the universal concept of a coin, brought from beyond the material world, has found its nest in Saver's heart. As such, even if a coin does not belong to Saver, and even if it does not exist in Saver's grasp, eventually it will erode and deposit itself in Saver's heart.
Due to this supreme accumulation of wealth, Saver can infinitely commission Heroic Spirits from all ages for their creations, so long as they accept his ambitions and goals.
The Golden Answer
Sword of Strange Hangings
Pater Patriae. He is the Father of the Fatherland, akin to the Emperors of Rome and Cicero.
Cosimo de Medici does not consider himself "smart," for he is not a person whatsoever.
He conceives of himself as a vault, a merchant who seeks to accumulate all the wealth in the world for the sake of wealth.
No, not for the sake of accumulating wealth. Cosimo de Medici is not afraid of being bankrupt, or poor, or downtrodden.
He does not hate the poor nor the wealthy royals. He does not attach a moral value to possessing and being dispossessed.
He accumulates wealth for the wealth, like a compassionate mother or a stern father. He accumulates wealth so that it may not feel abandoned and despised.
Saver seeks to lead wealth towards the heavens and divert it from hell, just like a true Messiah.
The Sword of Strange Hangings is a saintly armament, divinely distinguished among swords. It was the Sword of Goliath, with which David beheaded the giant.
It is a weapon that conceptually defeats those who are more powerful than one's self, and since Saver conceives of every single person as a threat towards his accumulation and saving of wealth, this constructed bronze replica targets every single person as someone who's stronger than the self, and as such, a sinner that must be cleansed by the sword's holy attribute.
This is the truth behind the Bronze David of Donatello, the golden answer.
"Why did you commission this statue?" To save wealth from being seen as dirty and unkind.
"Why are you a patron of the arts?" So that no one will bemoan "avarice" as wicked.
"Why do you have that coin?"
...Why?
"...It's very simple."
Cosimo de Medici always spoke candidly. But some people don't want to listen. They hear what they want to hear.
They can't conceive of an earnest soul, because they themselves are rotten by lies.
See, it really is very simple.
"I want everyone to love money, so that they won't waste their lives living in its shadow."
"...And if they won't, I'll make them."
The Rot of A Heart ; EX
A Heart of Gold
The Core of Saver's Saint Graph.
He has brought the de Medici family to the height of relevancy through his banking skills. He has appointed popes and changed the course of history with the swipe of some coins.
He has built schools of philosophy for the investigation of Neo-Platonism, and he's commissioned artists of great renown.
In the end, all of his actions were meant to lead to one singular conclusion: the acceptance of wealth as mankind's primary nature.
But for some reason which he cannot understand, people are naturally averse to such grand statements of destiny and realization.
So according to his nature as a messiah of coins, a Saver who cares for wealth's well-being, he must save his people and make the world accept them into their hearts.
Saver lends his Heart of Gold to a target, introducing the Form of Coins into the psyche of his victims. This undesirable intrusion corrupts the heart, transforming an entity's Saint Graph into a material object that can be touched, broken, mended and fixed. It crystallizes the self into a tangible thing and does not relent even if a person accepts the duty of loving wealth. It will cannibalize on the body until its entirety is replaced by gold and coins, so that all of mankind will love Saver's chosen people and shun them no more.
Craft Essence
What is a coin? A life. To be adored and preserved.
What is a life? A coin. To be exchanged and swept in victory.
What is a gamble? A crime. To extinguish the potential of one's life.
What is a war? A tool. To remove those who threaten your life.
Understood?
Author's Note (Capitalism Warning)
Renaissance Gilgamesh HATES communism and LOVES when people have money. More on 11.
GLORY TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF MATERIAL WEALTH RAAAAAHHHHH
See, there's a pun in this sheet. Saber...Saver....Saver of Coins is like... someone who saves coins for other people...like a banker...ehe....ha...
Originally Posted by Random
For a moment I had a flash of inspiration about a NP that mixes and matches the attributes of its targets... Unfortunately, Barbara Walker is alive...
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