Tree of Knowledge
All the World's Wisdom
Type: Anti-Unit (Self)
Rank: A
Range: 0
Max. Target: 1 person
''Ahahaha, isn't it funny? Even though the old fart in the heavens and his pet birdies try so hard to protect the truth of creation from mankind, my eye holds the ability to grant that ''truth'' to even the biggest idiot in the world. I can turn a child into the wisest sage! Just like that! With a simple blink of the eye! And when the canaries from above run around all panicked like chicken who've lost their head trying to fix the mistakes *I* have created, I just absolutely caaannoot help myself but laugh at their idiotic display. But hey, it's their fault for being such dipshits! They could have simply treated me, their mistress, nicely like I had deserved and maybe I would have spared them all this idiotic trouble.... that is, maybe, hahaha~.''
One of the two specific trees that appear in the Garden of Eden; it is the tree of knowledge of good and evil from which all of the world's wisdom is stored inside of and from which the mixture of evil and good qualities has been derived from. Caster is said to be the guardian of the Tree of Knowledge, sometimes depicted as one of it's many branches - implying that the other branches themselves represented an angel or demon. Caster is claimed to be the spiritual manifestation of the Serpent that had spoken to Eve while the physical body was that of Sammael who was Caster's lover at the time. Having been the guardian of the tree which she is closely associated to, Caster has attained the unparalleled wisdom granted to one by the tree of knowledge. As a Noble Phantasm, this wisdom has manifested in Caster's right eye which is now bright yellow in contrast to her orange left eye. It is a Noble Phantasm that is constantly active in Caster's body without the need of a true name being used as it directly connects Caster's right eye to one of the tree's branches - the one she governed over.
Due to the tree being the source of all knowledge about mankind's good and evil aspects, Caster's eyes possesses the ability to peer into the hearts and soul of anyone who she gazes upon - objectively observing their very core of existence - and what she sees is the naked ''truth'' that defines them beneath all the myriads of illusions and defenses that guards it. As such when one is looked upon by Caster's right eye, all of their self-deceptions and lies are stripped from their very being in order to reveal the underlying motive of their every action. Similar to the hero Karna, Caster is able to peer into the souls of others and understand their character with a single glance, making it impossible to lie to Caster. Normally, the rank of this Noble Phantasm would be EX, but since this is only one aspect of Caster's role as the Serpent of Eden, it has been ranked down to A - while her true Noble Phantasm is her third one.
Using her eye, Caster can view not only the truth of one's core, it is also entirely possible to get a reading of one's entire history and the choices they've made in life as well as calculate the time of one's death. It is a form of Clairvoyance that works only by observing a single person at a time rather than the entire course of universe. Additionally, Caster is able to project her own wisdom and the things she saw by simply making eye contact with another person. Such an ability could produce a country of wise man in a single day should she be patient enough to look into the eyes of every individual in the country. Therefore, Caster can be said to be a person that grants knowledge and blessings without any reserve in contrast to the Cherubim who make it their life goal and sole purpose to protect that same knowledge.
Such uncaring sharing of the world's truths is considered to be a terrible sin - the worst mistake human kind had ever committed which is the greedy desire of knowledge and the unreserved nature that takes it without giving a single thought about consequences of one's actions. That is why the true purpose of this Noble Phantasm is a potent anti-Cherubim poison. Because angels are guardians of knowledge and mystery, someone who reveals such knowledge and grants it to even the most undeserving individuals is their natural enemy. Just like she had done to Eve in the Garden of Eden, Caster's actions will continue weakening the existence of the Cherubim as long as she exists. Acting the true name of this Noble Phantasm will release a powerful anti-angel blast that will burn out the Mystery of any angelic being she looks upon. It's uses in a normal Holy Grail War are, however, small in number if there are even any to begin with. More-so, even if Caster can show others the wisdom possessed by the world, normal humans can only handle a ridiculously small fraction of that wisdom before their brains are fried due to being unable to process the knowledge Caster shows them. Thus, it's not like Caster can create a whole world of self-aware men.
She'ol
Land of the Dead
Type: Reality Marble
Rank: EX
Range: 1~99
Max. Target: 1000 people
''O She'ol, open your gates once again for the one that seeks entrance is none other than Lilith, the mistress you have held ah so dear all that time ago as I come to you bearing gifts of mortal kind over which you will surely feast over with the greatest of joy. Allow me to stain your emptiness with the presence of the living and drag thy enemies to the depths of misfortune as repentance for the existence of the sin they have denied and neglected.''
In Hebrew mythology, She'ol place of stillness and darkness into which all the dead go, both righteous and unrighteous regardless of moral choice. It is a place cut off from God and filled with the wandering dead who have lost all ounces of the personality and strength they once held, becoming only ''shades'' moved by their own misery. It was said that the end of her life, Caster had set out towards the gate of She'ol and became it's ruling goddess. Upon her manifestation as a Servant, the place which was one Caster's home has become a Reality Marble that follows Caster even into her new life. Seeking entrance, Caster can once again drag down her enemies into the depths of living hell. As a Noble Phantasm, it could be said to be a ''super'' Reality Marble that still contains high levels of Mystery inside of it and possesses more prowess than even something like Iskandar's Ionioi Hetairoi. The interior of the Reality Marble appears as an enormous desolate cave that appears to have no end with rocky and dangerous ground. Additionally, the cave is poorly illuminated leaving most of it's interior in pitch blackness.
The only source of light is the torches set on the rocky walls that appear every now and then to illuminate paths. They burn with beautiful blue colour only to illuminate the ugly rockbed of the cave. Inside one can hear constant wails of the dead in the distance left to wander the desolate land at the very bottom of the cave. This place is the prototype of the underworld ruled over by Hades in Greek mythology. Furthermore, because is a place entirely cut off from the Divine, Servants of the divine origin or those that have the skill Revelation will feel greatly weakened inside of this place, losing most of their divine attributes. Anyone who is summoned into She'ol will be forced to wander around and face danger in being attacked by many of the evil spirits guarding the death - they are Caster's children that have been placed around her home in order to punish the dead and guard Caster's throne room. In order to reach Caster's throne room, any enemy who is cast into the underworld will be forced to face with the dead they have left behind in life. All of their regrets and misery is contained in this place, and if one were to fail conquering the source of their regret the grasp of the dead will latch onto their physical body (that is their only proof of still being connected to the living world despite being cast into this disgusting place) and rip their soul out in order to forever hold them captive.
As such, alongside the extremely dangerous and monstrous guardians placed as obstacles by Caster, every Servant that has been summoned into this place will be forced to meet with their greatest regret in life. The enemies they will meet inside of this place are not just an illusion - a projection of their state on mind to the surrounding caused by She'ol - but rather it is the genuine article. For She'ol contains a piece of the soul of every dead individual in existence - the aspect of their regret and misery that each man and woman had during their death on some level. Because of this, even if one were to meet with their dearest friend in this place it will not be a reunion of joy, but rather the only emotion their dearest friend will have towards them in this place are all the negative emotions they had held in life. There is no other way for any living being cast here to defeat their dearest but to overcome the source of their regret from life. On the other hand, the dead contained here are merely wraiths, therefore the activation of the True Name of any of their Noble Phantasm(s) is entirely impossible.
According to Caster, she believes that most Servants will fail to overcome their regret because such regret was the most likely cause of their manifestation as a Servant fighting in the Holy Grail War in the first place. On the other hand, if one were to manage to overcome the obstacles on the way and reach Caster's throne room, she will finally recognize them as an enemy worthy of her full strength and the condition for activating her third Noble Phantasm will become possible against them. This is to say that prior to that point, Caster would not take anyone except a few seriously in battle and would condescendingly look down upon them until they have proven themselves in her eyes. As soon as one reaches the throne room, they will be cast back into the living world as reward for them passing the trials of She'ol. On a side note, it is not as if She'ol truly contains the soul of every human being that had ever lived. There are exceptions. For an example, those closely connected to God (such as Adam or Eve) or those that have not died in the first place (such as Merlin or Scathach) and even those that are simply so powerful that they can refuse to be summoned by Caster's Reality Marble (such as Gilgamesh) are all missing in this place.
Leviathan
Serpent Who Had Defiled Paradise
Type: Anti-Humanity
Rank: EX
Range: 0
Max. Target: 1 person
''Congratulations, you have passed the trial of She'ol! Perhaps you would like a kiss as a reward? Oh, but I don't mean a kiss from my human form of course, hehe ~. Such bravery and strong will of mind must be rewarded by a much larger kiss! So today, I have decided to activate my third Noble Phantasm and transform into a large sea serpent to eagerly eat up your entire body~... quite literally. Waahhh, if only you've decided to be more cute and died already ~~ You would have died in the embrace of a cute demon girl, but now you're going to end up in the jaws of an evil dragon ~~ Such a shame! Or it would have been... but you've quite successfully managed to piss me off. So now I'm going to grind your bones and strip off your flesh against my jaws as much as possible. If you had not denied my embrace, you would have died a much more blissful death, fool.''
A large sea serpent spoken about in the Old Testament. It is an evil, wriggling dragon of the ocean that threatens to devour all of God's creation and raise it's waters of chaos into the throne of the heavens. Spoken about as the most evil monster in Christianity, this beast is often depicted as God's rival that will be slayed at the end of time. It is no different from the Sumerian legend of Tiamat in the fact that many monsters had derived from it's womb - one of such monsters include the dragon Tarasque which is the mount of Saint Martha. In today's times, it has, however, become a word synonymous with any large sea monster or creature. In truth, the real identity of the evil serpent is that of the Serpent of Eden - who is the combined existence of Lilith and Samael that tricked Eve into tasting the fruit of knowledge. This was referenced when God had called Caster the female ''Leviathan'' later confirming that the sea serpent is indeed female in gender - while the ''male Leviathan'' was the ground monster, Behemoth.
Describing Lilith and Samael's combined marriage to be that of Leviathan - who is also named the ''Angel Satan'' - it was said that both of them represent two aspects of the beast. Samael - who is Leviathan the Slant Serpent - is the physical body of the great dragon and Lilith - who is Leviathan the Tortuous Serpent - is the spiritual core of the great dragon. Samael's function is nothing but becoming Caster's medium for transforming into her true self - the Leviathan. However, without him, the transformation is impossible. Therefore, Caster is required to preform a ritual to call upon Samael in order to activate this Noble Phantasm. The core of this ritual is required to be a pure heart, one that is not stained by sin, as an offering of death to the archangel Samael and a massive mana battery that could link her request through to Samael. Completing such a ritual with a normal Magus as her Master is impossible, so Caster is required to attain a mana battery strong enough to make the connection between her request and Samael. Should that connection be met, there is no doubt that Samael will come rushing to Caster as soon as possible, trying to meet with his lover once again.
Though Caster finds him annoying and clingy even after she had abandoned him due to his impotency, he is absolutely required for this Noble Phantasm to work much to her chagrin. Unless she finds a substitute for the body powerful enough to withstand the transformation. When activated, this Noble Phantasm transforms Caster into a large sea dragon that possesses immense energy and is able to control any bodies of water as it sees fit. In this form, her STR and END are raised to EX while her core becomes immortal due to possessing the body of an angel. The beast is almost entirely impossible to beat for other Servants and would possess easy advantage against any hero that does not have considerable power themselves - such as Gilgamesh, Adam, Cain, Karna, etc. Furthermore, it possesses the Mana Burst (Waters of Chaos) which allows it to send out mana waves into the surroundings and convert the land into cursed water, thus it will seem as if everywhere the serpent moves water will follow it - filled with countless curses that could make one go mad. Thus it makes it seem as if Caster was a massive storm in itself. The true ability of the Leviathan does not lie there, however. It is a monster that was said to be able to be slayed by only the hand of God. As it is a representation of envy - one of the main sins that make up humanity's consciousness - all manmade creation holds absolutely zero effectiveness against the great Serpent. The only way to physically harm it and get through the scales is through powerful divine weaponry.
On the other hand this Noble Phantasm is not without it's weakness. Had Caster been summoned in the Beast class through the means of Independent Manifestation, she would have been able to keep this form indefinitely. However, because this powerful of a creature was summoned into the standard class of a Holy Grail War, there is a specific time limit as to how much she can keep Samael in the world of the living because he is forced back into the throne of heavens. That time limit could cap out at 10 minutes at the maximum, therefore it would be favourable to defeat her enemies in that time-frame. More-so, she cannot reproduce her army of monsters as she had been capable of in the past due to Samael's impotence. Thus, it would be more favourable for her to seek a more fitting container for herself. Perhaps, if this she were to obtain the Grail the wish she would make is to turn an individual of her choice into her ''marriage partner'' that would become a suitable container for the Leviathan.
Originally Posted by RoydGolden
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