"Just doing your duty and having faith; that’s really all there is to happiness; it is something that every human being can afford.”
Class: Caster
Identity: Henry Ford
Gender: Male
Origin: Historical Facts and Rumors
Region: America
Alignment: Lawful Good
Attribute: Man
HIS WORKS
At the beginning of the 20th century the automobile was a plaything for the rich. Most models were complicated machines that required a chauffer conversant with its individual mechanical nuances to drive it. Henry Ford was determined to build a simple, reliable and affordable car; a car the average American worker could afford. Out of this determination came the Model T and the assembly line - two innovations that revolutionized American society and molded the world we live in today.
Born and raised on a farm in Michigan, Henry Ford quickly grow tired of the boring farm work, and left work as a machinist in Detroit, where he met his wife and worked for Thomas Edison. He was unknown outside Detroit until 1901, when his racing exploits placed his name on sports pages—that was when his life truly began, at the age of forty. He saw several failures as an auto manufacturer before founding the Ford Motor Company in 1903. Within a decade he had acquired wealth, and become the auto industry's dominant figure, and gained a measure of national prominence.
Henry Ford did not invent the car; he produced an automobile that was within the economic reach of the average American. While other manufacturers were content to target a market of the well-to-do, Ford developed a design and a method of manufacture that steadily reduced the cost of the Model T. Instead of pocketing the profits; Ford lowered the price of his car. As a result, Ford Motors sold more cars and steadily increased its earnings - transforming the automobile from a luxury toy to a mainstay of American society.
The Model T made its debut in 1908 with a purchase price of $825.00. Over ten thousand were sold in its first year, establishing a new record. Four years later the price dropped to $575.00 and sales soared. By 1914, Ford could claim a 48% share of the automobile market.
Central to Ford's ability to produce an affordable car was the development of the assembly line that increased the efficiency of manufacture and decreased its cost. Ford did not conceive the concept, he perfected it. Prior to the introduction of the assembly line, cars were individually crafted by teams of skilled workmen - a slow and expensive procedure. The assembly line reversed the process of automobile manufacture. Instead of workers going to the car, the car came to the worker who performed the same task of assembly over and over again. With the introduction and perfection of the process, Ford was able to reduce the assembly time of a Model T from twelve and a half hours to less than six hours.
Henry Ford laid the foundation of the modern world. The assembly line became the century’s characteristic production mode, eventually applied to everything from cars to hamburgers. The vast quantities of war material turned out on those assembly lines were crucial to the Allied victory in World War II. High wage, low skilled factory jobs pioneered by Ford accelerated both immigration from overseas and the movement of Americans from the farms to the cities. The same jobs also accelerated the movement of the same people into an ever expanding middle class. The Model T spawned mass automobility, altering our living patterns, our leisure activities, our landscape, even our atmosphere.
As the owner of the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. He is credited with "Fordism": mass production of inexpensive goods coupled with high wages for workers. Ford had a global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace.
HIS LIFE “I never made a mistake in my life. And neither did you ever make a mistake—or anybody else. For what purpose do you suppose you are living on earth? Do you know what you are here for? l'll tell you what every living person is here for, and that is to get experience. That's all we can get out of life."
Henry Ford, one of the world's best-known industrialists, wielded an extraordinary influence over the American people. His Model T, assembly line mass production methods, and wage-price theories revolutionized industrial civilization around the world. An indigenous folk hero, Ford appealed to millions of his countrymen because, in their view, he succeeded through his own creativeness and hard work and by supplying products to meet the public's desires rather than by manipulating money or people. He also was admired, despite his great wealth, for having retained the touch of the common people. Regarded as an industrial superman and believed by many to typify American civilization and genius, he reminded people of an earlier, simpler society.
Controversial, paradoxical, colorful, Henry Ford was an enigma, endlessly fascinating. An idealistic pioneer in some respects, he was a cynical reactionary in others. He had a selfish, mean, even cruel streak, yet often was generous, kindly, and compassionate. He was ignorant, narrow-minded, and stubborn, yet at times he displayed remarkable insight, vision, open-mindedness, and flexibility. His chameleon-like, mercurial personality kept his peers on edge, so unpredictable was his behavior. "History is more or less bunk." he proclaimed, and went on to build the largest collection of American historical artifacts. Born and raised on a simple farm life, yet he constructed the world's biggest factory. Highly sympathetic towards blacks and advocated for work opportunity equality, yet was known as a persecutor of Jews which might have inspired the Nazi. He did not believe in organized charity, yet gave millions to good works and high wage. The list can go on and on.
Ford had several outstanding qualities; native intelligence and common sense, even though the latter occasionally failed him; an intuitive mind which leaped beyond the present, and a special engineering talent that combined creativity with practicality; a remarkable memory, a missionary's zeal, and a lifelong capacity for hard-work, especially thinking, which he termed "the hardest work there is.”
It is impossible to understand the personality of Henry Ford, unless we realize that Henry Ford is a devout believer in the theory of reincarnation. Mr. Ford not only believes, but he acts constantly upon this belief, that the Engineer of the Universe has placed each of the seven billion or so human beings on this planet on the job of learning by experience the particular things each most needs to learn.
To him, Wealth, simply as acquisition, has no meaning to him. Profits, simply as profits, have no meaning. It is only what we learn that counts. If, therefore, we make what we call a mistake, it shows that we needed the experience in order to learn better, which in turn proves that it was no mistake. In the context of business, if he is wrong, then he will discover it some time. That's the beauty of competition. Competition is mainly competition in discovering the truth.
That the experience of one generation is passed over to the next does not figure much in Mr. Ford's philosophy. What passes over from one generation to another, as he sees it, is the individual human soul—the soul which has occupied a body. For him, every human being must continue to forever gain experience of the world, to learn indefinitely.
But to be removed from such cycle, through his achievement as Henry Ford and be made a “finished product”—a Heroic Spirit—he cannot not accept that. Thus, Ford’s main goal as a Servant is not only so that he himself can be returned to the wheel of reincarnation, the eternal process of learning and experiencing the world. No, more than that, his goal is so that no one ever will.
PARAMETERS
STR: E
END: E
AGL: C
MGI: C
LCK: A
NP: EX
CLASS SKILLS Item Construction (Standardized): EX
Originally Posted by Henry Ford, My Life and Work
"In short, the result is this: by the aid of scientific study one man is now able to do somewhat more than four did only a comparatively few years ago. That line established the efficiency of the method and we now use it everywhere. The assembling of the motor, formerly done by one man, is now divided into eighty-four operations—those men do the work that three times their number formerly did."
A Caster-class Skill. Normally, it is the Skill to manufacture magical items, from implements of war to items for daily use, which requires time to gather components and manufacture items. This Skill is the equivalent of that Skill as the principle of the assembly line mass production system is applied.
As a Servant, Henry Ford can reverse-engineer any kind of item and, to some degree, Noble Phantasms, then bringing it to the assembly line where his workers will work to reproduce and mass produce it. Rather than trying to reproduce the mystery and history of that item, this process simply captures the basic concept of the base item and focuses to maximize the efficiency of the new item on fulfilling its desired purpose. For example, when trying to manufacture the Noble Phantasm of Cu Chulainn, Ford would not try to reproduce a Gae Bolg, but simply [a spear that can reverse cause and effect™].
Territory Creation: A+
Originally Posted by Henry Ford, My Life and Work
“The cutting edge of a factory is the man and the machine on the job. If the man is not right the machine cannot be; if the machine is not right the man cannot be. For anyone to be required to use more force than is absolutely necessary for the job in hand is waste. Factory organization is not a device to prevent the expansion of ability, but a device to reduce the waste and losses due to mediocrity.”
a Caster-class Skill. It is the Skill to build a special terrain that is advantageous to oneself as a Caster, such as for the purpose of collecting mana. Rather than a Workshop, the creation of an “Industrial Complex” on which all the mass production takes place, becomes possible. It more or less runs on the concept of Henry Ford’s River Rouge Plant, then the world’s largest industrial complex, which pursues the concept of economic independence and vertical integration to such extent that they can produce a vehicle from scratch without foreign trade.
It is also possible for Henry Ford to create other specialized territories such as Hospital, Laboratory, Museum or the standard mages Workshop. However, these territories would still conceptually function as "factories” and is constructed only as part of the overall system. Combined with his other Skills, this territory and its entire system seem like a Noble Phantasm in and on itself.
PERSONAL SKILLS Mass Production: EX
Originally Posted by Mustapha Mond, Brave New World
"It's curious, to read what people in the time of Our Ford used to write about scientific progress. They seemed to have imagined that it could be allowed to go on indefinitely, regardless of everything else. Knowledge was the highest good, truth the supreme value; all the rest was secondary and subordinate. True, ideas were beginning to change even then. Our Ford himself did a great deal to shift the emphasis from truth and beauty to comfort and happiness. Mass production demanded the shift. Universal happiness keeps the wheels steadily turning; truth and beauty can't..."
The Skill to mass produce items; the result of applying the concept of standardization—that is, where everything is made through machines and deskilled labor—and the assembly line—the precise organization of workers, machines, parts and products—to manufacturing process. It is the ideal form of an industrial world, based on the principles and philosophy of Henry Ford. Through this process, virtually all kind of things can be mass-produced; from standardized Noble Phantasms to standardized everyday conveniences, from standardized cultural information to standardized human beings.
The key to achieving the sustainability of the production system is [stability], and as long as the stability of the industry is kept, the gears and machinery of the mass production system may work indefinitely.
Captain of Industry: A+
Originally Posted by Henry Ford, My Life and Work
“There is something sacred about a big business which provides a living for hundreds and thousands of families. When one looks about at the babies coming into the world, at the boys and girls going to school, at the young workingmen who, on the strength of their jobs, are marrying and setting up for themselves, at the thousands of homes that are being paid for on installments out of the earnings of men—when one looks at a great productive organization that is enabling all these things to be done, then the continuance of that business becomes a holy trust. It becomes greater and more important than the individuals.”
The Skill to manage, control and maintain an industry. The Captain of Industry doesn’t just run a business; they set a higher goal, one which transcends wealth and profit. In this case, it is a responsibility towards the [community] that Ford’s industry depends on, the wheels which keeps the car running. This Skill is actually a composite skill consisting of Charisma, Golden Rule, Recruitment, Management, Economics, Espionage and several related skills, all required in order to keep the wheels of industry steadily turning. This Skill is mainly employed to “recruit” people to work—and continually work, for him, by use of various techniques from physical to psychological means.
At this rank, Ford can reliably and efficiently drive an industrial empire which had roots spanning the entire globe, serving not just the interest of the company, but most of all, the continued happiness and welfare of its workers and their families and their lives and their future.
Innovation – Fordism: A
Originally Posted by Henry Ford
"Say, what do I care about Napoleon? What do we care about what they did 500 or 1,000 years ago? I don't know whether Napoleon did or did not try to get across and I don't care. It means nothing to me. History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.
Originally Posted by Mustapha Mond, Brave New World
"One of the numerous things in heaven and earth that these philosophers didn't dream about was this—us, the modern world.”
A special Skill granted to heroes who brought about revolutions in their eras. Mass production and mass consumption; standardization and industrialization; a manufacturing system designed to spew out standardized, low-cost goods, produced with such minimal skills and sold to such low price that most people can afford it—such is the [identity] which forms the system known as Fordism, of which the modern world is driven, which drives past and crush the remnants of the past under its wheel.
Rather than “subjecting the old with the new”, this conceptual revolution produces so much of the new, that’s overwhelmingly better and cheaper, that the old becomes effectively obsolete and, as Ford put it—bunk. As a Servant this manifests as the ability to “override conceptual attacks and defenses” against Heroic Spirits and magical attacks conceived before the 20th century.
NOBLE PHANTASM Fordism Utopia Brave New World
Rank: EX
Type: Anti-Human
Originally Posted by Henry Ford
"It isn't the incompetent who destroy an organization. The incompetent never get into a position to destroy it. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest on their achievements who are forever clogging things up. To keep an industry pure, you've got to keep it in perpetual ferment."
Originally Posted by Mustapha Mond, Brave New World
"My dear young friend, civilization has absolutely no need of nobility or heroism. These things are symptoms of political inefficiency. In a properly organized society like ours, nobody has any opportunities for being noble or heroic. Conditions have got to be thoroughly unstable before the occasion can arise. Where there are wars, where there are divided allegiances, where there are temptations to be resisted, objects of love to be fought for or defended–there, obviously, nobility and heroism have some sense. But there aren't any wars nowadays. The greatest care is taken to prevent you from loving any one too much. There's no such thing as a divided allegiance; you're so conditioned that you can't help doing what you ought to do. And what you ought to do is on the whole so pleasant, so many of the natural impulses are allowed free play, that there really aren't any temptations to resist."
Brave New World; A Noble Phantasm constructed by putting together all the parts (Skills) which Caster gathered on his life as Henry Ford, maximizing their application to form a concrete system capable of perfect efficiency which left no room for truth and beauty; for enlightenment and individuality; for freedom and unhappiness. In essence, it is a [sovereignty over the human condition], obtained by applying the concept of [mass production] and [assembly line]—Fordism—to humanity itself.
Specifically, by reversing the human condition from what has always been for the entirety of human history, that is, by [steering the human condition towards universal happiness], this system strips the concept of unhappiness, of evil—and thus humanity—from the individuals, and with it God, history, heroism, love, enlightenment—eternally trapping them as mere parts of the wheel of industry and the ring of reincarnation.
Bond Craft Essence
Model A
"The change isn't revolutionary. It doesn't seems strange to me that we could put out such a car without employing one single new basic principle. We have simply done everything better than it was ever done before.
"We didn't start from Model T and attempt to improve that. We started from scratch. We brushed aside all preconceptions and simply asked ourselves the question: What is a car for? And what does a car have to have in order to fulfill its purpose? There were a thousand things, of course, which it had to have, and as we came to each one we asked: How can this part be made in fulfil its purpose better than it has ever been fulfilled before?"
"More than that looking for the best car that has ever been made, we were looking for the best car that could be made."
There is only one path to Buddhahood, that is, intense dedication to the lotus itself, the constant want of ascension beyond the wheel of Samsara- Shattering all earthly pleasures, Tearing Asunder the sin of Lust, Namu Myoho Renge Kyo-
AKA: Buddha of the later day of the law, Saber of Purity
Class: Saber [Grand-Qualifying]
Alt. Classes: Ruler, Saver
Gender: Male
Alignment: Chaotic Good
STR: D
END: A
AGI: C
MNA: B
LCK: B
NP: A+
Class Skills
Magic Resistance: A+ In terms of magic resistance, the user has reached the pinnacle of resistance, his dedication to the pure way and the life of a Buddha is too strong to be affected by magic, which he considers the very pinnacle of the evil of earthly desires, an absolute body and mind untouched by magic in the search for Buddhahood, not only Are all A rank spells and below cancelled, his resistance to magic is so great that he has become a "Nightmare for every magus alive on this earth" but it is especially strong against magecraft of japanese origin.
Riding: C due to the lack of any anecdote of special riding skill, he has recieved the Class Container rank of the skill.
Divinity: D as he is considered an incarnation of Jogyo and has reached Buddhahood in life, he has been endowed with this skill.
Personal Skills
Protection of the Faith: A+++ A divine protection attained by sacrificing oneself for one's faith, due to saber's forms of buddhism being heretical, he was to be executed, only for a ball of light to pass through the execution grounds, knocking over the executioners who were too terrified to proceed with the execution. It is however, not a defense by a deity, but a internal power manifested from the extremity of one's beliefs, and absolute belief in a deity, at this rank, instabilities in the personality do occur, mainly, the constant, incessant, repeating of the single certain mantra at random intervals of the day.
Enlightenment of the Sacred Fig: B The skill one receives upon reaching the "Truth of the World" and "Answer of Humanity" signaling the ascension to Buddhahood a skill that protects against purging by beast-class enemies of humanity and damages them, esentially making the user "The defender of the world" the effect is lessened however, as he is only the buddha of the later day.
Incarnation of Jogyo: EX Saber carries an ancient connection with the Bodhisattva Visistacaritra, the Bodhisattva of Superior practice that represents the True self and the selflessness of Nirvana, which in reality represents accepting one's own nature as a human and as a being meant to achieve nirvana, it is in effect the ultimate protection against Corruption, not only is the Servant incapable of going "Alter", any magecraft seeking to corrupt the mind, body, or soul of the user have no effects, no matter how much one tries, he is impossible to dazzle or seduce, as he is completely immune against corruption by earthly pleasures, not even Beasts III R/L has any hope of corrupting him unless going all out.
High Speed Sutra Chanting: A- The ability to rapidly cite magic incantations in regards to sutras, although Saber himself despises magecraft, he makes use of some defensive spells which he chants during combat, High-Thaumaturgies can be performed at the speed of single action spells, although due to the presence of the minus, the effect is uneven.
Noble Phantasm
the swords that binds all earthly pleasures, tears the blight, corruption and impurity from the earth Juzumaru Tsunetsugu - Hajakensho no Tsurugi [A+] [Anti-Sin] The Rosary, a sword representing the single minded nature of Nichiren in his incessant search to remove all earthly pleasures from earth by slashing at Impurity, Blight, Corruption, originally designed to copy the Kurikara sword of Fudo-Myoo [Acala], it is now an object which binds to itself all earthly desires and pleasures converts them to "Nirvana", and uses these to fuel its own slashes that cut out Impurity from the earth.
having been glorified as a Ceremonial tool of Buddhism, it has reached the status of a Quasi-Divine Construct and although it is weaker than other four great swords of japan, due to this quasi-divine status, it makes a perfect weapon to purify the world with.
upon release, lightning will strike saber, signaling that the link to Jogyo has been established, blue light gathers to the blade saya, empowering it to massive heights, the sword is drawn and strikes in an Iaido-like fashion, letting out a massive damaging slash of blue light that removes corruption as it travels, sharp enough to cut through the strongest defenses, then again, by chanting Haja-Kensho and striking, the sword releases blue energy in a beam-like fashion, that carries immense destructive potential as it eats away at all corruption and evil of that which it hits, the blue energy strikes are powerful enough, by that logic the strikes with the edge of the sword are innumerably strong, capable of shattering an A-Rank defensive Noble Phantasm.
Predictably, this monster of a Katana eats through user's mana like a hot knife through butter, even saber who has B in magic is left spent and grasping for air when it is done, it takes a master with a bulky and strong mana output to even consider using this Noble Phantasm, even so, the servant in question is rendered out of condition for several hours at best.
Personality/Strategy
A dignity and selflessness of what one would consider a Buddhist Monk and Buddha itself Unlike that Hyperactive avalanche of a Bodhisattva, Single Mindedness, unnatural stoic and a permanent poker face are only the surface levels of what saber really is, in reality, he is everything a Buddhist should strive to become, a selfless somebody who fought against the corrupt shogunate and the evils of this world, There are some servants in Chaldea however there are those that even he despises, in his own words A Nun who slaps the idea of lust to the idea of buddhism, creating an abomination, a Bodhisattva that could really use some relaxation on the top of mount Hiei, just to calm one's hyperactive personality To cut a long story short there is really no one in chaldea who he considers 100 percent sane. There is still however no real complexity to his personality, only someone who strives to teach Buddhahood to all.
All in all, somebody dangerous to aggravate and fun to talk to, but not stepping on his "Praise Buddha" side is probably for the best.
Sesshuoin Kiara: Claiming that drowning in earthly desires is equal to nirvana, such impudence, and you calling yourself a bodhisattva, an insult at best, and a blasphemy at worst, one day when master's work is finished, i shall deliver your corrupted body from the existence of the earth itself.
Xuanzang Sanzang: To think that the great Xuanzang Sanzang would be... THIS!? i feel like praying for mercy, then again mount Hiei is relaxing you should visit to calm that behavior i- WHAT DO YOU MEAN A WARLORD BURNED IT DOWN ONCE!? Saver: the great Shakyamuni is here?, this is a good thing, i should met him, but his mere presence as you servant alone is a sign that the future of humanity is in good hands.
King Hassan: An absolute mind and body, dedicated towards one faith, with a complete oneness of the minds and body, if not for his alignment and an unhealthy infatuation with heads, i would probably like him more, although in my life, rival religions never made peace, it is probably for the best, however.
Strategy:
Saber's fighting style is hybrid, he didn't learn any particular swordsmanship, but instead combines the hand strikes of a Buddhist Martial Art with standard sword slashes, creating a deadly close range combat style that he never named or doesn't want to name, as developing a fighting style would be damaging for his reputation as a Buddhist monk, he has swore to only use this martial art as a necessity for either self defense or against those who defy the ways of the Buddha strangely enough, he always prefers the saber class "I might facilitate buddhism but im not a great teacher unlike the one known as Shakyamuni".
Creator Notes
it took me a few tries with this guy before i eventually settled on making a Buddhist King Hassan with a fetish for lotus flowers and made him just a tad bit OP then again KH himself isn't exactly weak.
Last edited by massive_jojo_reference; May 16th, 2019 at 06:00 PM.
Ford: Oh my god this sheet is amazing. I know this sounds kind of specific but he feels like he could be the villain of the next Extra game. Also as I was reading the skills I thought that this Ford was going to be a positive interpretation of him but then he has an anti humanity noble phantasm which honestly gave me chills. Just the way it was described as ‘striping away’ everything that made humanity humanity.
Nichiren: I’m afraid I don’t know much about this guy but he is interestingly built like sort of a stepping stone to a saver class. I’m not sure if this was entirely your intention but he feels like he’s Nicchiren from like a month or week from achieving Buddhahood. He’s achieved most of not all of the wisdom but he just needs one more thing or maybe just time to process it in order to achieve it.
On another note what would people think about an assassin class Levi Weeks, the man who was the defendant in the first murder case in america. He was declared innocent but some of the evidence seems to point to him actually doing it so maybe I can play up a sort of innocent monster type character that is affected by public perceptions on whether or not he did it.
Ever wonder what a Holy Grail War set in Texas would be like? Well wonder no longer because here is: Fate Texas Night Become Naunet the next leader of the Atlas Institute and fight your way to the top of a deadly war.
I know this sounds kind of specific but he feels like he could be the villain of the next Extra game.
Yeah, he was originally designed to be the King i.e. main boss of a hypothetical Lostbelt set in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, hence the references. But I can see a scenario set in Extra, something like him replacing the role of Chakravartin in Last Encore, or something.
Originally Posted by cooldownnow
On another note what would people think about an assassin class Levi Weeks, the man who was the defendant in the first murder case in america. He was declared innocent but some of the evidence seems to point to him actually doing it so maybe I can play up a sort of innocent monster type character that is affected by public perceptions on whether or not he did it.
Honestly that sounds too plain of a figure to be make a Servant, but it might be just because I prefer to make sheet who can have A to EX rank in everything
FC Link Alternate Classes: Berserker True Name: Fura Alignment: True Neutral Origin: Africa (14th century) Armament: Spear
Parameters: STR: B END: C AGI: C MANA: C LUCK: D NP: D
Skills
Class Skills
Magic Resistance - Rank D: Grants protection against magical effects. Differing from the Resistance effect that merely rejects Magical Energy, this ability cancels the spells altogether.
Cancels Single-Action spells. Magic Resistance of the same degree of an amulet that rejects magical energy.
Riding - Rank A: A Class Skill of Rider and Saber class Servants, denoting the ability to ride mounts and vehicles. Rider-class Servants will typically possess a high rank. It is said that dragon type mounts are an exception, requiring a different ability other than Riding.
All vehicles and all creatures but those of Phantasmal Beast and Divine Beast-rank can be used as mounts. This rank is high enough to have an aptitude for the Rider Class.
Personal Skills
Persecution of Men - Rank C-: One’s status as someone who oppressed males during their reign, manifested as a Skill. Persecution of Men is a curselike Skill that only functions on male targets. It allows the user to produce a variety of debilitating effects, such as a rank-down on all parameters, continuous damage or the target’s Skills being sealed.
With Rider, if a target manages to resist this Skill’s effect, there is a small chance of the effect being deflected onto Rider herself.
Matriarch’s Charisma - Rank B: The Charisma of one who defines themselves as a leader of women. This Skill functions as Charisma, but due to the owner’s insistence, the benefits are only granted to female allies. If the rank is high enough, allies deal an additional amount of damage to male enemies.
Styling herself as the ‘Queen of Women’ rather than the queen of her kingdom, the benefits of her leadership are naturally denied to men.
Territory Creation (Body) - Rank B: The ability to claim a territory through the sacrifice of one’s body.
A feat stemming from Rider’s reputed death, where her last ride ripped her body apart and spread her remains over the land. As such, a sacrifice of flesh or blood is enough to claim an area as ‘hers’. With this Skill, Rider can gain the advantages that a Servant’s popularity would normally grant them by severing a part of herself. The boost in power gained is proportionate to the amount sacrificed, with the loss of blood amounting to a miniscule increase. If she were to sacrifice a limb or otherwise significantly damage herself, however, Rider would gain a significant boost in battle strength.
Noble Phantasms
Self-Destructive Demand
Tekota Kechnie
Anti-Unit, Rank B
A Noble Phantasm that served as the instrument of Rider’s own death. It is the result of the last task that she set for her male subjects, to attain for her a mount that could allow her to ‘gallop the length and breadth of her realm daily’. Her fateful first ride on the beast’s back tore apart her body, scattering parts of her all over her kingdom.
Tekota Kechnie manifests a giraffe-like creature of Phantasmal Beast rank, capable of spectacular violence. When summoned, the beast appears ready for Rider to mount, held in place by fetters. However, the fetters will soon break, and Tekota Kechnie will launch into a headlong charge, furiously attacking anything in sight.
As Rider’s Riding Skill is of an insufficient rank, she cannot fully control the beast, and receives damage if she rides it.
Description
Likes: Power, humiliation
Dislikes: Being tricked, elderly men
Talents: Causing trouble, beauty tips
Natural Enemy: Herself
Rider’s true identity is Fura, the Queen of Women.
Though presented in history alternatingly as a cruel tyrant or a wise queen, Fura is truly neither of these things. Having adjusted to rulership from an early age, she retains a childish mentality. She is quite selfish when it comes to her own wants and desires, but is held back from being a real villain by her good-naturedness. The trouble that Fura had adjusting to the society that is rather than the society she wants persists even as a Servant, and she is likely to act out when confronted with things she does not like.
Being unwilling to use violence against those that are not her enemies, Fura puts great stock in humiliation as an alternative. She thinks of most relationships in simplistic terms, emphasizing balances of power. These tendencies, coupled with an overconfidence brought from being undefeated among her people, give her a natural inclination to cause trouble wherever she goes.
Naturally, Fura will only acknowledge a female Master. With a male Master, she would seek to establish her dominance over them, but her lackluster nature when it comes to hurting those she associates with means that this would result in simple, if humiliating, tasks for the Master. Even if her actions were rejected with a Command Spell, she would simply try again with another method. With a woman as a Master, however, Fura would act as a trusted confidante. She would advise them with all her wisdom, and fights for them as a loyal Servant.
Fura wishes to once again establish herself as a ‘Queen of Women’ in the modern world. However, the realities of her own era are very much ingrained in her mentality, and as such she would most likely only cause trouble.
Lore
Fura was born to the powerful chief of the Sidama people, Dingama Koyya. The people, fearing the chieftain’s power, killed him as well as his son, fearing what he might cause. As a result of this, the young Fura rose to become chief instead.
In a patriarchal society, Fura felt she had little in the way of authority. She advised women in many ways, intending to give them power over men, but her efforts were largely fruitless. Nevertheless, her actions at the beginning of her reign had sown the seeds of discontent in the female population of her subjects, and they took her advice to resist their oppression to heart.
The chance for a revolution in social norms came when her men fled from a battle in terror, leaving Fura to fight on by herself. Surviving the battle, she returned to her people and seized on her men’s cowardice, officially relegating them to menial duties. The former tasks of the men were to be undertaken by women, who she felt were more suitable to fulfill them. Owing to the sheer physical power she had inherited from her father, none could oust Fura by force.
Fura recognized that she would have change the society of men as well if the new state of affairs she had fostered were to remain. To this end, she attacked the elders of her people, whom the men saw as society’s leaders. As she could not actually pinpoint whom the secretive elders were, Fura resolved to exile all men that were bald, old or short. Those who would not submit to her order were killed by her troops. With the society of men now shattered, Fura resolved to to rule her realm in peace.
However, unbeknownst to her, one of the elders still remained, having gone into hiding. Emboldened by his presence, the men of the Sidama people put up enough resistance to Fura’s changes to be notice by the queen. It was then that Fura began to present unreasonable or even impossible demands: gathering water with a sieve, building a castle in the air, and so on. Her every request sent the men back to their elder, who advised them how to thwart the queen. And so, the intended humiliation of the men was always turned back on Fura herself.
The end of Fura’s reign came with her final impossible task: a powerful steed to carry her to battle, fast enough to travel through her realm in the span of a day without tiring. With the elder’s help, the men more than delivered. They captured a Phantasmal Beast with the likeness of a giraffe, trapping the creature in a shallow bog and binding it in place. This they presented to their queen. Fura, being none the wiser, climbed onto the saddle, and the men released their bindings, driving the beast out its trap. As soon as it was free, Fura’s new mount started thrashing, and departed at incredible speed. Over the course of the ride, the queen was torn apart by her steed, scattering her body across her realm.
Notes
The personality on this one seems even more lackluster than usual.
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Fura: I think her personality is fine. Her being childish for having started ruling when she was very young reminds me of my Ginchiyo. I particularly like the creativity of her third skill, though I wonder how wide the area she claims as her 'territory' would be.
I particularly like the creativity of her third skill, though I wonder how wide the area she claims as her 'territory' would be.
I'd imagine the area is close to that of a small village if she sacrifices something significant (like part of a limb or something). After all, many of the places in her alleged kingdom are named after body parts precisely because of that part of her legend.
As a side note, I often worry about the personalities of my sheets, given that they are mostly an afterthought when compared to the Skills and NPs. I hope I'll come up with something memorable for the next one.
On another note what would people think about an assassin class Levi Weeks, the man who was the defendant in the first murder case in america. He was declared innocent but some of the evidence seems to point to him actually doing it so maybe I can play up a sort of innocent monster type character that is affected by public perceptions on whether or not he did it.
how about a caster that can "force" the skill Innocent Monster upon anyone?
Incidentally, my idea of encouraging someone is to kidnap them, starve them, and then spend hours a day slapping their bound and gagged body with my penis.
Ever wonder what a Holy Grail War set in Texas would be like? Well wonder no longer because here is: Fate Texas Night Become Naunet the next leader of the Atlas Institute and fight your way to the top of a deadly war.
He Whom Sealed Seventy-Two Demons
Caster Solomon King of Mages
Class: Caster
Alternate Classes: Rider, Ruler, Alter Ego, Saber
True Name: Solomon
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Armaments: 72 Seals of Solomon
Appearance: Same as normal Solomon (except he smiles)
(Warning contains spoilers for Final Singularity of Fate Grand Order. Spoiler Warning, I repeat Spoiler Warning)
BioBio: The famous King of Magic, once visited by god, and blessed with wisdom. In an effort to ensure humanities survival, he created the Human Order Correction Ritual, only for this to ironically to have the opposite effect. In the end, he had no choice but to use his Noble Phantasm Ars Nova to defeat the evil he had created, erasing his accomplishments and thus himself from the Throne of Heroes. Of course, this is not the course that this version of the mage took in his history.
The how is unknown, yet somehow the knowledge of the result of the Human Order Correction Ritual, and his alternate versions use of Ars Nova became known to this Solomon. Knowing how the ritual will become corrupted, he quickly deconstructed, to ensure that this event would not come to pass.
However, he still desired some means of looking after humanity after his death and began to search for just that. Eventually, this Solomon devised a method of doing this. He began pressing phantasmal beasts into his serves, placing them in the same roles as the 72 Demon God Pillars. One by one he sealed demons, angles, dragons, and even lesser gods into vessels, most of them welling for various reasons, though some less so.
Soon enough all 72 of the positions were taken, and the vessels were placed within the confines of a self-sustaining reality marble, contained within a bronze vessel of its own. In the time spent gathering these phantasmals Solomon had grown by interacting with them. Ironically his contacted with demons and dragons, had allowed Solomon to become more human than he had ever been in the rest of his life.
Parameters
-Strength: E (D++ when holding Judgment of Solomon)
-Endurance: E
-Agility: B
-Mana: A++
-Luck: A++
-NP: A+++
Class SkillsClass Skills:
Territory Creation A+: That ability of his that had created the Temple of Jerusalem is of the highest peak of Territory Creation. It has increased by a small measure because of the creation of the self-sustaining reality marble within the bronze vessel.
Item Construction B+: While his previous incarnation was only average at this skill, focusing on creating contracts. Having to create physical vessels to hold his new familiars has increased the skill by a significant degree.
High Speed Incantation C: Creation of tools tinged with magic energy. Despite being fast, his tendency to worry prones to ruin it and sometimes makes him do a mistake.
Personal SkillsPersonal Skills:
Revelation B: A Skill that hears of "the voice from the Heavens" and performs the most suitable of actions. While "Instinct" is a sixth sense for combat purpose, Revelation conforms to all matters in regards of achieving a goal (such as selecting the most suitable road for travel route). Solomon had only ever received one Revelation but based on that he had established the phenomena operation technique--that is, magic--that even an ordinary person could perform. (Until then, magic had been a work only for those related to the gods.)
Summoning B+: Magic that evokes of spiritual bodies of the past, or perhaps the future. While originally at EX rank due to Casters extraordinary feat of evoking the “72 Demon Gods”, however in destroying the Human Order Correction Ritual and refusing to recreate it, it has been severely deranked to its current state.
Sealing EX: A skill denoting one’s ability to entrap or seal others through various means. While originally Caster was more adept at “summoning” he eventually turned towards sealing already existing entities. Through willing contracts, and forceful subjection Caster was able to seal 72 phantasmal species within various vessels, proving to be a true master of the craft.
Clairvoyance EX: Eyesight of good quality. Apprehension of long-distance target and elevation of kinetic vision. When the rank is high enough, even x-ray vision or future prediction becomes possible. Solomon's Clairvoyance gives him unobstructed view of both the past and the future.
Keys of Solomon EX: The vessels, and their seals, used by Caster to seal 72 phantasmals into the roles of the 72 demon gods of his original ritual. When used on another entity it can increase their parameters and apply unique magics depending upon the qualities of the person in question. Being the creator and, currently, sole owner of the Keys has earned Caster this skill at its highest rank.
Noble PhantasmsNoble Phantasms:
Ars Goetia: 72 Sealed Servants of the King EX: The bronze vessel containing 72 phantasmal creatures, placed into the roles of the 72 demon gods. It exists as a self-sustaining reality marble, existing separate from Solomon, even now. While the bronze vessel itself is not summoned with Solomon, this Noble Phantasm allows him to summon them to his side for combat.
Judgment of Solomon: May Truth be Reveled, and the Heart Resound B+: A sword used to determine who of two women was the mother of a child. In addition to slightly increasing his strength, the blade also reveals the truth to its wielder (even if it is not Solomon) including those hidden deep within the heart. However, its most powerful ability is imposing the truth of the wielder not to change the world to conform to what he believes, but what is undeniably true to the facts of Solomon’s life.
Ars Paulina: The Time of Crowning has Come, He is the One who Begins All A: It is Solomon's Reality Marble workshop that exists outside of the universe and outside of time, located in the space of imaginary numbers. It is powered by Solomon's Magic Circuits. Death in this space does not "count" in reality, so it is possible to revive those who die in this space with enough magical energy. It is simultaneously where Ars Goetia is contained, and the reality marble that exists within Ars Goetia. This paradoxical existence provides a vast amount of energy that allows both Ars Goetia and Ars Paulina to continue existing, even after Solomon’s death.
Interaction with other'sInteraction with other's:
Original Solomon: “A lazy inhuman coward, and a determined brave man. The façade contradicts the human heart.”
Romani Archman: “I’m happy to see at least one version of myself lived a normal happy life. One question though. Why do you speak with Merlin so much?”
David: “You were a great king and a great man, not to mention a neglectful father with no care for his children. That said, your still better than some, which worries me greatly.”
Cleopatra/ Ozymandias: “Fine Egyptian beauty, and arrogant as hell.”
Nitocris: “You seem to be less arrogant than most pharaohs, though that doesn’t say much seeing as that is true for most gods.”
Gilgamesh: “… You’re not as bad as I expected.”
Galahad: “At one time I would’ve been jealous of your humility, now I simply admire your confidence. There exists few humans who do not need some gift or assistance to simply survive, let alone thrive.”
Mash: “On behalf of my previous version, I apologize for all that was wrought by his actions.”
Davinci: “Most geniuses feel no need to assert how much of a genius they are, letting their work speak for itself. Though seeing your work, perhaps you are an exception.”
Merlin: “You dislike me, and I dislike you. At least we’re on the same page.”
Any of the 72 Demons: “I do hope you are performing your duties to my expectations. And of course, that you are in good spirits.”
Ritsuka Fujimaru: "Not exactly the ideal master, but your certainly better than most. Now prepare to learn some truly astonishing magecraft from the man whom invented its modern form. And don't slake off, I get enough of that from Belphegor."
Other's reacting to servant Other's reacting to servant:
Romani Archman: “Oh, uh thank… wait what do you mean, I don’t talk with Merlin a lot, why would I?”
David: “My you really are different from my Solomon. He never cared enough to say such things, though fair enough it is true.”
Cleopatra: “Hahahahahaha, why a Pharaohs arrogance is part of their charm.”
Sheba: “My you are so much different from the Solomon I knew but my opinion is the same.”
Merlin: “Hmm, well your certainly better than your previous version, but that’s not saying much.”
Authors Notes Authors Notes: So, this was an interesting experience. Okay for those of you who don’t know, Solomon is already a part of the cannon of the Nasuverse, and once held the title of Grand Caster. However, for spoiler reasons (in the bio, ignore both that and this paragraph if you don’t want to be spoiled) he was removed from the throne of heroes. This version was able to be recorded because of how his history differed from the original versions (and because the same action that erased the original from the Throne, in some way or another cause this version to diverge).
Still on the bio, that part about “becoming more human” from what research I did, Solomon never really developed much as a human. He never had any passion and is secretly a chicken (Wiki literally uses chicken), but he hid this well. The demons (fairies, dragons, etc.) he encountered helped him to change for the better (and worse). He can now “Read the room” and rarely cares, he is braver, enough to share his opinion (perhaps too much), and sometimes at 100% power, at the cost of sometimes being as low as 50%.
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Solomon: So this would be the end result of the original Solomon doing his thing, followed by some kinda Heroic Spirit based on the stories told of Solomon appearing to fill that void? Something like a Phantom "Story-Solomon" flowing into the hole left by the original or something?
Edit: Nevermind, just noticed the bio there. So its an alternate universe Solomon instead.
Yes, it is an alternate universe Solomon, but just to make more confusing, it is an alternate time-line Solomon that only exists as a result of the originals actions. (because when you get time involved, you just have to make it confusing.)
FC Link Alternate Classes: N/A True Name: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Alignment: Neutral Good Origin: Europe (15th century) Armament: Chisel, brush
Parameters: STR: D END: D AGI: C MANA: B LUCK: B NP: A+
Skills
Class Skills
Territory Creation - Rank B-: A Caster-class Skill. It is the Skill to build a special terrain that is advantageous to oneself as a magus, such as for the purpose of collecting mana.
Creation of a ‘Workshop’ becomes possible - in theory. In truth, Caster’s disordered nature and slovenly living is such that anything he designates as a workshop will likely self-destruct due to poor upkeep.
Item Construction - Rank A+: A Caster-class Skill. It is the Skill to manufacture magical items, from implements of war to items for daily use. Also, this Skill requires time to gather components and manufacture items.
As he gained his reputation from creating works of art, Caster naturally possesses a high rank in Item Construction. He is able to create many sorts of tools and objects associated with modern Magecraft, but prefers to remain in the realm of an artist rather than that of a mage.
Personal Skills
Divine Artistry - Rank A: The ability to imbue one’s art with a touch of divinity. It also vastly improves the working speed of an artist, allowing them to create magnificent works in mere moments. This Skill also grants the effects of High-Speed Incantation.
Through this Skill, Caster is able to grant divine power and even animation to his works. He is also able to reduce the amount of time required for his art to such an extent that a task that would’ve taken years in life is completed in moments.
Eye for Art - Rank A++: Infatuation with works of art.
As the premiere artist of the Renaissance, Caster would receive a high rank in this Skill merely by his reputation. With his own talents and experiences counted in, there is a very high chance that one might figure out the true name of a witnessed Noble Phantasm if it possesses artistic attributes.
Divine Genius - Rank B: A Skill that shows one who has unparalleled natural knowledge. Allows the use of most Skills, excluding those inherent to the body (such as Divinity) or ones unique to particular heroes, at proficiency of B~C Rank. It is essentially the same as Natural Born Genius, but renamed at the owner’s insistence.
Though he would never call himself a genius, Caster’s talents as a Renaissance Man are undeniable. However, he attributes this more to divine guidance than something he acquired or was born with.
Noble Phantasms
Releasing That Which Sleeps in Stone
Intaglio per Liberare
Anti-Object, Rank D~A+
A Noble Phantasm embodying Caster’s working method. Rather than considering himself an artist, Caster claimed that his sculpting was less a concerted, planned effort but rather an act of ‘freeing’ a form that was already contained within his material. By working on a material, Caster can create creatures of living substance, acting as individual entities.
The ranking and power of the creatures created by Intaglio per Liberare is dependent on the size and quality of the material Caster sculpts. Through a moment of effort, Caster’s creation is freed from its prison. Caster’s works are so lifelike in nature that his Servant self’s creations are granted animation as a matter of course. The products of Intaglio per Liberare are mostly humanoid in nature, and possess power fitting for what they depict. A warrior will receive the ability to fight, a giant will possess great physical power, and so on. Most of Caster’s creations are figures of Biblical or Classical myth, and specific works mimic the abilities of the people they depict, though their abilities can never match the abilities of true Heroic Spirits.
As Caster is an artist first and foremost, he refuses to willingly recreate his works from life. However, he considers any piece of material fair game for his work, as he has a tendency to look down on the works of lesser craftsmen.
Description
Likes: Peace and quiet, marble
Dislikes: Bothersome apprentices, housework
Talents: All artistry, couples therapy
Natural Enemy: Leonardo da Vinci
Caster’s true identity is Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, also known as Michelangelo, the Divine Artist.
Michelangelo is an unassuming and quiet young man, seeming smaller than the grand reputation he has garnered over the centuries. Though regarded as one of the greatest men in history, Michelangelo’s nature is not something that has the seeming of a ‘human’. He outright welcomes his manifestation as a Servant, seeing as this allows him to be removed from the biological rhythms and necessities of human life. Despite seeming to disdain life as a human, he feels a sense of melancholy nostalgia towards what he has lost in ascending to the Throne of Heroes. Michelangelo recognizes this as irrational considering that he has lost much of what he saw as chores in life. However, with a human mind, one cannot hope to shed all the complexities of the human condition, even if one has ascended to being a Spirit, so he thinks.
Michelangelo acts as though he were an outside observer to the world, rather than a part of it. As such, he prefers to be left to his own devices, being a witness to the spectacles of life instead of playing a part in them. His only real desire appears to be to work and better his craft. However, when faced with something truly awe-inspiring, Michelangelo appears to have some life breathed into his otherwise stoic features. In these cases, he will work to recreate whatever it is that his experience has inspired. Though he is often pleased with simply working, when truly motivated he works with an eagerness belying his ordinary demeanour. As a Grail War is a brewing ground for spectacles the likes of which the world has never seen, the battlefield is, oddly enough, a natural place for him.
Due to his solitary nature, Michelangelo does not particularly wish to interact with other Heroic Spirits. He does, however, wish to witness them in all their glory, though he will not necessarily make his presence known to others. Despite appreciating art, Michelangelo looks down on those he sees as ‘lesser’, no matter the field of their art. Owing to his stunning skill, there are few who pass muster as far as he is concerned. One of the few Servants he has some relationship with is Leonardo da Vinci, his one true rival. Though loving da Vinci’s works, he cannot truly interpret the man himself. From a certain perspective, da Vinci is the closest Michelangelo can possess to a "friend". However, he still wishes to prove himself superior.
Michelangelo does not particularly care for his Master, imagining them as a ‘commissioner’. He recognizes his Master mostly as a meal ticket, allowing him to exist in the world in his current state. Michelangelo will generally act on his own accord in his Master’s service, but detests more precise requests, no matter what they might concern. The way he sees it, the Master’s request is “victory in the Holy Grail War”, the achievement of which should be left to the artist, that is, Michelangelo.
Michelangelo’s wish is to be incarnated in the world in Servant body. Though he does not truly wish to return to life, a new incarnation would allow him to bolster his reputation and finally outdo Leonardo da Vinci in reputation. However, he feels that he needs to fulfill his dream with his own hands, and as such will not wish the Holy Grail’s help in achieving his true wish.
Lore
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, Italy. His father worked for the Florentine government, and shortly after his birth his family returned to Florence, the city Michelangelo would always consider his true home.
Florence during the Renaissance period was a vibrant arts center, an opportune locale for Michelangelo’s innate talents to develop and flourish. His mother died when he was 6, and initially his father initially did not approve of his son’s interest in art as a career. At 13, Michelangelo was apprenticed to painter Domenico Ghirlandaio, particularly known for his murals. A year later, his talent drew the attention of Florence’s leading citizen and art patron, Lorenzo de’ Medici, who enjoyed the intellectual stimulation of being surrounded by the city’s most literate, poetic and talented men. He extended an invitation to Michelangelo to reside in a room of his palatial home.
Michelangelo learned from and was inspired by the scholars and writers in Lorenzo’s intellectual circle, and his later work would forever be informed by what he learned about philosophy and politics in those years. While staying in the Medici home, he also refined his technique under the tutelage of Bertoldo di Giovanni, keeper of Lorenzo’s collection of ancient Roman sculptures and a noted sculptor himself. Although Michelangelo expressed his genius in many media, he would always consider himself a sculptor first.
Michelangelo was working in Rome by 1498, when he received a career-making commission from the visiting French cardinal Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas, envoy of King Charles VIII to the pope. The cardinal wanted to create a substantial statue depicting a draped Virgin Mary with her dead son resting in her arms—a Pietà—to grace his own future tomb. Michelangelo’s delicate 69-inch-tall masterpiece featuring two intricate figures carved from one block of marble continues to draw legions of visitors to St. Peter’s Basilica more than 500 years after it’s completion.
Michelangelo returned to Florence and in 1501 was contracted to create, again from marble, a huge male figure to enhance the city’s famous Duomo, officially the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. He chose to depict the young David from the Old Testament, heroic, energetic, powerful and spiritual, and literally larger than life at 17 feet tall. The sculpture, considered by scholars to be nearly technically perfect, remains in Florence at the Galleria dell’Accademia, where it is a world-renowned symbol of the city and its artistic heritage.
In 1505, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to sculpt him a grand tomb with 40 life-size statues, and the artist began work. But the pope’s priorities shifted away from the project as he became embroiled in military disputes and his funds became scarce, and a displeased Michelangelo left Rome (although he continued to work on the tomb, off and on, for decades).
However, in 1508, Julius called Michelangelo back to Rome for a less expensive, but still ambitious painting project: to depict the 12 apostles on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, a most sacred part of the Vatican where new popes are elected and inaugurated.
Instead, over the course of the four-year project, Michelangelo painted 12 figures—seven prophets and five sibyls (female prophets of myth)—around the border of the ceiling, and filled the central space with scenes from Genesis. Critics suggest that the way Michelangelo depicts the prophet Ezekiel—as strong yet stressed, determined yet unsure—is symbolic of Michelangelo’s sensitivity to the intrinsic complexity of the human condition. The most famous Sistine Chapel ceiling painting is the emotion-infused The Creation of Adam, in which God and Adam outstretch their hands to one another.
Michelangelo continued to sculpt and paint until his death, although he increasingly worked on architectural projects as he aged. From the 1530s on, Michelangelo wrote poems; about 300 survive. After he left Florence permanently in 1534 for Rome, Michelangelo also wrote many lyrical letters to his family members who remained there. Michelangelo died after a short illness in 1564 at 88, surviving far past the usual life expectancy of the era. A pietà he had begun sculpting in the late 1540s, intended for his own tomb, remained unfinished.
Notes
I get the feeling that there's some discrepancy between his abilities and his personality, but don't feel like sorting that out.
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- Lúin of Celtchar (C, Anti-Unit):
the spear belonging to Lancer after being thought to have been lost in battle. It is the infamous riveted, fiery, and poison-tipped spear that has tasted the mightiest of gods to the greatest of men.
Held back by chains that keep it at bay. When thrown, it seeks out targets of its own volition unless specified by Lancer, capable of skewering a total of nine at once. The wounds it creates, if survived and left unchecked, slowly eat away at the victims from the inside out until death. After death, the victim's body burns to ash. If the chains are willingly broken by Lancer, the spear's true capacity is unleashed and it is free to tear through as many as it so desires—both allies and enemies alike. Regular wounds kill faster. Severe wounds light the victims on fire. Fatal wounds delivered result in spontaneous combustion. After death, in addition to the victim's body being reduced to ash, a moderate portion of their lifeforce is also consumed and transferred to the wielder of the spear.
Once a divine weapon of mysterious origin with a mind of its own and even the ability to speak, countless years of lying upon the battlefield and soaking in the blood of both friend and foe ultimately took its toll. It is now a maddened weapon, unable to communicate any other thought than the blood it is cursed to forever thirst for. If in the unlikely event the curse is lifted and it is able to speak again, the spear becomes Areadbhair [1]—a foul-mouthed hothead with a very abrasive male personality.
If you want opinions on which one is best, I'd go with number two. The first one is way too similar to Gae Bolg, and the last two are too subdued-looking for the spear's bloodthirsty nature. Still, all of them look pretty cool.
Originally Posted by Henry Ford, My Life and Work
"In short, the result is this: by the aid of scientific study one man is now able to do somewhat more than four did only a comparatively few years ago. That line established the efficiency of the method and we now use it everywhere. The assembling of the motor, formerly done by one man, is now divided into eighty-four operations—those men do the work that three times their number formerly did."
