"Answer me, Master, are you worthy of keeping all that you have?"
Class: Rider
Alignment: True/Neutral
Region: China
Height: 182cm
Weight: 80kg
Likes: Peace, commerce, contracts
Dislikes: Liars, thieves, hoarders
Talent: Giving and taking money
Armaments: Spear
Natural Enemy: Gilgamesh
Stats
Str: C
End: B
Agi: C
Mna: A
Lck: A
NP: A
Skills
Class Skills
Magic Resistance(A-): Cancels offensive magecraft of great ritual and thaumaturgy level directed at Rider. While his Divinity grants him a high level of Magic Resistance, the anecdote of him perishing due to a curse leaves him susceptible to such malignant spells.
Riding(A++): The ability to ride mounts and vehicles, it is possible for Rider to operate all vehicles and beasts freely. In addition, regarding the Dragon Kinds, it should originally not be possible for one to manage them with the Riding Skill, but it is possible for Rider to exceptionally ride them, so that he can make proper use of his Noble Phantasm.
Personal Skills
Divinity(A): The measure of whether one hasDivine Spiritaptitude or not. A powerful warrior that obtained Divine Power in life, Rider was invested as the God of Wealth and Pestilence after his death, granting him an A rank in this Skill.
Creation of Heaven(B): The powers gifted to him by the Jade Emperor for his cultivation of the Dao (The Way), being represented by the Hexagram of Qian. This allows Rider to produce and command lighting, as well as fortifying his body against physical damage.
Golden Rule(Authority)(A): The Authority permitted to him as a God of Money, it is not the ability to gather riches but rather the power to create them from thin air. Any kind of currency, be it modern or old, can I simply manifested by Rider at his will. Paper money, coins, bars of gold, gems and even Salt will just appear in his hands.
Austere Protection(B): A Skill representing Rider resolve in siding with his dear friend even as they fought in the name of a despot tyrant. It is a skill that increases all of Rider's parameters so long as he never goes against his Master's orders. Should he do so, not only will he lose this boost, but his Creation of Heaven skill will also be sealed.
Noble Phantasm
Mysterious Altar of the Orthodox UnityZhengyi Xuantan
Rank: Anti-Army, A+
Rider's first Noble Phantasm, representing his position as overseer of the "Altar of the Dragon and Tiger". It is the Noble Phantasm that qualifies him to the Rider Class and it gives him not one but two powerful mounts, a Phantasmal Black Tiger and a grandiose Black Dragon.
The first mount, the Black Tiger, is used by Rider as his primary mount. It is a Divine Phantasmal Beast with stats matching those of a servant and a level of Mystery surpassing any of the current eras, making it impervious to modern magecraft. The Tiger is the King of Beasts in Chinese Mythology and is considered the only creature capable of fighting a Dragon. Because of this, it can let out a roar that robs opponents of their will to fight and puts them at Rider's mercy.
The second mount, the Black Dragon, is used more like a trump card as its mana cost is more severe. Dragons in Chinese culture are considered heavenly creatures, symbolizing power, strength, and good luck for people who are worthy of it. While the stats of it are relatively the same as those of the Tiger, the Dragon also has access to a powerful breath weapon of the Ice element that is capable of instantly freezing a whole platoon of enemies in an instant.
Both of these mounts are quite costly, so while he is capable of deploying both at the same type, Rider will usually choose not to do so, as to not put his Master in danger. Still, should the enormous cost of simultaneous deployment be somehow paid, Rider becomes a terrifying being capable of singlehandedly laying waste to entire armies at once.
Lieutenant Marshal of the Divine CloudsShenxiao Fushuai
Rank: A
Rider's second Noble Phantasm. While he is venerated as God of Money that brings wealth and good luck to all deserve, his real function is that of a God of Plague who takes the wealth of those undeserving of it, leaving them with nothing.
When activated, it creates a Boundary Field where all Servants lose access to their most precious treasures, their Noble Phantasm. Furthermore, they are constantly drained of their valuable resources (Mana) until they are left completely exhausted.
It is possible to resist the Noble Phantasm sealing effect by having a rank of Divinity that is superior to Rider's or by simply having higher a luck stat and passing a Luck check, but the mana drain is unavoidable. It is also possible to bypass the sealing effect if one possesses a Noble Phantasm that is cannot be considered "Precious", but such a thing would be incredibly rare, if it even exists at all.
Background
Zhao Gongming, also known as Zhao the Marshall or simply "Caishen", was a Taoist hermit elevated to the position of Military God of Money after his death. He is a popular figure throughout all of Chinese culture, but is featured more prominently in the book "The Investiture of the Gods".
In life, Rider reclused himself in the mountains and practiced the Dao until he was awarded vast Magical powers. He had a friend in Wen Zhong, which was a general for the cruel and decadent King of Zhou. Wen Zhong asked Rider for his help in fighting the King of Wu. Despite knowing that the King of Zhou was not deserving of his position anymore, Rider nonetheless accepted and pursued his friend into battle.
He swept the battlefield with his magical abilities and no one in the opposite army proved themselves capable of even laying a finger into Rider. Desperate, the King of Wu's chief strategist Jiang Zi Ya finally understood that, since Rider's powers were too great for him to be defeated directly, he would need to be defeated indirectly through underhanded trickery. A Taoist Master taught Taoist Sorcery to Jiang Zi Ya, which was employed in order to kill Rider with Black Magic. Through a ritual where an Effigy of Rider was sacrificed, he eventually died.
After a long fight, Wu defeated Zhou and the war ended. However, Jiang Zi Ya was chastised by Yuanshi Tianzhu, the Primeval Lord of Heaven, for having brought the death of honorable men through underhand tactics. Jiang Zi Ya was ordered to canonized the deads into deities, and after the process of deification was complete, Rider was made God of Wealth.
Personality
Rider is a very calm and polite man that carries himself with a strong posture. As the God of Money, he has great insight into the true value of both objects and people, and is capable of being surprisingly humble for one who has reached his level of Divinity.
He doesn't like thieves, nor does he likes liars. In fact, all of those who acquired their money through unsavory means are Rider's sworn enemies. He also hates those who hoard their treasures for themselves, and his personality is completely incompatible with one "King of Heroes".
When it comes to his Master, Rider is completely loyal regardless of who he is serving. Be it a Hero of Justice or a despicable monster, he will follow any orders without question. Still, he will not harm innocents unless directly and promptly ordered to.