“… What? Were you expecting some one else? Sorry, but I’m the ruler of this forest.”
Source
True Name: Robin Hood
Epithet: May Queen
Class: Archer
Gender: Female
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Region: England
Source: Lostbelt
Likes: The thrill of the hunt, homemade cooking
Dislikes: Wealthy noble slobs, unchivalrous bandits
Talent: Tactical Retreat
Natural Enemy: Atalanta
Attribute: Earth
Traits: Female, Humanoid
Armament: Bow and Arrow
Parameters:
STR: D
END: D
AGI: A
MGI: B
LCK: B
NP: D
Class Skills:
Magic Resistance B
Cancel spells with a chant below three verses. Even if targeted by High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals, it is difficult for them to be affected.
Independent Action A
The ability to remain independent even when rejecting the Magical Energy supply from one's Master. It is possible to take action even without a Master. However, to use Noble Phantasms of great magical energy consumption, backup from the Master is necessary. At Rank A, it is possible for a Servant to stay in the world for about a week without a Master. In reality, though, this level of Independent Action is to be expected from one who carries the mantle of Robin Hood.
Personal Skills:
Subversive Actions B+
The talent to reduce the enemy forces in the preliminary stages before going into battle through traps. However, the higher the ranking of this Skill, the more one's spiritual status as a hero declines. With this skill at Rank B, it is possible to disable close to 30 percent of the enemy forces before they advance. However, that ratio increases to more than 50 percent when in a forest, Archer’s true domain.
Apothecary D
The ability to create medicine with herbal materials. As master of the forest, Archer has an extensive knowledge of every herb and plant in her domain. Though not professionally trained, she can use them to treat and heal any injured traveler she comes across.
Golden Rule (Body) C
A Skill that denotes the possession of a natural and perfect goddess-like body, preserving beauty. Unlike the Natural Body Skill, it does not affect one’s physical parameters. Archer possesses this skill due to her elven heritage. Her natural beauty is as expected of an elf and easily surpasses that of a normal human. However, since she herself doesn’t really care about her beauty, she’s almost permanently sweaty and disheveled, lowering the rank of this skill slightly. Then again, there are some people who prefer her that way…
Noble Phantasm:
No Face May Queen
Rank: D
Type: Anti-Unit
The natural Noble Phantasm of Robin Hood, the chivalrous thief.
Robin Hood is an incarnation of nature, introduced and inherited as a custom of the Celts from the Beltane Festival (Spring Festival) after the establishment of the "May Festival", where participants in the festival pray to the forest spirit Jack in the green for the arrival of spring. In the May Festival, they make a circle and dance around a pillar built in the center of the village square where a boy and a girl on the cusp of adulthood would impersonate the "May King" and the "May Queen". The "May King" is a metaphor for a "transparent king" who added brown accents to his green clothing so that his figure would not be seen. The “May Queen”, however, is the Maiden of Spring, the lady of flowers, the queen of fairies who oversees the growth of plants and the stillness of nature. She symbolizes purity and feminine strength as well as the dormant energy of the earth.
Unlike other Robin Hoods, Archer takes not the role of the May King, but that of the May Queen. Though she too becomes one with nature, she does not do so by blending in with it, but instead commands it with her will. This Noble Phantasm represents her authority over the forest as a High Elf and allows her the power to tap into its inner energy. By her will, she can cause the plants around her to grow and move them freely about. She can use this to stealthily trap and ensnare her enemies in the forest. With this ability, entering her territory is no different than jumping into the mouth of a beast. However, in a battle against Heroic Spirits, it isn’t very powerful since the plants she controls are still only normal flora and the sort, nothing a sturdy warrior can’t break through. In that case, it’s true potential is probably best used to procure medicinal herbs and poisonous plants to aid her personal combat.
Lore:
Archer’s True Name is Robin Hood, but her real name is Belphoebe. She is the legendary virgin huntress that men across the kingdom seek after.
In pan-human history, the person named Belphoebe does not exist. Instead, she is a character of fiction from the English epic poem, The Faerie Queene. It is an allegorical work using elements of Arthurian and written in the Elizabethan Era Mythos to praise the Queen. In it, Belphoebe is a beautiful virgin huntress sought after by many men. She spends most of her time hunting in the woods, but eventually finds true love. Her purity and high spirits are meant as representations of Queen Elizabeth’s own virtues.
In the Lostbelt, however, she is no fictional character, but a true living person. Just as her original poem was an Elizabethan work that used Arthurian elements, in this Lostbelt where the Arthurian Mythos still survives into the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it is even possible for her to exist. Here, though, she is actually an elf, one of the races that have resurfaced thanks to the divergence of history. Specifically, she is a High Elf, a breed of pure-blooded elven nobility. Like her pan-human counterpart, though, she has shunned her heritage and become a huntress of the forest whose unearthly beauty attracts men across the land. However, in the Lostbelt, she has additionally taken up the mantle of Robin Hood, the heroic outlaw of England.
Where there is nobility, so too will there be legendary thieves and Robin Hood is no exception. Over the many years, countless young men have taken the name and acted in the cause of justice to bring happiness to the poor. As Britannia never progressed scientifically, the role never became unnecessary or impossible, and so the tradition of the Hood continued for centuries. Belphoebe is but another in the line of Robins and is resolved to use her abilities for the sake of the people. Who knows if she will be able to find true love in this timeline though.
Personality:
Somewhat virtuous, somewhat frivolous, Archer shares the core traits of all Robin Hoods. She is one with the nature and fights for the people against the wealthy. With no pride, she hunts her prey from the shadows with petty tricks such as sniping, traps, or poison. In a sense, she is truly fighting for herself and just doing what she wants, so her motives are selfish even if they are meant to benefit the people.
Beneath her serious and confident demeanor, though, she possesses a few insecurities as to her title and duty. Due to her beauty, her existence quickly became known throughout the region and rumors of the gorgeous elf who lives in the forest attracted curious and lovestruck men from all over. A Robin Hood whose face has become famous cannot truly become one with nature. Thus, she feels as if her skills as Robin are inferior and wonders if she is worthy of the mantle. She truly does hold the title with respect and wishes to live up to it but worries that she doesn’t have what it takes.
As for all the big stuff like the defense of the kingdom or the preservation of mystery, she doesn’t really care. She’ll just keep doing as she pleases until she is either caught or the world evaporates or something. That said, with her heart of justice, it may be possible to persuade her into being an ally.
Originally Posted by Kabalisto Koga
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