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[Lycodrake]

Having a naga waifu helps reduce damage.
Yes, good.

[You]

Divinity itself can be a rationale for high MGI or high anything.

[castor212]

Personal Information:

Class Name : Rider
True Name : Indrajit
Sex : Male
Alignment : Lawful Evil
Height / Weight : 182cm/79kg
Also known as : Conqueror of Indra, Prince of Asura



Background:

Spoiler:

A warrior prince from Lanka. Master of mystical warfare and celestial weapons, Indrajit was considered the most fearful and knowledgeable warrior. His mother Mandodari was the daughter of Mayasura, an asura king of all the daityas, asuras, and rhaksasas; his father Ravana was born from the womb of a rhaksasa kshatriya mating with a human brahmin sage. As such, Indrajit's asura blood is exceptionally thick, resulting in his mighty prowess in battle.

He was named "Meghanada" at first because his birth cry sounded like thunder. Under the guidance of Shukra, an ancient and wise guru of the daityas, Meghadnada spent his chikdhood in a rigorous training to be the perfect warrior. At a very young age, his guru Shukra teached and guide him to obtain the incantation for invoking astras, including the three most supreme celestial weapon astra; the Brahmastra, Pashupatastra, and Vaishnavastra.

During the Devasura Sangram (the battle between the devas and the asuras) he defeated Indra, tying him up and mounting him onto his celestial chariot. At this juncture, Brahma intervened and asked him to free Indra. Meghanada obliged, and was granted a chance to ask for a boon from Brahma. Meghanada asked for immortality, but Brahma remarked that absolute immortality is against the law of the nature. Instead, he was then granted another boon: he would never be won over in any battle, until his Yajna (fire-worship) of his native goddess Nikumbala was disturbed and destroyed. On the completion of the Yagna, a supreme celestial chariot would appear, boarding which, Indrajit would become invincible in any battle. But Brahma also cautioned him that whosoever would destroy this yagna would also kill him.

Since he defeated Indra, the king of the devas, he came to be known as 'Indrajit' ("the conqueror of Indra").

When he reached the age of adulthood, Indrajit joined the battle where his father fight against Rama, when all his brothers had been killed by Rama and his army. His father, Ravana, had been humiliated in the battle by Rama, and his paternal uncle Kumbhakarna had been killed by Rama. Indrajit fought with Rama's army for three days.

On the first day of his battle with Rama's army, Indrajit was swift with his weapons. He swiftly wiped out the Armies of Sugriva, calling on Lord Rama and Lakshmana to come out of their hiding, so he could avenge the deaths of his paternal uncle and his brothers. When Rama and Lakshmana appeared before him, he fought fiercely, and arrested both the brothers, fell on the ground breathless. They were rescued by Garuda on behest of Hanuman. Garuda was the enemy of the serpents and also the flying vehicle of Vishnu, of whom Rama was the seventh avatar.

On the second day, When Indrajit learned that both the brothers Rama and Lakhsmana were still alive and were rescued by Garuda, he was fiery and vowed to kill at least one of the brothers that day. When the battle started, he used all his force to cast a havoc on the armies of Sugriva. At this Lakshmana appeared before him, and fought a fierce battle with him. When Indrajit realised that Lakshmana could not be won over, he started using his supreme magical powers, darting across the clouds and skies like a bolt of lightning. He combined his skills of sorcery and deceptive warfare, repeatedly vanishing and reappearing behind Lakshmana's back to catch him off-guard, when used his fiercest and deadliest weapon, Shakti. On being impaled in the back by the weapon, Lakshmana fell unconscious, poised to die precisely at the following sunrise. His life was saved by Lord Hanuman, who brought the whole mountain of Dronagiri from the Himalayas to Lanka overnight to find the remedy (the magical herb - Sanjivani) for the weapon used by Indrajit and cured Lakshmana. After Lakshmana was healed and ready for combat he challenged Indrajit once more.

On the third day, when Indrajit came to know that Lakhsmana had survived again, he went to his native deity's secret temple to perform the yagna that would make him invincible. Vibhishana, Indrajit's paternal uncle who left Ravana to join Rama in the name of truth and justice, learned of his nephew Indrajit's routine through his spies and alerted Lord Rama. Lakshmana and Vibhisana took the opportunity to face Indrajit in the "Yagnaagaar", where Indrajit would not touch any weapons. Indrajit fought Lakshmana with the utensils of the yagna and even managed to escape from there.

Upon his Yagna being destroyed by the armies of Lakshmana, Indrajit became enraged and stormed out of the Temple Cave. Seeing his uncle Vibhishana (who had abandoned Ravana and joined Rama) at Lakshmana's side multiplied Indrajit's fury manyfold. He vowed to kill his uncle Vibhisana along with Lakshmana once and for all, letting loose the Yama-astra which he had been conserving for punishing Vibhishana's perceived treason. At this juncture, Lakshmana protected Vibhishana, countering the Yama-astra owing to an earlier warning by Kubera. Fierce battle ensued, and unable to injure Lakshmana by normal means, Indrajit resorted to the use of the three Supreme Weapons (Brahmastra, Pashupatastra, and Vaishnavastra) on Lakshmana. To Indrajit's great shock and dismay, each of the three weapons refused to even touch Lakshmana, with the Vaishnavastra circumambulating Lakshmana before disappearing. Realization dawned on Indrajit that Lakshmana was no ordinary human as he and his father had perceived.

Indrajit vanished briefly from the battlefield, returning to Ravana at the royal palace, and reported the developments, proposing that his father make peace with Rama and protect the demon race from further decimation. Ravana, blinded with pride, was unrelenting and annoyed, and even suggested that Indrajit was a coward having fled the battlefield. This accusation provoked Indrajit who briefly lost his temper, striking fear even at the mighty Ravana's heart before apologising and clarifying to his father that his primary duty as a son was to serve his father's best interests, and that even in the face of death, he'd never abandon Ravana. Preparing to go back on the battle and knowing that he indeed faced death at the hands of a heavenly incarnation, Indrajit bade his last goodbyes to his parents and his wife. He returned to the battlefield and fiercely fought Lakshmana with all his skill at both warfare, and sorcery. Lakshmana was unstoppable, and slew Indrajit by beheading him.

"If Rama, the son of Dasaratha, is ever firm on the staying the path of Dharma and Satya, and is second to none in his prowess, go forth and destroy this Indrajit."

The hero Indrajit, even though he lost the last battle in his life, has no regret. He is summoned as Rider in the Holy Grail War. With his Asura blood and abundance of Noble Phantasm, Indrajit is nearly undefeated in a straight battle, but he has a weakness of the need to protect his fire-worship location, and due to his battle-style that requires an enormous prana supply, without a truly exceptional Master Indrajit cannot fully utilize his battle prowess.

During battle, Indrajit wear a short, spear-like weapon, with a single thorn for a tip. It is a weird weapon that is more fitting to be thrown at or impale the enemy rather than slashing them, but with Indrajit's strength it is strong enough to smash and crush the enemy.



Parameters:

Strength : B
Endurance : C
Agility : C (A)
Prana : B
Luck : B
Noble Phantasm : A



Class Skill:

Riding : A

Expertise to ride animals and vehicles. All creatures but those of Phantasmal Beast and Divine Beast-rank can be used as mounts.

Magic Resistance : C (B)

Cancel spells with a chant below two verses. Cannot defend against Magecraft on the level of High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals.
However, the rank and effectiveness could be boosted when Blood of Asura is active.

Personal Skill:

Blood of Asura : A

Blood of the demons.
Due to his heritage, Rider has a very high rank in this skill.
By heavily increasing his prana consumption rate, Rider can exponentially increase his physical parameters, combat capabilities, and his ability to reject spells.
The longer this skill is active, the more Rider's appearance is distorted.

Noble Phantasm:

Yajna

O Pratyangira, Accept Mine Offering

Rank: A
Type: Anti-Army
Range: 2-50
Maximum Targets: 100 person

The celestial chariot that takes shape the moment Rider finished his fire-worship and Nikumbala, a sacred ritual to worship the goddess Pratyangira. It is a chariot drawn by a flaming figure of a beast with the heads of several lionesses, which number is constantly changing. It leaves a blazing trail upon its charge, reaching over 300 km/hour in full speed.

Due to the boon of Brahma, once Rider finishes his fire-worship, he is invincible against any from of offensive act A rank and below. The only way to hurt him is to either destroy the chariot first, or find the location of his fire worship and destroy it. Should any of the method is deployed, this Noble Phantasm will be terminated.

Vaishnavastra

O Vishnu, Pierce Thy Enemy

Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 1-3/4-40
Maximum Targets: 1 person

A Noble Phantasm that manifests in a form of a short, spear-like weapon, with a single spike for a tip; it is a weird weapon that is more fitting to be thrown at or impale the enemy rather than slashing them. One of the astra Noble Phantasm that was taught to him by Shukra, guru of the asuras.

In its unawakened form, Rider is strong enough to use it for smashing his enemies, but when its true name is called, it turns into a throwing / piercing weapon that has the ability of "ignore defense"; only those with the skill Divinity of A rank and higher can utilize their defense against it. Since it only ignores defense and does not automatically target the enemy, a Servant with enough AGI can still evade it.

However, it is an A-ranked Noble Phantasm only because of its "ignore defense" ability; damage dealt by it is actually only equivalent to B rank. Prana consumption rate when the "ignore defense" ability is activated is continuous, so Rider prefers using it as a melee weapon rather than thrown weapon since it's more efficient that way.

Brahmastra

O Brahma, Wrap the Earth

Rank: A
Type: Anti-Army
Range: 2-90
Maximum Targets: 600 person

Another of the astra Noble Phantasm that was taught to him by Shukra, guru of the asuras. Embedded with the mystical force of Brahma, under the hand of Rider this weapon manifests as hundreds of projectile, with great fires enveloping each of it and a destructive nature with result likened to that of a nuclear weapon. Utilized by calling upon the name of the god Brahma, it takes shape in the form of a piercing spike that will multiply in order to strike the enemy by carpetbombing them with a wide effective range.

Extremely powerful, this Noble Phantasm is Rider's hidden trump card, overwhelming his enemies.

Pashupatastra

O Shiva, Undo Creation

Rank: EX
Type: Anti-World
Range: 1-3/4-99
Maximum Targets: 1000 person

The irresistible and most destructive personal weapon of Rider, it manifests under his hold in the form of a short, spear-like weapon, with 2-pronged spikes for a tip. The last of the astra Noble Phantasm that was taught to him by Shukra, guru of the asuras. Never to be used against lesser enemies or by lesser warriors, the Pashupatastra is capable of destroying creation and vanquishing all beings.

The moment it hits the target, Pashupatastra activates its effect of "undoing creation", further and further expanding its effective range. Though it has immense range, the true strength of this Noble Phantasm is its absolute effect of nulling everything that "exist" without exception, even the world itself.

Due to its absolute nature, the usage of Pashupatastra was given many restriction by the devas; it cannot be used against those weaker than Rider, and it can only be utilized to uphold dharma. Because of that, though it is the strongest weapon he learned from Shukra, Rider had never factored in in battle, instead relying on his other 3 Noble Phantasm.

In fact, he explicitly deems it as useless, as "a weapon that cannot be used is worse than even a farming tool".



Design:
Indrajit, one of the strongest antagonists in Ramayana. The idea is a solid, heavy fighter, but also an extremely glutton one; in just one battle he would consume massive amount of prana.

His mother Mandodari was the daughter of Mayasura, an asura king of all the daityas, asuras, and rhaksasas; his father Ravana was born from the womb of a rhaksasa kshatriya mating with a human brahmin sage. As such, Indrajit's asura blood is exceptionally thick, resulting in his mighty prowess in battle. I am assuming that asuras are True Demons in the old times.

He only have one personal skill, Blood of Asura. It is the source of his strength and prowess upon his deeds. It sucks prana supply even further besides the prana he is using for fighting, and so the usage of the skill without consideration could make him unable using his Noble Phantasms. It's also responsible for boosting his Magic Resistance. So... imagine Inversion Impulse used by Servant, I guess?

His AGI stats isnt so impressive without Blood of Asura active, but when boarding Yajna, the chariot's speed is the one that matters.

Yajna is kinda a cheat NP, since he would immediately start the fire-worship after summoned. I like to imagine it as a barrier skill in RPG; one need to destroy the barrier or the barrier's source before he/she could damage Indrajit.

Vaishnavastra's effect terminates one's defense's effect, but even if the enemy has Divinity A rank or higher, he/she can only completely utilize his/her defense, since it does not terminate the damage; the enemy still have to face the full brunt of the NP. It is his main weapon when not utilizing its "ignore defense" ability.

We never get to see real stat of Brahmastra, since in Apocrypha it was cut, but the first time I heard it (and after I read the description in Wikipedia) I imagine it as a rain of missiles with nuclear warhead (YEAAAAH). Because no further Flame Prana Burst effect, it's only A rank and is Anti-Army only. It IS resembled as a fiery rain of missiles in the epic of Ramayana though, so it's still... well, fiery.

Pashupatastra has same stat as my Arjuna, but it is even more useless for Indrajit, since it is rare for him to uphold dharma; the only occasion he ever do so is when he tried to persuade his father to surrender to minimize losses, and even that fail because of Indrajit's temper.



Critics and advice is always welcomed, but please be gentle with me, as I have a fragile heart m(_ _)m.

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Divinity itself can be a rationale for high MGI or high anything.

Main effect is more for LCK stat, I guess.

[castor212]

Personal Information:

Class Name : Berserker
True Name : Lycaon
Sex : Male
Alignment : Lawful Mad (Lawful Evil)
Height / Weight : 171cm/58kg
Also known as : King of Wolves

Background:

Once a king of Arcadia, he would've gained the status as culture hero and elevated into a Heroic Spirit for his deed as the first civilizer of Arcadia, of founding the city of Lycosura, establishing a worshipping cult Zeus Lycaeus, and to having started the Lycaean game, if not for his mistake of testing the god Zeus himself.

Spoiler:

In his life, Lycaon was a devout zealot of Zeus, having a personal cult of worship and performed countless animal sacrifice in the name of the Lord of the Sky. He was a good and just king, caring for his people as his own familiy, but his faith was so deep, he was prone to anger and lose control whenever someone dirtied the king of the god's name. From there, his fall to insanity had begun.

One day, he received the news that one of his daughters who follows Artemis and had taken a vow to remain virgin, was pregnant. He was outraged in that revelation. Callisto, the said daughter, was discovered some months later while bathing with Diana and her fellow nymphs. Upon this, Artemis was enraged and expelled Callisto from the group, and subsequently she gave birth to her son, named Arcas. Lycaon had never been able to find her daughter again, but he took up Arcas, as he was still his grandson, and raised him in the place of parents the baby boy no longer have.

Later after that, he found out the fact that it was Zeus who. Knowing that Callisto was completely devoted to both Artemis and her vow of chastity, Zeus took the form of Artemis so that he might evade his wife Hera’s detection. Once Callisto’s guard was down, Zeus abandoned his disguise and used force against her. Hera then took the opportunity to avenge her wounded pride and transformed the nymph into a bear, which is why Lycaon had never been able to find her.

Upon the revelation, Lycaon was devastated; how can it be? The one figure that he worshipped with all of his heart had betrayed him. No, it cannot be, he said. I refuse to believe it, he thought. And after that, thinking that this is a test for his faith, his zealotry went even further; to the point that in can already be considered madness. He devouted himself to the the gods, stopping caring for his people and his kingdom, even went as far as sacrificing human, his own people, in the altar at Mount Lykaion by his own hands.

Having abandoned his kingdom and his people, all 50 of Lycaon's sons grew up in a less than nurturing environment. Nearly all of them grew up with a nefarious manner, resulting in being notorious for their insolence and impiety. As they are the ones with the highest authority in Arcadia next to Lycaon himself, Arcadia's government had fallen to ruins.

Ironically, seeing the state of Arcadia, Zeus himself visited them in the disguise of a mortal man, with a view to punish them. When the god arrived at the palace and openly declared who he really was, Lycaon was torn; he had spent his whole life devouting himself to the god, but now there's a man declaring himself to be that very god himself! Having his eyes clouded by insanity and rage for his daughter, Lycaon came to an mad conclusion; he shall test whether or not the god is real.

Lycaon had no longer been able of thinking properly. He decided to order for one of his son, Nyctimus, to be chopped up and served upon the stranger claiming himself as Zeus. Lycaon concluded if the man lied, than it'll be a just punishment for him dirtying the name of the god. And if it was truly the god himself... then it would also be fine. A god couldn't possibly do the savage act of eating human flesh. But what if he really is a god and still eats it? Thinking like this, secretly Lycaon felt relieve; if the god himself is truly a savage, then it would erase the one doubt he had been having about his daughter to be confirmed and no longer torment him.

As to test the god's omniscience, Lycaon tried to avoid the god knowing his deed by serving it in a feast with his other sons. All of them devoured their own brother. What happened next was the rage of the sky lord; feeling absolutely insulted by Lycaon's gruesome deed, he immediately decided to transform Lycaon form most fitting for a creature capable of such savage conduct, a beast who only followed its instinct. He transformed Lycaon to the form of a wolf on the spot.

Thus, the first lycanthrope was born, named after Lycaon himself.

The transformation curse also spread to all of his 49 sons, as they are sinners as well for participating in the act of devouring human flesh. All the wolves ran away at that moment. Lycaon himself, finally, succumbed to true madness, having been transformed to the form of a beast and given up to the insanity that had been swirling within his heart. He, the first werewolf changed from pure human, died unimpressively in the woods as a wolf.

But before his death, he realized one thing; he had been wrong all the time. The gods are not to be worshipped. They are to be hated, to be cursed, as they are selfish beings who ruled in hypocrisy. One who had been a devout worshipper in his life had turned completely to the other side, having his faith turned into absolute hatred.

As a Heroic Spirit, he was placed in the Berserker class. But due to his slow form of madness, which only got fully triggered after being turned to a beast, he only have low rank of Mad Enhancement in human form. It has robbed him of most of his linguistic ability, limiting his responses to head-shaking and grunts. However, he can still differentiate friend and foe, and capable of approving or disapproving simple tactics.

In battle, Lycaon fashioned a pair of decorated bronze kopis, which are primarily used as a tool for ritual slaughter and animal sacrifice. His Master was a competent magus, but even with that Lycaon's parameter simply isn't much to talk about. The Master, however, possess more than sufficient prana to sustain Berserker's Noble Phantasm for a long period of time.



Parameters:

Strength : C (B) (B+)
Endurance : D (C) (C+)
Agility : C (B+)
Prana : D (C)
Luck : E (D)
Noble Phantasm : A+



Class Skill:

Mad Enhancement : D

Raises basic parameters in exchange of hindering mental capacities.
Rank up for the parameters of Strength and Endurance, but his language capability is simplified and he has difficulty in continuing to think complex thoughts for long periods of time.

Personal Skill:

Protection of the Faith : E-

A form of divine protection that comes not from a blessing from a higher existence, but from the absoluteness of one's body and soul born from faith.
Due to his legend and history, this skill has been completely reversed into an absolute form of "hatred to the gods".

Monstrous Strength : B

Increases strength temporarily by one rank. Duration depends on the rank of "Monstrous Strength".
The longer Berserker uses this skill, the higher the chance he will automatically activates his Noble Phantasm and turns to a werewolf without the Master's command.

Primal Instinct : A

Heightened basic instincts.
Having a heavily reinforced basic instinct of an animal, Berserker is capable of reacting to nearly every of his enemies' attacks and avoid it accordingly based on the situation.

Noble Phantasm:

Archegoni Forma

Form of the Accursed

Rank: A+
Type: Anti-Unit (Self)
Range: 0
Maximum Targets: 1 person

The form of lycanthrope. Raises Mad Enhancement to rank A.
Further effect of bonus modifiers for each physical parameter is provided depending on the moon phase.
When activated, he gains all the strength and weakness of werewolf.

Lykaonides

Sons of Wolf

Rank: B+
Type: Anti-Army
Range: 1-30
Maximum Targets: 49 person

A summoning of a total of 49 wolves, who are Berserker's son in his life, cursed to take the form of a wolf as well.
The amount and strength of the wolves that can be summoned are determined by the moon phase.
Only usable under the effect of Archegoni Forma.



Design:

One of the first recorded werewolves. I love dem werewolves. The background story has much to do with most of his skills and NPs.

I put several spin in the background to match the different versions of Lycaon's legend. The idea is to make a weak Servant even after activating Mad Enhancement, but when he activates his NP, it'll be a major turn around against enemies who lower their guard against him.

I was confused whether to use a very low ranked Protection of the Faith or a very high rank of Mental Pollution, but decided to use the former as shutting out mental interference is useless for Berserkers, since they are mad already, and Protection of the Faith is more in line with his story. The E minus-ranked Protection of the Faith is still a form of faith and he still obtains the protection effect, but it comes not from the absoluteness of faith that deemed "gods are great and divine"; it comes from the absoluteness of faith that deemed "gods are despiteful and evil; they are to be resented and denied". It's just like Arturia's E-ranked Charisma, where the leadership skills increase but the morale of troops decreases extremely.

Primal Instinct acts like normal instinct, but it is a "beast" instinct instead of a "warrior" instinct. Mankind has always had a form of it, but they are suppressed by the advancement of their intelligent. Due to his nature being rewound back to that of a beast with all the basic and natural instinct at its strongest, Lycaon's instinct is now also that of a beast at the highest level.

It does not allow for complex attack such as near precog counterattacks; instead, it provides the skill owner the heightened instinct of a predator, avoiding hits in a beast-like manner while attacking the enemy akin to a predator attacking its prey when its weakened. Put simply, Lycaon is fast beast; a Berserker who can evade enemies' attacks. The skill also overrides the consciousness equalization from Mad Enhancement rank A effect of his NP.

Archegoni Forma's main effect is due to my version of his legend where he truly fall to madness after turned to wolf. The bonus modifier effect is for all of his physical parameters (AGI, END, STR) when it's full moon, STR and END in half moon, and only STR in a quarter moon. The side effect is similar to Legend of Dracula; it essentially alters his aspect to become a werewolf, with all Nasuverse's attribute of werewolf. Since the Nasuverse werewolf itself isn't clear, I did not list the attribute and weakness. But my understanding is that silver bullets is not really a weakness; Hollywood adds that. Werewolf, legend-wise, has no apparent weaknesses; you need to beat them straight on. I don't know how much Rank A Mad Enhancement raises parameters though. I only know it made the Servant all robotic. I assume it's one rank each, like rank B ME.

Lykaonides is another way of saying "Lycaon's sons"; there are several version concerning them, but the canonized version for my Berserker is the one in Lycophron, with a mix from Ovid's Methamorphosis, where 49 of them are turned to wolves together with their father. As such, they are integrated as Lycaon's Noble Phantasm. They are weaker than average Servant, but their numbers in full moon more than makes up for that. All 49 is summoned during full moon, 30 during half moon, 10 during quarter moon.

I do believe werewolf really has connection to the moon phase though, so both of Lycaon's NPs is tied to the moon phase as well, be it a real effect on werewolves in Nasuverse or just effect from the legend; thus the "+" modifiers. Since he is at his strongest during full moon, the Master needs to time and schedule Lycaon's move to make Berserker look as weak as possible to his enemies and completely suckerpunching them at full moon; this makes using Monstrous Strength during new moon quite a gamble, as he will be forced to use his NP without all the bonus. Luckily, his only at D rank ME makes him capable of understanding simple tactics.

As a side note, Lycaon's son Nyctimus succeeds his father as king of Arcadia. His rule was short lived, however, due to floods in the age of Deucalion, which some speculate was caused by the impiety of his brothers.

[You]

There's Arjuna stuff in your Berserker profile.

[castor212]

There's Arjuna stuff in your Berserker profile.

Dammit, copypasta.

Thx. Fixed.

[LoyaltL]

I'm guessing the reason why Indrajit has lower stats than Arjuna is because he was summoned as Rider because in all honesty, the heroes of Ramayana are 100x Mahabharata as far as power levels go (Treta Yuga >>> Dwapara Yuga). And Indrajit was a monster even for Treta Yuga.

[castor212]

I'm guessing the reason why Indrajit has lower stats than Arjuna is because he was summoned as Rider

Exactly.

because in all honesty, the heroes of Ramayana are 100x Mahabharata as far as power levels go (Treta Yuga >>> Dwapara Yuga). And Indrajit was a monster even for Treta Yuga.

I tried to cover this with Blood of Asura. With that and his wankloads of NPs, I'd say he is quite a monster he was in his previous life.

Plus, I dont want to have the status too high for a guy who already have a skill to upped his stats. I made it B/C/C because it's Arthuria's stats (Shiro) and that isn't bad against Herkz. With Blood of Asura active, it's around A/B/B with upped Magic resistance, the same level with Arthuria's stat (Rin).

[Vagrant]

It's been over two months since I last posted a Servant, and it feels odd. Since I'm currently in China, here's a Chinese Servant I've been intending to do for a while now. I can cross off another one of the offhand mentions in EXTRA now.

Su Daji
The Thousand-Year Vixen

Class: Assassin
Alternate Classes: Caster

Parameters:
Strength: D
Endurance: D
Agility: C
Magic: C
Luck: D

Spoiler:

Background

There are many things that have brought kingdoms to an end. War, the end of a bloodline, natural disasters. Among those things that have brought dynasties to ruins, one reason seems to be especially common. A woman. Whether it be the beauty of a woman triggering a war, a king’s love being spurned or simple a woman who ends up being a terrible influence, women have often been key to the downfall of empires. Perhaps no better is this illustrated than in the tale of Su Daji, the Thousand-Year Vixen.

Su Daji was an ordinary young girl living in the time of the Shang Dynasty, almost a thousand years ago. She was a beautiful maiden who was struck down by fate when the king of her lands, King Zhou, angered the ascended divine spirit Nuwa by writing lewd poems about her beauty within the confines of her sacred temple. In retaliation for his crimes against her Nuwa decided to accelerate the end of the Shang Dynasty, and to do so she merged three women of great beauty with wicked spirits, corrupting their hearts and filling them with evil desire. Su Daji was chosen as one of these girls, and she quickly became the leader of the trio. She reveled the most in the pain of others, but even within this wicked heart there resided the desire to be a normal person once more, as did her co-conspiritors Jiutou Zhiji Jing and Pipa Jing.

Nuwa saw the secret desire in the hearts of the girls and promised them that they would be returned to normal humans once the Shang Dynasty was dismantled. With both an overall goal, an attainable reward and the foreseeable pleasure of having her current wanton lusts fulfilled, Su Daji set about her task with delight. Her already radiant beauty enhanced by the fox-spirit bound inextricably to her she was able to seduce King Zhou and become one of his primary concubines. From this position she was able to influence him in all sorts of ways, simply by whispering how much she’d love to see a particular thing done or a particular activity experienced. She warped the king’s mind until he began to neglect his affairs of state in order to spend more time with her, and she wickedly set about organising the deaths of anyone who wronged her, using the king’s power to have her executions carried out.

In time Su Daji became widely renowned for her lustful, lewd behaviour and her horrific curiosity with pain and human anatomy. She delighted in torturing people, slicing up living beings to examine their inner organs and committing cruel punishments such as feeding men to their own fathers as ground up meat. Most people found Su Daji to be both a fearful figure who could have them killed on a whimsy and also a source of great entertainment, as she was a glutton of excess who would hold parties with ponds of wine, forests of meat and thousands of revelers playing naked party games. However, those who she had wronged eventually rose up and brought down King Zhou, ending the Shang Dynasty as Nuwa had desired.

For her part in the atrocities of King Zhou and her own wicked actions Su Daji was executed when the throne was overthrown, and there her story should have ended. However, the goddess Nuwa kept her word to the three girls who had brought down the Shang Dynasty at the inadvertent cost of their own lives. Upon her death, Su Daji was returned to the status of human by the divine spirit, and so her spirit was able to enter the Throne of Heroes to exist for eternity.

Class Skills

Presence Concealment
The capacity to hide one's nature as a Servant.

• D+: A level of concealment that is suitable for spying from a distance, this concealment additionally hides Assassin’s true nature as a demonic spirit, preventing others from being able to sense that nature, aside from specific skills at a rank of B or higher.

Personal Skills

Shapeshifting
A devilish art that refers to both borrowing bodies and appearance change. A method used by the millenary spirits of foxes and badgers of China that are put on par with Tamamo-no-Mae.

• A: Assassin is able to transform herself completely into the form of a fox, and is able to alter her features and body to appear as any female form, as well as possess the bodies of other females. Those with any sort of protection against mental interference or Magic Resistance are unable to be possessed, and others are able to make resistance checks at intervals by comparing their Magic Parameter against Assassin’s own in order to break free of the possession effect.

Kingdom Destroyer
Whether inadvertent or deliberate, the possessor of this skill was instrumental in bringing down an entire kingdom in ways far more subtle or insidious than by conquest or politics. Unable to be removed or sealed, this skill naturally applies negative modifiers against rulers.

• B: Assassin provided an exceptionally bad influence for her king, causing him to neglect his empire and indulge in wicked conduct. Those who are rulers of nations or empires have all forms of “leadership” skills such as Charisma, Persuasive Orator and others have those skills reduced to Rank E.

Sadistic Constitution
A skill that augments one's aggression in battle. It appears to be a positive skill, but the longer its owner stays in battle, the more their abusive disposition will grow, causing them to lose their usual composure.

• A+: When Assassin is able to see or hear that another person is clearly in pain or suffering, she experiences a Rank Up to all Parameters, alongside the usual effects of this skill. The more that she attacks in battle, the stronger she becomes, but her defensive abilities will steadily drop.

Torture Techniques
Bonuses are provided when using implements of torture.

• A: All attacks, skills and techniques that are implemented while using a tool or method of torture gain a Plus Modifier.

Witchcraft
The Dakini heavenly methods. It includes methods to discern one's time of death and secret arts to obtain influence, such as methods to attain status and fortune (for men) and methods to gain the favor of influential individuals (for women).

• C: A high degree of talent for influencing men and bringing them under Assassin’s thrall. Much of her witchcraft is simple and stems from her vengeful demonic spirit, but in the Caster class this skill would be much higher ranked and far more versatile.

Bi Gan
Insatiable Curiosity of the Debauched Vixen

Rank: C
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 1
Targets: 1

Description: As the beloved concubine of King Zhou, Assassin was able to get away with all sorts of horrible things, regularly mutilating living people to examine their anatomy or organizing cruel and unusual executions for those who wronged her for even the most petty of slights. This fondness for death and torture has manifested in the form of a versatile Noble Phantasm that inflicts these horrific wounds on others. Named for an incident where she had the king’s most loyal and good-natured advisor tear his own heart out simply so she could study it to see if an ancient idiom about good-hearted men was true, this Noble Phantasm is a curse that activates the moment she touches anyone and invokes the True Name.

If Assassin’s Magic Parameter is higher than her opponent’s then the curse will succeed and the target’s heart will forcibly explode out of their chest, killing them instantly. Assassin is able to vary the curse’s effects by choice to any number of other forms of mutilation or injury, such as horrific burns, vivisection, hundreds of venomous bites across the body or any number of other wicked things she can think of. Magic Resistance equal to or greater than the rank of this Noble Phantasm can help to mitigate the curse’s effects to varying degrees.

[Rafflesiac]

Presence Concealment
This skill raises basic parameters in exchange of hindering mental capacities. In some cases, also seals away Personal Skills.

Presence Concealment =/= Mad Enhancement.

[Zork Knight]

Servant info:

Spoiler:

Name: Herne the Hunter, a.k.a Cernunnos
Class: Rider
Gender: Male
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Strength: C
Endurance: D
Agility: C
Mana: B
Luck: D
Noble Phantasm: A

Skills

Spoiler:

Class Skills:

Magic Resistance: B
Cancels spells with a chant below three verses. Even if targeted by High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals, it is difficult for him to be affected.

Riding: A+
Creatures on the level of Phantasmal Beast and Divine Beast can be used as mounts. However, that does not apply to mebers of the Dragon Kind.

Personal Skills:

Animal Dialogue: A+
Rider is capable of full communication with any vertebrated animal, and is capable of "teaching" complex ideas and concepts to forest-dwelling vertebrates.

Demonic Defender of the State: B-
By securing the leylines of an area in advance, it will be treated as his domain, and Rider will receive 1 Rank-Up to Agility, Mana and Luck while fighting inside this domain. However, Rider can only apply this skill to a forested area.

Divinity: E
Although once a full-fledged god, Rider was reduced to a mere "forest-haunting ghost" by the end of Celtic Polytheism.

Leader of the Hunt: D
A rare skill, possessed only by those who are claimed to lead the Wild Hunt. The user receives a small bonus to all parameteres when riding a horse, as well as the effects of the Charisma skillof equal rank. During a storm, however, the bonus granted is increased to 1 Rank-Up.

Noble Phantasms

Spoiler:

Windsor Wild Hunt – The Forgotten God Rides at the Forest

Anti-Army, Rank A

A legend known throughout Europe, always with the same premise: phantasmal huntsmen riding horses and accompanied by hounds during a stormy night, led by a famous figure. Many heroes, villains and gods from many countries are said to lead it, and Herne is one of them.

Upon activating this Noble Phantasm, between 30 and 50 horse-riding phantasmal huntsmen, as well as several hounds and a few other forest creatures will materialize. The huntsmen are all servants with Rank E parameters and Rank E Independent Action, and the beasts are of the Monstrous rank. While very expensive, the prana cost is reduced if it is used at night, during a storm or within a forest, with these "discounts" being cumulative.

Although they are part of this Noble Phantasm, Rider is capable of summoning his own horse, hound and horned owl separately, at a much lower prana cost. Unlike the other creatures he summons, these three are Phantasmal Beasts, and act as familiars to Herne.

Lore

Spoiler:

A Celtic god of nature. Even though his worship was widespread in the past, little is known about Cernunnos nowadays. Cernunnos might not even be his true name, since it only appears on the Pillar of the Boatmen.

Cernunnos was a kind and gentle god, bringing fertility to the land, life to the forest, and wealth to his worshippers. However, as the number of worshippers reduced, so did his power, and so did his kindness. He saw himself reduced to a spectre, bound to the forest of Windsor. And as "cornu" became "horn", so did "Cerne" become "Herne". He began haunting the forest at night, specially during winter, chasing after those who entered it and killing them. Those whom he murdered became his huntsmen, and would appear alongside him the next time some unfortunate soul entered Windsor while he was "hunting".

But as the forest became smaller, so did the sightings of the Hunter. Ultimately, he disappeared altogether, never to be seen again.

[Vagrant]

Presence Concealment =/= Mad Enhancement.

Whoops. All fixed now.

[castor212]

Riding: A++
Creatures on the level of Phantasmal Beast and Divine Beast can be used as mounts. However, thas does not apply to mebers of the Dragon Kind from outside Europe.[/SPOILER]

I'm pretty sure that no matter how high the Riding skill is, it cannot make you able to ride a dragon, inside Europe or not?

[Knick]

You need a skill specifically for riding dragons.

[Vagrant]

Does it really matter? At rank A++, if he wants it to allow riding a limited selections of Dragons then I say let him. At that sort of rank you may as well, it hardly matters.

[Knick]

Riding skill does not include dragons.

It is a separate skill. That is all I am saying.

[Vagrant]

It's only at rank A+ that it makes the distinction of not being able to ride Dragons, the main skill description doesn't exclude it. Indeed, the EX ranked Riding possessed by Violet states "Can ride anything". I know it then mentions it's actually assimilation rather than riding but I don't see why regular EX rank riding would exclude Dragons.

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Actually, amusingly enough, since only Rank A+ mentions exclusion of Dragonkind, theoretically you could ride a Monstrous Beast class dragon at lower ranks. As long as you could find one of course. I believe they do exist, so really it's only the Phantasmal or greater dragons that can't be ridden.

[Siriel]

Riding
Ability to ride things. A Servant with this at rank A can ride even mythical beasts and divine beasts. However, in order to ride dragon types, a different ability than Riding is necessary.

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[Vagrant]

Ah yeah, I had forgotten that part. Still, Violet's EX description of it makes me shrug at the idea of being able to use it to ride Dragons at a high enough level.

[Siriel]

One maybe shouldn't base themselves on the hacked pile of deities High Servants whose skills are actually other skills.