Caster’s primary Noble Phantasm, taking the form a kantele, a harp-like instrument, constructed from the jawbone of a pike and strung with hairs from the mane of the Hiisi’s stallion. It produces charming music, though only in the hands of Caster.
Kantele’s most important effect is simply to augment Caster’s magical power and expand both its effective radius and the number of targets his music can affect. It is not a source of power, but rather simply a tool for using it.
However, by invoking its true name, Caster can truly capture the hearts of those listening to his music. It is possible to lull a large number of people into sleep or enchantment. The release is by no means instant, but hearing but a few notes is enough for most warriors to drop their hostility and listen to the notes emanating from the Kantele. Shortly after, most will fall under the effects of Caster’s spell.
Eternal Bard-Sage
Tietäjä Iänikuinen
Anti-Mystery, Rank A+Music is magic. Music is fantasy. The melody of it brings back a little Mystery into the World, if only for a fleeting moment. Tietäjä Iänikuinen is Caster’s true Noble Phantasm, stemming from this concept. He is a Servant who lived during the Age of Gods, and lived long after that era’s Mystery had left this world. With his memory and knowledge, he remembers the Mystery that was, allowing him to bring magic of that caliber to the modern world, forming the basis of his status as Caster. However, his prowess goes far deeper than that.
With his song, with his music, Caster can return what seemed forever lost, bringing the Mystery of the Age of Gods back into the present world. With Caster’s music, it is possible even to precisely control the level of Mystery in the world around him. Playing a solemn, haunting tune that touches the hearts of all who hear it, even reaching the Root itself, Caster can raise or lower the level of Mystery that exists in his immediate surroundings at his leisure. With this, Caster can reduce or augment the strength of those who rely on Mystery for their power.
Naturally, as a Servant he is far less capable than he was in life. Indeed, if his word is to be taken at face value, if he were in his original body, it would be possible to sing the entire world back into the Age of Gods.
Surely such a thing couldn’t be possible...