...Who was Judas Sicarii?...I am servant caster. Victory, in my hands, is a simple ritual away... shall we begin?
Sources
Overdoor, Zerochan.net. Raikoh-illust, Knowyourmeme.com.
Class
Caster
True Name
Judas Sicarii
Origin
Biblical Canon, Bliblical Myth.
Alignment
Chaotic-Neutral
Likes
Studying mysteries of the soul, Silver, Venison, Juices, and Television.
Dislikes
Humanity, Goodwill, Weakness, Cowardice, Bread, Alcohol, and Theater.
Natural Enemies
Jesus, God.
Other Classes
Pretender, Faker, Assassin, Foreigner.
Catalyst
Thirty Pieces of Silver, His Preserved Lips, or the field he died in.
Armaments
Magecraft (CB-rank)
So then master... first let us spruce up this workshop. Bring it to code before I begin creating the tools to our victory... oh, don't worry. I won't make too much of a mess.
Parameters
Str: ED End: ED Agi: DC Mna: BA Lck: -E NP: CB
Ah. One of my familiars has informed me of a development. It would seem the false caster is clashing with the Saber
I see... so what are our plans?
Nothing for now. Let the fakers fight. Even if one wins the other is of no concern... especially false caster... after all, all he is is my refuse
Lore
Once, there lived a man within ancient Israel. He was the son of a magus seeking the root. This magus believed that to reach it she needed a perfect soul. Unfortunately her predeccessor had failed to make her soul perfect and so she had to study the craft of soul manipulation in order to progress their knowledge of it and perfect the soul of the heir.
He was not the heir. He was simply third in line. If the heir and then their replacement died he'd be chosen. Due to the importance of the mission all were overall treated equally to ensure peak condition for when the time came. Yet it was not to be for he would be removed seemingly.
A man had begun to make waves. He had begun to openly use miracles. Magecraft. For altruistic purposes. For truth. Something that incensed and angered the magus of the region. They attempted to have this man stopped... but he was a divine spirit. They couldn't touch him.
So they contented to make his life difficult. His family was no different. He was however. His family used small plots to make the life of the man named Jesus difficult. Nothing life-threatening that would threaten his wrath or expose them. Small things... like making the price of bread higher, which the disciples ate often according to rumor.
He did not share in this due to his difference in study, guided by one of the familiars the family had conjured. He thought that he could simply create a perfect soul to guide him to the root. That his own soul's quality mattered little in the end.
Yet it would not last forever. One day, while gathering resources from the city, he was separated from his family. Wandering, he came across Jesus and met him for the first time. At first he was unimpressed. The man seemed human like anyone else, naively idiotic even... then he witnessed it. A genuine miracle.
Not merely magecraft. Not true magic. The warping of reality to make a man who was lame no longer lame. One moment he was lame and his leg rotting and the next it was healthy... all without the use of mana. He couldn't fathom what he saw. Until a thought crossed his mind. A Perfect Soul.
He followed the man. They had made eye contact and he felt a compulsion... but he knew it wasn't from the man. It was his own soul responding to the answer. The answer to the mystery he was looking into. How to make the perfect soul... the man before him, the divine spirit Jesus, was the answer. He, of course, followed.
What surprised him however was not the kindness of the man, but the acceptance displayed by the disciples. They didn't bat an eye at his entry to their home, at the invitation of Jesus, and sat and talked with him familiarly. It wasn't unpleasant but it was off-putting.
Then came the offer at the end of the meal. Jesus gave him an explicit offer. To abandon magecraft and follow him, gaining what he sought at the end and paradise, or to return to his family and risk never seeing that paradise he sought.
He was somewhat humbled. He wasn't threatened if he walked away. Simply informed he might miss out on what he sought. Abandoning the way he lived however was difficult for him... yet, like his family, he dreamt of the root. Of reaching it. So he agreed. As, regardless of which he chose, he needed Jesus. So the only real choice was to follow him.
His days from there went to easy and studious to tough and difficult. Living in the darkness, Jesus' lessons were not readily apparent to him as Jesus was far more open and truthful than magus. Naturally, he didn't understand his ways. This caused a rift between him and the other disciples... yet Jesus never forced him to leave. He was patient.
Yet he never truly abandoned his magecraft. He simply stopped using it since Jesus gave him some power. The ability to heal others and grant god's grace. He, at night and alone, studied it and recorded his observations of Jesus. Coded so that if a disciple found his writings they wouldn't see the truth.
Yet it was all for naught. One day soldiers of the High Priest Caiaphus approached him and delivered a letter with a simple threat. That if he didn't expose the identity of Jesus to the soldiers then he would die right there. He doubted the soldiers could kill him... but he knew the consenquences of defiance. Of fighting back. The disciples would be blamed. Jesus would be blamed. They'd all die and his perfect soul would be lost.
So he made an offer. a promise of no execution and he would do it. The guards said that would be fine, as the high priest merely wanted to confront Jesus about his heresy. He silently walked them to where they were to meet for the night. He walked to Jesus. He gave what became known as the 'Kiss of Judas'.
When Jesus was taken away the guards paid him 30 silver for his civil service. The disciples, angered, exiled him. He left and went to spy on the events. When the time came he went to attend the festival that had been assured to him by Caiaphus to release Jesus. The people would choose between a murderer-thief or Jesus on who to release. While they had no intention of letting him free, the crowd would surely choose to merely imprison him forever.
Yet... this did not happen. He realized he had been tricked immediately. The crowd chose to have him crucified. A death sentence. Before he could intervene, someone grabbed his shoulder and pulled him away. His father. Before he could fight he saw his mother present also. It became clear. They had come to take him back.
With nowhere to go and his perfect soul lost he relented and left Jerusalem with his family. Unbeknownst to him his silver had been cursed however. Over the next years until he died he changed because of this. Yet he did nothing. He merely examined the curse and accepted it. As time went on his Od was tainted, taking his magecraft. His body swelled taking his ability to move freely... and finally his heart stopped, taking his life.
This was the life of Judas Sicarii.
Here is the silver. Make sure you pay her change with this
... Y-yes sir...
Good boy... oh and naturally we don't know each other and this conversation never happened
... Mmm? Oh, sorry sir I spaced out. Can I help you?
You already did. Good day.
Class Skills
Territory Creation: ED
Despite not lacking in magecraft not only did he never build a proper workshop for himself he also has the skill 'the Curse of Thirty' that reduces his skill parameters whenever he has silver on him.
Whenever he has silver he can only fashion a place that is pre-existing into his workshop. The dimensions must be the same and unlike the normal skill cannot use this skill to create bounded fields.
He must rely on his own magecraft to erect such defenses as well as make the space amicable to resource gathering.
Even when the curse is not active, all this skill does is give him guidance in errecting proper defenses with his magecraft and makes detecting leylines easier.
Master. How goes your aquisitions?
Good. Got another 30 pounds worth of silver
I work in ounces but it doesn't matter. Thirty pounds is a sizable portion. Now allow me to work and go get more
Item Construction (Silver): C
Not particularly notable at the crafting of mystic codes, his skill in magecraft assumes some moderate skill. However his relationship with silver grants him somewhat of a boon in this department as well, allowing him more than a decent rank.
However, due to the personal skill 'the Curse of Thirty' this skill is ranked down making it less useful. He can still craft basic mystic codes but he cannot fill them with spells three verses or below. Further all must use silver as a basis.
Unlike other skills this skill cannot rank up. This is because silver is required for all of his item creations. Swords, daggers, mystic codes, books. Whatever he creates with this skill must use silver as a foundation. A book cover must be made of silver plates, a dagger or sword's blade must be silver, and mystic codes are made from silver. Due to this requirement, whenever he makes them he will always be at a C Rank.
His general strategy with this skill is to create mystic codes that grant him an extra pair of hands and then to arm them with either offensive or defensive mystic codes dependent on his own strategies. Then he will operate magecraft with his own hands offensively or defensively.
Now... what to make...? Ahhh... how about that spell? Yes... it would be amusing to test if I can make a trap that spawns a constant stream of phantoms
Personal Skills
the Curse of Thirty: D
A skill that combines the skills 'Thirty Silver' and 'Rejection From Humanity'. Rather than compounded rank downs, it has a different effect entirely in the form of a curse. Specifically he gains a conceptual weakness to silver, taking additional damage from anything that is conceptually silver as well as receiving a single rank down to parameters and skills and eliminating any plus modifiers he might've gained or had.
This skill does not rank down from this however, as it itself cannot be altered, sealed, or removed by any means. Further in addition to the negatives he can spread this curse to others. Simply he must lace the curse either into his magecraft or into silver and have that silver touch another.
If used with magecraft then negating the spell negates the curse as well. Even if the spell lands successfully the target may resist the curse seperately. In the case of silver being used as a transmitter a single resistance test suffices to determine if the curse takes hold. If it does the target gains a conceptual weakness to silver equivalent to him.
... Tsk... That saber... she's smarter than I thought... she avoided my trap expertly. I'll need to keep an eye on her.
Magecraft: CB
He never abandoned magecraft truly, rather he gave up the study of it. He never let his talent for it decline. However his 'Curse of Thirty' ranks it down, making him capable of challenging high-ranking proper magus but having difficulty in outstriping them.
His specialization is something akin to Spiritual Evocation but he also has talent in elemental magic, healing, and numerology. Normally his strongest spell is the creation of a powerful phantom, almost on the level of another ghost liner, but that is his noble phantasm while he is in this class.
While he normally he will opt to utilize spiritual evocation for the creation and utilization of phantom limbs, he is not opposed to utilizing other spells. Commonly he will summon phantoms and utilize them as sentries while he prepares a strong spell.
His strongest spell is one that manipulates souls outright. He cannot simply send souls to Akasha and if he releases them they return to their owners immediately. Further if the body perishes his grasp on the soul fades. However if he keeps the original owners body alive and he properly anchors the soul before releasing it then he can effectively utilize the soul however he see's fit.
And so the refuse is exposed... it's only a matter of time before he betrays that master... I almost pity him
... Wait... he admitted he was Judas Iscariot... wait that means-!
Do not fear, master. I am unlike other Judas servants. I am a magus first and foremost... surely, you know what that means?
... Right... then that means you won't betray me so long as I'm a useful master
Precisely
Kiss of Judas: BA
As a caster this part of his legend is crystallized as a skill rather than his noble phantasm, for this aspect of the heroic spirit focuses more on his prowess as a magus. Yet that does not mean it has no place... or rather as this he cannot escape it.
Its effect is simple and terrifying. It is imbues the target with the mark of betrayal to anyone he kisses. This mark signifies that they are now fated to either betray or be betrayed. It can be resisted and much easier than if he had been an Pretender due to being a skill as a caster.
Yet that does not deliniate from its ultimate danger. The act of betrayal and the eventuality of it occuring in regards to the marked. If the target should happen to possess blessings or magic resistances equivalent to C rank (B rank if this skill increases in rank due to the skill the Curse of Thirty no longer being applicable) then they have a high chance to resist with A+ rank granting the target total immunity.
If the target should lack any sort, then while this skill is at B rank it is still possible to resist, rather they will find no bonuses. However at A rank resisting this skill without some sort of resistance skill or blessing makes resistance all but impossible. However he cannot attempt to invoke this skill on someone more than once within a 24 hour period. If he attempts to and fails, intentionally or otherwise, then this skill will not even try to influence that target for 24 hours.
Unlike the noble phantasm version of this skill, Judas cannot actively manipulate the skill. He simply kisses someone and they are marked for betrayal. The method of betrayal, if they are the betrayer or betrayed, or the motivations behind the act are completely out of his control. Fate simply alters itself ever so slightly to make it happen with no input from him beyond a target.
Additionally he need not 'kiss' someone. Rather the skill is embedded in the concept of 'Judas kissing'. As such any act that may on some level be a 'kiss' is sufficient to invoke the skill. Whether it is blowing a kiss, an indirect kiss, or even something as simple as kissing his finger and planting it on another.
CASTER! YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T BETRAY ME!? WHY!?
.... Why wouldn't I? I was offered a better master. Surely you realize?
BUT-! BUT-!
I'm sorry master... but my new one says she needs your command spells. Comply, and we ensure your safety.... if you resist, you'll die... so what'll it be?
Grrr! Damn familiar! I am the master! With my command spell, I order you Judas Iscariot to heel to my command!
... Pity... I thought you intelligent since you were a magus... oh well
Wait, how- Grk!... h-how...?
... Simple, master. You said 'Judas Iscariot'... but I am Judas Sicarii. My proper magus name... perhaps if you had said just Judas, I would've restrained more than 10%.
Personality
Cold. Calculating. Uncaring. These describe Judas' personality fairly well. Every action has a cost-effect analysis behind it. From stabbing his master in the back to utilizing the souls of a neighborhood to create a powerful familiar to hunt Assassin. These were calculated in advanced on the prospects and consenquences and which outweighed the other.
While he holds some of Jesus' ideals it is readily apparent he tooks all the wrong lessons as everything is a risk-reward scenario to him. He considers the risks and rewards of doing something before doing it rather than simply being altruistic.
Rather altruism became part of the rewards within his analysis. Yet, invariably, there will be times when he abandons those in need due to being 'too risky'. In fact this very calculating way is why he betrayed Jesus. He valued that he could not survive the encounter and that his best odds of escaping were obeying.
Even when he realized Jesus' ultimate fate he lamented less at the loss of a friend and more at the loss of a model for his ideal. As expected of humanity's greatest traitor he cared less for the life of Jesus and more about what Jesus could provide him. This is apparent when he will gladly throw his master to the wolves should his master prove risky to his existence or doing so would extend his own.
... Hmmm? This variable... that master again?... How is she still alive? Her servant isn't even summoned... wait why is that? Why have I ignored her survival...? Is she actually a master...?
Interactions
Master
... What a foolish master... he should have complied. A waste of talent... oh well. At least this magic crest can go to a proper family. One that will not waste its talents like that
Master
... Yet I cannot bring myself to be fully loyal to my new one. Her pride will be her downfall. I should prepare for it... there is that leyline my old master discovered...
Judas Iscariot
... Hmmm... thank god he is not here. He'd make this whole affair needlessly bloody...
Samson
.... Ah. So his chosen weapon comes... no matter. She has planned for it...
Refuse
... Hmph. To think the refuse would actually survive that master... or did they spare you?
...
Tsk... how pathetic. Even with our great master you must rely on the pity of other to survive. How worthless you are. I'll rid myself of you here and now... Stand still and it'll be over qui-
I don't think so...
Hm!? What!? My magecraft... was canceled!?
I've had enough. I know I'm weaker... I may be your discarded remnants... but I refuse to accept you. I refuse to give in... I knew. From the start I suspected you were around... and when she told me to confront myself... I knew what was waiting
I see. You were not spared... you were let go for this. Tsk... worthless. You truly are-
I'm not worthless!... I'll prove it now. After all, you've been throwing silver around like it was no problem. It served its purpose, right?... How worthless you are. You can't even make use of what you throw away.
.... How... problematic...
Noble Phantasm
Praesidium Ultra; Ritualis Institutio Perfectae AnimaeBe Realized O' Perfect Soul and Guide Us to Eternity
Type
Summoning
Rank
CB
A dual noble phantasm. Two noble phantasms that are combined into a single one due to a pair of complimentary facts; He cannot use one of the noble phantasms himself while the former is an incomplete noble phantasm on its own.
The first noble phantasm is is a powerful defensive greater ritual that geneates a barrier of the casters shape. This barrier strengthens in response to non-humans and it otherwise is strong enough to block even Anti-Army noble phantasms on its own strength; when strengthened by its conceptual advantage against non-humans its strength can potentially stop even anti-fortress noble phantasms.
However to utilize the caster must hold a complete lack of malice or even harmful intent. Due to his nature as a magus and traitor he cannot utilize it.
The second noble phantasm is a greater ritual dedicated to create a 'Perfect Soul'. A familiar that uses a soul as its basis and is manifested perfection. Based off research to make one's own soul perfect he seeks to apply such to other souls, deciding that it was more efficient than risking their own or their heirs soul.
However it is incomplete and can merely produce a 'Pure Soul' that has little inherent power.
Singularly, these noble phantasms are not very strong. As noted he cannot use one himself and the other provides little power beyond a completely loyal, autonomous, and sentient familiar... but by combining their legends he has unlocked a powerful noble phantasm.
First he must activate the second noble phantasm; the creation of a Pure Soul, despite attempting to create a Perfect Soul. To do so he must simply utilize spiritual invocation to capture the soul of someone that has a pure, innocent soul and convert it into first a phantom and then a familiar. In this way it retains autonomy from him but is still subservient.
After this he must craft the first noble phantasm, Praesidium Ultra. He must then speak the full name of the noble phantasm, 'Be Realized O' Perfect Soul and Guide Us to Eternity', while presenting the noble phantasm to the familiar. Once it accepts he completely loses access to the first noble phantasm itself... not that he could utilize it in the first place.
The Pure Soul itself gains a few abilities from the Rite of Protection. First, it gains the personal skills Perfect Form, Mana Defense, and Self-Defense Field. It may utilize the skills freely.
It may also utilize its noble phantasm Praesidium Ultra at will, though it relies on him and by extension his master for prana for it as it is a powerful defensive noble phantasm. When utilized they may choose the shape and size of it, though it can cover no more than 100 ft. in diameter.
The largest weakness of this noble phantasm is twofold; first that it takes a large amount of time to prepare and execute and that even once done losing it is easy as the familiar is not of servant strength despite acting similarly to one.
Further unlike other noble phantasms this one has a sentience component that allows it to make decisions; and like anything that makes decisions it can be tricked.
Tsk... my perfect soul destroyed... my master dying... and that Refuse is the sole cause... here I expected to betray her... yet that rejection... heh... it's almost... poetic...
AN
Spoiler:Here is caster Judas. It took a bit longer than expected due to the noble phantasm giving me trouble in being realized but now I'm satisfied with it. So hopefully, it's an enjoyable read with collapse tags only used for variable elements.
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