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Charles Martel
Class: Rider
Master: Ryan Braff
Alignment: Lawful Good
Sex: Male
Height: 195cm
Weight: 95kg
Attribute: Man
STR: B
CON: A
AGI: D
MGI: D
LUK: A
Noble Phantasm: B
Legend:
Charles “Hammer” Martel was the de facto ruler of the Frankish territories from 718 to 741 and the progenitor of the Carolingian Dynasty. A ruler without ever being a king, he was the grandfather of the First Holy Roman Emperor, the main character of the Matter of France, Charlemagne. His official title was Maior Domus and Princeps et dux Francorum (Mayor of the Palace, Duke of the Franks).
A talented stateman and general, his greatest victory was the Battle of Tours in 732AD where he repelled what was considered the most important Islamic invasion of Western Europe. He is a hero who secured Europe for Christianity, creating the circumstances that allowed for the creation of the Holy Roman Empire and the events of The Matter of France. However, the flip-side is he also means he is a man who perpetuated a war between two religions. A holy war that one may argue that still continues to this day.
His other legacy is laying down the foundation feudalism and what would eventually be the culture of the “chivalry.” Without getting into too much detail, in his preparations against the Islamic invaders from what is now Spain, Charles gifted parcels of land to his nobles and barons and in return expected fighting men and a portion of their income. Through this system, Charles was able to create the first standing army since the fall of Rome – a trained standing army being the only thing that could repel the trained Islamic invaders. The legacy of this bond between monarch and vassal because the cornerstone of feudalism and what was known today as the “feudal pyramid” was born. It is through this stratification of society and the proliferation of heavy cavalry after the Battle of Tours that led to the birth of the “knight,” and therefore eventually the “chivalry,” romanticized so thoroughly in medieval culture.
It must be said that the parcels of land that Charles distributed were originally not his to give. Rather, it was land owned by the papacy. Initially, the church was extremely reluctant about the request for such land to prepare against the Islamic invasion. In fact, they were ready to excommunicate Charles. However, he eventually received the land through the mediation of Saint Boniface and the Church’s realization of the imminent Islamic threat to “a Christian Europe.” This compromise would allow for the eventual creation of the Holy Roman Empire – which was none of those three things. What it did accomplish was earning a place for the papacy in this new social system eventually linking religion with knights.
In summary, Charles is the Knight King who was neither a knight nor a king and most importantly, he was not chivalrous. Even if his time is after what is called the Age of Chivalry, the stories about those who existed in that age are greatly influenced by what he slightly unwittingly ended up establishing. That is core of the Servant Charles Martel; while he was a great warrior and arguable a better statesman, his legacy is a social order that was worshipped and revered – a social order so fundamental to our understanding of history that its taught to 8th graders in history class.
Tactics:
Charles is perhaps one of the only commanders in history to successfully defeat a force of heavy cavalry with infantry and during the Battle of Ambleve he used the traditionally eastern tactic of a feigned retreat – previously unknown to western armies – to secure victory. Charles’ military genius is understanding what it will take to win and being able to prepare his men to win no matter the cost. Understanding that the Franks could not win without a trained standing army, he was prepared to be damned to hell in return for receiving what he deemed necessary.
It is this very quality that led to his moniker as the “Father of Western Heavy Cavalry,” his claim to the Rider Class. After the Battle of Tours, he stole the idea from the Islamic forces he fought against and implemented heavy cavalry into his own army – creating the prototype of a “knight."
In the modern era, Charles is summoned with a great war hammer; a weapon he had nothing to do with during his life. The hammer is the manifestation of his title of Martel, a call-back to Judah Maccabee who god blessed with victory over the Syrians. He is also portrayed in art with a hammer. He also qualifies as a Saber, with his sword allegedly being the one that Jeanne D'Arc found.
As for the man himself, he is a slightly pious, slightly intolerant man. He is pious enough to respect the Church but at the same time skeptical enough to know that the Church only wanted itself to seen as an ideal. He is intolerant enough to dismiss other cultures as being lesser, but will appropriate and steal ideas he deems praiseworthy. He is kind of like that one genius, conservative uncle you only see during holidays.
If there are two exceptions from that stereotype though, one would be his amazement that feudalism became what it did. Charles only believed that feudalism was a method to protect his country, a system to create a standing army. He did not expect that it would become the way of life that it did. Needless to say, for a man of that era he was not an egalitarian; therefore, his amazement isn’t one of disapproval as so much as plain astonishment. Charles’ second quality is that he takes the insult “bastard,” deeply personally. While according to Frankish custom he was a legitimate child as polygamy was allowed, he has been recorded in history as “illegitimate” – his mother was not the first wife. Charles does not have low esteem neither is this a mental scar; rather, he sees that word as a dishonor to his mother. Because of this perceived slight, he is kind to bastards believing that he understands what they must go through. This is merely skin deep though for, without a doubt, he believes them lesser people and more importantly, Charles has never had to question himself.
If he ever met the little girl who actually become a legitimate Knight King, he would probably fall down to his knees and apologize.
“That end is simply too sad. Even if you died before I was born, even if I have absolutely nothing to do with you, I’ll bear a modicum amount of responsibility. I’m sorry, what happened to you shouldn’t have been glorified.”
Class Skills:
Magic Resistance: C
Magecraft invoked with two bars or fewer are nullified. However, this does not apply to Church sacraments. Cannot defend against High-Thaumaturgy or Ritual Spells.
Martel inherently has very low magical resistance and therefore should receive the class container’s inherent rank. During his lifetime, he never encountered much in terms of mystery. However, he is able to demonstrate a higher rank because of his religious ties rather than purely his own piety.
Riding: B
Riding Ability. Majority of mounts can be ridden above average. Magical Beasts, Holy Beasts cannot be ridden.
Albeit low for a Rider, it is a rank befitting one who was called the “Father of Western Heavy Cavalry” and “The Beginning of Chivalry.”
Personal Skills:
Defender of the State: A
By reserving ley lines beforehand, a specific area can be deemed as “one’s domain.” When the battlefield is within this domain, a fighting power bonus comparable to Berserker’s B rank 「Mad Enhancement」is acquired.
Taking land from the papacy and then gifting it to his vassals who in-return payed him for being allowed to use the land, Charles was able to create a standing army and protect the Frankish kingdoms at the same time unifying them. The skill’s essence is stockpiling military might for the sake of defending one’s land manifested.
Strategy: A
The power to decide victory before a battle is fought through a big picture understanding of diplomacy and logistics.
Charles greatest strength and most noted military feat was to only use infantry to withstand heavy cavalry. This was not due to sudden inspiration or a gimmick. Rather, he amassed information about the invaders, understood what was necessary to win, trained his troops to meet such an adversary and the rest is history. But when its put that way, it might be more of an approach rather than a strength and therefore why his personality is very in-tune with this skill.
Defender of the Faith: C+
A title given by Dante Alighieri to those he considered were the Defenders of Christianity and earned a place on Mars in his Paradiso. The skill, on the other hand is not limited to Christians, this is merely the anecdote for why Charles has this skill.
Damage dealt is advantageously revised when defending consecrated ground and any attack dealt is equivalent to an attack dealt with a holy scripture. As a bonus, all attacks against Heroic Spirits with Divinity related to thunder and lightning Divine Spirits have a plus revision.
While the skill name may be “defender,” those who are considered by Dante as Defenders of the Faith live on Mars, still seen as the planet of war. To fit with a depiction, the main effect of this skill must be something Charles gains while in defense of something rather than an effect that allows him to defend or a simple defense boost.
As for the bonus effect, Charles was a great supporter of Winfrid, later, Saint Boniface “the Apostle of the Germans,” whose greatest miracle was cutting down Donar’s Oak which translates to Thor’s Oak or latinized as Jupiter’s Tree without being killed by the Divine Spirit. Please think of this as Charles’ good friend somehow helping him from the great beyond. But then again, one of the main reasons why Charles was able to even defend Christendom in the first place was because of Boniface, so the effect might be more apt than one thinks.
Noble Phantasm:
The Inauguration of Chivalry
Father of European Heavy Cavalry
Rank: B
Type: Anti-Army
Range: 0 - 99
Maximum Targets: 777
After the Battle of Tours, Charles became unbeatable in his campaigns because of his ability to incorporate the idea of heavy cavalry (which he stole from the Muslims) and his incredibly disciplined phalanx in a matter of five years – the Caliphate believed it would take a him a generation. Summoned as a Rider, Charles can continuously call and control armored horses while within the domain specified by 「Demonic Defender of the State」.
But more importantly, this Noble Phantasm represents the beginning of a new age in Europe. The dawn of the Holy Roman Empire and the chivalric ideals that pervaded this era. The beginning of the mounted knight was not only a military renaissance, but a cultural one too where various legends and folklore would be rebooted to fit the mold of the new social order that Charles had brought to Europe. That is the true form of this Noble Phantasm and the crystallization of Charles Martel.
The maximum targets, 777, is merely a formality representing the Noble Phantasm’s isolation. Even if a seemingly unending stream of horses can be called forth, they are all discreet units therefore limited by Charles’ magical energy supply.
Where the romantic might see a stampede of noble horses galloping through a sea of green, the only real way to describe it is mass weapon horses.
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