Servant Berserker:
True Name: Cain 'The First Murderer'
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Alternate Classes: Lancer, Caster, Assassin
Strength- C
Agility- D-
Endurance- A
Mana- A
Luck- E-
NP- EX
Appearance:
(Guy on the left)
Personality: Impulsive, sadistic and cruel. While Cain's true self is a man tormented by guilt from his impulsive act of murder, this incarnation of him is merely a bloodthirsty brute with few redeeming qualities. Though capable of some speech and reasoning, Berserker's mind is largely unable to focus on any topic except murder for more then a few minutes at a time. As such, mutual dialogue with this particular Servant is just short of impossible unless one happens to share his macabre "proclivities".
In combat, he becomes an unfeeling destroyer willing to go to any lengths to bring about hisdemise. However, Berserker does not discriminate between killing in battle or otherwise and will happily spend the entire Grail War feasting on the souls of random civilians unless restrained by a Command Seal.victimopponent's
Even though nearly all of his human nature has been scattered, some faint glimmer of Berserker's true self still remains. He can only cry out the name "Abel...!" in a voice interweaving both unspeakable bloodlust as well as crushing regrets and sorrow...
He holds no particular wish on the Holy Grail, merely accepting summons for the chance to participate in the grandest bloodbath of all time.
Likes: killing, seeing the look of fear on his victim's face, ...Abel?
Dislikes: punishment for his actions, God, Abel
Talent: devising new methods of murder
Natural Enemy: Abel, his true self
Class Skills:
Mad Enhancement- C+
A Skill sacrificing sanity in exchange for raw power. All parameters save Luck and Mana are treated as rank-up, but most of one's human nature is scattered. Though still capable of speech and even rudimentary tactics, the Servant is largely unable to express any emotions other than bloodthirsty rage.
Not a reflection of the man's true character, but a distortion wrought by the horrific reputation accumulated over the course of his life and hereafter. Thusly, Berserker's mind is permanently frozen as it was in his impulsive killing of Abel- showing few traces of the grief and guilt that burdened his later self.
Seeing somebody who reminds him of his sister Abel, Berserker's rage spikes- leading him to rampage uncontrollably until the target is slain.
Personal Skills:
Implacable- A+++
A Skill displaying the terrifying tenacity of a killer. Comprises Battle Continuation and Single-Mindedness at comparable ranks, encompassing both the nigh-supernatural persistence of one who knows not when to give up and the obsessive drive to stalk one's victims across any distance or terrain.
Rather than being born from any feat he performed in life, this Skill is a crystallization of Berserker's existence and reputation as the "perfect murderer"- one whose legend is synonymous with the bloodstained act itself. It also grants him a significant likeness to the archetypal "slasher villains" popularized in modern horror films.
Perhaps for those reasons or a perceived resemblance to hissister, plus corrections are applied in the case where the pursued target is blonde, female or virginal.hatedbeloved
Glories Of The Past- B
The memories of Berserker's brightest days, frolicking peacefully alongside his sister Abel. These visions do not soften his madness but actually accelerate it, for the remembrance of past happiness only serves to inflame his present murderous rage. Sparse fragments of his past- Abel's beatifically smiling face, an idyllic garden drenched in blood- flash randomly before Berserker's eyes, leading him to lash out with the fury of a wounded beast. When this Skill activates, Berserker obtains a temporary boost in Strength and a resistence to mental interference, but the constant sorrow and anger renders his spiritual core highly unstable.
Though Berserker in this state is unable to comprehend or express the sadness he feels, some part of him still yearns for the warmth of his beloved sister's embrace.
Aptitude For Slaughter (All)- A+++
A Skill qualifying one's aptitude for killing, expressed through various means. In this case, it conceptualizes Berserker's supreme authority as mankind's first murderer. Due to the principle by which originals exceed imitations, Assassin boasts uncontested mastery over all forms and methods of bloodshed.
Berserker's proficiency for murder is unconstrained by any particular weapon, tool or technique. Any object in his hands that can be even remotely conceptualized as a "murder weapon" is automatically reshaped into its ideal form for killing. Pens, umbrellas, kitchen utensils, lawnmower blades and even pieces of scenery; all become deadly weapons made to claim the lives of human beings in Berserker's hands. While such tools remain below the level of true Noble Phantasms, differing from the similar ability possessed by a certain Knight Of The Round Table, they receive a potent Anti-Human attribute which greatly increases damage dealt.
This Anti-Human attribute is also applied even when Berserker fights barehanded. As the first murderer, the mark of killing is engraved even into his very flesh.
As Berserker, this Skill has been sublimated to its furthest possible extreme to be able to bring forth an unending array of gory deaths through just about any means imaginable. Such a debauched creativity from the pioneer of murder would surely make even the most diabolical of slasher villains blush.
Eternal Wanderer- A
Nature of one cursed to forever wander the earth. A composite including Independent Action and Nature Of A Rebellious Spirit at the same rank, while also imposing a curse of famine upon Berserker's surroundings. His very presence depletes magical energy from the natural world. Plantlife withers to nothing around him and the soil beneath his feet becomes dry and barren, incapable of bearing life.
For the horrendous act of slaying his own sister, Berserker was doomed by God to travel the earth as a fugitive and vagabond with no rightful dwelling to call his own. The very earth which opened its maw to accept his sister's blood then forever after refused to yield to his labor, a perpetual reminder of his sin- at least, if he had the presence of mind to understand it.
Noble Phantasms:
Resith Ra'tsach- Oh Eden, Be Stained Crimson (A, Anti-Unit): A Noble Phantasm crystallizing the most infamous and defining deed in Berserker's legend- the jealousy-driven slaying of his younger sister Abel. Rather then taking form as the bloodied dagger his Assassin incarnation would possess, this Noble Phantasm instead expresses itself through Berserker's very flesh- an embodiment of the unrestrained savagery and anger inherent in his primal act of murder.
Upon invocation, an illusion is projected out across the surrounding area, painting it over with a landscape of boundless green fields and untouched pastoral splendor. The paradisical Garden that mankind dwelt in the earliest days of creation, innocent and unknowing of the terrible reality of death.
Berserker then lunges towards the opponent with a bloodcurdling howl and unleashes the full depths of his animalistic fury in a ceaseless barrage of attacks. Though simplistic and undisciplined, each strike is frightfully powerful beyond his rank in Strength, bearing a portion of the conceptual weight of the First Murder. He rips, gouges and tears, using every means possible to kill and brutalize the enemy in an unspeakable display of murderous rage.
All the while, the enemy's blood splatters out across the illusory garden and begins dying it red- symbolizing the loss of innocence after the original murder. With the final blow the entire garden is completely soaked in crimson from the opponent's blood, decisively shattering the illusion as reality reasserts itself.
A "technique-based" Noble Phantasm that is in fact more an incarnation of savagery than anything worthy of being called a technique- re-inacting the brutality and anger of the first murder. Furthermore, any who witness such a brutal display without a rank in Bravery or equivalent Skills at A or higher will be left paralyzed in fear, rooted to the spot before the full extent of Berserker's terrifying bloodlust.
When Abel's blood first dripped into the ground it not only brought a curse on Berserker but to the very world itself, forever staining the earth in madness and cruelty. Thusly, the imagery taken by this Noble Phantasm is one that calls to mind a paradise despoiled by the wrongfully shed blood of man.
Charagma Kayin- Sevenfold He Will Be Avenged (EX, Support):
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So, I've written up the Berserker Cain I'd been talking about. I've had this guy in mind for about the last couple weeks, but didn't have the inspiration to write him up until now. Pretty satisfied with him as a whole- particularly the take on the original murder NP which I've never seen anything like it in a Cain sheet before. As always, be sure to drop by with comments and criticisms! Thanks.
Originally Posted by sherlock1110
