Tower Servant
Nimrod
Maybe humanity's first king, and leader of a civilization that was united after the great cataclysm. A 'mighty hunter before the lord', who eventually became maybe the most powerful human on the earth.
Legend tells that he ordered the construction of a certain tower meant to reach the heavens and protect humans should they ever face extinction again, but God took that as heresy and cursed Nimrod and his people, confusing their languages and scattering humanity, punishing their hubris by never allowing them to unite as one.
Source: Hebrew Myth
Region: Ancient Mesopotamia
Likes: Fighting, Hunting, Aggressive Music
Dislikes: Waiting, Authority
Talents: Is actually really good in fighting games
Natural enemy: Kaiser
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She managed to keep her original attribute even in this irregular summon.
(I)
Her story begins much before she was even alive. A man named Noah tried to reach the divine pillar of light called Merodach. It is not clear for what reason he tried to do this, or what are the details of what happened when he did, but the consequences of doing so where catastrophic. Merodach could be said to be the origin of man, or at least, what kept its existence from disappearing. Upon reaching the pillar, Noah took a small fragment of it, unable to hold anything more. However that small action caused the pillar to crack.
The one thing holding the concept of 'humanity' was shaken and so humanity itself was, for a moment, rejected by the world.
Such rejection took the form of a world wide calamity... a deluge. The Great Flood.
(II)
And yet, thanks to the same Noah, humanity managed to barely escape extinction. And saved with him, the fragment of light, now in the form of a sword: Merodach.
But it wasn't possible to wield it. No man could manage to hold even that fragment of power. So another method would have to be devised. As the years passed, Noah's descendants kept the fragment, not one being able to use its power. Instead, they came to the conclusion that being a fragment of a pillar of light, it needed to be such for its power to be accessible.
Yes. Merodach was meant to anchor humanity, and therefore a new tower was to be built. One that could make the fragment whole again, and protect them should they be faced with another calamity. One day, a man who could hold the fragment himself would be revealed. A man with divine right to wield Merodach, chosen to rule and protect mankind from that tower.
As time went by, a certain girl risen up among mankind.
A mighty hunter before The Lord, and soon she began to be mighty in the earth.
(III)
Charisma: E
Degraded from its original B Rank. Like one born for battle, Nimrod was more like a hunter of men. She never meant to gather a following, but still people were naturally attracted to her power, and she led them to eventually take over mankind in a time when all humanity was no different than a single nation. During that conquest, Nimrod ended up also taking Etemenanki, the incomplete tower dedicated to be the anchor mankind, along with the sword Merodach that was kept inside of it, consolidating her rule once and for all.
But Nimrod's tale doesn't end here. For all her achievements, the fate of the world under her rule would be one of ruin and tragedy. As the king of all mankind, her cursed fall would also be the fall of humanity.
(IV)
Mad Enhancement: EX
A curse.
The secret to wielding Merodach's true form was not raw power, but submitting one's self to the sword. Unlike her predecessors, Nimrod did not fear when she felt her own nature being changed by the weapon in her hands. The fragment soon changed, turning into a form of pure, burning light. Had Nimrod hesitated, she would be consumed by that light. But instead, the girl held on to what could no longer be called a sword. It was more like a purple star, its light taking over Nimrod's body and mind, her very spirit.
She didn't hesitate, not even for a moment. But still, no human would be able to survive that light. When Merodach finally stopped burning, what was left of Nimrod couldn't be called human. Those who witnessed it would say that the King became a being closer to a divine existence... or maybe it would be more accurate to say that she was possessed by one.
Juggernaut: B+
The people are connected to their King.
That is even more true for the unified humanity in the time of Nimrod. They were connected not only as a nation, but in spirit and mind through their
[Language]. One becomes a King through their charisma, but to maintain their position as a King, one must overrule the will of their subjects with their own.
In a world of
unified language, Nimrod ruled because there was no other human with a will capable of overcoming her commands. If the King is pleased, then the people prosper. But if the King becomes enraged, the subjects minds and spirits are oppressed. A psychic link shared between humans, through the
source of all things.
If such a King of mankind were to become insane... what would that mean for her followers?
(V)
Summoning her in this stage of her life is rare and irregular, only permitted because of the distorted rules of this scenario fusing her with Merodach as a Divine Construct. It is of course, still possible to make a proper summon of her from a time after she took control of Merodach, but it would require a corrupt grail in the first place.
Nimrod qualifies for the regular classes of Saber, Lancer, Archer and Berserker, with the first two giving her different forms of Merodach, one sealed as a sword and one closer to its true form. The Archer and Berserker classes summon aspects of her as a conqueror and hunter, before her rule.
The way she is as Tower is the furthest point in her life she can still be summoned as a servant, and even that only became possible through
Exceed. The fact that she still looks like a young girl even then only proves how short was the span of her legend, and how quickly she went from a victorious king to an insane demigod who eventually cut off humanity's connection to the source, and the truth they shared left to oblivion.
A true shooting star, quickly burning out.