you know im already ready for this gnar, time to get the servant out of the way [hider=Servant Avenger] [center][img=http://i.imgur.com/cL6A9bW.jpg] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpHBjFuTuuY]"Betrayed by my own schemes, in the end." [/url][/center] [b]Class:[/b] Avenger [b]Master:[/b] -If applicable- [b]True Name:[/b] Perikles, Founder of the Athenian Empire, Chosen of Athena & Zeus, Predecessor to the King of Conquerors [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Height/ Weight:[/b] 6'1, light [b]Alignment:[/b] Lawful Neutral [b]True Appearance:[/b] [url=http://i.imgur.com/TpjMGA7.jpg]As pictured[/url], Perikles wears the blues and silvers associated with the Athenians of his time. He has an iconic silver Corinthian design helmet of [url=http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mK7nGzj-_MBOIVyDWK_gJ8A.jpg]Athenian make[/url], standard issue for the Greek Hoplites, with a blue plume atop it in a parody of Spartan officers. He is summoned with a [url=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYYxsXbLMUo/TnTkaNFTheI/AAAAAAAAAEY/qTbbSgtXTo8/s1600/2011-09-18%2B01.36.20.jpg]xiphos[/url], [url=http://data3.blog.de/media/159/2153159_c3b480ec9d_m.jpg]bow[/url] and a [url=https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5170/5354186482_7e99ae472d_z.jpg]hoplon[/url] all of high quality, as befitting a hero such as himself, but they are not notable weapons in and of themselves, merely tools of combat he was well acquainted with in life. [b]Outfits:[/b] [b]Personality:[/b] Tsundere idealist. Perikles longs for the world to be better than it is, believing that a united world would ultimately be a beautiful one, but hides this under the cover of 'necessity' to people. It is not about what he wants, Perikles would claim, but about what the people need. He could be viewed as quite the morbid individual, but this was not always the case. After the death of his two legitimate heirs due to his own failure as a general, grief overtook him, and he too suffered the same fate not too long after his legitimate children. Now summoned, the memory of his slowly dying children weighs on his mind. When love strikes Perikles, it does so very hard for both the platonic and romantic. Perikles' relationship with Aspasia of Miletus, his mistress, was as public as his official marriage, unashamed and intense. Even in the face of slander, he stood strong beside Aspasia and even showed tears for her sake before his fellow Athenians. For his friends and lovers, his is unyielding to an unearthly extent. As a Servant, he is unusually aware of his own weaknesses, going out of his way to avoid a direct confrontation with another Servant with the knowledge of his comparative physical weakness to many other heroes, especially the Knight classes. If he does face a foe, he would rather it be on his terms where he has the advantage, through a proxy servant, or simply not at all. This does not mean he simply would not fight someone if faced with that dilemma - he is, after all, supposed to be summoned under the Lancer class. As far as Masters go, he is likely to best operate with a summoner who understands that in life he was a General and a tyrant, and as such would much prefer to take the lead in terms of strategy and direction. But, again, Perikles understands the significance of the War to both himself and his master, and so if he believes it best he will take a back seat. Better a team following a bad idea together than a team trying to follow several different good ones, after all. [b]Stats: [/b] Strength: E Endurance: D Agility: C Magical Energy: B Luck: C [b]Class Abilities:[/b] Vindication: Stat discrepancy between Avenger and a servant of a higher number is calculated and then added to one of Avenger's stats, increasing its rank. Battle Continuation: B - For an amount of time Perikles can remain standing after taking a grievous wounds, but not to the extent of taking a lethal blow and continuing to fight. [b]Personal Skills:[/b] Charisma: B Disengage: B Strategist: B - Through out the course of the war, Perikles can easily discern the 'best course of action'. However, this is only the theoretical best course, and can still go poorly for him and his master. In his legend, this can be seen in the implementation of the Walls of Athens.[/hider] [hider=Noble Phantasms:] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2tDbEwTqnQ]Olympian ~ The Weapon of Zeus[/url] Rank: B Type: Anti-Unit Range: 1-500 Maximum targets: 5 Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Quintillian - classical writers of Perikles' era and beyond exulted his talents. To them, he was "thundering and lightening" who "excited Greece". According to Arsitophanes and Diodorus, he carried the "Weapons of Zeus" with him. This Noble Phantasm is not a singular weapon, but a state. Perikles pulls down his helmet, eyes igniting with blue energy, spilling out from the visor. Storm clouds rapidly form above the battlefield and rain begins to patter, steadily increading in volume to the sound of gathering thunder. Lights streak horizontally through the clouds. At this point, battling Perikles becomes a risk for any foe. His body acts as a beacon, and his weapon a targeting point for divine lightning. Any strike, block or parry risks calling down the wrath of Zeus so long as Perikles is as an "Olympian" with the "weapon of Zeus" at his side. This Noble Phantasm also allows for his summoning as Lancer, as it can be used for less mana to increase his agility to A+ rank, however that capability is lost with the Avenger class. [b]Treasury of Delos ~ Tribute to Athens[/b] Rank: C Type: Anti-Betrayal Range: 3 Maximum Targerts: 1 In the days of the Delian League, the city states that once paid tribute to Persia instead did so to Athens in order to have them 'handle' the Persians. In the end this came back to bite the city states, so to speak, and allowed Perikles to solidify the Athenian Empire. Perikles grants 1 rank up to all stats of 1 servant other than himself, and increases their own mana reserves in exchange for an alliance. This alliance operates under a pseudo-geas; the moment it is broken, the boost is transferred to Perikles, and the impacted servant suffers a rank down to their original stats. [b]PARTHENON ~ Guidance of the Heroes Companion[/b] Rank: C Type: ?? Range: 30 Maximum Targets: 30 One of Perikles' most notable feats, and one that is still with us today, is the construction of the New Parthenon which was done under his order. With Guidance of the Heroes Companion, Perikles recreates this feat to a lesser extent. He claims a building in the name of Athena, turning its interior into that of a temple of the aforementioned god. The inside of this building usually becomes larger than what was once there in an odd shift of reality. When inside the PARTHENON, Perikles and his master recover mana at an increased rate, as well as the servant and master under the Delos geas. On top of this, Perikles may use Olympian free of mana cost while inside PARTHENON. It is the ultimate war room for Perikles and his allies. This structure is difficult to detect, hidden behind a complex and powerful bounded field which creates a sort of bystander effect when it is looked for. Athena is, after all, a god of wisdom and warfare, and sometimes warfare must be subtle.[/hider] tl;dr - A relatively weak servant independently, operates best when working with the long term in mind and under an alliance. sort of like a more 'serious' but fragile iskander