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[i][centre]Such as thou art, sometime was I.
Such as I am, such shalt thou be.
I thought little on th'our of Death
So long as I enjoyed breath.
On earth I had great riches
Land, houses, great treasure, horses, money and gold.
But now a wretched captive am I,
Deep in the ground, lo here I lie.
My beauty great, is all quite gone,
My flesh is wasted to the bone.
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Name:
[i]Prince Edward Plantagenet[/i]

Titles:
[i]Edward of Woodstock, The Black Prince, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Wales, Prince of Aquitaine, Founding Knight of the Garter.[/i]

Class:
[i]Archer[/i]

Gender:
[i]Male[/i]

Appearance:
[img]https://static.zerochan.net/Legolas.full.1178739.jpg[/img]

Alignment:
[i]Lawful Neutral[/i]

Personality:
[i]Prince Edward remains a man of principle as he was in life, he is intelligent, cautious, patient, noble and posses an immense sense of duty towards his country of England.  He is an honourable man who kept somewhat to the knightly idea of chivalry when he lived in an era where it was on the decline.  However at times his chivalry was overridden by his expediency during times of war where he practised the chevauchée as fulfilling his duty to his country was more important than his own sense of honour.  Edward is able to react to situations calmly and reasonably even if it was a situation where he was in danger.

Edward was a skilled and fierce general and found that he did not fear death due to his experiences in battle from a young age, claiming that he had already learned how to die a long time ago.  Edward generally make judgements of people based on their moral compass and how it compares to his own, although despite this Edward is not narrow-minded, prejudice, arrogant or self-serving as he understands that humanity is a complex thing.  He was very loving to his friends and family, always willing to entertain their ideas and supportive towards their goals and dreams.  He was also a charismatic leader to those who served under him in war as well as a beloved prince in his home country of England where his popularity grew exponentially after his accomplishments.  Edward was a loving father to all of his sons, not only his legitimate sons but also the illegitimate sons that he conceived before his marriage.

 Due to the fact a lot of his life was spent in war Edward places a lot of trust in great warriors and commanders over other advisers, even on matters where those attributes would be of no relevance or even sometimes disadvantageous. 
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History: 
[i]Edward was born on 15 June 1330 at Woodstock Palace in Oxfordshire. He was created Earl of Chester on 18 May 1333, Duke of Cornwall on 17 March 1337 (the first creation of an English duke) and invested as Prince of Wales on 12 May 1343 when he was almost 13 years old.  In England, Edward served as a symbolic regent for periods in 1339, 1340 and 1342 while Edward III was on campaign. He was expected to attend all council meetings and he performed the negotiations with the papacy about the war in 1337. He also served as High Sheriff of Cornwall from 1340 to 1341, 1343, 1358 and 1360–1374.

Edward had been raised with his cousin Joan, "The Fair Maid of Kent".  Edward gained permission for the marriage from Pope Innocent VI and dispensation for marriage to a blood-relative (as had Edward III when marrying Philippa of Hainault, his second cousin) and married Joan on 10 October 1361 at Windsor Castle. The marriage caused some controversy, mainly because of Joan's chequered marital history and the fact that marriage to an Englishwoman wasted an opportunity to form an alliance with a foreign power. When in England, Edward's chief residence was at Wallingford Castle in Berkshire (since 1974 in Oxfordshire) or at Berkhamsted Castle in Hertfordshire.

He served as the king's representative in Aquitaine, where he and Joan kept a court which was considered among the most fashionable of the time. It was the resort of exiled kings such as James IV of Majorca and Peter of Castile. Peter of Castile, thrust from his throne by his illegitimate brother Henry of Trastámara, offered Edward the lordship of Biscay in 1367, in return for the Black Prince's aid in recovering his throne. Edward was successful in the Battle of Nájera (3 April), in which he soundly defeated the combined French and Castilian forces led by Bertrand du Guesclin. Peter did not pay fully and refused to yield Biscay, alleging lack of consent of its states, the Juntas Generales de Vizcaya and Edward retreated to Guienne by July.   The Black Prince returned to England in January 1371 and died on 8 June 1376 (a week before his 46th birthday), after a long-lasting illness that was probably amoebic dysentery, contracted ten years earlier while campaigning in Spain.

[b]Major Campaigns that Edward was involved in and their significance:[/b]
-  The 1345 Flanders Campaign on the northern front, which was of little significance and ended after three weeks when one of Edward's allies, Jacob van Artevelde, a former brewer and eventual governor of Flanders, was murdered by his own citizens.
- The Crécy Campaign on the northern front, which crippled the French army for ten years allowing the siege of Calais to occur with little conventional resistance before the plague set in. Even when France's army did recover, the forces they deployed were about a quarter of that deployed at Crécy (as shown at Poitiers). Normandy came virtually under English control, but a decision was made to focus on northern France, leaving Normandy under the control of England's vassal allies instead.
- The Siege of Calais, during which the inhabitants suffered greatly and were reduced to eating dogs and rats.  The siege gave the English personal and vassal control over northern France before the temporary peace due to the Black Death.
- The Calais counter-offensive, after which Calais remained in English hands.
- "Les Espagnols sur Mer" or the Battle of Winchelsea in the waters of the English Channel where the English fleet defeated the Castilian fleet.
- The Great Raid of 1355 in the Aquitaine–Languedoc region, which crippled southern France economically, and provoked resentment of the French throne among French peasantry. The raid also 'cushioned' the area for conquest, opened up alliances with neighbours in Aquitaine, the one with Charles II of Navarre being the most notable, and caused many regions to move towards autonomy from France, as France was not as united as England.
- The Aquitaine Conquests, which brought much firmer control in Aquitaine, much land for resources and many people to fight for Edward.
- The Poitiers Campaign in the Aquitaine-Loire region, which crippled the French army for the next 13 years, fomenting the anarchy and chaos which would cause the Treaty of Brétigny to be signed in 1360. Following this campaign, there was no French army leader, there were challenges towards Charles the Wise, and more aristocrats were killed at Crécy and Poitiers than by the Black Death.
- The Reims Campaign, following which peace was finally achieved with the Treaty of Brétigny. But, on the same terms, England was left with about a third of France rather than a little under half which they would have received through the Treaty of London. This is due to the failure to take Reims which led to the need for a safe passage out of France. As a result, a lesser treaty was agreed to and Edward III was obliged to drop his claims to the French throne. France was still forced to pay a huge ransom of around four times France's gross annual domestic product for John the Good. The ransom paid was, however, a little short of that demanded by the English, and John the Good was not returned to the French. Thus, this campaign yielded mixed results, but was mostly positive for Edward. One must also remember Edward III never actually dropped his claim to the throne, and that about half of France was controlled by the English anyway through many vassals.
- The Najera Campaign in the Castilian region, during which Peter of Castile (also known as Pedro the Cruel) was temporarily saved from a coup, thus confirming Castilian dedication to the Prince's cause. Later, however, Pedro was murdered. As a result of Pedro's murder, the money the prince put into the war effort became pointless, and Edward was effectively bankrupt. This forced heavy taxes to be levied in Aquitaine to relieve Edward's financial troubles, leading to a vicious cycle of resentment in Aquitaine and repression of this resentment by Edward. Charles the Wise, king of France, was able to take advantage of the resentment against Edward in Aquitaine. However, the prince temporarily became the Lord of Biscay.
- The Siege of Limoges in 1370 on the Aquitaine area, after which the Black Prince was obliged to leave his post for his sickness and financial issues, but also because of the cruelty of the siege, which saw the massacre of some 3,000 residents according to the chronicler Froissart. Without the Prince, the English war effort against Charles the Wise and Bertrand Du Guesclin was doomed. The Prince's brother John of Gaunt was not interested with the war in France, being more interested in the war of succession in Castile. New evidence suggests the account of English atrocities was inflated by Froissart.
- King Edward III and the prince sailed for France from Sandwich with 400 ships carrying 4,000 men at arms and 10,000 archers, but after six weeks of bad weather and being blown off course, they were driven back to England.



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Weapon:
[i]
-Bow and Arrow
-Shortsword
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Parameters:

STR:
[i]C[/i]

CON: 
[i]C[/i]

AGI: 
[i]B+[/i]

MGI: 
[i]D[/i]

LCK: 
[i]C+[/i]

Class Skills: 
[b][i]Independent Action: A[/i][/b]
[i]It is possible to take action even without a Master. However, to use Noble Phantasms of great magical energy consumption, backup from the Master is necessary. At Rank A, it is possible for a Servant to stay in the world for about a week without a Master.[/i]

[b][i]Magic Resistance: C[/i][/b]
[i]Cancel spells with a chant below two verses. Cannot defend against magecraft on the level of High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals.[/i]

Personal Skills: 
[b][i]Charisma: B-[/i][/b]
[i]Having B Rank in this Skill is sufficient to lead a nation as its King/Queen. The morale of military forces he or she commands is extremely high. (The - is a result of him dying one year before his father due to illness, therefore he did not lead his nation as a King but rather the heir to the throne.)[/i]

[b][i]Black Boar of Burnished Steel: B[/i][/b]
[i]This is the skill that represents his title of the 'Black Prince'.  Not only was Edward a skilled and accomplished military commander but he was also a practitioner of chevauchée tactics which means that he would also target the towns and farms of his enemies.  Not only is Edward knowledgeable and skilled in traditional warfare/combat but also the more dishonourable/underhanded forms of combat.  The skill also adds an intimidation bonus.[/i]

[b][i]The Black Princes Ruby: B-[/i][/b]
[i]The Black Princes Ruby is actually the worlds largest uncut spinel and is the oldest of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom and was personally owned by Edward.  He was also known to be a very rich and successful ruler.  This skill represents his wealth and his affinity for treasure, however it has been diminished due to the fact that near the end of his life Edward suffered from financial trouble in Aquitaine although that was due to no fault of his own, rather the failure of his ally.[/i]


Noble Phantasm: 

Name:
[i]A Shield For Peace[/i]

Title: 
[i]Ich Dien wie Eich Dyn (I Serve as Your Man)[/i]

Rank:
[i]B[/i]

NP Type: 
[i]Anti Army[/i]

Range: 
20-60

Maximum Number of Targets: 
500

Description: Effect of the Noble Phantasm:
[i]This Noble Phantasm takes its name from the Black Princes heraldic badge.  The badge and Phantasm represents the pride and excellence of the Welsh archers that served under the Black Prince.  The heraldic badge would go on to be a Royal Heraldry and a symbol for the Welsh people and even Wales itself.
The Phantasm itself takes form in a volley of arrows that have appeared to be fired from the most veteran of archers, each individual arrows power ranges from a D-C rank but the real strength of the phantasm comes from the accuracy of the phantasm and the amount of times that it can be used.
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