[hider= A Weapon To Surpass] [img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/a/ad/Tico_M.png/revision/latest?cb=20120327030619[/img] Name: Chen Dai Title(s): Prodigal Snake, Face in the Smoke, He Who Dwells in the Mind Gender: Male Age: 22 Alignment: Lawful Neutral Rank: Fes Objective for the Grail: For The Grail War To Return To It's Original State Command Seal: [hider=Command Seal] [img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR_QJcrLlxclom8jbCKwC55ZopsDsTVfbgRF2JshxGHL0JOquto-g[/img] [/hider] Personality: Many back in China consider Chen to be reckless and one who disregards tradition, yet those closest to him knows that he respects his family's tradition closely of death over suffering. A charismatic individual who's renowned at the Order of Panhu for being a trickster and one who indulges in more modern activities as well as keeping his familial tradition of Illusionary taoist magecraft alive. He's a smug man who takes joy in making people work for his attention or validation as well as someone who knows who's in charge, being able to follow orders with an obedient nature built deep down into him. Always one with crafty and ambitious tendencies, plan forming is also something the young mage is, an expert in strategy and deception thanks to his family's training and always one to make his presence when he's not on the job, a smarmy silver tongued youth is something he fames himself for being even though it has made many enemies in the Order. Bio: The Dai family was one of the oldest families of the Taoist families, although it's unclear when the family began experimenting with magecraft it is known that 800 years ago was when their magecraft came into it's own. Specialists in illusion and trickery, the Dai taoists began to be sought far and wide by those who needed their help and as the family grew they began to drift and a small gathering remained of those who stayed true to China unlike those that drifted to Japan and Vietnam. Over time the family became financially desperate and were enlisted by a much larger family to become part of them whilst remaining as the Dai's, the Dai's took this both as a slight and a blessing, owing their land and prosperity to the family as they continued to mature their craft. Over the years, the Dai's still remained loyal to the Order of Panhu, a mystical group of Taoists who followed the myth of Panhu the obedient dog and considered themselves the Panhu to China. Unbeknownst to the family that the Dai's owed themselves too, the family regularly attended Order meetings and also remained loyal to them on a much more anonymous standard. Chen was born the first male Dai of the 21st Century and thus was gifted with magical circuits that the Dai's were amazed by due to their old habits and from a young age he was trained and tutored to master illusionary magic as well as survival instincts that would prove beneficial to the Order of Panhu. At the young age of 12, young Chen was brought to the now dwindlign Elders to show a glimmer of hope for the Order and they saw within him a magus ready to blossom. Trained by all manner of masters, Chen began to perfect his own methods of illusion and was even successful in crafting his own Mystic Code which the Council heavily applauded him for even though it took a lot out of him. The Order saw his brilliance and realised the deception and assault capabilities of his skill set and began to put him to work. During their drought of success, they found targets of interest that threatened the taoist norms of Asia and those that directly antagonised the Order would have Chen Dai on their tracks and would dispatch them with haste. Although it scarred him when he was young, hebecame more and more used to it and found through effort a way to make it at least a little light hearted. He however became rather bored of being nothing but a blood hound and hunter for the Order and this irritation was obvious to the Elders who has basically controlled all of his actions from brith. The Order was something Chen was beginning to see the negative side of. In order to keep him at bay, the Order instructed Chen to travel to America to participate in the Grail War in order to relocated the Grail to China, so that the grail war which attracts magic and mystic codes of all sorts could be taken advantage of by Panhu. he agreed, seeing something more than their objective. --- Magic Circuit Switch: Ripping of cloth Number of Magic Circuits: D Quality of Magic Circuits: B --- Elemental Affinity: Ether and Wind Magecraft: Familliar with the basics of magecraft, Chen is adept at using most normal aspects including bounded fields, natural defences, enchanting weapons and items and of course he is someone to often use reinforcement on himself to become a keen fighter at hand to hand. Due to this, he is a master at using magecraft in a fight to benefit himself including the use of air manipulation which he is moderately good at but in the end isn't his area of expertise. His area of expertise lies in his unparalleled skill at using Taoist techniques to conjure up illusions and smoke screens and other related acts. He is able to conjure up almost perfect physical illusions that can seem almost life like, even having the capability to create and manipulate an illusion of a person as long as he puts his full focus into this particular act. Alongside this he also possesses the uncanny ability to use invisibility, his studying of Illusionary leading him to use this on himself as long as he doesn't do too many acts while invisible and then the shroud of the illusion will fall around him. Invisibility being a shroud he uses with illusions instead of actually becoming invisible to the naked eye. With weak willed people and some low tier magus, Chen has mastered the act of mental trickery and exploration, able to control and see through the eyes of people he has put under his control and those that he has marked he can delve into their minds at their most vulnerable which might just be when they have laid to rest. Crest: 800 years Weapon: [b]The Cards of Chen:[/b] The masterpiece that he kept him in bed for a month, a plain set of playing cards that Chen had since he was but a youngster and out playing with his friends he'd often play snap. Growing up in the Order he used to often drop into illegal matches and using his sleight of hand and trickery skills, would often use the cards to ensure victory. So when his father told him that in order to secure prosperity within the Order that Chen would have to blow them away with a machination of magic like none other, he found his old deck that was close to his heart and began working on enchanting them, playing cards something precious to many Chinese historians and traditionalists. After completing them by infusing part of his own essence into it, it left Chen in bed for a month before he was back on his feet and ready for action again. The Chaotic nature of the cards represents this, every card is linked to that of it's own suit or own type and when in use, Chen can transmit his image through the cards so that he can be in the position not physically but like that of a magical hologram where he can observe and spy on where he has placed them. He cannot fully interact with any elements when transmitting himself through his cards but the cards seem to have no magical properties until he activates it to transmit his image through it. Although this is a very helpful and effective Code, Chen has trouble interacting with where he really is whilst it is activated, giving him a sort of split screen vision whilst activating his cards. However, due to the chaotic nature of his creation of them, they have only 80% chance of working first go. [b]Fangs of Panhu[/b]: Famed for his obedient and bloodthirsty nature under the king Di Ku, Panhu was the entity that the Order followed and believed they represented as the undercover society in China. To show their following of him, 12 knives were passed through the Order over the years, given to their most trusted and professional assassins, after at least 6 kills under the ownership of an assassin, the user would feel a magical connection to their knives. Having had his knives for 7 years, Chen has formed a bond with the Mystic Code so that not only is it a particularly lethal knife with properties useful for rituals and circles it also has the ability to telekinetic ally attach itself to Chen, so that his dual wielding Fangs of Panhu can be controlled by him through his mind, causing them to float and return to him upon command, however he is unable to know where they are unless they are in his line of sight, otherwise he will be controlling them blind. [b]Amulet of Panhu[/b]: Although not strictly based upon the dog itself, the Dai family have passed along the amulet that represents the protection of Panhu down throughout the family for centuries. Powered more by the family's survival instincts the amulet when worn by a Dai family member can grant increased magical protection but once it's protection has been broken once it can take quite some time to be repaired again. It also begins to glow when extremely dangerous magic is incoming. Exceptional Benefit: Supply Line - Thanks to the Order's minimal sway and control, they have ensured a line of supply is secured for Chen and that whatever weapons and materials he is required can be transported to him. [/hider]