[hider=Caster of Swan lake] [img]https://static.zerochan.net/Austria.full.591195.jpg[/img] Name: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Title(s): Prodigy of Russia, Master of Ballets Class: Caster Gender: Male Birth and Death Dates: 7th of May 1840 - 6th November 1893 Alignment: True Neutral Catalyst: Original Manuscript of 1812 Overture Personality: Summoned as he is, Tchaikovsky is not the most pleased with his appearance but he believes he deserves it for how he treated his life. Although in life he was plagued by his own demons, now he appears optimistic and whilst still slightly cold, obsessed with his music like never before. Prone to humming symphonies and doing little dances, the Caster finds himself enthralled by the chances that life cna throw at them. When conducting, he finds himself becoming much more flamboyant and cheerful, music being his lifes work and joy it sends him simply into a world of ecstasy. When it comes to meeting new people, he finds himself just as he used to, cheerful and excited to encounter those that can teach him, yet after too much contact will feel the need to keep to himself more. Not being quick to trust is something he considers an asset, but those that can win his trust will have the knowledge that he would kill or die for them if they are a trusted and beloved friend. For the war, his wish is to have a chance to create a perfect symphony to bless upon the world and redefine his legacy. Bio: Born in a small village in Russia, no one would know Tchaikovsky was destined for greatness. Destiny was something he didn't believe in and when growing up it was obvious he wasn't built for the working and military service that his father prided himself with. Taught by a French governess how to speak Dutch and French through most of the family's money in hopes that he might have some aspirations, the governess discovered his talent for compositions and even at such a young age his prodigal nature was discovered to be something of great importance. Forced to go down the road of becoming a civil servant, the piano player and budding composer found no joy in his talents being held back so brutally. Forced to go down the route of music teaching even though he himself knew he was worth so much more, he found himself meeting a group called the Five. All of which were extremely talented musicians and composers, who saw that Pyotr had so much more than what was required of a budding academic. During this time with this group that encouraged and fuelled his desire to make music, he created his first pieces of music that would shake the world of music to it's core and breathe life back into Russia, something they had been sorely lacking for centuries. From there, it kicked off. Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky became widely known, himself finding the fame and renown to not be a great thing but enjoyed it nonetheless. He began acquainting himself with his orchestras, saying that they were more than just people and that each player would be essential, forming more and more ballets and symphonies. He was awarded with the title of Doctor of Music and was even voted into the Academie Des Duex Artes in France, the first Russian to ever be considered for membership. After his fame and music continued to grow and grow, more pieces being produced and Pyotr scared that he was losing what was most important for music. He was losing his heart in some pieces. His last piece, his sixth symphony, was premiered on the 28th of October, a piece many said was full of his heart and he himself called it a grand symphony. He conducted it every day following until he died. Many said it was cholera, but only a few could even suspect what could be the truth. It was true he was unhappy with life. He felt like a man trapped inside a child's body, his true art trapped inside him but forced to smile and be a happy little boy in the eyes of the worldwide public. He was given another chance, to live again. He took it. This war, would give him a chance to redefine himself. Create a piece more outstanding and stupendous than anyone would ever know and make his legacy his own. Although, his feelings of being too young to be summoned compared to the ancient heroes have brought him in a younger form but with a voice that correctly represents him. Weapon: Steel Baton Parameters: Strength: D Endurance: E+ Agility: C Mana: B Luck: D Class Skills: Territory Creation A - As an innovator and the man who led Russian music and culture to international audiences, he represents this with the ability to create a perfect concert hall in the style of Russian arcitechture, forming a large enough place for him to hone his music and create his music. Item Creation C - Creations from his works of ballet and overtures are his speciality but with Item Creation at this rank he is also able to create enchanted instruments which he and others may utilise. Creating items with an art attached to them is his speciality, any requests needed he can usually pull through. Personal Skills: Mind of the Maestro A - Being a genius composer of his time, Pytor was considered to be able to detect rhythm and music in anything, creating music and emotional provoking melodies with ease and spreading them across the world with ease. This also allows him to have a plus check on anything music related and allows him to understand most arts related magecraft. Eye For Art B+ - If one happens to see a Noble Phantasm that possess artistic anecdotes, there is a high chance that he or she might be able to figure out its true name. The modifier is activated if it is an Eastern European hero or a musical phantasm. Musical Inspiration B - In his life, Illych spread inspiration and opened up the doors to other musicians and composers from Russia to spread their name across the globe. His contribution to culture is represented with the skill of inspiration. When anyone who is allied with Caster can hear his music, performed by him or his orchestra, they will feel themselves ready for battle and begin to work in concert, synchronising their magical energy together and grants them all + checks on anything music related as well as Illych. Whilst hearing his music, allies are given a + check on anything directed at them. Noble Phantasm: Name: 1812 Overture Title: Boridino's Clash, Orchestral Reinforcements of the Russian Cathedral Rank: A NP Type: Army Range: 1 - 50 Maximum Number of Targets: 101 Description: Known around the world as the man who brought Russian music to prominence, who perfected his art in a most stupendous way and conquered all challenges of music that laid ebfore him. Although personally distraught and beset with doubt and fear, Illych brought life to the music scene of 19th Century Russia, his Overtures and Suites like nothing anyone had seen before. His greates work, was the 1812 Overture. Famous for it's outstanding orchestra and use of cannons, it blew most of the world away with it's first performance and Tchaikovsky himself was invited to conduct it at Carnegie Hall. He himself feared it's failure yet it was his most famous piece. The Noble Phantasm summons an orchestra that can travel alongside Caster with the use of it's true name. 40 strings, 20 brass, 20 woodwind and 21 cannons. Strings and woodwinds when playing around enemies incurs incurs a debuff, brass shoot condensed air, cannons are well self explanatory. Caster uses them often to accelerate item creation and territory creation and it also spreads musical inspiration further. When the strings are playing all enemies suffer debuff to their agility, which gets worse the more the strings play for. The Orchestra also helps Caster replenish mana if he has activated them in his territory or his second Noble Phantasm. This also allows Illych to have control of music and air in the way of magic, able to float and levitate himself as well as send small air blasts, all relating to his control of music and himself. If he loses his cool or can no longer hear the music in life, this connection is lost. Name: Waltz of the Flowers Title: Soothing Symphony of the Nutcracker Suite Rank: C NP Type: Anti-Self Range: 1 - 10 Maximum Number of Targets: 20 Description: Waltz of the Flowers was a piece that Caster was most proud of, his work on the Nutcracker suite being a time that he cherished more than anything else. The people pf Russia believed in him during it's creation and were amazed by the intricacy of his ballet of the Nutcracker even though it was his first Ballet. Waltz became one of his treasures, the song resounding throughout the world soothing and calming those that heard it. Upon true name being activated summons a bounded field around Caster, even without him or his orchestra supplying music it activates. The bounded field contains the symphony of Waltz of the Flowers, petals cascading around the field anyone within it allied with Caster will be replenished and temporarily gain a large defence buff whilst inside the field, it will wear off quickly after the field has fallen, Caster himself gets no buffs besides minor healing. Name: Swan Lake Title: Blessing of the Past Brought Back Rank: E - EX NP Type: [REDACTED] Range: 1- 10 Maximum Number of Targets: 1 Description: [REDACTED] [/hider] [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]