[hider=Here's A Little Lesson In Trickery][center] [b]Name[/b]: Autolycus [b]Title(s)[/b]: “Trickster of Ancient Greece”, “That Asshole”, “Hey Didn’t He Steal My Cows?” [b]Class[/b]: Assassin [b]Gender[/b]: Male [b]Attribute[/b]: Sky [b]Era[/b]: Age of Gods [b]Alignment[/b]: Chaotic Neutral [b]Personality[/b]: Someone who would inevitably be considered a “troll” of the highest tier in the future, enjoying making black of white, framing others, and performing thievery and other sorts of mischief. He is a sneaky kind of “asshat” who can usually be seen in an upbeat mood and smiling, but don’t let his mischievous and playful nature fool others into thinking him as being ‘dull’ as he wants them to believe. The man is a clever individual who fooled even “he who tricked the gods and was sent to Tartarus for it”, and his machinations are not something to sneeze at the more serious he gets about things. He does have a sense of pride about being “the best thief ever”, though if he felt it came to his survival or pushing just a bit too far for his own self he’d keep his lips shut tight. Further, he adores one-liners and terrible puns, especially when seeing the frustrations and eye-rolls of others...though if they laugh along with him genuinely he does appreciate the humor. He both is willing to help, as in the case of teaching Heracles and naming his grandson Odysseus, but at the same time is less concerned about the after effects and consequences of his actions unless they personally will affect himself. Though as a servant...one can say his desire for the Holy Grail is very selfish indeed. [b]Appearance[/b]: [hider=This Is Going Down In History] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/bZSFT02.jpg[/img][/center] [/hider] [b]Bio[/b]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autolycus https://www.britannica.com/topic/Autolycus https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/autolycus.html https://pantheon.org/articles/a/autolycus.html (etc) [b]Weapon[/b]: Sword, Bow [b]Parameters[/b]: (parentheses are parameters with his master) [i]Strength[/i]: B (C) [i]Endurance[/i]: D [i]Agility[/i]: A [i]Mana[/i]: D [i]Luck[/i]: A (B) [b]Class Skills[/b]: [i]Presence Concealment[/i]: A+ -Hides one's presence as a Servant. Suitable for spying. It is possible to disappear completely and become almost impossible to be detected, even against a Servant's perception. However, efficiency will decrease once preparations to attack are taken. Effectiveness does not lower when he is thieving/stealing, however. [b]Personal Skills[/b]: [i]Misdirection[/i]: - -The faculties of a true master trickster and thief. Turning good into bad and bad into good, to throw things into disarray, redirecting punishments and blame and even fate itself away from one's self entirely, and to bring misfortunes to others and take great fortunes into one's self. Like a stone tossed in the path of a hapless traveler, enemies are tripped up and tricked, the wise are made foolish, the vigilant are blinded, and all are deceived to no end until they are brought to ruin. Autolycus can escape any and all retribution or punishment, redirect curses away from himself to others, overturn order and bring about chaos and utter disarray, shift the threads of fate and blame about, steal from under the watch of even the most keen and discerning without being caught, and even trick and fool even the wisest among men even if the world went mad. He can always make black of white, and white of black, a horned animal into a hornless one, and from a hornless one into a horned one. The depths of his trickery are a mystery, and shall go down in history. Even the greatest of heroes are not immune to him. [i]Divinity[/i]: B -is the measure of whether one has Divine Spirit aptitude or not. At high levels, one is treated as a mixed race of a Divine Spirit, and the level declines when the Heroic Spirit's own rank as a Monster or Demonic Beast raises. It can also decrease due to one's dislike for the gods. Those who have A Rank Divinity or above have reached the Throne of Gods. It also has an effect which reduces special defensive values called 'purge defense' in proportion to the Divinity's Rank. It can break through Skills such as Protection of the Faith and Enlightenment of the Sacred Fig. He is a son of the god Hermes and the mortal woman Chione. [i]Pankration[/i]: A+ -Ancient greek martial arts, including what in modern times would be called wrestling and boxing. He is the man who taught Heracles himself how to wrestle, and was able to survive the ordeal to boot. He is a highly skilled individual in this area. [b]Noble Phantasm[/b]: [u]Name[/u]: Helm of Invisibility [u]Title[/u]: “Cloth Garb of Concealment” [u]Rank[/u]: E [u]NP Type[/u]: Anti-Unit [u]Range[/u]: 0 [s]Maximum Number of Targets[/s]: 1 [s]Description[/s]: Normally kept in the form of a sash, anything covered or enclosed by the cloth cannot be observed through magecraft and optical means. Using optical magic to block all forms of magical detection and any presence of magical emanations from the wearer, it is incredibly effective against those relying solely on magecraft to detect enemies. It does not obscure sound, smell, body temperature, or the wearer's tracks, so its usage is mostly situational. Without such indicators being readily apparent, it is possible to easily walk by enemies while keeping quiet, and it allows for the easy kidnapping of others through Bounded Fields without detection. While in its sash form, it can be held by multiple people at once, and it can wrap up itself automatically to return to its cap form. The cloth of which it is made of is of a very complex weave estimated to have "reached five dimensions", and complete reproduction of the cloth is impossible for humans. ------- [u]Name[/u]: Formshift [u]Title[/u]: “Make Black of White and White of Black” [u]Rank[/u]: B [u]NP Type[/u]: Anti-Unit [u]Range[/u]: - [u]Maximum Number of Targets[/u]: - [u]Description[/u]: Autolycus was granted the ability to change the form of himself and other things. In this he would be able to hide the things he stole, as well as himself, as he desired. It is considered a power evolved from “Shapeshift”, and is the blessing of a god that combined with the potency of his Presence Concealment makes it possible to fool even keen-eyed and clever foes. The transformations he undergoes or applies to other things lasts for as long as Autolycus desires, just as it was in legend, though. Changes he can apply can even be as simple as altering the color of an object or himself in “transforming” it. Autolycus is efficient enough overall that he has no issues using this Noble Phantasm in general use. [/center][/hider] [hider=Shocking] [center][hider=The Best Has Arrived] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/iWZ7Yxn.jpg[/img][/center] [/hider][/center] [u]Name[/u]: Charlotte Marie Louisa de Normandie [u]Title(s)[/u]: “Ojou-sama of the West”, “Lightning Princess”, “Thundertits” [u]Gender[/u]: Female [u]Age[/u]: 27 [u]Alignment[/u]: Chaotic Good [u]Rank[/u]: "Fes: Festival" [u]Objective for the Grail[/u]: Her participation alone is assumed by some others to be to gain praise and strike down lesser magi, and her family sent her to secure the land for them to move on and become proper Second Owners. Her family expects she will use the Holy Grail for their benefits if she gets it somehow as well, in particular to help heal her elder brother and the family’s heir...who is currently undergoing treatment to try to regain his health. Truthfully, no one knows if she even has personal motivations or desires for this Holy Grail War. [u]Command Seal[/u]: [hider=The Seals] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/ScwSwZi.png[/img][/center] [/hider] [u]Personality[/u]: A proud and bold individual, a true “princess” who holds her head high no matter the situation. She possesses a high level of pride in herself and her heritage, and loathes insults or perceived insults to it with a passion. At times can potentially be a hothead, and with her occasionally ‘stubborn’ and determined will she can usually push herself to do quite well in a lot of things unless it gets in the way. Due to all of this, it is easy to see why she is easily assumed to be a “hotheaded, cocky rich girl who is a total idiot”. Not that she is bad with magecraft, one of her skills she takes some pride in. [u]Bio[/u]: A long-lived French family currently on its 12th generation, who began from humble origins and rose to be among the levels of French nobility through plot and cunning and marriage. They are a strong-blooded and wealthy lot, surviving the centuries and decades to form enough business connections to keep them and their research afloat for generations to come. They specialize in Wind (Lightning) magecraft, with a lot of variety having been developed for its use over centuries of work. They are known to be a haughty bunch, with many ties back at the Clock Tower and “investments” towards that area that continue to “pay handsomely” at times for them on the regular. They have for a long time been aligned towards the Barthomeloi faction as well, in regards to their allegiances at the Clock Tower. However, their latest heir, who possesses the crest, fell into a coma after a particularly nasty fall from a balcony when he was arguing with his siblings. To this end, the family has been pulling on strings and has sent one of the heir’s siblings (aka “backup heirs to them”) to participate in the Holy Grail War. Charlotte herself grew up a wealthy heiress and well-trained and drilled magus of her family’s bloodline. She has lived like a princess, albeit one with the training and responsibilities of a magus. She was sent to the Clock Tower for a time to learn as a student, in part as a gesture of respect to the organization to keep in good standing, and then was drilled in other training at home otherwise to master her family’s magecraft. While at the Clock Tower, she gained the nickname of “Thundertits” from fellow female students for...somewhat obvious reasons when looking at her. This being said, she has been close to her younger sister, a highly-trained magus, and a seeming pawn of her family’s will her status being used as a “valuable investment” to try to to ensure their future prosperity (and heir’s recovery on the side if she somehow gets the grail) without a doubt. --- [u]Magic Circuit Switch[/u]: The feeling of sexual excitement coursing through her body. [u]Number of Magic Circuits[/u]: B [u]Quality of Magic Circuits[/u]: A --- [u]Elemental Affinity[/u]: Wind [u]Magecraft[/u]: [b]General Magecraft[/b] – A very solid and somewhat advanced grasp of all of the basics for a Magus, especially a student of the Clock Tower. [b]Normandie Lightning Magecraft[/b] – Her family’s specialty stemming from their wind element, worked and honed over many generations of development and hard work. The foundation for this magecraft lies in a large blending of cultures and beliefs as time went on since the time of their ancestor, starting with Greco-Nordic-Celtic beliefs on lightning, and combination of three prominent lightning gods in each of those cultures into a sacred triad/triple deity to far better solidify the foundation using old tricks. With this syncretism built into the foundation and used to build it, some minor other influences from local culture as it developed. It is very well-developed and practiced, a foundation that has built on its roots but stays true to them as well in order to maximize versatility and power. The foundation conceptualizes the user into the “hammer” which “forges” lightning, their status as an instrument of power and punishment, and a “living storm” and “lightning forge” which is united with the element itself at their core. This foundation developed from the three main groups that had influence in what is now France, the family's ancestors starting as Celts who fought the Romans, being incorporated into Roman lands eventually, and then blending with the Nordic men who settled in Normandy under the leadership of Rollo. From simple zapping bolts of myriad forms and kinds for attacking, to producing electrical fields to various effects such as alerting her to intruders, to transforming objects into “batteries” for electricity (metal or not, but metal is best for this), to even detection (passive or active) of living things based on the faint electrical impulses going off in the bodies of other living things. Her attacks are imbued with the concept of lightning as something which punishes and smites. She can also utilize this magecraft with the material of lightning ashes, casting spells to heal. Similarly, the concept of the word for “arrow” being tied to thunderbolts in the Torah, and also grounded in the concept of Zeus, has been incorporated into some spells to help shape them, one being a simpler one-line (one word) spell that cast a cluster of three “arrows” of lightning at targets for a simple but destructive spell in application. Rituals tied to affecting the weather or changing it can also be used, rooted in the concept of lightning as the tool of sky deities and weather events caused by gods of lightning. There are also spells tied to cycles, rooted in the symbolism of the six-or-eight-spoked wheel in Celtic culture being tied with their thunder god Taranis. A high tier of versatility and power are possessed by this magecraft, which has been developed over 12 generations of research and hard work. [b]Western Curses[/b] – Enough skills and experience here to effectively create and apply/use countercurses, if she so needs them. In terms of offense, she is highly adept at the one thing she can use best: the “Evil Eye”, a simple but anciently-rooted means of cursing requiring only bad intentions/feelings aimed towards the targets and a nasty glare to cast it (causing misfortune and injury to targets as a result). Essentially a side magecraft to “round herself out” somewhat when learning back at the Clock Tower and dealing with her peers. She has some solid skills in verbal curses as well. [u]Crest[/u]: (she does not have it, though she and her younger sister were trained well as magi regardless due to her parents' desire to have spare "backups" for the family's heir; likewise, her family prides itself on skill and trained her and her younger sister to showcase their might as well for publicity's sake) [u]Weapon[/u]: [b]Zeus’ Shockstick[/b] – A mystic code made to protect the user, it takes the form of a small but ornate metal rod she keeps on her person. Lightweight enough to carry around, it does have a well-insulated and protected iron core at its center. When used, it pulls in surrounding mana into it and channels it into a torrent of lightning in return. This is useful for the wielder on a personal level, being good for close-medium range battle from a single person’s perspective (aka this isn’t a range on the servant scale of things). Can be considered a magus equivalent of “a concealable lethal super taser” and seemingly most good for just combat, but is very simple in design and use. It can also be used as a focus for her lightning magecraft. [b]Thunderstone[/b] – A mystic code crafted using her family’s magecraft, it is kept within a very small pendant she wears around her neck at all times. It wards her against spells (magecraft) and witchcraft up to D rank spells. It does this by merely rejecting magical energy, not being on the level of a servant's Magic Resistance. [u]Exceptional Benefit[/u]: Contacts- You have friends within local organizations. You may make reasonable requests to any mundane organization within Paris and have it fulfilled(discretely). Examples include having a hospital send fresh cadavers to your location, or gaining access to the Mayors office with ease. Requests above and beyond the normal have a chance for failure. [u]Lightning Magecraft Sources[/u]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstone_(folklore) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor https://www.whats-your-sign.com/symbolic-meaning-of-lightning.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summanus [/hider]