[b]Name[/b]: Starkad [b]Class[/b]: Lancer [b]Appearance[/b]: [hider=Pics] [center][img]https://www.anime-planet.com/images/characters/floki-34566.jpg?t=1562535510[/img] And [img]https://cdn.myanimelist.net/r/360x360/images/characters/4/384571.jpg?s=b47e25aef2cc0295701f99f779f6d653[/img][/center] [/hider] [b]Personality[/b]: A hulking yet noble warrior, who has only ever been most drawn to the battlefield and glories that can be wrought upon it during his three lifetimes. He is one who does not mind the life of a traveling warrior, and his generally open disposition for whom he serves can be seen by just how many lords he joined with and fought for in the past. Indeed, he will fight for a lord no matter their land or disposition, and so long as he sees them as a noble and fitting ruler. For those lords whom he favors, and who treat him well, he will repay their character with great loyalty and all his might in return. Of course, one not need be a warlike ruler to gain his service and loyalty, though he does enjoy the company of those who are not afraid to head out into battle. Yet his temper can also be quite fierce and vengeful when stoked, however, especially when he feels others are not performing their necessary duties (like properly avenging a slain parent). Likewise, when encounting behavior he sees as “ill-fitting” (such as ignoring one’s duty) he will not hold back his opinions on the matter verbally...and even physically in some more severe or extreme cases if he is ignored on the matter. At times his loyalty has been questionable under the circumstances, though with these decisions have come many regrets on his part that linger even now. [b]Stats[/b]: (passive effects of “Affections of the God” have been applied to the below) Strength: A Endurance: A+ Agility: A Mana: C Luck: C Noble Phantasm: B [b]Class Skills[/b]: [i]Magic Resistance[/i]: B -grants protection against magical effects. Differing from the Resistance effect that merely rejects Magical Energy, this ability cancels the spells altogether. Cancel spells with a chant below three verses. Even if targeted by High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals, it is difficult for them to be affected. Starkad gains this rank mainly due to two factors. The first is the blessing of “invincibility” (not very well defined) that Odin gave him, and the second factor is his very...”mixed” heritage since his paternal grandparents are a jotun and an elf respectively (Starkad’s mother was human though). [b]Personal Skills[/b]: [i]Curse of Wealth and Wanting[/i]: A -In life, Starkad received from Odin blessings to “[possess] the most excellent of weapons”, and have “an abundance of riches” in life without fail. Thor in turn cursed the man to “never possess his own land” and to “never feel he had enough land” in return. The end result was a life that was abundant with riches and the finest of weapons, but was utterly barren in terms of acquiring land (a form of wealth back then in and of itself) or even being able to do so. This still holds true for Starkad as a servant. [i]Battle Continuation[/i]: A -is a Skill that allows for the continuation of combat after sustaining mortal wounds. It will also reduce mortality rate from injury. This Skill represents the ability to survive and/or the mentality of one who doesn't know when to give up, consisting of one's strength of vitality in predicaments. It is also one of the powers of a vampire. The best result is achieved when a resilient body is combined with this Skill. A skill that arose from Starkad’s own feats, resilient body due to his jotun blood (from his grandfather), and two of the blessings/curses received from Odin and Thor respectively. Odin blessed Starkad to always have “victory in battle” and to “live three lifetimes” on one hand, granting him immense vitality and an advantage in battles, whereas Thor cursed him to “always receive dangerous wounds” in battle. Combined with Starkad’s already resilient and mighty body, the end result was Starkad gaining immense survivability and capability in battle no matter how badly he was hurt. An example of Starkad’s stubborn survivability can be seen in one particular battle, when he was very old and being called “Starkad the Old” at the time. He managed to fully recover after a battle where he received: a large gash on his chest that naturally made his lungs hang out of his body, a large gash on his neck (a very fatal place to get gashed open that likely poured out blood), a blow so severe his jaw was cut such that his “chin fell” (and he held it in place by biting his own beard), six big wounds that themselves were “as close as anyone had been to killing him so far”, and finally lost a finger on his right hand. Through that entire battle he never slowed down either, killing enemies and the enemy champions left and right and simply [b]ignoring[/b] his wounds and continuing on to fight. He has also survived being cut up so bad his guts were hanging out, and lived on well after another battle where he had his skull outright cleft by the enemy and had a lung hanging out of his body. [i]Affection of the God[/i]: B -is a Skill that denotes one being loved by a male god. Starkad was a foster son of Odin himself, who blessed him with five great blessings and not only upheld these through the rest of Starkad’s life...but frankly under his mortal guise of “Grani Horsehair” he treated and cared for Starkad like a son throughout Starkad’s life. Other than Mana and Luck, all parameters are ranked-up. [b]Noble Phantasm(s)[/b]: [i]Name[/i]: Gungnir Reflection, “The Sure-Striking Reed of Death” [i]Rank[/i]: B [i]Type[/i]: Anti-Unit [i]Range[/i]: 5-40 [i]Maximum Number of Targets[/i]: 1 [i]Appearance[/i]: Starkad possesses the same spear Odin gave him in life, which to all looks like a mere reed stalk whilst he is carrying it around and using it (even when in battle). In truth, however, it is much more than that. It is a spear made by Odin himself for Starkad, yet disguised to look like a reed stalk to throw off suspicions. Through its design, as crafted by Odin, and its use in Starkad’s life, it was transformed into a degraded version of Gungnir that bears a portion of the original’s power. When this spear’s power is activated, however, all can perceive its true and glorious form for that duration of time. Then once finished, the spear returns to its normal “reed stalk” appearance once more. [i]Effects[/i]: A demonic spear possessing a passive but powerful sure-hit function when using it in general (ranged or melee), making it very hard to evade. Indeed, it will reach any target it is used against no matter the angle, position, or distance without fail. Further, it will automatically return to the hands of it wielder if it is ever lost, knocked out of their hands, or leaves their hands after being used as a thrown weapon (which it can be used as). This is also a natural ability of Gungnir passed down to this Noble Phantasm. When its True Name is invoked, the spear swells with power and unleashes its true might when thrown. With the sure-hit function remaining in place, the spear will inevitably impact the chosen target without fail and explode in an anti-unit scale explosion. Due to the anecdotes of its use in Starkad’s legend the weapon will only ever be on an “Anti-Unit” power level. However, this attack and the explosion have the added bonus traits of dispersing existences related to magecraft and magical power - such as Servants and familiars, magical formulas, Phantasmal Species, Bloodsucking Species, etc (individuals who fail in their resistance checks are dispersed). [b]Alignment[/b]: Chaotic Neutral [b]Changes[/b]: (none) [hider=The Starkad Lore Behind This Noble Phantasm (For Fun) and Extra Resource Links] In times long past, the god Odin “sacrificed” himself to learn the Runes by impaling himself with his own spear, Gungnir, and then hanging himself from Yggdrasil’s branches by a noose. This reenactment because a sacrificial ritual, one used to offer up human sacrifices to Odin himself. However, in the case of the heroic spirit Starkad this ritual became something much more. In Starkad’s life, a mock reenactment of the sacrificial ritual was to be performed on his friend and liege: King Vikar. This was because King Vikar had been selected by Odin as a human sacrifice he desired, one which Odin desired such that he had becalmed the winds and stranded Vikar, Starkad, and the rest of the large army they were going home on some small islands for. This sacrifice was also, in part, the price that Starkad had to pay for the blessings and curses he had received from the gods the previous night. However, the rest of Vikar’s men had not wanted to kill the king and thus felt a “mock” sacrifice would satiate Odin. Yet when the supposedly “mock” ritual was performed on King Vikar by Starkad, who was in on the god’s plans for Vikar, Odin’s power created a genuine “miracle” that transformed the mock sacrifice into a very real one. In that moment the spear of Starkad took on its true form/power as Odin had designed it, taking in a portion of Gungnir’s own power and “becoming” Gungnir though adopting its role and identity during this (now very real) human sacrifice. Due to the spear’s transformation, Starkad ended up slaying Vikar in one powerful blow from it. Thus the spear’s transformation was complete. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starkad https://books.google.com/books?id=QwgTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=fate+servant+starkad&source=bl&ots=DYpU5zgTVr&sig=ACfU3U2V1O_rA57kptCP0GKE46Tft3YAuw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjP1er4lc_kAhUBQ60KHYTbAk0Q6AEwBXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=fate%20servant%20starkad&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=BYCeXcTjB1MC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&dq=invincibility+starkad&source=bl&ots=t_9uJzPOQj&sig=ACfU3U0NeBqmPfgNNNxvLBadoJScpaDuwQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjssPS7z8_kAhUHLa0KHUFKBCwQ6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=invincibility%20starkad&f=false https://www.timelessmyths.com/norse/gautrek.html http://www.ancientpages.com/2018/05/07/god-of-the-gallows-and-how-odin-hanged-himself-from-yggdrasil-to-know-secrets-of-runes/ https://norse-mythology.org/tales/odins-discovery-of-the-runes/ [/hider]