[hider=Karna][center][img]https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/a00187a9-5bd8-4706-9303-896c8d044ffb[/img][/center] [b]Name:[/b] Karna [b]Title(s):[/b] The Hero of Charity, Suryaputra Karna [b]Class:[/b] Archer [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Attribute:[/b] Sky [b]Era:[/b] 300 - 400 B.C (Mahabharata Origin) [b]Alignment:[/b] Lawful Good [b]Personality:[/b] His personality is cold and unforgiving. Although conversing with him may give the impression that he is indecisive and somewhat boring, in reality he is always deep in thought and has a loyal heart. He gives an impression of being cold and cruel because he believes that most things and events are “normal”, and therefore he does not interfere. Due to this characteristic, he does not really have negative emotions such as hatred and jealousy. Because his behaviors target people’s “true nature that should not be put to words”, he is disliked by many. Karna’s strongest weapon was his ‘will’. Possessing a strong will and a strong heart, he was the Hero of Charity who had never resented a single person despite experiencing all kinds of misfortune. He was a man who had given things special than anyone else, but never once was treated special himself. Neither proud nor arrogant, he was a hero who merely carried out a way of life that would not shame the name of his father from the moment he was born to when he was finally shot down. It's not that he's talkative but when summoned as an Archer, his tongue is a lot sharper compared to his other Rider and Lancer counterparts, inadvertently or not provoke people more as per his discernment without boast. Given that he is loyal to his master, he assures the best of his services, true to his legend and frankly speaks his mind to assure that his Master is in the same wavelength as him. The likelihood of having a sharper speech is because of the class he is summoned, as Lancer his words pierces the hearts of men but as an Archer, his words dig deeper in the soul. [b]Character Objectives:[/b] When asked about his wish, his answer is simply answering the summons to battle-- the call of the Holy Grail War and serve his Lord with loyalty. [b]Bio:[/b] [hider=History]Karna was born from the daughter of a human king, Kunti, and the sun god, Surya. Kunti was the wife of the Kuru king Pandu, but he was under a curse that prevented him from producing children, so his queens each had no choice but other methods to bear children. Kunti was a woman who had a Mantra that allowed her to copulate with and bear the child of any god and, by those means, gave Pandu children, but before she became the king's wife, she tested the mantra and bore a single child. That child was Karna, the golden hero who was born from relations with the sun god Surya. Kunti was a determined woman and, afraid of her first birth and anxiety over whether the god would acknowledge his own child. Surya heard Kunti's words and gave until the child, as he was born, his own power and attributes. As proof of being the son of Surya, he was given a golden armor and this is the source of the golden armor that made Karna invulnerable. Karna was born to become a great hero. Though she was shown such grace and faithfulness, Kunti abandoned her first son. For her, who was to become the queen of Kuru king Pandu, the existence of her son was nothing but unnecessary. This is how Karna, who was thrown away by his own mother, came to be ignorant of his own birth, but he lived with only the things he had been given by his father, the sun god Surya, held in his chest. Karna grew up with a low social status. The form of Karna, who didn't know his own mother's face and who questioned whether his mother was motivated by dishonesty, couldn't be called beautiful. Though he possessed his father's brilliant authority, his form was stained black. His countenance was cruel, and his every action was violent. Because of his lack of human mother, he didn't learn the subtleties of human emotion and spent his days being considered a nuisance by the people around him. That was how Karna was raised, but he didn't hate his mother or his surroundings. Instead, he accepted everything. His mother and father were the ones who gave him life so he thought that no matter what kind of person his mother was, he did not hold contempt for her, as if there is anything he had to hate was himself alone. In contrast to his appearance, Karna was an exceedingly virtuous and perceptive child. Possibly the cause of that was because, while he was the child of a god, he was also a child without a single relative. Karna was blessed with the opportunity to question the poor, their lives, and their value. As a result, he chose, of his own free will, the path where he persisted in his own fastidiousness. He believed that as he was born with more than people should display a 'proof of my life' greater than those of people, if he doesn't do so, the people without power will not be rewarded. What Karna had was simply the conviction to live without bringing dishonor to his father's authority and without shaming the people who compensated him. "Though he may be relentless and ruthless, he is also full of majesty," is Karna's stance given form. And Karna, who had grown to be a young man, participated in a conference of the Kuru family. At this conference, the five Pandava brothers indulged themselves in the martial arts they were so proud of and so famous for. The third son Arjuna's skill at the bow was especially magnificent, to the point that he was praised as having no equal. When the grounds were united as one voice looking for someone to equal the Pandavas, Karna leapt up to participate and displayed martial arts of the same rank as Arjuna's. Karna challenged Arjuna to determine which of them was superior. But to challenge Arjuna, a member of the royal family, one must be higher than a Kshatriya (military or royalty) and Karna seemed to be a Vaishya (merchant class) or a Shudra (a slave). Karna, whose challenge was refused due to the difference in status, became a laughingstock The one who saved Karna in this situation was the eldest of the one hundred princes of the Kaurava clan, who opposed the Pandavas, Duryodhana.] He became interested in Karna and made him a king at that place. This is how Karna was saved from disgrace, but his foster father, who had heard of his promotion, appeared and established his origins. The five Pandava brothers further ridiculed Karna, who displayed martial arts superior to their own, saying, "The son of a charioteer should have a sense of shame." These words enraged Karna. If it were about himself, he would accept and be resigned to anything, but he would not allow insults toward his foster father. Even if it was a foster father who announced himself out of greed, to Karna, he was the father who raised him, who Karna should take pride in. The antagonism between Karna and the five Pandava brothers had become something he could not step back from, but sunset had come and the curtain was drawn on the conference. From then on, Karna, as the friend of Duryodhana, who saved him and treated him as a king, lived as a guest of honor of the one hundred princes of the Kaurava clan. What awaited him beyond that was a cruel battle against the five Pandava brothers, and more specifically, against the great hero Arjuna. The antagonism between the Kauravas whom Karna entrusted his bow as a soldier and the Pandavas that Arjuna led intensified and finally became a war with their territory in the balance. That war is called the Kurukshetra War, and that is where Karna's life came to an end. Karna continued to wield his strength so that the one hundred Kaurava princes, and consequently Duryodhana, would be victorious. On the Pandava side, the only one who could oppose Karna was Arjuna, but even Arjuna could only be resigned to the fact that facing Karna directly was death. And so, just before the final battle. Arjuna's father, Indra the Thunder God, who understood that Karna could not be persuaded, took the form of a Brahmin, contacts Karna, and takes his golden armor. Though Karna had lost the property of being unkillable that he received from his father, he never said he would stop proceeding to the battlefield. He did not care that when he had lost his golden armor he had hastened his own death. It was not the fire of the sun that Karna carried nor the absolute brilliance of Surya; to Karna, the sun was the imperfect charm that humans displayed. Indra, who saw the divinity of Surya himself in that form, gave Karna his spear. He had taken from this noble hero something greater than his life. Unless he gave something as compensation, his honor would be stained; above all—he was charmed with him: if it were this man, he could wield the greatest spear, that Indra had not given even to his own son. After Karna sent off the Brahmin and having lost his armor (flesh), he headed to the battlefield, as thin as a ghost. The final battle with Arjuna. Karna was already without allies; his charioteer, whom he trusted with his body, was already an enemy, in collusion with the Pandavas. He had a large number of heavy burdens, his feelings towards his younger half-brothers. Due to his curse, the wheel of Karna's chariot was stuck in a rut. The string of Arjuna's bow was drawn back to its limits. These brothers who, for a long time, were manipulated by an unseen destiny to compete for supremacy, could only in this moment strike one another with all their might and sure enough, Arjuna's bow shot down the sun. However, Karna did not hate anyone and accepted his death.[/hider] [b]Weapon:[/b] Vijaya, The Bow of Guaranteed Victory [b]Parameters:[/b] Strength: B Endurance: C Agility: B Mana: B Luck: D NP: EX [b]Class Skills:[/b] Independent Action: E Magic Resistance: C [b]Personal Skills:[/b] Discernment of the Poor: A Divinity: A Uncrowned Martial Arts: — Mana Burst (Flames): A Riding: A [b]Noble Phantasm:[/b] Name: Vijaya: Vijayadhāri [O’ Father Grant Me Victory] Title: ヴィジャヤ: 勝利の弓 (Vijaya: Bow of Guaranteed Victory) Rank: EX NP Type: Anti-Unit Range: - Maximum Number of Targets: - Description: A bow that grants assured victory. Without its true-name invocation, Vijaya passively amplifies the strength of Karna's arrows. A charge up overdraw allows Karna to fire off high impacting explosive arrows at bullet-speed with c4 level of explosions which causes an ample amount of mana, it can also be used with Brahmastra to create a powerful nuke at a high mana cost. Once the true-name invocation of Vijaya (Vijayadhāri) is active, Karna's targets are put under a victory alteration curse and no matter their efforts, victory belongs to Karna. --- Name: Brahmastra Kundala Title: O’ Brahma Curse Me Rank: A+ NP Type: Anti-Country Range: 10-90 Maximum Number of Targets: 900 Description: It is a Noble Phantasm obtained by Karna from the Brahman Parashurama. It is a projectile that is granted his fiery attribute, Mana Burst (Flames), which from one blow is likened to a nuclear weapon. It will appear as a bow under the Archer class, called Karna's hidden Noble Phantasm and trump card, having bestowed Brahmastra with the sweltering heat effect of his Mana Burst (Flames) to increase its already wide effective range and power exceptionally. --- Name: Kavacha and Kundala Title: O’ Sun Become Armor Rank: A NP Type: Anti-Unit (Self) Range: Self Maximum Number of Targets: 1 Description: Description: It is the divine set of golden armor (Kavacha) and golden earring (Kundala) given to Karna by his mother, Kunti, as confirmation of his heritage. He still possesses the armor as a Heroic Spirit even though it was stolen in the myth, and utilizing Vasavi Shakti requires the armor to be permanently sacrificed. As an Archer, Karna maintains and doesn't sacrifice his armor. It is a powerful defensive-type Noble Phantasm that emits the radiance of the sun itself. Due to being light itself taken shape, it is difficult for even the gods to destroy. It is as thick as it looks, an invincible armor that protects against all harm, physical or conceptual. As long as it is active, all damage inflicted on Karna will be reduced to a tenth of its original value. He can fight others without worry as their attacks are negated by ninety percent, reducing even powerful blows to minor scratches that can be healed in the midst of battle. Although it can protect against any physical attack from the outside, attacks within him are an exception.[/hider] [hider=Theme][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BPgx3W5MmE]Karna Theme[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlv5sArNFVM]Karna Theme 2[/url][/hider]