[hider=Francesco Dimani] [center] [img]https://i.imgur.com/kq584ZW.jpg[/img] [b]Name:[/b] Francesco Dimani [b]Title(s):[/b] [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Age:[/b] 23 [b]Alignment:[/b] Chaotic Good [b]Rank:[/b] [b]Objective for the Grail:[/b] Rather than a wish he’s interested in the Grail itself and all the energy contained within it. [b]Personality:[/b] A cautious young man, a life spent fighting and trying to survive assassinations and attacks by rival families has left him distrustful of other mages and somewhat cynical. Despite this the sudden end to the shadow war he’d been taking part in has lit in him a spark of hope for a more peaceful future for him and his family. [b]Biography:[/b] The Dimani family’s history can be traced back to around 600 years ago, it was originally part of another even older lineage but due to internal strife and dissent it ended up splintering into a myriad of smaller families, waging a shadow war for survival and supremacy since it’s conception. It is only recently that the Dimani family was finally able to crush their cousin families and in doing so come in possession of all of their treasures. Among the treasures they acquired the greatest was certainly a stock of extremely rare preserved seeds of various magical plants, some of which dated back as far as to the Age of Gods and were now either extinct or completely changed by natural selection. Unfortunately the Dimani family lacked the resources to safely grow and harvest them. When they heard about the HGW and the Grail itself they decided to send one of their own to participate, thinking that they’d finally found the answer to their needs. And this is where Francesco came in. A ‘veteran’ you could say of his family’s war, he fought, ran and killed to protect himself and his own, all the while pushing his mastery of his magecraft with an almost crazed effort, becoming able to stand eye to eye with practitioners many times older than him. The leaders of his family all agreed that sending him would be an excellent choice. --- [b]Magic Circuit Switch:[/b] A smoke ring floating in a void. [b]Number of Magic Circuits:[/b] B [b]Quality of Magic Circuits:[/b] B --- [b]Elemental Affinity:[/b] Water and Earth [b]Magecraft:[/b] [b]General Magecraft:[/b] The fundamentals that anyone that graduated at the Clock Tower knows. From building boundaries, to making familiars, magical shielding, reinforcement and other useful spells. [b]Botany:[/b] All the spells and knowledge needed to identify, grow, harvest, interbreed and use magical plants effectively in any situation. Being a central component of the Dimani magecraft he could be considered an expert in this field. [b]Spiritual Invocation:[/b] A brand of magecraft focused on the interaction and use of Spiritual Beings such as Wraiths and Natural Spirits. Thanks to the Dimani's magecraft Francesco is quite knowledgable in this discipline. [b]Greco-Roman Shamanism:[/b] The core of the Dimani Family Magecraft. The reaching of the state of "Enkoimesis" in which one may access healing powers, visions and commune with the divine and other spiritual beings trough the inhalation of magical fumes. [b]Magic Crest:[/b] Technically a 600 year old crest, it started as a splinter from an older Magic Crest and has recently been restored through the acquisition of the other splinters from the Dimani’s cousin families, unfortunately parts of the older Crest have been lost to time and thus while more advanced than its age would imply it is still not the equal of it’s far older parent. [b]Equipment:[/b] [b]Kapnistís:[/b] The Mystic Code through which Francesco uses his family's magecraft the most. An intricately carved pipe with various enchantements, designed to use magical plants in the most efficent way possible, getting the most bang for their buck. [b]Asclepieia:[/b] A wooden rod with a carved snake coiling through its length. A Mystic Code that mymics the first Physician's, Asclepius, own staff, constructed to better use the healing powers gained trough Enkoimesis. [b]Ypno Ypnou:[/b] A set of ten carved wooden eggs enchanted to bring a target into a state of pseudo Enkoimesis, rendering an experienced Shaman virtually impervious to mental effects and instead putting inexperienced or mentally weak beings into a magical trance. [b]Other Equipment:[/b] Money, various preserved magical and non magical plants, various magical and non magical plant seeds, magical-plant gardening tools, magical-plant gardening supplies, cigarettes, cigarette roller. [hider=My Hider] Seeds -Generic poisonus, hallucinogenic and medicinal magical plants -Vampire vine (carnivorous blood-drinking vine) -Lotus tree (fruits caused a pleasant drowsiness, amnesia and loss of will) -https://www.mariowiki.com/Piranha_Plant (fire spitting carnivorous plant)(https://www.tmdict.com/en/sa.psycho-garden) -Aglaophotis -Hungry Grass (cursed plant) -Moly (D rank Magic Resistance amulet) -apples/lemons/peach Preserved -Generic poisonus, hallucinogenic and medicinal magical plants -Fern flower (1 use)(Luck booster) -tobacco (believed to bring good health, used in many religious cerimonies) -Aglaophotis (wards off curses) -Mandrake (hallucinogenic, poisonus, powerful magical receptacle) [/hider] [b]Exceptional Benefit:[/b] (pending) [/center] [/hider] [hider=Hippomenes] [center] [img]https://i.imgur.com/q1aKDge.png[/img] [h1][b]Hippomenes[/b][/h1] [b]Title(s):[/b] Calydonian Hunter, Beast of Cybele [b]Class:[/b] Rider [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Attribute:[/b] Earth [b]Alignment:[/b] Neutral Evil [b]Personality:[/b] A cunning and driven man that hides his intellect behind an easy smile and laid back demeanor. A passionate man who fell in love at first sight and did everything in his power to make that love bear fruit, going as far as asking a goddess for a boon. While smart, his passion and tendency to focus on his ultimate goal tend to cause him problems, something that his old teacher Chiron often chided him for. [b]Objective for the Grail:[/b] Changing his past and undoing Cybele’s curse. [b]Biography:[/b] The son of Merope and Megareus of Onchestus, he was trained since a young age by the centaur Chiron alongside many others, during his training he distinguished himself among the many disciples for his bravery and eagerness to take on particularly difficult tasks. During his time as a Calydonian Hunter he witnessed up close Atalanta’s hunting prowess and was left hopelessly smitten. When the huntress announced that she would only marry the man who could beat her in a foot race he decided that he would be that man no matter what. Knowing well that he could not best her in pure speed he instead decided to rely on his cunning. He asked the Goddess of Love Aphrodite for a boon who happily gifted him with three Golden Apples from the Garden of the Hesperides. Once the time for the contest came he put his plan to work and won Atalanta’s hand in marriage. Overjoyed, he wasted no time in showing the huntress his love and soon they were blessed with a son. Unfortunately for them in his eagerness Hippomenes forgot to pay tribute to Aphrodite for her help and while they resided in a temple of Cybele the Goddess of Love cursed them with insatiable lust. Cybele found them in the throes of passion and enraged transformed them in lions and chained them to her Chariot. [b]Weapons:[/b] Bow, Spear and Sword. [b]Parameters:[/b] [b]STR:[/b] C. [b]END:[/b] D. [b]AGI:[/b] B. [b]MGI:[/b] C. [b]LCK:[/b] D. [b]Class Skills:[/b] [b]Riding:[/b] A+ - The ability for riding. Capable of managing even beast with the rank of Phantasmal Beast and Divine Beast. However, this doesn't apply to dragon kin. [b]Magic Resistance:[/b] C - Cancel spells with a chant below two verses. Cannot defend against magecraft on the level of High Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals [b]Personal Skills:[/b] [b]Blessing of Aphrodite:[/b] B - A blessing granted to one who fights for love and passion by the Goddess of Love. The hallmark of a Warrior of Love. As long as the recipient is fighting for Love they will receive a boost to their physical Stats and Bravery. [b]Bravery:[/b] C+ - The ability to invalidate mental interferences such as coercion, confusion, and fascination. It also has the effect of increasing melee damage. Hippomenes distinguished himself before Chiron and his companions for his bravery and willingness to take on any task, no matter how dangerous. [b]Feral Instincts:[/b] C++ - The ability to tap into heightened animal instincts and senses. Hippomenes possesses this skill due to his curse and it appropriately becomes stronger the stronger his curse gets. [b]Monstrous Strength:[/b] A - A skill bestowed upon Hippomenes by the curse that the goddess Cybele cast on him and his wife Atalanta. A particular brand of body modification that brings Hippomenes closer to the state of a Divine Beast when used, massively rising his phyisical stats. Due to being summoned as a Rider Servant he cannot express the full might of this skill. [b]Noble Phantasms:[/b] [b]Name:[/b] Pomum Aurantium [b]Title:[/b] The Enchanting Fruits of Discord [b]Rank:[/b] C+ [b]NP Type:[/b] Anti-Unit [b]Range:[/b] 1-20 [b]Maximum Number of Targets:[/b] 1-100 [b]Description:[/b] A golden branch from which hang three Golden Apples of the Hesperides blessed by the Goddess of Love, gifted to Hippomenes as aid in his quest to marry the huntress Atalanta. Due to the numerous anecdotes regarding Golden Apples present in Greek Mythology these fruits have gained a somewhat contrasting set of effects. First of all the Golden Apples keep the body of whoever eats them in stasys rendering them ageless, this effect further renders things like death by bloodloss and the like virtually impossible, this is due to what the apples actually are, clumps of magical nanomachines who's original purpose was keeping the machine-like Greek gods in peak condition at all times, second due to the blessing Aphrodite gave them upon invoking this NP’s name everyone who sees them bar Hippomenes and those under his protection becomes mindlessly attracted to the Apples, lastly due to the strong connection to the Apple of Discord of the Hesperides whoever comes in possession of these Apples is subject to Bad Luck, getting worse the higher the afflicted person’s Luck stat. When one of the Apples is taken a new one will start to grow in its place, growing faster the more Magical Energy is available. [b]Name:[/b] Árma Kyvelé [b]Title:[/b] The Chariot of Mother Nature [b]Rank:[/b] A [b]NP Type:[/b] Anti-Army [b]Range:[/b] 1-20 [b]Maximum Number of Targets:[/b] 1-20 [b]Description:[/b] The divine chariot of the goddess Cybele, goddess of nature, animals and cities. Carried along by the beautiful Atalanta now transformed into a great lioness. Being a construct belonging to the Magna Mater it would normally hold complete dominion over everything that is born of nature, but as Hippomenes isn't the original owner its power is therefore diminished. As it is now Hippomenes can use it to create and control magical plants and animals. A recreation of Hippomenes fall, able to be used only when his curse has progressed past a certain point. Furthermore since this NP isn't exactly [i]owned[/i] by Hippomenes its use may attract the attention of its real owner... [/center] [/hider] Edit: alright, didn't see the response rip