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[u][b]Class:[/b][/u] Rider
[u][b]Team:[/b][/u] Undecided
[u][b]True Name:[/b][/u] Cao Cao
[u][b]Gender:[/b][/u] Male
[u][b]Alignment:[/b][/u] Lawful Neutral
[u][b]Attribute:[/b][/u] Man

[u][b]Personality:[/b][/u] A cunning, pragmatic man that cares nothing for what others think of him. He cares little about status or traditions and judges people based solely on their ability. However, despite how ambitious and unscrupulous he is, he still possesses a high amount of personal integrity and treats his allies and subordinates well. He sees opportunity where others only see ruin, and thrives in chaos even as he works to impose order.

On a personal level, he is seemingly jovial and charismatic, capable of laughing casually with a person to their face while plotting against them in his head at the same moment. He is suspicious and untrusting at heart to the point of being borderline paranoid when confronted with those he is not already familiar with. 

While he is a fair and legally just person who seeks to bring peace, Cao Cao is not swayed by emotion so much as logic and reason, making him appear rather unsympathetic and unscrupulous to the idealistic.

[b][u]Biography:[/u][/b] A crafty, ambitious man who rose up from minor nobility during the waning years of Han China to become one of the defining men of the era. Not content with remaining a cavalry commander for a declining dynasty, Cao Cao became a warlord in his own right, carving out a fiefdom of his own and subjugating many rival warlords to become one of the preeminent powers of his time. While Cao Cao had the last Han emperor under his control, he never seized the throne for himself, preferring to act with impunity under the imperial mandate instead. By the time of his death, Cao Cao's domain of Wei spanned over a third of China. 

However, Cao Cao's greatest ambition had been to reunify China under his control into a prosperous and peaceful state. He died of illness at the age of 65, content in the assumption that his successors would finish what he had started. Historical records indicate that Cao Cao was a brilliant ruler, administrator, and general, with his state of Wei flourishing at the time of his death. 

[b][u]Fighting Style:[/u][/b] A cheap-shotting bastard. While a formidable swordsman in his own right, Cao Cao always seeks the most expedient and efficient path to victory, no matter what others may think of his tactics. In personal combat, that means nothing is off the table. Crotch shots, eye gouging, running away to try again later, et cetera. 

[u][b]Parameters:[/b][/u]
STR: C
END: B
AGI: B
MAG: C
LUK: A+

[u][b]Class Skills[/b][/u]
[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]Riding:[/b]
A: Creatures on the level of Phantasmal Beast and Divine Beast rank can be used as mounts. However, that does not apply to members of the Dragon Kind. Maneuvers that would normally be absolutely impossible become trivial.

[u][b]Personal Skills[/b][/u]
[b]Hero of Chaos:[/b]
B: Cao Cao’s most notable feats of charisma revolved around his eye for talent, finding and inspiring loyalty in many able heroes, generals, and scholars of his time. While ordinarily he was content to delegate tasks and battles to them, his leadership abilities were such that even great heroes were inspired upon seeing their lord take the field.

Increases the morale of allied forces at a rate equal to the equivalent rank in Charisma. Effect is temporarily doubled for one round when Cao Cao makes his appearance on a battlefield. 

[b]Disengage:[/b]
A: The ability to withdraw from the battlefield in the midst of combat or reset the battle conditions. At this rank, there is a bonus effect of returning battle conditions to what they were at the beginning of the match (1st turn) and restores the condition of this Skill to the initial value. At the same time, it forcibly releases some of the bad status ailments inflicted on the user of this Skill.

[b]Eye of the Mind (True):[/b]
B: A heightened capacity for observation, refined through training, discipline and experience. A danger-avoidance ability that utilizes the intelligence collected up to the current time as the basis in order to predict the opponent’s activity and change the current situation. This is not a result of talent, but an overwhelming amount of combat experience. A weapon wielded by none other than a mortal, gained through tenacious training. So long there is even a 1% chance of a comeback, this ability greatly improves the chances of winning. At this rank, the user is capable of calm analysis of battle conditions even when in danger and deduce an appropriate course of action after considering all possibilities to escape from a predicament. 

As a warlord that commanded armies during the tumultuous period leading up to the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao saw many battlefields over the course of his life and honed his abilities and reflexes upon them. He was forced to make retreats on several occasions, and by now is inured to such dangers, capable of making calm judgments even during moments of pure chaos.


[u][b]Noble Phantasms[/b][/u]

[b]Seven-Star Sword[/b] 
[b]Rank:[/b] D
[b]Type:[/b] Anti-Unit
[b]Range:[/b] 1
[b]Maximum Number of Targets:[/b] 1
[b]Description:[/b] 
The blade given to Cao Cao by Wang Yun in an attempt to kill Dong Zhou. Cao Cao pretended to present the sword as a gift before attempting his assassination, but failed and was forced to flee the capital of Luoyang. 

This legendary blade was said to have been able to cut through any armor, and deals damage equivalent to one rank above its given rank as a result.

As a result of both Cao Cao’s failed assassination in his legend and his being summoned as a Rider instead of a Saber, this Noble Phantasm’s rank is lower than one would expect.

[b]Shadow Runner[/b] 
[b]Rank:[/b] B
[b]Type:[/b] Anti-Army
[b]Range:[/b] 2-40
[b]Maximum Number of Targets:[/b] 100
[b]Description:[/b] 
Cao Cao's personal steed, a black horse said to have run so quick that it would cast no shadow during its sprint. It bore Cao Cao to safety during his flight from Wan Castle, surviving numerous wounds during the process. 

Combined with Cao Cao’s inherent Riding skill, this sable steed can maintain a ludicrously fast pace, capable of racing against some of the greatest mounts in legend and myth. Shadow Runner’s sheer speed creates waves of force in its wake that resemble black flames. When executing a frontal charge at full strength, this horse can tear through the front ranks of an army and carve a path to victory. 

[b]Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao Arrives[/b] 
[b]Rank:[/b] A+
[b]Type:[/b] Anti-Unit
[b]Range:[/b] -
[b]Maximum Number of Targets:[/b] 1
[b]Description:[/b] 
Cao Cao is so famed for his military tactics and general ruthlessness such that a modern Chinese saying is literally "Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives", equivalent to the Western phrase "Speak of the devil". Whenever his true name is uttered, Cao Cao is capable of teleporting within ten feet of the person who spoke his name. The teleportation is not silent, and the target will be aware that Cao Cao has appeared. However, the prana cost of this ability increases with his distance to the speaker, and anything greater than an average modern city's length is impossible for a Master's prana reserves to sustain and will likely kill them. Anything greater than half a city's length will generally exhaust a Master's prana reserves. Once his name is uttered, Cao Cao is only aware of the distance between himself and the speaker as well as the corresponding prana cost, and nothing else. Moreover, he only has five seconds to decide whether or not he wishes to teleport, and he will have no clue of what the speaker's defenses will be like. This Noble Phantasm can backfire greatly against Cao Cao if he warps into a heavily-defended area.

[b][u]Extra:[/u][/b]
[b]Voice actor:[/b] [url=https://youtu.be/BBHF5buj3M4?t=40]Douglas Rye[/url]
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