[hider=Sinnoh Remakes? Sinnoh Remakes!] [centre] [img]https://i.imgur.com/0hnK7AT.png[/img] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITyOweLcv68][b]Name[/b]: Ivan Tsarevich[/url] [b]Title[/b]: The Third Son, Prince of Promise [b]Class[/b]: Rider [b]Gender[/b]: Male [b]Alignment[/b]: Chaotic Good [b]Source[/b]: Russian Fairy Tales[/centre] [b]Personality[/b]: A strange child who is more comfortable around creatures than humans. An impatient type who likes running off to the next adventure before even finishing the first. Anyone who delays his progress is subject to the harshest insults he can think of, which aren’t that harsh. One who was able to impress even Baba Yaga simply by being impetuous and asking for hospitality from her. If he wants something, he shamelessly asks for it, or seeks it out himself, even if it’s an adventure he’s vastly underqualified for. The type of person who most would shun, but seems to quickly impress the strange ones who care less about propriety or human norms. He’s also the type who falls in and out of love easily, pursuing each with a passion that never diminishes, even as he moves on to the next adventure. Bluntly put, an idiot who never thinks through his actions, but it always seems to work out somehow. Perhaps it’s due to his friends, or maybe he’s just that lucky. [b]Biography[/b]: The protagonist of various Russian fairy tales, primarily ‘Prince Ivan, the Firebird and the Grey Wolf’, ‘The Death of Koschei the Deathless’, and ‘The Frog Princess’. Though those all had the protagonist of ‘Ivan Tsarevich’, it’s difficult to claim that there’s continuity between them. What should be a generic name of a protagonist, similar to the giant-killing Jack, has been drawn together into a single entity. The tale of the firebird tells of his quest to acquire the mythical firebird, meeting a grey wolf who helps him in various circumstances along the way, even bringing him back to life from the dead. The death of Koschei tells of his triumph against the immortal sorcerer, while the Frog Princess is more comical, similar to the Princess and the Frog, but reversed in gender. Across the stories, enmity with Koschei and a more friendly relationship with Baba Yaga is common, as well as his assistance by various beasts and creatures. [b]Armaments[/b]: Armour, a bow and arrows. [b]Fighting Style[/b]: Letting his friends do the work while offering words of encouragement and the occasional arrow. [centre][b]Parameters[/b]: STR: E ||| END: D ||| AGI: D ||| MAN: A ||| LCK: A++[/centre] [b]Class Skills[/b]: [b]Magic Resistance[/b]: C Grants protection against magical effects, cancelling them altogether. Spells with a chant below two verses are cancelled, but cannot protect against magecraft on the level of High Thaumaturgy. [b]Riding[/b]: A+ Denotes the ability to ride mounts and vehicles. All vehicles and members of Phantasmal Species up to Divine Beasts can be ridden, with the exception of Dragonkind. [b]Personal Skills[/b] [b]Renegade Distortion[/b]: - The distorted mentality of one who lives apart from the human norm. Similar to certain forms of Mad Enhancement or Mental Pollution, it becomes difficult for one to come to a mutual understanding with humans. Mild protection from mental interference effects is offered in exchange. The mentality of one who carelessly chatters about team tactics, and rushes in pursuit of random objectives with little thought. One who lives in a world of fairy tales, where various things can happen due to no particular logic, so he adapts to this by simply making hasty decisions without any real thought. As a side effect, it becomes easier to interact with those who live apart from humans - not simply beasts, but also fairies, witches, hermits and other types. It's possible to see a certain charm in his rough manners. [b]Encouragement[/b]: C+++ The ability to offer encouragement to one’s allies. Though in Ivan’s case, it’s difficult to get through to humans, so the effects are less pronounced. However, with beasts and animals, their physical abilities are increased simply by being in close proximity, increased by active techniques of encouragement. Since he can’t really offer tactical advice, it’s generally simply cheers and rallying. Fundamentally, the ability to bring out extra power in one’s friends by emotional methods with no rational aspect. Naturally, it works better on those that one has already developed deep bonds with. [hider=Noble Phantasms] [centre][b]Firebird My Quest for the Flaming Bird! Rank: E Type: Anti-Unit Range: 0-20 Maximum Targets: 10 [/b][/centre] The flaming songbird that Ivan and his brothers were sent to quest for. After stealing his father’s apples, the Tsar’s fascination with it grew until he declared that whoever brought him the bird would be his heir. As the quest object for a number of heroes, it’s possible to see it as a holy grail of sorts… However, it’s largely just a useless bird that gets captured or leaves its feathers in people’s grasp. Though its feathers are a treasure of sorts, that glow with a soft light that inspires those who see it. It also carries a passive, low-level mental interference effect of fascination, simply from the beauty of its appearance and song. Its primary method of attack is producing flame, either as a projectile attack, or wreathing itself with it and charging. In comparison to more legendary birds, such as the Phoenix or Simurgh, it’s certainly weaker. The equivalent of an ultra-rare one time event ‘mon that ends up not being especially useful despite all the effort needed to acquire it. [centre][b]Sword Kladenets Behold, the Self-Swinging Sword! Rank: D Type: Anti-Unit Range: 1-10 Maximum Targets: 1[/b][/centre] A common motif in Russian folklore, the legendary sword Kladenets. It appears in many places, and it seems Ivan picked it up at some point. Probably as loot when he defeated that lich guy. It would be more powerful in the hands of a true wielder of the blade, and in the class of such. As a Rider, it becomes less a weapon, and more an entity of itself. Able to swing with its own power - greatly exceeding Ivan’s own strength - and chase down enemies with the power of flight. It has a mind of its own, and sometimes doesn’t listen to its master. As a self-swinging blade, it also has the ability to autocorrect its swings towards advantageous spots, ones that Ivan himself is often unable to spot. The equivalent of a ‘mon you got in a random trade, and never realised could evolve, so it never quite met its full potential. [centre][b]Golden Horse The Sky-Conquering Witch’s Horse! Rank: C Type: Anti-Army Range: 4-30 Maximum Targets: 100[/b][/centre] A flying horse that initially belonged to Baba Yaga, gained through a series of trials so that he could have a dogfight with Koschei. Or is that a horsefight? A greatly versatile mount with the ability of flight, and good speed and power. As a form of transportation, it’s certainly excellent. As a winged horse originally owned by a powerful witch, it’s likely a direct descendant of the original Pegasus. However, perhaps because of that witch’s influence, it has a much nastier disposition, and doesn’t need much encouragement to attack. Thankfully it’s a great deal weaker than the original. Winding up its sky charge and raining down to earth in a powerful attack that can be likened to a comet… or at least, a small one. The equivalent of ‘mon you got in a trade from your big sister, that you keep in the party due to its high level and knowing fly. [centre][b]Grey Wolf My Ever-loyal Companion! Rank: B Type: Anti-Unit Range: 0-1 Maximum Targets: 1 [/b][/centre] A great phantasmal beast she-wolf, who joined Ivan after eating his original horse. Feeling guilty, she promised to replace the horse for as long as he needed. Even after she left after the end of her service, she returned to save Ivan from his murderous brothers. A powerful member of the phantasmal species with the ability to shapeshift into human form, though she only does so when she wants to. Speed, power and stealth abilities are all top notch. She’s also happy to be used as a mount, at least by Ivan. Her true ability is the water of life she fetched for the dying Ivan. It’s a unique ingredient that cannot be fully replicated, but is simply an inferior emulation of such. A powerful singular burst of healing that restores its target to ‘perfect health’ so long as the spiritual core has not been destroyed. Of course, such a thing requires a large amount of energy expenditure. The equivalent of a fully evolved starter ‘mon that you grew most attached to. [centre][b]Vasilisa My Beautiful Frog Bride! Rank: A Type: Anti-Unit Range: 0-20 Maximum Targets: -[/b][/centre] Ivan’s wife, trapped in the form of a frog. In fact, he had multiple wives - the original Helen the Beautiful, whose form the wolf took, the warrior Marya Movena, and Tsarevna Vasilisa herself. It seems they were alright with sharing Ivan. Or perhaps there were multiple Ivans. A relative of Baba Yaga, cursed by Koschei the deathless as a casualty of the conflict between them. Despite her inhuman shape, she retains a great deal of magical power, even as her form is a harmless frog. One who learned her craft directly from that Witch of the wilds, her magecraft is comparable to that of a Caster-class servant - at least when Ivan bothers to summon her into danger. Even without being summoned, she offers advice to Ivan befitting of her title ‘the wise’, though he generally doesn’t listen. The equivalent of a harmless-looking ‘mon that turned out to be broken in the metagame despite its goofy appearance. [/hider] [/hider]