[hider=Caster of Lies] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/SRKFDVR.png[/img][/center] _________________________________________________________________________________________ [b]Name:[/b] Rufus Wilmot Griswold [b]Title:[/b] Literary Executioner [b]Class:[/b] Caster [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Alignment:[/b] Chaotic Evil [b]Height / Weight:[/b]6'5" [b]Source:[/b] History 1800's _________________________________________________________________________________________ [b]Personality:[/b] Griswold is the epitome of mankind's worst. A man who dabbled in the depraved, and hurt without care. To him, the world was full of those who either gave him what he desired, or were punished for it. Caster's mentality is not one of a kind man, but a hatred of others who possess talents he does not, or could never. It is with this in mind that he loathes the heroes of old. Those blessed few who became heroes in their own time. After all, had he been born alongside them, he would have shone even brighter than them. But, he is a man of the modern era. One who had to fight and scrap for all he had. And to beat down the competition. Does this make him a bad person? No, but the cheating, swindling, lying to his wife, abandonment of his family, and the plagiarism certainly do. He will use every cheap tactic in the book to come ahead. Nothing kind that passes his lips is meant in earnest. No good deed is done without desire for a reward that he would not have received in other ways. When the battle is over, he plans to write a book about it. Naturally, with him as the hero, and the others as villains. Maybe his master will get a shining role if they lick his shoes enough. [b]Bio:[/b] Mean nasty man writes mean things about depressed author. [b]Weapon:[/b] A book and a pen are all the depraved need. _________________________________________________________________________________________ [b]Parameters:[/b] [i]Strength:[/i] D [i]Endurance:[/i] C [i]Agility:[/i] C [i]Mana:[/i] C [i]Luck:[/i] C _________________________________________________________________________________________ [u][b]Class Skills:[/b][/u] Territory Creation - [b]C[/b]: An 'Atelier', which is superior to a 'Workbench', may be established, boosting capabilities to an acceptable degree. Requires prior, ample time to establish. Rufus enjoyed a position of power over others, and while under normal circumstances he might have never gone above a workbench, he did possess an office, and kept his blackmail and angry letters well organized. Item Construction - [b]C[/b]: A Caster-class Skill. It is the Skill to manufacture magical items, from implements of war to items for daily use. Also, this Skill requires time to gather components and manufacture items. While not a mage in life, it is possible for Griswold to create items of specific natures through the use of his noble phantasm. [u][b]Personal Skills:[/b][/u] Human Observation (Scandal) - [b]A[/b]: A technique to observe and understand people. But where Human Observation is traditionally directed to understand others, Human Observation (Scandal) is directed towards deducing their darkest secrets. Caster's rank is so high in this particular skill that within a minute of first interaction, he can deduce just how many skeletons might be in a person's closet, and of what kind. While this cannot allow him to identify a true name or noble phantasm, it does allow him to make deductions based on what he observes. Performance Continuation - [b]B[/b]: Similar to Battle Continuation, it is the ability to continue a performance even after being critically injured. 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. An ability representing the strong will to stay alive on the battlefield. Caster was in his home when an explosion went off. A mix of gas and fire, which destroyed part of his home, and left him with severe burns and scarring. Worse, he lost his eyebrows. He survived the explosion, and continued to work during this period. Golden Rule - [b]D[/b]: A Skill that refers to the measurement of one's fortune to acquire wealth. Unlike his rival, Poe, Caster was usually rather wealthy. Able to accumulate a solid estate of wealth within his lifetime. _________________________________________________________________ [b]NOBLE PHANTASMS[/b] [hider=Noble Phantasms] [b]Title:[/b] The Poets and Poetry of America - Graveyard of Poets [b]Rank:[/b] C [b]NP Type:[/b] Anti-Unit, Anti-Team [b]Range:[/b] - [b]Maximum Number of Targets:[/b] 1 [b]Description:[/b] Griswold's anthology The Poets and Poetry of America was the most comprehensive of its kind to date. As critic Lewis Gaylord Clark said, it was expected Griswold's book would "become incorporated into the permanent undying literature of our age and nation". The anthology helped Griswold build up a considerable reputation throughout the 1840s and 1850s and its first edition went through three printings in only six months. His choice of authors, however, was occasionally questioned. A British editor reviewed the collection and concluded, "with two or three exceptions, there is not a poet of mark in the whole Union" and referred to the anthology as "the most conspicuous act of martyrdom yet committed in the service of the transatlantic muses". Even so, the book was popular and was continued in several editions after Griswold's death by Richard Henry Stoddard. In later times, The Poets and Poetry of America has been nicknamed a "graveyard of poets" because its anthologized writers have since passed into obscurity to become, as literary historian Fred Lewis Pattee wrote, "dead ... beyond all resurrection". Pattee also called the book a "collection of poetic trash" and "voluminous worthlessness". It is that phenomenon of recording people who have faded into worthlessness that has become manifest as Caster's noble Phantasm. While it is quite possible that all recorded in his anthology died out because of their own failures, this is the final record and testament of their existence. A book that contains those who are dead, and shall never return. When Caster activates his noble phantasm, he records the existence of an enemy into a written form. As long as he possesses this paper, it acts as a mark that they are beyond resurrection and worthless. As such, it places a powerful cursed seal upon the victim, removing any ability to heal and removing any buffs they might receive from themselves or other sources. [b]Title:[/b] Memoir of the Author - The Imp of the Perverse [b]Rank:[/b] C+ [b]NP Type:[/b] Anti-Unit, Anti-Team [b]Range:[/b] - [b]Maximum Number of Targets:[/b] 1 [b]Description:[/b] Griswold claimed that "among the last requests of Mr. Poe" was that he become his literary executor "for the benefit of his family". While there is documentation that supports this claim, very little of it was properly signed. Some believe that Maria Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law surrendered the documentation in some kind of bribe, or that Griswold had somehow managed to convince Poe to do so. Regardless of the means, it was not within Maria Clemm's power to do so, but it was done regardless. As literary executor for Poe's affairs, along with many other American writers, Griswold released the Memoir of the Author, as the definitive portrayal of the life of Edgar Allan Poe. The "Memoir" depicts Poe as a madman, addicted to drugs and chronically drunk. Many elements were fabricated by Griswold using forged letters as evidence and it was denounced by those who knew Poe, including Sarah Helen Whitman, Charles Frederick Briggs, and George Rex Graham. In March, Graham published a notice in his magazine accusing Griswold of betraying trust and taking revenge on the dead. This memoir has latched onto Poe's legacy, becoming the catalyst for much of his woes. It is perhaps the very reason there is not a single variation of Poe untouched by the 'Innocent Monster' skill. When utilizing this noble phantasm, Griswold recreates the means of altering another's life story to transform them into a monster. It is possible for him to change the life's course of another, changing a noble man into a villain. Perhaps even strengthening them if the story and adjustments call for them. Or another form of weakening. The changes this noble phantasm results in are all temporary, as reality sets in and once more purges the falsities from the target. Against Masters though, these effects can become quite permanent if desired to. [/hider] [b]Fighting Style:[/b] Imagine me, a fighter. I'm going to sit at base and eat all the good food. All you fighter types can deal with this for me. Heck, better idea. I'll write something nice about you. Maybe give you an advantage. How about 'He fought like a bastard and had fangs for teeth.' Sounds more your style than all that honor stuff, huh? [/hider]