King Cosmos

Fate/Crimson Dusk

The summoning circle was already prepared for him ahead of time and the last component, the shard of wood from the infamous Trojan horse, had been placed in its centre; the only thing remaining was the ritual itself and the chant. But, Dieter was somewhat hesitant to begin the summoning, struck as he was by a last minute bout of second thoughts as he questioned once again whether or not he could do this. Whether or not he even wanted to.

There were other Master’s on standby should he decide not to do this, he wasn’t necessary. He was replaceable. And yet, he’d still come to London, still collected the catalyst prepared for him and was still standing here in this hall as the others summoned their Servants around him. Something was driving him forward, despite his hesitance, even if he didn’t know himself what it was.

Let silver and steel be the essence.
Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation.
Let black be the color I pay tribute to.
Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall.
Let the four cardinal gates close.
Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate.

Let it be declared now;
your flesh shall serve under me, and my fate shall be with your sword.
Submit to the beckoning of the Holy Grail.
Answer, if you would submit to this will and this truth.

An oath shall be sworn here.
I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven;
I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell.

From the Seventh Heaven, attended to by three great words of power,
come forth from the ring of restraint, protector of the holy balance!

His voice was low, the chant not spoken with as much confidence or vigour as some of the others, but it seemed the ritual did not care much for such things as it worked nonetheless. Dieter covered his eyes with his arm as the swirling Od picked up again with the addition of his own summoning to the mix, coat flapping in the strong wind. When he lowered his arm he saw his Servant for the first time; tall and strong and intimidating, clad in golden armour and carrying a spear and shield like he was prepared to go to war at any moment. His crested helmet obscured his face, but beneath it Dieter could sense the eyes of his Servant on him; the sensation nearly paralysed him.

“I am Rider. Are you to be my Master?”

“J-ja.”

That seemed to be enough for Rider, or at least no other answer seemed to be forthcoming; he just continued to stare at him silently, as if waiting for something to happen. He wondered what his Servant saw when he looked at him, if the reason he was quiet was because he was disappointed with what he saw?

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

In the end Oberon never got an answer as to what the Slime was planning to do with all those crystals as rather than respond he simply swallowed one of the mana-restoring items and dashed, or rolled, away.

It seemed that a lot had happened in the few moments that he had been distracted; the group of rats from earlier had appeared and engaged the female Goblin and a couple more Slimes soon followed them, crushing the larger Goblin in their path. The first Slime, the one with the oddly shaped protrusion on top, latched onto the female Goblin as she was struggling against the larger rat before spearing her on a stalagmite that erupted from the ground. And just like that it was over, what had previously seemed like a desperate struggle was suddenly a victory in their favour; here at least, the battle had been resolved.

But that didn’t mean things were going as well everywhere. Now that the noise in the immediate area had died down Oberon could hear the sounds of fierce fighting happening nearby and looking in that direction it was easy to see the large figure stomping around with many smaller figures swarming him.

That was where Digbie and Mourningstar had gone to earlier; he could see them now, a single point of light flitting around the big guy’s head and a solitary bipedal silhouette running around. It was also where everyone else seemed to be heading to as well as first one then the other smaller Slime headed that direction, followed soon after by the two smaller rats.

With everything settled here and with no more obvious threats heading his way it seemed like Oberon should join the on-going battle as well, but before he did there was something he had been meaning to try for a while now and since he was curious what his progress on the ‘regeneration’ skill was now was as good a time as any.

“Open skills tab.”

He still had a few skill points left over from his last level-up and if there was a useful skill near to completion it might be worth spending them now rather than trying to stockpile them. However, he shouldn’t wait too long before joining the battle in case someone needing healing, so regardless of if his attempt worked Oberon began to fly towards Rattleskull.

Once there he saw a battle in full swing, a badly wounded Rattle and a host of humans-turned-monsters attacking him from multiple avenues. From a cursory sweep of the area it didn’t look like anyone was too badly hurt at the moment, other than the large creature they were trying to kill, so his services weren’t in high demand at the moment; furthermore, he didn’t want to risk firing an attack into the middle of the melee in case he hit someone other than his target, leaving him with few options at the moment.

For now Oberon would just hang back and wait for an opportunity to present itself. In the meantime, he prepared himself to cast Shield III on the first person her saw Rattle take a swing at; judging by how the female Goblin had broken straight through it earlier it might not entirely save whoever the large Goblin attacked, but it was better than nothing.

Action Report

Tried to give myself another migraine
Prepared to cast 'Shield III' on first person Rattle targets with an attack

@Zeroth

DBZ: The Sagas of The Z Warrior

@CaptainSully personally, since Alex's moves are all close range that finish wouldn't work for me. On the other hand, Alex could already be dead at that stage of the fight, so that's a moot point.

DBZ: The Sagas of The Z Warrior

So I've been waiting until the fight with Raditz progressed a bit further before jumping back into things, wanting to have Alex show up to see everyone already hurt or even a few people already defeated, but that's taken longer than I expected and I'm conscious of the fact I haven't posted in a while.

What would be the best way to bring Alex in at this point? Should I have Alex jump in and attack Riditz or should he go and interrupt the fight between Daiko and Josh?

DBZ: The Sagas of The Z Warrior

@Double@CaptainSully Do Majin's have souls? What actually happens to them when they die?

If you don't want to write Momo any more you could just kill him off in the Raditz fight and have him get sent to hell/erased by the Kai's a be done with it.

Fate/Crimson Dusk

Moving through the halls of the Clocktower at a hurried pace just short of a jog, Dieter Voigt made his way towards the head master’s office. He was running later than he has anticipated, something that he was very aware of with each passing second, but he also did not want to cause a scene by sprinting through the halls when classes were still in session; turning another corner he increased his pace, knowing that his destination was nearby.

It had been some years since he had last walked these corridors, not since he had still been a student, but they were familiar nonetheless and he needed no guidance to bring him to where he needed to be. He paused outside the head master’s office to rearrange his clothes and hair as well as to catch his breath, taking the time to make himself look presentable before he knocked on the door, opened it and walked in; he was already late after all, they were expecting him and he could hear voices on the other side.

Once inside he quickly glanced around the room, taking in the six figures already standing or sitting around the room. One his recognised as Director Archibald but the rest were strangers; others like himself perhaps. Ducking his head he stepped fully into the room and closed the door behind him. “Ich entschuldige mich.”

Correcting himself, Dieter repeated himself in English. “I apologise for my lateness.” It had been many years since he had last visited the Clocktower, and as many years since he had last spoken to his father in person. Before coming to this meeting he had taken the time to meet the man in person, to catch up and also to collect the catalyst that his father had prepared for him. He shifted the box he held in his arms to prevent it from slipping; inside was a fragment of the Trojan Horse, a relic of the Achaean expedition to reclaim Helen from Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy. The Trojan War was a battleground for many legendary heroes; whatever Servant answered his summons, with a catalyst such as this they were sure to be powerful.

His meeting with his father had lasted longer than he had expected, which was not a suitable excuse, but it led to his lateness here. Hopefully, he had not missed too much.

DBZ: The Sagas of The Z Warrior

@Double have Momo absorb an English professor and gain the ability of good grammar.

DBZ: The Sagas of The Z Warrior

@Weird Tales my biggest worry right now is how we are going to handle a many-on-one fight against Raditz and any other fight in the future. Even if the other spars continue it's looking like we're going to have Taeto, Momo, Gyun, Piccolo and Alex all fighting Raditz at the same time.

If we all try and post attacks against him at once we're going to end up tripping over each others feet and each Raditz post is going to start with him having to react to five separate attack posts, which would get a little hard to handle I bet. Maybe the better option would be to let everyone have limited control of Raditz once it gets to that point; people can post reactions from Raditz to their attacks, whether he dodged, blocked, countered or was hit for example, with Weird still handling the big Raditz posts for victorious gloating and big attacks.

Fate/Crimson Dusk

Dieter Voigt

Name: Dieter Voigt
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Master of: Rider
Command Seal Location: Back of right hand

Origin: Permanence

Appearance:


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Personality: A shy and studious individual Dieter is the type of person who likes to keep to himself and dedicates most of his time and effort to his work. Soft spoken and unsure of himself, he does not do well in social situations as he greatly lacks in self-confidence when pulled out of his comfort zone or when asked to deal with something outside of his area of expertise. That being said he is still a very accomplished Magus in his own right and has an almost unparalleled knowledge of alchemy due to his family’s specialisation.

Despite his lack of self-confidence, he does have faith in his own abilities and considers himself a competent Magus. That being said, he doubts how useful he could be in something like the Grail War, since he has never considered trying to turn his magecraft towards fighting before and magical combat has never been something he has tried to learn. As such he is grateful that he managed to summon such a strong Servant for the war as it means he will not be as much of a burden on his fellow Magus’ as he feared, but at the same time realises that this also means he will have more pressure put on him and his Servant as a result.

Although he agreed to answer the call when the Mages Association asked him to become a Master, he did so reluctantly and has no real desire to obtain the Grail outside of a vague interest in obtaining the root that most Magus probably share to some degree; if anything, he is scared of any object that holds as much power as a completed Grail and does not think either side should gain possession of it.

Biography: Hailing from the city of Stuttgart in Germany the Voigt’s are a small family of little renown but well respected in Western Europe for their knowledge of the alchemical arts if nothing else. In the past the Voigt family have always been staunch traditionalists who seem to actively shun the notions of cooperation or of sharing knowledge and as such they do not have much interaction with the wider Magus community, having loose ties to the Mages Association but otherwise keeping to themselves and also keeping the advancements of their magecraft hidden.

Recently this has begun to change and the family has made efforts to better integrate with their fellow Magus; in fact the past two generations of Voigt, Dieter and his father, have even attended the Clock Tower as students and, in Dieter’s fathers case, later a teacher. As for Dieter, after completing his studies in England he moved back to Stuttgart. As the sole heir to the Voigt name he is the next family head and is already in possession of his family’s Magic Crest, it is only right that he establish his workshop in the family home while his father continues his teaching in England.

The Mages Association originally approached Dieter’s father about joining the expedition to Poland, as he was known to them and his skill in alchemy deemed useful, but he refused them. Instead he recommended his son in his place, stating that as the family head it should fall on Dieter’s shoulders to do this, as well as expressing his assurances that the his son was just as capable an alchemist as he, if not more so.

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Magecraft Section:
School of Magecraft:
Dieter’s family have always specialised in the study of Alchemy, an art they have practised for the past 400 years. Being somewhat traditional, they tend to limit their magecraft to the act of changing matter from one form to another; they seek not to revolutionise or invent new magecraft, but rather to refine and improve on the basics and as such are some of the best in the world, certainly some of the best in Europe, when it comes to alchemy of this type.

In particular Dieter is very skilled at changing the current state of a matter from one to another, e.g. turn a liquid into a solid or a solid into a gas instantly, as well as the matter transformations that all alchemist of his family are adept with.

Additionally, Dieter has an affinity for the wind element and had a little skill at manipulating and generating air currents.

Skills/Spells List:

Phase Transition (20 times) – A catch all spell which allows Dieter to instantly change an inorganic object from one state to another instantly. This can take one of eight forms matching the different kinds of state transitions that Dieter can produce; Sublimation, Deposition, Liquefaction, Freezing, Vaporisation, Condensation, Ionisation and Deionisation. This spell allows Dieter to change matter to a state that it would not normally be able to exist at in those conditions, e.g. change water to ice despite it being above freezing temperature.

Matter Transform (10 times) – The most basic principle of alchemy. Allows Dieter to change the elemental composition of an inorganic object to something else entirely, so long as this does not also require changing the state of the element.

Wind Current Change (5 times) – Manipulate the movements of the air in the surrounding environment.

Amount of Magecraft Mana: C

Other: Dieter is somewhat multilingual, speaking fluent German and English as well as passable French and Polish.

Rider Diomedes

Name: Diomedes
Title: Spear-Famed, Son of Tydeus
Class: Rider
Gender: Male
Birth and Death Dates: Unknown
Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Bio: Diomedes was born to Tydeus and Deipyle, an Aetolian and an Argive respectively, and he was descended from royalty on both sides of his family; his father was the only son of Oeneus, King of Calydon, while his maternal grandfather Adrastus was the King of Argos, whom he later succeeded.

Tydeus died while Diomedes was still very young, having taken part in an unsuccessful attempt to conquer Thebes along with six other champions who were collectively known as the Seven Against Thebes. At his father’s funeral Diomede vowed alongside the children of the other champions to vanquish Thebes in order to avenge their fathers. They were called "the Epigoni" because they were born "after everything has happened". Ten years later the Epigoni set out to launch another expedition against Thebes, one that was ultimately successful. Having achieved their objective, the Epigoni returned home, but not before they installed the son of the instigator of the first Theban expedition as the city's new ruler.

Returning home Diomedes found that his grandfather had died of grief upon learning that his son Aegialeus, one of the Epigoni, had perished in the battle; as such, Diomedes was left as the last of Adrastus' male descendants. That being so, upon returning home to Argos, Diomedes ascended to the throne. In order to secure his grasp on the throne, Diomedes married Aegialeus' daughter, Princess Aegialia.

In later years Diomedes became one of the suitors of Helen and, as such, he was bound by the oath of Tyndareus, which established that all the suitors would defend and protect the man who was chosen as Helen's husband against any wrong done against him in regard to his marriage. Accordingly, when the Trojan prince Paris stole Menelaus' wife, all those who had sworn the oath were summoned by Agamemnon (Menelaus’ brother), so that they would join the coalition that was to sail from Aulis to Troy in order to retrieve Helen and the Spartan property that was stolen.

Diomedes entered the Trojan war with a fleet of 80 ships, the third largest fleet in the war after Agamemnon’s and Nestor’s. Although he was the youngest of the Achaean Kings Diomedes was considered the most experience leader by many, having fought in more battles than any other including the assault on Thebes, at that point the most important war expedition prior to the expedition to Troy. He was also considered to be one of the mightiest and most skilled warriors among the Achaeans, second only to Achilles and on par with Telamonian Ajax. He and Odysseus were the only Achaean heroes who participated in covert military operations that demanded discipline, bravery, courage, cunning, and resourcefulness.

The favourite warrior of Athena, he was also the only hero except Heracles, son of Zeus, that attacked - and even wounded - Olympian gods, most notably Ares, whom he struck with his spear. Once, he was even granted divine vision in order to identify immortals.

Apart from his outstanding fighting abilities and courage, Diomedes is on several crucial occasions shown to possess great wisdom, which is acknowledged and respected by his much older comrades, including Agamemnon and Nestor. Diomedes, Nestor and Odysseus were some of the greatest Achaean strategists. Throughout the Iliad, Diomedes and Nestor are frequently seen speaking first in war-counsel.

Unlike many Diomedes survived the Trojan war and managed to return home, whereas many other Achaean leaders were assailed with troubles on their return as punishment from the Gods. However, he did not escape the war completely unscathed, as upon returning home he found that while he was away at war his wife had taken on a lover and he was prevented from entering the city; this was punishment from Aphrodite who had not forgiven him for wounding her during the war.

Weapon(s): Spear, Sword, Shield, Chariot

Parameters:
Strength: B+
Endurance: B+
Agility: B
Magical Energy: C
Luck: E

Class Skills:
Riding B: Most vehicles and animals can be handled with above average skill, even vehicles that did not exist in the time period one was alive in, for they are no exception. However, cannot ride the likes of Phantasmal Species such as Monstrous Beast.
Magic Resistance C: Cancel spells with a chant below two verses. Cannot defend against magecraft on the level of High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals.

Personal Skills:
True Sight A: The Goddess Athena granted her champion the ability to see through the illusory disguises used by the other Gods as they manipulated the events of the Trojan War to suit their own desires. Illusions crafted through magecraft, especially those intended to be used as a disguise are nothing to his eyes.
Goddesses Favour (Athena) EX: Diomedes was Athena’s chosen champion. She aided him many times during the Trojan War, even driving his chariot for him in a charge against her rival Ares, and at times was able to count on and receive her blessed even when he did not request it. This skill activates during times of dire need and temporarily grants Rider the skill “Protection of the Goddess” at rank A; at this level the skill offers Diomedes protection from his enemies and guides his weapons to strike true almost as if Athena herself was diverting attacks or guiding his hand, as well as restoring his Luck stat to its true value of B and further boosting it to A.
Military Tactics B: Although the youngest of all the Achaean kings who embarked on the expedition to Troy, Diomedes was the most experienced when it came to military matters, having previously marched on Thebes as a member of the Epigoni. Diomedes wisdom and experience was valued even by Agamemnon, leaders of all the Argives at Troy, and Nestor, who was by far his elder.

Noble Phantasms:
Title: Árma Me Odigó Theótitas – Famed Warrior's Chariot, Guided by the Goddess of Wisdom
Rank: A
NP Type: Anti-Army
Range: 2-50
Maximum Number of Targets: 50
Description: During the Trojan War Diomedes fought and defeated the Trojan hero Aeneas, but was unable to kill him; during this battle his friend Sthenelus managed to steal two of Aeneas’ horses, horses which were descended from Zeus’ immortal horses, thereby giving Diomedes the second best pair of horses among the Greek army, second only to Achilles own immortal ones. Later that same day Diomedes rode his chariot, led by these horses, in a charge against the Olympian God of War Ares, with the invisible Goddess Athena holding the reigns making it appear as if Diomedes only was riding the chariot. With Athena's assistance on the chariot, Diomedes was able to injure Ares with the very same spear that wounded Aphrodite.

While not as powerful or as fast as Achilles chariot, Diomedes chariot is still formidable. Requiring no driver, Diomedes is able to focus all of his efforts on attacking while riding while the chariot guides itself charges across the battlefield, mowing down everything in its path at blinding speed.

Title: Theótita Apothíthike- Spear that Shakes Olympus
Rank: B
NP Type: Anti-Divinity
Range: 1-50
Maximum Number of Targets: 1
Description: Originally just an ordinary spear wielded by Rider, after wounding two Olympic Deities in a single day this simple weapon was elevated to the status of Noble Phantasm possessing the ability to ignore "one's divine protection". As long as it is counted as a "divine protection" in any form materialized, this Noble Phantasm will ignore that defence as well as dealing additional damage should the target possess the Divinity Skill; the more Divinity the Servant has, the greater its additional damage output.

Title: Theía Panoplía – Armour Blessed by Athena
Rank: C
NP Type: Anti-Unit (Self)
Range: None
Maximum Number of Targets: 1
Description: Golden armour bearing a crest of a boar on the breast. Created by a mortal smith and blessed by the Goddess Athena, who them granted it to Diomedes father Tydeus. When Tydeus passed away the armour was passed to Diomedes. When wearing this armour Diomedes’ Magic Resistance skill is raised to A.

Fate/Crimson Dusk

@vancexentan I've updated Rider's profile with a couple of images to give an idea what he looks like. I also added Military Tactics to his personal skills as it makes sense for him to have it.