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Fate/Novus Apocrypha - An Alternate Greater Grail War (Reboot)!

@GreenGoat, Approval One. Ask Sky on Discord to review the sheet as well.

Fate/Novus Apocrypha - Continued Recruitment

From the looks of it, only black and red teams are open yeah? Red team seems full up.

@GreenGoat

Black and Purple, and yes, Red Team is full.

Fate/Novus Apocrypha - Continued Recruitment

So we just take control of existing servants and/or master or can we make our own? Do we need to play both master and servant?

@GreenGoat

You can make your own if there is a slot. And the latter is optional.

Fate/Novus Apocrypha - Continued Recruitment

Fate/Novus Apocrypha - The Ends Justify the Means (Reboot)!

The Story So Far

The story has further diverged from what it was supposed to be, as the alternate timeline of an alternate timeline proceeds to its own destiny.

There are now three, not two, teams fighting for the Holy Grail: The Red Faction, which champions the Magus' Association and its preservation of Humanity against cosmic threats, the Black Faction, whose struggle is for revenge against that same Magus' Association and the perceived humiliations heaped onto them by the heads of that organization, and the Purple Faction, which believes that the road to The Root of all Knowledge requires embodying the concept of Cosmic Tyranny, and seek to use the Grail to slaughter and enslave the rest of Humanity into ignorance and fear.

Needless to say, the Purple Faction's position is unpopular and their arrogance is great, great enough to drive Red and Black into a temporary truce to deal with these upstarts. And now, the Purple Faction reels, their Vampiric allies proving of no use against a concerted effort to suppress them. The identities of their Archer and Rider have been revealed, and the latter is being pursued unto death, along with his Master, one of the most powerful of said Vampiric allies. But those who believe in Cosmic Tyranny as their path to achieving Ascension and access to The Root would not be so easily put down - They seek new Masters and their summoned Servants in order to gain their vengeance!

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As you can see, Fate/Novus Apocrypha is going pretty well, and the plot is progressing nicely. However, we need more players for the Black Faction (our own Yggdmilenia), and the Purple Faction (our band of Original Characters who stole the Holy Grail and moved it to Sparta), and we are still ready to accept new applicants.

This Link contains what Servants and Masters are available for all Teams. Note that any Purple Faction Servant not Columbus, Wu, and Oda Nobunaga can be replaced with your own Servant if you wish to apply an OC Servant!

The OOC Discord

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Red Team

Ren no Nurarhiyon and the Night Parade of a Hundred Mixed-Bloods had emulated the real Nurarhiyon and the Night Parade of a Hundred Yokai as far as they could without attracting the wrath of the Mixed-Bloods who preferred to live with Humanity or those organizations who hunted down those who preyed on 'innocents'. As one group, they had haunted the dark spaces of Tokyo, teaching those who wandered there to fear the night, feasting on the blood and life force of those who fell into their hands, be they 'evil' or 'good'. They had upheld the ancient traditions of their various clans as much as they could, resisting the call of modernity and the hollowness it represented.

And now the Night Parade was gone, just like that, obliterated in one single blow by Saber of Red's Noble Phantasm, but Ren no Nurarhiyon and Archer of Purple were nowhere to be found, the former having shouted a Command Spell to order the latter to whisk them away before Saber of Red's Noble Phantasm had activated. That left the also critically-injured Oyuki, who was struggling to regenerate from the burning wound dealt to her, to raise her hand, seemingly in surrender... Only to 'flare' her Command Seals and shout for her Servant to do something as well.

"Rider!" was her shout.

Rider and Assassin of Purple + Lancer and Assassin of Black

Before Assassin of Purple can avoid Lancer of Black using her Chinese Martial Arts, Rider of Purple, who had been controlling the ship through willpower alone, suddenly grabbed her wrist. Before she can utter a word of indignant protest, she, Rider, and the Santa Maria were suddenly warped through space, pulled towards where Rider of Purple's Master had called for his presence. Lancer and Assassin of Black, however, were not included in the teleportation, and unless they shifted into Spiritual Form at once, would fall from a great height to the ground below.

On the plus side, they managed to get a good blow in and Yggdmillenia had been alerted to the Purple Faction's 'smallpox gambit'. Vlad himself would feel the sensation of praise, of pleasure, from his link with Darnic...

Red Team

To the surprise of most everyone on the Red Team, a large flying ship, modeled after the vessels of the early age of exploration, warped into space, carrying its Captain, evidently a Servant, a young-looking girl in Chinese robes who had her wrist held by the Servant and might be one herself. Both enemies acted quickly, the Captain shouting, "Santa Maria - Drop Anchor!", while the young-looking girl leaped down to pick up Oyuki, somehow managing to dodge Karna's flaming shots (A-class Agility?) before unceremoniously throwing the Dead Apostle Ancestor's regenerating body abroad the ship.

In the meantime, the 'Drop Anchor' Noble Phantasm caused several mystical chains with a ship's anchor attached to the end to manifest and begin smashing the area at random, with one anchor hurling towards the approximate location of Belisarius/Saber of Red and two others hurling towards the Masters...

"Hexamillion Wall!" Only for Shielder to activate his Noble Phantasm and cause a stone wall to rise up and 'soak' the anchors hurling towards the people he was supposed to protect. Thank me for this later, Your Highness, he telepathically whispered to Lovise.

In the meantime, Karna was firing arrows at the young-looking Chinese girl, each arrow being dodged by the latter but setting the ship's deck afire, putting Oyuki's life in further peril. He would have eventually hit either the girl (Assassin of Purple?) or switched targets to the Captain (who was obviously Rider of Purple) or finished off Oyuki, if not for an anchor of the Santa Maria hurling itself at him and being easily dodged.

Then, red mist, of a slightly lighter, more pastel shade than blood, burst forth from the ship, covering the entire area. Daniel, having transformed his clothes into a more elaborate set of magical attire, then gestured to blow the mist away from the Masters' position, instinctively recognizing it as some sort of danger.

For as the Santa Maria used the cover of the red mist to flee, the Rider of Purple shouted, "Ha! I hope you enjoy airborne smallpox serum!" before flying his sheep away at a velocity not expected from such a bulky vessel...

Fate/Novus Apocrypha - An Alternate Greater Grail War (Reboot)!

@Red Alice, Approved as well. Post in the Characters Tab.

Fate/Novus Apocrypha - An Alternate Greater Grail War (Reboot)!

Red Team: Do not neglect the Night Parade of a Hundred Mixed-Bloods - Even the weakest of them can withstand one or two blows from a Servant, while the strongest of them can withstand five blows from one.

Ren no Nurarhiyon himself can withstand six or even seven blows from a Servant and can turn himself and his troops invisible with a power akin to a weaker version of an Assassin's Presence Concealment. Karna can see through that with his Clairvoyance Skill, but it's still going to be useful for him if used right. He also emits a pheromone which allows his Mixed-Blood troops to keep their lucidity and even think tactically despite surrendering to their Inversion Impulse.

Fate/Novus Apocrypha - An Alternate Greater Grail War (Reboot)!

Red Team

Kaden would hear Karna say telepathically from his perch atop the Hexamillion Wall, A blizzard is coming towards us - I've been led to believe its the middle of summer in this region of the world, so it is probably the enemy trying to attack this position.

And true enough, it was, as the other members of the Red Team felt the temperature change from hot to cold, even as what sensory magic they had rang with a silent alarm. Karna would see several figures in the Blizzard, but before he can speak -

"Three-Line Formation!", boomed a voice from south of the wall. And the Archer of Red was struck by three thousand arquebus shots, and even with his armor reducing the damage to a tenth of its original value, those still hurt a little, especially as those arquebus shots benefited from a skill which was especially advantageous against those blessed by Divinity (not that Archer of Purple necessarily knew that). Nevertheless, Karna still stood, his poise unchanged despite being hit.

It was Shielder's turn to shine. Standing protectively in front of Lovise, he shouted, "Self-Field Defense!", projecting an invisible shield which protected every Magus and Servant on the site, even the ones which were departing. But said protection was not able to ward off the increasing cold around them, increasing cold which manifested as falling snow and gusts of chill wind.

Then, three figures manifested in front of them, two women and one male, all of them Japanese. The first one was wearing a military uniform which mixed influences from East and West while the second woman was wearing a pure white kimono which accented her black hair and eyes - Snow blew around her. As for the man, he cut a striking figure in his blue, black and white traditional Japanese robes, even as he looked contempteoously at the Red Team, grasping a katana in his right hand. He was the first to speak.

Purple Team Member

"My name is Ren no Nurarhiyon, Mixed-Blood of the Philosopher Kings, Master of Archer, and leader of the Night Parade of a Hundred Mixed-Bloods!" And with that, a literal hundred Mixed-Bloods of various kindreds appeared behind him out of thin air and all drawing near to their Inversion Impulse. "I, Archer, and Oyuki have come to ask for your surrender - Yield and you may yet gain a great boon from our Master!"

The cold blew harder upon the Red Team as these 'Philosopher Kings' waited for their reply for approximately five seconds. Once those five seconds were up, Ren no Nurarhiyon would say, "Pity.", before his followers launched an attack, benefiting from Archer of Purple's skill in Tactics and Charisma.

At the same time, Oyuki would cause the blizzard to intensify, buffeting Magus and Servant both, while any of the former who stared at her eyes would find themselves hypnotized into doing her bidding and turning against their fellows. Then, she'd launch a series of ice lances that could pierce even otherworldly concepts into freezing and shattering!

[@Red Team, I'll Ping you all on Discord]

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Rider and Assassin of Purple

Before Judah can land a hit on Rider of Purple, the boat tilted sharply to the left, hopefully enough to cause the Black Servants to lose their footing... Although the Vampires and Oni Mixed-Bloods were caught off-guard as well, almost falling off the ship. Assassin of Purple, however, kept her poise despite the tilt, and gave a small yawn as the ship righted itself a second later. She then looked at her Black Team counterpart, then the Lancer of Black, before saying her next words with deliberate arrogance and condescension.

"Huh, it seems you won't just fall over and die for us," she taunted, "Well, you ocean devils - No offense, Purple Rider - Have made a grave mistake in fighting a captain on his own ship! Valiant soldiers of the Imperial Army," she addressed the remaining Vampires and Oni Mixed-Bloods, "Charge! Sell your lives for your Soveriegn!"

The Purple Team troops charged with renewed abandon, with the Oni Mixed-Bloods losing themselves to their 'Inversion Impulse', granting them increased strength, control over fire, and telekinesis, the latter which was used to try and fling Lancer and Assassin of Black off the decks. Each Vampire and Oni Mixed-Blood can take up to three blows from a Servant before dying, and if they hit, it would be enough to make a Servant feel pain. And there were nineteen (now eighteen) Vampires and ninteen Oni Mixed-Bloods to face the two Servants. So Assassin of Purple hoped that once all of those had been eliminated, that the two Black Team Servants would at least be winded.

Nevertheless, if by some unfortunate chance, Assassin and Lancer of Black were unscathed... That would not alter their next moves. Once the ship's crew had fallen, Assassin of Purple would look at her Black counterpart and say, "It's TIME for punishment - Manual of Accusation!"

Judah would then find himself falling, falling downwards into a black pit, filled with toxic, acidic poison at the bottom, poison which could overcome even the extraordinary resilience of a Servant. To all outside, however, it all seemed as though he disappeared for a second, sinking into a deep dark hole, before being spat out, hopefully damaged.

As for Lancer of Black, he'd find Rider of Purple tipping over the ship once again, no, not tipping, it was actually doing a barrel roll!

@SSW@Yukitamas

Fate/Novus Apocrypha - An Alternate Greater Grail War (Reboot)!

@Red Alice, Sounds very powerful, and the personality fits the Philosopher Kings/Purple Faction better.