Most of the time her face is covered by a reversed ornate mirror.
Name: Queen Himiko Class: Caster Abilities: Strength: E Endurance: E Agility: C+ Mana: A Luck: A Noble Phantasm: A+
Territory Creation: A Item Creation: C Faceless Empress B Himiko's face is always covered by an ornament in public, and on her life, nobody ever saw her appearance or interacted with her in person except for her attendants. As long as she's covering her face, her identity and parameters will be rendered unreadable, and every encounter would be treated as if the opponent are not aware of her capabilities, as if her previous actions cannot be attributed to her. Using her Noble Phantasm will void this skill's effect for anyone present. Demon Magic: A Magecraft born from interaction with demonic entities. Covers various kind of curses, charms, and capabilities of fortune-telling, along with self-empowering magic and familiar-summoning. Using this, Himiko was able to corral her constantly warring nation to follow her wills, even after she died. The nature of this skill distorts her body at occasions, and her physical capabilities suffered a big rank down due to the entities behind the magic feeding on her, which prevents overuse. Goddess' Attendant: C+ A skill native to those who served the divine as a shrine priestess. Capable of performing purification and small miracles using the power of her goddess, and gains the blessing of the Sun inside of her (having a similar effect to Prana Burst [Flames]). Due to Himiko having Demon Magic as a skill, this skill has suffered a significant rank-down.
Noble Phantasm: Yamatai Pacifier – Silence Breaks over the Eastern Horizon Rank: B+ (formerly EX) Target: Anti-Army (Formerly Anti-Country) The sun-like mirror structure that was usually used to cover her face. Upon activation, a bounded field would be constructed on the area around her, marked with torii. Inside, combat will be unable to be continued in the area unless the combatants outranks her in 3 of their stats or she performed an attack of her own. The mirror is presumed to be related to or the same as Amaterasu's mirror which was a treasure from the land of the dead, and "Yamatai Pacifier" was not actually the Noble Phantasm's true name. Thus, the Noble Phantasm is unable be utilized to its full potential as a divine tool. When not used properly as a Noble Phantasm, this mirror can be utilized to raise the dead as revenants. The Sun Priestess Rising from the Dark Seas Rank: A Target: Anti-Unit (Self) A miracle that simulated a fake form of divinity, a goddess-like metamorphosis. Himiko herself was not actually directly related to any goddess in particular, but due to the her name, and very muddied circumstance that almost deleted her name from the annals of history, almost all her current depictions associated her with the sun and the sun goddess. She can choose to embrace this portrayal of hers properly inside of a pre-created territory by performing a ritual to discard her Demon Magic skill to gain the favor of the Divine Spirits. Her parameters would be ranked up significantly, she would gain the equivalent of a B-rank divinity as she became like a minor goddess, and she would gain protection of attacks lesser than B-rank. Despite the massive boost however, she can only assume this form in the territory she created. Outside, she would lose all this boost, but she will still also lose Demon Magic permanently once she activated this.
Personality: Calm, collected, and careful, but even then she has a haughty air with her. Rarely talks unless when it's necessary, she usually tries to pick her words carefully when she does talk, since every single words counts for her. Having an air of wisdom with her, Caster is also quite knowledgeable, and her supposed long life had given her a lot of experiences regarding things in life. However, she was also someone that embodied contradictions. Without taking utmost care of her appearance and emotions, she would appear to be rash and eager like a teenager. Without her strict control of what she displayed as her primary expression, she would appear as quite the mood-swinger. Humble and ambitious at the same time, motherly and childishly selfish at another time.
Without the enforced idea on how she had to appear as a mysterious, grand, and resourceful person, even Himiko herself would have no idea about what kind of person she actually was supposed to be.
Most of the time her face is covered by a reversed ornate mirror.
Name: Queen Himiko Class: Caster Abilities: Strength: E Endurance: E Agility: C Mana: A Luck: A Noble Phantasm: A+
Territory Creation: A Item Creation: C Faceless Empress B Himiko's face is always covered by an ornament in public, and on her life, nobody ever saw her appearance or interacted with her in person except for her attendants. As long as she's covering her face, her identity and parameters will be rendered unreadable, and every encounter would be treated as if the opponent are not aware of her capabilities, as if her previous actions cannot be attributed to her. Using her Noble Phantasm will void this skill's effect for anyone present. Demon Magic: A Magecraft born from interaction with demonic entities. Covers various kind of curses, charms, and capabilities of fortune-telling, along with self-empowering magic and familiar-summoning. Using this, Himiko was able to corral her constantly warring nation to follow her wills, even after she died. The nature of this skill distorts her body at occasions, and her physical capabilities suffered a big rank down due to the entities behind the magic feeding on her, which prevents overuse. Goddess' Attendant: C+ A skill native to those who served the divine as a shrine priestess. Capable of performing purification and small miracles using the power of her goddess, and gains the blessing of the Sun inside of her (having a similar effect to Prana Burst [Flames]). Due to Himiko having Demon Magic as a skill, this skill has suffered a significant rank-down.
Noble Phantasm: Yamatai Pacifier – Silence Breaks over the Eastern Horizon Rank: B+ (formerly EX) Target: Anti-Army (Formerly Anti-Country) The sun-like mirror structure that was usually used to cover her face. Upon activation, a bounded field would be constructed on the area around her, marked with torii. Inside, combat will be unable to be continued in the area unless the combatants outranks her in 3 of their stats or she performed an attack of her own. The mirror is presumed to be related to or the same as Amaterasu's mirror which was a treasure from the land of the dead, and "Yamatai Pacifier" was not actually the Noble Phantasm's true name. Thus, the Noble Phantasm is unable be utilized to its full potential as a divine tool. When not used properly as a Noble Phantasm, this mirror can be utilized to raise the dead as revenants. The Sun Priestess Rising from the Dark Seas Rank: A A miracle that simulated a fake form of divinity. Himiko herself was not actually directly related to any goddess in particular, but due to the her name, and very muddied circumstance that almost deleted her name from the annals of history, almost all her current depictions associated her with the sun and the sun goddess. She can choose to embrace this portrayal of hers properly inside of a pre-created territory by performing a ritual to discard her Demon Magic skill to gain the favor of the Divine Spirits. Her parameters would be ranked up, she would gain the equivalent of a B-rank divinity, and she would gain protection of attacks lesser than B-rank. Despite the massive boost however, she can only assume this form in the territory she created. Outside, she would lose all this boost, but she will still also lose Demon Magic permanently once she activated this.
Personality: Calm, collected, and careful, but even then she has a haughty air with her. Rarely talks unless when it's necessary, she usually tries to pick her words carefully when she does talk, since every single words counts for her. Having an air of wisdom with her, Caster is also quite knowledgeable, and her supposed long life had given her a lot of experiences regarding things in life. However, she was also someone that embodied contradictions. Without taking utmost care of her appearance and emotions, she would appear to be rash and eager like a teenager. Without her strict control of what she displayed as her primary expression, she would appear as quite the mood-swinger. Humble and ambitious at the same time, motherly and childishly selfish at another time.
Without the enforced idea on how she had to appear as a mysterious and resourceful person, even Himiko herself would have no idea about what kind of person she actually was supposed to be.
Other/Background:
Alright, another try. Decided to underplay the whole confusion thing and she's now fully a Caster. Though, still can't find an image that covers her face similarly like Gwyndolin.
@ADamnFiddle: In what world is the dog no good? Accepted, though it might behoove you in the future to not just copypaste off the wiki.
@Nanashi Ninanai: Hm... Where to begin... First: An image of Gwyndolin for a being related to the sun is ironic. Also, trap. And too Western. So swap that. Next: The kit is overloaded on an entirely different level. When we started talking about Double Summon, I assumed she would have something like Semiramis' skillset... Except, y'know, minus the whole Hanging Gardens thing. In terms of Servant basis, I thought I mentioned Vlad here, since he's the embodiment of his legend after being twisted by Stoker's Dracula. I was expecting something similar, with one persona as the base and the rest influencing it, not form changing on a dime. To that end, the NP has to be changed. That's an effective 3 classes and a new NP for each class. Would it not he possible to refine the idea a bit more and not just try to do everything at once?
Hm, I think I can refine the idea more. The main idea I had was basically having someone stunted in effectiveness but have wider scope in what can they do. Though...I think I ended up making the stunted aspect too unclear, and Faceless Empress ended up giving her access to 3 different full servants. Yeah, it's too much.
Dang, I can't use Gwyndolin's image? Ah well.
Alright, I have an idea on how should I implement her better. In the meantime, I'll also look for an image to replace the current image.
The headpiece is an ornate mirror facing backwards, while snakes appear as the side-effect of Demon Magic, although they do not manifest at all times. As she utilized the skill more and more, her appearance will be more monstrous.
Name: Queen Himiko Class: Caster (Archer) Abilities: Strength: C Endurance: D Agility: B Mana: A Luck: D Noble Phantasm: A+
Territory Creation: A Independent Action: B Divinity: C Demon Magic: A Magecraft born from interaction with demonic entities. Covers various kind of curses, charms, and capabilities of fortune-telling, along with self-empowering magic and familiar-summoning. Using this, Himiko was able to corral her constantly warring nation to follow her wills, even after she died. The nature of this skill distorts her body at occasions. Suffered a rank-down. Goddess' Attendant: C+ A skill native to those who served the divine as a shrine priestess. Capable of performing purification and small miracles using the power of her goddess, and gains the blessing of the Sun inside of her (having a similar effect to Prana Burst [Flames]). Due to Himiko having Demon Magic as a skill, this skill has suffered a significant rank-down.
Noble Phantasm: Faceless Empress - Uncovering the Concealed Conclusion Rank: A+ Target: Anti-Unit (Self) A crystallization of the lore behind the individuals composing this servant. It is not truly a Noble Phantasm in the traditional sense, as it is born from people's confusion and misconception of Caster's identity that twisted it in the same way she became twisted. Activating this Noble Phantasm involves performing a rite to discard her current appearance. She will then assume the identity of one of her three basis temporarily, and gained the use of one of their Noble Phantasm with a slight rank-down. The ritual itself is low-cost and easy to perform, however each identities could only be assumed once every day.
Empress Jingu (Archer): Demon Magic A → Eye of the Mind (False) C, Mana A+ → D, STR C → B+, END D → B Kanjuden – Ride the Waves, Fight the Ocean Rank: B (Formerly A) Target: Anti-Army One of the ultramarine orbs that the Dragon God bestowed to Empress Jingu for her conquest towards Korea. Incorporated into her bow, every arrow she shoots are imbued with the blessing of the sea, and it also would allow her a limited control of water. Fully invoking its name allows Jingu to summon powerful torrents of water from the ground that will flood the immediate area in seconds, without harming or trapping her at all. The legend allowed her to devastate cities with it, but due to Faceless Empress and not having the second orb made this Noble Phantasm suffered a rank-down.
Yamatohime-no-mikoto (Saber): Demon Magic A → Eastern Magecraft B (A primitive form of the type of magic later known as Onmyodo, follows the general same principles), Goddess Attendant C+ → A Ame no Murakumo – Distant Storm that Parts the Heavens Rank: B (Formerly A+) Target: Anti-Army The sword of the god Susano-o that was given to the goddess Amaterasu as a gift. In legends, the sword was originally enshrined in Ise until Yamatohime handed it down to her nephew, Yamato Takeru. Despite never using it in her life, her nature that defined the Grand Ise Shrine allowed her to utilize any treasures stored in it, like this sword. It is capable of manipulating wind, firing jet blasts strong enough to cut through buildings and at maximum output, create a storm. Originally a divine construct, it suffered a rank down due to the nature of its user.
Queen Himiko (Caster): Divinity C → Faceless Queen B (A reclusive ruler, Himiko was always hidden deep within her palace. Identity and parameters are hidden until directly attributed to her name) Goddess' Attendant C+ → Shamanism B, Mana A → A++, STR C → E, LUC D → B Yamatai Pacifier – Silence Breaks over the Eastern Horizon Rank: B+ (formerly EX) Target: Anti-Army (Formerly Anti-Country) The sun-like mirror structure that was used to cover her face. Upon activation, a bounded field would be constructed on the area around her, marked with torii. Inside, her Mana and magecraft will receive a Rank-up and combat will be unable to be continued in the area unless the combatants outranks her in 3 of their stats or she performed an attack of her own. The mirror is presumed to be related to Amaterasu's mirror which was a treasure from the land of the dead, and it does also have the capability of summoning the dead as mindless revenants that follows all her orders without calling the Noble Phantasm's name. The effect of Faceless Queen will be removed once this Noble Phantasm is activated with its true name.
Personality: Calm, collected, and careful. Rarely talks unless when it's necessary, she usually tries to pick her words carefully when she does talk, since every single words counts for her. Having an air of wisdom with her, Archer is also quite knowledgeable, and her supposed long life had given her a lot of experiences regarding things in life. However, she was also someone that embodied contradictions. Without taking utmost care of her appearance and emotions, she would appear to be rash and eager like a teenager. Without her strict control of what she displayed as her primary expression, she would appear as quite the mood-swinger. Humble and ambitious at the same time, motherly and childishly selfish at another time.
Without the enforced idea on how she had to appear as a mysterious and resourceful person, even Himiko herself would have no idea about what kind of person she actually was supposed to be.
Other/Background: This summoned Queen Himiko was summoned by incorporating parts of her legend with the legends of people that was presumed to be her, Empress Jingu and Yamatohime no Mikoto. The endless debate of her true identity raged on for centuries, which distorts the public view on her. In the end, the distortion caused the Throne to summon this amalgamation as there really was no one fitting the proper description of the summoning.
Alright here's my Servant app. If the Noble Phantasm is a bit confusing, just think of it as the Installs from Prisma Ilya. Not the same thing, but I guess it works in a similar way.
I remember back then like around one or two years ago, when I hadn't been really long in the world of RPing, I was trying to figure out what kind of direction should I take my character's general development to its conclusion in a forum-based RP. Back then, for this one character I was trying to get them killed off some times down the line for reasons. Then during some chatting session with the GM and others, I entertained the idea of facing the figure everyone thought to be the final boss since the guy happened to be not too far away from my character, and he actually agreed to it.
It was exhilarating for me to partake in. I went there with full expectation of my character dying after putting barely a fight, but I managed to both get them survive, put some decent fight against the guy, figured out a probable weakness (though others wouldn't be able to exploit it), and most importantly though, the encounter managed to be something that I can use to be a turning point for my character's development path. It was so fun to see them being utterly broken by their loss, and due to the GM actually paying attention to everyone's characters, the banter between them actually fueled this further. The character still died some times later, but in the end they ended up as the character I had the most fun writing, even until now.
It's all thanks to the GM, bless him for being so accommodating. It's one of the first RPs I participated in, and I feel it was a big boost of confidence in general to have the GM be like that. Acknowledging everyone's characters even when they wanted to be the most special, and giving them more presence rather than just being participants of the plot. It was a fun time.