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Fate/Charonioi Klimakes

Snake Waifu

Caster

Bai Suzhen
Lady White Snake

Sex: Female
Alignment: Neutral Good
Birth and Death Dates: Around 1000 AD
Place of Origin: China

Likes: Family, Beautiful Lakes
Dislikes: Monks, Alcohol
Talents: Being Human, Medicine
Natural Enemy: Tortoises

Motivation for the Grail: One whose desires in life were met completely. She was loved by one who saw her original form. Her child achieved great success in life. She acquired great knowledge, and met gods and bodhisattvas alike. There is no desire she holds for herself.

However, there is something she wishes for, deeply. The ‘sister’ who was by her side for that wonderful life, who gave herself in service without ever asking anything for herself. Her gratitude to that woman is as deep as it could ever be.

Currently, she wishes to achieve the Holy Grail purely for her sister’s sake. Though even Caster isn’t quite sure what she would do with it.

Personality: A pleasant housewife with an interest in medicine. Though she is a Caster, she lacks the mentality of a magus. Rather, she is motivated primarily by love for her family. A motherly type who’s prone to doting on those around her and fussing over their health.

Indeed, meeting her, one would certainly consider her ‘human’.

However, if when angered to a breaking point, it’s possible that the ‘demon’ who destroyed Jinshan Temple would appear, striking with the fury of a mother protecting her children.

Biography: There are many versions of the legend of the white snake. Early tales painted her as a demon tempting a good man, but over time, she was seen more and more as simply a good person who happened to be a snake. It seems these later versions are more accurate, or perhaps they’ve simply influenced her summoning...

The core of the tale; a snake falls in love with a human, and takes the form of a woman until they fall in love. They have a child together, but one day a priest tricks the man into feeding her wine, which reveals her true form. He dies of shock, and she finds a herb of immortality to return him to life. Though he still loves her, she ends up imprisoned beneath Leifeng Pagoda, until her son grows up and rescues her. Incidentally, accompanying her throughout is another snake-turned-human, her sister Xiaoquing.

Parameters

STR: E ||| END: D ||| AGI: D ||| MAN: A+ ||| LCK: A

Class Skills:

Item Construction: B+

The skill used to manufacture magical items, though time for components and construction is necessary.

In particular, Caster excels at creating medicine.

Territory Creation: B

The building of an area advantageous to a magus. Creation of a ‘workshop’ is possible.

Personal Skills:

Monstrous Strength: C

A skill granting a temporary rank-up to one’s strength, borne from one’s nature as a monster or a phantasmal species. The longer this skill is in use, the more Caster will be reverted to her nature as a snake.

Since she’s a Caster with low-ranked strength in the first place, it isn’t a particularly useful skill. Besides, if she’s getting into close-quarter fights at all as a human, she’s probably already lost.

Weakness (Intoxication): C

Deriving from anecdotes about Caster’s drinking of wine being the catalyst that revealed her true form to her beloved. Though it was a form of wine that had properties antithetical to snakes, spirits and poison - well, nonetheless, it was still her intoxication that caused her form to change. Becoming drunk will cause her to deactivate her second Noble Phantasm.

In other words, she simply can’t handle her booze. It’s something she’s terribly embarrassed by, so please don’t bring it up.

High-Speed Incantation: C

The ability to hasten incantation speed. Higher-ranked spells can be cast within the speed of a single action. However, sometimes she gets confused about the shape of her tongue and makes a mistake.

White Spirit of the Lake: A

Bai Suzhen’s original form was a Divine Beast, a great spiritual snake that dwelled within the beautiful West Lake.

As such a creature, she had the ability to exert control over bodies of water and weather, as a natural ability, enhanced by her self-cultivation. As such, it requires neither preparation nor incantation. It carries through to her human form because it is an ability connected to the spirit, and not a burden of the body.

Controlling the flow of water such as to destroy a building with crashing waves, drawing in rain, and even flying on a cloud are all possible applications of this skill.

Noble Phantasms

Xiaoquing
Little Blue
Rank: B
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 1
Maximum Targets: -

Caster’s ‘little sister’, the blue snake that followed her after her life was saved by Caster. Since she accomplished little in life but supporting her sister, she cannot qualify as a Heroic Spirit by herself.

A powerful familiar comparable to the mount of a Rider-class. Like her elder sister, she has the ability to transform between human and snake forms, though in her case she is less able to convincingly pass as ‘human’ simply due to her eerie mannerisms.

As a human, she has almost nothing in the way of combative abilities in comparison to Servants. But since her presence doesn’t register as a Servant, she can be utilised for scouting and such. She is also a student of Bai Suzhen, having been taught a little magecraft - though she’s mostly only able to work in a support role for her sister.

As a snake, however, her combat ability is much greater. A mid-ranked Phantasmal Beast, an enormous snake with thick, armoured scales that still can move like lightning. Unlike her elder sister, she packs a potent venom that burns away at flesh.

Unlike her sister, she’s happy to spend time in whichever form Caster asks her to, depending on the situation. In addition, she’s equally willing to simply devour those who get in her way, so long as her sister doesn’t protest.

Bai Suzhen
Chaste White Maiden
Rank: EX
Type: Anti-Unit (Self)
Range: 0
Maximum Targets: 1

This Noble Phantasm represents Caster’s ability to truly become ‘human’ and be accepted as such by those around her. In this sense, she can revert to her existence as a Phantasmal Species by simply ceasing its use.

When the Noble Phantasm is deactivated, she reverts to her original status as a Divine Beast, a colossal white serpent originating from the Age of the Gods - however, Caster considers herself human, so deactivating the Noble Phantasm is not something she would do voluntarily, except in the direst of circumstances.

Once deactivated, it is possible to return to humanity simply by reactivating it, but each time the disguise will degrade, becoming less effective and more mana-intensive to maintain as her monstrous form bleeds through. Use of Monstrous Strength will accelerate this process.

Typically a passive-type Noble Phantasm that’s active by default, it can however be fully activated provided certain conditions are met. If one who she loves could see her in her original form, and love her despite that, it would be possible to invoke this Noble Phantasm to incarnate, throwing away both one’s status as a Heroic Spirit and a Divine Beast to become fully human.

True love, indeed? How like a fairy tale.

Fate/Charonioi Klimakes

Gender flip? What's that?

This power hath work’d no good to aught that lives
And these blind hands were useless in their wars.

Caster

Tiresias: Blind Seer of Thebes

Sex: Yes

Birth and Death Dates: Age of the Gods

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Motivation for the Grail: His regrets are too many to number. But changing the past is futile. For once, just once - he wanted to feel how it was to avert a tragedy. Seek a <good end>, and grasp it with both hands.

Personality:

A seer who stands aside from humanity. One who seems to have no emotions at all, who does not react to anything in front of them. Death. Ruin. Pain. All is witnessed with that same impassive stare. Perhaps it’s due to their inability to witness the present. Or perhaps it’s since they have witnessed multiple generations fall to ruin, foreseen and then actualised. It’s possible that their humanity has been lost entirely…

At least, that’s how it seems on the surface. To others, who notice the minute expressions that flash across Caster’s face and body, there is certainly more to their inner world. One who staunchly stands by their friends, no matter how much misery it causes. A person who keeps every promise made. One who will stand up and defy fate, even after getting pushed down by tragedy, again and again. In short, the personality of a shonen protagonist, hidden behind a mask of stone.

In addition, they certainly have a mischievous side, fitting of one who was a friend of Dionysus before his ascension to godhood. Though who knows what sort of situation would cause it to become known?

History:

The blind seer of Thebes.

A priest of Apollo who one day came upon a pair of snakes mating, and bashed them with a stick. For this sin, Hera transformed him into a woman. Tiresias didn’t consider it much of a curse, though, and spent time as a prostitute, a priestess of Hera, and even married and had children. After seven years of this, she encountered the same snakes coupling again, and this time simply left them alone. For this, she was returned to her male form.

Since he was one of few people who had experienced sex from both a man and a woman’s perspective, Hera and Zeus used him to settle an argument over which gets more enjoyment out of sex. Well, it’s a question that has had various theories and answers over different societies, but for Tiresias, sex as a woman was more enjoyable.

Apparently this wasn’t what Hera wanted to hear. She blinded him - though Zeus gave him the gift of seeing as a reward, as well as a lifespan of seven generations, so it all worked out in the end.

After that, he spent much of his time advising the kings of the newly created Thebes, from its founder, Cadmus, to the tragic figure of Oedipus.

There’s also an anecdote of his ghost advising Odyseus as a ghost in Hades. Unfortunately, Odysseus’ crew didn’t listen to the advice so they ended up dying. But Odysseus got home in the end anyway, so it all worked out.

Parameters

STR: E ||| END: D ||| AGI: C ||| MAN: A+ ||| LCK: D

Class Skills

Territory Creation: A

The ability to build a special terrain that is advantageous to a Magus. At this rank, the creation of a “Temple” is possible.

Item Construction: B

The ability to manufacture magical items, from tools of war to items of everyday use, though time and materials are required. Includes multiple forms of necromancy, whether the calling of spirits, or the utilisation of parts of a corpse for the creation of items.

Personal Skills

High-Speed Divine Words: A

A skill that assists with magical incantations, allowing them to be greatly shortened. Particularly useful for direct attack spells. At this rank, even spells of a level of High-Thaumaturgy can be cast at the speed of a single action.

Mystic Eyes of Augury: A+

Powerful Mystic Eyes of Jewel rank. The ability to see ‘every possible future’ at the price of no longer being able to glimpse the present. A cheat-like ability that is similar to flipping to the end of a detective novel to see the outcome. But while the destination can often be glimpsed, the number of paths to reach it are infinite, and overwhelming.

A divine gift from Zeus, as consolation for when Tiresias’ eyes were destroyed by Hera. For one who lived in a world where even the greatest heroes were subject to unbreakable tragic fates, seeing those endings while being unable to change them may have been a greater curse.

If Tiresias glimpses the most desired future, it can then be enforced by utilising the magic circuits in the eyes, and taking any actions necessary to ensure that course of events. In life, these eyes could not compete against the fates that the gods had declared, and even in a grail war, they can be overcome by any hero with a great enough capacity to defy fate.

Wholeness of Mind: A

The mind of Tiresias, strong enough that even as a shade in Hades, he alone had a complete sense of his identity, and maintained his ability to foresee the future. No matter the circumstances, Tiresias’ mind will remain whole. This serves as a defence against any mental interference that attempt to disrupt thought or memory, though emotional effects such as fear or awe are unaffected. In addition, it allows for quicker interpretation of information, primarily used in coordination with Caster’s Mystic Eyes.

Advice of the Seer: B-

The skill of a seer who advised Theban kings across seven generations of the cursed city. Advising others on the path they should take to avoid tragedy. Broader than something as simple as ‘strategy’, it encompasses correct advice for any situation or outcome. In this sense, it can be seen as a method of enforcing the ideal future that Caster’s eyes see, using others as the instrument.

Since people rarely bother listening to the advice, though, the skill has a minus correction.

Noble Phantasm

Ophis Skeptron
Caduceus Zero

Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 0-100
Maximum Targets: 1

One of the mythical origins of Hermes’ symbol, the Caduceus. The snakes that Tiresias interrupted in their mating, bound to the staff he beat them with. Since he was a priest of Apollo at the time, it seems Apollo took the stick and gave it to Hermes in a gift exchange.

A mystic code of the gods, prevailing over the domains of travel and transformation. It can be used to transport objects instantaneously from one location to another. So long as this Noble Phantasm is used, there are very few barriers that can impede Tiresias’ movement.

It can also be used as a mystic code to aid spells of transformation - Though since the snakes don’t like Tiresias very much, this tends to have unpredictable results that often backfire onto Caster.

Fate/Charonioi Klimakes

Interested, but not sure what class I'd be going for. Definitely Servant over Master, at least.

Fate/Iliou Persis

The Good Doctor

Dr. Tobin “Pangu” Rikovo

NEGA!
“You know what they say; the more, the merrier!”


Team: Blue

Sex: Male

Alignment: Neutral Evil

History:

The child of the ancient Wu family, mothered by a Western woman of the Rikovo family. A woman who was little more than sold into the family in a contract, and died shortly after giving birth.

He proved an able child, taking to his lessons not only in magecraft, but in every subject his family thought worth hiring tutors for. Even if his mother had not died, he certainly would have been selected as heir over any younger siblings. As a matter of course, the headship of the family passed to him, his father enjoying an early retirement.

The family’s knowledge was contained within a single Gu spirit, a golden silkworm that gathered prosperity towards the family. Though the method of gathering was not exactly peaceful; seeking out victims to poison with curses and ensuring their possessions passed to the family that it was bound to. While this ensured the Wu family gained enormous power and prosperity, both as Magi and businessmen, the negative karmic burden gained over this time was immense. Though the family mitigated it where they could, it was not enough for the young heir.

Developing his own method of purifying karma through “Hell Gu Pots”, the Magus purified the ancient spirit, dissipating it into nothingness. The ultimate act of blasphemy for a Magus, throwing away the good with the bad. The burden of centuries was completely eliminated, but so was its knowledge, its fortune. He had taken what he could from it, then destroyed it so it no longer posed a threat. Ensuring his own heirs would never start from the position he did. But perhaps that was from a position of arrogance - assuming he, himself would reach [], without any need to plan for the future.

From here, he began to work in earnest, building relationships with all kinds of people, Magi and mercenaries, criminals and government officials. All to the end of building up his own power. He pursued all kinds of knowledge and wealth, all over the world. When dealing with those in the West, he took on his mother’s family name. Though usually that sort of thing would gain the wrong kind of attention, it appears the Rikovo family proper has been in decline after a certain incident involving their attempted creation of an ‘ultimate lifeform’ and therefore have not been able to take issue with it.

Perhaps it’s ironic, but for someone whose life has been spent creating various hells, his goal is to make a true utopia, a perfect world for everyone, and, incidentally, ruled by him. To this end, the ritual taking place near the ancient site of Troy is a worthwhile stepping stone.

Recently, a certain hedge kitten has been interfering with his dealings. It’s very annoying.

Personality:

Arrogant and self-assured, one who believes in his own abilities above anything. Stockpiling power and eliminating any perceived threats are second nature. However, he does want to help the world, even if his own desires take priority.

A man who tends to wear his emotions on his sleeve. One who has childish outbursts when angry, but can’t contain his happiness when things go right. A tempestuous person to be around. Despite all that, he has a certain charm, and makes alliances with relative ease. Perhaps it’s because people think him too transparent to betray them.

Magecraft

Quality of Circuits: B

Quantity of Circuits: B

Elemental Affinity: Fire/Metal

Attribute: Compression

Abilities

General Magecraft: The Basics

Gu: The practice of sealing a number of venomous creatures within a container, as they devour each other until their toxins are concentrated into the sole survivor. A broad form of witchcraft that is used to create both strong poisons and powerful familiars. However, “Pangu”’s practice is abnormal, and makes use of neither, at least in the traditional sense.

Hell Pots: Gu pots created to imitate a smaller ‘hell’, the Diyu of Chinese mythology and the Naraka of Bhuddist belief. Each pot is its own Hell, a purgatory that serves to ‘punish’, aligning with the pain of dying, devoured in the dark, of the Gu pot. Purifying the earthly karma, one’s sins are purged by punishment. In this sense, the karmic backlash of creating ‘curses’ through Gu magic is negated. The grudges and poisons created within this hell are purified and used as nothing more than fuel. The idea that a Hell is something that contains a soul for thousands or millions of years also results in a form of time compression within the container.

Terracotta Army: An imitation of the famous terracotta army, a sealed army sent to accompany their ruler to the afterlife. Molded in clay, and hollow, they are themselves a pot. In addition, their function to follow into the afterlife synergises with the ‘hell’ inside of the pots. The third leg of a tripod that comes together to create an army of efficient and autonomous familiars. Compared to golems, they are cheaper and easier to produce, though considerably less sturdy. A golem can continue to fight without an arm, but if the container of Pangu’s “Gu Pawns” are breached, then the creature inside is released from hell, reincarnated into the world newly purified, and the Pawn loses its functionality. However, the Terracotta used is compressed into a metal-like hardness, and not so easy to breach as ordinary clay. In addition to soldiers, human-shaped tools of other functions, as well as chariots and horses, can be created, using the same principles.

Taijiquan - Silk Reeling: The practice of Neigong - movement and breathing - taught within Wu and Chen style Taijiquan. The ‘soft’ movement of an internal martial art, consisting of continuous and cyclical movements that helps one read and flow with the opponent’s actions. In addition, the movement carries the meaning of ‘silk reeling’, something that naturally aligns with the Gu concept of Jincan, the golden silkworm. Weaving gold as silk to help one’s internal balance and health, and the accumulation of fortune, simply as a practice of movement. Tobin’s mastery of this art is not nearly enough to be called a ‘master’, and it's simply supplementary to his other techniques. However, due to the circular shape of his body, he excels by nature.

Mystic Codes

Army and Chariots - A large collection of terracotta warriors containing Gu Hells and a single purified creature. This includes a number of “Pawns”, that are simply disposable forces, but also more specialised warriors and vehicles. Several vehicles have been constructed to carry Tobin, each with its own experimental weapons system. However, they all share the weakness of being rendered useless once the outside is breached and the creatures inside escape. Since one of the strengths of his method is mass production, a small factory has been set up near the base of the Blue Team, for further manufacture if necessary.

Diyu Ruby - A jewel containing a spirit and its own “Hell”. Those whose eyes are reflected in it have their minds momentarily trapped in a personalised hell. Though it only lasts a moment, the time is compressed into feeling much longer. In the middle of a battle, this can be a decisive factor.

Spirit Shades - Shades that allow one to glimpse the spirit world if magical energy is run through them.

Non-Magecraft Abilities/Items:

• Fat Stacks - A large amount of money from various business dealings, scattered across numerous accounts.
• Armaments - Normal weapons wielded by Tobin’s Pawns. The pawns mostly wield rifles, though specialised units may carry other weaponry, though none is mystical in nature.
• Sports - Surprisingly, Tobin enjoys a variety of sports, including Surfing, Gymnastics, Rowing and, of course, Table Tennis.
• Puzzles and Riddles - Tobin is a big fan of games of logic, including the traditional, but also more recent offerings like Puyo Puyo.
• Animal Husbandry - This is what his doctorate is in, and even though it’s honorary, he insists on being addressed as Doctor at all times.

Voice Actor: Danny Devito

Fate/Iliou Persis

Red Team

Saber of Red - Hervor and Christina Herphae
Archer of Red - Akhenaten
Lancer of Red - Meleager
Rider of Red - Cao Cao and Kuboneko Okayu
Caster of Red - Skuld and Jacob Roan Arling
Berserker of Red - Orrin Porter Rockwell
Assassin of Red - Hattori Hanzo and Rumi Fujou

Blue Team

Saber of Blue - Empress Jingu and Yao Ying Xi
Archer of Blue - William the Conqueror
Lancer of Blue - Santa Muerte and Trinidad Mantonegro Torres de Galicia
Rider of Blue- ???
Caster of Blue - Arachne and Farren Mac Rohard
Berserker of Blue - Tutankhamen and Blenda Eldberg
Assassin of Blue - Tomás de Torquemada and Valentina "Valley" Lupin

Dr Tobin "Pangu" Rikovo

Fate/Iliou Persis

Reserved

Fate/Iliou Persis

Acceptances, Round 1. All of the following character sheets are considered accepted, and may be moved into the characters tab as they are currently written in-thread. Note that several other sheets are on the verge of acceptance and just need minor edits, or the edits to be moved in-thread.

Servants

@Reflection, Akhenaten is accepted.
@GreenGoat, Hattori Hanzo is accepted.
@KatKook, Hervor is accepted.
@Double D, Empress Jingu is accepted.

Masters

@GreenGoat, Yao Ying Xi is accepted.
@Double D, Christina Herphae is accepted.
@Psyker Landshark, Rumi Fujou is accepted.

Fate/Iliou Persis

@KatKookThere are plenty of slots and we'd be happy to have you

Fate/Iliou Persis

There are plenty of slots left, don't worry.

Fate/Iliou Persis

Interesting.

I have a few ideas I could use for this.

@KoL

No. You aren't welcome in this RP. Please leave.