Name: Thomas Gardner

Title(s): Magister Templi, Third Order of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

Gender: Male

Age: 63

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Rank: Fes

Objective for the Grail: To bring the Holy Grail to the Golden Dawn, if only to throw it in their faces.

Command Seal: One jagged line standing vertical with two more crossing diagonally over it, like a bundle of twigs lashed together in the middle.

Personality: On the surface Thomas is a polite and charming individual, the very picture of an English gentleman. Having spent the better part of his life as part of what is essentially a secret society Thomas has developed a way of dealing with people that can best be described as diplomatic and restrained; he is friendly, approachable, and amiable and yet rarely if ever gives any sort of hint towards his true feelings or motivations.

A determined individual who is not easily swayed by others and someone with the fortitude to forge his own path and follow his own goals even if others seek to place obstacles in his path, yet savvy enough to toe the line and not make enemies unnecessarily. Just social acumen was needed to survive in the Golden Dawn, especially when he is seen as such a… controversial figure by many.

Bio: Thomas comes from a long line of Magus; not the most impressive line, not the oldest and their name hasn’t always been Gardner, but Thomas’ family have been practitioners of Witchcraft in Europe and Britain since the middle ages, engaging in both sides of the art as both black witches focused on curses and hexes and white witches focused on protection from the former.

Even with this age the Gardner Magic Crest is not as well developed as it could be. Being a witch in Britain has always been a hazardous occupation and the family has been forced into hiding a number of times over the years as the craze of witch-hunting rose and fell in popularity. In particular the writing of the Witchcraft Act of 1604 was nearly the death of the Gardner line and their Magic Crest was nearly lost during this period.

Thankfully they managed to outlast the witch hunters and the family survived, although diminished. Over time they began to recover and the complexity of their crest grew in leaps and bounds although it wasn’t until Thomas’s grandfather and great grandfather that the family truly began to flourish. They are the ones mostly responsible for making the family what it is, at least in terms of wealth and influence. Though it was also his grandfather than nearly ruined them.

Thomas’ grandfather joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn after being invited to be a member by another magus via their joint association with the Clocktower. Being a talented Magus in his own right his grandfather quickly rose through the ranks but was at the same time a controversial figure who upset a lot of people by publishing books on occultism. The books were complete nonsense which he saw as both a way to make money while also having some fun but others in both the Golden Dawn and the Clocktower saw it as potentially threatening to reduce the amount of mystery in the world by revealing secrets about Magecraft. In the end he was acquitted and no punishment was given, but the Gardner name was forever tarnished by the accusations.

This controversy has directly affected Thomas as well and means that a number of people within the order have taken a disliking to him on principle. It doesn’t help that his style of Magecraft is seen by some as out-dated, archaic or even barbaric in nature; it seems even Magi are not immune to developing certain stigmas around witchcraft. There have been numerous occasions where people have tried to question whether or not his family should even be allowed to keep their association with the order, citing his grandfather’s past discretions as reasons, and whether or not Thomas and his obsolete style of magecraft can possibly contribute anything of worth to the order.

This did not prevent him from climbing the ranks to become a member of the highest order of the Golden Dawn, as progress through the ranks is determined by skill and learning rather than politics, but he had to fight his way through opposition most of the way.

When Thomas first received his Command Seals he tried to keep it a secret, but it was not long before others found out and the expected arguing began. There were many who sought to argue against his participation in the Holy Grail war, that he should not be allowed to represent their order, even going so far as to suggest that the seals should be removed and given to someone else. Rather than argue in his own defence or try to convince the order to sanction his participation in the Holy Grail war Thomas opted to simply leave; he acquired a suitable catalyst from the Golden Dawn by what some would consider theft and headed for America, lacking the resources of the order to which he may or may not still be a member but backed by the considerable wealth of his family.

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Magic Circuit Switch: The sound of creaking wood

Number of Magic Circuits: C

Quality of Magic Circuits: A

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Elemental Affinity: Earth/Fire

Origin: Linking

Magecraft:

General Magecraft – The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn is more than capable of teaching novices the basic magecrafts to the same level of competency as the Clocktower.

Elementalism – Those in the First Order of the Golden Dawn must study the concepts of elementalism and prove their understanding before moving on to the next level. Every member of the Golden Dawn who has advanced past this stage not only knows how to use magecraft that matches their affinity, they also have knowledge of all the other affinities they cannot use.

Bounded Fields – While knowledge of and even proficiency in the use of bounded fields is expected in the higher members of the Golden Dawn, Thomas has taken this understanding even further. He is capable of casting Advance Bounded Fields and Bounded Fields that are supremely hard to detect; over the course of many years he has honed his ability to combine Bounded Fields with his other specialties, particularly Sympathetic Magic, to create some interesting effects.

European Witchcraft – An old form of magecraft not much favoured within the Clocktower due to its close association with curses, European Witchcraft is as much to do with the protection and prevention of curses and afflictions as it is with creating them. Thomas is well versed in the common practices of European Witchcraft including scrying, divination (particularly that will allows for objects/people to be found), healing and protection from harmful magecraft. His particular focus in this area is in the creation and use of Poppets and other items.

Sympathetic Magecraft – A style of magecraft dictated by the laws of Sympathy and Contagion based on the idea that one can influence something, even people, based on its relationship or resemblance to another object. Thomas gained a basic understanding of this craft through his studies of European Witchcraft which makes use of Sympathetic Magecraft in places, particularly in the creation and use of Poppets. Finding himself particularly interested in the subject Thomas continued his studies in this area over the course of decades in order to become a true master of the art, even beyond what is often associated with European Witchcraft.

Crest: 600 years

Weapon:

Grand Poppet – The ultimate expression of Thomas’ art, the Grand Poppet is an item created by Thomas over the course of decades using the principles of European Witchcraft and Sympathetic Magecraft. It is a humanoid figure; a doll woven out of Thomas’ own hair and stained with his blood, creating a Poppet so steeped in Contagion as to be considered unwise or even obscene by other practitioners of his craft, were they to learn of it.

The aim of Sympathetic Magecraft if often to create an object that in some way resembles the object or person that the Magus is attempting to manipulate, but in many ways the Grand Poppet is more real than Thomas is and as such it attracts much of the harm that is intended for him whether that be magical in nature or physical.

Ring of Vampirism – A Mystic Code in the form of a ring which allows for the extraction of blood from a person over short distances, which is then stored inside a small internal reservoir. This object has an extremely short range, between five and ten feet at the most, and works best when in direct contact with the target with greater distances slowing the process of extraction. The target feels no pain and the quantities of blood being extracted are so small as to cause no negative effects to the target.

Image Capturing Glasses – A simple pair of glasses capable of capturing and storing an image of whatever the wearer is observing at any given time and recalling that image when requested.

Amplifier Staff – A simple amplification style Mystic Code resembling an ornate cane or walking stick. Intended to be used to strengthen Thomas’ elemental magecraft in particular should he ever need to get his hands dirty.

Exceptional Benefit: The considerable wealth and resources of the Gardner family.

Name: Jacob Winchester
Title(s): Magus of the Metal Arm; Jake
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Rank: Cause: Open
Objective for the Grail: Jake wishes to be the de facto gunsmith, the sole supplier to all armed forces globally. With that kind of power, he could control war itself, and stave off any wars he deemed unnecessary or overly harmful.

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Command Seal:

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Personality: Jacob is confident, and has the air of a cocky, brash magus. The reality is he is very cautious and wise, always weighing his options and making backup plans for every possible scenario. He is very independent, never truly relying on anyone else, and prefers to do things himself. Whatever he can't do himself, either for lack of skill or time, he at least likes to oversee the proceedings. He is a shrewd businessman, but that isn't to say he's given up his humanity. He is capable of love, fear, anger, joy, and fits of raucous laughter just like anyone else.

Bio: Jacob is the heir to the Winchester family, known by most to simply be the family behind the Winchester rifle, and the Winchester Repeating Arms company, but the truth is they are also an old American magus family. At the time of Jake's birth, however (August Seventh, 2001) his family had fallen pretty far. They had gone bankrupt, lost full ownership of the company, and were swimming in troubles, recalling weapons left and right, suffering flop after flop. Jake's father believed that it all stemmed from that damned house, the old Winchester Mansion, haunted by the spirits and grudges of the people who had lost their lives to a Winchester Rifle. As a young child, Jake saw how the curse of that house had affected his parents. Instead of walking with pride, they were constantly stressed, their very emotions being robbed away by the rapidly falling status of their name. He decided he would do something about it. He put his incredibly high willpower and determination to work, studying extremely hard both in standard education and in his education as a magus.

By 16 he had graduated high school and was taking classes in college, majoring in Law, but also studying various welding, technology, and engineering classes. By 24 he had achieved double degrees in Law and in Engineering. He worked as a lawyer, rapidly making as much money as he could, while using his free time and personal funds to build his project that he knew would win him back his family's company. At 26 he unveiled the DS-10, a powerful handheld firearm that people all over the country were clamoring for. Almost overnight Jake became a millionaire. He used his newly acquired fortune to purchase the full ownership of Winchester Repeating Arms and changed the name to Winchester Firearms. Under a new name and a new leader, the company took off, becoming the number one gun manufacturer in the States. Jake supplied every branch of the U.S military, becoming a celebrity in the process.

Sometime after his 25^th birthday he purchased the family's old house back, and over the course of four days, he and a team of exorcists forcibly removed every spirit inhabiting it. On the final day, as he expelling the final spirit, a cave-in crushed his right arm, leaving a stump in its place. He then had the house demolished and sold the land to the state of California for a dollar, after a less than brief stay in the hospital, of course. He opted to have another mansion built in Atherton, California. With the curse expunged, he was free to enjoy his success and continue to build on it, dabbling in cybernetics. The first successful model was a prosthetic arm that he used to replace his destroyed one. His home in Atherton had a basement installed that serves as his workshop, where he combines firearms and technology with magecraft, offering the results to the Government Agency of Magecraft, making a number of friends in the process. It was them who informed him that America had stolen the Grail, and was about to play host to a Grail war.

Seduced by the notion of an "omnipotent wish-granting device," and having been chosen to be a Master, Jake has decided to take part in this war, applying his unshakable determination towards a new goal; winning the Grail.

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Magic Circuit Switch: The feeling of something falling into a space that is the perfect size to accommodate it.

Number of Magic Circuits: B

Quality of Magic Circuits: D

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Elemental Affinity: Fire and Water
Origin: Propulsion

Magecraft: Jake is well-versed in basic magecraft, particularly well in Bounded Fields, Curses, Thought Acceleration, and Tracing. He is noted as having especially difficult bounded fields to detect, and the rest of his proficiencies he uses in conjunction with free-running, being naturally very athletic. This ability served as the start of his fame among the Freemasons.

Crest: 240 years old

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Weapon(s):
Azoth Blade
Winchester XLAWS-5.56 (Experimental Lever-Action Weapons System): A modernized version of the classic Winchester lever-action rifle design that is still undergoing testing to be eventually shipped initially to the Freemasons, with plans for an alternate version going to the United States Armed Forces. The gun has a port, allowing it to be connected to a computer to fix software issues, as it also contains an onboard computer that runs recoil prevention software, making it a very accurate firearm. This version is designed with magecraft in mind, and can be loaded with special rounds that have a flash-frozen mercury casing and a crystal head. The crystal bullets are infused with the Gandr curse.
Winchester DS-10: The symbol of Winchester Firearms in 2030, the HS-10 took the world by storm, rapidly becoming the sidearm of choice for armed forces and law enforcement in the U.S and a large number of other NATO countries. It is a revolver chambered in .45 acp with twin barrels, capable of firing two rounds at once. Doing this eats through ammo very quickly, but the dramatic increase in stopping power is undeniable. In addition to this, it has a special, disposable cylinder that ejects from the side with the press of a button. Another cylinder slides into place and the weapon is ready to fire again, making it a revolver with a naturally fast reload. Jake has a modified version that he handcrafted to be compatible with both his arm's interface functionality and with the Gandr rounds he is fond of using.
"The Duster": A padded trench coat that has kevlar and armor plating to prevent mundane forms of damage, as well as a hardening spell to protect against physically damaging magic attacks.

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Exceptional Benefit: Advanced Technology
Jake has an impressive prosthetic arm that provides various bonuses. Grip and striking strength with the arm is exceptional, it can be charged with mana, which can then later be released in blasts of raw concussive force, it has an onboard taser, audio recording, communication hardware, can access the internet, and can interface with other electronics, such as phones, computers, etc.

Name: Paris

Title(s): The Spark of War, Paris the Cowardly

Class: Archer

Gender: Male

Birth and Death Dates: Unknown

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Catalyst: Horn of the Bull of Aegalus

Personality:
Rash, impulsive, shortsighted: All of these are words that can be used to describe the man who stole away a single girl and incited the Trojan war. However, despite how it may appear he is anything but selfish, with Paris even considering himself willing to do what other so called heroes aren't. To him, protecting someone whom he cares about has few consequences he sees as too dire. While his sense of justice can be biased he will stand by what he believes is just and never back down, with his emotions being his driving force. Overall he is a very respectful and courteous young man who holds those close to him very dear, and is willing to do what he has to in order to protect them.

Now, does this mean he sees himself as a hero? No, and far from it. Paris looked up to his brother Hector and saw him as the pinnacle of what a hero could become, and when one is constantly comparing themselves to such heights it's not surprising that he developed an inferiority complex. He knows he's not the smartest or strongest or most tactical fighter, and he will constantly underestimate what little skill he has. Running from a fight he feels he has no chance winning right from the start is not uncommon, and to make up for what he perceives is a disadvantage he'll lie and employ dirty tactics while fighting that go against every code of honor written in the book. Of course, there is one small exception to this. For women, he is very likely to not fight as dirty as he could, and if he other party plays their cards right he may even go easy on them. Indeed, as his actions with Helen have shown Paris has an immense weakness towards women. He can easily be manipulated and played for a fool by a semi attractive lady. He sees no problem with being with or having feelings for multiple women at a time, though a majority of his heart will always be with Helen. After all, that's why he has allowed himself to be summoned; to resurrect his beloved and make sure she lives a better life.

Bio:

Weapon: Some Servants may use non Noble Phantasm weapons in combat. Usually this should only be one or two things as appropriate.

Parameters:

Strength: D

Endurance: E

Agility: A

Mana: B

Luck: D

Class Skills: For all skills. Please do not just put name and rank. Give an explanation of what it does. Your class skills are listed by class elsewhere. Use anecdotes, feats, and themes to gauge where this should be. Check the wiki for base skills, since it can give you a good jumping point.

Personal Skills: Certain abilities a Heroic Spirit may have, such as Charisma, Artistic Talent, etc. Keep close to the legend. Three maximum. Exceptional circumstances may bend this rule, however Personal Skills exist to create a themed servant so keep that in mind.

Noble Phantasm: Limit two. Exceptional circumstances may bend this rule, however Noble Phantasms exist to create a themed servant so keep that in mind.

Name:

Title: Kanji name. Usually an explanation like "Sword of Promised Victory."

Rank: E-EX. Plus modifiers are possible

NP Type:

Range: 1 is minimum, 99 is maximum. Format is usually something like 2-50, that's Via Expugnatio and Bellerophon's range. That means Via Expugnatio cannot attack you if your range is 1 from it.

Maximum Number of Targets: 1 to 1000. The format is usually a single number. This may get weird depending on your classification.

Description: What does it do? A paragraph for fluff and a paragraph for what it "does" is usually best. However I will trust you in the formatting. Try to be somewhat original here- Iskander is a really cool guy, so don't make Iskander 2, no one can do that.

Name: Clay Dimadome

Title(s): The Prospector

Gender: Male

Age: 70

Alignment: True Neutral

Rank:

Objective for the Grail: "Listen here sonny, I've been around these lands as long as I can remember, even before magecraft in murica was a thing. as long as I'm profiteering from this fancy mage war for this thingamajig, these youngbloods can do whatever they like as long as I said so and doesn't cause any damage property."

Command Seal: Grampa's tats

Personality: Trading, managing, and negotiations. these are the day to day basis of the charismatic hard selling notorious businessman known as Old man Clay. A hedonistic old man who has seen it all. Good, evil, in between? In the eyes of the prospector, none of this matter. The prospector tends to lean on the neutral side and always considering "What's best for business" and "What will benefit me"

Bio: Clay is an alchemist who is into metallurgy and a self-made billionaire who has traveled into multiple parts of the world from time to time and has been successful in creating and establishing his own billion-dollar company along the way.

Before he was this big hot shot industrialist who doesn't give a damn about those small indie companies he mercilessly stepped upon on along the way and a money-driven Old Man who crushes the hopes and dreams of aspiring people on daily basis, just to get on the top of this cruel and cutthroat business environment. Would you believe Clay has a lineage of magecraft that comes from Montana for many generations? right even before it was formatted by the modern world.

His roots are founded during the time when the pure-blooded natives of this land still roam around the snowy plains, who practice shamanism and believes in native spirits, folklore tales and all that jazz about those urban legends that are made to scare the children at night.

Sadly, his family's art is a dying breed in the region of the snowy plains, Clay has little information about his heritage and has stray from the mystery of his past as well with his aptitude in seeking innovation. Clay continues to delve from his roots from time to time and still manages to modernize and preserves Montana's way of living.

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Magic Circuit Switch: The sound of a jackhammer drilling through the earth

Number of Magic Circuits: D

Quality of Magic Circuits: C

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Elemental Affinity: Earth and Ether
Origins: Preservation

Magecraft:
Basic Magecraft 101- The fundamentals they teach at the clocktower. Workshop creation, hypnotism, memory alteration, basic bounded field setup, and all that jazz.

Familiars- Clay has a supply of numerous yellow canaries that he uses for scouting and for mining purposes.

Alchemy - Being Passionate about minerals and noble metals, Clay has devoted his entire life in studying, researching and painstakingly transmuting crystal or any valuable ore he can find into something that will benefit a portion of humanity or just for the sake of discovering something unique that will revolutionize the scientific community. The prospector happens to be an expert upon the subject and has found ways to even outdo himself when converting and transmuting matter. During his prime at different alchemist institute, Clay is considered to be one of the elites by the academy for his innovations and his many contributions to his department but for reasons unknown, He decided to part ways and chose to be a businessman instead and his name haven't been heard ever since.

Jewel Crystallization- The process of binding one's magical energy into jewels as mystic codes. Being an owner of a billion-dollar business franchise, Clay is less frugal when expending his resources. when needed, he fires these crystals on his foes and explodes upon impact.

Crest: 260 years, dated from ancient tribes of the land. This crest is located at the back of his shoulder blades, it has been reformed and has been pass on by the natives of this land.

Weapon:

Mining devices - Clay's tools of the trade in the profession he chooses. It has your standard known devices like pickaxes, jackhammers, some explosives, those hard hats with little flashlights on top of it, gas masks and other machines that are used for excavating the earth. Of course, he can only bring a selected few of these tools if possible. Carrying all of this heavy equipments would be just plain silly.

Metal plating cranium- being the head of the mining community in Montana, you always gotta protect your head from the unexpected work-hazard of this high-risk high reward profession you have. Having multiple head injuries from some unfortunate events in the past, Clay has come up with a solution and installed several steel-plating around his skull that protects his head from force trauma and has this metallic sound when you bang it several times.

Double barrel shotgun (Boomstick) - an unconventional weapon use for hunting wild animals and fend off intruders in his land. An old man's weapon in scaring those pesky kids away.

Diamond skin coating - A defensive automation that is composed of ore and crystals like substance that is attached to his arms all the way to his back that protects him and his crest from physical trauma.

Exceptional Benefit: To put it simply, Clay is rich, filthy rich. The Prospector has lots of connections and influence throughout the state of Montana, a supply line of resources and high-grade minerals ranging from coal, metals, crystals and all that jazz that can be excavated from the land. The old man has a buttload of it in his multiple mines and underground tunnels.

Clay's resources are pretty spread out through the land of snow and undeveloped parts unknown. From running his mining industry, having every miner, rangers and archaeologist on his payroll to managing the largest real estate franchise here on Montana and one of its very own parks. "The yellow canary park"

Name: Hans Axel von Fersen

Title(s): "Le Beau", "His Excellency the Right Honourable Lord Count Axel von Fersen"

Class: Archer

Gender: Male

Birth and Death Dates: 4th of september 1755 - 20th June 1810

Alignment: Lawful Good

Catalyst: The ring given to Marie Antoinette by Fersen himself.

Personality: Fersen is a kind, polite and formal person but also very loyal to the royals whom he served. He is also charismatic and a ladies man, he also had a very strong relationship with Marie Antoinette. Her death is what has made him answer the call, for he wants nothing more than a chance to save her. So his wish upon the grail would be to bring her to him.
Fersen is also quite of a ladies man and generally gets well along with people of high standing, even if he does not agree with everyone he nontheless shows them the respect they deserve.

Appearance:



Bio:

Hans Axel von Fersen is a swedish count and was well know during his lifetime, from the youngest of his days as a student in a school in Braunschweig, to the war academy in Turin and his tutoring of language, travelling the world and other things. He did his service in the swedish army and attended by Gustav III of Sweden, at the latter's court. Before travelling the world again, he ended up as colonel of the Royal-Bavière before being introduced to the french king Louis XIV's court, meeting him aswell as the young queen Marie-Antoinette whom he began to have a close relationship with.

A time after, the american revolution began and Fersen along many others wanted to get experience and heroic achievements went to fight along the french and american soldiers there. He assisted George Washington and Rochambeau, before excelling at the battle of Yorktown, which was the turning point of the war which ended with the americans creating their nation.

For his achievements, he was decorated with the Cincinnatusorder and became colonel for his own regiment, the Royal suédois in 1783.

After travelling the world for abit yet again, he returned to Paris and saw the french revolution break out and where he attempted to help the king and queen to escape, he decided that they should split up. Hoping that him leaving would lead those following on a false path, but the plan backfired and the king and queen were captured in a town and Fersen managed to save himself.

Weapon: Charleville musket

Parameters:

Strength: D

Endurance: B+

Agility: C+

Mana: C

Luck: B

Class Skills:

Independant action B: Fersen can exist a week without a master. Driven by the immense desire to finally see his beloved Marie-Antoinette again and his loyalty to those whom he has served presses him onwards.

Magic resistance D: The strong determination and calm of Fersen renders him highly resistant to magic and anything which relates to affecting his mental status.

Personal Skills:

Disengage C: Fersen is great at making and planning escapes both for himself and others. On foot or on mount, he will withdraw if he sees no other option. When summoned as a rider this skill becomes A.

Determination of Steel B: Count Fersen was a brave man, one whom would do his duty and what he was meant to do. Even sometimes beyond it, such as when his loyalty or personal relations were put into the ecuation.

Marksmanship: B: During his lifetime Fersen knew his way around firearms quite well, even if he never came close to the legendary heroes of the past or those which came after him. He was very precise with his frenchmade musket nontheless, which was an overall more precise weapon than the majority of muskets used in his time.

Charisma C: Fersen is as good with words as he is in looks, men and women across the world found him a kind yet capable person, whom had contacts and friendships among the royalty among others. His charisma is also what allows him to lead those following him quite well.

Military tactics C: Being assigned as a leader of the swedish troops in service to King Louis XIV, Fersen played an important role in assuring victory for the french-american forces over the british. Fersen was well versed in military tactics during his entire life, acting as Aide-de-camp to people such as Rochambeau while also being in command of his own regiment to whom he could issue tactical orders to.

Noble Phantasm:

Name: Shock Cavalry

Title: "In the service of King Louis XIV, as your colonel, I command you, soldiers of the Royal-Suédois to mount and attack!"

Rank: B

NP Type: Anti-Unit, Anti-Army

Range: 1-50

Maximum Number of Targets: 50

Description: During the french revolution, Fersen was preparing a shock cavalry attack into France in order to save the royal family from the hands of the revolution. This idea was well liked also by the swedish king Gustav III whom gave it his approval and support. Thus as Colonel of the Royal-Suédois, Fersen may point the dangerous end of his rifle and shoot a bullet, which shall summon forth a stampede of glass horses to run over his enemies to inflict great damage but also make their advance more difficult, either from the stampede itself or the chaos unfolding after it is used, this works in similar way as Guillotine Breaker, but it creates many more horses, it does however not provide the support benefits in terms of healing or recovery of mana.

Name: Ring of affection
Title: "All things lead me to thee."

Rank: C

NP Type: Anti-Army

Range: 1-50

Maximum Number of Targets: 50

Description: The ring he had been given by Marie-Antoinette, allows Fersen to deal damage to enemies of the french monarchy as an aura around him. At the same time it does this it removes negative statuses and recovers the Health and mana of allies.

Name: Lucius Da Cruz

Title(s): Mage of thorns, "Root of evil."

Appearance:



Gender: Male

Age: 32

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Rank: None

Objective for the Grail: The destruction of humankind as a whole, and the renewal of the earth.

Command Seal: A red ring would form on the ground, then form 3 metre tall pillar of red light.

Personality: Lucius is a methodical and calm man, who prefers to use guile and manipulation to get what he wants. He has a clear view of what he desires, the way of getting there however he leaves somewhat open, so that he will have to have backup plans would any of his ideas not work. He is someone who cares very little, if at all about other peoples misery unless it can somehow benefit his own ambitions. Thus he is likely to try manipulate these people to do his work for him or otherwise put them into a hard seat.

When tightly pressed Lucius tends to step back, either to let others get into harms way or to make a timely withdrawal. It doesn't matter to Lucius how many times he has to withdraw, he prefers to bide his time to gradually wear the opposition out. He expects any servant under his command to obey his orders without question, while he values each individual servant for their strength and reputation. He considers them just now to be tools, so if someone can be strongly motivated to serve him to achieve what he wants he will make use of it. Even if he would encounter the servant belonging to another master, he may attempt to tempt them to join him.

Bio:

Lucius grew up in spain to parents running a large industry of wine, he never was interested in their work however. After having read many books he came to the belief that humans in general are a species which is draining the world dry, a parasite which should be removed. Searching for means in doing so, he came upon the occult and thought long lost books which led him further away from other humans. Thus it was not a hard choice for him when he turned sixteen to poison the entire wine collection belonging to his family, causing the deaths of hundreds before the source to the deaths were tracked down. By then he was long gone.

The magic under his command was as if granted by mother earth herself, being able to provide himself with fruits for his travels he never needed to come into contact with other humans except when going into towns and cities, searching more knowledge on magic and how to further his newfound ambition of ridding the world of the scourge which in his eyes were destroying it. When he spoke with people, he spoke in the same way he had learnt from his readings into the human psychology and philosophy, how easily he could manipulate others it almost became a sport to him. Constantly pressing himself to see just how far he could get others to do what he wanted, before seeing them crumble as a result.

To him this was almost theatrical, and humorous how easy he could fool others into ruin. Ruin which they all deserved according to himself. Upon pondering where to best put his skills to use he went to North America, since it had alot of people. Alot of people to kill and it would be the perfect battleground for what was coming. During his search for magical knowledge he had come across various magical objects and trinkets having connections to various people of bygone age. Though only few of these objects he held unto, one being a ring which had once belonged to Marie Antoinette, a Queen which had been killed by her own people. To Lucius this could be used, people with a resentment towards humankind could ultimately serve him well. Revenge was a sweet thing, but even sweeter was poison.

And he had plenty to use as far as he knew, not that anyone would suspect a friendly and calm man working as a travelling trader of old books and trinkets. It had been a good way for him to find more knowledge and leads to things of interest, even if he had to spend his valuable time talking with the humans he hated. Despite never considering that he was indeed human himself, Lucius prefered to see himself above others, both in intellect, moral and importance to the future of the world. Regarding most others as mindless puppets or brutes incapable of understanding the pain the world was feeling now. How it longed for liberation of their disgusting kind, how he was going to be the one ridding the entire world of their tainted filthy presence.

When he turned thirty-two, he was well endowed in his magical potential and mentally prepared to do the will of god. As he prefered to see it, in order to create a new eden. Humans must disappear and their sin which banished them so long ago shall be uprooted and they will be thrown away into the abyss. With the power and mind to substitute the place of god as he saw it, Lucius was prepared now to do what was needed in order to free the world of the shackles which was drowning it.

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Magic Circuit Switch: A low hymning sound surging from himself. Sounding similar to how it would sound if you slam a metal pipe inbetween two other pipes causing a vibrating low echo.

Number of Magic Circuits: C

Quality of Magic Circuits: A

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Elemental Affinity: Earth

Magecraft:

- Mediocre jack-of-all: Lucius have managed to come over various occult knowledge during his travels and thus have a very very basic understanding of most of them. While he understands some slight part of it doesn't make him able to replicate or use said magic however. But it does give him some slight idea of what he should do at times.

- Plant Creation and Plant manipulation: Lucius enjoys creating plant servants to fight for him, small and big, poisonous or otherwise. They are generally however given mundane tasks such as messenger duties or being made to shield him from harm, either by him commanding them or just manipulating plant matters.

- Poisons and alchemy: What Lucius excels at is natural poisons which he applies to things such as fruits to give to his enemies, using sharp thorns or blowing pollen to inlict some poison to a target. Ranging from dullening of the senses, paralyzation, confusion and in the worst case death. Using roots as movable extendable weapons is generally his combat weapon of choice.

While not being the strongest in an up front type of fight, his power is the most useful when used outside of direct combat where he may use said power to weaken or maim his enemies.

Crest: 120 years old.

Weapon: None

Exceptional Benefit: None