[OOC] Fate/esoterica

[Seirei No Hai]

<Snipped quote by Seirei No Hai>

Resisting making a "Limited Blade Works" joke.

@Cu Chulainn

I mean... technically... XD

@VitaVitaAr Thanks :3

[VitaVitaAR]

@Seirei No Hai: You can add him to the characters tab, then.

[Feyblue]

@VitaVitaAR Looks like Seirei and I have come to an agreement, so Edward is going to be Lancer's Master, if that's alright.

[VitaVitaAR]

@Feyblue: That works out, then, there's our first pair.

[Cu Chulainn]

So what's the situation on potential Masters so far? If there isn't enough after all, I'll probably get around to making one. If anything, he'll probably be that shitty not-a-Magus Master purely because I feel like I can't get Nasuverse's magecraft system right xD

[VitaVitaAR]

@Cu Chulainn: So far not enough. ^^;

Though I will say we're getting an awful lot of "male masters who are jerks". Not all of them but I'm surprised it's going that way. ^^;

[Feyblue]

If we don't have enough, I'll start looking into creating one to fill things out. Not sure what Class she'll summon, though...

[VitaVitaAR]

@Feyblue: So far we don't, unless someone else jumps in and wants just a Master I do want everyone to sign up both a Master and a Servant.

I know @Rin is definitely making one.

[WanderingSpirit]

@VitaVitaAR@Rin, like editting this in will help...

Master Character Sheet

Name:
Vincent Smoaks

Age:
24

Gender:
Male

Appearance:
" Why hurry and miss everything in life when you can stop to enjoy it? "

Personality:
Vincent is a curious soul to the very depths of his personality, with a precise and painstakingly careful attitude. He is what you would comfortable term as a perfectionist who desires to know the truth, having the ambition and desire to get the results that he wants even if it pushes him out into his discomfort. He has little patience for playing around the bush, preferring to be blunt with his observations and get directly to the point. Despite his direct nature is earnest at heart with he says along with being objective as well that rarely betrays what his beliefs are. With a calm and controlled disposition, he has a carefree attitude around him that seems to go with the flow that has a touch of an adventurous spirit. Making him a strangely companionable person if what you desire is realism.

Skills:
A person born in a first-rate magus family, he is severely lacking in many of the skills that make a functioning person of today with only several areas that he can handle in day to day situations that come about. He is very interested in the arts such as seen from his culinary skills that reveal him to be a wonderful cook that has come from years of experience in the kitchen and some time dedicated to studying it. He also is decent is various other creative arts such as painting and drawings along with general arts and craft to make small trinkets or decorations. Outside of that, his other mundane talents are pretty ordinary as he possesses above-average constitution and body that comes from the time that he spends outside, with him being proficient in traversing natural terrain. More than capable enough to do hobbies he likes like soccer, swimming, dance, and hiking to name a few that he dabbles in as a hobbyist.

Abilities:
A calm and collected person, his control over his magecraft is impeccable with his two attuned affinities towards fire and wind magecraft that is evidence of his skill as a first-rate magus. The blood that runs through him comes from a family of magi that run several generations that have passed down that gives Vincent quality magic circuits and a sufficiently abundant amount within his body that provide enough energy to get what needs to be done and a little more.

As the next figurehead of the lineage that his family has backing him, he has inherited all of their teachings which allowed his fine and deft control as his main focus. At the most basic level of his skill, the control over his flame magecraft is astonishing to the point that he can create definite shapes that can represent images. With extensive knowledge about this kind of magecraft, he can be said to reach a high level of mastery that would be suitable to a person like him coming from the Smoaks family despite not showing it. His wind magecraft while not as advanced, is the other side of his focus that is adept enough to be considered a threat even solely using it. With eerily acute control, the fine manipulation of the air above simple blasts of air or flight can be achieved by him and can be expanded to other uses.

In more advanced areas, he specializes in explosions which is surprising as given when attacking, he opens a thin pathway to his target by concentrating the density of oxygen to a volatile point to create chain explosions. With his main right hand used for more dexterous application of his mageraft with scary accuracy while the other is used for violent applications, he shows surprising skill in using two elements at the same time. While he dislikes the uncontrolled use of his explosive magecraft, if brute force is needed to accomplish something that fine control can't, then it doesn't bother him to do so. What he lacks in versatility, he specializes in the destructive potential of his magecraft that he is comfortable in saying that could handle any foe.

He, however, takes it to an even higher level when combining the two elements into something much more. Using fire and wind magecraft together, he is able to create a strong burst of electricity by superheating gas with his magecraft. His control over this combination of magecraft is rough but highly potent in its purely destructive capabilities that unleash highly concentrated energy. The higher amount of energy he's trying to control the less controllable the action he is trying to do becomes as it becomes more imprecise but higher destructive potential.

Brief Backstory:
Vincent Smoaks is heir to the family fortune of the family magus known as Smoaks, focusing on a slightly more modern type of magecraft known as 'explosive magecraft' which heavily involved gun powder back in the old days. A family originating from the Americas as they took on the new wave of ideas that developed in the country with the passing ideologies and technology that influenced them. With their knowledge being developed and passed down through the family where they could actualize it without the assistance of material ingredients. Known as the 'Illuminated Prince' in the Clock Tower where his peers and teachers remarked his resourcefulness and creativity that shined brightly.

Despite being the next head of the family, his position is taken with a slight grain of salt as his time so far has not shown his full potential as a magus with much debate about the role that he has. With the displays of his abilities that have been heard or seen has been his shows which have a niche following of magus who actually are humans who like entertainment from his flashy shows. His fire magecraft is most commonly the one on display in his shows, with the creativity that he brought forth in his shows baffling the people that were his fans. Many people wondered what the inheritor of the Smoaks family's crest would be capable of doing if his skills were put to their proper use as a serious combatant.

Still, rumors and talk behind his back didn't bother Vincent as he continued the way he always has done things with his nonchalant attitude. However, when rumors reached his ears about something going down in the small town of Redrock his interest was piqued about what was going on. With his ears in many different circles, it wasn't hard for him to heard the news about the brewing event that was begining to develop. An event known as the war for the "Holy Grail"...

Have a character that was perfectly made for the 4th of July, shame that everything seemed to have ended early this year on my end :/ Hope your guys was good if you did anything

[Shadow Daedalus]

This is what I've got for now, please let me know what needs cleaning up or changing. I based him a little on Kiritsugu, but I tried to do my own thing with the idea.

Ex-marine turned Magus Killer

Name: James Rutherford
Age: 26
Gender: Male

Appearance: "For all their tricks, Mages still fall as mortal men."
6'01" with a slim but well-developed body type. A few tattoos across his body, namely a Grim Reaper on his left and tribal dragon on his right forearm, a feathered wing over his heart and a black crow on his right shoulder. His typical outfit consists of a white shirt and black trousers with a black overcoat and boots.
Personality: James has a personality somewhat expected of an anti-hero. He is Intelligent and well-mannered, but also sharp and ruthless if needs be. While not a prodigal mage like others have been, he makes up for his shortcomings by virtue of being very adaptable and able to pick up and retain skills quickly. While not openly hostile or standoffish, he doesn't come across as very friendly or approachable and his often very blunt with his opinions due to a mild form of Asperger Syndrome.

Skills:
Engineering Diploma - Taken during his Basic Training, James is an A-level qualified Engineer in both Mechanical and Electrical Fields. This means he can safely and effectively repair most mechanical or electrical systems.
Military Training - His time in the Marines have given James considerable skill in Firearms, Hand-to-hand and Improved his Engineering skills in a practical sense. As such, he has secured multiple firearms for his time in the War, including an L115A3 Sniper Rifle, an ACE-32 Assault Rifle and a HK45 handgun.

Abilities: As a mage, James has high-quality circuits and a good amount of Prana, both quantifiable as Low to Mid A Rank, but his practical skill and list of spells are limited due to the limited practice he has. His natural elemental alignments of Fire and Earth allow him to maintain a fairly competent understanding of the basics, such as Reinforcement and Gandr, as well as a few more advanced spells like Combustion and Metal manipulation at a very low level.

Owing to his Origin 'Iconoclast', James has the unique ability to disrupt, deny and destroy the artificial miracles that make up modern magecraft. This, however, is vastly limited in that it is limited in both range and duration, as well as little to no adaptability. By making use of his specialised Mystic Code, a Mateba Autorevolver engraved with the correct magic sequence, he can fire specialised .357 rounds that can prevent a target from accessing their Magic Circuits or magically heal the wound for up to an hour. This effect is reduced, however, in Servants with above B Rank Magic Resistance or Mages with very high stores of Magical Energy, the latter of which must use a large amount of it to expel the curse manually. The bullets are fairly valuable as they require a 12-hour ritual to engrave the necessary mana, as well as enough blood to submerge them. This process can engrave 12 bullets per ritual, and he has already acquired 72 bullets.

Brief Backstory: Born and Raised in South West England, James was brought up away from any major Mage Institutions and had a more mundane upbringing with his non-magus litter sister Anna. While receiving training in Magecraft from his parents, he was more focused on his regular schooling to get a good job to help pay for his sister's rare genetic condition, which cause her frequent health problems. He progressed through education at a high level until leaving to join the Royal Marines at 18, forgoing his magecraft entirely. When he was 24, however, he was dragged back into the world of Magecraft when a rogue mage attacked his platoon while on deployment and then tried to escape. Assigned as one of the sharpshooters, he was able to survive but was separated as the other survivors retreated. Alone, James used what little magecraft he knew to hunt the man down and kill him. Unknown to him, however, the Mage Association was also tracking the man, and having saw him mix magecraft and modern weaponry to deadly effectiveness, their agent approached him with an offer: Join them as an Enforcer tracking rogue mages and the like, or they would assure his silence in any way possible, including kidnapping his family.

Hoping to keep his family safe, he became a hunting dog for the Association and began to put more training into his magecraft. Over the next 2 years, he also learned of his Origin and began developing his Mystic Code to utilise it. While still working for the Association while in America, he caught wind of a unusual Grail War taking place within the country and made preparations to join the War, hoping to free himself and his family from the world of Mages entirely.

[Cu Chulainn]

And here he is! Discount!Shirou, magecraft not included.

The "Not a" Magus

* Name: Hasabe Evans

* Age: 19

* Gender: Male

* Appearance: The hell is a Master? And why is your friend there in cosplay?

* Personality: Hasabe could be best described as one who is quiet, focused, and hard at work. Having been abandoned by his parents at the time for being a 'worthless excuse for a heir,' Hasabe has developed a sort of "inferiority complex," wanting to prove himself to others of his worth by working the best he can at whatever he's tasked at. Some day, he wishes to confront his parets and show them he really isn't worthless. While he does keep to himself most of the time, he does wish the best for other people, and will want to always seek a path that's "good for everyone."

* Skills: If "dedication" was a skill, Hasabe would be excellent at it. Whether it's working towards a goal, or just doing menial labor, Hasabe is one who will always find the best way to get the job done. As a pizza delivery man (and formerly an Uber driver), Hasabe is quite proficient at driving, whether it is behind the wheel or on a bike. He also jogs regularly, and has the stamina of a healthy young adult. Being raised in Bedrock, he knows the general area as much as any local would.

* Abilities: Hasabe does not have any knowledge or beyond-the-surface talent in magecraft, only barely recalling the things his father might have taught (which he couldn't comprehend at the time.) He does know of its existence, or well, he thinks he does. Despite this, he still sports a fair amount of above average magic circuits, and while they wouldn't compare in amount to a magus with the magic crest of their family, they still denote him as 'one who was born to be a magus.' If only Hasabe wasn't such a dull child...

* Brief Backstory
Hasabe was born in Japan, to a well known magus family that he can't recall the name of. His father, as he remembered, was a very strict man, and was especially tough on him as he grew older, forcing strange books and lessons on him instead of having him attend school normally. This continued until his parents bore a second child, one who excelled in the lessons that Hasabe just didn't get. At the age of four, he was sent off to live with a friend of a family friend, his father going so far as to change his last name, aware that his family has alot of memories, and not wanting his own son to die from his incompetence.

And so, Hasabe found himself in Redrock, raised by an average middle-class family, living an average life. He made it his goal to become a competent person, and worked hard to achieve his goals and go to college. He wasn't smart enough or especially talented in any sport to earn a scholarship, graduating with only above average marks. Hasabe still wanted to go to college, and his parents even offered to pay his tuition for him, which he declined, saying he wants to earn all the money on his own, and thanked them for raising him to be the man he is now.

Two years later, Hasabe is living on his own in a cheap apartment, having worked odd jobs here and there until he settled for delivering pizza at a local delivery place. He recieved a strange letter from Japan with no label saying who it's from. They were directions for... some sort of ritual? He wasn't so sure what it was, really, or why it was asked of him to do. The only thing he was told to do after the ritual is to 'reach the root.' Whatever that means...

Curiosity got the best of Hasabe, and...

EDIT: If he is approved, I would prefer going the opposite route and seeing which servants are interested and would possibly serve as a good compatibility summon for Hasabe. That is, if you're fine with a Master whose skills include "I can drive, I guess?"

[Blackstripe]

We seem to be getting a good amount of masters here now. Were there any people interested in mine? I would honestly prefer a servant that's morally INcompatible with mine, as it'll make for more interesting roleplay, in my opinion.

On that note, I'm not "OOC" interested in trying to "win" the game, so if that's a big concern for you we might not be good for each other. Cassandra ICly is interested in winning, of course, but that's different.

[VitaVitaAR]

@WanderingSpirit: Accepted.

@Shadow Daedalus: Having 72 bullets which can disrupt Servants to that extent doesn't sit well with me, honestly. ^^; For the most part the cases where a Master can actually combat a Servant are meant to be outliers to quite an extent. On top of this, most Servants with the exception of proper Casters and Arturia Saber don't have magic circuits. Well, Saber has a Mana Core but yeah.

@Cu Chulainn: Accepted.

[Shadow Daedalus]

@VitaVitaAR So, if I reduce their effectiveness so that they don't affect Servants and reduce the amount to 36 bullets? They work like Origin Rounds, but only last an hour so do they need any more tweaking after that?

[Crusader Lord]

My "Fake" Saber is complete! Kneel before their awesome might! >:D

Or not. :P

@Cu Chulainn Speaking of which, what sort of "compatibility" are you looking for in a servant for your master?

(EDIT: Btw, i am working on a master idea as well, but this might have to be put off a few days or early next week depending on how work plays out on my end the rest of this week. Just a head's up.)

[Feyblue]

• Name: Mira Grace
• Age: Physically, about 16. Mentally... she's lost track. 20? 30? 50? Who knows...?
• Gender: Female
• Appearance: Mira is a short, doll-like girl, who has been left lithe and pale by a life spent almost exclusively indoors, locked away from society. Her long, dark hair tends to be just a little bit messy despite its natural straightness, as she doesn't take very good care of herself. Nevertheless, despite her unkempt, gloomy appearance, she tends to strike beholders with a strange sort of fascination - her pale skin, raven hair, and silvery grey eyes just seem so... odd, somehow, as if she doesn't really belong in this day and age, but rather strolled out of some kind of old portrait. Of course, her tendency to dress up in fanciful getup such as lolita fashion or pointy hats doesn't really help much, but even without taking her odd choices of attire into account, there is just something incomprehensibly strange about her. This sense of out-of-placeness and separation is a hint at her true nature as an inheritor of an old mystery, and the last successor to the bloodline of a Witch.
  
  
  "Casual" Attire

  
  
  
  An Old-Fashioned Witch

  
• Personality: Cripplingly shy, chronically depressed, and wracked by more fears and phobias than one might care to count - most prominently agoraphobia, but with many others tacked on - Mira's attitude is exactly what one might expect from an individual whose very Origin is "Isolation." Terrified of the outside world, she has been, up until this point, too scared to even contemplate setting foot outside of her mansion. However, with the coming of the Grail War, and her own selection as a Master, she's had no choice but to either comply with the system, or leave behind her home and belongings and place herself in the care of a Church-sanctioned administrator. As a Witch who would likely be considered an aberration fit to be purged by the Church, she has understandable reason not to trust even a member of the Assembly of the Eighth Sacrament, and thus has refused to do so.
  
  However, unlike the other Masters, she doesn't really have much of anything she'd call a "wish" that is unattainable by normal means. She's simply afraid of the outside world, of the Humans who reject the possibility of a mystery like herself - One Who Is Separated From the World - and even moreso of the Magi who bend that world to their own ends. Left alone for so long, she has instead taken to a solitary existence living by herself, hidden from the outside. She was satisfied by this, in a sense, as it meant she didn't have anything to be afraid of, and could simply spend her days in peace. But, there is one thing she's always wanted. Having had nobody to talk to ever since her mother's death when she was an child, she's slowly grown desperately lonely through the years, and wants nothing more than to have somebody she can trust who will show her kindness and keep her company.
  
  In this sense, she's remarkably childish, even moreso than she appears. Satisfied by simple games and reading children's stories, she's come to want a friend to enjoy those things with. Even all alone, she likes to dress up in the fanciful, old-fashioned dresses her mother left behind, upon the style of which she's fashioned several new garments of her own. In particular, there's one outfit she made for herself which she cherishes above all the others - a black dress of slinking silk, a heavy, fur-lined cloak, and a tall, wide-brimmed, pointed witch's hat. Whenever she needs a confidence boost, to assure herself that she's safe and separate from the outside world, she'll dress in this attire, and will oftentimes take on a demeanor that more befits a bold and brazen Witch, boasting of her abilities or threatening those who oppose her with curses. She doesn't really mean most of what she says, but to her, it serves a similar purpose to some forms of meditation, helping to clear her mind by distancing herself from her real thoughts and fears. In this sense, it's no different from a child's game of make-believe, but it does help her overcome her cowardice through disassociation when the need arises.
  
  She has no knowledge of modern entertainment or technology, and no real concern with it, as it is anathema to her own Mystery. Her hobbies are reading books, sewing, and practicing her magic, even if she doesn't think she'll ever have any real use for it. She's a kind, gentle girl who, under normal circumstances, would probably never hurt anyone. But, the Holy Grail War can hardly be called "normal," and Mira is now forced into a place where her fear may get the better of her tender heart, and she'll be forced to kill or be killed herself. But, if it will mean returning to her peaceful life, and possibly even having someone to break the monotony of her solitary life, then maybe risking her life is worth it...?
• Skills: She can sew her own clothes, grow her own food, and take care of her own mansion - albeit most of these are done with partial assistance from her familiars. She's also got a strange ability to make animals like her - possibly rooted in the fact that they view her less as a Human due to her Mystery and upbringing.
• Abilities: Mira herself, being only half-inheritor to the Witch's bloodline, has very few magical circuits. Those she does possess, however, are of exceptional quality, far beyond that of even prodigious modern mages. Because of this, she's capable of providing her Servant with tremendous amounts of power, perhaps even enough to boost his or her functional stats, provided that they're fighting close to Mira. However, due to her predominantly defensive strategy, this is seldom the case, forcing her Servant in most cases to fight without support save when Mira sorties personally, necessitating a high level of Independent Action or, at the very least, energy efficiency in order to stay safe. However, she lacks any elemental affinities whatsoever, substituting instead her Origin of "Isolation," with an additional focus provided by her Mystery - "One Who Is Separated From The World."
  
  Due to these twin affinities, she naturally excels at magic that focuses on the division or displacement of the world - most particularly, the art of constructing Bounded Fields, as well as the spell "Flash Air." Although most users of this latter spell are limited to low-level substitutions of one item for another, Mira is capable of much more advanced feats, such as substituting one room for another to make doors lead temporarily to different places, or substituting areas of space to displace objects. In order to do this, however, there is the caveat that she must have a complete grasp of the area she's attempting to cast the spell on, forcing her to share her perceptions with either her Familiars or her Servants in order to gather the data she needs to reliably cast the spell.
  
  As for her Bounded Fields, these are where she truly shines. By offering a sacrifice of a body part, or a pre-prepared offering of her own blood or long hair, she's capable of imbuing a Bounded Field with her Origin. As a defense mechanism over her mansion, which resides on a large convergence of leylines ideal for the manifestation of the Greater Grail, she's prepared several nested Bounded Fields over the same spot. The outermost layer imposes "Isolation" upon the territory within, separating it from the outside world and the perceptions of non-magi outside, while also offering sublime protection from attacks launched outside of its radius. It resists the efforts of those who would attempt to enter, but can be broken through either with sufficient ritual preparation, or simply through the priority of a Servant's Magic Resistance or a particularly powerful usage of Prana. However, upon entering, one will encounter a true anomaly.
  
  Although it appears that those who enter are somehow "warped" to another location, leaving them isolated - a feat which would approach true Magic - in reality, this is nothing more than a sleight of hand, achieved by placing multiple "layers" of Bounded Fields over the same space. Each person who enters is placed within a different "layer," creating a division that makes them unable to see or interact with those not in the same "layer" as themselves, thus presenting the image that everyone else has been "warped" away. This is incredibly effective against other Masters, as they are cut off from their Servants and unable to support them with Prana or call upon them while inside the Bounded Field, save through the usage of a Command Seal. This might even extend to Servants with little to no Magic Resistance, preventing them from either aiding their Masters or escaping. However, those with high Magic Resistance, such as the Knight Classes, have a vastly superior Priority, which prevents the Bounded Field from fulfilling its function of imposing them with "Isolation." And, due to the Shared Perception of Servant contracts, if one's Servant is not affected, then neither will the Master be.
  
  It also serves as an incredibly effective defense for the Bounded Field's creator, however, as Mira, too, is placed in the innermost layer of the Bounded Field system, at the very center of the ritual. While inside, those who would intrude can't reach her without first dismantling both the Bounded Field containing them (from the inside) and the one containing her (from the outside) - a difficult task when she who is aware of all the other layers is using Flash Air to transport curses to their location, alter the structure of the area around them through displacement, and assail them with golems and other such Familiars. The Witch's Mansion is thus rendered a truly terrifying magical fortress, made only the more formidable by the Servant who protects it. However, on the downside, it also means that her position is obvious to her enemies, and that they'll likely make their way towards her by the most direct means possible, barring interference on her part. And, even if she has a great deal of magical power, employing curses remotely via Flash Air tends to deplete this rather quickly, making it a matter of endurance rather than a direct confrontation of power. If she can't eliminate her enemies before her Prana runs out, she'll be in a difficult spot.
  
  Similarly, outside of her Bounded Field, and without the support of her Familiars - who are tethered to the area surrounding her mansion for the most part, as they draw on Formalcraft Rituals and the native Mana of the Leylines for their sustenance - Mira is significantly less of a threat. Unable to perform more advanced feats of Flash Air reliably, she's thus left to rely on the curses bequeathed to her through her Magic Crest. While all of these are tremendously old and powerful, being handed down amongst Witches for generations, they can be difficult to land on a mobile enemy not singled out by her Origin. Among them, she has a few she relies on most often. One example involves the creation of tiny wires which inflict a curse of numbness upon those who touch them, slowly withering their nerves through consecutive contact until they are paralyzed and die. Another forms darts shaped like crow quills to rain down upon a target, eroding living flesh through necrosis until it rots away. Yet another is a gas that, when released from a vessel, will slowly strip away the strength of those who it touches. While all of these could be resisted by Servants with strong Magic Resistance, or Masters provided with adequate defensive measures, for any Master found unprepared and isolated within the labyrinth of the Witch's Mansion, they could spell certain death.
  
  Aside from this, she's adept at crafting golems, in most cases fashioned after dolls and mannequins. Most of these, in addition to being reasonably powerful physically, contain curses inside of them, making it just as dangerous to destroy them as it is to fight them while functional. She also has a flock of crow familiars, which, while utterly useless in a fight, nevertheless provide her with valuable sensory data as her scouts. Finally, she has a black cat that has followed her ever since it somehow managed to stray onto her manor's grounds, before the erection of the barrier. He's not magical at all, but he does make her look more like a Witch. She calls him Whiskers. He likes fish.
• Brief Backstory:

A Witch is never to fall in love with a Human. Although this rule has been in place since time immemorial, there are nevertheless those who break this rule. Mira is the result of one such union, with a father who, upon stumbling upon the truth of his wife's nature, tried to take Mira with him and flee the family. An altercation ensued, and when he couldn't have her, her father tried to kill both her and her mother, burning down their home in a fit. In order to keep her identity secret, Mira's mother fled to an isolated, ruined mansion on the outskirts of what was, at the time, barely a dot on the map. Rebuilding the manor over time through the usage of her familiars, her mother passed on to her daughter what she knew of magic, as well as the accumulated stockpile of curses within her Magic Crest. As if her duty was complete, the moment Mira had nothing more to learn, her mother passed away, and her daughter buried her in the garden, inheriting her territory and all of her familiars.

Heeding the warnings of her mother, Mira never once went outside, ever since the incident when she was a child. Humans and Witches were not meant to coexist, and she herself had no place in the world beyond the walls of her manor. All she knew of what went on outside, she knew from the storybooks her mother had left her, which she read dutifully every day, as if they would provide her whatever element of "life" she was lacking. Playing with her familiars, taking in animals that strayed onto the ground, and taking care of her home - these were the only things she knew in her quiet life.

Yet, in every book she read, it was always the same. There wasn't just one individual alone, but rather at least two, sometimes even more! Through the company of another, all manner of things became possible. Laughing together, crying together, even falling in love... Mira, forbidden as she was from leaving the mansion, and terrified as she was by her experiences as a child, came slowly to realize that it wasn't the world that was strange for not accepting her, but rather her who was strange for existing only apart from the world. These ideas amazed her, yet when she realized that they were all futile for her to contemplate, she fell into despair, growing to loathe herself and the way she was. At that moment, she understood why her mother had broken the ancient rule, had been willing to go so far just to experience the life that was denied her. But what could she do? She who had been born destined for isolation would live in isolation and die in isolation.

But then, as if by some magic that had heard her wish, something changed in the neighboring city, and a new "miracle" took shape within the earth. That night, Mira dreamed of a distant figure who called out to her, offering words into her willing mind, a formula to lay back the fundament of the world and delve deeply into its roots, drawing forth a "vessel" that would give "substance" to that "miracle," and, in so doing, would offer her a chance at the "life" she was lacking inside of herself.

Mira was afraid, but she went through with the ritual, and resolved to face the world that rejected her. In spite of her cowardice, she pressed on, in order to attain that which would spite the very basis of her existence, and set aside the rules that confined her to rot away outside of the world that rejected her.

On that night, she of beguiled blood rejoiced, for her wish might yet be granted.

[VitaVitaAR]

@Feyblue: Okay, let's see...

For the most part(it's hard to read from length but I like it) I don't see much of a problem, I'm just a little worried about her level of power stacking the offensive curses with her bounded field. You obviously shouldn't get rid of them but I think that they should be mitigated a bit.

Otherwise I like her a lot.

[Feyblue]

Oh. Looking back, I probably hyped her Cursecraft way too much trying to sound dramatic.

To clarify, her curses, while old, still don't have nearly enough priority to do much to Servants beyond cause a mild inconvenience. The wording, particularly around the lines "While all of these could be resisted by Servants with strong Magic Resistance, or Masters provided with adequate defensive measures, for the unprepared and isolated within the labyrinth of the Witch's Mansion, they could spell instant death." were kind of vague on that.

It IS a major threat to Masters, but only if they're not careful, since most of her curses are used as traps - curse gas hidden in golems which is released when they break, wires placed in the path of unwary enemies, crow quills displaced into the area around them to strike, etc. Usually, the curses also require consecutive applications to bring down a target, with each one that hits softening them up a little more for the others to take effect more easily. So, it's also not "instant death," as I so mis-leadingly put it in trying to sound dramatic. I'll go back and change that now.

Oh, and let's just say there are ways around the Bounded Field other than just strolling in. I just didn't include them here because I didn't want to give away my weaknesses to everybody. :P

[WanderingSpirit]

My Master is ready to go and is open to a pairing if anyone likes him. Should there be no bites, I'll see who I might want to be his servant. The pairing doesn't have to ideal in personality meshing between the two if you want or they could be best buddies, anything would be interesting to roleplay. Any class would be fine if you don't mind his flashy and nonchalant nature and Assassin could work if you want a distraction...

Ideas, ideas, anything could work if you guys are up for it!

[VitaVitaAR]

@Feyblue: Okay, fair enough. She's fine then, I think.