Two weeks. Two weeks of being bled dry. This was the price she paid for having her ‘Followers’. Ah, but she was a diligent girl if nothing else. Idols required fanclubs, and Demon Lord's armies. This was just the nature of things, and so Lancer did her duty as a responsible bureaucrat. Call it a privilege afforded to the nobility, but Lancer was definitely relaxing on a ‘Throne’ in the rather dreary room. It was not completely out of touch with the room, being made out of bones. It was also sentient, certainly a plus. There was no need to even stand up, since it could move around at her will.
...Of course, the fact it couldn’t fit through any of these buildings doors made it difficult, but that was beside the point. It was also exceedingly uncomfortable, too. Actually, why was she still even using this thing? As a chair, it was probably closer to a torture device in the first place. This would have to change certainly. After all, it wouldn’t stand if the Dark Heroine of this war got sores from sitting on a uncomfortable chair for two more weeks. Lancer would have to take it up with her master sometime later. Speaking of, he was proving to be quite the prospective manager. Of course, the fact he had luckily summoned the special A++ tier Servant, [Elizabeth Bathory], was implicitly helpful. Anyone had to be amazing if they called upon a [Demon Lord] on their first try, afterall.
“Ehhh? We can use those old things to torture someone later I guess?” What a weird piggy. Regardless, it was time to move out. Without any hesitation, the young girl stood up.
“The stage is calling on me. Lets go, Piggy.” It seemed she wouldn’t accept any other response than ‘yes’. Perhaps if he performed well, she’d watch that movie with him tonight. Lancer didn’t get more than a few feet toward the door until she stepped on something exceedingly warm and rather slippery and slimy. With a displeased look, she kicked at the ‘Thing’ that would probably make a normal man mad. Astoundingly, it survived her rather annoyed attack, scurrying and slithering off. Given how it was shifting its body to enter a crack in the wall, it was likely rejoining its brethren. Acceptable.
They would be heading toward a nearby baseball field. It was important to scout out locations like that. There were very few good places to give performances in the pigpens they were based in now. As they started to leave the building, a small cadre of ‘Men’ that had an aura of unnaturalness followed them. They were covered in clothing, to the point of being excessive even for the cold season. No matter the angle, it was difficult to get a good glance at whatever face was being hidden away.
“And anyways we can just make that movie real, can’t we?”
Strength:B Endurance:C Agility: B Magical Energy:A Luck:E
Magic Resistance:A Cancels magecraft A rank and below. Even high-thaumaturgy and contract level magecraft can be fully negated without issue. Attaining such a rank is nearly an impossibility among even servants, but she is infact a mixed blood with a dragon admixture. Having gained the power of a Dragon, magic resistance at this level is as expected.
It is possible to resist even a command seal. Magic resistance is applied at the same time as her defensive Noble Phantasm- she could be called truly uncontrollable. A true ‘Magus Killer’.
Torture Techniques:A Plus modifiers will be added as a damage bonus when using torture tools. In particular, Elizabeth is a master of ‘opening wounds’ regardless of the specific kind. Further, damage is continuously added because of the strengthened bloodshed and agony.
In her case, she would shut the people she captured into iron maidens in order to wring the blood from them, drive them crazy with devices that would remove their fingers or implements that would bind their bodies, and on occasion, she would struck by and follow through with the idea to gnaw and bite off their fingers or arms, the napes of their necks, or nipples. Her cruel deeds are wide-ranging.
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Blood Tithe:- An ability that has evolved beyond mere blood sucking. Ignoring other conditions, damage dealt is returned as both physical and magical vigour. The ultimate rejuvenation ability that the Blood Countess strived for in life(supposedly).
It is the conceptualization of her lifestyle that led to the capital “P” in Pigs when she refers to her lessers. It is the inherent right of the Nobility to be ‘rendered their due’ from those lesser than them. This is something shared between all those ‘greater’ than other lifeforms, a simple fact of life. Just as wheat or gold may be taken from the lesser classes, Elizabeth chose blood instead. Like a great Dragon of folklore abducting various Princess’, she plundered all she desired through natural impulse alone.
Its true extent is deeply intertwined with her Noble Phantasm. It acts as a conceptual ability that shaves away the ‘existence’ and meaning of others. It makes use of the ultimate currency of the soul, blood. This stolen ‘life’ is then stored away in the Noble Phantasm. It is similar yet dissimilar ability to certain eastern half bloods. It is possible that this was a burden inherited from her heritage that she never truly understood. If that is the case, this is not an ability of a Noble or even Vampire, but rather something far more sinister.
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Scholomance: C++ Special variant of Witchcraft(Black Magic) of the Western variety. It encompases cursing techniques, medicines, fetishes, familiars, and support style abilities. In particular, Lancer is quite excellent at creating medicines that restore the appearance of youth.
Scholomance takes its name from Solomon, and supposedly has some relation. It centers around a dragon slumbering under a certain Hungarian lake. Supposedly, the Devil would tutor prospective students for a decade. At the completion of the training one individual would be sacrificed- one other would ride the slumbering dragon and determine the worlds weather. As an aside, supposedly Dracula mastered this thaumaturgical system.
Lancer is not particularly skilled and only learned these techniques to restore her beauty. However, Witchcraft is a system that enacts phenomena with your own body. Lancers body is that of a ‘Dragon’, so it has reached the level of something absurd and totally unexpected. She is a direct descendent of the very dragon the thaumaturgy was built around, so her body itself is a suitable ‘Magical Foundation’ for Scholomance. Just by existing, she has reached the pinnacle western Magi wish to imitate by using a Magical Crest.
It is inborn magical talent that cannot be reached no matter one's training, effort or privileged circumstances. Compared to any normal magus, this can and should be called cheating. Just like an Athlete using drugs, she is certainly disqualified.
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Princess of the Lost:C The special charismatic nature and idol-like ability of Lancer. On a face, it appears similar to a mutant version of Charisma. It is an ability that charms those around her, attracting others to her like a magnet.
Though Bathory massacred several hundred girls by many accounts, she did not complete this endeavour alone. Lancer gathered together the dredges of this world- both to assist her various bloody works and to provide the meat to be cut. These ‘Lost Ones’ served her in both capacities until she was eventually caught.
Just by existing, those individuals that have been ‘cast away’ will be pulled toward her. Even from birth she was surrounded by the evils of her utterly insane family. Due to the special circumstances in her legend, this skill will rank up when dealing with women or those of an Evil alignment. Basically, a perfect skill to automatically create a vast and unstoppable ‘fan club”. It has a excellent synergy with her other abilities.
Coincidentally the assistant who suggested(implanted the idea) that the blood of others could revitalize her youth was a Witch with a french accent. Though it is not recorded, their given name was a false one. Elizabeth gained their supposed true name in confidence; ■■■■■■■.
Vérgrófnő Báthory Erzsébet Blood Castle of the Demoness Rank: E Type:Anti-Unit Description: The vanity of Elizabeth Bathory given form, her notion of rejuvenation through the blood(life) of others. It operates off the maxim “Consuming others gives one strength.”, the oldest rule of all lifeforms. The cycle of life is one accentuated by this singular rule. This Noble Phantasm is both that rule and the breaking of it; that is what it means to be ‘Vampire’. Lancer has become her own hellish castle- a walking fortress of blood, life, souls. She has become capable of adding and storing the vitality of others, using the medium of blood. With this Noble Phantasm, she has gained a ‘impeccable’ bodily makeup(or, constitution) beyond human beings. At a face it seems like a skill related to Vampires, but perhaps such a transcendent existence is closer to that of a Dragons.
Fundamentally, a Vampire is a being that requires others to live and this is why they are less than human despite being so much more. But if one is not reliant on others(and exists through their own strength), then they have evolved beyond just being a parasite. This is the notion of the ultimate lifeforms of this planet, the Dragon.
Vitality(acting as temporary hp) and magical energy(acting as temporary energy) stolen may be stored or deployed for her various ends and uses. It is also more than possible to spend what is stored to revitalize herself, as one would expect. With enough stolen life, she could probably repair herself at a rate that exceeds damage taken.
Simply put, the lives and spirits of others are stored and can be made use of on a whim. It is a false sort of eternal life; a kind of conceptual eternal youth that makes use of lesser chattel. She has become her castle, domain, and its lord all in one. In a sense, this is the matured form of Báthory Erzsébet: Fresh Blood Demoness.
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Nagyszeben Sárkány Thundering Draconic Proclamation Rank: A+ Type:Anti-Country Description: This is the truest ability of the matured Elizabeth Bathory- the expression of her Dragon heritage which has been brought out full force under her current conditions. The evolved form of Kilenc Sárkány: Dragon Cry Thundering Voice. It is the ultimate ability of the great weather controlling Dragon of Hungary; that is to say, a Dragon’s Breath. It amplifies sounds and vibrations, and operates as a Breath of the ‘sonic’ type. Through a resonance, the weather can be manipulated. Elizabeth is the descendent of that very Dragon, and this Noble Phantasm amplifies her blood to the utmost limit.
With its true name released, it is an ability that destroys countries with the rage and fury expected of a Dragon. It seems that Lancer thinks that her angst is increasing its power, but this probably(?) isn’t the case. It is a torrent of mana aligned to the sonic element, wiping away anything caught in its path- be it body or mind. Releasing it over a wide area is certainly enough to destroy a country in a storm of absolute destruction. This is an ability that is enhanced by a Dragons superior constitution, so it can become even stronger proportional to the amount of vitality Lancer has stolen.
It can be used in a limited sense, with simple words or a song(screaming). This is the voice of the nobility which rules over their lessers, so a peasant being brought to its knees with but a word is as expected. Since this is the majesty, charisma, and voice of the nobility it can be used in conjunction with Princess of the Lost. Lancers charisma can certainly be amplified by its soothing waves.
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Iron Maiden Princess Phantom-Sealed Isolation Rank:B Type:Barrier Description: The Noble Phantasm, she, Elizabeth Bathory, despises the most. It is her execution(and perhaps life) given form as a defense. Put simply, it is that horrid bricked up room within Cachtice. Like a certain torture device, it was a ‘house arrest’ that isolated the poor soul in a realm of darkness, stripping away connections to the outside world(along with their life). It is a Noble Phantasm that guarantees she will have no peace in this incarnation, slowly isolating her- brick by bloodied brick. It cannot be deactivated under any circumstance.
It is a invisible barrier that does not offer ‘protection’ or ‘defense’, but rather ‘isolation’, ignoring external rules, laws, or effects. If Lancer is a Dragon, it could be called her ‘invincible’ scales. If Lancer is a living castle of blood, then this is her great wall. It operates with an air that is reminiscent of tradition protection, or a special conceptual space. The ultimate ability of Elizabeth Bathory, whose existence could be called ‘cheating’ in the game of humans. A sick parody of a certain greatest defense, it is Lancers mental landscape and life given a genuine form.
It grants its user a passive defense comparable to that of a Dragon, and defense against antagonistic interference can be considered greatly raised. It is a useful ability, but not particularly exceptional by the standards of great defensive Noble Phantasms such as the Armor of Fafnir or Karna’s armor of light.
But merely defending its user is beneath it, and it's true capacity lies in its ability to slowly but surely ‘separate’ its user from this world. After antagonistic interference is used against Lancer, she gains resistance to it. If she were damaged by ice, for example, she would gain “+50 Ice Resistance” after the attack. In the event she sustains damage from an attack, then the vitality for that particular wound must be restored before this takes effect. This ability works against all interference, be they attributes, status effects, conceptual, physical etc. The scale of what is used against her determines the resistance gained; there is a rate of diminishing returns regarding gains from weaker attacks.
The very incarnation of Nobility itself- cruel, merciless, high and mighty, yet utterly devoted. She has the tendency of a perfectionist, and truly puts her all into whatever her job or role may be- be it idol, bureaucrat, or torturer(these overlap in her mind). Lancer is naturally elitist, but also always alone. Her internal feelings of isolation and abandonment have truly condemned her in this summoning, and she could be called ‘trapped’. There is a primal yearning that she must be ‘acknowledged’- fool or not, even if she does not understand the feelings of love she desires. In the moment she attains that love, she would probably realize her crimes and break as Carmilla did. The fact remains that no matter how evil she may seem, she is truly a pure girl who does not know any better. In this form she has matured as a person yet still holds that genuine purity- she is still utterly alien to the likes of her older self.
Lancer is frankly stupid, so there is a certain goodness within her. Even if her role this time is as a ‘Demon Lord’, her inner nature holds her back from becoming something truly, earnestly, terrible. This incarnation could be called more selfish, and indeed, that is why she has styled herself as a ‘Demon Lord’. This selfishness has grown out of the corpse-dream of becoming an idol; her singing is counted as antagonistic interference, so it seems it has become impossible for her. Instead, shes drifted closer to ‘pure noise’- that is to say, metal.
Elizabeth is actually quite proud of her current lance, which is the embodiment of the Bathory family crest. It's a good “Mood Weapon”, is how she would put it.
Though it may appear she was inspired purely by Japan in acting as a ‘Demon Lord’, the initial prompt for this role was from knowledge about a certain kind of corrupted elemental. There is a certain kinship there that Elizabeth does not fully understand, or comprehend. It is best that she never does.
Strength:B Endurance:C Agility: B Magical Energy:A Luck:E
Magic Resistance:A Cancels magecraft A rank and below. Even high-thaumaturgy and contract level magecraft can be fully negated without issue. Attaining such a rank is nearly an impossibility among even servants, but she is infact a mixed blood with a dragon admixture. Having gained the power of a Dragon, magic resistance at this level is as expected.
It is possible to resist even a command seal. Magic resistance is applied at the same time as her defensive Noble Phantasm- she could be called truly uncontrollable. A true ‘Magus Killer’.
Torture Techniques:A Plus modifiers will be added as a damage bonus when using torture tools. In particular, Elizabeth is a master of ‘opening wounds’ regardless of the specific kind. Further, damage is continuously added because of the strengthened bloodshed and agony.
In her case, she would shut the people she captured into iron maidens in order to wring the blood from them, drive them crazy with devices that would remove their fingers or implements that would bind their bodies, and on occasion, she would struck by and follow through with the idea to gnaw and bite off their fingers or arms, the napes of their necks, or nipples. Her cruel deeds are wide-ranging.
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Blood Tithe:- An ability that has evolved beyond mere blood sucking. Ignoring other conditions, damage dealt is returned as both physical and magical vigour. The ultimate rejuvenation ability that the Blood Countess strived for in life(supposedly).
It is the conceptualization of her lifestyle that led to the capital “P” in Pigs when she refers to her lessers. It is the inherent right of the Nobility to be ‘rendered their due’ from those lesser than them. This is something shared between all those ‘greater’ than other lifeforms, a simple fact of life. Just as wheat or gold may be taken from the lesser classes, Elizabeth chose blood instead. Like a great Dragon of folklore abducting various Princess’, she plundered all she desired through natural impulse alone.
Its true extent is deeply intertwined with her Noble Phantasm. It acts as a conceptual ability that shaves away the ‘existence’ and meaning of others. It makes use of the ultimate currency of the soul, blood. This stolen ‘life’ is then stored away in the Noble Phantasm. It is similar yet dissimilar ability to certain eastern half bloods. It is possible that this was a burden inherited from her heritage that she never truly understood. If that is the case, this is not an ability of a Noble or even Vampire, but rather something far more sinister.
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Scholomance: C++ Special variant of Witchcraft(Black Magic) of the Western variety. It encompases cursing techniques, medicines, fetishes, familiars, and support style abilities. In particular, Lancer is quite excellent at creating medicines that restore the appearance of youth.
Scholomance takes its name from Solomon, and supposedly has some relation. It centers around a dragon slumbering under a certain Hungarian lake. Supposedly, the Devil would tutor prospective students for a decade. At the completion of the training one individual would be sacrificed- one other would ride the slumbering dragon and determine the worlds weather. As an aside, supposedly Dracula mastered this thaumaturgical system.
Lancer is not particularly skilled and only learned these techniques to restore her beauty. However, Witchcraft is a system that enacts phenomena with your own body. Lancers body is that of a ‘Dragon’, so it has reached the level of something absurd and totally unexpected. She is a direct descendent of the very dragon the thaumaturgy was built around, so her body itself is a suitable ‘Magical Foundation’ for Scholomance. Just by existing, she has reached the pinnacle western Magi wish to imitate by using a Magical Crest.
It is inborn magical talent that cannot be reached no matter one's training, effort or privileged circumstances. Compared to any normal magus, this can and should be called cheating. Just like an Athlete using drugs, she is certainly disqualified.
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Princess of the Lost:C The special charismatic nature and idol-like ability of Lancer. On a face, it appears similar to a mutant version of Charisma. It is an ability that charms those around her, attracting others to her like a magnet.
Though Bathory massacred several hundred girls by many accounts, she did not complete this endeavour alone. Lancer gathered together the dredges of this world- both to assist her various bloody works and to provide the meat to be cut. These ‘Lost Ones’ served her in both capacities until she was eventually caught.
Just by existing, those individuals that have been ‘cast away’ will be pulled toward her. Even from birth she was surrounded by the evils of her utterly insane family. Due to the special circumstances in her legend, this skill will rank up when dealing with women or those of an Evil alignment. Basically, a perfect skill to automatically create a vast and unstoppable ‘fan club”. It has a excellent synergy with her other abilities.
Coincidentally the assistant who suggested(implanted the idea) that the blood of others could revitalize her youth was a Witch with a french accent. Though it is not recorded, their given name was a false one. Elizabeth gained their supposed true name in confidence; ■■■■■■■.
Vérgrófnő Báthory Erzsébet Blood Castle of the Demoness Rank: E Type:Anti-Unit Description: The vanity of Elizabeth Bathory given form, her notion of rejuvenation through the blood(life) of others. It operates off the maxim “Consuming others gives one strength.”, the oldest rule of all lifeforms. The cycle of life is one accentuated by this singular rule. This Noble Phantasm is both that rule and the breaking of it; that is what it means to be ‘Vampire’. Lancer has become her own hellish castle- a walking fortress of blood, life, souls. She has become capable of adding and storing the vitality of others, using the medium of blood. With this Noble Phantasm, she has gained a ‘impeccable’ bodily makeup(or, constitution) beyond human beings. At a face it seems like a skill related to Vampires, but perhaps such a transcendent existence is closer to that of a Dragons.
Fundamentally, a Vampire is a being that requires others to live and this is why they are less than human despite being so much more. But if one is not reliant on others(and exists through their own strength), then they have evolved beyond just being a parasite. This is the notion of the ultimate lifeforms of this planet, the Dragon.
Vitality(acting as temporary hp) and magical energy(acting as temporary energy) stolen may be stored or deployed for her various ends and uses. It is also more than possible to spend what is stored to revitalize herself, as one would expect. With enough stolen life, she could probably repair herself at a rate that exceeds damage taken.
Simply put, the lives and spirits of others are stored and can be made use of on a whim. It is a false sort of eternal life; a kind of conceptual eternal youth that makes use of lesser chattel. She has become her castle, domain, and its lord all in one. In a sense, this is the matured form of Báthory Erzsébet: Fresh Blood Demoness.
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Nagyszeben Sárkány Thundering Draconic Proclamation Rank: A+ Type:Anti-Country Description: This is the truest ability of the matured Elizabeth Bathory- the expression of her Dragon heritage which has been brought out full force under her current conditions. The evolved form of Kilenc Sárkány: Dragon Cry Thundering Voice. It is the ultimate ability of the great weather controlling Dragon of Hungary; that is to say, a Dragon’s Breath. It amplifies sounds and vibrations, and operates as a Breath of the ‘sonic’ type. Through a resonance, the weather can be manipulated. Elizabeth is the descendent of that very Dragon, and this Noble Phantasm amplifies her blood to the utmost limit.
With its true name released, it is an ability that destroys countries with the rage and fury expected of a Dragon. It seems that Lancer thinks that her angst is increasing its power, but this probably(?) isn’t the case. It is a torrent of mana aligned to the sonic element, wiping away anything caught in its path- be it body or mind. Releasing it over a wide area is certainly enough to destroy a country in a storm of absolute destruction. This is an ability that is enhanced by a Dragons superior constitution, so it can become even stronger proportional to the amount of vitality Lancer has stolen.
It can be used in a limited sense, with simple words or a song(screaming). This is the voice of the nobility which rules over their lessers, so a peasant being brought to its knees with but a word is as expected. Since this is the majesty, charisma, and voice of the nobility it can be used in conjunction with Princess of the Lost. Lancers charisma can certainly be amplified by its soothing waves.
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Iron Maiden Princess Phantom-Sealed Isolation Rank:B Type:Barrier Description: The Noble Phantasm, she, Elizabeth Bathory, despises the most. It is her execution(and perhaps life) given form as a defense. Put simply, it is that horrid bricked up room within Cachtice. Like a certain torture device, it was a ‘house arrest’ that isolated the poor soul in a realm of darkness, stripping away connections to the outside world(along with their life). It is a Noble Phantasm that guarantees she will have no peace in this incarnation, slowly isolating her- brick by bloodied brick. It cannot be deactivated under any circumstance.
It is a invisible barrier that does not offer ‘protection’ or ‘defense’, but rather ‘isolation’, ignoring external rules, laws, or effects. If Lancer is a Dragon, it could be called her ‘invincible’ scales. If Lancer is a living castle of blood, then this is her great wall. It operates with an air that is reminiscent of tradition protection, or a special conceptual space. The ultimate ability of Elizabeth Bathory, whose existence could be called ‘cheating’ in the game of humans. A sick parody of a certain greatest defense, it is Lancers mental landscape and life given a genuine form.
It grants its user a passive defense comparable to that of a Dragon, and defense against antagonistic interference can be considered greatly raised. It is a useful ability, but not particularly exceptional by the standards of great defensive Noble Phantasms such as the Armor of Fafnir or Karna’s armor of light.
But merely defending its user is beneath it, and it's true capacity lies in its ability to slowly but surely ‘separate’ its user from this world. After antagonistic interference is used against Lancer, she gains resistance to it. If she were damaged by ice, for example, she would gain “+50 Ice Resistance” after the attack. In the event she sustains damage from an attack, then the vitality for that particular wound must be restored before this takes effect. This ability works against all interference, be they attributes, status effects, conceptual, physical etc. The scale of what is used against her determines the resistance gained; there is a rate of diminishing returns regarding gains from weaker attacks.
The very incarnation of Nobility itself- cruel, merciless, high and mighty, yet utterly devoted. She has the tendency of a perfectionist, and truly puts her all into whatever her job or role may be- be it idol, bureaucrat, or torturer(these overlap in her mind). Lancer is naturally elitist, but also always alone. Her internal feelings of isolation and abandonment have truly condemned her in this summoning, and she could be called ‘trapped’. There is a primal yearning that she must be ‘acknowledged’- fool or not, even if she does not understand the feelings of love she desires. In the moment she attains that love, she would probably realize her crimes and break as Carmilla did. The fact remains that no matter how evil she may seem, she is truly a pure girl who does not know any better. In this form she has matured as a person yet still holds that genuine purity- she is still utterly alien to the likes of her older self.
Lancer is frankly stupid, so there is a certain goodness within her. Even if her role this time is as a ‘Demon Lord’, her inner nature holds her back from becoming something truly, earnestly, terrible. This incarnation could be called more selfish, and indeed, that is why she has styled herself as a ‘Demon Lord’. This selfishness has grown out of the corpse-dream of becoming an idol; her singing is counted as antagonistic interference, so it seems it has become impossible for her. Instead, shes drifted closer to ‘pure noise’- that is to say, metal.
Elizabeth is actually quite proud of her current lance, which is the embodiment of the Bathory family crest. It's a good “Mood Weapon”, is how she would put it.
Though it may appear she was inspired purely by Japan in acting as a ‘Demon Lord’, the initial prompt for this role was from knowledge about a certain kind of corrupted elemental. There is a certain kinship there that Elizabeth does not fully understand, or comprehend. It is best that she never does.
