Gummy1295

Persona: Forget the Night

Is there still an open space? I'd LOVE to join.

Fate/Vacuous Radiance

@Over Illusion @ADamnFiddle

I understand the issue revolving Longinus and his Excalibur-ranked Holy Spear. I'm submitting a third attempt for the spot of Lancer of Blue, since I'm pretty sure you have no intentions of accepting my latest Servant application. When I'm done with the character sheet for this guy, I'll edit it into this post.

SPOILER ALERT: I'll be submitting a sheet for Don Quixote... As a Lancer, not a Rider.

See you in a few!

EDIT: Here it is. Let me know if I missed anything.

Don Quixote

Name: Alonso Quixano (Don Quixote)

Class: Lancer

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Appearance:

Weapon: La Mancha Spear ~ This is just a rusty spear. Under the effects of his Noble Phantasm, it can transform into an enchanted spear with enhanced durability, making it practically indestructible and increasing its damage by 30 points.

Personality:

Don Quixote is almost completely insane, but he is actually capable of backing up his strange manner of viewing the world with solid arguments. Even if anyone were to argue with him regarding his delusions, claiming that the knights in the stories that literally drove him crazy were all but non-existent legends, he would try to explain the concept as vehemently as possible to the point when the other person either gives up due to frustration or loses sight of reality trying to comprehend his line of argument. Below his madness, however, lies a sense of sentimentality and nobility that takes form when he's not busy crashing his reality against that of the rest of the world.

History:

Don Quixote, born Alonso Quijano, was once a bored noble from the La Mancha region of Spain with enough money to last him the rest of his life, and bookshelves full of knightly romances. He bore an unnatural attachment to books of this genre, and eventually he read so many of these stories that he went nigh-insane, believing firmly that he was a knight-errant in a world without chivalry.

Together with his faithful sidekick and "squire" Sancho Panza and his noble steed, an old barn nag named Rocinante, the three go out on misadventures all around the country of Spain searching for fame, glory, and the heart of the love of his life, a "princess" he calls "Dulcinea del Toboso."

Parameters:

STR: C
CON: D
AGI: D
MGI: D
LCK: A

Class Skills:

Magic Resistance (D) - Standard for the Lancer class.

Personal Skills:

Mental Pollution (A) - Due to Lancer having gone mad after reading too many knightly romances, his mental processes have been distorted significantly. At this rank, his chances of being affected by mental interference magecraft are very low. Also, Lancer's logic is impossible to comprehend to anyone not possessing equal or higher ranks of Mental Pollution (Unless a Command Spell is used, of course.)

Eye for Art (C) - Having spent so much time engrossed in reading knightly romances, Lancer has a chance of figuring out the true name of a given Noble Phantasm without witnessing it being used. This all applies only if said Noble Phantasm belongs to a knight (as in the case of Noble Phantasms like Excalibur, Durendal, Rhon... etc.), and hasn't been forged after the publication of the first edition of the literary piece he was summoned from, in 1605.

Unyielding Will (A) - Throughout his many misadventures, many people from all shapes and sizes had tried and failed to wake Lancer from his knightly delusions. Even when actual knights and nobles assaulted him or tried to take advantage of him, his resolve was firm. At Rank A, Lancer possesses resistance against physical and mental damage. However, said resistance will not hold against attacks that aim at beguiling others - such as illusions. For example, while there is resistance against damage from "falling into a pit trap", no resistance will be in place regarding "making a pit trap appear as solid ground with an illusion.

Noble Phantasm:

Spearheading the Renaissance** ~ La Mancha Spear

Rank: B+
Type: Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm
Range: 1-20
Maximum Number of Targets: 30

Description: Lancer's spear glows a bright blue, granting him a temporary 1-rank boost to all of his parameters until his mana drops to 0 (Applying C-ranked MGI) When the spear is tossed, it adopts the property of being able to calculate damage to any territory or structure created out of mana alone* (Temples, Workshops, structures created by Noble Phantasms...) as if Lancer's Strength were of rank A+. Additionally, while this Noble Phantasm is activated, he cannot be harmed by any attacks from Knight Servants**.

*This effect hails from the aforementioned windmill scene. I removed the idea of fighting giants because the skill is rather useless in this case, but I figured that if it's useless to slay giants, then he can destroy buildings instead.

**I wanted to note that Don Quixote de La Mancha is considered to be the first novel of the European Renaissance, forged by the mind of Miguel de Cervantes as a satire/mockery of culture in the Middle Ages, with Quixote himself becoming a parody of the concepts of chivalry and nobility that defined previous literary pieces... essentially, Quixote's very existence is an assault on the knights' honor.

@Gummy1295
Alrighty. Apologies for the snags you've been running into during the process.

@Over Illusion

Don't mention it. A huge part of it is my fault for doggedly insisting on writing sheets for a particular class, anyway ^^;

Hikari Academy

Tiina Bouquet

Location: Great Hall
Time: Morning
Interacting with: @Cerces22 ~ Circe

Tiina had never been so conscious of her height before. Even for a 14 year old, she was already rather petite in stature. As she stood facing the stairs that led to the front door, she started getting second thoughts. "I know I earned this early admission into the Academy, but..." She muttered to herself. "Do I really belong here?"

There were still only a handful of students within the premises. Noticing the lack of activity amongst her peers, she rolled up her sleeve a bit and checked the time on her wristwatch. "I'm an hour early..." she tells herself. "I should look for an itinerary for now." It was then that she noticed a bulletin board at the base of the rightmost stairway with many papers stapled to it. Upon further inspection, she noticed that many of these papers were promoting various extracurricular organizations and clubs. She skimmed through most of them, but she found nothing that caught her eye too much. "I was never really much of a club person, anyway..." she sighed

She found the schedule for the orientation among all these flyers and brochures. "Okay, I'm supposed to be at the Great Hall in the second floor for the orientation..." She takes a moment to check her wristwatch again. "...51 minutes from now. I suppose I should head up there right now regardless, though. It's not like I have anything better to do." She shrugged and headed up the staircase to the second floor.

On her way up, Tiina notices a tall, pale man with a portable gaming console in his hands. She immediately recognized what game he was playing by the familiar chiptune coming out of the system's tiny speakers. As she passed beside the man, he doesn't even glance in her direction. "I've never seen anyone so immersed in a game of Pocket Monsters..." She mumbled under her breath, a tiny smile curling up her rosey cheeks. "I hope everyone here is strange and quirky like that."

Shortly after making it to the second floor, Tiina's half-elven ears picked up another familiar noise—the crash of steel on steel. Worried, she rushed over to one of the windows, only to find the combat arena on the floor below hers. Two people were sparring inside, one being a human boy and the other being a tall, well-dressed, vampiric-looking professor, with Tiina herself being the only spectator that she knew of. After a few seconds spent analyzing the battle, Tiina pouted. "This is barely a fight," was her conclusion. "The boy's clunky and rigid fighting style doesn't demonstrate beyond the basic understanding of swordplay..." She let out a sigh of disappointment. "I feel for the professor. You can tell he's trying his hardest not to erase the boy from existence."

She remained spectating the sparring session until the two decided to stop about 20 minutes later. "You are stronger than the last time we met, but you are still weak," the professor declared in a rather blunt fashion. "Come again." With that, the student bowed to his superior and walked away, looking almost as disappointed as Tiina. Just as she started turning away, she noticed someone else enter the arena: a much better-built young man with a heavy-looking gauntlet on one of his hands. Tiina cocked an eyebrow. "This looks like it's starting to get interesting."

Just as she was getting comfortable, her trained elven ears started picking up a loud commotion getting gradually closer. When she turned her head, she found the professor, the one she'd noticed playing Pocket Monsters just before, leading an enormous crowd of students up the stairs "Is it really that time already!?" she exclaimed, frantically rolling up her sleeve. Indeed, it was time to meet up in the Grand Hall.

The professor flamboyantly opened the door using a familiar, letting the army of students to spillinside, dragging poor Tiina into the Hall. Within seconds, most of the seats in the back were occupied. Eventually, she found an available seat around the middle of the Hall, next to a roughly-dressed red haired girl with a disgruntled face. "Excuse me, sorry! Coming through!" She squeezed through half of the row until she reached the seat she was looking for. She turned to face her neighbor, asking her in a nervous tone:

"E-excuse me... Is this seat taken?"

Fate/Vacuous Radiance

@Cojemo

Funny story, I submitted Longinus for the Lancer class but I originally intended on placing Hector of Troy in the Lancer of Blue spot instead. I decided against it, since we already have Achilles as a Servant and I want to help keep the Servant pool nice and diverse, with Heroic Spirits that hail from all around the world...

...That being said, I would totally revert to Hector if you polish up Paris.

...not really. cool idea tho

Fate/Vacuous Radiance

True Ether isn't an element, it's just a type of magical energy. If you're giving additional damage then I'll need a metric. I'd also appreciate justification for why it's stronger against Evil-Aligned.

Longinus is viewed as in the same light as Rhongomyniad according to the latter's sheet, so I personally wouldn't have any issue with placing it on the level of Rhon. Of course, prana cost would scale with that as well. Best to check if Fiddle has any objection to that himself, though.

@Over Illusion

Rhon is ranked at A++, according to the wiki, so I'll take the risk of giving it the same ranking as a tentative. If Fiddle thinks it's too strong, I'll edit the post accordingly.

Also, I'll erase any mention of the bonus damage. I was under the assumption that this buff is standard for holy figures such as the Saints.

With that said, any other observations?

Fate/Vacuous Radiance

@Over Illusion

]1. I'll change it right away.

2. I originally meant the skill to use True Ether-elemental damage, but even though it's been tainted with the blood of Jesus Christ, I think it would make his Noble Phantasm far too strong for the Master or the Servant to handle. I'm keeping the long-range, Excalibur-ish beam of light, but I'm a lot more comfortable changing the element of the Noble Phantasm's attack to Fire, with bonus damage to Evil-alignment Servants.

3. That's workable. I'll get it done right now, as well.

4. I think I'll need to ask permission before increasing this NP's rank to anything above B. The Holy Lance is indeed a relevant artifact in Modern Christianity, but would it be fair to raise it to a rank rivaling or nearing that of Excalibur? Or would that be too powerful for this iteration of the Holy Grail War?

Hikari Academy

Lemme know if you're still running low on characters. I'm down for submitting another character application if you need one or two more. ^^

Fate/Vacuous Radiance

Decided to drop Agüeybana and replacing her with a newer, more well-known Servant of the same class.

So, let's make this Swift and deadly. Presenting another Rule 63'd warrior who fights with a pointy stick: Meet Longinus, better known as that one "guy" who pierced Jesus Christ's waist with his Lance to make sure he was dead.

Longinus

True Name: Longinus
Class: Lancer
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Appearance:



Parameters:

STR: C
CON: C
AGI: B
MGI: E
LCK: E

Bio: In most interpretations of the Christian Bible, Longinus is the name of the Roman centurion soldier who pierced the waist of Jesus Christ during his crucifixion, causing the last of the Five Holy Wounds on Jesus's body. After the events following the death of Christ, Longinus converted to Christianity and was eventually canonized as a Saint by the Vatican many years after his death.

Class Skills:

Magic Resistance: B ~ While Lancer-Class Servants don't usually sport a rank higher than C in this skill, Lancer's direct involvement with the son of God justifies a boost in this skill. At this level, Lancer is completely resistant to most types of modern Magecraft, bar spells at the level of High Thaumaturgy.

Personal Skills:

Saint: A ~ Lancer's acceptance into the Vatican's catalog of saints grants her a random buff when she is summoned. In the case of the incarnation of Lancer summoned in the Fifth Holy Grail War, the buff chosen is "1 Rank Up to Charisma." Other possible outcomes that could have come out are "Constant HP Recovery", "Production of Holy Shrouds", and "Raising the effects of Sacraments".

Charisma: B ~ While a B rank in Charisma is usually reserved for kings, queens, emperors, etc, the skill's rank was increased upon being summoned due to the effects of her Saint skill. Her original rank in this skill is C.

Noble Phantasm:

Name: Spear of Destiny ~ Lancea Longini
Rank: A++
Type: Anti-Army
Range: 1-50
Maximum number of targets: 1-99

A spear tainted with the blood of Christ. The spear's true power manifests itself as a beam of Fire-elemental energy that emerges from the spear's head and travels in a straight line in the direction it was thrust, causing Fire-elemental damage to any opponent that comes into contact with it.

So, how about it?

Hikari Academy

Tiina Bouquet

Appearance:



Name: Tiina Cecilia Bouquet

Title: N/A

Age: 14

Species: Half-Elf, Half-Human

Abilities:

Photographic Memory - Tiina possesses the rare ability of retaining a vivid recollection of whatever idea that she believes to be worth remembering, down to the finest of details. Through the application of this skill, Tiina is technically capable of storing information on any theory discussed in any class, but regardless, she still decides to take notes in class and study like any other student, claiming that the last thing she wants is to become the center of attention amongst her peers. However, she often puts this skill to good use in battle, allowing her to catalog crucial details about her foes such as their weaknesses and attack patterns all in her head.

Advanced Forethought - While Tiina is unable to actually see the future through clairvoyance like a fortune teller, she can handle analyzing various hypothetical scenarios several steps ahead of time. With the right data, she becomes a peerless strategist, capable of using her predictions to take on and defeat foes far stronger and far faster than her.

Fluency in Various tongues - Tiina has mastered reading and writing in over 30 human languages and many variations of elven tongues. She has some trouble reading scriptures written in ancient and dead tongues, and can barely understand non-verbal languages, such as sign language and body language.

Enhanced Hearing - While Tiina has more acute hearing than most other students, she sometimes has to put on a pair of headphones during class because the constant sound of chalk clacking against the chalkboard causes her headaches.

Skills: Tiina is quite clumsy and her skills at sewing, tying her own shoelaces, eating with chopsticks, and many other activities that require fine motor skills. Despite this, however, she is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to competitive video games, particularly those of the 2D Fighting genre. Also, being half-elf, Tiina is a natural at archery.

Inventory:

Glasses - Tiina doesn't really need them, as she can see perfectly without them. She just wears them because she thinks they fit well with the image she's trying to portray to her classmates.

Sample Post:

Sample Post

I don't really have much to do in my spare time, so I tend to coop inside the chilly air-conditioned library, reading as many novels I can get my hands on until the sun drops. Right now, I'm reading a novel about an old man who's read so many stories of knightly romance that he went crazy and traveled the country aimlessly under the delusion that he's an actual knight! It's a really good read, and according to the librarian, the book represents a very important advance in the literary world at the time.

I let out a loud sigh and slump down in my chair. "It's no use," I tell myself, closing the book with an audible thud. "I am so not in the mood today." Without speaking a word, I placed the novel back to the section I had removed it from and somberly walk out of the library with my head hanging low.

I am assaulted by negative thoughts as soon as I step out. I pull out my cellphone and plug my pink earbuds into it. "I need some tunes," I conclude before shuffling my playlist.

As I aimlessly stroll around the campus, I stumble upon the bulletin board with dozens of requests from all over the land. I stop and skim through these requests until I find one that catches my eye. "Recruiting able-bodied students to find and slay a rogue dragon." A playful smirk creeps onto my face as I pull out a pen and write down my name on the last empty spot on the sheet.

"A dragon, huh?" I ask. "I hope this is as entertaining as it sounds..."

Fate/Vacuous Radiance

@Over Illusion

If you're looking for some historical explanations for Agüeybana's Noble Phantasm, I've come up with a few.

Defense Nullifying Effect ~ The original Taino tribe would go into battle wearing little to no clothing or armor. Just like the description of the Noble Phantasm states, the spear would be able to even out the disadvantage by ignoring the opponent's armor... As if they were riding into battle bollock naked.

Explosive Throwing Spear ~ Fun fact: The English word "hurricane" comes from the name of the Taino deity of storms, Juracán. You can see where this is going already. Instead of a rapid release of concentrated mana, a large Wind-elemental shock wave or a cyclone could be materialized instead.

(Lemme know if you're buying this shit.)