Name: John Dee
Title(s): The Queen's Adviser, Voice of the Angels
Class: Caster
Gender: Male
Attribute: Man
Era: Age of Man; 1527-1609
Alignment: Lawful Good
Personality: In life a pious man, John revels in living in god's creation and likes to carefully observe his surroundings. Upon receiving the Grail he would like to wish for 'a world where his vision of the path to the Root was the one true path' that path being the unity of all of humanity under God.
Character Objectives: Being brought back in the modern era John wishes to continue his work and finish deciphering the Book of Soyga. He's curious about the advancements in both magic and science humanity has made and wants to add that knowledge to his already extensive library.
Bio: A prodigy of the sciences and a devotee to God, John Dee was an occultist, magus and mathematician who served as Queen Elizabeth I's adviser during the Elizabethan era. An avid book collector, he amassed the largest library in England at the time and came into be possession of several powerful magical texts, including the Book of Soyga. Collaborating with the scryer and alchemist, Edward Kelly, he claimed to have rediscovered the language of angels in hopes of finding the universal language of creation that would unite humanity before the end times. He claimed to have communed with the Archangel Uriel and asked it about the nature of the Book of Soyga. Uriel revealed that the book had been given to Adam in Paradise and could only be fully understood by the Archangel Michael. In truth, however, Dee had a hard time distinguishing angels from demons, and so became an accidental demonologist who was easily deceived and lead astray.
His more 'fantastical' exploits should not overshadow his mundane ones. The man was a genius and the leading expert of navigation in his time leading to the European Age of Discovery. He even coined the term 'British Empire'.
Weapon: Uses a variety of Mystic Codes. Within his possession is a Speculum; a black, polished mirror of Meso-American origin that he uses to amplify his magecraft, the 'Seal of God'; a large shew-stone he used for scrying, and a golden amulet of protection given to him by Kelly.
Parameters:
Strength: E
Endurance: D
Agility: D
Mana: A
Luck: B
Class Skills:
*Item Construction (B): The skill to manufacture magical items. Studied alchemy and worked with a renowned alchemist for many years. Also know for creating and possessing a variety of magical objects and text.
*Territory Creation (B): The skill to build a special terrain that is advantageous to oneself as a magus. At this rank a workshop can be created. He has a choice of recreating his personal library or the workshop shared by himself and Edward Kelly.
Personal Skills:
*Natural Born Genius (A): A skill that shows one who has unparalleled natural knowledge. Allows the use of most Skills, excluding those inherent to the body (such as Divinity) or ones unique to particular heroes, at proficiency of A~B Rank. Was a polymath in life, made breakthroughs in navigation that directly lead to the colonisation of the new world, surmised that the universe could be expressed mathematically
*Enochian Magic (EX): A skill that shows ones ability to understand the Enochian language, and in doing so perform ceremonies to evoke and command spirits. Through this, the creation of and communication with angels and/or demons becomes realised. This was a system of magic that John invented alongside his partner Kelly during the angelic conversations, so his rank in it is EX since it's his foundation.
*Innocent Monster (Prospero) (C): An attribute possessed by Servants whose true history and existence have been distorted by monstrous reputations and gossips they accrued across the course of their life and thereafter, without concern for the actual person's will or appearance. Due to the reputation he gained later in life with his growing obsession with the occult, this John Dee has appeared as the dark mystic most people characterise him as rather than the pious man of God and scientist he was throughout most of his life. He has take on a resemblance to the manipulative, anti-theistic sorcerer from Shakespeare's The Tempest, Prospero.
Noble Phantasm(s):
Noble Phantasm(s):
PHANTASM NAME: The Lost Library - Every Work On Heaven And Earth
TYPE: Anti-Ignorance
RANK: E~A++
Range: Self
Max. Targets: N/A
DESCRIPTION: Knowledge is power. If that is true, than the library of John Dee is no less the accumulated knowledge of all the occult practices in the world. It holds not swords, but rather occult tomes collected during his lifetime. Books in his collection include such works as the Book of Soyga, Prelati's Spellbook, the Voynich manuscript, and a complete translation of the Necronomicon and even the lost works of Shakespeare. Many books of lesser quality and renown also exist within.
After going on a trip, Dee's library was raided by local mystics. But it didn't take long for him to rebuild the library to greater glory. This is because it's not a typical library in the idea of merely holding knowledge. But instead is autonomous in nature. It collects and preserves knowledge, and even despite Dee's passing it is still active. Its place of residence is truly unknown, but some claim that Dee's travels allowed him to breach the Reverse side of the world, where he then hid his true library.
[Effect]: It is a library that contains within it scholarly texts on virtually every magical practice in the World. A representation of what was at one point the biggest repository of magical knowledge, within it are several texts on virtually all forms of magecraft as well as some legendary books that could be Noble Phantasms in their own right. Though he has little interest in demons, it is a result of his skill 'Innocent Monster' that he cannot tell the difference between angel or demon, so he will interpret any being summoned or created by him as an 'angel', no matter how grotesque. Dee is able to access his library by holding out a hand, and then pulling it back to himself, simulating the motion of pulling a book from a shelf. The books can be dismissed and returned to the library at any point and if any of them sustain any damage, that damage would be repaired and any lost knowledge would be restored upon returning the book to the library. The only method to permanently destroy the library and the knowledge within would be for John to renounce his magic and drown his books. Such a loss would cause a chain reaction and have a devastating effect on the World...
Noble Phantasm(s):
PHANTASM NAME: The Lost Library - Every Work On Heaven And Earth
TYPE: Anti-Ignorance
RANK: E~A++
Range: Self
Max. Targets: N/A
DESCRIPTION: Knowledge is power. If that is true, than the library of John Dee is no less the accumulated knowledge of all the occult practices in the world. It holds not swords, but rather occult tomes collected during his lifetime. Books in his collection include such works as the Book of Soyga, Prelati's Spellbook, the Voynich manuscript, and a complete translation of the Necronomicon and even the lost works of Shakespeare. Many books of lesser quality and renown also exist within.
After going on a trip, Dee's library was raided by local mystics. But it didn't take long for him to rebuild the library to greater glory. This is because it's not a typical library in the idea of merely holding knowledge. But instead is autonomous in nature. It collects and preserves knowledge, and even despite Dee's passing it is still active. Its place of residence is truly unknown, but some claim that Dee's travels allowed him to breach the Reverse side of the world, where he then hid his true library.
[Effect]: It is a library that contains within it scholarly texts on virtually every magical practice in the World. A representation of what was at one point the biggest repository of magical knowledge, within it are several texts on virtually all forms of magecraft as well as some legendary books that could be Noble Phantasms in their own right. Though he has little interest in demons, it is a result of his skill 'Innocent Monster' that he cannot tell the difference between angel or demon, so he will interpret any being summoned or created by him as an 'angel', no matter how grotesque. Dee is able to access his library by holding out a hand, and then pulling it back to himself, simulating the motion of pulling a book from a shelf. The books can be dismissed and returned to the library at any point and if any of them sustain any damage, that damage would be repaired and any lost knowledge would be restored upon returning the book to the library. The only method to permanently destroy the library and the knowledge within would be for John to renounce his magic and drown his books. Such a loss would cause a chain reaction and have a devastating effect on the World...