Reflection

Fate/Profane Covenant

Pythagoras
Temple Entrance, Ryuudou Temple, Mount Enzo
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Ryuudou Temple... It was perhaps the most perfect place for a master and their servant to make camp. It had access to the wellspring of a leyline that was primarily unowned by the Three Main Houses who governed the war, and while difficult to defend, it was easier to defend than other options. At least the monks who owned the temple would be allies to keep unwanted guests away from the temple. But...

Oh, so many thoughts. So many feelings. But Pythagoras had long ago learned to control them. As such, the task of categorizing, shuffling, ordering, and putting expressions and doubts into their proper locations within her mind were easy? Was her master disappointed with her summoning? Filed under 'Needless doubt.' Even if Pythagoras was not what her master wanted, she was still an Archer class servant, and more than capable of fulfilling her master's wishes.
Was she bored that she was sitting on the top of the temple's main entrance, watching others go about their day from a distance? A little, but that was because she wanted to feel that emotion, at least for the moment. It would keep her in anticipation for the war to come.

Oh right, she was sitting on top of the temple entrance. One leg crossed over the other, and spying out into the city. She could see the whole of the town, estimating every possible route the citizens were taking as they moved about their days. One was about to hit their bike against a car. They thought they could slow down enough in time bu- CRASH! There it was. Tsk tsk. If only Pythagoras had been there to warn him in advance.

"I calculated in advance that you would want warning ahead of time if another master or servant desired to claim the temple for themselves." Pythagoras communicated. "The temple is desirable, and there are many who cannot control their desires. Nor are there not many who could make good use out of the temple. It is why it is the perfect location for us to operate from. Those that cannot own it, will attempt to bargain." Or attack... Attacking was always a threat.

"I shall just have to snipe anybody who I calculate is approaching. That'll be fun. Calculating." The way her mental voice caressed the word 'calculating' was almost sensual.

Kai Chu
Harbor District, Warehouse
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The morning sun rising over the ocean. The morning reds and blues cascaded across the waves, but Kai Chu did not watch them. No, she was busy. She had managed to convince a local merchant to allow her free and complete access to his warehouse for a period of time. Mind you, the warehouse was mostly unused, due to its typical supplies being out of season.

That meant it was mostly empty, and thus free for Kai Chu to move in and transform it into her workshop. Several puppets moved alongside her, dressed as sailors to throw off the eyes or anybody who might have left their familiars out early. Kai Chu oversaw the moving of boxes, calendars, and the various other materials that would make up the modern workshop of a puppet crafter. Unfortunately, she knew it would be difficult to make the most use out of it. After all, a puppet master took time to create even one puppet, that most mages might not even have to worry about if they were just using corpses.

Thankfully, she had brought unused wood, just in case she needed to craft something specialized.

"Rider, what do you think of my works?" Kai Chu asked, barely able to hide the pride she took in each individual grain of wood that made up her creations. How they moved with such human-like precision that one would never guess they were puppets from a distance. "I understand this is probably the closest you and your family have ever come to Japan's beaches. You were all swept away by the Kamikaze twice, weren't you?" She said, almost jokingly. Just to see how her servant's humor might stand up.

Fate/Profane Covenant

Character is still in WIP, but figured it would be best to keep people up to date on the progress. Probably get some stuff simplified or cut to make the character concept flow better.

Life in Wood

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Name: Kāi Chū

Titles: Maiden with the Wooden Heart

Sex: Female

Alignment: Lawful Neutral
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History: Long ago, the Kāi family served a mystics for the usurper of China, Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo was a tyrant. A cruel man, and the Kāi family's documents say little on the matter of how or why they served under him. Know only that this was a choice made from cowardice.
So too was the choice made to serve under Dong Zhuo's killer, a man known as Lu Bu. There, is equally little documentation of why, or how they came to serve under Lu Bu, though family members believe the choice was made due to encouragement from Chen Gong, Lu Bu's primary advisor. Having mystics to help out in guiding his actions would have been a boon, if Lu Bu had actually ever listened to his advisors.

While the reasons may be gone, the Kāi family saw Lu Bu as a mystical force. Impressed by his and Chen Gong's ambitions, they sought to understand, and perhaps reach a similar lofty goal alongside Chen Gong. So that Lu Bu might be reborn as a war god. Unfortunately, Lu Bu's death did not allow for this, and despite many attempts the Kāi family was unable to acquire his body from the capital of Xu.

Instead, they retreated from society. Wandering off into Northern Wei, where they offered their services to Cao Cao but in truth were more interested in the security his empire offered over that of the rising Shu and Wu factions. There, they began to create a garden. Taking the bodies of soldiers who died in the ongoing war of the three kingdoms, they sought out valuable corpses to plant underneath their gardens. Using divination and geomancy, they would let these trees grow for a hundred years, and then carve free the soul of the soldier into a new, puppet body.

Detached from society as they had become, they avoided the main troubles of several dynasties to follow, and in time would serve as on and off again mystics in council to kings. Regardless, stories began to form a garden filled with silver and white plants. Where men and women would travel, and then be overcome by a crushing sadness. They would go into the garden, and end their lives. Some whispered that they would see their great grandfather, who had gone missing one day walking through town on errands for the Kāis.

Kai Chu is the latest member of that family, born in the fallout of the second world war, she grew to see the the rising pressure of these... Grail wars. Remaining detached from it all though, she merely watched, and stayed with her family. Focused on the task of tending to the garden and perfecting the family's craft. Even then...

She felt there was something missing. A frustration growing as she approached her eighth birthday. What was missing? Ah yes... Despite the centuries of work, the family had yet to complete the ambition they had set for themselves. Perhaps... there was a chance a different approach might work.

Personality: The Kai family are not royals, but one might mistake them for such. They have remained deep in their homeland, and have relied on their puppets as an army of servants to serve under their every whim. They are royals in all but name, and they act like it. Simply how one lives when you have those who serve under you like eternal servants who do not question your will.
Kai Chu is no different. She has lived her life living, breathing, and working on wood as a regal task, and takes great pride in it. She adores the time and effort that goes into 'real art' and looks down upon other forms of creation as inferior artistry. In that case... There is nothing she hates more than homonculi.
Disgusting, filthy, lazy constructs pretending to be human. They are devoid of true artistic merit, as mass produced false objects.

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Magecraft

Quality of Circuits: B
Quantity of Circuits: B

Elemental Affinity: Water, Wood

Attribute: Nurture
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Magecraft:
- General Magecraft

- Puppet Craft: The creation, carving, molding, and training of puppets is one of mankind's oldest magics. Since the days of old, they have attempted to create the image of man from stone and wood. Even the gods are said to have created mankind from clay, and the legends of Enkidu and Gilgamesh still carry to this day. As such, mankind's desire to create its own eternal image in wood is the ultimate core of their existence. To leave something truly great behind.
This is true of Chu, who has spent countless years practicing her craft. On certain days of the year, she will plant the body of a dead man beneath the soil. Years later, a tree shall grow from that spot, carrying with it the memories and skills of the deceased. The puppet must then be carved in a single day and night, in order to create a replication of the one who once lived.
As such, while each puppet reeks of the highest quality of mystery, each is a generation of prep time, work, and patience. Their value is beyond measure to most mages.

- Geomancy: A method of divination that interprets markings on the ground or the patterns formed by tossed handfuls of soil, rocks, or sand. In this case, it has been slightly adjusted to focus on the grooves of tree bark and branches to find the "form of the soul within the wood." This method brings the ideal form out of the wood, and allows for specific roles to be emphasized. Thus creating puppets that exhibit the true strength of the soul within.

- Yuanhai Ziping: Balanced with Geomancy, it is another form of divination utilized by the Kāi family. The method involves manipulation of the Four Pillars, each consisting of the two Chinese characters for the date and time of a person's birth. By combining this with the family's alchemy and botany, it is possible to create circumstances that allow for the creation of puppets that are idealized to their peak form.

- Alchemy: The potion of immortality was made using mercury. It is mercury that Chū uses to nurture the trees within her garden. Under this circumstance, the mercury helps create a pathway from the body buried under the tree, through the root system, and into the form of the tree itself. This mercury becomes the cage of the soul, helping to tighten the hold it has upon the construction of the tree, and giving each tree a unique white wood. Alluding to the name "The garden of ghosts."
Even outside of this usage, Chū is an accomplished alchemist who concocts various poisons and medicines to give to guests.
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Mystic Codes:

Mystic Codes

- Four Auspicious Beasts (Azure Dragon/ Vermilion Bird/ White Tiger/ Black Tortoise):
There are four mythological creatures appearing among the Chinese constellations along the ecliptic, and viewed as the guardians of the four cardinal directions. They are the Dragon, Bird, Tiger, and Tortoise. At the center is the Yellow Dragon, the Emperor.
Chū has constructed four puppet limbs, using the corpses of each of these animals in her garden. These four trees grew for a hundred years, and carved during the seasons under the most exact conditions. As such, they are united, separate, and bound forever to the Yellow Dragon at their center. That dragon is Chū.
Each of these limbs is capable of acting under their own will, but all four work in complete unison as if they are a single entity but each with its own senses. Like the heads of a hydra.
With these limbs, it is possible for Chū to carve a puppet in a single day, a task that is so labor intensive that many consider it nearly impossible.

- Puppets (Elite): (20)
Constructed from the bodies of the emperor's elites. The Chinese emperor, of the Han Dynasty. Soldiers who fought for the emperors, all bound eternally to serve under Chū, who while wearing the Four Auspicious Beasts, is the Yellow Dragon (Emperor).
While there are over a hundred puppets created by the Kāi family over centuries, Chū has brought only twenty with her to the war, with the intent to have more shipped in from her homeland if the situation becomes too unstable.
Their skills vary from spears, to swords, to bow and arrow, and even to horseback riding. They are they elite though, and there is plenty of overlap in what skills they have mastered, though some are more specialized than others.
In several test runs, the puppets have a 100% win rate in battle against trained mercenaries of the modern era.

- Puppets (Inferior): (50)
For some reason or another, whether the soul doesn't set properly, or the dates don't line up properly, not every puppet is perfect. In truth, for just about every perfect success, there is a likelihood of one or two failures to come before.
While inferior to the Elites, they are still quite capable of following simple, pre-programmed actions and tactics. They follow after the elites, acting as guards or general soldiers. It is not unexpected to see an elite leading a squad of at least five or so of these inferior units.

- Weaponry:
There isn't really a single weapon, but rather a collection of weapons. Weapons forged by a metalsmith, who has sequestered himself away in a cave from all society for the last thousand years. Or so the stories say. Chū doubts he's that old, but he clearly remembers the time of Qing China, so he's quite old.
The weapons are made using Red Copper, a metal found only in a single mountain that the Yellow Emperor fought to control. It possesses supernatural elements that draws strength from the soul, amplifying the power of each strike. The soul connects to the body, and the body connects to the weapon. The soul is the weapon, creating a perfect synchronization with their weapon of choice.
Several of these weapons include, Bows, chains and sickle, mace, shield, halberd, and sword.

- Connection Rods:
In China, Chiyou once ruled the land as a God of War. Since then, it has been the ambition of the Kāi to complete the work of Chen Gong in bringing a new war god to this world. But, without the body of Lu Bu they had craved for centuries, they have attempted a new method. By using connection rods, it is possible to reconnect and merge several of the Elite Puppets together. Each specialized in a different weapon, and thus becoming the form of the six armed war god. BUT, despite the family's best attempts, over several centuries, they have only been able to merge up to five puppets, rather than six.
This creates an elite among elites, but even then... It's not complete.

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Non-Magecraft Abilities/Items:
- Botany: General knowledge of plant life, raising plant life, and tending to the Kāi family garden. Which is a massive forest, so one must have a good understanding of how to tend to an extensive garden.

- Shipping Lanes: The Kāi family put money into China's early shipping companies, and thus holds a great deal of power on importing and exporting to and from their homeland. These shipping lanes are important for Chu to send in a request for more puppets, and receive them within a short number of days.

Fate/Profane Covenant

Archer of Math

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Class: Archer
True Name: Pythagoras

Sex: Yes Girl

Alignment: Lawful Good

Attribute: Star
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History: Much of the history surrounding Pythagoras is shrouded in myth, legend, and a personal endeavor to make her history all the more difficult to understand. While modern historians may claim that Pythagoras is the child of a gem crafter, she is in truth a child of Apollo. Several priests of Apollo prophesied to her mother while she was pregnant that she would give birth to a girl supremely beautiful, wise, and beneficial to humankind.

What is known for sure is that Pythagoras mother took her child with her, and vanished to the lands outside of Greece. There, her child would receive an education befitting the greatest of any era. Disguising her daughter as a boy, the young Pythagoras would study with the scholars of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Magi of Persia. Her wisdom grew that she was allowed to take part in sacred rituals that no foreigner before or after had been allowed to see, much less partake in. Some believe that Pythagoras was given knowledge directly by Apollo through her dreams.

After this, Pythagoras returned to Greece, where she studied under other philosophers and wise men. In her homeland, Pythagoras was considered by some to be a prophet who could perceive future events. Including war, earthquakes, and death. From here, stories of Pythagoras are mostly short nuggets of wisdom passed down by other scholars who studied under her. Stories include the halting of a rampaging bear with words alone, and another of descending into the underworld.

In the end, despite their life, Pythagoras and her students were ambushed one day. A fire was set in their building, where Pythagoras and many of her students perished. Amusingly enough, as one story tells that Pythagoras died due to a scenario involving fava beans, they hate said beans with a passion.

Personality: Pythagoras is regarded as one of the most pious, celebrated individuals of their time. This is true, even of a servant. Pythagoras is one who achieved full control over their life, and in practice achieved full sense of their position in the world. Wise, kind, yet never indulging in frivolous celebrations.
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Parameters:
Strength: D
Agility: B+
Endurance: D
Mana: B
Luck: A

Armaments: Alongside a bow and enchanted arrow, Pythagoras possesses an enchanted laurel that brings wisdom. Mostly helps her focus her shots even more.
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Class Skills
Magic Resistance C: Cancel spells with a chant below two verses. Cannot defend against magecraft on the level of High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals.
Independent Action A+: It is said that Pythagoras traveled to the underworld. There, several days were spent in solitude and isolation, before returning to the world above. There, she spread news of all that had transpired in her absence. While some believe this story to be false, Pythagoras will insist it is. As such, their rank in Independent action is highly unusual.

Personal Skills
High-Speed Calculations A: A skill that is a collection of the mathematical equations one mastered in life. It is a skill for rapidly calculating trajectory and probability. With it, a type of future vision is achieved, while also improving accuracy at short and long ranges.

Guidance of the Underworld A: Pythagoras delved deeper than any of her era. It is said in hushed whispers that she left to the underworld of her own accord, and stayed there for many days and nights. Only to return many days later, with more wisdom than before.
This skill is a representation of one who can delve into the underworld, and return. The underworld has textured their being, and various passive buffs have been placed upon their body. Grants a complete resistance to instant death techniques and a body that resists the call of death, similar to battle continuation.

Wholesome Abstienance A: Diogenes Laërtius presents Pythagoras as having exercised remarkable self-control; she was always cheerful, but "abstained wholly from laughter, and from all such indulgences as jests and idle stories"
This skill is a representation of the complete control of one's mental state. Control of emotion, joy, and the ability to reject the minor niggles and naggles of humanity's social nature. It is a skill for the perfect being who controls every aspect of their mind.
It grants a great resistance from all forms of mental interference.

Divinity A: The measure of one's aptitude as a Divine Spirit.
Pythagoras is a child of Apollo, who traveled with Hermes within her lifetime. She studied under the gods, and possessed a piece of Apollo's flesh as a golden thigh that she presented often as proof of her claims. While some may dispute these claims, they are clearly fools not worth listening to.
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Noble Phantasms:

My Hider

Name: Vélos tou Íliou
Title: Purification of Heavenly Gaze
Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 1~99
Targets: 1
Description: As a child of Apollo, Pythagoras was often called upon to speak to the priests of Apollo. To help train, teach, or provide guidance when her father was unavailable. It was decided that Abaris the Hyperborean would give Pythagoras a gift as a thanks for her piety.
That arrow was a gift from Apollo, which shimmered with the power of the sun. While the arrow is more associated with Abaris (and thus more powerful in their hands) Pythagoras made good use of the gifted arrow.

It is said that with this arrow, Pythagoras could travel across Greece, and appear in two separate locations at the same time. The reality is that the arrow creates an imaginary number bridge between locations, allowing one to instantly travel across vast distances. Leaving a temporal, imaginary being behind in their place for a short time. This imaginary individual can act independently of Pythagoras for a short period, before eventually blipping out of existence. This bridge is created merely by the firing of the arrow, and does not require a true name release.
Alongside this, the arrow possessed purification powers that would purge others of sin and corruption. This is a result of its imaginary numbers principle, allowing it to temporarily remove another person from the field of play for a period of time, before dropping them back into the world. Upon releasing the true name, it is possible to remove another servant from the world for upwards of an hour, though the time can be adjusted by Pythagoras. Other objects may be removed as well, but depending on their size/mystery the period of time banished may be drastically reduced.

Life in Wood

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Name: Kāi Chū

Titles: Maiden with the Wooden Heart

Sex: Female

Alignment: Lawful Neutral
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History: Long ago, the Kāi family served a mystics for the usurper of China, Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo was a tyrant. A cruel man, and the Kāi family's documents say little on the matter of how or why they served under him. Know only that this was a choice made from cowardice.
So too was the choice made to serve under Dong Zhuo's killer, a man known as Lu Bu. There, is equally little documentation of why, or how they came to serve under Lu Bu, though family members believe the choice was made due to encouragement from Chen Gong, Lu Bu's primary advisor. Having mystics to help out in guiding his actions would have been a boon, if Lu Bu had actually ever listened to his advisors.

While the reasons may be gone, the Kāi family saw Lu Bu as a mystical force. Impressed by his and Chen Gong's ambitions, they sought to understand, and perhaps reach a similar lofty goal alongside Chen Gong. So that Lu Bu might be reborn as a war god. Unfortunately, Lu Bu's death did not allow for this, and despite many attempts the Kāi family was unable to acquire his body from the capital of Xu.

Instead, they retreated from society. Wandering off into Northern Wei, where they offered their services to Cao Cao but in truth were more interested in the security his empire offered over that of the rising Shu and Wu factions. There, they began to create a garden. Taking the bodies of soldiers who died in the ongoing war of the three kingdoms, they sought out valuable corpses to plant underneath their gardens. Using divination and geomancy, they would let these trees grow for a hundred years, and then carve free the soul of the soldier into a new, puppet body.

Detached from society as they had become, they avoided the main troubles of several dynasties to follow, and in time would serve as on and off again mystics in council to kings. Regardless, stories began to form a garden filled with silver and white plants. Where men and women would travel, and then be overcome by a crushing sadness. They would go into the garden, and end their lives. Some whispered that they would see their great grandfather, who had gone missing one day walking through town on errands for the Kāis.

Kai Chu is the latest member of that family, born in the fallout of the second world war, she grew to see the the rising pressure of these... Grail wars. Remaining detached from it all though, she merely watched, and stayed with her family. Focused on the task of tending to the garden and perfecting the family's craft. Even then...

She felt there was something missing. A frustration growing as she approached her eighth birthday. What was missing? Ah yes... Despite the centuries of work, the family had yet to complete the ambition they had set for themselves. Perhaps... there was a chance a different approach might work.

Personality: The Kai family are not royals, but one might mistake them for such. They have remained deep in their homeland, and have relied on their puppets as an army of servants to serve under their every whim. They are royals in all but name, and they act like it. Simply how one lives when you have those who serve under you like eternal servants who do not question your will.
Kai Chu is no different. She has lived her life living, breathing, and working on wood as a regal task, and takes great pride in it. She adores the time and effort that goes into 'real art' and looks down upon other forms of creation as inferior artistry. In that case... There is nothing she hates more than homonculi.
Disgusting, filthy, lazy constructs pretending to be human. They are devoid of true artistic merit, as mass produced false objects.

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Magecraft

Quality of Circuits: B
Quantity of Circuits: B

Elemental Affinity: Water, Wood

Attribute: Nurture
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Magecraft:
- General Magecraft

- Puppet Craft: The creation, carving, molding, and training of puppets is one of mankind's oldest magics. Since the days of old, they have attempted to create the image of man from stone and wood. Even the gods are said to have created mankind from clay, and the legends of Enkidu and Gilgamesh still carry to this day. As such, mankind's desire to create its own eternal image in wood is the ultimate core of their existence. To leave something truly great behind.
This is true of Chu, who has spent countless years practicing her craft. On certain days of the year, she will plant the body of a dead man beneath the soil. Years later, a tree shall grow from that spot, carrying with it the memories and skills of the deceased. The puppet must then be carved in a single day and night, in order to create a replication of the one who once lived.
As such, while each puppet reeks of the highest quality of mystery, each is a generation of prep time, work, and patience. Their value is beyond measure to most mages.

- Geomancy: A method of divination that interprets markings on the ground or the patterns formed by tossed handfuls of soil, rocks, or sand. In this case, it has been slightly adjusted to focus on the grooves of tree bark and branches to find the "form of the soul within the wood." This method brings the ideal form out of the wood, and allows for specific roles to be emphasized. Thus creating puppets that exhibit the true strength of the soul within.

- Yuanhai Ziping: Balanced with Geomancy, it is another form of divination utilized by the Kāi family. The method involves manipulation of the Four Pillars, each consisting of the two Chinese characters for the date and time of a person's birth. By combining this with the family's alchemy and botany, it is possible to create circumstances that allow for the creation of puppets that are idealized to their peak form.

- Alchemy: The potion of immortality was made using mercury. It is mercury that Chū uses to nurture the trees within her garden. Under this circumstance, the mercury helps create a pathway from the body buried under the tree, through the root system, and into the form of the tree itself. This mercury becomes the cage of the soul, helping to tighten the hold it has upon the construction of the tree, and giving each tree a unique white wood. Alluding to the name "The garden of ghosts."
Even outside of this usage, Chū is an accomplished alchemist who concocts various poisons and medicines to give to guests.
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Mystic Codes:

Mystic Codes

- Four Auspicious Beasts (Azure Dragon/ Vermilion Bird/ White Tiger/ Black Tortoise):
There are four mythological creatures appearing among the Chinese constellations along the ecliptic, and viewed as the guardians of the four cardinal directions. They are the Dragon, Bird, Tiger, and Tortoise. At the center is the Yellow Dragon, the Emperor.
Chū has constructed four puppet limbs, using the corpses of each of these animals in her garden. These four trees grew for a hundred years, and carved during the seasons under the most exact conditions. As such, they are united, separate, and bound forever to the Yellow Dragon at their center. That dragon is Chū.
Each of these limbs is capable of acting under their own will, but all four work in complete unison as if they are a single entity but each with its own senses. Like the heads of a hydra.
With these limbs, it is possible for Chū to carve a puppet in a single day, a task that is so labor intensive that many consider it nearly impossible.

- Puppets (Elite): (20)
Constructed from the bodies of the emperor's elites. The Chinese emperor, of the Han Dynasty. Soldiers who fought for the emperors, all bound eternally to serve under Chū, who while wearing the Four Auspicious Beasts, is the Yellow Dragon (Emperor).
While there are over a hundred puppets created by the Kāi family over centuries, Chū has brought only twenty with her to the war, with the intent to have more shipped in from her homeland if the situation becomes too unstable.
Their skills vary from spears, to swords, to bow and arrow, and even to horseback riding. They are they elite though, and there is plenty of overlap in what skills they have mastered, though some are more specialized than others.
In several test runs, the puppets have a 100% win rate in battle against trained mercenaries of the modern era.

- Puppets (Inferior): (50)
For some reason or another, whether the soul doesn't set properly, or the dates don't line up properly, not every puppet is perfect. In truth, for just about every perfect success, there is a likelihood of one or two failures to come before.
While inferior to the Elites, they are still quite capable of following simple, pre-programmed actions and tactics. They follow after the elites, acting as guards or general soldiers. It is not unexpected to see an elite leading a squad of at least five or so of these inferior units.

- Weaponry:
There isn't really a single weapon, but rather a collection of weapons. Weapons forged by a metalsmith, who has sequestered himself away in a cave from all society for the last thousand years. Or so the stories say. Chū doubts he's that old, but he clearly remembers the time of Qing China, so he's quite old.
The weapons are made using Red Copper, a metal found only in a single mountain that the Yellow Emperor fought to control. It possesses supernatural elements that draws strength from the soul, amplifying the power of each strike. The soul connects to the body, and the body connects to the weapon. The soul is the weapon, creating a perfect synchronization with their weapon of choice.
Several of these weapons include, Bows, chains and sickle, mace, shield, halberd, and sword.

- Connection Rods:
In China, Chiyou once ruled the land as a God of War. Since then, it has been the ambition of the Kāi to complete the work of Chen Gong in bringing a new war god to this world. But, without the body of Lu Bu they had craved for centuries, they have attempted a new method. By using connection rods, it is possible to reconnect and merge several of the Elite Puppets together. Each specialized in a different weapon, and thus becoming the form of the six armed war god. BUT, despite the family's best attempts, over several centuries, they have only been able to merge up to five puppets, rather than six.
This creates an elite among elites, but even then... It's not complete.

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Non-Magecraft Abilities/Items:
- Botany: General knowledge of plant life, raising plant life, and tending to the Kāi family garden. Which is a massive forest, so one must have a good understanding of how to tend to an extensive garden.

- Shipping Lanes: The Kāi family put money into China's early shipping companies, and thus holds a great deal of power on importing and exporting to and from their homeland. These shipping lanes are important for Chu to send in a request for more puppets, and receive them within a short number of days.

Fate/Profane Covenant

Math Math Baby

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Class: Archer
True Name: Pythagoras

Sex: Yes Girl

Alignment: Lawful Good

Attribute: Star
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History: Much of the history surrounding Pythagoras is shrouded in myth, legend, and a personal endeavor to make her history all the more difficult to understand. While modern historians may claim that Pythagoras is the child of a gem crafter, she is in truth a child of Apollo. Several priests of Apollo prophesied to her mother while she was pregnant that she would give birth to a girl supremely beautiful, wise, and beneficial to humankind.

What is known for sure is that Pythagoras mother took her child with her, and vanished to the lands outside of Greece. There, her child would receive an education befitting the greatest of any era. Disguising her daughter as a boy, the young Pythagoras would study with the scholars of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Magi of Persia. Her wisdom grew that she was allowed to take part in sacred rituals that no foreigner before or after had been allowed to see, much less partake in. Some believe that Pythagoras was given knowledge directly by Apollo through her dreams.

After this, Pythagoras returned to Greece, where she studied under other philosophers and wise men. In her homeland, Pythagoras was considered by some to be a prophet who could perceive future events. Including war, earthquakes, and death. From here, stories of Pythagoras are mostly short nuggets of wisdom passed down by other scholars who studied under her. Stories include the halting of a rampaging bear with words alone, and another of descending into the underworld.

In the end, despite their life, Pythagoras and her students were ambushed one day. A fire was set in their building, where Pythagoras and many of her students perished. Amusingly enough, as one story tells that Pythagoras died due to a scenario involving fava beans, they hate said beans with a passion.

Personality: Pythagoras is regarded as one of the most pious, celebrated individuals of their time. This is true, even of a servant. Pythagoras is one who achieved full control over their life, and in practice achieved full sense of their position in the world. Wise, kind, yet never indulging in frivolous celebrations.
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Parameters:
Strength: D
Agility: B+
Endurance: D
Mana: B
Luck: A

Armaments: Alongside a bow and enchanted arrow, Pythagoras possesses an enchanted laurel that brings wisdom. Mostly helps her focus her shots even more.
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Class Skills
Magic Resistance C: Cancel spells with a chant below two verses. Cannot defend against magecraft on the level of High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals.
Independent Action A+: It is said that Pythagoras traveled to the underworld. There, several days were spent in solitude and isolation, before returning to the world above. There, she spread news of all that had transpired in her absence. While some believe this story to be false, Pythagoras will insist it is. As such, their rank in Independent action is highly unusual.

Personal Skills
High-Speed Calculations A: A skill that is a collection of the mathematical equations one mastered in life. It is a skill for rapidly calculating trajectory and probability. With it, a type of future vision is achieved, while also improving accuracy at short and long ranges.

Guidance of the Underworld A: Pythagoras delved deeper than any of her era. It is said in hushed whispers that she left to the underworld of her own accord, and stayed there for many days and nights. Only to return many days later, with more wisdom than before.
This skill is a representation of one who can delve into the underworld, and return. The underworld has textured their being, and various passive buffs have been placed upon their body. Grants a complete resistance to instant death techniques and a body that resists the call of death, similar to battle continuation.

Wholesome Abstienance A: Diogenes Laërtius presents Pythagoras as having exercised remarkable self-control; she was always cheerful, but "abstained wholly from laughter, and from all such indulgences as jests and idle stories"
This skill is a representation of the complete control of one's mental state. Control of emotion, joy, and the ability to reject the minor niggles and naggles of humanity's social nature. It is a skill for the perfect being who controls every aspect of their mind.
It grants a great resistance from all forms of mental interference.

Divinity A: The measure of one's aptitude as a Divine Spirit.
Pythagoras is a child of Apollo, who traveled with Hermes within her lifetime. She studied under the gods, and possessed a piece of Apollo's flesh as a golden thigh that she presented often as proof of her claims. While some may dispute these claims, they are clearly fools not worth listening to.
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Noble Phantasms:

My Hider

Name: Vélos tou Íliou
Title: Purification of Heavenly Gaze
Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 1~99
Targets: 1
Description: As a child of Apollo, Pythagoras was often called upon to speak to the priests of Apollo. To help train, teach, or provide guidance when her father was unavailable. It was decided that Abaris the Hyperborean would give Pythagoras a gift as a thanks for her piety.
That arrow was a gift from Apollo, which shimmered with the power of the sun. While the arrow is more associated with Abaris (and thus more powerful in their hands) Pythagoras made good use of the gifted arrow.

It is said that with this arrow, Pythagoras could travel across Greece, and appear in two separate locations at the same time. The reality is that the arrow creates an imaginary number bridge between locations, allowing one to instantly travel across vast distances. Leaving a temporal, imaginary being behind in their place for a short time. This imaginary individual can act independently of Pythagoras for a short period, before eventually blipping out of existence. This bridge is created merely by the firing of the arrow, and does not require a true name release.
Alongside this, the arrow possessed purification powers that would purge others of sin and corruption. This is a result of its imaginary numbers principle, allowing it to temporarily remove another person from the field of play for a period of time, before dropping them back into the world. Upon releasing the true name, it is possible to remove another servant from the world for upwards of an hour, though the time can be adjusted by Pythagoras. Other objects may be removed as well, but depending on their size/mystery the period of time banished may be drastically reduced.

Fate/Novus Apocrypha - An Alternate Greater Grail War (Reboot)!

Guan Yu

"I shall be back with Hua Xiong's head before the wine cools."

LANCER

ᴺᴬᴹᴱ

Guan Yu

ꜰᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ

Red

ᴀᴛᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛᴇ

Upon legend and GM decision

ʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅ

Link if you're using a canon servant, write if you're making a servant that's not established yet, this servers as their bio

ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀ

List positive and negative characteristic traits here, show how it's done on the IC while you list their bits in bullet form in this section of the sheet

ᴡɪꜱʜ

Guan Yu seeks only to see his brothers again.

ᴘᴀʀᴀᴍᴀᴛᴇʀꜱ

STR: B
END: B
AGI: B
MNA: D
LCK: B

ᴄʟᴀꜱꜱ ꜱᴋɪʟʟꜱ

Magic Resistance (D (A)) - While Guan Yu's rank of Magic Resistance would typically rest at D rank, it has been altered by prolonged possession of the Frost-Fair Blade.
Negates E, D, C and B ranked spells. Even A Rank spells will find it difficult to affect them. At this rank, the Servant is effectively impervious to modern magic; a true ‘Magus Killer’. It is now possible to resist a single command seal, but it requires immense amounts of concentration and willpower that leaves the Servant paralyzed in place until the magic of the seal runs out. That can potentially take hours.

ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ ꜱᴋɪʟʟꜱ

- Self-Modification (Spear) (EX) - It is said that the Frost-Fair Blade was forged by Guan Yu's own hands. One day, he spied a green dragon sailing over the sky, where it made nest in a mountain. Guan Yu left that day, and slew the dragon, so that it might become the material for his new spear which would be the first Guandao.
Whenever Guan Yu kills another being, he can take the remains of said individual and use that as the core of a new weapon. Should he kill another servant or monster, he can transform their existence into a new spear. The quality of the legend that he pulls the spear from determines the quality of the spear. This new spear becomes a noble phantasm, containing their truth within it.

- Dragon-Kind Modification (Spear) (C) - A dragon's core exists within Guan Yu's spear, the Frost-Fair Blade. While it has been degraded in the process of being forged into a spear, it is still the core of a dragon that draws in magical energy simply by breathing.
As such, Guan Yu can draw in magical energy his spear generates. Though this process has an adverse affect on his psychology, causing him to become more violent as the dragon's spirit attempts to overwhelm his own.

- Bravery (A) - The ability to negate mental interference such as pressure, confusion and fascination. It also has the bonus effect of increasing melee damage. Not usable under the effects of Mad Enhancement.
As the rank increases, the ability to resist mental interference as well as increase melee damage increases.

ɴᴏʙʟᴇ ᴘʜᴀɴᴛᴀꜱᴍ

NOBLE PHANTASM

Title: Frost Fair Blade - Green Dragon Crescent Blade
Rank: B
NP Type: Anti-Army
Range: 1~45
Maximum Number: 200
Description: The Frost Fair Blade was the guandao, wielded by Guan Yu. The Guandao was created when Guan Yu approached a smith requesting him to make a spear. A green dragon flew overhead while Guan Yu was having the blade made. He then went out and killed the dragon, and had its body used as materials for his new weapon. The core of the dragon was forged into his spear.
During a battle in the snow, the blade became soaked in blood. Where the blood froze, becoming a thing layer of frost around the blade.
The spear is noted as heaving a remarkable weight, which only Guan Yu was able to wield properly. While the weapon is traditionally wielded with both hands, Guan Yu can do so with one hand effortlessly.

A reality marble exists within the Frost-Fair Blade, as the still living core of the dragon beats within the spear. This marble represents the dragon's homeland, transforming the environment into a frozen wasteland. It is possible for Guan Yu to pull the frozen abyss out from the spear without releasing the reality marble. Simply coating whatever he strikes in a thick layer of frost, or releasing a chilling wind when he strikes.

The Frost-Fair Blade contains a frozen wasteland as a reality marble at its core. Whatever Guan Yu strikes with the blade becomes coated in a thick frost, reducing its power greatly.
When Guan Yu wishes, he can release the chilling winds as a sort of dragon's breath, freezing everything before him in ice that can smother even flames from hell.
Finally, by calling out the true name, Guan Yu can release a reality marble. The area is transformed into a frozen abyss, where no life can grow. Snow is said to fall perpetually, and all who fight there gradually succumb to its hellish environment. Only Guan Yu, who possesses the spear can survive.
Even then, some say that Guan Yu seems to become less human the longer he stays there. Perhaps he becomes more and more like the dragon he slew to create the spear?

Planet Mobius - A Sonic Universe Open World

The Bad Guy

Wisp the Raccoon

[ - Age - ]
????

[ - Gender - ]
Male

[ - Species - ]
Mobian Raccoon [Deceased?]

[ - Appearance - ]
Large Image
Second Large Image
Art is paid for and owned by me. Do not reuse.

[ - History - ]

Long ago, the Echidna tribes fought for supremacy over the Mobian world. Their warring, feuding, and self-destructive plans would inevitably lead to the destruction of their wonderous empires. But this is not a story of them, but of the raccoon tribe that traveled the world. A nomadic people, the raccoon tribes would often travel to other tribes, acting as merchants and tradesmen. They were in inconsequential people, but the people of the world respected them regardless.

Wisp was the eldest son of Soot, the leader of the Raccoon tribe. A hopeless romantic at heart, he went where he wanted, and often brought trouble back with him. Though few were concerned, as his tricks and flirting was all harmless in practice. That was until he met the daughter of Chief Pachacamac, Tikal. The Knuckles Tribe had always been warlike, but under Pachacamac's rule, their aggression towards other tribes only escalated. Despite this, Wisp and Tikal became friends, and eventually began a Romeo and Juliet style of romance. An utter fascination, that would lead to only tragedy.

Wisp, knowing that Pachacamac would never accept having his daughter marry the son of a nomadic tribe, made plans to spirit her away. Tikal, while excited at the prospect, confided in one of her chambermaids, hoping for support in the difficult decision to run away. The chambermaid though, betrayed her confidence. Wisp, on the night of his attempt, was captured by guards waiting in ambush.

In order to prove that such a action had consequence, Pachacamac dragged the raccoon and the whole of his tribe before him, and had each of them executed, one... By one. In the end, Wisp, broken hearted, was the last to be punished. Pleading for the release of death... It was not granted to him. A cursed gemstone was brought forth before Wisp, and his soul was ripped from his body, placed forever within what historians would later know as "The Ghastly Gem." There, he would watch as the world aged around him. Forever lost in his own torment.

Except... While being transported to a museum, it shattered when it was dropped from a great height. Freeing the soul of the raccoon who had been left there. Warped by his own pain and suffering, he seeks revenge on the Echidna Tribes, or rather those that remain.

[ - Personality - ]

Centuries of isolation and torment have warped what was once a person filled with love. A spirit, warped by agony is all that remains. Wisp is a trickster, who once upon a time would have been harmless. No longer. He is consumed by a need for revenge, and that hatred will never leave him. No, it is the core of who he has become.
Perhaps he will torment, or resurface as that playful trickster. But his games are cruel. Mean spirited, and often weighed against those who might attempt to stop him.

[ - Equipment - ]
None.

[ - Powers, Abilities, and Skills - ]

[ - Spirit Body - ]
Wisp is merely a spirit now. His physical body long decayed to the point where his bones have vanished as well. All that remains is his spirit, which is untouchable by all physical means. Only spiritual attacks, or ones that rely on chaos energy can afflict his body. Spirits may also hurt him, or those who use elemental powers.
Along with this nigh-invulnerable state of being, he is also able to become nearly invisible to the naked eye. Another result of his having long passed.

[ - Possession - ]
It is possible for Wisp to snatch the body of the still living, or recently deceased, or even the mechanical. Doing so has a radical change on the body he has stolen, and if the soul of the individual he is attempting to possess is strong, he can be pushed out. The body takes on his distinct purple tones, and even his markings. Typically, he can wear any clothing he wishes by putting it on, but he also manifests the clothing he wears as a spirit. He feels naked without it.

[ - Evil Spirit Manipulation - ]
Wisp was not imprisoned alone, and various other spirits were trapped with him in the Ghastly Gem. Wisp has dominated each and every single one of them, and can manipulate them to fight the living for him. Performing odd tasks, or taking over the bodies of other weaker soul'd individuals.

[ - Levitation - ]
When one is a spirit, they are often known to ignore gravity. It is not true flight, as it is not affected by wind or gravity. But rather merely floating in the breeze.

[ - Character Notes - ]

- The shards of the Ghastly Gem are noticeably a weakness of his. Should he come into contact with one of them, it causes him a great deal of physical(?) pain, and weakens him till he can recover. Lesser spirits he summons can be outright sucked back into a single shard, reducing the spirits he has at his command.

- Wisp is an antagonist, rather than a hero. His goal is revenge, as meaningless as that may seem considering those who hurt him are long past.

Planet Mobius - A Sonic Universe Open World

@Shiny Keldeo I can change up the wording/set up a bit, but my thought process was more that she was always never sure if she was ready to abandon her people, which is why she confided in her chambermaid for support.

Still, I am excited at setting up an ongoing character arc.

Planet Mobius - A Sonic Universe Open World

Always a fan of playing the villainous sort, or rather those that can play off heroes. Borrows a bit much from Sonic Adventure, but figured there wouldn't be any major troubles.

I can come up with something else if desired.

The Bad Guy

Wisp the Raccoon

[ - Age - ]
????

[ - Gender - ]
Male

[ - Species - ]
Mobian Raccoon [Deceased?]

[ - Appearance - ]
Large Image
Second Large Image
Art is paid for and owned by me. Do not reuse.

[ - History - ]

Long ago, the Echidna tribes fought for supremacy over the Mobian world. Their warring, feuding, and self-destructive plans would inevitably lead to the destruction of their wonderous empires. But this is not a story of them, but of the raccoon tribe that traveled the world. A nomadic people, the raccoon tribes would often travel to other tribes, acting as merchants and tradesmen. They were in inconsequential people, but the people of the world respected them regardless.

Wisp was the eldest son of Soot, the leader of the Raccoon tribe. A hopeless romantic at heart, he went where he wanted, and often brought trouble back with him. Though few were concerned, as his tricks and flirting was all harmless in practice. That was until he met the daughter of Chief Pachacamac, Tikal. The Knuckles Tribe had always been warlike, but under Pachacamac's rule, their aggression towards other tribes only escalated. Despite this, Wisp and Tikal became friends, and eventually began a Romeo and Juliet style of romance. An utter fascination, that would lead to only tragedy.

Wisp, knowing that Pachacamac would never accept having his daughter marry the son of a nomadic tribe, made plans to spirit her away. Tikal, while excited at the prospect, confided in one of her chambermaids, hoping for support in the difficult decision to run away. The chambermaid though, betrayed her confidence. Wisp, on the night of his attempt, was captured by guards waiting in ambush.

In order to prove that such a action had consequence, Pachacamac dragged the raccoon and the whole of his tribe before him, and had each of them executed, one... By one. In the end, Wisp, broken hearted, was the last to be punished. Pleading for the release of death... It was not granted to him. A cursed gemstone was brought forth before Wisp, and his soul was ripped from his body, placed forever within what historians would later know as "The Ghastly Gem." There, he would watch as the world aged around him. Forever lost in his own torment.

Except... While being transported to a museum, it shattered when it was dropped from a great height. Freeing the soul of the raccoon who had been left there. Warped by his own pain and suffering, he seeks revenge on the Echidna Tribes, or rather those that remain.

[ - Personality - ]

Centuries of isolation and torment have warped what was once a person filled with love. A spirit, warped by agony is all that remains. Wisp is a trickster, who once upon a time would have been harmless. No longer. He is consumed by a need for revenge, and that hatred will never leave him. No, it is the core of who he has become.
Perhaps he will torment, or resurface as that playful trickster. But his games are cruel. Mean spirited, and often weighed against those who might attempt to stop him.

[ - Equipment - ]
None.

[ - Powers, Abilities, and Skills - ]

[ - Spirit Body - ]
Wisp is merely a spirit now. His physical body long decayed to the point where his bones have vanished as well. All that remains is his spirit, which is untouchable by all physical means. Only spiritual attacks, or ones that rely on chaos energy can afflict his body. Spirits may also hurt him, or those who use elemental powers.
Along with this nigh-invulnerable state of being, he is also able to become nearly invisible to the naked eye. Another result of his having long passed.

[ - Possession - ]
It is possible for Wisp to snatch the body of the still living, or recently deceased, or even the mechanical. Doing so has a radical change on the body he has stolen, and if the soul of the individual he is attempting to possess is strong, he can be pushed out. The body takes on his distinct purple tones, and even his markings. Typically, he can wear any clothing he wishes by putting it on, but he also manifests the clothing he wears as a spirit. He feels naked without it.

[ - Evil Spirit Manipulation - ]
Wisp was not imprisoned alone, and various other spirits were trapped with him in the Ghastly Gem. Wisp has dominated each and every single one of them, and can manipulate them to fight the living for him. Performing odd tasks, or taking over the bodies of other weaker soul'd individuals.

[ - Levitation - ]
When one is a spirit, they are often known to ignore gravity. It is not true flight, as it is not affected by wind or gravity. But rather merely floating in the breeze.

[ - Character Notes - ]

- The shards of the Ghastly Gem are noticeably a weakness of his. Should he come into contact with one of them, it causes him a great deal of physical(?) pain, and weakens him till he can recover. Lesser spirits he summons can be outright sucked back into a single shard, reducing the spirits he has at his command.

- Wisp is an antagonist, rather than a hero. His goal is revenge, as meaningless as that may seem considering those who hurt him are long past.

Planet Mobius - A Sonic the Hedgehog RP

I'm still interested. Trying to figure out what character I'd want to play, but I'll figure out something.

Planet Mobius - A Sonic the Hedgehog RP

I'd be open to joining. I haven't done a good Sonic RP in ages, and something fun and simple will be a brick off my back. I'm interested.