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Fate/Lost Qliphoth (FGO-like alternate universe, no canon characters; only basic setting knowledge recommended)

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Fate/Novus Apocrypha - The Ends justify the Means!

Caster of Lies

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Name: Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Title: Literary Executioner
Class: Caster
Gender: Male
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Height / Weight:6'5"
Source: History 1800's
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Personality: Griswold is the epitome of mankind's worst. A man who dabbled in the depraved, and hurt without care. To him, the world was full of those who either gave him what he desired, or were punished for it. Caster's mentality is not one of a kind man, but a hatred of others who possess talents he does not, or could never. It is with this in mind that he loathes the heroes of old. Those blessed few who became heroes in their own time. After all, had he been born alongside them, he would have shone even brighter than them. But, he is a man of the modern era. One who had to fight and scrap for all he had. And to beat down the competition.
Does this make him a bad person? No, but the cheating, swindling, lying to his wife, abandonment of his family, and the plagiarism certainly do. He will use every cheap tactic in the book to come ahead. Nothing kind that passes his lips is meant in earnest. No good deed is done without desire for a reward that he would not have received in other ways.
When the battle is over, he plans to write a book about it. Naturally, with him as the hero, and the others as villains. Maybe his master will get a shining role if they lick his shoes enough.

Bio: Mean nasty man writes mean things about depressed author.

Weapon: A book and a pen are all the depraved need.
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Parameters:
Strength: D
Endurance: C
Agility: C
Mana: C
Luck: C
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Class Skills:
Territory Creation - C: An 'Atelier', which is superior to a 'Workbench', may be established, boosting capabilities to an acceptable degree. Requires prior, ample time to establish.
Rufus enjoyed a position of power over others, and while under normal circumstances he might have never gone above a workbench, he did possess an office, and kept his blackmail and angry letters well organized.

Item Construction - C: A Caster-class Skill. It is the Skill to manufacture magical items, from implements of war to items for daily use. Also, this Skill requires time to gather components and manufacture items. While not a mage in life, it is possible for Griswold to create items of specific natures through the use of his noble phantasm.

Personal Skills:

Human Observation (Scandal) - A: A technique to observe and understand people. But where Human Observation is traditionally directed to understand others, Human Observation (Scandal) is directed towards deducing their darkest secrets.
Caster's rank is so high in this particular skill that within a minute of first interaction, he can deduce just how many skeletons might be in a person's closet, and of what kind. While this cannot allow him to identify a true name or noble phantasm, it does allow him to make deductions based on what he observes.

Performance Continuation - B: Similar to Battle Continuation, it is the ability to continue a performance even after being critically injured. It will also reduce mortality rate from injury. This Skill represents the ability to survive and/or the mentality of one who doesn't know when to give up, consisting of one's strength of vitality in predicaments. An ability representing the strong will to stay alive on the battlefield.
Caster was in his home when an explosion went off. A mix of gas and fire, which destroyed part of his home, and left him with severe burns and scarring. Worse, he lost his eyebrows. He survived the explosion, and continued to work during this period.

Golden Rule - D: A Skill that refers to the measurement of one's fortune to acquire wealth. Unlike his rival, Poe, Caster was usually rather wealthy. Able to accumulate a solid estate of wealth within his lifetime.

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NOBLE PHANTASMS

Noble Phantasms

Title: The Poets and Poetry of America - Graveyard of Poets
Rank: C
NP Type: Anti-Unit, Anti-Team
Range: -
Maximum Number of Targets: 1
Description: Griswold's anthology The Poets and Poetry of America was the most comprehensive of its kind to date. As critic Lewis Gaylord Clark said, it was expected Griswold's book would "become incorporated into the permanent undying literature of our age and nation". The anthology helped Griswold build up a considerable reputation throughout the 1840s and 1850s and its first edition went through three printings in only six months. His choice of authors, however, was occasionally questioned. A British editor reviewed the collection and concluded, "with two or three exceptions, there is not a poet of mark in the whole Union" and referred to the anthology as "the most conspicuous act of martyrdom yet committed in the service of the transatlantic muses". Even so, the book was popular and was continued in several editions after Griswold's death by Richard Henry Stoddard.

In later times, The Poets and Poetry of America has been nicknamed a "graveyard of poets" because its anthologized writers have since passed into obscurity to become, as literary historian Fred Lewis Pattee wrote, "dead ... beyond all resurrection". Pattee also called the book a "collection of poetic trash" and "voluminous worthlessness".

It is that phenomenon of recording people who have faded into worthlessness that has become manifest as Caster's noble Phantasm. While it is quite possible that all recorded in his anthology died out because of their own failures, this is the final record and testament of their existence. A book that contains those who are dead, and shall never return.

When Caster activates his noble phantasm, he records the existence of an enemy into a written form. As long as he possesses this paper, it acts as a mark that they are beyond resurrection and worthless. As such, it places a powerful cursed seal upon the victim, removing any ability to heal and removing any buffs they might receive from themselves or other sources.

Title: Memoir of the Author - The Imp of the Perverse
Rank: C+
NP Type: Anti-Unit, Anti-Team
Range: -
Maximum Number of Targets: 1
Description: Griswold claimed that "among the last requests of Mr. Poe" was that he become his literary executor "for the benefit of his family". While there is documentation that supports this claim, very little of it was properly signed. Some believe that Maria Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law surrendered the documentation in some kind of bribe, or that Griswold had somehow managed to convince Poe to do so. Regardless of the means, it was not within Maria Clemm's power to do so, but it was done regardless.

As literary executor for Poe's affairs, along with many other American writers, Griswold released the Memoir of the Author, as the definitive portrayal of the life of Edgar Allan Poe. The "Memoir" depicts Poe as a madman, addicted to drugs and chronically drunk. Many elements were fabricated by Griswold using forged letters as evidence and it was denounced by those who knew Poe, including Sarah Helen Whitman, Charles Frederick Briggs, and George Rex Graham. In March, Graham published a notice in his magazine accusing Griswold of betraying trust and taking revenge on the dead.

This memoir has latched onto Poe's legacy, becoming the catalyst for much of his woes. It is perhaps the very reason there is not a single variation of Poe untouched by the 'Innocent Monster' skill. When utilizing this noble phantasm, Griswold recreates the means of altering another's life story to transform them into a monster. It is possible for him to change the life's course of another, changing a noble man into a villain. Perhaps even strengthening them if the story and adjustments call for them. Or another form of weakening.

The changes this noble phantasm results in are all temporary, as reality sets in and once more purges the falsities from the target. Against Masters though, these effects can become quite permanent if desired to.

Fighting Style: Imagine me, a fighter. I'm going to sit at base and eat all the good food. All you fighter types can deal with this for me. Heck, better idea. I'll write something nice about you. Maybe give you an advantage. How about 'He fought like a bastard and had fangs for teeth.' Sounds more your style than all that honor stuff, huh?

Fate/Novus Apocrypha - The Ends justify the Means!

Caster of Lies

_________________________________________________________________________________________
Name: Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Title: Literary Executioner
Class: Caster
Gender: Male
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Height / Weight:6'5"
Source: History 1800's
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Personality: Griswold is the epitome of mankind's worst. A man who dabbled in the depraved, and hurt without care. To him, the world was full of those who either gave him what he desired, or were punished for it. Caster's mentality is not one of a kind man, but a hatred of others who possess talents he does not, or could never. It is with this in mind that he loathes the heroes of old. Those blessed few who became heroes in their own time. After all, had he been born alongside them, he would have shone even brighter than them. But, he is a man of the modern era. One who had to fight and scrap for all he had. And to beat down the competition.
Does this make him a bad person? No, but the cheating, swindling, lying to his wife, abandonment of his family, and the plagiarism certainly do. He will use every cheap tactic in the book to come ahead. Nothing kind that passes his lips is meant in earnest. No good deed is done without desire for a reward that he would not have received in other ways.
When the battle is over, he plans to write a book about it. Naturally, with him as the hero, and the others as villains. Maybe his master will get a shining role if they lick his shoes enough.

Bio: Mean nasty man writes mean things about depressed author.

Weapon: A book and a pen are all the depraved need.
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Parameters:
Strength: D
Endurance: C
Agility: C
Mana: C
Luck: C
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Class Skills:
Territory Creation - C: An 'Atelier', which is superior to a 'Workbench', may be established, boosting capabilities to an acceptable degree. Requires prior, ample time to establish.
Rufus enjoyed a position of power over others, and while under normal circumstances he might have never gone above a workbench, he did possess an office, and kept his blackmail and angry letters well organized.

Item Construction - C: A Caster-class Skill. It is the Skill to manufacture magical items, from implements of war to items for daily use. Also, this Skill requires time to gather components and manufacture items. While not a mage in life, it is possible for Griswold to create items of specific natures through the use of his noble phantasm.

Personal Skills:

Human Observation (Scandal) - A: A technique to observe and understand people. But where Human Observation is traditionally directed to understand others, Human Observation (Scandal) is directed towards deducing their darkest secrets.
Caster's rank is so high in this particular skill that within a minute of first interaction, he can deduce just how many skeletons might be in a person's closet, and of what kind. While this cannot allow him to identify a true name or noble phantasm, it does allow him to make deductions based on what he observes.

Performance Continuation - B: Similar to Battle Continuation, it is the ability to continue a performance even after being critically injured. It will also reduce mortality rate from injury. This Skill represents the ability to survive and/or the mentality of one who doesn't know when to give up, consisting of one's strength of vitality in predicaments. An ability representing the strong will to stay alive on the battlefield.
Caster was in his home when an explosion went off. A mix of gas and fire, which destroyed part of his home, and left him with severe burns and scarring. Worse, he lost his eyebrows. He survived the explosion, and continued to work during this period.

Golden Rule - D: A Skill that refers to the measurement of one's fortune to acquire wealth. Unlike his rival, Poe, Caster was usually rather wealthy. Able to accumulate a solid estate of wealth within his lifetime.

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NOBLE PHANTASMS

Noble Phantasms

Title: The Poets and Poetry of America - Graveyard of Poets
Rank: C
NP Type: Anti-Unit, Anti-Team
Range: -
Maximum Number of Targets: 1
Description: Griswold's anthology The Poets and Poetry of America was the most comprehensive of its kind to date. As critic Lewis Gaylord Clark said, it was expected Griswold's book would "become incorporated into the permanent undying literature of our age and nation". The anthology helped Griswold build up a considerable reputation throughout the 1840s and 1850s and its first edition went through three printings in only six months. His choice of authors, however, was occasionally questioned. A British editor reviewed the collection and concluded, "with two or three exceptions, there is not a poet of mark in the whole Union" and referred to the anthology as "the most conspicuous act of martyrdom yet committed in the service of the transatlantic muses". Even so, the book was popular and was continued in several editions after Griswold's death by Richard Henry Stoddard.

In later times, The Poets and Poetry of America has been nicknamed a "graveyard of poets" because its anthologized writers have since passed into obscurity to become, as literary historian Fred Lewis Pattee wrote, "dead ... beyond all resurrection". Pattee also called the book a "collection of poetic trash" and "voluminous worthlessness".

It is that phenomenon of recording people who have faded into worthlessness that has become manifest as Caster's noble Phantasm. While it is quite possible that all recorded in his anthology died out because of their own failures, this is the final record and testament of their existence. A book that contains those who are dead, and shall never return.

When Caster activates his noble phantasm, he records the existence of an enemy into a written form. As long as he possesses this paper, it acts as a mark that they are beyond resurrection and worthless. As such, it places a powerful cursed seal upon the victim, removing any ability to heal and removing any buffs they might receive from themselves or other sources.

Title: Memoir of the Author - The Imp of the Perverse
Rank: C+
NP Type: Anti-Unit, Anti-Team
Range: -
Maximum Number of Targets: 1
Description: Griswold claimed that "among the last requests of Mr. Poe" was that he become his literary executor "for the benefit of his family". While there is documentation that supports this claim, very little of it was properly signed. Some believe that Maria Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law surrendered the documentation in some kind of bribe, or that Griswold had somehow managed to convince Poe to do so. Regardless of the means, it was not within Maria Clemm's power to do so, but it was done regardless.

As literary executor for Poe's affairs, along with many other American writers, Griswold released the Memoir of the Author, as the definitive portrayal of the life of Edgar Allan Poe. The "Memoir" depicts Poe as a madman, addicted to drugs and chronically drunk. Many elements were fabricated by Griswold using forged letters as evidence and it was denounced by those who knew Poe, including Sarah Helen Whitman, Charles Frederick Briggs, and George Rex Graham. In March, Graham published a notice in his magazine accusing Griswold of betraying trust and taking revenge on the dead.

This memoir has latched onto Poe's legacy, becoming the catalyst for much of his woes. It is perhaps the very reason there is not a single variation of Poe untouched by the 'Innocent Monster' skill. When utilizing this noble phantasm, Griswold recreates the means of altering another's life story to transform them into a monster. It is possible for him to change the life's course of another, changing a noble man into a villain. Perhaps even strengthening them if the story and adjustments call for them. Or another form of weakening.

The changes this noble phantasm results in are all temporary, as reality sets in and once more purges the falsities from the target. Against Masters though, these effects can become quite permanent if desired to.

Fighting Style: Imagine me, a fighter. I'm going to sit at base and eat all the good food. All you fighter types can deal with this for me. Heck, better idea. I'll write something nice about you. Maybe give you an advantage. How about 'He fought like a bastard and had fangs for teeth.' Sounds more your style than all that honor stuff, huh?

Fate/Novus Apocrypha - The Ends justify the Means!

@Lucky I'm free to help you create a character. Most folks are probably willing to help out.

Fate/Novus Apocrypha - The Ends justify the Means!

Bee asked me to join.

Caster of Lies

_________________________________________________________________________________________
Name: Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Title: Literary Executioner
Class: Caster
Gender: Male
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Height / Weight:6'5"
Source: History 1800's
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Personality:

Bio:

Weapon:
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Parameters: E-A stats usually.
Strength: D
Endurance: C
Agility: C
Mana: C
Luck: C
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Class Skills:
Territory Creation - C: An 'Atelier', which is superior to a 'Workbench', may be established, boosting capabilities to an acceptable degree. Requires prior, ample time to establish.
Rufus enjoyed a position of power over others, and while under normal circumstances he might have never gone above a workbench, he did possess an office, and kept his blackmail and angry letters well organized.

Item Construction - C: A Caster-class Skill. It is the Skill to manufacture magical items, from implements of war to items for daily use. Also, this Skill requires time to gather components and manufacture items. While not a mage in life, it is possible for Griswold to create items of specific natures through the use of his noble phantasm.

Personal Skills:

Human Observation (Scandal) - A: A technique to observe and understand people. But where Human Observation is traditionally directed to understand others, Human Observation (Scandal) is directed towards deducing their darkest secrets.
Caster's rank is so high in this particular skill that within a minute of first interaction, he can deduce just how many skeletons might be in a person's closet, and of what kind. While this cannot allow him to identify a true name or noble phantasm, it does allow him to make deductions based on what he observes.

Performance Continuation - B: Similar to Battle Continuation, it is the ability to continue a performance even after being critically injured. It will also reduce mortality rate from injury. This Skill represents the ability to survive and/or the mentality of one who doesn't know when to give up, consisting of one's strength of vitality in predicaments. An ability representing the strong will to stay alive on the battlefield.
Caster was in his home when an explosion went off. A mix of gas and fire, which destroyed part of his home, and left him with severe burns and scarring. Worse, he lost his eyebrows. He survived the explosion, and continued to work during this period.

Golden Rule - D: A Skill that refers to the measurement of one's fortune to acquire wealth. Unlike his rival, Poe, Caster was usually rather wealthy. Able to accumulate a solid estate of wealth within his lifetime.

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NOBLE PHANTASMS

Noble Phantasms

Title: The Poets and Poetry of America - Graveyard of Poets
Rank: C
NP Type: Anti-Unit, Anti-Team
Range: -
Maximum Number of Targets: 1
Description: Griswold's anthology The Poets and Poetry of America was the most comprehensive of its kind to date. As critic Lewis Gaylord Clark said, it was expected Griswold's book would "become incorporated into the permanent undying literature of our age and nation". The anthology helped Griswold build up a considerable reputation throughout the 1840s and 1850s and its first edition went through three printings in only six months. His choice of authors, however, was occasionally questioned. A British editor reviewed the collection and concluded, "with two or three exceptions, there is not a poet of mark in the whole Union" and referred to the anthology as "the most conspicuous act of martyrdom yet committed in the service of the transatlantic muses". Even so, the book was popular and was continued in several editions after Griswold's death by Richard Henry Stoddard.

In later times, The Poets and Poetry of America has been nicknamed a "graveyard of poets" because its anthologized writers have since passed into obscurity to become, as literary historian Fred Lewis Pattee wrote, "dead ... beyond all resurrection". Pattee also called the book a "collection of poetic trash" and "voluminous worthlessness".

It is that phenomenon of recording people who have faded into worthlessness that has become manifest as Caster's noble Phantasm. While it is quite possible that all recorded in his anthology died out because of their own failures, this is the final record and testament of their existence. A book that contains those who are dead, and shall never return.

When Caster activates his noble phantasm, he records the existence of an enemy into a written form. As long as he possesses this paper, it acts as a mark that they are beyond resurrection and worthless. As such, it places a powerful cursed seal upon the victim, removing any ability to heal and removing any buffs they might receive from themselves or other sources.

Title: Memoir of the Author - The Imp of the Perverse
Rank: C+
NP Type: Anti-Unit, Anti-Team
Range: -
Maximum Number of Targets: 1
Description: Griswold claimed that "among the last requests of Mr. Poe" was that he become his literary executor "for the benefit of his family". While there is documentation that supports this claim, very little of it was properly signed. Some believe that Maria Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law surrendered the documentation in some kind of bribe, or that Griswold had somehow managed to convince Poe to do so. Regardless of the means, it was not within Maria Clemm's power to do so, but it was done regardless.

As literary executor for Poe's affairs, along with many other American writers, Griswold released the Memoir of the Author, as the definitive portrayal of the life of Edgar Allan Poe. The "Memoir" depicts Poe as a madman, addicted to drugs and chronically drunk. Many elements were fabricated by Griswold using forged letters as evidence and it was denounced by those who knew Poe, including Sarah Helen Whitman, Charles Frederick Briggs, and George Rex Graham. In March, Graham published a notice in his magazine accusing Griswold of betraying trust and taking revenge on the dead.

This memoir has latched onto Poe's legacy, becoming the catalyst for much of his woes. It is perhaps the very reason there is not a single variation of Poe untouched by the 'Innocent Monster' skill. When utilizing this noble phantasm, Griswold recreates the means of altering another's life story to transform them into a monster. It is possible for him to change the life's course of another, changing a noble man into a villain. Perhaps even strengthening them if the story and adjustments call for them. Or another form of weakening.

The changes this noble phantasm results in are all temporary, as reality sets in and once more purges the falsities from the target. Against Masters though, these effects can become quite permanent if desired to.

Fighting Style: Imagine me, a fighter. I'm going to sit at base and eat all the good food. All you fighter types can deal with this for me. Heck, better idea. I'll write something nice about you. Maybe give you an advantage. How about 'He fought like a bastard and had fangs for teeth.' Sounds more your style than all that honor stuff, huh?

Fate/Charonioi Klimakes

Olivier Terrent the Fifth

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Name: Olivier Terrent the Fifth
Title(s): None

Gender: Male
Age: 41

Previous Alignment(s): Clocktower (Deamonology Branch)

Motivation for the Holy Grail: To repair the damage to his circuits and insure his child has a better future.

Personality: Despite being dealt a bad hand in life, Olivier doesn't resent his father, or family. Rather, he resents his lot in life specifically. A cosmic, unnatural force that he can blame all his problems on. Fate. His successes are acquired through hard work, diligence, and study. Despite having had help, he considers himself a self made man. One who conquered the trials of fate.
But he doesn't wish that kind of life on his successor. After all, while he does not resent his father, he understands that his father's mistakes have put a greater burden on him. Perhaps if he father had not made his poor choice, then Olivier himself would be further along. Still, that is life, and nobody knows for sure how it turns.
Olivier is as such, not a cruel person. What he is though... Is hard. Uncompromising, and harsh on the realities of life. Still, it is the goal of a father to insure that his heir has the best life possible. So, Olivier's quest is one to correct his poor lot in life, and to insure that his family wants for nothing.
A real father-figure.
What he cares about outside all that... Well luxury for one. the accumulation of wants, while insuring he has his needs met. Sure, he would never deny another of their needs, but if their wants or needs worsen his wants or needs, he will take the best route possible to insure his wants and needs come before theirs. Selfish? Maybe. But he has to make sure his family comes first.

Biography: A thousand years ago, the Terrent Family officially formed under their head of family, Thadeus Terrent. A wealthy aristocrat, he sought magecraft for the status it would bring him and to insure that his crops would grow better than that of neighboring lords in other parts of Rome's territories. A self-made man (or so the records claim), he managed to gain providence amongst his peers and stature befitting his talents. Nobody in the Terrent family questions this.
It was not until his son, Thadeus Nigelious Terrent (TNT) that the family actually gained great notoriety within magical circles. It was Thadeus Nigelious who developed the family's founding motto, and developed most of the land and resources that the family would fall upon in following generations. Nigelious' heir would follow as an unimportant footnote, but his grandson Olivier Terrent the First would set about gathering demons. These demons he placed into a cauldron, and then sealed up, never to be opened. This would become "The Demon's Cauldron" which members of the Olivier family have been using ever since to produce more demons, or to study in the hopes of reaching the Root.
While the bloodline has risen with Olivier Terrent the third, and fallen with Percival Terrent the seventh, there is little doubt that the Terrent Family is perhaps the most important name in Daemonology at the Clocktower. Unfortunately, in the 1800s, Olivier Terrent the fourth was met with tragedy. He lost control, and his body was taken over by a daemon. This daemon took over his life, slept with his wife, and wasted the family's fortunes on frivolities. The daemon which had isolated itself from the rest of the family, was eventually discovered by another member of the Clocktower. This damaged the family's reputation in the eyes of the Clocktower, and Olivier's child Christopher Terrent would spend many years of his life dedicated to desperately fighting the family's damaged reputation. But Christopher was not a great mage himself, and while his son was a greater mage than he, none of the family showed any particular greatness or talent that might undo the damage in a single generation.
Until, Thomas Terrent had an idea. His child, Olivier Terrent the Fifth was about to be born. He had an idea. A horrible idea, but if it succeeded it would rock the Clocktower. He attempted to have a daemon possess his child in the womb, so that upon being born human and daemon would exist within equilibrium. This plan failed.
While not going into the details, Olivier Terrent was born with a magical system ravaged by the failures of the experiment. His magical circuits damaged beyond repair, and yet he wondered if the daemon had actually been properly purged...
He was a proper heir of course, but the damage to his circuits followed him. He had a more fragile magical constitution than his colleges, and while he was talented enough to raise above the others in his classes, he would never be able to overcome his own damages. Forever fighting the fact that his results would always be shallow. He understood the theories. He had found work-arounds for his issues. And yet he was haunted by it.
Today... He expects to be a father with an heir of his own. His wife wants a child. But he fears the damage will spread to his heir. He fears... That he will be the broken chain that brings his family to ruin.
But as he contemplated this... A magical crest appeared on his hand. A crest that declared... Join the Holy Grail War. Perhaps he shall fix himself there.

Elemental Affinity: Earth & Water

Magic Circuit Switch: ???
Number of Magic Circuits: Very Low
Quality of Magic Circuits: Very Low

Magecraft:
- Daemonolgy - What is a daemon but an elaborate curse? The Terrent family, realizing how their bloodline was too weak to properly match other mages of higher magical talent, sought out ways to control daemons so that the daemons could properly educate, or operate on their behalf.
This allows Olivier to create daemons using the left behind wishes of those that die, and transform them into those that follow the Terrent family. It is such that that Terrent family are more concerned with the contracts they forge with these nameless daemons, than actual magecraft.
Olivier himself is quite good at writing contracts and maintaining control over various daemons and their needs. He is often seen followed by various daemons using corpses as disguises.
- Poppetcraft - A doll made to represent a person, for casting spells on that person or to aid that person through magic. Poppets are made from roots, or clay. Olivier creates poppets that act as contract holders, or to curse others. These poppets can be used to take the karmic punishment of a curse from him, or to punish others.
Olivier has managed to create several poppets that can take away his pain. These poppets will eventually break depending on the degree of pain and the length. Some injuries can even be transferred over to poppets as well.
- Black Magic - The magic of those said to drift further to the dark side of things. Though that is a major exaggeration. It's a particularly broad field of magecraft, covering such subjects as flying brooms, necromancy, possession, etc. It's one of the keys to proper sympathetic magecraft.

Magic Crest: 700 Years

Equipment:

Mystic Codes

The Demon's Cauldron -
A cauldron is a powerful mystery. Where one makes a potion, or where one makes a stew. Long ago, it is said that Olivier Terrent the First placed a hundred demons into the cauldron, where they began to cannibalize each other. Gnashing fangs and claws ripped and tore, but he saw none of it. For he bound the cauldron tightly in chains, and no matter how much it howled or screamed he never opened it. And nobody in his family has since.
This cauldron bubbles forever in a loop of cannibalizing demons, thus forever trapped in a self-perpetuating cycle of curses. It is possible to siphon curses from this cauldron, applying them to objects or creating smaller daemons that are offshoots of the original dreams and curses that manifested the originals. Under normal circumstances, this cauldron would never leave the family's estate. But because of the grail war, and the realization that it might be impossible for Olivier to handle the burden of a servant properly, he has taken the cauldron with him.
While the cauldron is remarkably durable, it is also quite volatile. If destroyed, Olivier believes the demons inside, which have been in a cycle of self cannibalism for hundreds of years, could have potentially become something far worse than whatever was originally placed inside.

Demon's Coat of Arms -
Olivier has been collecting and summoning demons for quite a while. As a result, his clothing is actually made up of many demons. Some even living inside his body, which he uses to connect his damaged magical circuits. This clothing possesses the traits of many demons, which can be manipulated at a whim by connecting to Olivier himself. As such, the reaction time of the demons can be said to be beyond even Olivier's and will move his body for him in case of danger.
The sheer breadth of demons involved in this coat is actually quite startling. Reportedly, some of the demons feed off the lesser curses that Olivier keeps with him that he collected from the Demon's Cauldron.

Demon's Ritual Knife -
A knife created by Olivier himself. This knife exists to recreate the phenomenon of demonic possession within a target in an instant. Originally used on animals or such to study the affects of demonic possession without properly birthing a demon. The victim is often mutilated beyond repair. Even a nick from the blade can cause spontaneous mutation in whatever limb it strikes.

Bag of Hexes -
A bag filled with the clippings and hair of sinners and men and women sent to the gallows. Even some recent ones of people executed by electric chair. These trimmings amplify sympathetic magecraft. If the trimmings or toenails of another are placed in the bag, curses towards them are amplified.

Poppet Making Kit -
Making poppets is time consuming without the right materials. As such, Olivier has gathered the right materials in advance. This composes a suitcase, filled with materials for roughly a hundred new poppets to be made. Upon learning the name of another, he can link the poppet to them. Thus, any damage done to the poppet can be reflected upon the victim.

Fate/Charonioi Klimakes

Olivier Terrent the Fifth - Rewrites

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Name: Olivier Terrent the Fifth
Title(s): None

Gender: Male
Age: 41

Previous Alignment(s): Clocktower (Deamonology Branch)

Motivation for the Holy Grail: To repair the damage to his circuits and insure his child has a better future.

Personality: Despite being dealt a bad hand in life, Olivier doesn't resent his father, or family. Rather, he resents his lot in life specifically. A cosmic, unnatural force that he can blame all his problems on. Fate. His successes are acquired through hard work, diligence, and study. Despite having had help, he considers himself a self made man. One who conquered the trials of fate.
But he doesn't wish that kind of life on his successor. After all, while he does not resent his father, he understands that his father's mistakes have put a greater burden on him. Perhaps if he father had not made his poor choice, then Olivier himself would be further along. Still, that is life, and nobody knows for sure how it turns.
Olivier is as such, not a cruel person. What he is though... Is hard. Uncompromising, and harsh on the realities of life. Still, it is the goal of a father to insure that his heir has the best life possible. So, Olivier's quest is one to correct his poor lot in life, and to insure that his family wants for nothing.
A real father-figure.
What he cares about outside all that... Well luxury for one. the accumulation of wants, while insuring he has his needs met. Sure, he would never deny another of their needs, but if their wants or needs worsen his wants or needs, he will take the best route possible to insure his wants and needs come before theirs. Selfish? Maybe. But he has to make sure his family comes first.

Biography: A thousand years ago, the Terrent Family officially formed under their head of family, Thadeus Terrent. A wealthy aristocrat, he sought magecraft for the status it would bring him and to insure that his crops would grow better than that of neighboring lords in other parts of Rome's territories. A self-made man (or so the records claim), he managed to gain providence amongst his peers and stature befitting his talents. Nobody in the Terrent family questions this.
It was not until his son, Thadeus Nigelious Terrent (TNT) that the family actually gained great notoriety within magical circles. It was Thadeus Nigelious who developed the family's founding motto, and developed most of the land and resources that the family would fall upon in following generations. Nigelious' heir would follow as an unimportant footnote, but his grandson Olivier Terrent the First would set about gathering demons. These demons he placed into a cauldron, and then sealed up, never to be opened. This would become "The Demon's Cauldron" which members of the Olivier family have been using ever since to produce more demons, or to study in the hopes of reaching the Root.
While the bloodline has risen with Olivier Terrent the third, and fallen with Percival Terrent the seventh, there is little doubt that the Terrent Family is perhaps the most important name in Daemonology at the Clocktower. Unfortunately, in the 1800s, Olivier Terrent the fourth was met with tragedy. He lost control, and his body was taken over by a daemon. This daemon took over his life, slept with his wife, and wasted the family's fortunes on frivolities. The daemon which had isolated itself from the rest of the family, was eventually discovered by another member of the Clocktower. This damaged the family's reputation in the eyes of the Clocktower, and Olivier's child Christopher Terrent would spend many years of his life dedicated to desperately fighting the family's damaged reputation. But Christopher was not a great mage himself, and while his son was a greater mage than he, none of the family showed any particular greatness or talent that might undo the damage in a single generation.
Until, Thomas Terrent had an idea. His child, Olivier Terrent the Fifth was about to be born. He had an idea. A horrible idea, but if it succeeded it would rock the Clocktower. He attempted to have a daemon possess his child in the womb, so that upon being born human and daemon would exist within equilibrium. This plan failed.
While not going into the details, Olivier Terrent was born with a magical system ravaged by the failures of the experiment. His magical circuits damaged beyond repair, and yet he wondered if the daemon had actually been properly purged...
He was a proper heir of course, but the damage to his circuits followed him. He had a more fragile magical constitution than his colleges, and while he was talented enough to raise above the others in his classes, he would never be able to overcome his own damages. Forever fighting the fact that his results would always be shallow. He understood the theories. He had found work-arounds for his issues. And yet he was haunted by it.
Today... He expects to be a father with an heir of his own. His wife wants a child. But he fears the damage will spread to his heir. He fears... That he will be the broken chain that brings his family to ruin.
But as he contemplated this... A magical crest appeared on his hand. A crest that declared... Join the Holy Grail War. Perhaps he shall fix himself there.

Elemental Affinity: Earth & Water

Magic Circuit Switch: ???
Number of Magic Circuits: Very Low
Quality of Magic Circuits: Very Low

Magecraft:
- Daemonolgy - What is a daemon but an elaborate curse? The Terrent family, realizing how their bloodline was too weak to properly match other mages of higher magical talent, sought out ways to control daemons so that the daemons could properly educate, or operate on their behalf.
This allows Olivier to create daemons using the left behind wishes of those that die, and transform them into those that follow the Terrent family. It is such that that Terrent family are more concerned with the contracts they forge with these nameless daemons, than actual magecraft.
Olivier himself is quite good at writing contracts and maintaining control over various daemons and their needs. He is often seen followed by various daemons using corpses as disguises.
- Poppetcraft - A doll made to represent a person, for casting spells on that person or to aid that person through magic. Poppets are made from roots, or clay. Olivier creates poppets that act as contract holders, or to curse others. These poppets can be used to take the karmic punishment of a curse from him, or to punish others.
Olivier has managed to create several poppets that can take away his pain. These poppets will eventually break depending on the degree of pain and the length. Some injuries can even be transferred over to poppets as well.
- Black Magic - The magic of those said to drift further to the dark side of things. Though that is a major exaggeration. It's a particularly broad field of magecraft, covering such subjects as flying brooms, necromancy, possession, etc. It's one of the keys to proper sympathetic magecraft.

Magic Crest: 700 Years

Equipment:

Mystic Codes

The Demon's Cauldron -
A cauldron is a powerful mystery. Where one makes a potion, or where one makes a stew. Long ago, it is said that Olivier Terrent the First placed a hundred demons into the cauldron, where they began to cannibalize each other. Gnashing fangs and claws ripped and tore, but he saw none of it. For he bound the cauldron tightly in chains, and no matter how much it howled or screamed he never opened it. And nobody in his family has since.
This cauldron bubbles forever in a loop of cannibalizing demons, thus forever trapped in a self-perpetuating cycle of curses. It is possible to siphon curses from this cauldron, applying them to objects or creating smaller daemons that are offshoots of the original dreams and curses that manifested the originals. Under normal circumstances, this cauldron would never leave the family's estate. But because of the grail war, and the realization that it might be impossible for Olivier to handle the burden of a servant properly, he has taken the cauldron with him.
While the cauldron is remarkably durable, it is also quite volatile. If destroyed, Olivier believes the demons inside, which have been in a cycle of self cannibalism for hundreds of years, could have potentially become something far worse than whatever was originally placed inside.

Demon's Coat of Arms -
Olivier has been collecting and summoning demons for quite a while. As a result, his clothing is actually made up of many demons. Some even living inside his body, which he uses to connect his damaged magical circuits. This clothing possesses the traits of many demons, which can be manipulated at a whim by connecting to Olivier himself. As such, the reaction time of the demons can be said to be beyond even Olivier's and will move his body for him in case of danger.
The sheer breadth of demons involved in this coat is actually quite startling. Reportedly, some of the demons feed off the lesser curses that Olivier keeps with him that he collected from the Demon's Cauldron.

Demon's Ritual Knife -
A knife created by Olivier himself. This knife exists to recreate the phenomenon of demonic possession within a target in an instant. Originally used on animals or such to study the affects of demonic possession without properly birthing a demon. The victim is often mutilated beyond repair. Even a nick from the blade can cause spontaneous mutation in whatever limb it strikes.

Bag of Hexes -
A bag filled with the clippings and hair of sinners and men and women sent to the gallows. Even some recent ones of people executed by electric chair. These trimmings amplify sympathetic magecraft. If the trimmings or toenails of another are placed in the bag, curses towards them are amplified.

Poppet Making Kit -
Making poppets is time consuming without the right materials. As such, Olivier has gathered the right materials in advance. This composes a suitcase, filled with materials for roughly a hundred new poppets to be made. Upon learning the name of another, he can link the poppet to them. Thus, any damage done to the poppet can be reflected upon the victim.

Fate/Charonioi Klimakes

You know what, I'll give this a shot. Give me a roll.

Roll Me

Player Name: ConmanWolf

Family Age: X
Mystic Code Quality: X
Mystic Code Quantity: X

Magical Crest Age: X
Magical Crest Quality: X

Magic Circuit Quality: X
Magic Circuit Quantity: X

Elemental Affinity: X
Magical Experience: X
Magical Talent: X

Magical Paradigm: Curses

Fate/Iliou Persis

RED TEAM - ARCHER - AKHENATEN
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The modern world had luxuries... But none as great as those of Egypt. Regardless, Akhenaten had taken up with attempting to enjoy himself, at least until the war was swinging properly, and he could operate as he wished. For now though, he had chosen to learn as much as he could about the world, have a conversation with Aten, and order food at the same time. As such, he was currently standing in front of the TV, with Aten in one hand, and the other on a phone. After all, there was no chair worthy of a pharaoh in this hotel. He'd have much rather simply razed the place to the ground than accept such poor accommodations, but his master had made it clear not to do such a thing.

"Yes, please send up one chicken breast, with that honey glaze your menu claims to be 'a chef's favorite.' Alongside that, I also wish to try your carrot cake. Make sure to include a carrot design with frosting. Finally-" The list of foods he'd demanded was quite large, leading upwards to over twenty items, which would be more than enough to feed the team if they wished. Though he was a pharaoh, and as such it was his tradition to enjoy a daily feast. A lavish display of foods from this country was just barely worthy of that, but he had to accept certain accommodations.

The TV though, that was a buzz with information. Cartoons it seemed, were now used to entertain the childr- There had been two world w- A man named Hitle- Buy 2 get 1 fre- The presidental elections were coming u- Who was Martin Van B- Was the moon landing a hoa- In this day and age it's important to eat good ol' McDo- The second world war left Germany in r-
Again and again, he flicked through channels, absorbing information at a remarkable rate. And everything he heard, he remembered. Not that it mattered.

The third thing, his in-depth conversation with Aten, was mostly one-sided, with Aten doing most of the talking. It was easy to decipher, for him at least. To his master, the sounds Aten made sounded like screeching metal, or grinding nails. But to him, it was mostly talk of diagnostics. Distances, charting courses, all the things a Sun Diety must be aware of. After all, Aten was a busy god. Even if modern man was convinced that Aten was some ball of hot gasses. Perhaps he should wish to have that corrected. Though he already had his wish planned for.

But as he hung up the phone, he now had a full part of his mind free to do as it pleased, and that meant boredom.
"Master, I have decided I shall go speak to one of the other parties." Akhenaten said, to his Master who was likely trying to ignore his servant and the many distractions. Probably thankful that Akhenaten turned the TV off, and left without waiting for his master to protest. Walking out into the hallway, to see which of his allies he might run into.

Fate/Iliou Persis

Chinese Imperialism is Cool, right?

Name: Wei Jianjun
Titles: Guardian to the Family Qing
Sex: Male

Team: Blue/Red
Alignment: Lawful Evil

History: The Qing Dynasty is not dead in the hearts of its people. While the People's Republic of China claims ownership of the world's oldest country, the Qing Dynasty was never fully consumed or snuffed out. Rather, there are factions who live within China, that wish to see the return to power of the Dynasties that once ruled China for eons, and the resurgence of China's Emperors who exist as Gods among men.
Jianjun is a child born of one of these 'organizations.' A boy raised from childhood to protect the last heir to the Qing dynasty (who was raised in captivity by that very organization to become a puppet ruler.) It is that very organization that chose Jianjun, though what that means is unknown. Was he kidnapped from his family at a young age? Born into the organization? Given up by his parentage? He doesn't know, and it hardly matters to him in the least. Rather that he is devoted wholly to the Dynasty.
The grandmasters who determined the flow of Jianjun's life kept a tight grip on his life. Training in him all manner of things that would befit the life of a guardian of the emperor. Martial arts, weapons training, medical aid, etc. He is an agent who exists completely for the emperor's needs. It is the desire of the Emperor to be that Jianjun acts now. Under the guise of a mercenary, Jianjun has entered the Holy Grail war, operating under the Clocktower.

Personality: Jianjun can be described in the most simple terms as... Devoted. He believes in his cause, and his cause believes in him. Perhaps it is because he has lived in an echo chamber for most of his life that outsider views are unwanted, and even the views of his own people are uninformed if they disagree with his own. He is quite polite, quiet, and best of all, unobtrusive. Talents desirable of a member of the emperor's elites. If one asked him how high he can jump, he would show it. And it's quite the distance.

Magecraft

Chinese Magic(k)

Quality of Circuits: D
Quantity of Circuits: C

Elemental Affinity: Wood

Attribute: Guardian

Magecraft:
Traditional Mysticism was never something Jianjun had much interest in, or rather his teachers never had much interest in traditional mysticism. As such, the furthest he ever got was training in the concepts of breathing and walking.
A key concept in Magecraft and Martial Arts. Though mainly affecting one’s physical fitness, it also plays a role in the strength of nature interference. The absorption of outer energy (breath of life) to connect your inner world to the outer world. The acts of inspiring, expiring and everything in between are part of a process that allows one to take in or release the gods. The Magi use incantation spells to cause a specific phenomenon to occur, but those whose breathing, movement, body and very existence can cause nature interference are beyond that.
While certainly no master of it who can eradicate ghosts by merely clapping, he possesses an aptitude that has increased the performance and power of his martial arts, and allowed him to overwhelm others he trained alongside.

Mystic Codes:
- Four Symbols - The four symbols of ancient China are the four cardinal directions. Four mythological creatures appearing among the Chinese constellations along the ecliptic, and viewed as the guardians of the four cardinal directions. These four creatures are also referred to by a variety of other names, including "Four Guardians", "Four Gods", and "Four Auspicious Beasts". They are the Azure Dragon of the East, the Vermilion Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West, and the Black Tortoise. The area between the four guardians is the realm of the Yellow Dragon that represents the yellow emperor. The area represents the realms of mortality, and the place where all things live.
When wearing all four armbands, each locked firmly into place, they enforce the concept of "What lies between must but the World." While one is the world, each strike carries with it the conceptual power of the world striking a target. The conceptual weight of the world wears down on Phantasmal and magical beings, drastically reducing their strength and eroding their existence more and more.
Also, as the wearer is the earth, they contain the conceptual durability one might expect of the world. Reducing damage, and increasing the wearer's endurance as a result. The wearer is also capable of resisting more attacks with anti-human elements, because they're overriding their own human nature to be 'The World.' The main weakness is that it cannot defend against concepts that are anti-world.
If removed, Jianjun's human concept returns to him, often resulting in his body being weakened for a full week as he recovers from the backlash of having been something rather than human for an elongated period of time. This can be harshened, or lessened, depending on how long he's been wearing the armbands.

Non-Magecraft Abilities/Items:
Bajiquan - Baji quan was originally called bazi quan or "rake fist" because the fists, held loosely and slightly open, are used to strike downwards in a rake-like fashion. The name was considered to be rather crude in its native tongue, so it was changed to baji quan. The term baji comes from the Chinese classic, and signifies an “extension of all directions”. In this case, it means “including everything” or “the universe”.
This is the preferred style of martial arts that Jianjun learned while training under the masters of the Qing, and his mentor. From this point on, Jianjun managed to become a master of masters, who stands among grandmasters of the era.
Jianjun is a master of various weapons, including spears, swords, knives, bow and arrow, and even whip chains. All these, combined with Jianjun's training, make him a rare talent of talents who can slay a grown man in a single blow if required.

Tasks of the Guardian - A training regiment that includes medical practice, meditation, covert ops, and all tasks one might expect of an emperor's elite guard. Trained from a young age, Jianjun was chosen first among his peers to represent the desires of his organization.