Personality and Life Philosophy: Unlike the cold and aloof king she would grow to be later in life, Arturia in her youth was a adventurous, headstrong, and joyful young woman. She lived and breathed the code of chivalry, trying to live up to the higher ideals that her birthright had bestowed on her. She worked hard to sharpen her skills, knowing that she had to hone them for the challenges ahead. Arturia, in short, was a knight errant who wondered through the countryside of Britain righting wrongs and fighting evil where she found it. It's made her naive, though, which more often than not had Kay drag her and Merlin away from trouble.
Still, despite her optimism, the prospect of rulership looms over her like a guillotine. The thought of hundreds (even thousands) of lives hinging on her decisions scared her and she feared that she would simply not be good enough. The sheer responsibility kept her up at night. Arturia didn't regret her decision to claim Caliburn, but she had doubts.
Backstory:
Once upon a time, Britain was in great peril. Fragmented, divided, surrounded by enemies -- the country was on the cusp of destruction. Still, not all was lost. It was prophesied that a king would one day ascend to the throne and unite the country under their banner. The country waited with bated breath for that fateful day.
Arturia's father was Uther Pendragon, king of Britain. Her mother was Igraine, daughter to the Duke of Cornwall. Arturia hardly knew her parents, however. She had been taken as payment by Merlin to raise her and prepare her for her destiny. Uther, disappointed by the lack of a male successor to the throne, allowed the man to take his newly born daughter without a second thought.
For most of her life, Arturia had been raised by Sir Ector alongside Kay. He was a simple man, yet also wise and humble. He didn't believe the words of the prophesy, but he felt the same presence in Arturia that he saw in Uther. Sir Ector taught her swordsmanship, chivalry, and riding. Hardly an appropriate skillset for an average girl during the dark ages, but Arturia was anything but average. She took to the lessons with vigor, enthusiastically tackling the challenge head-on.
Arturia finally got her chance when she was fifteen years old. Across the land, knights were called to select the new king among them. Arturia, still a young assistant at this time, was actually not in the event. Still, destiny called to her. The sword in the stone called to her. When the knights tried and failed to extract the sword, they put it aside and decided to go with earlier agreed venue of a joust. Alone, Arturia approached the sword and reached for it with no hesitation.
Then Merlin appeared, warning the girl of the sacrifices she had to make on her journey to be a king. It would mean discarding her humanity, so that others may be safe. After days of anxious deliberation, Arturia made her decision and pulled out Caliburn.
The fate of the kingdom now laid in the hands of a girl with dreams of becoming a just king.
Abilities:
Swordsmanship -- Arturia is one of her kingdom's finest fighters. While there were some on the Round Table who were better than her in swordsmanship, it couldn't be denied that she was a incredible fighter in her own right. Her technique was flawless; she struck like lightning, hard and fast. However, Arturia suffers from inexperience. The rapid changing tides of battle occasionally cause her to slip, making even fatal mistakes.
Prana Burst -- By injecting prana into her blows, Arturia is able to hit with great force, each one greater than several men many times over. It also augments her strength into superhuman levels.
Draconic Heritage -- Arturia is the descendant of a dragon, gifting her with an outstanding mana output comparable to an industrial factory. Combined with her prana burst, it gives her a very potent edge in combat.
Heroic Spirit -- Arturia is a heroic spirit, a magical container meant to hold a portion of her overall legend in a template. In this case, she is a Saber, the servant of the sword. She boasts high resistance to magical forces, high agility, and great skill with the blade. However, without the means to supply herself with a large and steady supply of prana, Arturia would eventually just fade away. Without the necessary power, Arturia would not be able to use the special abilities of Caliburn, either.
Equipment:
Caliburn -- Though Excalibur is and will always be the superior Noble Phantasm, Caliburn was one of Arturia's most treasured possessions. Treasured more than even Excalibur, the Golden Blade of Assured Victory represented her heart-felt desire to rule as King. Regardless, it is still a magical weapon of extremely high quality. It would cut through most lesser materials without much difficulty. And similar to Excalibur, it is capable of firing a ray of light to pierce Arturia's enemies with deadly radiance.
You know, with all these Servants, I can't help but recall the part of the OP that advised that PCs should not be able to tear through experienced marines with ease?
(And as much as I like my high-end marines, even they aren't a match for Sabers)
You know, with all these Servants, I can't help but recall the part of the OP that advised that PCs should not be able to tear through experienced marines with ease?
(And as much as I like my high-end marines, even they aren't a match for Sabers)
You know, with all these Servants, I can't help but recall the part of the OP that advised that PCs should not be able to tear through experienced marines with ease?
(And as much as I like my high-end marines, even they aren't a match for Sabers)
I have no idea about this setting and have no idea what the space marine powerlevels are
I wouldn't mind nerfing Seras down and using pre-Millennium Seras if it turns out that Seras is broken by the standards of the setting, but I don't think they are from rumours I've heard so...
You know, with all these Servants, I can't help but recall the part of the OP that advised that PCs should not be able to tear through experienced marines with ease?
(And as much as I like my high-end marines, even they aren't a match for Sabers)
There's a reason I near-universally break out the nerfbat to Servant parameters whenever I submit them.
Speaking of which, the situation has changed, and I can no longer stand by idly.
Name: Mysterious Heroine X
Appearance:
Origin: Servant Universe/Back Alley Satsuki-Chapter Heroine Sanctuary
Personality and Life Philosophy: Death to all Sabers.
MHX's fundamental directive is the eradication of the Saber menace that plagues her universe. A merciless whirlwind of destruction against the Artoria race, fairly delivering surprise attacks as a knight. While she is manic and extremely difficult to reason with on the matter of the Saber menace, her soft spot for those beginning their journey and those forgotten by the world means she's willing to lend assistance to them even if they are Sabers.
In general, she's an impulsive and stubborn character who makes decisions on a snap and keeps to them, more or less.
Backstory: The Artorian race is like cancer to the universe. Someone has to exterminate all of them. Someone has to.
A warrior wandering across space from the Servant Universe on a mission to exterminate the Saber menace. Originally training up in the Cosmo Chaldea Academy to become a 5* Servant, the Leauge of Villains eventually released a plague of subpar imitations of X upon the universe. And so, setting out in Dun Stallion II, X began her mission to save this dystopic future where an entire Class no longer exists.
Saving an ancient royal dynasty from a crisis, settling the internal strife of the Mankind Integration Union, and routing invaders from another universe, she eventually crash-landed in the domain of Chaldea. Enlisting their help to repair her ship, she trained the young version of King Arthur as she and Chaldea fought off the incursion of the Saber menace into this time.
But eventually, all people must part, and she set back off once again to the Servant Universe. It is here that X has found herself on a new world.
Abilities: Servant Parameters
To quote myself from last time: We're keeping this abstract and reasonable; MHX is very fast, somewhat strong, and takes hits averagely. Dragon Cosmo Reactor
An internal core born of dragons the stars. Simply put, a little energy in puts a lot of energy out. Mainly operates as fuel for GMS and Secretcalibur. Instinct C+
The ability to instinctively predict the best personal course of action. Under normal circumstances, this skill mainly provides a vauge sense of how the flow of battle will go; however, when facing an enemy of the Saber class or a Saberface, the effect is increased to effectively short-term future sight. Think Force sensory abilities; even at the lower rank, deflection of projectiles is still possible. Riding EX
The ability to ride stuff. The EX in this case does not refer to being able to ride anything, but instead designates her ridiculous prowess in piloting spacecraft. Despite a ship lacking warp or hyperdrive, she is able to utilise warp anyway.
In general, X will likely be competent with most vehicles. Supressive Fire
The ability to call in autonomous backup fire from her spaceship. Given her usual one appears to lack weapons, I'm chalking that up to Riding EX. Galactic Meteor Sword
A sword art of the stars. By propelling strikes with cosmic energy, extra damage is attained. Additionally, with the assistance of Instinct, it is possible to deflect projectiles by cutting them. Especially effective on those of the Saber class.
Equipment: Secretcalibur: Unsigned Swords of Victory
Twin golden and black blades used by MHX, with absolutely no relation to a famous holy blade. While she usually just uses one, she is freely able to materialise and dematerialise both.
Made of fairy stuff space stuff, they can basically be considered indestructable, and are sharp. Basically, think of them like lightsabers, except they don't instantly cut through stuff without pouring energy through them via GMS. They make the sound, in any case.
While their active form is presumably Objective-sealed., their use as a Noble Phantasm channels large amounts of energy as a rocketboost. Unlike a certian famous sword which sears a line of devastation, Secretcalibur instead contains the energy in a stream around the blades, delivering a burst of slashes from the stars in a devastating single-Saber-slaying attack.
It's actually rather hard to wield diametrically-opposed blades like these together, especially at full power. MHX is unusual to be able to pull this off.
(I really don't expect to get in, especially given I'm in the OS this was blackjacked off, but the presence of two Sabers basically demanded this.)
Well, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Everyone knows Space Marines come from a golden eagle dropping off Initiates at the front door of their Chapter's Fortress Monastery.
"Oh, sure, you have your English thug intimidate me, don't get a reaction, and decide you need to call in the Catholic Church! What, afraid that you'll get laughed at if you don't keep poking the vampire girl until she bites?"
Well, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Everyone knows Space Marines come from a golden eagle dropping off Initiates at the front door of their Chapter's Fortress Monastery.
"Oh, sure, you have your English thug intimidate me, don't get a reaction, and decide you need to call in the Catholic Church! What, afraid that you'll get laughed at if you don't keep poking the vampire girl until she bites?"
Oh, right. You missed Narc's Oath Sign where Pius was confronted with Stheno, Euryale, Medusa, Arcueid, and Maiya.
Whereupon she declared "By the authority vested in us as the Pope and a Saint, we are taking charge of these poor troubled orphans. IT'S MODEST SCHOOLGIRL UNIFORMS AND DAILY CATECHISM FOR THE LOT OF YOU!"
Oh, right. You missed Narc's Oath Sign where Pius was confronted with Stheno, Euryale, Medusa, Arcueid, and Maiya.
Whereupon she declared "By the authority vested in us as the Pope and a Saint, we are taking charge of these poor troubled orphans. IT'S MODEST SCHOOLGIRL UNIFORMS AND DAILY CATECHISM FOR THE LOT OF YOU!"
Technically she never got around to being confronted with them IC. It was gonna be great, but the Undying Dreams refuse to wake up and appear to be dead.
Origin: Where Woman Have All The Power! (Infinite Stratos)
Personality and Life Philosophy: ThoughTabane is in her mid twenties, she is very energetic and acts childish most of the time. She has a very high view of herself and while she cares for a few people, she does not distinguish other humans. Tabane is a Genki Girl, declaring herself as "Tabane the Genius" to those around her and exhibits a confidence bordering arrogance. Despite all this, Tabane is still a genius and a mastermind, capable of hacking the computers of numerous nations to fire at least two thousand missiles to help showcase her invention and pioneering a new age of technological superiority. This also shows her unrestrained tendencies to do what she wants despite the danger to others. Lastly, Tabane has a lecherous side that she shows to those she cares for, much to their consternation.
Backstory: Tabane Shinonono was born nearly three three decades ago and has a younger sister named Houki. She met Chifuyu Orimura during her elementary years and has gone to the same school and had the same classes thereafter. She met Chifuyu's younger brother, Ichika Orimura, and cares for him though it seems she's immune to his "Orimura Charm." That or she's under Chifuyu's charm.
Around the age of 15, Tabane invented the Infinite Stratos System that caused an uproar. She orchestrated a missile crisis towards Japan and had Chifuyu pilot the first IS Shirokishi to have a demonstration of the power of her creation. Chifuyu shot down around half of the missiles with energy beam before destroying the rest with her sword. After being questioned by several world powers about her allegiance and stating she has none, she was attacked by them in an attempt to capture or destroy the IS. She destroyed 207 next gen fighter aircraft along with 8 weaponized military spy satellites and disabling 7 aircraft carriers and their naval escorts with no human casualties. This caused the world to create a treaty to share any and all Infinite Stratos information and technology to deny anyone power over others utilizing IS and making Tabane Shinonono the most wanted person in the world.
It is alluded that she did something towards Houki but was forgiven, though she still lives with the guilt.
Presently, she has been hiding due to the world wanting to question her for the technology behind the Infinite Stratos System, which has not been able to be solved, limiting the amount of IS to 467 due to that being the number of cores available, an integral part of the IS that makes up most of the system.
Abilities:
Genius Intellect - Tabane is a pioneer of technology in her world, having created the Infinite Stratos system, powered exoskeletons designed for space exploration and outfitted with the most advanced technologies and weapon systems. She is capable of genetic manipulation and has access to a personal dimensional, which is part of the IS system. Infinite Stratos technologies include but are not limited to:
Advanced Energy Systems (Weapons and Shields)
Advanced Weapon Systems (Melee , Range, Slots)
Artificial Intelligence
Dimensional Storage
Gravity Control
Hyper Sensors
Self-Optimization
Passive Inertia Control
Miscellaneous Add Ons (Valkyrie Trace System, Bits System)
Transhuman Body - Tabane has genetically enhanced herself to be mentally and physically perfect. She is capable of jumping, moving, and reacting farther and faster than average humans and is significantly stronger than most. According to her, the only one who can give her any trouble is Chifuyu Orimura,who was stated to be the Unofficial Strongest in her world. Her body is also capable of ignoring diseases, drugs, and poisons. She has fought a group of three assassins, one of which had a gun at her head from behind and another utilizing an advanced IS, which she dismantled with little more than a fork and a knife.
Equipment:
Mechanical Bunny Ears - Mechanical ears reminiscient of rabbits that react to her mood and is most likely the medium through which she utilizes a lot of her technology.
Cellphone - Her personal cellphone. Most likely customized heavily due to being one of the most wanted people in her world.
Revealing and Sexualized Powered Exoskeletons.....for the Space Marines.
Genetic Manipulating the female masses for attractive appearance because everyone in IS seems to be attractive.....cept most of the males.
She has nothing in her dimensional storage because spacetime shenanigans. Her "genetic perfection" is milleniums behind 40k and Halo though if she has access to the tech.....hehe. Honestly wanted to do an Anime For Science!Character in 40k.
Revealing and Sexualized Powered Exoskeletons.....for the Space Marines.
Genetic Manipulating the female masses for attractive appearance because everyone in IS seems to be attractive.....cept most of the males.
She has nothing in her dimensional storage because spacetime shenanigans. Her "genetic perfection" is milleniums behind 40k and Halo though if she has access to the tech.....hehe. Honestly wanted to do an Anime For Science!Character in 40k.
... Welp I know one legion who are going to love you for it, considering their god and all.
Others will just try and kill you for heresy. So like anyone else who deviants from mechaniucm standards or because they don't like you. Its all normal really.
"Hold still while I debug your everything. You may experience sever pain and minor psychosis, so I recommend having some cumfurt and lighting up some dank space weed while I work. Do let me know if you start tasting colors or smelling sounds."
At this rate the anime is going to be so concentrated that any 40K character who comes into contact with them is going to morph into anime artstyle. And anything that touches that character. And then anything that touches them, and eventually it will twist the entire Galaxy into something like itself. Even the Warp itself will be afflicted.
...Then female Space Marines will start being a thing.