Post by Hassan-i-Sabbah the 19th on Nov 9, 2010 23:41:41 GMT -5
Assassin
"I will not fail you again."
"I will not fail you again."
OTHER ALIAS: //[/color] 19th Hassan-i-Sabbah, ‘The Unspoken Hassan’
CURRENT AGE: //[/color] 17 (Apparent)
YEAR OF BIRTH: //[/color] No Record Survives
GENDER: //[/color] Female
ALIGNMENT: //[/color] Chaotic Good/Lawful Evil
OCCUPATION: //[/color] Assassin (naturally)
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Fatima
Fatima on civilian clothes
One of her disguises
HEIGHT: //[/color] 1.50 m
WEIGHT: //[/color] 45 kg
EYE COLOR: //[/color] Gold
HAIR COLOR: //[/color] White
PIERCINGS: //[/color] Lots on her two hands
TATTOOS: //[/color] N/A
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: //[/color] Golden pupils, anyone? Also she always wears gloves to conceal her deformed hands.
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- Cheerful/Cold
- To separate her life as an assassin with her normal life (as normal as her life can be anyway), Fatima developed separate personalities based on the technique her predecessor used. Though her application can’t be compared to the first Hassan, she still managed to split her psyche to two different personalities. The first personality is that of a bubbly, cheerful, easy going girl who is friendly with everyone she meets. The second personality is of a no-nonsense professional who lacks communication skills and distances herself from people. Most of the time, Fatima can keep the two in check, but she will switch from one personality to the other when she’s under significant stress.
- Curious/Dedicated
- In her first personality, she’s an eager girl, always trying to challenge new opponents that excite her or awakens the curiosity in her. She will not try to challenge everyone she meet, but if she notices one that stands out or one that’s exceptionally weird, she will go out of her way to challenge them. In her second personality however, she is a professional who did not care who her target is. She still has the code of not wanting to harm powerless women or children, but almost everyone else is fair game. From great warriors and conquerors to the sick and old is fair game to her. The only thing these personalities have in common is the desire to hone their techniques further.
- Friendly/Anti-Social
- Her first personality is an active girl who will try to make friends with everyone she meets. Even if they faced in battle, she will try to get on the good side of the enemy once the battle is over. After all, battles and regular life are two different things, and she follows different rules in both. Her second personality plays it a bit similar in both war and regular life, however. She’s a firm believer of the phrase ‘everything is out to get you’ and prefers to work alone. In fact, the only person she trusted was her brother, the 18th Hassan. The fact that he’s technically her commanding officer and the only family she had might be more than a passing mention to the reason of her trust.
- Lack of confidence
- Deep down beneath her created personalities, Fatima feels that her skills as an Assassin are not good enough to serve her clan. This insecurity even manages to slip through to her regular personalities, manifesting as the desire to improve herself in both of her personas. The case has been made worse ever since she died, the circumstances of her death not helping the case. Now her insecurities will randomly manifest every time she failed in her task. This fact could prove disastrous in the middle of a battle, as hesitation is the bane of all Assassins.
LIKES: //[/color]
(First personality)
• Combat
• Making Friends
• Physical challenge (marathon, wrestling, you name it)
• Good food
(Second Personality)
• Successful mission
• Training
• Mental challenge (puzzles, chess and the like)
• Cool breeze (it relaxes her)
(Both personalities)
• Loyalty
• Learning from past mistakes
DISLIKES: //[/color]
(First personality)
• Cowards
• Repetitive task
• Dull people
(Second Personality)
• Loud people
• People being inside her comfort zone in general
• Birds in general
(Both personalities)
• Traitors
• Making a mistake
STRENGTHS: //[/color]
Fatima is a trained killer, and a very good one despite her constant doubt of herself. She can slip through unnoticed even in the liveliest of rooms and walk out with the target’s life in her hands. Her specialty of poisons allows her to kill in a variety of ways and her skills make her ideal for hit and run attacks.
WEAKNESSES: //[/color]
She’s a bit of an over specialist when it comes to melee combat. Some assassins are trained in the way of throwing projectiles in order to kill a man quickly, but Fatima did not receive that training. As a result she’s forced to close the distance quickly in order to be effective in combat, a luxury that she can’t afford every time. Her mental disorder also makes her a bit unstable, making her a dangerous liability in times of stress.
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MY LEGEND: //[/color]
Fatima’s legend is closely tied to the downfall of the Fortress of Alamut and the Hashashin:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashshashin
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamut
MY HISTORY: //[/color]
Why would you want to know the history of an insignificant person like me? Wasn’t the legend of the Hashshashin sufficient for your research? Wasn’t the history of our founder Hassan good enough to warrant the writings of your books? And yet you still want to know about me? ...I see, you’re evaluating me for the participation of the war that some of my predecessors have participated. Very well, I believe it would be rude of me to refuse such a polite request isn’t it?
I was born Fatima Al-Faqadi in a small village in the province of Daylam, near the fortress of Alamut. My parents were Ismailis and members of the Hashshashin sect. Naturally, my brother and I were drafted as soon as we are of age, though my brother precedes me for almost a decade before I get the call to serve.
The training from the fortress was fun! Everyday requires us to stay vigilant else we won’t be able to survive the training. Don’t worry though, even if you fail the training you can still apply for the reconnaissance job or the guard duty. But those jobs were no fun; Suleiman insist that the reconnaissance job is more exciting than it sounds, but Suleiman was a lot more patient than I am.
On a cold night in the middle of the year 1243 of the franj’s standard or the year 664 of our standard, our leader the previous Hassan died peacefully in his sleep, a rare luxury by our line of works’ normalcy. Because of the rather sudden nature of his death, the fortress was filled with scheming successors looking to replace our departed leader in practically overnight. Of course, some were not as greedy as them, and a handful of loyal supporters refuse to participate in the backstabbing. My brother, by now one of the previous Hassan’s right hand man, was among those who refuse to participate. One day, finally realizing that all of this infighting would get us nowhere, all of infighters agreed to a discussion on how to determine the most deserving successor of the name Hassan. Finally they decided on a test of skills, followed immediately by a test of combat.
What follows is probably the most exciting time of my life! The whole fortress except a few was mobilized, but from the outside it looks like nothing’s going on. If one of our enemies noticed that the fortress was unguarded it was probably all over for us. The effort to camouflage the fortress made it all a moot point though. Anyway, the test of skill was probably the most difficult part of the contest, after that it’s mostly smooth sailing until the upper rung of the test of combat tournament. The battles were fast paced, rough, but not to the death, just what I preferred in a test of strength. It wasn’t easy but I managed to get by to the last round, where I will get to face my brother.
He does seemed surprised when he saw me walking to challenge him, but I saw some hint of acceptance in his facial expression, like he was proud of my achievements. Fortunately, he spare no quarters towards me, even though I’m his sister, it was combat after all. At first we appeared to be equals, trading blows and cut that would fell lesser humans. However, the end came after I appeared to be overconfident enough to try an attack on my brother’s most guarded point, thinking he will saw it as a bluff. My brother saw through it and guards it, cutting me down mid attack and rendered me unconscious. When I regain my consciousness, the winner had been decided, and my brother becomes the 18th Hassan-i-Sabbah. I…was proud of my brother of course…but I can’t quite shake the feeling that I could be there, standing as the next Hassan. I could improve myself more, and my brother would be the benchmark that I must overcome.
With the motivation to better myself I began to train myself even harder. Using the clan’s technique, I stored poisons into my own two hands to kill more efficiently. I took challenging missions just to test my skills and my efficiency as a killer. I believe that God had given me these skills so that I could use it to the best of my ability. My reputation had become so great that even some within the clan have nicknamed me ‘The Unspoken Hassan’, just to spite my brother. However I knew that was all not enough, my brother was still stronger than me. I’ve watched how he lead, how he dispatches his foes, it was just unreal. To surpass my brother, I need to find a problem that even he can’t solve, a target that even he find it difficult to assassinate.
The opportunity presents itself with the Golden Horde. In 1256, one of their generals Hulagu Khan issued a statement of war to the fortress of Alamut after they have conquered the nearby territories. My brother and the older members of the decided to try to assassinate Hulagu, but they know for a fact that Hulagu have survived numerous assassination attempts from other sources. They need to implore someone with an impressive amount of skill in assassination if they want to succeed, my brother almost volunteer himself before I decided to accept the job. They supplied me with a charm that can summon a sandstorm to camouflage my presence and send me to intercept Hulagu’s army before they can reach the province.
Hulagu’s encampment was well-guarded; the guards were well-trained and vigilant and there are a good number of them. Even at night they’re still dutiful in their job, pity that the night hides me very well. I managed to slip past them unnoticed and gets closer to the main tent, where Hulagu and his aides are discussing their strategies. Activating the charm, I got the whole tent and their surroundings in a panic while I slipped pass the confusion to assassinate Hulagu. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be…
It wasn’t my fault! Hulagu’s bodyguard were many and were some of the best fighters in his army, I can’t just pass through them…
I was careless, I tried to put them down one by one when I can just avoid them and went for Hulagu’s head, as I had done countless times before. It was by my own selfish desire that I decided to fight some of the best fighters in the Horde without thinking of my own people.
…It was my fault. I let them surround me as Hulagu flees, I let half of the encampment cover my escape route, and I was the one who died while letting my clan down. It was all me, now what do you want with someone as worthless as I am? I will never be able to give you the victory of anything…
…
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Are you still there, Magus? Yes, I’m speaking to you. I’m who they called the 18th Hassan-i-Sabbah, but you may call me Husain instead. Yes, I was that girl’s brother and her commanding officer, the one that ordered her to undertake what was essentially a suicide mission. I know that you’re probably thinking that you made a mistake in your summoning and summoned an unnamed assassin that failed her task long ago. I’m here to tell you that the girl you summoned was indeed the 19th Hassan-i-Sabbah, as she had surpassed me by performing the one task I can’t do. She…was essentially sent as a distraction, she was never meant to succeed. Her assassination attempt caused a great confusion among Hulagu’s army, and it buys some time for the evacuation of the nearby villages to be completed. We were no fool, Magus, we knew that our strength were miniscule compared to the Horde, we just wanted to make sure that the Golden Horde will take nothing from the peasants. She completed her mission successfully, though she might not be aware of this. When our libraries were razed by the Horde, we managed to secure some of our documents, and among them were the record and the names of all the Hassans, the leader of the Hashshashins. The 19th name in the list is her name…Fatima’s name.
I have said all that I can, Magus. It is your decision now…
MY GOALS: //[/color] To serve whoever summoned me in the Grail War and retire contently.
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Jambiya Daggers: The Arabic style short curved blade dagger that’s regularly used in the Middle East, particularly across Yemen. Fatima has two of the daggers with her all the time, and she can use it with expert proficiency. They are however, still regular weapons, though Fatima will use them judiciously unless she knew that they will be useless.
NOBLE PHANTASM: //[/color]
Desert Wind
Title: Harsh Trials of Nature
Type: Support
Rank: C
Range: maximum of 50 m radius
Maximum Number of Targets: about 150 people
Effect: The charm that Fatima received before her last mission, it summons the fury of the desert in the form of a local sand storm. This ability have little offensive capabilities (though weaker mortals might be knocked out from extended exposure to the sands) and only last for about 5 minutes before dissipating. What it does do well however, is obstructing the views and hearings of everyone caught in it. While this also includes Fatima, and she lack the protection of the winds that her predecessors and her brother all have, she compensates this by relying on her impressive instinct, allowing her to locate her target among the chaos and confusion.
Zabaniya
Title: Delusional Body/Delusional Mind
Type: Anti-Unit
Rank: B
Range: 1-3
Maximum Number of Targets: 1 people
Effect: The ability used by ‘The Unspoken Hassan’, which was Fatima’s nickname when she was alive. Fatima had modified her two hands with numerous poisons that attacks and disable a variety of bodily and mental functions alike. Thanks to numerous body crafting processes, the poisons did not affect her at all, but can be delivered to her opponent via a touch from one of her hands. Fatima have separated the toxins according to function to each of her hands; toxins who attacks bodily functions were stored in her right hand, while toxins who attacks mental functions were stored in her left hand.
Delusional Body, Fatima’s right hand, is an ability that delivers an obscene variety and number of toxins designed to cripple the target’s bodily functions. This ability requires skin to skin contact, meaning that Fatima needs to bare her deformed hands, and her hand would need to touch the opponent’s skin as well. Therefore, if the hand is obstructed by anything and can’t reach the skin while striking, the poison will not take effect. This fact limits her target somewhat, but even the greatest of armors have a weakness, and any exposed skin during battle will be a valid target for Fatima to affect with her hand. The toxins’ effectiveness depends on the rank of Endurance the opponent have:
E rank or below: Paralysis of limbs and legs, all the joints around the area of the limbs and legs are paralyzed too. However, this doesn’t include paralyzing the joints around the neck or the torso, and the target still has most of his/her bodily function and senses intact.
D rank: Paralysis of the limbs or legs, depending on the one nearest to the target struck by Fatima’s right hand. The affected area behaves the same way as the effect on the E-rank above.
C rank: Slowing the body’s function down, making the opponent more sluggish. This reduces the Agility of the target by two ranks (or 2 minuses if they’re already at E rank), slowing the opponent a lot.
B rank: Reduce the effectiveness of the limbs and legs. Skills governed by the affected part are reduced by one rank. Skills like Eternal Arms Mastery, Monstrous Strength, or Projectile can be affected, as they are governed by limbs.
A rank or above: Total immunity, servants at this rank of resistance will not be affected by the poison.
The other hand, Delusional Mind, is an ability that delivers toxin used to cripple mental instead of bodily functions. It operates under the same rule as Delusional Body, except the effectiveness depends on the opponent’s Mana instead.
E rank or below: Disable the target’s ability to think, making them unable to process their surroundings. Motor functions are still available though, the target can still move but they won’t really think why they should move.
D rank: Shuts down one of the opponent’s senses, the senses that will be affected depends on Fatima. Unlike the other effects, this effect has a beneficial use as well, as Fatima can choose only to affect the sense of pain.
C rank: Slows the body’s senses, causing the opponent to feel more sluggish and impairing their reaction and reflexes. This effect reduces the Agility of the target by two ranks (or 2 minuses if they’re already at E rank), slowing the opponent a lot.
B rank: Reduce the effectiveness of the thinking process. Skills governed by the mind and senses are reduced by one rank. Skills like Military Tactics, Clairvoyance, or Eye of the Mind can be affected, as they are governed by the mind and senses.
A rank: Total immunity, servants at this rank of resistance will not be affected by the poison.
All effects with the exception of both A-rank effects last 15 minutes; an A rank or above in either of the resistance attribute will make the target virtually immune to the poison effects.
CLASS ABILITIES: //[/color]
Presence Concealment: A+
It is possible to disappear completely and become almost impossible to be detected. However, effectiveness will decrease once preparations to attack are taken.
SKILLS: //[/color]
Disengage: B
The ability to break away from combat, at this rank, the Servant can retreat from battle unless she’s vastly surrounded. As long as there is prana to keep the Servant intact, he can retreat from battle and heal himself. Also, with this ability, the battle is returned to the first turn, as it were
Eye of the Mind (True): A
Heightened insight that was refined through experience, developed from exceptional senses. At this skill level, a servant is capable of calm analysis during battle and deduces an appropriate course of action after considering all possibilities to escape from a predicament. So long there is even a chance of comeback; this ability greatly improves the chance of winning. Lacking a true charm to protect her from the harsh weather of the desert, Fatima relies on her superb instinct to navigate the desert in order to locate settlements. This skill also allows her to locate her target among crowds of people and finish him/her in the most efficient way possible.
Protection of the Faith: B
A Skill possessed only by those who have sacrificed themselves for a religious view. Despite being a form of divine protection, it is not a blessing from a higher existence. It is only the absoluteness of one's body and soul, which is born from faith.... But if it is too high, it causes abnormalities in the personality. Fatima approaches her duty as an assassin with a zeal that only few could match, let alone surpass. Fatima believes in a higher existence, not necessarily the God from her faith, from which all things came from. She believes that this existence has given her these abilities in order for her to make use of it to the fullest, and she intends to honor this expectation as best as she can. This fact let her ignore mental interference, and is one of the driving forces on why she created her split personalities.
Self-Modification: C
The aptitude to merge one’s own flesh with body parts or other substances, the higher the ranking in this skill the further away one is from being a proper hero. Fatima has modified her own two hands in order to host an obscene number of poisons, and is required for her to activate the Noble Phantasm Zabaniya above. The appearance of the hands has become somewhat demonic, with blackish color with a tinge of green. Fatima always wears gloves or other hand accessories to conceal this fact, not revealing her hands’ true appearance unless necessary.
STRENGTH: //[/color] B
ENDURANCE: //[/color] D
AGILITY: //[/color] A+
MANA: //[/color] C+
LUCK: //[/color] D
NOBLE PHANTASM: //[/color] B
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FACE CLAIM: //[/color] Strength from Black Rock Shooter
OTHER CHARACTERS: //[/color] Gaius Julius Caesar, Nico Vanzetti, Catherine Trandor
MISC. INFORMATION: //[/color] Talked with Paul to reserve this character to become his servant, if it falls through then she’s free for all.
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