Post by Achilles on Aug 4, 2010 7:29:27 GMT -5
Lancer
"The first rule of combat: only cowards fight with arrows."
"The first rule of combat: only cowards fight with arrows."
OTHER ALIAS: //[/color] Achilles, "Godlike Achilles", etc.
CURRENT AGE: //[/color] 29
YEAR OF BIRTH: //[/color] 1214 BC
GENDER: //[/color] F
ALIGNMENT: //[/color] Chaotic Good
OCCUPATION: //[/color] Achaean Warrior
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Look at those thick, high boots that make sure to keep her heels hidden!
HEIGHT: //[/color] 197cm
WEIGHT: //[/color] 60kg
EYE COLOR: //[/color] Red
HAIR COLOR: //[/color] Blonde
PIERCINGS: //[/color] N/A
TATTOOS: //[/color] See pic
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: //[/color] Above-average height
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- Bombastic
- She's an ancient Greek hero. A Homeric one, at that. It's only a natural thing for Godlike Achilles to walk with a certain swagger, or speak in a grandiose manner for no reason other than feeling like it, or to dress in an outfit that shouts. It's almost as loud as her voice, actually.
- Tsundere
- Achilles is pretty easy to slight. Though you can argue that those incidents in the Iliad were justified, it's hard to justify letting countless Greeks die just because somebody took your favorite harem girl. Once started, there's no going back. The Wrath of Achilles has befallen you, and she will spend gods know how long in her tent (or room), snubbing you and your efforts to woo her. Even after you say sorry (or offer to give her favorite harem girl back) (Tsun). Once you're in trouble, however, she'll get right back to you. Godlike Achilles, more than anything, does not wish to repeat the tragedy of Patroklos in this war (Dere).
- Short-Fused
- As anyone who's been in the Trojan War will tell you, Achilles is a stick of dynamite with a very short fuse. Especially when you insult things and people she has taken a liking to. Like when you finally manage to prick her thick pride.
- Outspoken
- Goes hand in hand with her bombastic attitude. Achilles is frank, and won't hesitate to give her opinion whether or not you ask for it. It could be a snide side-comment, or a totally serious statement, it doesn't matter. Expect this Servant to talk, and talk a lot, whenever the opportunity presents itself.
LIKES: //[/color]
Patroklos
Handsome Men
Beautiful Women
Weapons
A glorious battle
Fair combat
DISLIKES: //[/color]
Arrows
Cowards
Trojans
Exposing her feet
Backstabbing
Gods
STRENGTHS: //[/color]
First and foremost, this is Achilles, the great hero of the Trojan War. They had to use Brad Pitt to try and emulate the legendary 'handsomeness' described in the epics. Strength and beauty aside, Achilles has guts, and plenty of them. This is paired up with a hearty determination to get the job done once she really gets into the mood. Just ask Hector. If you're the right kind of person, either pretty or Patroklos-ish enough, you'll probably hit it off at the start.
WEAKNESSES: //[/color]
First and foremost, being, well, Achilles, she has the original Achilles' Heel. She is arrogant, aloof, and highly irritable. Do not tempt the Wrath of Achilles, for to do so is to call down the thunder and reap the whirlwind. Just ask Hector. It is not easy to get along with the great hero of the Trojan War, due to the above qualities. Achilles tends to be frank and to the point, speaking with much eloquence when she wishes to, but with few manners. She is prone to having bouts cold shoulders, especially with regards to people and things she takes a liking to. Her equally legendary lust will sometimes get in the way of a proper fight, and at worst, she'll stop trying to kill an enemy and start trying to seduce them instead.
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MY LEGEND: //[/color]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles
MY HISTORY: //[/color]
Sit down and listen, as we raise up the curtain, and give you a humble offering, a short play for all to enjoy, of a hero whose exploits were most graced by the master poet himself, Homer. A hero who fought most gallantly on the battlefield of Troy, who stormed through its mighty armies to avenge a dear friend who the Trojans had felled, who only died because it was the fated time. And who else do we speak of but the great and glorious Achilles?
The story of Godlike Achilles begins in a time long ago: a time of myth and legend, when the ancient gods were petty and cruel, and they plagued mankind with suffering. In those days, magecraft was truly superior, and magnitudes closer to Magic than the pitiful thaumaturgy available in the modern day. But, that particular portion of the legend really isn't that important, other than being an ideal setting to raise such a great hero.
Now the stage is set, let us see the actors. For the prologue of this production, we give you four dramatis personae: Silver-footed Thetis, a sea nymph and daughter of Nereus, the divine mother of our hero. Zeus, the almighty King of the Gods, leader of the Olympians, Alastor the avenger, holder of a host of many other epithets. Poseidon, Lord of the Deep, Zeus' brother and Thetis' in-law by her sister, Amphitrite. Lastly, rounding off our prologue cast, is Peleus, King of Aegina, a mortal hero who fought alongside Hercules against the Amazons, accompanied the great hero on the quest for the Golden Fleece, and had his own legend, rife with adventure, betrayal, and accidental murder.
Which one of these three would become the father? Ah, that Zeus would be so bold, and Poseidon so daring. But one must not forget to remind the brothers, what might happen when two of divine blood come together and forge a child. Yes, the child will be greater than the father, and eventually dethrone him, not unlike what Zeus had done a generation before to his father Cronus, and what Cronus had done to his father before him. Indeed, fearing this very cyclical Prophecy of Succession, Zeus and Poseidon instead conceded, and gave the beautiful nymph to the mortal hero Peleus.
But the prologue is not yet over! For now the great King of Myrmidons had to take control, even after being rejected. Seeking the counsel of the wise centaur Chiron, Peleus bound her while asleep, and wrestled with her many changing forms until she eventually surrendered. The wedding was a grand event, attended by gods and kings alike. In fact, this was the very wedding where Eris threw the golden apple, leading to the argument that would start the Trojan War years later.
That, however, is for a later act of the play. We must always start with the First Act, after all, the glorious birth and coming of age of Godlike Achilles!
So it is said that Thetis loved her child Achilles thusly so, that she smothered her in ambrosia, that divine food of the gods, and set her ablaze to burn away all her mortal flesh and leave only the divine. But the father Peleus disrupted the ritual just before the last tendons of Achilles' heel burned away. Closer to the truth, however, was how instead of deifying Achilles in fire, beloved mother glorified her in water, washing away the great hero's mortality with the tide of the River Styx. Only her carelessness left Achilles' tender heel vulnerable to the dangers of the world.
Not long after, Godlike Achilles was sent to be raised by the wise centaur Chiron, who dwelt on mount Pelion. It was here where the great hero learned all the tricks of the trade. By the time of the Trojan War, Achilles was called to battle by her father, who sent her off with the fearsome Myrmidons, on one of the thousand ships launched by the abduction of Helen, Queen of Sparta.
So too did Achilles, during the campaigns of the war, fight many great battles and embark on as many glorious adventures. From the duel with Telephos, to her ambush and attempted seduction of the prodigious Trojan boy-general Prince Troilos, to being 'disguised' as a woman to hide from the war, and finally, arriving at the beachhead of great Troy itself.
Here starts our second act. Achilles was both a lover and a fighter, a vicious combination when approached in the incorrect manner. Agamemnon, supreme commander of the Greek forces, learned this the hard way, when he so foolishly decided to take Achilles' favorite harem girl, Briseis, as a replacement for one he had to return to her father, fearing divine retribution. One does not simply take the daughter of one of Apollo's priests without falling victim to the sun god's retribution, after all.
Thus begins the Wrath of Achilles, not on her foes, but on her own people. Giving allied commanders the cold shoulder and abandoning the war effort, Achilles spent her time snubbing the Greek armies from her tent, even praying to her own mother to appeal to Zeus and have the Trojans drive the Greeks back. It would take a truly devastating turn of events to bring Achilles back to the battlefield.
And so it came to pass, that Godlike Achilles' closest friend and lover, Patroklos, decided to take up the hero's armor and lead the Greeks into battle. Woeful Patroklos, so loving and kind, was slain by the great Hector, son of Priam, who sacked the armor and wore it as his own.
The third act commences as Achilles prays for a different favor from her mother. She beseeches Silver-footed Thetis to have the armor lost to Hector replaced. And so it is, by armor that even outshines it, but more importantly, a mighty aegis to be used as ultimate defense. So too did Godlike Achilles mercilessly return to battle and slay three Trojans for every Greek who had perished during her tantrum, even as she hunted down great Hector and took advantage of Athena's trickery to corner him into battle.
The final confrontation is decisive, settled by the throws of spears, and once more, Athena uses trickery to give Achilles the upper hand. Hector's last great effort is a legendary one, as he valiantly hurls his spear at Godlike Achilles, who brings her magnificent new aegis to bear, deflecting that spear. Then as she finishes the duel by herself exploiting an Achilles' heel in her armor, which was now worn by great Hector, fatally cutting his neck, she denies him an honorable death and funeral. The Wrath of Achilles is made known once again, as she satisfies her rage by dragging Hector's mutilated corpse around the battlefield for nine days from behind her chariot.
But all great tales must come to an end. The final act is solemn, painful, and ironic, all at once, for Godlike Achilles. Even as she herself deprived great Hector of an honorable death, so too did her actions over the course of the war bring down upon herself the hands of gods. Achilles did not die gloriously in battle. Apollo killed her. By guiding the arrow of the cowardly prince Paris, did he kill her. Fatally struck in this heel, this one tender heel, Achilles fell, and in her last moments lamented how a coward had stolen from her a most beautiful death.
She was burned in a funeral pyre and her ashes were mixed with those of her beloved Patroklos.
Here ends our humble offering of entertainment for tonight, my friends. As the curtain falls on the urn of Achilles' ashes, this humble playwright wishes to give thanks to all the gods who made this possible, especially Athena for the military advisory, Hephaestus for the props, and Deus Ex Machina for all the special effects. Drive home safely, and- Hey! You! Put down that urn! Those are the actual ashes of Achilles! Hey! Come back here! Security! Security!
MY GOALS: //[/color] To be reunited with her true love, Patroklos
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Lóngkhi Achilleus
An heirloom spear inherited by Achilles from her father Peleus.
Chariot of Achilles
Achilles' war chariot from the Trojan War. Drawn by her father's divine horses, Balios and Xanthos, it was used to mutilate Hector's corpse by dragging it around the battlefield for nine days. Other than being used to do so, it possesses no special qualities like being able to fly, or something like that. Due to being useless in single combat, this is only used for anti-army purposes.
NOBLE PHANTASM: //[/color]
Lóngkhi Achilleus - Cursed Spear of the King
Rank: C
Type: Anti-Unit
Max Target: 1 Person
The spear is cursed wherein being pierced by it will cause injury that can only be healed by having a fragment of the spear rubbed into the wound. This was used most prominently in the battle between Achilles and Telephos, a son of Hercules, whom the former wounded with the spear during their duel. The remedy was deduced by Odysseus, after Telephos came to them seeking help, explaining how the Delphic Oracle told him that "he that wounded shall heal". A passive attribute similar to Gae Bolg.
In addition to the damage dealt by the spear, the curse inflicted on the target drains 1HP per turn per injury. That is to say, if the enemy has been struck twice, he will lose 2HP per turn. The maximum amount of HP deductible is worth 3 injuries, or 3HP per turn. This continues until either the target reaches 1HP, which can no longer be subtracted, Achilles is killed, or somebody decides to rub some fragments of the spear on the wounds.
Rho Achilleus - The World and All its Order
Rank: B
Type: Support
The most crucial piece of the set of armor crafted by the blacksmith god Hephaestus as a replacement for Achilles' first set of armor, which was taken by Hector after killing Patroclus, who had borrowed it. Easily blocked the spear of Hector due to its superior craftsmanship, and after Achilles death, sublimed into a Conceptual Shield.
A noble phantasm of similar durability to Rho Aias, albeit instead of supreme protection against thrown weapons, holds supreme protection against spears, whether thrown or thrust. As an anti-spear, and hence, anti-"point" defense, it manifests with the same size it had when it was physical, and thus does not spread like a wall, unlike Rho Aias. When summoned, appears as an ethereal circle bearing the decorations forged into the shield by Hephaestus.
As its decoration is so ornate and unique that it is as recognizable as Excalibur, it is only used as a last resort to protect the Achilles' Heel from harm when unavoidable, such as when being attacked from two sides. Not to be confused with Rho Aias, which is the shield of another hero of the Trojan War, Aias/Ajax.
Tou Stux Philo - Mother's Ultimate Gift
Rank: B
Type: Support
Achilles' ultimate Noble Phantasm. A supernatural armor created by dipping her as a child into the River Styx, which flows through Hades. As such, it is her mother's ultimate gift of invulnerability. This armor blocks any attack short of A, making it a similar ability to Godhand. However, it lacks the latter's eleven extra lives, as well as any ability to adapt to an attack that succeeds in penetrating it, as anything that does penetrate it is sure to be fatal.
The Kiss of Styx covers Achilles entire body, save her right heel, which has led to the evolution of the modern day idiom "Achilles' Heel". Indeed, the waters of the river flowing around Achilles have concentrated the entirety of both her concept of injury, and her concept of death, on her Achilles' Heel. Even an E-rank (or fruit knife) attack striking her there will result in immediate death. This was most well-demonstrated during Achilles' final battle, when an arrow fired by Paris of Troy was guided by Apollo to hit this heel, killing her.
It is thus the most obvious and immediate concern of Achilles, that while there may be servants with A-level attacks running around, the greatest danger to her would be the discovery of her identity. As such, she plays the game carefully, fighting as though she has no invincibility, as the simple discovery of this invincibility can quickly lead to the discovery of her identity, especially if the servant or master is an expert at that sort of strategy.
CLASS ABILITIES: //[/color]
Magic Resistance: B
Cancel spells with a chant below three verses. Even if targeted by High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals, it is difficult for him to be affected.
SKILLS: //[/color]
Riding: C
Can pilot most vehicles with average skill. Cannot ride any of the beasts at Demoniac or Holy-Beast level and above.
Mystic Face of Charm: E
As the most 'handsome' of the heroes in the Trojan War, Achilles' face has a slight charm effect. Can smite ordinary people who see her, but can easily be resisted by even an amateur magus with minimal prana resistance. However, regardless of whether you get smitten, it will at least cause you to turn your head to get a better look.
Divinity: C
As a demi-god, Achilles has some degree of divinity. However, as her mother is the minor sea-goddess Thetis, it is not that remarkable.
Bravery: A+
Capacity to resist mental interference such as pressure, confusion and fascination. Bonus effect of increasing melee damage by one + modifier.
STRENGTH: //[/color] B+
ENDURANCE: //[/color] C
AGILITY: //[/color] A
MANA: //[/color] C
LUCK: //[/color] E
NOBLE PHANTASM: //[/color] B
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FACE CLAIM: //[/color] Gilgamesh-ko, from fanart governed by Rule 63.
OTHER CHARACTERS: //[/color] Kosviel von Einzbern, Luciano Mezzanotte, Lempicialynn Edelfelt, Uther Pendragon
MISC. INFORMATION: //[/color] Uh... yeah, that last part, is obviously her future master stealing the urn from an actual play. Freaky.
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