Name: Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos Gender: Male Approximate Apparent Age: Anywhere between 25 and 35 Class: Avenger Fighting Style: Spellcaster (mind-affecting spells and summoned monsters; he doesn't attack directly) Personality: Nyarlathotep is what's known as an Outer God, an elemental force of the universe outside all human comprehension. However, the single aspect that's been summoned through the Holy Grail ritual - a God-King who ruled Ancient Egypt - does have a distinct personality of its own, if a frightening and subtle one.
As his epithet implies, Nyarlathotep wants chaos, destruction, and entropy, to better hasten the inevitable end of the universe. In the guise of the "Black Pharaoh", he does this by commanding the minds and souls of his lessers. Nyarlathotep has a genius intellect and deep understanding of the physical and magical nature of the universe, considering the Black Pharaoh "lived" thirty centuries ago. He is also charismatic and manipulative, able to charm, fast-talk, and/or bamboozle most people with minimal effort - those who resist him initially inevitably draw his attention and greater effort at breaking down their mental defenses and, eventually, their mind. He has access to magical spells that can do the same thing, but frankly, he'd rather just talk to people and reveal horrible secrets about physics or their own psychiatry until their minds break.
The core of Nyarlathotep's personality, though, is his colossal arrogance. He naturally views human beings - including his Master and the other Servants - as nothing of a higher order than bacteria in a petrie dish, to be manipulated, experimented upon, and played with on a whim, all toward the goal of decay and degeneracy of the entire thinking universe.
Attitude towards the Holy Grail War: Nyarlathotep wants to cause as much chaos as possible, driving humanity to degeneracy and ruin. If he obtains the Holy Grail, he will use its power to simply enslave the minds of everyone on the planet and turn them to the horrifying, self-destructive worship of himself and Azathoth. If he doesn't, he'll just do that on a smaller scale until this avatar is destroyed. Causing people emotional and mental distress is more important to him than actually fighting.
Noble Phantasm: The Thousand Masks (C): Nyarlathotep can shift his form to any humanoid he has personally spoken to since his summoning. This same shapeshifting also allows him to recover from physical damage at a rate commensurate with other Heroic Spirits. His more monstrous forms are sealed by the limitations of the Holy Grail - this is, after all, only one aspect of him. Screams of Nightmare (A): Nyarlathotep causes nightmares on a nightly basis over a wide area, wearing down peoples' sanity and drawing mana from their distress. This is ineffective against anyone who can recognize magic; it's mainly a mana replenishment source. Reality Marble - Court of Azathoth (A+): Nyarlathotep creates a personal space in the world linked to the mindless entropy at the center of creation, drawing himself and others into a space beyond the World and Time where they are beset by maddening and destructive beasts beyond mortal description. Stats: Strength D, Endurance C, Agility C, Magical Energy A+, Luck A, Noble Phantasm A+
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Class Skills: Divine Rank A Abilities: Charisma A, Magecraft A
Servant Avenger
Name: Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos
Gender: Male
Approximate Apparent Age: Anywhere between 25 and 35
Class: Avenger
Fighting Style: Spellcaster (mind-affecting spells and summoned monsters; he doesn't attack directly)
Personality: Nyarlathotep is what's known as an Outer God, an elemental force of the universe outside all human comprehension. However, the single aspect that's been summoned through the Holy Grail ritual - a God-King who ruled Ancient Egypt - does have a distinct personality of its own, if a frightening and subtle one.
As his epithet implies, Nyarlathotep wants chaos, destruction, and entropy, to better hasten the inevitable end of the universe. In the guise of the "Black Pharaoh", he does this by commanding the minds and souls of his lessers. Nyarlathotep has a genius intellect and deep understanding of the physical and magical nature of the universe, considering the Black Pharaoh "lived" thirty centuries ago. He is also charismatic and manipulative, able to charm, fast-talk, and/or bamboozle most people with minimal effort - those who resist him initially inevitably draw his attention and greater effort at breaking down their mental defenses and, eventually, their mind. He has access to magical spells that can do the same thing, but frankly, he'd rather just talk to people and reveal horrible secrets about physics or their own psychiatry until their minds break.
The core of Nyarlathotep's personality, though, is his colossal arrogance. He naturally views human beings - including his Master and the other Servants - as nothing of a higher order than bacteria in a petrie dish, to be manipulated, experimented upon, and played with on a whim, all toward the goal of decay and degeneracy of the entire thinking universe.
Attitude towards the Holy Grail War: Nyarlathotep wants to cause as much chaos as possible, driving humanity to degeneracy and ruin. If he obtains the Holy Grail, he will use its power to simply enslave the minds of everyone on the planet and turn them to the horrifying, self-destructive worship of himself and Azathoth. If he doesn't, he'll just do that on a smaller scale until this avatar is destroyed. Causing people emotional and mental distress is more important to him than actually fighting.
Noble Phantasm: The Thousand Masks (C): Nyarlathotep can shift his form to any humanoid he has personally spoken to since his summoning. This same shapeshifting also allows him to recover from physical damage at a rate commensurate with other Heroic Spirits. His more monstrous forms are sealed by the limitations of the Holy Grail - this is, after all, only one aspect of him.
Screams of Nightmare (A): Nyarlathotep causes nightmares on a nightly basis over a wide area, wearing down peoples' sanity and drawing mana from their distress. This is ineffective against anyone who can recognize magic; it's mainly a mana replenishment source.
Reality Marble - Court of Azathoth (A+): Nyarlathotep creates a personal space in the world linked to the mindless entropy at the center of creation, drawing himself and others into a space beyond the World and Time where they are beset by maddening and destructive beasts beyond mortal description.
Stats: Strength D, Endurance C, Agility C, Magical Energy A+, Luck A, Noble Phantasm A+
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Class Skills: Divine Rank A
Abilities: Charisma A, Magecraft A