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The Assassin of Shinjuku, Yan Qing, is one of the many Heroic SpiritsHeroic Spirits are spirits of heroes who achieved great deeds in life, having become objects of worship after their deaths. summoned by the mage Ritsuka Fujimaru in Fate/Grand Order.

A mage can summon a Heroic Spirit to be their Servant: a spirit that acts somewhat like a familiar to their summoner—their Master—to, under normal circumstances, compete in the Holy Grail War.The Holy Grail War is a battle royale for the Holy Grail, a magical device that can grant any wish. Participants include both mages and Heroic Spirits.

Each Servant is a powerful magical entity that has their own special set of skills based on the personality they were in history or myth. Their parameters such as strength, agility, etc. are superhuman compared to that of a person with even magically-enhanced abilities, making them a lethal opponent in a fight even if they hold back.

Parameters

Table here later.

Class Skills

Class Skills are skillsets given to a Servant of the corresponding ClassHeroic Spirits summoned by the Holy Grail are placed into one of various Classes. The seven standard classes are Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Caster, Assassin, and Berserker. Servants of the Assassin class are skilled at operating covertly, stealthy, and silently. They specialize in killing Masters rather than Servants..

Presence Concealment C

Enables him to cloak his magical energy to make him seem human as well as prevent others from detecting his presence. It is suitable for spying. Its power greatly drops when he's preparing to attack.

Ruffian A

Enables him to ride or drive almost any animal or vehicle. It also enables him to use his mana even without a supply from his Master, even letting him manifest in the world for a longer period of time compared to other Servants. Its effect increases during banquets as a bonus.

For the canon-familiar, it's a combination of Riding and Independent Action.

Personal Skills

Personal Skills reflect the abilities a Heroic Spirit had in life and their personal legends.

Chinese Boxing EX (A+++)

He is a master at Chinese martial arts, particularly the Yanqingquan style which he was said to have created.

Espionage A

Makes one's presence fail to register as hostile. This skill causes others to mistake him for something else, such as a kind neighbor, a friend, or a loved one.

Skillful Star A+

The title given to him as he was born under a Demonic Star. He is destined to seek glory in order to atone for his past life's sins, but he is also foretold to encounter many misfortunes along the way. As the Skillful Star, he excels in the exquisite.

This skill just makes him really good at anything. He's a Mary Sue. Sorry. He's particularly good at conversation, singing, dancing and playing any kind of musical instrument.

Noble Phantasm

Assassin's Noble PhantasmNoble Phantasms are the embodiment of the ultimate mysteries of a hero that symbolizes one's existence through historical facts and anecdotes. Basically, a Servant's special attack. is Ambushed from Ten Sides - As if There Was No Shadow. When he uses this, he looks like he's making shadow clones of himself like fuckin Naruto, but he's really just moving super fast. That's literally it.

Doppelganger

The Doppelganger is a peculiar Personal Skill. During the Shinjuku singularity, Assassin was fused with the Doppelganger, a PhantomPhantoms are entities not qualified to become Heroic Spirits, being urban legends at most.. Fusing a Heroic Spirit with a Phantom bestows them with the Phantom's powers.

The Doppelganger allows Assassin to do the following:

The ability to change his appearance at will. He can only transform into other sentient beings with identities. (i.e. a statue - no; your mom - yes; your favorite anime character - yes; your dog - yes but that's cursed)

His disguise is indistinguishable from the original and can't be detected via magical means.

The ability to copy powers upon transformation. He is theoretically capable of copying a Servant's Skills and Noble Phantasms, but for personal reasons he doesn't copy the latter.

For characters who aren't Servants, he will not be able to use their most powerful abilities.

The ability to assimilate his chosen identity's feelings and memories upon transformation. This lets him perfectly copy his chosen identity's behavior and mannerisms. Memory probing is possible.

As a caveat, he remembers each identity he assumes, which eats away at his own. He needs to exert physical activity (i.e. fight) to remember himself. In Duplicity and PSLs, I've extended this to include sex for the sake of CR hooks because... because I can. Leave me alone.

Note: by default, I will not have Assassin probe your character's memories. Please contact me if you would like to discuss this ability further and/or use it in a thread!

Contracts

Servants subsist on their Master's magical energy to manifest in the world and use their powers. A Servant's power is also relative to the amount of magical energy available from their Master. If a Servant's magical energy is insufficient, they must resort to other means of acquiring magical energy: consuming human souls or bodily fluids.

Without a Master, Assassin will be at half-power. Although he has a skill that lets him last for a week without a Master, he will need to use his own magical energy to remain tangible in the world. In other words, he needs a battery or he will dieI won't make this as urgent in games due to RL and RP constraints, but it's a possible plot point to work with!.

Upon contracting Master gains 3 Command SpellsCommand Spells can compel a Servant to perform acts they might not ordinarily be capable of performing within limits. (e.g. order a Servant to escape, clean your living room, kill themselves (please don't do this), or amplify an attack using the incredible amount of magical energy the Command Spell provides) to command their Servant. General or vague commands such as "I order you to obey me!" won't be as effective as specific ones. The Spells appear on any part of the Master's body in any shape you (OOCly) wish.

The Contract ends when his Master dies, drops from the game, or uses up all three Command Spells.

Please contact me if you're interested in being his Master in-game! I'm also open to Master/Servant AUs for memes and PSLs.

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