『OOC』 ◈ Mayfield App
Name: Casey
Personal LJ: sugarfixation
Contact Info: golden.witch [yim], VitaminxC [aim], goldenwitch [plurk]
Other Characters Played: None.
Preferred Housing: Same house with iheartcabbage apping this round, if possible.
Character Name: Rider, Medusa
Character Series: Fate/Stay Night
Character Age: Summoned at roughly mid-twenties.
Background: Wiki.
Personality:
One could hardly say that Rider started with humble beginnings. She was the personification of the ideal goddess, created by a mankind who grew weary of the pitiless gods they worshipped. However, it never seemed to her that she was particularly blessed. Her early life was that of betrayal and servitude ending in a death that is as legendary as it is gruesome. Yet her death is not where her story ended, but merely a history for another life altogether.
Rider was born from good intentions along with her two sisters, Stheno and Euryale. Her siblings were gifted with beauty and immortality. While beautiful, Rider was mortal, left to grow and age with time. Eventually, her sisters would come to tease and taunt her for her increasing height and shapely build. They treated her as a maid and reveled in her abuse. Despite their cruelty, Rider truly loved her sisters dearly. This is likely the reason she is fixated on things and people who are small and “cute”. She longs to be like them, seeing herself as large and awkward.
With time the three sisters were regarded as heresy and their worship was outlawed. They were condemned to live on The Shapeless Isle, an uninhabitable place at the ends of the earth. This treachery only fueled Rider’s disdain for humanity. As it grew more and more intense, she manifested into a monster that devoured the humans which shunned her and her sisters. She no longer knew herself. Feeling partially responsible, her sisters allowed her to consume them as well. Her anger and rage went without bounds until she was decapitated by the hero Perseus in a moment of lucidity.
Rider is strongly shaped by her past. It’s almost as though time has never stopped for her, only paused and restarted when she was summoned to aid in the Holy Grail War as a divine spirit. She is perhaps a bit more careful and cold to others to avoid previous mistakes. As a servant she is silent and obedient. She analyzes her rival and strategizes accordingly as opposed to diving into battle blindly. Rider is intensely protective of her master, Sakura, perhaps because she sees a little of herself in her situation. She wishes to maintain the innocence and purity she finds in her, knowing full well what damage can come from despair.
When Rider is spared from battle, she is usually reserved yet polite to others. She’s calm and collected, preferring to read or drink quietly. It’s to be noted that she isn’t an evil person in spite of the horrors of her past. She’s used to being avoided and misjudged and in return simply keeps to herself. This isn’t to say she doesn’t appreciate company, she just doesn’t expect it. Frequently, she thinks on the times she shared with her sisters. She knows full well that at times they did not have her best interest at heart, but in the end, they were her family and she loved them.
It is unclear as to what Rider’s motivation may be in her current incarnation, but what is left for someone with such a stained past but the wish for redemption? Perhaps this can be found with Sakura or the other people she has met in her current state. Or maybe, by having another chance, she can finally find some peace within herself.
Abilities:
Rider has some of the most powerful Noble Phantasms (Special abilities given to servants in the Fate/Stay Night universe.) of all the servants. However, they require a great deal of energy to produce them.
Breaker - Gorgon
Self-Seal: Temple of Darkness
This is Rider’s ability to turn others to stone with her gaze.
Bellerophon
Bridle of Chivalry
With this Rider can summon the full force of the horse Pegasus in a final attack.
Blood Fort - Andromeda
Outer-Seal: Temple of Blood
This is cast as a bounded barrier of blood. It melts the people trapped inside. Melted people become red blood and get absorbed by the user of the barrier. Its actual use is to absorb mana.
Sample Entry:
Well, then...
[Rider adjusted her glasses slightly and peered up at the modest building before her. For the most part, she found her new surroundings charming and she was pleased to discover it had a perk. She did love to read.]
I suppose if I have to be stuck anywhere, I’m at the very least appreciative it has something to bide a little of my time. One can only clean so much. And the transportation here is sub-par.
[A small sigh and she would be off, making her way inside the library to peruse the rows of books...only to find a very slim selection?]
Cooking and cleaning? They write books for this? I would have honestly thought it was pretty self explanatory.
Who is the Betty Crocker person? Apparently she makes a good melon ball cocktail. Whatever that is...
Broccoli-mushroom cassero- Nevermind. None of this is appetizing at all. Miss Betty should stop writing books and spend more time learning to cook decent food.
Doesn’t anyone like octopus anymore?
Personal LJ: sugarfixation
Contact Info: golden.witch [yim], VitaminxC [aim], goldenwitch [plurk]
Other Characters Played: None.
Preferred Housing: Same house with iheartcabbage apping this round, if possible.
Character Name: Rider, Medusa
Character Series: Fate/Stay Night
Character Age: Summoned at roughly mid-twenties.
Background: Wiki.
Personality:
One could hardly say that Rider started with humble beginnings. She was the personification of the ideal goddess, created by a mankind who grew weary of the pitiless gods they worshipped. However, it never seemed to her that she was particularly blessed. Her early life was that of betrayal and servitude ending in a death that is as legendary as it is gruesome. Yet her death is not where her story ended, but merely a history for another life altogether.
Rider was born from good intentions along with her two sisters, Stheno and Euryale. Her siblings were gifted with beauty and immortality. While beautiful, Rider was mortal, left to grow and age with time. Eventually, her sisters would come to tease and taunt her for her increasing height and shapely build. They treated her as a maid and reveled in her abuse. Despite their cruelty, Rider truly loved her sisters dearly. This is likely the reason she is fixated on things and people who are small and “cute”. She longs to be like them, seeing herself as large and awkward.
With time the three sisters were regarded as heresy and their worship was outlawed. They were condemned to live on The Shapeless Isle, an uninhabitable place at the ends of the earth. This treachery only fueled Rider’s disdain for humanity. As it grew more and more intense, she manifested into a monster that devoured the humans which shunned her and her sisters. She no longer knew herself. Feeling partially responsible, her sisters allowed her to consume them as well. Her anger and rage went without bounds until she was decapitated by the hero Perseus in a moment of lucidity.
Rider is strongly shaped by her past. It’s almost as though time has never stopped for her, only paused and restarted when she was summoned to aid in the Holy Grail War as a divine spirit. She is perhaps a bit more careful and cold to others to avoid previous mistakes. As a servant she is silent and obedient. She analyzes her rival and strategizes accordingly as opposed to diving into battle blindly. Rider is intensely protective of her master, Sakura, perhaps because she sees a little of herself in her situation. She wishes to maintain the innocence and purity she finds in her, knowing full well what damage can come from despair.
When Rider is spared from battle, she is usually reserved yet polite to others. She’s calm and collected, preferring to read or drink quietly. It’s to be noted that she isn’t an evil person in spite of the horrors of her past. She’s used to being avoided and misjudged and in return simply keeps to herself. This isn’t to say she doesn’t appreciate company, she just doesn’t expect it. Frequently, she thinks on the times she shared with her sisters. She knows full well that at times they did not have her best interest at heart, but in the end, they were her family and she loved them.
It is unclear as to what Rider’s motivation may be in her current incarnation, but what is left for someone with such a stained past but the wish for redemption? Perhaps this can be found with Sakura or the other people she has met in her current state. Or maybe, by having another chance, she can finally find some peace within herself.
Abilities:
Rider has some of the most powerful Noble Phantasms (Special abilities given to servants in the Fate/Stay Night universe.) of all the servants. However, they require a great deal of energy to produce them.
Breaker - Gorgon
Self-Seal: Temple of Darkness
This is Rider’s ability to turn others to stone with her gaze.
Bellerophon
Bridle of Chivalry
With this Rider can summon the full force of the horse Pegasus in a final attack.
Blood Fort - Andromeda
Outer-Seal: Temple of Blood
This is cast as a bounded barrier of blood. It melts the people trapped inside. Melted people become red blood and get absorbed by the user of the barrier. Its actual use is to absorb mana.
Sample Entry:
Well, then...
[Rider adjusted her glasses slightly and peered up at the modest building before her. For the most part, she found her new surroundings charming and she was pleased to discover it had a perk. She did love to read.]
I suppose if I have to be stuck anywhere, I’m at the very least appreciative it has something to bide a little of my time. One can only clean so much. And the transportation here is sub-par.
[A small sigh and she would be off, making her way inside the library to peruse the rows of books...only to find a very slim selection?]
Cooking and cleaning? They write books for this? I would have honestly thought it was pretty self explanatory.
Who is the Betty Crocker person? Apparently she makes a good melon ball cocktail. Whatever that is...
Broccoli-mushroom cassero- Nevermind. None of this is appetizing at all. Miss Betty should stop writing books and spend more time learning to cook decent food.
Doesn’t anyone like octopus anymore?