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Player: Penbun
Contact: PM@this journal
Age: 2X
Current Characters: Yukari Yakumo
⌈ CHARACTER SECTION ⌉
Character: Mordred | Saber of Red
Age: looks to be about 15
Canon: Fate/Apocrypha
Canon Point: Post-Volume 3
Background:
http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Saber_of_Red
Personality:
Created by the sorceress Morgan La Fey via magical means, Mordred was born to help her mother to destroy her sister, Arturia, and her kingdom. To this end, Mordred used her keen skills and dedication to the ideals of knighthood to win a place among the legendary Knights of the Round Table, though she hid her face beneath a horned helmet to conceal her true identity and unmistakable resemblance to the king she so admired. However, upon being told of her origins as an artificial human conceived by the sorcery from the flesh of the king himself, Mordred began to see herself as a superior human of sorts via her blood connection to Arturia, whom she viewed with child-like eyes as a great person and leader, and fancied herself the true heir to the throne and her “father's” legacy.
However, this pride would not last for long, as Arthur eventually rejected Mordred and refused to acknowledge the artificial girl as her child. This shattered Mordred's view of the world and of her “father,” and eventually caused her to sow the seeds of rebellion and unrest in the kingdom while Arturia was away. The end result of all this was the meeting of the two once last time at the Battle of Camlann, where mother and daughter fought atop a hill, and, though Arthur managed to pierce Mordred with a holy spear, a counterattack from Modred sealed her mother's fate as well, as she would later die of the wounds inflicted by her own child.
After her death, Mordred's spirit would come to rest in the Throne of Heroes, the receptacle from which heroes from throughout mankind's history are called to do battle once more in the Holy Grail War. In particular she would be summoned into what would be know as the Grand Grail War. An event in which two factions, Red and Black, clashed over the right to claim the grail for themselves.
After being summoned into the modern world, it does not take long for Mordred's master to discover the true identity of the helmeted knight he had summoned, for, she almost immediately destroys the piece of the Round Table that had been used to summon her in the first place, suggesting that she was a person who had a powerful negative feelings towards her past as a knight. This lingering resentment of her past, and especially of her less-than-ideal relationship with Arturia, forms a large basis of Mordred's personality in the present, to the point that she will become angry if any mention of the Round Table, her father, or even her own gender is made in her presence.
The fact that Modred seems to paradoxically worship and loathe her “father” puzzles her master, and often makes him question just how Modred's true feelings on the matter lie. Beneath the surface, however, the matter is a bit more complicated, as Mordred motivation to act as she did both in the past and during the Grail War, was prove to Arturia, and herself, that she was worthy of being the both the king's son and heir to the throne.
And so great was Modred's desire to prove herself to her father that, when questioned about what she would wish for if she somehow managed to win the Grail War, Mordred responded that she would like the chance to attempt to remove the sword Caliburn from the stone just as Artuia had as a girl, in effect giving herself a chance to show with concrete evidence to that she was worthy of being the heir to the throne and her “father's” legacy.
It is also worth noting that Modred's relationship with her father has so come to define her as a person that it has been emblazoned upon her sword, which bears the name “Clarent Blood Arthur” and the title “Rebellion Against My Beautiful Father.” Showcasing even in the name of her weaponry just how ingrained her convoluted relationship with Arturia has become in her legend over the years.
As mentioned previously, Mordred becomes angered if anyone refers to her by her gender – that is, referring to her as a woman or girl – for the simple fact that her own identity is highly tied to that of being the son of the king, whom, as far as she knew, was a man. To live up to and surpass the image of her “father” that lingers in her memories, Mordred's self-image is formed in such a way that, by her logic, she must share her “father's” perceived gender in order to stand on equal footing with legendary King of Knights. Likewise, admitting herself as female would also means that her “father,” of whom she is a nearly identical copy, was female as well, which would not fit the ideal image she had of Arturia, and thus force Mordred to reevaluate her entire worldview.
Mordred is also an endlessly cocky girl who always seems to see herself as a coming out of top of any given situation, calling herself the one person who overcame the King of Knights and often gloating of her ability on the battlefield, though her master often thinks to himself that such an attitude may become an issue someday. However, this cockiness is backed by her immense skill as a knight, as seen in the fact that she is able to best a foe as strong as Siegfried, the legendary German hero and one of the strongest servants summoned in this particular Grail War, in one-on-one combat, as well as being able to defeat a number of high-class golems with a bit of help from her master.
However, Mordred, despite her time as a knight, also defines herself as someone who will do anything necessary to come out on top of a conflict, such as is seen when fighting against several golems and in the fact that she defeats them by throwing her sword, an unorthodox and risky move that most knights would never think to even try. When questioned about the matter by her master, Mordred simply states that she would do anything if it would help her win, including punching, kicking, and biting, if it came to down to it – adding that, to her, her swordplay is just another tool in her arsenal.
Off the battlefield, Mordred is a girl who sees herself as being above others and deserving of the finer things in life. This is seen when she asks her master to buy her clothing, mentioning that it should be no bother to simply drop a few coins on such an item for her and thought it below her to sleep on the floor of the crypt that her master, a necromancer, had chosen as his base of operation for the war. Though they are eventually able to settle on Mordred taking the sleeping bag he had brought along, noting that it was worth slightly more then the blankets he would be using.
Mordred does possess something of a sense of honor, noting on occasion that she would never go so far as to dragging innocent bystanders into a conflict between magi and servants. This is partly because of her own sense of right and wrong, but also because Mordred believes that part of being a right and just king is looking out for the safety and well being of the common folk. And, as Mordred believes herself the proper heir to the throne of Camelot, she holds herself to these standards as well.
It is also worth noting that Mordred does not like to be kept in her spiritual form, as some servants do in order to make it easier to hide themselves from their rivals, but rather prefers her physical body because of the fact that she prefers to live with her own two feet planted firmly on the ground. As it adds a layer of reality to the situation that does not exist when one is merely floating around like a will-o-wisp most of the time.
In all, Mordred is a girl with a complicated relationship with her past, yet one who is nevertheless fully capable of acting in the present as well. Though she is cocky, often looks down on others, and is sometimes quick to anger, she is capable of working with others that she deems worthy of her attention, such as her master, who won her trust after refusing to team up with Shirou Kotomine.
Abilities:
http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Saber_of_Red#Abilities
Alignment: Elios One of the central conflicts in Mordred's life is her hatred of her father for rejecting her as her son. But at the same time, in canon it is shown that Mordred secretly still loves Artoria as well for very complicated reasons, in fact in her character profile the thing she loves and hates are both listed as her father, cementing in simple words the complex relationship the two share.
Other:
⌈ SAMPLE SECTION ⌉
Sample:
http://empatheias-ooc.dreamwidth.org/115279.html?thread=10940751#cmt10940751
To meet her father again was an event that Mordred had never in a thousand year would ever happen. Drawn across time and space and dressed in her armor of old, she had sat in front of the King of Knights and from the depths of her heart spat forth venom and tears in equal amounts. But now, with the conversation in which she had said more to her father then she ever thought possible, all she felt was a sense of emptiness, and a sense of “Where do I go from here?”
She had a hundred times over played out such a scene in her head, where she would pridefully lord over her father her own achievements in the Grand Grail War and once and for all prove that he was wrong in rejecting her. But that was not what had come to pass. She had cried, wept, and yelled, but not felt nothing at all. All around her, holes had begun to appear, small in size as they were, in the ground, one for each memory she recalled that left a similar hole in her heart. She had once filled that space with a burning hatred for her father, but those flames had cooled and nothing it seemed would take their place.
So she sat, her head low and heart calm, wondering when she would know what to do next.
Questions:
Player: Penbun
Contact: PM@this journal
Age: 2X
Current Characters: Yukari Yakumo
Character: Mordred | Saber of Red
Age: looks to be about 15
Canon: Fate/Apocrypha
Canon Point: Post-Volume 3
Background:
http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Saber_of_Red
Personality:
Created by the sorceress Morgan La Fey via magical means, Mordred was born to help her mother to destroy her sister, Arturia, and her kingdom. To this end, Mordred used her keen skills and dedication to the ideals of knighthood to win a place among the legendary Knights of the Round Table, though she hid her face beneath a horned helmet to conceal her true identity and unmistakable resemblance to the king she so admired. However, upon being told of her origins as an artificial human conceived by the sorcery from the flesh of the king himself, Mordred began to see herself as a superior human of sorts via her blood connection to Arturia, whom she viewed with child-like eyes as a great person and leader, and fancied herself the true heir to the throne and her “father's” legacy.
However, this pride would not last for long, as Arthur eventually rejected Mordred and refused to acknowledge the artificial girl as her child. This shattered Mordred's view of the world and of her “father,” and eventually caused her to sow the seeds of rebellion and unrest in the kingdom while Arturia was away. The end result of all this was the meeting of the two once last time at the Battle of Camlann, where mother and daughter fought atop a hill, and, though Arthur managed to pierce Mordred with a holy spear, a counterattack from Modred sealed her mother's fate as well, as she would later die of the wounds inflicted by her own child.
After her death, Mordred's spirit would come to rest in the Throne of Heroes, the receptacle from which heroes from throughout mankind's history are called to do battle once more in the Holy Grail War. In particular she would be summoned into what would be know as the Grand Grail War. An event in which two factions, Red and Black, clashed over the right to claim the grail for themselves.
After being summoned into the modern world, it does not take long for Mordred's master to discover the true identity of the helmeted knight he had summoned, for, she almost immediately destroys the piece of the Round Table that had been used to summon her in the first place, suggesting that she was a person who had a powerful negative feelings towards her past as a knight. This lingering resentment of her past, and especially of her less-than-ideal relationship with Arturia, forms a large basis of Mordred's personality in the present, to the point that she will become angry if any mention of the Round Table, her father, or even her own gender is made in her presence.
The fact that Modred seems to paradoxically worship and loathe her “father” puzzles her master, and often makes him question just how Modred's true feelings on the matter lie. Beneath the surface, however, the matter is a bit more complicated, as Mordred motivation to act as she did both in the past and during the Grail War, was prove to Arturia, and herself, that she was worthy of being the both the king's son and heir to the throne.
And so great was Modred's desire to prove herself to her father that, when questioned about what she would wish for if she somehow managed to win the Grail War, Mordred responded that she would like the chance to attempt to remove the sword Caliburn from the stone just as Artuia had as a girl, in effect giving herself a chance to show with concrete evidence to that she was worthy of being the heir to the throne and her “father's” legacy.
It is also worth noting that Modred's relationship with her father has so come to define her as a person that it has been emblazoned upon her sword, which bears the name “Clarent Blood Arthur” and the title “Rebellion Against My Beautiful Father.” Showcasing even in the name of her weaponry just how ingrained her convoluted relationship with Arturia has become in her legend over the years.
As mentioned previously, Mordred becomes angered if anyone refers to her by her gender – that is, referring to her as a woman or girl – for the simple fact that her own identity is highly tied to that of being the son of the king, whom, as far as she knew, was a man. To live up to and surpass the image of her “father” that lingers in her memories, Mordred's self-image is formed in such a way that, by her logic, she must share her “father's” perceived gender in order to stand on equal footing with legendary King of Knights. Likewise, admitting herself as female would also means that her “father,” of whom she is a nearly identical copy, was female as well, which would not fit the ideal image she had of Arturia, and thus force Mordred to reevaluate her entire worldview.
Mordred is also an endlessly cocky girl who always seems to see herself as a coming out of top of any given situation, calling herself the one person who overcame the King of Knights and often gloating of her ability on the battlefield, though her master often thinks to himself that such an attitude may become an issue someday. However, this cockiness is backed by her immense skill as a knight, as seen in the fact that she is able to best a foe as strong as Siegfried, the legendary German hero and one of the strongest servants summoned in this particular Grail War, in one-on-one combat, as well as being able to defeat a number of high-class golems with a bit of help from her master.
However, Mordred, despite her time as a knight, also defines herself as someone who will do anything necessary to come out on top of a conflict, such as is seen when fighting against several golems and in the fact that she defeats them by throwing her sword, an unorthodox and risky move that most knights would never think to even try. When questioned about the matter by her master, Mordred simply states that she would do anything if it would help her win, including punching, kicking, and biting, if it came to down to it – adding that, to her, her swordplay is just another tool in her arsenal.
Off the battlefield, Mordred is a girl who sees herself as being above others and deserving of the finer things in life. This is seen when she asks her master to buy her clothing, mentioning that it should be no bother to simply drop a few coins on such an item for her and thought it below her to sleep on the floor of the crypt that her master, a necromancer, had chosen as his base of operation for the war. Though they are eventually able to settle on Mordred taking the sleeping bag he had brought along, noting that it was worth slightly more then the blankets he would be using.
Mordred does possess something of a sense of honor, noting on occasion that she would never go so far as to dragging innocent bystanders into a conflict between magi and servants. This is partly because of her own sense of right and wrong, but also because Mordred believes that part of being a right and just king is looking out for the safety and well being of the common folk. And, as Mordred believes herself the proper heir to the throne of Camelot, she holds herself to these standards as well.
It is also worth noting that Mordred does not like to be kept in her spiritual form, as some servants do in order to make it easier to hide themselves from their rivals, but rather prefers her physical body because of the fact that she prefers to live with her own two feet planted firmly on the ground. As it adds a layer of reality to the situation that does not exist when one is merely floating around like a will-o-wisp most of the time.
In all, Mordred is a girl with a complicated relationship with her past, yet one who is nevertheless fully capable of acting in the present as well. Though she is cocky, often looks down on others, and is sometimes quick to anger, she is capable of working with others that she deems worthy of her attention, such as her master, who won her trust after refusing to team up with Shirou Kotomine.
Abilities:
http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Saber_of_Red#Abilities
Alignment: Elios One of the central conflicts in Mordred's life is her hatred of her father for rejecting her as her son. But at the same time, in canon it is shown that Mordred secretly still loves Artoria as well for very complicated reasons, in fact in her character profile the thing she loves and hates are both listed as her father, cementing in simple words the complex relationship the two share.
Other:
Sample:
http://empatheias-ooc.dreamwidth.org/115279.html?thread=10940751#cmt10940751
To meet her father again was an event that Mordred had never in a thousand year would ever happen. Drawn across time and space and dressed in her armor of old, she had sat in front of the King of Knights and from the depths of her heart spat forth venom and tears in equal amounts. But now, with the conversation in which she had said more to her father then she ever thought possible, all she felt was a sense of emptiness, and a sense of “Where do I go from here?”
She had a hundred times over played out such a scene in her head, where she would pridefully lord over her father her own achievements in the Grand Grail War and once and for all prove that he was wrong in rejecting her. But that was not what had come to pass. She had cried, wept, and yelled, but not felt nothing at all. All around her, holes had begun to appear, small in size as they were, in the ground, one for each memory she recalled that left a similar hole in her heart. She had once filled that space with a burning hatred for her father, but those flames had cooled and nothing it seemed would take their place.
So she sat, her head low and heart calm, wondering when she would know what to do next.
Questions:
