Avenger Heraklius

Class: Avenger
Alternative Class: Caster, Rider, Lancer, Ruler
True Identity: Heraklius Augustus
Titles/Nickname: Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Origin: Rome
Alignment: Lawful Good

Strength: B
Endurance: B
Agility: B
Mana: A (C)
Luck: A+ (E-)
Noble Phantasm: EX

Class Skills
Avenger - B
A Class Skill of the Avenger class, representing the state of an Avenger as one that gathers people's hatreds and grudges onto oneself. It is easier for one to accumulate hatred and resentment. The rate of mana generation becomes higher when receiving damage

Memory Correction - C
A Class Skill of the Avenger class. People are creatures that forget many things, but an Avenger never forgets. The critical effect of Avengers who attack from beyond one's memory is strengthened.

Self-Replenishment (Mana) - C
A Class Skill of the Avenger class. One's magical energy endlessly surges until their revenge is accomplished. Recovers a minuscule amount of magical energy every turn.

Personal Skills
Eye of The Mind (True) - A
Capable of calm analysis of the abilities of the opponent as well as the battle conditions even when in danger and deduce an appropriate course of action after considering all possibilities to escape from a predicament. Cold blooded, Heraklius manipulated all circumstances within his power. For his shrewdness and wisdom, he is recorded in Arab chronicles as one of the greatest and wisest Kings who ever lived. So long as a chance of victory exists, Heraklius will find it.

Military Tactics - B+
Tactical knowledge used not for one-on-one combat situations, but for battles where many are mobilized. Bonus modifiers are provided during use of one's own Anti-Army Noble Phantasm or when dealing against an enemy Anti-Army Noble Phantasm. The Roman army was shattered and demoralized by the pain and exhaustion of over a decade of defeat, and faced the might of the seemingly unending Sassanian armies. By his exhortations and example, Heraklius reformed the shadow of a once mighty force and led them into the very heart of Persia in a series of lightning campaigns, each returning upon Khosrau II all the cruelty he had inflicted on the Romans. He is among the greatest of generals. Any army, unit, or band under his personal leadership, no matter their prior condition, will defy ever odd and defeat any enemy.

Protection From Arrows - B
The ability to deal with projectiles, an increased defense against ranged attacks by predicting the projectiles' trajectories through exceptional means, such as hearing the sound of air being cut, or sensing the killing intent of the enemy. Seeing his army flounder when attempting to force a river crossing, Heraklius and his bodyguard spurred their mounts across the bridge, contemptuously defying the bite of the hail of Persian darts and javelins. So incredible was the skill and daring of the deed that Khosrau II exclaimed that no one could withstand him. Unless a component of a high ranking noble phantasm, Heraklius will never be phased by projectiles.

Noble Phantasm
Bearer of the True Cross - EX
Anti-Memetic
Driven by the fires of conviction, Heraklius took up arms against the vast sea of troubles, and spat in the eye of Fate.

In his wrath, he razed the ancient cities of Mesopotamia, he scattered numberless armies, and he put out the supposedly eternal fires that had been dedicated to Ahura-Mazdra. After many years of hard campaigning, the satraps of Persia returned to Rome all that it had lost: the standards of lost regiments, the great multitude of prisoners, every conquered province, but most important of all, the True Cross.

When he returned it to Jerusalem, he found that he could not bear the weight of the Cross through the gates of the city. Humbled, he dismounted and surrendered his crown, and in doing so miraculously lightened his burden, while the gates of the city threw themselves open of their own accord. Fate robbed Heraklius of his inexorable will and his vitality in revenge for his daring.

Exhausted, crippled, he could only watch impotently as everything he had fought so viciously to keep was taken away once more by the sword and the word of the Caliphs.

This Noble Phantasm is the tangible power his defiance of destiny has exercised over the course of history. Heraklius' war was the last act in one of the most destructive wars in history, one which ended with disturbing finality the urbanized riches of the eastern Mediterranean. He represents the literal end of an era. Whenever Heraklius activates Bearer of the True Cross, any Servants or Noble Phantasms that qualify, regardless of location, are under its demesne. The activation of this Noble Phantasm is conditional, it requires Heraklius to humble himself, lay down his symbols of power, and take up the Cross. In addition, he accedes to the demands of Fate; he loses his A+ rank in Luck and is physically weakened, the wellspring of energy that carried him through the grueling tribulations of the Sassanian War is reduced to C rank. This Noble Phantasm has three levels of effect:

Defender of Rome - Any enemy of Rome is reduced by one rank across all attributes, and Noble Phantasms they wield are demoted according to the weight of their own mystery against Bearer of the True Cross.

Scourge of Persia - Heroic Spirits or Noble Phantasms tracing their origin from Persia are subject to extreme penalties.

Avenger of the Cross - Finally, any Heroic Spirit or Noble Phantasm influenced by Zoroastrianism may be instantly annihilated. If the mystery they possess manages to resist this, they are instead subjected to increased scrutiny by the World and the Counter Force, which usually results in their destruction.
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Heraklius is one of the legendary Emperors of Rome, a figure who, to this day, inspires awe and quickens the imagination. He is famous in the West as a tragic figure, whose incredible maneuvers permanently defeated Sassanian Persia and restored the True Cross to Jerusalem, only to witness the Muslim irruption onto the world. In the Muslim world he is remembered as one of the greatest mortal rulers to grace the Earth, of just character and great wisdom.

Heraklius was the son of a skilled general, who would eventually become Exarch of Africa. The ruling Emperor, Maurice, was deposed by an usurper by the name of Phocas. Shortly thereafter, Shahanshah Khosrau II began the twenty year Roman-Sassanian war that would bring both Empires to utter ruin, on the pretext of avenging the Emperor Maurice. Rejecting the rule of Phocas, and seeing how the Romans were being defeated on all fronts, Heraklius and his family eventually planned and executed a coup d’état, in which he was acclaimed Emperor of the Romans. As he took up the Imperial purple, the universe seemed to conspire against him, adding to the ranks of Rome's enemies and the utter destitute of the Roman peoples. In a series of stunning campaigns, fought with bitter desperation and marked by superhuman feats of valor and endurance, he so mortally wounded the Sassanian dynasty that their entire Empire soon unraveled into utter anarchy.

Heraklius was not allowed to enjoy the peace he had shed so much to earn. In a few scant years, Muhammed stormed the world by the sword, and the both Empires, enfeebled by their struggle to the death, were powerless to resist. So afflicted by the determinism of fate, Heraklius passed away in aching madness and sorrow. It is said that in his suffering he was akin to Hezekiah, King of Judah.