Noble Phantasms

Abyssum Iudicium: The Everlasting Hellfires of Creation

Anti-Planet EX

The origin of this divine mystery is unknown, as is its' nature. Some claim it is an ancient curse born from the origin of civilisation itself, a primordial ur-myth gestated when man looked upon nature with fear. Others say it is a blasphemous gift from a True Demon from a land beyond space and time. Regardless, rather than being a piece of equipment this Noble Phantasm is a Sorcery Trait that combines the powers of distortion, life, Imaginary Numbers and Demons to reproduce a force that suffuses thaumaturgy* with mystic rebar such that it reaches into the realm of True Magic.

Instead of releasing energy outward like Ea or Excalibur, this phantasm manifests as the thaumaturgy cast by the Servant, uplifting and embodying it. It can be likened to a form of aetheric radiation that imbues spells with conceptual rebar by moulding a miniaturised Bounded Field around the spell** which grants it benefits equivalent to a Territory of A+++ Rank materialising as a purple blaze of energy filled with shimmering stars***. Upon hitting its' target, the Territory sinks in to encompass the region the spell has struck to create a network of artifical leylines only the Servant may control as if part of a Bounded Field he is attuned to. The World instinctively recoils at being overwritten by such a repulsive, invasive presence and unless maintained the Territories created this way evaporate when next the sun rises.

*that is, magic from Type-Moon only

**though by the same token the spell must have a component of physical interference to benefit from the phantasm. So summoning familiars or curses that rely on a direct burst of energy would qualify, mind magic would not; while it can enhance conceptual effects those effects must take place through physical interference

***Visual reference: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h9meW82wVqk/maxresdefault.jpg

Ars Negato: Sola Mysterium Bona est Mysterium Mortua

Anti-Thaumaturgy A+++

It is said that there are only two certainties in life, death and taxes-and embodying the latter, this Noble Phantasm is the corporeal manifestation of an unknown god of taxation's authority of dispersion and requisition, snaring objects and entities composed of prana in wires forged from frozen sunlight and directly transferring the magical energy to the Servant's reserves. Enigmatic and repulsive, it is an abomination forged by the law of nature that brings disruption when called, Demons, out of the crystallisation of mankind's fears and sorrows. Utterly profane, its' conception is that of a weapon made from absolute despair resonating with the perverse desire to give up and fail in all humans-who instinctively avert their gaze from it. The binding lashes can restrain multiple targets or disperse a "solid" form of magic like a complete Boundary Field by penetrating and leeching it, however normally there is only enough hardlight to restrain four human-sized targets. The phantasm requires physical contract to absorb od/mana, and as the manifestation of a "law" of divine taxation cannot benefit from conventional thaumaturgical enhancement, just as an ocean cannot be warmed by a candle. The wires are durable but brittle, and siphoning too much mana at once can cause them to shatter violently in an uncontrolled Prana Burst.

Naturally magical beings have their magical energy siphoned through the chains to the Servant's own supplies, greatly reducing casting times and taxing their reserves of magical energy needed to the Servant, to potentially dolorous effect. The Servant may use the magical energy thus drawn to increase the amount and quality of phantasm produced although the amount required is extraordinary due to the high costs of reinforcing the phantasm's existence