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PLAYER
NAME: Max.
CONTACT: PM me for my contact information.
ARE YOU 18 OR OLDER: Yes.

CHARACTER
NAME: Achilles
CANON: Fate/Apocrypha
AGE: He's a spirit, so age need not apply, but he does appear to be in his mid-twenties.
CANON POINT: Episode 17 in the anime.

HISTORY: This is his wikia! But please keep in mind that his character is based off of the Ancient Grecian mythological figure of the same name.

PERSONALITY:

True to the depiction of his counterpart in the Iliad, Achilles in Fate/ is everything a hero should be; he's strong, handsome, (arguably) charming, and talented. In almost every way measurable, he is seemingly perfect, like he was handcrafted with the single purpose of being a famous hero whose name would last throughout the ages.

On top of these advantages, and between his physical prowess and good looks, Achilles is also gifted with the favour of the Gods, and his mother’s, a Goddess herself, divine love and protection. Keeping all that in mind, you can imagine how arrogant he is. Though laid-back most of the time and amicable, Achilles is pretty full of himself. Think of your stereotypical jock in high school, the big man on campus, the kind of guy who walks around with a carefree air, like nothing can touch them. He is an amalgamation of the hero of the story, the eccentric rival, and the antagonist. You should root for him, but sometimes he makes it hard to.

He’s used to succeeding and getting what he wants, but unlike the Achilles in the Iliad, Fate/’s Achilles is at least not as petulant when he doesn’t get what he wants. This is proven when he makes an attempt to charm the beautiful Atalanta, a teammate, only to be shrugged off. He doesn’t throw a tantrum, instead coughing awkwardly in return and moving on from it. He's modest when it's appropriate to be, having probably matured a bit after the events in the Iliad, and has even joked about his story being fit for a comedy with the irony of his demise having been the result of an arrow to the heel.

Regardless, Achilles is still very much ruled by his pride and quest for glory. He is depicted as possessing an unquenchable thirst for battle; whether it’s actually bloodthirst or him just trying to reinforce his huge ego, there’s no denying that he’s a violent force in the battlefield. He is seemingly cruel and sadistic in his pursuit of victory in battle, slaughtering all those who stand in his way without batting an eye. And true to his usual arrogance, he even goads his opponents by taunting them, claiming that they won’t be a match for him and openly taking offence to people who he perceives as inferior challenging him.

Because of his self-assuredness, he hardly ever fights at full strength and leaves his Noble Phantasms, his strongest attacks, until he’s confronted with someone who actually poses as a worthy opponent. In the rare case that someone is capable of killing him, Achilles becomes thrilled and obsessed with trying to defeat them. He thrives on challenges and overcoming them, to the point where he becomes single-minded and directs all of his focus and energy on a single goal, without any regard for those around him and how they're impacted by his actions.

Achilles realizes he is selfish and has joked about it with his own teammates. For the sake of his own honour and satiating his appetite for battle, he’ll gladly prioritize his own goals over the goal of the team, if it otherwise means missing out on a chance to prove himself. However, Chiron, his teacher, knows him best and instead of pointing out the most obvious flaws he has as a hero or even as a person, he chooses to focus on criticizing Achilles for being too soft. And he is, in a sense, because when someone earns his respect or loyalty, he has trouble challenging them and this leaves him vulnerable at times. He's quite sentimental; this is partly the reason why he's unable to use one of his Noble Phantasms, Spear-tip of the Star Traversing the Skies, on women in particular, because he regrets killing the Amazon Queen, Penthesilea, or why he would not want to fight Hector if he ever saw him again.

On the flip side, though he carries the utmost respect and love for Chiron, he's easily convinced to treat him the same as he would any other enemy, all for the sake of his pride as a warrior. Though he's initially sorrowful at the idea of having to fight his teacher to the death, he's also enthralled with the prospect of surpassing him and making him proud as a result. This complex nature of their dynamic is sacred to him and not something he wants to share with anyone else, for they wouldn't be able to understand.

Achilles is described as a true-hearted warrior, whose idealisms are based on his own sense of right and wrong; for despite all of his flaws and even his questionable role in the Trojan war, he does have a great deal of integrity and upholds his heroic code without wavering. He may be able to easily take the life of another human being without remorse as long as they're clearly an enemy, but he believes deceit is unforgivable and looks down on those who prioritize their own ambitions over the greater good (the greater good being innocent people or the entirety of the human population). For those who understand the concept of a hero in the most traditional and culturally-recent sense, Achilles’ way of thinking may seem contradictory, but he is consistent in where he draws the line between what he thinks is good and bad. As he is aligned neutral, his perception of what is right and wrong is subject to nuance, especially in the sense that his values (attaining glory at all costs, keeping war prizes, #winning) are archaic by today's standards.

This at least might explain why he decides to remain as a part of Shirou’s faction in the story, after grilling him about his intentions and deciding that they were just. Though affronted that he would have killed his original Master, he decides to set their conflict aside and focus on his goal of mankind's salvation. Later, he admits that this may have just been him justifying his decision to fight on Shirou's behalf despite his reservations, because he wanted to fight Chiron. This is another example of his single-mindedness.

Achilles tries to abide by his own idea of the heroic code, but the circumstances of the Holy Grail War have forced him to confront and reevaluate what he holds as most important and what he believes it means to be a hero. Glory has always been a prime motivating factor of his, but having put the glory of battle and victory ahead of those he cared about in Apocrypha led to severe consequences that cost them all their lives. Fighting his teacher and killing him did not bring him the joy and glory he thought it would have, and having to kill his teammate, Atalanta, thereby destroying her opportunity to fulfill her wish, filled him with immense regret and sorrow. He'd stated before that his wish had been to simply continue being a hero, nothing more, nothing less, yet pursuing what he thought would bring him closer to this goal ended up being the wrong path.

As a man who has always been defined by his destiny, regardless of his own wishes, Achilles has openly expressed how much he resents things like fate. His Noble Phantasm, Spear-tip of the Star Traversing the Skies, is a testament to this, as it creates a barrier that blocks outside influences such as a God’s interference. His wish to give fate the proverbial middle finger parallels his resistance to authority and willingness to disobey even his own Master. Regardless of his purpose in the Holy Grail War, he has too much pride as an individual and places importance on his ability to make choices and act according to his own will.

POWERS:

Being a Heroic Spirit, Achilles is equipped with a variety of skills and powers, but the potency of his skills and attacks are all dependent on the amount of mana he has. Mana can be taken from human beings, whether through killing them or having sex with them, but the most efficient way of harvesting mana is through a contract between the Servant (the Heroic Spirit) and a Master (a mage or a human being with an immense amount of mana).

His generic skills as a Heroic Spirit include:
Enhanced strength
Enhanced speed
Having general knowledge of the era he's been summoned to
His special skill are:
Riding A+
Being able to operate or ride any mount, be it a beast or a vehicle (except dragons for some reason) -- in Agoge, he'll be able to make his mount go faster than it would normally

Magic Resistance C
Cancelling spells that are below two verses; this does not apply to higher level magic or greater rituals

Bravery A+
Nullifying mental interferances such as coercion, confusion, and glamours
His Noble Phantasms, which are attacks that require a great amount of mana, include:
Troias Tragoidia: Tempestuous Immortal Chariot
A chariot pulled by three horses, two being divine and one being some horse he plundered from some poor family; this chariot can plough through an entire battlefield, slaughtering everyone in its way

Dromeus Cometes: Comet Form
Running really fast, like Flash-speed.... basically

Diatrekhōn Astēr Lonkhē: Spear-tip of the Star Traversing the Skies
His spear can create a magical field that traps him and another person (who consents) in it; this field is dropped only when either Achilles or his opponent has been killed

Akhilleus Kosmos: The Azure Sky Enclosing this Small World
A shield that can block any attack, no matter how powerful, unless it's an anti-world attack(?); can also be used as an attack but we never see Achilles use it for that purpose
These Noble Phantasms take a great deal of mana and the writer of Apoc has stated that he wouldn't normally be able to use them unless there was a great source of mana to allow him to generate them. In Agoge, he won't be able to use any of these Noble Phantasms for this reason, unless special circumstances arise. I'll coordinate with the mods in case I want to use something like the Spear-tip of the Star Traversing the Skies.

And another power he has, that is neither Noble Phantasm or Heroic Spirit Skill is:
Andres Amarantos: Amaranth of the Brave
Being a mama's boy; his mother, Goddess Thetis, bathed him in holy flames and made his body impervious to attacks dealt by non-divine beings; his heel, which wasn't bathed in the flame, is the only part of his body that is vulnerable to any physical attack
His other (less impressive) skills include expertise in using weaponry such as the spear, the bow and arrow, and the sword. He can also play the lyre and perform other Greek arts.

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MISC
PLANS: I don't have any particular plan in mind, because I prefer to let development and CR happen organically. But what I'd like to play out is his flaws, since the Apoc failed to actually depict his most interesting flaws in a meaningful way. Even if he's matured since the Trojan War, he's still very spoiled and it should bite him in the ass more often.

And being a Heroic Spirit, I would be interested in pursuing a Master/Servant contract and having Achilles develop protective, intensely loyal feelings over his Master.

Also if Hector gets in, I want to explore that conflict and how it impacts Achilles. I'm really stoked about the potential there.
CHARACTER @ID SUGGESTIONS: Achilles would choose something dumb like aristosachaion or Aristos Achaion. It means Best of the Greeks. But surprise me and make fun of this stupid green jock.
HOW DID YOUR CHARACTER JOIN COST? Data breach! He got pulled out of the Holy Grail War against his volition. But hey, he gets to fight and be a hero, so it ain't no thang.