Various swords, lances, maces and multiple sets of armor
Horan is an S-Class Mage of the Dark Guild Venom's Herald, having been hired into the guild by Notus. Proclaiming to be the strongest mage in the guild thanks to his prowess with Human Subordination and general experience with magic though this statement is regularly contested by fellow S-Class Mage Xyla and guild master Notus. Wanted by both the main branch of the Magic Council and the Bellum branch, Horan's reputation is known far and wide by nearly all mages as being an extremely volatile and dangerous individual.
Horan wearing his standard high-grade golden suit of armor
To most, Horan is the spitting image of what a prince is supposed to look like: tall, handsome, well-muscled and generally decked out in a shining suit of golden armor that gives him an air of royalty about him. His eyes however are what throw people off as they are a light red, almost When describing his eyes, people have called them devoid of sympathy or compassion as he typically looks at people with what most describe as a look of disgust.
Personality[]
Horan is a fairly arrogant and prideful man, being classified as a textbook narcissist by those who know of him. Considering himself above everyone else, Horan sees those weaker than him as unworthy of his time and disregards their very presence while mages he considers exceptionally powerful will gain his undivided attention to the point where he observes their every movement in an almost animalistic way.
History[]
Horan was born the only son of a house of politically powerful leaders of a small nation. Originally groomed to take over his politician parents role, Horan was taken to almost every meeting his parents attended to get an understanding of how politics and the country ran. When Horan's monstrous levels of magic power were discovered, his parents switched from their attempts to make him a politician to making him the best mage around, hiring the finest instructors money could afford.
Unfortunately with his parents constantly telling him how great of a man he'd be from a young age, Horan began developing narcissistic personality traits that were bolstered by his magical gifts. Being given the best magical and physical training one could get, Horan became what most would consider a well-rounded and talented mage who excelled at nearly everything he set his mind too. This however led to his narcissism and sense of self-importance increasing to the point where Horan began disregarding the opinions of those around him.
Horan attempting to name himself king
Discovering a tome detailing knowledge on a Lost Magic, Horan gained the powerful magic known as Human Subordination and with that his narcissism and arrogance seemed to grow. Now believing himself beyond need for aid from his parents, Horan abandoned them and struck out on his own becoming a mage for hire in the process. Stealing a boat, Horan forced the crew to sail him to the nearest country of Seven.
Synopsis[]
Magic & Abilities[]
Formidable Magical Power: Horan was born with an insane amount of magic power along at his disposal, rivaling that of high class guild masters. This level of magic power is evident through the majority of his spells being of the high caliber class and his knack for firing them off in rapid succession without long breaks in between them. An even rarer ability is Horan's ability to manipulate raw eternano, to the point where he's capable of redirecting low level spells through sheer will.
Enhanced Strength: Not surprisingly, Horan is one of the guild's most physically powerful members, even surpassing Clay's remarkable physical prowess. Performing impressive feats such as punching a man hard enough that he crashed through several building walls and hitting someone so powerfully that the shock-wave from the blow shook a three-story building. Horan's strength is great enough that he's able to bend and break swords with nothing but his bare hands.
Enhanced Endurance & Durability: Horan has an exceptional tolerance to pain, being able to remain standing long after most humans would find themselves collapsing from the trauma. A testament to this is when he survived having nearly the entire left side of his body broken yet not did he remain standing to fight back but he seemingly laughed the pain off. In terms of stamina, Horan is marked higher than most mages here as well, being capable of fighting
Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: While he prefers to send his collected mages after his opponents, Horan isn't incapable of holding his own in close quarters combat with mages. Because of his high level of pain tolerance, Horan's fighting style is a barbaric one, showcasing a complete disregard for defense and putting emphasize on out muscling his opponents with his incredible degree of strength.
Enhanced Speed:
Expert Weapons Specialist:
The Knight ( 騎士 (ザ・ナイト), Za Naito): This Magic allows the user to store weapons and armors in pocket
dimensions and summon them during battle. This gives the user a high
level of offense, defense, flexibility and variety in combat, regarding
the type of the armor and/or weapon they Requip. This type of Requip
also gives the user the ability to use, and gain resistance to, natural
elements through the use of certain armors. After increasing mastery over this Magic, the user is able to combine different weapons and armors from different known sets.
Blood King Armor:
Armor of the Blood King
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The armor of a famous mage known for his affiliation with a cult that worshiped vampires, the Blood King Armor dons Horan in an armor that appears to be the color of dried blood and equips him with a blood red broadsword. The armor and sword in conjunction give Horan access to Blood Magic, a dangerous and generally considered forbidden magic that gives the wielder the ability to create and control blood in a manner similar to other elemental magics.
Bloody Slash: Conjuring blood around the length of his sword, Horan releases it typically in the form of a wave by slashing the sword in the direction of his opponent. The power of this spell is strong enough to tear up the very ground beneath ones feet. By condensing the blood around his sword instead of releasing it, Horan is able to augment the power of his blade enabling him to dish out greater damage enough to cleanly slice through a human body in one swing.
Blood Control: By inserting his own magically created blood inside of his opponents and having it mix and intermingle with their own blood, Horan is capable of manipulating the very body of said victim to his desire. Particularly powerful (or smart) mages have been able to counteract this through multiple ways.
Body of Blood: Much like its elemental counterparts, Body of Blood allows Horan to transform his body into blood allowing physical and some magical attacks to pass through his body without harm.
Bloody Savagery: Concentrating blood around his forearms, Horan shapes the blood into the claws of a beast. Once manifested, Horan slashes at his opponents in a vicious assault that ends with a two-handed open palmed strike powerful enough to launch the enemy back. Once launched, Horan fire the blood after them in the form of a large tiger that ravages them in its teeth before exploding.
Blood Storm: Raising his sword, Horan conjures immense amounts of blood and commands it towards his opponents to swallow them up in a whirling tornado of razor sharp blood.
Armor of the Barren Lord:
Earth Magic:
Requip (換装, Kansō): This Magic allows the user to store items in a pocket dimension so they
can easily summon it at any time, even during battle, which gives them a high level of flexibility in combat. It is said that the user summons the items from a pocket dimension; the notional place that things come
from when they are needed, and where they go back to when not. The
actual location of where they summon the items is very hard to
determine. It contains only a few things, not because it is limited in capacity, but because that is all it is ever used for - for example,
this is where the user normally summons the armor and their equipment;
withdrawing things even during battle, which gives her a high level of flexibility in combat. However, there is a limit to how much the pocket
dimension can store. Requip can be used for simple or for combat-related purposes; and the user may just choose to use it to change their clothing, capable of using it in the midst of battle. The user would
often pull any items that they had collected out of nowhere and then
they would just vanish without any physical means of transporting them.
However, there is a limit to how much the pocket dimension can store.
Sword Magic (剣の魔法 Ken no Mahō): The user starts by channeling Eternano directly into a specially
constructed magic blade that causes a chain reaction to the sword,
having the blade alter it's entire structure until it reaches an
unstable form of metal and magic, allowing the person to manipulate it
into a solid shape that can also engage the spell that the user sees fit
to use. In some cases, when the person condenses the unstable
structure, they often add their own elemental affinity magic, allowing
for the user of elemental sword spells to be created through the
effective means of the user. During the time after the sword spell is
used, the Eternano is immediately ejected from the blade, allowing the
unstability, the result from the Eternano, to cease and transform the
blade back to it's normal shape. However, there are certain risks to
using this magic as it takes much mental focus and incredible magic
control in order to allow the blade to be altered in it's solid shape,
and to be controlled in it's unstable form. When the user often attempts
to make any spell, their hand is to remain on the hilt at all time, due
to the fact that unless the Eternano is controlled and is kept at a
steady flow into the blade, the blade will simply revert back to it's
normal shape while the Eternano is simply ejected outward.
Sword Beam (魔力剣波 (ソード・ビーム), Sōdo Bīmu lit. Magical Power Sword Wave): The user channels their magic power into their blade, condensing and empowering it until a chosen moment in which, with the swing of their blade, they unleash a torrent or beam of energy towards their foe. This beam travels at high speeds, with a homing quality to track down their target, inflicting great damage to them in accordance with the power imbued in the blade. Sword Beam is one of the easiest spells to learn and can be cast with varying levels of magic power for varying levels of damage and effect, making it an effective addition to any mage's arsenal
Raijin's Horn: Incorporating Lightning Magic into his sword, Horan transforms it into a literal blade of electricity that imitates all the typical properties of the element. Because the blade has no actual physical form, it's capable of bypassing most physical defenses to deliver electrifying jolts of electricity. As well as shocking the opponent, the blade is able to severely burn them as well due to the intense concentration of electricity.
Roaring Riptide:
Meteor Blade (メテオブレイド Meteo Bureido): Pounding his sword on the ground, Horan unleashes a linear explosion in said direction powerful enough to cause a crater in the ground.
Dragon King's Thrust:
Kamaitachi (鎌鼬, Kamaitachi): Kamaitachi stems from mechanics similar to Sword Pressure serving as a magical equivalent for those incapable of reaching such an insane speed without magical enhancement. The user channels their magic power into their blade, shrouding it with energy before swinging it towards their foe. The rapid motion causes the energy to jump off the blade, streaking through the air at high velocity towards the target.
Human Subordination Magic (人間隷属魔法 Ningen Reizoku Mahō) also called the Ruler's Magic, is a Lost Magic that allows the user to cast significant influence over humans, making it possible to make them subordinates for the user. In battle, it could be used to temporarily weaken the physical and magical abilities of humans around him. The magic does not work properly on non-humans, such as Celestial Spirits. It also allows the user to kidnap and summon humans to aid himself in battle. Humans summoned by the user materialize in a "dissolving" manner, and then disappears afterwards in a similar manner. And like spirits, summoned humans are sentient, albeit under the imperatives of the user, and can even verbally response to commands, implying that it does not completely eliminate free will of the recipient. It can also act as a means of transportation, allowing him to recall his human guildmates for him to later release onto the battlefield.
This type of magic also has weaknesses and unfortunate side effects. If this magic is used to take control of anything else aside from a human, then it ends up permanently fusing the user with his target instead.
Recall: With a simple clap of his hands, Horan can store away his human guild mates. He can release them later from bubbles. Horan can also use this spell to capture mages by placing his hand on them and simply saying the words "Recall".
Huma Raise (ヒューマライズ Hyūma Raizu): Allows Horan to take control over a human. If used on anything else like a spirit, he fuses with it instead, losing the ability to exist outside of that spirits body. He can however still use this spell on another non-human entity while currently fused into one.
Sacrifice: Horan is capable of using one of the many captured mages as a living bomb by causing the magic within them to swell up beyond their capacity to contain, thus causing them to violently explode.
Reflecting Mirror Edwin: Horan summons Edwin to use Mirror Magic to turn enemy mages spells against
Edwin using Mirror Magic
them. Alternatively Edwin can create quick escape routes being making passages through reflective surfaces.
The Mad Titan Corvus: Horan summons Corvus for offensive or defensive purposes based around using Titan magic to increase the size of specific body parts in battle. Corvus is generally summoned to cause large scale collateral damage and is one of Horan's heavy hitters because of this.
Holy Beast Melissa: When summoned, Melissa either attacks with Light Magic or transforms herself into any number of beasts through Take Over Magic. Usually summoned alongside Disastrous Titus to combat multiple mages.
Wandering Swordsman Veron: A former swordsman for hire, Veron is a highly skilled warrior that generally is summoned for one on one combat with an opponent Horan finds interest in.
Disastrous Titus: A former candidate to be part of the Ten Wizards Saint, Titus is an exceptionally powerful mage that attacks with devastating Crash or Amaterasu spells. Generally teamed up with Holy Beast Melissa.
Samurai General Estari: A rising general from an army in Seven, Estari is one of Horan's strongest summons for one on one combat prone to using her exceptionally fast swordplay to swiftly take down her opponents. Horan summons her when he wishes to observe whether his opponents are whether adding to his collection due to her strength.
Swordsmen of the Moon's Eye: A squadron of swordsmen from Joya, they're generally summoned to assault groups of opponents as one with well executed teamwork.
Scourge of the Seas Romero: A former pirate lord, Romero is one of Horan's more powerful summons reserved for mages Horan considers worthy opponents.
Soldiers of Seven: A trio of royal guardsman from a castle in Bosco that Horan overthrew, the soldiers are an average group of non-mages that were only collected due to Horan admiring their armor. While not remarkably strong, their strength comes from the teamwork they employ in battle that allows them to keep average mages on their toes.
The swordsmen of Joya, known as the Moon's Eye guild, are incredibly powerful mages who all specialize in Sword Magic. Known for having excellent teamwork with each other, the swordsmen are a formidable group when faced together. Each swordsman practices a specific style of swordsmanship that is different from the other, making them a well-rounded group of fighters.
A group of assassin's that were formerly on the rise to becoming one of the most successful assassin's in the underworld. While each member has access to both Shadow Magic and Iron-Make, all four of the members specialize in various forms of assassination ranging from long distance, stealth, poison, etc. Surprisingly enough, the Moon's Eye guild came into conflict with these assassin's on multiple occasions.
Spells:
Iron-Make: Spear Head: A member of the assassins fashions a large spear head from the ground to impale the opponent from beneath their feet. With more magic added, multiple spears can be produced to strike multiple targets. Alternatively, the spears can be fashioned in midair and launched for surprise attacks,
Iron-Make: Meltdown: The user creates several sharp pieces of metal, that have considerable size and weight and, with magnetism, makes them rain down over the opponents, causing severe damage.
Blanket of Darkness Generating an orb of darkness in hand, any of the assassins are capable of shrouding an area in total darkness.
Mages Melissa and Titus were exceptionally powerful wizards in their own right, having once been considered to be strong enough to be considered for positions of Wizard Saint during their respective times. Mage Melissa specializes in Take Over, transforming herself into powerful creatures not native to most public regions of Fiore while Titus specializes in multiple forms of magic such as Amaterasu, Darkness Magic, and Crash.
Melissa's Spells:
Beast Soul: Hellhound Spawn: Melissa's preferred Take Over form in general combat, this form is a physical powerhouse capable of bowling through solid rock with ease. Additionally, Melissa is granted access to the creatures ability to spit large amounts of acid from either heads or from its serpent-like tail.
Beast Soul: Weretiger: Melissa takes the form of a bipedal half-feline half humanoid creature that are renown for their speed in combat. When faced with faster than normal opponents, Melissa will switch to this form to keep up them as well as employ it for close quarters fighting to put the forms strength to good use.
Beast Soul: Garuda: PMelissa's main mode of aerial transportation the Garuda transformation is largely used for aerial interception and attacks from the sky.
Beast Soul: Atlas Beetle:
Heaven's Light: Generating a ball of light in her hand, Melissa lobes it towards the opponent like a ball where within certain distance from the target, it explodes into a large blast of light that encompasses a large radius.
Titus' Spells:
Formula 28 (天照二十八式 Amaterasu Nijūhachi Shiki): Titus performs the required hand pattern and three Amaterasu Magic seals are created, in the shape of circles one in front of another, in front of the user. The area around the target is then engulfed in a massive cylindrical shockwave that then turns into a pillar with runes written around it.
Formula 30
All Crush (オールクラッシュ Ōru Kurasshu):The user thrusts their hand forward and creates a cross-shaped blast of energy in an attempt to disintegrate their target.
Crushing Evil, Spreading the Truth: Absolute Heaven (破邪顕正・絶天 Haja Kensē: Zetten): The user hits the target with a powerful strike, imbued with Crash. The force of the spell is able to cause an explosion on contact. The recoil leaves their arm limp and useless afterward
A powerful Titan magic user, Corvus was largely known for his expertise in employing his magic to quickly enlarge his body parts in battle. Corvus has such skill with Titan that can he increase his size to nearly the height of most buildings providing him with not only ridiculous levels of strength but monstrous levels of durability as well allowing him to shrug off all but the strongest of spells.
A powerful pirate, Romero was renown throughout the seas as one of the 5 pirate lords thanks in part to his fleet of 20 ships as well as for his proficiency with Explosion Magic and Heat Magic. His golden armor and similar habit of looking down on those weaker than him caused some confusion between with Horan, the two occasionally being mistaken for the other which is the main reason for Horan bringing him under his control.
Spells:Burning Star: Encompassing himself in a shell of heat, Romero makes himself nigh untouchable due to the intense levels of heat radiating from his body. Due to his golden armor shining due to the heat, Romero
Heat Shell: Concentrating heat into either his fist or his foot, Romero fires off a bullet of compressed heat towards the target at extreme speeds. Powerful enough to burn a hole through most defenses, Romero has singlehandedly brought down an enemy pirate by rapid firing off the shells and burning multiple holes through its hull.
Napalm Fist:
A young general from Seven, Estari was an established general known for her high-risk strategies and exceptional Iaijutsu skills. Utilizing Sword Magic and Fire Magic in combination with her swordplay, Estari was a force to be reckoned with when confronted on the battlefield. Remarkably enough, Estari is one of the few of Horan's captured mages that still retains some semblance of her old personality.
Spells:
Kamaitachi (鎌鼬, Kamaitachi): Kamaitachi stems from mechanics similar to Sword Pressure serving as a magical equivalent for those incapable of reaching such an insane speed without magical enhancement. The user channels their magic power into their blade, shrouding it with energy before swinging it towards their foe. The rapid motion causes the energy to jump off the blade, streaking through the air at high velocity towards the target. These scythe-like blades of energy possess incredible cutting power and some users have even seen bisecting their opponents with a particularly strong attack. Users of Kamaitachi are also capable of it at a staggering rate, swing after swing to create a vicious assault of blades to target their foes.
Yasha's Empty Flash (夜叉閃空 Yasha Senkū): The user slashes with extreme precision and is able to slice whatever they are attacking without touching it with a blade. It is also able to cut any organ inside the victim's body without severing clothes and/or skin.
Garuda Flame (迦楼羅炎 Karura-en): A technique that creates fire from a blade and attacks the opponent.
Dark Sword: Narukami (暗黒剣 鳴咬 Ankokuken: Narukami): The user creates a dark wave from their sword, which slices through everything in its path.
A legendary figure from Bosco, the Hunter was the lord of his own region somewhere in Seven which he gained through way of a coup. Accompanied by his large wolf companion, the Hunter was a powerful combatant renown for his signature scythe
Trivia[]
Horan's appearance is based off of the character Gilgamesh from the Fate/Stay series.
Horan's need to collect powerful mages is based on the side-effect of possessing the Intuitive Aptitude ability in the show, Heroes.
