[ whatever it is that's in the castella is effective but can't cancel out the thoughts that pop into his head. rider may be an especially weak heroic spirit, but he's better than nothing. ]
Well, you aren't wrong. A Servant without a Noble Phantasm isn't much of anything at all.
[ which he realises after he's said it probably means nothing to hizen at all. he takes another few seconds to munch on the food a little more and tries to string his thoughts together into something that makes sense. ]
It's hard to explain what a Noble Phantasm is since it can be a lot of things, but mostly it's something no one else possesses that's so unique that seeing it in action probably reveals their True Name. With a few exceptions. Mages in my world summon Servants because their power is drawn from humanity's imagination! They're powerful because they're worshipped by humanity as legends. Which I think is pretty amazing, don't you think?
[ notably, unlike the other times, he speaks as if he's intentionally excluding himself from the description — because he is. he was no one when he died, which is perhaps why the world ultimately chose him to make a pact with. in ryouma's mind, he's nothing like the others, even if he used to talk about the things heroes ought to do. ]
Oda Nobunaga said the same thing to me once and she wasn't wrong either. I'm only a third-rate Heroic Spirit, but it's the job I have to do until they find someone better, I suppose.
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Well, you aren't wrong. A Servant without a Noble Phantasm isn't much of anything at all.
[ which he realises after he's said it probably means nothing to hizen at all. he takes another few seconds to munch on the food a little more and tries to string his thoughts together into something that makes sense. ]
It's hard to explain what a Noble Phantasm is since it can be a lot of things, but mostly it's something no one else possesses that's so unique that seeing it in action probably reveals their True Name. With a few exceptions. Mages in my world summon Servants because their power is drawn from humanity's imagination! They're powerful because they're worshipped by humanity as legends. Which I think is pretty amazing, don't you think?
[ notably, unlike the other times, he speaks as if he's intentionally excluding himself from the description — because he is. he was no one when he died, which is perhaps why the world ultimately chose him to make a pact with. in ryouma's mind, he's nothing like the others, even if he used to talk about the things heroes ought to do. ]
Oda Nobunaga said the same thing to me once and she wasn't wrong either. I'm only a third-rate Heroic Spirit, but it's the job I have to do until they find someone better, I suppose.