Data Sheet: Fate/Imitation

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Julia Cross
18 | Female
Master of Saber Satsuki Kiryuin

Gameplay Data
Controls Servant: Yes
Command Seals: 3
Condition: Good

Comments

Background

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Julia Cross is a girl in her last year of high school at a highly selective academy that, on the outside, appears to be something that turns out highly successful engineers that make cool things, tend to be fairly creative, and very often succeed at life in general. In reality, the school has a number of secret research programs, and students are encouraged to make what the academy calls "Artifacts", which in this universe handily equate to Mystic Codes, crafted items with magical abilities. It also happens to be operated by the Mage Association, though that is a closely-held secret.

Julia's a bright girl; she's got a solid grasp on magecraft as a whole, though her application could use a little work, and she does well in her other studies, so she blends in fairly well. Her relationship with her family has always been frosty, but when she entered her second year of school, they cut her off outright, telling her not to return home, because she wouldn't be welcome there. She's made her peace with that, for the most part, and depends on a network of close friends at school to keep her sane. How she made those friends is anyone's guess, and likely not her own fault; she spent most of her childhood in the library, alone, and has at best theoretical knowledge of how people work. She's gotten better, though.

Julia's Artifact is the Ring of Boundless Horizons, a small, nondescript ring she wears on her right hand. Julia will explain it as involving frameworks and manifestation and a bunch of other big words nobody really uses; your average Nasuverse mage will prefer to call this ability projection, and as a result it'll probably be mistaken for a Crest on occasion. Oops. For some reason, it takes significantly more prana for her to generate anything living, or able to sustain life, and usage cost scales up with size and density, but scales down with familiarity with the object. She most commonly uses it to summon her weapon of choice, a spear with a long aluminum shaft.

Her motivations for the War, at least, are simple. Prime directive: nothing she's close to is allowed to be hurt. Secondary directive: win. Wish in mind: protect her new family. She's already lost one. She will not lose another.

Abilities

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Magecraft and Equipment
Ring of Boundless Horizons - Simulates high-level magecraft. A Mystic Code worn on Julia's right hand. Can freely project items and equipment, with concentration on the part of the bearer and expenditure of prana. Items aren't created instantly - it takes time. No incantation, though if Julia needs help focusing, she can come up with something and the Ring will seem to respond slightly. The Ring glows during use. When used by Julia, the Ring has dramatically higher prana and time costs to make organic items, including wood and food. Generally, larger items are more expensive, and things Julia knows better are easier to make. Objects made via the Ring disappear a short time after Julia stops focusing on keeping them around, or can be dismissed at will.

Spear - Julia's weapon of choice, obtained as needed via her Ring. Light, with an aluminum shaft and a sharp head of steel. Entirely mundane, unless magic is added afterward. She's experimented with adding various other functions to the blade; it can be made with a razor-sharp diamond edge, for example. Anything other than the standard weapon is a little harder to summon, and she has to get used to wielding different versions again. Not particularly well-balanced for throwing.
Suggestion - Low-level magecraft. Julia can insert and modify memories of mundane people; she doesn't like to do it most of the time, but it can be handy for making sure something untoward doesn't happen while she's out and about, or getting out of weird situations. Against proper mages, Julia is capable but not great with this ability.
Reinforcement - Low-level magecraft. Using prana, Julia can strengthen objects she's holding. She's been working on physical reinforcement, but she's been having some trouble making it work well, so she tends not to use it. Mostly used to make her spears stronger.

Mundane Skills
Intelligence - Julia isn't on scholarship to an exclusive academy for nothing. She picks things up quickly, and she knows when to cut her losses. She's also a fast reader, and knows how to skim for what she's looking for.
Empathy - Julia is soft-spoken and patient; she's willing to help someone who needs it, and she tends to know the right thing to say in a situation. Expect her to stop wanting to help you quickly if she catches you hurting someone or acting generally counter to her normal interests. She isn't great at working with social norms, though.