Rider

The thick clouds of smoke that the runic array had released, was preventing Waver Velvet from seeing exactly what he had just summoned, but the young magus was quite sure that he did summon some awesomely-powerful entity that will ensure him a successful voyage through the dangers of the Holy Grail War...

When Waver had first discovered the existence of the Holy Grail War, he immediately knew that it was his place: a war, where only strength mattered and not titles and nobility. After all, in all of his time in Clock Tower, he had been looked down on because his family was a third generation Magus family. The fact that he possessed a lot of raw power didn't mean a shit to those inbred bigot fools, who dared to mock him for his rebellious thoughts that magus' powers depended on his personal potential and not on his breeding...

This war was his chance to prove them all wrong! Waver was sure that the omnipotent Grail will surely grant him the recognition and acceptance that he deserved. And the servant he had just summoned with his teacher's, Kayneth Archibald, catalyst will help him in this endeavor!

Eventually, the smoke disappeared, revealing the summoned hero. It was a rather tall man, dressed in a rough white shirt with a black leather jacket over it, blue pants and black combat boots. He was also wearing thick black gloves with many straps and a bigger strap going across his torso from his left shoulder to his right hip – it had a number of rifle rounds on it. Finally, in his right hand the heroic spirit held an assault rifle unlike any that Waver had ever seen.

The man had tanned skin and some good muscles, though one would never call him a body-builder. His face looked tire, and the shaggy dirty-brown hair and roughly-cut beard and mustaches didn't really help there. But even a single look into the man's eyes was enough to tell that he was a powerful and experienced warrior...

"So... I guess, you are my master for this Grail war, boy." The summoned heroic spirit observed. "I'm Rider and I shall lead us to victory."

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During the first battle of the war, Rider behaved more like Archer. Hell, even Assassin wouldn't be too far from the truth. Instead of rushing onto the battlefield, the heroic spirit chose to stay at a safe distance – namely, on top of the bridge – and tried to snipe an enemy servant or two from a sniper rifle he got from somewhere...

Judging by the fact that he could see the destruction caused by the said rifle's shot seven from such a distance, Waver knew it was a really powerful weapon. Unfortunately, neither Lancer nor Saber were an easy target, and Rider failed to leave more than a scratch on either of the two. Berserker that had showed up a bit later was not as lucky, and the black knight now had a gaping hole through his left shoulder.

But that battle was in the past. Now, Rider, Saber and Lancer were forced into a temporary alliance to stop the colossal Ktulhu-like beast that Caster had summoned in his delusional attempt to do something to resurrect his ...crush? Unfortunately, even if the Caster's deed endangered the very existence of the Fourth Grail War, Archer and Berserker refused to help there – the former because he didn't want to dirty his weapons, and the later because he was too busy trying to off Archer.

Anyway, since the monster was still in the middle of the river, Lancer couldn't even approach it. Saber, due to some blessing, could walk on the water, but even if her sword could cut the beast up, it regenerated far too quickly for that to do any real damage. Likewise, Rider's shots were easily ignored by the tentacled colossus, and the grenades launched by his hovering attack cycle were no more effective than Saber's sword.

"Looks like there is no choice. I will have to use my most powerful noble phantasm." Rider said as his hoverbike landed next to where Waver was standing. "You will have to order me do it, though... I'm not sure I have enough prana to do that without a command seal empowering me."

"Very well... Rider, by the power of the command seal I order you to use your noble phantasm!" Glowing for a brief moment, one of the the command seals that Waver Velvet had disappeared. Rider cranked his next.

"Thanks kiddo, I needed this." He said. Then there was a burst of prana so powerful that even normal people could feel it across the entire damn city... There was one problem, though – whatever that did, Waver couldn't see the result. To his it looked almost like his servant had just waster so much power for nothing.

Then, a lightning stroke, its electric light illuminating something above the clouds. The British teen magus couldn't really see what it was, but he was quite that that thing was big. No, it was enormous. It looked like a giant flying hammer with square wings on the sides. Waver was not sure about how big this flying fortress was, but he could estimate it to be at least four hundreds meters long... Now he could easily understand why Rider had asked him to spend a command seal in order to summon this thing – most likely even a proper Caster wouldn't have enough prana on his own for such a feat.

Somewhere up in the air Gilgamesh suddenly felt that his flying chariot wasn't oh-so-superior anymore. Sure, that huge contraption was not something that he'd ever consider a treasure, unlike his Vimana, but it was clear to the golden-clad King that the warship above him was very powerful...

Back on the ground, Rider activated his communication device.

"Jimmy to Hyperion bridge." He called. And a moment later he received a response, though it looked like only he could understand it, thanks to various radio noises... "I have a target for ya." Another quite incomprehensible response later, the flying fortress turned powerful projectors on, showering Caster's beast in bright light. Another moment later, a laser shots started raining upon the Ktulhu-like monster. Though it looked like they weren't enough to do anything more that slow that monstrosity down... Rider gritted his teeth, before issuing his next order: "Permission to use the Yamato cannon." Then he turned to his fellow heroic spirits and their master that stood there on the levee, observing the battle: "I suggest you clutch onto something." He said, while his exoskeleton anchored him to the ground with four steel reinforcing ropes.

Lancer and Saber both struck their weapons into the ground and gripped them tightly, apparently sure that this will be enough. Waver quickly hid behind his servant's wide back, while Saber's master moved behind Rider's hoverbike...

Looking upwards, everyone could see the flying fortress that Rider had summoned building up a large ball of orange plasma in front of its hammer 'head'. Then this plasma rushed downwards almost like a very thick beam, completely engulfing the monster that Caster had summoned. There was a bright flash, followed by shockwave that smashed all windows facing this direction within several miles...

When they could see again, it became clear that this attack had completely annihilated both Caster and his beast. It had also vaporized half of the rives, and water rushing into this empty space was creating almost tsunami-like waves.

"Damn." Waver muttered under his breath. He had no other words to describe what he had just witnessed.

Rider

True identity: Marshal James Eugene 'Jim' Raynor
Series: "Star Craft" sagas
Age: unknown, ~30
Sex: Male

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Strength: C (B+ while wearing exoskeleton armor)
Endurance: C (B+ while wearing exoskeleton armor)
Agility: B
Mana: B
Luck: D
Independent action: C+
Magic resistance: E+ (*)
Battle Continuation: B
Eye of the Mind (false): C++
Military tactics: C+++
Riding: C+ - Jim can ride any vehicle that requires only one driver. He can also ride common animals. Furthermore, Jim can command larger vessels with relative ease.

Noble Phantasms:
Mk12 sniper rifle: C+, item, anti-unit. A sniper rifle that Raynor carries around along with the Gauss rifle he normally uses. The rumors say, this sniper rifle is a gift from his one time lover Sarah Kerrigan. Whether that is true or not, this rifle is possibly one of the most powerful personal firearms in existence. A single shot from it will leave a gaping hole in the armor of a siege tank. Similarly, any heroic spirit will be killed (once) if the bullet finds their head or heart.

CMC-400-JER exoskeleton armor: B, item, support, defensive. A custom exoskeleton armor, painted black with a white skull painted on visor. When he is wearing this armor, Jim Raynor receives a great boost to his endurance and strength. This exoskeleton also increases Jim's rate of healing and grants him immunity from any direct-damage single-action spells.

Vulture combat hoverbike: C, unit, anti-unit. Fast and agile, this hoverbike allows Raynor to quickly cross large distances, even across the bodies of water. Additionally, Vulture is armed with RPG-launcher and carries a number of miniature but deadly mines.

Behemoth-class battlecruiser Hyperion: Ex, unit, anti-army, anti-fortress. "Hyperion" was Jim Raynor's flagship during the later stages of the Great War. She is armed with multiple laser gun turrets and a fearsome Yamato cannon. Her armor is so tough, that she can survive a direct hit from a tactical nuke. However, because of her huge size and massive history, summoning "Hyperion" onto the battlefield requires an incredible amount of prana.

It was so damn hard to choose between Jimmy for Rider, Tassadar for Caster and Duran for Assassin. In the end, I decided that Jimmy was the best choice as finding Riders is harder. ^^