What if Diarmuid wasn't badly shafted.
Diarmuid has always been a favourite of mine, sadly he doesn't get that much attention and a lot of people tend to ridicule him. This chapter will have me change his character to be more accurate to the original, while keeping some of the things that Fate added to the characters.
Servant stats:
True name: Diarmuid ua Duibhne.
Class validity: Saber, Lancer.
Gender: male
Height/Weight: 184cm/85 kg
Alignment: Lawful good
Likes: Friendship, codes of honor, talks with his comrades
Dislikes: Smitten maidens, extremely jealous men
Parameters:
Strength: B as lancer/B as Saber
Endurance: B
Agility: A as lancer /A as Saber
Mana: C
Luck: C
Noble Phantasm: A
Class Skills
Magic Resistance (B Rank): Cancel Spells with a chant below three verses. Even if targeted by greater Magecraft and Greater Rituals, it is difficult for him to be affected.
: Diarmuid has fought and defeated his fair share of magical opponents. Thus, it is only natural for him to possess high magic resistance.
As Saber: Riding (B Rank): One can freely handle all beasts and vehicles except the Phantasmal Species.
:Diarmuid has tamed and rode various beasts. Though ability to control vehicles is added due to his Saber class.
Personal Skills
As Lancer: Mind's Eye (True) (A Rank): Capable of calm analysis of battle conditions even when in danger and deduce an appropriate course of action after considering all possibilities to escape from a predicament.
: Diarmuid has been known to single handedly take down entire armies, he once slew three thousand, four hundred men in the span of seven hours. Seen as the 3rd greatest of Fionn's warriors. He is able to easily asses and come up with the most optimal solution for any situation.
Love Spot (A Rank): A spell inherent to Diarmuid. It manifests as a mole. It Enchants those of the user's opposite sex with Magical Energy. It is because of this Curse that he is known as "Diarmuid of the Love spot".
As Saber: Mana Burst (Jump) (A Rank)
:Due to his heritage and Manifesting as a Saber, he possesses this Skill, but in exchange, his Agility parameter is lower than it was when he was a Lancer. He can explosively gain mobility by releasing mana, simultaneously improving his offensive ability. This skill is exclusive to Diarmuid and party replaces his eye of the mind(truth).
As Saber: Honor of the Knights of Fianna (B Rank): Diarmuid's unique resolution. Taking form as the strongest knight's mentality.
: As Replacement for his eye of the mind(truth), he gains this skill along with Mana burst (jump). A loyal knight of the fianna, he has the mentality of a loyal warrior and knight. Lowered from A, due to his marriage to Grainne.
Divinity (B rank): A measure of closeness to Divine spirits.
: The sun of Donn, who was once guarded the underworld, Diarmuid possess the skills.
Noble Phantasms (As Lancer):
Gáe Dearg: Greater Crimson Rose of mortality
Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 2~4
Maximum number of targets: 1 Person
:Description: Diarmuid's greater spear, carried by him when the threat was life threatening. It inflicts wounds that will not heal, it also slowly saps away the life force away from the victim. The second effect is partly due to Diarmuid's status as Donn's son. The only way to remove the wound is to destroy the spear.
Gáe Buidhe: Lesser Golden Rose of Mortality
Rank: B
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 2~3
Maximum number of targets: 1 Person
: Description: Diarmuid's second spear, carried by him when the threat was sparse. It inflicts an unhealable wound, though the wound is only unhealable to a certain extent, wounds can still be fixed, but can't be completely closed. The injury can be removed by destroying the spear.
Noble phantasms (As Saber):
Moralltach: Surging seas of fury
Rank: A
Type: Anti unit
Range: 1~20
Maximum number of targets: 1 Person
: If we were to pick the strongest among the many weapons Diarmuid Ua Duibhne wielded, it could only be this fearsome demonic sword. A blow bringing certain death, another certain victory. It's the true reason he posses Mana burst(jump).
Unsheathing the called the "greater fury", Diarmuid is gifted with certain victory, the sword is said to be able to alter the probability of victory. It brings certain defeat and death to the opponents. The demonic sword Moralltach, which was awarded to him by the Celtic God of of the Sea and Underworld Manannán. Manannán has gifted noble phantasms to human and divine spirit alike. He was the one who gave the sword Fragarch to lugh.
When he releases its True Name, he makes use of a super-jump beyond human comprehension to perform a skydrop attack. At this time, Moralltach, resembling the "legs of Manannán" from the legends, it becomes three blades to tear the enemy into pieces. It was the sword he carried when the threat was life threatening alongside Gae dearg.
Beagalltach: Ripples of Passion
Rank: C
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 1
Maximum number of targets: 1 Person
: One of the armaments gifted to Diarmuid by Manannán. It takes the form of a short sword. Diarmuid uses this sword not as his main weapon, but as his sub-weapon. It is used by him as a dirk like weapon, used to distract and temporary gain a advantage against his opponent.
When the threat was sparse, Diarmuid would carry Beagalltach along Gáe Buidhe.
Extra:
:He possess two geis's, one prevents him from leaving through back doors and the other prevents him from cutting the hide of a boar.
Identity:
Diarmuid is the son of Donn, foster son of Aengus Óg, and first spear of the knights of Fianna. He is known as Diarmuid of the Love Spot, due to a magical love spot granted to him by a young girl. Any woman who gazes upon the spot instantly falls in love with him, which eventually leads to an encounter with Grainne, the would be bride of Fionn mac Cumhaill. Gráinne, having fallen in love with Diarmuid at her wedding party, placed a geis upon him to run away with her.
It has been said that, even while at large, Diarmuid stuck to his fidelity to Fionn and did not lay a finger on Grainne.They were pursued relentlessly by Fionn, but after much blood was shed, he decided to recognize their marriage, granted Diarmuid a proper title and land, and welcomed them back as subjects.
Sometime later while hunting with Fionn, Diarmuid was fatally injured by a Demon Boar, the transformed form of his half-brother. Diarmuid had a geis that prevented him from piercing boar flesh and has also carried his lesser weapons on the day of the hunt. Fionn, who had the ability to transform spring water in to a powerful healing agent was with him, so he had no fear of death. Fionn only needed to walk a few steps to the nearby spring, but with jealousy and hatred towards Diarmuid on his mind, he spilled the water twice. By the third time he went to scoop water, Diarmuid had already succumbed to his wound.
Diarmuid elopement with Grainne has become the most popular story featuring him. Despite being a great Hero who protected the innocent and slew many evils, his reluctant infidelity has become the most popular feature of his story.
The story of his tragic love affair with Grainne is similar to the stories of Sir Lancelot and Tristan.
Diarmuid is an extremely proud and noble knight who wishes to serve his lord to the best of his abilities. While, he never once blamed Gráinne for forcing him to elopement with her, he did feel that it would have immensely better for her to hate him than love him. He was constantly distressed by the fact that he betrayed his lord, and even as he died while Fionn did nothing, he did not blame his lord for his actions. Diarmuid believed that despite the cruel twists that led him down this path, the days that he spent with his lord and his love were used to their fullest. Diarmuid sees the Holy Grail War as a chance for him to fight against equal opponents and nothing else. If his master is a good person, he will treat him as a lord. If he was an evil person, he will follow him without question, but would refuse any cruel orders from him. He might be willing to kill evil magi, but he will not kill innocent bystanders.
Diarmuid adheres strictly to the codes of chivalry and upholds his pride as a knight to the fullest, steadfastly believing in honor during battle. While being pursued by the knights of Fionn, he refused to fight against his former comrades. When the people of the land feared that he might steal their women folk, he personally took on a geis preventing him from opening back doors.
His most fatal flaw is his sense of perfection. He wants to be a perfect knight and tries his hardest to be a honest person. Thus he tends to be extremely critical of himself, to the point, where he comes off as extremely self-deprecating. He is ashamed of his elopement, as well as various other missteps he has taken, like the story of the time he almost killed a woman who had provided him with a house. Incidents that expose his weakness's are not liked by him. This sense of perfection is an easily exploitable weakness for others.