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Jan. 8th, 2012 08:41 pmName: DarckRedd
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Character Name: Saber/Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus,
Character Series: Fate/extra on the Type-Moon wiki
Background: Nero on the Type-Moon wiki
Point in Canon: Before the events of Fate/extra, shortly before she was summoned by the protagonist.
Personality: Nero lived as a warrior rivaling Heracles, a legendary musician, an actress for the ages and a gladiator unconquered in ten thousand battles.
In her own mind, anyhow.
The Rose of Olympia is primarily one who sought beauty. She held herself above narcissism, and yet she lets her ego rage. She pursued the arts, yet never saw herself as anything but an artist for the ages: she did not bother with doubt or uncertainty. The audience leaves midway through her performances? Bar the doors! The Senators are upset with her populist policies? Snub them! Nero never let reality intrude on her, and was rewarded for this with death: and in her final moments she still did not understand what had happened. She had been a good emperor. She had guarded her people. She had showered them with her favor: public works, culture, and low taxes. Why did they stand by why she was ousted? Why did they let such an artist perish from the earth?!
Nero, as a legendary hero, came to understand herself, and why she failed. The love she felt, the beauty she saw, never coincided with the reality beheld by the people. She gave them a love she could not return. She came to the throne only with a concerted campaign of backstabbing, poisonings, and treachery: she was a link in the great chain of the Empire, nothing more. She could never reach the people. They could never understand her. And that is why she perished alone: deprived of all she loved.
But is that not romantic? The Empress who fought so hard for her people, and yet could not be understood by them? An artist, betrayed, and cruelly stolen from the world before her time? No, Nero has no regrets. She knows she might have done a few things differently, might have chosen different allies and enemies. But to be who she truly is, that is enough: she is the Emperor Nero, whose reign ended too early, but her name will ring through history!
After all, life's an epic fit to make Homer weep from the beauty of it. In the Grail War, she will face humanity's basest villains, greatest heroes; she will do battle with prophets, madmen, and deities. She will gain friends and allies, make rivals, and live again. She will be a grand heroine alongside an ensemble of worthy souls, rescue the world from evil, and even discover true love!
It is beautiful, is it not?
Sample Entry: Ah, truly, self-promotion is the cornerstone of any true artist's success. Nero smooths out another poster onto a wall; posters can be found on nearly every surface for blocks around, all identical.
"Behold the legendary painting of Rome! Le Rouge Gallery presents the works of the Flower of Olympia, a collection by artiste extraordinaire NERO!"
The poster proudly displayed a painting of a young woman, in a scandalously light blue robe, draped over a roman couch on the balcony of a white-marble villa. Behind her lay the seven hills of Rome, rendered in a chaotic, impressionistic swirl of color. And, of course, the Temple of Athena. The painting's title is Nike Reclining, the goddess of victory caught in a moment of demure shyness and uncertainty, resting between the moments when she decides who victors and who is thrown down in defeat.
Having secured the poster firmly to the wall, Nero turned her back and strode off, humming to herself. Nero triumphantly returns to the art scene; a great artist lost so long ago; now she triumphantly returns! Simply beautiful!
Personal Journal:
darckreddContact Info: AIM address is Darkredd. Other than that, private message this account or comment on my contact post.
Character Name: Saber/Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus,
Character Series: Fate/extra on the Type-Moon wiki
Background: Nero on the Type-Moon wiki
Point in Canon: Before the events of Fate/extra, shortly before she was summoned by the protagonist.
Personality: Nero lived as a warrior rivaling Heracles, a legendary musician, an actress for the ages and a gladiator unconquered in ten thousand battles.
In her own mind, anyhow.
The Rose of Olympia is primarily one who sought beauty. She held herself above narcissism, and yet she lets her ego rage. She pursued the arts, yet never saw herself as anything but an artist for the ages: she did not bother with doubt or uncertainty. The audience leaves midway through her performances? Bar the doors! The Senators are upset with her populist policies? Snub them! Nero never let reality intrude on her, and was rewarded for this with death: and in her final moments she still did not understand what had happened. She had been a good emperor. She had guarded her people. She had showered them with her favor: public works, culture, and low taxes. Why did they stand by why she was ousted? Why did they let such an artist perish from the earth?!
Nero, as a legendary hero, came to understand herself, and why she failed. The love she felt, the beauty she saw, never coincided with the reality beheld by the people. She gave them a love she could not return. She came to the throne only with a concerted campaign of backstabbing, poisonings, and treachery: she was a link in the great chain of the Empire, nothing more. She could never reach the people. They could never understand her. And that is why she perished alone: deprived of all she loved.
But is that not romantic? The Empress who fought so hard for her people, and yet could not be understood by them? An artist, betrayed, and cruelly stolen from the world before her time? No, Nero has no regrets. She knows she might have done a few things differently, might have chosen different allies and enemies. But to be who she truly is, that is enough: she is the Emperor Nero, whose reign ended too early, but her name will ring through history!
After all, life's an epic fit to make Homer weep from the beauty of it. In the Grail War, she will face humanity's basest villains, greatest heroes; she will do battle with prophets, madmen, and deities. She will gain friends and allies, make rivals, and live again. She will be a grand heroine alongside an ensemble of worthy souls, rescue the world from evil, and even discover true love!
It is beautiful, is it not?
Sample Entry: Ah, truly, self-promotion is the cornerstone of any true artist's success. Nero smooths out another poster onto a wall; posters can be found on nearly every surface for blocks around, all identical.
"Behold the legendary painting of Rome! Le Rouge Gallery presents the works of the Flower of Olympia, a collection by artiste extraordinaire NERO!"
The poster proudly displayed a painting of a young woman, in a scandalously light blue robe, draped over a roman couch on the balcony of a white-marble villa. Behind her lay the seven hills of Rome, rendered in a chaotic, impressionistic swirl of color. And, of course, the Temple of Athena. The painting's title is Nike Reclining, the goddess of victory caught in a moment of demure shyness and uncertainty, resting between the moments when she decides who victors and who is thrown down in defeat.
Having secured the poster firmly to the wall, Nero turned her back and strode off, humming to herself. Nero triumphantly returns to the art scene; a great artist lost so long ago; now she triumphantly returns! Simply beautiful!
