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♚ OOC
Name: Kiva
Age: 23
Contact: obscureinternetreference @ plurk
Character In-game: n/a

♛ IC
Name: Nobunaga Oda
Canon: Fate/Grand Order
Canon Point: Post-Fate/Accel Zero event.
Age: While she appears to be a woman in her early 20s, going by our current year, she would be 482 years old.
Gender: Female
Species: Heroic Spirit
Appearance: here!

History/Background:

for grand/order, her canon source The section under 'Website plot synopsis' is a general outline for the game's plot.

her own page on the wiki

Canonically, due to her being an event servant, Nobunaga doesn't formally join the protagonist until the spot between Okeanos and London. To summarize her event briefly, in one of the alternate universes in the fate/verse, Nobunaga manages to get her hands on the holy grail, an object overflowing with enough magical energy to grant a single wish. Being the intelligent person she is, she instead has it altered into a bomb and detonates it, causing both her and her companion, Okita Souji, to be forced into the grand/order timeline. Not only that, but while Nobunaga usually qualifies as a 5 star servant, the strongest tier of servant there is, the detonation of the grail stripped her of a single star, and all of her power contained within the one star she lost became an army of small nobunagas that were hostile to everything they came across. The protagonist is forced to help her defeat her army of clones, leading to a battle against a smaller Nobunaga that evolved into a direct copy of the real one. Although the real Nobunaga intends on betraying everyone and taking over, Okita simply tells her to knock it off and everything ends abruptly.

There's a brief fan translated summary of the event here (under quick story tidbits and story spoilers, near the very beginning) if required.

As a small note here, aside from the fact she's a woman, Nobunaga's history in life mirrors the history of her real life counterpart exactly. It probably matters less than her actual canon history, but I do have a writeup of her historical info too, in case you guys want it (although it is very tl;dr.)

Personality:

If there's one thing and one thing only you'd notice about Nobunaga, it's her haughty and self-confident nature. In life, she believed her own ambition to be far greater than any other warlord at the time, and that it was what allowed her to get as far as she did. Her dialogue reflects this in that she has a very forceful, almost rude manner of speaking, and she neglects to ask people things or make requests, instead often sounding like she's bossing others around.

"Yes, you have some merits of worth, and you’re actually a great retainer.
"As a reward, I shall prepare some tea. Moreover, I use will use the tsukumonasu with the bakouhan!
"Rejoice, for I have not valued a retainer this highly since the monkey, you know!"

It exhibits a great deal of carelessness with regard to how she treats people as well, and she was known for treating her subordinates in a very capricious manner. She was fond of Hideyoshi Toyotomi in life, but still referred to him as a monkey (not exactly the most affectionate nickname). Her myroom dialogue in-game also indicates that she has no idea why Mitsuhide betrayed her at Honnouji, but dismisses it because she doesn't seem to care enough to think on it. Important to note is that her cruelty (she had soldiers he convinced to surrender peacefully executed, ignoring his objections) resulted in the assassination of his mother and general brutality turned him off of her over time. Something she still doesn't realize.

"Honnouji? Honnouji, indeed. Honestly, I have no clue why turned out that way.
"However, afterwards, the monkey came to power!
"Well, it wasn’t strange for the monkey to go as far as he did, but I’m quite satisfied!"

However, as a heroic spirit she is of a far more mellow attitude than how she was in life. While it might just be an indicator of lack of responsibility now, no longer being a warlord and having to display brutality to keep others in line, her dialogue regarding Mitsuhide's betrayal does seem to show she doesn't care he put a sudden end to the years of work she put into her conquest. Whereas she was known for a poor temper at times in life (her sword gained its name solely from her personally murdering a tea master who betrayed her) she takes things fairly lightly now. Her personal quote is "it cannot be helped!" which is basically the phrase "Shikata ga nai" translated, which in cultural context for Japan is associated with simply enduring situations beyond your control to move past them, as it's all out of your control.

She has a great appreciation of new and unique things; in life, she simply collected western artifacts supplied to her by jesuit missionaries in exchange for her patronage in spreading christianity, but it's taken a step further in fate/ in that she will always choose new ways to do things, even if they seem strange, just for the sake of it. She has a distaste for traditionalism and older methods, even if they're tried and tested, and her profile states "she possesses a flexible way of thinking that loves new things and is not bound by conservatism and common sense." This is also reflected in the fact that when she obtained the holy grail, lacking a wish, she just turned it into a bomb for the sake of it; it's an attitude that can make her appear unpredictable to others. She also has a very strong fondness for people with talent and ambition; her retainers themselves were all capable people in their own right, which is why she regarded them so highly.

"I love those with talent. You too should never forget your devotion in serving me."

"What do I hate? Let's see, fools who are quick to give up are useless.
"Indeed! "You can do it if you try", I think that feeling is very important!"

Despite how haughty and silly she can appear to be however, it's important to note that if things call for it, she can be a very dangerous and brutally efficient person. Her abilities, which she lacked in life but now possesses as a heroic spirit, are even reflective of her cruelty; Mt.Hiei, in which she ordered her troops to slowly ascend the mountain and slaughter everyone they encountered (men, women and children), and the battle of Nagashino, where the constant resistance she faced when trying to conquer it resulted in her slowly conquering its perimeter and working inwards, and when everyone was trapped in their main fort, she had it burned, leading to the death of 20,000 people (many of which were innocent civilians).

This cruelty of hers may paint her as evil to others, but to Nobunaga it's simply what she had to do. She doesn't display any regret for it, and generally speaking if she decides on doing something, no matter how brutal, she'll do it simply because she thinks it's required. By heart she isn't evil, nor is she particularly good either, instead being the type of person to take any action she deems necessary, regardless of how it influences how everyone around her feels about her. She won't allow the feelings of others to get in the way of that, in part due to her ego - it can be difficult to dissuade her when her mind is made up, and even if it alienates her from former comrades she'll take action. That's just the kind of person she is.

Quotes from here and translated profile here, if you guys need 'em.

Skills/Abilities:

I didn't randomize my weapon but, to quickly summarize just in case:

Her abilities specific to her are her noble phantasms, three thousand worlds and demon king of the sixth heaven. The former summons 3000 rifles she can control at will that deal extra damage to heroic spirits with the Riding ability, and the latter is a reality marble, which when activated traps her and her enemies inside of it. Its sole ability is to weaken those associated with the divine, magic or who have mystery surrounding their legend. A regular human being would find it uncomfortably humid, whereas someone like King Arthur would struggle just to exist.

Her personal skill, tenka fubu, grants her buffs against the same types of opponents affected by her reality marble. Her rifles by default are E ranked, the weakest class, but against someone with high divinity, mystery or general "supernatural" traits, they can go as high as EX, which is the rank weapons reach when the scale can no longer measure their power, surpassing even the likes of Excalibur.

Ignoring general supernatural traits, Nobunaga is charismatic and intelligent enough to receive both Charisma and Military tactics as skills as a heroic spirit. It just means she's surprisingly good at influencing people through her personality and a formidable strategist.

Also, despite being an Archer who cheats by using guns she doesn't even aim, Nobunaga still uses her sword to fight. Historically Nobunaga was known to be proficient in not only swordsmanship, but archery, spear fighting and horse riding as well, so this applies to the fate/ counterpart too.

Lastly, she probably makes hella good tea and writes some sick poetry.

Magic Weapon:

A gunblade! 25 inches in length, it functions as both a standard sword and a long ranged weapon more akin to a rifle. By funneling mana into the barrel, the weapon is loaded, and with a pull of the trigger the energy is discharged from the end of the blade akin to a traditional firearm in the form of a damaging projectile.

When she becomes a Bishop sometime down the line I'm hoping she'll be able to replicate her three thousand worlds skill but on a much smaller scale and maybe turn them into bombs or something too. That way if replicas of her weapons were around the battlefield she could control the enemy's movement in a sense, if they had to avoid her duplicates because they would explode in their proximity. It tailors to her role as both a strategist and a frontline fighter.

Carrier:

Don't know if this is too out there but would a small nobu be out of the question. They're about knee height and can only say NOBU in varying pitches. As per the rules it would be clockwork rather than what it actually looks like.

If that isn't alright then just this bird instead.

Sample:
her top level threads should do!