User blog:Dargoo Faust/Battles Across Fiction Tournament: Round 1

Fiction brings a lot to the table when it comes to combat. Man and Myth, Beast or Hero, there'll always be some guy with a sword and shining armor, and the beast he fights, in infinite shapes and forms.

The purpose of this tournament, outside of fun, is to pit characters from each medium of fiction against one another, who are within similar physical capabilities. Anywhere from Novels to Anime, Movies to Games, it looks like everyone has an excuse to wank their characters to oblivion with powers.

Round 1 Begins! A tad bit late (two months later than I was hoping to post it), and honestly I've been spending far too much time off this wiki, so I'm going to try and keep active in the community past being on the discord, lol. Today we have a magus, and a hunter of the supernatural, much like the brackets here are trying to advertise: the supernatural and those that hunt it.

Kayneth Archibald, pragmatic professor at the clock tower, and Grail War Master.

VS.

Dean Winchester, demon hunter extraordinaire, having been to hell and back perhaps too many times.



BATTLES ACROSS FICTION: ROUND 1

WHO IS THE DEADLIEST?!

Kayneth Archibald


"I shall not let you die easily. I shall use healing magic to regenerate your heart and lungs, while I rend every inch of your flesh. In pain and despair, you will die as you suffer. And while you die, you will curse them... You will curse the cowardice of those who hired you! You will curse the Einzberns for disgracing the Holy Grail War!"

- Kayneth

Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald is a high ranking magus of the Mage's Association, as well as a notable professor within the Clock Tower. He joined the Fourth Fuyuki Grail war on a whim, confident in his abilities as both a mage and a master. While he was planning to summon the hero Alexander the Great, his student Waver Velvet stole the catalyst for the summoning ritual, a piece of the conqueror's cape. As a back-up, Kayneth ended up summoning Lancer, who took the form of the heroic spirit Diarmuid Ua Duibhne.

Magecraft
Kayneth, despite being shit on defeated many times in Fate/Zero, is a mage of great skill, having complex and mana-filled circuits that would presumably allow him to utilize servants such as Alexander the Great with little trouble. He has a dual affinity for wind and water, and is able to preform summioning rituals, necromancy, alchemy, and the evocation of spirits. He is also capable of employing presence concealment magecraft and healing magecraft, although he has never employed them in direct combat.

However, he seems to mostly employ bounded fields in setting up bases of operations. He can set up a twenty-four layer bounded field that employed mystic codes, hostile spirits, and various magical traps.

Weapons and Tools of Choice



 * Webley Mk. IV : Seen during his murder of Risei Kotomine, Kayneth carried a Webly Mk. IV when his magical circuits were irreparably damaged by Kiritsugu. While he wouldn't typically use it when he has acess to magic, it can be a decent practical weapon in a pinch.
 * Calibre: .455 (11.6 mm)
 * Effective Range: 45 meters
 * 6-round cylinder


 * Volumen Hydrargyrum: Marrow of the Moon Spirit : Kayneth's most potent Mystic Code; it is an autonomous mass of mercury that acts both as an offensive and defensive weapon. He used it to survive the collapse of the hotel he had formed a base in, as well as to singlehandedly siege Einsbern mansion. It is a amourphous fluid, that can form and attack with blades small and strong enough to rival beams of high-pressure water, and can tear apart entire rooms through consecutive hits.
 * Automatoportum defensio：Automatoportum quaerere：Dilectus incrisio : A chant that inducing the sphere to follow and automatically defend the user. It is fast enough to react to deflect bullets, however it can be outsped by experienced magi that can boost their movement speed.
 * Scalp : Changes the volume into a thin ribbon, that strikes out in a whipping motion.
 * Fervor, mei sanguis : Sets the volume into a defensive position, forming long, bamboo like colums that rapidly swarm around any incoming attack. It is especially potent against magic-based attacks, causing both conventional and magical atacks to richochet away before hitting Kayneth.
 * Ire: Sanctio : Sets the volume into a search and kill state, where it stretches and spreads over large surfaces to detect movements as small as a single heartbeat. It can sense differences in air vibrations, pressure, temperature, and can locate heat sources.



Dean Winchester


"Saving people, hunting things, the family business."

- Dean

Dean Winchester is one of the two primary protagonists of the ongoing television series, Supernatural, and is a self professed professional in hunting down the paranormal, ranging anywhere from ghosts to immortal demons. Both he and his brother, Sam were raised in this lifestyle by their father, after the death of his mother at the hands of Azazel. They were also both taught in the mystic arts, namely in the summoning and banishing of Demons and Angels. Ever since then, Dean had made it his duty to protect Sam at all costs, even risking his life on multiple occasions. They eventually dipped into the realm of Angels and Demons when they had acquired the Colt, a gun that could ignore the immortality of either and kill them permanently. This immortal-killing arsenal was further increased with the acquisition of Angel Blades. While the two were largely successful in their jobs at hunting, Dean eventually lost his life in protecting his brother.

Magic
While he is a hunter of the supernatural through and through, Dean doesn't shy from practicing in the mystic arts himself. While many of his applications of it can take prep and aren't usually applicable to combat, they can work in a pinch in specific situations. He can summon and banish demons and angels with various spells, although the entities he summons aren't obliged to help him in any way, shape or form. He can place wards over buildings to keep them out of the influence of the supernatural, as well as weaken wards placed by others, manefest illusions of one's greatest fear, or even bind supernatural beings to his will. If he is familiar with a spell beforehand, he can formulate methods to counter it.

Some of the magic abilities he uses for hunting are spells that give him the enhanced senses of an animal, cure monsters such as vampires, or place spells that can track enemies that assume a more stealthy form.

For this match, we are using base Dean, who doesn't have access to his more potent Demon Knight, Spirit, or Death abilities.

Weapons and Tools of Choice



 * Colt M1911A1 : Dean's personal weapon of choice for most of his hunting activities is a stainless steel Colt with a pearled grip. While he possesses a literal arsenal of weapons to hunt demons, it has always been his most reliable, go-to weapon.
 * Calibre: .45 ACP
 * Effective Range: 50 meters
 * 7-round detachable box magazine


 * The Colt : One of the most powerful weapons in Dean's arsenal. It bypasses the durability and immorality of Angels and Demons, and has the literal capacity to "kill anything" save for a select few beings in creation such as Lucifer. Seen when it was used to kill a Phoenix, it also prevents Resurrection. It has the appearance and function of a Colt Paterson 1836, which historically have an effective firing range of 59 meters.


 * Angel Blade : Like the Colt, an Angel Blade bypasses both durability and immortality, although not to the same degree. Dean has looted one from an angel before, and has used it to assist in assassinating particularly troublesome supernatural beings at a closer range. It appears to be a little under several feet long.


 * Man of Letter's Handcuffs : Typically used to incapacitate enemies that Dean has already downed. The cuffs nullify any supernatural abilities, including strength and speed, that whoever is wearing them has, even on beings such as angels and demons.



X-Factors
Experience Edge: Dean Winchester

While Kayneth is certainly experienced in employing both offensive and defensive magic, Dean has fought an much larger variety of opponents, all of whom possess abilities and powers far surpassing those Kayneth has. This is throughout his entire life as well, and he is skilled enough to casually defeat someone who had spent half their entire life training to specifically kill Sam and Dean. Not to discredit Kayneth, however; while he admittedly had a short runtime in the fourth grail war, an experienced magus killer such as Kiritsugu could hardly touch him without his origin bullets.

Training Edge: Dean Winchester

This also goes to Dean, simply by virtue of quantity. Kayneth has studied as prestigious magecraft organizations such as the Clock Tower and holds the leading title of the El-Melloi clan, however Dean has trained his entire life in combating the supernatural and in his physical combat skills. So, while Kayneth is certainly the more trained mage, Dean is overall the better trained combatant.

Tactics Edge: Kayneth Archibald

By feats alone this goes to Kayneth. While he certainly can't outsmart Kiritsugu, he is a tactical monster against any magecraft user, having made his building a living trap with wards, spirits, and bounded fields. Even then, he had his mystic code at the ready when the entire building was simultaneously demolished. While Dean has plotted out and planned the murder of various supernatural beings such as Demons, this is largely done on the fly, and he is certainly less careful than someone like Kayneth.

Physicality Edge: Dean Winchester

Almost a no-brainer. Although, to be entirely fair, this is excluding the defensive and offensive edges Kayneth's mystic code provides him. Dean has survived, even not as a demon, being thrown through solid stone walls, and can take hits from supernatural beings such as Demons, although to much less avail without any of his own demon powers.

Brutality Edge: Kayneth Archibald

Also a no-brainer. While Dean certainly doesn't show a drop of mercy to demons and ghosts, Kayneth is a narcissistic sadist that wanted to destroy and heal Kiritsugu's organs repeatedly simply for him "giving mages a bad name".

Setting


Like all of the combatants in the tournament, both Dean and Kayneth have been transported into a strange environment, with no knowledge of what is going on. They are egged by an outside voice that they have "been chosen" for a multiversal game of "kill or be killed", and have approximately five minutes to explore their surroundings and make preparations before they encounter eachother.

In the case of the first round, the environment is an abandoned mansion not much unlike the Einsbern mansion Kayneth originally invaded. It has plenty of narrow corridors, vistas, and open-sky gardens... but no exits in sight.

Voting Rules
Well-thought out votes, preferably with an edges format, are counted as 1 vote. Votes that are unstructured, poorly written, or otherwise count as 1/2 vote. Votes that are extremely short or lack any rhyme or reason whatsoever don't count at all.

Since I intend to go through these brackets rather quickly, I will have voting open for one week. I will also allow for shorter votes than usual, but please don't push it.

Battle
TBD​