Scheherazade

...I see.

So I have been summoned... (Sigh)

Surely you know that there is always a right person for a given job.

I am better suited to your bedchamber than the battlefield...

Height/Weight: 168cm, 58kg

Source: One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)

Region: Persia

Alignment: Lawful-Balanced

Sub-Attribute: Human

Gender: Female

There is no one who truly knows the tale of her life. None but herself.

"One Thousand and One Nights" is a collection of frame narratives told by Scheherazade.

Whether she is herself the main character of those stories or the historical individual who inspired them is unknown.

King Shahryār repeatedly married virgins and killed them after a single night in his bed.

As the daughter of a vizier, Scheherazade offered herself to the king in order to stop his brutality.

After spending a night with the king, Scheherazade prepared to have her younger sister Dunyazad approach to ask for a story. The story that Scheherazade told Dunyazad greatly enthralled the king, and he requested that Scheherazade continue, but dawn had come. At that point, Scheherazade promised, "Tomorrow's story shall be more exciting."

In order to hear the rest of Scheherazade's story, the king kept her alive, and in the end...

...Of the nearly one thousand stories that are read today, over half of the stories have been added on by translators from later generations. According to one theory, the first collection of stories that was used as a basis only numbered about two hundred, and is said to not even have a conclusion.

『Alf Layla Wa-Layla』

Rank: EX NP Type: Anti-King

One Thousand and One Nights.

Possesses increased power against kings due to its origin.

Even if the target is not technically a king, she may consider them a king if she finds them to be sufficiently similar in nature.

This is a Reality Marble under the guise of a tale that she tells. By strongly asserting that her tale is indeed the truth, it becomes reality.

The characters, props, and spirits that appear within the One Thousand and One Nights' stories can be summoned.

Even characters and stories that were added on by later generations like Aladdin and Ali Baba, which did not exist in the original version of One Thousand and One Nights, contribute to her existence as a Heroic Spirit and thus can be used. The accuracy of attribution is not important in terms of her ability to use her Noble Phantasm, as its purpose was to entertain the king. This Noble Phantasm's tale always ends with:

"...is how the story goes."

Storyteller: EX

A skill of one who can masterfully narrate a tale or legend. It's a talent altogether different from writing a story manuscript. The speaker is aware of the listener's mood and psychological state and adjusts accordingly. A communicative ability that specializes in improvisation.

A Heroic Spirit of a Japanese Rakugo narrator would also be likely to possess this skill.

Anti-Hero: A

Scheherazade's version of this skill can only target kings.

As such, it is ranked A.

In her case, it is especially effective when used as a survival tactic against any being bearing the title of "king." Using this skill, she assesses the king's mood, personality, ability, principles, and conditions so that she will at least not be killed, no matter how difficult the king may be.

At the conclusion of some modern day versions of "One Thousand and One Nights," it is said that Scheherazade ultimately bore three children, and the king learned to have a tolerant heart. As stated above, this ending was not present in the original, so there is a high probability that THIS Scheherazade did not have such a happy ending. And yet, that ending continues to be passed down, which means...

Just like the one at the center of the rainbow that smashed through the phantasmal city...

There must have been someone who prayed for her salvation.

Someone who knew how she could be saved.