Character image:

Historically accurate middle-aged man

True Name: José Doroteo Arango Arámbula

Alias: Francisco “Pancho” Villa, The Centaur of the North

Class: Rider

Other Classes: Archer, Assassin, Gunner

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Place of Origin: Mexico

Source: Historical fact (Mexican Revolution 1910-1920~)

A womanizer who got married with 75 women without getting a single divorce.

He was a teetotaler and actively encouraged his men to not drink alcohol, with the risk of punishment if he found them drunk.

Parameters:

Gender: Male

Height: 178cm

Weight: 77kg

Likes: Women, strawberry milkshakes

Dislikes: Alcohol, arrogant rich people

Talent: Hiding from the feds.

Natural Enemy: John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing

Attribute: Man

Armament: Guns. A motherfucking train

Class Skills:

-Riding A+: All vehicles and all creatures up to the level of Phantasmal Beast and Divine Beast can be used as mounts. However, that does not apply to members of the Dragon Kind. Although his modern status shouldn’t let him ride Phantasmal Species, his nickname as “the Centaur of the North” allows him to bypass the restriction and be able to ride almost anything he can get his hands on.

-Magic Resistance D: Cancels Single-Action spells. Magic Resistance of the same degree of an amulet that rejects magical energy.

-Independent Action B: It is possible for a Servant to stay in the world for two days without a Master. However, this is the ideal value achieved by maximally conserving mana and avoiding battle and Noble Phantasm usage.

Personal Skills:

-Media Coverage A: “Hated by thousands and loved by millions”. A skill which represents how many benefits can a servant get from NEWS.

In life, Villa helped fashion his own image as an internationally known revolutionary hero, starring as himself in Hollywood films and giving interviews to foreign journalists, most notably John Reed. In a way, one could say Villa shaped how the world stereotyped the average Mexican of the 20th Century. As a servant, he receives a boost in all parameters with the more “popularity” he gets, be it from rumors to his actions actually appearing in the news. The risk of this is that the enemy can learn his True Name quite easily, not that he cares that much about being subtle when he can just hide in any nearby mountains.

-Military Tactics C+: Tactical knowledge used not for one-on-one combat situations, but for battles where many are mobilized. Bonus modifiers are provided during use of one's own Anti-Army Noble Phantasm or when dealing against an enemy Anti-Army Noble Phantasm. Villa was quite a successful strategist in the battlefield with his use of cavalry alongside new elements such as trains. He was also quite resourceful, not even minding using complete towns among his lines if it would allow for a victory. This skill gets an extra boost if Villa gets to do battle in a mountainous terrain.

-Presence Concealment D: “I have the duty to inform you that Pancho Villa is everywhere and nowhere at the same time”
Hides one's presence as a Servant. Suitable for spying. A low ranking of Presence Concealment to the level that a Servant can infer one's presence at once. Pancho Villa retains this skill as a personal one on his Rider class because of his exploits on hiding himself from his enemies and being famous for never being caught. If summoned in the Assassin class this would turn into a class skill and would get upgraded to A+ rank.

Noble Phantasms:

-La Máquina 30-30: The Machine that Carries the Ideals and Hopes of the Revolution.

Type: Anti-Army

Rank: A+

Range: 1~99

Max Targets: 1000 people.

Description: Villa wasn’t the only one who made use of trains on the Revolution, but he is by far the most famous and the one who used them in all possible ways. He had hospital trains, for transportation, and “trojan trains” which he used to infiltrate big cities. He even built his own railroads so he could navigate his “domains” with ease.

The one train which was famed by history was known as “La Máquina 30-30” (the machine 30-30), which is considered Villa’s main train. This Noble Phantasm is what makes Villa a Rider, and it can’t be summoned if his Saint Graph belongs to any other class.

La Máquina can be used for transportation if there is a need to travel long distances and to bring along “normal people”. However it’s strong fort is it’s raw power. The train’s fuel is not steam nor coal, but the ideals and hopes of the people who thought the Revolution could bring a better future for the country. If needed, the train can be used as a huge slam attack, which is convenient if there are many enemies in the battlefield.

Since Villa used trains pretty much everywhere, this train can actually traverse in rocky terrain, because the Revolution doesn’t care about physics.

-Appropriation and Redistribution: He Who Shares (Stolen) Wealth and Progress.

Type: Anti-Unit

Rank: A

Range: 1

Max Targets: 50 people

Description: Villa was known as a modern Robin Hood, who stole money and lands from the rich (using quite savage and violent methods more often than not) to give to the poor. At some point he became governor of a state, which let him do so way more casually.

A Noble Phantasm with which Villa can get to steal Noble Phantasms, quite like a certain French knight can do. However, this is a more “generous” and “limited” variant of it.

As long as Villa managed to get in any sort of contact with a weapon, object and even the mount of an enemy, he can declare it as “appropriated” and take it for himself (which is what he does often in regards of mounts, stealing even Phantasmal Species if the enemy servant possesses one). If the case allows for it, he can give the stolen NP to another servant to use instead. That is the “generous” part.

The “limited” part comes from it’s time limit. Depending on the Noble Phantasm’s rank and mana consumption, he can only keep it for a day at most and just a couple minutes at least. A risky Noble Phantasm not only because of the limitations, but also because most of the time getting in contact with a Noble Phantasm involves getting smacked by it in a painful way. Luckily he can survive almost anything with the use of A Revolution without Head. 

-A Revolution without Head: Don't Let It End Like This, Tell Them I Said Something.

Type: Anti-Unit (Self)

Rank: EX

Range: ―

Max Targets: 1 person.

Description: Villa's skull was stolen from his grave in 1926, which has set to many stories about it’s whereabouts and the reasons why it was stolen.

This Noble Phantasm can be best described as a “last laugh” from Villa. His death was the result of an ambush under a rain of bullets, but the myth of his missing head has shaped a legend on itself which has affected his Saint Graph’s weaknesses. It’s always active, and is pretty much the instruction of what must be done to be able to kill Villa for good.

“Cut off his head”

Although in paper this sounds like an easy way to remain almost immortal, this also leaves him particularly weak to servants who specialize on decapitation (as Charles-Henri Sanson).

-Siete Leguas

Type: Mount

Rank: ―

Range: ―

Max Targets: ―

Description: Pancho Villa was known for mounting many horses, but is recorded that his favorite was Siete Leguas (“seven leagues”); a mare who ran a distance of 7 leagues to bring Villa into safety when he was wounded in a battle. If Villa has no means of transportation and the train is just a bit too much he will summon his horse. He may summon her even if he has any other transportation anyway.

Personality:

Pancho has a bad case of distrusting strangers at first, since he comes from a time where everyone could look amicable and then draw their guns and shoot at you. “As Fierro used to say, shoot first and figure it out later!”. If you survive his “greeting” bullets and prove yourself to be friend instead of foe, he will treat you as if you were just another member of his family. He acts like a sort of “cool uncle”, giving enthusiastic hits on others’ backs while giving words of encouragement. He may shower himself in compliments, even more so when trying to get a lady’s favor, but he is quite self-aware of his flaws, so he won’t really take offense if your true opinion about him is a harsh one.

Don’t let his optimistic face fool you. When it comes to get to work, be it on a desk or in the battlefield, he expects his comrades to act like professionals, and he will punish them with extreme force if he sees them slacking off or with booze. More so with booze.

“Drunktards are useless! May as well just die here and save them the trouble!”

Lore:

“The country must be governed by someone who really loves his people and his land, who shares wealth and progress. I have all that, only that I am ignorant.”

Known as a cheerful and generous man to his friends and a ruthless savage to his enemies, Pancho Villa is the hero from the Mexican Revolution. A great strategist who excelled in the use of the terrain and his resources, pioneering the use of trains as both transportation and “Trojan horses”. A man who knew what the people needed, but never knew how to give it to them due to his own acknowledged ignorance. He got immortalized not by books, but by the people he served until the very end of his life.

His backstory before being known as “Pancho Villa” is shrouded in mystery, but what happened after getting the name is what gives him his legendary status and is well known.

At first an outlaw who battled the rich and the military, once the Revolution started he joined the rebel forces, seeing this event as the beginning of a change for his fellow people in need. The conflict became more and more complicated over time, which lead to friends turning into enemies, alliances being broken and more brutal actions from the soldiers of every side. One of this change of alliances is what leads to one of Villa’s more famous deeds: an invasion of the United States’ mainland itself. It was actually more like a small raid which didn’t amount for much as it just was a tantrum, but this was seen as a complete offense from the Americans, who took the afront seriously and sent a squad in search of Villa (with John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing leading the expedition himself, which is worth noting because he actually met Villa once before on more peaceful terms). This mission wouldn’t end until the USA had to go to the first World War, rendering the expedition a complete failure and adding to Villa’s insane popularity in his homeland.

Despite Villa’s violent lifestyle, he survived the Revolution and went into retirement after it. However, he was still quite vocal on the political climate of the country, and although he never wanted to take the President’s place, the ones in charge were afraid of Villa’s power over the people and what it would happen if he decided to take arms once more, so they orchestrated a cowardly ambush to kill him. Many consider Villa’s death as the real end of the Mexican Revolution, as well as the death of the Revolution’s unfulfilled desires.

Appearance:
(See pics above)

Villa is THE Mexican mold. A man with a big complexion, a mustache, wearing modest clothing and a big hat while mounting a horse, whose hometown is in a desert-mountain scenario. Villa appeared as himself in many movies made by Hollywood itself, so although most of the films are lost now, it’s no surprise the people there got influenced by this image and then spread it to the rest of the world. This amount of origin power lets Villa be more accurate to his original self in appearance, instead of getting modifications made by the people’s warped ideas. In a way, he got so popular his looks are actually respected.

Relationships:

-Master: Uncle Pancho is here! Villa will treat his master as his apprentice and second in-command, he will also be the harshest with him when it comes to the preparations for battle. This is all because he views his master as the person he trusts the most, and as such he must be the strongest he can be. Villa may not have good chemistry with actual cowards nor selfish masters, if such a match occurs he will be the first one to actually do the betrayal.

-Quetzalcoatl and Jaguarman: As a man of the north in a time when not even the country knew much about each other, he will apologize at first for not knowing much about them for being “southerners”. He can sympathize with Quetzalcoatl as a fellow warrior who wanted to share prosperity with the people.

-American servants (Billy, Edison, Geronimo, etc): He has nothing against the “gringos” themselves, but he may not hold his tongue too much with them around when trashtalking the nationality in general. He expects to meet Pershing soon.

-Scheherazade: There in an apocryphal anecdote where Villa said the only book he ever read was One Thousand and One Nights, because it was the only thing which allowed him to fall asleep. He may try and greet her while thanking her for all those bed-time stories. Also try to get to seduce her.

-Robin Hood: As he was compared with him in life, he has nothing but respect for the man.

-Any female servant: He will try to seduce and marry them no matter what. Keep your girls away from him.

FGO Extras (My Room lines and all that, well most of it)

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Passive Skills:

-Magic Resistance D: Increases own debuff resistance by 12.5%.

-Independent Action B: Increases own critical damage by 8%.

-Riding A+: Increases own Quick performance by 11%.

-Presence Concealment D: Increases own critical star generation rate by 4%.

Active Skills:

-Media Coverage A: Increases ATK for 3 turns. Increases DEF for 3 turns. Increases NP damage for 3 turns. Applies Taunt for 1 turn. Cooldown 7-5 (Self)

-Military Tactics C+: Increases party's NP damage for 1 turn. Cooldown 7-5 (Ally)

-Appropriation and Redistribution A: Reduces one enemy's NP gauge by 1. Charges one ally's NP gauge. Cooldown 8-6 (Ally)

Noble Phantasm: 

La Máquina 30-30: The Machine that Carries the Ideals and Hopes of the Revolution.

Type: Buster

Hit Count: 5

Effect: Deals damage to all enemies.

Damage per NP Level: 400% > 500% > 550% > 575% > 600%  

Overcharge Effect: Gains critical stars.

Overcharge Damage: 15 > 20 > 25 > 30 > 35

My Room Lines:

Dialogue 1: I may not be an educated man, but that doesn’t mean I can’t hold a conversation. Pancho Villa can give you a big surprise!

Dialogue 2: Hey hey, Master! Have you summoned someone named “Pershing”? I see. Well if you ever get him here, let me know so I can give him my condolences personally for not finding me!

Dialogue 3: Seeing all these people just hanging up in peace and having fun brings back some good old memories. But it worries me that what happens next is the same as what my memories say...

Dialogue 4: If I have regrets? Yeah, I actually do have a few. I’m not proud of many of the things I did in my life, and I don’t blame those who hate me because of it. But what’s done is done, if I spent all time regretting every mistake I made, I would waste way too much time!

Dialogue 5: Oh, I see we have southerners here as well. Sorry I don’t know much about you, but eitherway is good to have a familiar face around! I know we have never met, but doesn’t sharing our homeland make us family already? (if you have Quetzalcoatl or Jaguar Man)

Dialogue 6: Is that THE Robin Hood? Well is not exactly what I expected, but I’m no one to talk about looks here now, am I? Hahaha! (if you have Robin Hood)

Dialogue 7: Oh my, she is the famous storyteller. She is just as beautiful as I thought she would. Although looking at her now, it will be really hard to fall asleep if she ever tells those tales in the bed. (if you have Scheherazade)

Likes: The company of a lady is the best a man can get when death is so close! And, well, more than one doesn’t hurt neither.

Dislikes: I really dislike people who can’t hold their liquor. In all my experiences, nothing good has come from people drowning in alcohol.

Holy Grail: Is this like what you do when you blow up your birthday candles? Haha, well, if I could ever get a wish to be granted, I would wish for everyone to be equal. No more wealth at the cost of someone else’s poverty. Just everyone having the same amount. That sounds like the most fair thing to ask for.

Bond 1: You could say I have some troubles accepting authority, so I hope you don’t mind if we reverse our hierarchy a bit? I know you are the Master, but as things are here I’m the one with the experience, so it’s better if I take the reigns for a while. Good? Great, now go back to your place! This isn’t a party!

Bond 2: Hey there! Sorry if I may act harsh with you. You see, Pancho Villa can’t be seen with a weakling as a Master, it will give the wrong idea to our enemies. So I will do my best to get you in shape for the battlefield.

Bond 3: Alright Master, that was quite the battle, what do you say we go and get something to eat? Don’t let it be said that Pancho Villa doesn’t reward his comrades!

Bond 4: It has been a while since I have around people I can lower my guard with. If Fierro were here he would say I have gotten soft. I guess I have. But hey, times change, it’s only fair we change with them if we want to help the people who live in such a time, right?

Bond 5: When I was alive, I had very few real friends. One night you were all having a laugh at the grill, and the next you were shooting them because someone didn’t like your opinion. Finding a real friend is really hard with that kind of upbringing. I’m glad I can call you a real friend, Master. No, let me rephrase that. I’m glad I can call you compadre! Wherever you go, I will follow without doubt.