Phoenix Wynters

Phoenix Wynter is the main protagonist of Fate/Supernova. He is one of the 16 Masters in the First Eclipse Holy Grail War, summoning the Ruler of Vesta.

Background
Phoenix is the only child of the Wynter family, a family tracing their roots back to some of the first British peoples but exiled from Britain some generations back.

Phoenix was born and raised in Wyndarton among the mages their, and thus from an early age had numerous tutors in magecraft due to his father’s obsession with achieving perfection. However, he was generally kept in the dark about his father’s continuation of the family’s experiments into building another Holy Grail. He showed great promise as a magus and at only 22 was one of the most well-respected mages in Wyndarton.

With the fame around him, though, he found himself unable to find a moment to himself and attempting to hide from the public eye, or even outright sabotage his own reputation. This earned him what was pretty much the equivalent of house arrest from his father. Though soon enough he learned the truth even of that. It wasn’t that he was his father’s pride and joy. No, it was that he was a tool to test the finally-completed Holy Grail. Unwilling to act as a Master himself, Phoenix’s father coerced his son into taking on the role of the Master of Vesta. And so it began, and on April 20th of 2023, during the peak of the solar eclipse, Phoenix sacrificed the last shred of normalcy in his life to take on his predestined role. With the summoning activating the Australian Holy Grail for the first time, he summoned the first Servant and the overseer of the first Grand Holy Grail War under the sign of Vesta - Ruler.

Appearance
Phoenix is a tall, lean but well-muscled young man. His skin is fairly tanned and he has vivid blue eyes and deep, red hair reminiscent of the Outback sands. He generally wears a simple white button-down shirt with blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

Personality
Phoenix is, put quite bluntly, a rash and quick-to-act sort of person. Even in maturity, he lacks any sense of patience, preferring instead to force events to speed up as possible. He doesn’t know the meaning of backing down, and if someone tells him that he can’t or won’t be allowed to do something? He’ll simply go out and do it out of a spiteful desire to prove them wrong. He thrives under pressure, and the more times he’s knocked down, the stronger he comes back the next time, just like the fiery bird of his namesake - always rising from the ashes.

Fate/Supernova
Phoenix is the son of the Eclipse Holy Grail's creator - or rather, the man who completed its creation.

On April 21, 2023, the Eclipse Holy Grail became active during the full solar eclipse, selecting its Master's upon the final requirement being fulfilled - the first Servant being summoned by its creating family. This Servant would be the Ruler of Vesta.

Over the following days, Phoenix and his father observed the Core - a stone slab with 16 mana-infused lights coinciding with the 16 celestial bodies used by the Eclipse Holy Grail, ensuring that all Servants were successfully summoned. Within short time, word reached the Wynter household regarding the disappearance of a local family, which had occurred shortly after the period where the Earth sign's light had come on.

Phoenix set out to do damage control, confronting Sonny Lohara Ezerdriso and the Archer of Earth, ending with Sonny's milk truck being blown up and Sonny himself left in critical condition.

Necromancy
A practice born through the manipulation of corpses. Performing feats like raising simple zombies or giving birth to cobbled monsters, they are magi who reside over death. The Wynter family of mages possess a strong affinity with this magecraft and have expanded upon it over the centuries. Not only are they capable of manipulating human corpses, but those of animals as well, granting Phoenix the ability to create undead hybrid creatures to be used to tracking or attacking targets.

Firebird
Phoenix’s Origin, known as Firebird, has a rather simple function and an ironic connection to the man’s name. Due to his Origin, Phoenix has an inborn tolerance for extremely hot climates. But most notable is that he has heightened resistance to fire, resulting in him only taking half the damage from attacks making use of the Fire element.

Beast’s Eyes
The Sorcery Trait of the Wynter magus family developed to allow them maximum usage of their animal creations. Phoenix is able to merge his conscience with that of an animal’s, primarily used to allow himself to remotely scout areas of potential danger by viewing it throw an animal’s eyes. However, when his conscience is merged with a creature’s, there’s also the innate potential to control the creature’s actions himself, though merging himself so fully leaves his human body unable to act.

Other
Phoenix is a crack shot with firearms, carrying on his person at any given time both a .45mm handgun and a .223 Remington hunting rifle. Additionally, due to the nature of his magecraft, he possesses a wide knowledge of the animals found in Australia and hunting techniques, such as camouflage, stealth, and impressive tracking abilities.