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...Who are you, and what do you want with me? Introduce myself? Alright then, if it gets you out of my way.

My name is Chiemon. Don't bother asking for a last name, it was burned away in the flames of Shimabara. All I care about at this point is bringing hell upon this stupid country, governed by those who took everything from me. They will pay... They will pay for everything!

To this end, I chose to partake in the Waxing Moon Ritual. The power of the Waxing Moon would, of course, be more than enough to bring forth the hell I desired. I summoned Lancer, who turned out to be Jeanne d'Arc, and the idiot chose to let herself be corrupted by my drive for vengeance, if it meant saving my soul. How much more stupid could she have been!? I am far Beyond Redemption at this point. Nothing could possibly save my soul at this point. It wasn't long after that I encountered Miyamoto Iori... that Hypocrite pisses me off more than anything else! Thankfully, there was a perfect chance for me to bring out his true self, as it turned out that his own little sister was the vessel of the fifteenth Servant. The same one we needed to complete the Waxing Moon's power. We eventually do successfully capture her, but... that's where it gets hazy for me. I'm pretty certain what happened was that I ran from Iori's true face and ended up taking myself out alongside Caster, but I can't be too certain...

...tropes? You want me to list off my tropes!? I should probably kill you for reducing me to such bare elements, but... fine. I'll humor you. Just leave me alone once I'm done.

The tropes that describe me

  • Arch-Enemy: To be clear, the entire shogunate may as well be this to me. I would do anything to see them burn to ashes. But if you want an individual... Miyamoto Iori. I know he's not tied to the Shimabara Rebellion, and I do not care! That fool thinks he can just try and look like something virtuous? I see right through him! He's the exact same kind of bloodthirsty freak as I am! So what if he was Born in the Wrong Century!? That damn mask he puts up just makes him a sick little Hypocrite! To this end, I had personally decided to kill him in particular before moving on to the rest of Edo!
  • Ax-Crazy: Yes, I admit it! I am a madman, condemned to the flames of hell by none other than God Himself! The shogunate took everything from me in the hell of Shimabara, so I will now take everything from them in the hell that shall be left of Edo once I am done!
  • Bad Boss: Lancer is my tool. Nothing more, and nothing less. If she breaks any more along the way, I don't care, just so long as she keeps serving her purpose. And lord forbid if she dares show me any affection. Save my soul? It's too far gone already, I know that better than anyone. She's better off just following my orders and not spewing any more virtuous garbage.
  • Be Careful What You Wish For: ...okay. I will admit. I may have bitten off more than I can chew with Miyamoto Iori. "Demon" doesn't even begin to describe what I saw in those eyes of his once he chose to embrace his true nature. I was so terrified that I ran off almost immediately... not one of my proudest moments, but what would've happened if I stayed would've likely been far worse.
  • Beyond the Impossible: Jeanne d'Arc is supposed to be someone impossible to corrupt into that so-called "Alter" state. The fact that my sheer hatred managed to do so anyway should speak for itself.
  • Big Damn Heroes: I am not a hero, but... When I was brought back as a Servant to repeat the Waxing Moon Ritual, I ended up fighting that monster of a Rider that Yui Shousetsu was contracted with... though it appears she was an Avenger in this case? Whatever. The point is, I was able to deal some massive damage to her, and that let the others actually manage to kill her.
  • Boss Subtitles:
    • Apparently, I'm known somewhere as "Chiemon, the Avenger of Flames". Quite fitting, if I must say.
    • At the same time, in the scenario where I used the Waxing Moon's Vessel and Lancer's remaining power, I became something known simply as the "Waxing Moon Monster, the Despairing God of Corruption".
  • Call-Back: Apparently, I'm not the only case of a Shimabara survivor out for revenge. And of all things, it was a corrupted Amakusa Shiro Tokisada...
  • Card-Carrying Villain: Are you blind? Or maybe you're deaf? It should've been clear by now that I am nothing more than a sinner doomed to burn in hell. And in that case, there's no reason for me not to raze Edo to the ground! And once everyone is dead... maybe I'll see my family and comrades again...
  • Covered in Scars: Yet more reminders of the pain I suffered through. You don't want to see all of them. The one on my neck is probably an ugly enough sight already.
  • Cutscene Boss: Apparently, in one scenario, Miyamoto Iori just... nonchalantly slits my throat right after I strike Yui Shousetsu with my cursed flames. Rather anticlimactic, wouldn't you say?
  • The Determinator: From the start of the Waxing Moon Ritual, the cards were stacked against me. Lancer lacked any territorial advantage thanks to being a foreigner, I had barely any allies or resources to work with, and the injuries I sustained in Shimabara still caused me ungodly amounts of pain. And despite all that, I pushed forward, performing whatever underhanded tricks would let me succeed. Even if it led me to temporarily ally myself with that dog of the shogunate, Yui Shousetsu.
  • Don't You Dare Pity Me!: I know full well that I only survived thanks to some sick excuse for a miracle. I don't deserve the love and compassion that caused everyone to give up their lives for me - so you better keep that garbage to yourself instead of mocking me with it!
  • Enemy Mine: I hate everybody, that is unquestionable, but I won't let anyone else kill somebody that I want to kill myself, whether it'd be through my wish or with my bare hands. And if that goal requires me to join forces with them for a while, then so be it.
  • Evil Counterpart: This is what pisses me off more than anything else about Miyamoto Iori. We were both ruined by the violence caused by the shift in Edo's ruling system. But unlike me, he likes to pretend like he doesn't care, when I can clearly tell how much he thirsts for bloodshed.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: ...yes. Even with everything I have said about myself so far, I do still love my family, and the friends and comrades I had in Shimabara. I still miss them to this day... It's to the point where I, like some kind of fool, chose to use the wish gained from that stupid Tournament Arc set up by the golden Ruler to give them a proper burial instead of burning Edo to the ground.
  • Mutual Kill: Even after running away from Iori, I still went out with a bang. I ended up getting a fight with Caster, and he injured me pretty badly, but... heh. Turns out a Master can use their Command Spells to invoke their Servant's Noble Phantasm, and Lancer just so happened to have one that kills you in exchange for destroying your enemy.

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