[Hereafter Material] Beast Taming [Skill] (Patreon)

Beast Taming [Skill]

A skill related to but distinct from Riding. The ability to take control of and command beasts that do not possess a human language.

Although there is no dialogue, somehow, understanding is reached, and one’s will can be imposed upon even willful creatures that would not accept orders from a human.

Through various methods and means, the user of this skill can bring to heel beasts of all sorts, subordinating them to his commands. They will follow his orders as surely and completely as any human army. At the higher levels of this skill, even powerful magical beasts can be tamed, and commands will be obeyed even after he has died.

The relationship can change from method to method. With some methods, a bond of camaraderie is formed, creating a kind of friendship or kinship, and loyalty is all the more assured. With other methods, it becomes a matter of discipline and hierarchy, and the relationship is more akin to pack leader and subordinate, as is the case among numerous animal groups in the natural world. In its own way, a relationship solidified by dominance is all the stronger for it.

In the case of Lucius Tiberius, who brought under his banner “all the magical beasts of the continent,” possessing this skill at the rank of EX naturally means that it is possible for him to tame any kind of beast he desires. It should even be possible for him to wrangle Divine Beasts that are not ordinarily tameable, although the level of effort required and the time needed would be far too costly during the course of an ordinary Grail War.

Incidentally, the one exception to this skill is the Dragon Kind. As dragons are an entirely different kind of beast than other phantasmals, a different kind of skill is necessary to tame them, and this skill is ineffectual.