Lord El-Melloi II Case Files

Lord El-Melloi II Case Files (ロード・エルメロイⅡ世の事件簿) is a novel series written by Sanda Makoto and illustrated by Mineji Sakamoto.

Setting
The series takes place in the United Kingdom and revolves around the Clock Tower.

The world of Lord El-Melloi II Case Files is set as the same parallel world of Fate/stay night and relatively closely to Fate/Zero, as Waver Velvet had participated in the Fourth Holy Grail War.

Plot
Ten years after the Fourth Holy Grail War, Waver Velvet, now Lord El-Melloi II and in charge of the Department of Modern Magecraft, solves problems and investigates mysteries in the thaumaturgy world on behalf of magi with the help of his apprentice Gray, all the while navigating the cutthroat politics of the Clock Tower.

Main characters

 * Lord El-Melloi II
 * The main protagonist, his real name is Waver Velvet. One of the twelve Lords that reside at the Clock Tower, the headquarters for all mages. His skills at Magecraft are second tier, but he possesses an incredible breadth and depth of knowledge. One of the very few who participated in the Fourth Holy Grail War held in the Far East to actually survive the experience.


 * Gray
 * The narrator of this story. She is a 15-year-old girl and Lord El-Melloi II's apprentice. She always covers herself with an ash-colored cape, and hides her face beneath its hood. She carries around the Mystic Code called "Add" inside a birdcage.


 * Add
 * A Mystic Code that has been passed down for generations within Gray's family.


 * Reines El-Melloi Archisorte
 * Lord El-Melloi II's adoptive younger sister, and the next head of house El-Melloi that has brought the family together out of the hardships suffered in their downfall. She was the one who gave him the name "El-Melloi" and the seat of the Lord. At times, she seems to enjoy giving her new adopted brother completely unreasonable demands and seeing how he reacts to them. Occasionally serves as the second narrator of the story.


 * Flat Escardos
 * Lord El-Melloi II's student. A boy affiliated with the "El-Melloi Class" of the Modern Magecraft Theories department. He is a genius of Magecraft, but within the Clock Tower he has both the distinction of being a top-tier student and the infamy of being a problematic child. Carefree and affectionate, he is a boy none can hate. He showcases an amazing camaraderie with Svin from his class.


 * Svin Glascheit
 * Lord El-Melloi II's student. A brilliant student who shares the top two spots in the "El-Melloi Class" with Flat. At first glance, he is a jaded, calm student, but in reality he rivals Flat in problematic behavior as well. Flat calls him "Le Chien (The Dog)" as a term of endearment due to Svin's usage of Beast Magecraft, but Svin himself abhors that nickname.

Clock Tower
Characters shown in the Clock Tower.
 * Bram Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri
 * Next in line as head of the Department of Spiritual Evocation and older brother of Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri.


 * Rocco Belfeban
 * Head of the Department of Summoning, a subdepartment of the Department of Spiritual Evocation.


 * Goldolf Musik

case. Adra Castle Separation

 * Luviagelita Edelfelt
 * Guest character, nicknamed Luvia. A Finnish-born jewelry magus. She is around her late teens.


 * Flueger
 * Master-slaying Astrologer Flueger, also known as Flue. A freelancer operating in the Middle East.


 * Orlocke Caesarmund
 * A very old magus.


 * Hishiri Adashino
 * A Japanese magus and member of the Department of Law.


 * Heine Istari
 * A famed alchemist known as "The Knight". Youth around his mid-twenties.


 * Rosalind Istari
 * Heine's eight year old sister.


 * Jiroubou Seigen Tokitou
 * Clown
 * Luvia's bodyguard.


 * Geryon Ashborn
 * Deceased lord of the castle


 * Irene Ashborn
 * Geryon's deceased wife


 * Glannid Ashborn
 * Geryon's deceased son

case. Twin Towers of Iselma

 * Inorai Valualeta Atroholm
 * The head of one of the Mage's Association's Three Great Families, the Lord of the Department of Creation, and one of the major leaders of the democratic faction. Touko's former teacher.


 * Byron Valuayeta Iselma
 * The head of the Iselma family. Father of the Gold and Silver Princesses, the two most beautiful people in the world made using magecraft.


 * Diadra Valualeta Iselma
 * The Princess of Gold.


 * Estella Valualeta Iselma
 * The Princess of Silver.


 * Caleena
 * Personal maid of the Princess of Gold. Has a Celtic background.


 * Rejina
 * Personal maid of the Princess of Silver. Has a Celtic background.


 * Touko Aozaki
 * Guest character. A magus who attained the highest rank of Grand by being a peerless doll maker and finding and reconstructing the lost Primeval Runes. Was once under Sealing Designation before it was rescinded a few years ago.


 * Mick Grazilier
 * A magus of the neutral faction, and member of the Department of Curse.


 * Maio Brishisan Clynelles
 * Magus from the Faculty of Lore and a member of the neutral faction. The Iselma family's personal pharmacist, as the the Clynelles family has been for generations. Childhood friend of the Gold and Silver Princesses.


 * Islo Sebunan
 * Childhood friend and dressmaker of the Gold and Silver Princesses.


 * Atrum Galliasta
 * Guest character from Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works. An arrogant rich playboy from a Middle Eastern family.

case. Mystic Eyes collection train

 * Olga Marie Animusphere
 * Guest character from Fate/Grand Order. Sole daughter of Marisbury Animusphere, the Lord of the Department of Celestial Body.


 * Trisha Fellows
 * Olga's governess.


 * Hishiri Adashino
 * Caules Forvedge
 * Guest Character from Fate/Apocrypha. A boy who is the head of the Forvedge family. He has recently transferred to the Clock Tower.


 * Yvette L. Lehrman
 * Jeanmario Spinella
 * Callebaut Frampton
 * Rodin
 * Machinist of the train.


 * Leandra
 * Manager
 * Melvin Waynez
 * A former schoolmate and self-proclaimed best friend of El-Melloi II. In the past, he provided funds for Waver Velvet to go to Japan to participate in the Fourth Holy Grail War and again when Waver wished to buy the El-Melloi classroom.


 * Faker
 * Doctor Heartless

case. Atlas' contract

 * Bersac Blackmore
 * A descendant of Gransurg Blackmore.


 * Fernando Croze
 * Sister Irmia
 * Magdalena
 * Gray's mother.


 * Zepia Eltnam Atlasia
 * Guest character.


 * Kay
 * Corpse King

case. Grand Resolution

 * Hishiri Adashino
 * Inorai Valualeta Atroholm
 * McDonell Trambellio Elrod
 * Head of the Department of General Fundamentals and leader of the democratic faction. Has thirteen daughters.


 * Melvin Waynez
 * Rulfurus Nuda-Re Eulyphis
 * Head of the Department of Spiritual Evocation. Father of Bram Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri and Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri, and Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald's old teacher.


 * Olga Marie Animusphere
 * Touko Aozaki
 * Yvette L. Lehrman
 * Calugh Ithred
 * Jorek Kurdice
 * Gesell Tolman
 * Asheara Mystras
 * Doctor Heartless
 * Faker
 * Luviagelita Edelfelt
 * Flueger
 * Jiroubou Seigen Tokitou
 * Rodin

Grace note
Characters initially introduced in the anime original episodes
 * Barzan
 * A magus Waver encounters in Iraq during his travels, who is there to unearth and pillage the tomb of Iskander for his own purposes.


 * Mary Lil Fargo
 * Daughter of Ernest Fargo and a former student of El-Melloi II.


 * Alec Fargo
 * Nephew of Ernest Fargo, he is currently under considerable debt.


 * Ernest Fargo
 * Head of the Fargo, a branch family of the Animuspheres. El-Melloi II is requested by the Animusphere family to investigate the mysterious circumstances of his recent death.


 * Fernando Li
 * Friend and fellow researcher of Ernest Fargo. Specializes in Spiritual Evocation.


 * Claire
 * Maid of the Fargo household.


 * Gurdoa Davenant
 * Member of the Clock Tower Zoology Department.


 * Michael and Bridget
 * Two people who run a local teahouse frequented by Lord El-Melloi II.


 * Anses Growchester
 * Goldolf Musik
 * Guest character from Fate/Grand Order. A member of the Department of Policies.


 * Wills Pelham Codrington
 * A lecturer of the Department of Spiritual Evocation and popular with female students. Son of Trevor Pelham Codrington.


 * Waletta Codrington
 * A member of the Codrington main family. A former childhood friend of Wills until he rejected her marriage proposal.


 * Trevor Pelham Codrington
 * A magus who purchased an expanse of wasteland to convert into the Marburry workshop, which used a Leyline as its magical source.


 * Faye
 * Fairy attached to the workings of the Marburry workshop.


 * Black Dogs
 * Artificial fairies created by the Marburry workshop.


 * Kairi Sisigou
 * Guest character from Fate/Apocrypha.

Case. Adra Castle Separation
case. Adra Castle Separation (case.剥離城アドラ)

Case. Twin Form Tower (Upper)
case. Twin Towers of Izelma (Upper) (case.双貌塔イゼルマ(上))

Case. Twin Form Tower (Lower)
case. Twin Towers of Izelma (Lower) (case.双貌塔イゼルマ(下))

Case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Upper)
case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Upper) (case.魔眼蒐集列車（上）)

Case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Lower)
case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Lower) (case.魔眼蒐集列車（下）)

Case. Atlas' contract (Upper)
case. Atlas' contract (Upper) (case.アトラスの契約（上）)

Case. Atlas' contract (Lower)
case. Atlas' contract (Lower) (case.アトラスの契約（下）)

Case. Grand Resolution (Upper)
Case. Grand Resolution (Upper) (case.冠位決議（上）)

Case. Grand Resolution (Middle)
Case. Grand Resolution (Middle) (case.冠位決議（中)）)

Case. Grand Resolution (Lower)
Case. Grand Resolution (Lower) (case.冠位決議（下)）)

Development
Sanda Makoto (Red Dragon, Rental Magica). Volume one was announced for release at Comiket 87.

Manga
The October issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine revealed the Novel will receive a manga adaptation illustrated by Toh Azuma. It debuted in the magazine's November issue on October 4. Published by, the first volume of the manga was released on July 3, 2018. The second volume is released on August 4, 2018 and the third on January 10, 2019.

Anime
After Type-Moon teased a new animation project, produced by studio Troyca, a TV anime special episode "Episode 0" for the series was set to air December 31, 2018, during the Fate Project Ōmisoka TV Special 2018. Handled by Troyca, a full anime TV Series named Lord El-Melloi II Case Files - Grace note- (ロード・エルメロイⅡ世の事件簿 - Grace note-) was then announced to start airing July 6, 2019. It will adapt the "Rail Zeppelin" case of the Light Novel, while including anime original content.