Ruler (Fate/Grand Order - Holmes)

Ruler (ルーラー) is a Ruler-class Servant able to be summoned by the Protagonist in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.

Identity
Ruler's True Name is Shārokku Hōmuzu, the world's greatest, most famous and sole consulting detective, the genuine father of all detectives. The crystallization of the concept of detectives, the representative of "the Revealers". The protagonist of the stories written by in the 19th~20th centuries, and the detective that solved every mystery, and in the many mystery novels written after, he is one of the progenitors of "Detectives". Or so it is said. But is that really the truth?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novels were the memoirs of his companion and assistant,. Holmes works as a consulting detective in London and is famously based in a flat at 221B Baker Street. He has handled many requests, and has definitely gotten a fair share of serious cases from the London Metropolitan Police Department, some of which even involved the English government. He has a doctorates in medicine, economics and law and is a member of the Royal Society, and he is especially well-versed in pharmacy.

Holmes and Watson were investigating the death of Henry Jekyll. Holmes received a letter prior from his death, the letter explaining about his failed experiment and his Hyde persona. Holmes was convinced that the Clock Tower was involved with "The Incident of Jack the Ripper".

The Heroic Spirit Holmes, who resembles the men he was modeled after, such as, Doyle himself, or the oldest detective in the world, - he was summoned into this world as none of the above, but rather, as the protagonist of a series of novels (for his words and actions cannot be thought of those other than that of a protagonist's). In the end, was the story of Sherlock Holmes really a complete work of fiction penned by Sir Doyle, or was it the biography of the actual Holmes as written by Dr. John H. Watson? Perhaps it was somewhere in between the two? At the very least, Holmes himself should know the answer, but it's not a topic he brings up himself, and when the issue does come up in conversation, he always deftly evades the question.

Appearance
According to Bedivere, Sherlock gives off the same odor as Merlin. Character art also depicts him wearing a cape and smoking from a pipe, both of which are recurring elements from the original stories and in many later adaptations in film and television.

Assuming that he is born from stories, then the stories might not only be Doyle's novels, but also the works as well... or so the Chaldea employees discussed.

Personality
"My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know."

- Holmes in "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" Holmes is famous for his deductive mind and believes in taking cases for the sake of justice and as an intellectual pursuit rather than for fame, fortune or glory.

Contemplative, but at the same time, active. Bold, but at the same time, precise. And also a calm and composed man. Any kind of mystery, crime, and scheme cannot run from Holmes' eyes. Even if it is a fearsome killer, an ancient curse, a monster of the dark night, and even if it is an ultra nationalistic secret asssociation, he will reveal everything. If necessary, he would defeat it. With the sharp blade called the truth. That way of life has already surpassed the boundary of men. It could even be called the personification of "A Wise Man" or a "Revealer".

London: The Death World in the City of Demonic Fog
Although he doesn't appear in London, he left some intelligence at the Mage's Association. He organized the documents, and arranged it in a manner that was easy to understand for the Chaldea group. However, if Sherlock had made it too easy, Makiri Zouken would have found out. Andersen mentioned that someone had already organized everything before he started his research. Sir Babbage has tasked Sherlock to uncover a mystery.

Camelot: The Sacred Round Table Realm
He assist Ritsuka Fujimaru, Mash Kyrielight, Xuanzang Sanzang, Tawara Touta and Bedivere. He refuses to join Chaldea.

Other appearances
He was referenced in Lord El-Melloi II Case Files. Lord El-Melloi II's detective skills was described as comparable to Holmes'.

Abilities
Mash believes him to be a Caster-class Servant. He is capable enough to take up the Saber and Archer classes.

Development
Kotetsu Yamanaka is the character designer for Sherlock Holmes.

In Fate/school life, Eiichirou Mashin held a contest for which he asked his readers to submit designs for the strongest Servant. His Noble Phantasms are Absolute Reasoning (絶対推理) and Baritsu (バリツ). (The latter was the method he used to defeat his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, as disclosed in The Adventure of the Empty House, the first Holmes story published by Conan Doyle after Holmes was thought to have died in The Final Problem.)