Archer (Fate/Extra)


 * ''This page is about a NPC Fate/Extra servant. For playable servant, see Playable Archer (Fate/Extra)

 appears as an NPC as an Archer-class Servant in Fate/Extra. His Master is Dan Blackmore.

Identity
The foundation of the legend comes from chivalrous thief who lurked in the Sherwood Forest. The original Robin Hood was said to have resisted against the tyrant John Lackland, but died from excessive bleeding at the Kirklees Priory due a conspiracy of the abbot.

A chivalrous thief created from a fusion of the Orion from the Greek mythology, the fairies from Celtic mythology and Druidic beliefs. There is an person who served as a base, but it seems that this is the result of several mixtures.

From the beginning, Robin Hood was a faceless hero that was born from the "prayers" of the British people who frequentely received invasions from foreign countries. Thought to be a personification of the Green Man, a person of the forest that appeared in ancient Europe, indicating that he was a "desire" given birth by the masses. A small hero that existed in that era, but upon receiving the wishes of people, he assumed the name of a certain hero - Robin Hood. This Archer too is one of those nameless snipers who "assumed the hero's name".

Someone virtuous and a little cowardly.

In order to conceal his immature self who fusses over justice, he puts up a frivolous attitude. Values life over death and seems to believe that something warm should remain at the end of surviving. But then again, all these are things that he never obtained, so he can only but shrug his shoulders while saying "such things are like empty dreams".

Like the original Robin Hood, he possesses Protection of the Fairies and holds the knowledge of a Druid. The fact this Archer is versed in the poisons of the natural realm is a proof that he is an excellent "defender of the forest".

Robin Hood
This Robin Hood is merely one of the many "Robin Hood"s. Originally the black sheep of the village, a young man without relatives who lived in the village's outskirts. By chance, he got involved with the army of the feudal lord and ended repelling them in the course of events. Since he concealed his identity, during the fight he ended up being treated as the "Green Man" afterwards.

Originally the child of a wandering Druid, an orphan who lost his father when very young. He received knowledge of the forest from his Druid father, was proficient at survival in the forest, and also was friends with the forest fairies that the villagers could not see (although because of that, he received the persecution of the villagers for being possessed by fairies). The villagers did not accepted an orphan such as him and he too did not compromise with the villagers. But, even still, it seems that he felt obligation in taking care of his father at his last moments.

...he held no love for the villagers, but also did not hate them to point of abandoning them.

In the middle of all that, unable to forsake the village that was increasingly suffering under the feudal lord's tyrannical rule, he picked up his bow with the vigor of youth. In the first time, he saved them and repelled the feudal lord's troops by chance. From the second time on, it became a good fight while feeling the hopes and wishes of the villagers in his back.

...However, his face and figure remained concealed under the green clothing. With that little information, he is merely an ordinary person. Even if a fake one, he had deceived anything and everything in order to function as a hero.

He - who was an outsider in the village - turned into the village's hero by becoming Robin Hood, but, at the same time, was forced into harsh battles day and night. Setting traps on the forest, hiding his true face with a hood across his career, and not revealing his identity even to the villagers.

"Since it is for the sake of justice, I will kill my fraction as a human."

He too was one of such heroes without a signature.

While still opposing the king, the villagers gave excuses to the king for the sake of self-protection.

"Robin Hood is not a person from the village."

"Unrelated to us, he attack those who go through the forest."

"All responsibility lies with that hunter..."

And just like this, as if Robin Hood was a common enemy of both the village and the feudal lord, the villagers were not held accountable for any sins. Even still, he continued to fight for the sake of the village.

Though he continued to protect the village, it is not possible for a single young man to pretend to be a hero all alone, and his activities as Robin Hood lasted little less than two years before he was defeated by an assassination plot of the enemy. This young man is the figure that become an Heroic Spirit as Robin Hood by means of such death.

With a hidden identity and a career that ran completely on surprise attacks and clever schemes, he was slandered as a coward. At any rate, it was a battle of one against an army. Ambushing traps and putting poison in meals were everyday occurrences. He trampled even with the wishes of "at least I want to die in battle" of the killed soldiers.

He concealed his weapons, concealed his pride and even concealed his own real face.

If that was not so, he wouldn't have been able to keep winning.

If that was not so, he wouldn't have been able to preserve the "hero" the villagers desired.

He carried out a thorough vulgar battle.

He kept choosing the peace of the village over his own pride.

In the end, he fell on the ground anonymous and without being re-compensated.

...one young man who continued to hide his face. One who held no love for the villagers, but loved the villagers' quiet life-style. He never fought as hero not even once, but what he truly wished for in his deathbed was ...

Sherwood Forest
In the past, the forest where a certain chivalrous thief that resisted against the tyrant John Lackland was active. A forest full of Druidic beliefs and where fairies dwell.

During a encounter, Archer mentions that he would like to see how long your Servant would have lasted in the Forest of Sherwood, inadvertently revealing to a clue to his identity.

Appearance
Archer appearance Robin Hood like figure with messy spiky orange hair that his bangs covers his right eye and dark grayish green eyes. He wears lincolin green clothes with dark green cape, bandages on his left arm, darker green tights, and brown boots.

Personality
Archer prefers to fight from the shadows, using methods such as ambushes and poison to take down the opponent without a fight. This attitude puts him at odds with his Master, who once went as far as using one of his Command Spells to force Archer to stop using underhanded methods. In turn, Archer often complains about Blackmore's so-called chivalrous behavior, calling him a sham of a knight on occasions. When he is finally defeated, Archer complains how he knew he never stood a chance in a fair fight.

That being said, Archer's character profile as well as some of the personal interactions with him (such as the final parting words with his Master) appears to imply that his wish was to act and be recognized as a hero for once. The reason why he keeps using guerrilla warfare is due to he never learning how to fight in any other way during his previous life, not to mention a certain degree of insecurity about his own abilities.

Fate/Extra
He was summoned by Dan Blackmore, the player will encounter them after beating Shinji.

At first Archer set up a trap against the player, the player manage to dispel the trap by destroying an arrow.

In the second arena, Archer would poison the player. Dan Blackmore used his command seal to order Archer to remove the poison.

Abilities
Archer is an expert in the use of traps and poisons. He also specializes in combat in forest-like environments. He also has been mentioned to possess Druidic knowledge and supernatural protection derived from fairies.

The crossbow attached to his arm is his Noble Phantasm and weapon-of-choice Yew Bow (イー・バウ, Yew Bow). Archer employs it to shoot poisonous arrows. Once the opponent is poisoned, the crossbow's power Holy Bow of Supplication (祈りの弓, Inori no Yumi lit. Bow of Prayer) can be activated to stack multiple times onto the poison to drastically enhance the effect of the poison.

The Faceless King
A transparent king who, according to the Celtic custom, appears in the May Festival (May Day) that takes over from the Beltane Festival. A person of the forest. A personification of nature that added brown accents to his green clothing so that his figure is not seen.

In the game, Archer has a technique with this name which reverses the relationship between the GUARD, BREAK and ATTACK options.