Faldeus Dioland

Faldeus (ファルデウス) is a magus and government official belonging to the American organization responsible for the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake.

Background
Faldeus is a man who works for the American government with the purpose of spreading the news of the False Holy Grail War as an advertisement of the ritual. He managed to become a member of the Mage's Association, and he learned much about the organization under the tutelage of Rohngall.

Personality
While posing as the apprentice of Rohngall, he takes on a meek and questioning personality who will not even refer to his master by name. Upon dropping the identity, he takes on an icy glare and emotionless face. He maintains an upbeat personality even when ordering people to be killed, and faces threats without seeming menacing or threatening.

Role
Rohngall and Faldeus arrive in Snowfield on orders from the Mage's Association to investigate the possibility of the Holy Grail War ritual being performed there due to the findings of Lord El-Melloi II. Rohngall disparages his apprentice for not taking the possible threat seriously enough even though he displays proper knowledge of the ritual from his readings. They speak of the validity of the rumors and possibility of the land itself having been crafted solely for the sake of reproducing the ritual. Rohngall comments that the land's history is too young for a path to the Root to be reached without it besmirching the honor of magi. Faldeus eventually reveals himself upon claiming the existence of only six classes, leading to Rohngall lecturing him about the seven classes before Faldeus completely drops his ruse. Addressing his "master" by his name for the first time, he begins to explain the differences in the False Holy Grail War, such as the lack of the Saber class, due to its incomplete nature.

Though he has a young appearance, he speaks of the process of copying the Third Holy Grail War like he was part of it, and tells Rohngall that it is not prudent to make light of a young nation as he did previously. Faldeus is completely calm despite his former master treating him as an enemy and preparing his attack. He explains that his organization is one that answers to the government and only employs some magi rather than being devoted to the craft. While Rohngall prepares his attack, he claims that Faldeus is underestimating him, which is followed by Faldeus commenting about "giving his all" and a slight of hand with a cigar. Rather than having been preparing magecraft, it was instead a signal for his shooters to attack.

Abilities
Faldeus has enough ability as a magus to work under Rohngall as an apprentice, and Rohngall believes that Faldeus did nothing to hide his true abilities. Despite Rohngall believing himself to know all of Faldeus' capabilities, he cannot overcome his experience giving him a great sense of unease from facing Faldeus. Faldeus does not attempt to actually fight as a magus, instead relying on armed guards to kill targets on command. With a signal, over a dozen shooters are able to easily destroy any target from various locations. His subordinates wear black balaclava and camouflage gear, and they carry assault rifles equipped with silencers, each engraved with a different design. They are very respectable to him, and it is hard to tell their races or emotional states. Most are not familiar with magi, so they are unfamiliar with things like Rohngall's puppet body.