Father Angelo Braga (アンジェロ・ブラーガ, Anjero Burāga?) is an Executor of the Church featured in Fate/Grand Order Drama CD Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~.
Profile[]
Background[]
Angelo is a member of the Assembly of the Eighth Sacrament as well as an Executor, and was one of the "Three Wise Men" responsible for the imprisonment of Abbé Faria, along with Tarantella and one of the Church's Cardinals. He has many connections, to the degree which even the Ottoman emperor himself was willing to provide him information concerning Edmond Dantes.[1]
Appearance[]
Angelo is a tall, muscular man with brown hair tied back in a tight bun, green eyes, and sharp facial features. He has a chin-strap beard and mustache, and wears a blue stole marked with silver cross patterns and a golden cross necklace over his black priest’s cassock. His hands, arms, and chest are wrapped in what appear to be bandages or leather straps below his cassock.
His Ash Locks take the form of gauntlets or knuckle-dusters similar in appearance to those used by Sister Ilumia, and glow with a blue light.
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Personality[]
Angelo has a genteel exterior, initially presenting himself as a polite gentleman when dining with Edmond Dantes. In truth, he is very boastful and arrogant, and fond of taunting his enemies. He interrogates Dantes by means of various snide remarks towards his true intentions and knowledge during their dinner, and during their subsequent battle, mocks his inability to injure him with his revolver and brags of his special talents with the Black Keys. Upon injuring Dantes, he declares that his blows are struck in the name of God and the pain he inflicts represents the weight of his enemies’ sins. He also displays a sadistic streak, desiring to injure and torture Dantes rather than kill him during their battle.[1]
Angelo is very perceptive, realizing Dantes’ true identity from various clues and willingly allowing his foe to lure him into a trap so he can confirm he is who he suspects him to be and report him to Church authorities. He considers Abbé Faria a foolish and delusional revolutionary for opposing the Church and desiring the unification of Italy, finding Dantes’ characterization of him as a holy man laughable. While part of a small conspiracy within the Church, he is loyal to its authorities to a degree.[1]
Role[]
Heroic Spirit Lore Strange Tales ～ King of the Cavern Edmond Dantès ～[]
While waiting for the first one, Father Angelo Braga, to appear after inviting him to his home, Haydée warns Edmond that he should not have brought Angelo here, but Edmond tells her to go away as it is not yet time for the two of them to meet. When Concetta comes to his room to tell him that Angelo has arrived, she asks if he was talking to someone, and he says that it was just a phantom.[2]
The Count and Angelo talk over dinner. The Count was investigating the church and Angelo went for him who knows the location of the treasure. Edmond reveals how through knowledge, he was taught everything, from knowing how to live to how to fight, by Abbe Faria and calls him his second father, while also revealing that this was all a trap to lure Angelo who is one of the Three Wise Men who got Faria imprisoned. The food was poisoned and Angelo has taken a lethal dose, but it doesn't work because of his special Assembly of the Eight Sacrament training and he attacks Edmond. The Count attacks him with a pistol, but it can't even scratch him, so he has Concetta activate a trap which blows Angelo up along with the whole mansion. Angelo does barely survive but the Count finishes him off with one of Angelo's Black Keys, piercing his chest while he was surprised that monsters also have hearts. Then, Edmond declared that one is down.[1]
Abilities[]
Angelo Braga with his Ash Locks and Black Keys
As a member of the Assembly of the Eighth Sacrament, Angelo was trained to be proficient in hand-to-hand combat and has a resistance to poisons. His strength is so great that a blow intended merely to fracture Dantes’ ribs damages his internal organs, and Dantes speculates that a second blow from him would be outright lethal. His movements are incredibly fast, to the point where he can intercept a bullet fired from a revolver in mid-flight, and his skill is such that considers Dantes’ talents in Indian martial arts allowing him to evade his attacks surprising and unusual. Despite his remarkable physical prowess, Angelo is near-lethally damaged by the explosives rigged in the mansion, and dies upon having his heart pierced by one of his own Black Keys.[1]
His main weapon is a pair of Ash Locks, a Conceptual Weapon and standard equipment of the Executors of the Holy Church.[3] His Ash Locks take the form of massive, shiny gauntlets covering his fists and arms, which he creates out of pages of the book of Psalms in the Bible. They are durable enough to easily block bullets unscathed. Angelo also uses Black Keys in combat, deploying four so quickly that Dantes perceives them as simply appearing between his fingers.[1]
Development[]
Creation and Conception[]
Angelo Braga was designed by Routo Usagi in Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 3
- ↑ Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 2
- ↑
[] Lord El-Melloi II Case Files material - Encyclopedia: Ash Lock [Other], p.100 Ash Lock [Other]
Standard equipment used by the Executors of the Holy Church.
Unlike the Black Keys that Executors are also known for, which take a considerable amount of training to use effectively, the Ash Lock is a powerful Conceptual Weapon that can demonstrate great ability with a minimum of training. Normally they are disguised as gloves or boots, but by removing their tag, they revert to their original form.
Used by a large number of Executors, they come in a variety of forms. While Ilumia elected for a hand-to-hand fighting type, versions using things like small blades or crossbows also exist.灰錠【そのほか】
聖堂教会の代行者たちが使う標準装備。
同じく標準装備でありながら、扱いに熟練を要する黒鍵と違い、比較的短時間の訓練で十分な能力を保証する強力な概念武装。普段は手袋やブーツなどに偽装しているが、紙片を滑らせることによって本来の姿に戻る。
多くの代行者に選ばれてきただけあって、その形状と能力にも複数のパターンがあり、イルミアが選んだのは格闘タイプだったが、小型の刃やボウガンを仕込んだタイプもあるという。