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ArjunaWP Alter (アルジュナ・オルタ, Arujuna Oruta?), Class Name Berserker (バーサーカー, Bāsākā?), is a Berserker-class Servant appearing in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.
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Profile[]
Identity[]
Genesis of Arjuna Alter in Fate/Grand Order Memorial Movie 2023.
Known as God Arjuna (神たるアルジュナ?) in life, Arjuna Alter is a version of Arjuna that absorbed all the gods of the Hindu pantheon (with the exception of Ganesha), losing most of his humanity in the process and became the last god in the Indian Lostbelt.
In Indian mythology, there is a hero whose existence is close to a god who can end and begin everything infinitely. It is from him that the power of destruction was inherited from, and thus Arjuna Alter. In respect to him, as he was about to lose his personality, his natural hero’s ego managed to save him from becoming a puppet.[1]
In the far future, some world somewhere "The Revolving Sword that Arbitrated the Return to Ruin" (Mahāpralaya) is activated and the universe revolves. In order to be implemented, Arjuna Alter is promptly sent, however─────[1]
When he is summoned, his relation to the gods was severed and he is summoned as a single Heroic Spirit; as he is ascended, he regains his original humanity.
Appearance[]
Arjuna has long, shaggy white hair and a dark skin tone. As he ascends, his appearance returns to that of his original self.
 Berserker Stage 1 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by pako.  Berserker Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by pako.  Berserker Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by pako.  Berserker Stage 4 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by pako.  Berserker Stage 1 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by pako.   Heroic Spirit Festive Wear: Arjuna (英霊祭装：アルジュナ, Eirei Matsuri Sō: Arujuna?) in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by pako. .png "Heroic Spirit Festive Wear Arjuna (full).png (901 KB)")   Arjuna (Alter), illustrated by pako. |
Personality[]
He claims that, because he has obtained everything, it is his duty to eliminate all evils and save the world. He is blissfully unaware of the evils inside himself however, and claims he is above judgement.
In Indian mythology, there exists a hero who is close to being an eternal god who ends everything and then starts over.
The one who inherited the authority of destruction from him is the Lostbelt Servant, Arjuna Alter. As compensation, he began to lose his personality, but with his ego as a natural-born hero, he managed to prevent himself from turning into a mechanical being.
Originally, having lost almost all of his humanity, he conducted himself as a tool of perfect destruction.As compensation for receiving divinity and the anti-evil skill as authority from "the one that brings about the end".
However, through repeated ascensions, Arjuna's humanity can barely be recovered. In that case, Arjuna will appear in the form of a young man who's somewhat simpler than his Archer version. Though as an Archer, Arjuna is a Servant fitting for his Master, there is a part that strains one's nerves, but in Arjuna Alter's case, that's missing.
To Archer Arjuna, that (Alter's) way of life is the idealized image of a hero, however, on the other hand, the Lostbelt Servant Arjuna longs for the nature of a proud hero that Archer possesses.
He reigned as a perfect god over the Indian Lostbelt.
Having his original personality painted over, he was on the verge of becoming exactly like a Deus Ex Machina...a concept with the sole purpose of putting the world through a continuous cycle of death and rebirth.
However, the personality presiding over Arjuna's egoism (his desire to win against a certain someone, his desire to become an outstanding individual, his detest for something to the degree that it made him want to get mad) that remained, ironically, helped him recover his humanity.
His wish of wanting to win against Karna this time...that desire itself is what managed to turn him back into a human being.
In the Indian Lostbelt, he went mad from absorbing the authorities of every god and became a concept that would show no mercy to even the smallest flaws, however, the only ones that the summoned version won't forgive are the evil beings that show hostility towards his Master, and even the calm nature that the Proper Human History's Arjuna originally possessed is revealed from time to time.
Relationships[]
- Arjuna
- "That one could be called the true Arjuna. Please, Master, guide him. He’s a hero that struggles like a person, and that stands up even when suffering"[2]
- Arjuna Alter is not simply a reversed existence, due to his Authority he lacked over half of his personality.
- Because of that, he holds a yearning to be like Arjuna.
- Meanwhile, Arjuna also holds for him a strange but deep emotion.
- That’s because he was the ideal hero that he used to be.
- Archer Arjuna finds his current state to be the ideal image of a hero, but the Lostbelt Servant Arjuna Alter finds Archer Arjuna as a proud hero.
- It might be because of that, but the relationship between the two is relatively good.
- (In order to not complicate things, though, they don’t encounter each other much.)[1]
- Karna
- "Karna... Fate is a strange thing. That said, that has nothing to do with me who is son of a god. No... Still there is something that can be stirred up within my heart just a little"[2]
- Even though he was broken by a certain plan, he felt the beauty of his authority and then the threat of it. The lamplight of his soul refused to ignore him.
- That being that, in opposition of him being “Super Karna” should he have taken the name Super Arjuna, is something he thinks about.[1]
- Ashwatthama
- Despite knowing him as Arjuna Alter, he is one of those who will associate closely with him.[1]
- Astolfo (Saber)
- Saying because they have ears, despite not thinking they particularly resemble each other, he feels a strange sense of companionship. However, through Astolfo, the exchanges with other Servants have expanded and he himself is amused.[1]
Role[]
Fate/Grand Order[]
Yuga Kshetra: Samsara of Genesis and Terminus[]
In pursuit of a perfect world without evil, God Arjuna removed elements he deemed defective and unnecessary between each yuga cycle. But in his impatience, he allowed Ashiya Douman to manipulate him. He also gained more power from Fantasy Tree Spiral. With these two factors, he distorted the Yuga Cycle into a weekly occurrence.[3]
Then, deciding he needed pawns, he stole Scandinavia Peperoncino's contract with Ashwatthama.[4] He then implanted Ashwatthama with Krishna's Curse. Ashwatthama tried to kill God Arjuna, only for God Arjuna to kill and revive him countless times. Eventually, Ashwatthama's spirit broke, and he agreed to become God Arjuna's first Lokapala to escape his eternal suffering.[5]
Afterward, God Arjuna summoned Nezha, Asclepius,[4] and lastly, William Tell,[6] imparting them with the divinities of Kubera,[7] Yama,[8] and Vayu respectively.[9] But William refused to serve on the basis that he doesn't kill children. Considering those feelings defective, God Arjuna erased William's memories of his son.[10] He then assigned the Lokapala (except Ashwatthama) a territory to maintain. Nezha the North to South-East; William the North to South-West; Asclepius the South-East to South-West.[7]
At some point, God Arjuna ordered Nezha to pursue Peperoncino.[11]
He becomes curious about Chaldea’s actions and has his Lokapala accompany him to Bichu when the Kali Yuga. But upon observing Ritsuka's party from his Vimana, he deems Chalda and their allies as failures and begins charging Mahāpralaya. Karna tries to challenge him to combat, but God Arjuna ignores him. Rama throws Brahmastra at him, only for it to bounce off harmlessly. After Ritsuka's party escapes to the Shadow Border with Peperoncino, God Arjuna actives Mahāpralaya to reset the world. Afterward, he removes the elements he considers "evil" (like Vihan and Karna) and remakes the world.[11]
Douman later informs him that Tamamo Vitch is fueling the Resistance by returning the items that were erased with their owners. In response, God Arjuna sends Ashwatthama to kill Vitch.[6][12]
After Nezha is killed, God Arjuna orders Asclepius to inform him when he locates Ritsuka's party. He soon arrives in the town Asclepius is fighting Ritsuka's party and defeats them. He is left disappointed, having thought they were special since they survived Mahāpralaya. He then leaves, no longer interested in Ritsuka's party.[8]
When the Kali Yuga comes again, Asclepius asks God Arjuna to grant him another divinity, saying Yama wasn't enough. God Arjuna agrees with his request and grants him Varuna. He does so knowing Asclepius will self-destruct from having two divinities, as everything is inconsequential to him.[6]
He later starts charging Mahāpralaya. But as he nearly finishes charging it, William fires Apfel Schiessen at him, having remembered what God Arjuna did to him. The arrow misses, only for it to twist back and hit God Arjuna through the activation of Zweite Schiessen. God Arjuna deems William unnecessary and unleashes Mahāpralaya.[10] Ajay and the Dewarian rebels are among those he erases.[13]
God Arjuna later senses Ashwatthama has been freed of Krishna's curse. He'd rather not waste his time on him, though, especially since the end of the Great Yuga nears. But Douman says that Ashwatthama may cause trouble if he joins Chaldea. God Arjuna, therefore, decides to send every holy beast after Ashwatthama.[14]
Eventually, he senses Chaldea is up to something[14] and chases after and fires at them with Vimana as they drive towards God's Skyboulder. Chaldea soon hides in its shadow to avoid more direct fire from the Vimana. So Douman tells God Arjuna to focus his godly powers on destroying the Cube. But God Arjuna doesn't know what it is though, having never noticed it before because it was there from the beginning.[15]
Karna soon returns from God Arjuna's "trash dump" thanks to Ashwatthama relinquishing his own body and Spirit Core to him there.[15] Seeing him, God Arjuna descends to face Karna. He asks Karna why he opposes him, as they had both witnessed the Kurukshetra War. He declares his purging the world of “evil” as just, claiming his world is right. The end of the final yuga then approaches something God Arjuna believes heralds the beginning of a world of harmony and peace. Karna refuses to say anything about his brother’s world since he never witnessed, instead he’ll let those he trusts speak for him. After Ritsuka and Sherlock reject God Arjuna’s world, Douman arrives. Following a battle between Ritsuka’s party and God Arjuna and Douman, Karna sees he cannot harm God Arjuna, even with Shiva’s power. Then in response to God Arjuna’s boasts of perfection, Karna asks his brother why he absorbed the gods in the first place. He believes God Arjuna truly wanted to create a just world, but he knows Arjuna would never choose such an inhumane path. He, therefore, deduces Arjuna’s inner qualities were inverted somehow, calling God Arjuna the result of his greedily consuming the gods. So he doesn’t see God Arjuna as a perfect god, but a man who is both Arjuna and not Arjuna. Karna’s words anger God Arjuna, but Douman convinces him to retreat.[16]
God Arjuna and Karna's final battle.
God Arjuna and Douman retreat to Spiral. Ritsuka's party soon catch up to them. God Arjuna is delighted to learn that Karna has both Shiva and Vishnu’s powers, and believes he is becoming a perfect god like himself. Karna refutes this by saying neither of them is close to being perfect gods. He then points to God Arjuna’s fixation on his name as proof that his brother is still human deep inside. Douman then fully activates Spiral. God Arjuna absorbs some of its power before fighting Karna. He questions his own infallibility though after Karna asks him if he ever looked at his own faults, losing his perfect godhood. Despite all of his power, he loses to Karna because he stopped being a god recognized by the people. He realizes the contradiction of wanting to destroy all evil while his evil, his obsession with Karna, remained in his soul. Karna calls God Arjuna a victim of the Lostbelt, but he doesn’t pity him, only feeling shame that he couldn’t defeat the ordinary Arjuna. He recounts how Arjuna always sought completion, but he feels having nowhere left to go upon reaching completion to be woefully incomplete. God Arjuna realizes from Karna’s words that he was a walking paradox from the beginning. He then disappears, disappointed he couldn’t be the one Karna wanted to face.[16]
Abilities[]
Arjuna Alter is neither human nor Servant, but an entirely new divine conceptual being. Arjuna Alter wields power on a scale that should be impossible for any hero. The reason he does is that in the Indian Lostbelt from which Arjuna Alter originates when the Mahabharata came to an end, something happened that led to Arjuna acquiring every Divinity in India,[4] It makes paradoxical sense, given that a feat as extraordinary as remaking the entire world simply wouldn’t be possible without an equally extraordinary background. Scandinavia Peperoncino speculates that he likely acquired all divinities in phases. First by gaining Vishnu’s power from his closest friend, Krishna, who not only was just like Rama one of Vishnu’s avatars, but one to be said to have one of the strongest connections to him out of all of them. Since Vishnu is one of the most powerful gods in all of Indian mythology, this could have given Arjuna the groundwork to do the same with the other divinities. Indra, even Shiva, and Brahma were no exception.[4] However, it’s one thing to say he collected every Indian Divinity into himself, and another altogether to actually do so.[15] Taking into account that India’s pantheon is known for being one of the largest in all mythology,[17] Karna speculates that Arjuna must have put himself through tremendous hardships before he reached his current state.[15]
Based on the data Chaldea got from Lostbelt Artemis and Poseidon, Goredolf Musik and Sherlock Holmes came to the conclusion that if Lostbelt Zeus had retained his Mechanical body as well, that would make him the strongest foe they had faced in any Lostbelt up to date, placing him on his own level, entire orders of magnitude above God Arjuna.[18] In the British Lostbelt, Goredolf also states that Morgan is terribly strong, and that she could hold her own against any of the previous Lostbelt Kings that Chaldea had faced up to Lostbelt six, including Arjuna Alter.[19] This was also before learning that Morgan had not one, but twelve Rhongomyniads at her disposal.[20]
Faith[]
Just like any other Divine Spirit that shows themselves before mortals, Arjuna Alter's weakness is faith. A god that nobody believes in is little more than a doomsday device, and one even ordinary people can destroy at that.[6] There is something similar to Servants too, the fame boost. The reason Arjuna was a god in the Indian Lostbelt isn’t just because he had collected every Divinity in the land for himself. It is also because the people there worshiped him as a god. If they didn’t consider him a god anymore, his divine strength would be reduced. The fewer people believe Arjuna is a god, the weaker he will become. This is like asking where can Rama be a greater hero: the India that knows him, or the India that doesn’t.[9] This poses a problem, since the idea that a being capable of destroying and recreating the world would have to be a perfect god, only reinforces his position as one. However, this advantage is also a weakness, as if someone were to defy the world remaking, even just a tiny bit, then he wouldn't be a perfect god any longer. Even a tiny detail would have a large impact on his overall status and Authority, similar to how a single scratch in a large precious gem makes its value plummet. To accomplish this, you would have to take his Noble Phantasm head on, refuse to disappear, and continue to exist as continuous entities.[14]
During the events of the Indian Lostbelt, Ganesha and Lakshmibai were the ones who proposed themselves to fulfill this task. However, even if they managed to survive Arjuna's Noble Phantasm, it wouldn't be long before he realized what was happening. In order to evade his watchful eye, Ashwatthama sent them thousands of years into the past to even before he first started ruling the world, so that their place in the lostbelt wouldn’t be questioned by him during the world remaking.[14] To achieve this, Ashwatthama used his own Noble Phantasm Mahākāla Shakti,[14] powered by Arjuna's nigh-infinite supply of Magical Energy.[5] Ashwatthama states that he was only able to break the rules by using Shiva's Authority and send them back in time due to the repeated use of Arjuna's Noble Phantasm having unstabilized the space-time of the Lostbelt.[14]
Combat[]
Arjuna Alter's main armament is his sword, but he can also send out energy waves in the form of a shining horse among others.[1]
Arjuna Alter's divine existence is just so strong that Rama’s Brahmastra, which destroyed the great rakshasa, Ravana, gave him not so much as a scratch.[3][11] Furthermore, he did not take any sort of defensive action against it. It simply failed to do anything to him. At first glance, Sherlock Holmes believed that it might have been an effect of the enormous amount of power he was concentrating around him while preparing to fire his Noble Phantasm, but that wasn’t the case. This pseudo Anti-Interference ability is so great, that not even Rama’s Noble Phantasm can penetrate it. In fact, Peperoncino states that not even Karna’s Noble Phantasms would stand a chance against him, due to Arjuna outclassing both him and Rama in every way.[11] Even Ashwatthama's surprise attack performed in the blink of an eye did nothing to Arjuna. Arjuna's incredible power stopped him, killed him, and brought him back to life. Since Ashwatthama kept trying to kill him over, and over again, Arjuna implanted on Ashwatthama the Curse of Krishna so that his wounds would always regenerate, no matter the amount of damage he took, giving him an indescribable amount of pain in return. After being killed and revived multiple times, Ashwatthama’s spirit finally broke, and he agreed to act as Arjuna’s Servant.[5] William Tell managed to strike Arjuna Alter with his Zweite Schiessen Noble Phantasm, which interferes with causality. Although it would have normally been nigh impossible for him to perform that feat, William Tell infused that arrow with all of Vayu’s divine power to make doubly sure it would hit Arjuna. Still, that wasn’t nearly enough to so much as scratch him.[10]
Arjuna Alter and Super Karna's final battle
To face Arjuna Alter, Karna put himself through the same ordeals Arjuna seemingly had when he gained the divinities in order to fight him, only deciding to fight him once he had pushed himself as far as he possibly could. After fighting Ashwatthama thousands of times over in a realm where time is meaningless, Karna finally reached a state that would allow him to face Arjuna. Although sending Ganesha and Lakshmibai into the past reinforced the concept that any god who could miss something like this for so long must be defective, weakening Arjuna in the process, even after gaining Shiva’s godly strength from Ashwatthama's Saint Graph, Karna was still unable to harm Arjuna.[15] To defeat Arjuna, Rama gave Karna his Brahmastra. He made this decision not only because he had been crippled from a Curse, but because whereas his fame was meaningless in an India where no one knew about him, there was still a person there, Jinako Carigiri, who knew about Karna's great status and power, giving him a higher chance against Arjuna than Rama. By this point, Karna was no longer borrowing Rama's nor Ashwatthama's power, but rather, he had made them his own. Due to now having a portion of Vishnu and Shiva's power, Karna manifested a new form known as Super Karna. Even in this state, Lakshmibai wasn't certain if it would be enough to defeat Arjuna. Arjuna also tried to increase his own strength, accessing the pocket dimension of the Fantasy Tree Spiral, revealing the galaxy inside. Arjuna states that the boost he gained from absorbing its tremendous amount of Magical Energy made him just as powerful as when he first absorbed his first god, if not more. Sherlock Holmes states that with that much sheer energy, Arjuna would be able to easily incinerate the Earth’s surface, as Goetia did. Super Karna was unfazed by this, saying that gaining power from somewhere else changes nothing, and made Arjuna question his infallibility, leaving Arjuna in his most vulnerable state. Although Arjuna should have outclassed Super Karna in every way, due to having every Indian god whereas Super Karna only had Shiva and Vishnu's power, their battle ended with Super Karna fatally wounding Arjuna. Karna states that Arjuna lost because he lacked something Karna himself possessed. Companions. To put it another way, a god is only a god if people are recognizing him as such. A god cannot be a god if they are all alone. Arjuna grew dependent on power from beyond this world in the Fantasy Tree, and wholly abandoned its people. He may have become a nigh-omnipotent god thanks to that power, able to create and destroy entirely by himself, but such a god is no god.[16]
Skills[]
Class Skills[]
- Mad Enhancement (EX Rank): In order to bring about a new age, he firmly rejects all evils. In that regard, he completely lost his humanity.[1]
Personal Skills[]
- Anti-Evil (Unique) (EX Rank): Given power equal to those capable of bringing about the end. He carries a mission to exterminate all evil. The villains who claim their job to be kings are destroyed... but, due to its noble use, it would be effective on all save innocent children and Saints.[1]
- Clairvoyance (Transcendence) (EX Rank): Clairvoyance that surpasses human limits. Rather than Mystic Eyes, it could be called the ultimate type of vision.[1]
- Lamplight of the Soul (EX Rank): The lamplight (personality) of a human that Arjuna just barely managed to protect through perseverance. By becoming stronger with Master, its radiance, too, grows.[1]
Noble Phantasms[]
Mahāpralaya[]
Arjuna Alter's Noble Phantasm is Mahāpralaya, a massive attack capable of destroying the entire world. As the last god of the Indian Lostbelt, Dissolution and rebirth... Destruction and reconstruction... Cataclysm and genesis are within his capability. To destroy and remake everything in the Indian Lostbelt, Arjuna Alter extracts the unified divine power from all Divinities inside him, and condenses them into a sword, using a tenth of it to control its execution. Just while beginning to charge this attack, the amount of Magical Energy gathered by Arjuna is so unbelievable that Sherlock Holmes states that calling it a Noble Phantasm wouldn't be enough to describe it. He says that it is like nothing he has ever seen, and its sheer power overloaded several sensors of the Shadow Border while trying to measure it. Although Holmes still doubted that it would be powerful enough to destroy the Lostbelt while he was charging it, he agreed that if the enormous mass of energy were to keep growing at an accelerated rate, it wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility. The reason why it takes Arjuna so long to charge it is that he needs time to gather the ridiculous amount of energy necessary to pull it off.[11]
Mahāpralaya rebuilding the Indian Lostbelt
Arjuna uses his power to destroy and recreate the world over and over, cycling it through periods called Yugas. Although similar in some ways to India’s original conception of yugas, they ultimately diverge pretty widely.[4] Ordinarily, it would take Arjuna hundreds, or rather thousands of years to complete each yuga cycle, however, thanks to gaining power he didn't have before from the Fantasy Tree, it became possible for him to shorten the length of each cycle to 10 days.[4][8] Arjuna doesn’t remake the world from scratch every time he resets the cycle clean. Instead, he treats the world like a model, adding new parts and removing old ones he considers "flawed" or "evil". The people there are not dying and being brought back to life afterward. Their souls are instead saved as data, and their memories are modified when they are put back into the new world. This is a much smaller-scale feat than creating the universe from nothing. However, Da Vinci states that it is still an undoubtedly absurd feat, made possible due to Arjuna having every Indian Divinity and support from the Fantasy Tree.[3] Although it takes Arjuna a long stretch of time to charge up his Noble Phantasm,[3] due to Arjuna breaking and remaking the world over and over, its space-time started to fall apart.[14] Since the world of the Indian Lostbelt gets leaner and leaner as more excess is shaved off with each yuga cycle, it requires a bit less Magical Energy to destroy it as the cycles go on.[10]
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Karna was able to momentarily endure this Noble Phantasm by activating the True Name of his armor, Kavacha and Kundala. By becoming the very radiance of the sun thanks to his nigh-indestructible armor being imbued with Surya's power, Karna was able to endure Arjuna’s destruction for 5 seconds.[11] Rama was impressed he lasted as long as he did, and he said that was a feat akin to holding back all the waters of the ocean or catching a falling star with one’s bare hands. He states that there are a few heroes in all of history who could have withstood a cataclysm like that, even just for a few seconds.[4] The combined efforts of Ganesha and Lakshmibai were also strong enough to endure Arjuna Alter's cataclysm for thousands of years. Thanks to the goddess inside her, Lakshmibai was able to use her Divine Core and her Noble Phantasm Nahi Doongi to constantly supply Ganesha with Magical Energy, who in turn used her Ganesha Vighneshvara to create a shell able to shut out everything from the outside world.[14][15] To endure Mahāpralaya, Ganesha based her Noble Phantasm on the most impenetrable thing she knew about, an impenetrable domain made for the sole purpose of ignoring the outside world. This massive object known as God's Skyboulder is an alternate world that physically embodies the very concept of shutting oneself away. Although the God’s Skyboulder successfully endured Mahāpralaya for thousands of years, Ashiya Douman states that Arjuna Alter should be able to destroy it if he were to focus solely on it.[15]
As expected, when Arjuna Alter is summoned as a Servant of Chaldea, he is not able to wield the sword to its full extent. That said, if limited and condensed, the destruction it causes is equal to that of Pashupata and Arjuna seems to find its ease of use in that form to be sufficient.[1]
Pashupata[]
He also uses Pashupata in his attack animation, though this is not commended on his profile.
Vimana[]
During the events of the Indian Lostbelt, Arjuna Alter was also shown in possession of a white Vimana. Both a flying chariot, and a ship, Vimana is a floating palace that serves as transports for the gods that is said to even be capable of ascending into space.[11] Arjuna can also fire Magical Energy blasts with Vimana, although the Shadow Border moving at maximum speed was fast enough to evade them.[15]
Lokapala[]
Because Arjuna Alter's Noble Phantasm is such a massive feat, it takes a lot out of him not only to actually charge it up but to maintain his existence as efficiently. Unlike most Servants, Arjuna isn’t able to move around much, so he doesn’t do much of anything the rest of the time. Since he doesn’t have access to the Magical Energy necessary to do anything other than riding the Vimana, he decided to summon Nezha (Berserker), William Tell, and Asclepius, along with the already present Ashwatthama, to act as the Indian Lostbelt's Lōkapāla. In original Indian mythology, the Lokapala were said to protect the world, and they were regarded as the guardians of all directions.[3] God Arjuna also possesses the ability to actually divide and fracture his combined divinities and share it with other Servants in order to further augment their powers and abilities as seen with the Lokapala. Nezha was given the divinity and divine authority of Kubera (The Lord of Wealth of the Semi-Divine Yaksha's), Asclepius received the divinities of Yama (The God of Death and the Underworld) and later on Varuna (The God of Water, Rain and Medicine) and finally, William Tell received the authority of Vayu (The God of Winds). Although this does mean that for every Lokapala that is defeated, Arjuna Alter loses one of the gods he had absorbed, reducing his power, Mash doubts if it would make any difference when facing him directly, due to his power being on another scale compared to the Chaldean Servants.[8]
Ocean of Milk[]
In the Indian Lostbelt, the Fantasy Tree was protected by a lake sorrounding it. This lake is known as the Ocean of MilkWP (Kshira Sagara), the one from the Samudra ManthanaWP in the Hindu creation myth. The one where Vishnu, the other gods, and even the Asuras all worked together to create a nectar of immortality. It is also the place where the sun and moon are said to come from. In the Indian Lostbelt, it is highly poisonous, and strong enough to easily melt through steel, a human body, or even a spiritual body. Although the Shadow Border is sealed tightly enough that it would theoretically be able to barrel through it, it would be unlikely to get far before it started to dissolve. Rama says that it must be the HalahalaWP, the poison Vasuki the serpent king vomited forth from the pain of being used like a rope to churn the milk. He speculates that Arjuna must have chosen to leave it mixed in. In the myth, Shiva becomes known as the Nilakanta of the blue throat because he gets rid of the poison by drinking it. Karna, who was only borrowing Shiva’s power at the time, doubts if he would be able to do the same, although he states that he could jump over it and get to the tree by himself if necessary.[16]
Development[]
Creation and Conception[]
Arjuna Alter was designed by pako in Fate/Grand Order. His scenario writer is Yuuichirou Higashide in Fate/Grand Order.[1]
Comment from Illustrator[]
Basically, even though he is a flying Indian god, the setting goes further into space I thought I should just draw space or something while it became a space cat’s face, as I thought no matter what Arjuna-san is really a serious guy. That shows his good points and it is his good point. (pako)
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 Fate/Grand Order material VIII - Arjuna Alter, profile translated by SeasonalTea and Smoof
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fate/Grand Order Arjuna Alter's Lines
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 7: Return of Paradise/The Shape of Evil to be Cut Off
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 6: The Relic Called Falsehood
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 16: Asvatthaman
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 13: The Prince of Loss/Divine Judgement Looming
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 10: God's Commander
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 11: Treta Yuga/Asclepius, the God of Medicine
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 12: Advancement Impulse/People and the Girl
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 14: Those Who Laugh During the End of Yuga
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 5: Kali Yuga/A Revolving World
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 8: The Queen of the Walled Village
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 15: Return of Paradise/The Queen's Identity
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 17: The Flaw of Being "There"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 18: Together With You, At the End of the Eternity Known as a Moment
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 19: The Final Dark God
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yugakshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus - Section 2: Meeting Hope in a Lonely World
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Olympus: Interstellar Mountain City - Section 1: Interstellar City on a Mountain Range: Olympus
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Avalon le Fae: Fae Round Table Domain (Part 2) - Prologue
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Avalon le Fae: Fae Round Table Domain - Chapter 6 Section 14