Berserker of "Red" ("赤"のバーサーカー, "Aka" no Bāsākā?) is the Berserker-class Servant on the Red Side in the Holy Grail War of Fate/Apocrypha. He was designed by Gen Urobuchi and illustrated by Katsuya Terada for the original canceled online game project.
Profile
Identity
Berserker's identity is Spartacus, the Gladiator (剣闘士 スパルタクス, Kentōshi Suparutakusu?). A ThracianWP gladiator captured by Romans, he was affiliated with a gladiator training camp in the Campania region. But in 73 B.C., he deserted along with 78 companions. The Romans dispatched a troupe of 3,000 men to pursue them, but Spartacus ambushed them. This victory encouraged servants all around to revolt, and the rebel army grew to 7,000 men. Heading North, the rebel army kept defeating the Roman army, but failed to cross the Alps, and headed to the island of Sicily instead, hiring pirates; but the pirates betrayed them, and they were attacked by the Romans. Spartacus died in that battle. It is believed his body was scarred beyond recognition.[1]
Personality
He never questions his faith that it is a strength of humanity to endure anything. He only ever acts according to one single thought. To revolt against the oppressor, and to protect the oppressed. Following the most virtuous option, he will chose the path of suffering. He will not strike an enemy in numerical inferiority, and he will only fight back an enemy stronger than him. He strikes back after stopping the enemy's attack, and turns the table back to grasp victory only at the last minute. It is very frightening when a scar-riddled face remains composed and smiling regardless of whether you strike him or he strikes you.[1]
Role
Fate/Apocrypha
Caster of Red intentionally revealed the location of the Black faction headquarters to Berserker, and he begins marching towards Trifas alone. Shirou Kotomine, knowing that Berserker couldn't be stopped, decided to order Archer of Red to follow and support him, so long as the situation did not get too disadvantageous.
At some point in the story, Berserker attacks the Black faction headquarters. The ensuing chaos draws a confrontation between himself and Lancer of Black. His might pushes Lancer to use his Noble Phantasm, Kazikli Bey, to impale him. However, due to his own Noble Phantasm, Crying Warmonger, Berserker is seen grinning viciously while impaled on 4 spears.
Abilities
Skills
Mad Enhancement (狂化, Kyōka?): EX
Rank-Up parameters, but robs most of reason. Even while under Mad Enhancement, Spartacus can normally speak things such as "Those who are bound are strong! For until the time when they are set free, anger and sadness will continue to be accumulated." However, because he is fixated with thoughts of "always making the most difficult choices", he never listen what people have to say. In practice, it is impossible to come to a mutual understanding of intentions with him. Spartacus is indeed an uncontrollable Berserker.[1]
The Honor of the Battered (被虐の誉れ, Higyaku no Homare?): N/A
In the instance that Spartacus' injuries are repaired by means of magecraft, the required prana cost is quartered. In truth, the pain inflicted heightens his combat focus, allowing him to tap into his full potential; by corollary, if he is not injured, he cannot fight at full strength. The notion that "one must first conquer the pain inflicted by the enemy to attain absolute victory" is a fundamental premise of Spartacus' tactics.[1]
Noble Phantasm
Crying Warmonger: The Howl of the Wounded Beast (疵獣の咆吼, Kuraingu Uōmongā: Shijū no Hōkō?)
A permanently active-type of Noble Phantasm. It is possible to convert part of the damage inflicted by the enemy into prana and accumulate it in the body. The efficiency of this conversion into prana raises the more Spartacus physical strength decreases. The prana that was accumulated in the body like this can be used to boost Spartacus' abilities. If he is damaged to the point of being on the verge of death, possibly an enormous amount of prana enough to destroy everything before Spartacus' eyes will be saved up.
Since he unified the rebel army that was just a simple gathering and attained successive victories over the powerful Roman Army, it is thought that his popularity and abilities as a war commander were excellent. But before all that, the main reason why he collected popularity was due being a hero that "always won by reversal", symbolized by this Noble Phantasm. For the soldiers of the rebel army, the more hopeless the progress of battle was, the more certain the victory beyond that became. He himself is not aware of this, but this reversal strategy conforms with the principles of showmanship and made him extraordinarily popular as a gladiator. He certainly has no motive to seek the Holy Grail; his dearest wish is just to proceed to fields of battle. Because for Spartacus, who only aspires to rescue the oppressed and rebel against the oppressor, the battlefield is a place where there is only the weak and the strong and also a place full of the everlasting pain and trials that he desires.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9
Fate/complete material IV: Extra material, Spartacus entry p. 336-337 Spartacus
The Gladiator
- Class：Berserker
- Source：Historical
- Location：Europe
- Alignment：True Neutral
- Gender：Male
- Height：Upward of 220cm
- Weight：160kg
- Armament: Sword
Strength: A Endurance: EX Agility: D Mana: E Luck: D Noble Phantasm: C
Illustrations: Katsuya Terada
Creator: Gen Urobuchi (Nitroplus)
He is a Roman gladiator. He never questions his faith that it is a strength of humanity to endure anything. He only ever acts according to one single thought. To revolt against the oppressor, and to protect the oppressed. Following the most virtuous option, he will chose the path of suffering. He will not strike an enemy in numerical inferiority, and he will only fight back an enemy stronger than him. He strikes back after stopping the enemy's attack, and turns the table back to grasp victory only at the last minute. It is very frightening when a scar-riddled face remains composed and smiling regardless of whether you strike him or he strikes you.
Legend
A ThracianWP gladiator captured by Romans, he was affiliated with a gladiator training camp in the Campania region. But in 73 B.C., he deserted along with 78 companions. The Romans dispatched a troupe of 3,000 men to pursue them, but Spartacus ambushed them. This victory encouraged servants all around to revolt, and the rebel army grew to 7,000 men. Heading North, the rebel army kept defeating the Roman army, but failed to cross the Alps, and headed to the island of Sicily instead, hiring pirates; but the pirates betrayed them, and they were attacked by the Romans. Spartacus died in that battle. It is believed his body was scarred beyond recognition.
Skills
- Mad Enhancement
Rank-Up parameters, but robs most of reason. Even while under Mad Enhancement, Spartacus can normally speak things such as "Those who are bound are strong! For until the time when they are set free, anger and sadness will continue to be accumulated." However, because he is fixated with thoughts of "always making the most difficult choices", he never listen what people have to say. In practice, it is impossible to come to a mutual understanding of intentions with him. Spartacus is indeed an uncontrollable Berserker.
- The Honor of the Battered
In the instance that Spartacus' injuries are repaired by means of magecraft, the required prana cost is quartered. In truth, the pain inflicted heightens his combat focus, allowing him to tap into his full potential; by corollary, if he is not injured, he cannot fight at full strength. The notion that "one must first conquer the pain inflicted by the enemy to attain absolute victory" is a fundamental premise of Spartacus' tactics.
Noble Phantasm
- The Howl of the Wounded Beast
A permanently active-type of Noble Phantasm. It is possible to convert part of the damage inflicted by the enemy into prana and accumulate it in the body. The efficiency of this conversion into prana raises the more Spartacus physical strength decreases. The prana that was accumulated in the body like this can be used to boost Spartacus' abilities. If he is damaged to the point of being on the verge of death, possibly an enormous amount of prana enough to destroy everything before Spartacus' eyes will be saved up.
Since he unified the rebel army that was just a simple gathering and attained successive victories over the powerful Roman Army, it is thought that his popularity and abilities as a war commander were excellent. But before all that, the main reason why he collected popularity was due being a hero that "always won by reversal", symbolized by this Noble Phantasm. For the soldiers of the rebel army, the more hopeless the progress of battle was, the more certain the victory beyond that became. He himself is not aware of this, but this reversal strategy conforms with the principles of showmanship and made him extraordinarily popular as a gladiator. He certainly has no motive to seek the Holy Grail; his dearest wish is just to proceed to fields of battle. Because for Spartacus, who only aspires to rescue the oppressed and rebel against the oppressor, the battlefield is a place where there is only the weak and the strong and also a place full of the everlasting pain and trials that he desires.剣闘士
スパルタクス
- クラス：バーサーカー
- 出典：史実
- 地域：欧州
- 属性：中立・中庸
- 性別：男
- 身長：220cm台後半
- 体重：160kg台
- 武装：剣
筋力：A 耐久：EX 敏捷：D 魔力：E 幸運：D 宝具：C
イラスト：寺田克也
設定制作：虚淵玄（ニトロプラス）
ローマの剣闘士。
すべてを耐え忍んだ果ての人間の強さがあると信じて疑わない。
彼の行動理念はただひとつ。加虐者に反骨し、被害者を救済すること。
そのための最善の選択として、より苦難の多い道を選ぶ。
劣勢にある敵は攻撃せず、自分より優位な敵にのみ牙を剥く。
それも敵の攻撃を受け止めたうえので反撃を選ぶため、勝利の形は土壇場での一発逆転になる。
傷だらけの顔は殴るときも殴られるときも悠然と微笑んでおり、とても恐い。
伝説
ローマに捕えられたトラキア人の剣闘士奴隷で、カンパニアの剣闘士養成所に属していた。
しかし紀元前73年、78人の仲間と共に脱走計画を実行する。
ローマはこれに対し3000人の追っ手をかけるも、スパルタクスを中心に奇襲をかけられ敗退。
この勝利を聞いた各地の奴隷が蜂起し、反乱軍は70000人にまで膨れ上がった。
反乱軍は次々にローマ軍を打ち破りながら北上するが、アルプス越えを断念。
次にシチリア島を目指すも、海峡の輸送を依頼していた海賊に裏切られ、ついにローマ軍に包囲された。
この戦いでスパルタクスは戦死。死体は誰か分からないほどに斬り刻まれていたという。
狂化
パラメーターをランクアップさせるが、理性の大半を奪われる。
が、スパルタクスは狂化を受けても、
「縛られた者こそが強い。いつか解き放たれる時まで、怒りと悲しみを蓄えておけるからね」
などと普通に喋る。
ただし彼は"常に最も困難な選択をする"という思考で固定されており、誰の言うことも聞き入れない。
実質的に彼との意思の疎通は不可能なのだ。
スパルタクスは、やはり制御不能なバーサーカーなのである。
被虐の誉れ
サーヴァントとしてのスパルタクスの肉体を魔術的な手法で治療する場合、
それに要する魔力の消費量は通常の1/4で済む。
彼の闘志は痛めつけられるほどに燃え上がり、秘めた力のすべてを引き出すに至る。
むしろ彼は、痛めつけられないと本気になれないのだ。
"敵が与えうる苦痛のすべてを耐えて凌駕することで、その敵を完全に凌駕し勝利する"
というのが、スパルタクスの必勝の戦術である。
疵獣の咆哮
常時発動型の宝具。敵から負わされたダメージの一部を魔力に変換し、体内に蓄積できる。 この魔力の変換効率は、スパルタクスの体力が減少するほどに上昇する。 こうして体内に溜められた魔力は、スパルタクスの能力をブーストするために使用可能である。 もし瀕死まで痛めつけられていれば、スパルタクスは眼前のすべてを破壊して余りあるほどに膨大な魔力を溜め込んでいることだろう。 彼は寄せ集まったにすぎない反乱軍をよくまとめ、強力なローマ軍に連戦連勝したことから、その人望や戦闘指揮能力は卓越したものであったと考えられる。 だがそれ以上に彼が人望を集めた要因は、この宝具に象徴された"必ず逆転によって勝利する"英雄だったということだ。 反乱軍の兵士にとって戦況が絶望的であればあるほど、その先にある勝利は確かなものだったのである。 この逆転戦法は、彼自身は意識していないがショーマンシップに則ったものであり、剣闘士としての人気も非常に高いものだった。 彼に聖杯を求める確かな動機はなく、ただ戦いの場に赴くことだけを悲願する。 被虐者を救済し、加虐者に反逆することだけを志すスパルタクスにとって、戦場こそ弱き者と強き者しかいない場所であり、彼が求めてやまない苦痛と試練に満ちあふれている場所だからだ。 - Class：Berserker
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