Cardinal Laurentis (ラウレンティス枢機卿, Raurentisu Sūkikyō?) is one of the 128 cardinals of the Holy Church who support the pope.
Profile[]
Background[]
Laurentis is known for utilizing trickery and working behind the scenes for the Church's benefit.[2] Cardinals are not allowed to have children, instead adopting and raising successors, but all of more than twenty of Laurentis' adopted children bear a resemblance to him. Formerly possessing the surname Bestino (ベスティーノ, Besutīno?), the name when used by his children and grandchildren holds much sway within the Holy Church. He has continued to sire children well into his old age, being over 100 years old when one of his many mistresses gave birth to Mario Gallo Bestino.[1]
In his old age, Laurentis attempted to become immortal using magecraft researched by Michael Roa Valdamjong before Roa himself became a vampire. Said research amounted only to theories that Roa concluded could not be realized in practice, and would only result in a “curse” which left Laurentis losing his mind as a result. Desperate for a solution, Laurentis sought out a text written by Roa called the Precept of Henosis containing more of his early research into immortality, only to be informed by Roa that he considered that line of research to be a waste of time, and true immortality as impossible so long as one’s body was still human.[3]
When speaking to Mario about Laurentis' situation, Roa addresses the Cardinal in the second person, as if he and the person claiming to be his son were in fact the same person.[3]
Appearance[]
Personality[]
Laurentis is a very respected man within the Church, but his one flaw is that he has an unquenchable appetite for women, being renowned for his lust, having spawned hundreds of illicit children and grandchildren.
He has a bad reputation with lay believers due to his scandalous lifestyle, who believe he rose to the rank of Cardinal entirely only because of his wealth and influence, but his fellow clergy greatly respect him for his piety, thoughtfulness, and charisma.[1]
Role[]
Fate/EX[]
Within the World of Fate/EX, he is active in the Holy Church during the creation of the Western European Plutocracy, maintaining good relations with the ruling Harwey family.[4] He acknowledges Kiara Sessyoin as a modern prophet, ordering her capture due to his high profile status and Kiara's status as the "greatest enemy to the preservation of their own faith," resulting in Kiara being pursued by the Holy Church.[5] He begrudgingly becomes the Pope as of the 2030s, acting as the leader of the organization as a whole. He did not wish to take the position, feeling that, "I'm such an atrocious fellow that it's ridiculous to think that I could be the successor of the Pope."[2]
Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-[]
His son (on paper, grandson) Mario is sent to Souya in order to oversee Church operations against the Dead Apostles and Arcueid Brunestud. He secretly is also looking for Michael Roa Valdamjong's research on immortality to help Laurentis, who is already over 100 years old.[1]
Abilities[]
Despite his extremely old age, he is very physically fit and still able to sire children, with Mario describing him as more virile than even some Dead Apostles.[1]
He is able to use magecraft outside that which is practiced in the Church, utilizing a ritual derived from Roa's old research in an attempt to become immortal. Ever since this failed attempt at immortality, however, he has been suffering from a curse which is causing him to lose his mind.[3]
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Creation and Conception[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Midnight Rainbow route - Day 5: "Icebound Ocean"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
[] Fate/EXTRA material - Encyclopedia: Holy Church [Organization], p.192 Holy Church [Organization]
One of the two big religions in the world.
Although the Holy Church somewhat lost its religious foundation due to the effects of the Great Collapse (the pole shift), it developed a new policy and adjusted its trajectory, and within the world of EXTRA maintains considerable power and influence.
On one hand there is the Holy Church, that praises the miracles that come from their holy one.
On the other hand there is the Mage’s Association, that aims to uncover all the mysteries related to man.
The battle between these two great forces form the backbone of Fate/stay night, however within the world of EXTRA the victor has already been determined as the Holy Church.
Well, even with that being said the Holy Church has changed since the time of its founding, and Cardinal Laurentis, who usually specializes in trickery and working behind the scenes, has begrudgingly accepted to become the Pope.
Purportedly the reason that he doesn’t want to become the Pope is because, “I’m such an atrocious fellow that it’s ridiculous to think that I could be the successor of the Pope.”聖堂教会【組織】
世界を二分する宗教の一つ。
大崩壊の影響でその宗教基盤を失いはしたものの、新たな方針のもと軌道修正をし、EXTRA世界においても強い影響力を維持している。
主による奇蹟を掲げる聖堂教会と、
人による神秘を目指す魔術協会。
この二大勢力の戦いはFate/stay nightでのバックボーンでもあるが、EXTRA世界においては、戦いの勝者は聖堂教会となっている。
とはいっても聖堂教会もその在り方が創立時より変化しており、権謀術数を得意とするラウレンティス枢機卿がイヤイヤながら法王をもり立てている。
彼が嫌がっているのは「自分のような悪逆の輩が法王の後継人など片腹痛い」という理由らしい。 - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Moon Princess route - Day 12: "The Witching Hour"
- ↑
[] Fate/EXTRA material - Encyclopedia: Western Europe Plutocracy [Organization], p.191-192 Western Europe Plutocracy [Organization]
The economic organization headed by Harwey.
Harwey is effectively the king on Earth in EXTRA.
At a very early stage Harwey predicted that the world’s resources would run dry, and developed an unsuitably large fear of what might happen. He came up with the solution of carefully managing the north pole, and gave his undivided attention to it.
The foundation of his organization had a lot of religious power, and it’s speculated that the Holy Church helped him out because a huge amount of financial resources soon gathered under Harvey.
The defacto leader of the Holy Church in the world of EXTRA, Cardinal Laurentis, does have a good relationship with Harwey.西欧財閥【組織】
ハーウェイを筆頭にした経済団体。
EXTRA世界における地上の王。
来るべき資源枯渇を早い段階から予見、杞憂し、その解決策として北極の管理に専心していた。
その基盤には強い信仰の力があり、ハーウェイの下に多くの資産が集まった理由として、聖堂教会の助けがあったと言われている。
この時代における聖堂教会の事実上の指導者、ラウレンティス枢機卿とハーウェイは懇意の関係にある。 - ↑ Fate/EXTRA CCC - Chapter 4: Anesthesia Fortress -Sick/Home Sink-