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Caubac Alcatraz (コーバック・アルカトラス, Kōbakku Arukatorasu?), also known as Dead Apostle of the Millennium Lock (千年錠の死徒, Sennenjō no Shito?) and the Comedian of the Dead Apostles, is the twenty-seventh of The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors.

Profile[]

Background[]

Tsukihime Remake series[]

Prior to becoming a vampire, Caubac was a member of the Holy Church. He lost his heart thanks to the actions of Crimson Moon shortly before the transition to AD,[Note 1] but Crimson Moon also saw potential in him and transformed him into an Ancestor. Out of shame from becoming a vampire and fear that his former allies in the Church would kill him, he hid himself in an underground cavern.[1]

Around the year 1000 AD, he completed the Holy Scripture Triten as his thesis on The Lord’s love, realizing upon writing it down that he had created a model of the universe. He did not intend to do so, but it was the final result of what he made. Caubac considered Triten evidence for his view that “the universe is direct proof of the Lord’s love”, and concluded that he needed to protect it as anyone would desire such a precious treasure. In order to protect Triten, he built a castle, but a random dimensional distortion resulting from him creating it with the same techniques he used to make Triten caused his castle to become a labyrinth not even he can escape. Following this, he by some means transformed himself into an inanimate object out of hatred for his need to consume blood, taking the form of an ordinary-looking padlock.[1]

Caubac had complete faith in Triten, but when it disappeared when he took his eyes off it for one moment and took the form of a human, he shat himself from shock, the kind one gets when one's computer is infected by a virus from a porn site. As no true Catholics would see God inside themselves, Caubac concluded that “in my attempts to prove God is real, I proved that He isn’t”. He has since been searching for Hibiki in order to prove his own conclusion wrong.[1]

Tsukihime series[]

In the original Tsukihime continuity, Alcatraz is instead a magus who became a vampire through his magical research.[2] He is an old friend of Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, and he was one of the people present for Arcueid Brunestud's birth eight-hundred years ago. He only met her that one time, but he left a lasting impression on her. He has been missing for over a century, and it is unknown to others if he is still alive.

Appearance[]

He takes the form of an ordinary padlock.[1]

Personality[]

Tsukihime Remake series[]

Due to his background in the Church, Caubac hates having become a vampire, having initially walled himself off from the outside world and turned himself into an inorganic object to avoid his need to suck blood.[1] Along with Agape and Lovematroos, Caubac is called one of the "three idiots" who make up Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg's tea-drinking companions.[3]

He has dedicated his life to proving his theological thesis on God’s love, creating Triten in order to confirm his views are correct. He did not notice it was a model of the universe until it was complete, but upon this realization, the fact his universe was functional utterly convinced him of his understanding of the Lord’s love, and that God approved of his project. He believed Triten was the only thing he needed in the entire world, creating his labyrinth to protect it not because he was afraid of it being misused by others, but simply because he feared it being stolen from him.[1]

« Our world was created by the Lord, and its surface is covered in His love. The way humans go hog wild over food and whatnot is also because of Lord's love. The Lord's love is like, super immeasurable to human beings. »

Upon completing Triten, his purpose as a Dead Apostle was complete, and he was left in a “complete NEET state” until it disappeared and took the form of a human. The level of shock he was left in as a result of it becoming human was comparable to the shock one might feel when their computer is infected by a virus from a porn site.[1]

The following thoughts are the reasons why he considers Triten a mistake:

  • We must not see God in ourselves.
  • We must not pray for our own benefit. (Prayers are for the Lord's benefit. It's wrong to pray out of desire for salvation. You pray only for the Lord. Caubac's mindset is the same as Caren's.)
  • The Lord's love is absolute and must never be questioned. Therefore we must not wish for the Lord to exist in any form different from the forms described in the scriptures. God's Love = the world.
  • The fact that we're alive is a manifestation of His love and no matter how much suffering there is in the world, it's all part of grand system of God's deeds (love).[1]

That he made a perfect image of God and it became human would imply to him that God is human, is made from humans, or that God eventually becomes humans, but all of these options were impossible to him, as there is no God within humans. That Triten became human, to him, led him to conclude that human beings are all that exists in the universe, and that God does not exist. This line of reasoning practically caused Caubac to stop thinking, but his strong will and proneness to delusion kept him on his feet, albeit in an unmoving state. He ruined his own beliefs and came out of his 2000-year-long-battle in total denial, but even after all this, prioritized his understanding of God’s love over his own happiness and salvation.[1]

« Triten was a model for the universe with no life in it. (The word "life" here refers specifically to intelligent lifeforms capable of self-evolution.) But in the process of its expansion, the universe birthed lifeforms. That is God's true deed. If Triten, an in-depth inspection of the Lord's love, birthed a human being, that's evidence pointing to the thought that the world is made from the Lord's love. I knew I was right! But... the problem is that by creating Triten, I kinda violated the creed that we mustn't create God. Actually, if a human can create God, then… »

He became lost in this labyrinth of thought. Even if Hibiki is indeed Triten and thus a model of God, Caubac would deny that on the logic that "God is an omnipresent essence, not something with a physical presence".[1]

« God's love exists.
But it can't take a human form.
It can't take a form humans can comprehend.
He can't be alive. »

(A “cool speech” by which he would reject Hibiki’s nature or pretend he never saw it)

Tsukihime series[]

In the original Tsukihime continuity, Caubac instead has a very happy-go-lucky personality fit for a comedian, and Arcueid calls his mentality several hundred years old. He tries to greet Arcueid in a sassy and flattering manner unlike himself over the phone, but she rebukes him for it. He also enjoys teasing her despite the threat of death should they actually meet. While speaking of her love, he goes on about it in an elaborate way, such as calling it embarrassing to even mention and calling it having "girl's talk" with her even though he is a guy. He claims that he has been acting too wildly, so it is difficult for him to keep a balance with his personality. He thinks even a world with no change has caused some change in himself on a personal level.

He has a somewhat casual relationship with Arcueid despite being an Ancestor. She doesn't really care about him as long as he stays in his own world, but she will make it her top priority to kill him, with her fingers just like she would a bug, should he leave. He compares his state of mind to that of a hit man who's about to come out of prison and is a target of revenge after hearing her say that. He says that no matter how much she has loosened up after meeting Shiki Tohno, her core hasn't changed.

He thinks the regular world is boring, so he would rather stay where he is currently located. Although he is interested in the events of the world, it is still not enough to make him want to leave. If he were to return, it would be only to see the Moon. Though he has obtained everything he can imagine, Arcueid thinks he is a weirdo for only wishing for that much. There are a number of weirdos among the Ancestors, but she places him among the top of their ranks in that category.

Role[]

Nerawareta Ahnenerbe[]

He has a bonus appearance in the Nerawareta Ahnenerbe's Secret Track Drama CD as an unnamed acquaintance of Arcueid.

While Arcueid is waiting for Shiki in Ahnenerbe, Hibiki Hibino appears with a cell phone that she was told to hand to Arcueid. Alcatraz briefly banters with her about the past and asks for a confirmation if she wishes to kill him. She states that it is too troublesome to get to him while he is in his own world, so she will let him go as long as he remains there. She mentions that he lost something important, so it may not be ideal for him to remain there.[4]

He says that he learned that she has found an "irreplaceable treasure." When she questions him about what he means, he goes on to call it something they have all given up to the pawnshop, the "shard of heart." He finally mentions that he is talking about her having found love like that of a human. This enrages her to the point where she plans to head to his world, telling him to "clean your keyhole while you can" before he calms her down. For making her serious for a moment, she says she will reward him with one thing before she kills him after he comes out.[4]

While it was worth risking his life to tease her for that, he can't think of anything he would want other than to see the moon one more time. He claims the moon would bring back old memories. It was burned into his pupils the night he died for the first time, and he hasn't seen it for so long. He doesn't know when it will be, but he wishes for his second death to be like that as well. He mentions that Arcueid probably doesn't want to be killed by a different person either, which just leaves her silent. He excuses himself for talking so long because it had been a long time since speaking to someone who knows him and hangs up.[4]

Fate/strange Fake[]

Alcatraz

It wasn't mentioned in the novel who Kischur was speaking to but the manga states it was Alcatraz. He was discussing the events of the False Holy Grail War with Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg through an antique looking phone. Alcatraz advises Kischur to choose someone who isn't a magi to observe the incident at Snowfield and select a world on the basis of being an intruder. Alcatraz finds it odd for Kischur to be suddenly involved with the World. They ended up selecting Ayaka Sajyou as an outsider to participate the Holy Grail War.[5]

Francesca Prelati apparently needs something on the level of the Grail to both find and deal with a particular "Great Labyrinth" whose entrance is even risky to look for,[6] so that she may capture "the microcosm of the world" within.[7]

When Lord El-Melloi II ends up under house arrest in his own Clock Tower office by Policies, a mysterious cell phone colored a blue deeper than even lapis lazuli suddenly appears, ringing, in his cigar case.[8]

Tsukihime Remake Series[]

Caubac Alcatraz is shown to be listed as one of the Ancestors on the list possessed by Arcueid Brunestud.

Other appearances[]

Alcatraz is first described in Kagetsu Tohya, and has yet to make an actual appearance in the Tsukihime storyline.

It is hinted in Mahou Tsukai no Hako that Alcatraz is actually Mr. Cellphone, the phone is a Mystic Code and it was made by Kischur.

Although he does not appear in Fate/Labyrinth, his labyrinth is the stage setting of the story.

Abilities[]

He has lost his original body and his current body has taken on a form that resembles a padlock.[9][1] He also possesses the ability to enter the observation room of Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, which is hard to enter to the point that Zelretch possesses a count of those with the ability to do so.

Caubac created Triten in order to prove his theological understanding of God's love. As the world is a product of the Lord’s thoughts, by inspecting the components of a human being (mind, body, and soul), Caubac had the idea that he could prove the Lord’s love by replicating all of these components in text form. He built his model from all possible accounts, probed into God’s whole creation, gave it shape, and the final result was a model of the universe, despite him not intending to create one. This universe was functional, despite the fact there was no life in it.[1]

In the original Tsukihime continuity, he became a Dead Apostle through magical research,[2] and is an archmagus just a step away from reaching the level of the Magicians.[10]

Dead Apostle Ancestor[]

Within Tsukihime Worlds Caubac is a Rank IX Ancestor Dead Apostle, possessing one of the Idea Bloods and a Principle that is referred to as a "failed product" or perhaps simply "unneeded".[1]

Labyrinths[]

He created a labyrinth inside a treasure chest that cannot be opened to protect his ideal terminal, the Holy Scripture Triten, but the reason he hasn't appeared for a century is because he accidentally became trapped inside.[11] The labyrinth was created using the same techniques he used to make Triten, and is constantly expanding at the same rate that the universe expands, making it inescapable.[1] He describes it as a world with no change that is a paradise to him. It is a place with no morning or night where it is easy to lose track of time to the point where he can only go by centuries. He is able to obtain information from the outside, such as Arcueid's actions, and he is able to somehow communicate with her through a cell phone.

He hasn't emerged for over a century, so it is unknown if he has managed to survive that period without drinking blood. He claims that he has no worries for food because he can keep "killing himself" inside even to the point where humans die out. While she doesn't claim it to be impossible, it would apparently be a difficult task for Arcueid to enter the world and kill him, so that is his conclusion for living there. He thinks being alive is better than nothing.

Seventh Labyrinth of Caubac Alcatraz[]

Main article: Seventh Labyrinth of Caubac Alcatraz

Notes[]

  1. While TYPE-MOON Manuscript states that Caubac was a member of the Holy Church before he became a vampire, and later explicity refers to him as a Catholic, this is chronologically impossible given that he is also stated to have become a vampire prior to the birth of Christ (let alone the formation of the Christian religion). It is unclear whether this is merely a mistake or oversight, or an indication that the Church as an organization somehow predates the Christian religion as a whole.

References[]

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    [v] TYPE-MOON Manuscript - Caubac Alcatraz, p.040-041

    Caubac Alcatraz

    Overview
    Ranked 27 among the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors.
    His Idea Blood is a "failed product" or perhaps simply "unneeded".
    A vampire who was a believer to the church before turning Dead Apostle.
    The Crimson Moon made him lose heart shortly before the transition to AD, but the Crimson Moon also saw potential in him and gave him his pure blood, turning him into an Ancestor.
    Since then, he has been holed up in an underground cavern lamenting his vampiric transformation, since he was too ashamed to go see his pious companions, not to mention they would kill him on the spot if they saw what he turned into.
    Later a lot happened, leading him to build the great labyrinth of Alcatraz.
     
    Somewhen around the year 1000AD, he completed the Triten scripture.
    No one saw him ever since.
    The Holy Church and the vampire society believe that he built his castle to protect his written truth, the Triten scripture, and when he got that done, a random dimensional distortion turned the castle into some amazing labyrinth not even he can escape.
     
    He turned himself into an inorganic object out of hatred for his body's need to suck blood to extend his life.
    He takes the appearance of an ordinary padlock.
     
    In Mahou Tsukai no Hako, it was established that Hibiki is an artificial lifeform (the Triten) who turned human and got lost among the people there.

    « Our world was created by the Lord, and its surface is covered in His love. The way humans go hog wild over food and whatnot is also because of Lord's love. The Lord's love is like, super immeasurable to human beings. »



    Under the thoughts quoted above, he comprehended the Lord's love and wrote it down. That's what the Triten scripture is.
     
    The punchline here is there on proofread, he realized that he made a model of the universe.
    He obviously wasn't trying to create a model of the universe, but that was the final result of what he tried to make.
    By reaching the conclusion that the universe is direct proof of the Lord's love, Caubac established he was right and built his labyrinth in order to hide his super ultra awesome treasure literally anyone would desire.
    By the way, the labyrinth was made using the same techniques used to make Triten. For that reason, it's constantly expanding at the same speed that the universe expands. Super inescapable.
     
    Now, the following section is about progress caused by the events of Mahou Tsukai no Hako:
    Caubac had complete faith in Triten, but he took his eyes away for one moment and Triten disappeared from its storage and went to be human in some Japanese café.
    Triten was supposed to be his proof, Triten = the Lord's love, and yet the result of its evolution was a human being!
    No true Catholics would see God inside themselves.
    Caubac shat himself from shock when he learned about Hibiki.
    "In my attempts to prove God is real, I proved that He isn't."
     
    ※Addendum:
    The following thoughts are the reasons why he considers Triten a mistake:
    - We must not see God in ourselves.
    - We must not pray for our own benefit. (Prayers are for the Lord's benefit. It's wrong to pray out of desire for salvation. You pray only for the Lord. Caubac's mindset is the same as Caren's.)
    - The Lord's love is absolute and must never be questioned. Therefore we must not wish for the Lord to exist in any form different from the forms described in the scriptures.
    God's Love = the world.
    The fact that we're alive is a manifestation of His love and no matter how much suffering there is in the world, it's all part of grand system of God's deeds (love).

    The world is a product of the Lord's thoughts.
    Upon closer inspection of the components of the human being (body, mind, and soul), Caubac had the idea that he could prove the Lord's love by replicating all these components in text form.
    He then started building his model from all possible accounts, probed into His whole Creation, gave it shape, and ended up with a model of the universe. (He didn't notice it was a model of the universe until it was complete)
    And the fact that this universe was functional (even if there was no life in it) was all he needed to go ultra-convinced on his assumption that the Lord's love was real and that it approved his project.
    Caubac built his labyrinth to protect this treasure. (Not because he was afraid of it being misused, simply because he was afraid of it being stolen from him)
    He believed Triten was the only thing he needed in the whole wide world.
    To be fair, that practically completed his purpose as a Dead Apostle as well, leaving him in a complete NEET state. He was right about Triten being the only thing he ever needed.
    But imagine the panic when he found out Triten was operating as a human being.
    It's the level of shock you get when your computer gets infected by a virus from a porn site.
    He made a perfect image of God, and then it turned human.
    Would that mean God is human?
    That God is made from humans?
    God eventually becomes human?
    None of these options were possible. There is no God in humans.
    But Triten became human.
    The conclusion here is that human beings were all there was to the universe.
    = God doesn't exist.
     
    After approaching this line of argument, Caubac practically stopped thinking.
    His strong will and proneness to delusion kept him on his feet, although in an unmoving state.

    « One more time. I need to see Triten one more time. I could have just made a mistake somewhere along the way. Or maybe Triten really is... No, forget that thought. »



    And so he started looking for Hibiki. That's the whole backstory for Mahou Tsukai no Hako.

    ※Completing his "Or maybe Triten really is..." sentence:

    « Triten was a model for the universe with no life in it. (The word "life" here refers specifically to intelligent lifeforms capable of self-evolution.)
    But in the process of its expansion, the universe birthed lifeforms.
    That is God's true deed.
    If Triten, an in-depth inspection of the Lord's love, birthed a human being, that's evidence pointing to the thought that the world is made from the Lord's love.
    I knew I was right!
    But... the problem is that by creating Triten, I kinda violated the creed that we mustn't create God. Actually, if a human can create God, then...  »



    He got lost in this labyrinth of thought.
    All that said, even if Hibiki is indeed Triten (God), Caubac would deny the notion on the logic that "God is an omnipresent essence, not something with a physical presence".

    « God's love exists.
    But it can't take a human form.
    It can't take a form humans can comprehend.
    He can't be alive. »



    Above is an example of cool speech he would to reject Hibiki's nature or pretend he never saw it.
    ...This is the story of how he ruined his own beliefs and came out of his 2000-year-long battle in total denial, but even after all this, he still prioritized the ideal form of God's love over his own happiness and salvation.

    コーバック・アルカトラス
    死徒二十七祖、序列の二七。
     原理血戒は「失敗作」あるいは「余り物」。
     「死徒になる前から教会の教徒」だった吸血鬼。
     西暦に切り替わるちょっと前に朱い月に撓み、見所があったために純血を与えられ、祖にされた。
     それ以降は吸血鬼になってしまった自分の身を嘆きつつ、かつての仲間たち(信者たち)に合わせる顔がない、 そもそも会ったら殺してしまう、という事で地下洞窟に引きこもった。
     それが色々あって一大迷宮・アルカトラスを作る事になる。
     
     西暦1000年ぐらいのタイミングで聖典トライテンを完成させる。
     その後、彼の姿を見たものはいない。
     聖堂教会、および吸血鬼社会において、コーバックは「自らが書き上げた真理の書・聖典トライテンを守るため に居城を改築していったら、いつのまにか次元のゆがんだ大迷宮になってしまい、本人さえ出られなくなった」 とされている。
     
     本人は人の血を吸うことでしか延命できない自分の体を嫌い、無機物に変化したとされている。
     その姿は「錠前」そのものだとか。
     ↓
     「魔法使いの箱」において、ひびきは人工生命(トライテン)が人間になって紛れ込んだもの、という設定が加 わった。
     
     「この世は主が創造したもの、地下は主の愛で包まれている。人間が暴徒化してヒャッハー食料だー、とかやる のも神の愛。神の愛のカタチとかマジ人間には計り知れない」という思想のもと、主の愛を理解し書き留めたも のが聖典トライテンである。
     突き詰めてみたら宇宙のモデルケースになっていた、というオチ。
     
     無論、本人に宇宙のモデルケースなんて作る気はなかったが、作ってみたらこうなった。
     「主の愛の存在証明」=「宇宙」という結論に達したことでコーバックは自分の正しさを認識し、同時に、この 誰もが欲しがってやまないであろう超絶カッチョイイお宝を隠れそう、と迷宮を作り上げた。
     
     だから宇宙の速度で増築されていく。まじ脱出不可能。
     
     ここから魔法使いの箱から進化。トライテンに絶対の自信を持つコーバックだが、ちょっと目を離しているうち にトライテンが保管庫から消失し、日本の喫茶店でなんか人間になってしまっていた。
     
     トライテン=主の愛、証明であるのに、そのトライテンは進化結果として人間になりやがったので ある!
     
     「己の中に神を見てはならない」のがカトリック。
     そんなコーバックがひびきの事を知ったらもう脱糞もののショックなワケ。
     自分は神を証明するつもりで、神がいないことを証明してしまった、 と。
     
     ーーー
    ※補足
     
     トライテンの言う「私は間違っていた」の理由として、「自分の中に神を見てはならない」「自分のために祈っ てはならない」(祈りは主のために。救いをもとめて主に祈る、はダメなのです。あくまで主のために祈るので す。カレンと同じ境地)「主の愛を絶対とし、疑わない。なので教典にある以外の主のカタチを願ってはいけな い」という考えがある。
     神の愛=この世界。
     僕らの生きているのは神さまの愛の具現であり、世界にはどのような苦しみが満ちていようと、それもまた大い なる神の御業(愛)のシステムの一つなのである。
     
     世界は主の思いによって作られたもの。
     
     人間の仕組み(魂・肉体・精神)を突き詰め、きちんと書物にすれば主の愛を明確に提示できるの ではないか。
     そう考えってあらゆる記述、モデルを作り始めたコーバクは、森羅万象をつきつめてカタチにし、結果的に宇宙 のモデルケースができてしまった。
     (完成するまで、それが宇宙のモデルケースだと気づかなかった)
     で、この宇宙が(たとえ生命がいないとしても)正しく機能していることこそが、世界には「主の愛」が存在し 、容認されているのだと超思いこむ。
     この宝を守るために迷宮を作るコーバック。
     (悪用されるのを恐れたのではなく、ホントに奪われるのだけが怖かった)
     彼的にはとトライテンさえあれば他にはもう何もない。
     つーかほとんど死徒としてゴールしたようなものなので、完全ニート状態。彼にはトライテンさえあれば良かっ たのです。
     が、そのトライテンが人間として動きだしたと知ったらもう大パニック。
     エロサイトいったらパソコンがウィルスに汚染されたぐらいの大ショック。
     完璧な神の偶像を作ったら、それが人間になっていた。
     では人間は神なのか。
     神は人間から生まれるものなのか。
     神は人間になるものなのか。
     それはありえない。人間の中に神はいない。
     だがトライテンは人間になった。
     つまり宇宙にはそもそも人間しかいなかった。
     =神は存在しない。
     
     
     みたいな論法になって、コーバックはほとんど思考停止。
     一歩も動けない状態になるものの、持ち前の強い意志と妄想力でなんとか踏みとどまり、
     「もう一度。もう一度、トライテンを見てみよう。
     なにか私が間違ったかもしんないし。あるいは本当にトライテンは—――いや、なんでもない」
     とひびきを探しをはじめる、というのが魔法使いの箱のバックストーリー。
     
     
     ※ありは本当にトライテンは—――
     の続き。
     トライテンは生命の存在しない宇宙のモデルケースだった。
     (生命とは、この場合、自己進化を可能とする知的生命体とする)
     だが、宇宙として成長していく過程で生命体を生んでしまった。
     それは本当に神の御業そのものである。
     主の愛をつきつめたトライテンが人間を生むのなら、それはたっぱりこの世界主の愛そのものであることを証明 する材料になる。
     やった、やはり自分は間違っていない!
     けど……問題は、そのトライテンを自分が作ってしまったコトで、神を作ってはいけない教義に反しチャったよ な俺、つーか人間が作れる神ってことは……
     といった至高の迷宮。
     
     
     といえば、コーバック的には、ひびきがトライテン(神さま)だとしても、
     「神はあるものだ。居るものではない」
     と否定する。
     神の愛はある。
     だがそれは人間のようなカタチであってはならない。
     それは人間が理解できるカタチであってはならない。
     それは、生命としてあるべきではない。
     みたいな決め台詞でひびきを否定、あるいは見なかった事になる。
     ……それは彼の二千年にわたる戦いの全否定、自らの信念を自らで台無しにする事になるが、それでも彼は「自 分の幸福、救い」より「理想的な神の愛」を優先したのである。

  2. 2.0 2.1
    [v] Melty Blood Act Cadenza PS2 Manual - Dictionary: The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors [Term], p.055

    The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors [Term]
    The 27 oldest Dead Apostles.
    There are the Ancestors of the Elder Title, whose age exceeds 4000 years, Ancestors sealed by the Holy Church, Ancestors secretly biding their time in the unexplored regions of the world, and even Ancestors akin to a family that passes on the throne to a successor every 500 years.
    They each have their own factions, and are engaged in vicious power struggles within them. Perhaps for them, this is one of the few things that gives meaning to their existence now that their sense for amusement has completely worn away.
    On rare occasions an Ancestor will die, but since there is always a successor to replace them, the number of Ancestors never changes. In fact, it could be said that becoming an Ancestor is the ultimate goal of all Dead Apostles. Even those Dead Apostles at the very bottom, who were changed into vampires by lowly Dead Apostles with no standing or reputation, dream of one day being able to gather enough power to become one of the 27 themselves.
    On the other hand, there also exist Ancestors who have no interest in such things at all. They are seekers, who eschew building a kingdom of their very own in favor of chasing after perfect immortality. There are many of these "Ancestors without a faction" among the Dead Apostles that used to be magi.
    Below is a brief introduction.

    1/ Primate Murder
    Details unknown. Murderer of primates. The White Beast. Altrouge's demonic dog (the Beast of Gaia).

    2/ The Dark Six
    The very first Dead Apostles. The six royals of darkness.
    Currently resuscitating.
    It is said that their revival will unite the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors, but not a single Dead Apostle knows their true colors.

    3/ Crimson Moon Brunestud
    Ultimate One. Currently vacant.

    4/ Wizard Marshal Zelretch
    One of the five existing magicians. Also called Zelretch of the Jewel.

    5/ ORT
    Details unknown. Seems to be a mutant species that crash landed in South America sometime before the Common Era. As an attack-type organism, its power is on a completely different level.

    6/ Rizo-Vaal Strout
    One of the longest-serving Dead Apostles. Black Knight Strout. One of Altrouge's bodyguards. The True Devil Neardark.

    7/ Disemboweling Forest Einnashe
    The Sentient Woods. A mobile, predatory forest.

    8/ Fina-Vlad Svelten
    White Knight Vlad. One of Altrouge's bodyguards. The Vampiric Count. Devil of Stratovaris.

    9/ Altrouge Brunestud
    Hybrid of a True Ancestor and a Dead Apostle. Vampire princess of the Dead Apostles. "Black". Master of blood and contracts.

    10/ Nrvnqsr Chaos
    A living mass of chaos. A magus whose research ultimately led him to become a bloodsucker.

    11/ Stanrobe Calhin
    The Duke of Predation. Wraith. Also known as the "City Devourer". …The First Wraith (Stantia).

    13/ ?????
    Tatari. A Dead Apostle purported to exist. Only the name "Night of Wallachia" remains as a legend handed down through the ages.

    14/ Van Fem
    One of the longest-serving Dead Apostles. Dark Lord of the Business World. Puppet Master. He created seven great golem castles.

    15/ Rita Rozay-en
    A self-proclaimed artist. Indulges in a distinctive hobby even among the Dead Apostles. A second-generation Dead Apostle that inherited her castle from the Dead Apostle that made her.

    16/ Gransurg Blackmore
    Peng. The Black Wing Lord. A Dead Apostle known as the Moon Eater. Uses the reality marble Nevermore.

    17/ Trhvmn Ortenrosse
    One of the longest-serving Dead Apostles. The White Wing Lord. A magus who became a bloodsucker. The quintessential vampire. King of the Dead Apostles. As the official representative of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors he has the greatest influence – formally, at least.

    20/ Merem Solomon
    The Great Four Demon Beasts. Despite being a Dead Apostle, he is the fifth member of the Burial Agency. Goes by the alias of Crown. For Ciel, he is something like a pesky senpai.

    21/ Sumire
    Aquatic Demon Sumire. Water Bottle. An oddball Dead Apostle that lives underwater. A reformed vampire that has overcome the weakness to running water.

    24/ El Nahat
    Background unknown. The artifact called the Book of the Stomach World. Regarded as the Burial Agency's ultimate anti-Dead Apostle trump card.

    27/ Caubac Alcatraz
    Dead Apostle of the Millennium Lock. A magus whose research ultimately led him to become a Dead Apostle.

    EX/ Michael Roa Valdamjong
    The Serpent of Akasha. The Infinite Reincarnator.
    Though the Church counts him among the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors, the Ancestors themselves despise him as one who overstepped his bounds.

    死徒二十七祖【用語】
    最も古い二十七つの死徒。
    齢4000年を超える神代連盟(エルダータイトル)の祖、聖堂教会によって封印されている祖、人知れず秘境にて時間を数える祖、五百年単位で後継者に座を譲る血族のような祖もいる。
    それぞれが派閥を作り、同胞でありながら勢力争いをしている。娯楽という観念が摩耗している彼らにとっては数少ない存在意義なのだろう。
    希に祖は消滅するが、いずれ後継者が現れるので二十七の席は崩れない。その座はあらゆる死徒にとって最終目的と言える。末端の、名もない死徒によって吸血鬼化した最下層の死徒たちも、いずれ力をつけていつか祖に届く事を胸に抱く。
    反面、そういった盤上遊技に興味のない祖も存在する。自らの王国建築に関心はなく、完全な不老不死を求める探求者たちだ。魔術師から死徒になった祖はこういった“派閥を作らない二十七”となる事が多い。
    以下に、二十七祖の一部を紹介する。

    1/プライミッツ·マーダー
    詳細不明。霊長の殺人者。白い獣。アルトルージュの魔犬(ガイアの怪物)。

    2/the dark six
    最初の死徒。闇色の六王権。現在蘇生中。
    蘇生した暁には死徒二十七祖を束ねると言われるが、正体を知る死徒はいない。

    3/朱い月のブリュンスタッド
    アルティミット·ワン。現在、空席。

    4/魔道元帥ゼルレッチ
    現存する五人の魔法使いの一人。宝石のゼルレッチとも呼ばれる。

    5/ORT(オルト)
    詳細不明。西暦以前に南米に落ちた突然変異種、らしい。攻性生物として次元違いの能力を誇る。

    6/リィゾ=バール·シュトラウト
    最古参の死徒。黒騎士シュトラウト。姫君(アルトルージュ)の護衛の一人。真性悪魔ニアダーク。

    7/腑海林アインナッシュ
    思考林。動き襲い捕食する森。

    8/フィナ=ヴラド·スヴェルテン
    白騎士ヴラド。姫君の護衛の一人。吸血伯爵。ストラトバリスの悪魔。

    9/アルトルージュ·ブリュンスタッド
    真祖と死徒の混血。死徒における吸血姫。黒。血と契約の支配者。

    10/ネロ·カオス
    混沌の群。魔術師が研究の果てに吸血種となったもの。

    11/スタンローブ、カルハイン
    捕食公爵。亡霊。別名、“街食うモノ”。……第一の亡霊(スタンティア)。

    13/?????
    タタリ。存在する、とされる死徒。ワラキアの夜、という俗称のみが伝承として残っている。

    14/ヴァン=フェム
    最古参の死徒。財界の魔王。人形師。七大ゴーレム「城」を想像する。

    15/リタ·ロズィーアン
    自称、芸術家。死徒の中でも特出した趣味の持ち主。親である死徒から城を受け継いだ二代目。

    16/グランスルグ·ブラックモア
    鵬。黒翼公。月飲み、とも呼ばれる死徒。固有結界ネバーモアを操る。

    17/トラフィム·オーテンロッゼ
    最古参の死徒。白翼公。魔術師から吸血種になったもの。典型的な吸血鬼。死徒の王。二十七祖を代表する死徒で、形式上だけなら最大の発言力を持つ。

    20/メレム·ソロモン
    フォーデーモン·ザ·グレイトビースト。死徒でありながら埋葬機関の五位。王冠の通り名を持つ、シエルにとってイヤな先輩。

    21/スミレ
    水魔スミレ。ウオーター·ボトル。水中に棲む変種の死徒。流水を克服した変革吸血鬼。

    24/エル·ナハト
    経歴不明。胃界教典、と呼ばれるアーティファクト。対死徒用の最大の切り札とされ、埋葬機関の手によって運営される。

    27/コーバック·アルカトラス
    千年錠の死徒。魔術師が研究の果てに死徒になったもの。

    ex/ミハイル·ロア·バルダムヨォン
    アカシャの蛇。転生無限者。教会では二十七祖の一人と数えられるが、二十七祖たちの中では分不相応と軽蔑視されている。

  3. [v] TYPE-MOON Manuscript - Zelretch Kishur Schweinorg, p.033-035

    Zelretch Kishur Schweinorg

    Overview
    The Wizard Marshall. One of the oldest mages, having been active since before the common era.
    When the war between Crimson Moon and the Mages Association broke out around 300 AD, the mages were too preoccupied with their own single-player antics to be able to function as an army, so Zelretch took them by the neck and unified them, becoming feared as the Wizard Marshall in the process.
    He repelled Crimson Moon, but in the process the #3 of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors charged him and sucked his blood, and though he defeated this one too, he was ultimately turned into a Dead Apostle.
    Afterward, he was to become mankind’s enemy, unable to oppose Crimson Moon… but he just thought ‘I wasn’t mankind’s ally to begin with—kinda just wanna go retire’, taking the opportunity to disappear from the center stage of magecraft.

    After becoming one of the 27 Ancestors, he came to understand Crimson Moon’s views, and began hating him even further.
    On the other hand, after comprehending the system behind the 27 Ancestors, he became aware of the other Ancestors’ way of being, and so stopped hating vampires themselves. After all, some of the Ancestors were far more pure in their scholarship compared to the Mages Association’s advocates of pre-established privileges.


    Appearance
    From his outward appearance he looks like to be in his 60s. His facial features are Germanic.
    He is a stern-looking elder, his gray (originally blond) hair in a dishevelled back sweep, though on account of his youthful expressions, he can also look to be in his fifties.
    190 cm tall, well-built, with excellent posture—the very stereotype of an esteemed military-man.
    Consult the picture book that came with the Tsukihime anime as a bonus prologue for how his clothes look.


    Personality
    Lawful Good.
    Extroverted, self-assured, proactive.
    A thoughtful sage—one who assesses the whole and imagines a bright future. Though he has a scary look that makes others distance themselves from him, he is a man of social justice and has good and honest morals.
    However, though he has them, that doesn’t mean he applies them to himself, and is rather a man of freedom who does whatever he likes.
    “I’ll force rules upon the Mages Association for the sake of a brighter future, but I never said I’d follow those rules myself” is something he actually follows through with.
    He has the same attitude as a grandpa who often laughs as he watches over the life of his mischievous grandchild.
    Though he is an observer, he will still butt into arguments (in fact, if someone is about to make a blunder, he will warn them, a smile on his face), and if he realizes things are about to spill over onto him, he will childishly hinder it with full force. That’s the kind of adult he is.
    Zelretch generally sees himself as an alumnus who has already graduated from ‘Earth Academy’. Meaning, as long as the academy itself doesn’t go under, he will just warmly watch on from afar at the various problems afflicting it—broad-mindedly thinking something like “I did about the same when I was young”
    The highlight of Zelretch’s life was his showdown with Crimson Moon, so everything beyond that he sees as nothing more than ‘the rest of his days’.
    Although, that is precisely why he’s very proactive when it comes to assessing the situation surrounding Crimson Moon. One could see it as taking care of the aftermath of his adolescent period. The reason Zelretch headed for the castle of the True Ancestors and blessed the birth of Arcueid was because she was the factor who would take his place in bringing an end to the Crimson Moon problem.


    Manner of Talking
    His first-person pronoun is ‘washi’.
    He calls people by their personal name. If he has respect for someone of a more noble personage, he will use their appropriate title of honor—‘princess’, ‘king’ and so forth.
    If who he’s talking to is someone he personally likes, he may go as far inadvertently calling them “omae-san”.
    He does not use ‘~ja’ or ‘‘~jawai’ or such, at the end of his sentences.
    He speaks like a dignified elder, but try to keep in mind that his sentences are a bit youthful here and there.
    “I intended to remain youthful forever, but it didn’t quite go as I wanted”
    The ideal is to avoid long sentences—make him come through with each individual word.


    Abilities
    The father of jewel magecraft—to store magical energy in minerals, stabilize them and use it for various applications in life and for supporting civilization.
    Even if we assume that the Earth did not fall into the hands of humanity—remaining in the Age of Gods—he might have still piloted rockets using just his jewels.

    The Second Magic concerns the attestation and application of parallel worlds.
    By making it possible to travel to parallel worlds, he proved that there is still room for the world to develop in different ways.
    Thanks to this, the world’s lifespan has been extended. Even if our history fails, and we destroy ourselves, there might still be others of us out there—this concept granted hope to the planet, which had been in the process of losing its dreams.
    Zelretch’s method for travelling through parallel words is a simple one—he transfers himself to a jewel in a different temporal axis.
    For example: if he wants to transfer from World A to World B, he will gather jewels in World B until they gather up enough to take Zelretch’s shape, and then Zelretch’s soul will transfer over. In an instant, the jewel golem transforms into Zelretch. At that point, the Zelretch in World A will turn back into its original form as a pile of jewels.
    As long as minerals and jewels exist there, he can travel into any world he wishes, but as he only has a single soul, he cannot be active in all of them at once.
    He originally travelled with just his physical body, but because of various circumstances he eventually settled for this method as it was the easiest.
    In addition, as a small amount of time lag occurs when he travels, he is also capable of a tiny bit of time travel as well.
    To answer the question of ‘if he doesn’t travel with his physical body, how could he be a Dead Apostle?’—as someone who has inherited the Hemonomic Principle of one of the 27 Ancestors, he has been corrupted on the soul-level, so it's impossible for him not to be.
    Vampirification is not the transformation of the body, but of existence. It’s like if the entry in the Akashic Records that read ‘human’ changed class to ‘Dead Apostle’—to become a vampire in one’s very being.


    Career
    One of the oldest mages, having been active since B.C. Also one of King Solomon’s pupils.
    After Solomon's death, Zelretch witnessed the end of the Age of Gods with his own eyes, and then disappeared from the center stage.
    Afterward, when one of his fellow students (Brissan) was starting up the Mages Association, he helped out in laying its foundations.
    As a result, the mages who had not perished became involved in the war against Crimson Moon 200 years later. In this battle, Zelretch transformed from human to Dead Apostle.
    He has been observing many different parallel words ever since, detachedly spectating the course of their events.


    Standing

    Attitude toward the Mages Association
    Due to his promise with Yumina, and the fact that he is old acquaintances with the headmaster, he shows up now and then to act as an advisor for them. He has accepted the weakening of mage ideals as something that happens. However, if some weakling comes before him and starts going off about their own theories he will beat them and their weak character into shape.
    When there are issues concerning Magic, he appears before the Association and delivers fair and just judgment.

    Attitude toward the Holy Church
    He does not concern himself with them in the slightest.

    Attitude toward the Dead Apostles
    He does not interfere with them as long as they do not cause some particularly large-scale mischief.
    He has seen through the mechanisms behind the 27 Ancestors, but has deliberately chosen to quietly observe them. He is tea-drinking companions with the three idiots of Agape, Lovematroos and Caubac. Rumors have it that he becomes like a simple grandpa doting on his grandchild when dealing with Agape.

    Attitude toward the True Ancestors
    Zelretch is highly regarded among the True Ancestors as he is one of the most prominent mages in the human world.
    Zelretch, on account of having been alive since before the common era, is friendly with the elementals known as the True Ancestors, and often provides them with counsel:
    “Kishua, hey, listen. You know that ‘Christianity’ thing humans are doing among each other? What’s that? A new type of magecraft system?
    “That’s a detailed Manual to Mankind’s Prosperity. It will one day even turn out to be a best-seller. Well, it’s for the best if you don’t know much about it. You’d probably lose your minds.
    “I see, if you say so, then it’s probably true. By the way, I’d like to try a bit of that wine they make in Bourgogne. Could you get some?
    Stuff like this.

    Attitude toward Rin
    ‘Tohsaka’s descendants sure did well! Alright, there aren’t any Magician seats left, but I will hammer some unreasonably difficult magecraft into you! They’re things I’ve worked out but unfortunately never taught anyone!’ So he goes, a bit happily.
    Anyone who is a Magician’s pupil is first started off with a living hell where they might accidentally destroy the universe—like with Aoko from Mahoyo. Although Rin never minded it that much, instead simply tilting her head, wondering if maybe she had just had some kind of tremendously hellish thing shown to her, after which she kept puking for a whole month.

    キシュア・ゼルレッチ・シュバインオーグ
    概要
    魔道元帥。西暦以前から活動している最古の魔術師のひとり。
    西暦300年頃に起きた朱い月と魔術協会の戦争のおり、個人プレーばっかりで軍隊として機能しやがらねえ魔術師たちのガン首おさえて統括した事から魔道元帥と恐れられる事となった。
    朱い月は撃退したものの、その最中に二十七祖・三位の死徒に突貫をうけ、これを倒すも血を吸われてしまい、死徒化してしまう。
    以後は朱い月に敵対できなくなり、人類の敵となる。……が、もともと人類の味方でもねーしそろそろ隠居したいと思っていたのでこれ幸いと魔術の表舞台から姿を消した。

    二十七祖の一角になってからは朱い月の考えも分かり、余計に毛嫌いするようになる。
    反面、二十七祖のシステムを理解し、他の祖たちの在り方を知ってからは吸血鬼嫌いではなくなった。祖の一部は魔術協会の既得権利主義者たちよりよっぽど純粋な学徒だったからだ。

    鉱石に関わる魔術の頂点。第二魔法・万華鏡の魔法使い。
    エネルギーを安定・構築させるエキスパート。

    外見
    外見年齢六十代、顔立ちはゲルマン系で。
    白髪(もとは金髪)を乱雑にオールバックにした厳つい顔をした老人だが、表情が若々しいので五十代にも見える。
    190cmの長身、ガタイよし、背筋もピンと張っていて、まさに軍隊の偉い人、みたいなステレオタイプ。
    服装はアニメ月姫・序章の特典としてついてきた絵本を参照。

    性格
    秩序・善。
    外向的、強気、能動的。
    思慮深く、全体を見ての良い未来を考える賢人。強面で他人を寄せ付けない外見をしているが社会正義の人で、まっとうな倫理観を持っている。
    が、持っているだけでそれを自分には課さず、やりたいコトをやるだけの自由人。「より良い未来のために協会にはルールを強制するが、儂がルールを守るとは言っていない」を地でいっている。
    スタンス的にはやんちゃな孫の人生を見守っている、よく笑うお爺ちゃん。
    傍観者でありながら口だし(しかも失敗しそうだとニマニマして忠告する)をし、かつ自分に火の粉がかかると分かれば全力で大人げなく阻止する。そんな大人。

    ゼルレッチは基本的に「自分はもう地球という学校から卒業したOB」として自身を捉えている。なので学校が崩壊しないかぎり、その中で起きている様々な問題は温かな目で眺めているだけ。「儂も若い頃はそれぐらいやったしな」ぐらいの懐の深さ。
    ゼルレッチの人生最大の見せ場は朱い月との対決だったので、それが過ぎた後はほんと余生にすぎないのだ。
    もっとも、だからこそ「朱い月」に関するコトだけは積極的に様子を見に行ってしまう。青春時代の後始末というか。ゼルレッチが真祖たちの城に赴き、アルクェイドの誕生を言祝いだのは、彼女が自分にかわって「朱い月問題を終わらせる」因子だったから

    口調
    一人称は「儂」。
    他人に対しては名字を呼び捨て。これと感じ入った高貴な人物にはそれに適した敬称を。「姫」「王」といった風に。
    個人的に気に入った相手には、いいところでポロッと「おまえさん」と呼びかける。
    語尾に「~じゃ」「じゃわい」などはつかない。
    貫禄のある老人口調だが、ところどころ若々しいセンテンスを心がけるように。「いつまでも若い気でいるが、そうはいかんものだな」
    長台詞はさけて、一言一言でバシッと決めるのが理想。

    能力
    宝石魔術の祖。鉱石に魔力を蓄え、安定させ、これを様々な生活・文明補助に使うもの。
    仮に地球が人間の手に渡らず、神代世界のままだったら彼は宝石だけでロケットを飛ばしていたかもしれない。
    第二魔法は並行世界の証明と運用。
    並行世界への移動を可能にした彼は“このように、世界には違う展開を迎える余地がある”事を証明した。
    これのおかげで世界は寿命を延ばした。「我々の歴史は失敗し、自滅するが、他に成功した我々がいるかもしれない」という概念が、夢を失いつつあった星に希望を与えたからだ。
    ゼルレッチの並行世界移動法は単純なもので、彼は違う時間軸の地球にある「宝石」に転移する。
    たとえばA世界からB世界に移動するのなら、B世界にある宝石がザザーッとゼルレッチのカタチになるまで集まって、そこにゼルレッチの魂が転移する。瞬間、宝石ゴーレムはゼルレッチに変身する。この時点でA世界にいたゼルレッチは元の宝石の山に戻る。
    鉱石・宝石が存在する世界ならどこにでも移動できるのだが、本人の魂は一つきりなので同時に活動はできない。
    もともとは生身で移動していたが、色々あってこの方式が一番楽だと落ち着いた。
    また、この移動時に多少の時間誤差が生じるため、時間移動もちょっとだけなら可能となっている。

    生身じゃないなら死徒じゃないんじゃないの?という質問には、二十七祖の原理血戒を受け継いでしまったため魂レベルで汚染されているので無理、と返すように。
    吸血鬼化なんてものは肉体の変容ではなく存在の変容である。アカシックレコードにある“人間”という記述が“死徒”にクラスチェンジしてしまったようなもの。もう生き物として“吸血鬼”なのである。

    経歴
    BCから活動している最古の魔術師のひとり。ソロモン王の弟子でもある。
    ソロモン王死後、神代の終わりを見届けて表舞台から姿を消す。
    その後、魔術協会を立ち上げる学友(ブリサン)に手を貸して協会の基部を構築。
    その結果、二百年後に滅びなかった魔術師たちと朱い月の戦争が始まる。この戦いでゼルレッチは人間から死徒に変貌。
    以後は多くの並行世界を観察しながら、飄々と事の顛末を傍観している。

    立ち位置

    魔術協会への態度:
    ユミナとの約束もあるし学長とは旧知なのでご意見番としてたまに面倒を見に来るぐらい。魔術師たちの思想の軟弱化はまあそんなもんだろう、と受け止めている。ただし軟弱者が自分の前で持論を垂れ流したらその性根をたたき直す。
    魔法に関わる案件があると協会に現れ、大岡裁きをする。

    聖堂教会への態度
    まったく関わっていない。

    死徒への態度
    大規模な悪さをしなければ介入しない。
    二十七祖のからくりを看破しているが、あえて静観している。アガぺ、ラブマドロス、コーバックの三バカとは茶飲み仲間。アガペの相手をしてるあたり、たんに孫好きのおじいちゃん説がある。

    真祖への態度
    人間世界の最高位魔術師として、真祖たちもゼルレッチを重く見ていた。
    ゼルレッチは西暦以前から生きている人間のよしみで、精霊である真祖たちの相談を受けていた。「キシュア君。ほら、なんだ。あの人間達の間ではやっているキリスト教ってヤツ?あれなんなの?新しい魔術系統?」「ありゃ綿密に作られた人類発展教本だな。しかもいずれベストセラーになる。まあ、おまえさんがたは知らない方がいい。おそらく正気が飛ぶぞ」「そうか、キシュア君がそういうならそうなんだろう。ところでブルゴーニュで作られたワインとかいうの、ちょっと飲んでみたいんだけど。手に入らないかな?」
    こんな感じ。

    凛への態度
    遠坂の末裔ががんばった!よし、魔法使いの席はもうないが儂が編み出したものの誰にも教えられずガッカリしていたいろんな無理難題魔術をたたきこんでやろう!
    といった感じでちょっと楽しい。
    まほよの青子よろしく、魔法使いの弟子はまず最初に宇宙をうっかり滅ぼすところから始めさせられるという地獄。もっとも、凛の意識はそこまでのものではないので「あれ、なんかいまものすごい地獄を見せられなかったか私?」と首をかしげながら、トラウマで一ヶ月吐き続けた感じ。

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Drama CD Nerawareta Ahnenerbe Secret Track translation
  5. Fate/strange Fake Volume 1 - Extra Chapter: Observer. Or, Character Creation translation, p.187-193
  6. Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Prologue IX: "The Star Performers' Feast (Part 2)"
  7. Fate/strange Fake Volume 6 - Chapter 18: "As Dream and Reality are Both Illusion I"
  8. Fate/strange Fake Volume 6 - Bridge Chapter: "Clink Clank"
  9. Tsukihime・Fate glossaries Sa~So - 27 Ancestors

    Furthermore, for those who have reached the 27 Ancestor class, it is possible to exist as a phantom even after losing the physical body. Those who have completely lost their original bodies are Nrvnqsr Chaos, Stanrobe Calhin, TATARI, Gransurg Blackmore, Caubac Alcatraz, and Michael Roa Valdamjong.

    なお、二十七祖クラスになると肉体を失っても幽体として存在できる。本来の肉体を完全に失ったものはネロ・カオス、スタンローブ・カルハイン、タタリ、グランスルグ・ブラック モア、コーバック・アルカトラス、ミハイル・ロア・バルダムヨォンがある。

  10. Kagetsu Tohya - 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors Series, 27/Caubac Alcatraz

    Dead Apostle of the Thousand-Year Lock.
    A Sorcerer who turned Dead Apostle through research.
    Invented a treasure chest no one can open, but accidentally trapped himself in there, too.
    Comedian of the 27 Dead Apostles.
    But his true abilities... well... he's the comedy director.
    Acquainted with Zelretch for a long time. Almost a Master Sorcerer.

  11. [v] Tsukihime Dokuhon PlusPeriod - TSUKIHIME Dictionary: The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors [Term], p.180-182

    The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors [Term]
    The 27 ancestors who are the original source of the Dead Apostles. Currently, about half of them are being sealed by the Church.
    As the 27 oldest Dead Apostles, there are those among them that have already disappeared. The reason that they are still counted as the "27" Dead Apostle Ancestors despite that fact is because whenever an Ancestor dies, one of his subordinates will inherit the position.
    However, although proper Dead Apostles will create subordinates and work to expand their influence, there are some Ancestors who have no interest in any of that at all. Those Ancestors that used to be magi before they became Dead Apostles tend to be more akin to "seekers" rather than "bloodsuckers". In that sense, both Roa and Nrvnqsr could surely be said to have been brothers.
    Though it isn't really related to the main story of Tsukihime, below is a brief introduction of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors. The missing numbers represent those Dead Apostles that have either been executed by the Church, or are currently "atoning".

    1/ Primate Murder
    Details unknown. Murderer of primates. The White Beast. Altrouge's demonic dog (the Beast of Gaia).

    2/ The Dark Six
    The very first Dead Apostles. The six royals of darkness. Currently resuscitating.
    It is said that their revival will unite the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors, but not a single Dead Apostle knows their true colors.

    3/ Crimson Moon Brunestud
    Ultimate One. Currently vacant.

    4/ Wizard Marshal Zelretch
    One of the five existing magicians. Also called Zelretch of the Jewel.
    Despite being a Dead Apostle, he cooperates with the True Ancestors. Arcueid thinks of him as a sort of grandfatherly servant. He toppled the Crimson Moon in battle, but had his blood sucked at the last second and became a Dead Apostle. However, even after becoming a vampire his position as a magician stayed intact, and he traveled around the world to various countries where he would take disciples and uniformly ruin them all.

    5/ ORT
    Details unknown. Seems to be a mutant species that crash landed in South America sometime before the Common Era. As an attack-type organism, its power is on a completely different level. It uses the encroaching reality marble, Crystal Valley. Its appearance is similar to a spider's. The former 5th capture it, and was instantly annihilated. Afterward, it was confirmed to possess vampiric traits, and is now treated as an Ancestor itself.
    Type Mercury.

    6/ Rizo-Vaal Strout
    One of the longest-serving Dead Apostles. Black Knight Strout. One of Altrouge's bodyguards. On account of Apostle recklessly tried to being inflicted with a curse of time, he is immortal. The True Devil Neardark.

    7/ Disemboweling Forest Einnashe
    A bloodsucker formed from carnivorous plants. It is a forest unified with a single will, and is very similar to a phantasmal species. Once every several centuries, a deep crimson fruit will mature deep within it. This fruit is the congealed mass of all the blood Einnashe took in over the years, and legends state that it has the power to grant immortality to whoever eats it.

    8/ Fina-Vlad Svelten
    White Knight Vlad. One of Altrouge's bodyguards. The Vampiric Count. Devil of Stratovaris. Captain of the Ghost Fleet. He has an interest in handsome youths, and only drinks the blood of other men. He and Rita simply do not get along at all. Possesses the reality marble Parade.

    9/ Altrouge Brunestud
    Hybrid of a True Ancestor and a Dead Apostle. Vampire princess of the Dead Apostles. "Black". Master of blood and contracts. Primate Murder's owner. Appears to be a 14 year old girl.

    10/ Nrvnqsr Chaos
    A living mass of chaos. A magus whose research ultimately led him to become a bloodsucker.

    11/ Stanrobe Calhin
    The Duke of Predation. Wraith. Also known as the "City Devourer". An invincible character whose density of existence will reach zero in about 200 years.

    13/ ?????
    Tatari. A Dead Apostle purported to exist. Only the name "Night of Wallachia" remains as a legend handed down through the ages.

    14/ Van Fem
    One of the longest-serving Dead Apostles. Dark Lord of the Business World. Puppet Master. He created seven great golem castles, and so is also known as "Van Fem of the Demonic Castles". A man of the world, who holds a prominent position in public society, and even worries about global affairs. The fifth of his castles, Matri, was captured by Parade during an engagement with the White Knight Vlad, and ever since then he has harbored a grudge against Altrouge's faction.

    15/ Rita Rozay-en
    A self-proclaimed artist. Indulges in a distinctive hobby even among the Dead Apostles. A second-generation Dead Apostle that inherited her castle from the Dead Apostle that made her, but since she was the official successor her situation is not the same as Enhance's. The very model of a noble bloodsucker, she indulges in a hell of debauchery and luscious depravity day in and day out.

    16/ Gransurg Blackmore
    Peng. The Black Wing Lord. A Dead Apostle known as the Moon Eater. Uses the reality marble Nevermore. A magus whose research ultimately led him to become a bloodsucker. Despite being a Dead Apostle himself, he possesses an ability that is strong against other Dead Apostles.

    17/ Trhvmn Ortenrosse
    One of the longest-serving Dead Apostles. The White Wing Lord. A magus who became a bloodsucker. The quintessential vampire. King of the Dead Apostles. As the official representative of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors he has the greatest influence – formally, at least. In practice, however, Altrouge's influence is even greater, and the two are constantly at odds. Also, Trhvmn was the Dead Apostle who proposed they start hunting True Ancestors. In a sense, he was the reason Nrvnqsr met his end in that far-off Eastern land.

    18/ Enhance
    The Knight of Vengeance, Enhance. A Dead Apostle who killed his master, and only just took over the original 18th Ancestor's position. Consequently, he is known derisively as the "Single-edged Enhance Sword".

    20/ Merem Solomon
    The Great Four Demon Beasts. Despite being a Dead Apostle, he is the fifth member of the Burial Agency.
    Goes by the alias of Crown. For Ciel, he is something like a pesky senpai. A collector of treasures from all times and places. Probably the only reason he joined the Burial Agency is because he wanted to be close to the treasures sealed by the Church.

    21/ Sumire
    Aquatic Demon Sumire. Water Bottle. An oddball Dead Apostle that lives underwater. Traditionally, vampire folklore states that they cannot cross running water.
    Rivers and oceans are like impassable barriers to them. Sumire has conquered this weakness, but in exchange it seems that it has become hard for her to move on land. Also, she's perpetually drunk. While this may make her seem pretty weak, in reality she has a strong enough compositional ability to break into the upper echelons. Among the Dead Apostles, she is the only one capable of using Marble Phantasm. If you put her on dry land and dry her out, her drunkenness will disappear and she'll be able to demonstrate her true power, maybe. Her outward appearance is that of an easy to get along with drunk lady, and she has a castle, but it's a completely abandoned husk. There's a rumor that she and Rita are on such good terms they could just kill each other.

    24/ El Nahat
    Background unknown. The artifact called the Book of the Stomach World. A peculiar vampire embodying refraction. Possesses the unique ability to almost certainly erase an opponent in one-on-one combat, but his own body is destroyed every time he uses it and requires several decades to revive. Thanks to that, he is currently sealed by the Church. Regarded as the Burial Agency's ultimate anti-Dead Apostle trump card, they only bring him out on rare occasions.

    27/ Caubac Alcatraz
    Dead Apostle of the Millennium Lock. A magus whose research ultimately led him to become a Dead Apostle. He was also a believer, just like Merem and Roa. He constructed a labyrinth to protect the culmination of his ideology, the Holy Scripture Triten, from outside invaders. However, he accidentally trapped himself inside, and so has not made an appearance for several hundred years.

    EX/ Michael Roa Valdamjong
    The Serpent of Akasha. The Infinite Reincarnator. Though the Church counts him among the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors, the Ancestors themselves despise him as an "extra number".

    死徒二十七祖【用語】

    9/アルトルージュ・ブリュンスタッド
    真祖と死徒の混血。死徒

Vampires
Dead Apostles
Ciel (Remake) • Curry de MarcheJester KartureLord Rozay-enMaiko YamaseNoelOdd BorzakSatsuki YumizukaShiki Tohno (Remake) • SHIKI Tohno (Remake) • Sion Eltnam AtlasiaShirleyTarantellaThird Crusade Dead ApostleZepia Eltnam Atlasia
The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors (Remake)
Primate MurderThe Dark SixBrunestud of the Crimson MoonKischur Zelretch SchweinorgORT (LostbeltXibalba) • Rizo-Waal StroutEinnasheForest of Einnashe (Remake) • Fina-blood SveltenAltrouge BrunestudNrvnqsr Chaos (Remake) • LouvreStanrobe CalhinTATARIDust of OsirisVan-FemRita Rozay-enGransurg Blackmore (Remake) • Trhvmn OrtenrosseEnhanceZaria OffenbaumVlov ArkhangelMerem SolomonSumireChromclay PetastructureEl NahatBe'zeCaubac Alcatraz
Michael Roa Valdamjong (Remake)
True Ancestors
Altrouge BrunestudArcueid Brunestud (Red ArcueidBerserkerRemake (Eco-ArcArchetype: Earth))
Lamyros
Wolfgang Faustus
Others
Akiha Tohno (Remake) • Hinako AkutaBaobhan SithCarmillaChild of EinnasheEuryaleMedusaSion Eltnam SokarisSthenoVlad III (EXTRAApocryphaBerserker)
Tsukihime characters
Main characters
Shiki Tohno (Remake) • Arcueid Brunestud (Remake) • Ciel (Remake) • Akiha Tohno (Remake) • Hisui (Remake) • Kohaku (Remake) • Satsuki Yumizuka (Remake) • LenMichael Roa Valdamjong (Remake)
Secondary characters
Arihiko Inui (Remake) • Aoko AozakiBarthomeloi LoreleiCrimson MoonDr. ArachEnhanceGoto SaikiGransurg Blackmore (Remake) • Karius BerlusconiKouma Kishima (Remake) • Mario Gallo BestinoMerem SolomonMr. DawnMio SaikiNarbareckNanakoNoelNrvnqsr Chaos (Remake) • Shiki NanayaSHIKI Tohno (Remake) • Vlov ArkhangelYuugo Ando
Minor characters
Akemi YamaseAkira SeoBrainwashing-DetectiveCaubac AlcatrazCurry de MarcheEco-ArcForteFake ShikiHanei MisawaIchiko InuiKeiko ArimaKiri NanayaMagical AmberMaiko YamaseMakihisa TohnoMaster PandaMecha-ShikiNeco-Arc (Remake) • Neco-Arc BubblesNeco-Arc DestinyNeco-Arc EvolutionPhantas-MoonSougen JinanSouka TsukihimeTokie JinanTonami KugamineTsukasa Shijyou
Melty Blood characters
Miyako Arima (Remake) • Dust of OsirisMech-HisuiNeco-Arc ChaosNight of WallachiaRed Arcueid (Remake) • Riesbyfe StridbergSaberShiki RyougiSion Eltnam AtlasiaWhite Len
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