Chaldean

Chaldean
Japanese name:	カルデアの者
Also known as:	Romani Archaman
Appearances
Primary franchise:	Fate
Appears in:	Fate/Grand Order
Characteristics
Species:	Unknown
Gender:	Male

The Chaldean (カルデアの者, Karudea no Mono^?), adopting the name Romani Archaman (ロマニ・アーキマン^?) during the South American Lostbelt, is a mysterious individual claiming to be affiliated with Chaldea Security Organization. He is currently travelling through the Lostbelts ahead of the Shadow Border, helping the inhabitants and spreading the name of Chaldea.

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Background

While appearing like Romani Archaman, Mash believes that he is not Romani due to the look in his eyes. Kirschtaria Wodime claims that he is pretending to be the doctor but not doing a good job at it.

Appearance

The Chaldean looks exactly like Romani Archaman, though his eyes are golden yellow, and the teal green of Roman's shirt and collar has been replaced by a plain black. Scars can be seen on both of his arms.

It's commented on by all the inhabitants of each Lostbelt that he was dressed in a shabby white uniform and ragged cloak, which helps Ritsuka identify him when he appears before them in Atlantis.

Personality

The Chaldean is observing the humanity of each Lostbelt according to Kirschtaria. He appears to share the same goals as Chaldea, but his motivations are unknown. He tells Morgan that the entire planet being destroyed is preferable to him over the Alien God's plans, though he also tells Ritsuka Fujimaru that if they clear all seven Lostbelts they will become his enemy.

The Chaldean's relationship with Chaldea is kind of ambiguous, as he is shown giving them advice and has contributed to the group's goals indirectly, and yet he is stating himself to be the organization's enemy at certain times. Despite this, he has never attacked Chaldea directly, although this might change as Chaldea has fulfilled the conditions of being his enemy. Despite being an enemy at this point, he still gives advice to Fujimaru, saying that if he wish return to Antarctica, he needs to remove everything foreign to him, and clear Ordeals.

Role

Fate/Grand Order

Cosmos in the Lostbelt

Anastasia: Permafrost Empire

The Chaldean appeared in a village without warning while bandits were attacking it. He approached the bandits, and demanded to know their reasons for attacking the village. They attacked him in response, but despite being surrounded, the Chaldean sliced off the bandits' limbs in an instant. The bandits who were left ran away in terror. The Chaldean then treated the wounded Yaga, and headed for the mountains.

Götterdämmerung: Eternal Icy Fire Century

The Chaldean repaired the bounded fields around Villages 23 and 67 keeping Giants out. He also served as Napoleon Bonaparte's source of information, teaching him all about the Lostbelt and hinted at Brynhildr's summoning by reciting her legend.

SIN: Synchronized Intellect Nation

After Qin Shi Huang's defeat, the Chaldean appeared to tell civilians hiding in a cave that it was now safe to come out.

Yuga Kshetra: Saṃsāra of Genesis and Terminus

The Chaldean healed a village suffering from disease, and contemplated how odd it was that they wanted to reward him, an outsider, despite them having very little to spare. He was unable to comprehend why they were reacting to him differently than other people he had known in the past despite him doing the same thing he had always done, and wondered if maybe it was due to how he looks.

Atlantis: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods

The Chaldean speaks with Miyamoto Musashi when Chaldea first arrives in the Lostbelt, telling her that he doesn't think they will be capable of defeating this Lostbelt as they had the others.

He saves Ritsuka from being killed by Kirschtaria after the Crypter single-handedly defeated their Servants. Kirschtaria retreats to avoid a fight with him, commenting the Chaldean's impression of Romani is poor. The Chaldean then transports Ritsuka's party to a beach. He tells them not to speak of this encounter with the Border crew, warning there is one amongst them they cannot trust.

Olympus: Interstellar Mountainous City

Musashi recounts to Fujimaru and Mash how she first met the Chaldean on the white, wiped-clean Earth after she left the Russian Lostbelt. The two of them journeyed to Atlantis together.

Avalon le Fae: Fae Round Table Domain

The Chaldean enters Morgan's throne room in Camelot a few hours after Fujimaru, da Vinci, and Artoria leave. Morgan had set up wraith-repelling wards, but while he claims they were well-crafted, he didn't have time to waste with them. Calling himself a man who can only do things to the extent that a human can, he can't afford to go places he has no business being in.

When Morgan asks if he has come to stop her from destroying Proper Human History, his response is no. The Chaldean tells her to destroy it if she can, because the planet collapsing from Morgan's plans is preferable to the future the Alien God has planned for it. The only reason he came to the Lostbelt was to see her praiseworthy work. After her 2,000 years of work, as someone who once stood in her place, the Chaldean wished to applaud how Morgan brought her world about.

As he leaves, he does warn Morgan that while Chaldea and the Child of Prophecy cannot stop her, if a third party appears they just might.

Nahui Mictlan: Golden Sea of Trees Travelogue

The Chaldean told Tepeu about Chaldea, the Lostbelts, and Proper Human History.

The Chaldean rescues Fujimaru and an amnesiac U-Olga Marie from feral deinos. Fujimaru accuses him of going by Romani's name, which he acknowledges though says it is not a true reflection of his identity, but it's what inside that counts. Fujimaru tells him to stop using it because he doesn't deserve the name, but the Chaldean doesn't comply.

When he realizes that Fujimaru has lost their Command Spells, he informs them that since they are no longer a Master they can no longer summon any more Servants, and so need a new survival strategy. Now that Fujimaru is no longer a Master, the Chaldean says that he no longer has business with them and begins to leave, but when Fujimaru asks where Mash is, he does tell them where she landed after leaping from the destruction of the Storm Border.

As he leaves, the Chaldean tells Fujimaru that if humanity is able to destroy all seven Lostbelts, then he will finally acknowledge them as his enemy. Although he doubts they can defeat Daybit Sem Void and ORT. After he leaves, U-Olga asks if he's even a living being, since she detected no emotional wavelength from him and he didn't acknowledge her.

After Chaldea fells the Lostbelt, the Chaldean meets with Grigori Rasputin on the bleached white Earth. Rasputin asks him what he will do now, since he said Chaldea would become his enemy if they cleared all seven Lostbelts, to which the Chaldean admits he was wrong. He thought that they would side with the Alien World CHALDEAS and Marisbury Animusphere in his plot, but sees now that they are also Marisbury's and the Alien World's enemies, just as he is.

The Chaldean also reveals that there are seven Apostles of the Alien World in total. Three to monitor the Crypters: the Priest, the Atlas-slayer, and the Malignant Incarnation. Three to monitor Chaldea: the Detective, the Professor, and the Count. And finally their leader, the God. U-Olga Marie probably didn't even realize herself that she was just a Servant of the true mastermind.

With two Apostles left, Rasputin and the Count, the Chaldean asks Rasputin if he intends to stop Chaldea. Rasputin says that he could do so, but it his not his place for they are their own stumbling block. If they cannot reckon with what they've accumulated so far, they will surely be put to judgment by Human Order itself.

Ordeal Call

Ordeal Call Prologue

When Novum Chaldea arrives at Antarctica, they find themselves blocked by a massive barrier similar to Galahad's Lord Camelot and powered by the Human Order itself, preventing them from reaching Chaldea's old base. The Chaldean appears on the Storm Border and informs them that it is a wall refusing to admit foreign bodies past now that CHALDEAS has begun its Human Order Assurance, and Novum Chaldea themselves no longer count as part of Proper Human History. This is due to them abusing Extra-class Servants, things outside of the Human Order's normal seven classes: Ruler, Avenger, and Alter Ego. Because they have used those impossible classes so much, Novum Chaldea is now being perceived as foreign entities themselves.

The Chaldean tells them that they must correct this distortion in order to approach CHALDEAS. They must uncover why these impossible attributes exist, and how their weapons and character can be of service to human history. Upon understanding and assessing this, Novum Chaldea will no longer be considered foreign. The Chaldean says that there are four distorted regions called Ordeal Calls, then corrects himself and says there are only three, and upon completing them the truth of the Celestial Sphere CHALDEAS will come to light.

Abilities

The Chaldean is not a Servant according to Mandricardo. He declares he would fight Kirschtaria to save Chaldea despite Kirschtaria's overwhelming power in the Atlantic Lostbelt, Kirschtaria agreeing to back down to avoid such a conflict. He reveals in the South America Lostbelt that he does not believe Chaldea to be a threat to him, but also that if they are able to defeat Daybit and the last Lostbelt then they will become his enemy. According to U-Olga, he does not have brain waves and she questions if he's even a living being. He is somehow able to travel to each individual Lostbelt, something limited to the Shadow Border, the authority of gods, and those granted authority by the Alien God. The Chaldean is said to have used a thin sword in the Russian Lostbelt, and was so skilled with it that he was able to slice off the limbs of a surrounding Yaga raiding party in an instant. He was able to repair a wall in a village and erect a Bounded Field equal to the previous Age of Gods Rune magecraft Bounded Field in the Scandinavian Lostbelt.

He seems to possess Solomon's Clairvoyance, as he tells Musashi in the Atlantic Lostbelt that his eyes don't see a future with her in it.