Don QuixoteWP (ドン・キホーテ, Don Kihōte?) is a Lancer-class Servant summoned by Ritsuka Fujimaru in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.
Profile[]
Identity[]
Don Quixote's real name is Alonso Quijano (アロンソ・キハー?), an old man from 17th century Spain who was so obsessed with tales of chivalry and knights that he became mad and decided to become a knight himself.
The woman accompanying him is Sancho Panza (サンチョ・パンサ?), a fusion of Don Quixote's "squire" Sancho PanzaWP, his horse RocinanteWP, Altisidora the prankster girl, and his imaginary princess Dulcinea del TobosoWP.[3]
In the 17th century, the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes wrote Don QuixoteWP, which became the best-sold novel in the world. In 2002, it was elected the best work in the history of literature, influencing multiple pieces of music, painting, and other arts. Don Quixote's name became known around the world as a form of criticism for those who rejected reality in favor of fantasy and escapism.[1]
In the novel, Don Quixote is a poor 50-year-old hidalgo[Note 1] that got so immersed in knightly romances that he becomes mad and sold his fields to pursue his dreams of becoming a knight. His madness gradually convinced him he was a knight-errant, throwing him on an adventure accompanied by his skinny and aged horse Rocinante and his squire Sancho, a man who he convinced to go along with his misadventures.[1]
He dared to charge against windmills he assumed to be giants, was banned from farms for treating the farmhands' daughters like princesses, and defeated Sanson Carrasco when the bachiller disguised himself as a knight in an attempt to bring Quixote back to reality.[1]
When Sanson Carrasco recovered from his wounds, he disguised himself as a different knight and defeated Don Quixote in another duel, making the old man promise to live a quiet year in his home village. As Carrasco predicted, Don Quixote tottered back to the village, but what healed his madness was a nearly fatal fever.[1]
After 6 days of suffering, Don Quixote regained his sanity and was once again Alonso Quijano. Despite lamenting the silliness of his knightly tales, he preserved his human virtue until the day he died.[1]
Appearance[]
Don Quixote is a squat man with a thick white beard and mustache that become smaller with each Ascension. In each Ascension, his face is overshadowed by his helmet. In his first Ascension, he wears golden armor with decorative lines, a golden helmet with a golden bird on top, and a white cape and wields a lance whose tip is connected to the shaft by a blue diamond. In the second Ascension, his armor becomes an ordinary steel plate armor, and his helmet is replaced with a morion-type helmet. His lance likewise becomes ordinary, though sports a golden tip, and his cape shrinks in size and changes to red. In his third Ascension, his armor becomes worn, featuring multiple cuts on the chest plate and helmet while the cape is torn and the lance's tip chipped.
Sancho appears as a pretty young woman with glasses, pink hair, horse ears, and a horsetail. In the first Ascension, she wears a maid uniform, an old-fashioned secretary outfit in the second, and a purple princess dress with a tiara in the third.
Personality[]
Don Quixote[]
He's not the type to listen to what others have to say, but he is still the archetypical kind and loyal knight despite this, always being courteous to women and always willing to protect the weak and challenge the strong.[1]
In the 1st and 2nd Ascensions, he behaves as the knight of his dreams with a commanding bearing and vigorous dedication to Dulcinea del Toboso.[1]
When in his 3rd Ascension, his aspect flips into that of a frail elder he is and gains a clear understanding of reality. Nonetheless, with Sancho's encouragement, Don Quixote of reality possesses the same courage as the knight he imagined himself to be and faces reality like any other enemy.[1]
Sancho Panza[]
She follows Don Quixote happily and dutifully as an all-purpose maid, granting his every wish. That said, she does know when and how to gracefully refuse her lord's orders to prevent conflicts and other kinds of disadvantageous situations. While Quixote swears loyalty to his Master as their Servant and knight, Sancho's only loyal to Quixote.[1]
Sancho Panza is a Phantom, formed as an amalgamation of Don Quixote's squire, princess, and many other characters in his story, and thus fills whatever role is convenient for her lord. When accompanying Don Quixote as his squire, she takes the character of the country farmer or the horse, and on all other occasions, she takes the character of noble and advises Princess Dulcinea, and the maid Altsidora, a girl who expresses her love for Don Quixote on the orders of her Duke.[1]
Relationships[]
- Charlemagne and the Twelve Paladins
- Being a lover of tales of chivalry, Quixote is a big fan of Charlemagne and his Twelve Paladins and considers meeting them to be a huge honor. Sancho is less fond of them, thinking they're closer to a variety show than knightly heroes.[2]
- Knights of the Round Table
- As with the Twelve Paladins, Quixote is a huge fan of the Knights of the Round Table due to the role they play in tales of chivalry.[2]
- Marie Antoinette
- Quixote initially believed Marie to be Dulcinea del TobosoWP because of their shared beauty before Sancho reminded him she wasn't and pulled him away from her out of jealousy.[2]
- Mordred
- Since Mordred is one of the villains in Arthurian myth, Don Quixote believes that he is destined to face her in battle someday, an idea Sancho fully supports.[2]
- Red Hare
- Upon seeing Red Hare, Sancho got reminded of how she could have looked like and was relieved that RocinanteWP's contributions to her body stopped at his ears and tail. Quixote didn't understand her relief, but was happy for her regardless.[2]
Role[]
Fate/Grand Order[]
Atlantis: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods[]
Don Quixote was a part of Nikola Tesla's Servant army fighting the Olympians before Chaldea arrived. He was excited to be among heroes like the kind he had always wanted to be. However when Heracles was killed by Artemis, Don Quixote lost the will to fight. He and Sancho escaped the Lostbelt using Triste Suave Alonso Quijano.[1]
Dying Thoughts Manifestation Realm Traum: Life and Death of a Certain Fantasy[]
Don Quixote pretends to be Karl der Große as one of the warring three kings of the Traum Singularity. He is supposed to only hold the position until the real Karl appears, but Karl has yet to show up.[4] Astolfo and Roland are in on his charade, though the army thinks he's the real Karl.[3]
Haunted by guilt for what he did in Atlantis, Don Quixote chooses to stay and fight this time and battles Constantine XI. He is easily overpowered, but even so does not give up. When he is about to die, Charlemagne arrives to save him.[5]
Abilities[]
Skills[]
Class Skills[]
- Magic Resistance (E Rank): A Skill that protects Don Quixote from magic, but can only reduce the damage magic inflicts upon him due to its low rank.
- Riding (E Rank): The ability to ride mounts and vehicles.
- Travelling Attendant (B Rank): A Skill that allows Sancho Panza to be at Don Quixote's side. She will disappear if Don Quixote is defeated, but Quixote will remain if Sancho is defeated.[1]
Personal Skills[]
- The Great Adventure of the Travelling Knight (EX Rank): A Skill that symbolizes Don Quixote's quest to spread the word of Princess Dulcinea's beauty, which Sancho narrates.[1]
- Opening the Door of Fantasy (EX Rank): A Skill that symbolizes Don Quixote's delusion. While using this Skill, Don Quixote becomes delusional and assumes the identity of the knight he is in his dreams. Despite being a subspecies of Mad Enhancement, it doesn't turn him savage, but does give him the bravery of a knight and turns him foolhardy.[1]
- Closing the Curtain of Reality (E Rank): A Skill that symbolizes Don Quixote's return to reality. When activated, he returns to being a powerless elder and abandoning his dreams.[1]
Noble Phantasm[]
- Valiente Asalto Dedicado a la Princesa: A Noble Phantasm based on his charge against the windmills he believed to be giants. When activated, Don Quixote assumes the form of his first Ascension symbolizing his idea of the ideal knight, regardless of which Ascension he currently is in, and charges towards the enemy as Sancho assumes the role of Rocinante. Afterward, Quixote takes on his third Ascension and takes heavy detriments.
- Triste Suave Alonso Quijano: The Noble Phantasm displaces every possible kind of fantasy to the level of reality from the viewpoint of 17th century Spain, dispelling Mystery to severely weaken an enemy. But it's tied to his Closing the Curtain of Reality and can enable several impossible wishes if one chooses to face reality. It is activated by Sancho rather than Quixote.[1]
Development[]
Creation and Conception[]
Don Quixote was designed by Ryota Murayama in Fate/Grand Order.
Notes[]
- Nobuo Tobita who voices Don Quixote and Satomi Arai who voices Sancho are possibily a reference to the characters Kamille Bidan and Fa Yuiry from the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New TranslationWP film trilogy. In this series, Fa is also a support character for Kamille.
- ↑ A hidalgo is a Spanish nobleman.
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 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 Fate/Grand Order - Don Quixote Profile - Translated by Comun
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Fate/Grand Order - Don Quixote's My Room voicelines.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Lostbelt 6.5: Traum - A Certain Phantasmal Life and Death - Chapter 7: No, I Don't Want Your Head
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Lostbelt 6.5: Traum - A Certain Phantasmal Life and Death - Chapter 1: The Coffinmaker is My Only Friend
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Traum: Life and Death of a Certain Fantasy - Section 16: The King Arrived for His Gallant Knights