Einzbern

The Einzbern (アインツベルン, Aintsuberun^?) family is an independent Magus lineage who lives in a mountainous area near a certain river in Germany (probably Rhine River)^[1] seeking the Third Magic.

Characteristics[]

The family was created by the disciples of the Magician of the Third Magic seeking to replicate their master's achievements.^[2] Surprisingly for such an old lineage, they have no branch families.^[3]

They at some point came to be in possession of the Das Rheingold, the great treasure obtained by Siegfried by slaying the Dragon Fafnir.^[4]^[5] Because of knowing the gold very well, they can coin vessels of the Holy Grail.^[5]

About 1,000 years ago, the Einzberns started a quest to recover their lost miracle but eventually came to realize that they would never succeed by themselves and thus sought outside help. The result was the establishment of the Heaven's Feel ritual 200 years ago thanks to the help of the Makiri and the Tohsaka. They were the ones who built the Greater Holy Grail of Fuyuki and also the ones left in charge of producing a new vessel of the Holy Grail for each new Holy Grail War.

By 1300 AD at latest, all human Magi left the Einzberns besides the family's Tuners. Jubstacheit von Einzbern has since been producing output units for Souls, that is, Justeaze-model Homunculi by himself, trying to collect data around the Third Magic.^[2]^[6] From the Second Holy Grail War, he led the Einzberns as a family head, changing their goal from "seeking the Holy Grail" to "winning the Holy Grail War".

Although some members can be dangerous when forced to fight, their single-minded specialization in Alchemy makes them ill-suited for battle. That is the reason why, up to the Third Heaven’s Feel, the Masters of the Einzbern were eliminated early in the battle. For the Fourth Heaven’s Feel, the family hired the services of an outsider, Kiritsugu Emiya, and presented him with the sheath of the holy sword which was excavated from Cornwall to serve as a catalyst to summon King Arthur. The whole family placed their expectations on him, but he ended up betraying them and destroying the Holy Grail.

In their homeland, it always is winter, though Illyasviel von Einzbern implies this climate is artificially made, saying she sees normal snow for the first time in Fuyuki.^[7] Due to not being used to heat, they arranged for Holy Grail Wars to be held in winter.^[8] Since their dwelling is in a snowy mountain, the family does not have the custom of raising flowers.^[9] Although the cold condition in their homeland is also unsuitable to produce wine, they possess a brewery in the castle to supply alcohol, which is an ingredient necessary for their Magecraft,^[10] and Illyasviel explains that spirit^WPs made by the Einzberns exist.^[11] Jubstacheit has a close relationship with the Talbot farm of early autumn Darjeeling and for years its tea has been only served to special guests.^[12] The Einzbern castle at their homeland has a chapel to perform rituals^[13] and there Kiritsugu summoned Saber.^[14] The Einzbern family have a narrow view of Japan's culture.^[15]

In the Apocrypha World, they did not become discouraged by the fact that the Greater Grail was stolen in the Third Holy Grail War. Rather, they do not seem to have that kind of mentality in the first place (if they gave up, it would only be when even their greatest creation, Illyasviel, would fail to attain the Third Magic). They are doing everything they can with the belief that they might be able to reproduce that miracle and the Einzberns apparently were trying to make a new one. Accordingly, they have come to reluctantly have relationships with other Magi despite their insular and unsociable nature, and the Musik family took advantage of their confused state of affairs in order to receive a portion of their Homunculi craft. However, what the Einzberns taught was merely the equivalent of giving a toy to a child, so it was not much of a problem for them. The Musik family concealed the fact that they were part of the Yggdmillennia clan, but naturally the Einzberns knew about it. However, the Greater Grail was formed by taking apart the only successful Justeaze-model Homunculus, so the Einzbern agreed to cooperate with them in case they should manage to activate one.^[16] The Einzberns are in the midst of struggling to make a new Greater Grail under the excuse “It was stolen, so we’ll just make a new Holy Grail”. Fortunately, in the “Apocrypha” world, Kiritsugu Emiya will not end up becoming involved with the Einzberns, so their greatest work Illyasviel will never be born. As long as she is not born, the Einzberns will never despair.^[17]

Magecraft[]

Their Thaumaturgical Attribute is Flow and Transfer of Power that allowed them to specialize in Alchemy, especially in coining Homunculi.^[18] The Einzbern Homunculi have their functions determined during the design stages and are born with bodies and minds optimized to perform their purposes.^[19] The failures with somewhat better qualities are reused as maids and the worse ones get dumped into the forest or into a lake in the castle.^[6] Even discarded Homunculi are far stronger than an average Magus.^[20]

The Magecraft of the Einzbern family, which follows the Thaumaturgical School of Alchemy, is based on the creation and refinement of substances and the focus of their studies lies solely in the structural manipulation of precious metals. They know Healing Magecraft, but as Alchemists this is used not for the sake of recovering the flesh of injured people, but rather to lessen the great burden felt by a subject who received an organ that was tempered with Magical Energy and help his body get used with the newly transplanted organ.^[21] Because with their Magecraft Magical Energy becomes easily dispersible, buildings that sealed off with soil or stone are the ones most desired by them to install a Magical Workshop.^[22]

The Homunculi of the Einzbern are created from the knowledge passed down by Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern, known as the "Master of Northern Alchemy", and Kiritsugu Emiya claims that none can match her descendants in the process of creating artificial humans.^[23] Created through cultivation tanks, they are of a high quality.

The Homunculi created by the Einzbern, even those regarded as failures, have enough Magical Energy to pose a threat to the Enforcers of the Mage's Association.^[20] Also, their knowledge of Magecraft comes from being branded with a standardized reverse-type Magic Crest. The models based on Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern, such as Irisviel von Einzbern and Illyasviel von Einzbern, share the memories and personality of the original. In a way, they're the same being. Illya herself is a very special case and her very existence can be considered a miracle in itself. She was “birthed” through conventional means by her mother, Irisviel, although she was put through several magical treatments while still in the womb. Said treatments made her body become even more unlike that of a human being than other Homunculi and caused her poor growth.

Members[]

Fillia - Homunculus
Illyasviel von Einzbern - Justeaze-latest model Homunculus^[24] and de facto Ninth Head^[25]
Irisviel von Einzbern - Justeaze-late model Homunculus
Jubstacheit von Einzbern - Eighth Head
Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern - Head from over 200 years ago until or prior to 1810 when she became the core of the Greater Grail^[24]
Leysritt - Justeaze-late model Homunculus, maid to Illyasviel, failed Lesser Grail, can form the Dress of Heaven^[26]
Sella - Justeaze-late model Homunculus, maid to Illyasviel^[26]
Einzbern Master - Justeaze-late model Homunculus
Einzbern Castle Tuners - Caretakers, Tuners and Representatives^[2]

Other worlds/timelines

Accel Zero Order

Irisviel von Einzbern (Greater Grail Divided Spirit)

Illya's World

Irisviel von Einzbern (Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA)
Illyasviel von Einzbern (Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA)
Chloe von Einzbern (Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA)
Leysritt (Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA)
Sella (Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA)

References[]

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[v] Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu: Characters, p.135 Q: Where does the main Einzbern family live? The “von” in the is supposed to be German, right?
English Japanese Q: Where does the main Einzbern family live? The “von” in the is supposed to be German, right? A: They live in Germany, in a mountain district near a certain river. Ｑ：アインツベルン本家はどこの国に存在するのでしょうか？名前に”フォン”があることからドイツだと思うのですか？Ａ：ドイツのとある川の近くにある山岳地帯ですよ。

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[v] Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Season 2 DVD Booklet Animation Elements p.19-27 [T]Translation by Kotonoha
English Japanese • The origins of Einzbern A factory originally created by the students of the magician who realized the third magic. Began in the year 1 AD. They attempted to reproduce their master’s miracle, but couldn’t do it themselves, so as an alternate plan they tried to recreate a specimen identical to their master and have it reproduce the magic. After nearly 900 years of effort, Justeaze—the homunculus who would come to be called the Winter Saint—was forged. She was a model that strayed from what the magi had intended, created completely by accident, but her abilities were equal to or above those of their master. The magi should have been elated about Justeaze, but they couldn’t be happy. After all, she was a mutation that was born regardless of their own techniques or skills. Even if that specimen was to reproduce the third magic, that conclusion would be harder for them to bear than 900 years of failure. The magi deperately attempted to create a homunculus that excelled Justeaze by their own techniques. The artificial intelligence created to act as the castle’s central management—the golem Jubstacheit—was the pinnacle of their craft, and became the father of all homunculi created at Einzbern. Justeaze succeeded at proving the third magic. However, it was not cost-effective. Justeaze’s use of the third magic was like careful knitting. It would take several years to save just one person, making the salvation of the entire human race virtually unattainable. In addition, while Justeaze herself did not age, her body was so frail it would take little to kill her, so she could not leave the castle. Since her intelligence and mentality were also unaging, she did not develop at all. From an outside perspective, it was as if she was repeating a single day for all eternity. If she were to leave the castle she would be freed from this “single day,” but the act of leaving the castle signified an easy death for Justeaze. In the end, they accepted that humans could create something that surpassed humans, but not something that could save humans. … Or perhaps they would not have failed if a miracle like Justeaze had not occurred. The magi despaired the limits of their abilities. Some abandoned the castle, while others took their own lives. The homunculi left at Einzbern were abandoned by their creators, but in their purity, they continued to operate the factory for the sake of the creators’ ideology—the salvation of humankind, the reproduction of a miracle. From then on, all homunculi created at Einzbern were based off of Justeaze. Jubstacheit created a humanoid terminal unit, and used it as the manager of Einzbern. Though by the end he operated even Acht (the eighth humanoid terminal), he did not possess a personality. He only included the necessary “humanity” to operate the castle and reproduce the third magic into each of his humanoid terminals, and made them act like humans. Jubstacheit is essentially an automaton that cannot progress, but continues operating in perpetuity. His way of existence is just like an old clock ticking away, being forgotten by people before running down. • The great grail Five hundred years after the magi departed from Einzbern, a model plan was devised for a wide-area operation device for the third magic using Justeaze. Einzbern had determined that reproducing Justeaze was impossible. Their plan of keeping Justeaze safe because she was a unique and valuable model switched to a plan to use that unique model to mass-produce miracles. (This was not Jubstacheit’s plan, but a consensus of opinion within Einzbern. Because the homunculi were pure, they chose the method with the greatest probability of success. In fact, Jubstacheit was the only intelligence that voted against this.) Justeaze could only use the third magic on one human over a period of decades. Therefore, using Justeaze as a frame, they would create a “greater” magic formula and save many humans at once. The plan was to disassemble her magic circuits and replace them with a magic formula, creating a humanoid universe—the great grail. But Einzbern alone could not start this project. They were no more than dolls. They had no way to live in the outside world, and they couldn’t handle the complexity of human society. To create the great grail and reproduce the third magic, they needed understanding and cooperative humans. Then, in the year 1800, a guest arrived at the winter castle that had continued to produce homunculi. Makiri Zolken. A magus who had devoted his life to eliminating all the evils of the world, the evils of humanity. (At this point, Zolken was mostly disillusioned. He knew it was about time to give up, but calling on Einzbern was his last hope. He met Justeaze, and felt a complicated mix of emotions—hope towards fulfilling his ambition, jealousy at her ability to use the third magic, and pity for Justeaze’s eternal youth causing her to “repeat the same day.”) With Makiri’s understanding and Tōsaka’s cooperation, Einzbern began to create the great grail. However, once they started, they determined that Justeaze alone was not enough. They could create a great grail. They could create its core. However, to operate it they would need vast amounts of magical energy, and a lesser grail to control it. Makiri and Tōsaka devised a ritual to collect magical energy using Justeaze’s ability to connect with the root: the grail war. Despite being unable to reproduce Justeaze, Einzbern created a lesser grail with similar abilities to hers. After 10 years, the project was finally complete. The grail war ritual was successful, and the great grail lit up. But its first operation ended in dismal failure. There was no flaw in the great grail itself. The problem lay in the craftsmen and magi who participated. Instead of using the precious magic reactor core for the sake of the whole planet, the magi killed each other out of a desire to use it for the sake of their own race or society. Einzbern had been unable to understand the thought processes of the humans who operated the great grail. • Irisviel and Illyasviel Einzbern learned from the failure of the grail war and changed their plans. Justeaze no longer existed. While preparing to restart the great grail, they returned to their original goal and focused on creating a perfect homunculus. As a result, they created Irisviel, a homunculus with the function of a lesser grail. They expanded on her further and Illyasviel, a homunculus that was the pinnacle of Einzbern’s technique, was born. • Tuners This is a digression, but separate from the winter castle is the tuners’ building (a small house), inhabited by a family of human magi, not homunculi. Since the homunculi cannot negotiate with human society, the tuners went into town in their place and barter for needed materials. Traders, essentially. Still, they are a talented magus family, and possess strong artistry. Humans without strong aesthetic sense could never take care of Einzbern, after all. The tuner family’s numbers dwindled along with Einzbern’s decline, and in the end only one remained. It seems he often worked in the castle as a butler, teaching the secluded, medieval-minded homunculi about the outside world. It’s unknown what kind of conclusion that tuner chose after Illya lost and Jubstacheit shut himself down. • In summary: so what is Einzbern? A factory in which homunculi continued operating towards the ideals and goals humans had given them, after the magi had left. Jubstacheit is something like the factory’s central management program. A monolith. Acht is his terminal. Even after their creators had given up and died, the homunculi in the winter castle devoted themselves to making their masters’ dream come true. What lies at the basis of the Einzbern factory and many discarded things is the purity of machines. Imagine a doll that can speak to its owner, but only a few phrases. “Hello,” “thank you,” “I’m sorry,” “good night”—“I love you.” These reactions delight the buyer, but it’s clear that they will soon be disappointed. “No matter what I say, the doll can only say predetermined phrases. It just keeps repeating that tired old ‘I love you.’ ” Realizing that the love the doll speaks of is a false emotion, the buyer will likely discard it eventually. But humans are the ones who see that as empty words and a manufactured fake. Even if it doesn’t have a “heart,” even if it’s only repeating the same words, there are no lies in the actions of machines. They innocently carry out the task they were given. “I love you.” Though abandoned, forgotten, and scorned as out-of-date dolls, they continue to carry out their mission, unchanged from the time they were designed. Machines do not lose their worth when a newer model appears. Their worth (life) ends when humans can no longer bear that purity. ■アインツベルンの始まりもともとは第三魔法を実現化した魔法使いの弟子たちが起こした工房。西暦元年から続く。彼らは師の奇跡を再現しようと試みるも自分たちの手では叶わず、代案として師と同一の個体を作り、その個体に魔法を再現させようとした。九百年近くの徒労の末、後に冬の聖女と呼ばれるホムンクルス、ユスティーツァが鋳造される。彼女はまったくの偶然で作られた、魔術師たちの思惑とは外れたモデルだったが、その性能は彼らの師と同様か、それを上回るものだった。本来なら歓喜で迎えられる筈のユスティーツァだが、魔術師たちは素直には喜べなかった。なにしろ自分の技術、努力とは関係なく生まれた突然変異だ。仮にこの個体が第三魔法を再現してしまった時。それは彼らにとって挫折し続けた九百年の歳月より耐えがたい〃結論〃になってしまう。魔術師たちはユスティーツアを超えるホムンクルスを自らの技術体系で作りだそうと躍起になった。城の中枢制御用に作られた人工知能 …… ゴーレム・ユーブスタクハイトは彼らの技術の結晶であり、アインツベルンで作られるホムンクルスたちすべての父となった。ユスティーツァ、第三魔法の証明に成功。ただしコストが悪い。ユスティーツァの第三魔法は丁寧な編み物に近い。人間一人を救済するのに数年をかけるようなもので、全人類の救済にはとても届かない。また、ユスティーツァ自身も不老ではあるが体は脆弱で死にやすく、城の外には出られない。その知性、精神性も不老である為、まったく成長しない。客観的に見れば「同じ一日を永遠に繰り返している」ようなもの。城の外に出れば彼女は「同じ一日」から解放されるが、城の外に出る事はユスティーツァにとって緩やかな死を意味する。結局のところ。人の手で人間を超えるものは作れても、人の手で人間を救えるものは作れない、と彼らは受け入れた。 .....あるいは。ユスティーツァという奇跡さえ発生しなければ、彼らの挫折は訪れなかったのかもしれないが。魔術師たちは自らの才能の限界に膝を折り、あるものは城を捨て、あるものは命を断った。アインツベルンに残されたホムンクルスたちは創造主に捨てられたものの、その純粋さから彼らの理念— 人類の救済、奇跡を再現するために工場を回し続ける事になった。以後、アインツベルンで作られるホムンクルスはすべてユスティーツァをベースにしたものとなる。ユーブスタクハイトは人間型の端末筐体を製造し、これをアインツベルンの管理者として使用する。最終的にはアハト(八代目の人型端末 )まで稼働するユーブスタクハイトだが、彼に人格は存在しない。あくまで〃城を動かすもの〃〃第三魔法を再現するもの〃として、その都度、必要な〃人間性〃を人型端末に植え付け、人間のフリをさせているにすぎない。ユーブスタクハイトの本質は〃進歩できないかわりに、永久に稼働し続ける〃オートマトンである。そのあり方はユツユツと時を刻み、自壊する前に人々の記憶から忘れ去られる古時計そのものだ。 ■大聖杯アインツベルンから魔術師たちが去ってから五百年後。ユスティーツァを使った第三魔法の広域稼働装置のモデルプランが作られる。アインツベルンはユスティーツァの再製造は不可能と結論。一機しかいない貴重なモデルなので保存してお、くという方針から、一機の貴重品を使って奇跡を量産化する、という方針に切り替えた。 (これはユーブスタクハイトの方針ではなくアインツペルンの総意。ホムンクルスたちは純粋なので、より可能性のある方法を選んだ。むしろユーブスタクハイトは唯一、反対に票を投じた知性だった) ユスティーツァでは何十年かけて人間ひとりにしか第三魔法を使用できない。なのでユスティーツァという機体を使って「より大きな」魔術式を作り、一度に多くの人間を救えばいい。彼女の魔術回路を分解し、魔術式に置換した人体宇宙—大聖杯の構想である。しかしアインツベルンだけではこのプロジェクトを始められない。彼らは人形にすぎない。外の世界で生きる術を持たず、また、人間社会の複雑さには耐えきれないからだ。大聖杯—第三魔法の再現には人間の理解者と協力者がいる。そして西暦1800年。延々とホムンクルスを作り続けていた冬の城に来訪者が現れた。マキリゾォルケン。この世すべての悪人間の悪性、その切除に人生を捧げた魔術師だ。 (ゾォルケンもこの段階でほぼ夢破れている状態。もう諦めるべきだと分かっていながら、最後の希望でアインツベルンを訪れた。そうしてユスティーツァに出会い、悲願達成への希望、第三魔法を可能とするユスティーツァへの羨望、不老の代償に『一日を永遠に繰り返す』ユスティーツァへの哀れみ等の複雑な感情にとらわれる ) マキリという理解者、遠坂という協力者を経てアインツベルンは大聖杯の建造を開始。しかし。大聖杯の建造に着手した時、ユスティーツアだけでは足りない事が判明した。大聖杯は建造できる。炉心は確実に作れる。しかし、これを動かすには莫大な魔力と、それを制御しうる小聖杯が必要だ。マキリと遠坂は魔力集め—根源と接続できるユスティーツァの特性を生かした儀式、聖杯戦争を立案。アインツベルンはユスティーツァの再現といかずとも、彼女に近い性能を持った小聖杯を作成する事になった。十年の歳月を経て計画は成就した。儀式・聖杯戦争は成功し、大聖杯に灯がともった。だが一度目の運転は、無残な失敗に終わった。大聖杯に落ち度があったのではない。参加した技術者、魔術師たちに問題があったのだ。せっかくの魔術炉心を魔術師たちは惑星のために使うのではなく民族のため、己が社会のために使おうと殺し合った。大聖杯を運営する人間の思惑を、アインツペルンは理解できていなかったのだ。 ■アイリスフィール、イリヤスフィールまで失敗に終わった聖杯戦争を教訓に、アインツベルンは方針を改めた。もうユスティーツァは存在しない。彼らは大聖杯の再稼働を進めながら、当初の目的に立ち返った。完成されたホムンクルスの製造に注力した。その結果、小聖杯としての機能を持ったホムンクルス・アイリスフィールが作られ、さらにその発展—アインツベルンの全技術の最高水準であるホムンクルスであるイリヤスフィールが誕生した。 ■調律師余談ではあるが、冬の城のはずれには調律師たちの離れ(小さな洋館)がある。ここにはホムンクルスではない人間の魔術師の一族が住んでいる。彼らは人間社会とうまく交渉できないホムンクルスたちの代わりに町に出て必要な物資を交換してくる、いわば商人だ。とはいえ腕の立つ魔術師の一族であり、彼ら自身も高い芸術性を持っている。優れた美術観を持つ人間でなければアインツベルンの面倒は見られないからだ。調律師の一族もアインツベルンの衰退とともにこ数を減らし、最後には一人を残すのみとなった。彼は人間社会にうとく中世の感覚のまま暮らしているホムンクルスたちに外の世界を教える執事として城で働く事も多かったという。イリヤが失敗し、ユーブスタクハイトが自らの電源を落とした後、この調律師がどのような結末を選んだかは定かではない。 ■まとめつまり,アインツベルンって何? 魔術師がいなくなった後、彼らに作られたホムンクルスたちが、人間の目指した理想と目的のために稼働し続けている工場。ユーブスタクハイトは工房の中枢制御プログラムのようなもの。モノリス。アハトはその端末。ホムンクルスたちは創造主があきらめ死に絶えた後も、冬の城で主が夢見たものを叶えようと研鑽していた。アインツベルンの工房、多くの廃棄物たちの根底にあるのは機械の純粋さ。たとえば「数パターンにすぎないが、持ち主に話しかけられると返事をする人形」があるとする。『ごきげんよう』『ありがとう』『ごめんなさい』『おやすみなさい』—『あなたを愛しています』その反応に喜ぶ買い主だが、すぐに失望するのは明白だ。〃私が何を言おうと人形は決まった台詞しか言わない。愛しています、なんて聞き飽きた言葉を繰り返す〃人形が語っていたのは偽物の愛、偽物の感情だ青だと思い知り、買い主はいずれ人形を破棄するだろう。だが、それを空虚な言葉、作られた偽物と感じているのは人間側の事情だ。たとえそこに『心』がなく、同じ言葉を繰り返すだけだとしても、機械の行いに嘘はない。彼らは無心に、与えられた仕事をこなし続ける。『あなたを愛しています』と。捨てられ、忘れ去られ、時代遅れの人形と蔑まれても、彼女たちは作られた時の制作意図から変わることなく使命を果たし続ける。機械がその価値を失うのは次の代用品が現れた時、ではなく。人問がその純粋さに耐えきれなくなった時、彼らのいのだ価値は終わるのだ。

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Fate/Grand Order - Siegfried's My Room voice lines
Das Rheingold... the accursed treasure. I had heard from a while ago, that now it is in the possession of alchemists hailing from Germany? If I am not mistaken, the name is.... Einzbern? It would be great if no curse had befallen to them, yet...

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[v] Fate/complete material V: Hollow Material - Characters: Leysritt, p.098-099
English Japanese Leysritt - TYPE-MOON comment Nasu: Einzbern is a dream castle where soul output devices (homunculus) are created as samples for the Third Magic, and after the data is taken, the unwanted items are either discarded or, if their performance is high enough, reused as maids like this. リーゼリット - イリヤを守るホムンクルスイリヤに仕え、アインツベルン城を管理するホムンクルスのメイド。口数が少なく、喋るときも片言で話す。セラからはよく小言を言われるが、会話のイニシアチブは彼女が握ることが多い。イリヤのことが大好きで、とにかくイリヤを第一に考えている。 TYPE-MOONコメント奈須：アインツベルンは第三魔法へのサンプルとして魂の出力装置（ホムンクルス）を造り、データを取った後の不要品は棄てるか、性能が高ければこのようにメイドとして再利用する夢の城。リズは身体特化型なので、単純な力勝負ならサーヴァントと打ち合える。言うなればハイ・メイド。『Fate』界最大のパストを誇る。武内：巨大ハルバードが印象的。メイド姿も、水着姿もちょうどいい塩梅でデザインできたかなと。奈須：精神的にはイリヤより幼いんだけどね。デザインもメチャクチャ好みで、格闘ゲームでプレイヤーが使用できるキャラになった時は嬉しかった！「たーおれーるぞー！」

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[v] Comptiq 2007-08 issue - Fate Dojo Q & A: Q: 「Fate/Zero」も季節は冬でしたが、聖杯戦争はいつも冬に行われていたんですか？何か理由があるのですか？
English Japanese Q: A: Ｑ：「Fate/Zero」も季節は冬でしたが、聖杯戦争はいつも冬に行われていたんですか？何か理由があるのですか？（鹿児島県／金田一長助）Ａ：ほら、暑いと戦いたくないじゃん？主にアインツベルンの連中が。

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[v] Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu: Characters, p.135 Q: Where did the Einzbern nobles get their narrow view of Japanese culture from? Did it come from their resentment of Kiritsugu?
English Japanese Q: Where did the Einzbern nobles get their narrow view of Japanese culture from? (That Japanese people are a tribe of headhunters, and other terrible and weird prejudices...). Did it come from their resentment of Kiritsugu? A: All foreigners are like that. (Secret Technique: Kinoko Reverse Discrimination) Ｑ：アインツベルンのお館様の偏見まみれな日本観はどこから？（日本人はクビカリ族だー、とか相当ひどい＆ズレた日本観のような気が......）切嗣への怒りにつながったのでしょうか？Ａ：外国人の方はみんなあんなもんです（奥義きのこ偏見返し）。

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[v] Fate/Apocrypha material - Encyclopedia: Einzbern [Others], p.148 [T]Translations by NanoDesu
English Japanese Einzbern [Others] One of the Three Families that established the Fuyuki Holy Grail War. The family that lies at the center of events in “Fate/stay night” and “Fate/Zero” (Writer: Urobuchi Gen). In “Apocrypha”, they didn’t become discouraged by the fact that the Greater Grail was stolen in the Third Holy Grail War… rather, they don’t seem to have that kind of mentality in the first place (if they gave up, it would only be when even their greatest creation, Illyasviel, would fail to attain the Third Sorcery), and they are doing everything they can with the belief that they might be able to reproduce that miracle. Accordingly, they have come to reluctantly have relationships with other magi despite their insular and unsociable nature, and the Musik family took advantage of their confused state of affairs in order to receive a portion of their homunculi craft. However, what the Einzberns taught was merely the equivalent of giving a toy to a child, so it wasn’t much of a problem for them. The Musik family concealed the fact that they were part of the Yggdmillennia clan, but naturally the Einzberns know about it. However, the Greater Grail was formed by taking apart the only successful Justeaze-model homunculus, so the Einzbern agreed to cooperate with them in case they should manage to activate one. アインツベルン【その他】

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[v] Fate/Apocrypha material - Encyclopedia: The Three Families [Others], p.166 [T]Translations by NanoDesu
English Japanese The Three Families [Others] In “Apocrypha”, the Three Families are the magi who constructed the Fuyuki Holy Grail War… in other words, the Einzberns, Tohsaka and Makiri. Just as alluded in the light novels, Makiri (Matou) Zouken fought fiercely against Darnic during the Third Holy Grail War, but became practically crippled due to the shock of the Greater Grail being stolen. The family wasn’t blessed with a successor either, so their future as magi has been completely shut. The Tohsaka gave up on the Greater Grail, and now seek a new path in becoming one with the universe with Chinese Kenpou while learning magecraft. The twin-tail daughter of the family might also end up becoming the founder of a “completely new martial arts that combines magecraft and Chinse Kenpou” by the time she becomes a high school student. However, she never imagined that her younger sister who was adopted by distant relatives would come visit her in Japan after becoming a pro-wrestler with unimaginably nice proportions and forming a tag team with a drill-roll-haired girl…! The Einzberns are in the midst of struggling to make a new Greater Grail under the excuse “It was stolen, so we’ll just make a new Holy Grail”. Fortunately, in the “Apocrypha” world, a certain dead fish-eyed mercenary won’t end up becoming involved with the Einzberns, so their greatest work Illyasviel will never be born—therefore, as long as she isn’t born, the Einzberns will never despair… Is that really fortunate? 御三家【その他】

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[] Fate/complete material III: World Material - Theory of Magic - Magecraft: Family lineage of Magus, p.046

Family lineage of Magus
A magus lineage refers to the Magic Crest relay that passes down a Magic Crest through unilineal succession. Because this “relay” is so important, even if a family’s biological lineage has ceased, the magus lineage will be considered continuous if the crest is engraved onto somebody else’s body. Conversely, if the Magic Crest itself is lost, that magus lineage will be considered to have been severed even if a child with Magic Circuits still lives. Under normal circumstances, a magus selects the best qualified heir from within the family, and gradually passes on the Magic Crest to the successor.
The chosen successor to a magus lineage undergoes harsh training from a young age. Because an abnormal mindset and body are required to use magic, the training to instill these qualities is extremely severe, and it is not unusual to employ inhumane measures such as brainwashing and bodily modification. Thus, as the heir matures he or she inherits the lineage’s magic, knowledge, and research. Finally, a new master is born when the entirety of the Magic Crest is passed down from the predecessor.

Increasing the number of Magic Circuits
Magic Circuits are organs that one is born with, so there is no way to increase their number after birth. There are ways to transfer circuits, but it is rarely done because the success rate is low. Therefore, magus lineages will modify the parents’ bodies or take every measure possible at the moment of a child’s birth to create a successor with even one additional Magic Circuit. Therefore, the children of older lineages tend to have more Magic Circuits.

Inherited Magic Crests
Magic Crests are heirlooms within which the entirety of a lineage’s research is inscribed, from the first ancestor to the present. The crest contains the regrets of previous family heads’ inability to master their magic. A Magic Crest with a long history is a cursed crystallization impregnated with the feelings of countless preceding magi.

The Tohsaka family
Rin is the heir to the Tohsaka family, while Sakura was adopted by the Matou family as a successor. Because Tohsaka Tokiomi, the family head, died in the Holy Grail War, Rin inherited Tokiomi’s estate, including his magical patents, businesses in Fuyuki, and other assets. However, at this point most of Tokiomi’s magic crest had not yet been transferred to Rin. Tokiomi’s crest was extracted from his body by the Clock Tower, and given to Tokiomi’s next of kin to be transplanted into Rin.

Great magical families

Family name or Representative	Attributes	Explanation
Tohsaka	Conversion	One of the founding families of the Holy Grail War. They are disciples of the Sorcerer Zelretch, and the administrators of Fuyuki.
Makiri	Absorption	One of the three founding families of the Holy Grail War. They immigrated to Fuyuki and became the Matou family.
Einzbern	Flow and transfer of power	One of the three founding families of the Holy Grail War. They specialize in alchemy, particularly in the creation of homunculi.
Edelfelt	Conversion	Family from Finland. Like Tohsaka, prefer jewels magic, which uses the attribute of conversion.
Barthomeloi	Almighty	Old line even in the Magic Association. One of the families of the rulers, the Lords. Embodiments of perfectionism and aristrocracy.
Milyonecalion	Prosperity	One of the top magi in the magic world, known also by the name "Giver of All Sealing Designations". Details are unknown.
Jewel Killer	Halting	One of the remarkable magi in history, affiliated with the Sea of Estray, the mysterious prototype of the Magic Association.
Hermes Silis Atlasia	Future	Magus from one of the divisions of the Magic Association, the Atlas Institute, the association for the magi and alchemists of Egypt.

魔術の家系
魔術師の家系とは、一子相伝で魔術刻印を相続していく "魔術刻印のリレー”のことを指す。この"リレー”こそが重要であるため、生物学的な血筋が絶えたとしても､魔術刻印が他人の肉体に受け継がれてさえいれば、その魔術師の家系は続いているといえる。また、魔術回路を持った子孫が存続していたとしても､魔術刻印が失われてしまったなら、その家系は魔術的に断絶したに等しい。とはいえ、通常であれば魔術師は自分の血族から優れた素養を持つ後継者を選択し、魔術刻印を連綿と受け継がせていくことになる。
また、後継者として選ばれた子供は、幼い頃より厳しい鍛錬を強制される。魔術の行使に必要な精神と肉体は常識を外れたものであるため、それに耐え得る心身を手に入れる鍛錬は過酷を極め、洗脳や肉体改造のような非人道的な手段すら珍しくないのだ。そうして成長と共に、魔術や、それに付随する知識と研究を受け継ぎ、最終的に先代の魔術師からすべての魔術刻印を受け継ぐことで新たな当主が誕生する。

魔術回路の増やし方
魔術回路は生まれ持った器官であり、後天的に増えることはない。移植方法はあるが､成功率が低いために行われることは少ない。そのため、魔術師の家系は親の肉体を改造、あるいは子供が生まれる際に手を尽くし、１本でも魔術回路の多い跡継ぎを誕生させようとする。よって、古い家系の子供ほど魔術回路が多い傾向がある｡

遺産としての魔術刻印
魔術刻印は、魔術師の家系の始祖より現在に至るまでのすべての研究成果が刻まれた受け継ぐべき遺産”である。そこには歴代当主の"魔術を極められなかった"という無念の想いも含まれている。古く長い歴史を持つ魔術刻印は、極めて高い価値と同時に、歴代の魔術師たちの無数の想いを宿した呪いの結晶ともいえるだろう。

遠坂家の場合
遠坂家では長女の凛が後継者となり、次女の桜は養子に出されて間桐家の後継者となった。当主である遠坂時臣が聖杯戦争で早世したため、凛は時臣が申請した魔術的特許や冬木市の商業用地などの遺産を受け継いだが、この時点で時臣の魔術刻印は、殆ど凛に刻まれていなかった。そのため、時臣の魔術刻印は時計塔で遺体から摘出され、時臣の知己の手を経て凛に移植されている。

魔術の名門

家名 or 代表者	特性	解説
遠坂	転換	聖杯戦争を創始したうちの一家。魔法使いゼルレッチを大師とし、冬木を管理する。
マキリ	吸収	聖杯戦争を創り出した始まりの御三家のひとつ。冬木に移り住み、間桐家となった。
アインツベルン	力の流転・転移	聖杯戦争を始めた御三家のひとつ。錬金術、特にホムンクルスの製造を得意とする。
エーデルフェルト	転換	フィンランドの名門。遠坂と同じく、転換の特性を使用した宝石魔術を好んで用いる。
バルトメロイ	万能	魔術協会でも古い血筋配者であるロードの一家。完璧主義かつ貴族主義の体現者。
ミリョネカリオン	繁栄	"封印指定総与"のふたつ名で知られる、魔術世界屈指の魔術師。委細は不明。
宝石殺し	停止	魔術協会の原形とされながらも謎多き彷徨海に所属する、稀代の魔術師。
ヘルメス・シリス・アトラシア	未来	魔術協会の一部門エジプトにある魔術師&錬金術師の協会アトラス院の魔術師。.

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[v] Fate/Zero material - Encyclopedia: Irisviel von Einzbern [Person's name], p.090
English Japanese Irisviel von Einzbern [Person's name] A homunculus modeled after Justizia Lizleihi. Although the Einzbern homunculi have their functions determined during the design process, Irisviel only developed the plan to conceive Illyasviel after she was created. Thus, as a special case, she was allowed to hold multiple “functions different from the plan”. That is, not only did she give birth, but she was also given the role of rearing Illyasviel. Although Justabcheit determined that this method would be more efficient than using a newly-constructed homunculus as a wet nurse, it was still a special case when it came to the Einzberns' standard. Anyhow, the result was that although a homunculus, Irisviel obtained the experiences of raising a child as a “mother” just like a human would, and it produced an effect on her character that even Acht could not predict. Even compared to other Einzbern homunculi, there had never been an example of one who had interacted with humans for as long as 9 years, or had such colorful and irregular mental activity. In other words, for the Einzbern, Irisviel was the first to receive the same treatment as a human, and the first to have emotions like a human. Because her physical and mental capabilities originally surpassed those of a human, those mental processes did not fail her after her exceptional growth, and she finally possessed self-awareness and emotions equal to those of a normal human. Even so, compared with the inherent knowledge and reason, the crystallization of the Einzbern's wisdom accumulated over millennia, that comes with the format of homunculus, her emotions and human experiences have only accumulated over a mere 9 years, which results in her having both the elegance of an upper-class lady and the innocent nature of a child, making her a troublesome princess. Some additional information: during the time when Zero’s plot was being set, apparently the setup of Angra Mainyu in Hollow wasn't well-known yet. How in the world the author came up with "that ending", even for us, couldn't be scarier. アイリスフィール・フォン・アインツベルン【人名】ユスティーツァ・リズライヒな鋳型として錬成されたホムンクルスの一人。設計段階から用途を特定され、肉体も精神もその目的に最適化された状態で産み落とされるのがアインツベルンのホムンクルスだが、アイリスフィールについては鋳造された後からイリヤスフィール受胎の計画が発案されたため、特例的に「本来とは違う役割」を兼任させられることとなった。即ちイリヤスフィールの出産のみならず育成までも任されたのである。乳母役のホムンクルスな新造するよりも効率的であろうというユーブスタクハイトの判断だったのだが、これはアインツベルンの基準に照らせば異例のことである。ともあれ結果としてアイリスフィールは、ホムンクルスでありながら人間の女性と同様に子な産み育てるという「母親」として経験を積むこととなった。これが彼女の情操面において、アハト翁が予想だにしたかった影響を及ぼすことになる。他のアインツベルン製ホムンクルスと比べても、九年の長きに渡って人間と交渉し、多彩で変則的な精神活動を行った個体は過去に例がない。言い方を変えるなら、アイリスフィールほどに人間同等の扱いを受け、人間的な情緒を身につけたホムンクルスはアインツベルンにおいては初だった。もとより心身の機能においては人間をむしろ凄駕する存在だけに、異例の成長を遂げた後もその精神構造は破綻せず、ついには一般的な人間と何ら遜色のない自意識と感情を備えるに至った。とはいえ、ホムンクルスのフォーマットとして生まれつき持ら合わせている知識と理性がアインツベルン千年の英知の結晶であるのに対し、情動面を育んだ人生経験はたったの九年に過ぎず、結果として彼女は貴婦人としての風雅と幼児的な稚気を兼ね備えるという、ちょっと困ったお姫様になってしまった。余談ながら、Zeroのプロットが確定した段階では、ホロウにおけるアンリマユの設定をまだ聞かされていなかったんだよなぁと思い返してみると、いったい筆者は〝あの結末″に至るまでをどういう経緯として書く気だったのか、我ながら空恐ろしいことこの上ない。

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[v] Fate/Zero Season 1 Boxset - Drama CD 1
Track 1 Kiritsugu: So this is the Grail vessel. It collects the souls of Heroic Spirits anchored to this world as Servants, and is then presented as an offering for the Great Grail summoning. A container for that purpose. If it‘s just a vessel, it should look like one. But why does it have the appearance of a human? Damn it, this makes things difficult. Kiritsugu: Ah, can you hear me? Do you understand what I’m saying? Irisviel: Yes, Emiya Kiritsugu. Kiritsugu: Ah, so you can speak too. I’m surprised. Irisviel: You seem to have extremely low expectations for Einzbern homunculi. Kiritsugu: Not at all. I doubt anyone can match the descendants of Justica Lizleihi, Master of Northern Alchemy and the Saint of Winter, in creating artificial humans. Irisviel: That’s right, I come with all the functions of a complete human body. I also have magic circuits that far surpass that of a normal person and was branded with a standardized reverse-type magic crest as the starting default. My potential as a Mage should be greater than yours. Kiritsugu: Right, that’s really great. But I have no need for those functions of yours. You’ll be… Damn it, why must I explain these things? Irisviel: If you aren’t satisfied with my functions, you need to make yourself clear or I won’t be able to do anything about them. Kiritsugu: Are you properly aware of the reason you were created? Irisviel: Yes. I am the Grail vessel. I will function as the key that will activate the Great Grail in the coming 4th Holy Grail War. Kiritsugu: Exactly. You’re just a container. Regardless of your purpose, you’re really no different from a beer mug. Why does the thing have limbs, talk so much, and even lecture its master? I don’t get it. Irisviel: In that case, please allow me to explain. On top of protecting the Grail vessel, as the most effective method, I have also been given a psyche so I can act independently and evaluate situations. That’s what I am. Kiritsugu: So you’re saying I don’t need to worry about protecting the Grail vessel because it can make its own decisions and keep itself safe? Irisviel: That would be correct. Kiritsugu: Let me ask you, then. Do you really have the ability to defend yourself in battle? Irisviel: That’s how I was designed. Kiritsugu: Looking at you, I find that hard to believe. Irisviel: Are you judging me by my appearance? Kiritsugu: Very well. All I need to do is put it to the test. Kiritsugu strikes Irisviel Kiritsugu: Hey. Are you playing the fool? How could you not even counter such a simple attack? Do you not even have basic self-defense skills? Irisviel: I had no need to counter it. You are Emiya Kiritsugu, and therefore can’t possibly want to destroy the Grail vessel. Kiritsugu: I’m not playing around. If you’re a defect that only knows how to talk and can’t defend itself, then it’s better for me if I destroy you right away and ask the family head to prepare another vessel. Irisviel: Is returning the blow and fighting with the intent to harm what you define as self-defense? Kiritsugu: That’s right. Got a problem with that? Irisviel: That’s the worst decision I could make to ensure my survival. I should be avoiding dangerous situations as my greatest priority. In the event I make a strategic mistake that puts me in a situation where danger is unavoidable, escape, disguise, deceitful negotiations and so forth would be the next best options. Kiritsugu: I’ll give it to you straight. Battle strength is what I need, not sophistry. I need agility that kills before being killed, accuracy, and destructive power. Irisviel: That’s not a strategy for survival. If we compare you and me in terms of self-defense… Emiya Kiritsugu, you’re weaker than I am. Kiritsugu: You’re unbelievable. ———————————————————————– Track 2 Kiritsugu: What do you think you’re doing, forcing a homunculus like that onto me? Jubstacheit: You aren’t satisfied with her? She is among the best of my creations in recent years. Kiritsugu: As a doll, she is indeed very well-made. But I’ll have absolutely no use for her in the Grail War. You gave the Grail vessel a humanoid body and a sense of self capable of self-defense, apparently, but she’s completely useless. If she encounters a drunk on the streets, she’ll most likely get hurt. I’d have better uses for it if you gave it the body of a crow or a Doberman. Jubstacheit: You live up to your name of Mage Killer, Emiya Kiritsugu. The savagery of the way you think is far beyond our ability to understand. Kiritsugu: Isn’t that why you sent for me? The methodology you Einzberns employ couldn’t be any less suitable in battle. Jubstacheit: Whether or not an instrument’s functions can be put to good use depends on its owner. Regarding that, it’s clear that debating with you would just be a waste of time. Anyway, on that point, it’ll be enough to simply prove her tenacity to you. Constructed to be harder to break than a typical Grail vessel, she’s even been designed to prevent herself from being broken. You’ll witness that function of hers directly. Let’s see, we’ll have the results in two or three days. Kiritsugu: What are you talking about? Jubstacheit: It’s just a little experiment. You can think of it as a test of her durability. I left her at the disposal yard for failed creations in the forest depths last night. Kiritsugu: Wha-?! Jubstacheit: I threw her, naked, right into the middle of hungry wolves and evil spirits in the frigid blizzard. It’s a trial where even the most robust of warriors either die of cold or are killed and eaten within the night. If she manages to return to this castle alive, then you’ll have to acknowledge her strength. Kiritsugu: You can’t be serious. She may be a homunculus, but she’s a girl you created with your very own hands! Jubstacheit: All I ask of that thing is that it doesn’t break and maintains itself until the Great Grail ritual. If it cannot even endure a trial as trivial as this, then, in line with your complaint, I'II acknowledge the defects in my design and prepare a new vessel. ———————————————————————– Track 3 Irisviel: Where am… I? Kiritsugu: There’s no need to worry. Get some more rest and don’t speak. Irisviel: Why am I… in the castle? Kiritsugu: I brought you back to put an end to that ridiculous test Acht sent you. Irisviel: Ah… You can’t do that. Irisviel: I still haven’t finished the trial. I still haven’t proved my durability to you. Kiritsugu: Don’t be ridiculous. Does that body of yours not feel pain? Irisviel: It does. In order to properly grasp the state of my body, pain is a neccesary sensation. Kiritsugu: Then why? Is putting up a bold front even though your body’s been so brutally battered what you call strength? Irisviel: Exactly. My mission is to survive. It is to live through any extreme situation. Any bodily damage that does not go beyond permitted levels is fine. Kiritsugu: You’re wrong. Irisviel: Why? Kiritsugu: Strength isn’t measured by how much pain you can endure. If you don’t feel anger towards pain and have the will to retaliate against whatever caused you pain, you won’t ever win. Don’t you feel anger towards the family head? Towards Jubstacheit, the one who did this to you? Irisviel: Anger? But why? Greatgrandpa didn’t do anything wrong. Kiritsugu: He hurt you badly just to clear the humiliation I gave him. He values his pride as a designer more than your pain. Ah… I suppose I also hold responsibility for thinking light of you. That’s why you should be feeling anger towards Acht and me, because we’re both the reason why you were hurt. Irisviel: Even in my current condition of damage, my body can still more than fulfill its function as the Grail vessel. Therefore, my greatgrandfather’s pride and clearing up your misunderstanding are far more important than my pain. Kiritsugu: You’re wrong. You’re wrong! In order to become strong, you must learn what anger is. Irisviel: Why? Kiritsugu: Because it’s the very basis of the act of fighting. No matter how you are, you must resist anything that results in your being hurt. Irisviel: I don’t understand what you’re saying. Kiritsugu: You seem to be aware of your value and the meaning of your existence, at least in theory. But do you feel happiness and pride in your being born to this world and in the mission you have been given? I’m slighting that very aspect of you this time. Irisviel: Ah… Kiritsugu: If you really do think your mission is to protect yourself, wouldn’t you want to become stronger? Wouldn’t you want to broaden your fighting repertoire so you could win battles? Irisviel: Yes. If it really is possible, it would be very profitable learning. Kiritsugu: Then start by having more concern for yourself. Find happiness in your life and its stage, the world. Then you won’t allow any of these things to be damaged. That way, you should be able to acquire the emotion we call anger. Irisviel: Happiness… Concern… It’s difficult for me to embrace emotions with no basis. Kiritsugu: Damn it, must I really go to such lengths for you? Okay. I’ll teach you about them. All right, let’s start with your- Ah, I shouldn’t keep referring to you like that. Do you have a name? Not “vessel”, not “homunculus”, but a name of your very own? Irisviel: I’m… Irisviel, Irisviel von Einzbern. ———————————————————————– Track 4 Maiya: How has the homunculus been doing since? Kiritsugu: She’s becoming a different person day by day. She must’ve been given a great thirst for knowledge. She greedily absorbs any information I give her, and her general knowledge is becoming abundant. Kiritsugu: Already, she can hold casual conversations like any typical person. But is there a point in educating her so much? Sometimes, I wonder if it’s all a big mistake. Maiya, you mentioned… how you used to think of yourself as a machine, didn’t you? Maiya: Yes. What about it? Kiritsugu: I’m just puzzled as to how you manage to firmly keep your sanity in battle when you think of yourself like that. Maiya: That’s a strange question coming from you, Kiritsugu. I thought it’d be second nature to you as to how one stays sane in the battlefield. Kiritsugu: It appears I’ve gotten confused on many things since I began training Irisviel. It’s true that, since she doesn’t think of herself as anything more than a machine, she probably isn’t suited for the battlefield. I thought there’d be room for improvement if l could instill battle instincts in her by strengthening her sense of self, but I might’ve gotten the premise itself wrong. Maiya: Being a tool, she was never made for battle to begin with. Even so, while the homunculus may have forgotten she is a tool, her aptitude for battle won’t immediately awaken. Kiritsugu: A human and a machine… which of the two would be better in battle, I wonder? Maiya: While machines are tougher than humans, they do have their limits. On the other hand, while humans are incredibly weak, they sometimes surpass their limits and become experts of slaughtering. In other words, exceptional entities we call Heroes appear from time to time. We can perhaps overlook these rare irregularities. For the remaining majority of fighters, it is of greatest priority that they overcome their weaknesses in order to survive. That is why people abandon their souls in battle and become machines. I am one of those many people. Kiritsugu: Maybe I really am wasting my time. Maiya: Kiritsugu. You’re like someone who was given a hammer when you needed a pair of scissors. Since it didn’t serve its purpose, you melted it back into a lump of iron. If you wish to use it again as a sharp blade, you’ll have to reforge it. Is that not so? ———————————————————————– Track 5 Irisviel: Hey, Kiritsugu, what are you showing me today? A movie? Photos? Or some music? Kiritsugu: You seem excited, Irisviel. Irisviel: Yes! It’s true that the knowledge you’re giving me has nothing to do with the Holy Grail War, but it all amazes me so much. I had no idea the world was so plentiful and diverse. With just my basic education, I never would’ve even imagined that. Kiritsugu: Do you want to know even more about the world? Irisviel: Of course! But don’t worry. My mission of greatest importance is to complete the third true magic. My interests are ultimately of lower priority, and I haven’t lost sight of our wish. Kiritsugu: If it’s what you want, you can walk away from fate. Irisviel: Huh? Kiritsugu: If you really admire humanity with all your heart. If you really do wish to spend your remaining years living a peaceful life… you just need to run. If you leave the castle in the dead of the night, nobody will come after you. The Grail vessel can simply be recreated. Acht won’t be very happy about having to do it again, but that’d be all. He holds no expectations for you other than that of a tool. That’s nothing compared to your sense of self. Irisviel: Ah… Kiritsugu: This was why I opposed Acht’s idea to give the Grail vessel a sense of self. A tool cannot fight on its own will, and an object with a will isn’t a tool. And objects that are no longer tools must start by asking themselves if they wish to fight on their own will. That’s why you should take everything you’ve learned so far into account and ask yourself once again. Is the mission you were given really worth the fighting and the spilling of blood? Irisviel: Are you asking me to abandon everything that I have? Kiritsugu: That’s right. By abandoning everything, you can redo it all from square one. If that‘s what you wish. Irisviel: Ah… I see what you’re saying. Kiritsugu, I now understand why you’ve been educating me. Kiritsugu: What? Irisviel: The knowledge you’ve presented to me until now, the way the world is, how people live…they’re all things you’ve forsaken and walked away from, aren’t they? Kiritsugu: Well- Irisviel: Did you once prioritize your mission over your happy life and choose to fight battles worth the spilling of blood? … No… that’s not it. If you had already determined which is more valuable, you wouldn’t be letting me choose. If you really do strongly believe in your justice, you wouldn’t have prepared these two options for me. Did you have no choice? Kiritsugu tries to say something but cannot Irisviel: Emiya Kiritsugu, aren’t you the one who’s been living like a machine with just one function? It’s strange. You’re human, but live like a machine. I’m a doll, but you’re giving me a choice meant for humans. Kiritsugu: You have defects as a tool to be brought to the battlefield. I’m adjusting you because you’ll burden me otherwise. That’s all there is to it. Don’t get any strange ideas. Irisviel: I see. You think that I shouldn’t blindly follow my mission as a homunculus, but acquire an impulse of wanting to fight based on thought. Is that why you’re trying to elicit anger, happiness, and pride within me? Kiritsugu: It’s only been a few months since you emerged from the cultivating tank, but you’ve become quite eloquent. Irisviel: I hope you aren’t underestimating my ability to think and analyze, inherited from Justeaze’s designs. From the learning materials you’ve given me, I’ve already derived a different opinion from the one you have. Kiritsugu: What? Irisviel: You said that anger is the source of the will to fight, and that the basis for anger is one’s dignity. But according to my analysis, anger merely runs from another simpler and more comprehensive impulse. That impulse is… love. lrisviel’s words catch Kiritsugu off guard Irisviel: People don’t get angry at their enemies for no reason. I’ve identified many examples of people steadfastly spilling blood for their family, their compatriots, and their country. Even animals show hostility and fight seriously to protect their newborn offspring. Even the concept you call dignity is but love towards oneself. In order for me to acquire the emotion of anger, I must first learn about love. Kiritsugu breathes heavily Irisviel: Because I’ve grasped my own construction and function, I’m unable to feel newly-found concern and interest in myself. However, in becoming strong, there’s no need for me to restrict my love to just myself. The more I learn about people different from me, the more amazed I am, the more I discover… the happiness is incredible. For example… Emiya Kiritsugu. I find you very interesting. The complex internal thoughts you hide arouse my curiosity to no end. Kiritsugu: Huh? What are you saying, Irisviel? Irisviel: So that I can acquire the strength you ask of me, the will to fight, as soon as possible, I will start by judging whether it is appropriate for me to love you. What do you think? Kiritsugu: That’s enough joking around! Irisviel: No, I’m simply trying to fulfill what you ask of me. You’re the one who wants me to become strong. I definitely won’t allow anyone to take away what you’ve given me. I’ll be able to feel anger and show hostility towards anyone who seeks to hurt you. Is there a… problem with that? Kiritsugu: No, uh… It wouldn’t be very convenient for me… Irisviel: No, don’t worry. I won’t burden you at all. It‘ll just be what I’m thinking inside. Kiritsugu: The love between man and woman isn’t that simple! Ah, damn it… I can’t believe I have to explain all this… Okay. I’ll teach you for now. You’ll soon realize just how wrong everything you were talking about was. Irisviel: That sounds interesting. I’m really looking forward to it. ———————————————————————– Track 6 Kiritsugu: This is nothing more than an act. Irisviel, I cannot love you, and you cannot love me. Irisviel: But why? Kiritsugu: To begin with, look at what our aim is. After we win the Holy Grail War and defeat all the other Servants, you will cease to exist. I will cause your death. Just how big of a fool am I? I’m trying to teach someone I’ll be forced to kill the insistence and desire to live. If I had only so much as thought about it, I would’ve realized just how cruel it is. Irisviel: Kiritsugu… Kiritsugu: If there was a way to save you, then I could continue to love you. But if I do that, everything I’ve sacrificed up until now would be for naught. The many lives I’ve taken would become completely meaningless. Your death is the only way I can make up for all the sins I’ve committed. Do I have any right to receive your love?! Irisviel: Why is it wrong to love something that will be destroyed? Kiritsugu, it doesn’t look like you’ve thought about your life after the Grail War. You intend to burn yourself out and perish in the coming battles, don’t you? Kiritsugu breathes out heavily Irisviel: Even so, I find myself holding feelings of love for you. We only have nine more years together in this world. Is there anything wrong with loving each other during that time? Kiritsugu: We have no salvation, no hope. The two of us have no future. Irisviel: Future? Kiritsugu: You see, love is about wishing for the salvation and hopes of your partner and entrusting those prayers. I’m unable to save you, and there is no hope for you, so we can’t possibly love each other. Even now, by saying you love me, it means you’re still unable to love yourself. The fact that you feel no sadness for your eventual demise is proof enough. Irisviel: Anger is needed for strength… Love is needed for anger… And a future is needed for love. Is that it? Kiritsugu: Great, not only have we wasted much of our time, we’ve come straight to a dead end. I’m sorry. If I knew it’d all be in vain, you’d have it so much easier if you had just remained the emotionless tool that you were. Irisviel: No. I have no regrets. Everything I’ve received from you is very precious to me. If we don’t have a future now, we just need to create a new one. A blank sheet, a new life, that isn’t yet bound by anything… Kiritsugu: What? Irisviel: I’m a woman. You’re a man. Together, we can create new life. As a complete homunculus, I have a womb that functions no differently from that of a normal person. It should be entirely possible. Kiritsugu: That’s just… Irisviel: If I can carry your hopes inside my body, and if I can one day give birth to an individual that will give you hope… As the one who made it possible, I’ll be able to feel proud of and love myself. Without needing how others think, I’ll be able to fight for my life and the fate of the future it leads to, entrusting my prayers… Kiritsugu: Iri, why would you go to such lengths? Irisviel: That’s because I’m stronger than you are. I think I’ve said so before. Kiritsugu: Heh… Irisviel: Having won and survived many battles, you probably think you’re stronger than everyone else, but you’ve simply chosen to make your enemies die before you do. That’s not the same as wanting to live longer. The strength you’ve acquired is nothing more than the ability to hasten the deaths of others as you all rush towards your doom. You’ve simply arranging the order in which you and others die. That’s not true strength. Kiritsugu sighs Irisviel: To never give up… to be able to find a way out and execute it no matter the predicament… to carry out the will to live until the moment of your demise… That’s the strength of the perfect Einzbern homunculus. That’s the power of the souls of the truly strong, something you don’t yet have. Kiritsugu: Ah, I see… It appears I’m no match for you. I have no further worries, I can truly believe now. Together, the two of us will yield to no enemy and surely reach the Grail. Irisviel: Yes. Kiritsugu: Please bear me a strong child. A child who’ll give me new hope once the war is over. Irisviel: Yes, please come up with a wonderful name for the child… my love.

↑ ^24.0 ^24.1

[v] Fate/side material - Encyclopedia: Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern [Person's name], p.076 [T]Translations by Mcjon01
English Japanese Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern [Person's name] The Einzbern family head who became the foundation of the Great Holy Grail over 200 years ago. Just like Illya, she was not a proper human, but was instead a magic circuit born for the sole purpose of becoming the Great Holy Grail's core. In fact, Illya, who was born from the union of a Justeaze-type homunculus and a foreign magus, could be considered her latest model. As for Justeaze herself, she still exists within the center of the Great Holy Grail. The circuitry covering the surface of the crater in the cavern is actually her magic circuits, enlarged and multiplied. These magic circuits, almost a kilometer in diameter, are microcosm of the universe created from a single human body. ユスティーツァ·リズライヒ·フォン·アインツベルン【人名】二百年前、大聖杯の礎となったアインツベルンの当主。イリヤ同様まっとうな人間体ではなく、大聖杯の炉心になる為だけに生まれた魔術回路である。イリヤはユスティーツァの同係機である母親と、外来の魔術師との間で生まれた最新型。大聖杯の中心には未だ彼女が納まっており、クレーターの表面にビツシリと敷き詰められた回路は、彼女の魔術回路を拡大・増殖させたもの。直径にして一キロメートル近い大聖杯の魔術回路は、一つの人体によって構成された小宇宙なのである。

↑ Fate/stay night - Fate route - Day 11: DragonSlay - Replay of the legend
↑ ^26.0 ^26.1 material/Zero - Irisviel von Einzbern, p.7

Fate series characters

Characters by series
Fate/stay night	Main characters: Shirou Emiya • Saber • Rin Tohsaka • Sakura Matou • Illyasviel von Einzbern • Archer • Kirei Kotomine Secondary characters: Assassin • Berserker • Caster • Gilgamesh • Lancer • Rider • Shinji Matou • Souichirou Kuzuki • True Assassin • Zouken Matou Minor characters: Atrum Galliasta • Ayako Mitsuzuri • Bedivere • Claudia Hortensia • Gai Gotou • Issei Ryuudou • Kaede Makidera • Kane Himuro • Leysritt • Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern • Otoko Hotaruzuka • Sella • Taiga Fujimura • Vivian • Yukika Saegusa
Fate/hollow ataraxia	Main characters: Bazett Fraga McRemitz • Avenger • Caren Hortensia Secondary characters: Assassin • Dilo • Edelfelt sisters • Luviagelita Edelfelt • Minori Mitsuzuri Master of Assassin • Perseus • Reikan Ryuudou • Saber • Scáthach • Stheno • Euryale
Fate/Zero	Main characters: Kiritsugu Emiya • Irisviel von Einzbern • Saber • Kirei Kotomine • Waver Velvet • Rider • Tokiomi Tohsaka • Archer Secondary characters: Aoi Tohsaka • Assassin • Berserker • Caster • Kariya Matou • Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald • Lancer • Maiya Hisau • Risei Kotomine • Ryuunosuke Uryuu • Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri Minor characters: Byakuya Matou • Fionn mac Cumhaill • Glen and Martha Mackenzie • Grainne • Jubstacheit von Einzbern • Natalia Kaminski • Norikata Emiya • Shirley
Fate/EXTRA	Main characters: Hakuno Kishinami • Saber • Archer • Caster • Gilgamesh • Rin Tohsaka • Rani VIII • Sakura Matou • BB Secondary characters: Alice • Archer • Assassin • Berserker • Berserker • Caster • Caster • Dan Blackmore • Jinako Carigiri • Julius B. Harwey • Launcher • Kiara Sessyoin • Lancer • Lancer • Lancer • Run Ru • Leonardo B. Harwey • Meltryllis • Monji Gatou • Passionlip • Rider • Saber • Saver • Shinji Matou • Twice H. Pieceman Minor characters: Amaterasu • Aoko Aozaki Chishiki Mabi • Ikuyo Yuutou • Issei Ryuudou • Kirei Kotomine • Shiki Ryougi • Sialim Eltnam Re-Atlasia • Taiga Fujimura • Touko Aozaki
Fate/Apocrypha	Black Faction characters: Caules Forvedge Yggdmillennia • Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia • Fiore Forvedge Yggdmillennia • Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia • Reika Rikudou • Roche Flyn Yggdmillennia • Celenike Icecolle Yggdmillennia • Archer of Black • Assassin of Black • Berserker of Black • Caster of Black • Lancer of Black • Rider of Black • Saber of Black Red Faction characters: Kairi Sisigou • Shirou Kotomine • Rottweil Berzinsky • Jean Rum • Pentel brothers • Feend vor Sembren • Archer of Red • Assassin of Red • Berserker of Red • Caster of Red • Lancer of Red • Rider of Red • Saber of Red Other characters: Sieg • Ruler Minor characters: Aias • Alma Petresia • Alzir • Bram Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri • Fafnir • Hector • Lord El-Melloi II • Reines El-Melloi Archisorte • Rocco Belfeban • Serge • Toole • Touki Sisigou • Trimmau • Victor Frankenstein
Fate/Prototype	Main characters: Ayaka Sajyou • Saber • Misaya Reiroukan • Lancer • Archer • Rider • Manaka Sajyou Secondary characters: Archer's Master • Assassin • Beast • \|Berserker • Caster • Aro Isemi • Hiroki Sajyou • Sancraid Phahn
Fate/Prototype: Fragments	Manaka Sajyou • Saber • Elza Saijo • Archer • Nigel Saward • Lancer • Shizuri Isemi • Rider • Misaya's father • Caster • Tatsumi Kitano • Berserker • Seiji Jinga • Assassin
Fate/Labyrinth	Manaka Sajyou • Norma Goodfellow • Saber • Archer • Caster • Assassin • Gray • Lord El-Melloi II • Wolfgang Faustus
Fate/strange fake	False Masters and Servants: Flat Escardos • False Berserker • Tiné Chelc • False Archer • Wolf • False Lancer • Tsubaki Kuruoka • False Rider • Orlando Reeve • False Caster • Jester Karture • False Assassin True Masters and Servants: Ayaka Sajyou • Player • Saber • Sigma • Watcher • Bazdilot Cordelion • True Archer • Francesca Prelati • True Caster • Haruri Borzak • True Berserker • Faldeus Dioland • True Assassin • Doris Lusendra • True Rider Other characters: Fillia • John Wingard • Vera Levitt • Clan Calatin • Hansa Cervantes • Lord El-Melloi II • Yuukaku Kuruoka • Cashura • Galvarosso Scladio • Rohngall • Saint Germain • Master of Archer (Fate/strange Fake)
Fate/Grand Order	Main characters: Ritsuka Fujimaru • Mash Kyrielight Observer on Timeless Temple characters: Romani Archaman • Leonardo da Vinci • Olga Marie Animusphere • Fou • Sherlock Holmes • Lev Lainur Flauros • Beast II • Goetia Epic of Remnant characters: Baal • Phenex • Zepar • Beast III/R • Ashiya Douman • Raum • Randolph Carter Cosmos in the Lostbelt characters: Goredolf Musik • Jingle Abel Meuniere • Sion Eltnam Sokaris • Captain Nemo • Tamamo Vitch Koyanskaya • Grigori Rasputin • Kirei Kotomine • Priestess of the Alien God • Alien God • Kadoc Zemlupus • Ophelia Phamrsolone • Hinako Akuta • Scandinavia Peperoncino • Kirschtaria Wodime • Beryl Gut • Daybit Sem Void • Senji Muramasa • Chaldean • David Bluebook Other characters: Marisbury Animusphere • Galahad • Characters in Fate/Grand Order
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files	Main characters: Lord El-Melloi II • Gray • Reines El-Melloi Archisorte Recurring characters: Add • Trimmau • Hishiri Adashino • Flat Escardos • Svin Glascheit • Luviagelita Edelfelt • Hishiri Adashino • Melvin Weins • Faker • Doctor Heartless Secondary characters: Flueger • Heine Istari • Jiroubou Seigen Tokitou • Clown • Orlocke Caesarmund • Rosalind Istari • Geryon Ashborn • Touko Aozaki • Inorai Valualeta Atroholm • Byron Valualeta Iselma • Diadra Valualeta Iselma • Estella Valualeta Iselma • Carina • Regina • Maio Brishisan Clynelles • Islo Sebunan • Mick Grazilier • Atrum Galliasta • Caules Forvedge • Yvette L. Lehrman • Olga Marie Animusphere • Trisha Fellows • Karabo Frampton • Rodin • Leandra • Jean-Mario Supinerra • Bersac Blackmore • Magdalena • Zepia Eltnam Atlasia • Fernando Croze • Sister Ilumia • Corpse King • McDonell Trambellio Elrod • Rufleus Nuada-Re Eulyphis • Asheara Mystras • Calugh Ithred
The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II	Main characters: Lord El-Melloi II • Gray • Reines El-Melloi Archisorte • Ergo Secondary characters: Add • Rin Tohsaka • Latio Crudelis Hiram • Tangere • Wuzhiqi • Flat Escardos • Luviagelita Edelfelt Other characters: Shirou Emiya • Mikiya Kokutou • Mana Ryougi
Garden of Avalon	Agravain • Artoria • Galahad • Gawain • Guinevere • Kay • Lancelot • Merlin • Morgan le Fay • Tristan • Vortigern
Fate/kaleid liner	Main characters: Illyasviel von Einzbern • Miyu Edelfelt • Chloe von Einzbern • Rin Tohsaka • Luviagelita Edelfelt • Magical Ruby • Magical Sapphire • Secondary characters: Shirou Emiya • Sella (Fate/kaleid) • Leysritt (Fate/kaleid) • Kiritsugu Emiya • Irisviel von Einzbern • Caren Hortensia • Bazett Fraga McRemitz • Tanaka • Beatrice Flowerchild • Angelica • Darius Ainsworth • Erika Ainsworth • Shirou Emiya (Miyu's brother) • Julian Ainsworth • Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg • Lord El-Melloi II • Mimi Katsura • Tatsuko Gakumazawa • Suzuka Kurihara • Nanaki Moriyama • Taiga Fujimura • Shinji Matou • Sakura Matou
Fate/Requiem	Main characters: Erice Utsumi • Voyager • Karin • Berserker • Koharu F Riedenflaus • Saber • Chitose Manazuru • Lancer • Nzambi • Anubis Secondary characters: Caren Fujimura • Makki • Kuchime • Rurihime
Fate/type Redline	Main characters: Kanata Akagi • Tsukumo Fujimiya • Saber Secondary characters: Archer • Berserker • Major Magatsu • Kaname • Major Reiter • Assassin • Caster • Rider
Fate/Koha-Ace	Main characters: Sakura Saber • Kohaku • Akiha • Demon Archer • Artoria • Rider • Oryuu • Caren Kotomine • Lancer • Major Matou • Berserker • Assassin • Caster • Major Reiter • Fuhrer • Lancer Other characters: Saber • Devil Saber • Sun Wukong
Others	Association Director • Gazamy •Grail-kun • Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg • Magical Amber • Magical Caren • Moby Dick • Nagato Tohsaka • Neco-Arc • Phantas-Moon • Raiga Fujimura • Saber Lion • Typhon • List of characters by statistics

Masters
Fate/stay night	Shirou Emiya • Rin Tohsaka • Illyasviel von Einzbern • Shinji Matou • Souichirou Kuzuki • Caster • Kirei Kotomine • Zouken Matou • Sakura Matou • Atrum Galliasta Ernest Gravehill
Fate/hollow ataraxia	Bazett Fraga McRemitz • Caren Hortensia • Edelfelt sisters • Master of Assassin • Einzbern Master
Fate/Zero	Kiritsugu Emiya • Kirei Kotomine • Tokiomi Tohsaka • Ryuunosuke Uryuu • Waver Velvet • Kariya Matou • Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald • Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri
Fate/EXTRA	Hakuno Kishinami • Rin Tohsaka • Rani VIII • Leonardo B. Harwey • Run Ru • Dan Blackmore • Shinji Matou • Alice • Julius B. Harwey • Monji Gatou • Twice H. Pieceman • Jinako Carigiri • Kiara Sessyoin • Meltryllis • BB • Kazuhito Sakagami • Izaya Kii • Leila Raidou • Misao Amari • Atrum Galliasta
Fate/Apocrypha	Kairi Sisigou • Shirou Kotomine • Rottweil Berzinsky • Jean Rum • Pentel brothers • Feend vor Sembren • Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia • Fiore Forvedge Yggdmillennia • Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia • Celenike Icecolle Yggdmillennia • Roche Frain Yggdmillennia • Caules Forvedge Yggdmillennia • Reika Rikudou • Sagara Hyouma • Sieg
Fate/Prototype	Ayaka Sajyou • Misaya Reiroukan • Manaka Sajyou • Sancraid Phahn • Aro Isemi • Elza Saijo • Nigel Saward • Misaya's father • Shizuri Isemi • Seiji Jinga • Tatsumi Kitano
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files	Doctor Heartless
Fate/Labyrinth	Manaka Sajyou • Norma Goodfellow • Wolfgang Faustus
Fate/strange fake	Player • Tiné Chelc • Tsubaki Kuruoka • Orlando Reeve • Jester Karture • Flat Escardos • Wolf • Ayaka Sajyou • Sigma • Faldeus Dioland • Cashura • Francesca • Doris Lusendra • Haruri • Bazdilot Cordelion
Fate/Grand Order	Ritsuka Fujimaru • Kirschtaria Wodime • Ophelia Phamrsolone • Kadoc Zemlupus • Scandinavia Peperoncino • Hinako Akuta • Beryl Gut • Daybit Sem Void
Fate/Samurai Remnant	Miyamoto Iori • Zheng Chenggong • Chiemon • Yui Shousetsu • Tsuchimikado Yasuhiro • Dorothea Coyett • Takao Dayu
Fate/Requiem	Erice Utsumi • Karin • Koharu F Riedenflaus • Chitose Manazuru • Makki • Kuchime • Rurihime • Ahasuerus
Fate/type Redline	Kanata Akagi • Kaname Asama • Reiji Magatsu • Major Reiter • Master of Caster • Mysterious Officer • Lanlan Fang
Koha-Ace	Kohaku • Artoria • Major Matou • Caren Kotomine
Fate/kaleid liner	Class Card users: Illyasviel von Einzbern • Miyu Edelfelt • Angelica Ainsworth • Beatrice Flowerchild • Julian Ainsworth • Rin Tohsaka • Luviagelita Edelfelt • Shinji Matou • Kariya Matou • Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald • Atrum Galliasta • Zachary Ainsworth

Servants
Classes	Saber • Lancer • Archer • Rider • Caster • Assassin • Berserker Ruler • Avenger • Alter Ego • MoonCancer • Shielder • Beast • Saver • Gunner • Gatekeeper • Funny Vamp • Faker • Watcher • Pretender • Voyager Grand Servant • Non-classed Servants
Fate/stay night	Saber • Lancer • Archer • Rider • Caster • Assassin • Berserker Archer • Assassin Shielder
Fate/hollow ataraxia	Avenger • Saber • Assassin
Fate/Zero	Saber • Lancer • Archer • Rider • Caster • Assassin • Berserker
Fate/EXTRA	Playable Servants: Saber • Archer • Caster • Gilgamesh • Saber • Caster • Saber • Ruler Party Servants: Rider • Rider • Ruler • Saber • Rider • Lancer • Archer • Berserker • Caster • Berserker Non-Playable Servants: Saber • Lancer • Lancer • Archer • Rider • Caster • Assassin • Berserker • Berserker • Saver • Rider • Assassin • Lancer • Saber • Lancer • Berserker • Berserker • Armstrong Non-Playable CCC Servants: Saber • Lancer • Caster • Launcher • BB Alter Ego: Passionlip • Meltryllis • Violet • Kingprotea • Kazuradrop Others: Saber
Fate/Apocrypha	Black Faction: Saber of Black (Sieg) • Lancer of Black • Archer of Black • Rider of Black • Caster of Black • Assassin of Black • Berserker of Black Red Faction: Saber of Red • Lancer of Red • Archer of Red • Rider of Red • Caster of Red • Assassin of Red • Berserker of Red Others: Ruler • Ruler Discarded designs: David • Musashibou Benkei • Georgios • Sakata Kintoki
Fate/Prototype	First Tokyo Holy Grail War Servants: Saber • Lancer • Archer • Rider • Caster • Assassin • Berserker Second Tokyo Holy Grail War Servants: Saber • Lancer • Archer • Rider • Caster • Assassin • Berserker • Beast
Fate/strange fake	False Servants: Saber • False Lancer • False Archer • False Rider • False Caster • False Assassin • False Berserker True Servants: True Archer • True Rider • True Caster • True Assassin • True Berserker • Watcher
Fate/Grand Order	Saber: Astolfo • Altera • Artoria Pendragon • Artoria Pendragon (Alter) • Artoria Pendragon Lily • Barghest • Bedivere • Benienma • Charlemagne • Chevalier d'Eon • Diarmuid Ua Duibhne • Dioscuri • Fergus mac Róich • Gaius Julius Caesar • Gilles de Rais • Ibuki-douji • Jason • Lancelot • Medusa • Miyamoto Musashi • Mordred • Nero Claudius • Nero Bride • Prince of Lanling • Rama • Roland • Saitou Hajime • Senji Muramasa • Shiki Ryougi • Siegfried • Sigurd • Suzuka Gozen • Theseus • Trưng sisters • Watanabe-no-Tsuna • Yagyuu Munenori • Yamanami Keisuke Lancer: Artoria Pendragon • Artoria Pendragon (Alter) • Bhima • Bradamante • Britomart • Brynhildr • Caenis • Cú Chulainn • Cú Chulainn (Prototype) • Diarmuid Ua Duibhne • Don Quixote • Elizabeth Bathory • Enkidu • Ereshkigal • Erice Utsumi • Fionn mac Cumhaill • Gareth • Hector • Houzouin Inshun • Jaguar Man • Karna • Leonidas • Mary Anning • Medusa • Melusine • Musashibou Benkei • Nezha • Parvati • Percival • Qin Liangyu • Romulus • Romulus-Quirinus • Scáthach • Sétanta • Sakamoto Ryouma • Valkyrie • Vritra Archer: Arash • Arjuna • Baobhan Sith • Atalanta • Billy the Kid • Calamity Jane • Child-Gil • Chiron • Chloe von Einzbern • David • Durga • EMIYA • EMIYA Alter • Euryale • Fujino Asagami • Gilgamesh • Ishtar • James Moriarty • Kali • Napoleon • Oda Nobukatsu • Oda Nobunaga • Orion (Artemis) • Paris • Ptolemy • Robin Hood • Saika Magoichi • Sei Shounagon • Sugitani Zenjuubou • Super Orion • Takasugi Shinsaku • Tawara Touta • Tomoe Gozen • Tristan • Zenobia Rider: Achilles • Alexander • Andromeda • Artoria Pendragon (Santa Alter) • Astolfo • Bartholomew Roberts • Bonny and Read • Boudica • Captain Nemo • Christopher Columbus • Constantine XI • Dobrynya Nikitich • Edward Teach • Europa • Francis Drake • Habetrot • Huang Feihu • Ivan the Terrible • Leonardo da Vinci • Mandricardo • Marie Antoinette • Medb • Medusa • Ozymandias • Quetzalcoatl • Red Hare • Georgios • Martha • Sakamoto Ryouma • Sakata Kintoki • Taigong Wang • Takeda Harunobu • Ushiwakamaru Caster: Aesc • Alice Kuonji • Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova • Artoria Avalon • Avicebron • Charles Babbage • Chen Gong • Circe • Cú Chulainn • Daikokuten • Geronimo • Gilgamesh • Gilles de Rais • Hans Christian Andersen • Helena Blavatsky • Illyasviel von Einzbern • Irisviel (Dress of Heaven) • Izumo-no-Okuni • Leonardo da Vinci • Medea • Medea Lily • Mephistopheles • Merlin • Merlin (Prototype) • Miss Crane • Murasaki Shikibu • Nitocris • Nursery Rhyme • Queen of Sheba • Scáthach Skadi • Scheherazade • Sieg • Solomon • Tamamo-no-Mae • Thomas Edison • William Shakespeare • Paracelsus von Hohenheim • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Xuanzang Sanzang • Zhang Jue • Zhuge Liang (Lord El-Melloi II) Assassin: Carmilla • Charles-Henri Sanson • Charlotte Corday • Cleopatra • Consort Yu • Dr. Jekyll • EMIYA • Fuuma Kotarou • Hassan of the Cursed Arm • Hassan of the Hundred Faces • Hassan of the Shining Star • Hassan of Serenity • Huyan Zhuo • Jack the Ripper • Jing Ke • Kama • Kashin Koji • Katō Danzō • Kiichi Hougen • King Hassan • Koyanskaya of Light • Locusta • Mata Hari • Mochizuki Chiyome • Mysterious Heroine X • Okada Izou • Osakabehime • Phantom of the Opera • Sasaki Kojirou • Semiramis • Shiki Ryougi •Shuten-douji • Stheno • Tezcatlipoca • Wu Zetian • Yan Qing Berserker: Asterios • Atalanta Alter • Beowulf • Caligula • Chacha • Cú Chulainn Alter • Darius III • Duryodhana • Eric Bloodaxe • Florence Nightingale • Frankenstein's Monster • Heracles • Hijikata Toshizo • Galatea • Ibaraki-douji • Kijyo Koyo • Kiyohime • Kriemhild • Lancelot • Lu Bu • Minamoto-no-Raikou • Morgan • Mysterious Heroine X Alter • Nagakura Shinpachi • Penthesilea • Paul Bunyan • Sakata Kintoki • Salome • Sen no Rikyu • Soujuurou Shizuki • Spartacus • Tamamo Cat • Vlad III • Xiang Yu Ruler: Amakusa Shirou Tokisada • Amour • Himiko • Iyo • James Moriarty • Jeanne d'Arc • Johanna • Qin Shi Huang • Sherlock Holmes • Uesugi Kenshin Avenger: Amakusa Shirou Tokisada • Angra Mainyu • Antonio Salieri • Black Iri • Comte de Monte Cristo • Edmond Dantès • Gorgon • Hessian Lobo • Jeanne Alter • Marie Antoinette Alter • Mysterious Ranmaru X • Nitocris Alter • Space Ishtar • Taira-no-Kagekiyo Alter Ego: Ashiya Douman • Kiara Sessyoin • Kingprotea • Larva/Tiamat • Manannán mac Lir • Mecha Eli-chan • Mecha Eli-chan MkII • Meltryllis • Okita Souji Alter • Passionlip • Sitonai • Super Bunyan • Taisui Xingjun • Xu Fu MoonCancer: Archetype: Earth • BB • Ganesha • Kiara Sessyoin Foreigner: Abigail Williams • Aoko Aozaki • BB Pele • Jacques de Molay • Katsushika Hokusai • Koyanskaya of Darkness • Kukulkan • Mysterious Heroine XX • Mysterious Idol X Alter • Van Gogh • Voyager • Wandjina • Yang Guifei Pretender: Alessandro di Cagliostro • Hephaestion Mnemosyne • Lady Avalon • Nine-Tattoo Dragon Eliza • Oberon • Tenochtitlan Beast: E-Aqua Marie • E-Flare Marie • Goetia • Tiamat • Kiara Sessyoin • Kama/Mara • Cath Palug • Tamamo Vitch Koyanskaya • Whore of Babylon • U-Olga Marie
Fate/Requiem	Voyager • Berserker • Saber • Lancer • Caster • Anubis • Unnamed female Servant • Assassin • Avenger • Rider • Hendrik van der Decken • Barbarossa • Circe • Edward Teach • El Cid • Jacques de Molay • Hannibal • Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa • Minamoto Kurou Yoshitsune • Elizabeth Bathory • Mata Hari • Foreigner • Asclepius • Odysseus
Fate/type Redline	Saber • Archer • Berserker • Assassin • Caster • Rider • Lancer • Fake Lancer
Fate:Lost Einherjar	Archer • Berserker Caster • Assassin Lancer • Rider Saber • Unknown
Fate/Samurai Remnant	Initial Servants: Saber • Archer • Lancer • Rider • Caster • Assassin • Berserker Stray Servants: Stray Saber • Stray Archer • Stray Lancer • Stray Rider • Stray Caster • Stray Assassin • Stray Berserker • Stray Ruler Others: Ototachibana-hime
Fate/kaleid liner	Fifth Holy Grail War Class Cards: Archer (Gilgamesh) • Assassin (Assassin • Assassin) • Saber • Lancer • Archer • Rider • Caster • Berserker Unknown Holy Grail War Class Cards: Assassin • Berserker • Berserker
Koha-Ace	Sakura Saber • Musashi • Lancer • Demon Archer • Devil Saber • Rider • Caster • Assassin • Berserker • Sun Wukong • Lancer
Others	Saber Lion • Faker • Others • Servants of Fate/Grand Order x Himuro's World

[1] 

[v] Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu: Characters, p.135

Q: Where does the main Einzbern family live? The “von” in the is supposed to be German, right?

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Q: Where does the main Einzbern family live? The “von” in the is supposed to be German, right?

A: They live in Germany, in a mountain district near a certain river.

Ｑ：アインツベルン本家はどこの国に存在するのでしょうか？名前に”フォン”があることからドイツだと思うのですか？

Ａ：ドイツのとある川の近くにある山岳地帯ですよ。

[2] English

[3] Japanese

[UBW_Anime_Booklet-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2

[v] Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Season 2 DVD Booklet Animation Elements p.19-27 [T]Translation by Kotonoha

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• The origins of Einzbern
A factory originally created by the students of the magician who realized the third magic. Began in the year 1 AD.
They attempted to reproduce their master’s miracle, but couldn’t do it themselves, so as an alternate plan they tried to recreate a specimen identical to their master and have it reproduce the magic.

After nearly 900 years of effort, Justeaze—the homunculus who would come to be called the Winter Saint—was forged.
She was a model that strayed from what the magi had intended, created completely by accident, but her abilities were equal to or above those of their master.
The magi should have been elated about Justeaze, but they couldn’t be happy. After all, she was a mutation that was born regardless of their own techniques or skills.
Even if that specimen was to reproduce the third magic, that conclusion would be harder for them to bear than 900 years of failure.

The magi deperately attempted to create a homunculus that excelled Justeaze by their own techniques.
The artificial intelligence created to act as the castle’s central management—the golem Jubstacheit—was the pinnacle of their craft, and became the father of all homunculi created at Einzbern.

Justeaze succeeded at proving the third magic.
However, it was not cost-effective. Justeaze’s use of the third magic was like careful knitting. It would take several years to save just one person, making the salvation of the entire human race virtually unattainable.
In addition, while Justeaze herself did not age, her body was so frail it would take little to kill her, so she could not leave the castle.
Since her intelligence and mentality were also unaging, she did not develop at all. From an outside perspective, it was as if she was repeating a single day for all eternity.
If she were to leave the castle she would be freed from this “single day,” but the act of leaving the castle signified an easy death for Justeaze.

In the end, they accepted that humans could create something that surpassed humans, but not something that could save humans.
… Or perhaps they would not have failed if a miracle like Justeaze had not occurred.

The magi despaired the limits of their abilities. Some abandoned the castle, while others took their own lives.
The homunculi left at Einzbern were abandoned by their creators, but in their purity, they continued to operate the factory for the sake of the creators’ ideology—the salvation of humankind, the reproduction of a miracle.

From then on, all homunculi created at Einzbern were based off of Justeaze.
Jubstacheit created a humanoid terminal unit, and used it as the manager of Einzbern. Though by the end he operated even Acht (the eighth humanoid terminal), he did not possess a personality.
He only included the necessary “humanity” to operate the castle and reproduce the third magic into each of his humanoid terminals, and made them act like humans.
Jubstacheit is essentially an automaton that cannot progress, but continues operating in perpetuity. His way of existence is just like an old clock ticking away, being forgotten by people before running down.

• The great grail
Five hundred years after the magi departed from Einzbern, a model plan was devised for a wide-area operation device for the third magic using Justeaze.
Einzbern had determined that reproducing Justeaze was impossible.
Their plan of keeping Justeaze safe because she was a unique and valuable model switched to a plan to use that unique model to mass-produce miracles.
(This was not Jubstacheit’s plan, but a consensus of opinion within Einzbern. Because the homunculi were pure, they chose the method with the greatest probability of success. In fact, Jubstacheit was the only intelligence that voted against this.)

Justeaze could only use the third magic on one human over a period of decades. Therefore, using Justeaze as a frame, they would create a “greater” magic formula and save many humans at once.
The plan was to disassemble her magic circuits and replace them with a magic formula, creating a humanoid universe—the great grail.

But Einzbern alone could not start this project.
They were no more than dolls. They had no way to live in the outside world, and they couldn’t handle the complexity of human society.
To create the great grail and reproduce the third magic, they needed understanding and cooperative humans.

Then, in the year 1800, a guest arrived at the winter castle that had continued to produce homunculi.
Makiri Zolken. A magus who had devoted his life to eliminating all the evils of the world, the evils of humanity.
(At this point, Zolken was mostly disillusioned. He knew it was about time to give up, but calling on Einzbern was his last hope. He met Justeaze, and felt a complicated mix of emotions—hope towards fulfilling his ambition, jealousy at her ability to use the third magic, and pity for Justeaze’s eternal youth causing her to “repeat the same day.”)

With Makiri’s understanding and Tōsaka’s cooperation, Einzbern began to create the great grail.
However, once they started, they determined that Justeaze alone was not enough.
They could create a great grail. They could create its core. However, to operate it they would need vast amounts of magical energy, and a lesser grail to control it.
Makiri and Tōsaka devised a ritual to collect magical energy using Justeaze’s ability to connect with the root: the grail war.
Despite being unable to reproduce Justeaze, Einzbern created a lesser grail with similar abilities to hers.

After 10 years, the project was finally complete.
The grail war ritual was successful, and the great grail lit up.
But its first operation ended in dismal failure.
There was no flaw in the great grail itself.
The problem lay in the craftsmen and magi who participated.
Instead of using the precious magic reactor core for the sake of the whole planet, the magi killed each other out of a desire to use it for the sake of their own race or society.
Einzbern had been unable to understand the thought processes of the humans who operated the great grail.

• Irisviel and Illyasviel
Einzbern learned from the failure of the grail war and changed their plans.
Justeaze no longer existed.
While preparing to restart the great grail, they returned to their original goal and focused on creating a perfect homunculus.

As a result, they created Irisviel, a homunculus with the function of a lesser grail. They expanded on her further and Illyasviel, a homunculus that was the pinnacle of Einzbern’s technique, was born.

• Tuners
This is a digression, but separate from the winter castle is the tuners’ building (a small house), inhabited by a family of human magi, not homunculi.
Since the homunculi cannot negotiate with human society, the tuners went into town in their place and barter for needed materials. Traders, essentially.
Still, they are a talented magus family, and possess strong artistry. Humans without strong aesthetic sense could never take care of Einzbern, after all.
The tuner family’s numbers dwindled along with Einzbern’s decline, and in the end only one remained.
It seems he often worked in the castle as a butler, teaching the secluded, medieval-minded homunculi about the outside world.

It’s unknown what kind of conclusion that tuner chose after Illya lost and Jubstacheit shut himself down.

• In summary: so what is Einzbern?
A factory in which homunculi continued operating towards the ideals and goals humans had given them, after the magi had left.
Jubstacheit is something like the factory’s central management program. A monolith. Acht is his terminal.
Even after their creators had given up and died, the homunculi in the winter castle devoted themselves to making their masters’ dream come true.

What lies at the basis of the Einzbern factory and many discarded things is the purity of machines.
Imagine a doll that can speak to its owner, but only a few phrases.
“Hello,” “thank you,” “I’m sorry,” “good night”—“I love you.”
These reactions delight the buyer, but it’s clear that they will soon be disappointed.

“No matter what I say, the doll can only say predetermined phrases. It just keeps repeating that tired old ‘I love you.’ ”
Realizing that the love the doll speaks of is a false emotion, the buyer will likely discard it eventually.
But humans are the ones who see that as empty words and a manufactured fake.
Even if it doesn’t have a “heart,” even if it’s only repeating the same words, there are no lies in the actions of machines.
They innocently carry out the task they were given.
“I love you.”
Though abandoned, forgotten, and scorned as out-of-date dolls, they continue to carry out their mission, unchanged from the time they were designed.
Machines do not lose their worth when a newer model appears.
Their worth (life) ends when humans can no longer bear that purity.

■アインツベルンの始まり

もともとは第三魔法を実現化した魔法使いの弟子たちが起こした工房。西暦元年から続く。

彼らは師の奇跡を再現しようと試みるも自分たちの手では叶わず、代案として師と同一の個体を作り、その個体に魔法を再現させようとした。

九百年近くの徒労の末、後に冬の聖女と呼ばれるホムンクルス、ユスティーツァが鋳造される。

彼女はまったくの偶然で作られた、魔術師たちの思惑とは外れたモデルだったが、その性能は彼らの師と同様か、それを上回るものだった。

本来なら歓喜で迎えられる筈のユスティーツァだが、魔術師たちは素直には喜べなかった。

なにしろ自分の技術、努力とは関係なく生まれた突然変異だ。

仮にこの個体が第三魔法を再現してしまった時。

それは彼らにとって挫折し続けた九百年の歳月より耐えがたい〃結論〃になってしまう。

魔術師たちはユスティーツアを超えるホムンクルスを自らの技術体系で作りだそうと躍起になった。

城の中枢制御用に作られた人工知能 …… ゴーレム・ユーブスタクハイトは彼らの技術の結晶であり、アインツベルンで作られるホムンクルスたちすべての父となった。

ユスティーツァ、第三魔法の証明に成功。

ただしコストが悪い。ユスティーツァの第三魔法は丁寧な編み物に近い。人間一人を救済するのに数年をかけるようなもので、全人類の救済にはとても届かない。

また、ユスティーツァ自身も不老ではあるが体

は脆弱で死にやすく、城の外には出られない。

その知性、精神性も不老である為、まったく成長しない。客観的に見れば「同じ一日を永遠に繰り返している」ようなもの。

城の外に出れば彼女は「同じ一日」から解放されるが、城の外に出る事はユスティーツァにとって緩やかな死を意味する。

結局のところ。

人の手で人間を超えるものは作れても、人の手で人間を救えるものは作れない、と彼らは受け入れた。

.....あるいは。ユスティーツァという奇跡さえ発生しなければ、彼らの挫折は訪れなかったのかもしれないが。

魔術師たちは自らの才能の限界に膝を折り、あるものは城を捨て、あるものは命を断った。

アインツベルンに残されたホムンクルスたちは創造主に捨てられたものの、その純粋さから彼らの理念—

人類の救済、奇跡を再現するために工場を回し続ける事になった。

以後、アインツベルンで作られるホムンクルスはすべてユスティーツァをベースにしたものとなる。

ユーブスタクハイトは人間型の端末筐体を製造し、これをアインツベルンの管理者として使用する。最終的にはアハト(八代目の人型端末 )まで稼働するユーブスタクハイトだが、彼に人格は存在しない。

あくまで〃城を動かすもの〃〃第三魔法を再現するもの〃として、その都度、必要な〃人間性〃を人型端末に植え付け、人間のフリをさせている

にすぎない。

ユーブスタクハイトの本質は〃進歩できないかわりに、永久に稼働し続ける〃オートマトンである。そのあり方はユツユツと時を刻み、自壊する前に人々の記憶から忘れ去られる古時計そのものだ。

■大聖杯

アインツベルンから魔術師たちが去ってから五百年後。

ユスティーツァを使った第三魔法の広域稼働装置のモデルプランが作られる。

アインツベルンはユスティーツァの再製造は不可能と結論。

一機しかいない貴重なモデルなので保存してお、くという方針から、一機の貴重品を使って奇跡を量産化する、という方針に切り替えた。

(これはユーブスタクハイトの方針ではなくアインツペルンの総意。ホムンクルスたちは純粋なので、より可能性のある方法を選んだ。むしろユーブスタクハイトは唯一、反対に票を投じた知性だった)

ユスティーツァでは何十年かけて人間ひとりにしか第三魔法を使用できない。

なのでユスティーツァという機体を使って「より大きな」魔術式を作り、一度に多くの人間を救えばいい。

彼女の魔術回路を分解し、魔術式に置換した人体宇宙—大聖杯の構想である。

しかしアインツベルンだけではこのプロジェクトを始められない。

彼らは人形にすぎない。外の世界で生きる術を

持たず、また、人間社会の複雑さには耐えきれないからだ。

大聖杯—第三魔法の再現には人間の理解者と協力者がいる。

そして西暦1800年。

延々とホムンクルスを作り続けていた冬の城に来訪者が現れた。

マキリゾォルケン。この世すべての悪人間の悪性、その切除に人生を捧げた魔術師だ。

(ゾォルケンもこの段階でほぼ夢破れている状態。もう諦めるべきだと分かっていながら、最後の希望でアインツベルンを訪れた。そうしてユスティーツァに出会い、悲願達成への希望、第三魔法を可能とするユスティーツァへの羨望、不老の代償に『一日を永遠に繰り返す』ユスティーツァへの哀れみ等の複雑な感情にとらわれる )

マキリという理解者、遠坂という協力者を経てアインツベルンは大聖杯の建造を開始。

しかし。大聖杯の建造に着手した時、ユスティーツアだけでは足りない事が判明した。

大聖杯は建造できる。炉心は確実に作れる。

しかし、これを動かすには莫大な魔力と、それを制御しうる小聖杯が必要だ。

マキリと遠坂は魔力集め—根源と接続できるユスティーツァの特性を生かした儀式、聖杯戦争を立案。

アインツベルンはユスティーツァの再現といかずとも、彼女に近い性能を持った小聖杯を作成する事になった。

十年の歳月を経て計画は成就した。

儀式・聖杯戦争は成功し、大聖杯に灯がともった。

だが一度目の運転は、無残な失敗に終わった。

大聖杯に落ち度があったのではない。

参加した技術者、魔術師たちに問題があったのだ。

せっかくの魔術炉心を魔術師たちは惑星のために使うのではなく民族のため、己が社会のために使おうと殺し合った。

大聖杯を運営する人間の思惑を、アインツペルンは理解できていなかったのだ。

■アイリスフィール、イリヤスフィールまで

失敗に終わった聖杯戦争を教訓に、アインツベルンは方針を改めた。

もうユスティーツァは存在しない。

彼らは大聖杯の再稼働を進めながら、当初の目的に立ち返った。完成されたホムンクルスの製造に注力した。

その結果、小聖杯としての機能を持ったホムンクルス・アイリスフィールが作られ、さらにその発展—アインツベルンの全技術の最高水準であるホムンクルスであるイリヤスフィールが誕生した。

■調律師

余談ではあるが、冬の城のはずれには調律師たちの離れ(小さな洋館)がある。

ここにはホムンクルスではない人間の魔術師の一族が住んでいる。

彼らは人間社会とうまく交渉できないホムンクルスたちの代わりに町に出て必要な物資を交換してくる、いわば商人だ。

とはいえ腕の立つ魔術師の一族であり、彼ら自

身も高い芸術性を持っている。優れた美術観を持つ人間でなければアインツベルンの面倒は見られないからだ。

調律師の一族もアインツベルンの衰退とともにこ数を減らし、最後には一人を残すのみとなった。

彼は人間社会にうとく中世の感覚のまま暮らしているホムンクルスたちに外の世界を教える執事として城で働く事も多かったという。

イリヤが失敗し、ユーブスタクハイトが自らの電源を落とした後、この調律師がどのような結末を選んだかは定かではない。

■まとめつまり,アインツベルンって何?

魔術師がいなくなった後、彼らに作られたホムンクルスたちが、人間の目指した理想と目的のために稼働し続けている工場。

ユーブスタクハイトは工房の中枢制御プログラムのようなもの。モノリス。アハトはその端末。

ホムンクルスたちは創造主があきらめ死に絶えた後も、冬の城で主が夢見たものを叶えようと研鑽していた。

アインツベルンの工房、多くの廃棄物たちの根底にあるのは機械の純粋さ。

たとえば「数パターンにすぎないが、持ち主に話しかけられると返事をする人形」があるとする。

『ごきげんよう』『ありがとう』『ごめんなさい』『おやすみなさい』—『あなたを愛しています』その反応に喜ぶ買い主だが、すぐに失望するのは明白だ。

〃私が何を言おうと人形は決まった台詞しか言わない。愛しています、なんて聞き飽きた言葉を

繰り返す〃

人形が語っていたのは偽物の愛、偽物の感情だ青だと思い知り、買い主はいずれ人形を破棄するだろう。

だが、それを空虚な言葉、作られた偽物と感じているのは人間側の事情だ。

たとえそこに『心』がなく、同じ言葉を繰り返すだけだとしても、機械の行いに嘘はない。

彼らは無心に、与えられた仕事をこなし続ける。

『あなたを愛しています』と。

捨てられ、忘れ去られ、時代遅れの人形と蔑まれても、彼女たちは作られた時の制作意図から変わることなく使命を果たし続ける。

機械がその価値を失うのは次の代用品が現れた時、ではなく。

人問がその純粋さに耐えきれなくなった時、彼らの

いのだ価値は終わるのだ。

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[3] Fate/stay night - Heaven's Feel (route) - Day 4: Avenger - Holy Grail War, the beginning

[4] 

Fate/Grand Order - Siegfried's My Room voice lines

Das Rheingold... the accursed treasure. I had heard from a while ago, that now it is in the possession of alchemists hailing from Germany? If I am not mistaken, the name is.... Einzbern? It would be great if no curse had befallen to them, yet...

[Fate13-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Fate/stay night - Fate route - Day 13: infinity arms - You're my only star

[FHM-6] 6.0 ^6.1

[v] Fate/complete material V: Hollow Material - Characters: Leysritt, p.098-099

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Leysritt -

TYPE-MOON comment
Nasu: Einzbern is a dream castle where soul output devices (homunculus) are created as samples for the Third Magic, and after the data is taken, the unwanted items are either discarded or, if their performance is high enough, reused as maids like this.

リーゼリット - イリヤを守るホムンクルス
イリヤに仕え、アインツベルン城を管理するホムンクルスのメイド。口数が少なく、喋るときも片言で話す。セラからはよく小言を言われるが、会話のイニシアチブは彼女が握ることが多い。イリヤのことが大好きで、とにかくイリヤを第一に考えている。

TYPE-MOONコメント
奈須：アインツベルンは第三魔法へのサンプルとして魂の出力装置（ホムンクルス）を造り、データを取った後の不要品は棄てるか、性能が高ければこのようにメイドとして再利用する夢の城。リズは身体特化型なので、単純な力勝負ならサーヴァントと打ち合える。言うなればハイ・メイド。『Fate』界最大のパストを誇る。
武内：巨大ハルバードが印象的。メイド姿も、水着姿もちょうどいい塩梅でデザインできたかなと。
奈須：精神的にはイリヤより幼いんだけどね。デザインもメチャクチャ好みで、格闘ゲームでプレイヤーが使用できるキャラになった時は嬉しかった！「たーおれーるぞー！」

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[7] Fate/stay night - Heaven's Feel (route) - Day 7: dialogue lost loop - Cinema - Ilya (III)

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[v] Comptiq 2007-08 issue - Fate Dojo Q & A:
Q: 「Fate/Zero」も季節は冬でしたが、聖杯戦争はいつも冬に行われていたんですか？何か理由があるのですか？

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Q:

A:

Ｑ：「Fate/Zero」も季節は冬でしたが、聖杯戦争はいつも冬に行われていたんですか？何か理由があるのですか？（鹿児島県／金田一長助）

Ａ：ほら、暑いと戦いたくないじゃん？
主にアインツベルンの連中が。

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[FHAGarden-9] Fate/hollow ataraxia - Other - Einzbern Castle - Memory

[FHAStorage-10] Fate/hollow ataraxia - 10/08 - Emiya's - Iris' storehouse

[FHAChoice-11] Fate/hollow ataraxia - Night - Choice sake - proof of the wild

[FHATea-12] Fate/hollow ataraxia - 10/09 - Emiya's - Sugar candy teatime

[Zero1Act1Pt2-13] Fate/Zero Volume 1: The Untold Story of the Fourth Holy Grail War - Act 1 Part 2 - 282:14:28

[Zero1Act1Pt5-14] Fate/Zero Volume 1: The Untold Story of the Fourth Holy Grail War - Act 1 Part 5 - 270:08:57

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[v] Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu: Characters, p.135

Q: Where did the Einzbern nobles get their narrow view of Japanese culture from? Did it come from their resentment of Kiritsugu?

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Q: Where did the Einzbern nobles get their narrow view of Japanese culture from? (That Japanese people are a tribe of headhunters, and other terrible and weird prejudices...). Did it come from their resentment of Kiritsugu?

A: All foreigners are like that. (Secret Technique: Kinoko Reverse Discrimination)

Ｑ：アインツベルンのお館様の偏見まみれな日本観はどこから？（日本人はクビカリ族だー、とか相当ひどい＆ズレた日本観のような気が......）切嗣への怒りにつながったのでしょうか？

Ａ：外国人の方はみんなあんなもんです（奥義きのこ偏見返し）。

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[v] Fate/Apocrypha material - Encyclopedia: Einzbern [Others], p.148 [T]Translations by NanoDesu

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Einzbern [Others]
One of the Three Families that established the Fuyuki Holy Grail War. The family that lies at the center of events in “Fate/stay night” and “Fate/Zero” (Writer: Urobuchi Gen).
In “Apocrypha”, they didn’t become discouraged by the fact that the Greater Grail was stolen in the Third Holy Grail War… rather, they don’t seem to have that kind of mentality in the first place (if they gave up, it would only be when even their greatest creation, Illyasviel, would fail to attain the Third Sorcery), and they are doing everything they can with the belief that they might be able to reproduce that miracle. Accordingly, they have come to reluctantly have relationships with other magi despite their insular and unsociable nature, and the Musik family took advantage of their confused state of affairs in order to receive a portion of their homunculi craft. However, what the Einzberns taught was merely the equivalent of giving a toy to a child, so it wasn’t much of a problem for them.
The Musik family concealed the fact that they were part of the Yggdmillennia clan, but naturally the Einzberns know about it. However, the Greater Grail was formed by taking apart the only successful Justeaze-model homunculus, so the Einzbern agreed to cooperate with them in case they should manage to activate one.

アインツベルン【その他】

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[v] Fate/Apocrypha material - Encyclopedia: The Three Families [Others], p.166 [T]Translations by NanoDesu

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The Three Families [Others]
In “Apocrypha”, the Three Families are the magi who constructed the Fuyuki Holy Grail War… in other words, the Einzberns, Tohsaka and Makiri.
Just as alluded in the light novels, Makiri (Matou) Zouken fought fiercely against Darnic during the Third Holy Grail War, but became practically crippled due to the shock of the Greater Grail being stolen. The family wasn’t blessed with a successor either, so their future as magi has been completely shut.
The Tohsaka gave up on the Greater Grail, and now seek a new path in becoming one with the universe with Chinese Kenpou while learning magecraft. The twin-tail daughter of the family might also end up becoming the founder of a “completely new martial arts that combines magecraft and Chinse Kenpou” by the time she becomes a high school student. However, she never imagined that her younger sister who was adopted by distant relatives would come visit her in Japan after becoming a pro-wrestler with unimaginably nice proportions and forming a tag team with a drill-roll-haired girl…!
The Einzberns are in the midst of struggling to make a new Greater Grail under the excuse “It was stolen, so we’ll just make a new Holy Grail”. Fortunately, in the “Apocrypha” world, a certain dead fish-eyed mercenary won’t end up becoming involved with the Einzberns, so their greatest work Illyasviel will never be born—therefore, as long as she isn’t born, the Einzberns will never despair… Is that really fortunate?

御三家【その他】

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[v] Fate/complete material III: World Material - Theory of Magic - Magecraft: Family lineage of Magus, p.046

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Family lineage of Magus
A magus lineage refers to the Magic Crest relay that passes down a Magic Crest through unilineal succession. Because this “relay” is so important, even if a family’s biological lineage has ceased, the magus lineage will be considered continuous if the crest is engraved onto somebody else’s body. Conversely, if the Magic Crest itself is lost, that magus lineage will be considered to have been severed even if a child with Magic Circuits still lives. Under normal circumstances, a magus selects the best qualified heir from within the family, and gradually passes on the Magic Crest to the successor.
The chosen successor to a magus lineage undergoes harsh training from a young age. Because an abnormal mindset and body are required to use magic, the training to instill these qualities is extremely severe, and it is not unusual to employ inhumane measures such as brainwashing and bodily modification. Thus, as the heir matures he or she inherits the lineage’s magic, knowledge, and research. Finally, a new master is born when the entirety of the Magic Crest is passed down from the predecessor.

Increasing the number of Magic Circuits
Magic Circuits are organs that one is born with, so there is no way to increase their number after birth. There are ways to transfer circuits, but it is rarely done because the success rate is low. Therefore, magus lineages will modify the parents’ bodies or take every measure possible at the moment of a child’s birth to create a successor with even one additional Magic Circuit. Therefore, the children of older lineages tend to have more Magic Circuits.

Inherited Magic Crests
Magic Crests are heirlooms within which the entirety of a lineage’s research is inscribed, from the first ancestor to the present. The crest contains the regrets of previous family heads’ inability to master their magic. A Magic Crest with a long history is a cursed crystallization impregnated with the feelings of countless preceding magi.

The Tohsaka family
Rin is the heir to the Tohsaka family, while Sakura was adopted by the Matou family as a successor. Because Tohsaka Tokiomi, the family head, died in the Holy Grail War, Rin inherited Tokiomi’s estate, including his magical patents, businesses in Fuyuki, and other assets. However, at this point most of Tokiomi’s magic crest had not yet been transferred to Rin. Tokiomi’s crest was extracted from his body by the Clock Tower, and given to Tokiomi’s next of kin to be transplanted into Rin.

Great magical families

Family name or Representative
Attributes
Explanation

Tohsaka Conversion One of the founding families of the Holy Grail War. They are disciples of the Sorcerer Zelretch, and the administrators of Fuyuki.

Makiri Absorption One of the three founding families of the Holy Grail War. They immigrated to Fuyuki and became the Matou family.

Einzbern Flow and transfer of power One of the three founding families of the Holy Grail War. They specialize in alchemy, particularly in the creation of homunculi.

Edelfelt Conversion Family from Finland. Like Tohsaka, prefer jewels magic, which uses the attribute of conversion.

Barthomeloi Almighty Old line even in the Magic Association. One of the families of the rulers, the Lords. Embodiments of perfectionism and aristrocracy.

Milyonecalion Prosperity One of the top magi in the magic world, known also by the name "Giver of All Sealing Designations". Details are unknown.

Jewel Killer Halting One of the remarkable magi in history, affiliated with the Sea of Estray, the mysterious prototype of the Magic Association.

Hermes Silis Atlasia Future Magus from one of the divisions of the Magic Association, the Atlas Institute, the association for the magi and alchemists of Egypt.

魔術の家系
魔術師の家系とは、一子相伝で魔術刻印を相続していく "魔術刻印のリレー”のことを指す。この"リレー”こそが重要であるため、生物学的な血筋が絶えたとしても､魔術刻印が他人の肉体に受け継がれてさえいれば、その魔術師の家系は続いているといえる。また、魔術回路を持った子孫が存続していたとしても､魔術刻印が失われてしまったなら、その家系は魔術的に断絶したに等しい。とはいえ、通常であれば魔術師は自分の血族から優れた素養を持つ後継者を選択し、魔術刻印を連綿と受け継がせていくことになる。
また、後継者として選ばれた子供は、幼い頃より厳しい鍛錬を強制される。魔術の行使に必要な精神と肉体は常識を外れたものであるため、それに耐え得る心身を手に入れる鍛錬は過酷を極め、洗脳や肉体改造のような非人道的な手段すら珍しくないのだ。そうして成長と共に、魔術や、それに付随する知識と研究を受け継ぎ、最終的に先代の魔術師からすべての魔術刻印を受け継ぐことで新たな当主が誕生する。

魔術回路の増やし方
魔術回路は生まれ持った器官であり、後天的に増えることはない。移植方法はあるが､成功率が低いために行われることは少ない。そのため、魔術師の家系は親の肉体を改造、あるいは子供が生まれる際に手を尽くし、１本でも魔術回路の多い跡継ぎを誕生させようとする。よって、古い家系の子供ほど魔術回路が多い傾向がある｡

遺産としての魔術刻印
魔術刻印は、魔術師の家系の始祖より現在に至るまでのすべての研究成果が刻まれた受け継ぐべき遺産”である。そこには歴代当主の"魔術を極められなかった"という無念の想いも含まれている。古く長い歴史を持つ魔術刻印は、極めて高い価値と同時に、歴代の魔術師たちの無数の想いを宿した呪いの結晶ともいえるだろう。

遠坂家の場合
遠坂家では長女の凛が後継者となり、次女の桜は養子に出されて間桐家の後継者となった。当主である遠坂時臣が聖杯戦争で早世したため、凛は時臣が申請した魔術的特許や冬木市の商業用地などの遺産を受け継いだが、この時点で時臣の魔術刻印は、殆ど凛に刻まれていなかった。そのため、時臣の魔術刻印は時計塔で遺体から摘出され、時臣の知己の手を経て凛に移植されている。

魔術の名門

家名 or 代表者
特性
解説

遠坂転換聖杯戦争を創始したうちの一家。魔法使いゼルレッチを大師とし、冬木を管理する。

マキリ吸収聖杯戦争を創り出した始まりの御三家のひとつ。冬木に移り住み、間桐家となった。

アインツベルン力の流転・転移聖杯戦争を始めた御三家のひとつ。錬金術、特にホムンクルスの製造を得意とする。

エーデルフェルト転換フィンランドの名門。遠坂と同じく、転換の特性を使用した宝石魔術を好んで用いる。

バルトメロイ万能魔術協会でも古い血筋配者であるロードの一家。完璧主義かつ貴族主義の体現者。

ミリョネカリオン繁栄 "封印指定総与"のふたつ名で知られる、魔術世界屈指の魔術師。委細は不明。

宝石殺し停止魔術協会の原形とされながらも謎多き彷徨海に所属する、稀代の魔術師。

ヘルメス・シリス・アトラシア未来魔術協会の一部門エジプトにある魔術師&錬金術師の協会アトラス院の魔術師。.

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[v] Fate/Zero material - Encyclopedia: Irisviel von Einzbern [Person's name], p.090

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Irisviel von Einzbern [Person's name]
A homunculus modeled after Justizia Lizleihi.
Although the Einzbern homunculi have their functions determined during the design process, Irisviel only developed the plan to conceive Illyasviel after she was created. Thus, as a special case, she was allowed to hold multiple “functions different from the plan”. That is, not only did she give birth, but she was also given the role of rearing Illyasviel. Although Justabcheit determined that this method would be more efficient than using a newly-constructed homunculus as a wet nurse, it was still a special case when it came to the Einzberns' standard. Anyhow, the result was that although a homunculus, Irisviel obtained the experiences of raising a child as a “mother” just like a human would, and it produced an effect on her character that even Acht could not predict.
Even compared to other Einzbern homunculi, there had never been an example of one who had interacted with humans for as long as 9 years, or had such colorful and irregular mental activity. In other words, for the Einzbern, Irisviel was the first to receive the same treatment as a human, and the first to have emotions like a human. Because her physical and mental capabilities originally surpassed those of a human, those mental processes did not fail her after her exceptional growth, and she finally possessed self-awareness and emotions equal to those of a normal human.
Even so, compared with the inherent knowledge and reason, the crystallization of the Einzbern's wisdom accumulated over millennia, that comes with the format of homunculus, her emotions and human experiences have only accumulated over a mere 9 years, which results in her having both the elegance of an upper-class lady and the innocent nature of a child, making her a troublesome princess.
Some additional information: during the time when Zero’s plot was being set, apparently the setup of Angra Mainyu in Hollow wasn't well-known yet. How in the world the author came up with "that ending", even for us, couldn't be scarier.

アイリスフィール・フォン・アインツベルン【人名】
ユスティーツァ・リズライヒな鋳型として錬成されたホムンクルスの一人。
設計段階から用途を特定され、肉体も精神もその目的に最適化された状態で産み落とされるのがアインツベルンのホムンクルスだが、アイリスフィールについては鋳造された後からイリヤスフィール受胎の計画が発案されたため、特例的に「本来とは違う役割」を兼任させられることとなった。即ちイリヤスフィールの出産のみならず育成までも任されたのである。乳母役のホムンクルスな新造するよりも効率的であろうというユーブスタクハイトの判断だったのだが、これはアインツベルンの基準に照らせば異例のことである。ともあれ結果としてアイリスフィールは、ホムンクルスでありながら人間の女性と同様に子な産み育てるという「母親」として経験を積むこととなった。これが彼女の情操面において、アハト翁が予想だにしたかった影響を及ぼすことになる。
他のアインツベルン製ホムンクルスと比べても、九年の長きに渡って人間と交渉し、多彩で変則的な精神活動を行った個体は過去に例がない。言い方を変えるなら、アイリスフィールほどに人間同等の扱いを受け、人間的な情緒を身につけたホムンクルスはアインツベルンにおいては初だった。もとより心身の機能においては人間をむしろ凄駕する存在だけに、異例の成長を遂げた後もその精神構造は破綻せず、ついには一般的な人間と何ら遜色のない自意識と感情を備えるに至った。
とはいえ、ホムンクルスのフォーマットとして生まれつき持ら合わせている知識と理性がアインツベルン千年の英知の結晶であるのに対し、情動面を育んだ人生経験はたったの九年に過ぎず、結果として彼女は貴婦人としての風雅と幼児的な稚気を兼ね備えるという、ちょっと困ったお姫様になってしまった。
余談ながら、Zeroのプロットが確定した段階では、ホロウにおけるアンリマユの設定をまだ聞かされていなかったんだよなぁと思い返してみると、いったい筆者は〝あの結末″に至るまでをどういう経緯として書く気だったのか、我ながら空恐ろしいことこの上ない。

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[FHA1-20] 20.0 ^20.1 Fate/hollow ataraxia - Heaven's Feel - 1/ Heaven's Feels Backnight I

[Zero2Act8-21] Fate/Zero Volume 2: The Mad Feast of Kings - Act 8 Part 5 - 103:11:39

[Zero3Act9-22] Fate/Zero Volume 3: The Scattered Ones - Act 9 Part 4 - 91:23:15

[Drama-23] 

[v] Fate/Zero Season 1 Boxset - Drama CD 1

Track 1

Kiritsugu: So this is the Grail vessel. It collects the souls of Heroic Spirits anchored to this world as Servants, and is then presented as an offering for the Great Grail summoning. A container for that purpose. If it‘s just a vessel, it should look like one. But why does it have the appearance of a human? Damn it, this makes things difficult.

Kiritsugu: Ah, can you hear me? Do you understand what I’m saying?

Irisviel: Yes, Emiya Kiritsugu.

Kiritsugu: Ah, so you can speak too. I’m surprised.

Irisviel: You seem to have extremely low expectations for Einzbern homunculi.

Kiritsugu: Not at all. I doubt anyone can match the descendants of Justica Lizleihi, Master of Northern Alchemy and the Saint of Winter, in creating artificial humans.

Irisviel: That’s right, I come with all the functions of a complete human body. I also have magic circuits that far surpass that of a normal person and was branded with a standardized reverse-type magic crest as the starting default. My potential as a Mage should be greater than yours.

Kiritsugu: Right, that’s really great. But I have no need for those functions of yours. You’ll be… Damn it, why must I explain these things?

Irisviel: If you aren’t satisfied with my functions, you need to make yourself clear or I won’t be able to do anything about them.

Kiritsugu: Are you properly aware of the reason you were created?

Irisviel: Yes. I am the Grail vessel. I will function as the key that will activate the Great Grail in the coming 4th Holy Grail War.

Kiritsugu: Exactly. You’re just a container. Regardless of your purpose, you’re really no different from a beer mug. Why does the thing have limbs, talk so much, and even lecture its master? I don’t get it.

Irisviel: In that case, please allow me to explain. On top of protecting the Grail vessel, as the most effective method, I have also been given a psyche so I can act independently and evaluate situations. That’s what I am.

Kiritsugu: So you’re saying I don’t need to worry about protecting the Grail vessel because it can make its own decisions and keep itself safe?

Irisviel: That would be correct.

Kiritsugu: Let me ask you, then. Do you really have the ability to defend yourself in battle?

Irisviel: That’s how I was designed.

Kiritsugu: Looking at you, I find that hard to believe.

Irisviel: Are you judging me by my appearance?

Kiritsugu: Very well. All I need to do is put it to the test.

Kiritsugu strikes Irisviel

Kiritsugu: Hey. Are you playing the fool? How could you not even counter such a simple attack? Do you not even have basic self-defense skills?

Irisviel: I had no need to counter it. You are Emiya Kiritsugu, and therefore can’t possibly want to destroy the Grail vessel.

Kiritsugu: I’m not playing around. If you’re a defect that only knows how to talk and can’t defend itself, then it’s better for me if I destroy you right away and ask the family head to prepare another vessel.

Irisviel: Is returning the blow and fighting with the intent to harm what you define as self-defense?

Kiritsugu: That’s right. Got a problem with that?

Irisviel: That’s the worst decision I could make to ensure my survival. I should be avoiding dangerous situations as my greatest priority. In the event I make a strategic mistake that puts me in a situation where danger is unavoidable, escape, disguise, deceitful negotiations and so forth would be the next best options.

Kiritsugu: I’ll give it to you straight. Battle strength is what I need, not sophistry. I need agility that kills before being killed, accuracy, and destructive power.

Irisviel: That’s not a strategy for survival. If we compare you and me in terms of self-defense… Emiya Kiritsugu, you’re weaker than I am.

Kiritsugu: You’re unbelievable.

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Track 2

Kiritsugu: What do you think you’re doing, forcing a homunculus like that onto me?

Jubstacheit: You aren’t satisfied with her? She is among the best of my creations in recent years.

Kiritsugu: As a doll, she is indeed very well-made. But I’ll have absolutely no use for her in the Grail War. You gave the Grail vessel a humanoid body and a sense of self capable of self-defense, apparently, but she’s completely useless. If she encounters a drunk on the streets, she’ll most likely get hurt. I’d have better uses for it if you gave it the body of a crow or a Doberman.

Jubstacheit: You live up to your name of Mage Killer, Emiya Kiritsugu. The savagery of the way you think is far beyond our ability to understand.

Kiritsugu: Isn’t that why you sent for me? The methodology you Einzberns employ couldn’t be any less suitable in battle.

Jubstacheit: Whether or not an instrument’s functions can be put to good use depends on its owner. Regarding that, it’s clear that debating with you would just be a waste of time. Anyway, on that point, it’ll be enough to simply prove her tenacity to you. Constructed to be harder to break than a typical Grail vessel, she’s even been designed to prevent herself from being broken. You’ll witness that function of hers directly. Let’s see, we’ll have the results in two or three days.

Kiritsugu: What are you talking about?

Jubstacheit: It’s just a little experiment. You can think of it as a test of her durability. I left her at the disposal yard for failed creations in the forest depths last night.

Kiritsugu: Wha-?!

Jubstacheit: I threw her, naked, right into the middle of hungry wolves and evil spirits in the frigid blizzard. It’s a trial where even the most robust of warriors either die of cold or are killed and eaten within the night. If she manages to return to this castle alive, then you’ll have to acknowledge her strength.

Kiritsugu: You can’t be serious. She may be a homunculus, but she’s a girl you created with your very own hands!

Jubstacheit: All I ask of that thing is that it doesn’t break and maintains itself until the Great Grail ritual. If it cannot even endure a trial as trivial as this, then, in line with your complaint, I'II acknowledge the defects in my design and prepare a new vessel.

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Track 3

Irisviel: Where am… I?

Kiritsugu: There’s no need to worry. Get some more rest and don’t speak.

Irisviel: Why am I… in the castle?

Kiritsugu: I brought you back to put an end to that ridiculous test Acht sent you.

Irisviel: Ah… You can’t do that.

Irisviel: I still haven’t finished the trial. I still haven’t proved my durability to you.

Kiritsugu: Don’t be ridiculous. Does that body of yours not feel pain?

Irisviel: It does. In order to properly grasp the state of my body, pain is a neccesary sensation.

Kiritsugu: Then why? Is putting up a bold front even though your body’s been so brutally battered what you call strength?

Irisviel: Exactly. My mission is to survive. It is to live through any extreme situation. Any bodily damage that does not go beyond permitted levels is fine.

Kiritsugu: You’re wrong.

Irisviel: Why?

Kiritsugu: Strength isn’t measured by how much pain you can endure. If you don’t feel anger towards pain and have the will to retaliate against whatever caused you pain, you won’t ever win. Don’t you feel anger towards the family head? Towards Jubstacheit, the one who did this to you?

Irisviel: Anger? But why? Greatgrandpa didn’t do anything wrong.

Kiritsugu: He hurt you badly just to clear the humiliation I gave him. He values his pride as a designer more than your pain. Ah… I suppose I also hold responsibility for thinking light of you. That’s why you should be feeling anger towards Acht and me, because we’re both the reason why you were hurt.

Irisviel: Even in my current condition of damage, my body can still more than fulfill its function as the Grail vessel. Therefore, my greatgrandfather’s pride and clearing up your misunderstanding are far more important than my pain.

Kiritsugu: You’re wrong. You’re wrong! In order to become strong, you must learn what anger is.

Irisviel: Why?

Kiritsugu: Because it’s the very basis of the act of fighting. No matter how you are, you must resist anything that results in your being hurt.

Irisviel: I don’t understand what you’re saying.

Kiritsugu: You seem to be aware of your value and the meaning of your existence, at least in theory. But do you feel happiness and pride in your being born to this world and in the mission you have been given? I’m slighting that very aspect of you this time.

Irisviel: Ah…

Kiritsugu: If you really do think your mission is to protect yourself, wouldn’t you want to become stronger? Wouldn’t you want to broaden your fighting repertoire so you could win battles?

Irisviel: Yes. If it really is possible, it would be very profitable learning.

Kiritsugu: Then start by having more concern for yourself. Find happiness in your life and its stage, the world. Then you won’t allow any of these things to be damaged. That way, you should be able to acquire the emotion we call anger.

Irisviel: Happiness… Concern… It’s difficult for me to embrace emotions with no basis.

Kiritsugu: Damn it, must I really go to such lengths for you? Okay. I’ll teach you about them. All right, let’s start with your-

Ah, I shouldn’t keep referring to you like that. Do you have a name? Not “vessel”, not “homunculus”, but a name of your very own?

Irisviel: I’m… Irisviel, Irisviel von Einzbern.

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Track 4

Maiya: How has the homunculus been doing since?

Kiritsugu: She’s becoming a different person day by day. She must’ve been given a great thirst for knowledge. She greedily absorbs any information I give her, and her general knowledge is becoming abundant.

Kiritsugu: Already, she can hold casual conversations like any typical person. But is there a point in educating her so much? Sometimes, I wonder if it’s all a big mistake. Maiya, you mentioned… how you used to think of yourself as a machine, didn’t you?

Maiya: Yes. What about it?

Kiritsugu: I’m just puzzled as to how you manage to firmly keep your sanity in battle when you think of yourself like that.

Maiya: That’s a strange question coming from you, Kiritsugu. I thought it’d be second nature to you as to how one stays sane in the battlefield.

Kiritsugu: It appears I’ve gotten confused on many things since I began training Irisviel. It’s true that, since she doesn’t think of herself as anything more than a machine, she probably isn’t suited for the battlefield. I thought there’d be room for improvement if l could instill battle instincts in her by strengthening her sense of self, but I might’ve gotten the premise itself wrong.

Maiya: Being a tool, she was never made for battle to begin with. Even so, while the homunculus may have forgotten she is a tool, her aptitude for battle won’t immediately awaken.

Kiritsugu: A human and a machine… which of the two would be better in battle, I wonder?

Maiya: While machines are tougher than humans, they do have their limits. On the other hand, while humans are incredibly weak, they sometimes surpass their limits and become experts of slaughtering. In other words, exceptional entities we call Heroes appear from time to time. We can perhaps overlook these rare irregularities. For the remaining majority of fighters, it is of greatest priority that they overcome their weaknesses in order to survive. That is why people abandon their souls in battle and become machines. I am one of those many people.

Kiritsugu: Maybe I really am wasting my time.

Maiya: Kiritsugu. You’re like someone who was given a hammer when you needed a pair of scissors. Since it didn’t serve its purpose, you melted it back into a lump of iron. If you wish to use it again as a sharp blade, you’ll have to reforge it. Is that not so?

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Track 5

Irisviel: Hey, Kiritsugu, what are you showing me today? A movie? Photos? Or some music?

Kiritsugu: You seem excited, Irisviel.

Irisviel: Yes! It’s true that the knowledge you’re giving me has nothing to do with the Holy Grail War, but it all amazes me so much. I had no idea the world was so plentiful and diverse. With just my basic education, I never would’ve even imagined that.

Kiritsugu: Do you want to know even more about the world?

Irisviel: Of course! But don’t worry. My mission of greatest importance is to complete the third true magic. My interests are ultimately of lower priority, and I haven’t lost sight of our wish.

Kiritsugu: If it’s what you want, you can walk away from fate.

Irisviel: Huh?

Kiritsugu: If you really admire humanity with all your heart. If you really do wish to spend your remaining years living a peaceful life… you just need to run. If you leave the castle in the dead of the night, nobody will come after you. The Grail vessel can simply be recreated. Acht won’t be very happy about having to do it again, but that’d be all. He holds no expectations for you other than that of a tool. That’s nothing compared to your sense of self.

Irisviel: Ah…

Kiritsugu: This was why I opposed Acht’s idea to give the Grail vessel a sense of self. A tool cannot fight on its own will, and an object with a will isn’t a tool. And objects that are no longer tools must start by asking themselves if they wish to fight on their own will. That’s why you should take everything you’ve learned so far into account and ask yourself once again. Is the mission you were given really worth the fighting and the spilling of blood?

Irisviel: Are you asking me to abandon everything that I have?

Kiritsugu: That’s right. By abandoning everything, you can redo it all from square one. If that‘s what you wish.

Irisviel: Ah… I see what you’re saying. Kiritsugu, I now understand why you’ve been educating me.

Kiritsugu: What?

Irisviel: The knowledge you’ve presented to me until now, the way the world is, how people live…they’re all things you’ve forsaken and walked away from, aren’t they?

Kiritsugu: Well-

Irisviel: Did you once prioritize your mission over your happy life and choose to fight battles worth the spilling of blood? … No… that’s not it. If you had already determined which is more valuable, you wouldn’t be letting me choose. If you really do strongly believe in your justice, you wouldn’t have prepared these two options for me. Did you have no choice?

Kiritsugu tries to say something but cannot

Irisviel: Emiya Kiritsugu, aren’t you the one who’s been living like a machine with just one function? It’s strange. You’re human, but live like a machine. I’m a doll, but you’re giving me a choice meant for humans.

Kiritsugu: You have defects as a tool to be brought to the battlefield. I’m adjusting you because you’ll burden me otherwise. That’s all there is to it. Don’t get any strange ideas.

Irisviel: I see. You think that I shouldn’t blindly follow my mission as a homunculus, but acquire an impulse of wanting to fight based on thought. Is that why you’re trying to elicit anger, happiness, and pride within me?

Kiritsugu: It’s only been a few months since you emerged from the cultivating tank, but you’ve become quite eloquent.

Irisviel: I hope you aren’t underestimating my ability to think and analyze, inherited from Justeaze’s designs. From the learning materials you’ve given me, I’ve already derived a different opinion from the one you have.

Kiritsugu: What?

Irisviel: You said that anger is the source of the will to fight, and that the basis for anger is one’s dignity. But according to my analysis, anger merely runs from another simpler and more comprehensive impulse. That impulse is… love.

lrisviel’s words catch Kiritsugu off guard

Irisviel: People don’t get angry at their enemies for no reason. I’ve identified many examples of people steadfastly spilling blood for their family, their compatriots, and their country. Even animals show hostility and fight seriously to protect their newborn offspring. Even the concept you call dignity is but love towards oneself. In order for me to acquire the emotion of anger, I must first learn about love.

Kiritsugu breathes heavily

Irisviel: Because I’ve grasped my own construction and function, I’m unable to feel newly-found concern and interest in myself. However, in becoming strong, there’s no need for me to restrict my love to just myself. The more I learn about people different from me, the more amazed I am, the more I discover… the happiness is incredible. For example… Emiya Kiritsugu. I find you very interesting. The complex internal thoughts you hide arouse my curiosity to no end.

Kiritsugu: Huh? What are you saying, Irisviel?

Irisviel: So that I can acquire the strength you ask of me, the will to fight, as soon as possible, I will start by judging whether it is appropriate for me to love you. What do you think?

Kiritsugu: That’s enough joking around!

Irisviel: No, I’m simply trying to fulfill what you ask of me. You’re the one who wants me to become strong. I definitely won’t allow anyone to take away what you’ve given me. I’ll be able to feel anger and show hostility towards anyone who seeks to hurt you. Is there a… problem with that?

Kiritsugu: No, uh… It wouldn’t be very convenient for me…

Irisviel: No, don’t worry. I won’t burden you at all. It‘ll just be what I’m thinking inside.

Kiritsugu: The love between man and woman isn’t that simple! Ah, damn it… I can’t believe I have to explain all this… Okay. I’ll teach you for now. You’ll soon realize just how wrong everything you were talking about was.

Irisviel: That sounds interesting. I’m really looking forward to it.

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Kiritsugu: This is nothing more than an act. Irisviel, I cannot love you, and you cannot love me.

Irisviel: But why?

Kiritsugu: To begin with, look at what our aim is. After we win the Holy Grail War and defeat all the other Servants, you will cease to exist. I will cause your death.

Just how big of a fool am I? I’m trying to teach someone I’ll be forced to kill the insistence and desire to live. If I had only so much as thought about it, I would’ve realized just how cruel it is.

Irisviel: Kiritsugu…

Kiritsugu: If there was a way to save you, then I could continue to love you. But if I do that, everything I’ve sacrificed up until now would be for naught. The many lives I’ve taken would become completely meaningless. Your death is the only way I can make up for all the sins I’ve committed. Do I have any right to receive your love?!

Irisviel: Why is it wrong to love something that will be destroyed? Kiritsugu, it doesn’t look like you’ve thought about your life after the Grail War. You intend to burn yourself out and perish in the coming battles, don’t you?

Kiritsugu breathes out heavily

Irisviel: Even so, I find myself holding feelings of love for you. We only have nine more years together in this world. Is there anything wrong with loving each other during that time?

Kiritsugu: We have no salvation, no hope. The two of us have no future.

Irisviel: Future?

Kiritsugu: You see, love is about wishing for the salvation and hopes of your partner and entrusting those prayers. I’m unable to save you, and there is no hope for you, so we can’t possibly love each other. Even now, by saying you love me, it means you’re still unable to love yourself. The fact that you feel no sadness for your eventual demise is proof enough.

Irisviel: Anger is needed for strength… Love is needed for anger… And a future is needed for love. Is that it?

Kiritsugu: Great, not only have we wasted much of our time, we’ve come straight to a dead end. I’m sorry. If I knew it’d all be in vain, you’d have it so much easier if you had just remained the emotionless tool that you were.

Irisviel: No. I have no regrets. Everything I’ve received from you is very precious to me. If we don’t have a future now, we just need to create a new one. A blank sheet, a new life, that isn’t yet bound by anything…

Kiritsugu: What?

Irisviel: I’m a woman. You’re a man. Together, we can create new life. As a complete homunculus, I have a womb that functions no differently from that of a normal person. It should be entirely possible.

Kiritsugu: That’s just…

Irisviel: If I can carry your hopes inside my body, and if I can one day give birth to an individual that will give you hope… As the one who made it possible, I’ll be able to feel proud of and love myself. Without needing how others think, I’ll be able to fight for my life and the fate of the future it leads to, entrusting my prayers…

Kiritsugu: Iri, why would you go to such lengths?

Irisviel: That’s because I’m stronger than you are. I think I’ve said so before.

Kiritsugu: Heh…

Irisviel: Having won and survived many battles, you probably think you’re stronger than everyone else, but you’ve simply chosen to make your enemies die before you do. That’s not the same as wanting to live longer. The strength you’ve acquired is nothing more than the ability to hasten the deaths of others as you all rush towards your doom. You’ve simply arranging the order in which you and others die. That’s not true strength.

Kiritsugu sighs

Irisviel: To never give up… to be able to find a way out and execute it no matter the predicament… to carry out the will to live until the moment of your demise… That’s the strength of the perfect Einzbern homunculus. That’s the power of the souls of the truly strong, something you don’t yet have.

Kiritsugu: Ah, I see… It appears I’m no match for you. I have no further worries, I can truly believe now. Together, the two of us will yield to no enemy and surely reach the Grail.

Irisviel: Yes.

Kiritsugu: Please bear me a strong child. A child who’ll give me new hope once the war is over.

Irisviel: Yes, please come up with a wonderful name for the child… my love.

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[v] Fate/side material - Encyclopedia: Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern [Person's name], p.076 [T]Translations by Mcjon01

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Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern [Person's name]
The Einzbern family head who became the foundation of the Great Holy Grail over 200 years ago.
Just like Illya, she was not a proper human, but was instead a magic circuit born for the sole purpose of becoming the Great Holy Grail's core.
In fact, Illya, who was born from the union of a Justeaze-type homunculus and a foreign magus, could be considered her latest model.
As for Justeaze herself, she still exists within the center of the Great Holy Grail. The circuitry covering the surface of the crater in the cavern is actually her magic circuits, enlarged and multiplied.
These magic circuits, almost a kilometer in diameter, are microcosm of the universe created from a single human body.

ユスティーツァ·リズライヒ·フォン·アインツベルン【人名】
二百年前、大聖杯の礎となったアインツベルンの当主。
イリヤ同様まっとうな人間体ではなく、大聖杯の炉心になる為だけに生まれた魔術回路である。
イリヤはユスティーツァの同係機である母親と、外来の魔術師との間で生まれた最新型。
大聖杯の中心には未だ彼女が納まっており、クレーターの表面にビツシリと敷き詰められた回路は、彼女の魔術回路を拡大・増殖させたもの。
直径にして一キロメートル近い大聖杯の魔術回路は、一つの人体によって構成された小宇宙なのである。

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