Hans Christian AndersenWP (ハンス・クリスチャン・アンデルセンWP, Hansu Kurisuchan Anderusen?), Class Name Caster (キャスター, Kyasutā?), is the Caster-class Servant of Kiara Sessyoin in the Moon Cell Holy Grail War of Fate/EXTRA CCC. He is one of the Servants of Ritsuka Fujimaru of the Grand Order conflicts of Fate/Grand Order.
Profile[]
Identity[]
A real person, born 1805 and died 1875 due to liver cancer. Now he is remembered as one of the Three Great Fairy Tale Authors, but half his lifetime was full of frustration and agony.[4][8]
Born as the son of a shoemaker, he desired to be an actor but gave up without showing any results. Afterwards, he set his eyes on being a poet but he was harshly evaluated. Finally, a book he published at his own expense began to sell and he used that money to leave the country. The book he wrote using his trip as his inspiration, the "The ImprovisatoreWP" was finally recognized by the world. He was thirty by then.
Afterward, he switched to a writer of fairytale but his way of doing so was plainly after his more freely written works had been acknowledged, so it was a masochistic move on his part. As if to reflect that, his fairytale are full of elements of his own life: violence and misfortune, poverty, and finally a literary style that painted death as salvation. Using the form of a fairytale, he continued to paint a hopeless world where one could only grieve one's poverty and death was the only escape, all while masking all the emotions swirling his chest with those beautiful sentences.
And even after he become famous, he never had female companionship and spent his entire life a bachelor. According to one theory, he did have someone he had feelings for, but due to his pride and complex regarding his appearance, he missed the chance to confess his feelings numerous times.
At the age of 70, he died due to liver cancer. It seems that he died clutching a letter from his first love, which he would always carry around with him.[4][7]
Appearance[]
Andersen appears to be a young boy around the age of 10 in formal clothing.[8] Despite this, he has the voice of a man much older and his body is covered in scales, burns, frostbite and a myriad of other traits taken from his stories.
Though Heroic Spirits should be at the "golden age" depicted in their myths, he interprets it as his childhood being the time when he was most overflowing with sensitivity. He also gains the characteristic of sudden understanding, such as looking over materials of his former self and finding them so rambling to the point of embarrassment. Even a prodigy becomes a normal person once they're out of their twenties. He also theorizes the possibility that he was summoned at that age due to that evil woman's interests.[9]
  Caster Stage 1 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Arco Wada.  Caster Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Arco Wada.  Caster Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Arco Wada.  Caster Stage 4 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Arco Wada.  Caster Stage 1 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Arco Wada.  Caster Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Arco Wada.  Caster Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Arco Wada.  Heroic Spirit Festive Wear: Andersen (英霊祭装：アンデルセン, Eirei Matsuri Sō: Anderusen?) in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Arco Wada. .png "Heroic Spirit Festive Wear Andersen (full body).png (1.4 MB)")  Holy Maiden Leading Chaldea (カルデアを導く乙女, Karudea wo Michibiku Otome?) in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by pako.      Key Visual in Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2024, illustrated by Hino Hinako.  Caster in Chibichuki!, illustrated by Hanabana Tsubomi. |
Personality[]
Andersen is incredibly blunt, often pointing out people's flaws. Because of his high rank in observation, he understands their failings quite easily and points them out, but it is not because of malicious intent, merely understanding.[7] He is not so much a bad person, as simply following his Master's directions. Although he hates his Master to the point to call her the crystallization of the ugliness that is women, he believes that a Servant is their Master's ally, even to the depths of hell.
He is not only blunt with everyone, but also with himself. He calls himself a man you could find anywhere, he says that he has no fighting ability and that basically he's useless, a third-rank Servant well-suited to his disgusting Master.
When he sees Hakuno Kishinami for the first time, he points what an amazingly ordinary face he/she has, pointing that's how a buffoon should be. He thinks that stupidity is called a sin, but as a member of the masses, to be tossed about by the world is good fortune. At any rate, one gets to enjoy both good and evil. That is called living a full life. To Andersen, we are all born from our mother's wombs simply to laugh at the ugliness of the world. One can't trust other people, and more specifically one can't trust women.
Andersen says that to say the truth is his job. Human lives have worth, every person is a leading actor, but those who produce a fine performance, who have the curtain fall on a masterpiece, are the small handful of victors.[10]
He has an introverted, self-assured, and passive personality. As a dour, pessimistic poet, he has no intention of being liked by others, and as it no longer has any worth for him to discover, he lacks any intention of enjoying life. Andersen does not desire anything from the Holy Grail. The cause is probably that he didn't attain even one of the things he desired when he was alive.
"Let’s assume that life has value. That is probably something even lower than what people have delusions of."
And so he conducts himself as one who hates everything in the world.
"But, well, even if I hate the world, it’s not as if I detest it. If there is something worth loving, it would be fine to once again light the firewood in the fireplace of frozen affection."
He is truly a bothersome man.[7]
Though Andersen always criticizes Kiara, he is not Hakuno's ally either. That is just the manifestation of the impartiality that distinctive to him. As Andersen is methodical like an author, being helpful is his true nature. First of all, if one does not think to entertain the readers, to serve the readers, then one is not fit to be a writer.
He has a dark nature and is a pessimistic poet who has no desire to be liked by others.[4][8] Furthermore he is no longer able to see any remaining value in himself, and completely lacks the notion that he should enjoy, or is able to enjoy his life.[8] But he will not laugh at the efforts of people who decide "let's live correctly" and "let's achieve this all our power." Because that is what he once dreamed of, the form of a society that wished to be like that. Although he was summoned as a Servant, he has no wish or desire. This is probably because while he was alive he was unable to obtain anything he wanted.[8]
The reason Andersen advises Hakuno who was trying to resolve the incident, even while telling them, "Your actions are futile. Just leave those girls alone," in a flabbergasted manner, and never delivered definite repudiation against Kiara who was causing the situation to deteriorate, even while cursing her by saying, "Greedy, impudent, and on top of that, a liar! Only the demon in a fairy tale could be as unsightly as you!", is because both Hakuno and Kiara were earnestly "living their lives with everything they had."
In the end.
"A final light (sentence) for that unrewarded life."
That is this Servant's foundation.
Andersen who, though he was a world-famous author, did not attain even one of the things he desired. The writer of fairy tales who, while speaking of love, never once attained it. To him, a story about "a life where one struggles then disappears without being compensated" is what should be told. Humans who become happy easily are the same as scenery to him. They can just be happy of their own accord.
"I want to give a final light to the lives of people who were abandoned by even God," is the nucleus of Andersen's soul. If someone come to a stop on the final path and then turns around, he should be able to see a fragment of this Servant's truth.[7]
Analysis[]
| Caster's analysis of Lancer | ||
|---|---|---|
Answer: About the red Lancer. | ||
| Caster's analysis of Caster | ||
|---|---|---|
Answer: About my Servant | ||
| Caster's analysis of himself | ||
|---|---|---|
Answer: About Andersen | ||
| Caster's analysis of Rin | ||
|---|---|---|
Answer: About Rin | ||
| Caster's analysis of Rani VIII | ||
|---|---|---|
Answer: About Rani | ||
| Caster's analysis of Jinako Carigiri | ||
|---|---|---|
Answer:About Jinako | ||
| Caster's analysis of Gilgamesh | ||
|---|---|---|
Answer: About my Servant | ||
| Caster's analysis of Kiara Sessyoin | ||
|---|---|---|
Answer: About Kiara | ||
| Caster's analysis of BB | ||
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Answer: About BB | ||
| Caster's analysis of Hakuno Kishinami | ||
|---|---|---|
Answer: About me | ||
| Caster's analysis of Passionlip | ||
|---|---|---|
Answer: About Passionlip | ||
| Caster's analysis of Meltryllis | ||
|---|---|---|
Answer: About Meltryllis | ||
Relationships[]
- Kiara Sessyoin (Alter Ego)
- "...I have a bad presentiment... You all are still fine, but don't tell me we're going to have even "that" come. "That"."[11]
- "The woman who swallowed the moon... She's the most despicable woman, but she's a perfect subject for me to write about. However, her story is not something that the me in Chaldea should write. It should just be between the me who was in that special case and the woman herself."[12]
- Kiara Sessyoin (MoonCancer)
- "I have absolutely nothing to do with that woman, but I'm tempted to throw some money at her at this point! And what the heck's with her being a magical girl!? Hahaha! Even if that's her character deep down, it's still too much!"[12]
- BB／BB Cosmos
- "There seems to be an artificial demon calling herself BB. I apparently have a certain amount of history with her... A butterfly that burned the moon... But that's probably the story of a different me, who was summoned to a different place..."[12]
- Passionlip / Meltryllis
- "There are other Alter Egos who derived from BB? I would say that you need to put a cap on all those eccentrics, but I understand your desire to rein them all in to some extent. They're all interesting in their own way. Young one...go ahead and have a few fetishes."[12]
- Kingprotea
- "Kingprotea? Oh, you mean that eyesore of a girl who I yell at all the time because she irritates me? What about it? Is that so strange? I actually can't explain it either. Maybe it's this feeling of responsibility I somehow have? Or maybe she and I had some sort of history before... Do you know anything about it?"[12]
- William Shakespeare
- "Well, well if it isn't the great theater master with the turbulent career. Has anyone told you your life is much more dramatic than any of your plays?"[12]
- Author connection. A relationship around the extent of just-because-they're-in-the-same-circle-does-not-mean-they-are-best-friends-in-particular-but-there-is-no-other-friend-so-they-hang-out-together. Still, he frequently looks for Shakespeare's study. He will never ever say it, but his respect to Shakespeare is obvious for anyone to see.[11]
- Nursery Rhyme
- "Tommy Thumb. A collection of nursery rhymes, huh? They are gems when you first meet, but over time they are forgotten. Holes start to form in adults' pockets. But it's not meaningless. They may not be worth a penny, but they still have some value to you. Isn't that what childhood memories are?"[12]
- Beni-enma
- "The Tongue-Cut Sparrow? What's that? Let me read it. Ha! Plotlines are all the same no matter where a story comes from! But then again the stories of the workaholic sparrow in an inn and the crane who returns a favor are nice. The inn is like the profession of writing... requiring a diligent spirit to work. And any editors who dare peek in to check the author's progress while he writes lose everything! Keep that in mind!"[12]
- Murasaki Shikibu / Sei Shounagon
- "So now writers from the Heian period can be summoned... This place is getting desperate, I see! Not bad! And...heh. So it was "Kaoru" and "Nagiko" who came. I'm surprised that they were friends who pushed each other for inspiration. I'm a bit envious of them for have writing companions close by.[12]
- Katsushika Hokusai
- "Hey, Katsushika Hokusai...or is it Oei? You know that spirited, beautiful woman who wouldn't be much of a subject to draw, but attractive enough to be a subject in writing? ...Would you be able to set us up to be alone one day? I'd like to meet Kyokutei Bakin."[12]
- Oberon Vortigern
- "To take something that was once simple and embellish it so that it is recognized as something different ――that is the very definition of "Innocent Monster." William Shakespeare, the fairy tale you spoke of has grown up to be an even worse monster than you. But I can't even laugh, because the hollow space that man harbors is something that every human possesses."[12]
- Melusine / Baobhan Sith /Barghest
- "Baobhan Sith, Barghest, Melusine... I heard about combining Heroic Spirits to make High Servants, but I never imagined Heroic Spirit names would have been given to faeries. Adding something violent to something so tragic...even a starving fairy-tale writer wouldn't think of such thing."[12]
- Alexandre Dumas
- "Arrrgh! Vexing, yet interesting! But I'll never approve of this sort of pleasure for the sake of pleasure! (while grasping tightly the newspaper and goes all like "go read the sequel for the Count of Monte Cristo!")"[11]
Role[]
Fate/EXTRA CCC[]
Caster is the servant of Kiara, although his class is Caster he is usually referred to using his true name Andersen because Kiara, who has abandoned participation in the War, revealed it. Despite being Kiara's Servant he interacts with Hakuno Kishinami from a neutral standpoint.[8] Throughout the game he has conversations with Hakuno, he warns Hakuno not to trust Kiara. In the true ending route he and Kiara are the final boss however instead of actual fighting Caster takes the place of the Master and performs code casts on Kiara.
Fate/EXTRA CCC Fox Tail[]
Caster and Kiara were quickly killed off by Saber.[13]
Fate/Grand Order[]
GUDAGUDA Honnouji[]
Andersen appears under the name Takenake Andersen. Toyotomi Gilyoshi orders him and Kuroda Mephisto to give him a plan when Ritsuka and Mash’s desire to fight him angers him. Takenake says he doesn’t have a plan and complains that the world setting is low and doesn’t make any sense. After the three are defeated, he reveals he played along because he liked his given name. He is glad though that doesn’t have to hear Toyotomi’s laughter anymore. He also calls the Japanese setting bad for him since he may run into a crazy nun. He then to tells the group to do these types of events sparingly before finally disappearing.
Fourth Singularity: London[]
Andersen is a Servant that materialized from the Demonic Fog. He works with Henry Jekyll as an informant to remove the fog. Ritsuka, Mash, and Mordred meet in a bookshop while searching for the Magical Tome in Soho. He informs them that the Tome is in the study next door. Deciding it to be too dangerous to fight indoors, the group lure it outside. Their attacks are useless when Andersen reveals it’s a Stray Servant placing people into a dream in search of a Master whose psyche it can take form from. He names it Nursery Rhyme, turning it into a girl named Alice. After defeating her, the group return to Jekyll’s apartment now joined by Andersen.[14]
When Jekyll informs the group that Jack the Ripper is attacking Scotland Yard, Mordred asks Andersen if he can make Jack easier to defeat like he did with Nursery Rhyme. Andersen replies Nursery Rhyme was an exception, so Mordred leaves annoyed with him.[15]
He is pleased to see them return, having heard about the massacre at the police station. He tells them to rest, noticing done so in some time. He then reveals that Servants are materializing from the fog. Since Servant can’t be summoned without the Grail’s influence, he suspects the Grail created the fog. After Ritsuka, Mash, and Mordred leave, Jekyll thanks him for manipulating them into going on patrol since they were under a lot of strain.[16]
Later, Andersen requests the others retrieve data from the Clock Tower to prove his theory about the Holy Grail War. Mordred and Jekyll however reveal its entrance, the British Museum, was destroyed before Chaldea arrived. Nonetheless, the group head there joined by Andersen, William Shakespeare, and Jekyll.[17]
Arriving at the Museum, the group digs through its rubble to find the underground entrance to the Clock Tower. They find it and head down to find the mages were killed. They soon come across a warded library door, so Andersen and Jekyll investigate inside while the others guard the door. The spells on the books prevent them from leaving with them, so the others must defend them until Andersen gets the information he’s after. Andersen eventually finds the data he was after, so the group return to the apartment.[18]
Back at the apartment, Andersen reveals the Servant Summoning Ritual was adapted from one that summons seven of the strongest Heroic Spirits to fight a powerful enemy. He suspects that someone predicted the group’s coming and placed the information about the ritual for them to find. He doesn't think it was a mage, and he doesn't why a Servant would do it. Suddenly, the apartment is attacked by a group of Helter Skelters. Though they won't break in, Andersen finds them a nuisance, and demands the group dismantle them.[19]
Andersen and Shakespeare later go to the chamber of Angrboda, the source of the fog, after Ritsuka, Mash, Mordred defeated Nikola Tesla and Artoria Alter, with Sakata Kintoki and Tamamo no Mae helping with the former. He disagrees with Shakespeare’s assessment of Mordred’s character as someone who kills any who pity her. He explains she is easily taken in by a certain type of person, such as Frankenstein. He seems to recognize Tamamo and demands Mordred slay to her before Shakespeare. However, a mysterious figure appears from a Rayshift-like distortion. Andersen agrees with Shakespeare that they need to flee, haven’t expected the mastermind to reveal themselves at this stage. The figure expresses disappointment in Gilles de Rais, Romulus, Jason, and Tesla for their failures. He then reveals he is the mastermind behind the Incineration of Humanity, Solomon. He reveals the ring of light seen in the skies of the Singularities is his third Noble Phantasm, Ars Almadel Salomonis. Out of his interest in Mash, he summons only four of the Demon Gods and attacks the group. The group kills one of the Demon Gods, however, Solomon kills Shakespeare, Kintoki, and Tamamo. Mash implores Romani to rayshift them home, but Solomon’s presence makes that impossible. Solomon declares he outranks all Servants, regardless of their ranks as Heroic Spirits. He then tries to kill Mordred, but Andersen blocks his attack. Andersen explains the original Heroic Spirit summoning system created by the Counter Force summons them as Grand Servants to protect humanity from a threat born from humanity. Solomon confirms the system used in the Holy Grail War is a degradation of the original. He then declares he is the Grand Caster and kills Andersen.[20]
Final Singularity: Solomon[]
Andersen is amongst the "London" Singularity Servants to aid Chaldea against the Demon Gods Pillars.[21]
Subspecies Singularity I: Shinjuku[]
Andersen hides out in an abandoned waiting for the moment he's needed. That moment comes when he joins Jeanne Alter, Edmond Dantès, and William Shakespeare to confront James Moriarty in Barrel Tower. The writers then combine Märchen Meines Lebens and First Folio to summon the Great Detectives. After Moriarty's defeat and the meteor Bennu's destruction, Andersen and Shakespeare soon disappear together.[22]
Subspecies Singularity EX: SE.RA.PH -Second Ballet-: Cage of the Fallen[]
Andersen makes a small appearance as "H.C.A": an electronic Fairy summoned by BB, who monitors the Cage of the Fallen, Klein Cube which contains the Alter Ego and member of the Sakura Five, Kingprotea. Ritsuka meets him after they accidentally wandered into this area. He explains to Ritsuka that the Klein Cube is located in a sort of failed timeline, a pocket of nonexistent space separate from SE.RA.PH that is used to dispose of unwanted objects. He explains that it was part of Her meticulous recreation of the original SE.RA.PH and mocks her intelligence as well as her looks because of this act of recklessness. Then he moves on to insulting Ritsuka's intelligence as well, as their recklessness to enter this domain caused Kingprotea to detect their presence and create a strong gravitational field from both her size and strong feelings of yearning, which could spell complete annihilation to them and everyone else in SE.RA.PH. Understanding the graveness of this situation, Ritsuka and H.C.A. team up to defeat Kingprotea in order to save SE.RA.PH. Right before they could start, Ritsuka asks why he's here specifically, to which H.C.A. sarcastically replies that She blocked him from manifesting in SE.RA.PH in order to prevent him from finding any secrets she's trying to keep hidden.[1]
Once they made it to the bottom of the cage, H.C.A. tells Ritsuka of the origin of Kingprotea, explaining exactly what makes her a threat to everyone. Then they finally meet her, H.C.A. exclaims to attack her everything they have to take her down, as Kingprotea recognizes Ritsuka as the one who found her, proclaiming her love for them and asking for theirs in return. After a hard fought battle, she ultimately finds solace that Ritsuka was not afraid of her and was able to be stronger than her too. Ritsuka is overcome with the feelings of regret, asking H.C.A. if they really did the right thing. H.C.A. explains that in the digital world; her love was like a hunger that could never be satisfied no matter how much she was fed, but were she to be summoned by a "certain Master with freakishly weird taste" in the physical world, perhaps she could be saved and find a chance in love. In the end, Ritsuka and H.C.A. head their separate ways. Ritsuka offers H.C.A. to join them, but he declines saying that he'd rather not join Ritsuka and cause an anti-climax in the story with his presence and start an endless bout between him and that "cow". Giving his best wishes, H.C.A. cheers for Ritsuka's victory against Her.[23]
Subspecies Singularity IV: Salem[]
When Leonardo da Vinci learned the Singularity's interior was a recreation of 17th century Salem, she asked Shakespeare and Andersen to write a scenario for infiltrating it. The scenario they wrote was for Ritsuka's party to a troupe of traveling performers. Da Vinci chose Robin Hood, Charles-Henri Sanson, Nezha, and Medea (she refused) to accompany Ritsuka for this scenario, taking Shakespeare's opinion into account.[24]
After Da Vinci reveals a medieval automaton returned from the Singularity, Andersen is annoyed she didn’t lead with that instead of the failed attempts of the U.S. Army. He then complains that he’s exhausted from writing a manuscript on such brief notice. He tells Thomas Edison that he can’t join the expedition into Salem after the former said he’d go in first. Shakespeare then explains he and Anderson the scenario they wrote. Andersen complains it was frustrating to devise a scenario for amateurs, yet he is proud of the script. He dismisses Edison’s concern about sending Medea into Salem, though he is surprised she changed her mind about joining the expedition. Later, when Mash demands to accompany Ritsuka, Andersen is impressed that she memorized the script, and asks Shakespeare if his script needs support. Shakespeare replies that Mash can be the troupe’s prompter. After Ritsuka’s party rayshift to Salem, Andersen dismisses Da Vinci’s concern that Mash is a little young to experience humanity’s dark side, pointing out Ritsuka and Mash have seen nearly every side of humanity by now. He calls the notion of a traveling troupe into a puritan village to have been insane from the beginning. He is then shocked to see that Medea didn’t actually accompany the others.[24]
Summer Event: Servant Summer Camp 2020/2022[]
Summoned within this singularity[25], a now older looking Andersen finds himself meeting the young "Kiara Sessyoin Lily". Deciding to give himself the role of "Parental Guardian" to her, Andersen settled on a haunted and abandoned apartment complex within the Singularity for peace and isolation. There, he was taken care of by Kiara with various conveniences and amenities in exchange for writing "The Little Mermaid 2". Eventually meeting up with "Ritsuka Fujimaru" and their allies, Andersen gives advice for them to survive the singularity, before brushing them off in order to procrastinate more until the day of his work's deadline.[2]
Uncovering the true identity of Kiara Sessyoin Lily but unable to defeat her, the real Ritsuka and their allies retreat to Andersen's apartment for information on Kiara's strengths and weaknesses. After being caught up on the group's story and predicament, he reveals that he knows nothing of her besides her false name "Lily" and her request for a sequel to The Little Mermaid. Initially refusing to aid them, he changes his mind after listening to their entertaining story. Together they deduce Kiara's powers of illusions and how to counteract them. However, he refuses to assist in finding the true name of Kiara's source of power, convinced that they could figure it out themselves. Presumably proving him right, Yu Mei-ren deduces Kiara's True Name and devises a plan to beat her. Her plan being them using Andersen as proof that Kiara is in love with him and wanted to recreate the story of Hikaru GenjiWP, much to everyone's confusion and Kiara's ire. Transforming into her "invincible" form, Andersen grows impatient and reveals the True Name of Kiara's new power: Shen, the Divine Beast of the sea floor. He continues and reveals that Kiara ate it's corpse as well as a Mermaid in order to achieve her new form. After this revelation, Andersen retreats to his apartment to work on his manuscript, unwilling to tell Kiara how much progress he has made since they last saw each other.[26]
After the singularity was solved, everyone begins celebrating in Chaldea's Mess Hall. Chaldea's child-form Andersen and William Shakespeare, congratulate an embarrassed Murasaki Shikibu for her work in solving the situation. Meanwhile, Kiara returns to her room in Chaldea, eager to read the completed manuscript of "The Little Mermaid 2" that the singularity's Andersen gave to her before he ultimately disappeared with it. Murasaki talks to Anderson about the Young Adult version they met in the singularity, but suddenly, a question brews within her mind and she asks whether Andersen could write a book with the suitable arrangements Kiara made for him. To which Andersen scoffs, explaining that he could never get any work done in such an hospitable environment, unknowingly being verbally cursed by Kiara down the hall after she opened the book and only found blank pages and a loose note that read: “Sorry. I just couldn't write it.”[25]
Interlude[]
Human Observation[]
Andersen demands Ritsuka give him inspiration for a new story. With Mash, the two travel to France. Andersen is inspired to write when ghosts of soldiers from Hundred Years War manifested by the Grail’s power approach. After destroying the ghosts, the group head for Rome at Andersen’s demand. There he throws a mud-ball at a passing soldier and mocks Roman soldiers as being absent-minded. This triggers a fight between the group and the soldiers. Afterwards, they board a pirate ship, where they’re immediately surrounded by its crew. After defeating the pirates, they return to Chaldea. Andersen explains his reasoning for visiting different eras was to observe its people, the weapons they used, and how they fought. He states even primitive combat reflects human thought. He considers the differences between each era to be a great reference. After his proclaiming disinterest in mankind, he considers writing a book about Ritsuka and Mash.
Abilities[]
Andersen has the form of a young boy for an unknown reason, and as he was summoned that way, not even he knows for sure. He's one of the Three Great Authors (三大作家, San Dai Sakka?), The Brothers GrimmWP, AesopWP and Andersen. While he is one of them, he is the only one who produced his own literary works as the others are editors and collectors who compiled folklore and legends, he was the only one who created new stories, so an author in the truest sense of the word. Among his masterpieces are "The Little Match GirlWP," "The Little MermaidWP," "The Emperor's New ClothesWP," "The Snow QueenWP," "The Ugly DucklingWP," as well as others. It's still said that the model for the "girl" in “The Little Match Girl,” was Andersen’s poor mother who worked tirelessly so that her son could be educated and left the world without once enjoying it.
During the events in the Shinjuku Singularity, it is shown that Andersen is capable of fabricating Phantoms.[27]
Differing from other Servants, he is a non-combatant that never directly engages in battle. He lacks fighting ability and even calls himself useless in that regard. He takes the role normally reserved for the Master after Kiara's transformation, providing healing magecraft and utilizing his Noble Phantasm to support her. In Fate/Grand Order, he summons central aspects from ThumbelinaWP, The Little Match GirlWP, The NightingaleWP, The Snow QueenWP, The Red ShoesWP, and The Little MermaidWP to fight.
Skills[]
Class Skills[]
- Territory Creation (D Rank): Creation of a territory that is advantageous to himself as a magus. In Andersen's case, it is not a type of territory created for intercepting incoming enemies, but one that bewilders even the eyes of the foolish enemy Master. In the Study he created in a place no one can found, he skips out wo-, no, continuously moves his brush. A certain Master had had her patience run out with this style of overtruanc-, no, procrastination; she then made a small box, locked him inside, and make him write as fast as he can.[6]
- Item Construction (C Rank): The ability to create various tools by means of magic. Although he does not know of any magic, it seems like he can more or less write up things by his literary works that put his Noble Phantasm to practical use.[6]
Personal Skills[]
- Human Observation (A→A++ Rank (Upgrade)): Andersen has the ability to observe and understand human beings with his personal skill. This is the ability to observe and understand human beings and it's not just limited to observing people, as he can even hypothesize the livelihoods, likes and lifestyle of people whose names he doesn't know. For this skill, something resembling eidetic memory is required. While Andersen is a pessimist, the basis of that pessimism is not rejection but understanding. The only thing he can do is spin stories, but it's for that specific reason that he has continued to swear that he would approach reciting those stories with more sincerity than anyone else.[7]
- Innocent Monster (D Rank): He is currently being corroded by his own stories, suffering damage from the gossip of his admiring readers due to this skill. In Andersen's case, it is Curses of the Readers (読者の呪い, Dokusha no Noroi?). Having become too famous as a writer of fairy tales, Andersen's original personality is being painted over by the image of a writer of fairy tales. The readers decided "The person wrote this is like this, no doubt." whenever he wrote a book, so he is personally affected as such. His legs are covered in merman scales from The Little MermaidWP, his arms are covered in burn scars from The Little Match GirlWP and his throat is sliced with intense pain. He says his "heart is a demon who loves bad ends", and that is the price of fame from the readers grasping the true essence of it. Their view of the person depends on their own opinions.
- The Little Mermaid's Love (EX Rank): Upgrade from Innocent Monster in Fate/Grand Order.
- High-Speed Incantation (E Rank): The ability to hasten magic incantation speed. It seems like in his case, instead of magic it benefits the progress of writing his manuscript.[6]
Noble Phantasm[]
His Noble Phantasm is Märchen Meines Lebens, the German title of Andersen's book "The Fairy Tale of My Life", originally titled "Mit Livs Eventyr" in Danish. The book is an unpolished manuscript of Andersen's autobiography, he calls it "the supreme commentary of all my works," the compilation that is the record of his way of life, his other self. With this, it is possible to grow someone from a "human being" to a "main character." With a few pages written only a few coincidences will occur but with the work completed said human being will grow into their ideal self. This way was how his Master, Sessyoin Kiara was able to become an earth mother reaching a state close to that of a True Demon. While said like this it would seem an omnipotent Noble Phantasm, the gloomy personality of Andersen and his pride as an author will not allow someone to reach their "ideal self" so easily. Also, it is needed to be someone that incites considerable lust in Andersen to this to work.[7]
Gameplay[]
- Piece of Kai (カイの欠片, Kai no Kakera?) - A codecast skill that increases endurance.
- Tears of Gerda (ゲルダの涙, Geruda no Namida?) - A codecast skill that increases magic.
Forms and Alternate Versions[]
Adult[]
During the events of Servant Summer Camp, a young adult version of Hans was summoned to the Paradise Lake Singularity. A drastically weak form, Hans was forced to be taken care of by Kiara Sessyoin in order to stay summoned.[2] His class, statistics, and skills are yet to be determined.
Development[]
He is called Hans Koyasu-chan Andersen (ハンス・子安チャン・アンデルセン, Hansu Koyasu-chan Anderusen?) in Fate/GUDAGUDA Order because Takehito KoyasuWP has also voiced Mephistopheles.
In the first draft of the British Lostbelt, a Fairy version of Hans named Tom Tit was planned to appear.[28]
Creation and Conception[]
Hans Christian Andersen was designed by Takashi Takeuchi in Fate/EXTRA CCC, and illustrated by Arco Wada in the same game.
Similar to how the various Lancers are related to vampires, the team wanted to link Caster to nursery rhymes and make him a märchen-like character. Eventually the team settled on the current “who would think there could be such a hateful fairy” version of him.[8]
Hans Christian Andersen was illustrated by Arco Wada in Fate/Grand Order. His scenario writer is Kinoko Nasu in Fate/Grand Order.
Comment from Illustrator[]
"The glasses with super long sleeve is here! But I regret a bit that as expected, maybe the white robe looks too simple. Each time I put Andersen in the party I'm like hmm isn't there any other clothes that would fit him better? Even now I'm still thinking about it. Something with overly long sleeve... padded kimono... pijamas..." (Arco Wada)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - SE.RA.PH -Second Ballet-, [High Difficulty] Cage of the Fallen (1/10)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fate/Grand Order - Servant Summer Camp! ~Chaldea's Thriller Night~, Section 3: Ghost Apartment (1/2)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15
[] Fate/EXTRA material - SERVANT Parameter and Skills: SERVANT CASTER, p.025 SERVANT CASTER
- Master: Kiara Sessyoin
- Identity: Hans Christian Andersen
- Gender: Male
- Height, Weight: 146cm/39kg
- Alignment：True Neutral
- Strength: E
- Endurance: E
- Agility: E
- Mana: EX
- Luck: E
- Noble Phantasm: C
Class Skills
■ High-Speed Aria: E
■ Item Construction: C
Personal skills
■ Innocent Monster: D
■ Human Observation: B
Noble Phantasm
■ Marchen Meines Lebens: A Story Just For You
Rank: C
Type: Anti-Unit
Range:0
Maximum number of targets: 1 personキャスター
- マスター：殺生院キアラ
- 真名：ハンス・C・アンデルセン
- 性別：男性
- 身長・体重：１４６ｃｍ／３９ｋｇ
- 属性：中庸・中立
- 筋力：E
- 耐久：E
- 敏捷：E
- 魔力：EX
- 幸運：E
- 宝具：C
クラス別筋力
■ 高速詠唱：E
■ アイテム作成：C
保有スキル
■ 無辜の怪物：D
■ 人間観察：A
宝具
■ 貴方のための物語
ランク：C
種別：対人宝具
レンジ：0
最大補足：1人
アンデルセンが書いた自伝、「我が生涯の物語」の生原稿。
この本を白紙に戻し一から執筆 - Master: Kiara Sessyoin
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 This reference needs to be fixed. Use "FGOSP1" instead of "Grand Order".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8
[] Fate/EXTRA material - Character Profile: Hans Christian Andersen Caster, p.120 Hans Christian Andersen Caster
- Height: 146cm
- Weight: 39kg
- Blood type: Unknown
- Birthday: 2nd April
- Image colour: Light Blue
- Talents: Human Observation
- Likes: The moment when the writing is finished
- Dislike: Writer's block
- Enemy: Twice, Rani, Gawain
アンデルセン Caster
- 身長:146cm
- 体重:39kg
- 血液型：不明
- 誕生日：4月2日
- イメージカラー：水色
- 特技：人間観察
- 好きな物：執筆が終わった瞬間
- 嫌いな物：執筆作業
- 天敵:トワイス、ラニ、ガウェイン
- Height: 146cm
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 Fate/Grand Order material I - Hans Christian Andersen, p.294-303 translated by castor212
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14
[] Fate/EXTRA CCC - Hans C. Andersen (Caster) Matrix Class: Caster
Name: Hans C. Andersen
Master: Sesshouin Kiara
Noble Phantasm: Marchen Meines Lebens (A Story For You)
Keyword: The three great authors, human observation
Strength: E, Endurance: E, Agility: E, Magic: EX, Luck: E
High-Speed Aria: E, Innocent Monster: D, Item Creation: CKeywords Marchen Meines Lebens (A Story For You)
The unpolished manuscript of Andersen's autobiography, The Fairy Tale of My Life. To Andersen who said, "Generally, what I write is projections of myself," The Fairy Tale of My Life is the culminating record of his way of life, which he compiled as "the supreme annotation of all of my works."
To put it another way, it is Andersen's other self. Although everything they produce is their other self to an author, this written manuscript forms the nucleus of that other self.
Each and every page of this book, through the magical energy provided by the people who love the author known as Andersen, takes the shape of "the Andersen that the readers see," and can take action as that other self.
But that is not the true worth of this Noble Phantasm. Just as an author produces stories, by wiping this book clean and starting over from the beginning, it becomes possible to raise "a single human" to "a single leading actor."
The result... the extent of growth increases the further the manuscript progresses. With only several pages, only a few coincidences will occur, but with all the pages, in the event of the manuscript's completion, the person who was the subject of the manuscript will grow to their "supreme form," just as they imagined.
Just looking at it, it appears to be an omnipotent Noble Phantasm, but Andersen's personal gloomy philosophy of life, which is deeply rooted in his heart, that "there is no finale that brings happiness to humans besides death"; his resignation that "there is no way that everything will turn out well"; and finally, the pride he holds as an author, which will not permit such a convenient development, will not allow someone to attain their "ideal form" so easily.
Of course, the craftsmanship of the "story" also changes depending on Andersen's motivation. Basically, attaining "the supreme form of that person" is impossible without a subject that incites considerable passion in him.
The Three Great Authors
The great writers of fairy tales whose names reverberate throughout the world... Grimm, Aesop, Andersen... He is one of them, but he is the only one among them who wrote original works.
Compared to the others, who were editors and collectors who compiled folklore, legends, and the like, he is the only one who, by producing new stories, was an "author" in the truest sense of the word.
His masterpieces include: "The Little Match Girl," "The Little Mermaid," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Snow Queen," and "The Ugly Duckling," as well as others.
Also, it is said that the model for the "girl" in the "The Little Match Girl" was Andersen's mother, who worked without pause in order to send Andersen to higher-level schooling and left the world while poor and having never once experienced pleasure.
Human Observation
Andersen's personal skill. Rank A.
The skill to observe and understand people. It is not simply observing but also hypothesizing the livelihoods and preferences, all the way to their life, of people he may not even known the names of. This requires a tremendous memory that does not forget easily.
Though Andersen is known as a pessimist, the lies at its foundation is not rejection but understanding. The only thing he can do is spin stories, but it is for that reason that he continued to swear that only with what he speaks of will he be more sincere than anyone else.
Though he criticizes the way BB and the Alter Egos go about love as "unsightly," "in bad taste," and "conceited," at every opportunity, underneath that is a profound understanding and identification, as well as a reprimand. It goes without saying that most of the abusive language he spills onto them is not to completely deny them but to serve candid advice filled with warnings.
...Well, that he hates woman is also an unchangeable truth.０１ - 貴方のための物語(メルヒェン・マイネスレーベンス)
アンデルセンが書いた自伝、『我が生涯の物語』の生原稿。
『我が生涯の物語』は“私が書いたものはその大半が私自身の投影である”と述べたアンデルセンをして“私のあらゆる作品における至高の注釈”と述べた、彼の集大成にしてその生き様の記録である。
言ってしまえば、アンデルセンという作家の分身―――
作家にとって作品はすべてその当人の分身であるわけだが――の核となる書稿である。
この書の１ページ１ページが、アンデルセンという作家を愛する人々から供給される魔力によって“読者の見たがっているアンデルセン”の姿を取り、その分身となって行動できる。
だが、この宝具の真価はそんなものではない。
作家が物語を作り出すように、この本を白紙に戻し一から執筆する事で、“ひとりの人間”を“ひとりの主役”に育てる事が可能となる。
その効果……成長の度合いは原稿が進めば進むほど高まる。
数ページ程度ではほんの少しの偶然しか起こせないが、全ページ……脱稿したあかつきには、その対象となった人物が思い描く通りの、“最高の姿”にまで成長させる。
見ようによっては全能に思える宝具だが、アンデルセン自身の“人は究極的に死以外では幸せになれない”といった心に根深く宿る暗鬱な人生哲学と“物事はそう上手く行きはしない”という諦観、そして、彼の持つ作家としてのプライドが都合の良い展開を許容できず、そう簡単には“理想の姿”には到達しない。
当然、“物語”の出来もアンデルセンのやる気によって変わってくる。
“その人間にとって究極の姿”に至るには、よほど情欲を刺激する対象でなければ不可能、という事だ。
０２ - 三大作家
世界にその名の鳴り響く三大童話作家……
グリム、イソップ、アンデルセン……のひとりであり、その中で唯一の創作作家。
他が民話や伝説などを編纂した編集者や収集家であるのに対し、彼だけが新たに物語を作る本当の意味での“作家”だった。
代表作に『マッチ売りの少女』『人魚姫』『裸の王様』『雪の女王』『みにくいアヒルの子』等がある。
また、『マッチ売りの少女』における『少女』は、アンデルセンを進学させるために働き通し、貧しいまま、何の楽しみもなくこの世を去った、彼の母親がモデルと言われている。
０３ - 人間観察
アンデルセンの固有スキル。ランクはＡ。
人々を観察し、理解する技術。
ただ観察するだけでなく、名前も知らない人々の生活や好み、人生までを想定し、これを忘れない記憶力が重要とされる。
厭世家で知られるアンデルセンだが、その根底にあるものは拒絶ではなく理解である。
彼にできる事は物語を紡ぐ事だけだが、だからこそ、誰よりも語る事だけに真摯であろうと誓い続けた。
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事あるごとにＢＢやアルターエゴたちの愛の在り方を「醜い」「悪趣味」「ひとりよがり」と批判していたが、その裏にあったものは深い理解と指摘、そして叱責である。
彼がこぼしていた罵詈雑言の数々は彼女たちを全否定してのものではなく、忠告をこめた苦言だったのは言うまでもない。
……まあ、女性嫌いなのも動かぬ事実だったろうが。Skills High-Speed Aria [E]
A skill that hastens magic incantations. In his case, it seems to give a small benefit to his writing speed rather than his magic.
"The speed at which I write is slow. Before that, I basically have no motivation so there's no way I'd write professionally!"
says the person himself.
Innocent Monster [D]
An indication of the extent to which gossip has distorted the truth, without concern for the actual person's will or appearance.
In Andersen's case, it is "the curse of the reader." Having become too famous as a writer of fairy tales, Andersen's original personality is being painted over by the image of a writer of fairy tales.
Andersen, who has materialized as a Servant, is having his limbs eroded by the images of fairy tales that represent him. It's hidden by his western-style clothing, the skin underneath is afflicted by merman scales, match burns, and frostbite, and when he speaks, his throat is sliced with intense pain.
Item Creation [C]
The ability to construct various implements through magecraft. While he does not know magecraft, by putting his Noble Phantasm to practical use, it seems he can more or less produce what can be found in his literary works.
It appears his specialty item is "a love letter that conveys your feelings, 100%," but considering Andersen's own experience with love, although not impossible, it's hard to request.
Again, when he was alive, he had a strange habit:
"Isn't it possible for me to be mistaken for dead when I'm sleeping and be buried?"
was his fear and it is said that he was so overwhelmed with anxiety that he always had a note with, "I am not dead," written on it on his body.０１ - 高速咏唱 [E]
魔術詠唱を早める技術。彼の場合、魔術ではなく原稿の進みに多少の恩恵があるようだ。
「俺の出筆スピードは遅いぞ。そもそも基本的にやる気がないので執筆なんざしないがな！」とは本人の弁。
０２ - 無辜の怪物 [D]
本人の意思や姿とは関係なく、風評によって真相をねじ曲げられたものの深度を指す。
アンデルセンの場合は“読者の呪い”である。
童話が有名になりすぎ、アンデルセン本人の性格が童話作家のイメージによって塗りつぶされてしまった。
サーヴァントとして現れたアンデルセンの手足は、彼を代表する童話のイメージに侵食されている。
洋服で隠してはいるが、その下の肌は人魚の鱗やマッチのヤケド、凍傷に侵され、喉は喋るごとに激痛を刻んでいる。
０３ - 道具作成 [Ｃ]
魔術により様々な道具を作り上げる能力。
魔術は修得していないものの、宝具を応用した詩文により多少の作成はできるようだ。
得意なアイテムは『１００パーセント想いが伝わる恋文』らしいが、アンデルセン本人の恋愛歴を考えるととてもではないがお願いできない。
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また、生前の彼には妙なクセがあり、“眠っている時、死亡したと間違われて埋葬されるのではないか？”と恐れ、不安のあまり、つねに“死んでません”と書いた手紙を身につけていたという。Setting Personal Background I
A real person. Born 1805, died 1875 of liver cancer. Now, he is one of the three great authors, but half of his life was full of setbacks and suffering.
Born as the son of a cobbler, he aspired to be an actor but gave up without showing any results. After that, he aimed to become a poet but received harsh criticism. Finally, the book he published at his own expense began to sell decently well, and using that money, he set out on a trip outside the country.
His name-making work, "The Improvisatore," which had the inspiration he found abroad as its source, was finally acknowledged by the world. He was thirty.
Thereafter, he shifted to being a writer of fairy tales, but he clearly became a writer of fairy tales because those works were appreciated more than his more freely written works, meaning it only caused him pain.
As if to represent that, his fairy tales are full of naturalistic elements: violence and misfortune, poverty, and finally, are painted in a literary style that sees death as salvation.
Borrowing the appearance of fairy tales, he continued to depict the grief of being desperately poor and the hopelessness of how death was the only escape from that. ...While masking all the feelings swirling in his chest with the beautiful presentation of his composition.
Still, even after he became famous, he lived out his life as a bachelor, not associating with women. According to one theory, it seems there was someone he had feelings for, but due to high pride and a complex regarding his own appearance, he missed the chance to confess countless times.
He died of liver cancer at the age of 70. It is thought that he died grasping a letter from his first love which he always had on his person.
Andersen as summoned by the Moon Cell manifested, of all things, as he was as a boy before he became famous.
His alignment is Lawful Neutral. He has a introverted, self-assured, and passive personality. As a dour, pessimistic poet, he has no intention of being liked by others, and as it no longer has any worth for him to discover, he lacks any intention of enjoying life. Andersen does not desire anything from the Holy Grail. The cause is probably that he didn't attain even one of the things he desired when he was alive.
"This is assuming that life has value. Most of it is probably lower than people's delusions!"
he says, acting as if he hates everything in the world.
"But, well, while I hate the world, it is not as if I detest it. If there is something worth loving, then it would be fine to one again light the firewood in the hearth of frozen affection."
...Truly, what a bothersome man.
Personal Background II ("Blank Page" before clearing the CCC route)
"I will depict your life. You are truly the crystallization of the ugliness that is women. It is a story that makes me want to vomit everything."
Though Andersen always criticizes Kiara from beside her, he is not [the PC's] ally either. That is just the manifestation of the impartiality that distinctive to him. As Andersen is methodical like an author, being helpful is his true nature. First of all, if one does not think to entertain the readers, to serve the readers, then one is not fit to be a writer.
Andersen is hardened as a pessimist, but he will not laugh at the efforts of people who decide "let's live correctly" and "let's achieve this all our power".
Because that is what he once dreamed of, the form of a society that wished to be like that.
The reason Andersen advised [the PC] who was trying to resolve the incident, even while telling them, "Your actions are futile. Just leave those girls alone," in a flabbergasted manner, and never delivered definite repudiation against Kiara who was causing the situation to deteriorate, even while cursing her by saying, "Greedy, impudent, and on top of that, a liar! Only the demon in a fairy tale could be as unsightly as you!", is because both [the PC] and Kiara were earnestly "living their lives with everything they had."
In the end.
"A final light (sentence) for that unrewarded life."
That is this Servant's foundation.
Andersen who, though he was a world-famous author, did not attain even one of the things he desired. The writer of fairy tales who, while speaking of love, never once attained it. To him, a story about "a life where one struggles then disappears without being compensated" is what should be told. Humans who become happy easily are the same as scenery to him. They can just be happy of their own accord.
"I want to give a final light to the lives of people who were abandoned by even God," is the nucleus of Andersen's soul.
If you come to a stop on the final path, if you have the opportunity to turn around--you should be able to see a fragment of this Servant's truth.０１ - 人物背景Ⅰ
実在の人物。１８０５年生、１８７５年に肝臓癌にて没。
今でこそ三大作家のひとりだが、その半生は挫折と苦悩に満ちている。
靴職人の息子に生まれ、役者を志すも芽は出ず諦める。
その後は詩人を目指すも評価はさんざんであった。
ようやく自費出版した本がそれなりに売れ、その費用で国外旅行に出発。
旅行にて得たインスピレーションを元に、出世作『即興詩人』にてようやく世に認められる事となる。
３０歳の時であった。
以降、童話作家に転向するが、その在り方は明らかにより自由な創作が認められるから童話作家になった、と自虐するようなものだった。
それを象徴するかのように、彼の童話は性に満ち、暴力と不幸、貧困、そして死こそを救済と見る作風に彩られている。
彼は童話にその姿を借りて、ひたすら貧しさへの嘆きとそこからの脱出には死しかないという絶望を描き続けた。
……その美麗な文章表現で、自らの胸に渦巻く想いすべてを覆い隠しながら。
また、高名になった後も女性との交際はなく、生涯独身。
一説によると想う相手はいたようだが、プライドの高さと自らの容姿へのコンプレックスで幾度となく告白の機会を逃したとも。
７０歳にて肝臓癌にて死去。
肌身離さず身につけていた、初恋の相手からの手紙を握っての死だったとされる。
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ムーンセルにて召喚されたアンデルセンはあろうことか、有名になる前の少年の姿で現れた。
アライメントは秩序・中立。
性格は内向的、強気、受動的。
根暗で厭世的な詩人で、他人に好かれる気がなく、また、自分にも価値を見いだせなくなっているため、人生を楽しむ、という考えが欠如している。
アンデルセンは聖杯に何も求めていない。
生前、望むものは何一つ手に入らなかった事が原因だろう。
「人生の価値があるとしてもだ。
そんなものはたいてい、人間が夢想するものより下だろうよ」
と、このように世の中すべてを嫌っている言動である。
「だがまあ、
世を嫌っているだけで憎んでいるワケでもなし。
愛するに足るものがあれば、凍りついた愛情という暖炉に、もう一度マキをくべてもいいだろうさ」
……まったく面倒くさい男である。
０２ - 人物背景Ⅱ
「おまえの人生を描こう。
おまえこそ、女そのものといえる醜さの結晶。
反吐をぶちまけたくなる物語だ」
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キアラの横で常に彼女を批判していたアンデルセンだが、かといって岸波白野の味方でもない。
あれは彼ならではの公正さの現れだっただけだ。
アンデルセンは作家らしく几帳面で、根は面倒見がいい。
そも、読者を楽しませよう、読者に奉仕しよう、なんて考えがなければ物書きは勤まらないのである。
アンデルセンは厭世家として固まってしまったが “正しく生きよう”“全力で事を成し遂げよう”とする人間の努力を笑わない。
それはかつての彼が夢想し、そうあってほしいと願った社会の姿だからだ。
事件解決に奔走する岸波白野を「無駄な事を。あんな女どもは放っておけ」と呆れながらもアドバイスをし、事態を悪化させていくキアラを「貪欲で厚顔でオマケに嘘つき！ 童話の悪魔でさえおまえほど醜くはあるまい！」と悪態をつきながら決定的な否定をしなかったのは、ひとえに岸波白野もキアラも“自分の人生に一生懸命”だったからだ。
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最後に。
“酬われない人生に、最後の一文(ひかり)を”
それがこのサーヴァントの根底にあったものだ。
世界に名だたる作家になりながらも望むものは何一つ手に入らなかったアンデルセン。
愛を語りながらも愛を手に入れられなかった童話作家。
そんな彼にとって、“あがいた末に酬われず消える人生”こそ語るべきもの。
簡単に幸福になれる人間は彼にとっては背景と同じだ。
それらは勝手に幸福になればいい。
“神さえ見捨てた人間の人生に、最後の光を与えたい” それがアンデルセンの、魂の核である。
もし貴方に最後の道で立ち止まり、振り返る余裕があるのなら―――
このサーヴァントの真実、その一端を見る事ができるだろう。 - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6
[] Fate/EXTRA material - Encyclopedia: Andersen [Servant], p.158 [T] Andersen [Servants]
Andersen is a Servant that appears in Fate/EXTRA CCC.
He is a poison-tongued shota writer. His Master is Kiara Sesshoin.
Although his class is Caster he is usually referred to using his true name Anderson because Kiara, who has abandoned participation in the War, revealed it. Andersen appears to be a young boy around the age of 10.
Despite being Kiara’s Servant he interacts with the player from a neutral standpoint.
He is remembered throughout the world as one of the three great fairy tale authors.
He possesses no ability to fight, thus he does not take any part in combat throughout the game. His position in the Moon Cell Holy Grail War ever so slightly insinuates, “Without victory, without defeat, I am the one to judge this story.”
He has a dark nature and is a pessimistic poet who has no desire to be liked by others. Furthermore he is no longer able to see any remaining value in himself, and completely lacks the notion that he should enjoy, or is able to enjoy his life.
Although he was summoned as a Servant, he has no wish or desire. This is probably because while he was alive he was unable to obtain anything he wanted.
“Even if life had some sort of value, it would surely be far less than most people fancy it to be.”
Like this, we can see that he has a distaste for everything in the world.
However, his true nature is to be helpful to others, and if you rely on him, he will certainly live up to your expectations. Like a good author he is conscientious, and he pays attention to all the small details. In short, he is a male tsundere.
Of course, in the first place, without the desire to entertain and to please your readers it would be impossible to work as a writer.
While Andersen is decidedly pessimistic, he advocates “Live properly.” and “Do everything you can to pursue your goals to the end.” and would never laugh at the hard work of others. This is what he once dreamed that society would actually typify.
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Andersen’s young appearance is in complete contrast with his choice of words, and his voice is like a sword that cuts you in two.
In general he considers everything to be completely terrible, worthless and useless so conversation instantly freezes over when he joins in. His poisonous tongue has made Kiara stop dead and have to pull herself together more than a few times.
However, while he may come across as trying to seem self-important with his pessimism/view that humans are worthless, he is similar to Archer in that if you take what he says in a level-headed manner you will realize that he is simply speaking the truth. Andersen isn’t looking down on and criticizing others, but rather just revealing the fact of things in his own sincere way.
To digress once again, we originally considered making him a Tinkerbell-like, fairy-from-a-fairy-tale-book-like character.
In EXTRA and CCC we see two completely different sides to him.
Similar to how the various Lancers are related to vampires, we wanted to link Caster to nursery rhymes and make him a märchen-like character. Eventually we settled on the current “who would think there could be such a hateful fairy” version of him.アンデルセン【サーヴァント】
ＣＣＣで登場するサーヴァント。
毒舌厭世ショタ作家。マスターは殺生院キアラ。
クラスはキャスターだが、戦闘放棄したキアラが真名を明かしているためアンデルセンと呼ばれる。外見年齢十歳ほどの少年。
キアラに従うサーヴァントだが、中立の立場でプレイヤーと関わる。
世界にその名の鳴り響く三大童話作家のひとり。
戦闘手段を持たないので最後まで戦わないが、そういった立ち位置から『勝ちも負けもない、この物語のジャッジ役』という意味合いを匂わせている。
根暗で厭世的な詩人で、他人に好かれる気がなく、また、自分にも価値を見いだせなくなっているため、自分の人生を楽しむ、という考えが欠如している。
サーヴァントとして召還されてはいるが、アンデルセンは人生に何も求めていない。生前、望むものは何一つ手に入らなかった事が原因だろう。
「人生に価値があるとしてもだ。そんなものはたいてい、人間が夢想するものより下だろうよ」
と、世の中すべてを嫌っているようにさえ見える。
しかし根は面倒見がいいのか、頼られれば応えるし、作家らしく几帳面なのでアフターケアも万全。ようは男のツンデレである。
そも、読者を楽しませよう、読者に奉仕しよう、なんて考えがなければ物書きは勤まらない。
アンデルセンは厭世家として固まってしまったが、『正しく生きよう』『全力で事を成し遂げよう』とする人間の努力を笑わない。それはかつての彼が夢想し、そうあってほしいと願った社会の姿だからだ。
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外見の幼さとは正反対の言葉遣い、声質で近寄るものを一刀両断する剣客ならぬペン客。
たいていのものを「すべて醜い、価値がない」と駄目だしするので、アンデルセンが会話に入ると途端に場の空気が凍ってしまう。アンデルセンの毒舌にキアラが場を取りなす事も一度や二度ではないだろう。
しかし、厭世的かつ性悪説を認めているので偉そうに聞こえるが、アーチャー同様、冷静に捉えれば誠実な内容を口にしている。アンデルセンは上から目線で相手を批判しているのではなく、物事の真実を彼なりに真摯に語っているだけなのだ。
また完全な余談ではあるが、最初期案ではティンカーベル的な、本の妖精っぽい立ち位置が考えられていた。
EXTRAとＣＣＣは表と裏の関係である。
それぞれのランサーが吸血鬼縛りだったように、キャスターもナーサリーライムに合わせてメルヘンなキャラクターにしたかったが、こんな憎たらしい妖精がいるか、という事で現状に落ち着いた。 - ↑ Answer: About Andersen
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Fate/Grand Order material I Hans Christian Andersen's Profile, translated by Beast's Lair User castor212.
- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 Fate/Grand Order Lines
- ↑ Fate/EXTRA CCC Fox Tail - Chapter 2: "Miko-n! Caster Fox-chan! Tsukumihara Academy 2"
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - London: The Death World in the City of Demonic Fog, Section 4: One Book, One Pen
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - London: The Death World in the City of Demonic Fog, Section 5: Helter Skelter
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - London: The Death World in the City of Demonic Fog, Section 6: London Night
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - London: The Death World in the City of Demonic Fog, Section 7: One More Mystery
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - London: The Death World in the City of Demonic Fog, Section 8: The Death of the Mage's Association
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - London: The Death World in the City of Demonic Fog, Section 9: Opportunity
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - London: The Death World in the City of Demonic Fog, Section 13: Beyond the Fog
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Salomon: The Grand Time Temple - Act 05: IV / Control Tower Barbatos
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shinjuku: Malignant Quarantined Demonic Realm, Chapter 18: Great Detective's Great Deduction
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - SE.RA.PH -Second Ballet-, [Ultra High Difficulty] Cage of the Fallen (10/10)
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Salem: The Forbidden Advent Garden, Prologue
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Fate/Grand Order - Servant Summer Camp! ~Chaldea's Thriller Night~, Final Section: Sequel to the Aftermath of Sadness and Joy
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Servant Summer Camp! ~Chaldea's Thriller Night~, Section 9: Secret Little Mermaid
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Shinjuku Phantom Spirit Incident: Malignant Quarantined Demonic Realm
- ↑ Avalon le Fae Synopsys - Translated by Comun