Achilles, a famous Heroic Spirit blessed with immortality.
ImmortalityWP (不死, Fushi?) is the status of possessing eternal life. Depending on the individual, it can either be perpetual youth, the inability to be permanently killed, or complete invincibility.
Characteristics[]
In the case of humans, it is said complete deathlessness does not exist.[1] While conditions of invulnerability can exist among the many legends of human heroes, even human-based Heroic Spirits are unable to go beyond the bounds of being a human being and attain truly immortal bodies, such existences being outside of common sense not normally able to manifest as Servants.[1] Even with heroes said to have immortal bodies, it is assumed there is always a stipulation of "However, there is one exception" in all immortality legends.[2]
The Third Magic is a Magic that realizes true immortality by making the soul into a high-dimensional planar being capable of interacting with the material world as a mental body without having to return to Akasha.[3]
According to Mario Gallo Bestino, most of the Dead Apostle Ancestors' Principles originate from something that the individual vampires studied when they were human, and after they became vampiress, such Principles become their "purpose for living" and path to obtaining true immortality.[4]
Entities without a Concept of Death are also immortal.
- See also Concept of Death.
Immortal Killers[]
- Harpe has the trait of Refraction of Longevity (屈折延命, Kussetsu Enmei?), which is a divine ability that nullifies the "undying attribute" of immortals and inflicts wounds that cannot be restored by any methods other than healing in accordance to the natural laws.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
- Black Barrel is a "Conceptual Weapon of natural life-span", capable of imposing the notion of limited life-span into the body of near-immortal creatures.[12]
- Seventh Holy Scripture (Remake) is no doubt, a surefire "Immortal Killer".[13]
Examples of immortality[]
- Achilles — His gift of immortality from having been blessed and exalted by the Olympian Gods, granted to his entire body, excluding his heel, protecting him from all ill will and killing intent.[14][1][2] It takes the form of the Noble Phantasm Andreias Amarantos.
- Ahasuerus — Complete immortality, having lived since the time of Christ. Even if he were to be cut up into pieces or shot full of bullets, he still wouldn't be able to die.[15]
- Amakusa Shirou Tokisada — Received eternal youth after being incarnated thanks to his Noble Phantasm Left Hand - Xanadu Matrix.[16]
- Artoria Pendragon - The Holy Swords Caliburn and Excalibur stopped Artoria's body from aging.[17][18][19] Even after having lost Avalon, Excalibur still continued to grant Artoria special regenerative properties. Had Artoria not embraced her fate and given away Excalibur to Bedivere after having been fatally wounded by Mordred, she could have continued living for thousands of years.[20]
- Alice Kuonji — Complete immortality and eternal youth, as while Aoko Aozaki ages over time, Alice cannot. Alice cannot be killed except under very specific conditions. If someone attacks her with animosity, fear, nature, or even random chance, she will resurrect no matter how badly she is injured. However if she is attacked with an act motivated by love, this resurrection will not activate.[21]
- Aoko Aozaki — Eternal youth, as Aoko stopped aging after 20.
- April – Complete immortality, as a Witch, she cannot die.
- Ashiya Douman — Engraves his Saint Graph in countless Shikigami bodies, rendering him able to control them remotely and scatter them at will, gaining a form of immortality through his ritual Life Continuation.[22]
- Brishisan — Has existed for nearly 3000 years without issue, implying he is something other than human,[23] referred to by Touko Aozaki as a "Vampire knockoff" despite not being a Dead Apostle.[24]
- Calamity Jane and Sigurd the Dragon-slayer Sword - After defeating Ashtart Origin, they were "rewarded" with eternal life until she awakened again.[25]
- Caenis — Thanks to her Poseidon Blessing Noble Phantasm, Caenis is invulnerable as long as she is in the Ocean.
- Camazotz (Lostbelt) — Camazotz's Imperishability Authority makes him completely unkillable. It can only be nullified if Camazotz is forced to remember his past.
- Chiron — Complete immortality, rendering him unable to die despite being in constant pain from Hydra poison. The immortality itself is able to be removed by the Gods and granted to another.[26]
- Ciel (Remake) - Complete immortality so long as Michael Roa Valdamjong (Remake) is alive, due to the World recognizing them as the same individual.[27][28][29]
- Darius Ainsworth — Complete immortality, having created his own style of Flash Air in order to record and store dozens of years of his life, the concept of "Darius", within Pandora's Box, as it contains a place that is not bound by the same rules of the World and so the record of his soul won't suffer decay inside it. This has the side-effect of making Darius unable to die unless the Pithos is opened, making him immortal.[30]
- Dead Apostles — Eternal youth[31] and the Curse of Restoration that allows them to regenerate from injuries,[32] but require the blood of humans to supplement and upkeep their unlife.[33]
- Demeter (Lostbelt) — Demeter possesses Authority over the harvest, in other words, production and regeneration. Theoretically, she can regenerate from any amount of damage, making it impossible to completely destroy her. This immortality can be passed down to others with her Klironomia. Poseidon's own Authority can suppress its effects, due to Poseidon also wielding Authority over the land.
- Erika Ainsworth — Complete immortality until she opens Pandora's Box as her "death" is contained in the box.[34]
- Fairies — Essentially immortal and do not have the same lifespan as humans or animals.
- Francesca Prelati — Resurrects in a new body after death, which can be either male like her original body, or female.[35] Her exact methods are unknown, but she has persisted without apparent side effects for hundreds of years, and possesses "secret organs" within her chest that she displays to Orlando Reeve.[36]
- Goddess Rhongomyniad[20]
- Goetia — As long as the Temple remains in Goetia's possession, the 72 Pillars will continuously revive, thus he is immortal; relinquishing possession of it causes the Pillars to be undone and makes Goetia vulnerable.[37]
- Heracles — His Noble Phantasm God Hand, a blessing of the Gods representing immortality, as well as being a curse, that was granted to him for completing his Twelve LaborsWP in life.[38]
- Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg — In Tsukihime Worlds, he is a Dead Apostle and one of The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors (Remake). In Fate Worlds, he managed to achieve immortality without being a Dead Apostle.[39]
- Kundry — She is described as being cursed with immortality, but in a way that she would wander from world to world by reincarnating while keeping her memories until she would find her one true love. Because of this unique sort of immortality, Kundry as a Servant can remember individual summonings unlike how most Servants forget each time they are summoned.[15]
- Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern — Eternal youth, however her body was so frail it would take little to kill her.[40]
- Lugh Beowulf — A naturally immortal Elemental who exists as a materialized soul similar to the products of the Third Magic.
- Merlin (Prototype) — Complete immortality, having transcended death due to being trapped within Avalon.
- Michael Roa Valdamjong (Remake) - In addition to being a Dead Apostle, he is able to completely persist beyond death so long as human beings exist in the world,[41][32] by taking them as host bodies through Reincarnation. In the original Tsukihime, he loses more of his identity with each soul he assimilates into his own, but in the continuity of Tsukihime Remake, this is not the case.
- Olympian Soldier — Demeter Klironomia makes them immortal.
- Ozymandias — A divine protection of Ramesseum Tentyris that grants immortality to Ozymandias and his Guardian Beasts, making total destruction of both the temple and Ozymandias himself necessary to defeat him.[42]
- Paracelsus — While not immortal himself, he is able to create the Philosopher's Stone with a high degree of purity, such that it can grant someone a limited form of immortality.[43]
- Riesbyfe Stridberg - Eternal youth through Gamaliel's ability to halt the user's aging.
- Scáthach - Complete immortality, having turned halfway into a Divine Spirit at the end of a long time, became an immortal existence. She can no longer die as a person.[44][45][46]
- Servants (Servant Universe) - Normally, there is no such thing as lasting death in the Servant Universe. Servants that disappear eventually respawn randomly in another part of the universe, or reincarnate in a new body, or even interfere in a Parallel World. That is what it means for a Soul to be tangible.[47]
- Souren Araya — His Origin of "Stillness" has made him extremely difficult to kill, since something that is already "still" supposedly cannot be killed. Touko believes that he differs from Magi who would fade away should they ever touch the Root, and that at least some shade of himself will remain in the world and possibly bring great destruction.[48] He is effectively immortal in a sense due to his consciousness surviving even if his body should rot and crumble to dust, and he has reconstituted himself after such a death from aging several times, having taken new physical bodies each time.[49]
- Stheno and Euryale - Eternal youth, never aging unlike the other Gods of their pantheon that needed to consume Golden Apples to maintain their eternal lives.[50]
- Touko Aozaki - Creates Puppet copies of her body that are exactly identical to her original body. Exists in a state of superposition between all her copies at once, and will "wake up" in a new body if her current one is killed. Appears to have eternal youth in addition to this, and is speculated by Francesca Prelati to have attained some form of the Third Magic.[35]
- True Ancestors - Eternal youth and the Curse of Restoration, but do not need to consume blood to stay alive like the Dead Apostles.
- World of Fate/Requiem - All humans living in the world except Erice Utsumi are immortal. Chitose Manazuru's wish on the Holy Grail had brought immortality to the masses. The principal causes of death in the old world – biological factors such as aging, genetic degradation, infectious diseases, viruses and malignant cancers – had all been conquered. However, people can still be murdered. By expending Command Spells, one could even manipulate their biological age. In Mosaic City, one of humanity’s oldest, dearest wishes – eternal youth – had been realized.[51]
- Zouken Matou - Became a swarm of Crest Worms. As time went on, his method of immortality caused his soul to decay, leading to him needing to consume human flesh similar to a Dead Apostle, and causing him to appear as a wizened old man.[52]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fate/Apocrypha Volume 1: Apocrypha: Great Holy Grail War - Chapter 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fate/Apocrypha Volume 2: Round Dance of Black / Festival of Red - Chapter 3
- ↑
[] Fate/complete material III: World material - Theory of Magic - Magecraft: "Magic" making the impossible possible, p.048 "Magic" making the impossible possible
True Magic. This is a different mystery than magery. Magi call the events that are unachievable by magery and science in that age True Magic. If that event could be achieved by time and resources, then no matter the difficulty, that event will not be seen as True Magic.
When the civilization of mankind was still young, all magery had been True Magic. But along with the advancement of science, the number of things that "could be done" by people had increased, and in exchange, True Magic diminished. The number of remaining "True Magics" in the modern era are extremely few, only 5. In "Fate/stay night", the achievement of one of these, the "Third True Magic", occupied the portion of the Grail War that could also be said to be its base.
All magi strive to arrive at "True Magic". Even if they can't reach it, the next generation will. Even the next generation can't reach it, then the one after....and like that, thus was weaved the history of trial and error of magery.
True Magic
Explanation
First True Magic One of the oldest True Magics but the details about it are unknown. What it involves appears to be common knowledge to some magi of privileged rank. Though the wielder of the First Magic is already passed from this World, it is said that a personage who is of direct descent narrowly survives.
Second True Magic The True Magic that observes the infinite parallel worlds and travels between alternative worlds. Its user is Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg. With this magic, this man was able to create a jewel sword to absorb mana from the other worlds and a box that could store an immense amount of objects.
Third True Magic Materialization of the soul, in other words, the magic that realizes true immortality. When accomplished, the practitioner will acquire an unlimited source of magical energy due to the soul becoming analogous to a perpetual motion machine. This is the Magic of the Einzbern lineage, and the Holy Grail War was established to acquire this Magic.
Fourth True Magic Like the First True Magic, the details about it are unknown. What it involves hasn't been heard of either. But, the currently existing wizards, when pointing out to the Fourth True Magic, they'll all say "it is there for sure", and will agree that it exists. Also, they don't know the name of the user either.
Fifth True Magic The True Magic that the Traveling Magician Aozaki Aoko inherited from her grandfather. Its nickname is "Magic Blue." The user Aozaki Aoko is average as a magus but displays transcendence with destruction. Because of this trait, there is a rumor that "Magic Blue" is also a True Magic involving destruction.
•The Five Magicians
There are five True Magics left in the current age. Those who use them are called "Magicians". The user of the First Magic, the oldest True Magic, is said to be dead, so the ones that are "still alive" are four. Let's say that "what had been possible only by True Magic" then becomes achievable by developments in magery or scientific technology. True Magic will be lowered to a mere "craft". Many True Magics were lost from the world like that. Then, can the power of "True Magic" only fade out hereon? No. The arrival of magi at existing or as of yet uncharted new Magic can allow new True Magic to be born and the numbers to be increased. Needless to say, this is far more difficult than a camel passing through the eye of a needle and finding one speck of a jewel in a desert. However, it's not impossible. The existence of the Wizards is proof of that. Thus, magi strive for the heights of True Magic. Believing they will one day reach the stars in the skies with their own hands, they continue dedicating themselves to their studies daily.
•Death of True Magic, Death of a Magician
A Magician, just like a magus, has a long life. If one uses life-prolonging magic, it wouldn't be impossible to live a few hundred, a few thousand years either. But, the "end" will come for sure. Then, would the death of a Magician mean the death of the True Magic he uses? No, it would not. True Magic will be passed on to the inheritor of the next generation and will not disappear. If True Magic were to die, it would only be when it could be realized by normal means. - ↑ Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Moon Princess route - Day 10: "Vermillion, Crimson Moon I"
- ↑
[] Fate/complete material II: Character material - Weapons: Harpe, p.135 User: Gilgamesh
A divine sword from Greek mythology. One of the Noble Phantasms owned by Gilgamesh. It has a special shape similar to a scythe, with the cutting edge on the inside of the blade. It also has the power to negate the “undying” attribute. The hero Perseus received the sword from Hermes, so that he could exterminate the snake-haired witch Medusa. The legend goes that Perseus approached Medusa – who would turn everybody that looked at her into stone – by using a mirrored shield, and then cut off her head with Harpe while she slept. Because Perseus returned Harpe to Hermes once the task was completed, it can be considered an “Anti-Medusa” weapon.ハルペー
使用者：ギルガメッシュ
ギリシャ神話に登场する神剣。ギルガメッシュが所蔵する宝具のひとつ。鎌のような特殊な形状をしていて、 内側に刃が付いている。また、この剣には不死属性を無効にする力があるといわれている。髪の毛が蛇となって いる魔女メデューサの退治に向かう英雄ペルセウスに、オリンポス十二神のヘルメスが与えた。ペルセウスは、 見たものすべてを石に変えてしまうメデューサに対して、鏡の盾を使って近づき、眠っているメデューサの首を ハルペーで切り落としたと言われている。その後ペルセウスはハルペーをヘルメスに返還したため、対メデュー サ専用武器と言える存在となっている。 - ↑ Fate/hollow ataraxia - 10/08 - Emiya's - Mirror of Kibisis
- ↑
[] Prototype material - CHARACTER Profile: Rider, p.040-041 Rider
- Addresses self as: “Boku”
- Servant Rank: Rank 5
- Strength: D+
- Endurance: E+
- Agility: B+
- Magic: B+
- Luck: A+
- Noble Phantasm: A B C D E
Comment from Takeuchi Takashi: When compared, a lot of spoilers appear. His design is quite rare, which I really like. When he’s wearing his school uniform, he’s an interestingly two-sided character.
Explanation: A Servant who lost his Master. Often dresses up as a student. Is in the same year as Ayaka. Has gentle looks, and at first glance is a trendy, nice looking man. Although he has sociable manners, is easily moved, and is a gentle hearted young man, he has the flaw that, once motivated to do something, he will not stop until he gives it his all and then some more. In this sense, he is also an anomaly.
Once he decided to stain his hands with wrongdoing, he became capable of killing innocents with a gentle manner and smile. His true name is that of a hero from Greek mythology, Perseus. Among the Servants, only he obtained an ending that wasn’t a “bad end”. Although he possesses numerous Noble Phantasms, he is restricted to only being able to use one at a time. The flying winged sandals, the mantle which changes its wearer’s appearance (in the myth it is a helmet), the mirror shield bestowed by Athena (radar, sonar), the serpent-hunting sickle Harpe (kills immortals), the bag that held the demon’s severed head, Kibisis (Mirrored bounded field), and finally the same pegasus’ bridle as in Fate/Stay Night (Bellerophon).ライダー
- 一人称:
- サーヴァント階位:
- 筋力:
- 耐久:
- 敏捷:
- 魔力:
- 運:
- 宝具:
Comment from Takeuchi Takashi:
Explanation: - Addresses self as: “Boku”
- ↑
[] Fate/Prototype Tribute Phantasm, p.024-025 - Rider Servant Rider
“…For him, who wished for the happiness of everyone—For his sake, I will slaughter you all.”
“The Holy Grail is excessive for the tastes of the magi. As a Heroic Spirit, I will use it correctly, the way it was meant to be used.”
A Stray Servant with no Master. His true name is the hero from Greek Mythology, Perseus. Though he is the only one of the seven summoned Servants to not have a “tragic end”, he welcomes gory deaths even as the form of the boy, who wished only peace for everyone, buries itself in his heart and drives him on his insane killing sprees. He owns a wide selection of Noble Phantasms, like the Sandals that fly through the air, the Mantle that changes the appearance of the wearer (a helmet in the myths), the bronze mirror shield that Athena gave him (equipped with radar and sonar), the snake hunting sickle Harpe (kills immortals), the bag that stores the head of monsters Kibisis (a mirror world type bounded field), and the familiar Pegasus-handling bridle from FSN, Bellerophon. He is the very person who killed FSN Rider (Medusa).
Armor and Mask: When acting as a Servant, Rider hides his true form behind a mask and a cape. This cape is a Noble Phantasm that can obscure the appearance of its wearer. Though Rider holds a large variety of Noble Phantasms, he has a limit that allows him to use only one at a time.
The Mask acts as a fake Master, supplying him with magical energy. In order to get enough magical energy, Rider has to kill again and again (most likely to eat souls so he can get power). His Master, on the verge of death, gave him a physical form, which he used to challenge Saber, but…
Usually, he disguises himself as a normal high-school boy in Rider’s class. He’s the popular boy of the class due to having a modern sort of beauty, getting along well with others, and being gentle. The scenes of him at school show his two-faced nature.
When showing his true face, Rider never wipes away his smile. In his heart, he knows this is the opposite of what the boy wanted, but for the sake of his Master’s happiness, he would kill again and again. What sort of expression is he showing on the face streaked with bloody tears that will not stop?Servant Rider
「......幸福な人々を望んだ彼の為に一君たちを皆殺しにする」
「魔術師風情に聖杯は過ぎたものだ。英霊である ワタシが、正しく、あるがままに使わせてもらう」 - ↑
[] Fate/Grand Order - Medusa (Lancer) Profile [T] Medusa - Lancer
Illustrator and Voice actor
Illustrator: BLACK
Voice Actor: Asakawa Yuu
Parameters
Strength: C
Endurance: D
Agility: A
Mana: E
Luck: C
Noble Phantasm: A+
Personal Skills
Beautiful Voice of Fascination: B
Monstrous Strength: C
Feelings Towards the Distance: A
Class Skills
Magic Resistance: B
Goddesses Divine Core: A
Noble Phantasm
Caress of the Medusa: Embrace of the Goddess
Rank: B
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Profile
The youngest of the Gorgon Sisters that appears in Greek Mythology.
A goddess born as a perfected "image (idol)", the embodiment of men's longing.
Due some factor, the anti-hero Medusa acquired a condition as a goddess that is close to that of her two sisters and manifested as a Servant.
Level 1 Bond
Height/Weight: 134cm・30kg?
Source: Greek Mythology
Region: Europe
Alignment: Neutral Good Gender: Female
Her personal statement is that her weight “is the same as my sisters”
Level 2 Bond
Her appearance is that of a lovely girl similar to her sisters, and the personality has also changed from when she is a Rider.
However, unlike her sisters who are “eternal young girls that cannot live on unless they borrow the help from another”, she is already endowed to some extent with the power to fight, the demoniac buds that can take many lives.
Level 3 Bond
"Embrace of the Goddess"
Rank: B Type: Anti-Unit
Caress of the Medusa.
The abilities that up until now Medusa (Rider) had possessed as skills - in other words, that which the current Medusa should acquire in the “future” - attained as a Noble Phantasm.
After haunting with the immortal-slayer blade on her hands, she instantly turns the opponents within her line of sight into stone - an effect by means of mystic eyes of the highest level, “Cybele”.
She performs a fierce attack with this at its focal point.
Level 4 Bond
- Beautiful Voice of Fascination: B
The same personal skill that her sisters possess.
It works as a fascination magecraft-like effect towards males, but evasion is possible by means of the skill Magic Resistance. Even without Magic Resistance, one should be able to abate it so long he maintains a will to resist.
Level 5 Bond
- Monstrous Strength: C
The ability to temporarily amplify STR. An offensive special quality that only monsters, magical beasts have. It is possible to temporarily raise STR in 1 Rank by an amount of time that depends on the rank in this Skill.
...rank is low because her demoniac disposition is small.
- Feelings Towards the Distance: A
The distance that might have been someday---
The feelings towards those beloved days support her struggle to the very end.
Interlude
A divine spirit-type of Servant that originally would never be summoned.
She manifested during the crisis of the demise of human history, but...
Since she was summoned at Chaldea, there is probably at least two individuals she wants to meet.
At first she will be unable to easily get close to them, and will probably only be manage to stare at them at a distance while shedding tears, but lets just watch over without rushing things.メドゥーサ - ランサー
イラストレーター・声優
ILLUST：BLACK
CV：浅川悠
パラメータ
筋力：Ｃ
耐力：Ｄ
敏捷：Ａ
魔力：Ｅ
幸運：Ｃ
宝具：Ａ＋
保有スキル
魅惑の美声 Ｂ
怪力 Ｃ
彼方への想い Ａ
クラス別能力
対魔力 Ｂ
女神の神核 Ａ
宝具
女神の抱擁
ランク：Ｂ
種別：対人宝具
キャラクター詳細
ギリシャ神話におけるゴルゴン三姉妹の三女。
男の憧れの具現、完成した「偶像（アイドル）」として生まれ落ちた女神の一柱。
何らかの要因により、反英雄メドゥーサが女神としての姉二柱に近しい姿となって限界したサーヴァント。
アンロック条件：絆レベルを１にすると開放
身長/体重：１３４ｃｍ・３０ｋｇ？
出典：ギリシャ神話
地域：欧州
属性：中立・善 性別：女性
「姉様たちと一緒です」体重は自己申告による。
アンロック条件：絆レベルを２にすると開放
外観は姉二柱に似た可憐な少女であり、性格もライダーの時のそれから変化している。
しかし『誰かの手を借りねば生きられない永遠の少女』である姉たちとは違い、既に戦う力、数多の命を奪い得る魔の萌芽が幾らか備わっている。
アンロック条件：絆レベルを３にすると開放
『女神の抱擁』
ランク：Ｂ 種別：対人宝具
カレス・オブ・メドゥーサ。
従来のメドゥーサ（ライダー）のスキルとして所有している能力、すなわち現在の状態のメドゥーサが『未来』に取得するモノを宝具として得ている。
手にした不死殺しの刃を見舞ったあと、視界に捉えた相手を瞬時に石化させる
最高レベルの魔眼「キュベレイ」による効果。
これを軸として、彼女は猛攻撃を行う。
アンロック条件：絆レベルを４にすると開放
○魅惑の美声：Ｂ
姉たちが所持するものと同一の固有スキル。
男性に対しては魅了の魔術的効果として働くが、対魔力スキルで回避可能。
対魔力がなくとも抵抗する意思を持っていれば軽減は可能。
アンロック条件：絆レベルを５にすると開放
○怪力：Ｃ
一時的に筋力を増幅させる。魔物、魔獣のみが持つ攻撃特性。使用する事で筋力をワンランク向上させる。持続時間は“怪力”のランクによる。
…魔の性質が薄いためにランクは低い。
○彼方への思い：Ａ
いつの日にか在ったかもしれない彼方―――
愛しき日々への想いが、彼女の戦いを最後まで支えてくれる。
アンロック条件：第七特異点をクリアおよび絆レベルを５にすると開放
本来であれば召喚されるはずのない、神霊系サーヴァントの一柱。
人類史終焉の危機にあたって顕現したが……
カルデアに召喚されてしまった以上、彼女としては会いたい相手が最低でも二人はいるだろう。
初めはなかなか近付けず、遠巻きに見つめては涙をこぼすくらいしか出来ないだろうが、じっくり見守ってあげよう。 - Beautiful Voice of Fascination: B
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order material IV - Medusa (Lancer), p.342-351, translated by castor212, Beast's Lair
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Babylonia: Absolute Demonic Front - Section 15: Decisive Battle
- ↑
[] Character Material - Godo, p.029 Introduction - Godo
His real name has been erased. Generally known as Gun God or God Imitator. One of the few old-generation “humans” surviving in this wasteland.
Humans – strong as living creatures, yet weak as existences – were almost completely eliminated on doomsday. The survivors, being unable to adapt to the Grain permeating the atmosphere, were soon to follow.
During these last days, the surviving humans created the artificial paradise.
Although this artificial paradise was quickly destroyed by The Black Aristoteles, Godo was unlucky enough to receive environmental adaptation treatment, and thus his life was saved. He became the world’s last surviving human and continued to live.
But, even if he was a survivor, his future was short.
For Godo, his current life was akin to living on the moon. Without the help of machines and medicines, he would not even be able to breathe properly, and the food that he puts in his mouth is like poison.
Because his prospects were so bleak, or perhaps because he had already faced death many times, his worldview became very self-torturing but not quite pessimistic (“resignation” could be a good way to describe it), and he lived leisurely passing by the days.
In the past, wanting revenge, he excavated Black Barrel from the sealed region of Atlasia, and participated in the battle to prevent Type:Venus’ descent. Afterwards, in order to escape further conflicts, he concealed his whereabouts.
According to rumors, he participated in a certain city’s fight to repel Type:Saturn, and died there.
Although he is the weakest, he is a sniper able to withstand the poison of the strongest.
Explanation - Black Barrel
A black gun. It is a weapon that can destroy the Fifth Theoretical Element, and is constructed from the Fifth True Element.
It is called a conceptual weapon of natural life by the Six Sisters.
The bullets can ignore the abilities of anything that uses Grain and cause direct damage.
It is similar to a cancer cell directly invading a body.
One of the reasons that humans have degraded as is that they have no way to utilize the Grain in the air. As soon as they breathe it in, they die.
The moment that this new energy source, Grain, rejected them, humans became the weakest of all life forms, but Black Barrel could be called the one weapon that reverses that specific weak point.
It has many uses, and by changing its fittings it can be made to act as a sniper rifle.
It normally takes the form of a rifle with a curved stock.
At the time of its excavation, it seems that there was an original and also a replica. The gun that Godo always uses is the original.
Source: notes. (From Tsukihime Dokuhon)
The leading role of a story from the Land of Steel, an episode that cut out the events concerning an angel.
As the weakest individual but possessing a means of deposing the strongest, a really protagonist-like individual.
Afterwards, this person’s style was succeeded by Shiki from Tsukihime…maybe, or maybe not.Introduction - ゴドー
本名。額飲、というのをいれる。院まいったいな時代の“人間”。
生物としてあったが生命としては弱かった人間は世界各軍によって大部分が死滅し、残った者たちも大気に満ちたジンに適応できず死に絶えていった。
そんな終末の中でも生き延びようとした人間たちによる人工楽園の出身。
人工楽園自体は黒いアリストテレスによってすみやかに消滅したが、環境適応処置を受けていたゴドーは不運にも生き延び、地上に残った最後の人間として生きていく事になる。
もっとも、生き残ったところで先は長くない。
ゴドーにとって今の生活は月に住んでいるようなもの。機械と菜の助けがなくては満足に呼吸もできず、口にする食料は毒でしかない。
まさにお先真っ暗ではあるが、幾度もの終末を乗り越えてしまった為か、自由的ではあるが悲観的にはならない、といった観(諦観とも言う)に至っているので日々のんびりと過ごしている。
かつては復讐心から取アトラシアよりブラックバレルを発掘し、タイプ・ヴィーナス降下阻止作戦に参加、以後は戦いを避けて行方を貶ました。
風の噂ではとある街で行われたタイプ・サターン迎撃戦に参加し、戦死したとされる。
最弱ではあるが、最強の毒に耐えうる狙撃手。
Explanation - ブラックバレル
黒い銃身。第五架空要素を自壊させる、第五真説要素によって作られた兵器。
六人姉妹たちには天存の概念武装と呼ばれる。
この銃によって放たれた弾丸は、真エーテルによっ して活動するモノなら、いかなる能力値をも無視して を与える魔の一撃となる。
直接本体に打ち込まれる細胞のようなものか。
人間が霊長から転落した理由の一つに、大気に満ち たジンを扱えず、吸い込めば死に至るという事がある。
ジンという新しいエネルギーに拒絶された時点で人間はもっとも弱い生物になったが、ブラックバレルはその欠点を逆転させた兵器と言える。
汎用性が高く、各種オプションを換装する事で狙撃 銃としても使用可能。
基本は曲銃床を用いるライフル型。
発掘時にはオリジナルとレプリカの二丁があったらしい。ゴドーが愛用していたのはオリジナルの方。
出典／notes. (月姫読本に収録)
鋼の大地から、天使にまつわる話を切り取ったエピソードの主役。
最弱だが最強を貶める一手を持つ、という実に主人公チックな人物。
のちに、この芸風は月姫の志貴に受け継がれる事になった・・・・・・ような、そうでもないような。 - ↑
[] Melty Blood Act Cadenza PS2 Manual - Dictionary: Seventh Holy Scripture [Weapon name • Technique name], p.052 Seventh Holy Scripture [Weapon name • Technique name]
Ciel's Arc Drive.
The conceptual armament that Ciel is authorized to carry. Although it is called a scripture, it's actually an enormous pile bunker.
An iron hammer created by the Church in order to renounce the heretical doctrine of transmigration. Over a millennium has passed since it was first forged, and there's even an elemental dwelling within it, but…
Before Ciel remodeled it, it was only effective against spiritual entities. Now, however, it has been transformed into a lump of iron that can pound a vampire to death with its physical attack power alone. It has a gross weight of 60 kilograms, and a maximum weight of twice that with optional attachments.
During Ciel's Arc Drive, she drives the stake into her opponent. Afterward, what is ejected from the magazine is not an empty cartridge, but pages of the holy scripture. For vampires, this is no different from being directly injected with the holy scripture itself. There is no doubt that it is a surefire "Immortal Killer".第七聖典【武器名·技名】
シエルのアークドライブ。
シエルが所有を許されている概念武装。聖典と呼ばれながらも、その実体は巨大な杭打ち銃器（パイルバンカー）である。
転生というものが教義にはない教会が作り上げた、転生批判の鉄槌。鋳造されてから千年が経っており、精霊も宿っているのだが……。
シエルが改造するまでは霊体に対してのみ有効な概念武装だったが、今では物理的攻撃力だけでも吸血鬼を殴殺できる鉄塊と化している。総重量、実に60kg。オプションパーツをつけると最大で二倍になるとの説がある。
アークドライプ使用成立時に杭を打ち出すが、その後に弾倉から排出されているものは薬莢ではなく聖典のぺージ。吸血鬼にとっては聖典を打ち込まれるに等しい、まさに必殺の"不死殺し"と言える。 - ↑
[] Fate/Apocrypha material - Encyclopedia: Amaranth of the Brave [Noble Phantasm], p.156 [T] Amaranth of the Brave [Noble Phantasm]
Andreias Amarantos. The Noble Phantasm that maintains Rider of Red’s immortality. It grants his entire body, excluding his heel, the blessing of immortality, and negates all attacks from those who don’t possess the “Divinity” skill. Also, if the skill’s rank isn’t equal or higher than Achilles’ own “Divinity” rank, the damage won’t go through completely, reduced to 75% of the damage for D rank “Divinity” and to 50% for E rank. Additionally, even without Divinity, damage will be dealt as long as the attacking Noble Phantasm is a divine armament. In that case, the damage calculation would depend on the rank of the divine armament.
As a certain person would say, “You need a hard boss that attacks with Level 30 Death in a pre-emptive strike to beat him.” That isn’t chivalrous or heroic at all…!勇者の不凋花【宝具】
アンドレアス・アマラントス。 - ↑ 15.0 15.1 Fate/Requiem Volume 1: The Boy Among the Stars - Prologue
- ↑ Fate/Apocrypha Volume 3: Triumphal Return of the Saint - Prologue
- ↑ Fate/stay night - Fate route - Day 11: DragonSlay - The king's memories
- ↑ Fate/stay night - Fate route - Day 12: Interval Level4 - The king's memories
- ↑ Garden of Avalon - "A Tale of Knights: Lancelot"
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Fate/Grand Order - Camelot: The Sacred Round Table Realm - Section 17: Replica
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Alice Kuonji's profile translated by Petrikow at Beast's Lair
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yuga Kshetra: The Black Final God - Section 19: The Final Dark God
- ↑
[] Fate/complete material III: World material - Theory of Magic - The two great forces in the Thaumaturgy world: Mage's Association, p.051 “Clock Tower”, the Highest Institute of Magic
The Clock Tower, the core of the Association and in fact what could also be said to be the Association itself, is based in the British museum of London. Magi from all over the world gather and devote themselves day and night to the study of magic, while at the same time, are busily tripping over and being tripped over by other factions and competing for power and budget. The organization is anything but harmonious and has a complicated bizarre structure, but the magical research there is without doubt the leading edge.
Below the building, there is the magi’s research area which includes studies and archives. It is only a venerable museum to normal people of course, but at the deepest part, there is a special area (prison?) called the “Bottom of the Bridge” where the Association confines many sealing designated magi deemed to be “dangerous because their talents were too outstanding.” Also, apparently the Gazamy the “Evil Spook”, treated as the number one disaster in the Association, is locked up at the bottom of the London tower.
The person of highest position in the Clock Tower, the “Director” has been the same person for the 2000 years since the founding of the organization, and because of this is thought to be something more than human.
The organization handling patents relating to magic is also the Clock Tower, and the current finances of the Tohsaka family is being by covered by the patent royalties that are being transferred to their account.
Ranks of Magi
A magus is given a “rank” that matches his ability. The highest is said to be Crown (Grand), but details on it are unknown. Note that Lord El-melloi II, lecturer at the Clock Tower who has produced many Grands among his pupils, is stuck in the mediocre “fourth rank” for some reason.
Color ranks
Separate from the normal ranks, color-based titles are given to those that have become special.
The highest are red, blue, and yellow based on the three primary colors. After that, there are the combined colors of orange, purple, green, black, and so on. The further down you go, the less your rank is. Note that there is no rule about only one person for each color. The Association will, without any stinginess, award a color to you if you’re a magus of great stature or one with an unusual talent.
Sealing Designation Enforcers
If you receive a “sealing designation”, you will be confined and even your magic research will be gone, not to mention your freedom. Thus, the person given that designation will of course desperately resist that and won’t stop fighting. To forcefully retrieve magi who were qualified enough to be given a sealing designation, the Association dispatches “Enforcers.” There are around 30 of them total, and Bazett is one of them.
Lords, consuming their time in power struggles
In the Magic Association, no rather, the Clock Tower, there are a number of families that hold sway. They are called Lords and are the objects of fear. There are three major families of Lords and about 20 families of relatives. These families are well-known even in normal society. The history of one family is at shortest 500 years and the longest is over 2000 years. They have been plotting and plotting since a staggeringly long past.
The Sea of Estray, together with the Atlas Institute, is an organization called the original form of the Magic Association.
Among the founders of the Magic Association, there had been many heretical magi who were exiled from the Sea of Estray and the Atlas Institute and had no place left to go.
The base of the Sea of Estray is in Northern Europe. This base, with the nickname of the Moving Stone Coffin, is itself a moving mountain range. Normally it is wandering at sea as its name suggests, but sometimes it comes up on dry land.
It seems they research mainly body alteration, but the specifics are unknown.
*What is an alchemist?
One who studies the flow of matter. That is what an alchemist is. The alchemists of the Clock Tower created products like the homunculi of the Einzbern by merging with western magery.
However, the ultimate goal of the alchemists of the Atlas Institute is set even closer to the original ideology, as the "transformation of events". The often spoke-up "transformation of base metal to gold" in alchemy is, to the members of the Atlas Institute, mere "transformation of matter" and is nothing more than a primitive art far removed from their ideals. Their alchemy is an advancement of the metallurgy of ancient Egypt, the root of the discipline, and has not been influenced by western magery like the alchemy that the Clock Tower magi handle. - ↑ Clock Tower 2015 - 03 Autumn - Suburb of London - Clock Tower Eleventh District
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Saber Wars II - To the Beginning of Space, To the Beginning of Space
- ↑ Fate/Apocrypha Volume 1: Apocrypha: Great Holy Grail War - Chapter 1
- ↑ Tsukihime - Near Side: Ciel's route - 11/ Mirage
- ↑
[] Tsukihime Material I - CHARACTER Profile: Ciel, p.14-21 Ciel
- Gender: Female
- Age: 18 (estimated)
- Blood type: O
- Height: 165cm
- Weight: 52kg
- Birthday: May 3rd
- Alignment: Lawful Evil (Good from an objective perspective, but Ciel considers herself evil)
- Likes: Spicy food, volunteer work, tinkering, puppies
- Dislikes: Lazy lifestyles, vampires
- Natural enemy: None in particular (she’s an all-rounder)
Comment from the illustrator: One of the main heroines in this game. Arc’s narrative foil. While she’s the Tsukihime heroine with the biggest variety of outfits, she isn’t particularly fashionable, which fits with her unaffected and sincere personality. She doesn’t stop getting into battle after battle, to the point it feels like all of her CGs are fight scenes. I made her more sprites in cute poses to compensate that.
Explanation: Birth name: Elesia. A girl born in the French countryside. Being chosen as Roa's new body caused her to awaken at age 12, become a vampire, take over her village, and eventually become a center figure of what would be called the French Incident. But after being defeated by Arcueid, Roa transferred to the next incarnation and the corpse taken to the Curia revived as Elesia. The girl, now immortal for as long as Roa is alive, discarded her name, was baptized as Ciel, and joined the Church as a vampire hunter. In order to one day die as a human.
Sensing Roa's reincarnation, Ciel assigned herself alone to Souya town to punish him. She lives a double life, steadily getting rid of the constantly proliferating vampires by night, and infiltrating a school by day to investigate and observe her Roa body candidate, Toono Shiki, eldest son of the Toono family. Despite her suspicions about the assignment of her pupil Noel, she tries to use Shiki to seal and/or destroy Roa, but things don't go as planned.
One of the story's heroines. She looks about 16-18. She's poses as upperclassman in Shiki's school but is actually a Holy Church Executor who came to Souya after Roa. The people of the Church call her by the pejorative name Quinze. Although she explains their secrets to Shiki as he gets involved in the situation, the mystery woman doesn't tell him a thing about herself. She's Lawful Good. Extroverted, timid, and active. Has a generally quiet and caring personality. However she's also nosy and curious, and can't leave lazy or depressed people alone.
The character whose personality best fits the big sister archetype. She takes cares of people and does anything they ask. She's satisfied with her class representative-like position... but, things get different if she grows affectionate to the person she's helping. Her teasing can get mean-spirited. Maybe she just likes troubling her loved ones.
However, that's all just the base Ciel. She uses a different persona as an Executor, so she can become a cold-blooded machine to fulfill her objectives if necessary.シエル
- 性別：女性
- 年齢：１８歳 (推定)
- 血液型：O
- 身長：１６７ｃｍ
- 体重：５２ｋｇ
- 生日: ５月３日
- 属性：秩序・悪 (客観的には善だが、本人は悪だと思っている)
- 好きな物: 香辛料の効いた料理、ボランティア、道具いじり、仔犬
- 嫌いな物: だらしのない生き方、吸血鬼
- 天敵: とくになし (オールラウンダー)
COMMENT from STAFF
本作で描かれるもう一人のヒロインであり、アルクと対を成すフションのメインヒロイン。
当分のは1月中一番ながら、決してファッショナブルというわけではない所も、な女らしい。とにかくバトルにつドバトルで、イベントカットのほとんどがシーンではないかと思う。その分、立ちぬは可愛いポーズをしてやしました。(武内崇)
EXPLANATION
本名をエレイシア。フランスの片田舎に生まれた少女。転生体としてロアに選ばれたことで12歳の頃に覚醒、吸血鬼となって町の住人を支配下におき、後にフランス事変と呼ばれる戦いの中心人物となる。
だが、アルクェイドに倒されたロアは次の転生先に移り、法王庁に連ばれた遺体はエレイシアとして蘇生をはたした。
ロアが生きている限り死なない存在になった少女はその名を捨て、シエルという洗礼名をもって吸血鬼狩りの一員に加わる事となる。いつか人間として死ぬために。
ロアの転生を感知したシエルは、処罰を行うため単独で総耶の街へと赴任してくる。夜は着々と増え続けている吸血鬼たちの処理をこなし、昼はロアの転生体候補である遠野家の長男、遠野志貴の調査と監視の為、生徒として学校に潜り込むという二重生活を送る事となった。
弟子であるノエルが赴任してきた事に違和感を覚えつつ、ロアを封する為、志貴を利用しようとするが・・・・・・。
本編のヒロイン。外見年齢は１６〜１８才ほど。志貴の通う高校の上級生だが、正体はロアを追って総耶にやってきた聖堂教会の代行者。教会の人間からは戒めをこめて「キャーンズ」とも呼ばれている。事態に巻き込まれた志貴に裏事情を説明してくれるものの、彼女自身については何ひとつ教えてくれない謎の人物。
秩序・善。外向的、弱気、能動的。基本は穏やかでおとなしい性格。が、世話好きで、だらしない人や落ち込んでいる人を放っておけず、つい口をはさんでしまう。
性格的には一番のお姉さんキャラ。なんでもしてくれるし、面倒をみてくれる。シエル本人もそういう委員長的な位置付けに満足している・･・・
のだが、その相手に愛情を持ってしまうと話は違ってくる。また、いたずら心からちょっとしたイジワルをする事も。好きな相手を困らせるのが好きなだけかもしれない。
ただし、それはあくまで"素"のシエルの性格。
今の彼女は代行者としての自分を作っているので、必要とあらば冷徹な機械となって目的を遂行する。 - Gender: Female
- ↑ Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Rainbow in the Night route - Day 10: "Bow of the Skies II"
- ↑ Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 3rei!! - Chapter 65.2: "Tactility Of The Planet"
- ↑ Tsukihime - Near Side: Arcueid's route - 3/ The Black Beast I
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Tsukihime - Near Side: Ciel's route - 7/ Bow in the Sky II
- ↑ Tsukihime - Near Side: Ciel's route - 6/ Bow in the Sky I
- ↑ Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 3rei!! - Chapter 53.3: "The Nameless Girl"
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Prologue VIII: "The Star Performers' Feast (Part 1)"
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 2 - Chapter 6: Day 1, Noon "Two Archers and..."
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Solomon: The Grand Time Temple - Section 12: The Future
- ↑
[] Fate/complete material III: World Material - The Servants of the Fifth Holy Grail War: Berserker, p.036-037 [T] Hercules
Class: Berserker
Master: Illyasviel von Einzbern
Alignment: Chaotic Mad
Sex: Male
Height: 253cm
Weight: 311kg
Weapon: Axe-Sword
STR: A+
CON: A
AGI: A
MGI: A
LCK: B
Noble Phantasm: A
Legend
A demigod hero of Greek Mythology, he was born between the King of Gods Zeus and a human girl. He received the violent hatred of Zeus' wife Hera because of his origins and was tormented by the goddess at every turn. However, he entirely overcame the difficulties he had been given, and was enshrined as a god in the end.
Heracles had an extremely violent temperament as an infant, and grew up as a shepherd in order to obtain a gentle heart. Having grown into a fine adult, Heracles was recognized for several feats, and gained two children as well as the right of succession to the throne. However, Hera made Heracles go temporarily insane and he killed his wife and children, ending up in the role of a slave to the king to atone for his sins. Here the jealous king gave him a challenge, the famous Twelve Labors. The Labors were all things that a human could not achieve but Heracles completed them safely, and at the same time he was freed from slavery, he received an immortal body.
However, the adventures of Heracles and Hera's hatred did not end there. Hera's numerous artifices resulted in Heracles' poisoning by his own wife from his second marriage. In his final moments, Heracles cremated himself, surrendering to Zeus's judgment. The gods after consulting recognize Heracles' feats, and he was recruited as a god like his father, becoming a constellation.
Tactics
An excellent warrior, he possesses the qualifications corresponding to six classes excluding Caster. Other than specializing with the bow, he has mastered every weapon. However, all that is talk about times when he is not Berserker. Heracles as a Berserker has lost his rationality, and exists only to utterly defeat the enemy from the front as directed by Illya. Naturally, there is no such thing as detailed tactics, leaving it to physical ability and brandishing an axe-sword to strike. Astonishingly, with just that, it is a fact that he demonstrates hand-to-hand combat abilities superior to every Servant. Without breaking to even think about defense, he leaves it to his Noble Phantasm "God Hand."
Class Abilities
Mad Enhancements: B
The Class Skill that characterizes Berserker, it reinforces ability at the cost of reason. As Heracles' possesses the skill at Rank B, in compensation for losing most of his sanity, the levels of all his abilities rise. Heracles beat his harp instructor to death when he was a child, and had many episodes when he killed people in his rage without even hearing them speak. It seems that for Heracles, Berserker that receives "Mad Enhancement" was an easy class to adapt to. Focusing on controllability when out of combat, the rank of "Mad Enhancement" is suppressed by Illya.
Being close to the strongest Heroic Spirit, even restricted to simple direct melee as consequence of Mad Enhancement, Heracles was undoubtedly the strongest among the Servants. However, because of Mad Enhancement, a variety of sword techniques and skills, and a part of his Noble Phantasms was lost. Having his emotions also sealed off and not able to perform any personally motivated actions, only the reason within his core was not lost, having occasions when he felt something like the will to protect Illya.
Personal Abilities
Battle Continuation: A
A skill that allows for the continuation of combat after sustaining mortal wounds. It will also reduce mortality rate from injury. Cú Chulainn’s Battle Continuation represents “never give up no matter what”, while Hercules’ represents the ability to survive. The Noble Phantasm that allows for resurrection after death, God Hand, has exceptional compatibility with the “will not die easily” skill Battle Continuation.
The best result is achieved when a resilient body is combined with this skill.
Eye of the Mind (False): B
A danger avoidance ability based on Intuition/Sixth Sense, gained through many ordeals and adventures. Even though Hercules’ sanity was lost due to Mad Enhancement, this skill remained effective as it is nearly an instinct. When crossing swords with a seasoned swordsman like Artoria, he would not fall for half-hearted feints. It is such a troublesome ability for Hercules’ opponents.
Although monstrous in size, Hercules has the highest rank in Agility. As a result, it is very difficult to corner him.
Bravery: A+
With his brave and daring spirit, Herakles is able to neutralise mental interference such as suppression, confusion and charm. However, under the influence of Mad Enhancement, this skill is unable to take effect. While operating correctly, Bravery also increases the damage inflicted upon the opponent during melee combat. This skill allowed Herakles to defeat several monsters empty-handed.
Even the brave warrior’s heart was painted over by the insanity of Mad Enhancement.
Divinity: A
Being a mixed-race child of the King of Gods Zeus and a human, and becoming a god after death, Herakles naturally possessed the highest level of the Divinity skill. However, this matter became a disaster, ending with his complete entrapment in Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm "Chains of Heaven" that grows in strength proportionate to the enemy's Divinity.
Noble Phantasm
God Hand: Twelve Labors
Rank: B
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: -
Maximum Targets:
A blessing of Gods, as well as a curse. It is a Noble Phantasm given to Heracles, representing immortality. This Noble Phantasm does not have an overt external manifestation such as a weapon or armour, but if you hazard to put a shape to it, the body itself can be called the Noble Phantasm. God Hand turns one’s body into a tough suit of armour and nullifies all attacks Rank B or lower, regardless the attack being physical or magical. It also has the effect of automatic resurrection after death. Because the resurrection effect has 11 uses, Heracles cannot perish unless killed 12 times. In addition, due to Illya’s immense magical energy, given enough time, the lives lost can also be regenerated.
Resurrection as well as attack-nullification. Besides these two effects, God Hand also possesses a third effect: rendering an attack that it has experienced before useless. Regardless how powerful is the Noble Phantasm that defeated Heracles, it would be completely nullified after he resurrects.
Nine Lives: The Shooting Hundred Heads
Rank: -
Type: -
Range: -
Maximum Targets: -
Among Hercules’Noble Phantasms, he trusted this one the most. It was the Noble Phantasm which Hercules used to slay the immortal nine-headed serpent Hydra once upon a time, taking the form of bow and arrow. After killing the Hydra, Hercules could even utilise techniques that emulate the ability of this Noble Phantasm when wielding other weapons. In essence, it is “a high speed attack consisting of nine consecutive strikes, as swift as if the attacks are overlapping”. Even when delivered via sword, spear, or axe, this technique still boasts power on the level of Noble Phantasms. Also, just like Cú Chulainn’s demonic spear Gae Bolg has a technique called “Gae Bolg – Piercing Death Thorn”, Hercules’ technique shares the “Nine Lives – Shooting of Hundred Heads” name with the Noble Phantasm.
Shirou projected this secret sword technique while projecting Hercules’ Axe Sword, thus annihilating the Blackened Hercules. While summoned as a Berserker, Hercules could not use Nine Lives. - ↑
[] Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] III. spring song Animation Material - Kinoko and Takashi Q & A, p.35[T]
Q: Is Zelretch's name that well known?Q: Is Zelretch's name that well known?
Nasu: Old bloodlines teach their children his name, and even young families have heard that "in the Clock Tower the great magician who led the World of Magecraft into battle long ago is still alive". Those who rise to the rank of Cause may eventually hear of another Magician by the name of Yumina.
Takeuchi: Is Zelretch still a vampire in Fate worlds?
Nasu: No, but he's got something along the lines of immortality all the same.？ ＜＞
奈：
武：
奈： - ↑
[] Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Season 2 DVD Booklet Animation Elements p.19-27 [T] • 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。 - ↑ Tsukihime - Near Side: Arcueid's route - 10/ Vermilion Crimson Moon II
- ↑ Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver Volume 4 "Dear My Hero Arc" - Chapter 3 Part 2-A and 2-B (translated by PhoenixRising)
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order material III — Profile of Paracelsus von Hohenheim, translated by Kinalvin at Reddit.
- ↑ Fate/hollow ataraxia- 10/08 - Streets - That past is already
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order material II - Scáthach, p.282-297, translated by Kinalvin at Reddit.
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order Profile of Scáthach, translated by Master of Chaos at Beast's Lair.
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Saber Wars II - To the Beginning of Space, Goddess Scripture 4 "Goddesses and Ancient Shrines"
- ↑
Kara no Kyoukai Volume 5: Paradox Spiral Touko shook her head, an act of pity rather than denial.
"I can't deny it. At this stage the Counter Force isn't going to move. You might actually succeed this time.
Further, I have no idea what will happen if someone such as yourself, who hates mankind so deeply, touches the Root. If it were a normal magus, he'd move on to that other world and forget all about ours, without a doubt. But you, you're different. Even if you touch the Root, some shade of yourself will almost certainly remain on this side. This entire country might even be annihilated as a result. Because, if somebody like you that hates humans seriously intends to save humans, the only possible result is the ultimate end of all suffering: death.
But, Araya. You don't really hate humans. You're merely infatuated with the ideal image of humanity you harbor within your heart. That's why you cannot tolerate the humans of this ugly, shameful world. You'll save humanity? Ha! Don't make me laugh. You don't want to save humanity. You just want to save your own delusions of a humanity that never even existed."彼女は首を振る。そこには否定より、むしろ哀れみの色が感じられた。
「そうとも、抑止力はもう働かないさ。だから、おまえは今回ばかりは本当に成功するかもしれない。
人間という存在を憎むおまえが根源に触れたとき、どういう結果になるかは知らない。大抵の魔術師なら根源 に触れた後はあちらの世界にいって、私達のいる世界の事なんて忘れてしまうだろう。けれどおまえは違う。確 実にこちら側に影を残して、結果としてこの国ぐらいは消えてしまうか。人間嫌いのおまえが本気で人間を救お うというのなら、それは苦しみ抜く末に到達する死でしか有り得ないだろうから。
だがな荒耶。おまえは人間を憎んでいるんじゃない。おまえは、おまえの中の人間の理想像を愛しているだけ なんだ。だからあまりに醜い苦界の人間が許せない。人を救う？ は、笑わせるな。おまえは人を救いたいんじ ゃない。おまえは、荒耶宗蓮というものが幻想している人という形を救いたいだけなんだよ」
彼女の言葉に、魔術師は答えない。
二人の接点は、今度こそ本当に、一点の曇りもなく断ち切られた。 - ↑
Kara no Kyoukai Volume 5: Paradox Spiral The magus stood motionless in the hallway after destroying that thing called Enjou Tomoe.
It was almost time. Half a day had passed since he switched from the body he was using up until yesterday to the spare he was using now, and his consciousness finally permeated every cell of it. Of course, Araya Souren had not prepared identical bodies in advance in case he died, like some kind of Puppet master. In fact, he has never experienced death at all.
Though his body has rotted and crumbled to dust from age several times, his consciousness alone survived unbroken. Araya Souren has remained a solitary existence through to the bitter end. Therefore, there was no refuge to flee to should his current body be ruined. He would have to act carefully.
However, there was no longer any reason to wait. The will of the soul called Araya Souren had much experience bringing physical bodies under its control. Already the Magic Circuits, the wiring that moves his physical form, reached as far as his fingers and toes. The process was complete. The magus' temporary body had been completely sublimated into the real thing.
And so, in order to accomplish his original goal, the magus began to move.
But, before that, he sensed something amiss within the apartment building.
"---Were you defeated, Alba?"
Muttering disinterestedly, the magus shut his eyes.
Inside the dark hallway, as if sinking into a fathomless sea, Araya fell into a trance.臙条巴だったものを破壊した後、魔術師は何をするでもなく廊下に留まっていた。
頃合いが近い。昨日まで使用していた体から予備である今の体に移って半日。ようやくこの肉体の隅々にまで 意識が通じるようになった。
荒耶宗蓮は、どこぞの人形師のように自分とまったく同じモノを用意しておいて死んだわけではない。彼は未 だ死というものを経験していないのだ。
肉体は長い年月の果てに幾度か朽ち果てたが、そのたびに意識だけを継続して今まで生き長らえてきた。荒耶 宗蓮はあくまで一人。この肉体が滅びれば、次こそ逃げ場はない。事は、慎重に行なわなければな らなかった。
だが、もはや待つまでもない。荒耶宗蓮という魂が持つ意志が、この何代目かの肉体を完全に支配下においた 。肉体を動かす魔術回路の配線は爪先までおよび、魔術師はようやくこの仮初めの肉体を本物の肉体へと昇華し たのだ。
魔術師は本来の目的を果たすべく行動を開始する。
けれどその前に、彼はマンション内における異変を感じ取った。
「――――敗れたか、アルバ」
感情なく呟いて、魔術師はその双眸を閉じた。
明かりのない廊下の中、深い海の底に潜るように、荒耶は自身を昏睡させた。 - ↑ Fate/hollow ataraxia - 10/10 - Emiya's - Gorgon's cellar
- ↑ Fate/Requiem Volume 1: The Boy Among the Stars - Chapter 1
- ↑ Fate/stay night - Heaven's Feel route - Day 7: dialogue lost loop - Interlude 7-2: Madness