Leysritt (リーゼリット, Rīzeritto?) is a Homunculus created by the Einzbern family to serve as a maid, bodyguard, and caregiver for Illyasviel.
Profile[]
Background[]
Leysritt is a Homunculus created by the Einzbern family, an Ether Clump given an imperfect soul through an unknown process only known by the head of the Einzbern and different from the process used for homunculi like Sella.[2] She was amongst failures in the creation of the Holy Grail and was originally meant to be scrapped, but she was given a new life as Illya's maid and bodyguard.[1][3] She was designed with the intention of sacrificing her life to become the Dress of Heaven.[1][2][4]
As a homunculus, Leysritt's sole function is to protect Illya and she possesses superior combat efficiency. However, to maximize her combat abilities and her function as a Mystic Code, her basic efficiency as a homunculus was sacrificed: she has not been endowed with the entirety of the five senses and lacks a complete sense of self, resulting in a thin ego.[1][2]
Appearance[]
Despite her appearance, she is only about two years old.[2] While dressed in her maid uniform, Leysritt appears almost identical to Sella; in casual clothing, she is revealed to have short pale hair. Liz has one of the biggest sets of breasts in Fate.[3]
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Personality[]
Regardless of her thin ego, she developed a sense of reason due to her alignment with Illyasviel. As a result, Leysritt often says what she thinks without any consideration and this gets her often into a verbal conflict with Sella.
She and Illya are actually very close friends, but as she is too strongly attuned to Illya's self, should Illya die, Leysritt would die as well.[2] In contrast to Sella, she possesses a casual personality but has difficulty expressing her emotions and comes across as robotic at times. However, she appears to enjoy teasing Sella and also takes a liking to Shirou because his presence makes Illya happy, and when Illya is happy, she is happy too. Her projection of Illya's emotions unto herself contributes to her gaining a pseudo-human personality.[2]
Role[]
Fate/stay night[]
As Illya travels to Fuyuki city for the Fifth Holy Grail War, she brings along her two maids Leyritt and Sella.[5]
Leysritt would protect Illya as a bodyguard in the war. Leysritt and Sella role is to provide care for Illya when Illya absorbs all servants. Sella would help Illya to wear the Dress of Heaven when Leysritt sacrifice her life to become the dress.[6]
Unlimited Blade Works[]
Leysritt's death
On Day 8, Leysritt was in trouble buying cakes at the shopping district as having only francs. If Shirou was there, he exchanged her francs for yens, so she was able to get cakes and thanked him.[7]
Her role is expanded in the anime adaption. Leysritt states that Berserker's God Hand Noble Phantasm needs three days in order to restore one life.[8]
Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya journeys to the Einzbern territory to seek an alliance. Sella and Illyasviel argue about Illya's intention of letting the intruders in; Leysritt calls Sella stubborn for not understanding Illya's true intentions, and Illya orders them both to "capture" them. Leysritt and Sella finds another intruder, Shinji Matou, in the castle's rooftop garden. Leysritt thrusts her halberd towards Shinji as she counted down from 10, giving him 10 seconds to flee or die. They were shortly interrupted by Gilgamesh, who complimented them as finely made homunculi. Leysritt could tell Gilgamesh was incredibly strong; Sella understood and tells her to get away. Upon learning that Shinji was a master, they decided that they had to stay and fight in order to protect Illya. Leysritt turns hostile towards him and made an attempt to attack, calling him Illya's enemy when he mentions her as "the grail's vessel." She charges towards Gilgamesh but loses her right arm, dropping her halberd, when Gilgamesh shoots at it with one of his treasury's weapons. She was then impaled to death with several swords.[9]
Fate/hollow ataraxia[]
She is still Illya's maid. She casually shows up to the mall.[10]
Fate/unlimited codes[]
Leysritt is a playable character in the PS2 and PSP edition of Fate/unlimited codes, to unlock her requires to complete the Arcade mode with any character who has Berserker as their final opponent or alternately, complete Arcade mode five times. She is given the title Maid of Heaven's Feel (天の杯の侍女, Ten no Hai no Jijo?).
In her Arcade story mode, Berserker was defeated by Dark Sakura and Saber Alter. Leysritt tries to protect Illya from Sakura and Saber, but Illya was already contaminated by Sakura's "All the World’s Evil" magical energy.[11] Illya, in her weakened state, tells her to escape with Sella. However, in order to save Illya, Leysritt decides to fight in Berserker's place and confront Sakura and Saber alone.[11]
She encounters Luviagelita Edelfelt who was surprised to see a beautiful and strong homonculus capable of matching a Servant. When Leysritt wins, she says that Luvia can't beat her without lucha libreWP.[12]
Eventually she reached where Sakura and Saber Alter were located and she caught up with Saber. Saber senses that Leysritt has tuned Illyasviel's life force into her body, drawing off the Magic Circuits of the Grail vessel in order to make herself strong enough to face even Servants in combat. After the fight, she confronts Sakura. Sakura was surprised to see Leysritt was capable of defeating Saber and regrets not converting her to her biddings. Leysritt tries to convince Sakura that Shirou would be sad to see her like this and believes Heaven's Feel should not be completed. Sakura detects Leysritt's wavelength and realizes that she is the Holy Grail's shell and has tapped those abilities using Illya's energy to power herself.
After defeating Sakura, she stops the evil taint that clings to the Greater Grail and saved both Sakura and Illya's life by cutting their ties to the Grail. She intends to head back to the Einzbern Castle, but before she can, her body gives out on her, as she has reached her limit and overstrained herself from having had Illya's immense Magical Energy pour through her. She dies before she can return, saddened that she will not be able to see Illya once last time, but ultimately happy that she was able to save her.[11]
One month later, Illya activated a new homunculus, the same model as Leysritt. She fuses the old soul of Leysritt into a new body in order to resurrect her, but the process is imperfect and as a result, she has lost all previous memories. But her personality remains intact, and her soul commands her to treat Illya with courtesy, innately recognizing the latter. Illya treated the new model like the previous Leysritt and told her to call her Illya, even though Leysritt explains that she is a different version, embarrassed with her limited vocabulary. However, Illya was still happy to meet her again and hugs her. Leysritt fells a reflexive urge to return it and admits that, overall, she was happy to be with her again.
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Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA[]
- Main article: Leysritt (Fate/kaleid)
She and Sella are guardians of Illya and Shirou in place of their parents working aboard.
Carnival Phantasm[]
She appears in Berserker's First Errand episode 5 where she was worried about Berserker shopping alone so she followed him until she encounters Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh tries to attack Berserker until Berserker's axe-sword crushes him and in the end; Sella drags her back. She appears briefly in the last episode of Carnival Phantasm where she was staring at Hisui.
Capsule Servant[]
Shirou's ending in Celebloomers ending.
Leysritt and Sella both appear in Shirou's route. They travelled to Fuyuki with Illya, Liz was told to phone the Japanese government about Illya's arrival before they left but they replied back saying “we ain’t no soba restaurant!”. Liz tells Illya to wear a happiWP when they got off a plane. Illya quickly corrects Liz to call herself as the mysterious Capsaba champion Celebloomers. Celebloomers was surprise to learn Liz to be knowledgeable about Japan. They encounter both Shirou and Shinji Matou, Shinji tells Shirou about Celebloomers being the Capsaba champ who uses the orthodox financial-power style, famous for annihilating her opponents with a deck put together by using money.
After Shirou beats Celebloomers, Shinji lectures Celebloomers about Capsaba is a battle of bonds where Servants communicate with your hearts. Celebloomers orders Liz to get rid of Shinji from her sight. Liz tells Shirou that by collecting all the Saber editions from limited-time Servant draws, there’s apparently a rare chance of drawing Galactica Saber Final Edition.
Other appearances[]
Leysritt makes an appearance in Fate/Grand Order as a Craft Essence card. She and Sella appears as the illustration cover for Heaven's Banquet (天の晩餐, Ten no Bansan?).
Abilities[]
Leysritt is skilled in combat, particularly with halberds, and she is able to sacrifice her life to manifest the Dress of Heaven. Her physical strength is able to match that of a Servant; she is notably on par with Rider, the strongest female Servant in terms of physical strength. If she were supplied an immense amount of magical energy from someone like Illya, she would even be capable of fighting equal with Servants such as Dark Saber, though the strain of doing so will cause strain and damage to her body and will eventually result in her burning up her life energy and perishing.[13]
Leysritt's primary weapon is a large halberd made of RheniumWP, far rarer and more valuable than the tungsten steel used in the armor plating of tanks. Its density is about three times that of iron, making it too heavy to be swung around in melee combat by humans.[14] For anyone other than Leysritt, an Einzbern homunculus that doesn't suffer from fatigue and has muscle power on the level of Servants, ranked as B- at nearly the same level as Rider with Shinji as her Master using Monstrous Strength, it would be better to fight with bare hands instead of using it.[15] It was forged as an "attacking defensive" item with an emphasis on toughness instead of sharpness that allows for it to sustain heavy damage in order to defeat the opponent. It seems like it was designed after the antiques that decorate castles, but it makes use of the latest Einzbern technology and various thaumaturgical characteristics. In Fate/hollow ataraxia, she reveals her halberd's name is Riesenarm (リーゼンアルム, Rīzen'arumu?, Giant's arm).[14]
It is an easy to handle weapon due to its wide variety of applications, such as thrusting, slashing, and striking. Its performance is greatly inferior compared to lances, swords, and axes respectively. It is suited for pulling down the stance of an enemy and then primarily leading into a turn over after creating a situation to pull off a finishing blow. It may also be suited to dragging enemies off mounts depending on the shape of the blade.[14]
She can use magecraft to make herself unnoticeable to people who are not magus.[16]
Development[]
Ryuji Higurashi thinks girl wielding with a large weapon is a very good concept. He explains that it was thanks to Takashi Takeuchi that Leysritt was an extra playable character in Fate/Unlimited Codes. He was told by Takeuchi that her ending "If Liz comes out, Illya also has to be drawn".[11]
Creation and Conception[]
In early drafts, the caretaker of Illya was a tuxedo-wearing German man; someone akin to the wonderful man who nagged at Shirou and Rin incessantly. Leysritt made her appearance because Takeuchi insisted on it and made a huge scene about it.[3][4]
Reception[]
- In the first Popularity polls of Fate/stay night in 2004, Leysritt was ranked 23rd.
- In the second Popularity polls of Fate/stay night in 2006, Leysritt was ranked 21st.
- In the Type-Moon's 10th Anniversary Character Poll, Leysritt was ranked 118th.
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12
[] Fate/complete material II: Character Material - Characters: Leysritt, p.110-111 Leysritt
Character Data 021
Affiliation: Illya's Maid
Gender: Female
Height: 163cm
Weight: 52kg
Three sizes: B92/W58/H84
Image Color: White (Black)
Talents: Great strength, Animal intuition
Likes: Illya, Sella, Berserker, Shirou
Dislike: Sella
Worst enemy: Sella
Origin: Germanyリーゼリット - 人並み外れた戦闘性能を備えるイリヤのお世話係
イリヤの世話係として、セラとともに冬木市郊外の森に建つアインツベルン城に滞在しているメイド。感情に乏しく、ぼんやりした印象を受ける。アインツベルン製のホムンクルスであり、聖杯の役割を与えられる予定だったパ、失敗。廃棄されかけたところをイリヤの メイドとして延命された。
優れた戦闘能力を持つ代わりに、感覚や自我の多くが欠けている。また大聖杯を制御する天のドレスの１パーツでもある。天のドレスをイリヤが装着する時、彼女もまた役割を終 えるのだ。イリヤの予備部品とも言えるので、 イリヤが死ぬと同時に、彼女の生命活動も停止する。
アインツベルン城の料理担当。ほかにも夜の見回りやイリヤの身辺警護など様々な仕事を持つが、１日に１２時間の活動制限があり、それを超えると寿命が削られていく。
主人であるイリヤが大好きで、まるで友達のように接するため、厳格な性格のセラからはいつも怒られてしまう。同型のホムンクルスであるはずのセラとは、なぜかバストサイズに大きな隔たりがある。
Character Data ０２１
所属：イリヤのメイド
性別：女性
身長：１６３ｃｍ
体重：５２ｋｇ
スリーサイズ：Ｂ９２／Ｗ５８／Ｈ８４
イメージカラー：白（黒）
特技：力持ち、動物的直感
好きな物：イリヤ、セラ、バーサーカー、シロウ
苦手な物：セラ
天敵：セラ
出身：ドイツ - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Fate/hollow ataraxia - Other - Einzbern Castle - Ghost Gossip Glamorous
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2
[] Fate/side material - Encyclopedia: Illya's Maids [Others], p.055-56 [T] Illya's Maids [Others]
The maids serving Illya.
These maids made their appearance because some artistic director insisted on it and made a huge scene about it.
Sella was responsible for Illya's education, while Liz was Ilya's bosom buddy with whom she talked to.
By the way, did you know the secret that Liz had one of the biggest sets of breasts in Fate?
Basically they were failures in the creation of the Holy Grail. Originally these homonculi were set to be scrapped, but were given new lives as caretakers of Illya.
Here were some trivia. In early drafts, the caretaker of Illya was a tuxedo-wearing German man; someone akin to the wonderful man who nagged at Shirou and Rin incessantly.イリヤのメイド【その他】
イリヤ付きのメイドさん。
原画担当がどうしてもメイドを出すとうるさい、否、 拘った為、登場が決定した。
教育係のセラと、イリヤの話し友達のリーズリット。
すなみに、リズがFate中一二を争う巨乳なのは内绪ですよ?
もともとは聖杯の失敗作で、廃弃されるところをイリヤの世話係として延命されているホムンクルス。
余談ではあるが、本当ならイリヤの世話係はスーツ姿のイヤーなドイツ人男性で、士郎と凛をネチネチい たぶる素敵マンを予定していたとか。 - ↑ 4.0 4.1
[] Fate/complete material II: Character Material - Characters: Leysritt & Sella, p.113 Nasu Kinoko & Takeuchi Takashi • Character Discussion
Leysritt & Sella
>The catalyst for Leysritt and Sella's birth
Takeuchi: I wanted a maid duo!
Nasu: We had this conversation countless times, and every time I told him it wasn't going to happen.
Takeuchi: I won.
Nasu: Yes, I admit it... I gave in to his persistence. So anyway, when it came to throwing maids into the "stay night" mix, Illya's house was the only one that really made sense. But I made sure to tell Takeuchi that I wanted the "serious business" nun-type maids for a prestigious house of mages like Einzbern Castle. It didn't take long for Takeuchi to bring me these designs, and I approved them on the spot.
Takeuchi: I had quite a bit of fun designing these characters, as I'd never worked on a Nightingale-esque character before. I was also happy that we were adding more stoic characters.
Nasu: Ha! You've got some serious issues, my friend. At any rate, Leysritt and Sella pretty much don't do anything in "stay night". We did have the whole "Dress of Heaven" thing, but I didn't see a point in bringing that into "stay night". I expanded on it a bit in "hollow" instead.
>The presence of Leysritt and Sella
Nasu: The fact that they don't possess particularly unique traits is what makes them unique. Of the many servants assigned to Illya, these were the two selected to take care of her during the Holy Grail War. The other maids working at the main Einzbern house are also homonculi, but they are not allowed to speak freely and aren't even treated like humans. Leysritt and Sella were the only ones who were permitted to speak with Illya back at the main Einzbern house. The other homonculi are mass-production models who wordlessly go about their duties.
>Leysritt and Sella roles
Nasu: Both Leysritt and Sella have quite a few appearances in "hollow" but they were limited to a narritive role for the bad endings in "Fate". At the initial concept stage, the only details we had hammered down about these two maids were their names, their general roles (powerhouse/teacher) and which one would become Illya's Dress of Heaven. We only expanded on these characters when we decided to go ahead with "hollow". Normal homonculi are mostly emotionless like Leysritt, so that illustrates what a unique case Illya is. Leysritt was created as a sample of Illya, and Sella was allowed to live only because she was useful as Illya's tutor. That's about the extent of the specifics we initially had for these characters. When I started writing Sella's part in "hollow", however, she quickly became one of my favourite characters. I like Leysritt too, of course. By the way, I think Sella is the only real tsundere character in "Fate". (laughs)
Takeuchi: Huh? What about Rin?
Nasu: She's more like a bossy smartypants, which may seem similar to a tsundere in some aspects, but they're totally different things.奈須 きのこ＆武内崇 • キャラクター別対談
リーゼリット＆セラ誕生のキッカケ
武内：
奈須： - ↑ Fate/stay night - Heaven's Feel route - Day 06: beautiful (I) - Winter castle - Ilya (II)
- ↑
[] Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu: Holy Grail War, p.131
Q: What is Illya’s capacity as a Grail?Q: What is Illya’s capacity as a Grail? Hypothetically, if the Einzbern won the War, Illya absorbed the other 6 Servants besides Berserker, and had some shred of human will left, could she still don the Dress of Heaven and initiate the Grail ritual?
A: That’s what Liz and Sella are for. Illya can only take up to 4 - I would think that absorbing a fifth Servant wouldn’t allow her to function as a human any longer. - ↑ Fate/stay night - Unlimited Blade Works route - Day 8: Interval Level1 - Strange maid
- ↑ Fate/stay night [Unlimited Bladeworks] - Episode 4: "Finding the Will to Fight"
- ↑ Fate/stay night [Unlimited Bladeworks] - Episode 14: "Princess of Colchis"
- ↑
[] Fate/complete material V: Hollow Material - Characters: Leysritt, p.098-099 Leysritt -
TYPE-MOON comment
Nasu: Einzbern is a dream castle where soul output devices (homunculus) are created as samples for the Third Magic, and after the data is taken, the unwanted items are either discarded or, if their performance is high enough, reused as maids like this.リーゼリット - イリヤを守るホムンクルス
イリヤに仕え、アインツベルン城を管理するホムンクルスのメイド。口数が少なく、喋るときも片言で話す。セラからはよく小言を言われるが、会話のイニシアチブは彼女が握ることが多い。イリヤのことが大好きで、とにかくイリヤを第一に考えている。
TYPE-MOONコメント
奈須：アインツベルンは第三魔法へのサンプルとして魂の出力装置（ホムンクルス）を造り、データを取った後の不要品は棄てるか、性能が高ければこのようにメイドとして再利用する夢の城。リズは身体特化型なので、単純な力勝負ならサーヴァ ントと打ち合える。言うなればハイ・メイド。『Fate』界最大のパストを誇る。
武内：巨大ハルバードが印象的。メイド姿も、水着姿もちょうどいい塩梅でデザインできたかなと。
奈須：精神的にはイリヤより幼いんだけどね。デザインもメチャクチャ好みで、格闘ゲームでプレイヤーが使用できるキャラになった時は嬉しかった！「たーお れーるぞー！」 - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3
[] Fate/complete material IV: Extra Material - Fate/Unlimited Codes - Characters - Leysritt, p.030-033 Leysritt
- Ryuji Higurashi comment
リーゼリット - 命尽きようともイリヤのために戦うメイド
イリヤに仕えるホムンクルスメイド。イリヤが"この世全ての欲"に憑かれた襲われて汚染されたため、桜に倒されたバーサーカーに代わって、死を待つイリヤを救うために戦う。しかし、ただでさえ短命であったリーゼリットは、戦闘で急激に魔力 を消耗し、桜を倒すと同時に寿命を迎えてしまう。 ただ「みんな、仲良くが、嬉しい」と願う彼女は、 最期に大聖杯を停止させ、桜とイリヤを共に助ける という偉業を成し遂げた。その後、彼女の体は回 収され、新たなホムンクルスの素体となる。イリヤ は新しいホムンクルスにもリーゼリットと名付け、再 会を喜ぶのだった。寿命を削りながら戦うという悲 しいストーリーだが、リーゼリットにあまり悲壮感は 感じられない。彼女は大好きなイリヤのため、自分 がやりたいように行動しただけなのだ。
- 日暮竜ニコメント
大きい武器を持った女の子は、とても良い ものだと思うのです。追加キャラに推してく ださった武内さんに感謝です。エンディング は武内さんに頂いたラフそのままです。「リズ が出るなら、イリヤも描けるかも―」と期待し ていたら、目を眼っていました。なんでさ。
- ↑
Fate/unlimited codes - Leysritt defeating Luvia in the Arcade mode - ↑ Fate/unlimited codes - Leysritt Arcade Mode
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Fate/hollow ataraxia - Tohsaka shrine
- ↑
[] Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu: Characters, p.134
Q: What's Leysritt's arm-wrestling rank in the world of Fate?
- ↑ Fate/hollow ataraxia - 10/11 - School - School maid