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Magic Circuits.

Magic Circuits (魔術回路(マジック・サーキット), Majutsu Kairo(Majikku Sākitto)?)[1] are a pseudo-nervous system that spreads itself through the human body and what qualifies a person to be a magus.

The Magic Circuits have two basic functions; one is to convert Life Force (生命力, Inochiryoku?) into magical energy and another is to allow their owner to access Thaumaturgical Foundations (魔術基盤, Majutsu Kiban?).[2]

The Magic Circuits are also paths that connect the material world to the astral plane. To perform Mysteries, a magus sends a command and magical energy to a Thaumaturgical Foundation through his Magic Circuits and activates one of the Magic Formulae (魔術式, Majutsu Shiki?) included in the Thaumaturgical Foundation[3] as if someone switched a computer on and sends it commands to run a computer program.[4]

Mechanisms[]

Magic Circuits reside within the magus’ soul,[5] and what is found on the body is just a physical expression of them that stretches itself throughout the body in a fashion similar to the nervous system.[6] They are composed of core components, which are the actual Magic Circuits so to say, and bypasses that connect those components to the brain. Magic Circuits do not change, and once damaged, they cannot be repaired.

Because organic activity is necessary for the operation of Magic Circuits, it is a common mistake to think that they are literally a part of the magus body. There are rare occasions in which the Magic Circuits continue working even after the practitioner’s body has ceased all vital functions.[7] In these cases, destruction of the brain is necessary to stop the Magic Circuits. Their Quality (質, Shitsu?) and Quantity (量, Ryō?) are ranked through letters like magecraft, and their Composition (編成, Hensei?), that describes the overall ability, often varies between magi.

Like any other organ, the number of Magic Circuits that one possesses is determined at birth and cannot decrease or increase naturally, meaning that those from older lineages will be more powerful, but it is possible to change that number artificially through a number of methods. One of those methods is through the establishment of a mystic pass between two Magi from which the Magic Circuits can transferred. As the Magic Circuits are located in the soul, a fusion of body and mind is required during the transplant. However, the process carries the same risks and complications as an organ transplant. Furthermore, as the Magic Circuits become unstable if tampered with while in use, there is a possibility of mutual destruction if a contract similar to that between a Magus and his familiar has not been established beforehand.

For that and other reasons, lineages of magi do not seek to tamper with the Magic Circuits of their members while they are alive, but rather try to produce descendants with the greatest "extra" number of Magic Circuits possible. Note that number is not everything, and quality and precision of the Magic Circuits are also an important factor that differs from lineage to lineage. The Aozaki bloodline is known for producing magi with a low quantity of Magic Circuits, but the great quality of their Magic Circuits is more than enough to compensate for that. Meanwhile, the Barthomeloi possess a powerful brand of Magic Circuits known as Blue Blood: Noble Magic Circuits (貴い魔術回路(ブルーブラッド), Tōtoi Majutsu Kairo(Burū Buraddo)?).

A normal person rarely acquires Magic Circuits but in these cases they are considered as sudden mutations. While Kirei Kotomine was born with sudden Magic Circuits not of his lineage, he is not of this type. Kirei's Magic Circuits were a gift from the divine sacrament, rewarding his father, Risei Kotomine, for years of pious worship. Kirei was born with "the right to recreate the miracles in the divine sacrament". This "right", in other words, was the Magic Circuits.[8]

Known numbers of Magic Circuits by characters

Still, the Magic Circuits are ultimately something unnatural for the human body and their activity will cause pain and numbness to the magus. Their very presence in the human body is something uncommon and an ordinary person will have little to none. Also, the use of Magic Circuits increases the Magus bodily temperature, which is what allowed Kiritsugu Emiya to discover enemy Masters on the battlefield through the employment of a thermal sensor during the Fourth Grail War.[16]

Magic Circuits are "opened" when magical energy is run through them for the first time. Based on their experience at that time, a magus makes their own mental trigger to activate their Magic Circuits at will from then on. For this reason, the triggers are different from each other and in an extreme case, self-injury can be regarded as a switch.[13] An unexpectedly large number of magi have sexual excitement as their triggers and moreover many of them rely on drugs.[17]

Known mental triggers by characters

Prior to the Fifth Holy Grail War, Shirou believed that he had to "make" a new Magic Circuit every time he wanted to perform magecraft. In each attempt to do so, he temporarily (and inadvertently) converted parts of his nerves into makeshift Magic Circuits. A very dangerous procedure, as failure would result in his body breaking down from the inside out and even with success the resulting pain would be comparable to inserting a hot iron rod into the spine. Furthermore, when his natural born Magic Circuits were finally opened, his nervous system went haywire due the sudden intake of magical energy. At first, neither of his teachers of magecraft (Kiritsugu and Rin Tohsaka) noticed that habit of his.

A lesser known function of Magic Circuits is that they can be used to record and store information, in a manner not too dissimilar from computers or smartphones,[21][22] like replaying scenes seen in one's head.[23] Any magus that is at least somewhat capable use them as a calculator in addition to their brains when solving problems.[24] They can also be used as a precise internal clock to keep track of time.[25] Some magi use their Magic Circuits to compute translations.[26] Whether it's calculation or communication, Magic Circuits can do as much processing as a mobile terminal can do.[21]

Fiore

Fiore Forvedge Yggdmillennia and her wheelchair-bound condition due to the Magic Circuits.

As demonstrated by Fiore Forvedge Yggdmillennia and Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, it is possible for Magic Circuits to negatively interfere with the user's body, either through birth or through outside interference.

In Fiore's case, she was born with defective Magic Circuits in both of her legs, and this deficiency not only profoundly affects her magecraft, it also caused both limbs to stop working, causing her excruciating pain at times. The only possible way of healing would be through removing the Magic Circuits in her legs. In other words, it would mean giving up the path of a magus.[27]

Kayneth defeated by Emiya

Kayneth after being hit by a Origin Bullet.

In Kayneth's situation, he fell victim to Kiritsugu Emiya's Origin Bullet which destroyed his Magic Circuits, rendering him unable to practice magecraft. The fact that he survived in his debilitating state was due to his quick attention by Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri, who restored his internal organs, but the muscles and nerves were irreparably damaged. At first, he was completely paralyzed, with no hope of walking again. [28] It took a large sum of money and a Puppet maker to get only his hands in working order, and that only allowed him to move within the confines of a wheelchair.[29]

Reines eyes burning

The Mystic Eyes of Reines burning after contact with Magical Energy.

Reines El-Melloi Archisorte has a condition where her Mystic Eyes quickly overheat when they come into contact with magical energy, to the point where the burning sensation is compared to an allergic reaction, thanks to the immaturity of her brain and Magic Circuits. The development of her brain and Magic Circuits did not catch up with that of her Mystic Eyes, causing them to overreact in response to their use. However, as a side effect, it is due to this overreaction that her accuracy in magecraft has become prominent.[30]

It is possible for magi to connect to the Magic Circuits of other magi, however, this is considered insanity. By connecting to someone's Magic Circuits, the receiver of the connection had absolute control. For a magus of mediocre ability, the magus who are the receiver of the connection would easily be able to manipulate, or even burn, the Magic Circuits of the connected magus. Considering how Magic Circuits are linked to the body's nerves, it was similar to a magus placing his living heart into the hands of the magus receiving the connection. With the connection, one of the effects of the connection was that a magus could flow their own magical energy into the recipient of the connection.[31]

Equivalents[]

Differing from the Magic Circuits of regular humans, Artoria Pendragon and Siegfried when he was alive have a Magic Core (魔術炉心, Majutsu Roshin?) granted by their Dragon blood.[32][33] Its capacity is far greater than any human can achieve. While a magus' body can be considered a machine which creates magical energy, Artoria's Magic Core acts as a factory which creates magical energy.[33]

Gray also gets a Dragon Magic Core after Artoria is summoned as Saber in the Fifth Holy Grail War, with the summoning affecting Gray's body due to her nature, and turning her more into a perfect clone of Artoria.[34]

For Divine Patterns, see Fairy.

Regression to the Age of Gods[]

Beings like Lugh Beowulf, Arcueid Brunestud (Remake) and Tiamat have Regression to the Age of Gods (神代回帰, Jindai Kaiki?, also called Reversion to the Age of Gods) as their own style of Magic Circuits. It represents the extent at which they are capable of producing Mysteries that existed on Earth before Magic.[35] They are ranked with quantifiable letters like Magic Circuits.

Their Quality ranking represents "how distant from what humans are capable of" when reproducing their pure Mysteries. Their Quantity ranking represents power, the higher the quantity, the greater the degree of influence over the surrounding environment. The C-rank Quantity allows for the display of power over a village at most. Their Composition represents the era of the "Mystery", such as Runes, Kabbalah, and Black Magic do so in magecraft. While similar in concept, things like Alice Kuonji's Ploys are not from the Age of Gods and cannot be assigned a number in Regression to the Age of Gods.[35]

References[]

  1. Fate/stay night - Day 1: One day - Training (Magic Circuit)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
    [v] Kara no Kyoukai Special Pamphlet - Encyclopedia: Magic Circuits [Others], p.039 [T]

    Magic Circuits [Others]
    The pseudo-nerves existing in the body of a magus.
    They are the paths that convert life force into magical energy, as well as the paths which connect to the foundations underlying Grand Rituals.
    The number of Magic Circuits is determined at birth. Mage lineages will resort to any means to alter themselves in hope of giving their descendants just one more Circuit.
    This is why magi from older lineages are more powerful.
    In terms of the number of Magic Circuits, and the quality of the lineage, Cornelius Alba is undoubtedly a first rate magus.
    In fact, neither Aozaki Touko nor Araya Souren have many Magic Circuits. Touko has about 20, Araya about 30.
    Still, the two are considered geniuses: Touko has talents that are independent of her lineage. Araya's overwhelming power is probably a result of the anguish that he ceaselessly accumulated through the ages.

    魔術回路【まじゅつかいろ】【その他】
    魔術師が体内に持つ擬似《ぎじ》神経。
    生命力を魔力に変換する為の路《みち》であり、基盤となる大魔術式に繋がる路でもある。
    生まれながらに持ち得る数が決まっており、魔術師の家系は自分たちに手を加えて、魔術回路が一本でも多い跡継ぎを誕生させようとする。
    古い家系の魔術師ほど強力なのはこの為。
    魔術回路の多さ、血筋の品質で言うのなら、コルネリウス・アルバは紛《まぎ》れもなく一流の魔術師。
    実は蒼崎橙子も荒耶宗蓮も、魔術回路はそう多くない。橙子が二十、荒耶が三十といったところ。
    天才と思われがちな両者だが、橙子は血筋以外の才能で、荒耶はひたすら積み重ねた苦悩によって、他を圧倒する力を手に入れたのだろう。

  3. [v] Fate/complete material III: World Material - Theory of Magic - Magecraft, p.040

    Magecraft
    Many magi, and the magecrafts they use, appear in Fate/stay night. What is a magus, and what is magecraft? The section aims to address these questions and many more that arise in the story, in an organized and easily understood format.

    What is Magecraft that Enacts Mysteries?
    “Magecraft” is a general term for activities that seek to artificially reproduce mysteries and miracles. Regardless of how mysterious or supernatural it is, a phenomenon that occurs naturally is not magical. Mystic energy is required to use magecraft, and one who brings forth this energy and manipulates it is called a magus. Since antiquity, magi have endeavored in magical research. However, the existence of magi is known to few. “Reveal nothing to the world ignorant of mystery” is the absolute law that magi have imposed upon themselves.

    Keywords to learn about magecraft
    Magecraft is a grand area of study which involves systematic research. Thus, there are many technical terms that are unfamiliar to the lay reader. This section will provide definitions of magical jargon that appear in Fate/stay night, to aid readers seeking a greater understanding of magecraft.

    •Incantation
    An action required to activate magic. These originated as verbal chants, but also include hand and body movements.

    •Gandr
    A magic passed down in northern Europe. It is a curse on the target that the user points at, inflicting discord on the mind and body. Because one must point at a target within one’s field of vision, it is also called the “Gandr shot.”

    •Origin
    The orientation of something at the time that it sprang into existence. An Origin is what defines an existence as itself. In magical contexts, it is also used to refer to one’s magical alignment.

    •Reinforcement
    Magecraft that flows energy to “elevate the existence” of the target. This has effects such as increasing the sharpness of bladed implements and the nutritional value of food.

    •Barrier
    Magecraft that partitions inside from outside, and operates on the boundary or the inner portion of the affected region. It is primarily used to protect one’s body or property.

    •Reality Marble
    Innate barrier. The projection of one’s mental landscape onto one’s surroundings, painting over the real world. It is very costly to magically create a Reality Marble.

    •Life force
    The source of mystic energy. Magi use the magic circuits running throughout their bodies to convert life force into mystic energy.

    •Alignment
    The magical orientation that determines the specialization of a magus. One’s alignment also influences one’s social standing as a magus.

    •Projection
    Magecraft that creates an imitation of something that exists (or existed) in reality, using mystic energy. The projected item only persists for a few minutes, so Projection is viewed as an extremely inefficient magecraft.

    •Attribute
    One of the factors determining the effect of one's magecraft. There are multiple types like reinforcement and projection.

    •Noble Color
    A special, magical quality that one is born with. This term is not widely heard; it is primarily used by the magi of the Mage's Association.

    •Jewel magecraft
    A general term for magecraft utilizing jewels. Tohsaka Rin specializes in this type of magecraft. Rin normally stores her mystic energy in jewels, and uses (spends) them as powerful magic projectiles.

    •Mystic Eyes
    Magecraft that enacts effects on the target just by looking at it. Also known as “Evil Gaze” or “Evil Eyes.” If the target makes eye contact with the user, the effects are rapidly amplified. The use of Mystic Eyes is viewed as proof of being a first-rate magus, but truly powerful Mystic Eyes are a rare, inherent trait.

    •Magic circuit
    The apparatus that converts life force into mystic energy. Circuits are like internal organs or nerves, such that people who lack circuits cannot use magecraft.

    •Magic foundation
    A system engraved upon the world in advance to make it possible to use magecraft. This takes the form of academia or religion.

    •Magic crest
    A crest created to pass on the results of magical research to the next generation. By engraving the crest on the body, a magus can pass on generations of research and magecraft to one’s successor.

    •Magus
    A person who possesses magic circuits and can use magecraft. Magi who do not conduct research are called “spellcasters” to distinguish them from the magi that do.

    •Magic formula
    Something included in a magic foundation and in which the function of magecraft is recorded.
    The magus sends a command to the magic formula, puts magic power into it, and thereby activates the function of magecraft incorporated into the formula in advance.

    •Mystic Code
    Tools magi use to assist the use of magecraft, or which have magical effects. These encompass a broad range of artifacts, such as the Noble Phantasms carried by Servants.

    •Magic
    Mysteries of a different kind than magecraft, that produce phenomena considered impossible to recreate in the modern era. Ultimately, magical research aims to reach Magic. In the modern era, only five things are called Magics.

    •Mystic energy
    The energy that is acquired by converting life force via magic circuits. Magi use this energy to activate magecraft.

    魔術
    『Fate/stay night』 には多くの魔術師と、 彼らの操る魔術が登場 する。 では魔術師とは何か、 そして魔術とは何なのか。 物語中で はこれらの疑問に対し、 多くの場面で説明がされる。 この項では それらの説明をまとめ、分かりやすく解説していく。

    神秘の業なる魔術とは?
    魔術とは人為的に神秘 奇跡を再現しようとする行為の総称だ。 それがどれだけ不思議で神秘的な現象であって も、ひとりでに起こる現象は魔術ではないのだ。 魔術を使うためには魔力が必須であり、この魔力を生み出し、操 る者を魔術師と呼ぶ。 古代より現代に至るまで魔術師たちは魔術の研究に勤しんできた。 だが、彼らの存在を知る 者は少ない。 "神秘を濫りに世に示さないこと•••••それは、魔術師たちが自身に課した絶対の掟なのだ。

    魔術について学ぶためのキーワード
    魔術は体系づけて研究されている立派な学問 である。 それゆえ、 耳慣れない専門用語が数多 く存在する。 この頃では、 『Fate/stay night』において頻出する魔術用語についての解説を行 うことにしよう。 これが魔術を理解しようとする 者たちへの一助になれば幸いである。

    ・詠唱
    魔術を発動するために必要となる動作。 呪文の 発声は元より、身振り手振りも含まれる。

    ・ガンド
    北欧に伝わる魔術。 対象を指差すことで呪い、 心身に不調を引き起こす。 相手を視界に収めて指 を構える様から"ガンド撃ち”とも呼ばれる。

    ・起源
    事物が発生した時の方向性。 この起源がその存 在をその存在たらしめている。 魔術においては後 述する属性の意味で使われることもある。

    ・強化
    魔力を通し、 対象の"存在を高める"魔術。 存 在を高めるということは、刃物なら切れ味を増し、 食物なら栄養価を高めることを意味する。

    ・生命力
    魔力を生み出す素。 魔術師は、己の体内を走る 魔術回路を用い、 生命力を魔力へ変換する。

    ・属性
    魔術師が得意とする魔術の方向性を決定する、 魔術師としてのステータスを表したもの。

    ・投影
    現実に存在する(した) 物品の鏡像、模造品を、 魔力で物質化する魔術。 持続時間がわずか数分間 と短く、 極めて効率が悪いとされる行為。

    ・特性
    魔術の効果を決定する要素のひとつ。 強化や投 影など、いくつかのジャンルが存在する。

    ・結界
    内と外とを区切り、 その境界線上、 または内側 に対して作用する魔術のこと。 主に、自身の肉体や、 自身の財貨を守るために用いられる。

    ・固有結界
    己の心象風景を周囲に投影し、 現実世界を塗り 換える。 魔術で実現するには大きなコストが必要。

    ・ノウブルカラー
    持って生まれた、 魔術に関係する特殊な資質の こと。 広く使われている用語ではなく、 主に魔術 協会の魔術師たちが使用している。

    ・宝石魔術
    宝石を用いた魔術の総称。 遠坂凛が得意とする。 凛は普段から宝石に自分の魔力を移すことで、 強 力な魔術弾 (使い捨て)を備蓄している。

    ・魔眼
    "見る"という行為だけで相手に影響を及ぼす魔 術。 邪視、 邪眼とも。 対象が魔眼を "見返す"ことで、 その効果は飛躍的に増大する。 魔術師にとって魔 眼が使えることは一流の魔術師の証だが、 真に強 力な魔眼となると、生得のものに限られる。

    ·魔術回路
    生命力を魔力に変換するための器官。 内蔵や神 経のようなもので、これがないと魔術を使えない。

    ・魔術基盤
    魔術を使用可能にするため、 あらかじめ世界に 刻まれているシステム。 学問や宗教の形をとる。

    ・魔術刻印
    魔術師の研究成果を次代に残すための刻印。 こ れを刻むことで、 魔術師は代々続いてきた研究や 魔術を後継者に譲り渡すことができる。

    ・魔術師
    魔術回路を持ち、 魔術を行使することが可能な 者。 研究を行わない魔術師を、研究を行う魔術師 と区別するために魔術使いと呼ぶこともある。

    ・魔術式
    魔術基盤に含まれる、 魔術の機能を記したもの。 魔術師が魔術式に命令を送り、 魔力を注ぐことで あらかじめ式に組み込まれていた魔術の機能が発 動する。 この魔術式の数だけ魔術は存在するのだ。

    ・魔術礼装
    魔術師が使用する、 魔術の行使を助けたり、魔 術の効果を持つ道具。 広義にはサーヴァントの宝 具のうちいくつかも魔術礼装に含まれる。

    ・魔法
    その時代で実現不可能な出来事を可能とする、 魔術とは違う神秘。 魔術の研究は突き詰めると、 最終的には魔法へ行き着くことが目的といえる。 なお現代には魔法と呼ばれるものは5つしかない。

    ・魔力
    生命力を魔術回路で変換して得られるエネルギ 一。 魔術師はこれを用いて魔術を発動させる。

  4. [v] Kara no Kyoukai Special Pamphlet - Encyclopedia: Magecraft [Others], p.038-039 [T]

    Magecraft [Others]
    A general term representing activities that artificially re-enact Mysteries/Miracles.
    Although there were some differences depending on traditions and schools, the basic principle was still "the transformation of the magical energy that exists within the practitioner or the environment".
    The practitioner would issue Commands according to the Foundation (System) of his school, and this would cause the execution of a predetermined Program.
    Magical energy was the electrical current required to deliver the command.
    Although magecraft gave the impression of omnipotence, it fundamentally produced Mystery through the principle of equivalent exchange.
    It was possible to transform one thing into another, but it was impossible to produce something from nothing.
    However, the essence of magecraft as a discipline was to challenge that "Nothingness", and endeavor towards the impossible. Large-scale spells such as the so-called Grand Sorceries, Grand Rituals were really purposeless if not for attempting to reach " " (Kara) or True Magic.
    Kara no Kyoukai was a story of one magus' attempt at challenging "Nothingness".

    魔術【まじゅつ】【その他】
    人為的に神秘・奇跡を再現する行為の総称。
    門派ごとに違いはあるものの、基本的には〝術者の体内、もしくは外界に満ちた魔力を変換〟する機構。
    各門派が取り仕切る基盤(システム)に従って術者が命令(コマンド)を送り、あらかじめ作られていた機能(プログラム)が実行される、というもの。
    その、命令を送るのに必要な電流が魔力である。
    魔術には万能のイメージがあるが、基本的には等価交換で神秘を起こす。
    有から有を持ってくるのであって、無から有は作れない。出来る事を起こすのであって、出来ない事は起こせないという事だ。
    が、その『無』、あり得ない事に挑むことが魔術という学問の本質である。大魔術、大儀式と呼ばれる大掛かりな魔術は「 」、魔法に至る為の挑戦に他ならない。
    大タイトル・『空の境界』は、一人の魔術師が『無』に挑もうとした物語とも言える。

  5. Fate/stay night - Heaven's Feel (route) - True End: Return to the Spring
  6. [v] Fate/complete material III: World Material - Theory of Magic - Magecraft: Magus, p.041

    Magus
    The everyday life of a magus is mostly spent conducting research. Magi who use magic outside of a research capacity, such as those who use magecraft to work and profit for themselves, are few in number. People who treat magecraft as a tool, such as assassins, are called “spellcasters,” and are looked down upon with disdain by the magical establishment.

    Furthermore, it is precisely because they are magi that few magi use magecraft in their daily lives. The cost of using magecraft for mundane tasks is indeed high, but above all, this is avoided for the purpose of concealing mysteries. The Magic Association is extremely wary of allowing knowledge of magecraft to reach the outside world, so magi who are overly conspicuous in the use of magecraft are purged.

    Magical families are essentially unilineal, in which one child inherits the parents’ assets and teachings in order to carry on the magecraft and research. These types of families are called magus lineages. Children other than the chosen heir may not even be told that their parents are magi. However, magic circuits are not wholly hereditary, and magi do not always produce children. In these cases, a child possessing magic circuits is adopted into the family. A major reason for the unilinealism of magecraft is that magic crests cannot be duplicated. The sole heir inherits all of the family’s magecraft.

    •Magic circuit
    Magic circuits are the pseudo nerves that a magus has inside himself. These are paths that generate magic energy and access the magic foundation engraved in the world. Magi make magic energy with the magic circuits and use the magic energy to run the magic foundation and thus put magery into effect. To do either of these, the magic circuits are necessary.

    As suggested by the description pseudo nerves, these are split into cores and lines joining these together and are spread throughout the body.

    The number of magic circuits are fixed at birth and the number won't increase by other than external factors.

    •Magic crest
    The product of stamping the anchored mystery that a magus had spent his entire life building up. Can be said to be mystical inheritance that defines the magus line as a magus line. While the inheritor is young, it is necessary to implant this little at a time while at the same time having the body adjust to the magic crest by medicine and rituals. The magic association also has technology for extracting just the magic crest from the body and storing it.

    •Magus alignment
    What determines what kind of attributes a magus' magic is going to be likely to have, or what kind of magic the magus is going to have good chemistry with, is going to be the element aligned with the magus.
    In addition to the five great elements of earth, water, fire, wind, and sky, there's the imaginary elements of Hollow and Nothing, for a number of seven.
    Some of the five elements will differ according to the school of magic. A famous one is a style in which the five great elements are formed from wood, fire, soil, metal,and water.
    Basically, one magus has one alignment, but sometimes there are magi with two alignments (like fire and earth, wind and water) and there are also those called "Average Ones" who have all the five great elements.

    Matou Sakura normally would have been a holder of the imaginary element of Emptiness. However, through her magic training, hers had been changed to the water alignment of the Matou line, so she couldn't exhibit her true talent.

    Normal alignments
    Elements
    Explanation
    Five great elements Earth One of the two alignments of Kiritsugu. Kiritsugu exhibited his attribute of combining and used magic which combined the wounds of an enemy in a different form than normal, and made them unhealable.
    Five great elements Water The alignment that the Matou magi have had for generations. Matou exhibit the attribute of absorption and have passed it on. Sakura's alignment changed from Emptiness to water.
    Five great elements Fire The alignment of Tokiomi and also one of the two alignments of Kiritsugu. It is the symbol of life and death and has good chemistry with destructive magic.
    Five great elements Wind One of the two alignments of Kayneth Elmelloi Archibold. There are few magi with wind as an alignment
    Five great elements Sky An element which makes up celestial bodies that is newly added as a fifth element to the four great elements of earth, water, fire, and wind. This is, in other words, Ether.
    Imaginary Elements Hollow The alignment that Sakura was born with. Defined, in magery, as that "which is possible but is not in the physical plane". Also called imaginary numbers.
    Imaginary Elements Nothingness Like Hollow, the alignment of an imaginary element. In magery, defined as that "which is not possible, but materializes". Has a different meaning that the "nothing" of physics and math.

    •The absoluteness called Origin
    If alignment determines the root of one's magic, then even deeper than that, is the origin which determined the root of one's existence. The origin is not only for magi, but is the orientation that all things are born with and it's existence itself is thought absolutely necessary.
    Those magi with an origin that is strongly expressed outwardly are sometimes removed from the normal alignments and there are times that the origin itself becomes the alignment. Most of those magi exhibit their talents as extreme specialists.
    Because of that, it's said that they can reach higher grounds than normal magi.

    Shiroubw

    Shirou Emiya's origin is "Sword" and his alignment as a Magus is also "Sword". He is unable to use magic of the five great elements with precision because he doesn't have any of them as an alignment, but it does allow for the manifestation of "Unlimited Blade Works."


    •Noble Colors
    Of the alignments, wind is called "noble" and fire is "normal". By the way, the term "Noble Colors" is used to refer to special and innate things where he workings of the magic circuit are close to the movements of a celestial body (normally they're closer to the movements of the crust), and is innate and special.
    Noble Colors are often used to refer to mystic eyes, and Rider's petrifying mystic eyes are also a noble color.

    魔術師
    魔術師たちの日常は、 その大半が“研究”で 占められている。 研究以外で魔術を使う者は少 数派であり、 例えば魔術を使用して労働を行い、 その対価として賃金を得ている魔術師は少ない。 研究対象ではなく、 ツールとして魔術を使う者 (例えば魔術を使う暗殺者) は "魔術使い " と呼 ばれ、魔術師からは軽蔑の視線を向けられる。
    また、魔術師だからといって日常生活で魔術 を使う者は少ない。 日常の用を足す手段に魔術 はコストが高いということもあるが、 何より、 神秘の秘匿"のためである。 魔術協会は魔術 が世間に知られることを極端に戒めており、 目 立つ魔術の使い方をすると、 粛清される。
    魔術師は、基本的に親から子へと一子相伝で 自分たちの魔術と研究を受け継いでいく。 この ような家を "魔術師の家系”と呼ぶ。 後継者以 外の子には親が魔術師であることすらも教えな い。 ただし、魔術回路は100%遺伝する訳では なく、魔術師が子をなせないということもあり得 る。その場合、魔術回路を持つ子供を養子にし て家を存続させるのだ。 魔術が一子相伝である 理由は、魔術刻印が複製できないことが大きな 原因である。 選ばれた後継者ひとりだけが、そ の家のすべての魔術を受け継ぐことになる。

    •魔術回路
    魔術回路とは、魔術師が体内に持つ擬似神経 のことである。 主な機能はふたつ。 魔力の生成と、 世界に刻まれた魔術基盤にアクセスする路だ。 魔術師は魔術回路で魔力を作り、 魔力を使って 魔術基盤を動かすことで、魔術を行使する。 その どちらにも魔術回路は必要になる。
    擬似神経といわれる通り、核とそれをつなぐ ラインに分かれて体内に張り巡らされている。 魔術回路は生まれながらに本数が決まってお り、外的な要因以外で増えることはない。
    衛宮士郎が思い描く魔術回路のイメージ。 魔術回路 はオンオフを切り換えることができ、 オンにするためのス イッチは、魔術師によって異なる。

    •魔術刻印
    魔術師が生涯をかけて鍛え上げ固定化した 神秘を刻印化したもの。 魔術師の家系を魔術 師の家系たらしめている、 魔術的な遺産とも いえる。 後継者が幼いうちから少しずつ時間を かけて移植していき、 同時に薬品や儀式で魔 術刻印に身体を徐々に慣らしていく必要がある。 魔術協会には肉体から魔術刻印だけを抜き 出して保存する技術も存在している。

    •魔術師の属性
    魔術師が使用する魔術がどのような特性を持 ちやすいか、魔術師がどのような魔術と相性が よいかを決定する 魔術師本人に属する要素。 地、水、火、 風 空の五大元素に、 架空元 素の虚と無を加えた7種がある。 五大元素は魔術 の流派によって一部種類が異なる。 有名なもの は、木、火、土、金、水で五大元素と成す流派。 基本的に魔術師はひとりがひとつの属性を持 つが、なかには二重属性と呼ばれるふたつの属性 (例えば火と土、水と風など) を持つ魔術師や、 五大元素属性すべてを併せ持つ"アベレージ・ワ ン"と呼ばれる魔術師も存在する。
    間桐桜は本来、 架空元素・虚の属性だった。しかし魔術 の訓練を通じて、 間桐家が属する水の属性に変えられてい たため、本来の才能を発揮できなかった。

    一般的な属性

    Normal alignments
    Elements
    Explanation
    五大元素 衛宮切嗣の二重属性のひとつ。 切嗣は結合地の特性を発揮させ、敵の傷を本来とは違う形に結合し、治癒不可能にする魔術を用いた。
    五大元素 間桐家の魔術師が代々持つ属性。 間桐は 水 吸収の特性を発揮させ、伝えている。桜は元々 の虚から水へと属性を変えられた。
    五大元素 遠坂時臣の属性であり、 衛宮切嗣の二重 火属性のひとつでもある。生命や死の象徴とさ れ、 破壊的な魔術との相性がよい。
    五大元素 ケイネス・エルメロイ・アーチボルトの二重 属性のひとつでもある。 風を属性とする魔術 師は人数が少なく、 希少な存在である。
    五大元素 地、水、火、 風の四大元素に、 天体を構 成する第5の元素として新たに加わった元素。 つまりはエーテルのことである。
    架空元素 間桐桜が生まれつき持っていた属性 魔術 においてはあり得るが、 物質界にないもの" と定義される。 虚数と呼ばれることもある。
    架空元素 虚と同じく架空元素の属性。 魔術において はあり得ないが、 物質化するもの”と定義さ れる。物理学や数学の"無 "とは意味が異なる。


    •起源という絶対
    属性が魔術の根本を規定する要素であれば、 それよりさらに深い、 存在の根本を規定する ものが起源だ。 起源は魔術師だけでなく、 あらゆる存在が持つ生まれ持った方向性であ り、存在そのものが不可分と考えられている。 "起源”が強く表に出ている魔術師は、時に 通常の属性から外れ、 起源そのものが属性と なっている場合がある。 そのような魔術師の多 くが、突出した専門家としての才能を発揮する。 それゆえに、一般的な魔術師よりも、より高 い境地へと達することができるとされている。

    Shiroubw

    衛宮士郎の起源は " 剣 " であり、 魔術師としての属 性も"剣"になる。 属性として五大元素を持たないため、 五大元素を使用する魔術が苦手。 その代わり、固有結 界”無限の剣製"を発現できる。


    •ノウブルとノーマル
    属性のうち、 風は"ノウブル"、 火はノーマル"と 呼ばれる。 ちなみに"ノウブルカラー"といった場 合、その魔術回路の働きが天体運営に近く(通常 は地殻流動に近い)、 先天的で特殊なものである ことを示す言葉になる。 ノウブルカラーは主に魔 眼を指して使われることが多く、ライダーの石化の 魔眼もノウブルカラーである。

  7. [v] Tsukihime Dokuhon PlusPeriod - TSUKIHIME Dictionary: Magic Circuit [Term], p.188-189

    Magic Circuit [Term]
    The foundation for setting up Thaumaturgy. There are two types, but here it refers to the quality within a human body that makes a magus a magus.
    Magic circuits are responsible for converting life force into magical energy, and for connecting to the underlying grand sorcery formula.
    Basically, sorcery is a formula that causes nature interference by starting up and stabilizing a "rule already established in the world" with magical energy. Or to put it another way, the "rule" is a car, and the "magical energy" is the gasoline that makes it run.
    In order to start up sorcery, three things are required:
    the necessary amount of magical energy, a key (password/spell/code), and magic circuits to inject the magical energy into the "engine".
    If we assume for a moment that magical energy is electricity, then magic circuits would be both the reactor that produces that electricity, as well as the pipelines for running the system.
    Because vital activity is indispensable to the operation of this reactor, there is a common misconception that a magus' body = magic circuits. However, though quite rare, magic circuits that continue rotating on their own even after the practitioner's vital activity has stopped do exist.
    The reason that an individual's magical energy (od) will be regenerated even if is totally used up is because the magic circuits are still operating. But on the other hand, without magic circuits, magical energy (od) will no longer be generated at all.
    They are spread throughout the entire body as pseudo-nerves, and can basically be divided into cores, and pipes that connect these cores together. The pipes are similar to the synapses within the brain, constantly breaking off and reconnecting, but the cores never change.
    Strictly speaking, these cores are the actual magic circuits.
    They are considered to be a sort of internal organ, that will never increase or decrease in number. Of course, extracting and transplanting them is technically possible, but just like implanting an extra organ into a human body it should go without saying what will happen if you try it.
    Magic circuits, once lost, will never return.
    As for what magi actually use these magic circuits for, well, that's covered in a different story.

    魔術回路【用語】

  8. [v] TYPE-MOON Fes. Official Pamphlet 10th Anniversary Q & A Booklet:
    Q: Kirei's wife Ortensia is covered with wounds in the design draft, is it because she has a body similar to Caren's? Also, Command Spells appeared on Kirei due to the fact that he somehow possesses Magic Circuits despite being born in a non-magus lineage. Does this mean Caren also has Magic Circuits?

    Q: Kirei's wife Ortensia is covered with wounds in the design draft, is it because she has a body similar to Caren's? Also, Command Spells appeared on Kirei due to the fact that he somehow possesses Magic Circuits despite being born in a non-magus lineage. Does this mean Caren also has Magic Circuits?

    A: Kirei's wife is an albino, and is immunodeficient. As a result, she can die from even a tiny wound, thus her body appears tattered. What Caren inherited is the aspect of "prone to be plagued by illnesses". This is truly an ordeal given by God.
    About the Magic Circuits, a normal person rarely acquires Magic Circuits. You can consider such cases sudden mutations. However, Kirei is not of this type. Kirei's Circuits were a gift from the divine sacrament, rewarding his father Risei's years of pious worship. Kirei was born with "the right to recreate the miracles in the divine sacrament". This "right", in other words, was the Magic Circuits. Caren did not inherit the Circuits.

    Q:綺礼の奥さんであるオルタンシアさんが設定画で手当ての跡だらけなカレンと同じ体質だからなのでしょ うか。あと、綺礼に令呪が現れたのは元々魔術師の家じゃないけどたまたま魔術回路を待っていたということで 、カレンにもあるんでしょうか?

    A:奥さんはアルビノで、免疫機能が欠如した人でした。なので些細な傷でも死に繋がるし、体もボロボロで した。カレンに受け継がれたのは”病魔に憑かれやすい”という在り方。神の試練ですな一。
    魔術回路ですが、これは一般人にも稀に待って生まれる人がいます。突然变異と思ってください。綺礼はその類 ではありませんが、父・離正が長年の信仰によって得た秘蹟の恩恵で、” 秘蹟を再現する資格”をまって生まれました。秘蹟を再現する資格、なんで言ってますが、ようは魔術回路です 。カレンには受け継がれていません。

  9. Character material - Tohko Aozaki: Introduction, p.24
  10. 10.0 10.1 Character material - Aoko Aozaki: Explanation, p.9
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 8: Fem's Casa (Lower) - Chapter 1
  12. 12.0 12.1  Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 1: case. Adra Castle Separation - Chapter 3 Part 2 (translated by TwilightsCall) 
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4
    [v] Fate/side material - Encyclopedia: Magic Circuits [Magecraft], p.073 [T]

    Magic Circuits [Magecraft]
    Pseudo-nerves within the body of a magus.
    Magic circuits are responsible for converting life force into magical energy, and for connecting to the underlying grand sorcery formula.
    Because the number of magic circuits a person has is fixed at birth, magi lineages do what they can to improve themselves and create an heir with even one more magic circuit.
    Once the magic circuits have been opened for the first time, the practitioner can switch them on and off at will.
    Each practitioner visualizes the flipping of this switch in their own particular way. For Shirou, the image is that of a gun's firing hammer, while for Rin it is stabbing a heart with a knife.
    This image tends to be related to how the circuits were opened for the very first time, so there even those who can only open their circuits through sexual arousal or self-harm.
    By the way, Shirou's number of magic circuits is an unexpectedly high 27.
    Rin, on the other hand, has 40 main circuits, while her sub-circuits are 30 each.

    魔術回路【魔術】
    魔術師が体内に持つ拟似神経。
    生命力を魔力に変换する為の路であり、基盤となる大魔術式に繋がる路でもある。
    生まれながらに持ち得る数が決まっており'魔術師の家係は自分たちに手を加えて、魔術回路が一本でも多い後継ぎを诞生させようとする。
    一度開いてしまえば,あとは術者の意思でオンオフができる。
    スイッチの仕方は術者のイメージそれぞれで、士郎は铳の撃鉄のイメージ、凛は心臓をナイフで刺すイメージだとか。
    これは一番初めの“開き”に関係しており、中には性的兴奋で闻くもの、自傷行為によってしか開かないもの、と様々。
    ちなみに、士郎の魔術回路は意外と多く、二十七。
    凛の魔術回路はメインが四十、サプがそれぞれ三十。

  14. 14.0 14.1 Fate/stay night - Heaven's Feel route - Day 16: FINAL - Gem Sword Zelretch
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  16. Fate/Zero Volume 1: The Untold Story of the Fourth Holy Grail War - Act 3 Part 1 -162:26:39
  17. 17.0 17.1  Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 1: case. Adra Castle Separation - Chapter 4 Part 1 (translated by TwilightsCall)
  18. Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 3: case. Twin Towers of Iselma (Lower) - Chapter 2 Part 3
  19. Fate/strange Fake Volume 7 - Interlude: Audition
  20. Fate/type Redline Chapter 19.3
  21. 21.0 21.1 Clock Tower 2015 - 04 - The Record of Lainur Gusion
  22.  Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 4: case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Upper) - Chapter 4 Part 2
  23. Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 2: case. Twin Towers of Iselma (Upper) - Prologue
  24. Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 9: case. Grand Roll (Middle) - Prologue
  25. Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 10: case. Grand Roll (Lower) - Chapter 5 Part 3
  26. The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 2: The Devil of the Wandering Sea (Upper) - Chapter 2 Part 1
  27. Fate/Apocrypha Volume 1: Apocrypha: Great Holy Grail War - Chapter 3
  28. Fate/Zero Volume 2: The Mad Feast of Kings - Act 8 Part 1 -122:18:42
  29. Fate/Zero Volume 3: The Scattered Ones - Act 11 Part 2 -82:09:51
  30. Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 3: case. Twin Towers of Iselma (Lower) - Chapter 2 Part 3
  31.  Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 1: case. Adra Castle Separation - Chapter 4 Part 7
  32. [v] Fate/complete material III: World Material - The Servants of the Fifth Holy Grail War: Saber, p.020-021 [T]

    Artoria
    Class: Saber
    Master: Emiya Shirou
    Alignment: Lawful Good
    Sex: Female
    Height: 154cm
    Weight: 42kg
    Armament: Armour, Sword

    STR: B
    CON: C
    AGI: C
    MGI: B
    LCK: B
    Noble Phantasm: C

    Legend
    Once up on a time, there was a king in England named Arthur Pendragon. He was the legendary king who staunchly defended the land from the invading Saxons for a long period of time.
    The name Arthur, written in the fashion of Romans is “Artorius”. Its feminine form is “Artoria”, which is the true name of Saber.
    Artoria was born between Uther Pendragon and a Queen hailed from the rival kingdom. She grew up under the guidance of the True Magician Merlin, and became the king after pulling out the Sword of Selection. Later, she led Lacenlot, Gawain, and other famed knights to achieve innumerable deeds. They engaged the King of Saxons at the Battle of Badon Hill and brought peace to the land of Britain. Because the Scabbard of the Holy Sword stopped her from aging, Artoria continued to reign as the ideal king. It was ironic that Queen Guinevere and the serving knights grew more distant from Artoria precisely because she was too ideal. In the civil war that raged at the end of her reign, she crossed blade with her very own son, Mordred. At that instant, she pledged her service as a Heroic Spirit after death in exchange for striking a pact with the World. The one wish she hoped the Holy Grail could realise was “redo the selection of the king”. In legend, the body of King Arthur was transported to the Fairyland – Avalon, where he is healing his wounds in serenity.

    Tactics
    Saber’s ability is maximally unleashed while engaging in an honourable face-to-face single combat. It is a method of battle that is full of chivalric honour, and it is also one that suits Saber's sense of aesthetics. However, this does not mean she dislikes strategising. Because she is also a capable military commander, she tends to loath fabricated strategies that have no concrete basis. She fine-tunes her strategy meticulously. While on the battlefield, she further adapts her actions in response to the ever-changing dynamics of combat. Naturally, Saber despises cowardly actions, strategies or not. For this reason, in the Fourth Holy Grail War, her compatibility with the cool-headed, achieving-his-goal-at-all-cost Master Emiya Kiritsugu was the worst.

    Class Abilities
    Magic Resistance: A
    Artoria boasts the highest rank of resistance to magic amongst the Servants. She is capable of completely neutralising grand sorceries involving magic arrays and instant contracts. Even modern magi of the highest level cannot wound her directly with sorcery. Artoria is able to resist an action force onto her powered by one stroke of the Command Spell. Such is the extraordinary rank of Artoria’s Magic Resistance, sufficient to shake the very foundation of the Servant System. If the opponent is someone who attacks with sorcery, Artoria will charge without fear and determine the outcome of the battle with a slash.
    Also, as her “Pendragon” name shows, Artoria is the holder of the Element of the Red Dragon, charged with the task of protecting the kingdom. She carries the very magical power of the Dragon. This humongous magical power is also the source of Artoria’s Magic Resistance. Due to the characteristics of Dragon, Artoria has much trouble with existences such as Siegfried, who is associated with tales of “Dragon extermination”. If she is targeted by “Dragon-slaying Sorceries”, it is possible that Magic Resistance will not function to its fullest extent.
    In the story, Artoria retained her Magic Resistance of A while having Emiya Shirou and Rin as Masters, regardless the two’s differences in power and characteristics. On the other hand, while having Matou Sakura as her Master, her Magic Resistance decreased to B as a result of Blackening.

    Riding: B
    Since “knights” are soldiers who are proficient in mounted warfare, Saber’s rank in Riding is very high. Chariots can be ridden the same way. Motorcycles and automobiles are treated as “modern mounts”, thus a high rank in Riding is also applicable. It is unclear if Riding is applicable to aircrafts. Saber’s Riding was elevated to A while having Emiya Kiritsugu as Master. However, Artoria can ultimately only control normal mounts. She cannot control Pegasi, Griffons, Dragons, and other Magical Beast, Divine Beast Ranked Phantasmal Species. This is due to her Class not being Rider, as well as the fact that she was a King in the Age of Man, thus did not have the fortune of having “Legends of Riding Phantasmal Species”.
    Artoria rode a motorcycle in the Fourth Holy Grail War, but did not have the opportunity to demonstrate her Riding ability in the Fifth Holy Grail War. Provided with the appropriate mount, the battles might have developed differently.

    Personal Skills
    Instinct: A
    Instinct is the ability to instantly identify “the best personal course of action” during combat. Because this skill allows for the prediction of trajectory, it is possible to avoid attacks from firearms. At rank A, it is essentially in the realm of predicting the future. Through this ability, it is possible to negate the penalties inflicted by visual and auditory interference to a certain extend.
    Being able to discern Cú Chulainn’s ultimate technique certainly reflects her skills, but having exceptional Instinct also helped her immensely.

    Mana Burst: A
    The ability to reinforce one’s weapon and body through the infusion of magical energy. By reinforcing the ability of the body to a great extend using magical energy, the physically fragile Artoria was able to fight head on with monsters such as Berserker. At rank A, even a stick can become a weapon of great power.
    Executing large-scale body reinforcement through Mana Burst is only possible with Artoria’s immense magical power.
    (Translator's Note: This is basically analogous to Strengthening/Reinforcement Sorcery.)

    Charisma: B
    Artoria possessed high Charisma, and reigned as the king of England. The morale of military forces she commands is extremely high. However, this strong influence is still insufficient to build a vast empire spanning the world, so it remains at rank B (enough to rule a country).
    Caption: Artoria, the protector of the British Isles. Even with her Charisma, she could not avert the fall of her kingdom.

    Noble Phantasms
    Invisible Air
    Rank: C
    Type: Anti-Unit
    Range: 1~2
    Maximum Targets: 1 Object

    A barrier that renders the blade hidden by entangling it with layers of wind, and altering the light refraction rate. It is closer to a sorcery than a Noble Phantasm. By using this barrier, Artoria can attack without the opponent recognising the sword’s reach and trajectory. Since concealing one’s Noble Phantasm also conceals one’s true identity, Invisible Air was highly effective at the early stages of the Holy Grail War. It also has other advantages such as increasing attack power and accuracy. Entangling the sword with wind and using the wind as the blade enhances the attack power, while having an “invisible weapon” provides an advantage in accuracy. (Translator’s Note: It is probably more “decreasing opponent's evasion” in RPG terms.) Since the advantage of Invisible Air lies in “invisibility”, the accuracy increase will not occur while engaging opponents who possess Eye of the Mind or do not depend on vision.
    In the Fourth Holy Grail War, Artoria unleashed the condensed air and used it as a long-range weapon that mauls down groups of enemies --- “The Iron Mallet of the Wind King”.

    Excalibur
    Rank: A++
    Type: Anti-Fortress
    Range: 1~99
    Maximum Targets: 1000 Persons

    The greatest and most powerful Noble Phantasm of Artoria (Translator’s Note: Not Avalon?). It is the strongest and most majestic holy sword that symbolises King Arthur. The pinnacle of holy swords. Excalibur was not forged by mankind, but crystallised within the Earth, using the wishes of mankind as the basis. It is one of the ultimate God-forged weapons, a Last Phantasm. Originally cared for by the Faeries of the Planet, it was passed into the hands of King Arthur through the Lady of the Lake.
    Excalibur converts the mana of the wielder into light, and as the sword is swung, the light is released from the tip of the blade like a laser beam and destroys everything in its path. Of course, the mana consumption is extreme, thus it cannot be fired consecutively. In the Fourth Holy Grail War, the beastly giant sea monster summoned by Caster was completely incinerated by this Noble Phantasm. Excalibur is classified as an ‘Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm” due to its magnitude and destructive power.

    Avalon
    Rank: EX
    Type: Bound Field
    Maximum Targets: 1 Person
    The sheath of Excalibur, a Noble Phantasm with its origin in the Fairyland Avalon where King Arthur rests. The wielder will heal from any wound, and the aging process will cease. Unleashing the true name of Avalon will deploy a Bound Field that provides the greatest defence. A Noble Phantasm that annuls the interference of True Magic; its existence is equivalent to True Magic.
    In legend, losing this sheath casted an ominous shadow onto the life of King Arthur, eventually cascading to the collapse of the kingdom. In modern times, the Einzberns excavated Avalon at Cornwall and passed it into the hands of Emiya Kiritsugu. Afterward, it was planted into the body of Emiya Shirou to save his life, eventually becoming the link that led to his bond with Artoria. In Fate Route, Artoria learned that Shirou was her “sheath”, which led the duo to emerge victorious in the Holy Grail War.

    対魔力: A
    また、アーサー王の父ウーサーは、マーリンの計らいで竜の因子を持った後継者を造り、アルトリアは人であり ながら竜そのものの魔力を帯びるに至った。

  33. 33.0 33.1
    [v] Fate/side material - Encyclopedia: Saber [Servant], p.063-064 [T]

    Saber [Servant]
    Heroic Spirit of the sword. One could not qualify for this Class if all his parameters except MGI did not meet a certain threshold.
    The true heroine of this story. She was the young girl knight who forged a contract with Emiya Shirou and fought in the Holy Grail War.
    She was loyal, faithful, and diligent. The knight's pride covered her femininity.
    If we were to remove this facade, then we could recognize that she was no different from a young girl her age.
    Saber was peevish and tenacious. She loved games of chance and would focus to the extent of ignoring her surroundings. Saber loved to eat and would be energized by the prospect of having good food. She worried about being defeated in front of her favorite partner. Mmm, Saber was truly a fastidious heroine.
    Her true identity was King Arthur.
    She disguised herself as male and ruled as the king, but had the misfortune of dying in the subsequent civil war after establishing peace in her empire.
    The King Arthur in the story of Fate was an amalgamation of historical facts and legends. Saber's name before becoming king was Artoria.
    It must be tough to live in a palace while disguising her gender.
    The greatest problem was probably producing an heir, but that was solved by Merlin through magecraft.
    In the story, the line "I know how to please a man" was from experience.
    Saber's aging process was halted the moment she pulled out the Sword of Selection. The age of her body was probably a year younger than Shirou.
    By the way, King Arthur was the Crimson Dragon that guarded Britannia.
    Saber's father Uther Pendragon produced an heir with the Dragon Factor according to Merlin's plan. As a result, Artoria was born human but carried the magical power of Dragons.
    Magic Circuits were unnecessary, Artoria generated mana just by breathing in harmony with the coursing of her blood. It could be called a "Magical Furnace" that was worlds beyond what mages had to offer.
    ---Fate/Stay Night was originally her story.
    The main theme during early development of Fate was "a story about the Holy Grail and King Arthur", and it had remained unchanged until now.
    A young girl knight fighting in the Holy Grail War.
    I wanted to believe that the dream at the very end would befit her life.

    セイバー【サーヴアント】
    剣士の英霊。 魔力を除いた能力値が水準以上でなければ该当しないサーヴァントタイプ。
    本騙の正ヒロイン。衛宮士郎と契約し、聖杯戦争を戦い抜いていく少女騎士。
    実直かっとことん真面目な性格で、少女らしさを騎士としての誇りで覆っている。
    が、一皮剥けば年相応の少女らしい一面を見せる。
    拗ねると中々許してくれなかったり、勝負事には熱中するあまり周りが見えなくなったり、美味しいものが大好きという元気溌刺さだったり、好きな相手の前では失敗したくない臆病さがあったり、実に気難しいヒロインである、うむ。
    正体はアーサー王。
    性别を男と偽って王を続け、祖国に平和を取り戻し た後、内乱によって命を落とす運命を持っている。
    「Fate」本騙でのアーサー王の扱いは史実と伝説を融合したもので、彼女が王になる前の名をアルトリアとしている。
    性别を偽つての王宮生活は気苦労の連続であったろう。なかでも困ったのが世継ぎの問題だが、マーリンの魔術で事なきを得られたそうだ。本騙での、「殿方の喜ばせ方は知っています」という台詞は、実経験から来たものだったり。
    選定の剣を抜いた時から年をとっておらず、肉体年齢的には土郎より一才ほど下だとか。
    また、アーサー王はブリテンを守る赤い竜である。
    父王ウーサー・ぺンドラゴンはマーリンの計らいで竜の因子を持った後継者を作り、アルトリアは人でありながら竜そのものの魔力を帯びるに至った。
    魔術回路を必要とせず、ただ血液を巡らせ息をするだけで魔力を生成するアルトリアは、魔術師たちとは次元の違う「魔術炉心」と言えるだろう。
    ————「Fate」は元々彼女の物語である。
    聖杯とアーサー王を巡る物語が初期段階における「Fate」のメインテーマであり、それは今も変わっていない。
    聖杯戦争を駆け抜けた少女騎士。
    その果てに見た夢は、彼女の一生に相応しいものだったと信じたい。

  34. Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Volume 10: case. Grand Roll (Lower) - Chapter 5 Part 2
  35. 35.0 35.1
    [v] TYPE-MOON Fes. Official Pamphlet 10th Anniversary Q & A Booklet:

    Q: What do the Quality/Quantity/Composition of Regression to the Age of Gods mean in Beowulf's profile? Do Ploys, Arcueid, and Heroic Spirits have such designations? And what would their number be?

    Q: What do the Quality/Quantity/Composition of Regression to the Age of Gods mean in Beowulf's profile? Do Ploys, Arcueid, and Heroic Spirits have such designations? And what would their number be?

    A: Regression to the Age of Gods represents the extend at which they are capable of reproducing the Mysteries that existed on Earth before True Magic. Consider it to be like that, their own style of Magical Circuits. Quality represents "how distant from what humans are capable of" their pure Mysteries are. Quantity represents power. The higher the quantity, the greater the degree of influence over the surrounding environment. Since Beowulf only has a quantity of C, he can only display his power to an individual, or over a village.
    Composition represents the era of the "Mystery". In terms of magecraft, it would be like Rune, Kabbalah, Black Magic and such.
    Ploys are not of Age of Gods, so they cannot be assigned a number in Regression to the Age of Gods.
    For Arcueid... Princess Arcueid should qualify. "Quality: B Quantity: A++ Composition: Before Common Era, pseudo-deified natural phenomenon"

    Q:べオのプロフィールにあった神代回帰の質/量/編成とは何ですか?プロイやアルクや英霊にも同じものがあるのでしょうか?だとしたらその数値は?

    A:神代回帰は、彼らが魔法以前の地球にあった神秘をどれだけ再現出来るか、といった基準と思ってください。彼ら風の魔術回路ですね。質は高ければ高いほど”人の手に離れた”混じりけのない神秘となり、量はその出力。量が高いほど周囲への影響は大きくなります。量がCのべオは個人や村ぐらいしかその権能を誇示できません。
    編成はどのくらいの年代の神秘を為せるか、というもの。魔術でいうならカバラや黒魔術か......という種別です。
    プロイは神代のものではないので「神代回帰」の測定は当てはまりません。
    アルクは......姫アルク状態ならアリ。「質:B 量:A++ 編成:西暦以前までの、擬神化される自然現象」といったところ。

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