Marisbury Animusphere

Marisbury Animusphere
Portrayals
Japanese VA:	Kenji NojimaWP
English VA:	Chris HackneyWP
Appearances
Primary franchise:	Fate
Appears in:	Fate/Grand Order Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files (Mentioned)
Characteristics
Species:	Human, Magus, Master
Gender:	Male
Magecraft
Department:	Astromancy
Master
War:	First Fuyuki Holy Grail War (Grand Order timeline)
Servant(s):	Solomon (Grand Order timeline)
Affiliations
Organization:	Mage's Association - Clock Tower Chaldea Security Organization
Faction:	Aristocratic Faction
Family members
Bloodline:	Animusphere
Daughter(s):	Olga Marie Animusphere
Relatives:	Fellows Fargos

Marisbury Animusphere (マリスビリー・アニムスフィア, Marisubirī Animusufia^?), also known as Lord Animusphere (ロード・アニムスフィア, Rōdo Animusufia^?), is the head of the Animusphere Magus family and Lord of the Department of Astromancy of the Clock Tower. Marisbury seeks to fulfill the Grand Order of the Animusphere family through the creation of CHALDEAS.

Within the World of Fate/stay night, Marisbury investigates the Fuyuki Holy Grail War and the Greater Holy Grail of Fuyuki, but its corruption renders it useless. He socially abandons his daughter Olga Marie Animusphere after.

Within the World of Fate/Grand Order, he leads Chaldea Security Organization and takes part in the First Fuyuki Holy Grail War of the timeline as the Master of Caster Solomon summoned through the FATE system. Committing suicide after being threatened by Daybit Sem Void to shut down CHALDEAS, his daughter Olga Marie Animusphere takes over Chaldea. The true purpose of Chaldea and CHALDEAS is the enactment of the Human Order Revision Incident in line with Marisbury's Grand Order, although his ultimate goal in doing so remains unknown.

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Background

• Marisbury in front of CHALDEAS.
• Marisbury and Caster after winning the Grail War.
• Marisbury's office in Chaldea.

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Marisbury was a Lord of the Clock Tower and head of the Department of Astromancy. Kirschtaria Wodime was his top student and widely regarded as Marisbury's heir, more so than his own daughter, Olga Marie.

Marisbury won the first Fuyuki Holy Grail War of 2004 with Caster. He used the Holy Grail to wish for the money needed to set up the Chaldea Security Organization. He had determined that he only had ten years left to live, and without outside aid there was no way he could finish CHALDEAS in that timeframe, so the Holy Grail War was a shortcut to hasten its activation. Though he knew the truth about using his Command Spells to force his Servant to commit suicide and start Heaven's Feel, he instead chose to fulfill the propaganda of the Three Founding Families and wish for something only within this world, allowing Solomon to make his own wish and incarnate himself as the Human being Romani Archaman.

Marisbury overseeing the Demi-Servant experiment.

In 2010, he personally oversaw the Demi-Servant summoning of a Heroic Spirit into Mash Kyrielight and reacted coolly to Shielder's attempt to kill him. After the Heroic Spirit went on to hibernate and failed to awaken further, Marisbury nonchalantly expressed to Romani his intentions to send Mash on missions to serve as a catalyst for summoning other Servants. He personally selected the Masters who Mash would accompany on missions so they could use her shield to summon other Servants. The team was designated Team A, also dubbed the Crypters by Marisbury.

• Marisbury threatened by Daybit.
• Marisbury before shooting himself.

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Marisbury died in 2012. He was confronted in his office by Daybit Sem Void, who threatened him with a gun to cancel CHALDEAS. As the choice was between CHALDEAS or his life, Marisbury pulled out a gun of his own and shot himself rather than let CHALDEAS go. The circumstances of his death were nevertheless ambiguous enough that Sherlock Holmes suspected that it was actually a murder that was arranged to look like a suicide.

In 2013, a year after his death, Olga Marie succeeded him as Director of Chaldea.

Appearance

In Fate/Grand Order, his only appearance is as an indistinct silhouette in a flashback. The anime adaptation of Babylonia reveals his true appearance, showing that he has pale hair like his daughter with dull-gold eyes. Having his hair plaited to the side creates a superficial resemblance to Solomon.

Personality

Marisbury was known as man who strove to be an ordinary man, quoted what Sherlock Holmes said "His desire was ordinary, his envy was ordinary, and his love of happiness was ordinary... That's the type of man he was". He had a calm demeanour that never changed, either when faced with being killed by a Servant or when pulling a gun on himself. He possessed the cold-blooded hyperfocus of most Magi to achieve his desire, providing little to no care into his daughter Olga’s upbringing, leaving the task to Olga’s tutor Trisha Fellows in the Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files timeline, and took on the prodigy Magus Kirschtaria Wodime as his heir rather than his blood daughter.

Marisbury very rarely left his territory, such as sending Olga to stand in for him at Lord meetings.

Role

Fate/Grand Order

Nahui Mictlan: Golden Sea of Trees Travelogue

Daybit Sem Void reveals to Chaldea that the events of Cosmos in the Lostbelt have all been due to Marisbury's plans. He calls Marisbury an ally of humanity, but an enemy of the universe, which is why Daybit is opposed to him. If the Animusphere Grand Order is fulfilled it will surely secure the Human Order, but humanity will be forever regarded as the worst form of intelligent life in the universe. Ritsuka Fujimaru and their allies vow to stop Marisbury's plans and decide to travel to Chaldea's base in Antarctica to challenge CHALDEAS.

Lord El-Melloi II Case Files

case. Mystic Eyes Collection Train

Seven years ago, Marisbury hired Doctor Heartless to investigate the Fuyuki Holy Grail War. It is unknown if Marisbury was aware of the methods that Heartless used, but upon finding out that the Grail was corrupted and could not grant his wish, he abandoned the idea of participating in the Holy Grail War. At the same time, he no longer showed any interest in Olga Marie, leaving her entirely in Trisha Fellows' care.

Marisbury's abandonment of his daughter caused her to develop a desperate need to prove herself, not unlike her older counterpart in Fate/Grand Order, and a resentment of people whose efforts are recognized or who don't care if their efforts are recognized. Trisha's concern for her young charge led her to seek answers for Marisbury's sudden change, kick-starting the events that would lead to her death.

After the resolution of the incident, he still refuses to see Olga Marie. She remarks to Reines El-Melloi Archisorte that a time and world where Marisbury's dream was realized through the Greater Grail is one unbeknownst to her. This prompts the girls to strike up an acquaintanceship as two heirs to the title of Lord.

case. Grand Resolution

A Grand Roll, a meeting of the Lords of the Clock Tower, is called to decide on the matter of renovating the Spiritual Tomb of Albion. But instead of attending himself, Marisbury sends Olga Marie as his representative.

Abilities

While the specifics of his abilities are unknown, Marisbury has various accomplishments to his name, including winning a Holy Grail War, establishing the Chaldea Security Organization and its various subsidiaries, gathering the talents of multiple Magi to his cause and training Kirschtaria Wodime as his apprentice. He had the ability to impart special Command Spells called Sirius Light to others.

He was regarded by Lord El-Melloi II as a genius.

Development

Marisbury was first depicted in a flashback in Fate/Grand Order utilizing a generic cloaked NPC sprite. He was first shown with a character design in the Babylonia anime adaptation.