Master (マスター, Masutā?) is a designation given to an individual, usually a magus, who has become one of the formal participants of the Holy Grail War by obtaining Command Spells and forming a contract with a Servant.
Characteristics[]
Under ordinary circumstances, a Master is always a spellcaster, usually a Magus with a Magic Circuit, who is selected by the Grail. It is possible for an ordinary person to become a Master, as in the case of Souichirou Kuzuki, as well as untrained individuals such as Ryuunosuke Uryuu, though this is rare.
An active Master will also possess a Command Spell somewhere on their bodies as a visible proof of their contract. It is not possible for a person who is not a Master to steal Command Spells to become a Master, but a Master creating a Book of the False Attendant can provisionally transfer it so long as the person retains the book.
A Master that is providing magical energy to a Servant will "leak" magical energy in a volume that is easily detectable to most spellcasters. The leakage is distinctive, allowing a Magus to determine that the Master has a contract with a Servant.
Masters get a form of Clairvoyance called "Master's Perspective".[1] As Masters, they are able to see information regarding Servants they've observed in the manner that is most easily understandable for them.[2] Shirou Emiya sees it as character sheets,[3] while Tiné Chelc sees them as speeds of the currents of six rivers flowing from a mountain.[4] Since she isn't a proper Master, the false Ayaka cannot perceive Servant parameters.[5]
A Master is always a Master, whether he currently has a Servant or not, as long as he still has the Command Spell. A Master without a Servant can make a pact with an unclaimed Servant at will, though having too many Servants is hazardous to the health of a Master due to magical energy consumption. This also means that a Master can claim a new Servant regardless of the length of time since his last Servant.
Under the Fuyuki-related systems, it is possible for a Master to contract with as many Servants as they wish, but even excellent magi cannot materialize more than one Servant at once. The result would just be splitting their potential power by the number of Servants.[6] Kirei Kotomine, Caster, Sakura Matou, and Shirou Kotomine avoid that obstacle by using alternate energy sources to provide magical energy for a number of Servants at once. Under the Moon Cell system, all Servants have a direct connection to the ID of their Masters, so the system inherently prohibits Masters from possessing more than one contract.[7] Chaldea Security Organization's FATE system allows for hundreds of Servants to be materialized at once under the same Master by providing for their magical energy needs and augmenting the amount of magical energy they can hold. That said, due to the difficulty of coordinating the activities of multiple Servants and the risk of causing unnecessary strain on the Master only a handful of them are deployed at any given time; the remaining Servants remain on standby in Chaldea but can be called upon for aid whenever they are needed.
Multiple Masters[]
Through manipulation of the Holy Grail War system by a sufficiently proficient magus, it is possible to separate the rights of a Master between multiple individuals. Implemented in the Fourth Fuyuki Holy Grail War by Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, he was able to separate the right of bearing the Command Spells and the right of supplying magical energy between himself and his fiancee Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri.[8]
The El-Melloi Classroom use Kayneth's process as the basis by which to split the Master rights and Command Spells for True Rider between thirty different individuals.[9]
Magical Paths[]
In providing magical energy to their Servant, they are connected by Magical Paths to facilitate the energy. The Master has complete control over how much energy is granted, allowing them to have hold over the actions of the Servant except in cases where they possess Independent Action. They can limit the energy to keep the Servant at a level below themselves like Caster's original Master, and they can cut it off to force Servants into spiritual form. The Servants have some control over accepting the energy, allowing Rider to exclusively use his own energy to actualize his Noble Phantasm to keep from draining his Master to death due to his inferior ability as a magus. It is possible to redirect the paths to other magi, allowing for the burden on the main Master to be greatly reduced. If there is a problem in establishing the paths or if the Master is unable to provide energy due to being a normal human, the Servant will be limited to only their current stock of energy unless they establish outside means like draining from the leylines or eating human souls.
Masters and Servants share a deep mental connection, so it has been observed that both can see visions of each other's pasts in the form of dreams. It is a known phenomenon said to have widely occurred in the first three Fuyuki wars, the derivative wars of the Fate/Apocrypha world, and the Grand Orders, so those who know of it do not find the experience to be mysterious.[10][11] While Servants do not need to sleep and do not normally have the capacity to dream even if they force themselves to do so for the purpose of saving energy, Servants can see the pasts of Masters as dreams as well. The viewers sometimes only realize the dreams' nature after waking and are sometimes conscious of themselves within the dreams, but are unable to reject them even if it means intruding on the mind of the other.[12][13]
Goals[]
Traditionally, a Master is an individual who has formed a contract with a Ghost Liner type Familiar, for the purpose of acquiring the Holy Grail of Fuyuki City. There are no actual restrictions on how the contract is used, when it is made, or how long it lasts, but the Servant inevitably has goals of its own which complement those of the Master.
Creation[]
In order to become a Master, a person must successfully summon a Servant through the use of a specific Formal Craft ritual. Upon completion, the Master must formalize a contract with the Summoned Servant by acknowledging their respective roles. The process creates a link between the two, allowing the Master to support the Servant with their magical energy or an external source.
In every known case, with one exception, Masters only occur through the power of the Great Grail of Fuyuki City. The Grail both selects prospective Masters according to their need and provides the majority of the energy needed to manifest and maintain the Servant. It also provides the Command Spells which grant limited control of the Servant to the Master.
The one exception to the rule is the case of Illyasviel von Einzbern, who successfully summoned Berserker without the aid of the Grail through the techniques of the Einzbern family. Her Command Spells were physically inscribed on her body with an unknown power source. The Grail recognized her as a legitimate Master, despite the abnormality, as she had the aptitude to become the vessel of the Lesser Grail.
Card User[]
Card Users (カード使用者?) are those participating in the Ainsworth Holy Grail Wars. Instead of summoning Servants as familiars, Card Users use Class Cards to imbue the power of Heroic Spirits directly into their bodies to fight each other.
References[]
- ↑ Fate/Zero Volume 2: The Mad Feast of Kings - Act 5 Part 2 - 149:47:12
- ↑ Fate/Apocrypha Volume 1: Apocrypha: Great Holy Grail War - Chapter 1
- ↑ Fate/stay night - Fate route - Day 4: Partner - Contract Established
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Chapter 7: Day 1, Afternoon (1) "The Canon of the Demigods"
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 2 - Chapter 5: Day 1, Dawn "The Shadow in the Dark"
- ↑ Fate/stay night - Fate route - Day 12: Interval Level4 - Saber, sulking
- ↑ Fate/EXTRA - Week 3 Day 3
- ↑ Fate/Zero - Volume 2: The Mad Feast of Kings - ACT.5 Part 2 -149:47:12
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake - Volume 7
- ↑ Fate/Zero Volume 2: The Mad Feast of Kings - Act 8 Part 1 -122:18:42
- ↑ Fate/Apocrypha Volume 2: Round Dance of Black / Festival of Red - Chapter 2
- ↑ Fate/stay night - Fate route - Day 11: DragonSlay - The king's memories
- ↑ Fate/stay night - Fate route - Day 12: Interval Level4 - Saber (III)
Concepts |
Bounded Field • Conceptual Weapon • Magic (Second Magic • Third Magic • Fifth Magic) • Magical Spells (Astromancy • Gradation Air • Flash Air • Tuning) • Marble Phantasm • Mystic Code • Mystic Eyes (Mystic Eyes of Death Perception) • Psychic • Reality Marble |
Creatures |
Bicorn • Centaur • Daemon • Dead Apostle • Demon • Demon Boar • Divine Spirit • Doll • Dragon • D'yavol Tron • Fairy • Familiar • Gazer • Giant • Golem • Homunculus • Human • Hydra • Lamia • Magician • Magus • Mixed-Blood • Oni • Outer God • Phantasmal Species • Soul Eater • Sphinx • Spirits • Vampire • Ultimate One • Tengu • True Ancestor • Witch • Wizard • Xian • Yaga |
Holy Grail War |
Anti-Hero • Catalyst • Command Spell • Blackening • Greater Holy Grail of Fuyuki • Lesser Holy Grail of Fuyuki • Heroic Spirit • Holy Grail • Incarnation • Master • Mirror World • Overseer • Noble Phantasm • Parameter Rules • Saint Graph • Servant (Class Card • Demi-Servant • Grand Servant • High-Servant • Pseudo-Servant • Servant Universe) • Servant classes • Skill |
Organizations |
Holy Church (Burial Agency (Remake)) • Chaldea Security Organization • Demon Hunter Organization • Mage's Association (Clock Tower • Atlas • Wandering Sea) • Spiral Manor • Summit Court • The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors (Remake) |
Terms |
Advantage • Akasha • Authority • Anti-Purge Defense • Counter Force • Incantations • Immortality • Elements • World • World of Magecraft • Magic Circuit • Magical Energy • Magic Crest • Magical Workshop • Mystery • Soul • Spiritron • Starlog • Resurrection • Texture • Time Travel • Tradition Protection • Parallel World • Quantum Time-Lock • Underworld |
Main works |
Fate/Zero (Anime • Manga) • Fate/stay night (Fate (Anime • Manga) • Unlimited Blade Works (Anime • Movie • Manga) • Heaven's Feel (Movies • Manga)) • Fate/hollow ataraxia (Manga) |
Fate/Extra series |
Fate/EXTRA (Manga • Last Encore • Record) • Fate/EXTRA CCC (Manga) • Fate/EXTRA CCC Fox Tail • Fate/EXTELLA • Fate/EXTELLA LINK |
Fate/Grand Order series |
Fate/Grand Order (Anime (First Order • Moonlight/Lostroom • Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia • Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot • Grand Temple of Time: Solomon) • Manga (Epic of Remnant (Agartha • Salem • SE.RA.PH • Shimousa • Shinjuku) • mortalis:stella • turas réalta) • Stage Plays (Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot • Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia • The Grand Time Temple: Solomon)) • Fate/Grand Order Arcade • Fate/Grand Order Duel • Fate/Grand Order From Lostbelt • Fate/Grand Order: Heian HEROES Piyo Works • Fate/Grand Order: The Heroic Spirit Food Chronicles • Fate/Grand Order: Medb・Medb・Medb! Shimo Aono Works • Fate/Grand Order VR • Fate/Grand Order Waltz in the MOONLIGHT/LOSTROOM • FGO 5th Anniversary "under the same sky" • FGO Mystery Novel Anthology: Chaldea Case Files • Heroic Spirit Lore ~Henry Jekyll/Hyde~ • Murder at the Kogetsukan • Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ • A Study in the Dubious Meiho Manor • Yokai PARADE Piyo Fate/Grand Order Works |
Other Works |
Dominate Grail War • Fate/Apocrypha (Anime • Manga) • Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA (Anime) • Fate/Labyrinth • Fate:Lost Einherjar • Fate/Prototype • Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver • Fate/Requiem • Fate/strange Fake (Manga) • Fate/type Redline • Fate/unlimited codes • Fate/unpublished material • Fate/Zero Next Encounter • Garden of Avalon • The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II • The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II |
Parody Works |
Carnival Phantasm (Take Moon) • Fate/Grand Carnival • Fate/Freedom Order • Fate/GUDAGUDA Order • Fate/KOHA-ACE • Fate/Grand Order Gutentag Omen • Fate/Grand Order Gutentag Omen Adios • Fate/Grand Order MyCraft Lostbelt • Fate/Grand Order Quest • Fate/Ixtella • Fate/mahjong night: Holy Tile War • Fate/Pixel Wars • Fate/school life • Fate/stay night Comic Battle • Fate/tiger colosseum • Fate/Zero Black • Koha-Ace • Learn with Manga! FGO • Teach Us FGO! The Grand Order of Greats and Legends • Today's Menu for Emiya Family • TYPE-MOON Academy Chibichuki! |
Organizations |
Caren Series • Chaldea Security Organization • Church • Crypters • Clan Calatin • Enforcement Knight • Four Flush • Four Heavenly Kings • German Third Reich(Artificial Heroic Spirit Soldiers Held Krieger) • Godbreaker Alliance • Hassan-i-Sabbah • Heroic Spirit Swordmaster • Hornet • Imperial Japanese Army • Japan's Three Great Monsters • Knights of Fianna • Knights of the Red Branch • Knights of the Round Table(Lion King • Lostbelt) • Lōkapāla • Machine God • Mage's Association(Clock Tower • Atlas • Wandering Sea) • Marble Trading Company • New Five Great Mafias • Nine Fox Foundation • Nine Worthies • Olympian Soldier • Olympus Defense Force • Sakura Five • Shingon Tachikawa School(Eiten) • Shinsengumi • Tamamo Nine • Thorn • Twelve Olympians • Twelve Paladins of Charlemagne • Western European Plutocracy • Zugzwang |
Terms |
Admirable Great Tactics • Advantage • Age of Gods • Ahnenerbe • Argonauts • Bajiquan • Divine Construct • Divine Spirit • Dragon • Dragon Smoke • Fuyuki City • Grand Order • Heroic Spirit • Hero of Justice • Lostbelt King • Magecraft • Magical Girl • Master • Moon Cell • Night Wars of the British Empire • Noble Phantasm • Parameter Rules • Round Table • Saberface • Saint • Servant(Alter • Class Card • Demi • Grand • High • Lily • Pseudo • Santa • Servant Universe) • Servant Universe • Skill • Wild Hunt |
Holy Grail Wars |
Fuyuki • Moon • True & False • Great • Ainsworth • Tokyo • Imperial • "After" • Subcategory • Grand Orders |