No Face May King: Faceless King (顔のない王, Kao no nai Ō?), called Faceless King (顔のない王, Kao no nai Ō?) in Fate/EXTRA, is Robin Hood's hidden Noble Phantasm, magic clothing that erases any sign of the wearer. Also appears in Fate/Grand Order as the Skill May King.
Robin Hood is an incarnation of nature, introduced and inherited as a custom of the CeltsWP from the Beltane FestivalWP (Spring Festival) after the establishment of the "May FestivalWP", where participants in the festival pray to the forest spirit Jack in the greenWP for the arrival of spring. In the May Festival, they make a circle and dance around a pillar built in the center of the village square where a boy and a girl on the cusp of adulthood would impersonate the "May King" and the "May Queen". The "May King" is a metaphor for Robin Hood, a "transparent king" who added brown accents to his green clothing so that his figure would not be seen.[1]
At the festival, the May King magic costume of green skin is just clothing with ordinary brown accents. Needless to say, with these leaves and brown stems (the Green ManWP) of the costume, Robin Hood is definitely the incarnation of nature. Wearing the May King costume erases any sign so that those who wear it will naturally melt into that appearance. With this, Robin Hood holds the same level of ability as the Fairy PuckWP. It is said to be stronger than the Bow of Prayer on the back of his hand as a one-sided victory cheat item, disabling the readings of both of the combatants in battle.[1] However, Robin Hood cannot use both the Yew Bow's True Name release and No Face May King at the same time.[2]
It does not hide magical energy, but it does completely conceal the wearer's sound and scent. It allows for Robin Hood to be a sniper who hides his figure in this cloak, exhibiting Assassin-like behavior.[1] If he begins to attack, his targets can sense that he is following them, but are unable to actually detect his location. Because such tactics aggravate his chivalrous Master, Dan Blackmore, the use of "Faceless King" was strictly forbidden outside of combat. It can be given to another, such as to Passionlip in Fate/EXTRA CCC in order to conceal the File Folders, but the results were disappointing in Passionlip's hands.[1] She breaks it while attempting to use it as a ribbon due to finding its green color to be pretty, citing how fragile it was for her.
During Chaldea's visit to the Chinese Lostbelt, Leonardo Da Vinci reveals that she created camouflage devices based on No Face May King that can hide one's presence, although not from people in one's immediate vicinity. The device can be attached as a module to Ritsuka Fujimaru's Mystic Codes. They prove crucial in the Chaldeans' movement around the Lostbelt to avoid the constant surveillance of Qin Shi Huang's Holy Vessel.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
[] Fate/EXTRA material - Encyclopedia: Faceless King [Noble Phantasm], p.201 Faceless King [Noble Phantasm]
No Face May King. Green Archer's hidden Noble Phantasm.
Robin Hood is an incarnation of nature, introduced and inherited as a custom of the Celts from the (Spring Festival) Beltane Festival after the establishment of the "May Festival."
In this festival, they make a circle and dance around a pillar built in the center of the village square where a boy who is almost a man impersonates the "May King" and a girl who is almost a woman impersonates the "May Queen."
This "May King" is a metaphor for Robin Hood. At this festival, the May King magic costume of green skin is just clothing with ordinary brown accents. Needless to say, with these leaves and brown stems (Green Man), Robin Hood is definitely the incarnation of nature.
Wearing the May King costume erases any sign, so that those who wear it naturally melt into that appearance.
With this, Robin Hood holds the same level of ability as the Fairy Puck.
Said to be stronger than the Bow of Prayer on the back of Green Archer's hand. Disables the reading of each other in battle, a one-sided victory cheat item.
Robin is a sniper who hides his figure in this cloak, appearing with Assassin-like behavior. Because it aggravates the Master, Dan, the use of "Faceless King" was forbidden outside of combat.
Even in CCC, where it saw a surprising usage, its results were disappointing in Passionlip's hands.顔の無い王【宝具】
- ↑ Fate/EXTRA Last Encore - Episode 05: The Bow of Prayer