Odd Borzak (オッド・ボルザーク, Oddo Boruzāku?, also romanized as "Odd Vorzak"), the Demonic Bee User (魔蜂使い, Ma Hachi Tsukai?), is a magus who became a Dead Apostle.
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Background[]
Odd was a magus of the Borzak family who became a Dead Apostle. His usage of Dead Apostle Bee familiars in his research brought about great destruction, having destroyed an entire town previously.[1] He was a noted figure in both magus and Dead Apostle society, leading to the Mage's Association placing a bounty on him.[2]
Odd later changed his name and face to conceal himself as an ordinary person without leaving a trail behind.[3] After the Association obtained information that Odd was taking Flight A300 from Paris to New York to meet with allies, they put out a large bounty on him. Natalia Kaminski and Kiritsugu Emiya accepted it, with Kiritsugu traveling to New York to investigate his false identity and kill his allies.[3]
Though his identity and face were unknown, Natalia accepted the task of finding him on the plane among 287 passengers. Natalia found and neutralized him from behind without issue, and managed to destroy the bees kept in his luggage. Her plan failed after it turned out that he had kept more bees inside his body, which proceed to turn the passengers into Ghouls. Though Natalia managed to survive and take control of the plane, it was shot down by Kiritsugu to remove any possibility of the bees escaping into New York.[3]
Despite being ordinary magi unrelated to Odd's experiments, the Mage's Association branded the whole Borzak family as heretical for the purpose of obtaining Odd's left over research. Before a raid by the Clock Tower, Mr. Borzak and Mrs. Borzak were able to transplant some of the Borzak Magic Crest to their daughter Haruri Borzak and let her escape, leaving her as the sole remaining Borzak heir.[4]
Personality[]
Odd is a magus who brings about death and destruction for the purpose of his research.[3]
Appearance[]
Odd has white chin length hair, pale skin, and grey, almost colourless, eyes.
Role[]
Fate/Zero[]
Odd appears in a flashback detailing the events of Kiritsugu Emiya's background.[3]
Fate/Strange Fake[]
Odd does not make a direct appearance in the events of the True and False Holy Grail Wars, however his single surviving family memeber, Haruri Borzak, his granddaughter, serves as one of the True Masters in the War. As revealed, after Odd’s death, his surviving family was branded as a heretics by the Mage's Association due to their relationship to him, when in truth they had simply wanted an excuse to claim and steal his research from them. This eventually lead to the deaths of Mr. Borzak and Mrs. Borzak and orphaning of his grandaughter, which then lead to her grudge against the World of Magecraft and her desire to use the Holy Grail to remove all methods of concealing mystery from the world as revenge.
Prior to being killed, the Borzak couple was able transplant a part of their Magic Crest to Haruri, preventing the Association from taking all of Odd’s work.
Abilities[]
Odd manipulates Dead Apostle Bees (死徒蜂, Shito Hachi?), familiars that use poisonous stingers to increase the number of Ghouls under his power. Considered to be very dangerous, he brings destruction where he travels, having wiped out a town once.[3]
Development[]
Odd was briefly mentioned in Fate/Zero, described in only a few lines. The Fate/Zero anime showed him and Natalia killing him in more detail. His family line was later explored in Fate/strange Fake with the introduction of his granddaughter.
References[]
- ↑ Fate/Zero Anime - Episode 19: "Where Justice is Found"
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 7 - Chapter 23: Day 5, Morning "The Age of Gods and the Modern Age (Daybreak)"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Fate/Zero Volume 4: Flames of Purgatory - Interlude: Sometime, somewhere
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 6 - Chapter 18: "As Dream and Reality are Both Illusion I"