Qin Shi Huang

Qin Shi Huang

Greater History

(Lostbelt)

Qin Shi Huang
Japanese name:	始皇帝
Appearances
Primary franchise:	Fate
Appears in:	Fate/Grand Order
Characteristics
Species:	Human
Gender:	Male

Servant stats
True Name:	Qin Shi HuangWP
Type:	Heroic Spirit
Source:	Historical Fact
Region:	China
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Qin Shi Huang^WP (始皇帝^WP, Shikōtei^?, lit. "First Emperor") is a Heroic Spirit who ruled as the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty^WP.

Profile

Background

Also known as Ying Zheng (嬴政^?) and dubbed the "Son of Heaven", Qin was noted as the most celebrated figure in Chinese history.

Unifying mainland China by 221 BC, he took the name of First Emperor. He was the target of a failed assassination attempt by Jing Ke.

In life, Qin attempted to gain eternal youth and life by becoming a Zhenren through the use of immortality elixir made with Chinese alchemy. One of his attempts to obtain it has him request Xu Fu to find the key to immortality, conferring onto her a fleet of soldiers, sailors and 3000 virgin boys and girls for the expedition. Ironically in the end, the repeated long-term use of the failed alchemic elixir had caused Qin to die from fatal mercury poisoning.

Role

Fate/Grand Order

Short Story Heroic Spirit Lore ~Jing Ke~

Story detailing Jing Ke's attempted assassination.

Interlude: The Wind Blows, The River Freezes

During Jing Ke's interlude, Qin Shi Huang is represented by a shadow Gilgamesh in a simulation of his assassination in Jing Ke's interlude in Fate/Grand Order.

SIN: Land of Unified Knowledge

Main article: Qin Shi Huang (Lostbelt)

Qin Shi Huang is the King of the Chinese Lostbelt, having succeeded in his quest for immortality in 210 BC.

Interlude: The Arbiter’s Melancholy

Qin Shi Huang appears as a vengeful spirit in a singularity in which he brought his kingdom to ruin. Ritsuka Fujimaru and the Lostbelt Qin face off against him.

Other appearances

In Fate/strange Fake, Mr. and Mrs. Kuruoka obtain the Godfelling Crossbow, a Noble Phantasm and catalyst, to summon Qin Shi Huang as a Servant for the False Holy Grail War. They believe that he will be a Heroic Spirit that requires deference even from the summoner. He is never summoned due to their daughter obtaining Command Spells and her own Servant. Later, inside the dream world of Doomsday Come, Jiao, a spirit related to the crossbow, manifests. They help Tsubaki and give the crossbow to Sigma.

Abilities

In life, Qin Shi Huang accomplished many great feats that would become the foundation for China's later prosperity. The most notable were centralizing power through a county and prefecture system, creating a consolidated currency and measuring unit, and the establishment of a transportation network. The Qin empire was very much ahead of its time in many ways, however, it collapsed due to political instability after Shi Huang’s death. The subsequent rise and fall of many other dynasties produced a degree of instability that prevented China from making progress as a civilization. Da Vinci claims that if Qin had remained as the sole power in China, there is no doubt that it would have reached a point where it would have easily swallowed up neighboring countries which could, in turn, have sped up humanity’s overall progress considerably.

Noble Phantasms

One of Qin Shi Huang's Noble Phantasms (Godfelling Crossbow) has been recovered in modern times, and it is usable as a weapon even by normal magi as a Master's Noble Phantasm.

Development

Creation and Conception

The design for the Qin of the Proper Human History was the original design prepared by Toh Asuma before the specifics of the Lostbelt version were given to him.

Qin, rather than Jiao, was originally going to appear in the role of the spirit that appears from the Godfelling Crossbow in Fate/strange Fake, planned with the series' original release five years prior. Due to the character appearing in Fate/Grand Order, Narita developed a new character to appear, commenting that it worked out because the new character was fun to write.