The Six Sources of Atlas (アトラスの六源, Atorasu no Roku Gen?) are six families of Alchemist Magi belonging to Atlas of the Mage's Association.
Characteristics[]
Equivalent to the Clock Tower's Twelve Lords in status,[1] the Six Sources, known previously as the Six Sages (六賢, Roku Ken?), represent the six founding families of Atlas.[2] Family lines generally aren't as absolute to Atlas as they are to Clock Tower, but the Six Sources are an exception, even raising heirs.[3] Each family is known to specialize in a system of Magecraft exploring the potential of the body,[1][2] called Traditional Feature.[4]
Kadoc Zemlupus wonders if the Six Sources might have some special organs that ordinary Magi can't even comprehend.[5] While Atlas Magi have little to no Magic Circuits, the Six Sources possess special cells that produce Magical Energy which functions only within their bodies. This ability, their Traditional Features, have been internally developed by the six families in order to awaken the abilities of their bodies.[6]
Known members[]
| Family | Founder | Modern day head | Traditional Feature (Focus of Magecraft) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crudelis | ??? | Log's father | Exoform (エグゾフォルム, Eguzoforumu?) (Manipulation of bones) |
| Eltnam | ??? | Zepia Eltnam Atlasia (Fate Worlds) | Etherlite (エーテライト, Ēteraito?) (Manipulation of nerves) |
| Ishtario | ??? | ??? | Moleculeface (モレクルフェイス, Morekurufeisu?) (Manipulation of skin) |
| ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? |
| ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? |
| ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? |
Development[]
Atlas's leaders in Back Alley Nightmare.
The Six Sources possibly first appeared in Melty Blood Back Alley Nightmare, where five leaders of Atlas spoke to Sialim Eltnam Re-Atlasia, who would be the sixth.[7] While the number and their position as Atlas's leaders match, they were not explicitly called the Six Sources, as the term was not introduced until The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 1: The Man Who Devoured God - Chapter 2 Part 5
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 1: The Man Who Devoured God - Chapter 3 Part 2
- ↑ The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 4: Legacy of the Alchemist (Upper) - Chapter 2
- ↑ The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 4: Legacy of the Alchemist (Upper) - Chapter 1
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Nahui Mictlan: Golden Sea of Trees Travelogue - Section 10: The Day of ORT
- ↑
[] TYPE-MOON BOOKS material -The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Glossary: Atlas Institute [Organization], p.022 Atlas Institute [Organization]
Commonly nicknamed “The Titan’s Cellar.”
An association of alchemists located in the Atlas Mountains, Egypt. The institute of aggregation and measurement.
They were originally one of the three major divisions of the Mage’s Association, but they are less a group of mages and more a group of superpowered individuals who treat their bodies as man-machines.
A self-destructive foundation that continuously builds weapons capable of ruining mankind in order to prevent the ruin of mankind. Their only precept is not to reveal the results of your research to individuals other than yourself.
However, as mentioned in-story, any method capable of preventing the ruin of mankind has a high likelihood of also being capable of causing it. That is a fundamental problem with the Atlas Institute and all its personnel, and much like their Mage’s Association colleagues from the Clock Tower with their inability to reach the Root being caused by their attempts to, they are also burdened with a hopeless karma.
Needless to say, the Black Barrel, the Logos React, the rest of Seven Superweapons, and their related inventions all share this same nature.
On another topic, unlike the people of the Clock Tower, the alchemists affiliated with Atlas have little to no Magic Circuits. However, one group of families called The Six Sources of Atlas possess special cells that produce magical energy that functions only within their bodies. These abilities called Traditional Features are mere checkpoints toward Atlas’s goal but the families internally develop them in order to awaken the abilities of their bodies. The Etherlight of the Eltnam family, for example, was initially developed as pseudo-nerves for medical purposes and eventually reached the point where people can use them without necessarily being an Eltnam, although with some functions restricted (it’s still a fact that only the family can use it to its true potential). Additionally, Sion Eltnam Sokaris has a power named Transparent Body, but you’ll have to read the story to understand just how compatible with Etherlight that makes her.
Oh, “why do only the members of the Six Sources have these cells?”, you ask? See, the Atlas Institute began with…アトラス院【組織】
通称、巨人の穴蔵。
エジプトはアトラス山脈にある錬金術師の協会。蓄積と計測の院。
もとは魔術協会三大部門のひとつだが、魔術師というよりは自身の肉体をマン・マシーンとして扱う異能者たちの集団である。
人類の破滅を回避するために、人類を破滅させる兵器を作り続ける自滅機関。その唯一の戒律は「自己の成した成果は自己にのみ公開する」こと。
ただし、作中で触れていたように、人類の破滅を回避する方法は、かなりの確率で人類を破滅させる方法そのものとなってしまう。これはアトラス院およびアトラス院の関係者が抱える本質的な問題であり、根源に辿り着こうとするがゆえに根源に辿り着けない時計塔のように、同じ魔術協会の彼らもまた、どうしようもない宿業を負ってしまっている。
ブラックバレルやロゴスリアクトなどアトラス院の七兵器や、それに連なる発明品も、同様の性質を持っていることは言うまでもあるまい。
なお、アトラス院に属する錬金術師たちは時計塔と違って、ほぼ魔術回路を持たないが、アトラスの六源と呼ばれる一部家系は「自らの体内のみで動作する魔力を生む」特殊な体細胞を持ち合わせている。家伝特質と呼ばれるこうした能力はアトラス院の目的からすれば瑣末事に過ぎないが、「それぞれの肉体の能力を目覚めさせる」ため、家系の内側で開発が進んでいる。たとえばエルトナム家のエーテライトなどは医療用擬似神経として開発が進み、必ずしもエルトナム家の人間でなくとも一部機能に限定すれば使用可能な域に達しているが、その能力を真に活かせるのは家系の人間のみなのは変わらない。これに加えて、シオン・エルトナム・ソカリスの透明体とも呼ばれた異能が、いかにエーテライトに適していたかは、作中の通り。
いや、そもそもなぜ六源の人間だけが、そんな体細胞を持っているのかというと、アトラス院の始まりが……。 - ↑ Melty Blood Back Alley Nightmare - Chapter 8: "Dream 08"