Eight members
The Alter Ego - Tamamo Nine (アルターエゴ・タマモナイン, Arutā Ego - Tamamo Nain?), better known as the Tamamo Nine, are a group of nine Heroic Spirits consisting of Tamamo-no-Mae and eight Alter Egos of her. They are formed after Tamamo's scenario in Fate/EXTRA CCC in which she regrows her tails to defeat the Moon Cell and save Hakuno Kishinami. She then severs the tails, and seals them in the Imaginary Number Dimension. But they somehow escaped and went on a rampage. Divine mystery was granted to each and they became independent Heroic Spirits. The eight bear a grudge against the original for "betraying" them. They also bear a grudge against Hakuno as they consider that the master shares the guilt with the original Tamamo for their betrayal.[1] Tamamo Cat claims that she just wanted to lose weight quickly and cut them off to do so, but her story is dubious at best.
Characteristics[]
While all the members share the same figure as Tamamo-no-Mae they all have different appearances and personalities. Each of them wears different colored kimono and has their own signature hairstyle, such as Tamamo Cat with red kimono and blunter sidehair when compared to the original.
While Tamamo Vitch Koyanskaya shares a name and appearance with Tamamo, she manifested using Tamamo's Saint Graph as her vessel for incarnation due to the similarities of their base attributes as "beasts that should live to obtain revenge on humanity."[2]
Members[]
While all designs for all nine members have been shown, only three have directly appeared. Four others have been given names, but they have not been attributed to specific designs. Three of the nine are said to have their "settings" "suitably changed" in accordance with the trends of the time.
In Fate/EXTELLA, one other Tamamo appears before Hakuno and Tamamo, styled in a high schooler sailor uniform that Tamamo had worn in a previous scene where she roleplayed as a high school girl using her Territory Creation skill. Self-described as an aspiring idol, this Tamamo states that although her name is also Tamamo she isn't the same person as the existing Tamamo, who doesn't know if she is related to the Tamamo Nine or not.
| Name | Class | Color | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamamo-no-Mae | Caster | Blue | The original one |
| Tamamo Cat | Berserker | Red | The "wild beast" Crystallization of Tamamo's more pure and sincere aspects |
| Tamamo Aria | Rider | Yellow | The "strange one" |
| Tamamo Vitch | Unknown | Unknown | The "talented beautiful secretary" |
| Tamamo Gucci | Unknown | Unknown | Likes expensive things First mentioned during Tamamo's ending in Fate/EXTRA CCC. |
| Tamamo Delmo | Unknown | Unknown | The "supremacy of the home" |
| Tamamo-no-Hime | Unknown | Unknown | The "noncommittal princess" |
| Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Development[]
Internally, TYPE-MOON has a rule about releasing no more than one Tamamo Nine member per new Fate title. For Fate/Grand Order this was Tamamo Cat, and for Fate/Samurai Remnant it was Tamamo Aria.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Fate/EXTRA CCC, Caster route ending
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Beast IV: L profile translated by Justiciar_Jyggalag
- ↑ Famitsu Fate/Samurai Remnant artist interview Translated by ComunCoutino