Van Gogh (ヴァン・ゴッホ, Van Gohho?), Class Name Foreigner (フォーリナー, Fōrinā?), is a Foreigner-class Servant summoned by Ritsuka Fujimaru in Fate/Grand Order.
Profile[]
Identity[]
While Van Gogh is the name displayed on the Saint Graph, her actual True Name is Clytie van Gogh (クリュティエ=ヴァン・ゴッホ, Kuryutie Van Gohho?) due to her status as a Composite Servant. The Foreigner Van Gogh is an illegal Saint Graph brought into existence in Imaginary Number Space somehow by the entity that forms the "Evil God of the Flowers". Its identity is a patchwork Heroic Spirit comprising Clytie from Greek mythos, the painter Vincent van Gogh's memories and artistic talent, and various things such as compatibility with Imaginary Number Space and the vanguard of the evil god itself.[1]
The composition of the spirit origin is as follows:[1]
- 80% Clytie's body and mind[1]
- 5% Painter Vincent van Gogh's memories and artistic skills[1]
- 15% "Black box" of Imaginary Numbers[1]
Appearance[]
Ritsuka Fujimaru claims that Van Gogh looks more grown up and mature in her second Ascension. Her outift is also a little more feminine. Her skin also changes colors.[2]
  Foreigner Stage 1 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Kibadori Rue.  Foreigner Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Kibadori Rue.  Foreigner Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Kibadori Rue.  Foreigner Stage 4 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Kibadori Rue.    |
Personality[]
Van Gogh's personality and body are mainly Clytie's. This is why her appearance mixes flowers and jellyfish as she undergoes Ascension, as well as why she dresses like she's in mourning in her second Ascension, which reflects the deep sadness and regret she constantly experiences. Her low self-esteem and flirtatious smile are likely due to her self-loathing after her own foolish actions cost her everything she loved. Perhaps she is so insistent that she is Van Gogh out of a desire to hide from the parts of her that are not Van Gogh.
Relationships[]
- Captain Nemo
- "Nemo-cha... Captain-sama? They’re really awesome, smart, reliable... But even so I can feel a sort of familiarity... I feel a bond from a far, far away world, or a similarity in our way of being..."[3]
- The one who saved Gogh from an identity crisis during the "Imaginary Scramble" that because a Void Space phenomenon. Even without that, based on the similarities in being Phantom Spirits, roots in recent Europe and Greece, and an extremely strong blessing of the sea, a person with whom Gogh can feel close to based on many points in common.[1]
- Katsushika Hokusai
- "To think I’d meet Hokusai! And to think they’d be a woman! Ah, yes, I want to ask about that Saint Graph peculiarity! How a father and a daughter... I wish I could manifest together with Theo..."[3]
- The artist Gogh was enamored of ukio-e in their previous life, and the reason why he had an admiration for the "country without shadows". An artist worth respecting, and a worthy rival with whom Gogh can compete as an equal... or at least, that's what Gogh thinks one-sidedly.[1]
- Abigail Williams
- "Abby-chan... That devotion is the real deal... That’s why everyone uses it... It’s always like that in every era. But, I don’t understand it. Protecting her innocent devotion. Confronting the filthiness and evil intentions of adults. I wonder which one is the desirable way of being for her..."[3]
- Yang Guifei
- "Yang Guifei-sama and Gogh are in the same class... No matter how much our shape and condition changes, I think that won’t change. I hope Yang Guifei-sama thinks the same..."[3]
- Someone Gogh came to be involved with during the Void Space phenomenon "Imaginary Scramble".
- "I want us to work together and help each other overcome the many dangers that are involved from beginning to end in being a Foreigner Saint Graph. Even if you don't remember. Even if you don't even understand."[1]
- Mysterious Heroine XX
- "XX-sama, right, yes. Being an adult woman is troublesome... From time to time, I’ll brew some coffee... Ehehe... We probably aren’t in gear..."[3]
- Frankenstein
- "“As fellow stitched monsters, let’s get along”, that’s what Fran-chan said. I was really happy... I’m also studying how to face my raison d’être. Hehe... Although it’s a bit incredible that she does things more at her pace than Gogh..."[3]
- As a fellow "patchwork monster", someone with whom Gogh can speak without nervousness.[1]
Role[]
Fate/Grand Order[]
Imaginary Scramble[]
Van Gogh is created by the Evil God of the Flowers to summon other Foreigners in the Imaginary Number Space, empower them with her Noble Phantasm De Sterrennacht, and then invade the planet Earth.[4][5][6][2][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Interludes[]
Interview with Meister[]
A Matter of Theme and ○○[]
Abilities[]
Van Gogh is a patchwork Heroic Spirit created by the Outer Gods by fusing Clytie with Vincent Van Gogh's talent and memories.[1][10] Clytie is a Divine Spirit that descends from the Titans, so her Saint Graph is a lot bigger than most summoned Heroic Spirits.[18] Due to this, her information makes 80% of the entity known as "Van Gogh".[1][18] Van Gogh's Spirit body circulates an unusual kind of Ether at very high densities. Servant blood is usually homeostatic Magical Energy meant to keep their Saint Graph working. However, Van Gogh's blood is one step removed from that. Her Spiritron composition and reactions are similar to a type of plant-based Elixir. Nemo Nurse compares her to a Heroic Spirit using a nonHuman body, like a special kind of Homunculus, for her vessel.[4] Thanks to having Clytie's body, Van Gogh also possesses protections pertaining to the sea that are at least as strong as Captain Nemo's.[4]
When Chaldea physically defeated her evil god's terminal and cut off her link, the Eldritch Power didn't take root. Due to this, Van Gogh didn't go mad when Yang Guifei used the Holy Grail to transform all the Foreigners into their final Ascension during the climax of Imaginary Scramble.[13]
Void Space[]
15% of Clytie Van Gogh's Saint Graph is a black box full of abilities related to Void Space.[1] These properties enable her to fight in ways beyond the bounds of most Magecraft, though only under certain conditions.[18] For example, she can move freely in void space without using Chaldea's compatibility chip or the swimsuits created by BB.[4] She can also create a Holy Grail with all the Magical Energy stored in the Nautilus by altering Void Space a little.[13] Furthermore, thanks to her unique spirit origin, she can eat Void Beingss raw and and digest them into Magical Energy.[4][5]
Combat[]
Captain Nemo claims that Van Gogh's combat skills aren't exactly her specialty.[8]
Due to her Curse of Sunflower skill, Van Gogh is destined to "bloom" as her Insanity and inner-conflict grows stronger. Each Ascension may represent a different stage of this process:
- First Ascension: Captain Nemo believes that attacking the Enemy Ship Alpha in close combat with Servants like Van Gogh, Yang Guifei, Mash Kyrielight, and Summer Osakabehime is a fool's errand.[5] Yang Guifei in possession of a Holy Grail could burn Van Gogh, and was implied to be stronger than her.[13]
- Second Ascension: Nemo Nurse states that she can't find anything noteworthy of this form outside of a marked increase in Magical Energy capacity.[2] On the other hand, Van Gogh claims that she can now help Chaldea without relying on her mysterious Noble Phantasm.[7] She vaguely implied she could take down an Enemy Ship Alpha as well.[2] The combined efforts of Summer Minamoto-no-Raikou, Captain Nemo, and Ritsuka Fujimaru were able to subdue her during one of her suicide attempts.[10]
- Final Ascension: When Van Gogh is infused with enough Eldritch Power, she blooms and manifests her final form.[10][13] In this state, she can fight full power Yang Guifei's Marital Vows of Rainbow Skirts and Feather Robes, and would have killed her if she had used her own Noble Phantasm.[17] When fighting Van Gogh, Gaius Julius Caesar warns Christopher Columbus to use his Noble Phantasm, or whatever secret weapons he may have. Otherwise, their Saint Graphs could end up getting obliterated. Columbus heeds his advice and summons an Enemy Ship, which Van Gogh defeats. Van Gogh also implies that she has resistance to Command Spells, as she claimed that Ritsuka Fujimaru would need all three of them to make her answer a few embarrassing questions.[18]
Skills[]
Class Skills[]
- Existence Outside the Domain (A Rank): One who has descended from the outer realms, the Imaginary Void. Possessed by an evil god, she houses and wields a portent of the god's Authority.[1]
- Insanity (C Rank): Uncertainty and terror. Deviation from harmony and the laws of nature. An abnormal thought process that goes as far as to affect the Weltanschauung of surrounding psyches.[1]
- Item Construction (C- Rank): Thanks to her unique and exceptional artistic talent, she can quickly create works of art that affect the minds of viewers. However, the efficiency and quality of these works varies greatly by her state of mind.[1] In her second Ascension, she could draw a platform for Summer Minamoto-no-Raikou to stand on in Void Space.[7]
- Divinity (B+ Rank): Her divinity as a vanguard of the higher beings that dwell within the outer realms is rather low, but the water nymph Clytie whose form she is based on is a direct descendant of the sea god Oceanus. As such, overall, she has inherited a high divinity. When an identity close to the water spirit is chosen, her divinity increases.[1] When Captain Nemo first met Van Gogh, he theorized that her high ranking divinity was caused by her status as a Foreigner, however, being descended from the Titans explains it much better.[10]
- Curse of Sunflower (A Rank): A unique skill born from the story of the water nymph on whom she is based. She can never commit suicide, with "blooming" instead replacing suicide. Normally this is contained to the extent that some parts of her body are altered in shape, but in serious cases she may metamorphose into the very "Evil God of the Flowers" of her own design.[1] This skill is the reason the Outer Gods combined Clytie with Vincent van Gogh.[10] They wished to have a Servant capable of using Vincent's De Sterrennacht without killing themselves first.[10][18]
Personal Skills[]
- Imaginary Number Arts (B Rank): A Skill combining the special characteristic of being born from Imaginary Numbers and the artistic talent of Vincent van Gogh who possessed a unique perspective on art. A technique of a unique theoretical system that is similar to the Magecraft of Imaginary Numbers yet different.[1] This skill allows her to recreate Van Gogh's pictures and interpret their symbolism to create magecraft phenomena.[18]
- Channel Marker Soul (EX Rank): A Skill due to the "cobbled together" souls of painter and fairy resonating in sympathy over their shared "Insanity of dedicating one's everything" and from being altered by it.[1] It lets her drink madness in the form of Curses to gain new power and use it to guide others.[18]
- Shadow of Longing Falls Upon the Water in the Urn (EX Rank): Upgrade from Channel Marker Soul in Fate/Grand Order.
Noble Phantasms[]
Clytie Van Gogh has two Noble Phantasms, each based on one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings.[18] The first one is named De Sterrennacht, a Reality Marble capable of swallowing the very World with its alternate depiction of reality.[5][9][10] Just like Abigail Williams, it opens a dangerous gate to another world, driving everyone who looks at it mad. The only known exception are other Foreigners, who can understand the higher beings from the Outer Universe. Thanks to their widened mental connection, their Saint Graphs are modified, transforming them into gods.[1][5][9][10] This "deification" state can be made to be temporary, but if her control is lost, it becomes an irreversible alteration. In this case, the target is will stop being a Servant.[1][9] Captain Nemo claims that Van Gogh could have used it to kill all the members of Chaldea aboard the Nautilus during Imaginary Scramble if she was evil.[9] While considered a Threat to Humanity,[9] it can also be used to combat Foreigners.[13] Since the Noble Phantasm targets their spirit origins directly, Van Gogh can alternatively use it to extract the Outer Gods' terminals from them, thereby severing their link permanently.[13] Van Gogh used it to defeat Summer Abigail Williams,[14] Mysterious Heroine XX,[15] and Katsushika Hokusai.[16] She could have used it to defeat Yang Guifei as well, but she refrained from doing so because it would have killed the latter.[17]
Van Gogh's second Noble Phantasm is Het Gele Huis. It brings disaster and destruction to her enemies in the form of the cold wind mistral. On the other hand, her allies inside the Yellow House are empowered through protections and blessings. However, it also Curses people inside the house, so its usage must be balanced with sufficient caution.[1][12] Van Gogh used it to strengthen Summer Frankenstein's Skewered Plasma Blade to the point they could break free and escape from the Evil God of the Flowers.[12]
Vincent van Gogh has a third Noble Phantasm known as Le Père Tanguy. However, the Outer Gods were never interested on it because he was mentally stable when he painted it. Due to this, Clytie Van Gogh can't use it.[13]
Other Capabilities[]
Forms and Alternate Versions[]
Evil God of the Flowers[]
As a side effect of Clytie's Saint Graph, in particular, her Curse of Sunflower, Van Gogh bloomed into the Evil God of the Flowers instead of taking her own life.[1][11] However, Osakabehime points out that she's still just a bud, and that she hasn't reached the blooming stage yet. This was the Evil God's Plan B during the events of the Imaginary Trench; transform Van Gogh into a powerful god in the event they were unable to use De Sterrennacht to deify the other Foreigners. Scáthach-Skadi calls it the advent of an Evil God.[11]
Appearance[]
Although initially mistaken by a massive reef in Void Space, this is actually Van Gogh's real body.Van Gogh's form is spherical, with about a three kilometer diameter. Ritsuka Fujimaru wondered if it was the biggest enemy they had seen up to date. The outside is like a Spirit body's outer shell, complete with a powerful Spiritual Core signal in the center.[11]
Abilities[]
Since Van Gogh was conflicted when attacking the Nautilus, only half of her warhead torpedoes were A-rank explosives. The other half were made up of resources and healing Spells. If she hadn't healed them at the same time they were hitting them, they would have been obliterated.[11]
After rescuing Van Gogh, the massive structure was destroyed from the inside by Summer Minamoto-no-Raikou full power Śakra's Vajra.[12]
Development[]
Creation and Conception[]
Van Gogh was designed by Kibadori Rue in Fate/Grand Order. Her scenario writer is amphibian in Fate/Grand Order.[1]
Comment from Illustrator[]
"So I was told to make a "slightly creepy but cute girl with a dependent, self-deprecating personality" and I was like, what, I love every part of that. So I put my will into it... or more like, all of my soul into it, and that's how I approached the design. It was a lot of fun. Even while keeping to the "sickly flower" concept, I made it so as you go progress from 1st to 2nd to 3rd ascensions it went from a flower you might be familiar with, to a more alien flower (or at least, I hope I did...). I also thought on how to really incorporate "complementary colors", something the painter van Gogh was known for, so the design proposal was about to be a huge chaotic mess. But! Takeuchi-sensei and the writer amphibian-sensei managed to get it all organized really well. I really can't thank them enough." (Kibadori Rue) [1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 Fate/Grand Order material XI - Van Gogh's profile translated by no_goghking at Reddit
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Act Two: The Thunder Shooter's Fishing Ground (2/4)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Fate/Grand Order Lines
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Act One: The Unknowable Reef (1/2)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Act One: The Unknowable Reef (2/2)
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Act Two: The Thunder Shooter's Fishing Ground (1/4)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Act Two: The Thunder Shooter's Fishing Ground (4/4)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Act Three: Rallying Cry from the Calmest Region (1/6)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Act Three: Rallying Cry from the Calmest Region (6/6)
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Act Four: The Unthinkable Dissolving (3/3)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Act Five: The Bottom of the Sea Blooming and Yielding (1/2)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Act Five: The Bottom of the Sea Blooming and Yielding (2/2)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Final Act: Firing a Salute to the Abyss
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Extra Act: Sea of the Foreign Deities (1/5)
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Extra Act: Sea of the Foreign Deities (2/5)
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Extra Act: Sea of the Foreign Deities (3/5)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Imaginary Scramble: Great Void Sea Battle, Extra Act: Sea of the Foreign Deities (4/5)
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8 Fate/Grand Order - Van Gogh's 1st Interlude: Interview with Meister
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Van Gogh's 2nd Interlude: A Matter of Theme and ○○