Yew Bow: The Bow of Prayer (祈りの弓, Inori no Yumi?) is a crossbow made from the wood of one of the Yew trees from Sherwood ForestWP, which Robin Hood used as his base of operations. He makes use of it as a regular bow to shoot arrows and utilizes poison arrows to poison his targets. Also his trump card, once the bow's name is invoked, it has the ability to instantaneously amplify and surge out any impurities stockpiled in the target's stomach, such as poison and diseases. If the target is poisoned for example, it will make that poison explode like gunpowder, dealing extreme damage close to a lethal dose of poison.[3][4] If invoked in the situation the target is poisoned, it strengthens the current poison already afflicting the target, increasing the poison damage in addition to extending the effect of poison by another turn, while adding the even deadlier poison of the Yew tree to stack on top of that.[2]
The bow can materialize a number of roots that swarm around the target and take the form of a tree that subsequently bursts and withers. His Yew Bow houses ultra-nature powers such as the extremely strong poison from the Yew tree, and the ability to reproduce Sherwood Forest.[4] Besides being simply a weapon effect, it is possible to dye the surroundings with the poison of the Yew tree with an arrow fired and pierced onto the ground acting as the origin, turning the area into a space of poison.[2]
The Yew Bow's Noble Phantasm projectile is not an arrow, but rather an explosion trigger for the impurities within the target's body. It does not have to pierce through the body. Even if the target deflects the projectile, they will still explode. However, Robin Hood cannot use both the Yew Bow and No Face May King at the same time.[5]
The act of making a bow from a Yew, which are holy arbor for the CeltsWP and in Northern Europe, in the Forest of Sherwood has ceremonial connotations of "becoming one with this forest." It is said that the Yew is a tree that leads to the world of the dead, and Robin Hood, perhaps knowing of that, said "I want to be buried at the place where this arrow drops" before firing an arrow at the end of his life. The arrow hit the root of a Yew tree as was expected, and accordingly to his wishes, he was buried by the side of the big tree along with his beloved partner.[3][4] It was by this sequence of events that his bow made from only the wood of a Yew tree came to be imbued with enough power to be used as a Noble Phantasm.[4] In Fate/EXTELLA LINK, it is shown to have a grenade and rapid-fire cartridge attachments.
Development[]
huke is the weapon designer for Yew Bow.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
[] Fate/EXTRA material - SERVANT Parameter and Skills: SERVANT ARCHER, p.010 SERVANT ARCHER
- Master: Dan Blackmore
- Identity: Robin Hood
- Gender: Male
- Height, Weight: 175cm/65kg
- Alignment：Neutral Good
- Strength: C
- Endurance: C
- Agility: B
- Mana: B
- Luck: B
- Noble Phantasm: D
Class Skills
■ Magic Resistance: D
■ Independent Action: A
Personal skills
■ Subversive Activities: A
Noble Phantasm
■ Yew Bow: The Bow of Prayer
Rank: D
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 4 ~ 10
Maximum number of targets: 1 Person
アーチャー
- マスター：ダン・ブラックモア
- 真名：ロビンフッド
- 性別：男性
- 身長・体重：１７５ｃｍ／６５ｋｇ
- 属性：中庸・善
- 筋力：C
- 耐久：C
- 敏捷：C
- 魔力：B
- 幸運：B
- 宝具：D
クラス別筋力
■ 対魔力：D
一工程による魔術行使を無効化する。
魔力避けのアミュレット程度の対魔力。
■ 単独行動：A
マスターからの魔力供給を断っても自立できる能力。
ランクAならば、マスターを失っても一週間は現界可能。
保有スキル
■ 破壊工作：A
戦闘を行う前、準備段階で相手の戦力をそぎ落とす才能。
トラップの達人。ランクAならば、相手が進軍してくる前に六割近い兵力を戦闘不能に追い込むことも可能。ただし、このスキルが高ければ高いほど英雄としての霊格は低下していく。
宝具
■ 祈りの弓
ランク：D
種別：対人宝具
レンジ：4～10
最大補足：一人
ロビンフッドが拠点としたシャーウッドの森の、イチイの本から作った弓。
標的が腹に溜めこんでいる不浄を瞬間的に增幅・流出さセる。
対象が毒を帯びているなら、その毒を火薬のように爆発さセ、致死量に近いダメージを与える。
EXTRAでは対象のステー夕スが「毒」状態である事が成立の条になっている。解毒アイテムは忘れずに。 - Master: Dan Blackmore
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Fate/Grand Order material I - Robin Hood, p.116-125
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
[] Fate/EXTRA - Robin Hood (Archer) Matrix [T] Class: Archer
Master: Dan Blackmore
True Name: Robin Hood
Noble Phantasm: Yew Bow: Holy Bow of Supplication
Keyword: Sherwood Forest, Faceless King
Strength: C, Defense: C, Agility: B, Magic: B, Luck: B
Anti-Magic: D, Independence: A+, Subversion: EXKewords 01 - Yew Bow: Holy Bow of Supplication
The wood used to make the yew bow wielded by this Servant was taken from a specific tree located in the forest he used as his base of operations. It has the power to identify and amplify any impurities (both physical and mental), causing them to explode with incredible force.
Yew trees have many mystical and religious connotations attributed to them by Celtic beliefs, and the act of making bow from the wood of a yew was seen a contract to "become one with the forest." It was also believed the yew trees served as a signpost for the deceased to guide them to the afterlife. It was this connection between the yew and death that caused this Servant to remark that he wanted to be buried where his final arrow fell. To nobody's surprise, it landed at the foot of the yew tree where he first got the wood to make his bow.
02 - Sherwood Forest
In the distant past, it was the forest said to be the place where a famous chivalrous thief fought against the tyrant John, Richard the Lionheart's younger brother and ruler in absentia while Richard was away on the Crusades. It is also a forest that, according to Druid beliefs, is where fairies dwell.
03 - Faceless King
A king without form who, according to the Celtic tradition, appears in the May Day Festival that follows the Festival of Beltane. He is also seen as a personification of nature who used copious amounts of green and brown in his clothing in order to completely blend in with his surroundings.０１ - 祈りの弓
このサーヴァントが拠点とした森にある、イチイの木から作った弓。
標的が腹に溜め込んでいる不浄を瞬間的に増幅・流出させる力を持つ。
対称が毒を帯びているなら、その毒を火薬のように爆発させるのである。
イチイはケルト、北欧における聖なる樹木の一種であり、かの森のイチイから弓を作るという行為は「この森と一体である」という儀式を意味する。
また、イチイは冥界に通じる樹とされる。
このサーヴァンはその特性を知ってか、末期の時には「自分をこの矢が落ちた場所に埋葬して欲しい」と言って矢を放った。
矢は果たしてイチイの木の根元に刺さり、彼は望み通り、親愛なるパートナーだった大樹の元に埋葬されたという。
０２ - シャーウッドの森
かつて、暴君ジョン失地王に抵抗したある義賊が活躍した森。
ドルイド信仰に満ちた、精霊の宿る森。
０３ - 顔のない王
ケルトの習慣であるベルティーン祭を受け継いだ五月祭に現れる、透明の王。森の人。
彼は緑色の異象に茶色のアクセントをつけた、姿の見えない自然の化身とされた。Skills Anti-Magic [D]
Cancels single-action spells.
It also bestows magical resistance equal to that normally provided by a physical talisman such as an amulet.
Independence [A+]
This ability allows him to remain independent by rejecting any kind of support from his Master.
When this skill reaches rank A, he can remain in the world for a full week, even if his Master were to be defeated.
Subversion [A]
This skill allows one to seriously reduce their enemy's might before facing them in battle.
It is an ability used by those who mastered the art of setting traps.
Upon achieving an A rank in this skill, one can disable almost 60% of their enemy's forces before they get the chance to advance.
However, the higher the ranking of this skill, the lower one's reputation as a hero becomes.対魔力[D]
一工程による魔術行使を無効化する。
魔力除けのアミュレット程度の対魔力。
単独行動[A]
マスターからの魔力供給を断っても自立できる能力。
ランクAならば、マスターを失っても一週間は現界可能。
破壊工作[A]
戦闘を行う前、準備段階で相手の戦力をそぎ落とす才能。
トラップの達人。
ランクAならば、相手が進軍してくる前に六割近い兵力を戦闘不能に追い込むことも可能。
ただし、このスキルが高ければ高いほど英雄としての霊格は低下していく。Details 01 - Character Background
While the origins of the legend of the chivalrous thief who dwelt in the Sherwood Forest are a subject of consent and spirited debate, it is generally acknowledged that there was an actual person who held the name Robin Hood and that he died at the hands of his aunt, the prioress of Kirklees, who is believed to have bleed him to death in his guise of administering aid for his wounds. However, many of the exploits attributed to him are a curious amalgamation of Celtic, Greek, and Druid mythologies.
One of the persistent of the Robin Hood legends identifies him as a faceless hero who was born from the prayers of the British Isles. Weary of the seemingly endless incursions and invasions of their country, they asked the heavens for someone to fight off the foreign invaders. A concurrent legend pegs Robin Hood as a representation of the "Green Man", a spirit of the woods who would carry out the actions and deeds that the common layperson could not. It was this belief that transformed the name into a title assumed by a number of nameless, faceless heroes who took up the mantle of protecting the people.
Those who assume the identity of Robin Hood tend to be very conflicted young men. Incredibly virtuous and honorable, yet always working out of the shadows like an assassin or thief , there seems to be slight tinge of cowardice to their makeup. To cover the self-loathing that also seems to be part of every Robin Hood's personality, they all uniformly adopt a somewhat combative and derisive attitude. And though every person to adopt the Robin Hood persona truly values life above all else, they have little appreciations for their own.
Like the original Robin Hood, he is under the protection of the fairies and is well-versed in the archaic lore of the Druids. And like all "defender of the forest" his knowledge of naturally occurring medicines and poisons is seconds to none.
02 - "Robin Hood"
Just one of the many young men to take up the title, this particular incarnation was a virtual outcast, living on the fringes of the village located near the spot where his parents had died. Almost against his will, he was caught up in a battle to repel and attack by a nearby lord's army and successfully led those who fought by his side to victory. As he never identified himself during the course of the fight, he was referred to as the mythical "Green Man" by the villagers he had helped save.
The only child of a wandering Druid, he was orphaned at a very young age when both of his parents died suddenly. As the son of a Druid, he instinctively knew how to survive in the forest and was able to communicate with the spirits known as fairies. It was this ability that made him an outcast in his village, as the villagers were suspicious of his powers and accused him of being possessed. Although the villagers held no love for him, nor he for them, he felt obligated to help them in any way he could.
With his successes against the tyranny of the local lords to spur him on and the hopes and wishes of the villagers pinned to his deeds, he took up the bow and mantle and became the latest incarnation of Robin Hood. And like those who came before him, he dresses in clothes of Lincoln green, armed himself with a bow of yew and surrounded his identity and true self for the good of others.
However, no good deed goes unpunished, and the villagers quickly turned on him in hopes of channeling the anger of the local nobility away from themselves and on to this mysterious rogue who rampaged through the forest, claiming that they had no knowledge of who he was nor did they ever claim to be thankful for his help in preserving the village. Even though the people he vowed to help turned on him, he continued to protect and assist them from the shadows. With every poisoning, every ambush, his reputation as a coward and criminal grew, despite his honorable intentions.
After two years of almost constant fighting, he was eventually betrayed and assassinated by one of the local lords whose ire he had raised. It was this young man, who fought so that others could lead the quiet life he dreamed of, that joined the ranks of Legendary Souls found worthy in the Holy Grail Wars.０１ - 人物背景：
大本の伝説は、シャーウッドの森に潜む義賊から。
オリジナルのロビンフッドは暴君ジョン失地王に抵抗したが、カークリースの修道院にて修道院長の陰謀によって出血多量で死亡したとされる。
ギリシャ神話のオリオンとケルト神話の妖精たち、そしてドルイド信仰とが融合して誕生した義賊。
モデルとなる人物は存在するが、それが複数混合した結果と思われる。
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ロビンフッドはもともと、度重なる諸外国からの侵入を受けたイギリス人たちの「祈り」から生まれた顔のない英雄である。
古代ヨーロッパに登場する森の人グリーンマンの化身として考えられるのは、彼が民衆が生んだ“願望”であることを示唆している。
その時代にいた小さな英雄が、人々の願いを受けて顔のある英雄・ロビンフッドの名を襲名していた。
このアーチャーも、そんな“英雄を襲名した”名も無き狙撃手の一人である。
善良で、やや小心もの。
正義にこだわる青臭い自分を隠すため、不真面目な素振りをしている。
死よりも生を尊重し、生き抜いた末に温かいものが残ればいい、と考えているようだ。
もっとも、それらは彼の人生で手に入れる事がなかったものなので「そんなものは夢物語みたいなもんだ」と肩をすくめるだけであるが。
オリジナルのロビンフッドと同様、精霊の加護を持ち、ドルイド僧としての知識を持つ。
このアーチャーが自然界の毒に精通しているのは、彼が優れた“森の守り手”である証拠だろう。
０２ - 『ロビンフッド』
このロビンフッドは、数ある“ロビンフッド”たちの一人にすぎない。
もともとは村の厄介者、村はずれに住む天涯孤独の青年だった。
彼はひょんな事から領主の軍隊に関わり、成り行きでこれを撃退してしまう。
その後、正体を隠して戦う内に「緑の人」として扱われる事になった。
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もともとは放浪していたドルイド僧の子供で、幼くして父を亡くした孤児である。
森の知識はドルイド僧であった父譲りで、森でのサバイバルに長け、また、村人には見る事のできない森の妖精とも交友があった。
（その為、妖精付きとして村人に迫害を受けていたのだが）
村人は孤児である彼を受け入れず、彼も村人に歩み寄る事はなかった。
が、それでも、父の最後を看取ってもらった義理を感じていたらしい。
……彼は村人たちを愛してはいないが、捨て去るほど、嫌ってもいなかったのだ。
そんな中、激化していく領主の圧政に苦しむ村を見捨てられず、若さ故の勢いで弓を手に取った。
はじめは偶然に助けられて領主軍を撃退。
二度目からは、村人たちの願い、希望を背中に感じての奮戦となった。
……ただし、その顔と姿を緑の衣で隠したままで。
多少の知識はあれ、彼は一般人にすぎない。
偽りであれ英雄として機能する為には、何もかもを欺かなければならなかったのだ。
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村の部外者であった彼は、ロビンフッドになる事で村の英雄となるが、同時に日夜過酷な戦いを強いられる事になった。
森に罠を張り、生涯に渡りフードで素顔を隠し、村人にさえ素性は明かさない。
“正義である為に、人間としての個を殺す”
彼もまた、そういった無銘の英雄の一人だった。
村人たちは王に逆らいながらも、保身の為、王に弁明する。
“ロビンフッドは村の人間ではない”
“我々とは無関係に、森を通る人間を襲うのです”
“全ての責任は、あの狩人にある―――”
このように、ロビンフッドを村と領主、共通の害敵にすれば、村人たちは罪に問われない。
それでも、彼は村の為に戦い続けた。
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彼は村を守り続けたが、たった一人の青年に英雄の真似事ができようはずもなく、ロビンフッドとして活躍してから二年足らずで敵の凶弾に倒れた。
この青年は、その死をもってロビンフッドとして英霊化した姿である。
正体を隠し、徹底して奇襲・奇策に走った彼の生涯は、卑怯者とそしられるものだった。
なにしろ一人対軍隊の戦いである。
待ち伏せの罠、食事に毒など日常茶飯事。
殺した兵士たちの「せめて戦いの中で死にたい」といった願いすら踏みにじった。
彼は武器を隠し、誇りを隠し、自らの素顔さえ隠した。
そうでなければ勝ち続けられなかった。
そうでなければ、村人が望む“英雄”を維持できなかった。
彼は卑しい戦いを徹底した。
自身の誇りよりも村の平和をとり続けた。
その果てに無名のまま、酬われることなく土に還った。
……己の顔を隠し続けた一人の青年。
村人たちを愛しはしなかったが、村人たちの穏やかな生活を愛したもの。
ただの一度も英雄として戦えなかった彼が、死の淵で本当に望んだものは――― - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3
[] Fate/EXTRA material - Encyclopedia: The Bow of Prayer [Noble Phantasm], p.160 [T] The Bow of Prayer [Noble Phantasm]
Yew Bow.
This is Green Archer’s anti-unit Noble Phantasm.
It was made from the wood of a yew tree in Sherwood Forest, which is the forest Robin Hood uses as a base of operations.
It is both his regular bow, and his trump card.
If you are hit by this bow while poisoned you will suffer extreme damage. Make sure you don’t forget to be well equipped with poison antidotes before you fight Green Archer.
Yew trees are holy to the Celts and Northern Europeans, and the creating a bow from a Sherwood yew tree is a symbolic ritual for becoming one with the forest.
Yew trees are considered to be connected to the underworld. Robin Hood knew of this special characteristic, and towards the end of his years he declared, “I want to be buried where this arrow falls” and then loosed an arrow into the forest. The arrow pierced the base of a yew tree, and that is where Robin Hood is said to have been buried. It was by this sequence of events that his bow made from only the wood of a yew tree came to be imbued with enough power to be used as a Noble Phantasm.
His yew bow houses ultra-nature powers such as the extremely strong poison from the yew tree, and the ability to reproduce Sherwood Forest.祈りの弓【宝具】
イー・バウ。
緑アーチャーが持つ対人宝具。
ロビンフッドが拠点としたシャーウッドの森のイチイの木から作ったという弓。
ロビンフッドの通常武装であり、奥の手。
毒を受けている状態でこの宝具を受けるととんでもないダメージになる。対緑アーチャー戦では毒消し礼装を忘れずに。
イチイはケルト、北欧における聖なる樹木の一種であり、シャーウッドの森のイチイから弓を作るという行為は「この森と一体である」という儀式を意味する。
イチイは冥界に通じる樹とされ、ロビンフッドはその特性を知ってか、末期の時には
「自分をこの矢が落ちた場所に埋葬して欲しい」
といって矢を放った。矢はこれまたイチイの木の根元に刺さり、ロビンフッドはそこに埋葬されたという。
もともとはイチイの木を材料にしただけの弓に宝具としての力が宿るのはこういった経緯から。
イチイの弓（イー・バウ）は超自然的な力を宿し、イチイが持つ非常に強力な毒と、シャーウッドの森の再現を可能とする。 - ↑ Fate/EXTRA Last Encore - Episode 05: The Bow of Prayer