- This article is about the Solomon, the King of Magic. For other characters named Solomon, see Solomon.
Caster (キャスター, Kyasutā?) is a Caster-class Servant summoned by Marisbury Animusphere in the first summoning ritual performed by Chaldea Security Organization, participating in the first Fuyuki Holy Grail War of the Fate/Grand Order timeline.
Profile
Identity
Caster's True Name is SolomonWP (ソロモンWP, Soromon?), who was named the King of Magic (魔術王, Majutsu Ō?) for his mastery over magecraft. A son of David who was alive from around 1011 BC to 931 BC, he ruled as the third King of ancient Israel, and was said to be a great king who made the country enormously prosper. He was known for making many excellent political measures in his position as king, but also left behind many anecdotes as a magus. He married the daughter of an Egyptian PharaohWP, but was said to be later visited by God while he was dreaming on his bed. God said to Solomon, "You are qualified. Speak your wishes. I'll shall grant it", but Solomon only sought wisdom moreso than gold or political power. The answer satisfied God, the answer being proof that Solomon possessed the qualifications to obtain "true wisdom." Solomon awoke with ten rings upon both hands, the proof of a wise man recognized by God. Those rings came to be recognized as the Ring of Solomon, the "source of the magecraft that employs angels and demons."[1][2]
Solomon came to be known for employing seventy-two demon gods as his familiars, later leaving behind a manuscript that came to be called the LemegetonWP or GoetiaWP that tells of the art of controlling demons. He was the first individual to build the Temple of IsraelWP. During his tenure, Solomon only accomplished a single miracle, but that was also said to exemplify his prudence. It was said that the people knowing that "the king is receiving God's protection" only a single time was best because more miracles could have served to frighten or corrupt the people. His single revelation established a "phenomena operation technique", magecraft that could be preformed by the hands of the common man that previously belonged only to those with connections to the god. Even without needing to utilize magecraft, he was recognized by his reputation as the King of Magic throughout neighboring countries and was said to have left the world as a wise king.[1][2]
His death marked a great acceleration in the decline of mystery, leading to the demise of the Age of Gods five hundred years before the time of King Arthur.[3]
Appearance
Personality
Introverted, self-assured and passive. A laid-back king, without a hint of seriousness. The gist of his personality is “self-assured”, but this is simply the power to “no read the mood”. Thus, he is merely making statements on a self-assured manner, and his nature is that of a chicken. Although serious, he is not earnest and is constantly living at 80% power. He properly ascertained people, properly established laws and properly governed the country. Despite lacking in vigor, he was loved and respected by the masses as a wise, gentle king who was full of love.[1]
Yet, none of those traits came from Solomon’s own will. Having been ordained as a king from the moment he was born, Solomon had no choice but to hear the voice of God and act accordingly. His psyche is dispassionate and (having been deprived of the freedom to sympathize with the joys and sorrows of people) inhuman.[1]
Role
Fate/Grand Order
Solomon was the first successful Heroic Spirit summoned servant by Chaldea. He and Marisbury Animusphere emerged victorious in Fuyuki's Fifth Holy Grail War, Solomon wished for a life as a normal human and became Romani Archaman. The wish he entrusted to the Holy Grail was “to become human”. Through the power of the Holy Grail, he did not “incarnated as a heroic spirit”, but instead was reborn as a new human that had no relation to King Solomon.[1]
Salomon: The Grand Time Temple
Romani Archaman reveals his identity as Solomon, much to Goetia's disdained shock. Expressing that Solomon is too late to stop him, Goetia prepares to kill him, but Solomon activates Ars Nova, removing Goetia's immortality.[4]
Other appearances
Solomon was first mentioned in Garden of Avalon.[3]
Abilities
He has three Noble Phantasms: Ars Nova, Ars Paulina and Ars Almadel Salomonis.
Development
Creation and Conception
Takashi Takeuchi is the character designer for Caster.[1][2]
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
[] Fate/Grand Order - Solomon (Caster) Profile [T] Solomon - Caster
Illustrator and Voice actor
Illustrator: Takeuchi Takashi
Voice Actor:
Parameters
Strength: E
Endurance: E
Agility: B
Magic: A++
Luck: A++
Noble Phantasm: A++
Character details
An individual from 1011~931 BC.
The Third King of Ancient Israel
The great king who made Ancient Israel prosper the most.
Employing 72 demon gods, and also the first individual who build the Temple of Israel.
He performed excellent political measures as a king, but beside that also have many anecdotes as a magus.
Level 1 Bond
Solomon married with the daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh, but it has been said that, later, God appeared while he was dreaming on his bed and said "you are qualified. Speak your wishes. I'll shall grant it".
Rather than gold or political power, he sought wisdom more than anything. God was satisfied. For that answer itself was proof that he had the qualifications to attain "true wisdom".
When he woke up, Solomon had ten rings inserted on both hands. It was the proof of the wise man recognized by God. Later, it would be called Ring of Solomon, the source of the magecraft that employs angels and demons.
Level 2 Bond
Chaldea’s heroic spirit summoning; its first successful example.
The Grand magus that participated and achieved victory on the Holy Grail War of Fuyuki, secretly summoned by Marisbilly Animusphere.
The wish he entrusted to the Holy Grail was “to become human”.
Through the power of the Holy Grail, he did not “incarnated as a heroic spirit”, but instead was reborn as a new human that had no relation to King Solomon.
Such was Romani Archman.
A quite ordinary young man, who wished to live as an “individual” that did not have anything of peculiar.
...however.
The man who began his second life was unable to know the “happiness, fulfillment as a human” that was never given to him in his previous lifetime.
Because the future of “mankind’s demise”, which he caught a glimpse of right before becoming human, stole any kind of freedom from him.
Level 3 Bond
[CLASS SKILLS]
- Territory Creation: A
Creates an advantageous encampment to oneself as a magus.
Having built the Temple of Israel, he is regarded as a greatest authority in regards to Territory Creation.
- High-Speed Aria: C
A technique to hasten magic aria. Despite being fast, sometimes he makes a mistake due his worrywart nature and ruins everything.
- Item Construction: C
Produces devices that carry magical power. Maybe because he has specialized in contracts, his Item Construction ability is of average level.
Level 4 Bond
Introverted, self-assured and passive.
A laid-back king, without a hint of seriousness.
The gist of his personality is “self-assured”, but this is simply the power to “no read the mood”.
Thus, he is merely making statements on a self-assured manner, and his nature is that of a chicken. Although serious, he is not earnest and is constantly living at 80% power.
He properly ascertained people, properly established laws and properly governed the country. Despite lacking in vigor, he was loved and respected by the masses as a wise, gentle king who was full of love.
...yet, none of those traits came from Solomon’s own will.
Having been ordained as a king from the moment he was born, Solomon had no choice but to hear the voice of God and act accordingly.
His psyche is dispassionate and (having been deprived of the freedom to sympathize with the joys and sorrows of people) inhuman.
Level 5 Bond
After becoming human, Solomon finally acquired the human nature called romance.
At his roots, he is a realist and a pessimist.
Despite uttering wishful thinkings as a mood-maker, he seems somewhat shameless due to inwardly thinking of them as pipe dreams.
While he likes humans, because of his chicken side that “does not want to see something sad”, he maintains a superficial socializing with anyone. In exchange, he can get along with anyone.
An archetypal “everybody’s friend(1)”.
He has a bad habit of, when caught in a dilemma, ending up choosing to either “stick to observing without making any decisions” or “running away” so that “the status quo is preserved”.
Since Roman himself is reflecting on such weakness of his, if someone in his surroundings were to just say a word - “Please, do your best” - he will somehow get a hold of himself and show a decisive judgment fitting of the king of magecraft.
Incidentally, because the first impression that any Servant ends up getting about Roman is “I don’t get the reason, but he is at fault here”, they unconsciously complained at him.
The only ones who did not find fault at him were those who were no Servants, crackpots and Berserkers that do not perceive evil as evil.
Interlude
"The Time of Parting Has Come, He Is the One Who Lets Go of the World"
Rank: D Type: Anti-Unit
Are Nova.
The first Noble Phantasm of King Solomon.
Rather than Goetia, this is a Noble Phantasm possessed by the true King Solomon.
A poem of farewell in which he relinquishes of all the exploits accomplished, all the miracles performed, all the magecrafts established until then.
Upon invoking his Noble Phantasm, Solomon sends all the graces bestowed by God back to heavens and loses the eyes that gaze at the world.
The result is King Solomon’s death.
From another angle, this also means the self-destruction of the 72 demons.
It can also be described as a safety device prepared by Solomon, in order to destroy “magecraft” when it becomes an evil for humans in the distant future.
When this is employed as a Noble Phantasm, all traces of King Solomon are extinguished from this world.
---even from the Throne of Heroes.
(1): the original uses an expression that can also mean “faultless beauty”ソロモン - キャスター
イラストレーター・声優
ILLUST：武内崇
CV：鈴村健一
パラメータ
筋力：E
耐力：E
敏捷：B
魔力：A++
幸運：A++
宝具：A+++
キャラクター詳細
紀元前１０１１年～９３１年の人物。
古代イスラエルの第三代王。
古代イスラエルを最も栄えさせた偉大な王。
七十二柱の魔神を使役し、はじめにイスラエル神殿を築いた人物でもある。
王として優れた政策を行ったが、それ以外にも魔術師としての逸話が多い。
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ソロモンはエジプトのファラオの娘を娶ったが、その後、夢枕に神が現れ「汝に資格あり。望みを口にせよ。願うものを与えよう」と告げたという。
ソロモンは黄金や権力より、なにより知恵を求めた。神はこれに満足する。その答えこそ「真の叡智」に至る資格を持つ事の証だったからだ。
ソロモンが目を覚ますと、その両手には十の指輪がはめられていた。これこそ神に認められた知恵者の証。後にソロモンの指輪と呼ばれる、天使や悪魔を使役する魔術の源泉だった。
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カルデアの英霊召喚、その成功例第一号。
マリスビリー・アニムスフィアによって秘密裏に召喚され、冬木の聖杯戦争に参加し、これに勝利を収めた冠位 の魔術師。
聖杯にかけた願いは『人間になる』というもの。
彼は聖杯の力で『英霊として受肉する』のではなく、英霊としての力を全て捨て、ソロモン王とは関係のない新しい人間として生まれ変わった。
それがロマニ・アーキマン。
何の変哲もない『一個人』として生きようと願った、ごく普通の青年である。
……だが。
第二の生を始めた男は、生前には与えられなかった『人としての幸福、充実』を知る事はできなかった。
人間になる際に垣間見た『人類終了』の未来が、彼からあらゆる自由を奪ったからだ。
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【クラス別スキル】
○陣地作成：Ａ
魔術師として自らに有利な陣地な陣地を作成する。
エルサレム神殿を作りあげた彼の手腕は陣地作成において最高峰とされる。
○高速詠唱：Ｃ
魔術の詠唱を早める能力。高速ではあるが、心配性が災いしてかたまにミスをする。
○道具作成：Ｃ
魔力を帯びた器具を作成する。契約に特化してしまった為か、道具作成能力は並レベル。
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内向的、強気、受動的。
緊張感のない、ゆるふわっとした王さま。
性格骨子は『強気』だが、これはたんに『空気が読めない』力。
結果的に強気な発言をしているだけで、根はチキンである。真面目ではあるが真剣ではなく、いつも八割の力で 生きている。
よく人々を見定め、よく法を定め、よく国を治めた。やや気概が足りないところはあるものの、賢く、優しく、 愛の多い王として民に敬愛された。
……しかし、これらの特徴はすべてソロモン本人の意思ではない。
ソロモンは生まれた時から「王」として定められ、神の声を聞き、その通りに生きるしかなかった。
彼の内面は無感動であり、また、人々の悲喜交々に共感する自由を剥奪されていた、非人間である。
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人間になってからようやく、ソロモンはロマンという人間性を獲得した。
根本はリアリストで悲観主義。
ムードメーカーとして希望的観測を口にするものの、根本ではそれが絵空事だと思っている為、どこか白々しい。
人間好きではあるが『悲しい事は見たくない』というチキンなので、誰とも表面的な付き合いに留めてしまう。 そのかわりに誰とも仲良くなれる。
典型的な八方美人。
窮地に陥ると『現状を維持するため』に『何も決断せず観察に徹する』あるいは『撤退』を選んでしまう悪癖がある。
ロマン自身そんな自分の弱さを反省している為、ただ一言、周りにいる誰かに“頑張ってください”と言われればなんとか踏みとどまり、魔術の王に相応しい英断を見せる。
ちなみに、サーヴァントであれば誰もが第一印象でロマンを『理由は分からないがコイツが悪い』と感じてしま う為、無意識に文句を言ってしまっていた。
ダメ出しをしなかったのはサーヴァントでないもの、ひねくれ者、悪を悪と感じないバーサーカーといった面子である。
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『訣別の時きたれり、其は世界を手放すもの』
ランク：Ｄ 種別：対人宝具
アルス・ノヴァ。
ソロモン王の第一宝具。
ゲーティアではなく、真のソロモン王が持つ宝具。
彼がそれまで為し得た偉業、為し得た奇跡、為し得た魔術、そのすべてを手放す別れの詩。
この宝具を発動するとソロモンは神から与えられた恩恵を天に還し、世界を見据えていた眼を失う。
効果はソロモン王の死。
ひるがえって七十二柱の魔神の自壊である。
遠い未来において「魔術」が人間にとっての悪になった時、これを滅ぼすためにソロモンが用意した安全装置とも言える。
これを宝具として使用した時、ソロモン王の痕跡はこの世界から消滅する。
―――英霊の座からですらも。 - Territory Creation: A
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 This reference needs to be fixed. Use "FGOSP3" instead of "Grand Order".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Garden of Avalon
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Salomon: The Grand Time Temple - Act 12: The Future