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Tsukihime (2021)
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The Dead Apostle Ancestors present at the "French Incident".

The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors (死徒二十七祖, Shito Nijūnanaso?) are a grouping of twenty-seven Rank IX Dead Apostles. The very apex of all Dead Apostles, the title represents their way of being.[1]

Characteristics[]

The Dead Apostle Ancestors have existed for three thousand years. They are primarily individualistic, with the exclusion of the five elders of the Age of Gods Alliance (神代同盟, Jindai Dōmei?), and not every Dead Apostle Ancestor is an enemy of mankind.[1]

The original twenty-seven were those who were able to escape their existence as "emergency rations" for the True Ancestors. As of the modern day, there are the "elders" of the BC era and the "upstarts" of the AD era.[2] The oldest Ancestors are referred to as Elder Title.

As of modern day, some positions have been rendered empty, the total verified being twenty-one as of the 2010s AD. Their complete defeat is an irregular occurrence. Two are sealed by the Holy Church, but such a process takes one hundred years to accomplish for a single Dead Apostle Ancestor. Considering this, it's easy to see how irregular Shiki Tohno's defeat of Vlov Arkhangel was.[1]

One year before the events of Mahoutsukai no Yoru, Touko Aozaki and her Familiar Lugh Beowulf traveled aboard the Rail Zeppelin, destroying the train and causing the disappearance of the owner, Rita Rozay-en, and fought againts an Elder Title Dead Apostle Ancestor who was hiding in a country in Western Europe.[3] Francesca Prelati mentions it to Faldeus Dioland as 'the time the Elder Title and the Last Gold Wolf wrecked each other was what decided whether a country would sink or swim.'[4]

Thirteen years before the events of Tsukihime, Elesia being chosen as Roa's new body caused her to awaken at age 12, become a Vampire, take over her village (which was also Noel's hometown) with a group of her Dead Apostle comrades, and eventually become a center figure of what would be called the French Incident.[5][6]

The rank of Ancestor only exists in Tsukihime Worlds, so the grouping is not present in Fate Worlds. The Dead Apostles who would make up the grouping still exist in Fate Worlds, but their activities and statuses may differ and their rank reaches that of Superior Dead Apostle. In Fate Worlds, Michael Roa Valdamjong does not have his fated meeting with Arcueid Brunestud[7] and had his soul burned away by Edmond Dantès in battle,[8][9] Zepia Eltnam Atlasia never becomes the Night of Wallachia and remains director of Atlas as of the present day,[10][11] Gransurg Blackmore is destroyed between 300 AD and 500 AD,[12][13][14] Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg does not become a Dead Apostle but becomes immortal through other means,[15] and Fabro Rowan never leaves the Wandering Sea and doesn't become Nrvnqsr Chaos.[16]

Idea Blood[]

Idea Blood: Hemonomic Principle (原理血戒(イデアブラッド), Genri Kekkai(Ideaburaddo)?) is the blood that makes an Ancestor an Ancestor, said to be the "mandate (戒め, Imashime?) of the Original Cause (大本, Ōmoto?, "Root/Origin") engraved upon their soul". A "Truth" that they have each attained, the worldview that makes up the foundation of their "thirst". It can be called a Dead Apostle's thesis, purpose for living and their undying curse. A singularity that paints over the planet's physical laws just by circulating blood. Wherever an Ancestor asserts their Idea Blood becomes their territory, subject to the influence of their Principle curse. Arcueid compares it to a "crown" as the inheritance of the Idea Blood will raise the inheritor to a Rank IX Ancestor regardless of their original rank.[17][18]

The inheritor must possess a "millennium-class foundation" for it to function properly,[17] typically inherited by a Rank VIII Successor created by the previous Dead Apostle Ancestor.[19]

Typically a lesser Dead Apostle of a few hundred years, such as the former Rank VI Vlov Arkhangel, would be crushed by the curse of the Idea Blood, but he was able to withstand it due to the combat experience he had cultivated in his capacity as a knight of the dark ages in the medieval era and his own tenacity, which defeated the Curse that encompassed the entirety of his flesh. A pride on the level of a mere twenty years surmounted a madness that exceeded a thousand years. Properly speaking it was not something that Vlov could withstand, but thanks to a technique given to him by a "certain Dead Apostle" as well as his desire for revenge against "that person" he managed to retain his sanity until the end.[17][20]

The Idea Blood remains after the defeat of an Ancestor. Idea Blood can be utilized to facilitate Magecraft, such as Ciel using Chromclay Petastructure's Idea Blood to utilize a variation of Chromclay's Bounded Field Cathedral and using Be'ze's Idea Blood to actualize the spell Calvaria's Star.[21][22][23] Ciel also gains Vlov's Idea Blood after killing him in her route, but she cannot facilitate Magecraft with it, because the foundation of his Idea Blood is not mature enough to create a grand Thaumaturgy from it, let alone weave a new one.[23] The Idea Bloods can be temporarily transformed into Magical Energy Reactors in order to replenish her own Magical Energy, though the cost comes at her own humanity. She can also only use them for a short time; Vlov's Idea Blood is estimated to only last three minutes before it becomes exhausted.[23]

Contrary to popular belief, Vampirification is not the transformation of the body, but of existence. It’s like if the entry in the Akashic Records that read ‘human’ changed class to ‘Dead Apostle’ — it means that one has become a Vampire in one’s very being. So one cannot undo Vampirification by putting your soul into a human physical body, such as Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg using the Second Magic to transfer his soul to another physical body in a parallel timeline; as one who has inherited the Idea Blood of one of the Dead Apostle Ancestors, he has been infected on the soul-level, making it impossible for him not to be.[24]

Vlov Ice

A Principle in action.

Each Dead Apostle Ancestor has a Principle (原理, Genri?) associated with them. It is a sort of curse that manifests as a unique power distinct from their other properties as a Vampire.[18][1] The Principle is linked to the Idea Blood, and is granted to the Idea Blood's inheritor. It is also possible for new Idea Bloods to be created, as Magi who became Dead Apostles and then later became Dead Apostle Ancestors are those who created their own Idea Blood through a vast amount of time and research.[18] According to Mario Gallo Bestino, most of the Dead Apostle Ancestors' Principles originate from something that the individual Vampires studied when they were human, and after they became Vampires, such Principles become their "purpose for living" and path to obtaining true Immortality.[25]

List[]

DAAList

List of the Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors.

Some names are only partially visible. Names ending with * are incomplete.

# Name Principle Notes
1 The Dark Six ???
2 Brunestud of the Crimson Moon ??? Killed by Zelretch in 300 AD.
Remains active.
3 ??? ??? Zelretch's parent Dead Apostle.
Killed by Zelretch.
3 Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg ???
4 Millennium* ???
5 ORT ??? Currently sleeping in South AmericaWP
6 Rizo-Waal Strout ???
7 Einnashe Forest (森, Mori?) Killed by Ciel.
Idea Blood in Ciel's possession.[26]
8 Fina-blood Svelten ???
9 Altrouge Brunestud ???
10 Nrvnqsr Chaos ???
11 Stanrobe Calhin ???
12 Lululily A. Paranodahlia ??? Name referenced in Roa's story and Dead Apostle Noel's Arc Drive in Type Lumina.
13 TATARI/* ???
14 Van-Fem ???
15 Rita Rozay-en ???
16 Gransurg Blackmore ???
17 Trhvmn Ortenrosse ???
18 Enhance ???
19 Zaria Offenbaum Freezing or Coldness (寒さ, Samu-sa?) Vlov Arkhangel's parent Dead Apostle.
Killed by Vlov.
19 Vlov Arkhangel Freezing or Coldness (寒さ, Samu-sa?)
20 Merem Solomon ???
21 Sumire ???
22 Chromclay Petastructure Castle, therefore kingdom (城、即ち王国, Shiro, Sunawachi Ōkoku?) Killed by Ciel.
Idea Blood in Ciel's possession.
23 Zuckham Eri R* ???
24 El Nahat ???
25 Be'ze Sword (剣, Ken?) Known as a swordmaster.
Killed by Ciel.
Idea Blood in Ciel's possession.
Inspired Ciel's Magecraft, Calvaria's Star.
26 Agape ???
27 Caubac Alcatraz "Failed product" or perhaps simply "Unneeded". Trapped in his own labyrinth.
His body takes the form of an ordinary-looking padlock.
?? ??? Harvest (実り, Minori?) Sealed by the Holy Church.
?? ??? Melting (熔ける, Tokeru?) Sealed by the Holy Church.
Possibly El Nahat.
?? ??? Four Limbs (四肢, Shishi?) Sealed by the Holy Church.
?? Unknown spider-shaped vampire ??? Related to Dr. Arach, possibly the same person.
28 Michael Roa Valdamjong ??? Only considered such by the Holy Church.
Is not a Rank IX Dead Apostle due to lack of Idea Blood

Development[]

First announced in 2012, Kinoko Nasu stated the designs for the list of Dead Apostle Ancestors was only half complete and that some had been removed due to restructuring for the remake of Tsukihime.[27] As of 2021 following the announcement of Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-, Nasu stated that they had officially updated the list of Dead Apostle Ancestors. Due to the increasing scope of abilities since the release of Fate/stay night, such as the world-threatening antagonists of Fate/Grand Order, the level of power to be made into a top rank Dead Apostle Ancestor in the original release was lacking in comparison. The Dead Apostle Ancestors of the original release who were deemed "relatively amazing" were those who were cut, Nasu deciding that "having decent strength and abilities doesn't cut" for the new standard of Dead Apostle Ancestors. Taking the Remake's final scope into consideration, Nasu compiled the members to be removed, the members to be added, and the existing members to be upgraded. He regrets not having made them stronger in the original release.[28]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
    [v] Tsukihime Material I - GLOSSARY: The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors, p.100

    The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors
    The 27 individuals who are the apex of Dead Apostles. It is a title that represents their way of being. Though exceptions like the "League of the Age of Gods" of the five old-timers do exist, each is said to be fundamentally individualistic, while not all of them are enemies of man.

    In their three thousand year long history some seats have emptied, and apart from those six that are Offenbaum's - Vlov's parent's - "idea" as well as the ideas of 「ripening」,「castle, therefore kingdom」,「sword」, and then the「melting」and「four limbs」 that are sealed by the Church, the remaining ones whose existence has been verified number twenty-one.

    Though it takes the Holy Church a hundred years from preparation to execution in order to seal a single ancestor, they are thought to have succeeded only twice. Considering this, it's easy to see how irregular Tohno Shiki's defeat of Vlov was.

    死徒二十七祖
    死徒の頂点となる二十七の個体。その在り方を示す呼称。古参の五氏による神代同盟。など一部に例外はあるが、それぞれは基本敵対関係にあるとされ、また、その全てが人間の敵という訳ではない。
    三千年の歴史の中で空席が生まれており、ヴローヴの親であったアッフェンバウムの原理、「実り」の原理、「城、即ち王国」の原理、「劍」の原理、それと教会に封印された「ける」原理、四肢」の原理の六匹を欠いて、現在様認されている残りは二十一組。
    聖宗教会ではひとりの祖を封印するため、百年単位で借しては実行するが、成功例は二回のみとされる。そうした事例を踏まえて見れば、遠野志夫によるヴローヴ討伐がどれほどのイレギュラーであったかがよくわかる。

  2. [v] Tsukihime Material I - GLOSSARY: Rank IX Vampire: Ancestor, p.100

    Rank IX Vampire: Ancestor
    The old Dead Apostles who broke free from their role as emergency rations and achieved victory in their struggle for independence as wholly distinct beings. A crimson stain that fell from the moon onto the earth. Long-lived beings who take in the life of humans and give rise to Rank Ⅵ Dead Apostles. Said to have established the structure of vampire society that exists to this day.

    Their lifescale differs on an individual basis, but they can be categorised into the "elders", active from before the Common Era, and the "upstarts", whose activities began in the Common Era. Vlov, having killed the Ancestor that had been his parent of the last hundred years, became one such new "upstart" Ancestor.

    吸血鬼IX階梯 : 祖
    非常食の立場から抜け出し、まったく違うモノとして独立を勝ち取った古い死徒。月から地上に落ちた真紅の染み。決して他と相容れない世界を持った猛毒。VI階梯の死徒を生み出し、人間を“寿命”として摂取する長命者。現在に至る吸血鬼社会の構造を創ったとされる。存在規模は個体差があり、西暦以前から活動しているのが『古参』、西暦以後から活動を始めたのが「新参」と分類される。
    ヴェーヴはここ百年の間に親である祖を殺し、新しい祖になった『新参』になる。

  3. Mahoutsukai no Yoru - A Honeyed Adventure
  4. Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Prologue VIII: "The Star Performers' Feast (Part 1)"
  5. [v] Tsukihime Material I - CHARACTER Profile: Ciel, p.14-21

    Ciel

    • Gender: Female
    • Age: 18 (estimated)
    • Blood type: O
    • Height: 165cm
    • Weight: 52kg
    • Birthday: May 3rd
    • Alignment: Lawful Evil (Good from an objective perspective, but Ciel considers herself evil)
    • Likes: Spicy food, volunteer work, tinkering, puppies
    • Dislikes: Lazy lifestyles, vampires
    • Natural enemy: None in particular (she’s an all-rounder)


    Comment from the illustrator: One of the main heroines in this game. Arc’s narrative foil. While she’s the Tsukihime heroine with the biggest variety of outfits, she isn’t particularly fashionable, which fits with her unaffected and sincere personality. She doesn’t stop getting into battle after battle, to the point it feels like all of her CGs are fight scenes. I made her more sprites in cute poses to compensate that.

    Explanation: Birth name: Elesia. A girl born in the French countryside. Being chosen as Roa's new body caused her to awaken at age 12, become a vampire, take over her village, and eventually become a center figure of what would be called the French Incident. But after being defeated by Arcueid, Roa transferred to the next incarnation and the corpse taken to the Curia revived as Elesia. The girl, now immortal for as long as Roa is alive, discarded her name, was baptized as Ciel, and joined the Church as a vampire hunter. In order to one day die as a human.

    Sensing Roa's reincarnation, Ciel assigned herself alone to Souya town to punish him. She lives a double life, steadily getting rid of the constantly proliferating vampires by night, and infiltrating a school by day to investigate and observe her Roa body candidate, Toono Shiki, eldest son of the Toono family. Despite her suspicions about the assignment of her pupil Noel, she tries to use Shiki to seal and/or destroy Roa, but things don't go as planned.

    One of the story's heroines. She looks about 16-18. She's poses as upperclassman in Shiki's school but is actually a Holy Church Executor who came to Souya after Roa. The people of the Church call her by the pejorative name Quinze. Although she explains their secrets to Shiki as he gets involved in the situation, the mystery woman doesn't tell him a thing about herself. She's Lawful Good. Extroverted, timid, and active. Has a generally quiet and caring personality. However she's also nosy and curious, and can't leave lazy or depressed people alone.

    The character whose personality best fits the big sister archetype. She takes cares of people and does anything they ask. She's satisfied with her class representative-like position... but, things get different if she grows affectionate to the person she's helping. Her teasing can get mean-spirited. Maybe she just likes troubling her loved ones.

    However, that's all just the base Ciel. She uses a different persona as an Executor, so she can become a cold-blooded machine to fulfill her objectives if necessary.

    シエル

    • 性別:女性
    • 年齢:18歳 (推定)
    • 血液型:O
    • 身長:167cm
    • 体重:52kg
    • 生日: 5月3日
    • 属性:秩序・悪 (客観的には善だが、本人は悪だと思っている)
    • 好きな物: 香辛料の効いた料理、ボランティア、道具いじり、仔犬
    • 嫌いな物: だらしのない生き方、吸血鬼
    • 天敵: とくになし (オールラウンダー)


    COMMENT from STAFF
    本作で描かれるもう一人のヒロインであり、アルクと対を成すフションのメインヒロイン。
    当分のは1月中一番ながら、決してファッショナブルというわけではない所も、な女らしい。とにかくバトルにつドバトルで、イベントカットのほとんどがシーンではないかと思う。その分、立ちぬは可愛いポーズをしてやしました。(武内崇)


    EXPLANATION
    本名をエレイシア。フランスの片田舎に生まれた少女。転生体としてロアに選ばれたことで12歳の頃に覚醒、吸血鬼となって町の住人を支配下におき、後にフランス事変と呼ばれる戦いの中心人物となる。
    だが、アルクェイドに倒されたロアは次の転生先に移り、法王庁に連ばれた遺体はエレイシアとして蘇生をはたした。
    ロアが生きている限り死なない存在になった少女はその名を捨て、シエルという洗礼名をもって吸血鬼狩りの一員に加わる事となる。いつか人間として死ぬために。

    ロアの転生を感知したシエルは、処罰を行うため単独で総耶の街へと赴任してくる。夜は着々と増え続けている吸血鬼たちの処理をこなし、昼はロアの転生体候補である遠野家の長男、遠野志貴の調査と監視の為、生徒として学校に潜り込むという二重生活を送る事となった。
    弟子であるノエルが赴任してきた事に違和感を覚えつつ、ロアを封する為、志貴を利用しようとするが・・・・・・。

    本編のヒロイン。外見年齢は16〜18才ほど。志貴の通う高校の上級生だが、正体はロアを追って総耶にやってきた聖堂教会の代行者。教会の人間からは戒めをこめて「キャーンズ」とも呼ばれている。事態に巻き込まれた志貴に裏事情を説明してくれるものの、彼女自身については何ひとつ教えてくれない謎の人物。
    秩序・善。外向的、弱気、能動的。基本は穏やかでおとなしい性格。が、世話好きで、だらしない人や落ち込んでいる人を放っておけず、つい口をはさんでしまう。

    性格的には一番のお姉さんキャラ。なんでもしてくれるし、面倒をみてくれる。シエル本人もそういう委員長的な位置付けに満足している・・・・
    のだが、その相手に愛情を持ってしまうと話は違ってくる。また、いたずら心からちょっとしたイジワルをする事も。好きな相手を困らせるのが好きなだけかもしれない。

    ただし、それはあくまで"素"のシエルの性格。
    今の彼女は代行者としての自分を作っているので、必要とあらば冷徹な機械となって目的を遂行する。

  6. Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Rainbow in the Night route - Day 13: "Mirage"
  7. The BAMBOO BROOM - April 2017
  8. Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD, Chapter 08.
  9. Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD, Chapter 09.
  10. Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 6: case. Atlas Contract (Upper) - Chapter 3 Part 5
  11. Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 6: case. Atlas Contract (Upper) - Afterword
  12. [v] Lord El-Melloi II Case Files material - Encyclopedia: Blackmore Cemetery [Site], p.108

    Blackmore Cemetery [Site]
    The cemetery from Gray’s hometown.
    The land protected by Bersac Blackmore.
    Originally, the land was inhabited by a family of magi that manipulated spirits, and regarded birds as sacred. The name Blackmore is apparently drawn from a powerful Dead Apostle connected to this family. Though the Dead Apostle in question perished some two thousand years ago, the family took his name as a sign of respect for him. At this point, that family’s original name is no longer known.
    At any rate, that family has now become one of gravekeepers, and though temporarily, they have been entrusted with the remains of King Arthur.

    ブラックモアの墓地【場所】
    ベルサック・ブラックモアが守る土地。
    もともと、この土地には魂を扱い、鳥を神聖視する魔術師の一族が住んでいた。ブラックモアとは、この一族と縁のある強大な死徒の名だったらしい。死徒はニ千年近く前に滅んだが、一族は彼に敬意を表して、その名を一族のものとした。一族がもともと何と呼ばれていたかは、今となっては不明である。
    いずれにせよ、やがてその一族は墓守となり、一時的にだがアーサー王の遺体を預かることとなった。

  13. Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 6: case. Atlas Contract (Upper) - Chapter 2 Part 4
  14. Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 6: case. Atlas Contract (Upper) - Chapter 4 Part 5
  15. [v] Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] III. spring song Animation Material - Kinoko and Takashi Q & A, p.35[T]
    Q: Is Zelretch's name that well known?

    Q: Is Zelretch's name that well known?

    Nasu: Old bloodlines teach their children his name, and even young families have heard that "in the Clock Tower the great magician who led the World of Magecraft into battle long ago is still alive". Those who rise to the rank of Cause may eventually hear of another Magician by the name of Yumina.
    Takeuchi: Is Zelretch still a vampire in Fate worlds?
    Nasu: No, but he's got something along the lines of immortality all the same.

    ? <>

    奈:
    武:
    奈:

  16. Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Tunguska Sanctuary: Anti-Primate Ecosphere - Epilogue
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2
    [v] Tsukihime Material I - GLOSSARY: Hemonomic Principle, p.100

    Hemonomic Principle
    Idea Blood. The quality of the blood that makes the Ancestors what they are, and a foundational commandment etched on their soul.

    The Dead Apostles who inherited this blood would always rise up to become Ancestors no matter their rank; Arcueid compared it to a "crown".

    On the other hand, a millennium-class foundation is needed for the Hemonomic Principle to function, and even if a Dead Apostle with hundreds of years of activity were to inherit it they would be crushed by that curse. Properly speaking it was not something that Vlov could withstand, but thanks to a technique given to him by a certain Dead Apostle as well as his desire for revenge against that person he managed to retain his sanity until the end.

    原理血戒
    イデアブラッド。祖を祖たらしめている血液の質であり、魂に刻まれた大本の戒め。その血を巡らせるだけで惑星の物理法則を塗り替える特異点。
    この血を継承した死徒は、どんな階梯であろうと祖に成り上がる事となり、アルクェイドはこれを『王冠』と例えていた。
    反面、原理血戒を動かすには千年クラスの土台が必要となり、数百年活動した程度の死徒が継承してもその呪いで潰されてしまう。本来であればヴローヴに耐えられる物ではなかったが、ある死徒から施された術式とその相手に対する復讐心により、彼の正気は最後まで残される事となった。

  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Moon Princess route - Day 5: "Infernal River of Blood II"
  19. [v] Tsukihime Material I - GLOSSARY: Rank VIII Vampire: Successor, p.100

    Rank VIII Vampire: Successor
    A talented vampire chosen by an Ancestor as their own successor. A prince or princess, as it were. Among the Ancestors are also some who were captivated by beings that were not vampires and unexpectedly raised them to this rank.

    Assuming a minimum of two for each Ancestor, there are more than fifty Rank Ⅷ individuals. Some of them are even said to have been created in imitation of the True Ancestors. Vampires of this rank are mighty, surpassing Vlov - who achieved entry into the Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors - in terms of their fundamental reserves.

    吸血鬼VIII階梯 : 後継者
    祖が自分の後継に認めた、才能ある吸血鬼。言うなれば王子、王女。祖の中には吸血鬼ではないものを見初めて、いきなりこの階梯まで引き上げてしまうモノもいる。
    皿階梯はひとりの祖に最低ふたりいるとして、単純に五十匹以上。中には真祖を模して作られた死徒がいるとも言われている。
    この階梯の吸血鬼は強大であり、基本的な蓄えだけで言えば、二十七祖入りをはたしたヴローヴよりも優れている。

  20. Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Rainbow in the Night route - Day 5: "Distant Ocean of Frost"
  21. [v] Tsukihime Material I - GLOSSARY: Calvaria's Star, p.99

    Calvaria's Star
    A halo deployed in the stratosphere, blazing with focused sunlight.

    A reflector created with magecraft. The 50km long, 10km wide blade of light beaming towards the surface can be compared to an aurora possessing mass, or a guillotine of light. It is High Thaumaturgy that Ciel came up with after defeating the Ancestor who was her sword mentor; apparently she uses his Idea Blood to initiate it.

    After firing at full power against Arcueid the remaining magical energy was used to launch one last shot, and it was this move that turned the tables in the endgame.

    カルヴァリアの星
    成層圏に展開し、太陽の光を集束して燃え盛る天使の車輪。魔術によって作られた反射鏡。地上に向けて照射される長さ五十キロ、幅十キロに及ぶ光の刃は質量を持ったオーロラとも、光のギロチンとも例えられる。
    シエルが剣の師匠でもあった祖を倒して編み出した大魔術であり、起動にはそのイデアブラッドが使用されている模様。
    アルクェイドに対してフルパワーで照射された後、残された魔力を用いた一射が行われており、これが最終局面における逆転の一手となった。

  22. [v] Tsukihime Material I - GLOSSARY: Cathedral (Bounded Field), p.98

    Cathedral (Bounded Field)
    A phase-transforming, isolation-type bounded field developed to contain Rank Ⅸ Dead Apostles.

    It originally belonged to the Ancestor signifying kingdom, and was a wall with a 30km diameter that isolated everything it enclosed from the outside world. Compared to the original, Ciel's version is a conceptual barrier that can only contain a single instance or kind of object.

    On the other hand, it possesses a space distortion function that the original lacked, allowing the user to alter the size of the space within at will. As this High Thaumaturgy demands a special sort of magical energy to be used, it cannot easily be used repeatedly.

    大聖堂(結界)
    IX階梯の死徒を封じ込めるために開発された相転移式隔絶型結界。
    本来は王国を現す祖が所有していたモノで、直径三十キロメー もの壁で囲った内部を外界と遮断するが、シエルの物はオリジナルに対し、対象物を一個ないし一種封じ込める概念的な結界となっている。
    一方でオリジナルにはない空間歪曲の機能が備わっており、内側の空間サイズを任意に変更させる事を可能とする。この大魔術の使用には特殊な魔力が必要となるため、たやすく連発する事はできない。

  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Rainbow in the Night route - True End - Day 15: "The Blue of a Bright Day"
  24. [v] TYPE-MOON Manuscript - Zelretch Kishur Schweinorg, p.033-035

    Zelretch Kishur Schweinorg

    Overview
    The Wizard Marshall. One of the oldest mages, having been active since before the common era.
    When the war between Crimson Moon and the Mages Association broke out around 300 AD, the mages were too preoccupied with their own single-player antics to be able to function as an army, so Zelretch took them by the neck and unified them, becoming feared as the Wizard Marshall in the process.
    He repelled Crimson Moon, but in the process the #3 of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors charged him and sucked his blood, and though he defeated this one too, he was ultimately turned into a Dead Apostle.
    Afterward, he was to become mankind’s enemy, unable to oppose Crimson Moon… but he just thought ‘I wasn’t mankind’s ally to begin with—kinda just wanna go retire’, taking the opportunity to disappear from the center stage of magecraft.

    After becoming one of the 27 Ancestors, he came to understand Crimson Moon’s views, and began hating him even further.
    On the other hand, after comprehending the system behind the 27 Ancestors, he became aware of the other Ancestors’ way of being, and so stopped hating vampires themselves. After all, some of the Ancestors were far more pure in their scholarship compared to the Mages Association’s advocates of pre-established privileges.


    Appearance
    From his outward appearance he looks like to be in his 60s. His facial features are Germanic.
    He is a stern-looking elder, his gray (originally blond) hair in a dishevelled back sweep, though on account of his youthful expressions, he can also look to be in his fifties.
    190 cm tall, well-built, with excellent posture—the very stereotype of an esteemed military-man.
    Consult the picture book that came with the Tsukihime anime as a bonus prologue for how his clothes look.


    Personality
    Lawful Good.
    Extroverted, self-assured, proactive.
    A thoughtful sage—one who assesses the whole and imagines a bright future. Though he has a scary look that makes others distance themselves from him, he is a man of social justice and has good and honest morals.
    However, though he has them, that doesn’t mean he applies them to himself, and is rather a man of freedom who does whatever he likes.
    “I’ll force rules upon the Mages Association for the sake of a brighter future, but I never said I’d follow those rules myself” is something he actually follows through with.
    He has the same attitude as a grandpa who often laughs as he watches over the life of his mischievous grandchild.
    Though he is an observer, he will still butt into arguments (in fact, if someone is about to make a blunder, he will warn them, a smile on his face), and if he realizes things are about to spill over onto him, he will childishly hinder it with full force. That’s the kind of adult he is.
    Zelretch generally sees himself as an alumnus who has already graduated from ‘Earth Academy’. Meaning, as long as the academy itself doesn’t go under, he will just warmly watch on from afar at the various problems afflicting it—broad-mindedly thinking something like “I did about the same when I was young”
    The highlight of Zelretch’s life was his showdown with Crimson Moon, so everything beyond that he sees as nothing more than ‘the rest of his days’.
    Although, that is precisely why he’s very proactive when it comes to assessing the situation surrounding Crimson Moon. One could see it as taking care of the aftermath of his adolescent period. The reason Zelretch headed for the castle of the True Ancestors and blessed the birth of Arcueid was because she was the factor who would take his place in bringing an end to the Crimson Moon problem.


    Manner of Talking
    His first-person pronoun is ‘washi’.
    He calls people by their personal name. If he has respect for someone of a more noble personage, he will use their appropriate title of honor—‘princess’, ‘king’ and so forth.
    If who he’s talking to is someone he personally likes, he may go as far inadvertently calling them “omae-san”.
    He does not use ‘~ja’ or ‘‘~jawai’ or such, at the end of his sentences.
    He speaks like a dignified elder, but try to keep in mind that his sentences are a bit youthful here and there.
    “I intended to remain youthful forever, but it didn’t quite go as I wanted”
    The ideal is to avoid long sentences—make him come through with each individual word.


    Abilities
    The father of jewel magecraft—to store magical energy in minerals, stabilize them and use it for various applications in life and for supporting civilization.
    Even if we assume that the Earth did not fall into the hands of humanity—remaining in the Age of Gods—he might have still piloted rockets using just his jewels.

    The Second Magic concerns the attestation and application of parallel worlds.
    By making it possible to travel to parallel worlds, he proved that there is still room for the world to develop in different ways.
    Thanks to this, the world’s lifespan has been extended. Even if our history fails, and we destroy ourselves, there might still be others of us out there—this concept granted hope to the planet, which had been in the process of losing its dreams.
    Zelretch’s method for travelling through parallel words is a simple one—he transfers himself to a jewel in a different temporal axis.
    For example: if he wants to transfer from World A to World B, he will gather jewels in World B until they gather up enough to take Zelretch’s shape, and then Zelretch’s soul will transfer over. In an instant, the jewel golem transforms into Zelretch. At that point, the Zelretch in World A will turn back into its original form as a pile of jewels.
    As long as minerals and jewels exist there, he can travel into any world he wishes, but as he only has a single soul, he cannot be active in all of them at once.
    He originally travelled with just his physical body, but because of various circumstances he eventually settled for this method as it was the easiest.
    In addition, as a small amount of time lag occurs when he travels, he is also capable of a tiny bit of time travel as well.
    To answer the question of ‘if he doesn’t travel with his physical body, how could he be a Dead Apostle?’—as someone who has inherited the Hemonomic Principle of one of the 27 Ancestors, he has been corrupted on the soul-level, so it's impossible for him not to be.
    Vampirification is not the transformation of the body, but of existence. It’s like if the entry in the Akashic Records that read ‘human’ changed class to ‘Dead Apostle’—to become a vampire in one’s very being.


    Career
    One of the oldest mages, having been active since B.C. Also one of King Solomon’s pupils.
    After Solomon's death, Zelretch witnessed the end of the Age of Gods with his own eyes, and then disappeared from the center stage.
    Afterward, when one of his fellow students (Brissan) was starting up the Mages Association, he helped out in laying its foundations.
    As a result, the mages who had not perished became involved in the war against Crimson Moon 200 years later. In this battle, Zelretch transformed from human to Dead Apostle.
    He has been observing many different parallel words ever since, detachedly spectating the course of their events.


    Standing

    Attitude toward the Mages Association
    Due to his promise with Yumina, and the fact that he is old acquaintances with the headmaster, he shows up now and then to act as an advisor for them. He has accepted the weakening of mage ideals as something that happens. However, if some weakling comes before him and starts going off about their own theories he will beat them and their weak character into shape.
    When there are issues concerning Magic, he appears before the Association and delivers fair and just judgment.

    Attitude toward the Holy Church
    He does not concern himself with them in the slightest.

    Attitude toward the Dead Apostles
    He does not interfere with them as long as they do not cause some particularly large-scale mischief.
    He has seen through the mechanisms behind the 27 Ancestors, but has deliberately chosen to quietly observe them. He is tea-drinking companions with the three idiots of Agape, Lovematroos and Caubac. Rumors have it that he becomes like a simple grandpa doting on his grandchild when dealing with Agape.

    Attitude toward the True Ancestors
    Zelretch is highly regarded among the True Ancestors as he is one of the most prominent mages in the human world.
    Zelretch, on account of having been alive since before the common era, is friendly with the elementals known as the True Ancestors, and often provides them with counsel:
    “Kishua, hey, listen. You know that ‘Christianity’ thing humans are doing among each other? What’s that? A new type of magecraft system?
    “That’s a detailed Manual to Mankind’s Prosperity. It will one day even turn out to be a best-seller. Well, it’s for the best if you don’t know much about it. You’d probably lose your minds.
    “I see, if you say so, then it’s probably true. By the way, I’d like to try a bit of that wine they make in Bourgogne. Could you get some?
    Stuff like this.

    Attitude toward Rin
    ‘Tohsaka’s descendants sure did well! Alright, there aren’t any Magician seats left, but I will hammer some unreasonably difficult magecraft into you! They’re things I’ve worked out but unfortunately never taught anyone!’ So he goes, a bit happily.
    Anyone who is a Magician’s pupil is first started off with a living hell where they might accidentally destroy the universe—like with Aoko from Mahoyo. Although Rin never minded it that much, instead simply tilting her head, wondering if maybe she had just had some kind of tremendously hellish thing shown to her, after which she kept puking for a whole month.

    キシュア・ゼルレッチ・シュバインオーグ
    概要
    魔道元帥。西暦以前から活動している最古の魔術師のひとり。
    西暦300年頃に起きた朱い月と魔術協会の戦争のおり、個人プレーばっかりで軍隊として機能しやがらねえ魔術師たちのガン首おさえて統括した事から魔道元帥と恐れられる事となった。
    朱い月は撃退したものの、その最中に二十七祖・三位の死徒に突貫をうけ、これを倒すも血を吸われてしまい、死徒化してしまう。
    以後は朱い月に敵対できなくなり、人類の敵となる。……が、もともと人類の味方でもねーしそろそろ隠居したいと思っていたのでこれ幸いと魔術の表舞台から姿を消した。

    二十七祖の一角になってからは朱い月の考えも分かり、余計に毛嫌いするようになる。
    反面、二十七祖のシステムを理解し、他の祖たちの在り方を知ってからは吸血鬼嫌いではなくなった。祖の一部は魔術協会の既得権利主義者たちよりよっぽど純粋な学徒だったからだ。

    鉱石に関わる魔術の頂点。第二魔法・万華鏡の魔法使い。
    エネルギーを安定・構築させるエキスパート。

    外見
    外見年齢六十代、顔立ちはゲルマン系で。
    白髪(もとは金髪)を乱雑にオールバックにした厳つい顔をした老人だが、表情が若々しいので五十代にも見える。
    190cmの長身、ガタイよし、背筋もピンと張っていて、まさに軍隊の偉い人、みたいなステレオタイプ。
    服装はアニメ月姫・序章の特典としてついてきた絵本を参照。

    性格
    秩序・善。
    外向的、強気、能動的。
    思慮深く、全体を見ての良い未来を考える賢人。強面で他人を寄せ付けない外見をしているが社会正義の人で、まっとうな倫理観を持っている。
    が、持っているだけでそれを自分には課さず、やりたいコトをやるだけの自由人。「より良い未来のために協会にはルールを強制するが、儂がルールを守るとは言っていない」を地でいっている。
    スタンス的にはやんちゃな孫の人生を見守っている、よく笑うお爺ちゃん。
    傍観者でありながら口だし(しかも失敗しそうだとニマニマして忠告する)をし、かつ自分に火の粉がかかると分かれば全力で大人げなく阻止する。そんな大人。

    ゼルレッチは基本的に「自分はもう地球という学校から卒業したOB」として自身を捉えている。なので学校が崩壊しないかぎり、その中で起きている様々な問題は温かな目で眺めているだけ。「儂も若い頃はそれぐらいやったしな」ぐらいの懐の深さ。
    ゼルレッチの人生最大の見せ場は朱い月との対決だったので、それが過ぎた後はほんと余生にすぎないのだ。
    もっとも、だからこそ「朱い月」に関するコトだけは積極的に様子を見に行ってしまう。青春時代の後始末というか。ゼルレッチが真祖たちの城に赴き、アルクェイドの誕生を言祝いだのは、彼女が自分にかわって「朱い月問題を終わらせる」因子だったから

    口調
    一人称は「儂」。
    他人に対しては名字を呼び捨て。これと感じ入った高貴な人物にはそれに適した敬称を。「姫」「王」といった風に。
    個人的に気に入った相手には、いいところでポロッと「おまえさん」と呼びかける。
    語尾に「~じゃ」「じゃわい」などはつかない。
    貫禄のある老人口調だが、ところどころ若々しいセンテンスを心がけるように。「いつまでも若い気でいるが、そうはいかんものだな」
    長台詞はさけて、一言一言でバシッと決めるのが理想。

    能力
    宝石魔術の祖。鉱石に魔力を蓄え、安定させ、これを様々な生活・文明補助に使うもの。
    仮に地球が人間の手に渡らず、神代世界のままだったら彼は宝石だけでロケットを飛ばしていたかもしれない。
    第二魔法は並行世界の証明と運用。
    並行世界への移動を可能にした彼は“このように、世界には違う展開を迎える余地がある”事を証明した。
    これのおかげで世界は寿命を延ばした。「我々の歴史は失敗し、自滅するが、他に成功した我々がいるかもしれない」という概念が、夢を失いつつあった星に希望を与えたからだ。
    ゼルレッチの並行世界移動法は単純なもので、彼は違う時間軸の地球にある「宝石」に転移する。
    たとえばA世界からB世界に移動するのなら、B世界にある宝石がザザーッとゼルレッチのカタチになるまで集まって、そこにゼルレッチの魂が転移する。瞬間、宝石ゴーレムはゼルレッチに変身する。この時点でA世界にいたゼルレッチは元の宝石の山に戻る。
    鉱石・宝石が存在する世界ならどこにでも移動できるのだが、本人の魂は一つきりなので同時に活動はできない。
    もともとは生身で移動していたが、色々あってこの方式が一番楽だと落ち着いた。
    また、この移動時に多少の時間誤差が生じるため、時間移動もちょっとだけなら可能となっている。

    生身じゃないなら死徒じゃないんじゃないの?という質問には、二十七祖の原理血戒を受け継いでしまったため魂レベルで汚染されているので無理、と返すように。
    吸血鬼化なんてものは肉体の変容ではなく存在の変容である。アカシックレコードにある“人間”という記述が“死徒”にクラスチェンジしてしまったようなもの。もう生き物として“吸血鬼”なのである。

    経歴
    BCから活動している最古の魔術師のひとり。ソロモン王の弟子でもある。
    ソロモン王死後、神代の終わりを見届けて表舞台から姿を消す。
    その後、魔術協会を立ち上げる学友(ブリサン)に手を貸して協会の基部を構築。
    その結果、二百年後に滅びなかった魔術師たちと朱い月の戦争が始まる。この戦いでゼルレッチは人間から死徒に変貌。
    以後は多くの並行世界を観察しながら、飄々と事の顛末を傍観している。

    立ち位置

    魔術協会への態度:
    ユミナとの約束もあるし学長とは旧知なのでご意見番としてたまに面倒を見に来るぐらい。魔術師たちの思想の軟弱化はまあそんなもんだろう、と受け止めている。ただし軟弱者が自分の前で持論を垂れ流したらその性根をたたき直す。
    魔法に関わる案件があると協会に現れ、大岡裁きをする。

    聖堂教会への態度
    まったく関わっていない。

    死徒への態度
    大規模な悪さをしなければ介入しない。
    二十七祖のからくりを看破しているが、あえて静観している。アガぺ、ラブマドロス、コーバックの三バカとは茶飲み仲間。アガペの相手をしてるあたり、たんに孫好きのおじいちゃん説がある。

    真祖への態度
    人間世界の最高位魔術師として、真祖たちもゼルレッチを重く見ていた。
    ゼルレッチは西暦以前から生きている人間のよしみで、精霊である真祖たちの相談を受けていた。「キシュア君。ほら、なんだ。あの人間達の間ではやっているキリスト教ってヤツ?あれなんなの?新しい魔術系統?」「ありゃ綿密に作られた人類発展教本だな。しかもいずれベストセラーになる。まあ、おまえさんがたは知らない方がいい。おそらく正気が飛ぶぞ」「そうか、キシュア君がそういうならそうなんだろう。ところでブルゴーニュで作られたワインとかいうの、ちょっと飲んでみたいんだけど。手に入らないかな?」
    こんな感じ。

    凛への態度
    遠坂の末裔ががんばった!よし、魔法使いの席はもうないが儂が編み出したものの誰にも教えられずガッカリしていたいろんな無理難題魔術をたたきこんでやろう!
    といった感じでちょっと楽しい。
    まほよの青子よろしく、魔法使いの弟子はまず最初に宇宙をうっかり滅ぼすところから始めさせられるという地獄。もっとも、凛の意識はそこまでのものではないので「あれ、なんかいまものすごい地獄を見せられなかったか私?」と首をかしげながら、トラウマで一ヶ月吐き続けた感じ。

  25. Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Moon Princess route - Day 10: "Vermillion, Crimson Moon I"
  26. Melty Blood: Type Lumina - Powered Ciel's Arcade Route
  27. [v] TYPE-MOON Fes. Official Pamphlet 10th Anniversary Q & A Booklet:
    Q: I would really like to see a visual of all 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors, with the ones yet to show up.

    Q: I would really like to see a visual of all 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors, with the ones yet to show up.

    A:: I want to see that too!
    However, rumour has it that it is only about half done. Due to the remake, it seems some of them actually have been fired due to restructuring. ....Life is tough in the world of vampires...

    Q:登場してない者を含めて二十七祖全員のビジュアルが現たいです

    A:そんなんオレだって見たいわ————!
    でも、風の噂によると半分ぐらいできてるらしいよ。 リメイクの影響でリストラされたヤツもいるらしいよ。 ……まったく、吸血鬼界も世知辛いぜ……

  28. TYPE-MOON Ace Volume 13 - Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- interview
Vampires
Dead Apostles
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