EMIYA Alter[Note 1] (エミヤ オルタ, Emiya Oruta?), Class Name Archer (アーチャー, Āchā?), is an Archer-class Servant summoned by Ritsuka Fujimaru in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.
Profile[]
Identity[]
Not the Mumei (無銘, lit. "nameless"; per Extra, 銘 refers to the naming of a blade?) that was borne of society, but a disgraced, heartless executor (執行者, shikkousha?, lit. "one who enacts") who has cast aside his own name.[1]
His memories are damaged, and his past is similarly lost. The man has forsaken morality, and scorned the bonds of affection—sneering at himself who has become as a dead man walking as he continues along his way.[1]
Of course, should the life of a single human vary to such an extent, a reason necessarily exists.[1]
That which abased the spirit of the man who was as the steel of a sword is said to have been a woman akin to the Holy Mother in her compassion. The price that the man came to pay in pursuing the subjugation of her Malice (魔性, masei?, lit. "demonic nature"; often used to refer to "demonic allure") was the 'disposal' of her many followers, including his own guardian and her son; by their martyrdom did he fall to the Path of the Heretics (魔道, madou?, lit. "demonic path"; in Buddhism, a walk of existence beyond the Six PathsWP, from which there can be no salvation).[1]
Appearance[]
EMIYA Alter, in contrast to his natural self, has a more shaven hair-style, a duller skin tone, and golden eyes. His outfit consists of black sleeves with golden accents ending in thick metal manacles, black pants with a weave pattern, and white boots, rather than the red overcoat Mystic Code of his counterpart. He also lacks his counterparts torso armor. His back also shows a crimson "IV" tattoo. In his Second Ascension, he gains a waistcoat, and orange lines of corruption spread across his body, changing to gold in his Third Ascension and losing the sleeves he wore.
In the North American version of the game, EMIYA Alter's skin tone is lightened to be the same as the normal EMIYA's.
 Archer Stage 1 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shounen Sasaki.  Archer Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shounen Sasaki.  Archer Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shounen Sasaki.  Archer Stage 4 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shounen Sasaki.  Archer Stage 1 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shounen Sasaki.  Archer Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shounen Sasaki.  Archer Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shounen Sasaki.   Archer in Fate/Pixel Wars, illustrated by Riyo.  Heroic Spirit Formal Dress: EMIYA (英霊正装：エミヤ, Eirei Seisō: Emiya?) in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shounen Sasaki.   Fate/Grand Order Epic of Remnant Promotional Art, illustrated by Hirokazu Koyama, Shounen Sasaki, Namaniku ATK & Kouhaku Kuroboshi.  Alive in Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - SE.RA.PH, illustrated by Kengorou Nishide. |
Personality[]
Absent of ideals; absent of ideology—and consequently of the highest efficiency. Virtually as a machine—or so the nameless antihero self-proclaims. Being that the foundation of his existence is in some portions corrupted, he ushers forth merciless slaughter to the pursuit of his goals.[1] Once he wished to save everyone, but he came to forget his reasons for doing so.
EMIYA Alter's memories of his previous life are fragmented at best and for the most part have been lost completely. It is implied that were they to be restored, the part of him who was once Shirou Emiya would cause his Spirit Origin to self-destruct out of sheer disgust over what he has become. As far as EMIYA Alter is concerned, he is nothing more than a living weapon to be used and disposed of as his Master sees fit.
Relationships[]
- EMIYA
- "Looking at the non-rotten me is disgusting. And from his viewpoint, I'm sure that I look like some horrible monster that needs to die. It makes sense."[7]
- "My past self, who put a bitter smile as if saying he can’t put a complain even if killed."[6]
- Cú Chulainn Alter
- "What's the point of a fiendish beast wearing a crown? Cú Chulainn, aren't you yourself the "thorn of death"?"[7]
- Kiara Sessyoin
- "I don’t have much of an opinion in matters and affairs regarding this woman. I will simply kill her, no matter how many times, if her way of being propagates through society and brings harm to it."[6]
- Jaguar Man
- "……You, and that boy… I……"[6]
Role[]
Fate/Grand Order[]
Subspecies Singularity I: Shinjuku[]
EMIYA Alter is contracted to kill Baal. He joins the Phantom Demon Alliance since it gave a greater probablity of achieving his goal, knowing there would be no repercussion for destruction in a culled timeline.[8] He also killed the Saber and Lancer members of the Alliance when they deserted.[9]
In Barrel Tower, Baal informs his compatriots that Chaldea has sent Ritsuka into the Singularity. He hacked the Rayshift coordinates to make them fall, but it didn’t go so well. After the meeting, he orders EMIYA Alter to command the flying squad. He also points out EMIYA Alter still hasn’t disposed of the Phantom. EMIYA Alter compares Phantoms to brainwashing devices, but Baal says they’re nothing more than ability enhancers. EMIYA Alter refuses to have one fused into him, preferring to stay nameless, also suspecting a botched transplant could affect his Spirit Origin. Baal tries to assure it’s perfectly safe, having spent 3000 years developing it. EMIYA Alter then leaves to double check the sniper spot he picked out earlier before things get hectic with Chaldea’s arrival.[9]
He later leads a squadron of Hornets to Jeanne Alter’s territory to kill her. He fights her until she uses La Grondement Du Haine to force him to retreat. Retreating to a nearby rooftop and still feeling the heat, he recognizes the flames were made from Jeanne Alter’s imagination since she never experienced the flames that killed the real Jeanne d’Arc. He slightly regrets he couldn’t use her one-track mind to sic her on targets, but he recognizes such explosive power would only complicate matters. He then leaves, thinking she killed herself with that attack.[10]
He later kills the Phantom of the Opera by triggering an explosive inside the singer’s body before he can divulge James Moriarty’s connection to the Alliance. He doesn’t give his exact reasons, finding it weird for Moriarty to ask. Moriarty asks him if he knows his True Name. EMIYA Alter refuses to say anything, and prepares to kill Ritsuka and Moriarty. They get ready to fight when Yan Qing, disguised as Hassan of the Cursed Arm, arrives and convinces EMIYA Alter to retreat.[11]
Emiya Alter returns to Barrel Tower to report he killed the Phantom, which Baal already knew. He is confused why Yan Qing is risking getting close to Ritsuka’s party. Baal replies Yan Qing cannot resist the temptation of observing people up close to see if they’re worth transforming into, which EMIYA Alter finds that risky. Baal agrees, yet also calls it glorious and arrogant, and notes Yan Qing could kill anyone at a moment’s notice. EMIYA Alter compares Yan Qing to an evil sentient time bomb that could go off at any moment in that case. Baal then instructs him to inspect the progress of Shakespeare’s monsters, as King Lear is nearly complete.[12]
After Hessian Lobo is killed, EMIYA Alter asks Baal if the “magic bullet“ is already on its way. Baal answers it isn’t yet, and says only they can protect Barrel Tower now. EMIYA Alter decides to prepare an ambush outside, which it if works, Ritsuka’s party will be caught in a pincer attack at the tower’s base. Baal warns Sherlock Holmes would deduce that strategy instantly. EMIYA Alter responds the battlefield isn’t a place for cold deduction, only chaos and fervor. He leaves to execute his strategy after Baal admits he isn’t useful when it comes to practical tactics.[13]
He orders his Hornets to get into position, suit up for heavy combat, and use anti-Demonic Beast gear if needed. He continues to keep the Servants pinned down with a steady stream of gunfire using cursed armor-piercing ammo. After the Hornets leave with their orders, EMIYA Alter notes they stand no chance against Artoria Alter. He then calls a fool Ritsuka for willingly to meet their end here after saving the world and wrong for thinking they can save Shinjuku. Eventually the Hornets detect a approaching motorcycle, and open fire on it thinking Artoria Alter is on it. EMIYA Alter goes to confirm her disappearance, but upon inspecting the motorcycle, he realizes it was a decoy. He then detects a Servant nearby, shocked when Ritsuka and Artoria Alter come from above. He asks her how they did that, saying they would’ve detected and disrupted any Command Spell energy. Artoria Alter tells him they arrived via a makeshift launcher. The two fight When EMIYA Alter notices his Hornets are under attack by Coloraturas sent by Sherlock. Moriarty deploys a smokescreen, which Artoria Alter uses to switch a Hornet with a disguised Moriarty. EMIYA Alter sees through the disguise, and shoots at him. Nonetheless, he allows Moriarty to enter the tower, as Baal has been expecting him. He then follows in after Ritsuka’s party, ordering the Hornets to blow up the entryway to seal it once he’s inside.[13]
Bennu destroyed by Unlimited Lost Works
He ambushes Baal once he and Moriarty reveal themselves to be collaborators. Baal knew EMIYA Alter meant to kill him when he joined the Alliance. EMIYA Alter in turn knew Baal planned to use him as a disposable tool. He helps Ritsuka’s party, fighting Baal while Ritsuka and Artoria Alter fight Moriarty.[8] They defeat their respective opponents, but Bennu suddenly appears in the sky above Shinjuku, having become a magic bullet. EMIYA Alter goes with Artoria Alter to intercept it now that he’s achieved his objective. After Moriarty is defeated, Bennu ceases being a magic bullet, allowing EMIYA Alter to shatter it with Unlimited Lost Works. Artoria Alter then destroys the pieces with Excalibur Morgan. Afterwards, EMIYA Alter sees her ride off on her motorcycle to visit somewhere before she disappeared. Returning inside, he commends Ritsuka for their leadership. He offers to help them for a price if they’re not enemies when he’s summoned again and disappears.[14]
Subspecies Singularity: SE.RA.PH[]
Switched with his regular self by BB, EMIYA Alter ends up at the Thighs near the chapel. From its roof, he watches Ritsuka’s party fighting through and exploring SE.RA.PH. When they come to the chapel, he reveals there is a terminal hidden behind the altar that contains a report. However, it is locked to even Servants and Alter Egos, so its key needs to be found. The group believes the report may contain a clue, and decide to search for the key tomorrow.[15]
After purchasing the terminal key from BB, Ritsuka uses it on the terminal. After Ritsuka views the record, EMIYA Alter isn’t particularly surprised the Seraphix crew fell into violent mass hysteria. Meltryllis reveals the planetarium is in the middle of SE.RA.PH, and it’s the source of the digitization. Ritsuka, Meltryllis and Gawain decide to continue exploring while Tristan and Mable Macintosh stay in the chapel. EMIYA Alter leaves to kill the Servants.[15]
Joining Ritsuka’s party at the final zone of the Flank Seperator, he agrees with Meltryllis that it would be easier to kill Tamamo Cat than to recruit her, saying unreliable allies are more troublesome than tough opponents. The group eventually encounters and fights Cat. After she is defeated, EMIYA Alter seemingly fatally shoots her. However, she lives because he used his knowledge of Magic Circuits to target and destroy the parts of her Spirit Origin infected by the Karmaphage. Now free of BB’s control, Cat joins the group.[16]
Returning to the chapel, the group notes the areas they have left to explore. Meltryllis reveals SE.RA.PH. has a two layer structure, with a front side and back side. Humans and Servants cannot cross the border between the sides though, only Sentinels can. Thus, the only way to get to the back side would be to flip SE.RA.PH over. Ritsuka realizes there is a way to flip SE.RA.PH. Meltryllis reveals they can reach the Command Room through the back side, where they can flip SE.RA.PH. again to arrive at the Chest. While this method will help them bypass Breast Valley, they’ll still need to fight Passionlip. EMIYA Alter questions Ritsuka’s lack of fear of Alter Egos, only understanding it with Meltryllis not Passionlip. After Ritsuka gives their answer, Meltryllis reveals Passionlip will help if her restraints are destroyed. EMIYA Alter agrees to accompany the group to the back side, but refuses to fight Passionlip.[16]
Outside, while the others are asleep, he expresses his disbelief that they survived this far, and calls it wasteful for them to explore SE.RA.PH or try to solve the mystery of Seraphix. He therefore finds BB’s proposal of killing every Servant very appealing. He calls the Moon Cell an unlimited Holy Grail capable of falsifying the past in the spiritron world, and finds most Heroic Spirit (including himself) can’t resist that temptation.. He considers it naïve to believe everyone is acting purely out of the goodness of their hearts.[16]
The group arrive at the Flank Separator. Ritsuka hits the Separator using a tickling hand they bought from BB, and SE.RA.PH starts shaking. BB sends a Sentinel, Elizabeth Bathory, to punish them for their transgression. The group defeat her, but Passionlip begins approaching. Gawain holds her off, while Ritsuka successfully flips SE.RA.PH.[16]
Arriving on the back side, EMIYA Alter considers Gawain’s “sacrifice“ necessary to ensure they could get to the back side safely without losing anyone else. Suzuka Gozen greets the group. She ignores BB’s orders to escort them and fights them. After the fight, BB orders her to return to the temple. Suzuka tells the group to check out the Nape if they plan to head to the Command Room. She then leaves saying the Seraphix’s crew brought the crisis on themselves, and Seraphix was never just an oil rig.[17]
The group soon comes to a gate reserved for employees that reported directly to the Animuspheres. They’re forced to destroy its defenses when they fail to present identification. They eventually meet Robin Hood again, and he warns them Passionlip is waiting for them on the front side. He also reveals BB developed a weapon that can break “the shackles” on Passionlip’s heart, along with her restraints. He then takes everyone except EMIYA Alter back to the front side. BB then offers EMIYA Alter a chance of survival if he kills every surviving human on SE.RA.PH, and captures Ritsuka. If he does that, he’ll learn the secret about SE.RA.PH, as part of his job as Counter Guardian. EMIYA Alter promptly agrees to join BB, admitting he was getting tired of helping Ritsuka’s group.[17]
He returns to the chapel before the others returned with Arnold Beckman and Passionlip. He says he wants to confirm something, and having Seraphix personnel will make it easier. After Ritsuka views the record, EMIYA Alter surmises Zepar somehow learned of the Moon Holy Grail War from a different timeline, and summoned BB to transform Seraphix into SE.RA.PH so he can be reborn. Meltryllis reveals BB summoned Servants to procure the Pseudo-Spiritrons needed to keep SE.RA.PH running and use their deaths from the “Moon Holy Grail War” as a fuel source. The group decides to defeat the Sentinels and BB before stopping Zepar’s plan.[17]
The next morning, everyone discovers Gawain was killed while they were sleeping. Meltryllis and Passionlip are accused by everyone except Ritsuka and Cat because they’re Alter Egos. Meltryllis asserts they were outside at the time, and Gawain was too wary of her to allow her to ambush him. Seeing the lack of evidence, Tristan asks Ritsuka to continue exploring SE.RA.PH while he continues to stay behind to protect Mable and Arnold. He also asks EMIYA Alter to accompany Ritsuka so they can monitor him. He is suspicious of both the Alter Egos and EMIYA Alter, but he understands the Alter Egos wish to protect Ritsuka while EMIYA Alter isn’t especially concerned. Thus, he’ll have the Alter Egos protect Ritsuka while EMIYA Alter monitors the Alter Egos.[17]
Returning to the back side, the group head towards the Spine, the center of SE.RA.PH. Suzuka’s temple is there, and she is charged with the back side. However, the group finds the Spine has been gated off. They’re then contacted by Beckman, ordering them to flip SE.RA.PH once they’re at the spine to arrive at the planetarium. He also reveals SE.RA.PH will the reach the bottom of the trench in 15 real world minutes, or 24 hours in SE.RA.PH time. He ends his transmission, saying he’ll meet them at the planetarium.[18]
Entering the Spine, the group soon arrives at Suzuka’s temple. Suzuka proves too fast and strong for them to pin her long enough for Ritsuka to open her Maiden Coaster. Arnold suddenly contacts them to warn SE.RA.PH has started to sink faster, so he orders them to defeat Suzuka quicker. Cat uses her ultimate technique to trap Suzuka in response to her conviction to win for her Master. Ritsuka uses this opportunity to open Suzuka’s Maiden Coaster with the key they bought from BB earlier. Following the mental battle, Suzuka tries to jump off a cliff. Cat stops her, though, and convinces her to join them. Suddenly, a Demon God emerges from the ground and knocks Meltryllis into the dump. After it’s killed, Beckman warns there are only eight hours left before SE.RA.PH reaches the seabed and demands that they return to him at once, saying he’ll accompany them to the planetarium. When Ritsuka decides to save Meltryllis, Suzuka asks EMIYA Alter if he has something they could use to descend into the Trash Dump. He answers he can provide a tow cable, though it can only be extended up to 5 km with magical energy. He then asks Suzuka who’ll be accompanying Ritsuka, to which she says herself. Passionlip is too heavy for the cable, and Cat is too exhausted from her earlier spellwork. Suzuka and Ritsuka then use the tow cable provided by EMIYA Alter to descend into the dump.[18]
Once Ritsuka and Suzuka are in the dump, EMIYA Alter cuts the cable, and leaves for the chapel. There he kills Beckman before the latter could finish ordering him to retrieve a case of toxins from the sickbay that he planned to use on Ritsuka. After killing Mable, he declares the Animusphere experiment that Seraphix was built for will never be repeated. He prepares to go to and destroy the planetarium when someone with a familiar Spirit Origin taunts him. They remind him of the cult he slaughtered, even though the only evil person there was the woman who founded it. They are that same woman he killed after massacring the other members who tried to protect her. She also reveals she was the one that consumed Gawain and prepares to kill EMIYA Alter next.[18]
Emiya Alter Falls
He isn’t killed though, and goes to the planetarium where the others went to. Failing to ambush them, he destroys the Coffins’ power source, and explains the Coffins’ purpose. Then, to remove all knowledge of the planetarium’s existence, EMIYA Alter prepares to kill Ritsuka, goaded by the unseen voice as his Spirit Origin is warped. Ritsuka’s party kill him with the help of Robin.[19]
Emiya Alter Pulls himself up for one last fight.
Later, with his remaining consciousness, he destroys Kiara Sessyoin‘s Demon God hair entangling Meltryllis, thwarting Kiara’s attempt to possess Meltryllis after her heart was crushed. Kiara boasts to EMIYA Alter he can destroy her Demon Gods all he wants, as she can still use her arms to capture Meltryllis before they’re destroyed from the movement. EMIYA Alter counters she loves her body too much, declaring that her narcissism will be her downfall. He then puts a cable around Meltryllis’s waist, and Tristan pulls her up to safety. Seeing Meltryllis off, he tells Kiara that she’ll only sink like a stone with her current body. He then uses the last of his strength to fire a last shot at Kiara.[20]
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Abilities[]
In the Shinjuku Singularity, he was shown able to deflect Jeanne d'Arc Alter's La Grondement Du Haine with his shield allowing him to retreat[10] and crack Bennu from the inside with his Noble Phantasm.[14]
Skills[]
Class Skills[]
- Independent Action (A Rank): The ability to be able to act independently for a period even if Magical Energy supply from the Master is severed. In cases where vast quantity of magic energy is needed, such as during usage of Noble Phantasm, backup from the Master is necessary .[6]
- Magic Resistance (D Rank): Invalidates single action magic usage.[6]
Personal Skills[]
- Bulletproof Treatment (A Rank): A Skill that may very well be called "Protection from Arrows” by means of the most modern Heroic Spirits. It’s designated as bulletproof, but strictly speaking most projectiles can be repelled.[6]
- Projection Magecraft (C-> A+ Rank): A magic that reproduces tools by his image for but several minutes. The pair of swords that Archer favored, Kanshou and Bakuya, was something created by means of projection magic as well. Its rank rapidly increases only when the projection subject is categorized as “sword”. Through the special trait of “able to prepare counterfeits many times over”, Emiya momentarily increases the power of the projected Noble Phantasms by making them crash and detonates.[6] His primary weapons are modified versions of Kanshou and Bakuya, capable of firing Broken Phantasms. He is also shown in his ascensions wielding a set of Kanshou and Bakuya in a merged, double voulge style, and lacking the Yin-Yang symbols in their centers.
- Trace On: Circuit Connect (Unlawful) (B+ Rank): Upgrade from Projection Magecraft in Fate/Grand Order.
- Derisive Heart of Steel (A Rank): A Mental Pollution Skill granted upon being inverted. Unlike Mental Pollution, it is able to force in the designated concept; close to a kind of brainwashing. The thought bestowed to him makes the protection of Human Order the priority; deeming the way of Guardians which forsakes everything other than that to be acceptable. Were this man not endowed with A-rank, he would not have been able to sufficiently exhibits the power of his inversion status.[6]
Noble Phantasm[]
EMIYA Alter's Noble Phantasm is Unlimited Lost Works.
Development[]
Creation and Conception[]
EMIYA Alter was designed by Shounen Sasaki in Fate/Grand Order.[1] his scenario writer are Kinoko Nasu and Yuuichirou Higashide in Fate/Grand Order.
Comment from Illustrator[]
"EMIYA who is very much out of the usual… I’ve drawn him in high spirit with who knows how many words that came out during the exchange with TYPE-MOON, strengthening the image of “EMIYA who upon further thinking looks like a prisoner!” Afterwards, his voice, his meager setting development, as well as his story began to take form, becoming a character; his role nimbly jumps over my image of him, heading into an unthinkable, heartrending direction that left a deep impression." (Shounen Sasaki)[6]
Notes[]
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 This reference needs to be fixed. Use "FGOSP4" instead of "Grand Order".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
[] Fate/side material - Encyclopedia: Magic Circuits [Magecraft], p.073 [T] Magic Circuits [Magecraft]
Pseudo-nerves within the body of a magus.
Magic circuits are responsible for converting life force into magical energy, and for connecting to the underlying grand sorcery formula.
Because the number of magic circuits a person has is fixed at birth, magi lineages do what they can to improve themselves and create an heir with even one more magic circuit.
Once the magic circuits have been opened for the first time, the practitioner can switch them on and off at will.
Each practitioner visualizes the flipping of this switch in their own particular way. For Shirou, the image is that of a gun's firing hammer, while for Rin it is stabbing a heart with a knife.
This image tends to be related to how the circuits were opened for the very first time, so there even those who can only open their circuits through sexual arousal or self-harm.
By the way, Shirou's number of magic circuits is an unexpectedly high 27.
Rin, on the other hand, has 40 main circuits, while her sub-circuits are 30 each.魔術回路【魔術】
魔術師が体内に持つ拟似神経。
生命力を魔力に変换する為の路であり、基盤となる大魔術式に繋がる路でもある。
生まれながらに持ち得る数が決まっており'魔術師の家係は自分たちに手を加えて、魔術回路が一本でも多い後継ぎを诞生させようとする。
一度開いてしまえば，あとは術者の意思でオンオフができる。
スイッチの仕方は術者のイメージそれぞれで、士郎は铳の撃鉄のイメージ、凛は心臓をナイフで刺すイメージだとか。
これは一番初めの“開き”に関係しており、中には性的兴奋で闻くもの、自傷行為によってしか開かないもの、と様々。
ちなみに、士郎の魔術回路は意外と多く、二十七。
凛の魔術回路はメインが四十、サプがそれぞれ三十。 - ↑
[] TYPE-MOON Manuscript - Lord El-Melloi II, p.036-039 Lord El-Melloi II
Overview
A magus working at the Clock Tower, the headquarters of the Mage’s Association.
One of the twelve Lords that rule and manage the Clock Tower, and the current head of the El-Melloi family. His skill in magecraft is mediocre, but his talent for teaching is recognized by everyone. Apparently.
His real name is Waver Velvet. Before being adopted into the El-Melloi family, he was no more than the eldest son of a fledgling magus. However, the Fourth Holy Grail War drastically changed his life, and before he realized it, he was suffering under the weight of the El-Melloi family’s mantle.
Appearance
British, male, in his thirties.
Though he possesses well-chiseled features, his constant expression of displeasure means he is rarely considered to be handsome.
185cm tall, 72kg. Black eyes and hair.
He wears his long hair straight, but it is kept quite well, so it is not too stifling or unkempt. He regularly smokes cigars, but only as a way of calming himself, with no interest in their flavor.
Personality
Lawful Neutral.
Extroverted, confident, proactive.
Has a wicked tongue, and hates people in general… or so he appears. In truth, just and upright.
Always speaks with a kind of disdainful condescension, but that doesn’t come from looking down on his interlocutors. Rather, it stems from a self-deprecating feeling of “compared to that, what am I even doing? I look like an idiot. I’m the biggest fool here!” Intelligent, possessing good judgment, and more than anything else having lost all sense of vanity, he is able to accurately accept himself as he is. As a result,
“Really, I wanted to complete it myself. But I knew it was impossible for me. The moment I realized that, I noticed that everyone around me was brimming with potential, but wasn’t making use of it. Is there any more infuriating way of life? It takes everything I have to protect what little pride I have left, so why do I have to worry so much about how those idiots live?!”
He often curses others in that fashion, but he also says things like, “I can’t bear to watch such a disgraceful waste. You, come over here!” as he regularly looks out for others.
Though he appears cynical and pessimistic, that is only because of how keenly aware he is of his own limits. At his heart, he believes in helping the weak and disciplining the strong. He does not like getting involved in affairs that appear irritating to deal with, but those same affairs tend to capture his attention and prevent him from focusing on other matters, so he often cooperates to resolve such situations, cursing the whole time. While his experiences have taught him to act courageously, he is still rather cowardly. That is the source of his predilection with making sure his preparations are perfect before making a move.
Manner of Talking
He uses the personal pronoun “watashi.”
For people he is meeting for the first time, or is not especially familiar with, he refers to them by “Last Name”-san or “Name”-kun. He drops the honorific when speaking to his own students. He refers to enemies by their full name with no honorific.
Reines is a special exception, where he refers to her as “kimi” (you) or “ojou-sama” (young lady) in an effort to avoid using her name as much as possible.
When requesting help from someone, he will refer to them as “lady,” “miss,” or “mister.”
He speaks like a young man who spends a great deal of time around old people. His sentences are long and meandering, like a university lecturer, and he often speaks with bitterness. He often adds qualifiers like “seems likely,” “that’s the situation,” or “perhaps that is the case.” giving the impression he is speaking of someone else’s concerns.
He speaks in a rather formal way, but often covers a wide array of topics, regularly diverging into talking about the newest things. Kind of like “for an old guy, you’ve got pretty young tastes!”
Most of his words are fairly strict, but when speaking with someone standing at a crossroads in their life, he becomes much more pleasant and agreeable, bolstering his reputation as a teacher. He is rarely excited by much, but behind closed doors, he becomes furious with his students’ shenanigans (like Flat’s).
“And now you’ve just made more work for me! I’m not even going to have time to sleep! Yes, I understand now, this is actually Hell, isn’t it? There are many depictions of Hell around the world, but one of those is surely where your students are running around causing problems at every waking moment!”
And of course, always around to watch him rant is the young lady Reines, wearing a smile as sweet as the worst medicine.
Abilities
Element: Earth.
Specialty: Counteraction, Leyline/Organic Adjustment, etc. Extremely plain.
The quality of his magic circuits is on the lower end of mediocre. As Waver, he could produce about 20 units of magical energy. At the time he became Lord El-Melloi, that increased to 70 plus 10 (similar to hidden savings thanks to magical artifacts he possesses and the rituals he uses).
※For comparison, Shirou could produce 25, and Rin could produce 500. The cutoff for a full-fledged magi is considered to be 100.
As you can see, he falls below the line for a full-fledged magus. Though his talent for adjustment lends to his abilities as a teacher, his talent in that field mostly stems from his character and personality.
Totally unsuited to combat. Though he has a number of mystic codes for self defense, he rarely carries them around.
Assistant: “That talisman in your pocket is the only one you have, Professor?! Don’t you have any other mystic codes?!”
El-Melloi: “No. They’d be useless against a real magus anyway. There’s no point carrying a thousand of them around to extend my life by a couple seconds. I’d suffocate under them before they ever got to me.”
A: “How have you survived so long then?!”
E: “That should be obvious. I don’t go anywhere that an talisman like this isn’t enough to protect me.”
Though he has learned techniques to use in combat, his output is so low that he tries to avoid using them. He doesn’t carry small weapons like handguns around either. His last line of defense is his cigars, which contain (about ten units of) magical energy.
“You thought I smoked these stupidly expensive things just to look sophisticated and eccentric?”
“Well, I guess that’s not really wrong.”
History
Eldest son of the Velvet family, who first started their study of magecraft at the beginning of the 1800s. He was considered a bit of a prodigy in his hometown.
Full of hope, he applied to enter the Clock Tower, and through his connections somehow managed to join the classroom of a certain Lord, Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald. Thus he entered a rather elite course.
However, with only two hundred years of history under their belt, the Velvet family were infants to the world of magecraft. From the perspective of the Lords, he was only fit to serve as a member of the magical working class.
Rebelling against the authority and old-fashioned structure of the Clock Tower, he joined the Fourth Holy Grail War to prove his talents. In the end, he returned as the only survivor from the war. Thus ended what he thought would be the greatest battle of his life. He returned with a quiet resolve to face the battle that was the life waiting for him.
However, that was not to be the battle of his life. What awaited him on his return would determine the course of the rest of his life. With Kayneth and Sola-Ui gone, the Archibald family began to decline. The other Lords wasted no time in pillaging the rights, mystic codes, personnel, and wealth of the fallen family. In the few months Waver spent preparing for his return from Japan, the Clock Tower had undergone a great upheaval.
Upon his return, the Archibald family was on the edge of collapse. Feeling partially responsible for Kayneth’s death, Waver did what he could to at least preserve the El-Melloi classroom, but it was all for nothing. The young and powerless Waver had no way of saving the dying El-Melloi name.
Even so, he managed to sustain the El-Melloi classroom for three years. Keeping the magi of renowned families from leaving was an impossible task, so instead he set his sights on the younger generation, those studying modern magecraft. With little interest in gathering power for himself, he had no aversions to the new agers. Convincing an old lecturer that had lost his place in the Clock Tower in a previous power struggle to take the podium once again, he created an emotional fulcrum for the new agers to operate around.
Starting as little more than a school club, they eventually rose to the level of the other classrooms of the Clock Tower, and before he realized it Waver himself had completed the necessary courses to teach the classroom in an official sense as a graduate student.
Though he had a terrible reputation among the ruling class, he had become a star of hope for the younger generation, his own distaste for that fact cementing his popularity among the students. (Occasionally, his underclassmen and friends had to fend off assassins sent by the ruling class and the Archibald family.)
Around the time the difficulties of his life had created a permanent wrinkle in his brow, he received an invitation to meet with a branch family of the Archibalds, the Archisorte family. Confused by the invitation, he was presented with Kayneth’s body that they had retrieved (with its destroyed Magic Crest), and a report on the details of the Fourth Holy Grail War. The young head of the Archisorte family, Reines, claimed to have watched his every move with admiration since he had returned to the Clock Tower. She was one of his fans, she claimed with a grin.
Waver, of course, didn’t believe her for an instant, and expected to be killed at any moment. From the perspective of the Archisorte family, Waver was the cause of their collapse. But he hadn’t stopped there. He had also stolen the rights to the El-Melloi classroom away from them, and even if it was in a bid to preserve it, ended up transforming it into something repulsive. Killing him would hardly be enough to satisfy their grudge.
Confirming that Waver was well aware of that, Reines presented him with an offer. If he accepted her terms, she would keep the details of the Fourth Holy Grail War a secret, and furthermore would guarantee his safety. In exchange, he had to agree to the following three terms:
- Repay all of the El-Melloi’s debt.
- Maintain the seat of Lord until Reines is old enough to take it herself.
- Restore Kayneth Archibald’s Magic Crest (the Archi Crest).
He understood how impossible those terms would be to fulfill, but also that if he refused, he would likely be killed immediately. He did feel he bore some responsibility, so he reluctantly accepted her offer.
W: “But what do you mean by that second condition? Isn’t it basically the same as paying back the debt?
R: “Ah, that. To put it simply, someone has to take the job of Lord until I’m old enough.”
Waver immediately felt suspicious.
W: “Wait. Are you saying—”
R: “Exactly. I’m sure dealing with the other Lords will be a pain, but I’ll leave it all to you, Lord El-Melloi II. Or should I just call you my beloved older brother?”
Waver immediately collapsed. Before he could so much as stand, she continued.
“Ah, I forgot one thing. There’s a fourth condition. You also have to be my private tutor. Having a brother not related to me by blood giving me private instruction is a great form of impropriety,” said the suspiciously grinning young girl.
Ever since then, Waver took up the mantle of Lord El-Melloi II (since he was Kayneth’s successor) in the Clock Tower. Such was the birth of one of the Clock Tower’s most charismatic lecturers, destitute yet holding the position of Lord and running his own classroom and department.
“It’s not like I’m asking you to work for the rest of your life. I just want your help until the rightful glory of the title of Lord has been restored. That sounds fair to me.”
“That’s the same as saying ‘work until you die,’ you demon.”ロード・エルメロイII世
概要
魔術協会の総本山、時計塔に所属する魔術師。
時計塔を支配・運営する十二の名家（ロード）のひとつ、エルメロイの現当主。
魔術の技量、才能は凡夫レベルだが、講師としての才能は誰もが認めるところである。らしい。
本名はウェイバー・ベルベット。エルメロイに養子入りするまではしがない新参魔術師の長男だったが、第四次聖杯戦争を経て人生が激変し、気がついたらエルメロイの家紋を背負うコトになってしまった苦労の人。
外見
英国人、男性、三十代。
顔立ちは彫りの深い美形ではあるが、つねに不愉快げな顔をしているため、美形というイメージはなし。
身長185cm、体重72kg、瞳の色ブラック、髪の色ブラック。
長い黒髪をストレートにおろしているが、髪は手入れされているので暑苦しさややぼったさはない。
葉巻を好むが、味を楽しんでいるのではなくもっぱら精神安定剤である。
性格
秩序・中立。
外向的、強気、能動的。
毒舌家で人間嫌い……のように見える、正義の人。
口を開ければ嫌みばかりいうインテリだが、決してあいてを見下しているワケではなく、“それに比べて私は何をやっているんだろう。まったくバカらしい。一番愚かなのは私自身だ！”といった自己批判が根底にあるだけ。
エルメロイII世は頭がよく、判断力があり、なにより見栄がなくなった人間なので自分の器というものを素直に受け入れてしまう。結果、
「本当は私だって大成したかった。だが自分には無理だと分かってしまった。そう理解した途端、まわりの連中がいかに“才能に溢れているのに使いこなせていない”かが分かってしまった。
こんな意地の悪い人生が他にあるか？なけなしのプライドを守るだけで精一杯だというのに、なんだって私が、あんなバカどもの人生の心配などしなくちゃならん！？」
などと悪態をつきながらも、「……見るに堪えん、醜悪なまでにもったいない。おまえ、ちょっとこっちにこい！」と面倒を見てしまう。
皮肉屋、悲観主義に見えるのは自分の限界が見えているからで、根っこは弱きを助け強きをただす善人。
面倒ごとには関わりたくないが、面倒ごとがあると気になって集中できないので悪態をつきながらも解決に乗り出したり協力したりしてくれる。
また、場数を踏んだので度胸こそついたものの、臆病であるのは変わりはない。彼が用心深く準備を万全にしたがるのはそのあたりが原因。
口調
一人称は「私」
他人に対しては、初対面、ないし親しくない相手は「名字」にさん、くん、付け。教え子は「名前」を呼び捨て。敵対者はフルネームを呼び捨て。
ライネスには「君」「お嬢様」と使い分けて極力、名前を口にしない方向で。
正式に助力を請う時はレディ、ミズ、ミスター、と呼ぶ。 ややじじくさい青年口調。
台詞は長く、大学教授のように回りくどく、辛辣。
言葉のまとめは「～だろう」「～という事だ」「～なのかね」とやや他人事のようにまとめるように。
口調こそ堅苦しいが、その内容は多岐にわたり、かつ新しいもの。“おっさんのクセに趣味が若いなコイツ！？″みたいな。
口にする言葉はたいてい厳しいが、相手が人生の岐路に立っている時などは落ち着いた、嫌みのない言葉になる。指導者としての面目躍如。
滅多なことでは興奮しないが、弟子のやんちゃ（フラットなど）に直面すると、まわりに人がいなくなった後でひとりで激おこ状態になる。「また仕事を増やしやがって、寝る間もないじゃないか！
そうか、やっと分かったぞ、ここは地獄だったんだな！
東洋には様々な地獄があるというが、弟子の不始末に奔走するシワス地獄があるに違いない！」
って感じでモノに当たり散らす。そして、決まってその現場を見てしまってクスリと味のあるほほえみをうかべるライネスお嬢様。
能力
魔術属性：地。特性は解毒、地脈・生体の調整など。たいへん地味。
魔術回路の質は中の下ほど。魔力（オド）生成量はウェイバー時代で20、エルメロイ時代で70+10。（10は魔術品や術式による隠し貯金みたいなもの）
※ちなみに士郎が25、凛が500。100に届けば一流の魔術師と呼べる。
この通り、実践魔術師としては一流には届かない。
研究、指導で才能を発揮するのは「調整」の特性によるところもあるだろうが、やはり本人の気質、性格によるもの。
荒事にはまったく向いていない。防御用の礼装もそれなりに持っているが、あまり所持したがらない。助手「先生、守り札を内ポケットにいれてるだけなんですか！？
他に礼装とか！？」エ「いらん。一流どもを相手にすればどうせ消し炭だ。一秒二秒寿命を延ばすためにジャラジャラと着飾っていられるか。襲われる前に不快さで息が詰まりかねん」助手「そんなんで今までどうやって生き延びたんですか！？」エ「決まっているだろう。守り札で防げないような場所には近寄らない」
攻撃手段も修得しているが、低威力なのであまり使いたがらない。そのクセ、拳銃などの小道具は持たない。
吸っている葉巻が最後の隠し武器で、葉巻には（魔力10）が込められている。「伊達や酔狂でこんなクソ高い嗜好品を吸っていると思ったか？」「まあ、伊達や酔狂で吸っているのは事実だがね」
経歴
1800年頃に魔術の門を叩いたベルベット家の長男。地元では天才と言われていたよ。
希望を抱いて時計塔に入学し、なんとか手に入れたコネでロードのひとり、ケイネス・エルメロイ・アーチボルトの教室に籍を置いた。ここまではそれなりにエリートコースだった。
が、二百年の歴史ではまだまだ新参で、ロードたちに言わせればウェイバーなぞ「魔術世界を回すための労働階級」にすぎない。
ウェイバーはそんな権威と古くさい組織構造に反発し、自分の才能を示すために第四次聖杯戦争に参加、色々あってただひとり生き延びたマスターとして時計塔に帰還する。
おそらく、自分の人生における最大の「戦い」はこれで終わった。
あとは身の丈に合った人生という戦いを送ろう、と爽やかな決意と共に。
しかし。彼の最大の戦いは聖杯戦争ではなかった。
帰国してから彼を待ち受けていたものこそが、ウェイバー・ベルベットの人生を決定づけるものだった。
ケイネス、ソラウを失ったアーチボルト家の衰退。ここぞとばかりにエルメロイが持っていた利権、魔術品、人材、資産を奪いに来る他のロードたち。ウェイバーが日本でのんびり帰国の準備をしていた数ヶ月、時計塔内部の事情は激変していた。
ウェイバーが帰国した時、ロードとしてのアーチボルト家はもはや立ち行かなくなる寸前だった。
ウェイバーはケイネスの死に責任の一端を感じ、せめて教室だけは維持できるよう微力ながらも奔走するが、虚しい努力だった。
若く、権力もないウェイバーに滅び行くエルメロイを維持する力はなかったのである。
それでもウェイバーは三年間にわたり教室だけは存続させた。
去っていく名門出の魔術師たちを引き留めるコトは不可能だった。
なのでウェイバーは近代魔術を学ぶ若い世代に目を付けた。もともと権力によりそう気の無かったウェイバーは、ニューエイジである近代魔術に嫌悪感はなかったのである。
ウェイバーは権力争いの果てに席を失っていた講師を説得し教壇に立たせ、時計塔内部で精神的支柱を求めていたニューエイジたちに居場所を作った。
はじめはサークルとしか言えなかった彼等の集まりはやがて教室と呼ぶに相応しい水準になり、ウェイバーも気がつけば必要な学科を修め、院生として正式に教壇に立てる資格を得ていた。
支配層におけるウェイバーの評判は最悪だったが、若い世代たちにとって彼は希望の星となった。本人がそれを心底イヤがっているのも好印象だったのだろう。
（時に、支配層やアーチボルト家から放たれる刺客たちを追い払うのはウェイバーをしたう後輩や仲間たちだった）
そうして、苦労の日々がウェイバーの眉間に消えない皺を刻みつけた頃、ウェイバーはアーチボルト家の分家、アーチゾルテに招集される。
なにごと？と首をかしげるウェイバーは、そこでアーチゾルテが回収したケイネスの遺体（破壊された魔術刻印）と、第四次聖杯戦争の内容報告を突きつけられる。
アーチゾルテの幼い当主・ライネスは語る。「帰国してからの君の活躍は知っている。日夜、胸躍らせながら拝見させてもらっていた」
ライネスはウェイバーのファンである、とニヤリとした笑顔で語る。無論、そんなワケはない、と死を覚悟するウェイバー。
アーチゾルテにとってウェイバーこそ衰退の原因だ。しかもアーチボルトから教室の利権を強引に奪い、エルメロイ教室を残す為とはいえあんな低俗なものに作り替えてしまった男だ。殺しても飽き足らない害虫である。
それをウェイバーが十分に承知しているコトを確認し、ライネスは交換条件を持ち出した。その契約に従うのなら聖杯戦争の内容を公開するコトはせず、また、ウェイバーの安全を保証すると。
その条件とは、
- エルメロイが負った借金をすべて返済する
- ライネスがロードを名乗れる歳になるまでロードの席を維持する
- ケイネス・アーチボルトの魔術刻印（アーチの刻印）を復元する
の三つだった。
あまりの不可能さに固唾を呑むウェイバーだが、ここで断ったらそれこそ殺される。責任があるのは事実だし、ウェイバーは仕方なくこの条件を飲む。ウェ「しかし、二つめの条件だが、具体的にはどうすれば？借金返済とかぶっていないか？」ライ「ああ、それか。分かりやすく言うと、私が成人するまで誰かにロードの仕事をしてもらう、という事だよ」
ウェイバー、いやな予感に目を見張る。「待て。それはつまり」「そういう事だ。他のロードどもとの折衝は心底つまらないと思うが、頼んだぞロード・エルメロイII世。それともこう呼ぼうか？親愛なるお兄様、と」
ウェイバー、目眩で倒れかかる。
そんなウェイバーに、「ああ、あとひとつ言い忘れていた。四つめ、私の家庭教師になること。血の繋がらない兄に指導を受けるというのは倒錯していて実にいい」
などと妖しく微笑むロリ当主なのだった。
以後、ウェイバーはエルメロイII世（ケイネスの後をついだので）として時計塔で活動する事になる。時計塔のロードとして学部、研究室を持ちながら貧乏講師であるカリスマの誕生である。
「なに、生涯を尽くせと言っているんじゃない。ロードの栄光が戻るまでと言っているんだ。この上なく良心的だと思うが？」「それを死ぬまで働け、と言うんだこの悪魔」 - Repay all of the El-Melloi’s debt.
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shimosa Province: The Stage of Rivers of Blood and Mountains of Corpses - Section 4: Inferno (Beginning)
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order material V - Parvati Profile, p.340-349 translated by castor212
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 Fate/Grand Order material V - EMIYA Alter Profile, pg.62-73 translated by castor212
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fate/Grand Order Lines
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shinjuku: Malignant Quarantined Demonic Realm - Section 17: Truth's Cruelty
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shinjuku: Malignant Quarantined Demonic Realm - Section 2: Millenium Trap
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shinjuku: Malignant Quarantined Demonic Realm - Section 5: Black Maiden Fire Wheel
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shinjuku: Malignant Quarantined Demonic Realm - Section 8: Empress Christine
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shinjuku: Malignant Quarantined Demonic Realm - Section 9: Free-Transforming Vagabond
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shinjuku: Malignant Quarantined Demonic Realm - Section 15: Shinjuku Fly High
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shinjuku: Malignant Quarantined Demonic Realm - Section 18: Great Detective's Great Deduction
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - SE.RA.PH.: Deep-Sea Cyber-Nirvana - Act I: Swan Lake Returns
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - SE.RA.PH.: Deep-Sea Cyber-Nirvana - Act II: Coppélia of Avalanche
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - SE.RA.PH.: Deep-Sea Cyber-Nirvana - Act III: The Nutcracker, Once More
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - SE.RA.PH.: Deep-Sea Cyber-Nirvana - Act IV: The Sinking Beauty
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - SE.RA.PH.: Deep-Sea Cyber-Nirvana - -Finale-
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - SE.RA.PH.: Deep-Sea Cyber-Nirvana - Epilogue: Palladion That Tears Through Time