Saber (セイバー, Seibā?) is a Saber-class Servant able to be summoned by the Protagonist in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.
Profile
Identity
Saber's True Name is Gaius Julius CaesarWP (ガイウス・ユリウス・カエサルWP, Gaiusu Yuriusu Kaesaru?). One of the greatest heroes of ancient RomeWP.[2] A person of the 1st Century BC.[1] An outstanding sovereign and a general that made a name for himself in the Gallic WarsWP and the BritanniaWP Expedition. A descendant of the goddess VenusWP, it has been said that this womanizer had a child with a fairy that was far from human.[2] He is also known by his English name Julius Caesar.[1]
History
A superpower that continues to struggle with power struggles and wars, its name is Rome. Being the world’s largest assembly, if one wants to climb the ranks, not only does one need strength based on a sword of a savage tribe of a savage land, but it is also necessary to sharpen one’s intellect by means of conflict. An enormous vortex of cruelty.[1]
Then, Caesar was born————[1]
The current state of the Roman ruling classes is that they kill and are killed, incidentally by means of trickery. Although he was temporarily away from the capital of Rome, Caesar himself chose to plunge into the vortex of conspiracies after Roman dictatorWP SullaWP died. His first move was applying an impeachment of the governor-general for his corruption and oppression of the people of the Roman provinces. Bringing him down with nothing but his speech, Caesar additionally, even during the time of the Roman consulWP that had tremendous support and popularity, advocated with his voice, words, hand movements and bodily gestures that the government should not be instigating on the good will of the Roman citizens by means of evil intentions. His truth has become his sword, and surely his tongue as well.[1]
Nights passes where he schemed to kill his enemies while protecting his life. These two objectives were being repeated. After continually coming out favorably in his successful career, he took up a new post as Roman governor of Hispania TarraconensisWP. Then, after carrying out a triumphant return from bringing down the OrientWP and promptly defeating numerous powerful resistances that have yet to obey the Romans, Caesar became a Roman consulWP. Thus commences the origin of the First TriumvirateWP, the Gallic Wars. Repeatedly suppressing and crushing his oppositions such as the GaulsWP, the BelgaeWP, the GermanicsWP and the AquitaniansWP, and occasionally having hard battles during his strikes on Britannia, Caesar took and subjugated the whole land of GaulWP over several years. He won the title of the strongest general and received tremendous support from the masses. After the death of one of the three triumvirs, CrassusWP, the other triumvir who remained, the great commander PompeyWP, parted from Caesar and was later assassinated. Caesar then became the most powerful person in Rome in both name and reality.[1]
And then, he met her. In AlexandriaWP, the capital city of EgyptWP. It was love at first sight on Cleopatra, the ceremonial wife of Ptolemy XIII Theos PhilopatorWP of whom they are joint rulers, but the former worthy enough to be a queen. He himself was 40 years old while his companion was a young girl, separated by 20 years in age. His steel resolution started to creep into his foundation, this being by no means his feelings for her. Speaking of the characteristics of her beauty, her heightened pride regards her own people and country, and now, it is as if that temperament and pride became her form. Upon seeing that, Caesar swore to protect the beautiful young queen. For him who freely proceeded with marriages and divorces to come about his purposes of political strife, and for him who was handed many women for him to flirt with, this was his first love.[1]
Together with Cleopatra, Caesar dreamt of the second coming of the powerful “Roman Egyptian Empire” that King Iskandar once accomplished. Subjugating Egypt and removing Ptolemy XIVWP, he invaded every kingdom near Egypt one after another and gained total control of the Roman SenateWP faction lurking secretly in their countries. After gaining total control of HispaniaWP, he finally accomplished the subjugation of the Roman RepublicWP. Caesar reigned over ancient Rome as the first lifetime Roman dictator. He tells his beloved queen: “There is no one who will hinder me. I seized all of Rome. As soon as the expedition of the Kingdom of ParthiaWP is successful, I will certainly and officially welcome you as my wife and announce to the world far and wide of our son CaesarionWP.”[1]
But, it was not done. Caesar truly did have all of Rome in his hands, but the vortex of cruelty surrounding Rome, becoming something like a curse, did not allow love and peace to continue every day. That is, it came in the form of a single blade. At the Theatre of PompeyWP, BrutusWP, a loyal retainer of his who became a tool for the remnants of the Roman Senate faction, raised overhead a single knife————[1]
Appearance
  Saber Stage 1 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shima Drill.  Saber Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shima Drill.  Saber Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shima Drill.  Saber Stage 4 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shima Drill.  Saber Stage 1 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shima Drill.  Saber Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shima Drill.  Saber Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shima Drill.  Heroic Spirit Formal Dress: Caesar (英霊正装：ガイウス・ユリウス・カエサル, Eirei Seisō: Gaiusu Yuriusu Kaesaru?) in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Shima Drill.  |
Personality
A cunning man. An ambitious person that excels in trickery.[2] His gaze is perceptive and it hides a dangerousness and bottomlessness that one cannot neglect.[1] Endowed with a large ambition and frightening intelligence, Caesar is a master of speech and ingenuity. A genius of incitement. He loves women.[2] He also loves Rome, to which he loves the successive Roman emperors in general.[1][2] He loves the world. He has a habit of repeating similar words three times in a row.[2]
Caesar does not regret his past life that was filled with the numerous trickeries he committed so long as he lives, even if those trickeries were what lead him to his death. However, as he deeply regrets having made his beloved Cleopatra cry for he believed that he had treated her cruelly, he thought that “it was troublesome” to unravel plots until he became a Heroic Spirit and Servant.[1][3] His wish for the Holy Grail is to “reunite with Cleopatra and recognize both her and his son Caesarion”, because he would scheme before long, among other things.[1][2] However, he has grown tired of scheming and backstabbing.[3] “Enough of conspiracies. Just let me hug my boy, my boy.”[2]
Caesar claims that the incident in Gaul is what made him mature. The battlefield is not something he could bring himself to love. He realized it was human nature to love the ideals of peace and tranquility. In regards to his feelings about Gaul, he states that it wasn't a bad place in comparison to the bloody scheming of Rome, claiming that the affairs of the battlefield might be a little more preferable for him.[4]
Relationships
- Cleopatra
- Beloved partner. Caesar regrets having died before he could recognize his son Caesarion as his own child as well as proclaiming that Cleopatra was his wife. Having turned into a Heroic Spirit and Servant, he currently has a deep love for her. (Although he has said "It's a different story if there's a good woman in front of me.")[1]
- Iskandar
- A respected great. Cleopatra and Ceasar dreamt of the second coming of Iskander's great empire—creating a Roman Egyptian Empire.[1]
- Nero
- Caesar naturally likes Nero.[2] Cute descendant. Super cute. Loves her. She's like a grandchild to him.[1]
- Caligula
- Feels like seeing his younger brother. "That moon goddessWP maybe should make a few more allowances..."[1]
- Ritsuka Fujimaru
- Caesar will fundamentally not betray his Master.[1][2] “I'll warn you now, Master. Be sure to not let pride be the end of you.”[1] Even the words spoken with mingled sarcasm are advices from the bottom of his heart.[2]
Role
Fate/Grand Order
Septem: The Eternal Madness Empire
Caesar is summoned in the "Septem" Singularity by Lev Lainur Flauros as one of the emperors of the United Roman Empire. He leads a group of soldiers in Gallia (Gaul). Caesar later challenges Ritsuka Fujimaru, Mash Kyrielight and Nero, who have come to defeat him, encouraging his soldiers to retreat as he does so. He is defeated by them, but, being impressed by Nero, tells them that the Holy Grail of the Singularity is in the capital of the United Roman Empire. Before fading away, he also hints at the leader of the United Empire, saying that he would be curious about how Nero would react when she meets him.
Do Moon Goddesses Dream of Dango?
Encountering the the travelling group of Saint Martha, Georgios, Sasaki Kojirou, Caesar convinces them to give him half of their dumplings to him. Later, he eats the dumplings with Caligula, but Ritsuka Fujimaru, Mash Kyrielight, Artemis eventually arrive, with Mash demanding they return the dumplings. After feeling insulted that Caligula constantly compares him to round things, Caesar asks the group if they're here for the dumplings, and tries and fails to convince them that he made the dumplings. Then, after failing to convince the group that he's Nero Cladius, Caesar says that he took the dumplings because he sensed an evil plot involving them. He then continues that he'll give the group back the dumplings, saying that they'll sell the dumplings at triple their price, and that he'll take their earnings but pay them double the worth of the dumplings. However, his business pitch is rejected the group, so he ends up fighting them with Caligula. After being defeated by the group, he becomes shocked when he sees Altera coming out of the bag of dumplings, wondering how she got in the bag. Caesar then joins the group in fighting Altera, and after her defeate, he rejects yet appreciates Ritsuka's offer for him join the Moon Festival at Chaldea. Before disappearing he gives Ritsuka and Mash a warning that the real culprit of the dumplings theft has still not been found.
Miss Almost Weekly Santa Alter
Julius Caesar travels to Darius III's palace, where he is happily mistaken for Santa Claus by Darius. Caesar however had no presents to give since he wasn't the real Santa, so he decided to take Darius' possessions. He decided then to use Darius' belongings as presents, even having Phantom of the Opera sign off as the buyer. Then due to being unable to bear Phantom's crying when he couldn't give him what he truly wanted, Caesar leaves and eventually found himself in France.
In France he encountered Chevalier d'Eon, who told him that they wished to sell their old possessions. Using the funds he retrieved from Darius, Caesar bough all of d'Eon's old possessions, including a French Royal family treasure. d'Eon begs him to return it, and he sold them back to them for ten times the price. Then after witnessing Marie Antoinette reprimanding d'Eon, Caesar leaves and eventually encountered Jing Ke.
Confronting Jing Ke as she plots to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, Caesar persuaded her to lend him her daggers. As well he is mistaken by both Saint Martha and Ushiwakamaru as Santa Claus. He has both them and Jing Ke sign a contract that forces them to buy expensive presents with their own money. However, when he discovered that they don't have enough money, he confiscated all of their belongings.
Later, Caesar encountered Jack the Ripper and Nursery Rhyme, who mistake him for Santa Claus. However, he told them that he wasn't the real Santa and for them to wait patiently for the real Santa to arrive. Before leaving though, Caesar told them be good girls and to wait patiently until then and that he'll try to do something for them next year if they can't do that.
Eventually Caesar is confronted by Ritsuka Fujimaru and Santa Alter after they heard about another Santa repeatedly from others. Greeting her to the snowy field that will stage their showdown, he reveals that he was the fake Santa, and begins to tell of his pasts deeds as Santa while being chastised by Ritsuka. However before he could tell everything, he is interrupted by Santa Alter, who is tired of him talked. Caesar calls him a victim for being mistaken as Santa Claus wherever he went, but says he had fun playing Santa despite having no choice. After asking why everyone thinks he's Santa, he is challenged to combat by Santa Alter. Accepting her challenge, he exclaims that he was getting tired of being mistaken for Santa and having to run away. He then reveals that he's bored since Nero Claudius, Caligula, and Cleopatra are ignoring before fighting Santa Alter. After being defeated, Caesar escapes before Santa Alter before she could finish him off as bids her and Ritsuka farewell.
Salomon: The Grand Time Temple
Caesar is amongst the "Septem" Singularity Servants to aid Chaldea against the Demon Gods Pillars.[5]
Interlude
In his interlude Nostalgic Merits (懐かしの勲, Natsukashi no Kun?), Caesar goes to a battlefield in Rome with Ritsuka and Mash in order to escape from the tainted feeling he got from his constant schemes in life. Remnants of the United Roman Army then appear and attack the group. After being defeated, the United Roman soldiers retreat, but Caesar goes after them with Ritsuka and Mash following. Arriving at a fortress, the group encounters another Caesar that is a manifestation of Caesar's past escapism. After defeating the other Caesar, the group returns to Chaldea with Caesar having become stronger.
Abilities
Having become a Heroic Spirit, Caesar's materialized body retains his superior intellect that brought him victory in many battlefields, expressed by his possession of a high rank in the Military Tactics Skill.[1][2] He excels in trickery, possessing a frightening intelligence. In fact, his ingenuity and military exploits is expressed as his Military Tactics Skill, having lead his troops to victory in many battles while alive.[1]
Caesar is a genius at Incitement, displaying it in an extremely powerful manner.[2] They are the acquisition of words and gestures to lead the citizens and the masses. Especially, when employed against an individual, it functions as a sort of mental attack.[1][2]
His Charisma is from having the Roman citizens' exuberant support; seeing his success as a general in the Gallic Wars, there's really no need to ask if Caesar is charismatic.[1]
He has a low ranking Divinity since he is descended from the goddess Venus and deified after he died; Caesar has Divine Spirit aptitude even if the rank is low.[1]
Caesar's Noble Phantasm is Crocea Mors.[2] He claims that being summoned in the Saber-class is a mistake and is not a correct use of his abilities.[3]
Development
Creation and Conception
Shima Drill is the character illustrator for Gaius Julius Caesar.[1][2] Hikaru Sakurai is the scenario writer for his character.[1]
Shima Drill released a muscular version of Caesar on Twitter on April Fools' Day.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 Fate/Grand Order material I - Gaius Julius Caesar, p.062-071, translated by You (Part 2) at Beast's Lair.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 This reference needs to be fixed. Use "FGOSP1" instead of "Grand Order".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fate/Grand Order - Gaius Julius Caesar's My Room Lines
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Gaius Julius Caesar's Bond Craft Essence: Commentarii de Bello Gallico
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Salomon: The Grand Time Temple - Act 03: II / Intelligence Room Flauros