Shielder (シールダー?) is a Shielder-class Servant set to appear in Fate/Grand Order.
Profile
Identity
Shielder's identity is unknown.
Personality
Appearance
Development
Known as the Stray Servant (はぐれ サーヴァント, Hagure Sāvuanto?), Shielder was a heroine candidate during the development of Fate/stay night who was left unused in the final version. She was considered along with Rider and Caster to be a possible heroine, but she was cut due to the plot beginning to stray so as to keep it manageable for the player. As Saber is a "Servant of the Sword", she was to be her rival as a Shielder, "Servant of the Shield."[1] She would have been an "abandoned puppy" type heroine who killed her Master during the Fourth Holy Grail War and went on a rampage, surviving into the Fifth Holy Grail War in a similar manner to Gilgamesh.[2]
Her role was originally only detailed in Fate/side material, but it was planned that she would be a character in what was to be the original story of Studio DeenWP's Fate/stay night adaptation. Her character design by Takashi Takeuchi was completed at that time, but the anime was later changed to an adaptation of the Fate route and the character was again abandoned. The design was later revived for Grand Order for Kinoko Nasu to allow her to be one of the main heroines along with Saber and Ruler.[3]
Role
Shielder is set to appear in Fate/Grand Order. It is unknown if she will keep her original class designation.
Abilities
Shielder carries a large cross-shaped shield as her primary weapon.
References
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order interview
- ↑
[] Fate/side material - Encyclopedia: Stray Servant [Others], p.069 [T] Stray Servant [Others]
A heroine candidate that vanished without a trace during the plotting stage.
She was conceived of as an "abandoned puppy" type heroine, who killed her Master and went on a rampage.
As a Servant of the shield, she was going to be a rival to Saber, the Servant of the sword, but…
Just like Gilgamesh, she would have been a Servant that had remained behind after the previous Grail War.
Unfortunately, though, she had to be cut for the sake of keeping things manageable for the player.
After all, around this point, the plot itself was starting to stray. Not only Rider, but even Caster was a potential heroine candidate. It was terrifyingly chaotic.
Hmm? Fuji-nee? I don't know what you're talking about, Fuji-nee never had a main route even during the plotting stage.はぐれサーヴァント【その他】
プロット段階で消えたヒロイン候補。
マスターを殺して暴走している“捨てられた子犬係" のヒロインとして予定されていた。
盾のサーヴァントで、セイパーのライバルになる予 定だったのだが???いつのまにか消えていた子である。
ギルガメッシュと同様、前回から残っているサーヴァ ントとして考えられていたが、
とれ以上登場人物を増やしてプレイヤーを混乱させてもよろしくない、とカットされた。
この頃はプロットも迷走しており、ライダーはおろかキャスターさえヒロイン候補だった、という恐ろしいカオスっぷりだったのだ。
藤ねえ?藤ねえにはプロット段階からメインルートなんてねえよ。 - ↑ Grand Order 4Gamer interview