There's a lot of information on Beasts in the content in Fate/Grand Order Material, specifically Goetia's and Kiara's profiles. They're both translated, and while I can't find Goetia's now, here is Kiara's. I think some of the information here should be added, after of course asking for permission from the translator. Badwebsiteuser (talk) 18:23, August 29, 2018 (UTC)
Old overview section[]
Sticking this here because I want to rewrite the section to tone down some of the flowery wording. EGGS (talk) 15:26, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
- Notes:
- The stuff about the sins of humanity vs the seven deadly sins comes from the Jekyll/Hyde short story so should be rephrased as being Jekyll's interpretation of the evils of man.
Advent Beast: An Evil of Humanity Manifests.
The Evils of Humanity are, as the name implies, the Stigmata of Humanity (人類の汚点, Jinrui no Oten?, lit. "blights / stains of humanity")—the seven Calamities (災害, Saigai?) positioned to enact the annihilation of Humanity that threatens the continuity of the history of Humanity.[1][2] Being entities that obtain standing within the World of the Primates by way of factors that grow forth from human society and the Human Order, the Evils of Humanity are existences that accumulate strength in proportion to the advancement of Humanity, and are in essence a cancer that consumes Humankind from within.[2] Empowered by civilization itself, they are beings that consume civilization—the embodiment of the destruction visited upon the works of Humanity.[3]
Rather than Servants brought forth via the evocations of spells founded upon the Combat Ritual for the Salvation of the World[4] --"the Summoning of the Heroic Spirits[5] -- the Beasts are the original beings that came to accumulate spiritual stature as Saint Graphs;[1][2] the basis and archetype of the Heroic Spirits, which by the causality of self-inflicted karma come to act as a system for the ApoptosisWP of Humanity (人類の自滅機構, Jinrui no Jimetsu Kikō?).[1][2][6] That is to say, the exceptional nature or capabilities that Heroic Spirits exhibit when summoned as Servants, are validated upon the same mechanisms that lend the Evils of Humanity their capacity for threat.[2]
Though the Beasts can be said to preside over the Seven Sins of Humanity (人類の七罪, Jinrui no Nanazai?), the sins that they represent are not the seven carried awayWP upon the death of the SaviorWP. Rather, these "sins" come of the attributes that humans embody in existing as humans; those things that cannot be set aside so long as humans continue to subsist as creatures who possess wisdom.[7] Being existences that encompass all of humanity, the Evils cannot be withstood or overcome by any one human, or anything beholden to the laws of the Human Order; for just as Humanity is incapable of abandoning Wisdom, so too are the Evils an inevitable fixture of the human condition.[8]
However, by the word of Gilgamesh in the 7th Singularity of Fate/Grand Order, the Evils of Humanity are the Calamities over which Humanity is destined to prevail.[1][2]
In the Final Singularity, Gilgamesh further elaborates that the Evils of Humanity are by intrinsic nature the Love of Humanity (人類愛, jinrui-ai?), as—unlike malicious intent directed toward humanity—a true desire to preserve the Rationality of Humanity is inexhaustible. Validated in the pursuit of a more favorable future, fangs are brought to bear against the peace of the present[9]—but any such endeavor inevitably brings forth a stagnation (淀, yodo?) within the History of Humanity (人類史, Jinrui-Shi?).[2]
nero did not call merlin that[]
Merlin is a beast of the planet not of the star. Says so in Lilim Harlot.
merlin[]
Why isn't Merlin (Prototype) listed as a Beast candidate? "Beast of the Planet" is equivalent to "Beast of the Counter Force".GuessWhoYoutube (talk) 20:32, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
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[] JP Wiki - Beast - Born of Civilization to Destroy Civilization - ↑
[] JP Wiki - Solomon - The Spell for the Salvation of the World Being a Heroic Spirit manifest by way of the Foundation from which the Summoning System utilized in the Heaven's Feel of Fuyuki was derived -- "the Combat Ritual For the Salvation of the World" -- his attributes are of a caliber superior to that of the average Servant.
冬木の聖杯戦争における英霊召喚システムの前身、すなわち本来の「世界を救うための決戦術式」としての英霊召喚により呼び出される英霊であるため、他のサーヴァントより一段階上の規格を持つ。
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[] JP Wiki - Servant - The Spell for the Salvation of Primates Per the canon of "Grand Order," the summoning of the Heroic Spirits was in its earliest form an instrument utilized by the Counter Force for the preservation of Humanity -- "the Combat Magecraft For the Salvation of the World of the Primates."
『Grand Order』によると英霊召喚とは本来、人類存続を守る抑止力の召喚であり、「霊長の世を救うための決戦魔術」である。
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[] JP Wiki - Beast - Karma & Apoptosis - ↑
[] JP Wiki - Beast - The Seven Deadly Sins These are not the Seven Sins carried away upon the death of the Savior; they come of the attributes that humans embody in existing as humans; those things that cannot be set aside so long as humans continue to subsist as creatures possessed of Wisdom.
救世主が持ち去った人類の七罪ではなく、人が人であるが故の性質、知恵持つ生き物であるが故の切り捨てる事の叶わないモノ。
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[] JP Wiki - Beast - The Fruit of Wisdom Cannot Be Abandoned - ↑
[] Fate/Grand Order, Final Singularity, Chapter 14 - The Love of Humanity @ Jeanne d'Arc
The Temple is beginning to collapse.
It seems that we've done it, Gudako.
A job well done, everyone.
By your efforts, the Demon God Pillars were suppressed,
and at the seat of the king, Gudako was able to --
... Everyone's vanished already --
-- thank you.
I thank you for battling without remiss, unto the last of your strength.
Though these words shall never reach you, I wish nevertheless to express my utmost gratitude to your assistance.
And thus, it seems that even we who survived shall soon return to the Greater Throne (大いなる座, ōi-naru za?).
@ Gilgamesh
It is an inevitability.
Independent Manifestation is a capacity (特性, tokusei?, lit. "unique nature") restricted to the Beasts.
Any proper Heroic Spirit
would upon manifestation in this spatial domain (宙域, chūiki?) begin immediately to collapse (崩壊, hōkai?).
It was in the defiance of such that they continued to suppress the Demon God Pillars.
Though many here were indeed Heroic Spirits of common stock,
I cannot but reevaluate them upon the basis of this battle alone.
@ Jeanne d'Arc
But even you who speak these words have begun to withdraw, King of Heroes.
Do you not desire to see things to the end?
@ Gilgamesh
Nay. What arrives from this point forth is a conclusion rightly known only to the arbiters of this incident.
No good would come of either my involvement or yours.
Goetia. The Beast That Knew Not of Love (愛を知らぬ獣, ai o shiranu kemono?).
The Evil of Humanity that consumed of only lamentations, and elected oblivion (無, mu?) as his objective.
... 'tis truly an ironic thing.
The Evils of Humanity are by instrinsic nature the Love of Humanity (人類愛, jinrui-ai?) itself.
That which brings humanity to ruin is not a malice unto humankind;
malice and the like are but passing influences, thinning to exhaustion once engaged.
Accordingly -- that which to the Rationality of Humanity (人理, jinri?) poses a truly legitimate threat
is the very desire to effect its preservation.
Justified in the pursuit of a more favorable future, fangs are brought to bear against the peace of the present.
Hn.
Speaking upon this point, however, it would appear as if that Beast has freed himself of the Cycle (循環, junkan?).
To speak it plainly, I too am unfamiliar with the circumstances of the Beasts.
I am, after all, not of the Station of the Crown (冠位, kan'i?, also rendered as "Grand").
However, it is said that the appearance of these creatures is interlinked.
A World wherein an Evil of Humanity has materialized
tends unto "the Evil of the End" (終局の悪, shūkyoku no aku?), and is visited thereby with mounting calamities.
As of the advent of the I,
the VII of the End shall have appeared somewhere within this world.
As to the form that might be taken by this Beast of Disaster (災害の獣, saigai no kemono?),
and the measures that might against them be enacted -- such would be the business of the champions that arise to meet the threat.
Though whichever side comes to fall is of no consequence to me,
it is worthy that out of camaderie you would to the extent of your strength lend them your assistance.
But do hurry.
Or do you desire to remain here and sacrifice yourself alongside the great and powerful Solomon?
@ Jeanne d'Arc
-- I suppose that is indeed the case.
The extent of our capacity is the lending of strength.
Agency to end the war and advance unto the subsequent conflict
is in any Age held by the peoples of the era.
You've done well, Gudako.
The Heroic Spirits gathered in this Domain did in every instance join the battle in answer of your endeavors.＠ ジャンヌ・ダルク
神殿が崩れていく……
やったのですね、ぐだ子。
皆さん、お疲れ様でした。
貴方たちのおかげで魔神柱を制圧でき、
玉座にぐだ子さんをーーー
……みな、消え去ってーー
ーーーありがとう。
力尽きるまで、一時たりとも緩まずに戦ってくれて。
もう言葉は届きませんが、その助力に最大の感謝を。
こうして生き残った私たちも、すぐに大いなる座に還ります。
＠ ギルガメッシュ
当然だ。
単独顕現なぞビーストのみが持つ特性。
まっとうな英霊であれば、
この宙域に現れた時点で崩壊が始まる。
それを押して魔神柱どもを抑え続けたのだ。
凡百の英霊どもではあるが、
此度の戦いだけは評価せねばなるまいよ。
＠ ジャンヌ・ダルク
そういう貴方も退去が始まっていますが、英雄王。
事の終わりを見定める気はないのですか？
＠ ギルガメッシュ
ない。ここからは当事者だけが知るべき結末だ。
我も、貴様も関わって良いものではなかろう。
ゲーティア。愛を知らぬ獣。
嘆きのみを喰み、無を目指した人類悪。
……皮肉なものよ。
人類悪とは即ち、人類愛そのもの。
人間を滅ぼすものは人間への悪意ではない。
悪意など一過性のもの、使えば薄れるものだからな。
故にーーー真に人理を脅かすものは、
人理を守ろうとする願いそのもの。
より善い未来を望む精神が、今の安寧に牙を剥くのだ。
ふん。
その点で言えば、あの獣はその循環から脱却したようだがな。
正直な話、我はビーストの内情などよく知らぬ。
冠位などではないからな。
だが奴らは連鎖的に顕れるという。
人類悪の顕れた世界は、
「終局の悪」に向けて更なる災厄に見舞われる。
Ⅰが顕れた時点で、
終局のⅦはこの世界のどこかに出現しているのだろうよ。
それがどのような災害の獣であり、
どのように対処するかは当事者である奴らの仕事だ。
我はどちらに転ぼうと構わぬがな。
貴様はせいぜい、親身になって力を貸してやるがいい。
では急げよ。
それとも、ここに残ってあの偉大なるソロモン王に殉じるか？
＠ ジャンヌ・ダルク
ーーーそうですね。
私たちの出来る事は力を貸すぐらい。
戦いを終わらせて次の戦いに進ませられるのは、
いつだってその時代の人間です。
お見事でした、ぐだ子。
この宙域に集った英霊のすべては、貴方の努力によるものです。