True Caster (真キャスター, Shin Kyasutā?) is the "True" Caster-class Servant of Francesca Prelati in the True and False Holy Grail Wars of Fate/strange fake.
Profile
Identity
Caster's True Name is François PrelatiWP (フランソワ・プレラーティ, Furansowa Purerāti?), a cleric in France during the time of Joan of Arc. He was a close friend of Gilles de Rais, helping him with financial difficulties through alchemy. François was also involved with black magic, and Gilles became involved in his rituals as he forgot his original goals.[2] François was the actual magus leading these ceremonies to summon demons, while Gilles was merely a patron involved in the rituals.[3] He owned what became the Noble Phantasm Prelati's Spellbook that is summoned with Gilles under the Caster-class, despite Gilles not actually being a magus. François had translated it from Chinese manuscripts into Italian, and those manuscripts had been previously translated from a non-human language.[4] He was eventually executed and became sublimated as a Heroic Spirit. Despite this, there is a still living François Prelati currently going by the name of Francesca. The Heroic Spirit François possesses no memories from after his initial death.
Appearance
Personality
François Prelati, the Heroic Spirit, apparently has a convivial relationship with the living François Prelati; both of which apparently enjoy eating modern snacks together.
Role
Fate/strange fake
True Caster is summoned by Francesca Prelati, using her own body as the catalyst. Though initially confused, Caster quickly recognizes Francesca as a future version of himself, relaxing and joking around with her. They discuss Francesca's plan briefly, though Francesca is mysterious about her true intentions. They then complete their contract, though in a joking manner.[5]
True Caster is sent to stop the battle between False Archer, True Archer, and True Rider. He traps them in an illusion, which greatly annoys False Archer, who claims that Caster is beneath even a fool, an imbecile who is drunk on his own eccentricities. True Caster, however, manages to forge a temporary truce between the Servants.[6]
True Caster again serves as a peacekeeper, stopping the battle between the True Archer and his Master, Bazdilot Cordelion, who are fighting True Berserker, his Master, Haruri Borzak, and Fillia, who serves as an ally of Harui, with his Grand Illusion. The Noble Phantasm creates a large hole in the earth where all of them fall, by fooling the earth itself. He then manages to make a truce between the parties.[7]
Caster is present on the airship that functions as his workshop, with Francesca. Onboard the workshop is also Fillia, the homunculi possessed by a goddess, who plans on summoning Gugalanna, the Bull of Heaven. Caster comments that she is kind of scary, but Francesca assures him that she is not interested in fighting them, but two other people on the ground.[8]
Abilities
Illusionism (幻術, Genjutsu?) is a skill that denotes excellence in the art of illusion within the field of Magecraft. At this level, it is even possible to go beyond people and deceive the environment.[1] Caster has shown capable of generating illusion magecraft, depicting a forest landscape over the ravine that True Archer, True Rider, and Gilgamesh were fighting in moments prior, as well as showing an illusionary replication of Enkidu, an action Gilgamesh declares to be the work of someone below even a third-rate fool. His illusions are said to be able to deceive not only individuals, but the land itself too.
Disciple of Elemental Spirits (精霊の弟子?) is proof that one has been initiated in magecraft by certain lake spirits. The efficacy of magecraft improves dramatically.[1]
Prelati shares the blood of a deity, but as that deity is banished his rank in Divinity is low. Barely manifested at rank E due to combination with traditions that link Prelati with BeelzebubWP.[1]
He possesses the Noble Phantasms Grand Illusion and Prelati's Spellbook. He cannot currently utilize Prelati's Spellbook.[1] Caster also has his own workshop situated on an airship.[8]
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
[] Fate/strange Fake - Volume 4 - Servant status: True Caster [T] Class: Caster
Master: Francesca Prelati
True name: Francois Prelati
Gender: Unknown (summoned Saint Graph is male)
Height/Weight: 152cm 38kg
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Strength: E
Endurance: D
Agility: C
Magic: A
Luck: B
Noble Phantasm: A
Class Skills
■ Territory Creation: B
■ Tool Creation: B
Personal Skills
■ Illusion: A
A skill that denotes excellence in the art of illusion within the field of magecraft. At this level, it is even possible to go beyond people and deceive the environment.
■ Disciple of Spirits: B
Proof that one has been initiated in magecraft by certain lake spirits. The efficacy of magecraft improves dramatically.
■ Divinity: E-
Prelati shares the blood of a deity, but as that deity is banished his rank is low.
Barely manifested at rank E due to combination with traditions that link Prelati with Beelzebub.
Noble Phantasms
■ Grand Illusion: The Sunken Spiral Castle Does Not Exist, Therefore There is No End to This World's Madness
Rank: A
Type: Anti-Personnel Noble Phantasm
Range: 1~10
Maximum Targets: 10 people
Legends that Prelati revealed the form of Beelzebub to sworn friends or that he (she) was the incarnation of Beelzebub combined with the art of illusion and lineage that Prelati originally possessed and sublimated into a Noble Phantasm. It is a great magecraft that surpasses even environment to deceive the very texture of the world. It is even capable of causing a target to hallucinate that Prelati has imprisoned them in a Reality Marble. It is still an illusion, however, and therefore lacks the power of a Reality Marble.
■ Prelati's Spellbook: Textbook of the Sunken Spiral Castle (unusable)
Rank: EX
Type: Anti- Noble Phantasm
Range: 1~99
Maximum Supplement: 1000 people
The result of Prelati utilizing magecraft while dispelling their own rationality with drugs Prelati compounded themselves. Against astronomical odds, it ended up linked to a place one must not link to, Prelati inscribed the truth of it in a blank bible that was a Mystic Code and sealed the link itself. Prelati was therefore incapable of reproducing it, and entrusted the spellbook capable of opening the one and only link to a knight who was their sworn friend. Prelati can never use the Noble Phantasm unless the knight returns it on the spiritual level, but will the day of their reunion ever come?CLASS 真キャスター
マスター：フランチェスカ・プレラーティ
真名：フランソワ・プレラーティ
性別：不明(呼び出された霊基は男 )
身長・体重：１５２ｃｍ ３８ｋｇ
属性：混沌・悪
筋力：Ｅ
耐力：Ｄ
敏捷：Ｃ
魔力：Ａ
幸運：Ｂ
宝具：Ａ
クラス別能力：
■ 陣地作成：Ｂ
■ 道具作成： Ｂ
固有スキル
■ 幻術：Ａ
魔術の中でも特に幻術に秀でたことを示すスキル。このレベルでは人を超えて環境をも騙す事が可能。
■ 精霊の弟子： Ｂ
とある湖の精霊達に魔術の手ほどきを受けた証。魔術の効率が大幅に上がる。
■ 神性： Ｅ－
とある神の血が混じっているが、追放された神のためかランクが低い。ベルゼブブに纏わる伝承と組み合わさることに寄って、かろうじてＥランクで発現した。
宝具
■ 螺湮城は存在せず、故に世の狂気に果ては無し
ランク：Ａ
種別：対人宝具
レンジ：１〜１０
最大捕捉：１０人
盟友にベルゼブブの姿を見せた、あるいは彼（彼女）自身がベルゼブブの化身であるという伝説が元来持つ幻術や血統と組み合わさり昇華された宝具。環境すら飛び越えて世界のテクスチャそのものを騙す大魔術であり、相手を固有結界の中に閉じ込めたと錯覚させることすらも可能。ただし、あくまで幻術なので固有結界ほどの力はない。
■ 螺湮城教本（※使用不可）
ランク：ＥＸ
種別：対理宝具
レンジ： １〜９９
最大捕捉：１０００人
プレラーティが自ら調合した薬で理性を飛ばしながら魔術を行使した結果、天文学的な確率で「繋がってはならない場所」と繋がってしまった為、魔術礼装であった白紙の経典にその理をイタリア語で記し、「繋がりそのもの」を封印した。故に二度とは再現できず、唯一つながりを開ける魔導書も盟友である例の彼に譲渡してしまった。 - ↑ This reference needs to be fixed. Use "FGOSP1" instead of "Grand Order".
- ↑
[] Fate/Zero material - Encyclopedia: Gilles de Rais [Servant], p.097-098 Gilles de Rais [Servant]
A nobleman from 15th Century France. As a leader in the French army, he fought alongside Jeanne d'Arc to put an end to the Hundred Years War, and was hailed as a hero who saved his country. But soon after he returned to his territory, he began kidnapping, raping, and killing young boys one after another, eventually coming to be feared as the villain "Bluebeard".
However, it was all-too-common in that era for nobles to disregard the human rights of commoners and treat the populations of their territories as disposable livestock. So, under normal circumstances even killing them en masse shouldn't have been treated as anything more serious than animal abuse. But unfortunately for Gilles, he had an enormous amount of land holdings at the time, far exceeding those held by the Duke of Brittany, and enough to be regarded as a threat by the king himself. On top of that, due to his mind-boggling wastefulness in his private life, his public finances were almost entirely depleted, and there were apprehensions that he may try to sell his land to enemy nations. As a result, he was condemned and executed for his crimes as a pretext for seizing control of his assets.
As for Gilles' relation to sorcery, he turned to alchemy in an attempt to relieve his financial difficulties, and eventually strayed down a dark path that led him to try summoning a demon. But while it's certainly true that he participated in the ceremony, the actual magus was his friend François Prelati – Gilles himself was nothing more than a patron. As such, he is not a Heroic Spirit that qualifies for the Caster class. Or rather, he is not even a proper Heroic Spirit at all. The fact that Ryuunosuke's bogus ritual ended up actually completing a summoning sorcery was, honestly, more or less a total fluke. In that sense, the "Caster" Gilles de Rais is just as much of an irregular Servant as the "Assassin" Sasaki Kojirou.ジル・ド・レエ【サーヴァント】
15世紀フランスの貴族。フランス元帥としてジャンヌ・ダルクとともに百年戦争を終結させ、救国の英雄と讃えられた。が、自らのl領地に戻ってからは、近隣の少年を次々と持致しては陵辱・惨殺するという所行を繰り返し、一転して『青髭』の異名で恐れられるようになる。
ただし当時の一般常識に照らして言えば、そもそも貴族が平民の人権について理解を示すこと自体が希であり、領主が領民を家畜同然に扱うのは当然。たとえ虐殺したとしても犬猫の虐待とそう変わらない程度の非道としか見なされなかった。ジルの不幸は、当時の彼の所領の総資産がブルターニュ公のそれを遥かに凌駕する規模のものであり、国王にすら脅威と見なされるものだった点である。なおかつ私生活における極度の浪費癖から、ジルの財政そのものは完全に破綻しており、ともすれば領土を敵国に売り渡す可能性すら危惧されていた。結果、その領地を没収する口実としてジ
ルは平素の悪行を断罪され、処刑されることになる。
ジルと魔術との接点は、財政難を賄うための金策として始めた錬金術が、迷走の末に悪魔召喚に至ったという世知辛い経緯によるものであり、たしかにジル自身も儀式に参加はしたが、真に魔術師
と呼ぶべきは彼の友人であり導師であったフランソワ・プレラーティの方で、ジルはあくまでそのパトロンに過ぎなかった。本来であればジルはキャスターのクラスに適合する英霊ではない。という
か厳密には正しい意味での英霊ですらない。雨生龍之介による似非儀式が召喚魔術として成立してしまったのは、実際のところ事故も同然であり、キャスター＝ジル・ド・レェという存在は、言うな
ればアサシン＝佐々木小次郎と同程度にイレギュラーなサーヴァントである。 - ↑
[] Fate/Zero - Volume 4: Prelati's Spellbook: Text of the Sunken Spiraled City - ↑ Fate/strange fake Volume 3, Prologue 4: "The Star Performers' Feast"
- ↑ Fate/strange fake Volume 3, Chapter 7: "The Canon of the Demigods"
- ↑ Fate/strange fake Volume 4, Chapter 12: "The Gods Return from Twilight"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Fate/strange fake Volume 4, Bridge Chapter: "One Day, Above the Sky"