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Assassin of Nightless City ("Pseudo-Singularity II: Agartha" Spoilers!)

Wu Zetian

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Heavenly Empress of China

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Voiced by: Shiori Izawa

"My name is Wu Zetian. Your attempt to employ me... It is such an audacious move. Color me curious."

The only empress in Chinese history, known as Wu Zetian, but she preferred her title of Sacred Divine Empress Regnant when she ascended to the throne.

Originally one of many concubines for Emperor Taizong of T'ang, she met with Taizong's son, Gaozong, and became his concubine after Taizong's death. She had his child but they quickly died. She blamed Empress Wang for murdering her child and had both her and the favorite concubine Consort Xiao overthrown. She then took the seat of Gaozong's empress. To consolidate power, she had any relative who had become hindrances and her political enemies assassinated. After Gaozong's death, she changed the name of the country to Zhou, took the throne for herself, and granted herself the title of Empress Regnant.

She appears as an antagonist in Agartha and has a minor role in the third Halloween event, "Halloween Strike! Demonic Climb - Himeji Castle War".

Affably Evil: She's rather friendly, aside from all the torture, and gives the protagonist multiple opportunities to work with her. She's quite confused when the protagonist calls her city the worst they've ever seen.
Affectionate Gesture to the Head: At Bond level four, she admits it's fine for the protagonist to give her headpats or sweet candy.
Age-Inappropriate Dress: Her first ascension only barely covers everything, but it's a functional garment worn loosely. The second and third ascensions, however, do the ancient Chinese equivalent of Pretty in Mink, putting her in a luxurious over-robe with nothing underneath but a loincloth and the robe's fastening ribbons to cover her chest. Not very appropriate for someone of her appearance.
Ambition Is Evil: Her desire to have control and power motivated her to learn martial arts, statesmanship and everything else she could think of so she could claw her way to the top, but she also poisoned and strangled any rivals or inconveniences until she could get there. She even states in Agartha that the reason she appears in her child form is because this is the moment she swore to achieve the ambitions she would fulfill throughout her life and legend.
Balance Buff:
- Her first Rank-Up quest buffs Torture Technique A to Bone-Charred Peony A+, which boosts the Defense Down from 10~20% to 20~30% and adds both a one-time Buff Block for three turns and a 500~1000HP Burn damage debuff for three turns as well.
- Her interlude upgrades her Noble Phantasm, adding a buff removal effect as well as increasing its damage. Combined with her other skills, this buff lets her be an extremely powerful damage dealer who can stop enemy buffs and strip them to continue attacking with impunity.
- Her second Rank-Up quest turns her Imperial Privilege skill into Wise Empress, which grants the entire party a 20% to 30% Critical Damage buff as well as a 10% NP Charge.
Beware the Silly Ones: She's a squeaky-voiced little girl obsessed with how great she is, but she also destroys the city of Ys pretty much singlehandedly.
Control Freak: She needs a perfectly orderly city with no crime or dissidence and is offended at the idea that the heavens had guaranteed her rise to the throne of ancient China. She scraped and clawed her way all the way to the top by herself with her need to be the one in power. On the other hand, she's quite willing to delegate work to her subordinates rather than keep a tight fist on everything herself, so long as the subordinates are competent.
Crapsaccharine World: The Nightless City in Agartha under her is effectively this if you're a man. Unlike Dahut's and Berserker of El Dorado's kingdoms, men have the ability to walk about without chains or being openly assaulted and they technically have rights as long as they follow the laws. However, they're still subservient to women in all things and lack many basic rights like free speech. The courts, while impartial when it comes to cases between two men, almost always rule in favor of a woman over a man when it comes up, no matter the grievance, and even hinting that you have problems with the system out loud is enough to get the Torturers to pop up and start dismembering you.
Cultural Translation: Due to her name being spoilers, her nickname in the Japanese version is Fuuya-chan (Nightless-chan). The NA version opted to change it to Nite-Brite instead.
Determinator: She schemed from an early age to become the emperor's favorite as a stepping stone to becoming empress herself, being willing to go to any length to do so. No matter how much the concubines of higher social standing mocked her, Wu continued to learn and master everything she could and pull every string until she reached the top of the social hierarchy.
Enemy Summoner: She can summon Torturers to do the dirty work for her, something which isn't tied to any particular skill or her Noble Phantasm.
Faking the Dead: She gets squished by Megaros and her presence disappears, but apparently Mash forgot that she's an Assassin and all she has to do is hide if she doesn't want to be found. She returns later to use her Noble Phantasm to torture Phenex until it leaves since it cannot be killed.
Foil: To Carmilla, as a fellow noblewoman strongly associated with torture and decadence. While Carmilla is unafraid of the phantoms of her victims coming to challenge her for revenge, Wu is absolutely terrified at the prospect of the same thing happening to her, even though as a Servant she would have the means of combatting them to an extent.
Freudian Excuse: Two instances.
- She was shipped away to be the emperor's concubine when she was young and forced to backstab the other concubines to gain the emperor's favor. This is implied to be the reason she manifests in a child-like form: to relive her lost childhood.
- Her constant need for perfection and being Wicked Cultured in many ways is partially due to being made fun of by other concubines for being a "country bumpkin" and constantly chided for any flaw she had, no matter how slight.
Glass Cannon: Her Balance Buff and her Interlude upgrade make her an extremely strong Servant for DPS when all the stars align. between the attack buffs on her Charisma of the Empress and her Imperial Privilege skill and the defense down on Torture Techniques, she can potentially have the single most damaging single-target Assassin Noble Phantasm in the game. But this power comes at the cost of a complete lack of hard defensive tools, with her only means of survivability being the defense buff on Imperial Privilege (which may or may not activate).
A God Am I: She had a habit of rewriting historical texts to glorify herself, such as rewriting the Heart Sutra to declare herself equal to Buddha.
God Save Us from the Queen!: She's a conniving and manipulative tyrant who keeps her subjects in line under threat of horrendous torture and a secret police that kills anyone who speaks out against her.
Heroic Sacrifice: After already being badly or perhaps even mortally wounded much earlier, she goes all out with her Noble Phantasm to torture a demon pillar so badly that it's crippled and unable to do anything but blindly flail around. In this constant state of death and rebirth it can't interfere while Fergus brings down Laputa, ending the singularity.
Hidden Depths: Though extremely ambitious and ruthless, she is to some extent forcing herself. She wants to go out and play like a child or to laugh, have fun and eat candy, but knows that acting like a child would get in the way of her goals. So when she's disappearing after her Heroic Sacrifice, she puts aside her ambition and just asks for her head to be petted.
Historical Villain Upgrade: More recent archeological studies about her reign indicate that she wasn't the epitome of evil that her successors made her out to be. Under her reign, China was an economic powerhouse that received visiting dignitaries from as far as the Byzantine Empire. She also expanded the meritocracy, fought for women's right's (though this also helped legitimize her own reign), cut taxes, provided pensions, raised salaries for deserving officials, and turned over unused imperial lands to farmers. While she was ruthless to her political rivals as her penchant for torture shows, she was also a skilled and adept ruler who kept China peaceful and prosperous. But given that Heroic Spirits are colored by the stories about them, it's understandable that Zetian would show her crueler side more openly as a Servant.
I Have Many Names: She has had numerous different names and titles, both during when she was alive and posthumously. One of her likes she talks about is changing names since she gets tired of them, and wants to change her title to something like Super Heroic Mega Empress.
Ma'am Shock: Yang Guifei advises you to not to call Wu "Nightless Nai Nai^notegrandmother" like she seemed to have done as Wu is Yang's grandmother-in-law, with Wu insisting to be called "Nightless Jie Jie^noteBig sister" while torturing her.
Magical Floating Shawl: She has one due to her A God Am I activities.
Master Poisoner: Her skillset revolves around this, with her Noble Phantasm dunking the enemy in a vase full of poisonous sludge.
The Nicknamer: When she was the Empress, she would get bored of doing the same thing or calling something the same thing over and over again so she would periodically change the names of things such as eras, ranks, cities and regions. As a Servant, she only gets around to calling the protagonist different names, though she tries to give Mash a nickname. She tends to give other Servants Chinese nicknames.
Noblewoman's Laugh: She does one for her Extra Attack as spears impale the enemy. During the story she also corrects herself at one point when she starts laughing like a little girl and not a famous empress.
Obliviously Evil: She sees nothing wrong with the brutal police state she's set up and honestly believes that it's completely honest, fair and sure to lead to the eradication of evil.
Off with His Head!: One of her attack animation involves her minions beheading a target with a giant saw.
Offing the Offspring: It's suggested that she not only took advantage of the death of her first child, but may have killed it herself to frame her rivals.
Older Than They Look: She appears in a child-like form with a voice to match despite having all of her memories of her time as an empress. She's strikingly beautiful and fairly busty as an adult.
One Degree of Separation:
- During her first Interlude, she and Xuanzang Sanzang talk about how they just missed each other even though she was Emperor Taizong's concubine when he asked Sanzang to go to Tianzhu to bring back the Heart Sutras. Once Sanzang returned, she was too focused on translating the sutras to notice the regime change.
- Yang Guifei was the consort of her grandson, Emperor Xuanzong, making Yang her granddaughter-in-law. This becomes a plot point in Imaginary Scramble since learning of their relationship makes Yang willing to listen to her.
The Red Mage: After her various upgrades, Wu sits in a position where she can buff her party with various attack buffs, debuff the enemies with defense downs, Damage Over Time or just deny their buffs, all while being able to buff herself to do sufficient damage if she has to.
Royal "We": She refers to herself in plural form ("warawa") as an empress. The official English translation doesn't bother with this, however.
Stripperiffic: Looks like she took a page from Shuten's book. Her ascension outfits basically have her only wearing string panties and a "tube top bra" that looks more like a string under her robes and loincloth.
Sweet Tooth: At Bond level four, she admits it's fine for the protagonist to give her some sweeeeeeet candy now. Or headpats.
Torture Technician: She's a torturer famous for her gruesome punishment of enemies, which is also one of her skills. Her NP is the Kù Lì (torturer) manual book, which is said to have been written during her reign. It has guides on torture and interrogation for the purpose of "persuading criminals" into confessing. While this Noble Phantasm is deployed, she becomes the torturer and all who try to challenge her become the tortured.
Tsundere:
- In Agartha, she actually seems to like the protagonist and wants their approval, even if she won't admit it. This is probably for the simple reason that they were nice to her and patted her head, which she "graciously forgives." She can't admit normally that she wants to laugh and play like children her apparent age would, but when she's disappearing she allows them the honor of petting her again.
- At Bond 5 her playable version goes one step further and starts talking about how she never ruled with a partner, and starts hinting that she wants the player to fill that role, only for her to get mad and call them an idiot over how dense they are.
Villain Respect: In her interlude, she mentions that she was impressed by the poetry of Luo Binwang, who offered a scathing account of her reign that vilified her in Chinese memory for millenia after their deaths. Rather than call for his head, she tried to recruit him into the imperial court, believing that his talents were too valuable to waste.
Weak, but Skilled: Almost literally - her HP is incredibly tiny, even compared to other Assassins at her rarity, and her attack is nothing to write home about, but her skills all last three turns and have 7-5 turn cooldowns, two of them help the entire group, and her Noble Phantasm does a huge amount of damage and further increases her crit strength if overcharged, making her great at killing bosses alongside other Quick-focused Servants.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: She's really afraid of cats, cat-like creatures like Fou and cat-like Servants like Tamamo Cat and Jaguar Warrior. This is because she believes in a curse from a rival consort whom she had executed that Zetian would get reborn as a mouse and get eaten by the reborn consort as a cat. She therefore prohibited cats in her imperial court. She tries to deny this when commenting on those two Servants, but it's pretty obvious how scared she is. She's also afraid of the ghosts of people she had killed and so moved her capital from Chang'an to Luoyang to get away from them.

Assassin of Shinjuku ("Pseudo-Singularity I: Shinjuku" Spoilers!)

Yan Qing

The Skillful Star

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Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto

"Hey! Class: Assassin. Yan Qing has come! By the way, is 'he'd be cute if he'd shut his mouth' a compliment?"

Yan Qing is one of the ruffians introduced in the Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Despite his small build, he's handsome, has outstanding martial skills and excels in performance with musical instruments. He joined the band of Mt Liang together with his lord, Lu Junyi. Though he is fictional, his name is well known as the founder of the Yanqingquan - a school of Chinese kenpo.

He debuted as an antagonist in Shinjuku and later appears in the latter half of the second Summer event, "Death Jail Summer Escape". He also has a role in the third Halloween event, "Halloween Strike! Demonic Climb - Himeji Castle War."

Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He boasts of his skill and speed while using his martial arts to beat down or outmaneuver enemies. And he brags while unleashing his Noble Phantasm.
Balance Buff:
- His Interlude upgrades his Espionage skill to Doppelgänger, which adds a critical damage buff and a Quick buff on top of the original skill's critical star generation, making it far more versatile.
- With Rank Up Campaign 13, his NP was upgraded to not only increase the damage, but adds a Quick Resist Down to the target for three turns and gives him a large 50% Crit Damage buff for himself for three turns.
Bare-Fisted Monk: Similar to Li Shuwen, him being an Assassin seems to stern from just how efficient he is as a martial artist. Li Shuwen's Interlude pits them in a scenario similar to a wuxia flick.
Becoming the Mask: The one drawback to using the Doppelgänger's powers is that he experiences the memories and feelings of the person he impersonates, meaning that he is in danger of forgetting who he is when taking a disguise or have the personality of the person he is impersonating get mixed into his normal personality. He decides to limit these later on, keeping the transformation partial so he won't be fully affected by them. This ultimately ends up happening to the Doppelgänger Phantom Spirit itself in his Interlude, although in its case it actually prefers the mask because then it can actually be someone.
Body Double: In "Death Jail Summer Escape", he's introduced taking the guise of multiple guards, including ones that had already been defeated by the escaping teams. By the end, he takes the place of Quetzalcoatl as she prepares to take on Ishtar, with you fighting him in that disguise during the battle against Medb.
Boisterous Bruiser: He's more serene than most examples, but he's cheerful and eager in battle. For his likes, he says he enjoys "rough and tumble stuff" like sumo, fighting and booze.
"Now then, let's go beat 'em up like an outlaw's s'posed ta!"
Chaotic Evil: His in-universe alignment, which seems to be a result of the Doppelgänger's influence.
Composite Character: He's combined with the Phantom Doppelgänger as a result of the events of Shinjuku. This is why a chivalrous hero in his own legend is a nearly-psychotic killer in Shinjuku.
Crippling Overspecialization: His kit and Quick-centric deck, especially post-Rank Up Quest, ensure phenomenal C. Star Drops, allowing for much more frequent crits and faster NP gain overall. And that's about it. Outside of this niche, he has average HP, sub-par attack power even for an Assassin, and no defensive buffs, making him very reliant on support in order to stay alive and deal damage.
Doppelgänger: His Saint Graph has been merged with the Phantom Spirit of the original, a murderer that transforms into others, then murders them. While he would normally be a chivalrous thief, in the vein of his original legend, and while his strong personality prevents the Phantom Spirit from taking control, it does stain his mind, turning him into a psychotic murderer instead. In his Interlude, the Doppelgänger Phantom Spirit splits off from Yan Qing due to the conflict of memories and lack of true self and in anguish tries to commit Suicide by Cop before being defeated and talked down to remerging with Yan Qing in a more harminous balance, wanting to now be a vigilante for good.
Doppelgänger Attack: His Noble Phantasm spawns multiple copies of himself to mob the enemy with martial arts.
Empowered Badass Normal: On his own he's fully capable of killing people with his bare hands, no magic, weapons, or divine aid required. Then he gets the powers of the Doppelgänger, which only makes him even more deadly.
Facepalm of Doom: The finishing strike of his Noble Phantasm, Ambushed from Ten Sides - As If There Was No Shadow, has him grabbing the opponent's face while having his arm coated in energy, and then unleashing the energy.
Gameplay and Story Integration: His Skillfull Star skill is of great benefit to his fellow Shinjuku Servants as they provide fuel for their respective critical-related abilities while also increasing the likelihood of the critical stars being distributed where they're needed by decreasing Yan Qing's own star weight. Likewise, Yan Qing's alignment can net him both offensive buffs from Moriarty's typically situational Evil Charisma skill.
Guile Hero: In his Interlude, he disguises himself as Cursed Arm to track down the doppelgänger without steering confusion amongst Chaldea, considering the mission's objective.
Hypercompetent Sidekick: Subverted. He is a capable and loyal vassal, but the fall of Lu Junyi has made Yan Qing wary of potential foolishness coming from his current Master, and he may even turn lethal if he believes them to be too incompetent for their position.
In-Series Nickname: The protagonist calls him "Shinsin-san", as in "Shinjuku Assassin-san" in Japanese, and "Sassy-shin", as in "Assassin of Shinjuku", in English.
Loss of Identity: Each time he uses his shapeshifting powers in Shinjuku, he starts to lose his true self in all the identities he picks up. Up to eleven in his Interlude, where the Doppelgänger Phantom Spirit itself splits off and originally thinks it's Yan Qing before rapidly cycling through various other people and a Huge Ghost before finally sadly admitting it never truly had its own identity despite desperately wanting one.
Lower-Class Lout: Well-mannered, intelligent, and proficient in a number of fields, but his crude way of speaking betrays his terribly humble childhood origins before Lu Junyi took him in as a servant.
Master of Disguise: He transforms completely into another person due to the Doppelgänger's power. His character in the novel is a skilled spy and infiltrator.
My Greatest Failure. Played with. He genuinely regrets leaving Lu Junyi behind to his presumed demise, but he stands by his decision as it was a legitimate and rational choice to make rather than staying in the Imperial Palace to be assassinated by councilmen jealous of the surviving 108 Stars of Destiny who managed to win positions in their court. A choice he could not convince his beloved master or their leader Song Jiang to take.
Mystical 108: The weakest (#36) of the strongest upper third percentile (the 36 Heavenly Spirits) of the legendary 108 Stars of Destiny.
Nice Guy: When he's not fighting or possessed by the Doppelgänger, he's quite personable and easy to get along with. He even gives the protagonist a piggyback ride when you need to climb up the castle during "Halloween Strike! Demonic Climb: Himeji Castle War".
Only Sane Man: During the "Himeji Castle War" event, Yan Qing often comments on how ludicrous the situation is and how ridiculous everything has gotten, in contrast with Elisabeth Bathory and the other members of the party, who approach the situation with much more gravitas.
Real Men Wear Pink: He's a skilled warrior and rugged outlaw summoned as a class that specializes in murder. He's also covered in gorgeous flower tattoos.
Red Baron: Known as "The Prodigal", "The Wanderer", or "The Prodigy" among his peers depending on the translation. While they are not as impressive as, say, "Black Whirlwind" (Li Qui) or "Living King Yama" (Ruan Xiaoqi), it's preferable to some of the less flattering epithets the 108 had, such as "Flea on a Drum" (Shi Qian) or any of the ones prefaced with "Sick" or "Little".
Reincarnation: He and the other 107 Ruffians of Mt Liang are 36 holy and 72 demonic spirits who took human form to spark a change in Song Dynasty China, with Yan Qing being the lowest-ranked among the holy spirits.
Shown Their Work: His fighting stance and some of his attacks closely resemble the real life martial art Mizongyi, or "lost track skill". This makes sense, as some legends attribute this style's creation to him or his master and fellow outlaw Lu Junyi. Mizongyi is sometimes called Yanqingquan, which literally means "blue swallow fist", but can also be read as "Yan Qing's fist".
Speed Blitz: What his Noble Phantasm, Ambush From Ten Sides, Cast No Shadow, amounts to. Yan Qing uses his unique footwork to move so fast that he creates tangible afterimages of himself to hit his target from multiple directions at blistering speeds. Allegedly, he moves so fast during it that his shadow doesn't even have time to reach the ground, hence the name.
Spot the Imposter: Constantly throughout Shinjuku:
- When he is briefly disguised as Hassan of the Cursed Arm, Moriarty carefully offers him normal beer, low-malt beer, or whiskey, and pointedly takes the low-malt beer for himself when "Cursed Arm" selects whiskey, then makes a big show of being drunk. This is a two-fold trap: normal alcohol is haram, and a Muslim like Cursed Arm wouldn't've picked it, while low-malt beer is not, and isn't strong enough to get drunk on.
- To figure out who is Yan Qing at the party when he disguises himself as one of his Mooks, the protagonist dresses as the opposite sex to make him react with surprise when they take off their costume.
- Ultimately, it leads to his death. After blowing up the club, he tries to pretend to be a wounded bystander in order to get away. Holmes and Moriarty, both of whom are experts of disguise and acting, see through his act and cut him down, with Holmes stating he could count quite a few faults in his wounded guise.
Starter Mon: As of May 11th, 2022^noteJP-only right now, Yan Qing replaced Carmilla, making him one of two starter Assassins alongside Stheno.
Tattooed Crook: A hooligan whose body is almost completely covered in elaborate tattoos.
Walking Shirtless Scene: Wears nothing on his upper body after his First Ascension, and it was barely covered beforehand.

Assassin of Paraíso ("Pseudo-Parallel World: Shimousa" Spoilers!)

Mochizuki Chiyome

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The Miko of Orochi

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Voiced by: Ayane Sakura

"Kouga Jonin. My True Name, Mochizuki Chiyome. Assassin-class. Please, give me your orders."

A feudal noblewoman, founder of an all-female ninja order at the service of the Takeda clan. Chiyome has grotesque powers, having inherited a curse cast by Yamata no Orochi from her ancestor Kouga Saburou. She works as a kunoichi for the sake of her lord and dedicates prayers as a miko of serpents to appease the spirit of Orochi.

She appears in "Pseudo-Parallel World: The Stage of Carnage, Shimousa" as one of the Seven Heroic Spirit Swordmasters summoned by Caster of Limbo and Amakusa Shirou. She later appears in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" as an ally, as well as in the events "The Tale of Setsubun: Oni Pagoda Festival" and "The Land of Mystique, Oniland! The Great Oni and the Kamuy's Gold".

Adaptational Badass: She gets to show off more of her dangerous kunoichi skills in the manga adaptation of Shimousa, as she gets an additional scene prior to the fight with her at Toke Castle where she goes up against Kotarou and forces him to retreat after she easily detects him spying on her and Danzo in a forest.
Balance Buff: She received a Rank Up Quest during the Spring in Full Blooming Summoning Campaign that buffs her NP damage and adds the Evil Curse debuff for three turns, which increases the damage taken from the Curse Debuff. This synergizes well with her second skill that drops a Curse buff for every normal attack she uses for three turns as well to boost her overall damage, which makes her effective Curse-stall teams.
Because You Were Nice to Me: Her Undying Loyalty to the protagonist stems from them being the first person to treat her like a person instead of just a tool.
Beneath the Mask: As noted in FGO Materials VI, on the job, she's a calm and collected kunoichi, but she hides a part of herself that fears and cries due to her inherited curse.
BFS: For her Third Ascension, she wields a sword almost as big as herself.
Chekhov's Gun: One of the kunai Assassin Paraíso left behind after her death is later used by Kotarou to pierce the heart of the sorcerer Amakusa Shirou Tokisada. Musashi even foreshadows this.
Cursed with Awesome: Her clan's inherited curse, which tortures her mind and body, but allows her to summon a fragment of Yamata-no-Orochi in her Noble Phantasm.
Eyepatch of Power: Wears one leather strap over her right eye for her first two Ascensions, taking it off at her Third Ascension to reveal it's a slit like a snake's.
First-Name Basis: Once her True Name is revealed, she's referred to by her given name "Chiyome".
Genki Girl: Downplayed, but the version summoned in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" is surprisingly more cheery than the other versions that were shown earlier so far. She's a lot less stoic despite her use of stereotypical ninja language and she does joke at the most random times that wouldn't be appropriate for the situation. Even her memories of her time as Assassin of Paradaíso don't spoil her mood; quite the opposite actually.
Heroic Sacrifice: In "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", she lets herself be captured by Odysseus and fed to Echidna (as planned by Jason), with the intent of having her be used as fuel for the creation of more monsters in the vein of Tiamat's own womb. At which point she gets back up inside Echidna, proudly declares her farewells to the other New Argonauts, and dissolves herself into a giant mass of curses, crippling the Mother Of Monsters beyond all repair.
Highly-Visible Ninja: The fact that she's a kunoichi narrows the number of her possible identity down, since only very few kunoichi are known throughout history. Although the protagonist and Kotarou quickly realize that many female Servants happen to be Historical Gender Flips, which is actually the case for fellow ninja Danzo. Her usage of snakes and especially fragments of Yamata-no-Orochi makes it even easier to guess her True Name. Chiyome's profile also brings up the question about Chiyome being a real ninja, considering how much about her life is known.
It's All My Fault: It's unknown whether Chaldea's Chiyome remembers what Assassin Paraíso did, but she's at least read the documents that recorded it, and beats herself up over it. Only the protagonist can console her about it.
Katanas Are Just Better: Averted. Her main weapon is a tantō, the sword on her back is a tachi, and the big sword she has in her Third Ascension is actually an oodachi which she used for ceremonies as a miko.
Miko: She trades out her ninja garb for this by her Third Ascension, which fits with the fact historically her subordinates preferred dressing as shrine maidens for their disguises in infiltration. In Chiyome's case, however, she's an actual priestess with skill in witchcraft, although being summoned as an Assassin has reduced her rank to C.
Ninja: She is considered to be the founder of kunoichi, and is one of the most famous ones. This becomes a major part of the conflict when it's her turn in "Pseudo-Parallel World: The Stage of Carnage, Shimousa", as she faces Fuuma Kotarou who is the superior ninja, especially given Assassin Paraíso's mental state.
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: She's pretty much a young demonic-blooded Crusading Widow kunoichi shrine maiden. It is noted that being someone who is also so many things makes her have a little complex.
Orochi: Chiyome is capable of summoning a fragment of the beast for her Noble Phantasm.
Rage Breaking Point: She hits it in her interlude, when Shuten-Douji, child of the dragon that cursed her, keeps antagonizing her seemingly For the Evulz.
Chiyome: Forgive my loss of temper, Master, but I am afraid my patience has reached its absolute limit!
Raised Hand of Survival: She makes her introduction in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" by suddenly bursting her hand out of a cave floor under which she was hibernating and waiting for the arrival other allied Servants and (hopefully) Chaldea. It gives everyone quite the fright.
Related in the Adaptation: Originally, the tale of Kouga Saburou and the Kouga ninja clan where Chiyome came from were unrelated, but in this continuity, the Kouga ninja clan descended from Saburou. Linking this further is the legend of Yamata-no-Orochi, the tale of Kouga Saburou originally had nothing to do with it, but in here, Saburou met and was cursed by Orochi itself, and the curse carried over to Chiyome.
Reused Character Design: Looks a lot like an older Miyu Edelfelt.
Sins of Our Fathers: The crux of her angst: she's still suffering from Orochi's curse originally wrought on her bloodline by her ancestor Kouga Saburou, and the fact her curse is because of something she herself never had any control over and nothing she did in life as either a ninja or miko was seemingly enough to convince the gods to lift it has given her a lot of self-loathing.
Snakes Are Sinister: She has tattoos on her skin patterned like snake scales, her right eye is slitted and gold like a snake's, and her Noble Phantasm summons an Orochi to attack her foes.
Stock Ninja Weaponry: Her main weapon is a tantō. She also uses kunai, being a ninja and all.
Stripperiffic: Her clothing in her First Ascension consists solely of fishnets and multiple leather straps. Though it gets better with her Second and Third Ascensions, it goes right back to the just red leather straps in her Final Ascension art. She laughs when the protagonist mentions it in Shimousa, calling them a "master of comedy" for saying that of all things when they're about to fight to the death.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: As noted in FGO Materials VI, she's calm and serious while working, but often shows many different expressions during her off-time, and really enjoys pleasant entertainment.
Trojan Horse: In the course of Atlantis, she becomes one to the Echidna, which she was fed to. She lets her Orochi curse take over, allowing her to hijack the Echnidna from the inside out and basically turning all children produced afterwards batshit insane and attacking everyone, especially Atlantis's own navy.
Twintails: Ties her hair into two, long thin ones from Second Ascension onwards.
Undying Loyalty: She'll do anything her lord commands, even dying if they so wish it.
- During Chiyome's interlude, when Shuten is trying to antagonize her, she teases her about her loyalty to the Master, and even goes as far as asking if Chiyome would sleep with him/her if requested, Chiyome despite looking a bit embarrassed admits that she would.

Carmilla

Vampire Countess

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{Traveling Outfit}

^{Heroic Spirit Tour}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka

"Ah. I guess this must be fate. Please call me Carmilla. I am an Assassin-class Servant."

The Countess of Blood and the most infamous female serial killer in European history. In life, Elisabeth Báthory was a noblewoman who tortured and murdered hundreds of young women and bathed in their blood under the belief it would grant her eternal youth. This version of Elisabeth has fully accepted her evil nature and assumed the identity of "Carmilla": a fictional vampire from one of the earliest examples of the vampire fiction genre. She is an unrepentant murderer whose noble upbringing makes her incapable of regarding others as human; a true monster of history who spent her life pursuing nothing but her own selfish desires with cruelty and sadism.

She is completely incompatible with her younger self, the Servant known as "Elisabeth Báthory". Elisabeth refuses to become like Carmilla, and Carmilla regards Elisabeth as an intolerable symbol of her youthful ignorance.

She appears in the First Singularity: Hundred Years' War of the Evil Dragons Orleans summoned by Jeanne Alter as an abnormal Assassin with the "Mad Enhancement" skill usually exclusive to Berserkers. She also has a minor role during the first Halloween event, "The Adventure of Singing Pumpkin Castle," the latter half of the second Summer event, "Death Jail Summer Escape", and the third Halloween event, " Halloween Strike! Demonic Climb - Himeji Castle War". She also appears in the Moonlight/Lostroom OVA.

Animation Bump: The third Halloween event gave her a significant update to her animations, making her attacks much Bloodier and Gorier.
Attack Drone: Her Iron Maiden can function this way, moving independently and even firing energy blasts. While the latter doesn't show up after her animation update, she does use it outside her Noble Phantasm, causing it to glide into enemies and close for her Buster attack or dropping it on them for her Extra.
Balance Buff: Her first Rank Up Quest gave her the "Blood Bath" skill, which reduces enemy critical hit chance and gives her critical stars for three turns. Her second Rank Up Quest increased both the damage and Overcharge effect of her NP, meaning she can hit even harder on female Servants than before.
Blood from the Mouth: She reveals in the third Halloween event that she's learned to keep her stress levels to just this bad when dealing with the yearly shenanigans that Elisabeth gets up too.
Bloody Murder: One of her attacks in her updated animations involves her sending a wave of spiked blood at her target.
Chained by Fashion: She just keeps adding chains with each Ascension, whether it be to her outfit or her staff.
Cold Ham: While she retains an impressive dramatic flair, Carmilla is generally much calmer and more controlled than her energetic younger self.
Combat Stilettos: Can perform an impressive kick post-animation update, and she's sporting some very notable stilettos.
Cool Mask: She wears a half-mask, but stops wearing it after her third Ascension.
Dominatrix: Clad in leather and chains, in fact her outfit could be described as "European noble clothes mixed with bondage gear". Her stage four card even has her stepping on someone, and many of her animation updated attacks incorporate slaps, claws, and even stepping on an enemy.
Evil Laugh: With her animation update she received an alternate line for using her Noble Phantasm which ends with a particularly long evil laugh.
Fauxreigner: Shamelessly uses her mask to pretend to be Chinese in the fourth Christmas Event's international tag team tournament.
Femme Fatale: Gorgeous and seductive, but also a serial killer.
Femme Fatalons: Has very long, sharp blue-colored nails. She puts them to significant use in her updated animations.
Friendly Enemy: By the third Halloween event, she and the protagonist seem to treat each other more like folks who just get caught up on opposite sides of Elisabeth versus whatever-foe-is-the-antagonist-this-time than any real enemy. Oh, sure, she still hates Elisabeth, but the protagonist she's perfectly fine with.
Hates Being Alone: She acts cold and distant, but she actually can't stand to be by herself or imprisoned.
Hates Being Touched: She threatens to kill the protagonist in her early bond lines for touching her, but by bond five she sounds a little lonely because they've apparently stopped.
Hidden Heart of Gold: She wouldn't admit it, but deep down she is a devoted Servant and when a past victim comes at her for revenge, the only reason she gets angry is because the victim put the player in danger as well. She feels anyone trying to get back at her is justified but the protagonist has nothing to do with any of that.
High Collar of Doom: A staple for classic vampires and evil noblewomen; Carmilla happens to be both (sort of— see Our Vampires Are Different below).
Human Pincushion: Her Noble Phantasm, Phantom Maiden, guarantees to do this to any unlucky target.
I Hate Past Me: When asked about what she dislikes, she says herself, though she means her younger form. Her actual feelings are implied to be more complicated as it seems more like she envies that Liz hasn't fully committed to evil yet. Strangely, this dislike does not extend to either version of Mecha Eli-chan, who instead evokes a reaction of confusion from Carmilla simply because Mecha Eli-chan is a robot. Brave Liz, meanwhile, seems to invoke both confusion and frustration.
Ice Queen: She's very cold and sadistic, going so far as to threaten to kill the protagonist in early bond lines. Later bond lines make it clear that she's come to trust them and is a lonely person, but she never really gets as far as actually defrosting.
Immortality Seeker: Her wish for the grail is eternal youth. It's noted that if she actually got it she would stop wasting her time with murdering people and just go become a rather effective governor.
Iron Maiden: Phantom Maiden: Phantasmal Iron Maiden is the iron maiden that people believed she used in life, though further research reveals that it never existed in the first place. She uses it as a weapon in her updated animations, summoning it to fly at enemies and shut on them, or dropping it on them from above.
It Runs on Nonsensoleum: She can ride on 'pain bullets' to fly, apparently.
Kaleidoscope Eyes: Her illustrator okojo never sticks to only one eye color. In Carmilla's first three Ascensions, she has golden eyes, but in her Final Ascension art, they're green. Her Traveling Outfit artwork has her with amber-colored eyes. The artwork for the game's 1st anniversary has her with dark blue eyes and another illustration with the same outfit has her with grey eyes. Finally, her swimsuit version has her with blood-red eyes which later switch to purplish pink in her Final Ascension art. Her younger version has consistently blue eyes.
Kick Chick: For one of her attack animations, she does an impressive kick that shows off her combat stilettos.
Lethal Chef: The chocolate she creates is something the main character mistakes for octuplet crystals.
Magic Staff: Despite being an Assassin, her main method of attack is firing bolts of magic energy from her ornate staff, which even contains a magic crystal. When her animation was updated this was changed to attacks like slashing with her nails, using a mini iron maiden or blasting enemies around her with blood.
The Maze:
- Her castle is this, as a part of her game for her victims. Of five girls she captures, three she killed for her blood bath, one she kept as a pet maybe until her next batch of victims, while the last one she let go free. That is, if they can escape her castle. The chance of the fifth victim escaping is about 1/1000. Her interlude has her Master as the fifth victim.
- This is, funnily enough, why she appears in the second Summer event; as a master of mazes and foiling escapes, she's more than happy to help Medb run a prison and watch over the inmates. Alas, she's not much of a match for the combined fury of all the Chaldea race teams combined once they find the greatest prisoner's cell.
Never My Fault: Played for Laughs during the Valentine's event - she screws up making chocolate so bad that the main character mistakes it for Octuplet Crystals, and if you read the description, she blames the ingredients, the cooking utensils, and the weather.
Not So Stoic: During at least part of her Interlude, she's trapped with the player in the castle where she eventually died and seems composed, if a little tense. However, after one point where she compliments the protagonist on not letting the situation unnerve them, she suddenly throws a screaming fit because she cannot stand being locked up and would honestly rather die than be trapped like that. Clearly some things don't change.
Older and Wiser: An extremely dark example. While her younger self lives in self-delusion and constantly reinvents herself, Carmilla has an extremely clear-eyed understanding of Elisabeth and can always accurately analyze her in events. This is part of why Elisabeth returns her older self's hatred; she doesn't like admitting that she needs to change as a person rather than merely becoming famous as an idol. She also generally has a cool, sedate personality to Elisabeth's constant immature energy.
Only Known by Their Nickname: Her name isn't really Carmilla, but that's how everyone usually refers to her, including herself. She prefers it this way since it provides her with another excuse to distance herself from her younger self.
Our Vampires Are Different: Much like Vlad III (both versions), she's not a vampire (in the Nasuverse sense), but is viewed as one by the populace, hence her gaining the traits of one as a Servant. This is reflected in how her Phantom Maiden Noble Phantasm restores HP to her after use—likely referring to the idea that she supposedly "took baths in the blood of her victims" to rejuvenate herself.
Red and Black and Evil All Over: Her outfit is mostly red and black with purple and gold accents.
Retired Monster: Discussed. Her profile notes that if she actually achieved her wish she'd stop killing people, but she wouldn't be in the least bit repentant.
Showgirl Skirt: It's not just her skirt; her entire dress is open in the front to show off her body.
Simple, yet Awesome: Carmilla's gameplay basically has her take advantage of her very high NP gain and her Vampirism skill to charge her NP and unleash a powerful single target attack that buffs her ATK and heals her. Even when she's not facing a female enemy, it still deals very respectable damage. It also helps that she had the highest ATK among all the 4* Assassins, before Swimsuit Ushiwakamaru was released, who only beats her by less than 50 points, anyway.^Also
Situational Damage Attack: Her Noble Phantasm deals additional damage towards female enemies.
Starter Mon: In addition to Mash, Carmilla was one of the ten (later 14) available 4* Servants that could be summoned from the Starter Summon. Among the ten (now 14), Carmilla and Stheno were the two 4* Assassins. Carmilla would later be replaced by Yan Qing in JP as of May 11th, 2022.
Stripperiffic: She's basically wearing what could be described as a noble lady's dress mixed with BDSM gear.
Torture Technician: Like her younger self, she has the Torture Technique skill. And while it has the same rank and effect as her younger self, she has a lot more experience in torturing people, especially women.
Truer to the Text: This version of Elisabeth Báthory is much closer to the tone of the historical figure's myth, in contrast to the Lancer version's role as a wannabe idol singer. The younger Elisabeth is basically plucked from a time before she had committed the majority of her crimes and thus has a chance to turn back before it's too late while Carmilla is her as an adult, who accepts the responsibility for her actions but does not think she can go back anymore.
Upgrade vs. Prototype Fight: A very, very weird, non-robot case of this. In Orleans, Carmilla faces off against Elisabeth Báthory, whose legend Carmilla was based on.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: While Elisabeth has that Ambiguous Innocence situation where she was not entirely there when she did her crimes and her upbringing enabled her behaviors, Carmilla is the Elisabeth who has embraced her evil image because she is evil. There are times where it seems she's regretting it, but she can't stop because she thinks she has jumped the slippery slope and it's already too late for her to go back. In a way, she is to Elisabeth what EMIYA is to Shirou. Both older versions get white hair, and Elisabeth and Carmilla despise each other.
Vampires Are Sex Gods: Her art portrays her as a sexy dominatrix type. However, this doesn't actually come up in the story.
Vocal Evolution: Carmilla's voice sounds notably higher and "younger" in her voiced Valentine scene.
White Hair, Black Heart: Her younger, redeemable form had pink hair, but Carmilla's hair has turned pure white for unknown reasons. She hates her younger form for denying her and, it's implied, still having a chance to make something better for herself, even if she'll probably fail.
Wolverine Claws: While from an aesthetic point of view, originally her nails were just Femme Fatalons, when her animation was updated it turned out that she's also quite comfortable slashing enemies with them.

Charles-Henri Sanson

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The High Executioner of France

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{Festive Outfit}

^{Traveling Outfit}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (Japanese), Max Mittelman (English anime)

"My name is Charles-Henri Sanson. I have been summoned and come at your request!"

The fourth head of the Sanson family, which had performed executions for generations in Paris. His lifestyle was extremely wealthy, but he was often scorned because of his occupation - something that became a source of anguish in his youth. His house loved and respected the King and Queen and showed great pity for the citizens governed by them. It has been said they even provided cutting-edge medical technology, cultivated from executions, free-of-charge to the needy.

Times were not always peaceful for Charles. During the French Revolution, he executed all sorts of men. He conducted further executions with the guillotine, eventually witnessing the execution of his beloved royalty, King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette.

He's an antagonist in France and an ally in the Salem chapter of Epic of Remnant. He also has the distinction of being one of the protagonist's seven summons during the Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon movie.

Anti-Hero: Can be seen as one. In fact, one of his skills, aptly named Executioner, gives him a damage boost against units with Evil alignment.
Artistic License – History: In the records, it was not Sanson himself who personally executed Queen Marie Antoinette, but his son Henri.
The Atoner: Desperately appeals for the rule of law and due process in Salem, as he sees in their trials himself as he was during the French Revolution. So much that he willingly undergoes Death of Personality.
Back from the Dead: He should not have been able to survive death in Salem. All of his memory of Chaldea should have been erased, but Abigail found him... somewhere and gave him the choice of going back. He remembers everything up to right before they left for Salem. Da Vinci does a bunch of tests just to make sure this is actually Sanson and not a fake.
Badass Longcoat: For extra badass points, it gets more elaborate as he ascends.
Bilingual Bonus: His sword has the words L'Epee de Justice inscribed on it, meaning "Sword of Justice".
Combat Tentacles: Manifests these when using his Noble Phantasm, in the form of shadowy hands that grab onto and hold his enemies in place beneath the guillotine's looming blade.
Composite Character: Sanson is the one who executed Marie Antoinette in this universe, not his son Henri. He did oversee the execution and was there as his son's assistant, but Higashide presumably changed it to make an interesting connection with Marie Antoinette in-story.
Deadly Doctor: The Sanson family studied anatomy and pharmacy to find out how to best decapitate people in one strike, and also served as doctors who worked free-of-charge. This is reflected in Charles' A-rank in the Medicine skill and B-rank of Human Study skill.
Death Equals Redemption: A less villainous version happens in the Salem chapter where he lets himself be hanged so that no one else in the group has to die, with his reasoning being that it is his chance at redemption for all the people he killed in life.
Death of Personality: In Salem, Chaldea's Servants are somehow partially incarnated as humans, potentially letting them be Killed Off for Real (for a Servant): all their memories since being summoned to Chaldea would simply vanish, unable to return to the Throne of Heroes, and a freshly summoned copy would have to be resummoned in their place. Mata Hari and later Sanson are threatened with hanging later in the pseudo-singularity, and for Sanson it actually happens with the party mourning his loss. However, Abigail was somehow able to find this dead Sanson again in the epilogue of the pseudo-singularity, allowing the resummoned Sanson to retain all of his former self's memories right before Salem.
Dying Declaration of Love: Essentially does this towards Marie, whose forgiveness was all he wanted. Marie tells him that there was nothing to forgive and that he did nothing wrong, and he then passes on in peace.
Evil Wears Black: He is more morally ambiguous than evil, but being an executioner the trope still applies.
The Executioner: Was one in real life. He initially appears under the effects of Mad Enhancement, turning him into an Ax-Crazy madman who wishes to execute others so perfectly that they feel nothing but ecstasy when his blade cleaves through their neck. As a proper Servant, he's far more affable, if uptight, and prefers to use his knowledge for medical purposes and to slay his foes painlessly. He also has a certain amount of affection for Marie Antoinette, whom he executed in the story.
Face Death with Dignity: Jokingly says that he resigns as he fades away. In real-life, he had to assume the mantle as head executioner once more after his heir slipped on a pool of blood while showing off a guillotine'd head to the crowd and died from the ensuing fall off of the platform.
Funetik Aksent: Normally averted, but his writing reflects a French accent exactly once during Salem to remind the player the colonists have tense relations with French soldiers. He may also have been deliberately playing it up in that scene to come off as comical rather than threatening.
"Allo there. Ah am sorry if we startled you. As you saw, zat scene is not yet ready for ze performance."
Hearing Voices: His Interlude is essentially this. Despite holding up a perfect facade during his life, he admits that he is haunted by all the killing he's had to do, even in the name of justice at no fault of his own. The protagonist snaps him out of it by reassuring him that he simply did what he had to do, and if he ever brings his blade to bear against someone he should not, they will be there to punish him.
Heroic BSoD: When he runs into Charlotte Corday, another person whom he executed, he goes quiet out of guilt.
Heroic Sacrifice: In Salem, he was willing to save Lavinia's life by taking the blame for the death of Hopkins.
Heroic Willpower: The in-story main weakness of his Noble Phantasm. As a metaphysical blade, it can be thwarted should its target have enough conviction to overturn the apparent definitiveness of a guillotine execution.
Icy Blue Eyes: Rather fitting for a executioner. Though it should be noted that despite his job, he is by no means a cruel person.
In-Series Nickname: In the medieval France segment of the game, Mozart refers to him as "Chopper".
Irony: He's an executioner who thinks the most valuable thing there is is life.
Master Swordsman: His family trained since they were old enough to lift a sword, all for the purpose of killing the guilty in a single stroke.
Mercy Kill: His whole schtick, wanting death to be as painless and dignified as possible. In real-life he wrote at lengths in his diary about how awful, painful and unreliable most execution methods at the time were, requiring both the coordination of several trained assistants and enormous physical effort for everyone involved, as well as the tools of their trade wearing out easily and costing prohibitive amounts in maintenance. He eventually invested a large amount of the family fortune in developing the guillotine together with physicians Antoine Louis and Joseph-Ignace Guillotin.
Oddly Shaped Sword: Wields a very large sword with a T-shaped blade. It is based on the kind the Sansons really did use^note before Charles-Henri invested his family fortune into the creation of the guillotine. The three holes in the the T-shape made a screeching noise from air resistance if the swing wasn't completely straight, as a reminder for the executioner to strike true on the first blow and make it painless.
Off with His Head!: As Royal Executioner and then High Executioner of France during the French Revolution, part of his fame comes from his use of the guillotine. He also summons one for his Noble Phantasm, La Mort Espoir: Death is Hope For Tomorrow.
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: During the Orleans chapter, he believes that he alone has the right to execute Marie Antoinette.
Professional Killer: Professional Executioner. The Professional part of that vocation is especially important because his callous murder of innocent French citizens while under Jeanne Alter's control went against his very nature. This weakened him significantly to the point that Marie Antoinette (who had several disadvantages when it came to confronting Charles) was able to defeat him in a duel.
Psychotic Smirk: On his attack cards, and constantly on his battle sprite.
Real Men Cook: He makes a simple preparation of food in Salem involving zucchini that he comments reminds him fondly of his home of outer Paris.
Red Baron: Aside from being known as "the High Executioner of France," Charles-Henri was also known as "The Great Sanson" and "Monsieur de Paris", or "The Gentleman of Paris."
Religious Bruiser: He prays to God for forgiveness once more in one of his end-of-battle lines.
Shoulders of Doom: Gets these with his stage three outfit, in the form of a pair of pauldrons shaped like horse heads with bladed manes. As the rest of the costume has motifs related to different methods of execution, the horses might allude to the drawing and quartering execution method, specifically one performed on Robert François Damiens, whose execution Sanson oversaw.
Situational Sword: When Executioner and Human Study skills are used together, he gains a power bonus against enemies with both Evil alignment and Human trait. This sounds useful, but unfortunately Servants are listed as humanoid and not human^note, meaning his third skill only works against mooks, who only occasionally have alignments. If there were a mook Rider or Berserker enemy with both traits he could deal up to 120% bonus damage from power bonuses alone, but unfortunately, the only two targets in the game that match these requirements are Ivan and Xiang Yu, both of whom are too powerful and hard to kill for him to really be a valid option against.
Slasher Smile: Has one on his stage four card, standing invitingly in front of a guillotine.
The Stoic: His voice is very toneless, and his facial expressions are generally quite stiff.
10-Minute Retirement: After passing the mantle of High Executioner to his eldest son Gabriel in 1790, he unfortunately had to take back the position after Gabriel slipped and died while displaying a decapitated head to the crowd in 1792 until his second-oldest, Henri, could take over the family office in 1795.
White Hair, Black Heart: Averted, as while he is summoned on the wrong side in Orleans, he is still good at heart, and simply tried to gain Marie's forgiveness for having executed her in life the only way he knew how: trying to do it again.
Yandere: In Orleans, he's one towards Marie Antoinette and to a lesser extent life in general. As an executioner, he knows exactly how precious it is. He believes he and Marie to be destined for each other because she's the only person he has the chance of executing twice. Averted as a playable Servant, where he's blatantly in love with her and fights with Amadeus over her affection, but never with outright violence.

Charlotte Corday

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Angel of Assassination

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{Dream Portrait}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Yui Horie

"I have answered your summons! I am Assassin, Charlotte Corday! I will work my very best, but I'm sorry if I fail!"

Full name Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont, Charlotte Corday is infamous for the role she played in the French Revolution, namely the assassination of Jacobin leader and journalist Jean-Paul Marat in a bid to stem the increasing radicalization and violence the revolution had taken. She was subsequently executed by the French Republic and posthumously given the nickname "Angel of Assassination".

She made her playable debut for the game's fourth anniversary campaign and appears in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" as an ally.

Angelic Abomination: Her companion is referred to as an angel, but looks in no way humanoid, more like a small golden bell with wings and a halo. In her Third Ascension it gains an almost comically creepy mouth with thin but noticeable lips and a large set of teeth.
Armor-Piercing Attack: Three separate ways, at that! Her Determination of Steel skill gives her a turn of Invulnerability Pierce, her Noble Phantasm has a pre-damage effect that removes the opponent's Evade, and the damage itself ignores any defensive buffs! It's because, while she's basically a regular person with a few bonuses from becoming a Servant, she's so friendly and unassuming that enemies are incapable of thinking she'd attack them, and thus incapable of defending themselves.
Back Stab: Her Buster attack in which her familiar takes the enemy's attention with Corday quickly striking from behind.
Bait-and-Switch Sentiment: Zigzagged. After the Zeus Klironomia are extracted from her, she confesses that she likes the protagonist. This gives Mash a scare before Corday says she likes all your other allies as well. It's later revealed, however, that she really has fallen for the protagonist.
Bookworm: She likes reading books, and believes there is no excuse not to learn the knowledge of those who came before. She sneaks a quick read while activating her skills, and is enjoying a pile of books in her final ascension. Notably, it was her love of reading that inculcated in her the patriotism to become an assassin in the first place.
Boring, but Practical: Her Noble Phantasm. No flashy effects, no magic, no mystery. Just a girl walking up to someone, greeting them with a bright smile, and unexpectedly stabbing them without batting an eye.
Born Lucky: She carried out a successful assassination with no help or experience, mostly due to a massive streak of luck. Then again, if the ill-fated revolutionaries hadn't closed the convent where she lived happily in the first place, perhaps they wouldn't've called her down on their heads.
Breath Weapon: Her angel companion can blast enemies with a beam from its mouth.
Crazy-Prepared: Played with. Her third skill, Haphazard Planning, is only D+ ranked, and its randomness represents the fact that her simple plan to murder Marat had a lot of moving parts she couldn't control, to say nothing of how ill-conceived it was to try to stop the violence by murdering a particular, if influential, sensationalist pressman. However, all of the random effects it has the potential to come up with are powerful and useful, just as her cool-headed decision-making let her adapt to the situation on the fly, and fate itself bent her way to make it happen.
Cute But Psycho: Downplayed. Charlotte is ever so slightly off, as evidenced by how her regrets about Marat's assassination is that it failed to change her country positively rather than how she murdered him. As a Servant, she's almost too comfortable with the idea of taking lives, and casually tries to stab a pair of border guards she confuses with her distraction during the Greek Lostbelt.
Determinator: She has the same Determination of Iron skill as Edmond Dantès, albeit at a lower level. Notably, this skill provides the benefits of both Bravery and Calm and Collected, boosting her melee attack power beyond what a simple girl had in life.
Devious Daggers: Primarily uses knives, which is true to history as the weapon she used to assassinate Marat.
Dissonant Serenity: Is always depicted smiling in her artwork, even as it becomes more and more bloodstained. It is this that makes her so incredibly dangerous: her utter lack of malice ensures that no one sees the knife coming before it's too late, overriding a wide array of defensive abilities and mind's eyes that see only a sweet girl with a kind heart who couldn't possibly be an assassin.
Early-Bird Cameo: Was first seen in the Cosmos in the Lostbelt opening, a year and a half before she would actually become playable.
Face Death with Dignity: Her Final Ascension has her in prison, smiling and content, certain that the murder she committed, and her own execution, will quiet the tensions of the revolution and bring about peace. (She was wrong, unfortunately, as she sadly acknowledges in her Bond CE). Everyone around her during her trial and execution was struck by her poise and bravery, including Charles-Henri Sanson.
First-Name Basis: Corday becomes eventually comfortable around the Protagonist that she accepts to be referred to as "Charlotte" by them.
Foreshadowing: Her second skill animation shows the title of the book she's reading. The Argonautika.
Genki Girl: While she doesn't appear as such, she is quite cheerful for a conservatively dressed bookworm and actively asks the player to bring her on quests and events. In "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", she lost her cheerfulness along with some of her memories, and only regains them as she is about to disappear.
"Level UP!!! *V-signs*"
Go Out with a Smile: Her final moments in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" have her having a smile upon dying from her mortal wounds after successfully eliminating Odysseus, as she regained most emotions she lost upon summoning as well as realizing she had been in love with the protagonist since the time they met.
Heroic Self-Deprecation: During her Valentine's Day event cutscene, she admits to feeling inferior to the other Servants because she lacks the grandeur of a god, the strength of a demon, or the pride of a hero. She's also so torn up about her actions that she can't acknowledge herself as a hero in her own right. This is what spurs her to create the best chocolate she can for the protagonist as a way of showing her affection in an area she can compete in.
"There is a hero here that cannot be acknowledged. There is an existence here that cannot be acknowledged. And more than anything... I cannot acknowledge myself. So much that I hate it."
Hellish Pupils: They are barely visible in her regular artwork, but they are much more prominent in the special CG in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" and in her Caster form.
Jeanne d'Archétype: Young, isolated and chaste girl of Christian upbringing? Check. Guided by her faith to run off and fight for her country's freedom against a madman destroying her country? Check. Succeeds by what some would call a miracle, but is caught and executed after? Check. Became a symbol in the aftermath and inspired feminist movements? Check! And yes, this is on top of doing it all for Jeanne's beloved home, France! Jeanne even has a similar Was It Really Worth It? theme to her Interludes, further solidifying the rather direct parallels.
Last-Name Basis: She insists to be referred to by her last name. After some time, she eventually becomes comfortable around the protagonist to be on First-Name Basis with them, but she still doesn't want to be called by her first name by anyone else.
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Every single one of her Ascension lines is aware of what's happening to her Saint Graph. In the first three, she notes about changing her dress, while in the final one, she comments that it was indeed her last moments in life before getting executed.
Logical Weakness: Le Rêve Ensoleillé's main strength is that it completely hides away Corday's Killing Intent, meaning that she can in theory just walk up to someone and shank them without them suspecting a thing. But she also knows that if her target thinks that she will try to kill them, it doesn't really matter. When she is tasked to kill Lostbelt Odysseus, she knows that he is too paranoid to not to take her into calculations, so she instead needs to make him think that she won't attack him twice.
Manchurian Agent: Since Lostbelt Odysseus only summoned Corday in order to disable the leylines, Odysseus injects her with Zeus Klironomia and makes her forget that she was summoned by him in the first place, with the condition that if she encounters an enemy god that would threaten her, the Zeus Klironomia would be activated and hopefully make her attack Chaldea if she is on their side.
Nice Girl: Outside slashing things with a knife, she is a genuinely nice person. She even casually greets Charles-Henri Sanson, the person who executed her with a guillotine, and thanks him for making her death painless. It is because she is such a good person that she is such a dangerous assassin; indeed, her utter lack of hatred or malice towards her target meant no one expected it until her knife was in his body. The main exception is Marie Antoinette as Corday still sees her as as the decadent Upper-Class Twit that let the people starve. In "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", we see that Corday isn't a spineless girl either and she can be a bit snarky towards Jason, Super Orion and to a lesser degree Bartholomew, three men with obvious personality flaws.
No Range Like Point-Blank Range: Her Noble Phantasm, which is a reenactment of her assassination of Marat, removes evasion buffs and ignores defense buffs since they don't see the strike coming until she's gotten too close for the target to dodge.
No Sense of Direction: Her introduction in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" has her and the protagonist get lost in a forest while searching for a village. After they meet Super Orion, she tries to leave him for the village... by going in the opposite direction.
Oblivious to Love: She has no idea that the human Timi is attracted to her based on her appearance. When the protagonist and Mandricardo point this out she says that's weird to fall for someone just like that, completely oblivious as she obsessed over the protagonist from the moment they met.
Our Angels Are Different: No one's actually even sure if her companion is an angel, but Corday refers it to as such so they just roll with it. It gets worse in the third ascension, where it gains a big-lipped, grinning mouth and tongue (making it look like a less-disturbing, cuter Behelit).
Overshadowed by Awesome: On her own merits, Charlotte Corday is a good budget Servant with a very complete kit... but unfortunately, Arts-based single-target Assassin is a rather crowded niche, and many excellent budget Servants already do much of what she can do, including one powerful event Servant in Shiki.
Random Effect Spell: Her third skill grants her one of three effects: an Arts boost, a critical damage increase, or a Noble Phantasm buff. All three effects are powerful and scale very well with leveling, but the randomness of the skill means that the chance of getting one of the less-useful effects for a given situation is high.
Red Baron: Angel of Assassination, which the writers have taken almost literally with the angelic thing accompanying her.
Secretly Selfish: Despite her friendliness and affection, it's repeatedly pointed out that her crush on the protagonist is based entirely on how it makes her feel without much regard for how the protagonist feels. Charlotte admits she'd even be happy becoming a sad or traumatic memory for them as long as she's someone special to her crush.
"You didn't save [them] because you love [them]. You love [them] because you saved [them]. It's pure, innocent egoism."
Series Mascot: A minor example, as she's not a mascot of the game itself, but since her arrival, Charlotte Corday has become the face of the Friend Point Summon banner, replacing Mata Hari who was consistently the face of the banner for four years.
The Shut-In: Her profile states if the revolutionaries hadn't closed the convent she lived in, she wouldn't have left, spending the rest of her life there without the chance to mark her name in history.
Supernatural Gold Eyes: In "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", when her Zeus Klironomia trigger, her eyes turn gold to denote the power of the godly nanomachines enhancing her abilities.
Vitriolic Best Buds: In "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", she and Jason argue a lot, but they still care for each other. One of the reasons why Jason is not that fond of Corday is because she reminds her of Medea, but he trusts her enough to give her the important mission to assassinate Lostbelt Odysseus. For her part, she trusts him to be brutally honest even when that's not what she wants to hear, and accepts his advice to pick up a new swimsuit for the coming Beach Episode Summer event.
Was It Really Worth It?: In the description of her Max Bond CE she talks about how she thought that her assassination attempt would improve society but in the end all it did was cause more death and record her in history as a murderer. She wishes that she had failed. The only good thing that came of becoming a Heroic Spirit was the chance of meeting the player.
What Is This Feeling?: At Bond Lv. 5, she confesses that while she is happy meeting the protagonist, she feels envy towards them as a fellow "nobody" who tried to change the world, and quite succeeded compared to her, who was only labeled as a murderer in history. Although she is unsure if it is really a feeling of envy that bothers her or something else. Regardless, she asks for their companionship until her feelings calm down.
Yandere: In "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", it is shown that she has a hidden desire to inflict at least a scar (or something worse) on the protagonist to leave something behind that would make them remember her. But Corday never acts on that desire and keeps her sweet attitude all the time.

Cleopatra VII Philopator

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Last of the Pharaohs

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya

"Hah, did you think I would appear from within a rolled-up carpet?...Well, perhaps I considered it, but rejected the idea since this is our first meeting. I am the last Pharaoh, Cleopatra VII Philopator. Master, could you please refrain from holding your head higher than the sun?"

Cleopatra VII was a tragic queen known for her beauty. She was the last queen of the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt, and the de facto last pharaoh of ancient Egypt. Many literary works have depicted her as a ravishing beauty who drowned in love and turned her kingdom into her personal property, but the truth was the opposite. Cleopatra has a profound intellect, particularly in the domain of economics, and her leadership raised the militarily weak Ptolemaic Egypt into one of the world’s foremost economic powers.

Strictly speaking, the “last pharaoh” was her son Caesarion, who ruled mutually with his mother in her final years. Caesarion lived for several more days after Cleopatra’s death, however, Caesarion was merely nine years old when he died. Cleopatra was the final pharaoh who ruled the kingdom and struggled against destiny.

She debuted for the second Halloween event, "Super☆Ghouls 'n Pumpkins," as the main villain and its limited Servant, and rejoins for the next Halloween event as a lackey.

Ancestral Name: She is the seventh Cleopatra of her family.
Animal Motifs: Snakes, particularly the treachery lying underneath the skin. While Cleopatra insults Elisabeth as a little lizard, Elisabeth compares her to a fiercely venomous snake. She prominently rides a snake to sit on, and in history she's believed to have committed suicide via poison from a snake bite.
Arc Villain: Of the second Halloween event as she kicked the two Lizzes out of their castle because their concerts are noisy as hell.
Arch-Enemy: Though downplayed compared to how certain characters feel about some of their disliked people (like Tomoe); there's one person that Cleopatra views negatively: Octavian; mainly due to killing Caesarion at least in this verse, spreading well-spread rumors that she is a nasty seductress to win his case against Mark Antony to the point of almost eclipsing her own ethics and intelligence, and eventually capturing and planning to use her as a hostage up until her suicide. Octavian is only mentioned in her Bond 10 CE, but from the description, it's clear that Cleopatra does not hold a high opinion on him despite eventually ending the civil war that plagued Rome (and possibly being the reason of Caesar's death) and formed the Roman Empire, which would produce figures like Nero and Caligula.
Breaking the Fourth Wall: She shows up in Musashi's Trial Quest and addresses Musashi as the "girl with three Buster Cards".
Cast from Hit Points: Her Noble Phantasm damages her for 1000 damage after use, but the recoil is fairly negligible thanks to her great HP recovery options.
Clingy Jealous Girl: She hates it when Caesar flirts with other women.
Combat Stilettos: She wears a nice pair of high heels, and she uses them to powerful effect in her attacks.
Cool and Unusual Punishment: She punishes her underlings in some unusual (and fairly harmless) ways in her introductory event:
- Early in the story, as punishment for daring to question her ban of Halloween that is preventing a knight from enjoying time with his family, Cleopatra forces him to take the next day off. With paid compensation.
  Cleopatra: "Blasphemy! Backtalk is punishable by death! But, for the sake of your children, I shall give you a day off. With remuneration!"
  Cleopatra: "Lay down your sword and return to your pitiful family at once! That is, if you value your life!"
  ...
  Queen's Knight: "...Understood. Then with all due respect, I shall receive your punishment of... paid leave."
- As punishment for Tristan's incompetence allowing the party to face her in a final battle, she forces him to do a handstand while playing the harp. Tristan complains that it's sad and backbreaking, but he's able to do it just fine, to Elisabeth's surprise. Lancelot is left unpunished because having to don a disguise to hide from Mash is punishment enough.
Dance Battler: Flips, jumps, moonwalks...
Demoted to Extra: Lampshaded; obviously she gets a diminished role after her debut event as the main antagonist, but even she is disappointed by how much — she thinks she might not even have a role as an extra after her role in the third Halloween event.
Ethical Slut: She loves Caesar the most, but she's not above flirting with or falling for other attractive men, such as Iskandar or the protagonist. However, she's noted to be difficult to woo for real, meaning she does have her standards, unlike Medb.
The Fashionista: Proud of it, the main reason for her very much non-Ancient Egyptian outfit. Gotta follow the trends of today, not of several millennia ago.
Heroic Self-Deprecation: Similar to Nitocris, she finds it hard to stand in the company of unambiguously accomplished pharaohs like Iskandar or Ozymandias. Her debut event was precipitated by Ozymandias giving her a chance to get a wish granted that was actually just a Secret Test of Character to empower her with the will to manifest as a Servant at all, since she was otherwise so guilt-torn by being the last pharaoh that she refused to be summoned otherwise. In Nitocris' Interlude, Iskandar had called Cleopatra for a pharaoh party with Ozymandias, but "she was so overwhelmed with feelings of gratitude and unworthiness that she passed out."
Hidden Depths: Beneath her haughty facade lies a crippling guilt complex for letting the proud line of Egyptian pharaohs die out, even though she did everything she could, as shown by her My Room lines with Nitocris or Ozymandias in your party.
"Even one such as myself knows shame... I can't stand tall among my pharaoh ancestors... No matter what I may say or do, the fact is I am the one who brought an end to their line..."
The High Queen: In-universe and out, Cleopatra transformed the diminishing Ptolemaic Empire into a proud economic powerhouse and a hub for art and culture before her defeat and demise. She's devoted to her country and her only wish for the Holy Grail is to allow it to flourish again.
Historical In-Joke: If she's summoned, she'll ask if you thought she would appear from within a rolled-up carpet, and admits that she considered it but decided not to. This is an allusion to how she arranged to meet Caesar on her own terms to discuss a political alliance, which involved her being smuggled into Alexandria while hiding in a rolled-up carpet that was delivered to him.
Informed Attractiveness:
- She's considered one of the three great historical beauties and the protagonist feels somewhat unsuited to be seen with her, but literally every female in the game is really cute at worst, making it unclear as to why she's special.
- Justified, as Cleopatra VII, from what her depictions show, wasn't actually that physically attractive, particularly her large nose. Her appeal actually came from her intelligence, knowledge, sociopolitical savvy, and conversational skills, which were what actually attracted Caesar and Antony. Her reputation as a seductress mostly came from Octavian creating the image of such to justify his declaration of war against Antony without making it look like yet another civil war^note. Further slander came from Dante Alighieri putting her and Antony in the second circle of Hell, where the lustful are sent.
Jack of All Trades: Cleopatra is surprisingly quite well rounded for an Assassin. She has good damage with her Buster-based Noble Phantasm and deck, good survivability with all three of her skills, good crit star generation thanks to several hits on all her cards, and even has good critical compatibility with her third skill, with the only thing she lacks being utility for her team. Other Assassins of her rarity generally do better then her in what they do (First Hassan has better surviveability and damage output, Jack has better crit generation, and Shuten has debuffs and some tanking), but she is flexible enough to fit on any Assassin focused team.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's very sharp-tongued, and a bit of a sadist, but also very kind; apparently it was one of the reasons she was one of the most desirable women of the time. She's not very subtle about it, though. For your birthday, she says she has no interest in such a useless matter, right before gleefully asking if you want anything in particular.
Kick Chick: When she's not attacking with her light magic, she's getting up close to the enemy and pummeling them with nasty kicks.
Last of Her Kind: While officially her son Caesarion was the last pharaoh, Cleopatra was the last to rule Egypt in any real capacity. Her guilt over letting Egypt's golden age end manifests in her Noble Phantasm, an uncontrollable flaming cobra that both signifies Ancient Egypt and its end.
Lightning Bruiser: Her first skill recovers a good portion of her HP as well as a chance to greatly increase her defense, her second skill is a 3 turn HP regeneration (as well as NP gain up and NP gauge charge), and her third skill removes her debuffs and grants her invincibility, making her surprisingly quite tanky for an Assassin. She can also put out some impressive damage with her Buster based Noble Phantasm, which boosts Buster performance before she attacks.
Light 'em Up: Her Buster attack is her using sparkling light magic on the enemy.
My Greatest Failure: Letting the legendary Ancient Egypt end. It is the one thing she'll never forgive herself for, even if the other pharaohs don't hold it against her.
Not in This for Your Revolution: She's working with Mecha Eli-chan in the third Halloween event not because she was forced into service or because she agrees with her ideals, but because Mecha Eli-chan has some good resources for getting Caesar back into shape.
Not So Above It All: She's usually a pretty chill woman, but her lines about Caesar and Iskandar have her fangirling over them, with her enchanted by Iskandar's charisma. Makes sense, since the Real Life Cleopatra was romantically involved with Caesar, while Iskandar was the man who conquered Egypt before her family's reign.
No, You: Part of her Suspiciously Specific Denial rant includes deflecting the fact that she's clearly upset onto Nite-Brite.
"I am NOT upset! YOU'RE upset! If something's bothering you, or you're ill at ease, that is YOUR fault, not mine!"
Official Couple: She's still very devoted to Caesar, though she's shocked to see how overweight he is. "Super☆Ghouls 'n Pumpkins" was her attempting to live up to the legacy of the pharaohs in large part so that she could see him again. A chance to make things better with her and their son Caesarion is his greatest wish as well. That said, both seem to have active sex lives apart from each other: Cleopatra has the hots for Iskandar and the protagonist while Caesar is noted to have even slept with fairies.
On the Rebound: In her debut event after being defeated, she admits she truly loves Casear with Marc Antony being the rebound.
Pet the Dog: During her introductory event, she "punishes" one of her soldiers with paid leave, so that the audience can know she's not that bad deep down. And later on, during the third Halloween event, Elizabeth reveals the reason she hasn't remodeled her castle into a stadium is because Cleopatra refuses to remove her pyramid. The soldiers realize that this is Cleopatra's way for protecting them from a Fate Worse than Death: constant concerts blaring out into the village.
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: She gets a bit depressed in the third Halloween event because in truth she barely assassinated anyone and doesn't even know much about torture, leaving her the odd man out when in a group with the likes of Carmilla or Wu Zetian.
Playing with Fire: Her NP, Uraeus Astrape, surrounds her enemies with a huge fire pillar.
Polyglot: Cleopatra was educated in the Royal Library of Alexandria and could speak Egyptian, Greek, Parthian, Median, Syriac, Ethiopian, Hebrew, Arabic, and the language of the Troglodytae.
Power Floats: Her sprite is floating, though for her second stage onwards she has a golden snake to sit on.
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: She unleashes one before her final boss fight in her debut event:
"Drown in the beauty of Cleopatra... and die!"
Random Number God: Much of her damage output fringes on whether or not she gets the buffs from Imperial Privilege, which only has a 60% chance of getting either of the two buffs. With them she's tanky and hits like a truck, without them her firepower is somewhat middling compared to other Assassins like King Hassan or Shiki. Luckily, this can be patched up by fielding her with a Servant who can increase the success rate of buffs, such as fellow pharaoh Ozymandias (who also covers her weakness to Casters).
Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Not fist, but her close-range Quick attack has her start with a rapid fire kicks, akin to a certain famous 'Thunder Thighs' personal move Hyakuretsu Kyaku.
Red Baron: "The Last Pharaoh".
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Well, single is pushing it, but Servants seem to have loose ideas regarding how binding their past relationships are. Her profile notes that while she's definitely a seductress, if you really want to get close to her you need to be a man of excellent character and nobility and even suggests trying to win her love.
She-Fu: She performs several jumps and even have a backflip kick as parts of her moves. She'll do that even while in her regal dress at the 3rd Ascension.
Spam Attack: Downplayed, but her NP generation is already fairly good at base, and her Golden Rule skill not only boosts her NP generation rate even further, but also gives her bonus NP gauge every turn, making it plausible for her to have her NP up again by the next turn should she score a critical hit with her Arts or Quick cards after using her NP.
Suspiciously Specific Denial: She denies, in detail, feeling like she's missing out on the fun in the third Halloween event as she's pouting about remaining a minor antagonist in the second half of the event.
"Oh, were you all off having fun without me? I didn't notice. Nope. Definitely didn't notice a thing. Uh-uh."
"What!? Th-th-that's ridiculous! I'm n-not feeling left out! Not one bit! My feelings ABSOLUTELY are not hurt! Nope! In fact, I was so absorbed in this Ladies in the Nile magazine that I didn't even want to leave my pyramid! I've also never felt left out of your torture discussions! Or been embarrassed about the fact that I've never killed anyone despite being an Assassin! How dare you suggest I might have bawled my eyes out at anything of the sort!?"
Sweet on Polly Oliver: In a manner of speaking. She finds "Medjed" (read: Nitocris with a sheet over her head) to be the most wonderful and awe inspiring god she's ever seen and tries to become their devotee.
Tsundere: Her room dialogue has her denying that the protagonist made her heart flutter and such. During the second half of the third Halloween event, Cleopatra also protests that she is not sulking at not getting to join the others as guest party members before her boss fight. She's also really good-natured in general but ineffectually tries to hide it behind an arrogant facade. Further fueling this is how she's voiced by Rie Kugimiya, the Queen of Tsundere herself, despite not being short like most of the other kind of characters she voiced (and Oda Nobunaga).

EMIYA (Assassin) (Emiya Kiritsugu)

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The Magus Killer

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama

"More dirty work, huh... doesn't matter, happens all the time."

An Assassin incarnated as an agent of the Counter Force, an “imitation Heroic Spirit” referred to as a Guardian who didn't have the deeds to become a Heroic Spirit and never would have existed in proper human history as a Servant. Despite the same name, he is not the same EMIYA as detailed on the Archer page. Instead, this is his adoptive father, Emiya Kiritsugu

As a result of the Einzbern House not adopting the strategy of hiring an outside Master, Emiya Kiritsugu did not meet with the wife he was supposed to meet, and thus did not get separated from said wife nor suffer from the frustration from such separation. Consequentially, his heart of steel remained steel, his emotions eventually withered away completely, and his soul was called out to the circle of deterrence.

He debuted in Fate/Accel Zero Order as an ally. This EMIYA exists as a hypothetical possibility that can only be summoned in the Grand Order timeline.

Alternate Self: To the Kiritsugu of Fate/Zero. This Kiritsugu was never hired by the Einzberns, so never met Irisviel nor started a family. He continued down his path as the cold-blooded Mage Killer until he made a contract with the World and became a Counter Guardian.
Armor-Piercing Attack: His Noble Phantasm ignores DEF after an Interlude. It only makes sense as it's the Origin Bullet, a round designed specifically to rip the target's magic circuits apart if they defend with magic energy, as most Servants do.
Balance Buff: His first Interlude gives him a damage increase and DEF ignoring effect to his NP.
Beyond the Impossible: At maximum power, his Affection of the Grail skill allows him to escape and survive inescapable situations and enemy abilities. Unfortunately, this has the side effect of dooming everyone else around him.
Call-Forward:
- As a Servant, his skin is dark brown and his hair is white just like his son.
- Just like how Shirou not making a real connection with Saber, Rin or Sakura results in him turning into EMIYA, Kiritsugu fails to make a connection with Iri (due to not being hired as their respective master) and turns into a Counter Guardian.
Combat Pragmatist: His preference for underhanded tactics is represented with the "Scapegoat" skill, which forces enemies to target any ally he chooses.
Critical Hit Class: His Affection of the Holy Grail skill gives a powerful 50% Critical Strength buff for 3 turns on a 5-turn cooldown at max level, while Scapegoat instantly drops 15 Critical Stars as a secondary effect, also with a 5-turn cooldown. For passives, not only does he have A+ in Presence Concealment to drop more C. Stars, but he also has Independent Action to increase his Critical Strength. Both his Command Cards and his Noble Phantasm have incredible hit counts to drop Stars with (his NP has 15; his Extra Attack has 8, his Buster card has 6, and his Quick and Arts cards have modest counts of 4 and 2 respectively). To top it all off, his NP debuffs an enemy's own Critical Hit Chance.
Crutch Character: His addition in the Fate/Accel Zero Order and permanent addition to the summoning pool after was a godsend at the time for those unable to get Assassin Shiki thanks to his strong C. Star Drop Rate and overall damage output. Helping was that he was stronger in usage than most of the other Assassins of his rarity due to better synergistic kit than Stheno and avoided a niche like Carmilla. However, as more Assassins were added and older ones began to be buffed, EMIYA's lack of buffs and the new Assassins slowly began to make him not as useful as he once was, in large part because of his horrible NP Gain and out of date single turn Arts buff. He still sees usage but most of the other Assassins now are capable of being stronger than him, and older ones are more viable with their buffs.
Defrosting Ice King: A Downplayed example but it's still there. At first he treats his Master with absolute apathy, as they are just a means to an end, but as his bond with them grows he starts seeing them in a light not much different to how he saw Shirou at the end of his life.
Devious Daggers: Uses a knife as his primary weapon and even has a holder filled with them. His knife is actually his second Noble Phantasm called Phantasm Punishment: Mystery Bisection, which is manifestation of his Origin of "Severing and Binding", thus making it deal severe damage against those who possess either magic circuits or magic crests when evoked.
Doom Magnet: His Affection of the Grail skill literally sucks out the fortune and happiness of those around him. The Grail gives him successes out of her love but since Equivalent Exchange is at work when it comes to cause and effect, he becomes lucky at expense of other people's luck.
Do Not Call Me "Paul": He does not like being called "Kiritsugu".
The Eeyore: Human Kiritsugu was already not a very cheery guy. The Servant version is an absolute downer, appalled at the idea that all he got in the end was to be brought back as the most sneaky and underhanded Servant class to see his dreams of justice trampled on some more. Even on your birthday, the only thing he asks is whether you ever regret being born.
Ghost Memory:
- A downplayed case. While he isn't the same Kiritsugu from Fate/Zero or Fate/stay night, and expresses frustration with other Servants acting like he is, he has expressed a connection to numerous Servants and Pseudo-Servants from those entries, even if he has no idea why. During his debut event he expressed confusion over why he didn't want to kill Irisviel despite having always followed orders to the letter prior; during Jaguar Warrior's interlude he instinctively avoided entering the player's room allowing him to avoid her shenanigans; and during the "Servant★Summer Festival" he had an instinctive need to watch over and protect Iri, Illya, and Chloe, leading to him requesting the player's aid in taking care of Blackbeard and Tristan before they tricked the three into cosplaying as magical girls.
- During the "Lady Reines's Case Files" event he leaves flowers for Irisviel and Illya after experiencing the protagonist's memories of them (and after making sure that everyone else has left so they don't see him do it) while at the same time acknowledging that he doesn't really know who they are.
- Some CE's go further into this, with the Valentine's CE "Knit the Love" have Iri and Sitonai knitting a scarf for him, and the White Day CE "Daddy Letters Live" having his reasoning for being with Moriarty and Tell as "I do it for the scarf". The implication is that, much like Iri possesses memories of her Zero incarnation due to being the Holy Grail and connected to the Root, he is subconsciously remembering them via his "Affection of the Grail" skill given to him by Iri.
The Gunslinger: Even as a Servant, he still uses guns along with his knives. In particular, he uses his Calico M950 sub-machine gun as part of the Buster attack, while his custom .30-06 Thompson Contender is used as the final shot of his Noble Phantasm, Chronos Rose.
Hades Shaded: Is now sporting (rather familiar) dark skin and white hair.
Heroic Self-Deprecation: He laments how all he was good for in the end is acting as an Assassin-class killer. Presumably, this trope is the reason for his in-universe Chaotic Evil alignment.
I Work Alone:
- At the end of the Fate/Zero event, he hides the fact that the Greater Grail's core and Angra Mainyu are still around, simply because he'd rather not get the heroes involved in the problems of a world that isn't theirs.
- Downplayed as a playable Servant. Obviously, working with the Master is basically required now, and in his Interlude he's actually gotten used to working with the player character since they understand his preference for professionalism... but he still avoids every other Servant, to the chagrin of Jaguar Warrior and Irisviel.
- Averted in "Lady Reines's Case Files" he works as a mercenary hired by Astraea, which later on includes working with the protagonist and their party once Astraea decides to.
In the Hood: For his first two stages, he takes the hood down after his third Ascension because it was too warm for him.
Irony: He's known as the Magus Killer, but as an Assassin, Casters have the advantage against him. Then again, considering he has a preference for the class due to his own fighting tactics (as he mentioned during the Fourth Grail War), he's probably not beating himself up for it. Of course, Assassins generally target the Masters instead of the Servants, and the Masters all tend to be Mages. His title still applies, but gameplay limitations don't let him live up to it fully.
The Lost Lenore: His final ascension has him brooding while being comforted by the ghost of Irisviel.
Meaningful Name: Chronos Rose's phonetic name and kanji name ^note, are both a reference to To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by English poet Robert Herrick, specifically paraphrasing the verse "gather ye rosebuds while ye may"^note. The official description for Chronos Rose even begins with a paraphrase of another verse: "And this same flower that smiles today / To-morrow will be dying." The meaningfulness comes when you consider that just as flowers wither with the passage of time, so did the soul of the Emiya Kiritsugu who never met Irisviel von Einzbern and thus continued down his self-destructive path, eventually becoming a husk of his former self.
The Musketeer: With a combat knife, instead of a sword. He switches between knife and submachine gun during his normal attack combos, and uses his iconic Contender for his Noble Phantasm.
Obvious Rule Patch: Due to the 15-hits of his Arts-based Noble Phantasm, EMIYA has his NP gain halved while using it so he doesn't become a Limit Break spamming monster. But his already abysmal NP gain for an Assassin makes him far more niche when compared to the similarly Arts-based Ryougi Shiki.
Perpetual Frowner: Has the same vacant-eyed frowning expression in all of his Ascensions.
Point of Divergence: The "Fate/Accel Zero Order" event where he debuts is an Alternate Universe of Fate/Zero. In this Singularity, he wasn't hired by the Einzberns and didn't start a family with Irisviel so he formed no attachments and was in the right mindset to make a contract to become a Counter Guardian. This is Played for Drama in his own Interlude: while nearly every Servant in-game who had a role in Fate/Zero remembers him/wants to reconnect with him (among them, of course, Irisviel), his own internal monologues show he doesn't know any of them, he doesn't recognize the Kiritsugu they know as himself, and he doesn't want to bother doing anything about it.
Speed Blitz: As a Servant, his Innate Time Control has been overclocked and boosted by his already-superhuman speed and durability to the point that he can now relentlessly attack an opponent within an instant. His profile isn't shying away from the Fridge Logic of this trope, describing him as "invincible in anti-personnel combat", but within gameplay his ability to do this is limited to his Limit Break.
Self-Deprecation: In Jaguar Warrior's Interlude (where he has a cameo), he calls Chaldea's Summoning System rubbish since it keeps summoning "what if" Servants like him and Pseudo-Servants like Jaguar Warrior.
Sweet Tooth: Asking about his likes in My Room conversations will lead to a rare smile as he states that he sometimes likes to eat sweet things, one of his few bits of levity in an otherwise somber series of conversations.
Think Nothing of It: His Interlude correcting a minute singularity is brief and summed up as "It was nothing. I just did my job." ...The bulk of his Interlude is instead two other Servants stalking him when he comes back in an extended Mythology Gag.
Time Master: His Innate Time Control power manifests as his Noble Phantasm, Chronos Rose. Chronos is the personification of time in pre-Socratic literature and his NP manipulates time.
What Is This Feeling?: Like his alternate timeline son, he passed the Despair Event Horizon a long time ago and has resigned himself to being a weapon of the Counter Force that can do nothing but kill people for the greater good. So when El-Melloi II offers him a way to solve the threat of the Singularity in "Fate/Accel Zero Order" without having to kill Irisviel, he admits that being offered the choice to find a different solution brings out emotions that he doesn't fully understand.

"First Hassan"

The Old Man of the Mountain

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The Angel Who Announces Death

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Voiced by: Joji Nakata (Japanese), Crispin Freeman (Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia - anime) (English)

"Fear not, contractor. The Old Man of the Mountain hath come in answer to thy summons. I have no name. Address me as thou wilt."

The first Hassan-i Sabbāh to bear the title 'Old Man of the Mountain' after the Hashashin sect was established. However neither the other eighteen Hassans nor the devotees of the sect knew this figure’s identity and there seems to be no evidence of his existence. He is a legendary assassin said to appear to take the head of a generation’s Hassan-i Sabbāh when they stray from the path, the Hassan who kills Hassans.

The Hashashin left no witnesses, so it comes as little surprise that all who have seen him are dead. The first Old Man of the Mountain also chose to live the life of a guardian who passed judgement on the decay within the sect. The organization rightfully followed God’s teachings, but its actions were evil to humans. All the more reason that he could not allow the organization itself to rot; such offense would be the greatest sacrilege to God.

He is a very mysterious and powerful figure who first appears in the Camelot chapter as an ally before returning again later in Babylonia. He was released as a limited Servant early into the third year of the game, at the tail end of the New Year's festivities.

The Ace: Even Ozymandias is a bit freaked out by just how ridiculously good he is at murdering things. To clarify, Ozymandias made the Hassans, the mountain folk, his enemies during the Camelot chapter. Just prior to Chaldea's arrival, when he was in Ramesseum Tentryis, King Hassan literally appeared behind him and promptly severed his neck and even though Ozymandias responded by attacking him with all his might, he just disappeared back into the shadows (note that, being in his seat of power, Ozy survives a beheading, but to him and any sane person, it's the principle of the thing).
Agent Scully: First Hassan is apparently so dedicated to his religion, that he doesn't believe in the Holy Grail... despite him being a Servant summoned by the Grail and the player frequently collecting Grails while on missions.
First Hassan: There is no such thing as the Holy Grail. Do not confuse delusion and fanaticism.
All-Encompassing Mantle: Has a shroud like his successors that he later wears as a Badass Cape from the second ascension. The cape itself is pretty badass, as Hassan was able to completely nullify Gawain's Excalibur Galatine during the Camelot Singularity. Note that said sword is said to be on par with Arthur's Excalibur, and this Gawain is extra powerful due to the nature of his summoning, the blessings of the Lion King, and the fact that his Numeral of the Saint was active.
All-Powerful Bystander: His "Evening Bell" skill description says that he cannot decide who lives and dies by his own will, but rather by the will of God. As a result, he simply watches conflicts from the shadows, refusing to impose the concept of death on his enemies until "the Evening Bell has called thy name". He can be convinced to assassinate a target that one of his Hassan successors cannot, but requires that Hassan's life as payment afterward. As a playable Assassin, his ability to impose death on enemies is left to chance, showing that if he takes a more proactive role he only has a fraction of his power. Indeed, during his Noble Phantasm animation, he wonders out loud if the Evening Bell will take the enemy's life or not.
Ambiguously Human: Every Old Man of the Mountain after King Hassan is heavily implied to have died by his hand and the Hashashin were around for about two hundred years. Coupled with the theory that he might be Ziusudra, who is an immortal, and the fact that he can wield blue flames like they were apart of his own body^note, can shapeshift^note, has the Natural Body skill^note, has a featureless mouth in the Babylonia anime, his eyes being able to change color, and is capable of Demonic Possession makes one question if he's even human to begin with.
Antiquated Linguistics: He has a very archaic manner of speaking, even compared to other ancient Servants like Ozymandias and Gilgamesh.
Ascended Glitch: Upon his playable debut, his Noble Phantasm was bugged so that any enemy who would die from it would just vanish, without any death lines, leaving nothing but their item drops behind. This was patched out a day after, replaced with a standard death animation, but when players said that they liked the vanishing effect it was eventually un-patched and restored.
Badass Boast: He gets a suitably epic one that also doubles as a Pre-Asskicking One-Liner right before he puts the concept of Death to Tiamat.
"Thou fallen god, to beasthood turned, if Primordial Mother be thy title, attend, and hear my name. From the mountain abyss, I come, and only death do I bring. I am the Old Man of the Mountain, the First Hassan-i-Sabbah. The bell of evening tolls thy name. Touch not the sky, for by heaven's will I shall strip thee of thy wings!"
Balance Buff: His Battle Continuation was buffed as part of the Babylonia anime event into Death's Abyss. The new effect is provides is that as long as his Guts is up, he gets a Buster buff, and if his Guts is used, he gets a flat boost to his NP and a 50% Buster buff. And then in the collaboration event with Arcade, his Evening Bell got buffed to increase the death resistance debuff, charge his NP gauge, and increase the duration of the Buster buff to three turns. This solidified his position as one of the best units in the game since now he more or less can nearly always have a Buster buff.
Beyond the Impossible: His assassination prowess is such that he can kill anyone, anywhere, represented in-game by all of his attacks having a chance of inflicting instant death. He can even kill abstract concepts like long-distance communication and the magical contract/agreement between goddesses. In Babylonia, he applies the concept of death to Tiamat by using up the last of his extra power after yielding his title of Grand Assassin: in other words, killing her is impossible without upfilling impossible conditions, and Hassan just says "Nah" and makes her able to die.
Big Damn Heroes: Appears atop a cliff during the Darkest Hour in Babylonia to inflict the concept of death upon Tiamat, allowing her to actually be harmed when until this point all the protagonists - including multiple gods! - couldn't even touch her. He also does it by severing her wings, thus preventing her from flying out of the Underworld.
Black Knight: His armor, weaponry and demeanor all give off this vibe.
Brilliant, but Lazy: He admits that despite his skill he tends to slack when it comes to finishing the job. That's why he only stops at "beheading" Ozymandias in a place where that alone won't quite suffice and doesn't finish Gawain during their clash.
Brought Down to Badass: He gives up his status as Grand Assassin in Babylonia. That being said, his Saint Graph (the Graph that crafts his spiritual body) does not immediately lose the power of a Grand Servant, allowing him to apply the concept of death to Tiamat and take away her immortality by using up the remaining excess. It's only then he finally becomes a normal Assassin, but even then he remains powerful.
The Bus Came Back:
- After his appearance in Babylon, First Hassan has been absent from the main story and only appearing in event as part of a punchline. He finally returns for a proper role in Fate/Grand Order Arcade's Convergent Singularity "Lilim Harlot" as a main helper alongside Merlin Prototype, giving him a chance to act in more of an active position.
"The last vestiges of my title, shed with thy wings. Thou shall not find me the weaker for it."
- He quietly shows up as a support Servant for the player in Nahui Mictlan, with the story later implying it actually did happen outside of gameplay, as he taught Beni-Enma his techniques to impose death on entities with no concept of such and then left.
Chekhov's Gunman: Thought his cameo as a Support Servant in Nahui Mictlān was just a case of Anti-Frustration Features? Not so, there's a dose of Foreshadowing too! After you've defeated the One-Hit Kill-slinging Beni-Enma Alter in Mictlān's second underworld, during the time following that fight, the First Hassan was busy teaching Beni-Enma how to perform Azrael, the technique that imposes a concept of death on beings that don't have one. ORT turns out not to have a concept of death; Beni-Enma uses Azrael to fix that.
Composite Character: Sort of. This iteration claims to be the very first Hassan-i Sabbah, but his Red Baron title (The Old Man of the Mountain/شيخ الجبل‎‎/Shaykh al-Jabal) was technically more the epithet of one of his successors, Rashīd ad-Dīn Sinān (رشيد الدين سنان‎‎). He's also the closest thing the franchise has had to Death as a Servant, but stays true to the Hashashin by being a Religious Bruiser who reaps souls in the name of God. Babylon also has him claiming the name of Ziusudra, the hero of the Sumerian Flood Myth, similar to Noah or Ut-napištim.
Dark Is Not Evil: He has one of the most menacing designs out of any Servant thus far, yet he's more than willing to help out the heroes twice, going as far as to skirt around his own personal code to do so.
Death Glare: A fierce glance from him can summon a humongous pillar of fire to engulf his target.
Death Seeker: His highest bond My Room dialogue has him revealing that his wish is for oblivion; and he feels helping you in this fight will achieve this.
Demonic Possession: Pulls this on Serenity when the party arrives at his mausoleum to test their abilities, boosting her powers to a much higher level.
Don't Fear the Reaper: His existence toes closer to a Grim Reaper than that of a Heroic Spirit, but he is wise and helpful towards Chaldea.
"Balance is found betwixt Master and Servant. Thy purpose lay in saving lives, mine in granting death. All is light and shadow, contractor."
Dub Name Change: He's formally known as "First Hassan" in the English version of the game, in contrast to the Japanese version's "Old Man of the Mountain". This is because the latter is too much of a mouthful in languages without kanji, so "First Hassan" is used instead to prevent his name from overflowing the text box. He's still called "Old Man of the Mountain" in-story, though, and keeps his nickname of "King Hassan". When he's used in battle in the English version, his name is properly "Old Man of the Mountain" because it doesn't overflow the name space there like it would in text scenes. The Japanese server later acknowledged "First Hassan" when an enemy version of him appears in "SE.RA.PH. -Second Ballet-" under the initials of "F.H.".
The Dreaded: The Hassans fear him, Gawain nearly has a Freak Out fighting him, and even the Bel-Lahmu in Babylonia are subject to a Mook Horror Show to the point where they stop their incessant Black Speech when he goes on the offensive. Suffice to say, if King Hassan wants you dead, you are well to do having a healthy fear of him.
Evil Weapon: His greatsword, Azrael, was originally a commonplace weapon, but after King Hassan spent a lifetime wielding it while walking the boundary of death, it became a cursed sword and a Noble Phantasm in its own right. Every attack performed with Azrael has a small chance of imposing instant death on the enemy, no matter how powerful they are.
Exact Words: He's fond of using these. He claims that he will only assist the protagonists if he gets to kill Cursed-Arm Hassan afterward. When Cursed-Arm unseals the demon within his arm to destroy Tristan's Saint Graph, only to then be at the demon's mercy, King Hassan appears before him, claiming to have come to claim his payment... only to kill the demon instead. When Cursed-Arm questions this, King Hassan responds that he did kill Cursed-Arm Hassan - he destroyed the Noble Phantasm that defined Cursed-Arm as a Hassan, but left Hanam the man untouched and free to go his own way.
Expressive Mask: The eye sockets of his skull mask enlarge and squint as if they were his actual eyes depending on his mood.
For Doom the Bell Tolls: His Noble Phantasm has him walking at the enemy while asking them if they can hear the bells ring. When he then strikes them, he sets his sword into the ground in sync with the enemy taking damage as bells begin to toll and feathers cover the screen.
The Fundamentalist: Downplayed. He's a devout Muslim and has a tendency to refer to those who don't share his beliefs as "heathens", he's not as gung-ho about it as most examples of the trope. In fact, he's willing to form a contract with the player in spite of this.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: Usually blue, though they turn red when he's pissed or using a Skill in combat. Not only that, but he possesses the same "At The Boundary" skill that Ryougi Shiki is sometimes portrayed as having. However, Nasu revealed in a magazine article that he doesn't have mystic eyes, even though it sure seems like he should.
Good Is Not Nice: It should be noted that, though he willingly fights alongside Chaldea to save humanity, he's canonically listed as Lawful Evil for a reason. He's perfectly fine with killing anyone should the Evening Bell toll for them, and is known to kill his successors should they prove too corrupt or if their skills were declining; the mere gesture of asking for his help alone is a sign to him that a Hassan can no longer lead the Hashashin. In fact, he would kill any of his followers just for encountering him. Personality-wise, while he's not unnecessarily cruel, First Hassan doesn't mince words and comes off as being harsh to many. Furthermore, as the Great Founder, he's notoriously difficult to please when it comes to the other Hassans. Anything a Hassan does that displeases him is sure to result in him demanding that they offer him their heads.
The Grim Reaper: The closest any being can be to this; if not this entirely. "Azrael" is a name of the Grim Reaper and Angel of Death, after all.
Grumpy Old Man: His first two Bond Lines consist of exhausted groans.
Hidden in Plain Sight: He spends all of the Babylonia chapter disguised as the old man Ziusudra. The only thing that could possibly give him away is that he holds his cane in the same stance as with his sword.
Highly-Visible Ninja: As the executioner of Hassans who stray from the proper teachings or otherwise fail in their duties, he apparently dresses to contrast with them as much as possible. While they favor poison, knives and odd body modifications he's a guy in gaudy armor that looks straight out of a Heavy Metal album or a Dark Souls game. However, despite this, he still possesses a high ranked Presence Concealment skill, meaning his glowing blue flames and skull armor still go unnoticed. That being said, one of his other skills means that even if you can't see him, you'll still know he's coming for you.
I Am Not Left-Handed: He brings down a sandstorm to block Gawain's Numeral of the Saint ability and then keeps him busy while the main party goes after the Lion King. After enough time has passed, he drops the storm and Gawain instantly goes for a full power strike only to be casually parried. The storm was for the party's sake, not his.
I Know Your True Name: During Babylonia, when the possibility that "Ziusudra" is just a pseudonym is brought up, both King Gilgamesh and Doctor Romani agree that it's technically possible, while affirming that it is not a name one takes lightly.
Implacable Man: His animations and skillset convey him as one. He doesn't flinch whenever receiving an attack, instead blocking it without giving any ground, and his Noble Phantasm has him perform an Ominous Walk towards the enemy. He has a passive that renders him immune to instant death and charm, while his Protection of the Faith will give him a guaranteed 100% debuff resistance for three turns when maxed out. And he has the highest known Battle Continuation so far, at EX. In other words, when the Evening Bell tolls for a poor soul and they see him walking towards them, nothing they throw at him will stop him from claiming their head. The anime shows how just how impressive it really is. Despite being impaled and shot multiple times clean through the body by Bel Lahmu on par with Divine Spirits, he keeps fighting and at best only halts for a bit before glaring and continuing on the offensive. When his arms get too damaged to actually swing his sword anymore, he resorts to tearing them apart with his teeth.
Inconsistent Spelling: One of his skills can be translated as Death Bell, Death Knell, Vesper Bell, or Bell of Demise (or, if you want to get a bit punny, Death Toll). His Noble Phantasm can also be spelled as either Azrael or Azra'Il, depending on which source language one believes is appropriate.
In-Series Nickname: The protagonist refers to him as King Hassan, though Mash tells them not to because he's a flaming skeleton man. King Hassan is pretty mellow though and doesn't mind, he even seems to like it.
Inadequate Inheritor: If his My Room lines are to be believed, he sees all the other Hassans who followed him as this, and is a little too keen on relieving them of their heads given the chance (to Sitcom Archnemesis levels).
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: King Hassan can be harsh and will kill anyone if Heaven wills it, but he's capable of compassion. This is best seen when he saves Cursed Arm Hassan's life by killing the demon attached to him and when he decides to forsake his title of "Grand Assassin" to aid Chaldea in saving humanity.
Legacy Immortality: The man who started the Hashashin legacy and states that he will be the final Hassan alive after his legacy ends.
Loophole Abuse: King Hassan's "Azrael" technique can impose a concept of death on beings that can't normally die, but this being a very law-shattering technique, it fatally damages the Servant's Saint Graph to use it. King Hassan has a twofold insurance policy against this demerit, using his Battle Continuation and sacrificing his Grand Saint Graph to keep fighting after using Azrael to make Tiamat mortal.
Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: When in his third stage, he has a kite shield to block any attack.
Man Bites Man: His appearance in the Babylonia anime shows exactly what kind of unflinching and unfailing Assassin he truly is... by having him resort to tearing Bel Lahmu apart with his teeth when his arms have been impaled too much to lift a sword.
Master Swordsman: Is stated to be able to easily match any of the Knights of the Round in a contest of swordsmanship, but his incredible killing ability usually makes this irrelevant. Supplementary materials show that he has the same Uncrowned Arms Mastery skill as Karna, reserved for weaponmasters whose skill was never remembered by history for one reason or another.
Meaningful Name: His elderly disguise Ziusudra is the last Sumerian King to rule before the great flood and predates Gilgamesh. Whether it's simply part of the disguise or part of his actual identity is left unknown.
Mechanically Unusual Fighter: He's the only Assassin with three Buster cards in his spread and a Buster NP - this is a setup more common to Berserkers. It actually does mean he's not the best at an Assassin's "typical" job (generating tons of crit stars), but in trade he has interesting interactions with several other characters who can increase Buster power, most notably fellow Grand candidate Merlin, who can buff his damage to truly ridiculous levels. And, like fellow triple-Buster-user Gawain, as he isn't a Berserker he's quite a bit more durable than an actual Berserker. He's even mechanically odd for a Gorilla Deck servant in that his Arts and Quick cards have unusually high NP and Critical Star generation with him being damn near able to loop solo and get a pretty decent chunk of Critical Stars if he gets a Brave Chain!
Mysterious Past: First Hassan's bond profile notes that not only are there zero records about his life, to the point where In-Universe it's debatable whether if he even existed, but also that his successors straight up do not know his identity.
Mysterious Veil: The jawless skull is only half of his mask, the other being a dark veil covering his mouth which, eerily, doesn't move when he speaks. He removes the veil in the anime adaptation of Babylonia, showing that his lower face is completely featureless, though it doesn't stop him from devouring the Bel Laḫmu.
Nerf: In the same vein as Merlin, it's probably appropriate to point out that the playable version of him is unlikely to whip out his signature features (i.e. frequent auto-kills against Mooks or bosses) the way his NPC Support in Babylonia did — if only because the internal mechanism of the game gives enemy units a higher death resistance rating compared to player units. At best, ensuring frequent triggering of his auto-kills (and only at non-Servant enemies at that) will require you to maximize King Hassan's skills — which entails the cost and grinding for skill reinforcement a 5* Servant does.
No-Sell:
- During your assault on Camelot, he blocks Gawain's Excalibur Galatine by throwing his cape at it, while his Numeral of the Saint is activated. Gawain is genuinely terrified by the fact that someone could toy with him at his full power and almost has a complete breakdown on the spot.
- In gameplay, he's got one of the strongest Battle Continuation effects in the game, which gives him an additional 5000 HP when he would otherwise go down when maxed (and "merely" 3000+, otherwise). In lore, his Battle Continuation is ranked as unquantifiable at EX — higher than Cú Chulainn's famous version (which allows him to temporarily survive the destruction of his heart) and at the same rank as Jeanne d'Arc's Magic Resistance, which in lore makes her immune to virtually any magic.
- He is passively immune to any Instant Death^notewith the exception of Chen Gong's NP and has 100% Charm resistance, his second skill gives him 100% debuff resistance for three turns, and his Bond CE also gives him 100% resistance to any debuff, all on top of his Magic Resistance. While debuff success rates can exceed 100%, technically meaning he only has outright immunity to instant death, in practice it is rare to find something that can break through the above without ignoring debuff resistance entirely.
Noble Bigot: He outright calls the Protagonist a "pagan" for not practicing his very specific religion, but says that you are worthy of his trust nonetheless. While something of a Knight Templar, he also has no problems interacting with or working alongside those who hold different faiths or even the deities they worship. A self-described fanatic, this tolerance might be due to believing in the supremacy of God to the point that he feels totally unthreatened by other theologies.
Not So Above It All: First Hassan actually wants to participate and have fun in the Sparrow Inn Event, its just that his idea of amusement is cutting off all the other Hassans heads.
Off with His Head!: His basic M.O., as noted in this profile. Presumably, this is also how his Noble Phantasm, Azra'il, works in-game. Humorously, he also tends to threaten all of the other Hassans in your party with this when placed in My Room (as to why, see Sink or Swim Mentor below). His favorite thing? Heads.
"Fool. Bring me thy head."
Older Is Better: While he's not the oldest Assassin on record historically, he might as well be the first true Assassin since the order he founded effectively invented the word and the world's modern-day perception of it, in addition to being THE first Hassan in Fate. As you've probably guessed by now, he's also ludicrously powerful, as a Grand Servant or not.
Older Than They Look: Possibly. There's a decent bit of insinuation in the seventh chapter that he really is Ziusudra of Babylonian myth, rather than Ziusudra just being a disguise of his. Ziusudra is, to Abrahamic religions, better known as Noah. This would not only make him older than most of the religious traditions which acknowledge him (and call into question just how old he really was or is), but it would also make some of his My Room comments viewable in a new light if true.
Ominous Walk: When he activates his Noble Phantasm he simply starts walking towards his enemy, disappearing into a dark-blue fog, while asking if his enemies can hear the bells ring.
One-Hit Kill: His At the Boundary passive skill gives him, among many other things, a 5% chance of insta-killing with any of his attacks and renders him immune to instant death effects. His Noble Phantasm, Azrael, has a much much higher chance of this proccing. One of his skills, Death Toll, also decrease the enemies' resistance to Instant Kill effects.
Only Known by Their Nickname: He doesn't call himself King Hassan. The protagonist simply started referring to him as such and he accepted the moniker. At this point, despite there being a few hints dropped in Babylonia as to a potential identity and even then it's not clear if they're just part of his disguise, we don't actually know if he's some historical or mythical figure or if he's just an original creation with no identity beyond being the first and greatest Hassan.
Power Echoes: His voice has a slight echo to it whenever he speaks, and he's undeniably powerful both in terms of gameplay and in lore.
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: His Noble Phantasm has one of the best in the entire game.
"Hear me. The evening bell ringeth thy name. Wings which announce death — shalt thou take now this head? Azrael!"
Purposely Overpowered: As the first playable Grand Servant, First Hassan is one of the most powerful Servants released in the games history. His hidden stats are immensely high, he has both high attack and health for his class, and a powerful arsenal that makes him the most powerful damaging Assassin until the release of Kama, and even then he was buffed to quickly jump back into being one of the top tiers not long after.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Delivers scathing ones to all of the other playable Hassans, all of whom are Inadequate Inheritors in his eyes.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite vowing to strike down Hassans that lose their way or fall into evil, he is a surprisingly reasonable figure, respecting deals even when people don't do exactly as he asks. He chooses to help the protagonist despite them not killing Serenity and later states he has killed Hassan of the Cursed Arm by killing the demon the arm originally belonged to (and that Cursed Arm was forced to unleash to defeat Tristan) so that Hassan of the Cursed Arm can live the life he dreamed of.
Red Baron: He is referred to as Azrael, the Islamic angel of death, because of his feats in life. The Mausoleum he resides in is even named after this title, and his own One-Hit Kill Noble Phantasm is even crowned with the name Azra'il: The Angel Who Announces Death, in contrast to all his successors whose Noble Phantasms are all named Zabaniya.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: One of his portrait sprites and his Buster attack animation allow his eyes to change from blue to red. He also just so happens to be a former Grand Servant capable of imparting the concept of death on immortal beings.
Religious Bruiser: The founder of a religious order that's the origin of the word Assassin. Also, he has A+++-ranked Protection of Faith, which is the same as EXTRA's Vlad III. However, he's not anywhere near as Ax-Crazy as Vlad is. Also, since the Holy Grail legend came from Christianity, he thinks that it is only a delusion.
"Master, there is no such thing as the Holy Grail. Confuse not fantasy and fanaticism."
Rules Lawyer: Summoned as a Grand Assassin in Babylonia, he's far more hands-off in that chapter than he was in Camelot. Unlike the Grands who would appear after him, he largely sticks to the constraints of his new role lest he have his container confiscated. There are exceptions to this as he's only prohibited from fighting any major battle that doesn't involve a Beast, so he still finds way to provide non-combat assistance to the protagonists such as helpful advice and the sundering of contracts. However, that is as far as he's willing to go, refusing to engage Gorgon, the Laḫmu, or Tiamat until he's absolutely certain that the latter is unequivocally a Beast. An interview with Nasu in July 2020 would explain that the summoning of Grand Servants depends on many factors and that one of them is their intended target, meaning King Hassan's intended target was likely Tiamat anyway.
Secret Test of Character: When he first appears in his Ziusudra guise, the Protagonist sees them, and after overhearing that they've been there for days and perhaps he hasn't eaten, buys him some bread. He commends them for doing exactly the right thing since while just helping him proves that they are kind, the fact they gave him bread instead of money shows that their kindness isn't hollow since they tried to give him exactly what he needs. This moral ends up being doubly important since 1) treating the Goddesses like regular humans offends their inhuman mindsets and 2) the Big Bad ends up being Condescending Compassion taken to the extreme.
Ship Tease: During the Lilim Harlot Singularity, he flat-out calls Nightingale "a lovely flower" and agrees with the others that she's an angel when meeting her. Nightingale is surprised, but doesn't seem to mind it.
Single-Stroke Battle: His Noble Phantasm is a Diagonal Cut to Sword Plant with a high chance of a One-Hit Kill, even on a Servant. It's also how he decapitated Ozymandias during the Camelot chapter.
Sink or Swim Mentor: An extreme case. All of his successors know where he is and can freely ask him for help, but if they do he'll kill them afterwards, because if they needed him they proved unworthy of bearing his name. Though he does engage in a bit of Loophole Abuse for Hassan of the Cursed Arm during the Camelot chapter, probably because the impending end of the world is a very good reason to ask for his help.
Skeletons in the Coat Closet: Most Hassans simply wear a skull mask. He has a skull helmet, a skull armor, skull pauldrons, a skull on his breastplate...
Square Race, Round Class: He's an Assassin with Presence Concealment, but he has a QABBB Command Card spread (three Buster cards) - a spread usually reserved for Berserkers. He also has the Archer class's Magic Resistance and Independent Action as personal skills, while his personal fighting style and in-universe stats are more in line with a Saber than any other class. The only reason he's a Assassin is because the word itself came from the order he founded.
Stealthy Colossus: He is enormous and heavily armored, and uses his BFS to unleash buster cards. That being said, he is still an assassin- the assassin- and has concealment.
Stone Wall: While he has better offenses than most Assassins, he's still hampered by the .9 multiplier. However, he has amazing durability on top of a self-heal and an incredibly potent Guts skill. With the right support and CE, King Hassan becomes one of the premier solo units to throw down against a myriad of bosses, such as the second Summer event's Gugalanna, Ivan the Terrible’s mammoth, and even other fights he has a class disadvantage against such as the fight with Skadi in Lostbelt 2.
Sword Plant: His sprite has him doing this. It's also how he holds his cane when disguised.
Technicolor Fire: Most of his attacks include enormous bursts of blueish-black flame.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: He shows clear disdain forwards Merlin Prototype who summoned him in Lilim Harlot. Merlin's overall natural and behaviour, combined with the fact that First Hassan is not inherently above her, puts him into a situation where he will openly mock her as a succubus she is while helping her defeat the threat in hand.
Teleport Spam: When he's not walking menacingly, he always flash steps to attack the enemy.
Trickster Mentor: He first appears in Babylonia as an old man who's missing a leg. The Protagonist goes to buy him bread, and in repayment, he gives some valuable, if cryptic, advice about how to deal with the goddesses before disappearing.
Tron Lines: A downplayed, supernatural version. By third ascension, certain segments of his armor, its spikes and his shield begin emitting blue flames as well.
What Happened to the Mouse?: After promising to fight by your side against Tiamat, he only does so for one fight, after which he effectively disappears for the remainder of Babylonia, even being completely absent from the aftermath of the battle. It's implied he focuses on fighting the Lamu given his statements about needing to quench his blade's thirst for blood, but he vanishes once Tiamat is defeated regardless.
World's Strongest Man: According to Nasu in a July 2020 interview, the First Hassan is the only figure in thousands of years of human history and myth who qualified for the Grand Assassin container, with the "seat" being completely empty after Part 1. The only other person who serves as Grand Assassin is Tezcatlipoca, a literal Physical God, and even he's just in the role because First Hassan isn't; he's normally set for the Ruler or (Grand) Berserker classes.
You Have Failed Me: He's implied to have been the one to behead Serenity when she was alive, having fallen from the path of Hassan after falling for the general she was with at the time.
- His segments from the Beyond the Tale 2023 memorial movie feature his order requesting his help to bring ruin upon an invading Mongolian army at what is implied to be Alamos. The First Hassan does so, killing many foes, with Azrael itself appearing to ring its bell to sanction his killings. But the fact that the Hashashin irrecoverably fell from power after this siege anyway implies that he exacted his usual punishment to those Hassans who dare call upon his aid.
You Don't Look Like You: His old man disguise in the Babylonia anime is a lot more frail than he appeared in his game artwork◊, and his beard is smaller and black as opposed to large and grey. Later on, when he appears in the underworld with Ereshkigal, he appears in an outfit somewhere between his in-game sprite and the tattered garments appearance of his Servant form◊. Most significantly, he begins carrying his sword Azra'il.

Fuuma "Evil-wind" Kotarou

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Fifth Leader of the Fuuma Clan

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Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae

"Servant, Assassin, Fuuma Kotarou. I might look like this, but please don't let that bother you..."

Fuuma Kotaro is the fifth chief of the Fuuma clan, a village of the Kazama valley shrouded in mystery and feared for their deadly tactics. He has oni blood, a result of his clan engaging in eugenics to create a shinobi masterpiece.

He debuted as an ally in the Onigashima event. He is also an ally in Shimousa.

Affectionate Parody: A bit downplayed, but his insistence on using English terms is one towards fellow ninjas Chipp Zanuff and Galford Weller.
Animal Motif: During Onigashima, he plays the role of the pheasant companion within the Momotarou group, due to his hair. He doesn't mind playing the role of a bird that can fly, and it happens that the famous swallow-killer Sasaki Kojirou is pitted against Kotarou, who has several of his Berserk Buttons pushed by the samurai.
Animation Bump: He gets one in the 4th Summer event along with his Spiritron outfit. His updated NP lets him summon multiple ninja copies while doing the Ninja Run.
Badass Longcoat: He wears an oversized jinbaori (i.e. a formal surcoat, normally worn by Samurai) from Stage 3 onwards. Interestingly, real-life ninjas did wear traditional samurai outfits (or civilian ones) instead of black garbs shown in popular media, making this Truth in Television.
Balance Buff: His Paranoia was buffed via Rank Up Quest. It now provides a defense debuff, and also inflicts Buff Block. This lets him shut down enemies very quickly and he now has a role as a debuffer and buff blocker thanks to his Noble Phantasm's skill seal and defense debuff.
Berserk Button: Implying that the Fuuma clan is in any way inferior to the Iga or Kouga clans is a surefire way to piss him off, which Sasaki learns the hard way at Onigashima.
Broken Pedestal: Downplayed. Like Atalante with Artemis, he's a bit let down with how his hero Kintoki turned out to be. He still admires him though and fanboys when Rider Kintoki shows off his NP.
Casting a Shadow: As suitable for a ninja, Kotarou is capable of casting shadowy ninjutsu in the manga adaptation of Shimousa. At one point, he he invokes his Noble Phantasm after stepping out of Muramasa's shadow. Kotarou's shadow clones then emanate as literal shadows taking solid shapes.
Cerebus Callback: While his Gratuitous English is a source of mockery, after Jeanne Alter Santa Lily beats him and forces him to accept a Japanese-English dictionary he explains that his forefathers were Westerners, but his people have long forgotten that language except for these (cool-sounding) words embedded in his Noble Phantasm, so he can't just correct its grammar on a whim. Jeanne Alter Santa Lily feels pretty bad afterward.
Combat Pragmatist:
- Kotarou's Noble Phantasm, Immortal Chaos Brigade, reenacts the Fuuma clan's infamous raids on the Takeda army's camp on behalf of the Hojo clan. He and his men would repeatedly strike in the dead of night, killing wounded soldiers indiscriminately, plundering weapons and provisions, and setting the camp ablaze. He and this men would then retreat before the Takedas could mount an effective counterattack.
- In Shimousa, Musashi forces him into a one-on-one duel with her as a "street performance". Kotarou is flustered and expresses doubt that he could possibly measure up to a swordmaster as famous as Musashi in a direct fight. But in true life-or-death battles, he repeatedly strikes from the shadows and provides invaluable aid through hit-and-run tactics and covertly monitoring others.
Day in the Limelight: He's a major ally in the "Onigashima" event, but he's one of the co-stars of the Shimousa chapter, which goes into his backstory and his motivations as a ninja in his element.
Department of Redundancy Department:
- His full Noble Phantasm name is Immortal Chaos Brigade: Undying Chaotic Brigade.
- His name is officially rendered as Fuuma "Evil-wind" Kotarou when written in English. The thing is that "Fuuma" roughly means "demonic wind", so his official English name repeats his clan name twice. Though third Halloween event suggests that this is more of a translation note, as Mash mentions briefly that Kotarou insists on having his clan's name to be translated as that.
Didn't Think This Through: He and the rest of the Fuuma clan developed an optimized battlefield ration contains enough nutrients to get someone through an entire day. Unfortunately, they were all so focused on making it nutritious that they completely forgot about how it might taste. The resulting ration tastes so horrible, that it evidently knocks out the protagonist after a single bite on Valentine's Day.
Doppleganger Attack: He's able to create clones of himself when fighting to trick the enemy, but they're usually much weaker than the original.
Dual Wielding: He dual wields kunais for fighting.
Endearingly Dorky: He's sweet, somewhat socially awkward, and a huge fanboy for Kintoki. Musashi ribs him when it looks like he has a crush on Danzou and he's generally portrayed as almost comically serious and earnest about his work.
Explosive Overclocking: According to the databooks, he possesses a second Noble Phantasm called Ogre Trance: Turning into the Reckless Rakshasa. It drastically increases his parameters across the board in exchange for being equipped with Mad Enhancement while his brain, muscles, and organs slowly shut down from being pushed so far beyond their limits.
First-Name Basis: He's referred to by his given name Kotarou most of the time.
Fuuma Shuriken: Fitting with how his clan originated the trope name, his updated Extra attack has him use a massive shuriken.
Gameplay and Story Integration:
- His skillset means that his direct damage is lacking in gameplay and he mainly serves a supportive role to Musashi during their battles in Shimousa as he's no match for the Heroic Spirit Swordmasters in direct combat. In addition, his Ninjutsu skill lets him dodge an attack or shield someone else with an evade in gameplay, which is shown when he uses a Ninja Log while sparring with Musashi and when he pulls off a Taking the Bullet for the protagonist against Assassin of Paraiso.
- His specialty is subversive tactics, stealth, and assassination, and his skills' effects reflect this by making him soften up enemies rather than boost his own damage directly.
Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: He's rather sweet and not particularly aggressive, but he has some very dangerous eyes when his bangs stop covering them.
Graceful Loser: After stooping to Jeanne Alter Santa Lily's level and getting into a petty Argument of Contradictions to refuse her "gift" of a Japanese-English dictionary, Kotarou concedes defeat after a fight and patiently explains to her why his Noble Phantasm has Gratuitous English, leaving open the possibility of adding correct grammar later to its name.
Gratuitous English: He's fond of this to the point that his Noble Phantasm has an English name, which he states is his way of honoring his foreign ancestry. Jeanne Alter Santa Lily even gives him an English dictionary so that he can change it to something more grammatically correct.
Half-Human Hybrid: He has some oni blood in him.
Horrible Judge of Character: In Las Vegas Championship Match, he assumes that Kingprotea is a gentle Shrinking Violet who is only violent due to Columbus' control. Once she's freed, she quickly turns out to be much more violent than he anticipated.
Kotarou: I don't understand! I was so sure she was a gentle Servant at heart.
Nero: Why did you even think that in the first place!?
Kotarou: Well, you know... She has one eye covered up, so I thought she must be shy...
It Gets Easier: Donning the oni mask doesn't immediately make him into a demonic monster... but the anonymity it offers made it easier and easier for the Fuuma clan to do increasingly brutal and depraved things to survive. In his Bond CE, he sadly reflects that he ultimately did betray his father's memory through the very means he took to try to preserve it.
Kick Them While They're Down: His Noble Phantasm, Immortal Chaos Brigade, is a replication of the time his ninja clan raided the camp of wounded Takeda soldiers, slaughtering them indiscriminately, stealing their weapons, and raising so many war cries that the entire army fled in terror by morning.
Kill the Ones You Love: He may have been the one who killed the original Katou Danzo after she had been broken for years and had completely forgotten everyone she already knew. He doesn't remember for sure, however.
Killed Offscreen: He was one of the seven Servants Gilgamesh summoned in Babylonia, but he disappeared before Chaldea's arrival after he and Amakusa went to scout out the jungle around Ur and Eridu. It's never fully explained what happened to him, but it's implied he was killed by either Jaguar Warrior or Quetzalcoatl. (Gilgamesh's (Caster) Interlude confirmed Amakusa's death by the hands of Jaguar Warrior).
Magic Feather: His second NP is a mask that family legend said would turn the wearer into a 'demon'. However, it's stated the mask was in fact entirely ordinary... but when he eventually felt he needed its power, he did become a demon of sorts. He grew stronger and more ruthless until finally he was a true monster. Essentially, he indulges fully in his own blood in a bid for power and grows much stronger, but also much more evil than his normally dorky self.
Mask of Power: Wearing the oni mask depicted in his Bond CE turns him into a Berserker-esque monster. Kotarou has so far refused to make use of it, as well as warning others of what would happen if he does. Kintoki worries that Raikou would automatically cut him down if she ever saw him wearing it.
Nice Guy: Kotarou is sweet, intensely loyal to his Master, and is serious about the collateral of fights between Servants.
Ninja: One of the historically-famous ones.
Ninja Log: He can dodge attacks with the Utsusemi technique, replacing himself with either a clone or a log to trick the enemy.
Playing with Fire: He attacks with fire blasts and his NP surrounds enemies with a flame tornado.
Plot Parallel: Curiously, Kotarou's backstory is almost word-for-word the Nasuverse's background of both the original Assassin (the Hassans, as seen below), as well as Robin Hood—in that they a) take on a Legacy Character name, as well as b) carry a reputation for being outlaws.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: He's affable and fiercely loyal to his allies, but pragmatic and ruthless to his enemies. He also has the same red eyes as Ibaraki-douji, owing to his oni blood.
Red Is Heroic: Probably one of the few known positive (or at least, not overtly-villainous) portrayals of Kotarou. He hasn't exactly dropped the Red and Black and Evil All Over aesthetic though.
Scarf of Asskicking: Takes to wearing a flowing red one by Stage 2.
Simple, yet Awesome:
- Besides a couple of event-limited "welfare" Servants, Kotarou is the best free option for AoE Assassin damage despite a lower rarity and an indirect supporting skillset. The number of hits on his cards, his Quick-focused, deck, and high Presence Concealment rank lets him compete with even Jack the Ripper for sheer Star generation, especially if he uses the targetable Evasion plus 50% Critical Star generation skill Ninjutsu on himself. Decreasing debuff resistance lets certain other Servants shine where they wouldn't normally (especially those with inaccurate Stun or Charm effects), he can leverage this decreased debuff resistance himself with a debuff to enemies' attack and critical hit chance, and his upgraded Noble Phantasm has a debuff to defense and a unique chance to Skill Seal every turn for 5 turns on top of the AoE damage.
- Being a ninja, he subscribes to the philosophy even in-universe (though the Rule of Cool does not leave him indifferent). When dragged into a debate over which weapon is the best by Inshun and Zenobia, his answer is a rock - easy to find and conceal, requires no maintenance, yet still a perfectly fine killing tool, even at range if you're skilled enough.
Superpowerful Genetics: He's the result of a eugenics project by his clan to produce the ultimate ninja, incorporating oni blood somewhere down the line to grant him superhuman abilities.
Support Party Member: He has no way to directly increase his own damage and his skillset is built around debuffing the enemy to soften them up for his allies. In addition, his Ninjutsu skill lets him apply an evade to anyone on the team, allowing him to effectively pull off a Heroic Sacrifice by shielding another person on the team instead of himself.
Sleeves Are for Wimps: As a ninja, his outfit doesn't have them. It conveniently allows him to show off the large tattoo on his left arm.
Stock Ninja Weaponry: His armament consist of kunai as main melee weapon, shuriken and kusarigama.
Taking the Bullet: He shields the protagonist from a wave of fire created by Assassin of Paraiso's control of Princess Kiyohime, badly injuring him in the process. Luckily, he survives and is mostly healed up after the fight.
Took a Level in Badass: Throughout the Shimosa chapter he gets several boosts like Chiyome's dagger and the techniques of the first head of the Fuuma clan. He ends up as more or less the ultimate ninja.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: This is Kotarou as a young man, an enthusiastic, talented, and righteous ninja. His Bond CE confirms, however, that his Chaotic Evil alignment isn't just for show, and that over time, first for survival, then with increasing enthusiasm, he became a brutal monster.
Weak, but Skilled: Like most Assassins, his stats are middling in most areas outside of his A+ in Agility. But his B+ in Subversive Activities and A+++ in Ninjutsu allow him to sabotage his opponents before the fight even starts. He can also spar with Musashi to an extent, albeit while admitting that he's no match for a true swordmaster.

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