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Achilles

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The Hero of the Trojan War

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{Fearless Diver}

^{Festive Outfit}

^{Event Attire}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa (Japanese), Joe Zieja (English)

"You just hit the Servant summoning jackpot! I'm Achilles, a Rider-class Servant. Yep, I'm the hero everyone knows for having his only weakness being his heel. But not many can even get to my heel, no way! Don't forget I'm one of the fastest people of all time!"

An invincible demigod and the main character of Homer's The Iliad. Born to the immortal sea goddess Thetis and the mortal ruler of the Myrmidons, King Peleus, Achilles was one of the strongest and most accomplished heroes in the Achaean army during the Trojan War. He was blessed with an invincible body that could not be wounded, incredible speed and skill, and a large collection of divine artifacts such as his spear and chariot. Between all these traits and his deeds during the Trojan War, Achilles was venerated as close to the equal of a god.

His only weakness was a single spot on the back of his heel that, when struck, removed his invincibility and immortality. A popular myth is that his mother bathed him as a newborn in the River Styx to grant him immortality, but was forced to hold his heel above water so that he was not washed away by the current. Another account states that Thetis bathed his body in divine fire, but Peleus demanded that a single spot be unaffected so Achilles could retain his humanity. Regardless, this feature of his creation myth became widespread enough to get its own name: Achilles' Heel.

Achilles was killed after defeating his arch-enemy Hektor in a one-on-one duel upon the battleground. Seeking revenge against Hektor for the death of his close friend Patroclus, Achilles attached Hektor's corpse to his chariot and dragged it around while slaughtering Trojans with reckless abandon. This dishonorable act enraged the sun god Apollo, and when Achilles persisted despite his warnings, Apollo retaliated by aiding Paris- an enemy sharpshooter of the Trojan Army- in striking Achilles' weak point with a single arrow. With his invincibility removed, Achilles was overwhelmed and killed by the enemy soldiers.

Achilles first debuted as "Rider of Red" from Fate/Apocrypha. In Grand Order, he makes his first appearance during Alexander's Interlude as an NPC. He made his playable debut for the Fate/Apocrypha crossover event, "Apocrypha -Inheritance of Glory-". He also appeared in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" as an ally.

Achilles' Heel: Well, yeah. Most of his body is invulnerable to anyone that isn't a demigod themselves or using a godforged armament, but if he's hit in the heel with an attack his immortality will be disabled and his superspeed will be partially sealed. However, he makes no effort to actually defend his heel because he likes a challenge.
Adaptational Nice Guy: Fate's Achilles is far more mellow and friendly than his infamously temperamental mythological counterpart. While the events of myth, including Achilles in His Tent still happened, the one summoned as a Servant is an all-around good guy and a reliable Servant to have... unless Hektor is nearby. He suggests during the "Inheritance of Glory" event when Atalante brings up the whole "killing Hektor in a frenzied rage, then hitching his corpse to the back of his chariot to drive it around and desecrate it" thing that most of his wrathful fury at the end of his life would be embodied in a Berserker incarnation, a class materials suggest he qualifies for.
Animal Motifs: His design notes suggest that his features, while handsome, are lean and hungry like a restless raptor. He also has a second motif in comparing himself to a shooting star, something destined to blaze brilliantly but briefly and then burning out in an instant.
Anime Hair: Sticking up straight and spiky.
Archenemy:
- Hektor is a complicated case. Both of them kind of want to just accept the way things shook out in life and move on... but they also still bring out the worst in each other and end up picking and starting fights.
- Berserker of El Dorado really hates him, but he's just uncomfortable around her because he feels bad about killing her before. If he weren't serving the protagonist, he'd let her kill him in apology, but can't leave his Master unguarded.
- Achilles also really doesn't like Apollo, as the sun god is the one who guided Paris' arrow to pierce Achilles' heel. Just the mere thought of being compared to him drags his mood down.
- In the case of his killer Paris, Achilles mostly treats him as an annoying brat that he has no interest in dealing with. Privately however he admits to the Master that he does actually hold some level of respect for him as the one to kill him though he'll never admit it to Paris' face.
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: When Achilles is about to say goodbye to the protagonist at the end of Inheritance of Glory, he states why he has to go...
Achilles: No more battles, huh? I guess because there's no more grudge and no civilians to fall prey to tyranny and massacre... Oh, and there's no Hektor.
Protagonist: You hated him that much?!
Art Evolution: His first appearance in F/GO had his illustration in the Fate/Apocrypha light novels used as his portrait. When he turned into a playable Servant, he got a new portrait based on his Saint Graph.
Awesome, but Impractical: The side effect of his incredible power is that his mana costs are atrocious (though not as bad as Karna's). Using his chariot alone eats up enough mana to summon another Servant. It doesn't come up in gameplay due to Chaldea's infrastructure, but in a Grail War this would make it difficult for him to cut loose unless he has an exceptionally strong Master.
Badass Teacher: Parodied in Alexander's Interlude where he gives combat and tactical training to pirates so they'll let him mooch off of them for money and shelter... with special attention to fighting Lancers with unkempt beards.
The Big Guy:
- In the fifth Lostbelt, Achilles acts as the Neo-Argonauts' powerhouse as the strongest fighter of the group. Jason uses him tactically in a manner akin to Heracles.
- In the "Chaldea Summer Adventure" event, he shares this role with Caenis, as they're the strongest fighters of the group with the exception of Kama, a powerful, but unreliable goddess. Trouble usually brews when he or Caenis are occupied or otherwise unable to handle the problem at hand.
Breakout Character: He was one of the most popular Servants in Fate/Apocrypha, with fans clamoring for his release for years.
Brought Down to Badass: His introduction in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" has him already shot in in the heel, resulting in him losing his invincibility and reducing his speed by 70%, and he's lost his shield. He's still a powerful ally and capable of stalling Chiron and his army before dying from his wounds.
Combat Pragmatist: Although songs were sung of their clash, he really didn't enjoy how close to death his duel with Hektor brought him - so much so that, as shown in Alexander's Interlude, his strategy for ever running into the Trojan again is to just have his troops gang up on him while Achilles hangs back waiting to get a cheap shot in.
Comically Missing the Point: His Summer Costume has him dressing up like a Pokémon trainer except with "poke-cubes" instead of Pokeballs. He even somehow shrinks Martha's Tarrasque down to ride on his shoulder. His My Room dialogue has him explaining that he has no intention of it doing any fighting, he just thinks the Tarrasque is cute.
Cool Horse: Three of them, Xanthos, Balius, and Padasos, who drive his chariot with the speed of a shooting star. Xanthos and Balius are divine horses given to Achilles by Poseidon himself, while Pedasos is simply a "fine and famous" horse he got while pillaging an enemy city. They're each about as tough as the average Servant and can trample others underneath their powerful hooves. Xanthos can also talk thanks to Hera's blessing. Xanthus is eventually gifted to the player charcter as his gift on Valentine's Day.
Critical Hit Class: Even when compared to most other Riders, Achilles has powerful buffs to his Quick cards that allows him to easily build up crit stars and keep doing it to hit for high numbers. Thanks to being a Rider, he also gets to enjoy those crit stars he generates, allowing him to do immense crit damage only rivaled by his fellow Rider Kintoki.
Determinator: Since Achilles doesn't really care if he dies or not, he will fight any foe to the bitter end even at the cost of his own life. When Jason asks him to keep Lostbelt Chiron occupied so that he doesn't come in and ruin his plans, he is so head-strong on keeping him and his forces busy that even after he was shot through his heart, he still kept on fighting him and his Atlantic Border Guards. Even he realizes that he should be dead at that point, but it takes Chiron crushing him for him to finally stop fighting.
Disproportionate Retribution:
- Played for Laughs when it comes to Hektor. Just read the dialogue yourself:
  "Hektor... well, if he’s an ally, it’s fine. He's tough to deal with when he’s an enemy though. I’m not going to pick a fight with—OW! HEKTOR! YOU THREW THAT ROCK AT ME, DIDN’T YOU!? FINE THEN! LET’S DO ANOTHER ROUND OF 1-ON-1! AND DON’T YOU RUN! IT’LL THROW MY AIM OFF!"
- He also responds to Orion's joke about him carrying girls home at mixers by taking out his chariot to run him over.
Early-Bird Cameo: Made his debut in Grand Order as a NPC in Alexander's Interlude. In fact, that cameo was added a whole two years (to the day!) before he was available.
Famed In-Story: In and out of universe, Achilles is one of the most famed mythological heroes in history. Even those without any exposure to mythology have probably heard the term "Achilles' Heel" at least once. This works to his advantage in-story, allowing him to be summoned near the peak of his strength no matter where the Grail War takes place, but it's especially high in Europe, rivaling Vlad III even in Vlad's home country. When he introduced himself to the protagonist in "Inheritance of Glory" event, he mentions that the Achilles Tendon^note is named after him.
Fanboy: Achilles has huge admiration for both Atalanta and Heracles. His romantic interest in Atalanta is based on the stories his father told him about her and is rendered speechless when they meet again in "Apocrypha - Inheritance of Glory". If you have Heracles, Achilles has to hype himself up to talk to him and even blushes when discussing over the possibility of sparring with the Berserker.
Gameplay and Story Integration:
- He appears in Battle in New York 2019 event where he is an SNK Boss whose gimmicks are true to his lore like his refusal to pick a fight with women as an effect of one of his Noble Phantasms.
- It's stated that one of the in-lore reasons why Achilles is so tough is that he has no less than five Noble Phantasms at his disposal, on top of his strong-as-hell armor and naturally high combat abilities. In-game, this translates to his skills having two or more effects where most servants have at most one per skill. His wide range of skills in lore also translates to him being both a powerful farming servant and a useful Challenge Quest destroyer.
Gameplay and Story Segregation: Because three of his Noble Phantasms are represented as Skills in-game, the ones that can't be used together in-story can be used together in gameplay - and, in fact, the incompatible pairs of NPs actually benefit each other.
- In-story, Achilles can't use Troias Tragoidia (his chariot) and Dromeus Kometes (his Super-Speed) together, for the simple reason that the world's fastest legs aren't much use when riding on a chariot. In gameplay, however, Troias Tragoidia is a Quick NP and Dromeus Kometes is a 3-turn Quick boost, meaning that the latter enhances the former just by being activated.
- In-story, Achilles created Diatrekhon Aster Lonkhe's Duel Field so he could have fair fights against people unable to circumvent Andreas Amarantos (his immortality) - effectively, devising magecraft to negate his invincibility. In gameplay, Diatrekhon Aster Lonkhe is a taunt skill that doesn't remove the invincibility or defense buff provided by Andreas Amarantos, meaning that Achilles can combine both to soak up blows for his entire team.
Gold-Colored Superiority: His Third and Final Ascension arts swap out his Fate/Apocrypha outfit with a set of golden armor and Sensual Spandex. This golden armor is actually one of his cut Noble Phantasms back from Fate/Apocrypha's development: the famed armour made for him by Hephaestus.
Innocently Insensitive: Berserker of El Dorado hates him for commenting on her beauty instead of her strength as she was dying, but it's noted that he almost certainly didn't mean to offend or belittle her and was just caught by surprise. Semiramis, if the player also has her, calls him an "insensitive hero who causes nothing but trouble". Achilles also states that while he knows that he screwed up by calling her beautiful, he thinks that he probably can't stop himself from calling her that again if the two of them meet again.
Irony: In Atlantis, he states that Chiron is more likely to beat him in a Grail War. Clearly, he didn't have the memories of the Great Holy Grail War where Achilles manages to actually kill Chiron.
Jack of All Stats: What makes Achilles as strong as he is gameplay-wise is the sheer flexibility he offers despite being an AOE Quick Rider. He can tank hits with two of his skills, he can spam his NP with mild support, crit enemies to death with his high hit count and natural star absorption, and he can offer mild team support thanks to being able to Draw Aggro. He lacks healing and any direct team support, but he's one of the strongest Riders in the game thanks to being able to do so much at once.
Lightning Bruiser: He is one of the greatest Greek heroes, boasting A+ rank Agility, A rank Endurance and B+ rank Strength.
Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: His shield, Akhilieus Kosmos, can easily defend against anything short of an Anti-World Noble Phantasm, though Vasavi Shakti was able to shatter it after it had just taken Brahmastra Kundala. This shield is his Bond CE in-game. By the time Chaldea finds him in Atlantis, however, it's already been destroyed and as a result Lostbelt Hephaestus only has enough material to make two Divine Arrows for Orion rather than the five he intended.
Mr. Fanservice: Achilles is a very handsome man who also wears Sensual Spandex that emphasizes his very toned abs. His Festive Outfit Craft Essence gives us a very gratuitous look of his entire ripped physique, especially since he's basically wearing nothing but boxer shorts.
My God, What Have I Done?: After defeating Penthesilea but before she was actually dead, he removed her helmet out of curiosity, since she was supposed to be a legendary beauty. He knew it would be incredibly insulting to comment on it, but he was so shocked that his mouth slipped and he said the one thing he absolutely shouldn't. As a result, his guilt keeps him from accepting a true rematch because he feels he deserves her hatred and wouldn't have the heart to fight back.
Nigh-Invulnerability
- His famed invulnerability lets him No-Sell any attack with hostile intent not aimed at his heel as long as the user or the weapon used in the attack aren't divine. In his home series, this meant that Chiron was the only member of the Black Faction who could actively fight him, since he could literally waltz right through entire Noble Phantasms with ease for as long as they didn't strike his heel. In the game proper, it grants him Invulnerability to two attacks and also increases his defense for 3 turns.
- He also has an A+ ranked shield that can outright negate any Noble Phantasms used on it unless they're Anti World and above a certain power it seems the shield will break anyway. This NP is his bond CE and increases his NP damage by 30% and gives the entire frontline a one hit three turn Invincibility, most likely representing that he loaned it out at the climax of Apocrypha.
Not Afraid to Die: He knew that he was going to die young, so he fought without concerning himself with how he is going to die.
Oh, Crap!: When a certain Amazoness queen is mentioned to also be in Chaldea, he suddenly speaks in a robotic manner out of shock.
Please Kill Me if It Satisfies You: Subverted. He states that he would invoke this in regards to the aforementioned Amazoness queen to make amends, were it not for the fact that doing so would mean he would be unable to protect his master. And even if he would be in a situation where he could just offer himself to be killed, what she wants is to fight Achilles fair and square and win, meaning that she wouldn't be satisfied on simply killing him.
Pocket Dimension: Two of his Noble Phantasms (Diatrekhon Aster Lokhe and Akhilleus Kosmos), if invoked can create these.
The Rival: Against Hektor. Though when they are on the same side, they turn into some kind of Sitcom Arch-Nemesis duo.
Sapient Steed: His horse Xanthos, a gift from Poseidon, is the only one of Achilles' three horses that can speak. It knows about 4X strategy games for some bizarre reason.
Semi-Divine: He has Rank C Divinity for being the son of the human Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis.
Sensual Spandex: His armor in his Third and Final Ascension makes no effort to hide Achilles' ripped body.
Ship Tease: Some with Atalante in the Apocrypha event and their respective My Room dialogues toward each other, following on from the teasing in their home series.
Spell My Name With An S: Like most Greek Servants, his name in Japan is on its Greek form "Achilleus".
Smug Super: He's really full of himself, though he's not a bad guy and can definitely back it up.
Stock Shōnen Hero: He's outright called a shonen-style protagonist in the "Chaldea Summer Adventure" event. He's powerful, headstrong, honest, direct, big on hopes and dreams, and quick to do the right thing. His overwhelming heroic energy makes "downers" like Mandricardo, Charlotte, and Anastasia shirk from him.
Story-Breaker Power: He has five Noble Phantasms^note when most only have one or two. He's also Nigh-Invulnerable and can only be harmed by divine weapons or Servants (or attacks that are considered "friendly" like a vampire's bite) if you aren't striking his heel, is wicked fast thanks to Dromeus Kometes, and has a powerful chariot that can easily grind other Servants to paste if they're caught on the path of its charge. He's fully aware of these and outright challenges the entire Black Faction at once in his home series so that they'll know what a true warrior is like. In FGO proper, when he appears as an ally in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" he's already been shot in the foot, lost his shield at some point, and gives up his armor so Hephaestus can make Orion a divine bow out of it; he still quickly becomes the Argonauts's biggest powerhouse who can take on hordes of superhuman soldiers and the Lostbelt version of Chiron singlehandedly.
Superpower Lottery: So much that his summoning quote opens with a quip about the player hitting the jackpot. He's the second greatest Greek hero and it really shows. He has five Noble Phantasms as a Rider. One is his invulnerability, one is his superspeed, one is his chariot, another is his shield and the fifth is his spear, though he can't make full use of it unless he's a Lancer. It still lets him set up his duel field by deactivating divine blessings and other outside assistance within its radius, though this is actually intended to limit his own abilities for a fair fight, not the enemy's. In-game, his chariot is his Noble Phantasm, the duel field, invulnerability and superspeed are all skills and the shield is his bond CE.
Taking the Bullet: His 3rd skill has a self-taunt effect that, when combined with his 2nd skill that gives him invincibility, will be able to make him safely tank even a single-target Noble Phantasm thrown by the enemy, assuming it doesn't have "Invincibility Pierce" or a way to remove his Defense buffs before damage sets in, of course. Which fittingly makes Chiron and Paris' NPs his perfect counter.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: In "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", he and Paris hold a grudge against each other due to Achilles killing Hektor and Paris killing him afterwards, but work together to help the protagonist nonetheless.
Throw the Dog a Bone: After briefly being coerced into working for Amakusa in Apocrypha under the promise of doing so, the protagonist provides Achilles with a legitimate chance to help save the world like the true hero he always felt he never was in life.
Undying Loyalty: As of the trope above, he declares himself loyal to the protagonist as he got a chance to serve an actual Master (since in his home series, he wants to meet his Master but it never happened because of Amakusa), to the point that he refuses to die for Berserker of Eldorado's forgiveness if that means he won't be able to protect his Master.
Worf Had the Flu: By the time he appears in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", his heel has already been hit, weakening him heavily. This is reflected in him being lower level then most of your allies. Given he's one of the most busted characters from a story angle, it was clearly done to balance out the team.
Worthy Opponent:
- Mandricardo comments that Achilles seems to rate his own killer highly, and Achilles doesn’t deny it. He respects Paris for finding enough courage to do what he did.
- Berserker of El Dorado wants to be this so badly to him, but the circumstances surrounding their lives, final battle, and what they took away from it into their existences as Servants has even her admitting on some level that if they clashed again in the present, the best-case scenario would be he would only fight her half-heartedly and the more likely option would be for him to go Please Kill Me if It Satisfies You, neither of which she would be able to stomach.
- While he tends to be openly disdainful towards Paris, in Lostbelt 5 he privately admits to the Master that he actually does hold a modicum of respect for the Prince as the one who managed to kill him.

Alexander

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The (Tiny) King of Conquerors

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto

"My name is Alexander. And you can also call me Alexander the Third. Of course other nicknames are welcome too."

Alexander the Great summoned as the innocent young prince of Macedonia both in body and mind. He still has all his memories of his exploits but it gets a bit foggy for him when it comes to stuff that happened after his adolescence.

He's an antagonist in the Second Singularity: Eternal Madness Empire Septem, and one of the protagonist's seven chosen summons in the Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon film.

Ancestral Name: As alluded to in his summoning quote, he is the third ruler with the name of "Alexander" of Macedonia.
Art Evolution: He received an animation overhaul in 2019 that included more usage of his lightning powers and his horse, Bucephalus.
Badass Adorable: He's a very cute boy who's quite formidable in battle, and later grows up to become the big, manly, and even more badass Iskandar.
Balance Buff: His Rosy-cheeked Adonis was buffed into Rosy-cheeked Adonis (Lightning). It now has a roughly 20% increase in success rate, but also now removes buffs from the target. This makes him a great support Servant who can charm an enemy, and if it fails, at least remove any powerful buffs.
Blind Obedience: The young Alexander's dialogue(s) would have him quote some teachings of his personal tutor, the philosopher Aristotle. He evidently likes the guy at this stage of his life— which starkly contrasts their relationship later in life^note.
Braids of Action: Rare male example. It can be taken as a sign that even at such young age, he already had the spirit of a brave conqueror willing to fight anyone to achieve his dream.
Cool Horse: His Noble Phantasm has Bucephalus trample the enemy. After his animation update, Bucephalus becomes a more active participant in Alexander's attacks and skills. What makes Bucephalus even cooler is that he's a Heroic Spirit in his own right.
Divergent Character Evolution: The key difference between young Alexander's Servant unit and the older Iskandar, apart from their variant card focus and skillset^note, would be their function in a team. For the most part, Iskandar is very good for one thing alone: pure NP damage (as well as facilitating hard-hitting NP chains). By contrast, Alexander's skills have significant support value. Hence, these do not only allow him to hit hard (as much as his low stats would allow him to, that is), but also let his teammates survive, hit hard and generate stars on their own. The fact that he is a 3-star also helps in bringing in a support Caster that can enable him^note, plus a main boss-killer, without too much cost to a team.
Dreaming of Things to Come: He has his memories from his older self as well, but states that attempting to focus on them feels strange, like he's living a dream that's yet to come.
Dual Boss: Fights together with Zhuge Liang in one boss battle.
Even the Guys Want Him: Unlike most charm skills in the game, Alexander's Fair Youth skill works regardless of the target's sex.
Fanboy: He is a fanboy of the Iliad and Achilles, as seen in his Interlude.
Growing Muscles Sequence: Apparently the effect of his other Noble Phantasm, Zeus Thunder: God's Blessing. In fact, using this Noble Phantasm is largely responsible for his future appearance.
I Have Many Names: Ditto with his older version. In this game, the young one is called Alexander and the adult one is Iskander.
Inconsistent Spelling: Iskandar or Iskander?
Older Than They Look: He looks like he's in his mid-teens but mentions having completed his studies with Aristotle in the past, which means he would have to be older than 16.
Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Even for someone in his mid-teens, Alexander is absolutely tiny (151cm/4'11"). This is more shocking when you compare it to his adult height (‎212cm/6'11"). He literally gains two feet in a few years.
Pretty Boy: In stark contrast to his adult version, Alexander is a cute little kid. It's even reflected as a Personal Skill, Rosy-Cheeked Youth, which acts as a Charm Person.
Semi-Divine: He only has Rank E Divinity because he didn't start claiming he was a descendant of Zeus until he was an adult.
Shock and Awe: With his animation update, he now uses infuses lightning into his attacks.
Teen Genius: He's still only a kid, but he is the guy who would eventually become Iskandar, and even in this form possesses a great deal of Iskandar's tactical genius.
Token Mini-Moe: In a strange case, as he's male, he's this for the Rider class.
Young and in Charge: Contrasting his older version.
Use Your Head: His updated attacks not only has one of him headbutting his enemy followed by a jumping knee to the face, but also has one that has him charge Bucephalus towards the enemy, not to trample them, but to ram them horse's head first.

Altria Pendragon (Santa Alter)

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Evil Santa

^{Fourth (Final) Ascension}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi

"Merry— Excuse me for entering from the chimney. I am the pretty Santa Claus who has answered your summon. You must be my reindeer?"

The corrupted Altria, now on a mission to spread good cheer and the Christmas spirit. Wait, what?

This Altria Alter has resolved to clear her image by acting as the ally of children, Santa Claus. The lack of futility in her behavior and cool-headedness closely resemble the normal Alter, but the admiration for Santa Claus at her root makes her a little more kind.

She debuted as the free Servant for the first Christmas event, "Almost Weekly Santa Alter," and naturally has some role in the second Christmas event, "The Little Santa Alter".

According to Space Ishtar, Santa Alter is from the Servant Universe.

Bad Santa: She's actually enthusiastic about doing her job, but it's still an Alter. She even calls herself an "Evil Santa". That said, she's much nicer than she publicly admits.
Badass Santa: Despite being a welfare Servant, she has nigh-identical HP to regular Alter at max level and, while having less Attack, can still potentially out-damage her Saber self NP-wise due to the ease of maxing out said NP. Heck, she's considered one of the better Riders, full stop, due to her well-rounded skillset, the base power of her NP, and the ease with which it can be brought to max power.
Balance Buff: Like others with Instinct, hers is buffed and replaced with Reindeer Drive when she is released in Evocation, which not only increases the amount of critical stars, but also has a party wide minor NP charge, NP overcharge, and increased critical strength.
Big Eater: Still on a junk food binge. Her Ascension material? A bucket of fried chicken.^note
Black Swords Are Better: Even as a Rider, she still has access to and uses Excalibur Morgan.
The Comically Serious: Saber Alter isn't a very emotional person. So you get to see her stoically distribute presents in a Santa dress and hum "Jingle Bells" in the middle of firing sword beams of pure evil.
Crutch Character: As one of the first "Welfare Servants", Santa Alter is a completely free 4-Star Servant that can be easily maxed out provided that the player completes all the event quests and clears out the event shop. She also was invaluable early on because of how rare Buster AoE Riders were at the time, and even today are still quite rare.^note As a tradeoff, her stats are noticeably lower than other 4-Stars (especially the three other Welfare Riders that come after her, Kintoki, Ryoma, and Ishtar). The sheer power of a Level 5 Excalibur Morgan helps her stay relevant for many older players, but her out of date kit and stats make her not the top dog she used to be, and Summer Ishtar generally tends to be used over her because of the latter's stats and kit.
Deadpan Snarker: Seemingly incapable of interacting with anyone without mocking or disparaging them in some way.
Decomposite Character: In her debut event, Santa Alter is treated as simply being the original Altria Alter but with an altered Saint Graph. However, Space Ishtar in her My Room lines acts as though Santa Alter is in reality from the Servant Universe.
Embarrassing Nickname: Doesn't appreciate it if you address her as "Alter-chan".
Exposed to the Elements: Subverted. Santa Alter bluntly admits that she's actually freezing her ass off in her minidress. Nonetheless, a job is a job, and she treats the cold as an unavoidable occupational hazard.
Fauxreigner: Claims to be from Finland (aka the country of Santa Claus Village) despite being the King of the Britons.
Friend to All Children: Despite being Alter, she is still working as Santa. This is best illustrated in her Pet the Dog moment below.
Irony: Despite being a Rider, her sleigh is not a Noble Phantasm.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's still the cold, callous Saber Alter she's known for, but her desire to act as Santa is bringing out a softer side to her.
Minidress of Power: One so powerful itself, and on a powerful enough person, that it immediately comes up as a dialogue option for our poor abducted protagonist. They get the option to mention it several other times throughout the first Christmas event's questline.
Mundane Utility: She scared off her reindeer because she tried to use Excalibur Morgan as a ''jet engine''.
Pet the Dog:
- She encounters Jack the Ripper and Nursery Rhyme/Alice, sad and cold because nobody supposedly remembers them^note. They thought they'd challenge Santa Alter for presents, which she accepted. Despite losing (and thinking Christmas will be lonely for them yet again), Alter chooses to "lose" and give them the Christmas Event Craft Essences, to their absolute delight.
- In the second Christmas event, she willingly goes along with the plan to let Jeanne d'Arc Alter Santa Lily become a proper Servant, even being the one to warn the protagonist about how she'll vanish otherwise and prompting the entire scheme to be cooked up.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Being no-nonsense Altria (Alter), she has a tendency to drop these on those she beats... while also giving them presents. She gives a particularly short and pointed one to Jeanne Alter, who was particularly frustrated with the holiday ridiculousness of the whole situation but was called out by Altria for being rather half-assed as a Servant. This was not without consequence.
The Red Mage: She has most of Saber Alter's damage-boosting skills, but eschews Charisma for Saint's Gift, which can heal an ally Servant for a considerable amount. This makes her a well-rounded unit, as well as a good source of healing for players who use a Mystic Code without a healing Master Skill.
Sexy Santa Dress: Her outfit is a minidress with thigh-high boots and leggings in black. Her Final Ascension art has her sitting down and her legs crossed to show that, bottom-wise, she's not wearing any undergarments aside from those black leggings.
Smug Smiler: She sports quite the smug smirk as her happy expression, and she subtly mocks you with it should you get mostly QP and the common items from the lottery.
Surprise Santa Encounter: She kidnaps you from Chaldea all of a sudden and you can note that she's the final Servant they had to beat in Fuyuki. You can also accuse her of forcing you to be her reindeer as her way of acting out her being a sore loser.
Suspiciously Specific Denial: If the protagonist recognizes her from Fuyuki, she'll tell them that this is their first meeting and that she's never been beaten by them before and certainly hasn't been brooding over that fact.
Theme Music Power-Up: Comedic example. "Jingle Bells" starts playing when she uses her Excalibur Morgan. She even hums along. She's also invented her own first verse lyrics:
Dashing off we go, through the raging winds, slicing singularities, battles on ba-attleeees~
Terrible Artist: She claims she designed her sleigh to resemble a lion, but everyone says it looks more like a hippopatamus.
Trademark Favorite Food: As far as she's concerned, the true meaning of Christmas is turkey.
"I don't have any fond memories of Christmas, but I want a turkey. Oh yes, do I ever. That rustic, crude, oily brilliance of it—the essence of a good meal."
Tsundere: Her nicer side comes out several times during the Christmas event, particularly with Jack and Nursery Rhyme, though she continuously tries to play it off. The protagonist can even call her "Alter-chan" at one point and her response is to quickly tell them not to say that while her portrait is in a flustered state rather than an angry one.
Wave Motion Sword: She still has Excalibur Morgan, using it as her sleigh's thrusters in place of the reindeer she scared off. As one of the first "welfare Servants", the player also has the opportunity to get it to Level 5 with relative ease, making her extremely helpful to players unwilling to shell out a lot of Saint Quartz for other 4-Stars and 5-Stars of comparable power.
You Need to Get Laid: Tells Martha, Ushiwakamaru, and Jing Ke they need to stop loitering around in a cave, go outside, and find some boyfriends to spend Christmas with instead of wasting away.

Altria Pendragon (Maid Alter)

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Tenacious Blaze

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi

"Rider-class Servant, Altria Pendragon. Now that I'm here, brace yourself to begin living your life properly! There will be no more going back to sleep once your alarm goes off, and no more letting yourself get out of shape. I will clean everything! I will do the laundry! C-cooking... Well, I'll do my best..."

In order to make her Master’s summer even better, Altria Alter has become a maid. Her subsequent embarrassment at the idea of people seeing her dressed up as one has led her to disguise her various weapons as mere cleaning tools.

First announced during FGO 2nd Anniversary Fes, she's the swimsuit version of Altria (Alter) for the second Summer event. She is Nero's teammate on team "Tyrannical Shooting Star" in "Dead Heat Summer Race/Death Jail Summer Escape."

Almighty Janitor: A literal and satirical example based on Altria's similarly warped misconceptions from Carnival Phantasm, conflating the popularity of maids with the tyrannical supremacy of kings.
Badass Longcoat: She's wearing one for her second stage over her swimsuit. It gets even bigger and more impressive at her third stage.
Balance Buff: Her Coaching skill was buffed to include a delayed buff that triggers one turn later to increase the maximum HP of her target for five turns up to 3000 HP. This effectively acts as a delayed heal that compensates for the 1000 HP Demerit of the skill.
Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: The swimsuit part of her outfit comes into play with a lot of the middle removed to let it function as one.
BFG: Secace, Altria's short sword which has been turned into a gun, is normally a water pistol, but can be combined with Excalibur Morgan to turn it into an anti-material sniper rifle.
Blood Knight: While her original self is epitomized by Tranquil Fury, her swimsuit version's wider range of emotions includes more enthusiasm for violence. Indeed, she's quite happy to offer her services to her master in making things disappear, like at the beginning of "Death Jail Summer Escape."
Coat Cape: She wears her black coat this way in her Third Ascension.
Cool Bike: She rides one on the ocean for her Noble Phantasm animation. This is the reason she's a Rider.
Cool Crown: Wears a black crown at her Third Ascension.
Deadly Euphemism: She occasionally refers to killing people as "cleaning up", as befitting a maid.
Feminine Women Can Cook: Averted. The only role of the maid she can't do is cook, which she balks at doing if asked.
(something she disliked) "What I dislike? Let's see... The normal me would dare not think of something like this, but cooking is difficult. I tend to cook more than necessary. I never imagined I would stoop to Gawain's level..."
Glass Cannon: Despite her high HP and low ATK for her rarity, this is how Maid Alter effectively plays. She has no defensive skills and one skill that demands 1000HP for a demerit, but what she does have is high star weight, a passive that boosts her crit damage, the demerit skill takes a turn off cooldown and boosts crit star generation, another passive for Quick damage, and a skill that provides a self Attack buff along with a party-wide Quick buff, and another that gives a strong Quick buff for one attack with an incredibly short cooldown. Altogether, this makes her a Servant who can compensate her low base Attack with buffs and crits, can generate and get the crit stars to do so, and has one of the most damaging NPs in the game when buffs are taken into account, though she won't last long in a sustained fight.
Irony: Despite her higher rarity and having a Quick-focused deck, Maid Alter's Riding Skill is only at rank B, a rank lower than her Santa version's. Her motorcycle is not a Noble Phantasm.
Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Switches out her maid-swimsuit for a skin-tight black dress for her Third Ascension.
Lighter and Softer: Not extremely so (it is Altria Alter, after all) but compared to her other appearances, she does come across like this. Those satisfied smiles come out a little easier than other times, and during her debut event itself she displays a generally wider range of emotion than she typically does, with even a few moments of outright, open surprise. She's also openly happy to serve her master and all-but-admits affection for them, even giving up her title of "King" in favor of "Maid" for the race she enters explicitly for their sake.
Making a Splash: Like vanilla swimsuit Altria, Alter unleashes blasts of water from her guns and also soaks the enemy while striking them with her mop.
Meido: Yes, she's actually wearing a swimsuit version of a maid costume, complete with a mop as her weapon.
The Musketeer: Battle-style wise, she falls under here. While she definitely uses firearms as her main weapon, she normally opens her normal attacks with either the Excalibur Morgan balloon sword, or the mop.
Ninja Maid: She professes to being a simple maid in this form, yet she also has no problem jumping around and beating people up with her mop and sword while shooting them with powerful jets of water from her guns.
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: This version of Alter is a biker gunslinger gothic lolita maid in a swimsuit. It's as ridiculous as it's awesome.
Oral Fixation: Is often seen munching on a popsicle, especially in her First Ascension art.
Parrying Bullets: In her home stretch race-winning cutscene in "Death Jail Summer Escape", she manages to parry all of Professor M's machine gun fire... with a wooden mop. Babbage and Professor M are flabbergasted (the former impressed with a British maid, the latter with Britain's legendary king), and Professor M even has a Reaction Shot cut-in.
Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You: Her Final Ascension art has her pointing her pistol at the screen while glaring, though the threatening nature is mitigated by her pose, her attire, and the fact it's raining.
Throwing Your Sword Always Works: In her Third Ascension where she's wielding Excalibur Morgan proper, she can throw the sword at her target, which hits multiple times like a buzzsaw before she jumps forward and retrieves it.
Trademark Favorite Food: Popsicles, which she's always seen munching on both in her First Ascension outfit and as her skill animation. Heck, she mentions in one of her My Room lines that that's the thing she likes the most.

Andromeda

The Chained Princess

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^Cetus

Illustrated by: lack

Voiced by: Sayumi Suzushiro

"Hey there, I'm Andromeda! Though I'm technically a princess, I'm pretty bad with all that uptight stuff, see? But I promise to give it my all to help you and everyone else... So like, I'm looking forward to working with you, Master!"

Andromeda, princess of Aethiopia and wife of the hero Perseus. She is well known as the namesake for the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest one to our very own Milky Way and a constellation named after her. The daughter of King Cepehus and Queen Cassiopeia, the latter who boasted of her daughter's beauty being even fairer the Nereids, nymphs of the sea. This angered Poseidon as his wife Amphitrite was among those Nereids and slighted by this he had the innocent Andromeda chained to be sacrificed to the sea monster Cetus.

To the princess's luck the hero Perseus came to her rescue and turned the sea monster to stone with the power of the Gorgon Medusa. Though promised to Phineus, Perseus used the head once again and turned him to stone. They later returned to Perseus' home where he became king and her his queen. Her parents, husband, and the very monster that was supposed to devour her had been turned to constellations just as she was.

She has manifested as a Rider and made her debut in the Valentine's Event 2024 "Beyond the Chocolate River" after her name being used in Rider Medusa's Bloodfort Andromeda.

Adaptational Modesty: A flashback to when Perseus rescued her showed she was fully clothed. In the original myth, she was stripped naked before being Chained to a Rock.
Ambiguously Brown: While her profile states that she's from Aethiopia which means "(land of) burnt-faces/the sunburned", it also points out that the Ancient Greeks did not necessarily mean what we understand as Ethiopia. So she's from a hotter climate and more tanned than most Greek Servants, but looks more like a Gyaru Girl of the tanned skin with light hair type than a "black" African.
Chained by Fashion: She is forever bound to ethereal chains held by phantasmal Cetus mouths. She can move them freely and make them invisible, but they are always there and can't truly be removed, and they will always end up attached to a rock on the other side of the mouths no matter how many times she smashes them.
Chain Pain: As a Servant, the chains that once bound Andromeda and the portals that hold them are her weapons of choice.
Commonality Connection: In My Room, she befriends Zenobia because they are both bound by chains.
Critical Hit Class: Andromeda overcomes her low ATK stat by having Crit Star generation, Crit Damage, and an AOE Quick NP baked into her kit. So long as she's taking hits with her second skill, she'll have no problem retaliating with rampant Critical Hits.
Cursed with Awesome: She is cursed to be forever bound to chains attached to a rock, so she weaponized them. Since the rocks regenerate each time they are smashed, she basically has infinite ammo.
Damsel in Distress: One of the oldest examples. Her mother Cassiopeia bragged that Andromeda's beauty (or her own, Depending on the Writer) surpassed that of the Nereids. This did not amuse Poseidon whose wife was a Nereid, so he had Andromeda Chained to a Rock to be sacrificed to Cetus. Perseus's arrival put an end to that.
Damsel out of Distress: Andromeda's debut event reveals that she wanted to save herself and be a hero, even had an improvised weapon. But seeing the utter monstrosity that was Cetus took the wind out of her sail, so after being saved by Perseus she devoted herself to being a good wife to him. Now that she's a Servant and has the power to be a hero, she seizes the chance with both hands not just to help others the way she was helped, but to better understand her husband's struggles and help him like he helped her.
Dishing Out Dirt: Since she is conceptually tied to her legend of being chained to rock, her chains can summon chunks of rocks and boulders from the mouth-like protrusion of her chains.
Doting Grandparent: She is happy to meet her descendant Heracles and comments that he is well and healthy.
Draw Aggro: Her second skill applies a rare three-turn Taunt, in exchange for giving her a stacking 10% Crit Damage buff and 10% NP Charge each time she's attacked. It also gives her Guts in case her natural defenses aren't enough.
Epic Flail: Her fighting style weaponizes the chains that bind her, using the rock they're attached to as a bludgeon.
Famous Ancestor: She is one as the maternal great-grandmother of Heracles.
Flag Bikini: In her Second Ascension she wears a bikini patterned after the flag of Ethiopia.
Girlish Pigtails: Her hairstyle in her First Ascension.
Happily Married: She and Perseus were in one in life, a rarity for a Greek hero.
Holy Halo: In her Third and Final Ascension, she has one made of four-point stars.
Humongous Mecha: In a similar manner to Odysseus' Trojan Horse becoming a mecha, Cetus is depicted as a gigantic mecha whale. This should come off as no surprise, considering how the Greeks are depicted in Lostbelt No. 5. She mentions that she is not exactly sure what Cetus is or how to describe it, likely due to not being familiar with technology.
Idiot Hair: Gains a long one in her Third and Final Ascension.
I Will Find You: As a Servant, she is determined to find and reunite with Perseus.
Lethal Chef: Almost. For Valentine's Day, she gives the Protagonist a hard chocolate with nuts inside — all as hard as rocks. She's unsure if her nature of manipulating rocks had something to do with it. It's thankfully still edible (and if it wasn't, she could just chain-warp it out).
Loophole Abuse: Andromeda has a shockingly robust understanding of Servant mechanics, liberally abusing her myth of being "Chained to a Rock as a sacrifice to Cetus". The only constant is that her chains will always respawn with a rock at the end, but neither the chains nor the rock have a defined size, shape, or location. This culminates in her maneuvering the chains and their portals to swing like Spider-Man or even outright fly, unleash many different types of rocks as projectiles, and even ride Cetus itself as a beast of war because it was Taken for Granite in her myth (and thus counts as a "rock").
Making a Splash: Some of her attacks feature her using water and her Noble Phantasm has her riding Cetus on the sea and swallowing her enemies before diving into the deep. She also has a passive that grants her 5% NP Charge per turn if she's on a Waterside battlefield.
Massive Numbered Siblings: She and Perseus had seven children together, six boys and a girl. (Some versions of the tale gave them nine children, seven boys and two girls.) Notably, one of these children went on to become the grandfather of Heracles.
Mundane Utility: During her date with the Protagonist, she uses Cetus as a giant surfboard.
Monster Whale: Cetus is this. A gigantic whale that swallows all and was sent as punishment for Cassiopeia's hubris.
Ms. Fanservice: Andromeda's outfits are always Stripperiffic and showcase a pair of big breasts. Even her Second Ascension has her wear a swimsuit usually worn by Summer Servants, making her look more like a Summer Servant disguised as a Valentine Servant.
Muscles Are Meaningless: Despite being a skinny girl, she can effortlessly swing the rocks attached to her chains. Her Strength is Rank B, equal to powerhouses like Cú Chulainn, and her Endurance and Agility are also Rank B.
Scarf of Asskicking: Wears one in her Third and Final Ascensions which she can change into from her First and Second Ascensions when unleashing her Noble Phantasm. It can fire a barrage of star-shaped projectiles which references the Andromedids meteor shower or a streaming blast in the shape of her constellation.
Semantic Superpower: Andromeda's powers revolve around her legend of being "chained to a rock as a sacrifice to Cetus". This means that she's always chained to rocks that have no defined size, shape, or location. This lets her weaponize an endless supply of rocks that she can hurl at her foes and use her chains to grapple her foes or even fly. She takes this to the limit by summoning Cetus itself, as it was Taken for Granite by Medusa's head, turning it into a "rock" tied to her chains.
Shown Their Work: For someone that comes from Aethiopia ("burnt-face"), which is the Ancient Greeks' name for a vague region down south, in Northern Africa as we'd understand it today (and only later used for Ethiopia which is not quite in the same area), Andromeda and her family are often portrayed as pretty white in most media since they're assumed to be generically Greek, and often she's extra pale compared to Perseus, which her naked body fully shows off for fanservice reasons. Here, she's properly tanned, though not as dark-skinned as fellow Northern Africans Ozymandias and Nitocris. While we can probably assume that her shade of tan was also due to the artist's tastes, it happens that the Greeks also used "Aethiopian" in adjectival form to denote a "red-brown" shade, so she actually looks pretty accurate in this regard.
Single-Target Sexuality: Though she is willing to go on a date with the Protagonist, the only person she loves is Perseus.
Star Power: Her attacks with her scarf in her Third Ascension.
Stellar Name: Almost everyone involved in her myth was turned into a constellation: Perseus, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Cetus and herself. She even got a whole galaxy named after her.
Stone Wall: Her base HP at Lv.90 breaks 15k, her first skill has a good 3-turn Damage Cut, and her NP gives her a 50% Def boost for the turn. Paired with her second skill that gives her Taunt, Guts, and extra NP Charge for 3 turns, Andromeda can shrug off a surprising amount of punishment so the rest of the team doesn't have to. The catch however is that Andromeda's ATK is quite low, so while her ramping Crit damage can bridge the gap for her face cards, her NP shouldn't be counted on as a kill tool.
Super Gullible: Saber Medusa claims that if a Servant who was already in a relationship gets romantic with the Protagonist, they will be executed. She believes her, causing her date with the Protagonist to be super awkward until they find out what Medusa said and say that was an obvious lie.
Turn the Other Cheek: She mentions that she got over Poseidon endangering her a long time ago. She urges Caenis to get over Poseidon raping her already and have some fun.
When All You Have Is a Hammer…: What kind of rock is on the end of her chain? Whatever can be legitimately defined as a rock, since her myth didn't do the defining. What sounds like a simple rock-flail on paper actually has the versatility of Shaping Your Attacks, and Andromeda is savvy enough to use it; the only restriction is that more exotic shapes/types of rocks need more mana to generate.

Anne Bonny and Mary Read

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Women from the Golden Age of Piracy

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension (Potential NSFW)}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (Anne) and Ai Nonaka (Mary)

"Were you surprised? The two of us are one Servant. She is Mary Read. I'm Anne Bonny. Pleased to meet you."

Anne Bonny and Mary Read are two female pirates who from the Golden Age of Piracy. Bonny was born to a prosperous household, a natural hooligan who eloped with a small-time punk. Bonny later separated from her husband, raising a pirate flag together with John Rackham. Upon capturing a ship from Holland one day, Bonny met Read by chance, who had slipped onto the ship dressed as a man. Read joined with her under Rackham's command, and they endeavored as a duo due to getting along well as fellow women, devoting themselves to the ways of piracy. It is said in many testimonies from Rackham's crew that the duo fought with greater courage than any other.

This time, the two have been exceptionally summoned as a single set Servant. There are no penalties given for this, but if one collapses the other will also be unable to fight, no questions asked.

They debuted together as antagonists in the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos", working for Blackbeard.

An Arm and a Leg: In the manga adaptation of "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos", Anne loses a Sniper Duel to Orion and Artemis. When Mary rushes to her to assess the damage, she's horrified to find that the entire right side of Anne's body is gone, including her arm. It doesn't get to inconvenience her for long though, as the damage is too severe and she dies soon afterward.
Balance Buff: As part of the Sixth Anniversary, their "Voyage A" was buffed into "Naval Boarding Assault B+", which adds Guts, a self-Taunt and an NP Gain upgrade to help facilitate their Desperation Attack-focused kit.
Battle Couple: A couple in life, now immortalized as a dual Servant.
Because You Were Nice to Me: Teach Us FGO! The Greats and Legends of Grand Order reveals they love the protagonist because the protagonist treated them kindly despite being pirates when they were hated in life for being criminals, treating them no differently from real saints.
BFG: Anne's rifle is longer than she is tall.
BFS: Mary wields a cutlass that looks pretty big compared to her.
Bifauxnen: Apparently in life Mary's disguise as a man was incredibly convincing that no one realized she was a woman till she revealed it herself.
Covered with Scars: Mary's clothes hide most of it, but in Third and Final Ascension we see just how many scars she has.
Critical Hit Class: Even amongst Riders, their skill set is built around critical hits, be it increasing their critical star absorption and generation rate, increasing their critical damage, and possessing a QQAAB deck, a Quick-based NP, and a Bond 10 CE that increases the party's critical hit damage to take full advantage of that. Ironically, they don't have the Riding skill to increase the power of their Quick cards and indirectly their star generation rate.
Desperation Attack: Caribbean Free Bird: Bond of Lovebirds gets stronger the lower their HP is. If combined with the Black Holy Grail CE, it can become one of the strongest single-target attacks in the game.
The Dividual: They're officially one Servant. In gameplay, Mary does most of the action, while Anne merely comes in when invoking skills and for the Noble Phantasm. If Anne's in charge, they become an Archer instead (as seen with their swimsuit version).
Exact Words: During "Chaldea Summer Memory", in order to figure out where they are, Mary convinces Blackbeard to paddle out to sea so he can get a better view of the land for them. She does this by promising him that she'll allow him to touch her anywhere once, which he agrees to immediately. When he gets back, Mary gives him a high-five for returning alive which he tiredly reciprocates. She then informs him that that counted as his reward touch.
Fighting Irish: Teach Us FGO! The Greats and Legends of Grand Order reveals that Anne is from Ireland^note.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Well, "Huge Girl, Tiny Girl" in their case. Curiously, in dialogue sequences, it's downplayed as Mary is made to appear taller than in the card art, coming up to just below Anne's shoulder, which is more accurate to their official heights, as there's only a height difference of 13 cm, or about 5 inches (which means Anne should only be One Head Taller than Mary). Not to mention, Mary is actually taller than Altria and Nero!
Impossibly-Low Neckline: Anne Bonny's wardrobe is miraculous in how she doesn't have a wardrobe malfunction every few seconds.
Improbable Aiming Skills: Mary is able to hit the exact same spot on Drake's ship over and over to slowly penetrate its reinforced armor.
It's What I Do: They don't really have any wish for the Grail. But it's a treasure, the Grail War a fantastic adventure, and they're pirates, so they are going for it anyway.
Ms. Fanservice: Anne. And Mary, come that Third Ascension.
Navel-Deep Neckline: Anne's shirt has a window stopping just short of her navel.
Official Couple: The two of them are explicitly in a relationship with each other, hence why Blackbeard refers to them as "The Yuri Couple."
Older Than They Look: Despite her looks, Mary is actually at least 10 years older than Anne. The official spin-off manga Teach Us FGO! The Greats and Legends of Grand Order reveals that Mary was only summoned as a child and looked her age in real life.
One-Steve Limit: Mary and Marie have very similar names, and to make things worse, both are also Riders. The main differences lie in the pronunciation of the letter A and the emphasis on the other syllable (Ma-ry and Ma-rie).
Pirate Girl: Both of them are female pirates, and they're easily two of the most famous Real Life examples.
Playboy Bunny: Have elements of this in Third and Final Ascension. Especially Mary. The reason why they wear bunnygirl costumes is because I-IV wanted to draw them in such a costume.
Red and Black and Evil All Over: Anne's color-scheme is mainly red and black. Additionally, together they also play this trope straight, with Anne supplying more red and Mary supplying the black.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Anne's red to Mary's blue. Anne is friendlier from the start, but Mary is Defrosting Ice Queen. While both of them are pretty hedonistic, Anne wants more treasures and adventures when Mary just wants to roam around the world freely.
The Shut-In: Played for laughs in "The Garden of Order", where they wind up becoming a pair of lazy slobs who never leave their apartment after Blackbeard exposes them to the convenience of the internet and online shopping.
Sweet Polly Oliver: Teach Us FGO! The Greats and Legends of Grand Order reveals that both Anne and Mary did this in life growing up and even as pirates due to the belief that women on the ship was bad luck.
Three-Way Sex: If you max out their bond level, Anne more or less suggests a threesome with their Master.
Together in Death: Despite being functionally two Servants, when one of them dies, the other will follow not long after. The reason why only Mary is out in the field is because they have twice the hitbox otherwise (and Anne using a flintlock is detrimental to her melee). Might be an allusion from when Mary died in prison, Anne practically disappeared from the record.
Worthless Treasure Twist: Discussed in their first interlude. The two go on a hunt for Captain Kidd's buried treasure, eventually tracking it down and defeating his ghost that still guards the site. As they're about to open the chests, Anne wonders out loud if it's just going to end up being one of those "Your experience en route was your treasure" things. Mary promises to bring Kidd's ghost back and torture him if that's the case.

Astolfo

12th Paladin of Charlemagne

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{Memories of Trifas}

^{Heroic Spirit Tour}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Rumi Ōkubo (Japanese), Faye Mata (English, anime only)

"Yahoo! My name is Astolfo! Rider Class! And, and... umm, nice to meet you!"

A character from the Matter of France, where he was one of the Twelve Paladins of Charlemagne. Astolfo is said to have been the most handsome, optimistic and completely lacking in sense out of the Twelve. A sunny adventurer at heart, Astolfo traveled all across the world getting into all sorts of fun and light-hearted adventures, acquiring a whole collection of artifacts and mystical items such as his hunting horn, magical grimoire, and shining golden lance. He befriended many legendary mounts such as the Hippogriff and even reached the Moon in the end.

Astolfo first appeared in Fate/Apocrypha as Rider of Black, where he was practically the third protagonist of the story. He first appeared in Grand Order as a cameo in the first Christmas event, "Almost Weekly Santa Alter," and had his proper debut as part of the White Day event that followed the second Valentine's Day event. Curiously, he did not participate during the France chapter despite a number of other Apocrypha alumni having significant roles. He later appears in "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha" as a main ally. He appears in "Parting Memories' Manifestation Realm, Traum" as a supporting character.

Affectionate Nickname: Bradamante addresses him as "A-chan".
Ambiguous Gender Identity: Astolfo's profiles flips-flops between listing his gender as being male and hiding it, either by his request or by having him scribbling the info out, something that even seems to affect Jeanne. The game also uses both male and gender-neutral pronouns to refer to Astolfo, making it hard to tell what Astolfo identifies as.
Anti-Magic: Astolfo has forgotten the True Name of his magical grimoire, but just having it on his person grants him immunity to the vast majority of magical spells, and even a degree of protection against Command Spells. When he remembers its True Name, "Casseur di Logistilla: Destruction Declaration", reading from the grimoire allows him to cancel any magical spell or effect, with the exception of Reality Marbles.
Atrocious Alias: He disguises himself in a Sailor Fuku in the Nightless City during "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha", and when he gets caught by the Nightless Assassin's forces he declares himself as "Sailor Paladin." Chevalier d'Eon has no choice but to follow in his silly footsteps as "Maid Knight."
Badass Adorable: He's cute, very girly, and also a fairly good fighter.
Balance Buff:
- His third skill got a buff in his Interlude that gives it a 50% NP charge at Lv. 10, making it easier for him to use his NP without having to rely on his low NP generation.
- Astolfo would get a Rank Up quest for his Noble Phantasm, which in addition to buffing its base power also increases the amount of critical stars gained.
Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: He is a very feminine man, and the pink Sailor Fuku he dons during "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha" doesn't bother to cover the abdomen area.
Big Eater: In his Interlude, the party decides to camp out since Astolfo had gotten lost anyway. He immediately demands curry, and the protagonist is all-too-happy to oblige even as Mash reminds Astolfo that as a Servant he doesn't outright need to eat. He ends up eating the entirety of the emergency rations.
Bizarre Instrument: "La Black Luna: Magic Flute That Calls Panic", one of his Noble Phantasms. When not in use it simply looks like a small horn, but when activated it turns much larger and grows a crazy-looking bunch of pipes, becoming a weapon of sonic destruction said to sound like a roaring dragon. He uses it in "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha" to counter the deafening Amazons' battle cry.
Born Lucky: Luck Rank A+.
Borrowed Catchphrase: Near the end of his Interlude, he yoinks Oda Nobunaga's "it can't be helped!" Catchphrase:
"Well, if he's a fake, it can't be helped! (Nobbu!)"
Braids of Action: Being a long-haired knight, naturally he's gotta have a braid!
Butt-Monkey: During his Early-Bird Cameo in the first Christmas event, he gets no respect from friend or enemy alike because he didn't show up in Orleans to fight. Santa Alter even tells him he's not getting any presents for it before finally throwing a pumpkin in his face as she and the protagonist take off, which d'Eon takes to mean that he won't show up until next year's Halloween.
Calling Your Attacks: Besides the everyday, normal invocations of his Noble Phantasm, he also has the brilliant idea to call out "Astolfo PUNCH!" in his Interlude.
Catchphrase: Has a tendency to deliver a cutesy "Yahoo!" when greeting others.
Coy, Girlish Flirt Pose: For his idle stance.
Cute Little Fangs: Oddly, they appear skin-colored. He's not any sort of being that would normally have fangs; they're just there to make him look cute and mischievous.
The Ditz: Weaponized. One of his skills, Evaporation of Sanity, gives him something akin to a sixth sense in combat similar to Eye of the Mind or Instinct from his complete lack of common sense. In "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha", even he knows that he's not quite the "sharpest bulb in the toolbox," and earlier he calls the pirates of Ys "tropical river pirates of the high seas" based on the Rider of the Resistance's description of them.
d'Eon: "Urk! Everything about that was wrong! And to make matters worse, he doesn't even care!"
Dude Looks Like a Lady: He can easily be mistaken for a girl. In fact, in "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha" when the Resistance is taking ships up the rivers to launch a surprise attack on the Amazons, him wearing his Sailor Fuku is enough to make the men all stare at him "like some sort of sea goddess".
Early-Bird Cameo: He appears during the first Christmas event four months before becoming a playable Servant. Everyone there admonishes him for not showing up in Orleans to help Jeanne and Siegfried defend his own country, and Santa Alter gives him a pumpkin from the first Halloween event, which as d'Eon states is supposed to represent he'll have to wait until the next year's Halloween event to be playable.
Foreshadowing: In his Valentine CE descrpition for when he gives the player chocolate, he states that he might turn into a rabbit someday. Later, he ended getting a Saber form that has a rabbit Animal Motif.
Heavy Sleeper: After devouring all the party's food in his Interlude, he immediately falls asleep in the middle of a sentence. It's implied that the Master and Mash then spend the entirety of the night talking about Mash's past, and Astolfo is fast asleep throughout.
Iconic Outfit: If anything, Astolfo as seen in this game is heavily associated with the sailor fuku he's shown wearing in Epic of Remnant, second only to his default outfit.
Informed Attractiveness: While he is Bishounen, the description of being "beautiful beyond compare" doesn’t actually translate very well into the Generic Cuteness style he’s drawn in. It also certainly doesn’t help that nearly every major character in this game is attractive.
Keet: Cute, talkative, upbeat, and feminine.
Lap Pillow: The protagonist wakes up receiving one from Astolfo when the party is washed away to the Dragon Palace underwater in "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha". Since Astolfo is bisexual, the romantic overtones are intentional.
Long-Haired Pretty Boy: A braid damn near as long as Jeanne's, and yep, he is amazingly pretty.
Lunacy: According to the Matter of France, Astolfo traveled to the Moon to retrieve Orlando's lost sanity; the Moon being the place where all things lost on Earth eventually end up. Within the Fate universe, this means that Astolfo's "lost sanity" is also located on the Moon, and if the Moon is no longer in the sky (because it is obscured or during a new moon) then he regains a lot of his reasoning and tactical thinking, to the point where he can remember the True Name of his magical grimoire.
Master of None: Astolfo is severely undertuned as a Servant in Grand Order, and a notorious example of how bad stats can hinder the viability of a unit. While his HP and Strength stats are okay for a Rider, his NP Generation and Critical Star Generation stats are extremely low, not appropriately compensated by his skills, and his Attack Cards have a low number of hits per card. This made it difficult to use his Noble Phantasm or generate Critical Stars, making him especially weak for a Quick-specialist Servant. He later received a number of Balance Buffs that significantly increased the power and consistency of his Noble Phantasm (such as adding an incredibly rare 50% NP gauge boost to his third skill), shifting his niche to that of a powerful wave-farming Rider.
Motor Mouth: Which, "through no fault of his own," inevitably leads him to say too much.
Mundane Utility: La Black Luna can be used as a normal horn if he doesn't activate its use as a Noble Phantasm.
Nice Guy: Extremely nice to just about anyone.
No Sense of Direction: Early in his Interlude, he gets completely lost. The protagonist expecting this to happen really hammers in how frequently this occurs.
Not Completely Useless: His lance, "Trap of Argalia: Down With A Touch!" is fairly useless when used as a combat weapon, or at the least doesn't confer any special advantages that a regular lance could not provide. Its only magical ability is to force an opponent to kneel (or cause the lower legs of a Servant to vanish) with a single hit. In Fate/Apocrypha, this niche ability was the key to defeating Adam, who was invulnerable to damage so long as one foot was on the Earth. Additionally, the lance is actually the key to defeating Tametomo in the Traum singularity since Tametomo's connection to the tower that provides him unlimited energy that comes from him just standing there. As "Trap of Argalia: Down With A Touch!" removes the lower half of a servant's body, Astolfo using it on Tametomo severs the latter's connection to the tower.
Our Gryphons Are Different: Being a Rider-class Servant, one of his Noble Phantasms is a Hippogriff that he rides which belonged to his cousin and fellow Paladin Bradamante. Being a Phantasmal Beast, it also has the ability to teleport itself and its rider to the Reverse Side of the World briefly to avoid attacks, which is represented in-game by his NP granting him an Evade buff after use. However, because overusing this ability drains Astolfo's Mana reserves rapidly, the Evade buff only lasts for three attacks.
Pink Heroine: Gender inverted; he is a Servant of Black whose image colour is rose pink.
Plucky Comic Relief: Actual literature fact, no less. He barely even gets mentioned in the stories most people associate with Roland, instead he gets starring roles in more light-hearted and fantasy adventure stories written during the Italian Renaissance.
The Pollyanna: Described as being "eternally optimistic".
Pretty Boy: Has a girly and cutesy appearance to him, complete with a slender build, a feminine dress code, and a reputation for being "beautiful beyond compare".
Random Effect Spell: His Evaporation of Insanity skill gives him Star Regen, C. Star Drop Rate Up and Critical Strength Up on himself. However, each of those effects only have 65% chance of triggering when they are accounted for, so for example you might not get additional Critical Stars at the end of your turn if the Star Regen fails to roll.
Red Baron: 12th Paladin of Charlemagne.
Rose-Haired Sweetie: Male example, fitting the "cheery and optimistic" subtype.
Sailor Fuku: He wears a pink one during "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha" to infiltrate the Nightless City.
Saying Too Much: Which quickly leads to maximum awkwardness. It's a side effect of his Deprivation of Sanity skill. He simply cannot be trusted to keep secrets (Even things like True Names or Noble Phantasms) without accidentally blabbing. On the plus side it acts like Instinct in battle, letting him pick the best course of action in a fight.
Shaped Like Itself: Astolfo manages to give a non-answer if you ask him about his Likes and Dislikes in My Room:
[Likes]: "Things that I like? Everything! I like everything in the world except for the things I hate!"
[Dislikes]: "Things that I hate? Hmm, nothing. I like almost everything in this world!"
Signature Headgear: His black ribbons, which he says are "an irresistible proof of friendship" that he used to restore peace between him and his ally Orlando.
Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: To Jeanne, as they compete for the position of the most popular character in Apocrypha and beyond, and engage in silly bickering to do so.
Speaks Fluent Animal: In his Interlude, Astolfo tracks down Roland with the help of a horse and its rider describing how Roland had messed with them. Astolfo directly asks, "mister horse, do you know where the naked guy who rode you went?" and the horse replies with a neigh that Astolfo translates as "Follow me." Regardless of whether or not he actually understood the horse, it does indeed lead the party the right way.
Starter Mon: As of May 11th, 2022^noteJP-only right now, Astolfo and Nikitich replaced Marie Antoinette and Martha as the two starter Riders.
Straight Man and Wise Guy:
- In "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha", Astolfo is the wise guy to d'Eon's Straight Man as the pair are the master's Chaldean-native escorts. Astolfo will be playing with Fou, flirting with the master, or cracking jokes while d'Eon remains professional and diligent as a bodyguard.
- In life, Astolfo zigzagged between being the Straight Man and Wise Guy for his king, Charlemagne. While Charlemagne is exceptionally competent, he's equally prone to flights of fancy. In Fate/Extella Link, Astolfo talks Charlemagne into practicing a Three Pointlanding while jumping off a roof fairly easily despite Charlemagne himself pointing out how pointlessly dangeorus it is. Astolfo mutters that he didn't think Charlie would actually do it. Meanwhile, Astolfo was the Straight Man for his even crazier co-worker Roland, who was constantly trying to strip naked.
Trauma Button: Played for Laughs in "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha", where the Amazons threaten to enslave the men in the party and chain them up, Astolfo mentions with a disturbed expression he remembers something from his time in Apocrypha, specifically how his Master Celenike wanted to do the same to him. ^note
The Unfettered:
- He does whatever he wants, when he wants. If he doesn't want to use up mana for an attack, he won't. If he thinks a course of action was a good one, despite everyone around him disagreeing, he'll say so.
- It is also the reason he's crossdressing despite not being transgender or anything similar: he likes cute things, and he finds his outfit cute. So he wears it and doesn't give a damn about what others think. This trope is the main reason he's described as Chaotic in spite of otherwise being a proud paladin.
Wardrobe Malfunction: Almost has one of these in "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha" while adjusting the skirt of his Sailor Fuku. d'Eon yells at him to stop because no one wants to see what he has under there, both for decency and the fact he would out their cover.
Wholesome Crossdresser: He wears a skirt, garterbelt, and thigh-high stockings, which combined with his long hair makes him look very feminine. The reason he dresses like this is because it amused Roland and since Astolfo didn't mind, he decided to go for it.
World's Most Beautiful Woman: Male example; he is stated to be "beautiful beyond compare".

Bartholomew Roberts

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Black Bart

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{Heroic Spirit Tour}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Chiaki Kobayashi

"Heh. You sure are a lucky fella. I'm Bartholomew Roberts. I have appeared in answer to your call. Now then, I'll be going about doing pirate business in an orderly fashion."

The most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy who is said to have plundered 400 ships throughout the Carribean Sea. He's known to be a bold, charismatic and fearless captain and loves to wear fine clothing and jewelry. He was killed by grapeshot while he stood on deck. His crew conducted a burial at sea as his last request.

He first debuts in "A Study in the Dubious Meiho-sou", claiming to have lost his memory and joins up with Chaldea's film project under the name of "Salazar", the character he plays. It's not until the fourth anniversary campaign that he first becomes playable. He also appears in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" as an ally.

Affably Evil: While almost relentlessly genial and courteous, he's still a pirate, and one of history's most prolific, no less.
Alpha Strike: He commands his ships to surround and fire cannons at enemies in his Noble Phantasm.
Ambiguously Brown: Since he was born in Wales, it is hard to tell if he either has really dark tan or if he is naturally dark-skinned. A General History of the Pyrates describes him having a dark complexion.
Ascended Extra: His first mention was during the Interlude of Columbus, where Anne Bonny & Mary Read namedropped him as a possible pirate to join the Pirates club and Blackbeard expressing jealousy at him for his success towards women. And after appearing as Salazar, he eventually became a playable Servant.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: His bangs fetish and Chivalrous Pervert tendencies make it easy to forget that he was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy, accruing what is now worth $32 million worth of treasure before his death. Even the Captain admits that Bartholomew's prudence, attention to detail, and ability to come up with great ship names make him a fine captain... but Bartholomew's personality makes him a pain in the ass to work with.
Casual Kink: He thinks that asking someone he just met to grow out their bangs is a way to say hello to them, which is just a start of it. He does get repeatedly called out for how pushy he is with his fetish, but rarely do they try to outright stop him.
Chekhov M.I.A.: Blackbeard mentions that Bartholomew showed up for ServaFes, but was explicitly avoiding Teach (and by extension, the protagonist since they're his Master) for the duration of the holiday.
Chivalrous Pervert: Polite, friendly, always helpful, and really, really outspoken about his fetishes. He could honestly give Blackbeard himself a run for his money in that regard, but he presents himself a lot better.
Critical Hit Class: Inverted. His skill set encourages him to help generate crit stars, but his second skill helps him reduce his own star absorption, enabling his allies higher chances to use them instead. Given his class is Rider, which are high star stealers, this makes him someone who works best without critical stars for himself, but instead provide them.
The Dandy: Quite fussy about his appearance and badgers the protagonist about getting him new clothes in his Ascension lines.
Deuteragonist: Salazar and his missing memories serve as a major driving force behind the Meiho-sou event, with Salazar himself receiving a good deal of focus in the process.
Dressed to Plunder: And gets moreso with each Ascension.
Expy: Spotlight Lostbelt 5-1 reveals he was conceptualized as FGO's take on Han Solo.
Foreshadowing: The Protagonist and Jeanne d'Arc Alter can't help but remember something Blackbeard told them during the 2018 summer event, where he described a pirate with an interest in girls with hair covering one eye. "Salazar" having an interest in Mash along with the sound of cannon fire serving as a trigger for his memories bring to mind the pirate in question: Bartholomew Roberts, his true identity.
Giver of Lame Names: Inverted. The Captain notes that Bartholomew has a penchant for coming up with fine names for ships, including Sea King, Royal Rover, and Great Fortune.
Go Out with a Smile: Disappears towards the end of "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" after one hell of a naval chase scene, content with having carried Orion to the destination against Lostbelt Artemis.
Has a Type: Loses his train of thought if women with bangs talk to him and immediately becomes slavishly devoted to their every word. His profile says that he doesn't care about gender or if they are even human, as long as they have bangs that cover one or both eyes, he is attracted to them.
Heroic Sacrifice: In "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", he gives his all and burns himself out to get Orion in firing position against Lostbelt Artemis. Afterwards, he fades away content with having carried hope to its destination.
Identity Amnesia: In the Meiho-sou event, he claims that he lost all of his memories, so he goes by the name "Salazar".
Magnetic Hero: How he got his start in piracy. Roberts originally was a second mate on a merchant ship who was taken prisoner in a pirate raid. He wound up getting on with the crew so well that, when the original captain died a mere six weeks later, they decided to make Roberts captain in his place.
Noodle Incident: He takes time in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" to explain why he's so obsessed with bangs covering eyes to the protagonists, moving everyone listening to tears, but it's an Orphaned Punchline that doesn't elucidate anything to the player.
Only Known by Their Nickname: "Salazar" is merely the name he took after his character in Murasaki's script. His real name is Bartholomew Roberts.
Romanticism Versus Enlightenment: Bartholomew's Interlude deals with the Romantic notions of freedom and fortune associated with piracy and the Enlightment-minded reality of living rough and running from the law as a criminal on the high seas. Though he certainly dresses and acts like the ideal buccaneer, Roberts ruefully laughs at the notion that just because someone works very hard to search for a treasure then they're owed a chance at laying their hands on it, and that presupposes that the treasure exists at all.
Scarf of Asskicking: Gains an impressive one for his 3rd Ascension.
Shipper on Deck: He admires Mash for her bangs, but at the same time, he tells the protagonist to never, ever lose such a wonderful girl from their side.
Situational Sword: His Noble Phantasm has one of the strangest special damage targets in the game, which is that it does more damage against Bronze rarity enemies. The Noble Phantasm's description says that he needs to plan out the attack beforehand for it to reach its full power, and that a famed captain or a strategist could easily see through his plans.
Sword and Gun: He wields a swords and a pistol in combat.
Support Party Member: His skills are focused around providing support to Quick allies. His first skill increases damage and NP damage, his second skill buffs the parties crit damage and cuts off his star absorption for three turns so other allies can use them, and his third skill buffs Quick cards and provides stars. His support utility for his rarity makes him very useful.
Trauma Button: During filming, he is made to act like he is having war flashbacks when hearing cannon fire. However, since Roberts was killed by cannon fire, it ends up returning his memories and causes his Spirit Origin to rapidly change until he becomes a giant ghost, forcing others to calm him down.
You Remind Me of X: He notes that Mash reminds him of someone, specifically her eyes and hair.

Boudica

Queen of the Iceni

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{Formal Outfit}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō

"My name is Boudica, nice to meet you! Don't mind the formalities."

A young warrior-queen of the British frontierlands that held off Roman might for decades before she was finally overwhelmed by Nero, after which she either killed herself to spare herself further disgrace or died of an illness. Her name has resurfaced in Victorian Britain as the "Queen of Victory". This version represents her younger, more idealistic self before being worn by Rome.

She appears as an ally in Rome, serving as Nero's main general.

All-Loving Hero: She says if she could get a wish on the Holy Grail, she would wish that Britain would be peaceful and that everybody: the British, the faeries, the Celtic gods, and the people of different nations as well as their children would be able to laugh and live together in paradise.
Badass Cape: Third Ascension decks her out with a really fancy one of white and red, complete with fur lining.
Balance Buff:
- Her Noble Phantasm was buffed via Rank Up Quest to include a three-turn ATK buff based on Overcharge, boosting her support role. While a welcome addition, it basically just made her comparable to an inferior Mash after her NP upgrade.
- Her Oath of the Goddess was made into Queen of Victory via Rank Up Quest to now provide a party wide damage buff when fighting Romans and a Crit Damage buff for three turns. While this doesn't make her all that useful still, she can now be used for specific fights to provide extra damage against enemies with Roman traits and provide her allies with a flat damage buff.
- Her Battle Continuation was buffed into Battlefield's Provisions via Rank Up Quest, which took a turn off the cooldown and made it into a targetable Guts buff that also buffs the target's max HP by 1000~2000 for five turns. This gives her a more noticeable niche as a support Servant.
- A variation of this comes not to a buff to her skills/NP, but rather in the form of the release of Romulus=Quirinus, as they are capable of applying the Roman trait to all enemies on the field, suddenly making Boudica more consistent whenever the two are paired together as she is capable of using her anti-Roman skills much more frequently.
- The "Lilim Harlot" event adds the "Romance That is in the Spear" command code that both increases damage dealt to enemies with the Roman trait by 15% and also apply it to non-Roman enemies for 5 turns. While this command code is useful on any Servants, Boudica herself enjoys the command code as not only will she deal more damage, but also allow her to apply the Roman trait without the need of Romulus=Quirinus.
Berserk Button: She really hates Romans, especially Nero, for what they did to her family and people, though she is willing to grudgingly work with them against a greater threat. And while she's mostly able to tolerate most Roman Servants, she absolutely despises Romulus=Quirinus since while the others are ultimately human Romulus is the Anthropomorphic Personification of the concept of Rome.
Big Damn Heroes: She shows up and uses her Noble Phantasm in conjunction with Mash's in order to save the party from being annihilated by Altera's Noble Phantasm near the end of Rome.
Clap Your Hands If You Believe: Her Sword of Boudica is just a fancy sword, explicitly pointed out to NOT have properties like Excalibur's. It can fire bolts of energy, but they're not that impressive. It's not holy or made by fairies, it doesn't have a promise of victory, or anything amazing. All its power comes from Boudica's own belief that her sword will bring her victory.
Cleavage Window: Present throughout her entire Ascension line.
Cool Big Sis: Seems to act like and sometimes refers to herself as one. In the Rome segment this is especially prominent towards Mash, who she says reminds her of her little sister. It also doesn't help that when you look at it, their Noble Phantasms are almost virtually identical. In fact, according to her Materials, she acts like a Big Sister towards all British Servants, especially the Knights of the Round Table. Considering she’s the oldest known British Heroic Spirit, this kind of makes sense.
Crutch Character: A weird and bizarre example of this and Lethal Joke Character. While she can tank well with her high HP, Noble Phantasm and Battle Continuation can provide an excellent tanking against enemies that aren't Assassins, Alter Egos or Berserkers, along with her Interludes and Rank Up quests that improved her and with the release of Romulus=Quirinus, can hit hard as well. However, compared to Mash, who eventually gets an upgrade to her Noble Phantasm that provides both offensive and defensive buffs, but also has no deployment cost compared to Boudica, and later is outclassed by Mash in skills. That said, she's still a great damage dealer due her arts buffs and synchronization with Romulus=Quirinus, and while Mash does get nerfed to a rather unimpressive damage-tank in Cosmos in the Lostbelt, she still retains enough utility to be useful.
Enemy Mine:
- In Rome, she states that the reason she's fighting for Rome and Nero, the very enemies she fought against in life, is because she sees the United Empire as something far worse.
- In Romulus=Quirinus' Interlude, she ends up having to assist none other than the deified founder of Rome itself in hunting some chickens for food. Her lingering resentment towards Rome (especially since as a god, it's harder to take her resentment out on a concept) ends up summoning Caesar's old nemesis Vercingetorix as a wraith. By the end, she decides that while she'll try to control her rage as a servant of Chaldea, when all of this is over she plans on killing Romulus=Quirinus (which they accept).
Green-Eyed Redhead: Though like many Nasuverse characters, her eyes can also be viewed as either teal or aqua.
He Who Fights Monsters: She admits to Nero in Solomon that she can never forgive Rome for what they did to her daughters, her lands, and her people... but she also admits that in taking her revenge, she committed similar acts on many Roman men and women, particularly in Londinium, so perhaps no one was truly innocent.
Irrational Hatred: Played with. On one hand, her hatred against Rome is justifiable due to her backstory, but on the other hand, she holds a grudge to anyone who's associated with Rome, not just those who are directly responsible for the atrocities against her people. Granted, she at least tries to keep it in check, but it's still nonetheless noticeable.
Ironic Name: Her name means "Victory", but in the end, despite wreaking havoc all over the Roman Empire, she and her army ultimately lost to them. Also, she's not likely to bring a player to victory without a lot of support.
Irony:
- Her first skill increases damage against enemies with the Roman trait, which includes Spartacus, who also fought against the Romans in life.
- Thanks to Romulus=Quirinus, who has the ability to turn enemies into Romans, one of Rome's greatest enemies is only really useful when paired with it's founder. Even better is that Quirinus can also turn her into a Roman, something she likely wouldn't appreciate.
Joke Character: Mechanically she's one of the worst characters - her first skill is even more situational than Siegfried's third even before the latter skill received a Rank Up Quest, and like him, the majority of enemies it can target (enemies with the Roman trait) are part of the three Knights class - who Boudica, a Rider-class, deals normal damage to^note. Her attack is very poor without her first skill, and while she does have a defense-based Noble Phantasm, high health, and the somewhat useful Battle Continuation, the lack of a Taunt skill and defense bonus pretty much make her a watered down version of Mash - who not only is the first servant you get in the game, but costs 0 MP to use. Even if you take Mash out of the equation^{spoiler note}, she's still inferior to another Rider built to be a tank, St. George, who lacks the defensive NP, but more than makes up for it by having a Taunt Skill that doubles as a defense buff, and also has Battle Continuation - and he's a 2 star. Events treat her as a female version of Blackbeard, with the first Summer event having her swimsuit version be a 3-star CE, and the second one had her change class into an Avenger because while said CE was one of the more popular 3-stars, she didn't get a swimsuit version. Nobunaga even outright says that she needs to stop with reasoning like that or no one will ever take her seriously again (and noting she herself has long since given up any hope of being serious).
Lethal Joke Character: However, after the release of Romulus=Quirinus, her incredibly niche kit has skyrocketed in overall effectiveness because of his ability to pass the Roman trait onto enemies. Suddenly, her first skill which was entirely situational is now applicable all the time and the damage values on it are absurd, with a 60% ATK and 50% Crit Strength increase at max level for 3 turns for ALL allies after her Balance Buff. This coupled with her 3 turn Arts Buff and her NP boosting ATK and Def and suddenly everyone, even Boudica herself, is capable of dealing high damage to the enemy. It is not hyperbole to say that she is far more useable now than she ever was, even in Septem... provided that you have a 5* Servant who's already Purposefully Overpowered by himself, and even then, you can always borrow a friend's.
Love Confession: Her bond five line has her stating that she doesn't hate the protagonist before reprimanding herself for speaking so unclearly and coming out and saying that she loves them, both as a Master and person.
Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: More of a buckler in her case.
Mama Bear: Definitely qualifies as this, considering her backstory. When Rome denied her the inheritance of tribal leadership following her husband's death, then publicly flogged her and raped her daughters, she responded by uniting the other tribes of Britannia and leading a revolution that nearly pushed the Romans out of their territory. Her forces razed Londinium (what is now modern-day London) with such ferocity that there are still scorch marks four metres below London, which archaeologists refer to as "The Boudica Destruction Layer." To say she is not to be trifled with is an understatement.
Marshmallow Hell: Briefly subjects Mash to this upon declaring herself her sister in Rome.
Master of None: A victim of early game bad design. She's specialized in fighting Romans and being a defensive support Servant, but she's the wrong class to fight the largely knight class Romans, she doesn't have the stats to pull it off anyway and her support options are pretty weak. Namely, once her NP upgrade rolled around people floated the idea that maybe she could be a budget Mash since their NPs have very similar effects, only to realize that she can hardly be budget Mash when she uses more cost. As a result, for a while she was generally considered to be a contender for worst Servant in the game let alone for her rarity. After her Balance Buff and, much more importantly, the eventual release of Romulus=Quirinus, this no longer holds true since at the very least, she cannot be considered nearly as bad as Servants like Phantom or Caster!Gilles.
Misplaced Retribution: She blames Nero for Rome's atrocities against her people, but it turns out that Nero's generals did that without her knowledge, and when Nero found out, she was horrified and had the generals punished. This can also apply to her hatred against Romulus-Quirinus, as she hates him for no reason other than being the Anthropomorphic Personification of the nation she despises even though he doesn't play a direct hand to what happened.
My Greatest Failure: States that part of the reason she fights to protect Rome may have to do with her guilt for the deaths of the innocents in Londinium and she seeks to spare Rome's citizens a similar fate.
Normally, I Would Be Dead Now: Has Battle Continuation, which manifests as resurrection after taking a lethal hit in the game.
Not Afraid to Die: In "Dead Heat Summer Race," during a Game of Chicken race to the mouth of a volcano, she declares she doesn't care if she dies as long as she wins. She wins by driving her chariot into the volcano itself, but Nero saves her from falling in.
Not Completely Useless: The release of Romulus=Quirinus and his ability to impart the Roman trait onto enemies turns her into a very potent party damage support with her first skill.
Of Corsets Sexy: From her Second Ascension card onwards. Before that she is wearing what appears to be a bikini and sleeves.
Power Creep: She was never good, but she's the go-to example for why early-game Servants tend to be really bad or at least required a lot of buffs to make them workable. Newer Servants tend to have much more synergy in their kits and less terrible Situational Sword abilities.
Psychological Projection: In "Dead Heat Summer Race", she reveals she assumed the other British Servants like Altria Alter hate the Romans just like she does. She is thrown for a loop when Altria Alter says she has nothing against the Romans.
Rage Breaking Point: Played for Laughs in "Dead Heat Summer Race," and Boudica herself is treated zigzaggedly serious. The reason why she changed from a nice older sister Servant to a furious Avenger this time is because she's angry that she was a mere 3* Craft Essence last Summer event and still doesn't have a swimsuit version. She also brings up her historic past against Nero and the Romans and the loss of her daughters and land, but the sheer length of the swimsuit rant (and her apologies later for bringing up old history) shows that this is what triggered her transformation.
"I was told to wear a swimsuit and sit in a hammock, where numerous photos were then taken of me! I was a little embarrassed, but I agreed because I thought it would make everyone happy. And when I was then told that the resulting photos were some of the more popular 3* entries, I dared to believe that when this year's summer event rolled around... I might even get a playable swimsuit version of myself!"
Retired Monster:
- There's a notable discrepancy between her Servant personality and the account of living witnesses in Rome. The Boudica as Servant is notably a kind-hearted older sister type who tends the wounds of her hated enemies, while the Boudica Nero remembers was the barbarian queen whose shadow was so large for the Roman, Nero doesn't even realized she already died several years prior Septem storyline. Most telling is her Noble Phantasm; the wheels of her chariot, AKA the dreaded Boudica Spikes, are used to shield her comrades, not to maim her enemies. It is hinted that the stark difference is because of the nature of Heroic Spirits which makes them All-Powerful Bystander by default because their 'story' as a hero ended by their death, thus old revenge is below them. She's also rather ashamed that in the end she invited the very same injustices on otherwise-innocent Romans in the name of vengeance.
- That said, she has several lines that imply she still has hard feelings against Nero and that if the United Empire wasn't a bigger threat she'd be right back to fighting her during the Rome singularity. It's implied her vengeance towards the Romans qualifies her for the Avenger class. Her lines in "Garden of Order" show her darker emotions of fury at the Romans.
  "I won't go back. There's no place for me to go back to. That's because... everything... YOU TOOK EVERYTHING. We were the king's only family. My daughter and I were all he had. That's why I was going to inherit the throne... Yet I was told women have no right to inheritance... YOU BASTARDS! YOU ROMANS TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME! I had forgotten. I tried to distract myself with the cause of "saving humanity." However... this anger. This hatred. This vengeance... I won't let anybody get in my way, no matter who it is!"
Situational Sword: Boudica has it rough. Her kit is designed to be anti-Roman, and yet Nero Summer and Caligula are the only ones who are weak to her in a Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors sense. And since she has no damaging NP and BAAQQ deck, she's not much good for that either. That said, the release of Romulus=Quirinus of all Servants gives her some hope, as they are capable of giving enemies the Roman trait and as such gives her more of a niche and makes her more reliable and consistent when paired with them.
Square Race, Round Class: From a story perspective, she doesn't really seem to hit in the Rider class, something brought up in several different events. She uses her infamous Spiked Wheels for defense rather than offense, and is more friendly and cheerful then one with her infamy in history would lead you to believe. Its been hinted several times she actually would be at her best as an Avenger, but doing so would make her the vengeful person history documented her as, implying she is purposely limiting herself.
Statuesque Stunner: She's one of the game's tallest female characters at 174 cm, and has an impressive figure. All the better for hugging Mash!
Stone Wall: She has high HP, her Noble Phantasm gives the party a two layer defensive buff that lasts for one and three turns respectively (and after being upgraded will provide an attack buff for three turns), and her Battle Continuation skill means she can quickly bounce back from a fatal hit. On the other hand, she has low attack and an incredibly situational skill that only provides bonus damage against Roman enemies (which only mostly appear in Rome and come in one of the three Knight classes).
Stripperific: Her First Ascension outfit lacks any kind of protection for her lower body and leaves very little to your imagination.
Sword Beam: She can fire mana projectiles with her second Noble Phantasm, Sword of Boudica: The Sword of Unpromised Victory. Unlike other examples in Fate such as Excalibur, they are more like small beams like something out of The Legend of Zelda, unable to kill a Servant in one hit but can be fired repeatedly at a low mana cost, and unleashing its True Name allows her to fire a barrage of projectiles.
Supreme Chef:
- She is very good at cooking as mentioned during the Valentine event by Shakespeare and EMIYA, and her chocolate gift is an entire cake that she originally meant to share with others before giving the entire thing to the protagonist. Even Altera went to her for help for making chocolate.
- In Septem, she was responsible for the soldier's meals, and she's one of the staff members of Chaldea's kitchen, which also include EMIYA, Tamamo Cat and Raikou.
This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman: Boudica, for all of her many faults from a gameplay perspective, has always been useful against Roman enemies. This has meant that certain types of quests make her useful such as the fight against Romulus in Battle of New York. This is taken up to eleven in "Lostbelt No. 5: Interstellar Mountainous City, Olympus" in the fight against Zeus because you have a forced story-support in Romulus=Quirinus and have to have Mash in your front line. The fight itself is very gimmick-based, with a player needing to take out two bow-like extensions. While Romulus=Quirinus can deal a lot of damage, he's a bit of a Glass Cannon because of how much damage Zeus can deal out and while Mash receives minimal damage, her offense is so poor that a bad hand could cause a Master to fail to take out a bow-like extensions in time. However, Boudica's Arts buff and party-wide anti-Roman damage after her Balance Buff really helps boosts Mash's offense especially since Romulus=Quirinus will frequently be applying the Roman trait to the enemy. And Boudica's NP will add additional defense to keep Romulus=Quirinus alive. Other supports work too of course but Boudica is a very friendly option for free-to-play Master since all players are likely to have her at this point.
Younger and Hipper: Nero claimed she might be younger than the barbarian queen she remembered. Boudica herself insists to be a Cool Big Sis instead of a Mama Bear.

Caenis (Rider)

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Sea Tyrant Caeneus

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu

"Divine Spirit Caenis. With a Rider class Spirit Foundation. Still... they all seem to have lost their minds. Damn, is it always like this with Chaldea? It can't be helped. You need someone with some sense. Huh? What am I wearing? Of course I'm wearing a swimsuit but that's just because I'm the security guard. This is necessary, isn't it?"

During Chaldea's treasure-hunting adventure, Goredolf had decided to finally tag-along for their summer vacation. But since he can't do much to keep himself safe from the summer wackiness, Caenis had made a temporary contract with him to become his bodyguard. The change in their Spirit Origin hasn't changed their personality that much, but has made them more approachable as a person, especially since they don't insist on fighting as much as they normally does (doesn't mean they don't want to fight, though).

They debuted during the "Chaldea Summer Adventure!" event.

Berserk Button: While they don't particularly care if anyone stares, anyone who tries to flirt with Caenis is dead meat in their eyes.
The Big Guy: Caenis shares this role with Achilles in the "Chaldea Summer Adventure" story. With the exception of Kama, a powerful, but fickle goddess, the Greek heroes are the strongest fighters of the group by a long shot. Trouble usually brews when Caenis or Achilles are occupied or otherwise unable to handle the problem ahead.
Blood Knight: Owing to being a savage, bloodthirsty tyrant hero from Ancient Greece, they wind up picking fights with everyone who shows up at the protagonist's camp. They only get more fired up as the last fight escalates to include both Scáthachs (who they have a grudge against for the whole forced-swimsuit-change), Napoleon, Sigurd, Brynhild, the Valkyries, Odysseus, and Europa.
Breaking Old Trends: Caenis is the first "Gender Unknown" Servant to get a swimsuit, even if they are the most "feminine" one of the bunch in the given timeframe.
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: During "Chaldea Summer Adventure!" Caenis betrays their Master's side multiple times, seemingly just for fun. Starting when they appear for the first time, to fight on Blackbeard's side for control of the ship against Master. Then again when they randomly decide to side with Drake's party against Master when looking for treasures. Both times though they are extremely Easily Forgiven.
Destructive Savior: Caenis' powers over the sea and earth through Poseidon make her one of the strongest members of the team in the "Chaldea Summer Adventure" story next to Achilles. But their destructive power works against them while fighting in an underwater cave, as they can't go all out against the Zerg Rush before them without potentially destroying the cave and drowning everyone inside it.
Dragged into Drag: Or a swimsuit as it were. Caenis is the first Summer Servant to actively refuse getting their Spirit Origin changed. The swimsuit was forced upon them by Scáthach and Scáthach-Skadi.
Lighter and Softer: Since their Rider form lacks their Lancer form's Madness Enhancement EX, Rider Caenis is actually much more approachable as a person than Lancer Caenis.
Hypocritical Humor: At one point, they yell at the party for making so much noise in the morning and waking them up, only to awkwardly trail off upon remembering being loud is pretty much their own thing. Blackbeard calls it much to their frustration.
Improbable Weapon User: The harpoon that Caenis carries is designed for spearing fish, not people. But Caenis' strength and technique makes it work anyways, with Sigurd praising Caenis' spearmanship.
Punch-Clock Hero: Their role in "Chaldea Summer Adventure!" as a temporary safety officer makes them this, as they make it clear they're only helping the party because it's their job. They even team up with Drake to oppose the party at one point because Drake hired them, though they make it clear that there's no hard feelings.
Sea Serpents: Caenis' ride is a mechanical sea dragon that has a striking similarity to Poseidon's original mechanical form. They're not certain why they have it, and tells you to ask Poseidon why they have it all of a sudden.
Situational Sword: Has a whole slew of these if on a Waterside field. Their first skill's bonus effect Beach Crisis (Poseidon) gives party members who are either Male or Unknown Gender a Critical Damage Up for 3 turns. Their third skill's bonus effect Summertime Combat gives them Star Weight Up and an additional passive star generation. Finally their Noble Phantasm Sea Serpent - Storm Blue's bonus effect is a flat 20% attack boost for 3 turns.
So Beautiful, It's a Curse: Beach Crisis (Poseidon) is rather literal example as anyone who is attracted to Caenis' beautiful figure are cursed by Poseidon.
"Why do you have this skill, even though your exposure is no different from usual!?" Fergus said as he was cursed.
Team Mom: They take this role in "Chaldea Summer Adventure!" They take their job as a temporary safety officer very seriously and does their best to help the party, either fighting alongside them or urging them to take better care of themselves. In one of their My Room lines, they tell the child Servants to get back before dark.

Carmilla (Rider)

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Phantom Thief Mistress C

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka

"Ah, what a coincidence. ...I seem different than usual? Hehe...you think so? Either way, the fact remains that I am nothing if not a dangerous woman. You better watch yourself, Master."

The elegant vampire countess of Castle Csejte who has taken the socialite lifestyle and brandished a brand new swimsuit to seduce those who she sets her gaze upon. But she is not merely a high-class woman. As the night comes, vanishes into the night of Las Vegas to become Mistress C, the mysterious and alluring phantom thief. All this to show off to her younger self and her various versions, and to get herself the funds to get herself her own castle.

One of the summer Servants for the fourth Summer event.

Berserk Button: She strictly follows her code of elegance and manners, so she doesn't take overly brash women like Drake very well.
Blessed with Suck: Femme Fatale (False) makes her excel at seducing her way to whatever item she's targeting at the moment; however, its description also states that any affection springing from it will never go anywhere... even if Carmilla herself wants it to.
Blood Countess: She fully embraces the cruelty and associations of her cultural role. She can send waves of blood to attack her enemies, teleport between puddles of blood, and attack her foes with iron maidens. She also heals herself and increases her attack power by bathing in the blood of her victims.
Calling Card: She has a simple red card with a stylized Doberman and her title. A unique sound cue plays to emphasize it as her signature warning. The joke with her calling cards is that she loves to throw them around whenever she can, even when it really shouldn't be necessary.
Canine Companion: In reference to the third anniversary's Craft Essence of Carmilla, she is accompanied by two Doberman named Spielsdorf and Rheinfeldt that fight with her. But upon Ascension, the two of them transform into Robot Dogs.
Car Fu: Her Noble Phantasm is her Iron Maiden revamped, now named "Testarossa Maiden" to be her getaway car, which she uses to run over enemies.
Critical Hit Class: All over the place. For starters, she's a Rider with the naturally highest Critical Star Gather weight, and she has high hitcounts on a Quick-leaning card deck. Her first skill debuffs an enemy's Critical Resistance (effectively, an up-to-50% critical damage buff against this one target) and conjures a burst of Critical Stars. Her second skill decreases a single enemy's own chance to critically hit. Her Noble Phantasm debuffs all foes' Quick resistance, meaning the entire party's Quick cards create more Stars, do more damage, and generate more NP gauge. She even has two passives, with a buffed Presence Concealment increasing Critical Star Drop Rate and Independent Action buffing critical damage.
Femme Fatale Spy: She's posed like a female agent who lurks at night, although she is actually a phantom thief.
Hopeless Suitor: According to its description, one of the drawbacks of Femme Fatale (False) is that she can't actually get a lover even if she wants one.
Life Drain: Her Mistress C skill allows her to drain health from all enemies and then heal her, the first playable Servant to be able to do so.
Lighter and Softer: It's clear that Carmilla has mellowed out immensely since joining Chaldea. Not only is her My Room and Ascension dialogue lacking her usual sadistic tone, she starts very casual before becoming coyly affectionate. She's very obviously in love by Bond 4.
Little Useless Gun: Carmilla uses a very short pistol.
Marilyn Maneuver: She does this in the Las Vegas Tournament trailer, though she expresses little emotion at the wind suddenly lifting her dress up.
Noblewoman's Laugh: She laughs "Ohohoho!" before making fun of Elisabeth and her Chainmail Bikini.
Phantom Thief: She decided to reinvent herself as one for the summer, committing several thieveries in Las Vegas.
Punny Name: CAR-milla anyone?
Rage Breaking Point: The reason her summer-self even exists as she basically overclocked her saint graph with rage over seeing her younger intolerable self get so many different versions every year up to this point. Once it exploded, it reformed in accordance to Carmilla's desires and accordingly granted her a class-change to fit the summer season.
She's All Grown Up: Mysterious Alter Ego Λ's reaction to her in My Room. Λ is shocked to learn that Elisabeth's grown-up version is such an elegant and fashionable lady.
Throw the Dog a Bone: After being overshadowed by Elisabeth in almost any event they appeared in, she finally gets one over on her by getting a swimsuit variant before her, and she's very happy about it.

Dobrynya Nikitich

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Dragon-vanquishing Polianista

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{Dream Portrait}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Mayu Mineda

"I’m Rider. Name is Dobrynya Nikitich. Call me whatever you like, whether it's Dobrynya or Nikitich. By the way, I was curious...... what kind of job is Rider?"

A bogatyr who is told in various Russian bylina. Born unto a noble family, Dobrynya Nikitich is a warrior who went to fulfill many tasks in behalf of the Sovereign of the Sun Vladimir, riding on his horse Burko. His most famous exploit is him slaying the horrifying three-headed dragon known as Zmei Gorynych. While he did not win a dame for slaying the beast, he would later engage in battle with the giantess Nastasia and marry her after suffering defeat.

...As the stories told, Dobrynya was a man, but here in Chaldea Nikitich has manifested as a woman akin to a beastwoman. She is a headstrong warrior who insists that she can do almost anything and will rush into action once she has decided what she must do. But she is not one to talk about her tales or her fiance in strict terms, so how is she a woman now is a mystery.

She made her debut in the Tunguska Sanctuary event.

Ambiguously Human: She does not have the Hominidae trait. The only people who don't are usually gods, programs, robots, oni, fairy, or such. Since she's actually the giantess Nastasia, it's confirmed she was never human in the first place. This is what allows her to bypass the Tunguska Sanctuary's anti-human effect whereas Taigong Wang had to use his sage arts to achieve the same thing.
Ambiguous Situation: Their exact identity isn't clear, but they seem to be a Composite Character of Historical Dobrynya, their wife (who had giant blood), their horse whose magic keeps whoever rides it young and healthy, and the dragon Zmei Gorynych through his blood. It's later revealed that she is indeed Dobrynya's wife Nastasia using his name.
Author Appeal: Robi-na has a reputation of drawing plenty of art of Mithra characters from Final Fantasy XI. So of course the character they end up drawing is a Cat Girl of sort.
Badass Boast: Claims that if she had been summoned into the Russian Lostbelt, she could have taken down Ivan the Terrible by herself, albeit with great difficulty.
Breath Weapon: For her Noble Phantasm she summons Zmei Gorynych to spew blue flames from it's three heads to her enemies.
Catchphrase: She likes to remind people that she can do almost anything.
Cat Girl: She possesses cat ears and a long, white tail. When asked about it, she talks about how Nastasia was a giant who was more beast than a man, suggesting that she was also a beastwoman.
Dragon Rider: Another Rider who actually rides on an animal in-battle, with her riding on a saddled white wyvern. Turns out that the dragon is Nikitich's horse, Burko, who has been transformed by the dragon's curse to fit the trope, turning him into a perverted Sapient Steed.
The Dragonslayer: What she's most famous for, slaying the dragon Zmei Gorynych. Her second skill gives her 3-turn Bonus Damage against Dragon enemies, and her third skill gives party-wide 3-turn Bonus Damage against Dragon enemies.
Dragons Versus Knights: Donrynya's most famous bylinya centers around the fight between the polianista and the dragon, Zmey Gorynych
Elemental Weapon: By her Third Ascension her axe has become blue flames.
Foreshadowing:
- Despite introducing herself as Dobrynya, the game's text boxes always label her Nikitich, not Dobrynya. Even her Bond profile refers to her as Nikitich when not using her full name. This hints she isn't actually Dobrynya but rather Nastasia, the real Dobrynya's wife.
- She never denies that Dobrynya was male in history, with her Bond profile even outright saying she doesn't dispute that fact, and refers to Dobrynya as male several times.
- She's Ambiguously Human, despite the stories of Dobrynya painting him as being a mostly normal human. When asked about it, she attributes it to her wife, which even by the series standards seems like a strange reason for her Cat Girl appearance. Makes sense since she's Nastasia.
- When discussing Dobrynya's legends, Dobrynya gets heated when talking about Nastasia getting kidnapped once, which everyone present comments on being strange, since if anything, Nastasia should be the one that is so upset. This is one of the first clues in the story she is really Nastasia, and she even goes silent after being pointed out.
Historical Gender Flip: Maybe? The game acknowledges that the actual Dobrynya was a man, but Chaldea staff argues three possibilities why she's a woman here; either this is an Altria situation where she was always a woman but was recorded as a man, Dobrynya swimming in dragon's blood has cursed them into taking the form of a woman, or she's not even Dobrynya but his wife Nastasia. Nikitich herself hasn't given a definite answer to the question. The last possibility is revealed to be the correct one.
Made of Iron: She absorbs thousands of bullets from hundred Combat-beasts summoned by Koyanskaya with Belza Damask in order to protect Chaldea. Even with her armor destroyed and her bleeding like hell, her being a Demonic Beast means that the bullets weren't as fatal as they would normally be and she survives the sudden assault.
Parental Substitute: Dobrynya was sent to the Tunguska Explosion to tame and raise the creature who was born in middle of the explosion. While he gave the creature the name Yaskaya and raised it the best he could, him being a Heroic Spirit and a hero of Russia means that he eventually disappeared, with him hoping that the nature spirit will forgive him from being unable to properly raise her. Dobrynya, or rather Nastasia using his name, tries to act like a parent before Koyanskaya is sealed away, only to leave her confused to why she's yelling at her. And in Chaldea, Nikitich tries to act as a parental figure to both versions of Koyanskaya.
Punny Name: Retroactively so as she's a Cat Girl who's name is Dobrynya.
Related in the Adaptation: Her My Room line for Georgios suggests that she knows him from somewhere before, thanking you for letting her meet him again. While Saint George is a fairly popular figure in Russia to the point that Dobrynya's quest to slay the dragon is believed to have been inspired by George's own exploits, the two legends haven't crossed over in their own myths.
Starter Mon: As of May 11th, 2022^noteJP-only right now, Astolfo and Nikitich replaced Marie Antoinette and Martha as the two starter Riders.
Strange Minds Think Alike: She gets along swimmingly with Ibuki-Douji, to the point they hold entire conversations with their odd mentalities bouncing off each other just fine while others watch on with bemusement. Which makes sense, given aside from their dragon connections, they're both nonhumans who have interest in humans.
Summon Magic: Her NP allows her to summon Zmei Gorynych himself, a massive three-headed blue-white dragon that bathes the enemy in blue fire.
Talking Animal: Her dragon mount can freely talk even though he is a dragon, something that doesn't really surprise Chaldea since they have seen other talking steeds like Red Hare.
Walking Spoiler: Not so much herself, but her connection to Tunguska Sanctuary, where the climactic confrontation with Koyanskaya occurs. It has absolutely nothing to do with the land she was summoned in and everything to do with Koyanskaya herself, as Dobrynya was her adoptive father. It's major enough that if asked about Koyanskaya of Light or Koyanskaya of Dark in My Room before the player has cleared Tunguska Sanctuary, Nikitich will just stand there humming concernedly to herself for a solid few seconds, because there's nothing she can say that won't spoil the twist.

Edward Teach

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Dread Pirate Blackbeard

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{Midsummer Gentleman}

^{Formal Outfit}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Tadahisa Saizen (Japanese), Jason Marnocha (English)

"My goodness! What a coincidence! Fahaha! Blackbeard has come to see you! Green is the enemy!"

Edward Teach, better known as "Blackbeard", was probably the most notorious pirate in the world, with records of his acts of savagery throughout the West Indies striking fear to sailor and pirate alike, even his own men. It took a surprise attack from the Royal Navy to finally put an end to his reign of terror, with the dreaded pirate defiant to the bitter end.

He's an antagonist in the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos". He is a recurring character in the various summer events, sometimes as a minor antagonist, sometimes as an "ally" and even sometimes as an actual ally.

Adaptational Intelligence: While he's about as cunning as his historical counterpart, this version of Blackbeard is not illiterate like he was.
Affably Evil: Amusingly roguish Blackbeard might be, but his alignment isn't for show as whenever his interests and those of the protagonist's don't coincide, he's quick to turn on them. This makes Teach a semi-frequent minor antagonist in several events.
Ambiguously Bi: Blackbeard very occasionally expresses admiration for men as he finds the Prince of Lan Ling's gentlemanly behavior worthy of swooning over in the Prince's Interlude, gushes about Achilles' arms in "Chaldea Summer Adventure", and finds Asclepius' face pretty in the second Servafes event. This is notable because Blackbeard explicitly cites his heart beating much faster and frequently blushes when he's held in a man's arms, but this is not reflected elsewhere in the game nor in his Gentlemanly Love skill, which is reserved for feminine looking Servants at most when it comes to any male Servants who may get a heal from him.
Animation Bump: He got one as part of the "Chaldea Summer Adventure" Event, which also updates his spritework to be slimmer to match his art more on top of getting a Spirition Dress. His attacks now have him use his gun and throw bombs and explosive barrels, with his Extra attack covering the poor sap with explosives before he throws a match at it. His NP animation gets a huge overhaul, now on a full sized ship with huge cannons firing at a fleet while he poses in front of the explosions.
Badass Crew: His ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, gets stronger when boarded by heroes. With more heroes boarding the ship, its reputation as the most fearsome vessel in the world becomes more assured and the ship as the Noble Phantasm will gain a popularity boost according to this. With Eric, Bonny, Read, and Hektor as its crew, Queen Anne's Revenge is stronger than the Golden Hind; that's a C rank NP being stronger than an A+ rank NP.
Bare-Fisted Monk: In his original animations, he used his fists and a wicked-looking hook after Second Ascension. His updated animations do have him do some brawling mixed with his hook and gun in his Arts attack.
Beard of Barbarism: Although replacing barbarism with piracy.
Beware the Silly Ones: He is the most famous of all pirates, no matter how much of a dork he can be, and can prove to be a fearsome opponent. Except in the comedy-based events, where his main role is to be the Butt-Monkey of the cast.
The Big Guy: At 210 cm tall, he's one of the largest Servants around.
Blade Below the Shoulder: He gains a wrist-mounted hook in his Second Ascension. His updated animations has him actually slash enemies with it.
Boring, but Practical: Love him or hate him, Teach fills a very specific and niche spot as an AoE Buster NP Servant in a class where the number of said types of Riders can be counted nearly on one hand. He can buff the parties NP damage and attack, buff his own as well as provide himself Guts, and heal allies. All of this from a low rarity Servant. If you missed out getting Altria Alter (Santa), he's the most readily available Servant to fill this niche.
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: When the party learns the amnesiac Bartholomew Roberts' true identity, Moriarty comments that if they had Blackbeard with them, he could have identified Bart right away since they knew each other. Tristan points out that wouldn't have worked; since he only cares about women, he never bothers to remember men's faces.
Butt-Monkey: While not without his strengths, he's more or less the game's Dan Hibiki during the main story and side events. By the third iteration of "Nero Fest", he's paired up with Hektor and instead of getting a formidable moniker like every other squad, their team is named Enjoy Nero Fest and then put on the very bottom rung of the tournament's preliminaries.
Combo Platter Powers: He's this trope during the initial release of the game. His Voyager of the Storm Skill (also shared by Drake and Columbus) has traits of Charisma and Military Tactics. Pirate's Honor, a Skill he shares with Anne Bonny and Mary Read, combines Bravery with Battle Continuation. As the game progressed, combining weaker Skills together like this became commonplace to the point of being hardly noticeable.
Comedic Lolicon: His interest in little girls like Illya is mostly played for laughs and he never actually does anything besides proclaim how much he loves little girls and would like to meet them. The closest he's ever come to actually doing anything physical is in the first Summer event with Mary Read and he's easily repelled by the others. This personality quirk might be caused by a myth that Edward Teach's wife, Mary Ormond, was 14 years old when they married. However, there isn't any historical evidence supporting this.
Cool Boat: His Noble Phantasm, Queen Anne's Revenge: Revenge of Queen Anne.
The Corrupter: Parodied during "Garden of Order" where he turns Anne Bonny and Mary Read into lazy, slobbish shut-ins after introducing them to the cheap, sedentary thrills of the internet.
Dirty Old Man: He harasses Mash and Euryale with his eyes and his reason for getting the Grail is dubious.
Disc-One Final Boss: Blackbeard is set up to be the main scourge of the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos", but is defeated and stands down halfway through the segment, being replaced as an antagonist by Jason.
Everyone Has Standards:
- He is offended when Asako accuses him of kidnapping Little Hassan, saying that he always tries to interact with the younger Servants on acceptable levels as otherwise he would be dead meat and that he is proud enough of his hobbies to not be that desperate. He would only become more intimate with them if it was mutual love and approved by their parents.
- In the third Summer event, he admits that, despite being a proud pervert himself, the way Medb lords herself over others and more importantly is set to win the contest to sell the most doujins with a bunch of photo books of herself by her legions of fanboys doesn't sit right with him no matter how sexy she is. He goes so far as to state he won't be buying any of her books, and when he learns one of his men is and wants him to buy a book with him he shoots the guy before he can even finish speaking while telling the protagonist to win and kick Medb off her high horse.
- While he may be an unapologetic pervert with a laundry list of weird kinks, even he thinks Bartholomew's one-track mind fixation on his bangs fetish and how he constantly tries to force it on others is weird, as shown in Bart's interlude.
Face Death with Dignity: He doesn't seem too upset at all as he dies in the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos" despite being betrayed by Hektor. In fact, he's rather jovial through his Last Words, laughing about how he got to keep his head and flirting with Drake.
Flaming Hair: While he hasn't actually lit his beard on fire, he does still reference the legends by keeping a bunch of matches in his hair.
The Friend Nobody Likes: Pretty much everybody in the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos" treats him without respect, including his own crew. Anne Bonny & Mary Read in particular think he's a perverted idiot and more than once express their desire to kill him or get killed just to be done with him (though they give him the half-assed compliment he's not "the worst" captain they've had to put up with), and Eric is too crazy to really care. Hektor is the only one who's actually sane and somewhat respects him, if only because he respected Blackbeard's hidden craftiness in keeping his Grail safe. Not even the Demon Pillars, the ones enacting the whole incineration-of-humanity plot, think of him as anything but trash.
Friend to All Children: Besides his unabashed and somewhat creepy love of girls who are Older Than They Look (a la Mary, Euryale, and Helena), he really likes actual children, which unfortunately gets him Mistaken for Pedophile by the protagonist. One of the more wholesome displays of this trope is in the Christmas Craft Essence Snow Pirates, where Blackbeard dressed in a snowman outfit is happily chasing around and playing with Bunyan and the (less-pleased) Assassin of Nightless City. Mary, however, is still as antagonistic as ever towards Blackbeard in the background.
The Genie Knows Jack Nicholson: His references come out of nowhere.
Green-Eyed Monster: He conscripts Spartacus and Mephistopheles to wage war on "normies" during the first Valentine's Day event because he didn't receive any chocolates. (In the Japanese, this was against "riajuus", which is a term that explicitly refers to people with fulfillment in real life, ie., a significant other. "Go explode, riajuu!" is a Japanese internet meme, thus his "NORMIES EXPLODE!")
Half the Man He Used to Be: During his Valentine's Day cutscene, he is vertically bisected by Altera when he attempts to share his private collection of "photo books" with the protagonist.
Hammerspace Hair: Those white streaks in his hair and beard? Those are the matches that he used to light to intimidate his foes. His updated animations has him use them to ignite the gunpowder he buries his enemies in.
Harem Seeker: His reason for getting the grail is this. It is a Historical In-Joke of his Urban Legend Love Life of having 14 wives.
Hidden Depths: If Semiramis' doves are to be believed, Teach wrote an avant-garde science fiction novel that became a number one best-seller.
Hoist by His Own Petard: Deconstructed. Aside from actual children and Francis Drake, he seems to have no actual interest in other women^note, largely being a pervert around them just to fuck with them. This came back to bite him when he asked out Chiyome in jest. He was completely blindsided when she did not flat out reject him and praised him for his courage in expressing his feelings.
Honor Among Thieves: Seems to be implied with one of his Personal Skills, Honor of Pirates.
Hook Hand: Evoked by the hook-clawed gauntlet he wears on one hand starting at Second Ascension.
If It's You, It's Okay: While he normally targets girls, it's implied that he's attracted to Astolfo and d'Eon. His third skill has a bonus heal on female Servants, which also works on both Astolfo and d'Eon (keep in mind that due to their in game genders, they aren't usually affected by things that would only affect females), and when both of them are in a schoolgirl outfit and a maid outfit respectively and they are trying to conceal their true names in the Nightless Castle by calling out ridiculous names for themselves the protagonist has the option of asking Mash to send a recording to Blackbeard. Due to Blackbeard's Otaku status, it was probably an intentional reference to the Otokonoko genre. While the skill works on other Genderless Servants classified under "Feminine Looking Servants" trait, they tend to lean towards being female^note.
In-Series Nickname: During the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos", Mash refers to him as "Mistah Blackbeard" after he introduces himself as such.
Last Chance Hit Point: Pirate's Honor gives him an Attack Buff, decreases his Mental Debuff Resistance, and gives him an infinite Guts. If that last effect is activated, however, he will be revived with only 1 single hit point no matter how high the Skill is leveled.
Last Request: While dying, he asks Drake to hold him until he finally dies. She obliges. This is changed in the English version to them bantering together as he dies.
Made of Iron: As stated above, he's got an A rank in Endurance. He's so confident in his durability that he offers to be Altria Lily's training dummy for her Noble Phantasm training during "Saber Wars" (with perverted ulterior motives, of course). To his credit, he manages to get back up after being hit in the groin by Lily's Caliburn twice in a row.
Mighty Glacier: Stats-wise, with an E-ranked Agility and the rest of his physical stats clocking in at B+ for Strength and A for Endurance.
More Dakka: Summoning Queen Anne's Revenge allows him to devastate his opponents with a barrage of cannonfire.
Motor Mouth: He can talk really fast at times. Usually when saying something ridiculous.
Nice Guy: For all of his eccentricities and in spite of his Alignment, Blackbeard is generally one of the friendliest and supportive Servants towards the Master, often having their back and being more than willing to go out of his way to help them. This is best shown in the ServaFes Event, where Blackbeard is the Master's biggest fan and supporter despite being Locked Out of the Loop as far as the time loop goes.
No Shirt, Long Jacket: After getting a coat in his Third Ascension stage.
Obfuscating Stupidity:
- He's definitely weird, but it's implied at several points he intentionally plays it up to keep people from taking him seriously as a threat. Hektor himself praises him in the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos" for always keeping the Grail on his person and always having one hand on a gun, to the point he had to wait until Blackbeard was at death's door fighting the protagonist to finally steal it off him.
- He also appears during Rider of the Resistance's Interlude, where he's present amongst Moriarty and Mephistopheles as the 'villains group' that Columbus is a part of and confessed his two-faced nature with. Considering this is Columbus we're talking about, Blackbeard seems to be really good in this trope.
Off with His Head!:
- He mentions during the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos" that this was how he died in real life. When he does die in the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos", he's rather happy about keeping it this time.
- It actually happens to him again in "ServaFes 2018" when he makes the mistake of sneaking up on Ushiwakamaru. He's able to activate Pirate's Honor in time and survives, confusing everyone who saw his head go flying.
Ornamental Weapon: His pistol was this in his original animations as well as the Arcade spin-off since he didn't use it. With his new animations, he actually shoots people in Buster attacks.
Otaku: Enjoys looking at cute girls a bit too much, his interlude is about looking for Doujinshi at Pirate Comiket, he speaks like he's typing on Image Boards, and then there's his stage 4 art. No one, not even his profile, is quite sure of where that comes from. Even his Valentine presents are explicit doujin!
Red Baron: Blackbeard, it being his most famous moniker and what people tend to remember him as.
Redemption Demotion: Mash grumbles that while he was a troublesome enemy, he became a nigh-useless ally once he was actually summoned to Chaldea. Blackbeard wholeheartedly agrees with her in "Saber Wars".
She Cleans Up Nicely: Between his hunched posture, long face, and goofy expressions, Blackbeard is far from the pretty boys he's jealous of like the Prince of Lan Ling. But his Midsummer Gentleman outfit takes him out of his garish pirate and otaku wear and puts him in a fine blue suit. His change in posture with this outfit also shows off his broad chest and Carpet of Virility, making him much more conventionally attractive.
Silliness Switch: His Stage 4 artwork is this in spades. As he goes from the downright intimidating Stage 3 artwork to playing with figures of Mash and Marie.
Story And Gameplay Integration: His "Gentlemanly Love" skill applies its bonus effect to female and "genderless" Servants, unlike most gender-specific skills which exclude the latter. His White Day present of dirty photo books includes one about Chevalier d'Eon, so this is apparently intentional.
Support Party Member: In practice he functions better as a buffer since his skills include an Attack and NP Buff as well as a heal that has bonus effect on females (as well as other certain other characters).
This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman: Lampooned during Bartholomew Roberts' Interlude where Teach recognizes that the only reason that he, Bart, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read were assigned to its Singularity was because it was on the high seas and they're all pirates. He is resentful that's the only reason they were stuck with the job outside of other confidences and merits.
"Why couldn't they send someone else?"
Throw Down the Bomblet: His Arcade version utilises explosives with his combos. His updated animations also has him toss down bombs, with his EXTRA attack having him bury enemies in barrels of gunpowders before detonating it with a lit match.
True Love is Exceptional: His Belligerent Sexual Tension with Drake actually seems more serious than his lolicon thing, and she's very much not his usual type. He repeatedly brings this up as a diss against her, but he's clearly just hiding his true feelings. The fact that he pulls out a dagger on Bartholomew when he makes a move on Drake in the former's My Room Dialogue only furthers this.
Unrobotic Reveal: His cameo in "Dead Heat Summer Race" is supposedly as a mere robot with Blackbeard's personality uploaded to be a beauty judge. His verbose rants on swimsuit exposure and obvious biases anger most of the ladies enough that he predictably gets attacked and revealed as the same old Blackbeard just wearing a suit of armor pretending to be a robot.
Vocal Dissonance: Teach has a habit of talking in a higher pitched, fast-paced manner to go with his otaku image. As such, his cameo as the "Mysterious Voice" in Beni-Enma's Valentine scene can be surprised, because he starts talking in a low-pitched voice before he starts to crack into his normal way of speaking. And as shown in Fate/Grand Carnival, this is not an one-off joke.
Walking Shirtless Scene: Even after getting a Badass Longcoat in his Third Ascension artwork, he still bares his chest.

Elisabeth Báthory (Cinderella)

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Halloween Idol Cinderella

^{Final Ascension}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Rumi Ōkubo

"The legend begins~♪ This is the origin of Elisabeth Cinderella~♪ Celebrate~♪ Smile~♪ Come on Master, take my hand~♪ Hm? You want to know how long I'm going to keep this up? Isn't it obvious~♪ Eternally~♪ Hey! Don't leave! I still have more to say!"

We all know the story of Cinderella, right? A poor peasant girl who wishes for one day to become a princess. And upon making her wish upon a star, a fairy godmother has come to her aid, transforming the little girl into an elegantly-dressed musical idol! This is her chance to sing and dance to the top of the world!

...This is rather obviously still the same-old Elisabeth who has now taken traits from fairytales for her new act. There are no evil stepmother or stepsisters to harass her, there is no prince coming looking for her, she hasn't even lost her glass slipper yet. What she really wants is just to be a princess. Nothing more, nothing less.

The welfare Servant for Halloween Rising! ~The Queen of Sandstorm and the Apostle of Darkness~.

Battle Aura: She gains one shaped like a dragon that allows her to fly during her Noble Phantasm.
Butt-Monkey: It's Elisabeth we're talking about here, so some things never change. One of her Quick attack animations has the seven dwarfs pick her up while sleeping and hurl her at the enemy, one of her skill animations has dust scatter all over her out of nowhere, and her Noble Phantasm has her furiously hurl the Magic Mirror up into the sky and smash it after it shows her that she is not the fairest (showing the enemy target). All of her skills even have some form of demerit to screw with her!
Car Fu: One of her attacks is to ram the opponent with the pumpkin carriage.
Clap Your Hands If You Believe: Fairy Tale Erzébet increases party's ATK if they have the Fairy Tale trait on them. Which Servants have the Fairy Tale trait? People Elisabeth herself believes should have that trait, with her profile even saying that for any questions about it, you should contact Elisabeth herself.
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Overlapping with The Ditz. Elisabeth was always an airhead, but this version of her is even more so. She spends much of her debut event singing, even when scared, because she thinks that's how a fairy tale's supposed to go. In one memorable instance, she gets eaten by a Sea Fiend because she thought it was a flower, and is still singing from inside of it.
Crutch Character: Sound arguments have been made that her debut event was a good time for a new player to get into the game, partly because all of the previous welfare Lizzes can also be obtained from it to pad out the roster, but moreso because this Liz is bar none the best welfare Rider in the game. Her NP gain is good, her skills all have short cooldowns, and her Buster cards and NP will hurt. The myriad demerits her skills impose are also easily cleansed just by using her NP, and the otherwise-annoying Skill Seal demerit is also cleansable by the Mystic Code you get from the event (which is also good). If you're just starting out, she'll be your best boss killer for a good while.
Cute But Psycho: Due to wearing a very bright outfit in contrast to her more macabre garb, Elisabeth's talk of mayhem and torture stand out even more than they usually do.
Fairytale Motifs:
- Aside from the obvious Cinderella one, a couple of her battle animations showcase seven dwarfs helping her, her first skill Snow White Princess inflicts Poison on herself, and she has the Magic Mirror in her Noble Phantasm as references to Snow White, while her second skill Red Hood Slicer grants her bonus damage against Wild Beast enemies. It's directly stated in her debut event that her current Spirit Origin is influenced by these three figures due to her taking the role of a "princess", while also noting that Little Red Riding Hood isn't a princess but she still fits with classic fairy-tales.
- Additionally her Noble Phantasm gives additional attack to "Fairy Tale Servants". Her profile states that who is a Fairy Tale Servant and who isn't is completely up to her^{For those curious}.
Horn Attack: One of her attacks is having her being carried by dwarves who use her like a battering ram.
Me's a Crowd: Her debut event reveals Molay somehow split her into two, with one half Molay's prisoner and the other half aiding the protagonist; the in-universe theory being that since she plays the fairly vague role of "the princess", she was split between "main character" princess and "Damsel in Distress" princess. She's not too surprised or worried about this, since it's not the first time it's happened.
Navel-Deep Neckline: Her dress splits in front, all the way down to her navel. Lampshaded by Zenobia at the end of her debut event where she suggests Elisabeth should cover up, even as everyone notes the irony of Zenobia saying that.
Power at a Price: Her skills are unusually strong for a welfare Servant, but this is balanced by the demerits that come along with them. Her first skill also poisons herself, her second reduces her own defense, and her third seals her own skills.
Rage Against the Reflection: Her Noble Phantasm "Fairy Tale Erzsebeth", as she reenacts the role of the evil queen in "Snow White" by asking her magic mirror who the fairest in the land is, only to fly into a temper tantrum when shown the enemy instead, to which she just kicks the mirror up in the air and rider-kicks through it like a cannon ball, shattering it and the enemy within into a thousand pieces.
Readings Are Off the Scale: Both her Riding skill and Glass Cinderella skill are ranked EX.
Shoe Slap: One of her attacks is to kick off her glass slippers into the opponent.
Showgirl Skirt: Her gown exposes her legs and panties from the front.
Slasher Smile: Whenever she starts slipping back into her old bad habits as the cruel ruler she was in life, she makes a grin that is anything but benevolent.
Use Your Head: In order to defeat the Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath, Elly has to finish it off in such a way that a fairy-tale would never allow itself to end, as it and the Singularity by extension have become embodiments of fairy-tales and thus following their conventions will only end in defeat. So she very unlady-like and especially unprincess-like head-butts it right in the mask until it shatters.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: She is attracted to Oberon at first and tries to flirt with him, but when she notices insects coming from his body, she is horrified and tells him to stay away from her. She claims dragons are weak against insects.

Europa

Great Mother of Europe

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: M·A·O

"I am Europa. How do you do? Ahh, let's see... right, what was it again... Ri.. Riden... That's right, Riden! I have materialized under the Riden class—yes, what is it, Talos? Hm... that's wrong? It's not Riden, but Rider? Oh my, ahem, once again... I am Europa, materialized under the Rider class. I am one of the concubines of Lord Zeus. Nice to meet you, Master of Chaldea."

A ditzy yet compassionate princess of Phoenicia, modern-day Lebanon, who was born in the Greek era of myth. She is one of many consorts of the king of gods Zeus who once abducted her in the guise of a large white bull, bearing him three children. For compensation, Zeus gave her three gifts; the bronze giant Tálos who guarded the Island of Crete, a javelin, and a hunting dog which Europa asked to be turned into the mechanical white bull Taurus.

She debuted in the gacha for the release campaign of "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", and appears in the story of "Lostbelt No. 5: Interstellar Mountainous City, Olympus".

Adaptational Consent: Unlike many myths, here she was not raped by Zeus.
Brainwashed and Crazy: In Olympus, she was brainwashed by Zeus to attack the protagonist against her will.
Brutish Bulls: One of her Noble Phantasms is Chiónis Taurus: Beloved White Bull, which is the main reason why she is a Rider. Originally a hunting dog, she wanted it to appear more like how Zeus looked like when the two first met. Taurus is constantly active, protecting Europa as she rides on the bull's back.
Choosing Neutrality: While originally summoned as a Servant of Proper Human History, upon arriving at Olympus she comes face to face with Zeus, who begs her to fuse with the dying Hera just so he can still have his wife live and love her, while also being able to love Europa. In exchange, Europa would be permitted to retain her consciousness and individuality, and just have to sit on the sidelines. She agrees to it and spends most of her time in the garden rather than picking either side, though Talos is unfortunately taken to be used for the forces of Olympus.
Closet Key: Zeus helped Europa realize that she has a specific bestiality fetish involving bulls.
Composite Character: Talos originally wasn't as gigantic as it currently is. Its size is the result of later legends confusing it with the Colossus of Rhodes.
Cuddle Bug: She enjoys giving hugs to everyone she considers a son, daughter, granddaughter, or grandson (which is to say everyone from Europe). She's especially doting on children and immediately rushes to give them all a big hug before running to get them candies and treats.
Damsel in Distress: She was kidnapped by Limbo when he found out she was helping the protagonist against Zeus and brought her to him for some questioning.
Doting Grandparent: Similar to Romulus priding himself as the progenitor of all Romans, she considers herself the grandmother of all Europeans, and she's loving to non-Europeans as well, seeing them as friends to her grandchildren. She treats Asclepius with kindness and considers him one of her grandchildren despite them not being blood related, while being especially doting on Asterios, since he's something akin to a grandson to her through King Minos.
Dumb Blonde: She's a bit air-headed, forgetting what class she's been summoned into and initially comes to the conclusion that she's a "Riden-class" Servant until Talos corrects her. Her Lostbelt version averts this, and is surprisingly intelligent and cunning, though this can be partially attributed to Hera's influence.
Everyone Has Standards: As much of a Doting Grandparent she presents herself to being to basically everyone she can, even she understands that trying to keep "children" young and innocent is not a good thing. This is why she decides to go against Lostbelt Zeus; He refuses to let humanity take matters into their own hands and instead keeps them stilted and suspended under his rule, something she finds abhorrent.
Finger Firearms: Talos can fire giant bullets from the tip of his fingers, though he only does it when he is fought on his own.
The Fool: Europa reacts to most situations by either smiling gently, behaving with levity or drowsing off, even if a beast or a giant would appear before her or being kidnapped by a god. However, it is this that made Hera not be sure if Europa even perceives reality normally, allowing her to avoid her wrath and get multiple gifts from Zeus.
Foreshadowing: Medea Lily mentions back during the Prisma Causeway event that she gave Talos to Europa.
Friend to All Children: If you have any short, young or Lily servants, she's overwhelmed by how cute they are and wants to hug them and even cook them a meal.
Fusion Dance: In Olympus, Zeus fused the remains of Hera (who was heavily damaged from their civil war and deemed dead) into her so he could keep loving Hera while she's "alive" and keep Europa around him at the same time, in exchange Europa could keep her consciousness and her identity.
Gameplay and Story Integration: During her Dual Boss battle when she and Talos are fought separately, if Talos goes down first, Europa will suffer permanent NP seal and her Buster attack animations will be disabled as she no longer have Talos to execute them.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Europa has blonde hair and is extremely kind in her My Room lines.
Heroic Self-Deprecation: Her My Room lines show she's very aware that she's not a very powerful Heroic Spirit on her own and her power comes from Talos and Taurus.
Humongous Mecha: Her main offensive power comes in controlling Talos, the guardian of Crete, who is effectively a giant metal automaton that crushes foes with the sheer weight of his arms or legs or firing giant laser beams.
Kid With The Remote Control: Unlike most other Riders, who are warriors specializing in mounted combat, all of Europa's fighting power comes from Taurus, the mechanical bull she rides, and Talos. As a result, all of her attack animations have her siccing them on her foes rather than attacking directly.
Like a Son to Me: Her final bond line reveals that she considers the protagonist and Mash as her grandchildren and is protective of them as a result. Her My Room lines reveal she essentially considers every European Servant the protagonist has as her grandchildren and Zeus' children as her children due to her relationship with him. She specially states she sees Orion (Superhuman) as her son-in-law/son due to his relationship with Artemis. Part of why she eventually goes against Zeus in Olympus is because she realizes he has stopped loving humanity, and can't bear to see how he treats mankind, who she wants to be free to grow.
Ma'am Shock: Averted; unlike Circe, she's perfectly fine being called grandmother by Asterios and even asks he call her that when he retorts they're not blood-related.
Magic Music: She plays a lyre to call down lightning and control Talos.
Neutral No Longer: Though she initially was neutral and largely served as a mere spokesperson for Zeus, she gradually felt he had lost himself and his love for humanity, and after enough time passed, she bgan aiding the God Destroyer Alliance in the hopes they could try to stop Zeus. Interestingly, both Europa and Hera reached this conclusion, a sign of how far they felt Zeus had fallen.
Nice Girl: Her My Room lines are filled with her being kind and loving to every Servant, and she doesn't want to talk about her dislikes out of fear of it actually happening.
Non-Action Guy: She admits that she has little to no combat power on her own and relies on Taurus and Talos, lamenting that if it weren't for them, the only thing she could do for the protagonist is being a Human Shield. Tellingly, when Zeus forces her via branwashing to fight the heroes near the end of Olympus, she's largely dependent on Talos and is barely a threat when it gets beaten.
Semi-Divine: In Olympus, she's a demigod due to being fused with Hera's remains.
Shock and Awe: One of her animations has her strumming her harp to signal Talos to bring down a bolt of lightning on her foes.
Spell My Name With An S: Her name is spelled as "Europe" in Japan, but the pronunciation isn't the English reading of the name, but in Ancient Greek.
Stripperiffic: Her dress offers a very friendly look at her cleavage, and in later Ascensions her panties are exposed from the front. Her Third Ascension gives her a coat, but it only covers a little of her cleavage, and her panties are still exposed.

Francis Drake

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El Draque

^{Second Ascension}

^{Third Ascension}

^{Final Ascension}

^Dahut

^{As seen in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis"}

^{April Fool's}

^{April Fool's Fate/Grail League}

Voiced by: Urara Takano (Japanese), Jessica Gee-George (English)

"Are you the new Master? I'm Francis Drake. Well, I hope we can work well together."

An adventurer, privateer and fleet commander. Her feats include living to tell the tale of circumnavigation of Earth, and opening the path for England to become supreme ruler of the Age of Discovery. She is also famous for defeating the mighty Spanish Armada, causing the de facto collapse of Spain. As Spain was described as "an empire upon which the Sun will never set", this earned Drake the title of "The Woman Who Brought Down The Sun".

Although a man in history, Drake is female in the Fate universe. A possible reason could be that no one in her time treated Drake as a woman, leading historians to assume she must have been a man. According to one sailor at the time, it would be have been considered a sign of disrespect.

Drake first appeared in Fate/EXTRA as the Rider-class Servant of Shinji Matou. She's the main ally for the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos". A twisted version of her calling herself Dahut, Pirate Princess of Ys, appears in "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha" as an antagonist. She also appears in "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis" as an ally again.

Accidental Hero: Actually saved humanity before when she defeated Poseidon who was going to drown humanity. She didn't do it out of any good intention, but because he was annoying her.
Affably Evil: She's a pirate mostly motivated by getting more and more treasure, but she's pretty friendly about the whole thing.
Always Someone Better:
- Barring his Noble Phantasm's teamwork quirk (and middling chance to reduce an enemy's NP charge) and his unique Gentleman's Love Skill, Blackbeard is painfully inferior to Drake, who not only has a stronger version of Voyager of the Storm in her repertoire, but also didn't have to sacrifice her Class' Riding ability to use it.
- She largely outperforms fellow AOE Buster Rider Iskander when used for farming as her Voyager of the Storm skill combines the effects of his Charisma and Military Tactics, giving her room for an NP battery skill.
Arch-Enemy: She seems to have become this for all versions of Poseidon. In the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos", she defeated him off-screen and took his Holy Grail. In "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", she fought him again and took one of his cores, which made him go mad and view anyone as "Francis Drake", and relentlessly attack them.
Art Evolution: As part of promotion for "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha", her sprite and animations were given an overhaul.
Ascended Extra: In EXTRA she was all but a tutorial boss. In Grand Order, she gets the starring role of the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos", and turns out to be a lot stronger without Shinji holding her back.
Balance Buff: Her Golden Rule B was buffed via Rank Up Quest for the 6th Anniversary to add a 20~30% Buster buff and a Ignore DEF buff both for three turns, boosting her damage potential.
Berserk Button: Don't call her "old" unless you want to be shot out of a cannon. Blackbeard intentionally presses this button during Okeanos, leading to an angry Punctuated! For! Emphasis! response.
Blackbeard: Sorry, I don't deal with old hags!
Drake: What. Did. YOU. JUST. SAY?!
Best Her to Bed Her: After the Protagonist beats her, she mentions they can do anything they want with her since she lost. This includes having sex with her.
BFG: Her usual flintlocks, while strangely free of ammo problems, are relatively normal sized. Her ship's culverin cannons, however, are huge even by cannon standards, and she can summon them out of thin air to blast her opponents, Gate of Babylon-style.
Blood Knight: In the manga adaptation of the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos", she realishes the idea of crossing swords with Blackbeard. Both pirates race at each other with huge grins on their faces when the time comes for their final duel.
Bottomless Magazines: Downplayed. Her pistols are flintlocks, meaning that they only fire one round before needing to reload. Somehow, she manages to fire multiple shots in rapid succession, even if she has to stop on occasion to reload.
Braids of Action: In her Third Ascension, meaning she's gained access to more of her power, her previously loose hair is now tied into a braid.
Brainwashed and Crazy: During "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha", the Francis Drake that's canonically in Chaldea whether you've rolled her or not is dragged into the Pseudo-Singularity. When you run into her again, the party initially concludes that the Phantom Spirit Dahut has hijacked her Saint Graph. However, it turns out that it really was Drake, but she honestly believed she was Dahut thanks to the influence of Scheherazade's Noble Phantasm.
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: When Mash questions her about her Holy Grail in "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos", Drake tells her that she just happened to pick it up. One of her crewmen incredulously interrupts and reveals that they got it after Drake and her crew sailed through a maelstrom and giant whirlpools for seven days, found the lost city of Atlantis, and defeated Poseidon himself. After he finishes recounting the tale, Drake asks, "Was it really that epic?"
Buxom Beauty Standard: She has a busty figure, which is always emphasized by the Cleavage Window in her outfits. It's implied both Mash and Dr. Roman are at awe at her figure when they meet her for the first time, especially since they were expecting her to be a male in the first place.
Card-Carrying Villain: Well, she doesn't actually do anything villainous, but she calls her Master and herself villains.
Celibate Heroine: Her bond five line has her musing that while a relationship is not a completely unappealing idea, she'd never pursue one because it might get in the way of her pirating fun.
Challenge Seeker: Befitting her daredevil nature as a pirate, Drake loves adventures, and battles even more than money, the more difficult and dangerous it is, the more fun it is for her. In fact, her profile in Fate/Grand Order Materials II reveals that she shows her true strength in battles against those that are stronger than herself, it even says that part of the reason she lost to Hakuno in Fate/Extra was because their lack of an identity didn't make them a threat to her.
Cleavage Window: Despite being considered male by her crew, her normal outfit leaves little to the imagination and has an opening to show off her cleavage.
Closest Thing We Got: In "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha", this is why she gets dragged in. Scheherazade wanted to summon the Pirate Princess of Ys Dahut specifically, but her legend was too weak to become a proper Heroic Spirit. So she got Drake and used her Noble Phantasm to implant Dahut's values onto Drake's Spirit Origin to create an effective knockoff.
Coat Cape: She wears it for Third and Final Ascension.
Cool Ship: Her other Noble Phantasm, Golden Hind, summons her ship for a massive cannon barrage.
Defeat Means Friendship: Invoked. She offers to join the protagonist only if they can best her in combat. When they do, she not only accepts her loss, she's even willing to give up her Grail (which she got from defeating Poseidon) without a fuss.
Deuteragonist: She's the primary support character for the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos", which is built around solving the conflict created by the two Holy Grails (Drake's and the antagonist's) existing in the same timeline and creating imbalances in the oceans. Drake gets pulled along because she's the owner of the Holy Grail that's meant to exist in this era and if she dies the whole world goes up in flames.
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: She beat up the fading Divine Spirit Poseidon and stole his "sippy cup" (a Holy Grail) before Chaldea arrived in the Singularity. And Roman confirms it was an actual event in the timeline that actually did happen.
Evil Is Hammy: Thinks that villains should act as flamboyantly as possible. Since she considers herself one...
Face Death with Dignity: During "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", she decides to drink some wine as the Artemis laser approaches Heracles Island and wish Chaldea well in their travels before being vaporized.
Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a rugged scar running across her face.
Gun Fu: Uses her two pistols and physical skills together in battle.
Guns Akimbo: A pair of flintlock pistols that she never has to reload.
Hard-Drinking Party Girl: To celebrate Mash and the protagonist joining up with her crew in the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos", she immediately starts chugging loads of alcohol. She even gives you a chocolate beer mug filled with rum jelly for Valentine's Day.
The Hedonist: She believes in always enjoying life to the fullest and what you have, which is why she uses the Grail for an infinite supply of food and drink and as an actual cup.
Historical Gender Flip: Apparently, she was so manly that her men spoke of her as if she were male, thus confusing the historical records. In Fate/EXTRA it was hinted that the original Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth may have switched places at some point, but this may simply be a case of Early-Installment Weirdness since this detail has never been elaborated on any further.
Idiot Hair: It's covered by her hat.
Irony: Although she's destined to lead the Wild Hunt, a horde of ghostly entities, the only thing that can make Drake scream like a maiden is the idea of running into a ghost.
King Incognito: Possibly, Fate/EXTRA raised the possibility that she could actually be Queen Elizabeth in disguise, though this idea has never been addressed again.
The Lad-ette: She's a stereotypical pirate, which means she drinks and swears heavily. In fact, she's so manly, her (male) crew is so intimidated by her manliness to that they can't treat her like a woman, or else they don't feel manly themselves.
The Leader: As the captain of the Golden Hind, she displays traits of the Headstrong and Charismatic kind. A hedonist to the core, she's always rushing off in search of treasure, food, and booze, keeping her crew together through her experience and sheer force of will. That isn't to say she's dumb either, and when the chips are down she can be cooly calculating until it's time for a swashbuckling duel.
Luck Stat: Notable in that hers is EX-Rank, which is likely connected to her Pioneer of the Stars ability given that the luck stat seems to refer more to destiny that simply being fortunate.
Mundane Luxury: During Mash's setting a summoning circle in an island, Da Vinci discussed the information about Drake and the Age of Exploration, and mentions that during her time, spice had more worth than gold. She asked the protagonist to hand a bottle of pepper to Drake which knocked her unconscious out of happiness.
Mundane Wish: She used the Holy Grail only for plenty of food and booze.
Never Found the Body: Briefly in "Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha" as Dahut. She's the first "queen" of a faction to be defeated by the party, but they're interrupted by the Nightless Assassin before properly finishing Dahut off, assuming her dead as she and the rest of her city are washed away by a flood. Astolfo lampshades this trope saying "Oooh, yeah. No body, no death!" when they meet her again much later in the story, underwater, in the Dragon Palace.
Odd Friendship: To an outside observer, she appears to be close friends with Lancer Altria (Alter) as both are leaders of the Wild Hunt. How much they actually consider each other friends for real is unclear, however, as that version of Altria is noted to be rather aloof.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: She managed to defeat Poseidon and swipe his Holy Grail. However, the most you get to experience of this is a recollection told by one of her crew.
Only in It for the Money: She actually gets stronger as she gets more loot and she's been noted to have terrible compatibility with Gilgamesh because while both hoard treasures, Drake spends all her money as fast as she gets it. One of her win quotes is even declaring her intention to split the loot in the fight.
Pirate Girl: Francis Drake has been genderflipped with the explanation being that she was so manly that the crew refused to acknowledge that she was a woman basically because it made them insecure of their own masculinity. Still, her outfit does not exactly downplay her looks and despite her masculine attitude, she's actually surprisingly short.
Red Baron: Her exploits at sea lead her to become known as El Draque.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: Possibly, as it's hinted that she may be Queen Elizabeth in disguise.
Sleeves Are for Wimps: After Second Ascension, her outfit loses the sleeves, leaving her arms bare.
Smarter Than You Look: She's noted to be more well-educated and knowledgeable than you'd expect a pirate to be. She knows the history of Chaldea, a fair amount of mythology as well as more about Vikings and such than the likes of Mash. Granted, Drake was a privateer, an official government officer. Her travels also would have allowed her to pick up a lot of information and knowledge from the ports she visited and the ships she's raided.
Super-Empowering: In the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos", the Drake that becomes Chaldea's primary ally is the real Francis Drake the human, not a Heroic Spirit. Part of why she's so strong is because the Grail in her possession can merge with her body to give her the power to fight equally with enemy Servants.
Thanatos Gambit: In "Lostbelt No. 5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis", she deliberately engineers Odysseus detecting Chaldea despite the fact that her curse means she can't leave the island when it gets blown up because Jason needs to get into Cornered Rattlesnake mode with Odysseus' impending arrival to snap out of his funk.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: For all her toughness and brash demeanor, there's one thing capable of freaking her completely out: ghosts. Seeing a few up close in the "Third Singularity: Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos" is enough to make her "shriek like a maiden" to the surprise of the heroes. This also doubles as an Ironic Fear, as Drake becomes a leader of the Wild Hunt after her death and thus the captain of legions of ghosts.
The Wild Hunt: There is a legend that Francis Drake went on to become its leader after his passing. This became one of the main components of her Noble Phantasm, Golden Wild Hunt: Night of the Golden Hind and the Storm^note, as the ones she led in both life and death merge into a roaring thunderstorm full of battleships.

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