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Eirei Denshou Ibun ~Gankutsuou Edmond Dantès~, translating to "Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~"note , is a CD Drama based on Fate/Grand Order, wriiten by Hikaru Sakurai under the supervision of Kinoko Nasu. It takes place during the events of The Count of Monte Cristo, particularly the Time Skip between Dantès' escape from Chateau D'If and his return to the French society. The CD Drama follows Dantès as he starts his path to vengeance by killing those who had arrested Abbe Faria.
Unfortunately for him, said people are members of the Holy Church, and without realizing, Dantès has probably bitten more than he could chew.
This CD Drama contains examples of:
- Adaptational Badass:
- Dantès himself, as he is the F/GO version of the character.
- Abbe Faria was an Executioner for the Holy Church, which is a group of demon and mage hunters.
- Haydee has Telepathy, though even with that there is not much she can do to help directly.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: In the novel Dantès was an Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette, but in F/GO and the Drama CD his hair was bleached white. Lampshaded when [bishop dude] comments on it as the Count's distinguishing trait.
- Arbitrary Scepticism: Dantès was told about the existence of magecraft from Abbe Faria, but apparently the old man had no way of proving his words were true because Dantès did not believe him. This trope kicks in when you find out that Haydee was talking to Dantès via Telepathy for quite a while, and he still did not believe in magecraft until [bishop dude] displayed his supernatural-enhanced toughness.
- Die or Fly: Dantès only managed to activate his newfound magic power while on the verge of being killed by Roa. He had no idea he had them prior to this.
- For Science!: According to Abbe Faria, this is the reason why Roa joined the Holy Church - or does anything in general. His sole purpose in life is to gather more knowledge.
- Foregone Conclusion: Since the events take place during the novel's Time Skip, it's obvious that Dantès will survive no matter the odds.
- Killed Off for Real: Dantès kills Roa by burning his soul. It doesn't get deader than that.
- Noodle Incident: Haydee apparently has been talking to Dantès via Telepathy long enough for him to be used to it, but nothing tells us how this started.
- Original Character: [girl's name], who is revealed to be Dantès niece.
- Outside-Context Problem: Dantès' plan to kill [insert name of first bishop] was perfectly fullproof - or it would be if the guy was not a Made of Iron magecraft user. When planning to assassinate Roa, Dantès does take into account how impossibly tough the previous guy was, but then runs into this problem again because Roa is a Dead Apostle Ancestor.
- Posthumous Narration:
- Abbe Faria narrates a good chunk of the events even though they all take place after his death.
- [insert niece's names] narrates the events of her death.
- Put on a Bus: Dantès sent Ali to Paris so he did not get involved in his revenge for Abbe Faria. It turned out to be a good decision, considering what happened to the other girl.
- Street Urchin: [OC girl] has this kind of backstory, as she spent her youth in gangs and is very familiar with handling a knife and fighting drunks and junkies.
- Took a Level in Badass: F/GO Dantès was already an Adaptational Badass, having supernatural powers, but here we see him getting them. It's explained that among the trasures in the Monte Cristo Island was a Magic Crest - the Treasure of Monte Cristo - which gave Dantès his black flames of wrath.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid:
