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Scáthach

True Name: Scáthach
Class: Lancer
Source: Celtic Mythology, Ulster Cycle
Region: Ireland
Gender: Female
Alignment: Neutral Good
Height: 168cm
Weight: 55kg

Scenario Writers: Hikaru Sakurai and Kinoko Nasu
Character Illustrator: Hirokazu Koyama
Character Voice: Mamiko Noto
Appearance in Main Works: Fate/Grand Order

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Parameters	Values
Strength	B
Endurance	A
Agility	A
Mana	C
Luck	D
Noble Phantasm	A+

Class Skills

Magic Resistance: A
Nullifies spells of Rank A or below. Modern magi would not be able to wound her with magecraft.

Personal Skills

Primordial Runes: —
She possesses Runes, the Magic Crests of Scandinavia. These runes mentioned here, unlike those the modern magi use, are the Primal Runes endowed with the power of the Age of Gods———Because of Odin, the Great God of Scandinavia, they are known to the world. She, who taught Cú Chulainn the 18 Primal Runes, is also a powerful magus while being a warrior at the same time.

God Slayer: B
As the gatekeeper of the “Land of Shadows”, a foreign region/haunted ground, her existential form in having continued to slaughter Divine Spirits in great numbers has transformed into a Skill. It is particularly effective against Divine Spirits. A plus modifier is added to her attacks towards Divine Spirits, wraiths, and Servants that are endowed with a Divinity Skill.

Wisdom of the Haunted Ground: A+

The wisdom of the abyss, consequently acquired by transcending mankind, killing gods, and being left behind at the Outside of the World. Excluding those that are characteristic of certain heroes, almost all Skills can be practically demonstrated at a proficiency of B~A Rank. Also, only to those who she truly acknowledged as heroes, she can teach such Skills to them too.

A Skill she often employs during combat is “Clairvoyance” for the foresight of combat situations. Even in the Ulster Cycle, she often predicted the future according to this foresight———even the last moments of her favourite pupil, Cú Chulainn.

Noble Phantasms

Gáe Bolg Alternative: Penetrating Spear of Piercing Death Flight
Rank: B+*
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 5~40
Maximum Number of Targets: 50 people

Their shapes are similar, but as a matter of fact, this spear is something different from the spear that Cú Chulainn possesses. A specialized weapon of the same model that was put to use before, it is one-grade older in comparison to Gáe Bolg. There is not only one, but several of them.

For its ability at the time of releasing its True Name, it results in a special move similar to Cú Chulainn’s two Noble Phantasms, “Barbed Spear of Piercing Death Thorn” and “Striking Spear of Piercing Death Flight”, being combined together. First, for its close-range attack, a first demonic spear would snatch away the enemy’s freedom to move and act by “sewing them onto a space in the air”, and after that, she would throw with all her strength a second demonic spear to pierce through the enemy as the finishing blow. Naturally, enemies in the way of the thrown demonic spear will have their lives stolen away entirely as a result.

*Is B-rank in the game profile

Gate of Skye: Gate to the Haunted Ground Brimming with Death
Rank: A+
Type: Anti-Army
Range: 2~50
Maximum Number of Targets: 200 people

Temporarily summons an enormous “gate” that leads to the “Land of Shadows” located at the Outside of the World, a foreign region turned into a haunted ground, of which it was severed from the World. It completely sucks up all living things that are within the effect’s range to the “Land of Shadows”, the domain under her rule. Those who fail a Mana and Luck Check will be sucked into the “gate” and are instantly killed. A person not approved by Scáthach will not be permitted to enter the “Land of Shadows” as they are while they possess life. Even if one successfully resists the suction, they sustain great damage since their mana was rapidly drained.

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First Pronoun: “watashi”, sometimes “washi” (the way it seems, the person herself does not want to say “washi” very much)
Second Pronoun: omae / onushi / kisama / ** (without honorifics)
Third Pronoun: yatsu / kare / kanojo / ** (without honorifics)

Personality

Proud, and not serving any kind of person too. A member of the ruling class by birth. Possessing the temperament of a monarch, Scáthach views the matter of reigning as a queen that bestows happiness to the people as self-evident. Overflowing with talent, she herself properly understands the most that she is different from the mediocre. “Because I am superior, I will rule over the masses.” “Ruling the masses is the duty of the ruling classes.” That being the case, rather than granting her own desires (happiness), “to rule for the sake of the masses” or some such appears to be the natural thing to do, something of which can be said to be her thought on this matter. Although her mind has no intention on becoming a slave for the masses, she has absolutely no hesitation in refining herself for the sake of the people under her rule and their happiness.

In the same way on how she understands herself, Scáthach has a reliable eye to find out the qualities and temperament of others (especially whether they really are mediocre or not). That is, it is possible to say that Cú Chulainn was a rare individual who possessed a prodigious nature that made him worthy of being guided by her.

##Motivation/Attitude towards the Master

Concerning the Master, Scáthach recognizes their partnership as a temporary alliance, but sometimes, her habit comes out where she openly conducts herself like a teacher around the time of when she was teaching lessons to her former child pupils. She would notice that and then say, “… no, I am not your teacher. Forget it.”

Scáthach, having changed halfway into a Divine Spirit at the end of many long months and years, had became an immortal existence. She can no longer hope to die as a person. Neither a beautiful death. Nor an ugly death. Simply, she must keep on existing until the time when the World, and its Outside, finally vanishes. If it is true that the Holy Grail is proven to be something actually omnipotent, then it is fine to hand it over to someone who can kill her. “And I pray, that person, if it is that person who holds the spear that was once granted to him with this hand”———

Dialogue Examples

“I will not be serious. Yes, I am sure. Because there are already no more opponents anywhere on this world that is worthy for my seriousness.”
“I wonder if it is ok to call you, ‘Master’. You?”
“It is not because it is funny that I am laughing, Master. Do you not understand?”
“Nothing about your brazen way of speaking has changed, Cú Chulainn. The man who was even called the clan’s savage dog, but have you become a little more obedient?”
“Be prepared to show me your strength, brave warrior. If you are not ready, I will even take your life.”

Historical Image and Character

A female warrior who acted as a queen in Celtic/Ulster Mythology. A queen who served as the gatekeeper of the “Land of Shadows”, a foreign region/haunted ground, and a genius in spearmanship and Rune Magecraft. Scáthach possesses a tremendous power that is sufficient enough to close and control the gate of the “Land of Shadows”, which is overflowing with a multitude of wraiths. It was said that she became the teacher of the young Cú Chulainn - who would later grow into the great hero of Ulster - guiding him, teaching him all sorts of her techniques, and even bestowing him his favourite demonic spear. She also guided and instructed his son, Connla.

Character Image in "Fate/Grand Order"

Many things———

Truly, I robbed many lives. A man. A wraith. A god.

I have confronted many existences of a countless number, slaughtering all those near me.

Fight. Fight. Fight. Kill, kill, kill kill kill. In the end, this body was wet with the blood of many victims, and became immortal. The territory under my rule, the “Land of Shadows”, was ultimately forced out to the Outside of the World, and I ended up being promoted into an existence no different than that of a Divine Spirit’s.

I will not grow old.

I will not die.

I have changed into “that” which is immortal.

Sure enough, I can no longer remember exactly how much time had passed since the first time I picked up a spear in my hand. It is different from something good. I, who stood on the haunted ground and guarded the “gate”, already since acquired the wisdom of the abyss, so I am able to measure the exact time.

However, I simply do not feel like doing it.

It is different from melancholy. It is also different from resignation.

Regret?

I do not understand. I can say that, but I am unable to affirm it.

At least, during the interval where I slaughtered many things, there is certainly something that exists within the present me, something that did not exist within my feelings around the time where I was conducting my teachings towards the brave warriors of Ulster.

Ah, indeed. Guiding the many brave warriors, and quite so.

Everything should have faded away at the end of the many passing months and years, but in the middle of my memories, preserved in a condition that is intentionally kept obscure, one person… There is only one person, a man with his figure displayed clearly to me even up to now.

Red eyes———

His pair of eyes. Only in the time where that radiance passes by my mind, what is inside this chest calms down. Warmth dwells within myself, which is immutable for eternity.

A heart wishing for reunion?

That, is not the way it is. That I can affirm.

If then, what is it there? To say firmly, as thus, to that man———

———I want you to kill.

I want death as a person.

Of course, if he has the strength to kill this me who slaughtered even gods and is an existence that already parted with the glimmer of life, then I will talk to that man who now became a “Heroic Spirit”, but…

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One of the immortal Servants that are few in number. A beautiful young woman who possesses a light disposition, a queen and a teacher proven to be reliable, and for some reason or another, has the flavour of an elder sister that lives in the house next door. She can still go on.

A wise woman who grasps every incident and all origins, but does not speak of these understandings. To say why she does not talk about these, concerning her, she already moved on from this World. For example, even if the World falls into a crisis, it would be a discourtesy to “those who presently live in the World” to personally resolve the problem and have herself stand out since it will result in those people’s opportunity for growth to be taken away. So basically, Scáthach does not cooperate or participate in direct battle and refrains from giving advice… Although, it can be said that, given that she has a genuine fondness for battle, she deceives herself by attaching a reason one way or another and participates in local battles, demonstrating some of her special moves. After taking away the turns of the other Servants like that, she returns to her room alone to reflect on her actions with regret.

Even in this form’s condition where she boasts the ability of a Top Servant sufficiently, Scáthach seems to has a Saint Graph one step higher than her current form. Although it is a popular tradition, there is a theory that says the origin of her name was transmitted from a goddess of the mountain, a giant from Scandinavia———

Connection with Characters

Cú Chulainn

Once her favourite pupil. The way it seems, there was also a side to her where Scáthach thinks of Cú Chulainn as the opposite sex. Nevertheless, she chooses to maintain her outward appearance as a “teacher”. In her true feelings, she believes that wishing to be killed by him is equal to wishing to be saved by him, but in any case, because she also believes that he is probably not able to do it, it is not a very serious belief.

Medb

A rascal that cannot be helped. She likes men too much. Though, Scáthach does not hate that frankness.

Fergus

He likes women too much. Though, Scáthach does not hate that frankness.

Chiron

A connection as teachers of heroes. 'Perhaps we might get along'———is what Scáthach thinks, but currently, they have never met each other. Should there be a difference in their education policies, it may result in them killing each other.

Comment from Illustrator

Being called the teacher of Cú Chulainn, her standard outfit was roughly settled upon, plus she became as such because of the order of making her erotic. Even I was surprised afterwards while being truly unaware of it, but she has similar colours with Bazett. Because she is already drawing a line from the World, while also having tremendous self-confidence and courage as a transcendental person, she may be a rather complicated character by being a shaking calamity that had cooled down… For this reason, there is a dressing gown mode by breaking through the limits of MAX Bond!

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