[Fate/Apocrypha] Introducing Assassin Jack the Ripper and Semiramis

This time we'll be introducing Assassin. In particular, the Red Faction Assassin is the servant of Amakusa Shiro, one of the main characters. Please read to the end!

Black Assassin

Profile

True Name: Jack the Ripper Gender: Female Height: 134cm Weight: 33kg Measurements: B69/W49/H71 Alignment: Chaos/Evil Origin: Historical Location: London Image Color: Blood Red Special Skill: Dissection Favorite Things: Rokudou Reika Dislikes: The World Natural Enemy: Scotland Yard Voice Actor: Sakura Tange

Overview

An Assassin Servant appearing in "Fate/Apocrypha." Originally, he was a Servant intended to be summoned by Sagara Hyouma, a host and magician who is a member of the Black Faction. However, rather than being summoned by Hyouma's appeal, he was drawn to Rokudou Reika's wish to "not die," as she was about to be killed as a sacrifice. Immediately after appearing in the world, he killed Hyouma and became Reika's Servant. Although a Black Servant, he does not belong to the Black Faction. He considers both factions to be enemies, and works in the shadows to fulfill his own wishes. Since his Master is unable to provide magical power to ordinary people, he frequently consumes souls to replenish his magical power. His presence is brought to the attention of both sides after he massacred the magicians sent by the Magic Church to replenish his magical power. He is Zeke's "archenemy," who taught him his first hatred and the blurred line between murderers of the weak and victims of the system. He plays such an important role in Zeke's story that he could be considered the dark side of his light.

True Name

A serial killer who shocked 19th-century London. Also known as "Jack the Ripper." Her true nature is that of an evil spirit born from the collective souls of aborted fetuses. She adores her master, Reika, calling her with a strange pronunciation that sounds like a combination of "mother" and "master." To be precise, Jack the Ripper's true identity is not the spirit of an aborted baby, but rather one of the unknown possibilities of Jack the Ripper. There are countless possible identities for Jack the Ripper, inscribed on the Throne of Heroes. Even if his true identity is revealed, as long as the legend of the mysterious murderer Jack the Ripper is believed, Jack's appearance will not be fixed, and will take various forms depending on the place, era, master class, and summoned class.

Wish for the Holy Grail

Her wish for the Holy Grail is "to return to her mother's womb." She continues to pray to the Holy Grail, seeking a unique place of comfort.

Character Profile

An innocent girl, almost like a child. She uses the first-person pronoun "we." As they were aborted before birth, they are innocent and lack a sense of right and wrong. However, their murderous acts are merely a means to survive, a regressive impulse, and not a preference. Although naive, perhaps due to being summoned as Jack the Ripper, they possess a frighteningly quick mind. Furthermore, because of their friendly nature, they are able to exercise a certain degree of self-control despite their chaotic/evil alignments if their master is kind. She wears a very revealing outfit, consisting of an extremely short sleeveless jacket and low-cut string panties. However, this is not something Jack likes; rather, he feels embarrassed by it.

Abilities

She carries six knives on her waist as her primary weapon, as well as a black medical throwing knife (Scalpes) stored in a pouch on her thigh. As a true "demon" who was originally not even human, she possesses extremely high physical abilities, her movements surpassing those of a human, and she strengthens herself by consuming the spiritual cores of other Servants. She is also well aware that her childish appearance lures her opponents into a false sense of security, and instinctively demonstrates her skills as an "assassin" at an extremely high level. However, because she is a collection of evil spirits, she is most vulnerable to purification by the church's "baptismal chant." Her stats are average except for agility, but this is offset by her numerous powerful skills based on legends, such as "Murder in the Foggy Night," which allows her to take the initiative unconditionally at night, and "Information Periphery," which erases information such as her abilities and true name at the end of battle.

Noble Phantasm: The Mist

A barrier Noble Phantasm that recreates the devastating sulfuric acid mist disaster that struck London due to the massive soot and smoke. Magicians will take continuous damage, and ordinary people will die within a few turns. Heroic Spirits will not take damage, but their agility will decrease by one rank. Furthermore, escaping the barrier requires the power of skills such as "Intuition" or external guidance.

Noble Phantasm: Dismemberment Virgin Mary (Maria the Ripper)

Normally a D-rank knife, it instantly dismembers the target when three conditions are met: "nighttime," "the target is a woman (or female)," and "there is fog." When activated, a confusion of causality occurs: first, the "murder" of the dismembered corpse occurs, then the target's "death," and finally, after a long delay, the "reason" leading up to the dismemberment occurs. Of these, the fog can also be created by her other Noble Phantasm, "The Mist," so there are virtually no restrictions. Furthermore, due to the "Desire to Return to the Womb" that all of the vengeful spirits that make up Jack possess, he is able to see through and use his magic or Noble Phantasms even when his opponents are hiding their appearance or gender.

Red Assassin: Semiramis

Profile

True Name: Semiramis Class: Assassin (+ Caster) Gender: Female Height: 167cm Weight: 51kg Measurements: B89/W58/H87 Alignment: Law/Evil Image Color: Purple Blue Special Skill: Making Poison Likes: Traps Dislikes: Being Stolen Natural Enemy: Shirou Kotomine CV: Kei Shindo

Overview

A servant appearing in "Fate/Apocrypha." She is summoned by Shirou Kotomine as an Assassin for the Red Faction in the Holy Grail War. A beautiful woman with a decadent aura, clad in a dark dress. Together with Shirou, she uses the Red Faction's Masters, excluding Shishiko, as puppets and plots to achieve her own ambitions.

Character Profile

A beautiful, wise, and arrogant woman, she is arrogant and lustful, and loves to show off. As one would expect from her reign as an empress, she is arrogant. To her, men are merely toys, and countless people have fallen prey to her schemes and lost their wealth, power, and everything else. Furthermore, she believes that the right to act as a woman and do as she pleases with men is her sole prerogative, and therefore, to her, the only "woman" she can claim is herself. He holds a grudge against his mother, Delket, for giving birth to him after a failed adultery with a man, then abandoning him by the water, calling him a disgrace. He shows no mercy to a weak woman who is toyed with by a man, even if she is a goddess.

Wish for the Holy Grail

His wish for the Holy Grail, or rather, his wish for the world after Shirou's "salvation" is fulfilled, is to "reign over this world as its sole king." At first, her feelings for Shirou were more like an alliance based on a shared interest, as she enjoyed watching him achieve his crazy ideals and suffer despair when he gave up his goals before reaching his goal...

True Name

Semiramis, the legendary empress who reigned over the Assyrian Empire. She was the perpetrator of the oldest known poisoning case in human history. From a young age, she studied a wide range of subjects, from makeup, hairstyling, and dressmaking to dance, music, and astronomy, and possessed a bewitching beauty. However, she was also a passionate woman who enjoyed luxury and decadence. This passion manifested itself in her love, starting wars to win one man, and in her politics, showing her ruthlessness in poisoning her husband, King Ninus. Though she ruled tyrannically for decades, she was a skilled queen, leading the construction of city walls and the Ishtar Gate and many expeditions. She is widely known as a villainous woman after poisoning Ninus, but one theory is that she usurped the throne as a way of getting revenge for the ruin of her first husband, Onnes.

Abilities

With the extremely rare skill "Double Summon," she possesses both the abilities of an assassin and a magician, making up for the shortcomings of Caster of Red, who is not a magician. According to anecdotes from her lifetime, all pigeons in the world are her servants, and she uses them as a horde of scouts without even using magic. She has built a reconnaissance network on a par with Caster of Black's, monitoring all of Romania, and also uses them to communicate with her own Servants. Her combat style relies heavily on her Caster skills, drawing EX-rank magical power from the Hanging Gardens and firing a barrage of artillery fire powerful enough to forcibly penetrate A-rank anti-magic power from magic circles that are generated in all directions, bombarding the ground. Furthermore, by strengthening the Hanging Gardens, she is able to create thousands of Dragon Fang Soldiers, and has a large number of "Dragon Wing Soldiers" that combine Dragon Fang Soldiers with Demonic Birds to guard the Gardens. Within the Gardens, she is able to display extraordinary abilities for a Servant, such as summoning countless poisonous chain magical items, summoning Phantasmal Species such as the giant snake Bashum, which is more venomous than Hydra and is considered to be on the same level as Dragons, teleporting through space at will, and even sealing the effects of opponents' Command Spells using knowledge gained from her Master, Shirou. Although she generally does not engage in close combat, she is a descendant of the Syrian fish god Delket, and uses black divine fish scales as armor for defense. Although she is an Assassin, her stats are not suited to assassination. This Servant truly thrives as a Caster. However, the lack of a core Noble Phantasm from the start is a fatal flaw, making it difficult to use unless the Master can procure a castle's worth of building materials. And even if it is created, it remains secret, as in the main story, making it a Servant that is selective in its user, requiring a unique Master who "has the connections to procure the materials" and "doesn't particularly care about concealing its mysticism." On the other hand, for a Master who meets the conditions, it is an incredibly powerful Servant, boasting the offensive, defensive, and information warfare capabilities of an army all by itself.

Noble Phantasm: Hanging Gardens of Babylon

An unimaginably gigantic floating fortress. Said to have been constructed by Semiramis during her lifetime, these hanging gardens are comprised of regularly-spaced, lush, floating islands and marble floors and pillars. All manner of plant life is entangled throughout, merging chaotic ugliness with dazzling beauty. It cannot be manifested through magical power; it can only be completed by gathering all the materials needed, such as wood, stone, minerals, plants, and water from the land where she lived (the area around Baghdad, Iraq), and undergoing a lengthy ritual that lasts at least three days. This tedious process is necessary because she never actually built the Hanging Gardens; they were engraved upon her as an afterthought, and "vanity" signifies a falsehood that contradicts the facts. However, it is far larger and more absurd than reality, and at Shirou's request, it was equipped with a function to store the Greater Holy Grail, utilizing the concept of "reverse staircase" used for levitation. Perhaps due to her former prowess in architecture, despite being a Noble Phantasm, it can be reshaped at will by its owner. Not only is it a gigantic strategic base, but it also has the effect of being equivalent to the "Great Temple" in Caster's class skill "Tenant Creation," meaning that wherever it is within it is treated as her domain. All stats are strengthened, he receives the highest level of fame modifier, and can even use magic that delves into the realm of magic. Surrounding the garden are eleven intercepting spells called "Ten and One Black Coffins (Tiamtum Uumu)." These gigantic, jet-black plates, over 20 meters in length, are arranged to surround the garden and launch magical attacks using anti-military light bullets. Their power is so great that they can penetrate A-rank anti-magic powers and cause damage, and it is estimated that if all eleven were combined, they would rival the "Fantasy Greatsword: Heavenly Demon's Fall." For a mobile Noble Phantasm, it is slow (it took several days to leave Romania) and somewhat lacks stealth, but it appears to have the ability to inhibit recognition by ordinary people and to minimally interfere with magical detection, allowing it to eleventh-century investigators to escape the eyes of the Mage's Association. Above all, in addition to its defensive mechanisms, its altitude of 7,500 meters itself acts as an impenetrable defense, making it extremely difficult to conquer.

Noble Phantasm: The Proud King's Wine (Shikura Ushum)

As long as he's in the King's Chamber, he has resistance to all poisons and can create any poison in the air. He even created the infamous Hydra Poison of Greek mythology to counter Archer of Darkness. The poison's erosive effect is so severe that a magician's eyes would melt just by peering through a familiar. Even Saber of Red, who can block some of the poison with her Noble Phantasm helmet, gradually became paralyzed, losing her sight, and ultimately becoming immobilized by the intense pain. If summoned simply as an Assassin rather than co-summoned with Caster, this Noble Phantasm will be the primary focus of the Holy Grail War.

Assassin Summary

Thank you for reading to the end. This concludes our introduction to all the "normally summoned" Servants. Next time, we'll introduce "Amakusa Shirou" and "Joan of Arc." Please check it out too! [st-mybox title="Source" fontawesome="" color="#757575" bordercolor="#f3f3f3" bgcolor="#f3f3f3" borderwidth="0" borderradius="5" titleweight=""]Fate/Apocrypha ©Higashide Yuichiro・TYPE-MOON / FAPC[/st-mybox]