Encyclopedia of Type Moon

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TYPE-MOON
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Admirable Tactics IV [Other]
Source: Fate/Zero material (2008-08-08), p.090
Fate/Zero Dictionary
The fourth entry in a super-popular series of war

games set during World War II, where players control the
Axis powers and fight against the Allies. The subtitle is
"The Melancholy of Dr. Porsche".
Since the game systems had already reached the limits
of complexity and difficulty in the previous installment,
this newest version simply added more nations, stages,
and maps. And with new units like the Focke-Wulf
Triebflgel, the V-3 cannon, and a clone of the Fhrer
himself, it surpassed the realm of war games and became
a chaotic melting pot that defies description. Even now,
it enjoys a small but intensely dedicated fanbase.
Akiha's Kicks [Technique]
Source: Melty Blood Act Cadenza PS2 Manual (2006-08-10), p.060
Tsukihime Dictionary
There are various kick techniques found in Tohno

Akiha's list of normal skills. It is a tomboyishness
unbecoming of a young lady from a respectable family.
For example, 5C's Miss "Current Family Head" Kick,
6C's Miss "Yakuza" Kick, J2C's Miss "Divine Punishment Is
Swift" Kick, etc.
So far, many different kicks have been demonstrated.
Please expect more of them in the future.
Alexander, King of Conquerors [Servant]
Source: Fate/side material (2004-1-30), p.065
Fate Dictionary
Saber's rival in the Fourth Holy Grail War.

He possesses a Noble Phantasm that rivals that of the
King of Heroes.
In the fourth war, he was weakened from fighting
Saber, then subsequently defeated during a battle with
Gilgamesh.
Alexander, King of Conquerors [Servant]
The Rider class Servant of the Fourth Holy Grail War.

He was originally supposed to be summoned by Kayneth
El-Melloi Archibald, but instead formed a contract with
Waver Velvet, who stole the catalyst Kayneth had

prepared before the war began.
Going in, the original author entrusted me with just
three pieces of information regarding Alexander: his true
name, the Noble Phantasm called "Army of the King",
and the fact that there must be a development where
Saber comes to reconsider her own kingship through her
conflict with him and Gilgamesh.
So, starting from there I figured the most important
thing was that he be a totally different sort of king from
both Saber and Gilgamesh. That's why I decided to come
up with his general appearance and personality first, and
only research his actual history afterward, all the while
looking for ways to twist and distort things along the
vector I had already imagined for him. But then, the more
I read about him, the more I realized Alexander the
Great's actual life was like something out of Shounen
Jump. I barely had to change anything about him at all!
With the way he faced formidable foes with the utmost
respect and behaved more like an adventurer than a
statesman, I can't help but imagine him as a character in
one of Hara Tetsuo's manga. Actually, now that I think
about it, It'd be great if Hara Tetsuo made an Alexander
the Great themed manga for real! I'm being serious.
His love of the Iliad ran so deep that he once totally
disregarded strategy in favor of sightseeing around the
city of Troy. He might have been the first celebrity otaku
in human history.
Alignment [Other]
Fate Dictionary
In Fate/stay night, all of the Servants' alignments can

be viewed on their respective status screens. The first
part indicates the principles they consider important,
and the second part indicates personality.
Below is a complete list of alignments featured in the
game, for comparison purposes.
Saber:
Lancer:
Archer:
Rider:
Caster:
Berserker:
Assassin:
Kojirou:
Gilgamesh:
Saber Alter:
Lawful Good
Lawful Neutral
True Neutral
Chaotic Good
Neutral Evil
Chaotic Insane
Lawful Evil
Neutral Evil
Chaotic Good
Lawful Evil
While a difference in personality generally won't be

too much of a problem, a difference in principles will
inevitably lead to friction.
Saber and Gil would be a good example of that.
Anti-hero [Other]
Fate Dictionary
One who is reviled by the people, who saves people as

the result of villainy, and who clarifies good with evil.
A savior who is both worshipped and cursed in equal
measure. That is an anti-hero.
That said, a pure anti-hero does not exist.
The closest thing would be those who do good despite
being evil.
Assassin and Archer fall under this category.
Rider and Caster, on the other hand, are not proper
heroic spirits, but they can't really be called anti-heroes,
either.
Aozaki [Person]
Fate Dictionary
A name that appears briefly in the story . It is the family

name of the magi who manage the most outstanding
"spiritual lands" in all of Japan.
In the world of magi, they are synonymous with
trouble.
Their lineage is an old one, yet they are not a
distinguished family. However, due to the "road" opened
by one of the family heads, the Aozaki successor has a
high chance of inheriting the title of "magician".
In the current generation, the candidates for next
family head were an inauspicious pair of sisters, and
when the dust settled after their bloody battle for
succession, the younger sister had become a magician.
The older sister went to London and made quite the
name for herself, but something about life there must
have disagreed with her because she soon broke ties
with them and went her own way.
During the events of Fuyuki's Fifth Holy Grail War, the
older sister was busy concealing her whereabouts, while
the younger sister was touring around Japan without a
care in the world.
Also, though the younger sister is only capable of
destruction, the older sister is a genius who's skilled at
just about everything. It seems she may even have a
small role in the story of Fate/stay night, too.
Aozaki Aoko [Person]

Source: Tsukihime Data Collection (2000-12-31), p.020
One of the five existing Magicians. It seems she hates

the alliteration in her full name, and gets mad when
people call her by it.
Though she is relatively affable in Tsukihime, she is
actually a merciless person.
As for why she's a Magician, it's because she arrived
there at the end of a long and arduous road. If that's an
incomprehensible answer to you, please refer to Kara no
Kyoukai. Well, it might still be incomprehensible even if
you do that, though
She had such a large influence on the young Shiki that
to this day she is the only person he calls "Sensei".
Though her appearance seems to be the spitting image
of the inverted Akiha, the truth is she actually has black
hair.
Wait, wouldn't that make her even more like Akiha!?
Within the Association, she is known as the Magic
Gunner, Miss Blue. Her abilities as a magus are below
average, but there are none more talented when it
comes to destruction.
Source: Tsukihime Dokuhon Plus Period (2004-10-22), p.175

One of the five existing Magicians. It seems she hates

the alliteration in her full name, and gets mad when
people call her by it.
As for why she's a Magician, it's because she arrived
there at the end of a long and arduous road. If that's an
incomprehensible answer to you, please refer to Kara no
Kyoukai. Of course, the details probably still won't make
much sense even then.
She had such a large influence on the young Shiki that
to this day she is the only person he calls "Sensei".
The story of Tsukihime begins with Aoko and Shiki's
first meeting. At that time, she seemed to be an amiable
older-sister type, but generally her stance is to avoid
getting too involved with other people.
Ever since becoming the Aozaki heir, she has lived the
life of a rootless wanderer, roaming the world with a
single trunk in hand. Her meeting with Shiki was merely
a coincidence, akin to making friends with a local child in
the midst of a long journey.
Within the Association, she is known as the Magic
Gunner, Miss Blue. Her abilities as a magus are below
average, but there are none more talented when it
comes to destruction.
Though she is an important person to Tohno Shiki, she
only has a minor role in the story of Tsukihime. The
incident where she takes the leading role is a story for
another time.
In Melty Blood Re-act, she appears as a hidden boss. As
expected of someone with the nickname Magic Gunner,
it's like fighting a living artillery battery. Also, maybe it's
because she's not really taking it seriously, but her
apathetic voice is pretty great. At first the production
staff was a bit doubtful about the performance,
particularly her monotonous "Oh, I guess I lost," but
eventually it grew on them. A lot.
One of the five existing magicians.

Though she is the legitimate heir of the "distinguished"
Aozaki household, she's currently wandering around the
world with a single trunk in hand. Her sorcery attribute is
one specialized for breaking things, so she's not very
good at healing, construction, and restoration sorceries.
Known as the "Witch of Destruction", she's not
particularly versatile, but is second to none when it
comes to busting out of hopeless situations.
It was due to her influence that the young Tohno Shiki

was able to grow up normally despite being burdened
with abnormal eyes. Therefore to him, she is an existence
akin to a respected former teacher.
Aozaki Touko [Person]
Aoko's older sister. She studied sorcery under her

grandfather, but murdered him over the shock of having
the Aozaki inheritance usurped by her younger sister and
fled to the Association. Unlike Aoko, her abilities as a
magus are top class. She has even received a sealing
designation due to her status as the world's greatest
puppet master.
She does not appear in Tsukihime. However, she is a
key figure in Kara no Kyoukai, which intersects with
Tsukihime.
Tohno Shiki's mystic eye sealing glasses originally
belonged to her.
She is merciless, just like Aoko. Honestly, do these
Aozaki folk not have a single decent person among
them?
Aozaki Touko [Person]
Aoko's older sister. She studied sorcery under her

grandfather, but murdered him over the shock of having
the Aozaki inheritance usurped by her younger sister and
fled to the Association. Unlike Aoko, her abilities as a
magus are top class. She has even received a sealing
designation due to her status as the world's greatest
puppet master.
She does not appear in Tsukihime. However, she is a
key figure in Kara no Kyoukai, which intersects with
Tsukihime. Tohno Shiki's mystic eye sealing glasses
originally belonged to her.
In retaliation for having her prized mystic eye killers
stolen from her, she's been making an effort to buy as
much stuff as she can under Aoko's name. Then, even the
Association has entered the era of e-commerce?
Even though there's a high chance of her location
leaking out if she keeps it up, it seems that revenge
against Aoko even takes priority over her own selfpreservation. Geez, Touko, you should try to be a little
more mature.
By the way, her name shows up for just a second in
Fate/stay night, too. Is she secretly trying to win the prize
for perfect attendance?
Arc Drive [Term]

The greatest techniques in Melty Blood, the Tsukihime

fighting game. In proper fighting game terms, these
would be the super moves and super combos. With these,
every character gets a chance to flashily show off their
skills when the moment is right. Of course, since Arc
Drives are the crown jewel of Melty Blood, we wanted to
make sure that they were fun to watch, too. My personal
recommendations are Arc's Marble Phantasm, Berserk
Arc's Moon Drop, and Ciel's Gundam-like attack with the
Seventh Holy Scripture.
Archer [Servant]
Fate Dictionary
Heroic Spirit of the bow. A type of Servant that has low

basic parameters, but makes up for it with Skills and
Noble Phantasms.
Of course, the Archer in the story was no exception,
fighting to the bitter end while freely making use of
unknown Noble Phantasms.
He is a thoroughly pragmatic cynic, but oddly enough,
he also has a childish streak to him that makes him
impossible to truly dislike.
His true identity is XXXXX. He is important enough to
be considered a shadow protagonist, and it could be said
that half of Fate/stay night is his story.
At the beginning of the game, his memory was
supposedly fuzzy due to an imperfect summoning, but in
reality that was only partially true.
The night he was summoned (after Rin went to sleep),
he assessed the present situation, figured out his
circumstances, and concluded that the opportunity to
complete his objective had at long last appeared.
However, he didn't realize the girl who summoned him
was Tohsaka Rin until she introduced herself. (His
memory wasn't fuzzy, the name "Tohsaka Rin" had
simply been worn away by time.)
At that moment, it all came rushing back like lightning.
"Then I'll call you Rin. Yes, it suits you well."
Archer's murmur at that time was thick with a heartfelt
and madly passionate affection.
By the way, there was lots of vague foreshadowing
about Archer's identity throughout the game, but none
was more subtle than after the battle with Berserker in

the Saber route.
Also, his skin was darkened from the rebound caused
by using a certain sorcery well, that's the story, anyway.
Arcueid Brunestud [Person]
One of the heroines in Tsukihime. Probably the

strongest, most incorrigible character in the story.
She is a True Ancestor, born in the 12th Century for the
sole purpose of hunting those True Ancestors that had
fallen and become demon lords.
After flushing out all of the Fallen Ancestors, she was
commanded to start hunting Dead Apostles as well.
However, when Roa tricked her into drinking his blood,
she went berserk and wiped out most of the few
remaining True Ancestors, prompting her to seal herself
within the reality marble known as the Millennium Castle
Brunestud. From that point on, she left the castle only to
hunt down and execute Roa every time he reincarnated.
She is the princess of the True Ancestors, and used to
have much longer hair than she does now. The reason for
its current length is not because she cut it herself, but
because it was stolen from her during a battle with the
Dead Apostle Altrouge.
She was originally conceived of as a "pure and noble
vampire", but that seems to have been lost somewhere
along the line. The responsibility for that lies entirely
with the character designer. After seeing the smiling face
he drew, even the scenario director's mental image of
her began to change.
Of course, as a result she became the airheaded funny
vamp everybody knows and loves, so it worked out all
right in the end.
By the way, this is a secret but even though she's the
main heroine she actually showed up the least out of
everybody.
Arcueid Brunestud [Person]
Source: Tsukihime Dokuhon Plus Period (2004-10-22)
One of the heroines in Tsukihime. Probably the

strongest, most incorrigible character in the story.
fallen and become demon lords.
After flushing out all of the Fallen Ancestors, she was
commanded to start hunting Dead Apostles as well.
However, when Roa tricked her into drinking his blood,
she went berserk and wiped out most of the few

remaining True Ancestors, prompting her to seal herself
within the reality marble known as the Millennium Castle
Brunestud.
From that point on, she left the castle only to hunt
down and execute Roa every time he reincarnated.
She is the princess of the True Ancestors, and used to
have much longer hair than she does now. The reason for
its current length is not because she cut it herself, but
because it was stolen from her during a battle with the
Dead Apostle Altrouge.
She was originally an existence with no use for
emotions, but after meeting (being killed by) Tohno Shiki
her state of mind changed dramatically. It's similar to a
broken machine that just isn't quite the same when you
put it back together.
As a result, the pure and noble vampire princess was,
through some mistake, reborn as a carefree, airheaded
funny vamp who enjoys taking spontaneous strolls
around town. Of course, there are two sides to any coin,
and emotion is no different now when she gets scary,
she gets really, really scary. Luckily, despite her apparent
optimism, she is actually a pessimist at heart, and so very
rarely gets seriously angry.
Because even direct sunlight is just "a little hot" to her,
she is free to wander around town as she pleases like
some kind of cat, and has even been known to go to
school just to bother Shiki and tease Ciel.
In Kagetsu Tohya and Melty Blood, a fragment of the
reason for her birth was revealed.
Deep beneath her conscious mind lies a guiding
principle known as the "Crimson Moon, which very rarely
expresses itself through her surface personality. This is
the true identity of the vaguely self-important Arcueid
that appeared when Shiki invaded Arcueid's dream (in
Kagetsu Tohya), and who confronted the 27 Dead
Apostle Ancestors (in Melty Blood). She is colloquially
known as "Princess Arc". (Since Berserk Arcueid is
normally just Arcueid rampaging around in a frenzy, she's
a special case.)
Though she is unmistakably the main heroine of
Tsukihime, she doesn't get the amount of screen time
you'd expect. It's really quite troubling.
Also, this is just a digression, but the "Nya!" she makes
when you do her 5C (charged) attack in Melty Blood React is a must-hear.
Arcueid Brunestud [Person, True Ancestor]
Royalty of the True Ancestors. The Last Princess.

Though she has no ties to Japan herself, she came to
Misaki in pursuit of a certain vampire.
fallen and become demon lords. She was originally an
existence with no use for emotions, but after meeting
(being killed by) Tohno Shiki her state of mind changed
dramatically. It's similar to a broken machine that just
isn't quite the same when you put it back together,
probably. (Of course, that's leaving aside the question of
whether or not she gained a new function or lost an old
one)
At any rate, the pure and noble vampire princess was,
through some mistake, reborn as a carefree, airheaded
funny vamp.
As the bastard child of the planet, her powers are
totally ridiculous. Even sunlight just makes her feel a little
listless, and the source of her energy supply is the earth
itself.
Argon Coin [Noble Phantasm]
Fate Dictionary
Golden Fleece.
As the hidden treasure of Colchis, it is very valuable.
Though there is nothing particularly special about the
fleece itself, for some reason there's a rumor that a
dragon will appear if you throw it on the ground.
It seems that somewhere along the line, people mixed
up the fleece with the dragon that used to guard it.
Honestly, it feels like some kind of satire.
At any rate, Caster doesn't have the ability to summon
dragons in the first place, so it's all a moot point.
Oh, and there's a strange elemental dwelling within it,
just like a certain Seventh Holy Scripture.
Arima [Family]
Arima [Family]
An offshoot of the Tohno family. Of all the branch

families, their Tohno blood is the thinnest.
The father's name is Fumiomi, the mother's name is
Keiko, and the eldest daughter's name is Miyako.
They took in Shiki when he was nine years old. Their
home includes an Ikebana classroom, and something
that may or may not be a Kendo dojo.
By the way, since Miyako is still in elementary school
she's positively overflowing with youthful energy. She
doesn't act especially affectionate toward Shiki, but
sometimes she'll tackle him out of nowhere with a
beaming smile plastered over her face.
Actually isn't that acting affectionate, no matter how
you look at it?
An offshoot of the Tohno family. Of all the branch

families, their Tohno blood is the thinnest.
The father's name is Fumiomi, the mother's name is
Keiko, and the eldest daughter's name is Miyako.
They took in Shiki when he was nine years old. Their
home includes an Ikebana classroom, and something
that may or may not be a Kendo dojo. The picture below
is of Keiko.
Arima Miyako [Person]

The Charging China Girl.

A young girl that uses pretend baji quan, and (secretly)
idolizes Shiki as her big brother. Currently a sixth-grader
in elementary school.
Shiki came to live in her house at around the same time
she started to become aware of her surroundings, and it
seems that for her it was something close to love at first
sight. Ever since then, she has been spinning around in
circles trying to figure out how to get closer to him.
Because she's the kind of person that gets incredibly
flustered when she's with the person she likes, she was
always at a loss for words around Shiki, and expressed
her frustrations by tackling him. Before he knew it, headbutts to his solar plexus had become just another part of
Shiki's daily life. Though, after Shiki returned to the
Tohno mansion it seems she was able to start talking a
bit more.
In Melty Blood, she appears as a hidden character.
Burning with a passion to bring back her big brother, she
confronted the entire Tohno household on her own. It
was one of Melty Blood's comedy routes, the showdown
to determine the strongest little sister!!
Though normally she doesn't have any actual battle
ability, due to the Night of Wallachia's influence her
pretend baji quan ended up turning into the real thing. It
was the debut of Miyako's Amazing Baji Quan.
Her combination of a Chinese jacket with jean shorts
made for a cute and wholesome outfit, but there were
also rumors swirling around about "no pants" and
"missing tights". Maybe there's even a rare win pose
where she takes off her jacket?
Arima Miyako [Person]
The Charging China Girl.

A young girl that (secretly) idolizes Shiki as her big
brother. Currently a sixth-grader in elementary school.
After his traffic accident, Tohno Shiki was adopted into
the Arima household, and it seems that for Miyako it was
love at first sight. However, she had no idea how to deal
with suddenly having an older brother out of nowhere,
and ended up repeating the same cycle of awkward
communication over and over. In the years leading up to
his return to the Tohno mansion, she didn't manage to
have a proper conversation with him even once.
"This house has a dojo, but nobody ever uses it. What
a waste!"
Thinking that, Miyako started practicing (self-taught)

kempo every day. Though it's merely pretend baji quan
at the level of a child's play, in Melty Blood it became the
real thing for a single night due to the Tatari's influence.
Of course, this delighted her to no end.
Also, she is recognized by Neco Arc as a much-awaited
future rival.
Asagami Academy for Girls [Place]
The private boarding school for girls that Akiha attends.

It is about an hour away from the Tohno mansion by
car. Normally students are forced to live on campus, but
Akiha has received special permission to commute to
school from her own home. She actually did live in the
school dorms when Shiki was living with the Arima, but it
seems she forced the matter after he moved back into
the Tohno mansion. Unfortunately, the oafish big
brother didn't notice his noble little sister's efforts at all.
Assassin [Servant]
Fate Dictionary
Heroic Spirit of assassinations. Unlike the other classes,

the Assassin class is only ever supposed to be one
particular Heroic Spirit.
The Assassin in the story was a samurai guarding
Ryuudou Temple's gate.
Sasaki Kojirou was summoned into this class solely
because his summoner violated the rules.
Strictly speaking, he is a wraith, not a Heroic Spirit. It
seems that in the past, he was a master of martial arts
with some connection to Ryuudou Temple.
His true name is unknown. Or rather, it would be more
accurate to say he didn't have something like a true
name in the first place.
Perhaps because he never had the possibility of serving
a lord, he selflessly devoted himself to the sword, and
eventually attained a technique with the same level of
mystery as a Servant's Noble Phantasm.
In terms of pure swordsmanship, he was the strongest
Servant in the Fifth Holy Grail War.
Because he was summoned using Ryuudou Temple
itself as a catalyst, he cannot leave the temple gates.
Hmm? Doesn't this feel a bit like a haunting?
The Association [Organization]
Fate Dictionary
An organization created to protect those who seek to

learn sorcery, regardless of nationality or field of study.
(On paper, anyway.)
Their mission is the management, concealment, and
advancement of sorcery.
In order to protect themselves from that which would
threaten them (be it the Church, rival organizations of
magi, or the monstrosities that punish humans who
break taboos), they accumulated military might.
In order to further the advancement (degeneration) of
sorcery, they built research facilities.
And, in order to deter crimes committed with sorcery,
they created laws.
Their headquarters is located in London, and goes by
the unofficial name of "The Clock Tower".
It seems that in the beginning the Association was
divided into three great branches, including the original
associations that predate the Clock Tower. That is, the
"Giant's Pit" of Egypt, and a cluster of associations based
in northern Europe called the "Sea of Estray". However,
ever since the Clock Tower became the headquarters,
mingling between the branches has been on the decline.
Also, they are fundamentally incompatible with the
sorcery foundation of the Middle East and the ideological
sorcery of mainland China, and the three groups are
currently feigning nonaggression.

(On paper, anyway.)
they created laws.
It seems that in the beginning the Association was
divided into three great branches, including the original
associations that predate the Clock Tower. That is, the
"Giant's Pit" of Egypt, and a cluster of associations based
in northern Europe called the "Sea of Estray". However,

ever since the Clock Tower became the headquarters,
mingling between the branches has been on the decline.
Also, they are fundamentally incompatible with the
sorcery foundation of the Middle East and the ideological
sorcery of mainland China, and the three groups are
currently feigning nonaggression.
Sion is a member of the Giant's Pit, also known as the
Atlas Institute.

(On paper, anyway.)
they created laws.
Atlas Alchemists [Term]
Alchemists affiliated with the Atlas Institute.

They specialize in thought partitioning and thought
acceleration, techniques that make use of the human
body as an arithmetic unit.
Their way of thinking concerning their body (flesh) is
also unique. That is, they do not believe that the brain
exists to control the body, but rather that the body exists
solely so that the brain may function more effectively.
If you just want a mathematical prodigy, there's no
need for an alchemist an engineer would do just fine.
What sets apart an alchemist is that for them, the human
body in its entirety (body, mind, and soul) is a unit for
calculating, executing, and nurturing events.
Also, they typically have very few magic circuits, the
proof that one is a magus. Though this means that on
their own they cannot use nature interference sorceries
at all, they're perfectly okay with that. As far as they're
concerned, there's no need to be strong themselves,
because they can just make up for it by creating the

strongest weapons.
Atlas Institute [Place]
One of the three major branches of the Association.

Located in the Atlas mountains of Egypt, it is a place
where those dedicated to the study of alchemy gather.
Unlike the modern alchemy that rose to prominence in
the middle ages, the alchemy studied by Atlas could be
said to be the progenitor of sorcery, and an attempt to
unravel the truth of the world.
For some reason they are on extraordinarily bad terms
with the Prague Association, and even the Clock Tower,
the very heart of the Association, keeps their distance.
They are colloquially known as the Giant's Pit.
In order to avoid the "end" proven by their first
director, they endlessly create and dispose of weapon
after weapon.
There is a saying in the Prague Association: "Lift not the
seal of Atlas, lest ye destroy the world seven times over."
The reason being that the weapons created there to
save the world are ultimately nothing more than tools
that will further its destruction.
Though calling it "one of the three major branches of
the Association" sounds nice, in reality it is more like an
independent think tank. They have been known, on rare
occasions, to loan out their alchemists to other sorcery
associations and even the Holy Church upon request.
In order to hire an Atlas alchemist, however, one of the
written contracts issued by the Atlas Institute is required.
Only seven of these contracts were ever issued, and the
Atlas Institute considers their recovery a top priority.
In order to avoid the "end" proven by their first

director, they endlessly create and dispose of weapon
after weapon.
There is a saying in the Prague Association: "Lift not the
seal of Atlas, lest ye destroy the world seven times over."
The reason being that the weapons created there to
save the world are ultimately nothing more than tools
that will further its destruction.
Avalon [Noble Phantasm]
Fate Dictionary
The Ever-distant Utopia.

A sheathe crowned with the name of the land of fairies
that appears in the legends of King Arthur, said to be
wreathed in everlasting spring.
It is a paradise reminiscent of the island in Greek
mythology where the gods grew their golden apples of
immortality.
Not only does the holy sword's sheathe heal all of its
owner's wounds and stagnate their aging, but when its
true name is called it even decomposes into hundreds of
parts and protects them from all interference.
It was excavated from Cornwall by the Einzberns, and
entrusted to Kiritsugu as a catalyst for summoning King
Arthur.
It is a Noble Phantasm at the level of magic, that
completely shuts out all physical interference, transliners
from parallel worlds, and communication from other
dimensions (up to the sixth).
If Saber secludes herself with this, none will be able to
reach her.
Atlas Institute [Place]

The institute Sion belonged to, and one of the three

major branches of the Association. Located in the Atlas
mountains of Egypt, it is a place where those dedicated
to the study of alchemy gather. Colloquially known as the
Giant's Pit.
Unlike the modern alchemy that rose to prominence in
the middle ages, the alchemy studied by Atlas could be
said to be the progenitor of sorcery. For some reason
they are on extraordinarily bad terms with the Prague
Association, and even the Clock Tower, the very heart of
the Association, keeps their distance.
Back Alley Alliance [Term]

A congregation of heroines forced to live in back alleys.

Right now, Yumizuka Satsuki and Sion are the only official
members, though sometimes White Len stops by as well.
In Tsukihime, back alleys were a terrifying place full of
corpses, where girls that should have been dead chased
you down and cornered you, and classmates hid their
blood-drenched arms. However, it seems that ever since
the BAA was founded, safety in the alleys has improved
remarkably.
Baptism Sacrament [Sorcery]

Fate Dictionary
The sole miracle that members of the Holy Church are

permitted to acquire.
It is a simple ritual, which sublimates lost souls and
sends them to where they belong according to the
teachings of the Lord.
Every school of sorcery has their own "magical theory",
a foundation carved into the world itself which they use
to hijack the natural order (rules and systems) and
activate spells.
The sorceries enacted by schools with little faith and
small foundations will be weak, and it's not uncommon
for them to stop functioning completely in foreign
countries.
The magical theory with the largest, most widespread
"foundation" is the Church's teachings of the Lord, the
logos.
Though its physical interference power is feeble, its
effect on spiritual bodies is tremendous.
As for why their teachings have become so widespread,
it's probably because this "miracle that appeals to the
soul" soothes the hearts of the masses.
Barrel Replica [Weapon]
The mystic code possessed by Sion. A replica of the

Black Barrel, one of the seven superweapons on display
at the Atlas Institute. It is a conceptual armament of
"natural lifespan", which demonstrates a toxin (attack
power) in proportion to the predestined span of the
target's life.
Sion uses this Barrel Replica in her Arc Drive, but it
seems that she isn't utilizing its original function.
Also, though she discharges the energy horizontally in
her Last Arc, Barrel Replica Obelisk, she is able to avoid
being blown back by the recoil by anchoring her body to
the ground with Etherlite.
Bazett Fraga McRemitz [Person]
Fate Dictionary
Lancer's original Master. Fate unknown.

She was a foreign magus dispatched by the Association,
and summoned Lancer using a pair of rune stone earrings
as the catalyst.
A beautiful woman dressed as a man, her abilities as a

magus are top-notch.
She is an enforcer, tasked with the capture of sealing
designated magi. Essentially, an existence similar to the
executors of the Holy Church. She is extremely skilled in
both sorcery and martial arts.
Though she probably would have ended up being a
threat to Rin if she had been able to participate in the
war, she was taken out prematurely by a surprise attack
from Kotomine.
The reason for that is because she and Kotomine were
actually old friends. Back when Kotomine was still an
executor working for the Church, they often ran into
each other on assignments and fought together as
comrades.
So, when Kotomine, who until then had never relied on
her even once, said he wanted to meet with her, Miss
Bazett was secretly elated. With no reason to doubt him,
she walked right into his trap.
She didn't even have time to call out Lancer, before
Kotomine cleanly sliced off her left arm from behind and
stole her command spells.
Afterward, he gave Lancer two commands.
The first was to make him accept Kotomine as his
Master, while the second was to make him gather
intelligence.
As for what the final command spell was used for,
that's covered in the story itself.
You can catch a glimpse of this in the Ciel Route,

though it seems she still had enough composure to
recognize Shiki.
Berserk Arcueid [Person, Nickname]
Arcueid after going into a wild frenzy and becoming

totally indiscriminate with her rage. "Evil" Arcueid.
You can catch a glimpse of this in the Ciel Route,
though it seems she still had enough composure to
recognize Shiki.
The Tatari Arcueid in Melty Blood is technically more
akin to Arcueid in this state than to the Crimson Moon.
Her attacks have become more monstrous due to her
personality, and she revels in cruelty. She's known for the
way she shouts "Rip and tear, rip and tear!" as she pulls
her enemies apart limb from limb with her own two
hands. The root is the selfish princess Arcueid's former
royal manner of speech.
Berserk Arcueid [Person, True Ancestor]
Bellerophon [Noble Phantasm]

Fate Dictionary
Bridle of Chivalry.
An oddity even among the Noble Phantasms, it is a
bridle and whip paired as a set. As you'd expect, it has no
effect without a mount to use it on.
It is a rank A+ Noble Phantasm, and has extraordinary
offensive and defensive capabilities.
When Pegasus is directed by Bellerophon, its limiters
are removed and all of its ability scores increase by one
rank. On top of that, its defensive power is improved by
several times due to the protection of its colossal magical
energy.
If Saber's Excalibur is a golden flare, then you could say
that Rider is a white comet.
Oh! This is just a digression, but the name of the young
man that tamed and rode Pegasus in Greek mythology
was you guessed it Bellerophon.
Berserk Arcueid [Nickname]
Arcueid when she's rampaging around in a frenzy.
Arcueid after she has succumbed to her vampiric

impulse and lost her ability to reason.
Though regarded as equivalent to the Crimson Moon,
she is a completely different entity. You could say she's
the materialized form of Arcueid's overflowing vampiric
impulse. When Berserk Arcueid appears, Arcueid herself
is freed from her desire to drink blood.
That's a complete and utter lie, of course.
Unlike Arcueid, she enjoys trampling on her enemies
with overwhelming force. Because as a True Ancestor
Arcueid does not (cannot) do useless things, she always
regulates her fighting ability to match her opponent's.
However, Berserk Arcueid will use her power mercilessly
even against normal humans.
Incidentally, her over the top speech and behavior is
really amusing.
Berserker [Servant]
Fate Dictionary
Heroic Spirit of berserker rage. A type of Servant that

specializes in "going insane" and destroying things,
regardless of their basic parameters.
The Berserker in the story was already an excellent

Heroic Spirit, but due to the "maddening" he was
transformed into an unstoppable monster.
If he was contracted to a normal Master, he would be
capable of canceling their command spells, but as the
Holy Grail Illyasviel has special command spells that can
even reign in the unruly Berserker.
His true identity is the great hero of Greece, Heracles.
Given that he went mad on numerous occasions in his
myths, being summoned into the Berserker class must
have felt like meeting an old friend.
Of course, Heracles, who is stout of heart, body, and
mind on top of being skilled with all sorts of weapons, is
more than qualified for the Saber class as well.
If he had been summoned as a Saber, he would have
been able to demonstrate his splendid sword techniques
to his heart's content.
He was summoned one no, two months before the
Holy Grail War began.
Because his emotions were sealed he was incapable of
acting on his own.
But, no matter how strong the binding of the command
spells was, the sliver of reason at his core remained intact.
The reason he was able to stop his axe sword at the last
second even after being blackened in the Sakura route,
was probably due to the strength of his heart that had
been afflicted with madness so many times in life.
He is, without a doubt, the manliest character in all of
Fate/stay night.
Black Key [Weapon]
No, not the black keys on a piano. The throwing swords

wielded by Ciel.
As for why they're called black keys, refer to the entry
on purification.
Black Key [Weapon]
No, not the black keys on a piano. The throwing swords

wielded by Ciel.
As for why they're called black keys, refer to the entry
on purification.
Ciel carries a large number of these concealed on her
person, but what's under her robes is actually just the
hilts. She materializes the blades by passing magical
energy through pages of the bible. The maximum
number she is able to conceal at one time is close to 100.
Also, since black keys are designed specifically for

throwing and not for swordplay, in a way they could be
considered a kind of bullet.
Though they are counted as one of the basic weapons
of the Church, the fact that they're relatively hard to use
means that very few executors favor them.
Black Key [Weapon]
The throwing swords wielded by Ciel.

Weapons for use against vampires, monsters that
distort the laws of nature. These "keys of providence"
call forth the original laws of nature the vampire was
subject to as a human.
Ciel carries a large number of these concealed on her
person, but what's under her robes is actually just the
hilts. She materializes the blades by passing magical
energy through pages of the bible. Because the black
keys are quite compact before this transformation, the
maximum number she is able to conceal at one time is
close to 100.
Despite their appearance black keys are not designed
for swordplay, but are in fact throwing weapons. The
Burial Agency even has a secret technique called the Iron
Plate Effect that allows them to throw more effectively.
Because Ciel has mastered this technique, her black keys
are capable of boring through concrete walls.
They are counted as one of the basic weapons of the
Church, but the fact that they're relatively hard to use
means that very few executors favor them.
Also, besides the Iron Plate Effect, there are other
secret throwing techniques such as the Cremation Rite
and Internment Rite. The Cremation Rite, in particular, is
used in Ciel's Last Arc.
Black Shadow [???]
Fate Dictionary
A mysterious existence, that gives the impression of a

jellyfish out of water.
Normal attacks have no effect on it, so its appearance
is a portent of doom. There is nothing to do but wait to
be engulfed and erased.
Just when you think you've got a handle on how things
work after the Saber and Rin routes, this thing shows up
as a surprise enemy out of nowhere.
It was a favorite of the chief director. In fact, he loved
it so much that he actually tweaked the event CG where
it first shows up and used it as his desktop wallpaper.
Blackening [Other]
Fate Dictionary
A change caused by the taint of an unknown curse.

Blackening primarily affects Servants, and corrupted
Servants will have the personality aspect of their
alignment inverted.
Also, because they receive a physical body, they
become more powerful.
It's a bit like the people resurrected as villains by evil
organizations in tokusatsu shows, but since they come
back with a different name and a whole new design, it's
probably best to think of them as entirely separate
characters.
Bloodfort Andromeda [Noble Phantasm, Sorcery]
Fate Dictionary
Outer Seal: Temple of Blood.

A boundary field of blood. Any humans captured within
it will be dissolved.
The dissolved humans are reduced to red blood, which
is consumed by the boundary field's user. Its primary
purpose is the absorption of magical energy.
It was used once in every route, and by the end of the
game was like an old familiar friend.
Since the boundary field is in the shape of a dome, the
school building looked as if it was captured within an
enormous eyeball.
Naturally, from outside the boundary field the red sky
and dome cannot be seen at all. It's just like Rin said: any
boundary field that reveals its strangeness to the outside
world is third-rate at best.
Also, because the Bloodfort seriously damages the
leylines where it is used, it cannot be used on the same
land twice in succession.
Bloodsucker [Term]
A general term for those that suck the blood of other

living creatures.
Dead Apostles and True Ancestors both fall under this
classification.
Although the terms vampire and bloodsucker were
confusingly used to mean different things in Tsukihime
itself, you can pretty much think of them as synonymous.
Creatures that suck blood are found all over the world,
and they all have different characteristics. Because of
that, the term bloodsucker is used as a catch-all term to
describe them. In that sense, even Akiha would be
considered a bloodsucker.
The Church concerns itself with the hunting of
vampires specifically. That is, Dead Apostles and True
Ancestors. Accordingly, they don't really care about
things like the bloodsucking animals of South America, or
the vampiric flying heads of mainland China.
Good news, eh, Akiha?
Bloodsucker [Term]

living creatures.
Dead Apostles and True Ancestors both fall under this
classification. Although the terms vampire and
bloodsucker were confusingly used to mean different
things in Tsukihime itself, you can pretty much think of
them as synonymous.
Creatures that suck blood are found all over the world,
and they all have different characteristics. Because of
that, the term bloodsucker is used as a catch-all term to
describe them. In that sense, even Akiha would be
considered a bloodsucker.
Moreover, the Church concerns itself with the hunting
of vampires specifically. That is, Dead Apostles and True
Ancestors. Accordingly, they don't really care about
things like the bloodsucking animals of South America, or
the vampiric flying heads of mainland China.
Good news, eh, Akiha?
Bloodsucker [Term]
"Talk"

living creatures.
Special cases like Einnashe are also considered as part
of this category.
The majority of bloodsuckers are weak against sunlight,
but there do exist those rarities that are only active
during the day as well.
The Dead Apostles of Tsukihime, who used to be
human, are a typical example of bloodsuckers.
Bloodthirsty Killer [Term]
A term that appears frequently in the original work.

Since it's not a good thing, I wonder if it was alright to use
it so much. Everybody, please don't go out and become
bloodthirsty killers, okay?
Bloodthirsty Killer [Term]
A term that is used incessantly in Tsukihime. Since it's

not a good thing, I wonder if it was okay to use it so much.
Everybody, please don't go out and become bloodthirsty
killers, okay?
Bow [Nickname]
Ciel's alias within the Burial Agency.

The name comes from the fact that her Christian name
is Ciel, and she's the only person in the Burial Agency that
fights using firearms.
Well, it was also due to the scenario director's foolish
blunder.
He knew that "arc-en-ciel" meant "rainbow" in French,
but he mixed up which word meant what, hahaha.
He only noticed his mistake a little bit before the Halfmoon edition went on sale, when he was listening to a
song by a certain band.
The song was titled "ciel", and was about the sky.
Honestly, it was kind of irritating, but at that point the
scenario was already complete, and changing Ciel's name
so late into development didn't feel right. In the end, he
just tried to push through and finish without thinking
about it too much.
Bow [Nickname]
Ciel's alias within the Burial Agency. The name comes

from the fact that she's the only person in the Burial
Agency that fights using firearms.
It seems that Ciel is something of a gunpowder maniac,
and the entire reason she changed the Seventh Holy
Scripture into its current form was just to fit her own
personal tastes.
Sure, shooting a gun feels nice and all, but I'm a little
worried about her. I wonder if there's something strange
at work stressing her out?
Also, in Melty Blood she finally demonstrates skills

worthy of this name. So many black keys
Brainwashing Detective Hisui [Nickname]
An inside joke. It became popular after the release of

the Half-moon edition.
In that version of the game, Hisui had an odd habit of
saying mind-reeling phrases like "I'll accompany your
room." No matter how you look at it, she was definitely
trying to brainwash poor Shiki.
Even the art director got in on it, and posted a picture
of Hisui trying to brainwash Ciel on the Tsukihime BBS,
which was cuter than you might expect.
By the way, the ad copy that the art director made up
without the scenario director's knowledge is as follows:
An inverted mystery from the mad clown of words,
Nasu Kinoko!
No matter how difficult the case, it will be resolved.
The catch phrase is
"You are the culprit."
Brainwashing Detective Hisui [Nickname]
An inside joke. It became popular after the release of

the Half-moon edition.
In that version of the game, Hisui had an odd habit of
saying mind-reeling phrases like "I'll accompany your
room." No matter how you look at it, she was definitely
trying to brainwash poor Shiki.
Even the art director got in on it, and posted a picture
of Hisui trying to brainwash Ciel on the Tsukihime BBS,
which was cuter than you might expect.
"You are the culprit."
Later, it was revived as Hisui's Arc Drive in Melty Blood.
Let's confusion!
After being tricked by Roa and killing most of the True

Ancestors, Arcueid crucified herself on the throne of the
castle she materialized herself. A thousand chains
stretched from the castle's outer walls to the throne, so
that she may seal herself away forever.
Brunestud [Term]
Breaker Gorgon [Noble Phantasm]

Fate Dictionary
Self Seal: Temple of Darkness.

Self-imposed mystic eye killers.
Rider's blindfold, which seals her too-powerful mystic
eyes within a boundary field (world).
Shirou's lewd dream in the Sakura route was the result
of his being captured by this temple of darkness. Within
that world, he had his blood and semen sucked under
false pretenses.
In any case, as you can see, the blindfold is there for a
good reason.
"What, did you think I was wearing something like this
just for fun?"
Brunestud [Term]
Despite being Arcueid's last name, strictly speaking it is

actually more like a title.
It is possessed by all of the members of True Ancestor
royalty.
The Millennium Castle Brunestud where Arcueid had
sealed herself away is not her original creation, but was
actually created in the past by the most powerful True
Ancestor, using marble phantasm.
That original lord of Castle Brunestud died long ago,
but ever since those True Ancestors capable of forming
the castle have been uplifted as royalty.
This is why the True Ancestors, who have no concept
of hierarchy, nevertheless call Arcueid their princess.
Despite being Arcueid's last name, strictly speaking it is

actually more like a title. It is possessed by all of the
members of True Ancestor royalty.
The Millennium Castle Brunestud where Arcueid had
sealed herself away is not her original creation, but was
actually created in the past by the most powerful True
Ancestor, using marble phantasm. That original lord of
Castle Brunestud died long ago, but ever since those True
Ancestors capable of forming the castle have been
uplifted as royalty. This is why the True Ancestors, who
have no concept of hierarchy, nevertheless call Arcueid
their princess.
After being tricked by Roa and killing most of the True
Ancestors, Arcueid crucified herself on the throne of the
castle she materialized herself. A thousand chains
stretched from the castle's outer walls to the throne, so
that she may seal herself away forever.
In Melty Blood, the Tatari Arcueid materialized the
Millennium Castle. Later, in Re-act, it also appeared in
her Arc Drive.
Currently, there are only two bloodsuckers with the
name of Brunestud: Arcueid and Altrouge.
Burial Agency [Organization]
In Tsukihime, an assembly of the Catholic Church's

inquisitors.
Not exorcists who cast out devils, but executors who
strike them down.
A perfect meritocracy, anybody with the ability to
dispose of those things the Church finds inconvenient
can become a member even those who are believers in
name only.
Well, it seems they'll baptize you when you join, and
the pay isn't too bad either.
The agency is composed of seven members including
Narbareck, and one reserve member making for a total
of eight. They always work alone, and under no
circumstances will they cooperate with the demon
hunters of other countries.
As they possess absolute authority, there are times

when they will defy even the wishes of the Church itself
to stamp out heresy.
For instance, even if it's an archbishop, if he has been
possessed by a devil they have the power and authority
to skewer him on the spot.
It's no wonder, then, that there are whispers within
the Church that the agency itself is a heresy.
Arcueid often receives requests from the Church, and
has cooperated with them on numerous occasions to
exterminate Dead Apostles. Nevertheless, if she ever
showed even the slightest opening, the Burial Agency
would move to seal her without a second thought.
The Holy Church's expert inquisitors.

strike them down.
dispose of those things the Church finds inconvenient
can become a member.
Well, it seems they'll baptize you when you join, and
the pay isn't too bad either. The agency is composed of
seven members including Narbareck, and one reserve
member making for a total of eight.
They always work alone, and under no circumstances
will they cooperate with the demon hunters of other
countries. As they possess absolute authority, there are
times when they will defy even the wishes of the Church
itself to stamp out heresy. For instance, even if it's an
archbishop, if he has been possessed by a devil they have
the power and authority to skewer him on the spot. It's
no wonder, then, that there are whispers within the
Church that the agency itself is a heresy.
exterminate Dead Apostles. Nevertheless, if she ever
Also, two of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors, Merem
Solomon and El Nahat, are cooperating with them.
Though it looks as if they are both being forced to do so,
the true reasons for that are unknown.
The Holy Church's expert inquisitors.

strike them down.
dispose of those truths the Church finds inconvenient
can join. The agency is composed of seven members
including the director Narbareck, and one reserve
member making for a total of eight.
They always work alone, and under no circumstances
will they cooperate with the demon hunters of other
countries. As they possess absolute authority, there are
times when they will defy even the wishes of the Church
itself to stamp out heresy.
exterminate Fallen Ancestors. Nevertheless, if she ever
C
Calico M950 [Armament]
One of the weapons Emiya Kiritsugu prepared for the

Holy Grail War. You didn't really think he'd enter
something like a survival game with just a sniper rifle and
the Contender, did you?
The distinguishing feature of the Calico is its special
top-mounted helical magazine that can hold 50 rounds,
but no matter how much I think about it the extra weight
and change in the center of gravity while firing means it
would be better to use a normal submachine gun, even
if you have to reload more often. But oh, well, Kiritsugu
is a magical mystery gunman, so I guess it's fine.
Of course, in the final battle when he used it to pin
down Kirei, he was able to buy himself five seconds
where a normal submachine gun only would have gotten
three. That extra two second advantage is a testament to
the superiority of the helical magazine! Okay, so it's not
that much of a difference.
By the way, my intention was to make Kiritsugu as
much of a heretical gunman as he is a heretical magus,
so I purposefully chose his equipment based on coolness
factor rather than practicality. Please, please, please
don't think that the weapons that show up in Fate/Zero
are the standard for actual professional soldiers.
Caster [Servant]
Fate Dictionary
Heroic Spirit of spells and sorcery. They are a class that

specializes in the MGI stat, and are generally considered
to be the weakest Servant.
The Caster in the story was Greek mythology's famed
witch of betrayal, Medea, and her Master was Kuzuki
Souichirou.
Her role in the Saber route was just to get defeated
without a fight, but in the Rin route she flourished as a
villain.
She was an innocent person at her core, but after being
betrayed over and over she embraced her fate, and was
stained with evil.
"Fine, if that's how it is then so be it! I'll sink into the
filth of my own volition!"
What an earnest woman.
Anyway, despite her evil nature, she was really just a
maiden in love. I can't help but think the way she got all
nervous and flustered when Shirou tried to tell Kuzuki
her true colors was really cute, yeah.
Beneath her robes, she's a strong contender for first or
second most beautiful woman in the story.
She's the kind of person that will totally devote herself
to the object of her affections, but due to the trauma of
having everybody she's ever loved take advantage of her
and leave her behind, she is wary about getting close to
people.
Ah, it's so disappointing. A Caster route would have
been great, dammit! Especially the part where you get
stabbed in the back while having an affair with Rider
Also, this is just a digression, but Caster's abilities as a
magus are magician-level. However, regrettably, since
Caster herself is incapable of acquiring "magic" she'll be
a magus to the bitter end.
Chaos [Term]
That which has no form. That which will become

everything. That which lacks direction. That which will
not take form without direction. That which has no
meaning. That which should not have meaning.
That is chaos.
Chapter Titles [Term]
Tsukihime is composed of several routes, each of them

twelve days long. There is some variance in the first and
last two days, but generally twelve day routes is how it's
structured.
And, attached to the beginning of each day is a chapter
title that hints at the contents of the day in its own way.
After the Half-moon Version's release, somebody
suggested that it would be nice to be able to see a catalog
of all the titles. Since it seems that the scenario director
also really wanted to list them out, here it is:
0/ Glass Moon
1/ Inversion Impulse I
2/ Inversion Impulse II
3/ The Black Beast I
4/ The Black Beast II
5/ Blue Scar of Sin
6/ Eyes of Death Perception I
7/ Eyes of Death Perception II
8/ Death
9/ Vermilion Crimson Moon I
10/ Vermilion Crimson Moon II
11/ Savage Night
12/ The World of the Moon
3/ Inversion Impulse III
4/ Dark Scar I
5/ Quiet Dream
6/ Deep Dream
7/ Dark Scar II
8/ Afternoon Dream
9/ Bloodsucking Ogre
10/ Sweltering Night
11/ Telescope
12/ A Finale
5/ Red Residue
6/ Bow in the Sky I
7/ Bow in the Sky II
8/ (Death)
9/ Cast-off Shell
10/ Red Residue II
11/ Mirage
12/ Endless Stone
4/ Cradle Garden
5/ Bloodthirsty Killer I
6/ Bloodthirsty Killer II
7/ Transparent Scratch
8/ "Death"
9/ Burning Body I, II, III
12/ Daydream
13/ Golden Cocoon
5/ Cain I
6/ Cain II
7/ Evil at Every Corner I
8/ Evil at Every Corner II
9/ Origami Folding Paper
10/ Origami Caging Hair
11/ Seven Nights
And that's it. The endings were omitted because they are
listed in the game itself.
Chapter Titles [Term]
Progress through Tsukihime is organized into several

routes, each of them twelve days long. There may be one
or two days added to the beginning or end, but twelve
day routes is the general structure. And, attached to the
beginning of each day is a chapter title that hints at the
contents of the day in its own way. The titles of all the
chapters are as follows:
0/ Glass Moon (Prologue)

(Arcueid and Ciel Routes)
1/ Inversion Impulse I
2/ Inversion Impulse II
3/ The Black Beast I
4/ The Black Beast II
5/ Blue Scar of Sin
6/ Eyes of Death Perception I
7/ Eyes of Death Perception II
8/ Death
9/ Vermilion Crimson Moon I
10/ Vermilion Crimson Moon II
11/ Savage Night
12/ The World of the Moon
5/ Red Residue
6/ Bow in the Sky I
7/ Bow in the Sky II
8/ (Death)
9/ Cast-off Shell
10/ Red Residue II
11/ Mirage
12/ Endless Stone
(Akiha and Hisui Routes)

3/ Inversion Impulse III
4/ Dark Scar I
4/ Cradle Garden
5/ Quiet Dream
5/ Bloodthirsty Killer I
6/ Deep Dream
7/ Dark Scar II
8/ Afternoon Dream
9/ Bloodsucking Ogre
10/ Sweltering Night
11/ Telescope
12/ A Finale
6/ Bloodthirsty Killer II
7/ Transparent Scratch
8/ "Death"
9/ Burning Body I, II, III
12/ Daydream
13/ Golden Cocoon
Rider would recognize her as a Servant immediately, but

keep quiet out of respect for Waver's chivalrous spirit,
allowing the (fake) Mackenzie family to gain yet another
member. Unfortunately, though, Kirei would be aware of
all of this, and in the third volume would use his
command spell to force the girl to remember her true
identity as Hassan. The resulting tragedy would push
Waver one more step down the path of adulthood.
Well, that was the plan, but in the end I decided that
it would just give people the wrong idea about who the
protagonist of Fate/Zero was actually supposed to be. So,
I swallowed my pride and shelved the whole thing. The
only part I kept was the workshop raid scene, since I had
already written it.
(Kohaku Route)
5/ Cain I
6/ Cain II
7/ Evil at Every Corner I
8/ Evil at Every Corner II
9/ Origami Folding Paper
10/ Origami Caging Hair
11/ Seven Nights
And that's it. If you want to see the endings, play the
original game.
Chibi-Assassin [Other]
The focus of a discarded plotline that would have run

through volumes 2 and 3. She was conceived of as an
unfortunate, mute little girl who also happened to be a
personality of the Hundred Faced Hassan. However, due
to amnesia even she would have no idea who she really
was. It seems that while he was still alive, this personality
was the one that would surface whenever the Hundred
Faced Hassan was captured by the enemy and tortured
for information, in order to protect his secrets.
Anyway, during Team Rider's raid on Gilles' workshop,
she would manage to separate herself from the other
personalities before they got slaughtered, after which
Waver would mistake her for one of Ryuunosuke's
victims and place her under his protection. Of course,
Ciel [Person]
One of the heroines in Tsukihime. An unidentified,

mysterious upperclassman. Glasses.
She is the newest member of the Church's inquisition
force, the Burial Agency, and is tasked with punishing the
Dead Apostle Roa.
She infiltrated Shiki's school because she suspected
him of being Roa's reincarnation, but in the process of
observing him she ended up being charmed by him

instead.
It wasn't something as simple as falling in love, of
course. It's just that she was moved by the fact that Shiki
could lead such a carefree life despite having
experienced death just like she had.
Due to a certain contradiction, she is an existence that
cannot die no matter what happens. She is trying to
destroy Roa in order to resolve this state of affairs.
She has excellent reflexes, and is number seven in the
Burial Agency despite her young age.
In the Church, where sorcery is officially forbidden, the
knowledge of sorcery she inherited from Roa is regarded
as highly useful. However, Ciel herself hates drawing on
Roa's knowledge.
Within the Burial Agency she is known as "Bow", due
to her preference for using projectile weapons.
She fights using all sorts of projectiles not just
throwing swords, but guns as well. In fact, the one
responsible for changing the Seventh Holy Scripture from
a beast's horn into its current shape was actually Ciel. It's
possible she went a little overboard with the
customizations.
Before she was part of the Burial Agency, she was the
daughter of a baker. Her dream was to become a cake
maker.
Believe it or not, she was originally conceived of as an
older-sister type character.
Her design was hard to pin down, too. Every time we
were close to making a decision, it would suddenly
change again.
By the way, apparently the reason she likes curry so
much has something to do with her very first mission.
Ciel [Person]
One of the heroines in Tsukihime. A mysterious

upperclassman. At the beginning of the game, she
planted a suggestion in both Shiki and the players' heads
that she was just an ordinary, strangely named senpai
that they already knew. Also, glasses.
In truth, she is the newest member of the Church's
inquisition force, the Burial Agency, and is tasked with
punishing the Dead Apostle Roa. She infiltrated Shiki's
school because she suspected him of being Roa's
reincarnation, but in the process of observing him she
ended up being charmed by him instead. It wasn't
something as simple as falling in love, of course. It's just
that she was moved by the fact that Shiki could lead such
a carefree life despite having experienced death just like

she had.
Due to a certain contradiction, she is an existence that
cannot die no matter what happens. She is trying to
destroy Roa in order to resolve this state of affairs.
She boasts excellent reflexes, and is number seven in
the Burial Agency despite her young age. She's not just
skilled in martial arts, though. The knowledge of sorcery
that she inherited from Roa is equivalent to that
possessed by a magus of the rank of Grand the highest
rank in the Association. Even in the Church, where
sorcery is officially forbidden, this is regarded as a highly
useful asset. However, Ciel herself hates drawing on
Roa's knowledge.
Within the Burial Agency she is known as "Bow", due
to her preference for using projectile weapons. She fights
using all sorts of projectiles not just throwing swords,
but guns as well. In fact, the one responsible for changing
the Seventh Holy Scripture from a beast's horn into its
current shape was actually Ciel.
Before she was part of the Burial Agency, she was the
daughter of a baker. Her dream was to become a cake
maker, and she already had some skill at making sweets.
Though it seems she has no interest in making
Western-style sweets anymore, on account of it dredges
up memories of the past.
Her reputation as a curry lover has grown with each
successive appearance, and at this point her name itself
is synonymous with the stuff. As for why she loves curry
so much, Takeuchi made a manga about it. It's probably
about half true.
Always seems to end up playing second-fiddle to the
other heroines. Maybe it's because of her magnanimous,
all-forgiving nature?
Oh, well, at least her hand-to-hand combat action in
Melty Blood ended up being really cool, since she was
conceived of as a battle-type heroine from the very start.
Ciel [Person]
An upperclassman at Shiki's school. Due to her gentle,

polite speech, the way she always lends a helping hand
to those in need, and her ability to comfort those in grief,
everybody at school considers her a person of integrity
even more reliable than the teachers.
In reality, she is an executor sent by the Church to
stamp out heresy, and a member of the organization
known as the Burial Agency.
She possesses combat ability specialized for fighting

vampires, and her own potential also exceeds the realm
of humans.
However, she is not a mere brute her skills as an
intelligence agent are quite high as well. For instance,
she can implant suggestions using sorcery. It's because of
this that nobody around her gave the name Ciel (which
by all rights should have raised some eyebrows) a second
thought.
Though she came to Misaki hunting a certain Dead
Apostle, once there she encountered an even bigger
prize: Arcueid Brunestud. As Arcueid's ally, Shiki should
have been her enemy, but they nevertheless became
friends.
Also, she's such a huge curry lover that she'd be happy
eating nothing but curry rice with curry udon for lunch
every single day. Ever since coming to Misaki, the Indian
Curry House Messiaen has become something of an oasis
for her.
The fact that she fits even better here than in the main
story is almost frightening. As for why it's Ciel, well,
basically we figured if we could turn an older-sister type
character into the current Ciel, then turning the halfbaked upperclassman Ciel into a teacher should be fine.
Incidentally, for a while we couldn't decide if we
wanted the host of the help corner to be a teacher, or a
child version of Shiki.
The art director ended up unilaterally making the
decision all on his own, authoritatively declaring "You
know, Ciel seems kind of like a teacher." Then even
though we were swamped with work at the time, he
somehow ended up drawing a bunch of character
artwork for Ciel-sensei anyway. Of course, we couldn't
very well half-ass things after that, so we were basically
forced to throw ourselves into covering all the possible
ending patterns.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, this happened two days
before the final test play. We barely finished!
Ciel Somer [Technique]
Ciel-sensei [Nickname]


Not, as you might think, a misspelling of "Ciel Summer".

One of Ciel's new moves in Melty Blood Re-act. All her
other moves are named normally, but this one is Ciel
Somer. Ciel does a somersault, so it's called Ciel Somer.
That's all there is to it.
When we sent the list of skill names to French Bread,
we had written "Ciel Somer (This is serious)" down for
this one, but apparently there was a misunderstanding
and they thought the note in parentheses was actually
part of the name. Really we were just trying to say that
the name wasn't a joke, and we seriously wanted to call
it Ciel Somer. Still, it was funny so we ended up deciding
to use it anyway. Because of that, "Ciel Somer (Serious)"
made its way into the game as a powered-up version of
the move that shows up when you do a shield counter.
By the way, if you're wondering why this particular skill
has such a strange name, it's because its a skill Ciel made
up herself and not one from the Burial Agency. In short,
she's the one that named it. Just thank God she didn't get
to name any of the moves involving the Seventh Holy
Scripture.
Administrator of the Tsukihime Help Corner.

The fact that she fits even better here than in the main
story is almost frightening. As for why it's Ciel, well,
basically we figured if we could turn an older-sister type
character into the current Ciel, then turning the halfbaked upperclassman Ciel into a teacher should be fine.
Since her partner Neco Arc made her solo debut in
Melty Blood Re-act, there's a part of her that wants to
force her way onto the stage, too.
Ciel-sensei [Nickname]
Administrator of the Tsukihime Help Corner.
Conceptual Armament [Term]

A weapon created to go beyond mere physical

interference, and exert influence on concepts, natural
providence, and space.
For instance, something that nullifies "eternal youth"
by overwriting it with the idea of "natural lifespan".
Ciel's Seventh Holy Scripture contains the dual
concepts of "reincarnation criticism" and "eternity
without permanence".
By the way, after being killed by Shiki, Arcueid had at
first mistakenly assumed that he must possess some kind
of powerful conceptual armament.
Copenhagen [Other]
Fate Dictionary
A liquor store in Shinto.

Shirou has been working there part-time for the past
five years.
The store manager is practically attached to his kotatsu,
and his daughter went to high school with Fuji-nee.
There's a connection to cats?
Creampuff Dream REM [Technique]
Len's Last Arc. A dreamlike crushing attack using Len's

favorite food, cake.
By the way, it might come as a surprise, but it seems
that Len prefers semi-sweet cakes, while White Len is the
one partial to strawberry shortcake.
Cremation Rite [Weapon]
An enchantment attached to Ciel's throwing swords.

Spell engravings are applied to the blade, causing
targets to burst into flames after being pierced.
Because it is an effect generated with sorcery, very few
Executors make use of it. However, for some reason or
another Ciel isn't a believer of the faith at all, so she
makes use of sorcery with impunity.
In truth, it seems this is also part of the knowledge that
she inherited from Roa. Aside from the Cremation Rite,
there is also the Internment Rite, which turns the target
into stone, the Mummification Rite, which desiccates the
target, and the Excarnation Rite, which causes countless
crows to descend upon the target.
Cremation Rite [Weapon]
An enchantment attached to Ciel's throwing swords.

The blades are engraved with spells, causing targets to
burst into flames after being pierced. It sees very little
use amongst the Church's Executors. It's because Ciel
doesn't believe in Christianity at all that she makes use
of these heresies with impunity.
The source of Ciel's sorcery is the knowledge she
inherited from Roa. Aside from the Cremation Rite, there
is also the Internment Rite, which turns the target into
stone, the Mummification Rite, which desiccates the
target, and the Excarnation Rite, which causes countless

crows to descend upon the target.
Ciel herself is reluctant to make use of Roa's knowledge,
but if it's for the sake of annihilating Dead Apostles she'll
use his (taboo) sorcery without even a bit of hesitation.
Crimson Moon [Term]
Another name for the organism that was used as the

template for the True Ancestors. Also known as the
Crimson Moon Brunestud.
After he vanished, individuals close to him in power
started being honored with the title of Brunestud.
However, in the long history of the True Ancestors,
only two have ever received the name.
Crimson Red Vermilion [Term]
The name for when those with inhuman heritage have

drawn out their sleeping blood to the maximum possible
extent. Once they reach this state, they are wreathed in
a mirage-like haze and can never return to being human.
The name Crimson Red Vermilion is unique to the
families ruled over by the Tohno household. Elsewhere,
it is known as Ancestral Return.

extent. Once they reach this state, they are wreathed in
a mirage-like haze and can never return to being human.
The name Crimson Red Vermilion is unique to the
As one with particularly tainted blood, the possibility
that Akiha will become a Crimson Red Vermilion is high.
In Tsukihime, when her hair turned deep crimson, she
was on the verge of this, though somehow she managed
to bring her human and oni blood under control. Of
course, rather than returning to how she was before, it's
more accurate to say she switched to her "human" self
while remaining close to the state Crimson Red Vermilion.

extent.
The name Crimson Red Vermillion is unique to the
As one with particularly tainted blood, the possibility
that Akiha will become a Crimson Red Vermillion is high.
You can catch a glimpse of this during Tohno Akiha and
Kishima Kouma's Arc Drives. Also, though Kouma is the
closest to attaining it at the current stage, Akiha is
actually the one with more aptitude for it.
Curry Bread [Weapon]
A Ciel-specific weapon. If it's deep-fried, there's even

an instant death effect.
However, it has no effect on Akiha at all.
Curry Bread [Weapon]
A Ciel-specific weapon. If it's deep-fried, there's even

an instant death effect.
However, it has no effect on Akiha at all.
D
Dai Teito [Place]
A yakiniku restaurant in Misaki. Well, to be precise it's

actually in the neighboring town, but
As a paradise of meat that competes not on quality but
price, it's a popular hangout for students who want to get
a lot of bang for their buck. They have an all-you-can-eat
special available that tests the limits of human
endurance, and the rankings are updated monthly.
However, it seems that the monsters occupying the first
and second place spots are unlikely to be displaced any
time in the foreseeable future.
Dark Jade Fist [Technique]
Hisui's Arc Drive. Rotating both arms, she stores up a

mysterious energy, then shoots it forward in a homemaid killer move. It seems that she's fueling the attack
with her complaints and dissatisfaction toward the
excessively harsh manual labor she's put through every
day. Huh? Could this be a new form of malignant
information...?
It's quite useful for a projectile technique, since it
lingers for a bit after it's shot and pressures the opponent.
During Blood Heat it becomes the Grand Dark Jade Fist,
which has the power to shake the very earth itself.
The source of the technique is the mystery story
"Imogirisou" in Kagetsu Tohya. It's a reproduction of the
action demonstrated by Hisui when she was possessed
by the evil spirit.
Date [Other]
Fate Dictionary
Yeah! Here it is, what you've all been waiting for! The
heart and soul of romance games!
A heroine without one of these can't really even be
called a heroine at all, and any main heroine worth her
salt should have at least one or two.
Because of that, both Saber and Rin have date scenes.
One date where Shirou does the dragging, and one
date where he's the one being dragged. I think it
demonstrates the positions of both heroines quite nicely,
yes.
But wait, now that I think about it, isn't there another
main heroine who didn't get a date scene at all?
Dead Apostle [Term]
The bloodsuckers that make up the vast majority of the

subcategory of bloodsuckers known as vampires.
That was a confusing sentence!
Originally they were meals for the True Ancestors, who
would prepare humans in advance for the times when
their vampiric impulse became impossible to control. Of
course, to keep them from escaping, the True Ancestors
sucked their blood and brought them under their control.
These humans who had their blood sucked by the True
Ancestors in turn began to suck blood themselves.
Though, in their case it was mostly as a means of survival.
After all, it stands to reason that the apostles serving the
extremely long-lived True Ancestors must be possessed
of similarly long lives as well.
However. At some point, after sucking the blood of

others for such a long time, they began to feel a sense of
superiority from the very act of sucking blood itself. They
strengthened their abilities, their will, and eventually
escaped from the control of the True Ancestors into the
world of man, where they repeated the act of drinking
blood over and over again to maintain their existences.
This is the origin of the bloodsuckers formed from
humans, the Dead Apostles.
The Dead Apostles that escaped the True Ancestors the
earliest are known as the 27 Ancestors. Though some of
those 27 have been replaced over the generations, there
are also those that still reign as Ancestors even now.
In the story, Sacchin was lucky enough to have a body
blessed with excellent potential, and completed her
rebirth into a bloodsucker in under half a day. It wouldn't
be wrong to say her potential as a vampire is close to that
of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors of old.
Dead Apostle [Term]
The bloodsuckers that make up the vast majority of the

subcategory of bloodsuckers known as vampires.
Originally they were meals for the True Ancestors, who
would prepare humans in advance for the times when
their vampiric impulse became impossible to control. Of
course, to keep them from escaping, the True Ancestors
sucked their blood and brought them under their control.
These humans who had their blood sucked by the True
Ancestors in turn became bloodsuckers themselves.
Though, in their case it was mostly as a means of survival.
After all, it stands to reason that the apostles serving the
extremely long-lived True Ancestors must be possessed
of similarly long lives as well.
However. At some point, after sucking the blood of
others for such a long time, they began to feel a sense of
superiority from the very act of sucking blood itself. They
strengthened their abilities, their will, and eventually
escaped from the control of the True Ancestors into the
world of man, where they repeated the act of drinking
blood over and over again to maintain their existences.
In the main story of Tsukihime, not only was Yumizuka
Satsuki's transformation into a vampire caused by having
her blood sucked by Roa, but she was also lucky (?)
enough to have a body blessed with excellent potential,
allowing her to complete her rebirth into a bloodsucker
in under half a day. It wouldn't be wrong to say her
potential as a vampire is close to that of the 27 Dead
Apostle Ancestors of old.
Dead Apostle [Term]
Vampires. Basically, humans that have by some means

or another been transformed into bloodsuckers.
Originally they were emergency meals prepared by the
True Ancestors, to use when they became unable to
control their vampiric impulse. In a sense, you could say
they were a type of pain-killer.
Humans who had their blood sucked by the True
Ancestors would in turn be transfigured into similar
bloodsuckers themselves, and forced to spend their now
immortal lives serving as the True Ancestors' emergency
rations. Without a doubt, they were a "company of the
dead".
However, whereas the True Ancestors' desire to drink
blood is purely mental, the Dead Apostles need to drink
blood to maintain their bodies. Or to put it another way,
for the True Ancestors it is merely entertainment, while
for the Dead Apostles it is a fundamental aspect of their
survival similar to breathing.
At some point, after sucking the blood of others for
such a long time, the Dead Apostles began to feel a sense
of superiority from the very act of sucking blood itself.
They strengthened their abilities, their will, and
eventually escaped from the control of the True
Ancestors into the world of man, where they repeated
the act of drinking blood over and over again to maintain
their existences.
Dead Apostle Ancestors [Term, Nickname]
The 27 ancestors who are the original source of the

Dead Apostles. Currently, about half of them are being
sealed by the Church.
As the 27 oldest Dead Apostles, there are those among

them that have already disappeared. The reason that
they are still counted as the "27" Dead Apostle Ancestors
despite that fact is because whenever an Ancestor dies,
one of his subordinates will inherit the position.
However, although proper Dead Apostles will create
subordinates and work to expand their influence, there
are some Ancestors who have no interest in any of that
at all. Those Ancestors that used to be magi before they
became Dead Apostles tend to be more akin to "seekers"
rather than "bloodsuckers". In that sense, both Roa and
Nrvnqsr could surely be said to have been brothers.
Though it isn't really related to the main story of
Tsukihime, below is a brief introduction of the 27 Dead
Apostle Ancestors. The missing numbers represent those
Dead Apostles that have either been executed by the
Church, or are currently "atoning".
1/ Primate Murder
Details unknown.
2/ The Dark Six
The very first Dead Apostles. The six royals of darkness.
Currently resuscitating.
It is said that their revival will unite the 27 Dead Apostle
Ancestors, but not a single Dead Apostle knows their
true colors.
3/ Crimson Moon Brunestud
Ultimate One. Currently vacant.
4/ Wizard Marshal Zelretch
One of the five existing magicians. Also called Zelretch
of the Jewel.
Despite being a Dead Apostle, he cooperates with the
True Ancestors. Arcueid thinks of him as a sort of
grandfatherly servant. He toppled the Crimson Moon
in battle, but had his blood sucked at the last second
and became a Dead Apostle.
5/ ORT
Details unknown. Seems to be a mutant species that
crash landed in South America sometime before the
Common Era. As an attack-type organism, its power is
on a completely different level.
The former 5th Apostle unwisely tried to capture it, and
was instantly annihilated. Afterward, it was confirmed
to possess vampiric traits, and is now treated as an
Ancestor itself.
Type Mercury.
6/ Rizo-Vaal Strout
Black Knight Strout. One of Altrouge's bodyguards.
7/ Disemboweling Forest Einnashe
A bloodsucker formed from carnivorous plants.
It is a forest unified with a single will, and is very similar
to a phantasmal species.
Once every several centuries, a deep crimson fruit will
mature within the forest. This fruit is the congealed
mass of all the blood Einnashe took in over the years,
and legends state that it has the power to grant
immortality to whoever eats it.
8/ Fina-Vlad Svelten
White Knight Vlad. One of Altrouge's bodyguards.
9/ Altrouge Brunestud
Primate Murder's owner. Vampire princess of the Dead
Apostles. Hybrid of a True Ancestor and a Dead Apostle.
"Black". Master of blood and contracts.
10/ Nrvnqsr Chaos
A living mass of chaos. A magus whose research
ultimately led him to become a bloodsucker.
11/ Stanrobe Calhin
The Duke of Predation. Wraith. The density of his
existence will reach zero in about 200 years. What on
earth?
13/ ?????
A Dead Apostle purported to exist. Only the name
"Night of Wallachia" remains as a legend handed down
through the ages.
14/ Van Fem
One of the longest-serving Dead Apostles. Dark Lord of
the Business World. Puppet Master. He created seven
great golem castles, and so is also known as "Van Fem
of the Demonic Castles". A man of the world, who
holds a prominent position in public society, and even
worries about global affairs. He is quite fond of trivial
things.
15/ Rita Rozay-en
A self-proclaimed artist. Indulges in a distinctive hobby
even among the Dead Apostles. A second-generation
Dead Apostle that inherited her castle from the Dead
Apostle that made her, but since she was the official
successor her situation is not the same as Enhance's.
16/ Gransurg Blackmore

A Dead Apostle known as the Moon Eater. A magus
whose research ultimately led him to become a
bloodsucker. Despite being a Dead Apostle himself, he
possesses an ability that is strong against other Dead
Apostles.
17/ Trhvmn Ortenrosse
The White Wing Lord. A magus who became a
bloodsucker. The quintessential vampire. As the
official representative of the 27 Dead Apostle
Ancestors he has the greatest influence formally, at
least. In practice, however, Altrouge's influence is even
greater, and the two are constantly at odds.
Also, Trhvmn was the Dead Apostle who proposed they
start hunting True Ancestors. In a sense, he was the
reason Nrvnqsr met his end in that far-off Eastern land.
is destroyed every time he uses it and requires several

decades to revive.
Thanks to that, he is currently sealed by the Church.
27/ Caubac Alcatraz
Dead Apostle of the Millennium Lock. A magus whose
research ultimately led him to become a Dead Apostle.
He was also a believer, just like Merem and Roa.
He constructed a labyrinth to protect the culmination
of his ideology, the Holy Scripture Triten, from outside
invaders. However, he accidentally trapped himself
inside, and so has not made an appearance for several
hundred years.
EX/ Michael Roa Valdamjong
The Serpent of Akasha. The Infinite Reincarnator.
Dead Apostle Ancestors [Term]
18/ Enhance
A Dead Apostle who killed his master, and only just
took over the original 18th Ancestor's position.
Consequently, he is known derisively as the "Singleedged Enhance Sword".
20/ Merem Solomon
The fifth member of the Burial Agency. Goes by the
alias of Crown. For Ciel, he is something like a pesky
senpai.
A collector of treasures from all times and places.
Probably the only reason he joined the Burial Agency is
because he wanted to be close to the treasures sealed
by the Church.
21/ Sumire
Water Bottle. An oddball Dead Apostle that lives
underwater. Sumire has conquered the traditional
vampire weakness to running water, but in exchange it
seems that it has become hard for her to move on land.
Also, she's perpetually drunk. While this may make her
seem pretty weak, in reality she has a strong enough
compositional ability to break into the upper echelons.
Among the Dead Apostles, she is the only one capable
of using Marble Phantasm. If you put her on dry land
and dry her out, her drunkenness will disappear and
she'll be able to demonstrate her true power, maybe.
24/ El Nahat
Background unknown.
Possesses the unique ability to almost certainly erase
an opponent in one-on-one combat, but his own body

The 27 ancestors who are the original source of the

Dead Apostles. Currently, about half of them are being
sealed by the Church.
As the 27 oldest Dead Apostles, there are those among
them that have already disappeared. The reason that
they are still counted as the "27" Dead Apostle Ancestors
despite that fact is because whenever an Ancestor dies,
one of his subordinates will inherit the position.
However, although proper Dead Apostles will create
subordinates and work to expand their influence, there
are some Ancestors who have no interest in any of that
at all. Those Ancestors that used to be magi before they
became Dead Apostles tend to be more akin to "seekers"
rather than "bloodsuckers". In that sense, both Roa and
Nrvnqsr could surely be said to have been brothers.
Though it isn't really related to the main story of
Tsukihime, below is a brief introduction of the 27 Dead
Apostle Ancestors. The missing numbers represent those
Dead Apostles that have either been executed by the
Church, or are currently "atoning".
1/ Primate Murder
Details unknown. Murderer of primates. The White
Beast. Altrouge's demonic dog (the Beast of Gaia).
2/ The Dark Six

true colors.
and only drinks the blood of other men. He and Rita

simply do not get along at all. Possesses the reality
marble Parade.

Hybrid of a True Ancestor and a Dead Apostle. Vampire
princess of the Dead Apostles. "Black". Master of blood
and contracts. Primate Murder's owner. Appears to be
a 14 year old girl.

of the Jewel.
Despite being a Dead Apostle, he cooperates with the
True Ancestors. Arcueid thinks of him as a sort of
grandfatherly servant. He toppled the Crimson Moon
in battle, but had his blood sucked at the last second
and became a Dead Apostle. However, even after
becoming a vampire his position as a magician stayed
intact, and he traveled around the world to various
countries where he would take disciples and uniformly
ruin them all.
5/ ORT
on a completely different level. It uses the encroaching
reality marble, Crystal Valley. Its appearance is similar
to a spider's. The former 5th Apostle recklessly tried to
capture it, and was instantly annihilated. Afterward, it
was confirmed to possess vampiric traits, and is now
treated as an Ancestor itself.
Type Mercury.
6/ Rizo-Vaal Strout
One of the longest-serving Dead Apostles. Black Knight
Strout. One of Altrouge's bodyguards. On account of
being inflicted with a curse of time, he is immortal. The
True Devil Neardark.
A bloodsucker formed from carnivorous plants. It is a
forest unified with a single will, and is very similar to a
phantasmal species. Once every several centuries, a
deep crimson fruit will mature deep within it. This fruit
is the congealed mass of all the blood Einnashe took in
over the years, and legends state that it has the power
to grant immortality to whoever eats it.
White Knight Vlad. One of Altrouge's bodyguards. The
Vampiric Count. Devil of Stratovaris. Captain of the
Ghost Fleet. He has an interest in handsome youths,
10/ Nrvnqsr Chaos

11/ Stanrobe Calhin
The Duke of Predation. Wraith. Also known as the "City
Devourer". An invincible character whose density of
existence will reach zero in about 200 years.
13/ ?????
Tatari. A Dead Apostle purported to exist. Only the
name "Night of Wallachia" remains as a legend handed
down through the ages.
14/ Van Fem
great golem castles, and so is also known as "Van Fem
of the Demonic Castles". A man of the world, who
holds a prominent position in public society, and even
worries about global affairs. The fifth of his castles,
Matri, was captured by Parade during an engagement
with the White Knight Vlad, and ever since then he has
harbored a grudge against Altrouge's faction.
15/ Rita Rozay-en
Apostle that made her, but since she was the official
successor her situation is not the same as Enhance's.
The very model of a noble bloodsucker, she indulges in
a hell of debauchery and luscious depravity day in and
day out.
Peng. The Black Wing Lord. A Dead Apostle known as
the Moon Eater. Uses the reality marble Nevermore. A
magus whose research ultimately led him to become a
bloodsucker. Despite being a Dead Apostle himself, he
possesses an ability that is strong against other Dead

Apostles.
One of the longest-serving Dead Apostles. The White
Wing Lord. A magus who became a bloodsucker. The
quintessential vampire. King of the Dead Apostles. As
the official representative of the 27 Dead Apostle
least. In practice, however, Altrouge's influence is even
greater, and the two are constantly at odds. Also,
Trhvmn was the Dead Apostle who proposed they start
hunting True Ancestors. In a sense, he was the reason
Nrvnqsr met his end in that far-off Eastern land.
18/ Enhance
The Knight of Vengeance, Enhance. A Dead Apostle
who killed his master, and only just took over the
original 18th Ancestor's position. Consequently, he is
known derisively as the "Single-edged Enhance Sword".
20/ Merem Solomon
The Great Four Demon Beasts. Despite being a Dead
Apostle, he is the fifth member of the Burial Agency.
Goes by the alias of Crown. For Ciel, he is something
like a pesky senpai. A collector of treasures from all
times and places. Probably the only reason he joined
the Burial Agency is because he wanted to be close to
the treasures sealed by the Church.
folklore states that they cannot cross running water.

Rivers and oceans are like impassable barriers to them.
Sumire has conquered this weakness, but in exchange
it seems that it has become hard for her to move on
land. Also, she's perpetually drunk. While this may
make her seem pretty weak, in reality she has a strong
enough compositional ability to break into the upper
echelons. Among the Dead Apostles, she is the only
one capable of using Marble Phantasm. If you put her
on dry land and dry her out, her drunkenness will
disappear and she'll be able to demonstrate her true
power, maybe. Her outward appearance is that of an
easy to get along with drunk lady, and she has a castle,
but it's a completely abandoned husk. There's a rumor
that she and Rita are on such good terms they could
just kill each other.
24/ El Nahat
Background unknown. The artifact called the Book of
the Stomach World. A peculiar vampire embodying
refraction. Possesses the unique ability to almost
certainly erase an opponent in one-on-one combat,
but his own body is destroyed every time he uses it and
requires several decades to revive. Thanks to that, he
is currently sealed by the Church. Regarded as the
Burial Agency's ultimate anti-Dead Apostle trump card,
they only bring him out on rare occasions.
27/ Caubac Alcatraz
He was also a believer, just like Merem and Roa. He
constructed a labyrinth to protect the culmination of
his ideology, the Holy Scripture Triten, from outside
invaders. However, he accidentally trapped himself
inside, and so has not made an appearance for several
hundred years.
Though the Church counts him among the 27 Dead
Apostle Ancestors, the Ancestors themselves despise
him as an "extra number".
Dead Apostle Ancestors [Term]
21/ Sumire
Aquatic Demon Sumire. Water Bottle. An oddball Dead
Apostle that lives underwater. Traditionally, vampire
The 27 oldest Dead Apostles.

There are the Ancestors of the Elder Title, whose age
exceeds 4000 years, Ancestors sealed by the Holy Church,
Ancestors secretly biding their time in the unexplored

regions of the world, and even Ancestors akin to a family
that passes on the throne to a successor every 500 years.
They each have their own factions, and are engaged in
vicious power struggles within them. Perhaps for them,
this is one of the few things that gives meaning to their
existence now that their sense for amusement has
completely worn away.
On rare occasions an Ancestor will die, but since there
is always a successor to replace them, the number of
Ancestors never changes. In fact, it could be said that
becoming an Ancestor is the ultimate goal of all Dead
Apostles. Even those Dead Apostles at the very bottom,
who were changed into vampires by lowly Dead Apostles
with no standing or reputation, dream of one day being
able to gather enough power to become one of the 27
themselves.
On the other hand, there also exist Ancestors who have
no interest in such things at all. They are seekers, who
eschew building a kingdom of their very own in favor of
chasing after perfect immortality. There are many of
these "Ancestors without a faction" among the Dead
Apostles that used to be magi.
Below is a brief introduction.
One of the longest-serving Dead Apostles. Black Knight

Strout. One of Altrouge's bodyguards. The True Devil
Neardark.
1/ Primate Murder
Details unknown. Murderer of primates. The White
Beast. Altrouge's demonic dog (the Beast of Gaia).
13/ ?????
Tatari. A Dead Apostle purported to exist. Only the
name "Night of Wallachia" remains as a legend handed
down through the ages.
2/ The Dark Six

true colors.
of the Jewel.
5/ ORT
on a completely different level.
6/ Rizo-Vaal Strout

The Sentient Woods. A mobile, predatory forest.
White Knight Vlad. One of Altrouge's bodyguards. The
Vampiric Count. Devil of Stratovaris.
Hybrid of a True Ancestor and a Dead Apostle. Vampire
princess of the Dead Apostles. "Black". Master of blood
and contracts.
10/ Nrvnqsr Chaos
11/ Stanrobe Calhin
The Duke of Predation. Wraith. Also known as the "City
Devourer".
The First Wraith (Stantia).
14/ Van Fem

great golem castles.
15/ Rita Rozay-en
Apostle that made her.
Peng. The Black Wing Lord. A Dead Apostle known as
the Moon Eater. Uses the reality marble Nevermore.
One of the longest-serving Dead Apostles. The White
Wing Lord. A magus who became a bloodsucker. The
quintessential vampire. King of the Dead Apostles. As
the official representative of the 27 Dead Apostle

least.
20/ Merem Solomon
The Great Four Demon Beasts. Despite being a Dead
Apostle, he is the fifth member of the Burial Agency.
Goes by the alias of Crown. For Ciel, he is something
like a pesky senpai.
21/ Sumire
Aquatic Demon Sumire. Water Bottle. An oddball Dead
Apostle that lives underwater. A reformed vampire
that has overcome the weakness to running water.
24/ El Nahat
Background unknown. The artifact called the Book of
the Stomach World. Regarded as the Burial Agency's
ultimate anti-Dead Apostle trump card.
27/ Caubac Alcatraz
Though the Church counts him among the 27 Dead
Apostle Ancestors, the Ancestors themselves despise
him as one who overstepped his bounds.
Demon Hybrid [Term]
Refers to the descendants of humans who consorted

with something "inhuman" in the distant past. Tohno
Akiha and Kishima Kouma fall under this classification.
Though their blood is growing thinner with each
successive generation, on rare occasions a child is born
who has strongly inherited that "inhuman" characteristic.
As for Tohno Akiha, her blood is primarily human, but
what inhuman blood she does have is exceptionally high
class. Because of this, she could be considered the
answer to the demon hybrids' evolution, capable of
awakening as a demon hybrid while still remaining a
human being.
Kouma, on the other hand, is an archetypical demon
hybrid whose oni blood runs too thick, making life as a
human completely impossible.
Depletion Garden [Technique]
Yumizuka Satsuki's Last Arc. A reality marble.

Satsuki's powers blossomed after becoming a vampire,
and this is her strongest attack. As the name "depletion"
suggests, the magical energy in the deployed space is
rapidly dissipated. Though it is similar to Akiha's Origami,
the target of Depletion Garden is the world itself. Also,
the depleted magical energy does not return to the user,
Satsuki, but instead merely vanishes.
It is a field effect that could be considered the natural
enemy of magi, who require magical energy to attack,
and elementals, who require magical energy just to exist.
On the other hand, against organisms that are cut off
from the world (for instance, humans, who don't use the
magical energy in the atmosphere much at all) there will
not be a pronounced effect.
Devil's Trumpet [Flower]
Another name for Datura metel. Kohaku grows it in the

back yard.
Despite being used for "that", it was nonchalantly,
earnestly, and boldly put on display.
By the way, when Kohaku said she wanted to grow
some cacti as well, she was probably talking about
Peyote. Watch out, Shiki! It's another dangerous plant!
Devil's Trumpet [Flower]
Another name for Datura metel. Kohaku grows it in the

back yard.
Despite being used for "that", it was nonchalantly,
earnestly, and boldly put on display.
By the way, when Kohaku said she wanted to grow
some cacti as well, she was probably talking about
Peyote. Watch out, Shiki! It's another dangerous plant!
Well, she really did start using cacti in Melty Blood.
After Kagetsu Tohya, Kohaku established the "Magical
Netherworld Psycho Garden" behind the Tohno mansion,
which has been churning out ingredients for strange and
eerie medicines ever since. T-This is bad! Somebody, stop
her!
Diarmuid Ua Duibhne [Servant]
The Lancer class Servant of the Fourth Holy Grail War,

summoned by Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald. A hero of the
Fianna, spoken of in Irish mythology. The story of his
tragic love affair with Grainne would later become the
model for the story of Lancelot and Guinevere. It's no
wonder that the Berserker of the Fourth Holy Grail War
has such bad compatibility with him!
In battle, he wields two Noble Phantasms: the Crimson
Rose of Exorcism (Gae Dearg) which temporarily nullifies
the effects of magical energy, and the Yellow Rose of
Mortality (Gae Buidhe) which inflicts cursed wounds that
cannot be healed by any means.
His basic parameters are not particularly high, but he
excels at using battle tactics designed to trip up enemies
stronger than himself. In particular, he is the natural
enemy of those Heroic Spirits which rely on the powers
of their Noble Phantasms to fight. Depending on his
strategy, it's even possible that he could have won the
entire Fourth Holy Grail War (or suffer a humiliating
defeat at the hands of Assassin).
Out of all the Servants in the fourth war, he had the
second-worst compatibility with his Master. Though, if
his very first opponent had been anybody besides Saber,
he might have been able to fight in a way more in line
with his Master's expectations. For you see, it was
Saber's serene beauty and grace which kindled the
flames of chivalry within his heart.
Also, while he was summoned as a Lancer this time, and
therefore carried the twin demonic spears Gae Dearg
and Gae Buidhe, his legends also speak of a pair of
demonic swords: Moralltach and Beagalltach. So, there
was actually a decent chance he could have been
summoned as a Saber. Or rather, that's probably what
Kayneth was hoping for
When it is active, blood begins to pour out of the roots

and branches, and the entire forest flickers with an eerie,
dark red light. It is a scene that could be called the very
picture of hell itself.
It is thought to be a reality marble.
Disemboweling Forest [Nickname, Title]
Dream [Term]

"Talk"
The most common name for Einnashe. It is also called

the Sentient Woods.
A monster that operates on a 50 year cycle. A demonic
forest that consumes not just the blood of those humans
foolish enough to step foot within it, but the animals that
make their home there as well.
Forests are filled with deadly weapons. Even normal
tree branches are enough to maim and kill living beings.
However, in the case of Einnashe, all of those things work
together with a concerted will to attack its victims. You
can surely imagine what it must be like to be subjected
to such a horror.
Dokkaku [Technique]
Single Horn. The name of the martial art practiced by

Kishima Kouma.
Like the monk who attains enlightenment on his own,
it is solitary. Which is to say, it is a martial art that can
only be passed down to "one like oneself". In this case,
that refers to the Kishima family of oni hybrids.
If the Nanaya martial arts are something that can be
inherited by any four-legged beast, then the Kishima
martial arts are something that can only be learned by
the Kishima.
Dragon Tooth Warrior [Sorcery]
Fate Dictionary
Familiars made from dragon teeth.

The teeth are planted in the ground, where they
become disposable soldiers imbued with the magical
energy of dragons and knowledge from the earth.
Going by sprites it seems that there are three types,
and they're all lovely.
A nostalgic existence for those experienced with
tabletop role-playing games. They're actually very strong,
and if a group of level five adventurers picks a fight with
them they're in for a rude awakening.

A convenient thing.
Normally, Shiki is a person that doesn't dream. The
reason that he started dreaming frequently after coming
back to the Tohno mansion was not due to his own will,
but because of outside influences.
Even the dream he had on the fifth day of the Arcueid
and Ciel routes stemmed from the mischievousness of
Arcueid's familiar rather than his own desire.
If that's mischievousness I'm all for it, hahaha.
Dream [Term]
A vast forest on the outskirts of Fuyuki. Really, more

like undeveloped mountains than anything.
It takes about an hour to reach it from Miyama by taxi.
Inside, there is an enormous boundary field that allows
Illya to easily detect anybody who enters without
concealing their presence and magical energy.
Illya's stronghold, the Einzbern castle, stands at the
center of this forest.
A freelance magus, who died at the age of 34.

For better or worse, the person that decided Shirou's
way of life.
He was Emiya Shirou's adoptive father, and the Master
of Saber in the previous Holy Grail War, which he fought
his way through to the very end.
He favored guns, and used a peculiar sorcery called
Innate Time Control.
His aptitude as a Master was normal, but he was the
best of the best when it came to "killing hostile magi".
Basically, he was the Association's hitman, and it seems
the Einzberns sought him out to make use of those skills.
It seems that over the course of the Holy Grail War, he
tricked an enemy Master, took his lover hostage, blew up
a building, and was generally nasty enough that you
could almost mistake him for a young Kotomine.
Well, Kotomine himself was young back then, too.
Perhaps it's the fate of lady's man, but he casually kept
both a wife and lover.
It seems that when he wasn't working as a magus, he
was extremely chivalrous. He used to tell the young
Shirou to "never make a woman cry, since later there will
be hell to pay."
Huh? Did this guy actually like women at all?
At any rate, after the Holy Grail War he was stained by
"All the World's Evil" called forth by Kotomine, which
ultimately caused his death.
Elite Neco Corps [Technique]
Emiya Kiritsugu [Person]
A convenient thing.
Kagetsu Tohya's key word. Normally Shiki is a person
that doesn't dream. The reason that he started dreaming
frequently after coming back to the Tohno mansion was
not due to his own will, but because of outside influences.
Even the dream he had on the fifth day of the Arcueid
and Ciel routes stemmed from the mischievousness of
Arcueid's familiar rather than his own desire. Okay, okay,
if that's mischievousness I'm all for it, hahaha.
E
Einzbern Forest [Other]
Fate Dictionary

The Neco Arcs summoned by Neco Arc. The GCV's only

military unit.
It is a self-defense force composed solely of specially
chosen Neco Arcs whose overflowing savage nature,
excellent physical ability, and unmatched intelligence
cannot be controlled. These chosen few are known as
Abaddon's Beret, and are the envy of all the Neco Arcs.
Of course, that's completely unrelated to its power as
a technique. There is a high degree of randomness
involved, so it's really only useful as a provocation.
Probably, this was done in order to faithfully translate
the idea that even Neco Arc cannot control the Neco Arcs
into game mechanics.
Also, recently there have been rumors swirling about a
Dark Chaos Corps, but?
Emiya Kiritsugu [Person]
Fate Dictionary

The protagonist of Fate/Zero's prologue and epilogue,

more or less.
He is the epitome of pragmatism, willing to do anything
to achieve his goals. He is an idealist that dreams of world
peace, but his method of attaining it is that of a cold and
ruthless realist. He loves humanity, but he would not
hesitate for a second to kill any single person. But though
he lacks both hesitation and doubt, he cannot throw
away his sadness.
Essentially, he's a magical 007, who treats sorcery as a
mere tool and has no qualms using modern technology
when it's more effective to do so. I really wanted to have
him go on a rampage in a fully-loaded spy car, but I guess
if you think about it Saber's V-Max sort of filled that role.
Though a young boy once looked up to him as a
"superhero", he himself lost that admiration at an early
stage, eventually coming to curse the very concept of
justice itself. The only thing that kept him going was a
desire that the sacrifices he had already made not be in
vain. Thanks to this pessimistic attitude, his rank as a

"superhero" is far inferior to the Heroic Spirit that shares
his last name. Perhaps if he had a little more of the evil
charisma of a last boss he would have been successful,
but at the end of the day what he really wanted was just
to pass away the days with his family in tranquil serenity.
Just like an eroge protagonist, he emitted a mysterious
radiation that attracted women to him, but sadly
everyone ensnared by it inevitably met a terrible end.
The only woman capable of smashing through this curse
was the legendary Tiger of Fuyuki. Wow, Fuji-nee, you're
so amazing!
If you count backwards from when he died, it turns out
that his most active time on the battlefield was actually
in his late teens. But hey, that's not so strange, you know.
Just look at Yagashira Dai or Sagara Sousuke. There are
lots of heroes like that in this world.
He evaded capture by the Association for over twenty

years, and finally ended up hiding himself away on a
small island in the tropics. His wife was killed by pursuers
from the Association, but Kiritsugu had only just been
born at the time and so has no memory of the incident.
The sorcery of the Emiya family involves accelerating
or stagnating the flow of time within a reality marble,
without interference from the world. Norikata plumbed
the depths of this sorcery, and hatched a scheme to
shrink a boundary field until the resistance was almost
zero, then infinitely accelerate time within it. His belief
was that by observing the end of the universe, he could
arrive at the "Root" that lay beyond it. But though the
theory itself was promising, he would require a period of
hundreds of years to complete the experiment. In order
to solve the life span problem, he reluctantly began
researching methods of becoming a Dead Apostle.
The resulting tragedy is described in the interlude at
the beginning of the fourth volume.
Emiya Shirou [Person]
Fate Dictionary
The protagonist of Fate/stay night but that should go

without saying.
He is a diligent, hardworking man, who loves things like
cooking, cleaning, and sewing. Though he always denies
it, saying that he simply has no choice but to do all those
things himself, that's an obvious lie. He's destined to
become a housekeeper.
His inborn butler spirit will reveal itself after Rin's true
ending, when he gets a part-time job working in the
mansion of Rin's rival. Wait, what?
Also, though he'll remain a failure of a magus to the
bitter end, he'll achieve great things as a spellcaster.
Enhance [Person, Dead Apostle]
Emiya Norikata [Person]

Emiya Kiritsugu's father. A genius who, by perfecting

his family's internal (small-scale) time manipulation
sorcery, managed to earn a sealing designation despite
being a mere fourth generation magus.
One of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors. The Knight of

Vengeance.
A bloodsucker who only just became an Ancestor, he is
Although normally Dead Apostles only fight within
their own group, Enhance is hunting the other members
of the 27 Ancestors themselves.
Even though he's a vampire, he is incomplete, and lacks
the superhuman innate abilities possessed by the other
Ancestors. On the other hand, his force of will and ability
to take action is foremost among the Dead Apostles.
By nature, the immortal Dead Apostles are tranquil

beings, but as Enhance is still almost human his
vindictiveness knows no bounds.
He fights using the demonic sword Avenger, which he
inherited from the Apostle he replaced, and a gun that
was manufactured by the Church. Because of its holy
origins, the gun corrodes his left arm each time he uses
it.
If you're wondering what an entry like this is doing in
this encyclopedia, it's because he got name-dropped in
one of the routes, during a conversation between
Arcueid and Ciel.
Enhance [Person, Dead Apostle]
One of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors. The Knight of

Vengeance.
A bloodsucker who only just became an Ancestor, he is
Although hostility between Dead Apostles is nothing
strange, that only refers to power squabbles within a
group. In other words, while Dead Apostles will fight for
the right to become their own Ancestor's successor,
there is no conflict between the separate Ancestors'
factions. However, Enhance is an exception to the rule,
and is hunting the other members of the 27 Ancestors
themselves.
Even though he's a vampire, he is incomplete, and lacks
the superhuman innate abilities possessed by the other
Ancestors. On the other hand, his force of will and ability
to take action is foremost among the Dead Apostles.
By nature, the immortal Dead Apostles are tranquil
beings, but as Enhance is still almost human his
vindictiveness knows no bounds.
He fights using the demonic sword Avenger, which he
inherited (stole) from the Apostle he replaced, and a gun
that was manufactured by the Church. Because the gun
is an artifact of the Church, it corrodes his left arm each
time he uses it.
If you're wondering what an entry like this is doing in
this encyclopedia, it's because he got name-dropped in
one of the routes, during a conversation between
Arcueid and Ciel.
If there's ever a Tsukihime 2, it's rumored that the story
will revolve around Enhance. Though, the author gets
bored really easily so maybe take that with a (huge) grain
of salt, yeah?
Enkidu [Armament]
Fate Dictionary
The Chains of Heaven. One of Gilgamesh's favorite

Noble Phantasms.
As the chain that captured the Bull of Heaven, which
had driven Uruk into a seven year famine, it is
Gilgamesh's most trusted Noble Phantasm even more
so than Ea. Its power is to "restrain the gods".
It is a Noble Phantasm which grows more sturdy in
proportion to the target's divinity, making it one of the
few anti-god weapons.
Consequently, for Berserker (Heracles), Enkidu was an
even more troublesome Noble Phantasm than Excalibur.
On the other hand, for Servants with no divinity like
Saber, Assassin, or Archer, it is nothing more than a
normal, sturdy chain.
Enuma Elish [Noble Phantasm]
Fate Dictionary
Star of Creation that Split Heaven and Earth.

The cutting of space with the Sword of Rupture, Ea.
Air pressure faults, compressed and smashed against
each other, become a pseudo-fault in time and space
that pulverizes all who oppose it.
With output matching or even exceeding Excalibur, it
is without a doubt the sword that "cut the world".
Strictly speaking, the Noble Phantasm is actually Ea,
while Enuma Elish is the name of Ea's maximum output
state.
By the way, the sword's drill shape is modeled after
the bedrock excavators used when making underwater
tunnels.
Though normally you'd think of a drill as something
that tapers down to a point like a spear, the drills used to
bore out enormous holes actually look more like
numerous overlapping gears.
The way the blades rotate individually and shave away
at the bedrock just imagining it is so cool!
Etherlite [Term]
The nanofilament wire wielded by Sion.

Although it's used like a whip in the game, it's actually
designed to attach to the opponent's skin, integrate with
their central nervous system, and read their thoughts
and memories. It is because of this technique that the
name Eltnam has become synonymous with spiritual
hacking.
Though the thought-reading function seems vile

enough, its ability to "merge with and copy memories
and experiences" is actually even more dangerous. This
inhumane and demonic "acquisition of another's life",
which even the Atlas Institute shuns, is a technique
unique to the Eltnam family.
Excalibur [Noble Phantasm]
Fate Dictionary
Sword of Promised Victory.

Sword of light. It is not a man-made weapon, but rather
a divine construct tempered by the planet. It is the Noble
Phantasm standing at the very pinnacle of holy swords.
The strongest illusion (Last Phantasm), crystallized and
refined from the wishes of humanity stored in the planet.
Though it was entrusted to elementals, who act as the
planet's sense of touch, it temporarily passed into the
hands of a human king for a time.
Because it is so recognizable as the symbol of King
Arthur, Saber had no choice but to keep it hidden while
she fought.
But despite the fact that it's a Noble Phantasm that's
almost synonymous with Saber herself, the number of
times she actually uses it can be counted on two hands.
That is, three times in the Saber route, once in the Rin
route, and twice in the Sakura route.
Because it is too powerful, it cannot be used carelessly
at ground level.
Whether it be dark or light, it could be argued that
Excalibur's clash with Rider's Bellerophon is Fate/stay
night's grandest splendor.
Executor [Other]
Fate Dictionary
Inquisitors of the Holy Church. Those who eliminate

heresies that do not exist in the Church's doctrine.
What makes them different from exorcists is that they
do not exorcize demons, but eliminate them.
For a more detailed explanation, consult the latter half
of the Sakura route.
Executor [Term]

What makes them different from exorcists is that they
do not exorcize demons, but eliminate them. If exorcists
are those who drive out devils from the possessed, then
executors are those who exterminate devils on the spot.
Not banishing, but defeating; not rescuing, but erasing.
They are more like professional killers than priests.
However, according to the Church, humans do not
have the authority to defeat demons, because even
demons are the creations of God. The name "executor"
comes from the fact that the executors transcend that
teaching, and act as God's proxy on earth to stamp out
heresy. They are an army of believers, devised of by the
120 Cardinals supporting the Pope. It wouldn't be a
mistake to call them the Church's greatest treasure.
Executor [Term]

If exorcists are those who drive out devils from the
possessed, then executors are those who exterminate
devils on the spot. "Not to banish, but defeat. Not to
rescue, but erase." That is the ideology that drives the
executors.
However, according to the Church, humans do not
have the authority to defeat demons, because even
demons are the creations of God. The name "executor"
comes from the fact that the executors transcend that
teaching, and act as God's proxy on earth to stamp out
heresy.
F
Fujimura Group [Organization]
Fate Dictionary
Fuji-nee's family home.

Illya is freeloading off of them during the epilogue of
the Saber route.
Fuji-nee's grandfather, Raiga, is their boss, and her
father (who was adopted into the family as a son-in-law)
is a reliable, taciturn giant of a man.
Perhaps it was these people and their anything-goes
attitude that caused Fuji-nee to turn out the way she did?
Shirou often helps out Old Man Raiga with his hobbies,
and gets a fair amount of spending money in return.
Fujimura Taiga [Person]

Fate Dictionary
Fuji-nee.
A mysterious woman who hangs around the Emiya
residence. Well, really she's just an English teacher. Her
primary goal in life is to kick back and take it easy at
Shirou's house.
She hates the fact that her name is Taiga, and if you call
her Tiger she'll get mad. And cry.
Her personality is like the sun, but her self-indulgent
tendencies make me worry about her prospects for the
future
In Sakura's true end, everybody else has grown up and
matured, but Fuji-nee is the same as ever. In fact, I
suspect she hasn't aged a day since twenty.
She was a famed swordswoman in her student days,
and was the kendo club's idol. Also, she has been
frequently visiting the Emiya residence ever since Emiya
Kiritsugu moved in.
It seems that for her, meeting Kiritsugu was something
like love at first sight, and she would always end up
quarrelling with Shirou when she came over. Eventually,
though, they made up, and settled into their current
relationship.
A character loved by the entire staff. During the

plotting stage, she was more of a proper older sister type.
Weird, it's weird. What kind of terrible blunder is
responsible for turning her into her current form?
The image below is Fuji-nee as a high school student.
Fujou [Family]
Fujimura Taiga [Person]

The secret heroine of Fate/Zero. One fateful winter day,

a cask of extremely high-quality wine was stolen from the
liquor store run by the family of one of her classmates. In
response, she took up her Tora-Shinai and gallantly
dashed out into the nighttime Fuyuki, where bizarre
murderers and urban guerrillas ran rampant. Despite the
danger, she actually accomplished quite a lot, with her
list of heroic deeds ranging from catching an underwear
thief to saving a lost puppy. And due to the butterfly
effect, her furious charge through town also prevented a
devastating earthquake, enshrined a sea god, and even
caused a huge asteroid on a collision course with Fuyuki
to vanish without a trace. But though she averted
disaster after disaster at a frightening pace, sadly, this
epic saga can only be deciphered by reading between the
lines with spiritual vision.
As their name suggests, they are a lineage of shrine

maidens. Similar to the Nanaya, they pass down special
abilities to their children. However, they do not do so
through blood, but rather the transmission of skills and
knowledge.
The woman who inherits the Fujou name is destined to
lose her sight, for being unable to see the material world
comes hand in hand with the ability to peer into the
world of spirits.
Hisui and Kohaku both came from a branch of this
family, and unlike the Fujou, this branch did pass on their
abilities through blood. However, Hisui and Kohaku's
mother violated a taboo and the branch fell into ruin,
which led to the two children being taken in by Tohno
Makihisa.
Fujou [Family]
As their name suggests, they are a lineage of shrine

maidens. Similar to the Nanaya, they pass down special
abilities to their children. However, they do not do so

through blood, but rather the transmission of skills and
knowledge.
The woman who inherits the Fujou name is destined to
lose her sight, for being unable to see the material world
comes hand in hand with the ability to peer into the
world of spirits. Hisui and Kohaku both came from a
branch of this family, and unlike the Fujou, this branch
did pass on their abilities through blood. However, Hisui
and Kohaku's mother violated a taboo and the branch fell
into ruin, which led to the two children being taken in by
Tohno Makihisa.
By the way, it doesn't have any bearing on Tsukihime,
but the picture below is what Hisui and Kohaku's mother
looked like when she was young.
That said, at the time there was an outcry that we

had gone too far, and half the Akiha-lovers scolded us
over it. Eheheh. Reflecting on it now, I can see what they
meant, though. Back then, Kagetsu Tohya had just come
out, which was mostly comedy, so the writer probably
still had a few screws loose from that. Yes, yes, that must
be it. If he had taken the time to calm down and think
about it, he definitely would have realized it should have
been G-Ciel instead! (No, that's wrong.)
At any rate, when we first conceived of this, it was just
a simple boss character version of Akiha with her pixels
doubled. See, it was the writer's wish that Melty Blood
have five final stages, and that each one have a different
boss character. However, drawing up pixel art for five
whole unique boss characters proved to be too daunting,
and in the end we decided to settle for using boss
characters that were just tweaked versions of the
characters that already existed.
But, the Watanabe Seisakusho staff took that feeble
idea and seriously ran with it. "If we're going to do this,
might as well do something apocalyptic with it." Given
that the writer is infatuated with apocalypses, how could
he say no?
Oh well, this sort of random craziness is what makes
Melty Blood what it is. And you know, if we can get away
with this "G" nonsense, that means next time we can
pretty much do whatever we want!
G
G-Akiha [Person, Phenomenon]
The local specialty (?) of Melty Blood, and the Tatari's

greatest (largest) nightmare. Miss Akiha, after being
enlarged by the miraculous chemical substance
Makikyuu X. It might seem like a contradiction, but she's
still "small" despite being so big!
She can use her giant fists to execute a hammer crush
attack, and comes fully equipped with eye beams and a
drill arm. If missiles fired out of the lobby walls, she
would be absolutely perfect.
G-Attack Mode [Game Mode]

A special bonus stage added in Melty Blood Re-act.

Originally G-Akiha was a boss nobody but Shiki could
fight, but in this mode you can enjoy fighting her with
whatever character you like. For those of you that play
Street Fighter, I suppose it's something like Shin Akuma's
stage? The competition to see how fast you can beat it is
really intense.
With possible combinations like G-Akiha versus
Vermilion Akiha, it's a world that doesn't really make a
lot of sense. My biggest regret is that we didn't record
any special lines for when you use Kohaku.
Gae Bolg [Noble Phantasm]
Fate Dictionary
Piercing Spear of Death Thorns.

A cursed spear that always pierces the target's heart.
It is an unfair technique that reverses cause and effect,
thrusting the spear only after the reality of the heart
being hit has already been created.
Because the spear has already hit, no matter what sort
of evasive maneuvers the target takes it will always reach
them in the end.
In order to escape from Gae Bolg, you would either
need a Noble Phantasm like Berserker's capable of
automatically resurrecting you after death, or enough
good fortune (LCK) to throw off the spear's curse.
Putting it in gaming terms, it's an outrageous Noble
Phantasm that scales its damage based on the enemy's
hit points.
For instance, if we assume that Saber has 100 HP, then
Gae Bolg's damage would be (Spear Damage) + (100)! As
you can clearly see, being hit means certain death.
Such convenience comes at a cost of less than a
hundred units of magical energy. It's hard to believe that
such an efficient anti-personnel armament exists.
Also, it's a bit of a digression, but this version of Gae
Bolg is something Lancer came up with himself.
The original Gae Bolg is actually a throwing weapon,
and is anti-army rather than anti-personnel.
Gandr [Sorcery]
Fate Dictionary
A curse passed down in Scandinavia.

It causes a person's health to crumble with a mere
point of the index finger.
Because it is necessary to take careful aim at the target,
it is also known as a "Gandr Shot".
The fact that pointing at people is considered rude has
its origins in this curse. Or something like that.
A particularly powerful Gandr is called a "Finn Shot",

and is capable of dealing direct damage to the target.
The sheer brute force of Rin's Gandr already puts it on
the level of a Finn Shot. Or more like, a Finn Gatling Gun.
Gate of Babylon [Noble Phantasm]
Fate Dictionary
The King's Treasure.

A key-shaped sword that leads to the golden city.
Once the spatial link is established, the tools in the
treasury can be freely taken out at will.
Of course, it goes without saying that the more riches
the user possesses, the more powerful this Noble
Phantasm will be.
The reason it is the only one of Gilgamesh's Noble
Phantasms that has an English name is because
"Babylon" has already become synonymous with "the
city of evil" and "the golden city".
It is likely that imitations such as the Road of Babylon
also exist.
Gilgamesh [Servant]
Fate Dictionary
The Archer of the previous Grail War. Mankind's oldest

king of heroes, who defeated Saber. For more details,
refer to his status screen in the game.
As no proper Heroic Spirit can match this man, he could
be called the "Servant Killer".
Without a doubt, he is the strongest existence amongst
the Servants.
Though he lost due to obsession against Saber
Though he lost due to pride against Shirou
Though he lost due to carelessness against XXXXX
the fact of the matter is that if he actually gets serious,
he is a Servant that cannot be rivaled.
Perhaps because he has been living in human society
for the past ten years, he seems to be hip on the latest
fashions. He owns various casual clothes, but his favorite
is the biker outfit he wore in the Rin route.
Well, he liked it enough to overlook Shirou's group and
leave instead of letting it get dirty, at any rate. I can't
believe the protagonist's life was worth less to Gil than
his coat!
It might seem strange how Gil could live in human
society for ten years with a personality like his and not
cause a fuss, but Gil must have realized it would have
been a problem, too, because apparently he drank a
certain Noble Phantasm to change his appearance and

personality.
Also, during the design stage, I selfishly insisted that
"Gil absolutely has to wear full golden plate armor".
Why, you ask? Well, it might be because I was
repeatedly challenging a certain 60 story tower at the
time
Gilgamesh [Servant]
The Archer class Servant of the Fourth Holy Grail War.

Though he was summoned by Tohsaka Tokiomi, he
ended up deserting his master and re-contracting with
Kotomine Kirei. He is the strongest character in both
Fate/stay night and Fate/Zero.
In the boy-meets-girl story of the original Fate/stay
night he was forced to yield to the universal law of "love
conquers all", but in Fate/Zero he's free to show off his
overwhelming, cheat-like strength without restraint. He
could have ended the war in a single night if he truly
desired to do so. But then, careless pride is the king's
prerogative, and getting serious over something as
frivolous as a wish-granter would be unbecoming. So,
taking that into account, it sort of balances out the huge
disparity in firepower I guess?
Also, the reason that he was able to splendidly escape
after being swallowed by Angra Mainyu at the end of
Fate/Zero despite succumbing to the same thing in the
Sakura route of Fate/stay night is because in the latter
he was distracted by the presence of a naked girl.
Just kidding! Actually, it was due to the difference in
power between the "mud", which was cut off from its
source, and the "shadow" which was connected directly
to it.
Gilles de Rais [Servant]
A nobleman from 15th Century France. As a leader in

the French army, he fought alongside Joan of Arc to put
an end to the Hundred Years War, and was hailed as a
hero who saved his country. But soon after he returned
to his territory, he began kidnapping, raping, and killing
young boys one after another, eventually coming to be
feared as the villain "Bluebeard".
However, it was all-too-common in that era for nobles
to disregard the human rights of commoners and treat
the populations of their territories as disposable
livestock. So, under normal circumstances even killing
them en masse shouldn't have been treated as anything

more serious than animal abuse. But unfortunately for
Gilles, he had an enormous amount of land holdings at
the time, far exceeding those held by the Duke of
Brittany, and enough to be regarded as a threat by the
king himself. On top of that, due to his mind-boggling
wastefulness in his private life, his public finances were
almost entirely depleted, and there were apprehensions
that he may try to sell his land to enemy nations. As a
result, he was condemned and executed for his crimes as
a pretext for seizing control of his assets.
As for Gilles' relation to sorcery, he turned to alchemy
in an attempt to relieve his financial difficulties, and
eventually strayed down a dark path that led him to try
summoning a demon. But while it's certainly true that he
participated in the ceremony, the actual magus was his
friend Franois Prelati Gilles himself was nothing more
than a patron. As such, he is not a Heroic Spirit that
qualifies for the Caster class. Or rather, he is not even a
proper Heroic Spirit at all. The fact that Ryuunosuke's
bogus ritual ended up actually completing a summoning
sorcery was, honestly, more or less a total fluke. In that
sense, the "Caster" Gilles de Rais is just as much of an
irregular Servant as the "Assassin" Sasaki Kojirou.
Glass Grass Teatime [Technique]
Len's cat-summoning technique. There are four

varieties: brown, black, grey, and orange tabby. The A
version of the technique summons the brown or orange
cat, while the B version of the technique summons the
black or grey cat. Also, as an aside, the grey cat is the
ultimate cat, capable even of pushing back Nrvnqsr's Arc
Drive.
As a succubus, Len has no inherent ability to employ
cats as minions or anything like that. They are simply
cooperating out of a sense of good will. It seems that Len,
who was created from a black cat, can understand the
language of cats.
The inspiration for this technique comes from the
scene in Kagetsu Tohya where you first encounter Len in
the park. The name of that event was "Len Covered In
Cats".
Also, the C version of the technique summons some
sort of cat-like organism that flies off into the sky. Though
its majestic figure is reminiscent of mankind's first
functional rocket, the V-2, the truth is it's a pretty useless
move.
Glen Mackenzie [Person]


A 72 year old man from Australia. Thanks to hypnosis,

Waver was able to use him for free room and board
during the Fourth Holy Grail War.
In his younger days he was a hotshot businessman, and
moved his family to Japan as part of his job. However, he
ended up being so taken with Fuyuki that he decided to
live there permanently. He retired from his company and
started up his own independent import-export business.
But though his management ability was solid, he had no
great ambitions as a trader. He worked for forty long
years, avoiding pitfalls and bankruptcy, and passed the
company on to a successor as soon as he had enough
money saved. Now he passes his days in quiet tranquility,
working part-time as a teacher at an English conversation
school.
His son Chris had been in elementary school when they
moved, and while he enjoyed life in Japan he also felt a
strong attraction to his roots and wanted his son to be
educated in Australia. In the end, Chris' family moved
back to Toronto soon after the birth of their child and
gradually fell out of contact with Glen and his wife, until
eventually they barely ever heard from each other at all.
The pistol that Hisau Maiya carries as a sidearm. The

model number was never mentioned in the story, but in
my head it's probably definitely a Glock 19.
Since it's hard to imagine Kiritsugu preparing such a
normal weapon, it's likely that Maiya picked it out herself.
God Hand [Noble Phantasm, Curse]
Fate Dictionary
Twelve Labors.
Immortality granted by a blessing (curse) from the gods.
It transforms the user's body into powerful armor that
nullifies all attacks of Rank B and below.
On top of that, it has a revival effect that automatically
activates upon death. The number of revivals in stock is
eleven.
In that case, could it be? The reason Berserker's body
was colored like lead and covered in weird protrusions
was all because of God Hand!?
Anyway, putting it fighting game terms, it's a ridiculous
Noble Phantasm that applies Super Armor + No Damage
to every attack outside of Super Combos.
You're strong, Berserker.
Goldie [Other]
Fate Dictionary
A name bestowed upon Gilgamesh by Rin.

Gil's "golden" reputation doesn't just come from the
armor he wears when fully equipped for battle, but from
the fact that even the color of his soul is gold.
Also, he's the richest character in the story.
Accordingly, his compatibility with the notorious
wallet-drainer Rin is
THE BEST.
But let's keep that a secret between you and me,
okay?
Gotou-kun [Person]
Fate Dictionary
Shirou's classmate.
Glock [Armament]
An amusing male student whose manner of speech and

behaviors change daily under the influence of whatever
drama he happened to watch the night before.
His favorite period drama is Abarenbo Shogun.
Gradation Air [Sorcery]
Fate Dictionary
Projection.
A sorcery that uses magical energy to materialize a
mirror image of an object.
As Rin mentioned in the story, it's not very efficient.
That's because, if you're making a replica of something,
rather than using projection it's easier and more practical
just to gather the materials and build it yourself.
Normally, it is only used to project a substitute for an
item that has already been lost, and for just a few
minutes within one's own time axis.
At any rate, since Gradation Air is just supposed to be
a short-term rental of the item's outward appearance,
you can see why the version used by Shirou (and Archer)
is completely ridiculous. It's no wonder that Rin wanted
to kill him when she saw his shed.
Of course, Shirou can only project things that are
related to weapons in some way or more specifically,
swords. Modern weapons are off limits.
Well, technically he can pull out shields or armor, too,
if he strains himself to his utmost limits, but the effects
only last for an instant and the cost is enormous.
Grail Dialogue [Other]
The three-way confrontation between Saber, Gil, and

Alexander in volume 2. A serious discussion under the
guise of a drinking party. Well, it might not have looked
that way to bystanders, but the three of them were all
definitely being serious in their own way.
I'd actually been planning this scene ever since the
very first draft proposal, trying to think of the best way
to handle it. After all, if I'd just had them all duke it out
with their ridiculously destructive Noble Phantasms,
they'd kill each other long before they ever reached an
understanding through battle.
But now that I think about it, it just ended up turning
into a social mixer to kick off Gil and Saber's relationship,
didn't it?
Grail Vessel [Other]
The substitute prepared to facilitate the descent of the

Holy Grail. In the first three Grail Wars it was merely an
object, but in the fourth war the Einzberns sought to gain
an advantage in the struggle for possession of the vessel
by implanting it with a will of its own and a sense of
identification with the Einzbern family.
Although Irisviel's homunculus body is unmistakably
organic, the inorganic Holy Grail was broken down and
fused with her organs.
While it's certainly true that making the vessel required
to win the war a member of their own faction is a
reprehensible act of cheating, technically their only
obligation is to "deliver a vessel to Fuyuki", which they
did. Besides, it's a war. Is there really that big of a
difference between stealing somebody's possessions
and killing them then taking the body?
Great Cats Village [Place]
Source: Melty Blood Act Cadenza PS2 Manual (2006-08-10), p.057)
The mysterious, unearthly kingdom of cats. Also known

as the GCV. An underground kingdom that is both
everywhere in this world, and nowhere.
Its size is constantly fluctuating from village to cottage
to company, but in the end it's basically a village. There
are some that say it is the dream of a certain mighty cat.
Guinevere [Person]
The daughter of King Leodegrance. She married Artoria

to bring about the outward appearance of a kingdom in
Britain.
Though she respected and admired Artoria, and tried
her best to imitate her way of life, in the end she was
simply too much of a "normal woman" to keep up.
I dare say she was a glasses-wearing girl at heart. You
know, the stereotypical kind that's actually really hot
when she takes them off.
In accordance with the culture of the time, she was
taught from a young age to avoid self-reflection, and so
had very little sense of herself as a woman, or even that
there was a difference between the sexes. She truly
thought that the relationship between a king and queen
was something formed solely from ideals. She never
could have imagined that a different sort of attraction
between people could exist at all. But, that all changed
when she met Sir Lancelot.
From that day on she was cast into turmoil, torn

between the "tsun" of her conviction and the "dere" of
her soul, until finally both she and Lancelot were driven
into a predicament from which there was no escape.
Such was the fate of a tsundere who risked her life in
troubled times. Geez, Camelot was hell, huh? Bahahaha!
H
Half-moon Edition [Term]
The version of Tsukihime sold at the 2000 Summer

Comiket.
It was called the "Half-moon edition" because only the
Arcueid and Ciel routes were included.
All the scenarios were already completed, and even
the art was finished. However, the scripting still needed
some work, so regretfully we were forced to cut the
Akiha and Hisui routes.
This Half-moon edition came bundled with various
extras.
For instance, a digital comic by Takeuchi, bonus
artwork, a coupon for 500 yen off the final release, and a
separate collection of setting material.
Of course, the most notable thing it came with was a
countless number of typos and omitted words, hahaha.
Wait, that's not a laughing matter.
Half-moon Edition [Title]
The version of Tsukihime sold at the 2000 Summer

Comiket. It was called the "Half-moon edition" because
only the Arcueid and Ciel routes were included.
It's become something of a rare item at this point, and
it came bundled with various extras to sweeten the pot.
For instance, a digital comic by Takeuchi, bonus artwork,
a special trailer for the final release that would play after
beating the Ciel route, a coupon for 500 yen off the final
release, and a separate collection of setting material. Of
course, the most notable thing it came with was a
countless number of typos and omitted words.
A magical artifact passed down by the Einzberns.

As the heart that governs the Great Holy Grail, it is
imbued with sorcery that can materialize the soul for just
a few seconds.
Though the dress is pure white, it is actually made of
gold. It is inlaid with seven "rings" said to control creation,
and the souls of others.
The seven holes in the dress are the seven transformed
rings, and they are designed to light up one by one every
time a Servant's soul is harvested.
Since any human who touches the dress will be turned
to gold, its management must be handled by elementals,
demi-humans, or homunculi.
Heroic Spirit [Concept]
Fate Dictionary
Heroes who achieved great things in life, and became

objects of worship after death.
As a "power that protects humanity", they are high
ranking existences, categorically closer to elementals
than wraiths.
However, whereas elementals are "power" given form
using the container called human imagination, Heroic
Spirits are woven from people's ideals on the inside, too.
Among the Heroic Spirits, there are those from legends,
those that really existed, and those that were never
observed at all. The ones who aren't worshipped much
fall under the broad classification of "Counter Guardian",
and are used as a mindless "Counter Force".
Of all the Heroic Spirits that appeared in the story, the
only one functioning as a "Counter Guardian" was Archer.
Because the other Heroic Spirits had high divinity, and
were existences closer to the planet than humanity, they
were able to avoid being drafted as Counter Guardians.
Himuro Kane [Person]
Fate Dictionary
Heaven's Dress [Armament]
A member of Class 2-A's famed track girl trio. She

generally plays the straight man of the group.
She is the track team's high-jumping ace. If you're
wondering whether or not she hates having such an oldfashioned name as "Kane", she's actually really fond of it.
It seems she actually wants to paint pictures, but was
strong-armed into joining the track team by Makidera
Kaede.

Fate Dictionary
Hisau Maiya [Person]

Emiya Kiritsugu's assistant. Also his lover, in a certain

sense of the word.
Due to growing up utterly deprived of humanity, Maiya
lacks a strong sense of self, and has given her entire being
to Emiya Kiritsugu. Asking her if she loves him would be
the same as asking the internal organs if they love the
brain completely meaningless.
And, regardless of what others might say, for Kiritsugu
sacrificing his wife to complete the Holy Grail was a
betrayal of their love. However, it was a betrayal which
he absolutely must not hesitate to perform. His sexual
relationship with Maiya, then, was simply a rehearsal for
this betrayal a form of masochism to calm his nerves.
This is already pretty much the worst reason for having
an affair, but the fact that Maiya valued it makes it an
endless vicious cycle. Shirou, whatever you do, never ask
your old man for advice on women
Though her skill at sorcery is only a little better than
Kara no Kyoukai's Azaka, she is a professional assassin
capable of using any tool to kill no matter how crude it
may be. So in that sense, she is a user of "deadly sorcery".
If push came to shove, she would be able to kill
somebody with nothing more than a simple wooden
skewer from a yakitori restaurant.
By the way, this is just a digression but Maiya has an
absolutely devastating sweet tooth. There's actually an
urban legend passed around among store clerks about a
mysterious woman who would always show up at cake
buffets all alone and start gulping down desserts one
after the other with a sour look on her face. Of course,
Maiya herself would die of shame if anybody ever found
out about this.
Hisui [Person]
A sub-heroine in Tsukihime. A servant working at the

Tohno mansion. Sympath.
She is a maid who sports an apathetic expression and
an inflexible attitude.
Though she seems to be the exact opposite of her older
sister Kohaku in that regard, if you look carefully you can
see she's actually demonstrating a wide variety of subtle
expressions.
Compared to Kohaku, who only ever wears an
expression of "happiness", Hisui actually seems much
more human.
She has been working as a servant ever since she was
taken in by the Tohno family as a child.
After Shiki was sent to live with the Arima, she began
working inside the mansion, and stopped talking to
people of her own accord.
She's a bit ashamed of it, but it seems that even though
she tries her best to maintain conduct befitting a servant
when she's in Shiki's presence, every once in a while her
true colors slip out.
Just like Kohaku has absolutely no sense for keeping
things tidy and in order, Hisui's palate is hellishly out of
sync with most people's. The reason she never cooks for
Shiki is because she doesn't want to make him sad.
Geez, that's so cute. I want one for myself!
Hisui [Person]

She is a maid who sports an apathetic expression and
an inflexible attitude. Though she seems to be the exact
opposite of her older sister Kohaku in that regard, if you
look carefully you can see she's actually demonstrating a
wide variety of subtle expressions. Compared to Kohaku,
who only ever wears an expression of "happiness", Hisui
actually seems much more human.
She has been working as a servant ever since she was
taken in by the Tohno family as a child. After Shiki was
sent to live with the Arima, she began working inside the
mansion, and stopped talking to people of her own
accord. Also, because of what Kohaku went through as a
child, she forbade herself from leaving the mansion.
Though, perhaps it's because her mental fortitude
improved during the events of Tsukihime, but in Kagetsu
Tohya she actually leaves the mansion of her own accord
to bring Shiki his lunch.
She's a bit ashamed of it, but it seems that even though
she tries her best to maintain conduct befitting a servant
when she's in Shiki's presence, every once in a while her
true colors slip out.
Just as Kohaku is incapable of cleaning up inside, Hisui's
palate is hellishly out of sync with most people's. It seems
the reason she never cooks for Shiki is entirely because
she doesn't want to make him sad.
In the Kagetsu Tohya side story Imogirisou, she gets
possessed by an evil spirit and demonstrates a strange
form of martial arts. This was the inspiration for the Dark
Jade Fist, her Arc Drive in Melty Blood.
Her super maid action in Melty Blood is a must see. The
way her skirt flutters during her backdash is just yeah.
Hisui [Person]
The younger of the twin sisters working as servants in

the Tohno mansion.
The maid assigned to Shiki, she sports an apathetic
expression and an inflexible attitude. Though she seems
to be the exact opposite of her older sister Kohaku in that
regard, if you look carefully you can see she's actually
demonstrating a wide variety of subtle expressions.
Compared to Kohaku, who only ever wears an expression
of "happiness", Hisui actually seems much more human.
Characterized by extreme fastidiousness and a fear of
men. Just as Kohaku is naturally unsuited for cleaning up
inside, Hisui's palate is hellishly out of sync with most
people's. It seems the reason she never cooks for Shiki is
entirely because she doesn't want to make him sad.
Normally she's not a character than can fight, but in
Melty Blood due to the Tatari's generous interpretation
of a maid as "one who protects their master by any
means necessary", she acquired the legendary Maidstyle Killing Arts.
Holy Church [Other]
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The hidden side of the prominent religion whose name

means "universal". In Tsukihime, it is referred to merely
as "The Church".
Those who teach the word of God do not acknowledge
things which run counter to their doctrine. Though the
public face of the Church simply treats these heresies as
if they do not exist at all, there were zealots within the
organization who felt they should be dealt with more
proactively.
This enormous division that specializes in the hunting
of heresy is known as the Holy Church.
They lead the devil exterminators called Executors, and
exist for just two reasons: to completely expunge all
heresy, and to properly manage those mysteries that are
beyond human control.
Naturally, they are on bad terms with the Association,
which seeks to conceal sorcery, and the two have crossed
swords time and time again. (At present the two have
reached a tenuous agreement, and overt hostilities have,
at least for now, come to an end.)
However, their real enemies are the monsters known
as "bloodsuckers". For the sake of combatting this
greater threat, they have even been known to cooperate
with the Association on occasion.
Kotomine is an executor attached to the Assembly of

the Eighth Sacrament, the agency tasked with the
management and recovery of holy relics.
The preeminently skilled warriors, the executors. The
knights stationed at each individual church. And, the
monsters of the Burial Agency, which headquarters does
their best to keep hidden.
With these forces at their disposal, the Holy Church is
the largest organization in the world of Fate/stay night,
and the greatest enemy of those who can no longer be
called human.
Holy Church [Organization]

as "The Church".
proactively. This enormous division that specializes in the
hunting of heresy is known as the Holy Church.
beyond human control. Naturally, they are on bad terms
with the Association, which seeks to conceal sorcery, and
the two have crossed swords time and time again. (At
present the two have reached a tenuous agreement, and
overt hostilities have, at least for now, come to an end.)
However, their real enemies are the monsters known as
"bloodsuckers". For the sake of combatting this greater
threat, they have even been known to cooperate with
the Association on occasion.
Also, there are various jurisdictions within the Church
as well. The Burial Agency, which Ciel belongs to, are like
the elite commandos of heresy hunting.
Arcueid, Roa, and Ciel all have deep ties to the Church,
but since Tsukihime is set in the Far East outside of the
Church's influence, it serves as little more than a
backdrop to the story's events.
Holy Church [Organization]

as "The Church".
proactively. This enormous division that specializes in the
hunting of heresy is known as the Holy Church.
beyond human control.
Naturally, they are on bad terms with the Association,
which seeks to conceal sorcery, and the two have crossed
swords time and time again. However, their real enemies
are the monsters known as "bloodsuckers". For the sake
of combatting this greater threat, they have even been
known to cooperate with the Association on occasion.
Also, there are various jurisdictions within the Church
as well. The Burial Agency, which Ciel belongs to, are like
the elite commandos of heresy hunting.
Holy Grail [Other]
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However, the Fuyuki Holy Grail War is particularly

special, as the Servant System that turns Heroic Spirits
into familiars is something unique to Fuyuki itself.
The preparations and arrangements were all handled
by the Association, and they are more or less in charge of
running the ritual. But, since it's a battle for the "Holy
Grail" the Church refused to just sit idly by.
"It matters not if it is real or fake. It is our duty to
manage the Holy Grail."
With that, they dispatched a supervisor to Fuyuki,
scheming to snatch away the Holy Grail from the magi
should an opening present itself.
Basically, the game software was developed by magi
affiliated with the Association, but the rights to the
hardware that runs the game belong to the Holy Church.
Really, it's a pretty unreasonable setup.
Holy Shroud [Armament]
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The burial cloth of a saint.

What was wrapped around Shirou's arm in the Sakura
route was actually part of the Holy Shroud of Martin.
It seems to be something that Kotomine hid away
during his time with the Church.
Holy Woman Violated [Other]
The cup that received the blood of God.

It is one of the greatest holy relics, a wish-granter that
fulfills its owner's desires.
It is believed to have its origins in the "wish-granting
cauldron" that appears in numerous myths.
The Holy Grail that appears in Fate/stay night is not the
original, but rather a replica made to function as a "wishgranter".
When Heroic Spirits are defeated, they return to their
original forms as fragments of power and vanish from the
time axis.
However, before that can happen the Einzbern Holy
Grail intercepts and stores them until the ritual to open
the "hole" can be enacted by the Great Holy Grail.
Holy Grail War [Other]
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A term for a competition to acquire the Holy Grail.

So long as the prize has the same abilities as the Holy
Grail of legend, even a battle for a fake will be deemed a
Holy Grail War.

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The interlude where Saber was captured by Caster.

The pure white dress was due to Caster's tastes. It
seems she was crazy about Gothic Lolita fashion, but
since she couldn't pull it off herself she enjoyed playing
around with young girls instead.
Does she not have a spell for restoring youth?
(Also, Saber's dress wasn't Gothic Lolita.)
If you ask me, it was the most erotic scene in the whole
entire game. Way to go, Caster. Keep it up!
Hundred-Faced Hassan [Servant]
The Heroic Spirit "Assassin" that participated in the

Fourth Holy Grail War. One of the many "Old Men of the
Mountain" that succeeded the name Hassan-i Sabbah.
Unlike the other Hassans, his "Zabaniya" was not the
result of body modification. Instead, he took advantage
of his inherent multiple personality disorder to operate
as an unidentifiable assassin.
During the process of being summoned as a Servant,

all the fractured pieces of his soul were materialized as
separate individuals. However, because he still only has
the spiritual potential of a single person, each individual
Assassin has extremely low parameters the lowest a
Servant can have, in fact.
Also, each personality has its own strong and weak
points. Amongst their numbers, there are even morons
that disregard orders in their haste for glory, and klutzes
that suck at surprise attacks despite being assassins.
With a proper understanding of their personalities and
idiosyncrasies, and careful planning to make sure each
personality was at the right place at the right time, they
could have posed a formidable threat. Unfortunately, his
Master had no intention of seriously trying to win the
war, so he was relegated to the role of a mere voyeur.
Though he was summoned by a Kotomine Kirei that
was still Tohsaka Tokiomi's lapdog, and had resigned
himself to the unrewarding duties of the servant of a
servant, he too had a secret wish that he wanted to be
granted by the Holy Grail namely, the acquisition of a
unified, perfect personality. If he had the chance, he had
intended to betray Kotomine and Tokiomi at the climax
of the battle and steal the Grail for himself. But sadly, as
the Fourth Holy Grail War's very first casualty he never
had time to reveal his rebellious spirit.
The name of the technique where Kohaku whips out

various bizarre plants.
Kohaku is in charge of managing the Tohno mansion's
gardens, but she also cultivates her own secret garden as
a hobby. Though originally it was created for the sake of
making medicine, due to the influence of the Tatari there
was an outbreak of strange monsters. It goes by the
name of Kohaku's Psycho Garden.
Incidentally, this garden is also where Kohaku's various
chemicals magical drugs are manufactured.
I Wanna Go to the Crocodile Garden [Technique]
Neco Arc's killer move. J214A. She attacks horizontally

by turning into a rocket!
It seems that there may be some connection to the
technique "Farewell, Ciel-sensei! Our friendship ended in
the Crocodile Garden!" that appeared in Neco Arc's
command list in the third character popularity poll.
Also, this is totally unrelated, but all of Neco Arc's
techniques are extremely powerful. Something like the
True Ancestor Beam can't be fully observed with the
naked eye. Of course, this technique is no exception its
fearsome effectiveness is seriously troublesome.
Incidentally, aren't there crocodiles in the Great Cats
Garden?
I Don't Understand [Phrase]

Shiki's catchphrase. Repeated every time he's thrust

into a new situation. Actually means "I want you (the
reader) to understand this."
Probably said over 100 times throughout Tsukihime, if
you include Shiki's monologues.
It was the catchphrase of the first-generation Shiki
from Kara no Kyoukai, and Tsukihime's Shiki inherited it
from her. However, it seems that even the scenario
director was surprised by how well it suited him.
Incidentally, even though we finally finished working
on Tsukihime and should be taking time off to relax, for
some reason we're making this book instead.
I don't understand
I Tried My Best To Raise This! [Technique]
Illya's Maids [Other]

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The maids accompanying Illya.
The only reason they appeared at all is because the art

director kept insisting that the story needed maids. Or
rather, it was more like he threw a fit.
Sella was the one responsible for Illya's education,
while Leysritt was her conversation partner. Incidentally,
did you know that Leys actually has some of the biggest
breasts in Fate/stay night?
Originally, they were failed attempts at creating a Holy
Grail. They were scheduled for disposal, but ended up
having their lives prolonged as the homunculi assigned
to take care of Illya.
Also, this is just a digression, but at one point Illya's
caretaker was going to be a wonderful suit-wearing
German man who relentlessly teased Shirou and Rin.
Anyway, though there vague insinuations about it even

in Fate/stay night, in Fate/Zero the shocking matter of
Illya's age was revealed right off the bat.
As for why Saber didn't show Illya any sort of leniency
in the fifth war, that's because she had never actually
asked Iri what her daughter's name was, and she thought
Illya looked far too childish to be the same girl she
assumed that the girl she had seen riding on Kiritsugu's
shoulders ten years ago would have developed into a
voluptuous women like her mother by then. So, she must
have seen Illya as just another unrelated Einzbern
homunculus.
Shut up, it's not a lame excuse!
Illyasviel von Einzbern [Person]

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A semi-heroine. Berserker's Master.

In the story, she was a mysterious girl who approached
the still-oblivious Shirou while calling him "big brother".
She possesses innocence and cruelty in equal measure,
and for some reason is interested in Shirou.
The kind of character that makes you feel like angels
and devils might just be the same thing.
Her power as a Master is the greatest in history.
With a command spell engraved over her entire body
and a magic circuit that overwhelms that of normal magi
by an enormous margin, there is no doubt that she is an
existence born for the sole purpose of winning the Holy
Grail War.
Though she played a key role in every route, her true
colors were only revealed in the last one. Until then, she
was just a worrisome child that got along well with Shirou
despite coming to Japan to kill him.
During the plotting stage, she actually had her own
route.
However, if we had tried to make it, it would have
delayed the release of Fate/stay night by another half a
year. Rest in peace, Illya route.
Incantation [Sorcery]
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Illyasviel von Einzbern [Person]

The daughter of Irisviel and Emiya Kiritsugu, and one of

the heroines of the Fifth Holy Grail War.
That's not a lie, dammit! The Illya route exists in all of
our hearts!
An action required to activate sorcery.

Includes one step (single-action) spells activated just
by running magical energy, one bar spells that anchor
something within the body, and instant contract (ten
count) spells, which are simple rituals composed of ten
or more bars.
Rin's Gandr Shot and Rider's mystic eyes are both
classified as single-action, while the long incantations
used by Shirou and Archer exceed five bars, making them

closer to ten count.
Caster's incantations are technically one bar, but since
their activation is instantaneous they're actually as fast
as or even faster than single-action. However, despite
their brevity, the power of Caster's spells is equivalent to
sorceries of over five bars. For proper magi, you could
call her an insurmountable opponent.
By the way, because Caster's spells themselves are
"divine words", they can't really be described in terms of
steps or bars.
Thus, the conditions outlined in Magic Resistance ranks
B and C do not apply.
Though he's rumored to be something of a womanizer,

his exes have nothing but good things to say about him.
It seems he's the kind of Don Juan that wants girls to be
happy even after he's parted ways with them.
At first glance, it doesn't seem like he would have very
good compatibility with Shiki at all. The tale of how these
two destined lovers met is told in Kagetsu Tohya.
The second Arihiko laid eyes on Shiki, he intuitively
knew that he was broken. "I've decided, you're going to
be my rival." So he declared, while eating the pudding he
had just stolen from Shiki's lunch.
In the side story "Nanako-chan S.O.S.", his fate was
intertwined with the delinquent elemental Nanako, but
normally he hates stuff like ghosts and monsters.
Inui Arihiko [Person]

Shiki's partner in crime.

He's been hanging out with Shiki since elementary
school, and had the same antisocial attitude and style of
dress even then. His parents died in a disaster when he
was young, and he was more-or-less raised by his older
sister.
As for why he and Shiki are friends, well, there's a very
good reason for it but it's a story for another time.
The second Arihiko laid eyes on Shiki, he intuitively
knew that he was broken. "I've decided, you're going to
be my rival." So he declared, while eating the pudding he
had just stolen from Shiki's lunch.
By the way, during the initial design phase, Arihiko had
a character sprite completely devoid of any sort of "bite".
The scenario director absolutely hated it. So, several days
later the art director came back, asked "Fine, then how
about this!", and whipped out Arihiko's current design.
The scenario director couldn't help but burst out
laughing. He must have loved it so much his emotions
just up and exploded, yeah.
Inui Arihiko [Person]
Shiki's partner in crime. He has a tendency to wander.

He's been hanging out with Shiki since elementary
school, and had the same antisocial attitude and style of
dress even then. His parents died in a disaster when he
was young, and he was more-or-less raised by his older
sister. He's a model outlaw (huh?), and enjoys living a
delinquent lifestyle that doesn't bother normal, upright
people. In contrast to Shiki, who became an outcast for
the sake of those around him, Arihiko did it for himself.
Inui Ichiko [Person]

Arihiko's older sister. Her nickname is Miss Strawberry.

Because Shiki has been hanging out at the Inui house
since he was a middle school student, Ichiko could also
be considered an acquaintance of his. Or perhaps it
would be better to call her an existence he can't defy.
Though her way of life is even more self-indulgent than
Arihiko's, she is a splendidly independent adult woman.
As far as Shiki and Arihiko know, she's a mysterious
person who changes jobs about once a year.
Sometimes if something good happens she'll give Shiki
a present to commemorate it, but invariably it's always
something completely inscrutable. Still, since it seems to
mean a lot to Ichiko, Shiki values them greatly.
Invisible Air [Noble Phantasm, Sorcery]
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Boundary Field of the Wind King. An invisible sword.

The sword's blade has been sealed off by wrapping it
in multiple layers of wind that alter the refractive index
of light.
Strictly speaking, it is sorcery, not a Noble Phantasm.
Because it prevents the enemy from determining its
range, it is far more effective in close combat than its
relative simplicity would suggest.
It increases the user's accuracy rate and defensive
power, but should the enemy happen to have "resistance
toward compensation in response to visual obstructions"
then Invisible Air will just be a normal sword clad in wind.
Against opponents with the skill False Mind's Eye, or
who are otherwise protected from visual illusions, it has
no effect at all.
Saber treats it as her primary weapon, but as Kojirou

correctly surmised it is nothing more than a sheathe
meant to conceal her holy sword.
Irisviel von Einzbern [Person]
One of the many homunculi modeled after Justeaze

Lizrich von Einzbern.
Normally, Einzbern homunculi are created with a
specific purpose in mind, and their bodies and minds are
optimized for that purpose from birth. However, because
the plan to conceive Illyasviel was only proposed after
Irisviel had already been brought into the world, a special
exception was made and she was allowed to take on a
second role in addition to her original. Namely, she was
charged with giving birth to and raising Illyasviel. Perhaps
Jubstacheit determined that this was more efficient than
crafting a whole new homunculus to act as a wet nurse,
even if it flew in the face of normal Einzbern practices. At
any rate, the end result was that despite being a mere
homunculus, Irisviel was able to experience the joy of
motherhood just like a human, which in turn affected her
sensibilities in ways that Old Man Acht could not fully
anticipate.
Amongst the Einzbern homunculi, there had never
been a specimen that spent such a long time interacting
with humans, or that had such a colorful and irregular
personality. Or to put it another way, a homunculus like
Irisviel that was treated equal to a human and even
possessed human emotions, was a first for the Einzberns.
Because she possesses naturally superior mental and
physical faculties, she was able to mature rapidly,
eventually attaining self-consciousness and feelings on
par with a normal human's.
Nevertheless, all Einzbern homunculi are burdened
with inborn knowledge and reason, the crystallization of
a millennium of wisdom. Compared to that, a mere nine
years of emotional development and life experience is
nothing more than a drop in the bucket. As a result,
Irisviel ended up becoming quite the troublesome
princess, possessing both the refined grace of a lady and
the naivety of a child in equal measure.
By the way, back when I was putting the final touches
on Zero's plot, I still hadn't heard any of the new setting
information revealed about Angra Mainyu in Hollow
Ataraxia. When I think back about it now, the fact that I
was able to arrive at "that ending" anyway is almost scary.
Iron Plate Effect [Weapon]
A special way of using Ciel's throwing swords.

Though her swords are clearly designed as piercing
weapons, for some reason or another whatever they hit
is totally blown away. When Arcueid was hit with a
barrage of them in the Ciel route, it was enough to send
her tumbling from one end of the park to the other.
This phenomenon is called the Iron Plate Effect.
It seems Arcueid assumed that there was some kind of
enchantment applied to the swords that caused the
force at the moment of impact to be multiplied dozens
of times, but in reality this is the result of martial arts and
not sorcery. It is nothing less than the Burial Agency's
secret throwing technique.
For the sake of tomorrow, hit the opponent like you're
trying to bore right through them!
Iron Plate Effect [Ability]
A special way of using Ciel's throwing swords.

Though her swords are clearly designed as piercing
weapons, for some reason or another whatever they hit
is totally blown away. When Arcueid was hit with a
barrage of them in the Ciel route, it was enough to send
her tumbling from one end of the park to the other.
This phenomenon is called the Iron Plate Effect. It
seems Arcueid assumed that there was some kind of
enchantment applied to the swords that caused the
force at the moment of impact to be multiplied dozens
of times, but in reality this is the result of martial arts and
not sorcery. It is nothing less than the Burial Agency's
secret throwing technique. For the sake of tomorrow, hit
the opponent like you're trying to bore right through
them!
J
Jambudvpa Inferno [Technique]
Kishima Kouma's Arc Drive.

Though it bears a striking resemblance to Tohno
Akiha's Arc Drive, the nuance is completely different. In
Akiha's case, the opponent is merely mistaking the
feeling of having their heat stolen as a burning sensation,
while in Kouma's case both they and the surrounding

environment are actually being consumed by hellfire.
The name Jambudvpa comes from Buddhism. It is the
southernmost of the four island-continents surrounding
Mount Sumeru in the Desire realm Kmadhtu, and the
place where humans live. Basically, another name for
Sah-lokadhtu, the endurance world.
Jewel Sorcery [Sorcery]
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The sorcery that Rin specializes in.

Jewels easily accumulate the thoughts of their owners,
and make excellent vessels for magical energy.
Crystals that have slumbered beneath the earth for
eons, in particular, are prone to having nature spirits
form within them, and jewels with that property can be
used as simple sorcery crests. For example, a jewel with
a nature spirit of fire dwelling within it would become
highly flammable just by passing magical energy through
it or something along those lines.
Whenever Rin has spare time she transfers her magical
energy into jewels, turning them into powerful bullets.
However, in the end they are merely disposable items.
Because their sorcery reduces expensive jewels to ash
after a single use, the Tohsaka magi are fated to be
chronically afflicted with a lack of funds.
Jinan Tokie [Person]

Jinan Sougen's only daughter.

Despite her warm and cozy atmosphere, she is actually
a foxy seductress who targets younger men.
She is Kohaku's elder fellow pupil in pharmacology, and
an expert in acupuncture. She's even stood in for her
father and medically examined Shiki's body before, so it
goes without saying that their relationship was not an
ordinary one.
She only showed up for a split second in Kagetsu Tohya,
but she still managed to stir up some trouble. It may be
that she was destined to become a schemer the very
instant she became a pupil alongside Kohaku.
She is a devilish woman, who ruins men. Or rather, the
man she marries will undoubtedly be content with his life,
but also utterly unable to function as a human being
without her. Mmm, well, it may not be what he always
dreamed of, but as long as he's happy it should be okay,
right?
Jinan Sougen [Person]

As the Tohno's exclusive doctor, he is Shiki's primary

care physician.
It seems that he used to be a member of an
organization that monitors demon hybrids, and was
friends with Nanaya Kiri. However, he has since retired,
and is currently some sort of shady back-alley doctor.
Since he knows the true nature of Shiki's anemia, he
has been maintaining his health with Eastern medicine.
It's not a cure, but that's the beauty of it. Of course,
Shiki's anemia was never something that could be cured
in the first place.
According to Shiki, he's a mad doctor. Though he is foul
mouthed, he is also possessed of a strong sense of duty,
and it seems he is acquainted with Miyako. Probably, she
used to tag along with Shiki when he visited the Jinan
Clinic while he was living in the Arima household. As his
appearance suggests, he has an interest in Chinese
martial arts, and may even be the one responsible for
teaching Miyako the basic forms.
Judgment of Yama [Technique]

Kishima Kouma's Last Arc.

Triggered by an aerial counter. After it starts, Kouma
flies to the edge of the screen, then hits the opponent
with a powerful jumping kick. There are two different
things that he might yell out at this point, but one of
them is extremely rare.
In Buddhism, Yama is the name of the very first human

to die, who then became the king of hell. He is also called
Enma Dai-O.
Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern [Person]
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The Einzbern family head who became the foundation

of the Great Holy Grail over 200 years ago.
Just like Illya, she was not a proper human, but was
instead a magic circuit born for the sole purpose of
becoming the Great Holy Grail's core.
In fact, Illya, who was born from the union of a
Justeaze-type homunculus and a foreign magus, could be
considered her latest model.
As for Justeaze herself, she still exists within the center
of the Great Holy Grail. The circuitry covering the surface
of the crater in the cavern is actually her magic circuits,
enlarged and multiplied.
These magic circuits, almost a kilometer in diameter,
are microcosm of the universe created from a single
human body.
Ganjiang and Moye.

The yin and yang twin swords that Archer likes to use.
They were made by the famed Chinese swordsmith
Gan Jiang, during the Spring and Autumn period.
Gan Jiang was ordered by King Hel of Wu to cast him
a worthy sword, but he found himself unable to make
one that lived up to his own lofty standards and soon
grew frustrated.
Unable to merely stand by and watch this go on, his
wife, Mo Ye, wagered her very life.
It is said that to create a masterpiece that treads on the
domain of gods, a human sacrifice is necessary.
So it was that Mo Ye, standing before her beloved
husband, cast herself into the furnace and used her own
life to blend together the iron essence of the Five
Mountains and the metal efflorescence of the Six Valleys.
In the midst of his grief, Gan Jiang completed two
swords: Ganjiang and Moye, twin swords embodying the
concept of yin and yang.
Because they were created using the finest ingredients
and a human life, not only is their ability as swords quite
high, but they also have a strong mystical aspect.
Perhaps due to some design of Archer's, words that
appear to be charms against evil are carved on the blades.
Kara no Kyoukai [Term]
Kagetsu Tohya [Title]

A continuation of Tsukihime. Placement-wise, it's a

sequel, so it's meant to be enjoyed after the main story.
It's the story of a certain summer, revolving around the
familiar, Len. It was released in the summer of 2001.
As a fandisc, it was an all-out summer festival created
as a thank you to all the users who had bought Tsukihime.
We wanted it to be as fun for the players to play it as it
was for us to make it, and looking back now that passion
was probably the game's main selling point.
We tried to create an entire encapsulated world in the
format of a visual novel, but unfortunately that led to a
high degree of difficulty, which in turn garnered a lot of
criticism. So, sorry about that.
Also, it was in Kagetsu Tohya that Kohaku's character
began to run wild, a trend that continued in Melty Blood.
Kanshou and Bakuya [Noble Phantasm]
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A serial novel published on the Bamboo Broom home

page in 1998.
It was born from the archetype of Tsukihime's plot, but
as a story it predates Tsukihime. Though on the surface it
may seem that the only thing the two works have in
common is "a protagonist with eyes that can see death",
the connection actually runs deeper than that. The
protagonist in Kara no Kyoukai is Ryougi Shiki, just like
the protagonist in Tsukihime is Tohno Shiki. In other
words, the "Shiki" in Tsukihime inherited his name from
the "Shiki" in Kara no Kyoukai. While the meanings may
be different, the protagonists are the same.
As of right now (2004), it has been published by
Kodansha Novels and is currently in print.
Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald [Person]
A genius magus, famed as a prodigy ever since his days

as a student. He is the youngest person ever to become
a lecturer in the history of the Department of Spiritual
Evocation. Skilled not only at research but also political
maneuvering, with access to a multitude of influential

connections due to his family's excellent pedigree, it was
expected that one day he would form the most powerful
faction in the Association.
The reason he chose to participate in the Holy Grail
War was not out of desperation or necessity, but simply
because he wanted to add some "martial exploits" to his
life story. Though he did not take the "three founding
families" lightly, he did brag that "I, Lord El-Melloi will be
able to overwhelm them with my wits alone".
As for why he had so many terrifyingly dangerous
mystic codes prepared despite being a researcher, well,
that was just his hobby. As it turns out, he actually had
talents in numerous schools of sorcery, not just spiritual
evocation. In other words, he was a totally preposterous
jack of all trades, just like Cao Cao or Hiraga Gennai.
Probably, he even counted the Heroic Spirit employed
as his Servant as one of his numerous mystic codes. And,
because he did not recognize his Servant as an individual,
he was unable to understand Diarmuid's loyalty even to
the bitter end. This was the root cause of his eventual
self-destruction.
However, Kayneth cannot take all the credit for this
failure. Diarmuid, too, was at fault. Because he would
have been happy with any Master that accepted his
loyalty, he failed to understand Kayneth as a person. If
he had showered Kayneth with praise and admiration of
his genius, Kayneth probably would have treated him
more tenderly in return.
Of course, being unable to form a bond of mutual trust
with his Servant was only the second worst thing that
happened to Kayneth. The first, by a considerable margin,
was encountering Emiya Kiritsugu. Though Kayneth
definitely outclassed Kiritsugu as a magus, he couldn't
hope to match him as a killer. In a battle to the death like
the Holy Grail War, Kayneth's defeat was all but certain.
Thanks to his untimely death, the piles of valuable
unfinished research he left back at the Clock Tower were
left to rot away in neglect, and were very nearly lost.
However, to everybody's surprise his least talented
former student came to the rescue, and used his strange,
savant-like talent of "re-interpreting and classifying
theories despite having no practical ability at all" to
consolidate everything into a single grimoire entitled
"Lord Kayneth's Encyclopedia of Secret Arts". Afterward,
he entrusted the tome to the Archibald family, thereby
ensuring their future prosperity.
By the way, in case anybody was wondering how Team
Lancer could have won the Fourth Holy Grail War
First, Kayneth must keep his Servant from awakening

to things like glory in battle or a knight's pride. They
must approach the Holy Grail War as mere dirty work.
Second, in order to fulfil the previous condition they
must avoid contact with Saber at all costs.
Third, they must make securing a path of retreat
from battles their top priority. Consider it a success
if Lancer is able to get in a single hit with Gae Buidhe.
By repeating this tactic over and over, they will be
able to exhaust all of the enemy teams.
Finally, they must take advantage of Team Berserker.
Though Berserker was the greatest threat to all the
other Servants, he had poor compatibility against
Lancer. Thus, if at all possible it would be in Team
Lancer's best interest to allow them to stick around
to the very end and eliminate all the other teams,
before swooping in at the last second to take them
out.
Kendo 5th Dan [Other]
Fate Dictionary
The fact that Fuji-nee was able to become a 5th Dan in

kendo at her age is really amazing. Shirou almost never
manages to win against her when they spar.
The King's Speech [Other]
Fate Dictionary
Gilgamesh's peculiar way of speaking. Written one way,

but read another.
It's about as self-important as you can get. Even when
he was being dragged into the Holy Grail, Gilgamesh was
still able to talk down to Shirou like this.
Incidentally, Gil gets mad when people speak to him
without first being spoken to. It's like, "Who the hell does
this commoner think he is, addressing the king out of
turn!?"
Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg [Person]
Fate Dictionary
The Wizard Marshal, Zelretch of the Jewel.

Also known by the name of Kaleidoscope, he is one of
the five magicians.
(He's also one of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors, but
since that doesn't have any bearing on the story of
Fate/stay night let's just gloss over that.)
A magus symbolized by jewels, he is an inscrutable old

man that rages at evil and laughs at good.
Though he occasionally takes an apprentice on a whim,
he has yet to find a successor.
Long, long ago, he was a monster who fought the king
of the vampires in one-on-one combat and pushed back
a giant falling rock with sheer strength.
However, he has aged considerably since then, and it
seems he can no longer use his magic like he did in his
prime.
By the way, whenever he takes an apprentice, they
almost always end up being completely ruined.
This turned into something of a dilemma for the
department heads at the Association, during the episode
Rin related in Sakura's true ending.
"If we don't offer up our most promising students,
there's a good chance they won't come back at all, but if
we do offer up our most promising students it'll be a
huge loss if they end up useless!"
Truly, it was an all-or-nothing gamble.
An offshoot of the Tohno family. However, despite

being a branch family, their oni blood runs even thicker
than the Tohno's.
Tohno Makihisa enlisted the aid of the current Kishima
family head during his assault on the Nanayas.
Although combustion is generally assumed to be
Akiha's power, she actually possesses the power of
freezing. The power of scorching heat sleeps within the
blood of the Kishimas, and it is said their family head will
certainly become a Crimson Red Vermilion.
The person that Nanaya Shiki met in that red meadow
was the Kishima family head.
Kishima [Family]
Kishima [Family]
An offshoot of the Tohno family.

Despite being a branch family, their oni blood runs
even thicker than the Tohno's, and Tohno Makihisa
enlisted the aid of the current Kishima family head during
his assault on the Nanayas.
Although combustion is generally assumed to be
Akiha's power, she actually possesses the power of
freezing. The power of scorching heat sleeps within the
blood of the Kishimas, and it is said their family head will
certainly become a Crimson Red Vermilion.
The person that Nanaya Shiki met in that red meadow
was the Kishima family head.
Kishima Kouma [Person]
Eldest son of the Kishima. However, because the

Kishima family itself has already died out, he is treated as
the family head.
He was summoned by Tohno Makihisa to be his trump
card in wiping out the Nanaya, and delivered results far
beyond his expectations.
For Shiki, who subconsciously remembers the scenes
of devastation from that time, Kouma has become a nigh
insurmountable image of death.
With grip strength powerful enough crush enormous
trees in his hands, inborn agility, and strange oni powers,
he annihilates his enemies without mercy. Truly, he is an
oni emblematic of scorching heat and burning flames.
Currently still alive.
Kishima Kouma [Person]
A demon hybrid with Herculean strength. He is a

descendent of the oni that once inhabited Japan, but
whose numbers fell hand in hand with the expansion of
civilization, until they finally went extinct.
With grip strength powerful enough crush enormous
trees in his hands, inborn agility, and strange oni powers,
he annihilates his enemies without mercy. Truly, he is an
oni emblematic of scorching heat and burning flames.
Though the Kishima are one of the numerous Tohno
branch families, they have long since fallen into decline.
As far as Kouma was concerned, it would have been fine
if he just quietly faded into obscurity in his forest den,
letting the line die out for good. However, he was called
out by Tohno Makihisa to be the Tohno's trump card
against the Nanaya, a role which he fulfilled perfectly.
The Nanaya family was completely wiped out.
For Tohno Shiki, who subconsciously remembers the
scenes of devastation from that time, Kouma has
become a nigh insurmountable image of death.
Kouma himself, however, is a tranquil character,
similar to a mountain ascetic aiming for enlightenment in
order to find meaning in his own existence.
Knight of Vengeance [Nickname]
A knight that lives only for revenge.

One of the protagonists of Tsukihime 2.
Because some part of him still exists as a human, the
nerves in his right hand are destroyed every time he uses
his demonic sword. Because he is a Dead Apostle, his left

hand rots when he uses his Holy Burial Artillery Scripture.
As for who performs maintenance on the Artillery
Scripture, well, of course it's "that person".
------Six vampires gathered in the English countryside,
in order to flush out the last True Ancestor. They were
Dead Apostle Ancestors, one and all, bound by a pact of
nonaggression. But little did they know that the Knight of
Vengeance in their ranks was burning with ambition and
treachery.
Suddenly, an ambush! It was the protector of the
Princess, the god of death, Shiki the Killer. In order to
further his own goals, the Knight of Vengeance had
struck a deal with Shiki in private.
It's a tense sort of setting where two mortal enemies
are nevertheless cooperating with each other for reasons
unknown.
Oh, by the way, Tsukihime 2 will be a light gun arcade
game like House of the Dead 2. GOOOOOLDMAAAAAN!!!
Knight of Vengeance [Nickname]
A knight that lives only for revenge. If there's ever a

Tsukihime 2, he'll be one of the protagonists.
Of course, this refers to Enhance, one of the 27 Dead
Apostle Ancestors. Because some part of him still exists
as a human, the nerves in his right hand are destroyed
every time he uses his demonic sword. Because he is a
Dead Apostle, his left hand rots when he uses his Holy
Burial Artillery Scripture.
It's rumored that the one who performs maintenance
on the Artillery Scripture is none other than the Church's
number one gun nut.
------Six vampires gathered in the English countryside in
order to flush out the last True Ancestor. They were Dead
Apostle Ancestors, one and all, bound by a pact of
nonaggression. But little did they know that the Knight of
Vengeance in their ranks was burning with ambition and
treachery.
Suddenly, an ambush! It was the protector of the
Princess, the god of death, Shiki the Killer. In order to
further his own goals, the Knight of Vengeance had
struck a deal with Shiki in private.
Well, that's what was in the preview trailer during the
school festival in Kagetsu Tohya, anyway. In reality, even
the staff has no idea if anything will ever come of it.
Kohaku [Person]

An energetic girl, that always sports a bright,
unwavering smile. In the story, she was the servant
assigned to Akiha, and was in charge of cooking and
tending to the gardens.
She has a natural cheerfulness about her, and just
spending time with her is relaxing. On the other hand,
she is also very cool-headed and intelligent though she
isn't even aware of it herself.
She was taken in by Tohno Makihisa together with
Hisui, and spent her days confined in Makihisa's room.
Around the time that Akiha entered her second year of
middle school after Shiki was put up for adoption she
found out about Kohaku's relationship with Makihisa and
made her a normal servant working on the mansion
grounds.
As a character, she represents "the lower ruling the
higher".
She was supposed to be a sub-character to the bitter
end, but could end up being the most popular of all if
we're not careful.
Now, this is supposed to be a secret, but originally
Kohaku didn't even have a route.
What changed that, you ask? Well, after we released
the Half-moon edition we read through the player
feedback, and the one thing that almost everybody
mentioned was that Kohaku needed a route too.
Of course, there was some resistance. As far as the
scenario director was concerned, Hisui and Kohaku were
a paired set, so something like individual routes was
totally impossible, and on top of that the scenario
programming and event graphics for the Hisui and Akiha
routes still weren't even finished even though the winter
Comiket was only three months away! It was only due to
the art director's passionate arguments that we decided
to attempt the impossible in the end.
Kohaku [Person]

unwavering smile. In the story, she was the servant
assigned to Akiha, and was in charge of cooking, tending
to the gardens, and managing the finances of the estate.
She has a natural cheerfulness about her, and just
spending time with her is relaxing. On the other hand,
she also has an extremely cool-headed and objective

point of view though she isn't even aware of it herself.
She was an orphan taken in by Tohno Makihisa
together with Hisui, and spent her days confined in
Makihisa's room. Then, around the time that Akiha
entered her second year of middle school after Shiki
was put up for adoption she found out about Kohaku's
relationship with Makihisa and made her a normal
servant working on the mansion grounds.
As a character, she represents "the lower ruling the
higher".
Supposed to have been a sub-character to the bitter
end, but could end up being the most popular of all if
we're not careful is what the staff thought. Wait, that's
not right, hasn't there always been blatant favoritism?
In reality, when development first started there wasn't
a route planned for Kohaku at all. What changed that,
you ask? Well, after we released the Half-moon edition
we read through the player feedback, and the one thing
that almost everybody mentioned was that Kohaku
needed a route too. So we caved to pressure and tacked
it on at the very end.
Although she was a tragic heroine in Tsukihime itself,
ever since then she's just been running around letting off
steam.
In Kagetsu Tohya, she gathered popularity as a
mischievous housekeeper, and showed the first signs of
her budding talent as a mad chemist. Her exploits
included building a secret room in the Tohno mansion's
basement, wearing a hood and calling herself a magical
girl, and even taking part in a bad end involving
anesthetic drugs.
In Melty Blood, since she's more-or-less the Kohaku
from Kagetsu Tohya and not the one from Tsukihime, her
magical-ness received an upgrade. Though the
unbalanced Kohaku is nice, the carefree Kohaku from
Melty that does as she pleases is pretty nice too, don't
you think?
This is a digression, but apparently there are a lot of
users that have been completely defeated by Kohaku's
voice in Melty Blood. In fact, even the scenario writer was
eviscerated.
Kohaku [Person]
The older of the twin sisters working as servants in the

Tohno mansion.
unwavering smile. In Tsukihime, she was the servant
assigned to Akiha, and was in charge of cooking, tending

to the gardens, and managing the finances of the estate.
In contrast to her natural cheerfulness, she also has an
extremely cool-headed and objective point of view that
even she herself is not aware of.
She was an orphan brought in to the Tohno mansion
together with Hisui. She has the bad habit of teasing her
master, Akiha, even as she looks after her.
Furthermore, she is a skilled pharmacist, and often
lends her aid to the anemia-prone Shiki. Though she is
indeed well-versed in strange medicines due to her job,
that fact was exaggerated by the Tatari, leading to her
appearance as the extremely mysterious Magical Doctor
Kohaku in Melty Blood.
Kokutou Mikiya [Person]
The secondary protagonist of Kara no Kyoukai.

He doesn't have a single special ability to his name. A
completely normal young man in every respect. Both his
outward appearance and personality are plain. His
trademark look is black-rimmed glasses.
Other than that, there's not much to him. Personalitywise, he's the prototype for Tohno Shiki.
Although he isn't strong, he's definitely the strongest
person of all. For some reason, he's extremely talented
at finding things and nothing else.
Also, though their personalities are similar, Tohno Shiki
is still a child compared to Mikiya.
A supervisor dispatched by the Association and the

Holy Church.
He secretly operated as the Master of Archer in the
previous war, and as the Master of Lancer in the current
one.
In his early twenties, he was selected as a participant
in a Holy Grail War supervised by his father. Afterward,
under the guise of "being dispatched" from the Church,
he entered the Association.
As one of the only survivors of the Fourth Holy Grail
War, he inherited the role of supervisor.
He is qualified as an executor of the Church, and he
specializes in spiritual healing.
Of course, despite being a first-class executor, he is still
no match for the seventh member of the Burial Agency.
His excellent attack power against spiritual bodies is a
testament to his unwavering (albeit distorted) faith.
Though he seems to enjoy destruction, he is actually a
magus of "creation" just like Shirou. His ability to heal
spiritual and mental injuries is at the level of a priest.
Wicked, but not a villain. Depraved, but not cruel.
He is the ultimate antagonist of Fate/stay night.
If Archer is an existence that shines light on Shirou's
distortion, then Kotomine is a dark wall that brings it into
stark relief.
His initial concept was "somebody you'd know is the
mastermind behind everything the instant you met him".
Kotomine Kirei [Person]
Kokutou Mikiya [Person]

The secondary protagonist of Kara no Kyoukai.

He doesn't have a single special ability to his name. A
completely normal young man in every respect. Both his
outward appearance and personality are plain. His
trademark look is black-rimmed glasses.
Other than that, there's not much to him. Personalitywise, he's the prototype for Tohno Shiki.
Although he isn't strong, he's definitely the strongest
person of all. For some reason, he's extremely talented
at finding things and nothing else.
Also, though their personalities are similar, Tohno Shiki
is still a child compared to Mikiya.
Kotomine Kirei [Person]
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Fate/Zero's other protagonist. When I saw the young

Kirei next to Kiritsugu in the material book that came
with first print editions of Fate/stay night, with his short
hair and earrings, well, my heart turned somersaults in
my chest. It's part of what inspired me to write Fate/Zero
in the first place.
To write him, I just got rid of the older Kirei's state of
enlightenment and composure, and replaced them with
hesitation and inner turmoil. In Zero, when he engages in
self-introspection his memories of the past are distorted,
especially in regards to his wife. Accordingly, the more
philosophic self-analysis from Fate/stay night is probably
a better reflection of his true inner self.
In the first draft, I was a bit too cognizant of his height
from the original story, and kept indiscriminately using
words like "gigantic", "hulking", and "towering" to
describe him. As a result, I was called in by Type Moon
and chastised for misrepresenting Kirei's image, and his

height ended up casually being changed.
Originally he was taught baji quan by his father, Risei,
as a form of spiritual improvement, but through his
blood-drenched experiences as an executor it was
gradually sublimed into a warped version specialized at
destroying the human body. Needless to say, the fact
that he was so far off from his father's ideal form of kung
fu was probably just one more thing he could not forgive
himself for during his youth.
Kotomine Risei [Person]
Kotomine Kirei's father. A priest in the Holy Church's

Assembly of the Eighth Sacrament.
When the Church first interfered with the ritual in
Fuyuki during the Third Holy Grail War, he was charged
with the role of supervisor. While there, he became
friends with the then-current head of the Tohsaka family
(Tokiomi's father), and has maintained deep ties with the
Tohsaka ever since.
As a monk, he tried to reach enlightenment through
asceticism, and he treated his task of recovering holy
relics from around the world as a pilgrim's ordeal. He is a
master of baji quan, and as the person responsible for
teaching it to Kirei, his skill far outstrips his son's. As for
precisely what kind of monster he is, well, just look at his
burly, Mas Oyama-like physique and let your imagination
run wild. His original design concept was "an older
Steven Seagal".
However, Risei trained his fists solely for the sake of
self-discipline and his search for truth. As he was never
an "executor", he has no knowledge of killing arts that
focus on the act of battle itself. Consequently, when it
comes to things like trading blows with Dead Apostles,
his son Kirei is much more accomplished. And of course,
he isn't a magus, so superhuman magical martial arts like
Kirei's are totally out of the question too.
Nevertheless, Kirei was probably acutely aware that as
far as "orthodox baji quan" goes, his father was a better
fighter than he was. What the old man had sought after
all his life had been a realm beyond mere "killing arts",
and through his long and outstanding career he had
finally reached it.
It's too bad that he was unceremoniously removed
from the stage by a single bullet before this inspiring
history could even be hinted at in the story proper.
He must have been quite a sight back when he was
young, during the Third Holy Grail War. Yes, definitely.
Kotone [Person]
Rin's classmate, who was kidnapped by Gilles and

Ryuunosuke. A young girl with a murky fate.
In the first draft, I unthinkingly named her "Satsuki"
and ended up getting punished by the original author. I
had totally forgotten that Satsuki was Sacchin's real
name or rather, I had forgotten that Sacchin even had
a real name at all! To all the Yumizuka Satsuki fans
around the world, I humbly beg your forgiveness.
Kinoko: "Urobuchi please, a little consideration"
Gen: "But without a 'Satsuki', suffering isn't moe!"
Well, anyway, a conversation like that may or may not
have actually happened.
Kugamine Tonami [Person]
Eldest son of the Kugamine, the Tohno branch family

with the most material wealth. He was engaged to Akiha
as a matter of convenience.
He is mentioned briefly in name only in Tsukihime itself,
but in Kagetsu Tohya he displayed his awe-inspiring and
manly figure.
His outward appearance is that of a good-natured,
plump middle-aged man. His true nature, though, is quite
different. He is a preposterous person, full of dark and
loathsome ambitions. And also a total pervert. He's a
voyeur photography buff, and loves girls' bodies (but not
girls). In truth, it seems Hisui is more his type than Akiha.
Despite being related to the Tohno, the abnormal
blood of the Kugamine is quite thin. Also, though the
men of their family are all prone to obesity, their women
are apparently extremely beautiful.
Kuzuki Souichirou [Person]
Fate Dictionary
A teacher at Shirou's school. He handles Contemporary

Social Studies and Ethics.
Though he is Caster's Master, he is no magus, just a
normal person. He suddenly showed up in Fuyuki about
two years ago, under mysterious circumstances. The
head priest of Ryuudou Temple took a liking to him, and
he has been living at the temple ever since.
When he said that he's "just a killer that has rotted
away" in the game, he wasn't lying. He really did commit
a murder in the past. As such, his hand-to-hand combat

skills were not something granted to him by Caster, they
were his own abilities.
Just as Caster felt affection for Kuzuki, Kuzuki too found
meaning in Caster. In a way, you could say this living
corpse's reason for fighting resembled the protagonist,
Shirou's.
Also, it seems that he used to be a member of a group
similar to the Nanaya mentioned in Tsukihime.
If there's ever a continuation of Fate/stay night, Kuzuki
is the number one character I'd like to expand on.
L
Lancer [Servant]
Fate Dictionary
Heroic Spirit of the lance. Requires supreme agility, as

well as excellent close combat skills. Though they tend to
be less flashy than the other classes, they are a very
reliable type of Servant.
The Lancer in the story has a rough and tumble
personality, but at his core he believes in justice and is
easy to get along with. He is an agreeable youth acting
out the role of one gentle in disposition yet strong in
body.
His true identity is the great Celtic hero, Cu Chulainn.
If the stage of this Holy Grail War were anywhere but
Japan, he would be a shining existence on par with
Heracles and King Arthur.
As was mentioned in the story, he is a Heroic Spirit that
specializes in survival, capable of returning alive no
matter how hopeless the situation. Unfortunately, this
time luck wasn't on his side.
It is said that in the midst of battle he would unleash a
fearsome war cry, and at the same time his body would
swell and bulge with muscle as his behavior became like
that of a demon.
However, though he possesses the qualifications to be
a Berserker there is no doubt that the Lancer class suits
him best.
He responded to the summoning solely because he
wanted to engage in a valiant fight to the death, but this
simple wish was never granted to him.
He is a tragic Servant, who embodies the cynical notion
that "wishes don't come true".
Len [Person, Familiar]
Source: Tsukihime Data Collection (2000-12-3), p.031)
Arcueid's familiar. A succubus. Normally found hanging

around Arcueid in the form of a black cat.
She is a succubus that can enter other people's dreams,
and is responsible for causing the wet dream Shiki had
about Arcueid, Ciel, Akiha, or Hisui.
Though she does not appear in the original work, she
is a young girl of about ten years old.
She has calm expressions, and wears a black coat with
a big ribbon in her hair. It's no exaggeration to say that
her charm is enough to completely overshadow the
other heroines.
She even had character illustrations and sex scenes
finished and ready to go, but in the end they didn't make
it in.
She was going to be a secret heroine in Tsukihime, but
we had to throw that idea out due to scheduling issues.
If you happen to have a copy of the bonus book that
came packaged with the Half-moon edition, you can
actually see her listed on the sub-characters page.
Len [Person]

She is a succubus that can enter other people's dreams,
and is responsible for causing the wet dream Shiki had
about Arcueid, Ciel, Akiha, or Hisui.
She does not appear in the original work, but her

outward appearance is that of a young girl of about ten
years old. She has calm expressions, and wears a black
coat with a big ribbon in her hair. It's no exaggeration to
say that her charm is enough to completely overshadow
the other heroines.
She appears as a guest heroine in Kagetsu Tohya.
Well, she wasn't so much a guest as she was the core
of the story, actually.
Though at first it may seem that she is unable to speak,
her voice box is intact and she can understand human
language. Apparently she has simply decided not to talk
for some reason. In Re-act, she only has a single spoken
line.
Also, her pixel art in Re-act is, in a word, amazing. If she
had a voice to match, she'd probably be able to conquer
the entire world.
Because she never talks, it's hard to really understand
her personality, but basically she's the type that likes to
quietly spend her time alone. Just like a cat, she is
haughty and fickle, but prone to sudden bursts of
attention-seeking craziness as well.
Len [Person]

A guest heroine in Kagetsu Tohya, she was the one
responsible for creating the eternally looping day. She is
a succubus that can enter other people's dreams, and
due to various events is currently living at both the Tohno
mansion and Arcueid's apartment.
In short, Arcueid is her contractual master, while Shiki
is the master she chose herself.
Though at first it may seem that she is unable to speak,
her voice box is intact and she can understand human
language. Apparently she has simply decided not to talk
for some reason.
Luviagelita Edelfelt [Person]
Fate Dictionary
Daughter of the Edelfelt family, a distinguished lineage

in the world of magi.
She is considered to be one of the most promising
students currently studying at the Clock Tower.
With her refined manners, elegant speech, and swanlike beauty, she was the very model of a perfect young
lady.
That is, until Tohsaka Rin appeared before her.

It's said that like attracts like, but which one attracted
the other is a total mystery. All that can be said for
certain is that the two of them were far too similar.
And so, the perfect young lady Luvia (who had been
successfully hiding her true nature up until then) met her
rival. From that point on, every time they saw each other
they inevitably ended up quarreling.
By the end of the year, there was an unspoken
agreement within the mineralogy department to not
even bother going to classes that the two of them were
scheduled to attend at the same time.
Luvia specializes in jewel sorcery just like Rin, and is a
master-level user of Gandr. Of course, that second one is
only natural, given that she's from Finland.
She is a true perfect superhuman, and behind her
graceful exterior is a neat freak that hates losing.
Honestly, it would be strange if she didn't clash with Rin.
After all, there's no need for two suns in the same sky.
However, although she might be a bit cranky at having
the disguise she wore for so long suddenly ripped away,
she seems to be having fun passing the days away with
Rin, so it's probably alright.
Also, though she's just a student herself, she found the
dorms too cramped for her liking and bought a mansion
to live in instead.
M
Magic [Term]
A mystery distinct from sorcery.

"Magic" is that which makes the impossible into the
possible, for a given era.
In the past, when civilization was young, most magi
were also magicians.
However, in the present era where almost anything
has become possible (so long as you disregard the capital
and time required to realize it, and focus only on whether
or not a thing is "possible" in the purest sense), the
number of things that can be called "magic" has been
reduced to a mere five.
Consequently, there are only five existing magicians.
Because the ultimate goal of magi is to arrive at magic,
there is a possibility that this number may increase, but
probably it will just keep dropping even more from here
on out.
Magic [Miracle]
Fate Dictionary
A mystery distinct from sorcery. The final destination

of magi.
possible, for a given era. A "result" which can be realized
with the application of time and effort is not magic.
In the past, when civilization was young, most magi
were also magicians, but currently only five remain.
Well, that's what they say, but there are actually only
four still alive.
The magician that handled the First magic already died
a long, long time ago.
Of the remaining four, two have disappeared, and two
are bothersome people that pop up all over the place
leaving trouble in their wake.
Magic [Term]

of magi. "Magic" is that which makes the impossible into
the possible, for a given era. A "result" which can be
realized with the application of time and effort is not

magic. In the past, when civilization was young, most
magi were also magicians, but currently only five remain.
Well, that's what they say, but there are actually only
four still alive.
The magician that handled the First magic already died
a long, long time ago. Of the remaining four, two have
disappeared, and two are bothersome people that pop
up all over the place leaving trouble in their wake.
As for why they are still commonly referred to as the
five magicians regardless, well, that comes down to a
matter of perspective. It's the difference between
counting a dead person as somebody that no longer
exists, or counting them as still being "alive" in a way, so
long as some trace of them still lives on.
Magic [Term]

of magi.
possible, for a given era. A "result" which can be realized
with the application of time and effort is not magic. In
the past, when civilization was young, most magi were
also magicians, but currently only five remain.
Each particular magic is named by its number: i.e., the
First, the Second, and so on. Aozaki Aoko is the user of
the Fifth magic.
Magic Circuit [Sorcery]
Fate Dictionary
Pseudo-nerves within the body of a magus.

Magic circuits are responsible for converting life force
into magical energy, and for connecting to the underlying
grand sorcery formula.
Because the number of magic circuits a person has is
fixed at birth, magi lineages do what they can to improve
themselves and create an heir with even one more magic
circuit.
Once the magic circuits have been opened for the first
time, the practitioner can switch them on and off at will.
Each practitioner visualizes the flipping of this switch in
their own particular way. For Shirou, the image is that of
a gun's firing hammer, while for Rin it is stabbing a heart
with a knife.
This image tends to be related to how the circuits were
opened for the very first time, so there even those who
can only open their circuits through sexual arousal or

self-harm.
By the way, Shirou's number of magic circuits is an
unexpectedly high 27.
Rin, on the other hand, has 40 main circuits, while her
sub-circuits are 30 each.
but just like implanting an extra organ into a human body

it should go without saying what will happen if you try it.
Magic circuits, once lost, will never return.
As for what magi actually use these magic circuits for,
well, that's covered in a different story.
Magic Circuit [Term]
Magic Circuit [Term]

The foundation for setting up sorcery. There are two

types, but here it refers to the quality within a human
body that makes a magus a magus.
Basically, sorcery is a formula that causes nature
interference by starting up and stabilizing a "rule already
established in the world" with magical energy. Or to put
it another way, the "rule" is a car, and the "magical
energy" is the gasoline that makes it run.
In order to activate sorcery, three things are required:
the necessary amount of magical energy, a key
(password/spell/code), and magic circuits to inject the
magical energy into the "engine".
If we assume for a moment that magical energy is
electricity, then magic circuits would be both the reactor
that produces that electricity, as well as the pipelines for
running the system.
Because vital activity is indispensable to the operation
of this reactor, there is a common misconception that a
magus' body = magic circuits. However, though quite
rare, magic circuits that continue rotating on their own
even after the practitioner's vital activity has stopped do
exist.
The reason that an individual's magical energy (od) will
be regenerated even if is totally used up is because the
magic circuits are still operating. But on the other hand,
without magic circuits, magical energy (od) will no longer
be generated at all.
They are spread throughout the entire body as pseudonerves, and can basically be divided into cores, and pipes
that connect these cores together. The pipes are similar
to the synapses within the brain, constantly breaking off
and reconnecting, but the cores never change.
Strictly speaking, these cores are the actual magic
circuits.
They are considered to be a sort of internal organ, that
will never increase or decrease in number. Of course,
extracting and transplanting them is technically possible,

The foundation for setting up sorcery. There are two

types, but here it refers to the quality within a human
body that makes a magus a magus.
In Melty Blood, the unified gauge for using both EX
moves and Arc Drives is called the "Magic Circuit".
Magical Energy [Term]
An essential element for invoking sorcery. Also known

as the primordial animus, and life itself.
It is broadly divided into two types: the greater magical
energy (mana), which is the breath of the planet filling
the world and nature, and the lesser magical energy (od),
which is possessed by living beings (humans).
As far as quality is concerned, they are both essentially
identical. The only difference is that the amount of mana
in the world far, far exceeds the amount of od.
Because mana is the magical energy of "that space"
which fills the atmosphere, magi can use it freely.
Of course, the amount that can be utilized directly
corresponds to the capacity of the magus which is to
say, the number of magic circuits they have.
Magical Energy [Term]
"Talk"
The source of power required to activate sorcery. It is

similar to gasoline.
Though it goes by many names, the magical energy in
the atmosphere is typically called mana. The meaning of
mana in this sense is more or less the same as the mana
that exists in Polynesian culture. Also, as ether is another
thing altogether, it is not referred to as magical energy.
The magical energy mentioned in Talk included this
mana, as well as another type: the magical energy that
magi produce within their bodies.
Of course, the gap between the amount of magical

energy that fills the natural world and the amount of
magical energy that an individual can produce is so wide
that it would be stupid to even try to compare them.
Within the disemboweling forest, even the very air is
under Einnashe's control, so the magical energy of the
natural world cannot be used at all. Consequently,
normal sorceries will not function there, and only those
extremely small-scale sorceries that are possible to
activate with an individual's magical energy alone can be
cast.
As an aside, Blue's usage of this personal magical
energy is absurdly efficient. By way of analogy, it would
be like effortlessly driving a car 1000 kilometers on just a
single liter of gasoline.
Ciel falls on the exact opposite end of the spectrum,
with her ridiculously large maximum capacity. If a normal
magus' gasoline tank holds 40 liters, then Ciel's would
hold over 4000. Well, that's Miss Glutton for you!
Magical Girl Magical Amber [Unknown]
The (fake) amber magician. A mysterious hooded girl.

Her slogan is "Chemical! Magical! Medical!"
She appears as the guardian of the safe in Kagetsu
Tohya, and also shows up while playing as Kohaku in
Melty Blood. Ah, could there be some sort of connection
between the two!?
In truth, she's a broom girl, not a magical girl, but
that's neither here nor there.
Day after day, she throws herself into the manufacture
of strange and suspicious drugs. She is a staff officer in
the Tohno Mansion Basement Kingdom.
Somehow, she seems like an even better fit for the
Tatari than Sion, but the less said about that the better.
Magical Onslaught [Technique]
A name for all the dubious techniques used by Kohaku.

Though they're called things like Magical Attack and
Magical Missile, no matter how you look at them they're
chemical weapons. It just goes to show, there's nothing
good about the "magical" stuff in Melty Blood.
If the series continues, chances are even more magical
armaments will make their appearance. There might
even be a magic wand equipped with a dangerous and
crafty artificial intelligence
Magus [Term]
A general term for those who use sorcery, regardless

of nationality or field of study.
They don't get along well with the Church, and the two
groups are constantly feuding behind the scenes.
However, they have pretty much nothing to do with
the plot of Tsukihime. If you want more details, please
refer to Kara no Kyoukai.
Makidera Kaede [Person]
Fate Dictionary
A member of Class 2-A's famed track girl trio. She is the

track team's star sprinter, and wishes people would call
her the Black Panther of Homura. Her actual nickname is
just "Maki".
She's scheming at making the honor student Tohsaka
Rin her best friend, and sees Mitsuzuri Ayako as a rival.
Her hobby is collecting wind chimes, and she loves
working with glass. Perhaps because her tastes intersect
with Rin's on that point, the two often go around visiting
antique shops together on their days off.
Malignant Information [Term]
A requirement for the appearance of the Tatari. Shared

common knowledge circulating throughout a closed
community.
Develops by making use of things like anonymous
accusations, improbable testimonies, and popular trends.
It will take on various forms depending on the
circumstances, but at its core is "nothing". It is for this
very reason that the Tatari itself is said to have no true
identity.
The "Bad News" used by the Night of Wallachia and the
"Terror News" used by Vampire Sion were both forms of
this, materialized with magical energy. The creation and
control of malignant copies is a particularly advanced
application.
Marble Phantasm [Term]
Imagination Realization. As the name suggests, it is the

ability to manifest anything you can imagine. I really wish
I could do this.
It is the ability possessed by elementals, which are the

sense of touch of the natural world. By connecting their
will directly to the world, they are able to transfigure the
world into whatever environment they imagine.
Of course, the level of manifestation varies depending
on the scale of the elemental, and it goes without saying
that only nature can be transfigured things that exist
independently of nature are immune.
In Tsukihime, Arcueid eliminated Roa by using marble
phantasm to turn the layers of the atmosphere in the
hallway into a vacuum, like a carving knife slicing up a
daikon radish.
Though she could not affect Roa himself, it was
impossible for him to avoid the finely sliced atmosphere,
and he was reduced to nothing but ankles. (The gap
above the floor was the result of a deficiency in Arcueid's
imagination.)
Also, in the world of Tsukihime spiritual realms are not
alternate dimensions, but rather exist within the world
itself. Things like legendary lands and countries of eternal
spring are the products of the imagination of whatever
elemental rules over them. Consequently, it is possible
for humans to wander into them by accident.
The castle in the mountains that Arcueid calls home is
actually a product of her marble phantasm.
Marble Phantasm [Ability]

ability to manifest anything you can imagine.
world into whatever environment they imagine. Of
course, the level of manifestation varies depending on
the scale of the elemental, and it goes without saying
In Tsukihime, Arcueid eliminated Roa by using marble
phantasm to turn the layers of the atmosphere in the
hallway into a vacuum, like a carving knife slicing up a
daikon radish. Though she could not affect Roa himself,
it was impossible for him to avoid the finely sliced
atmosphere, and he was reduced to nothing but ankles.
(The gap above the floor was the result of a deficiency in
Arcueid's imagination.)

for humans to wander into them by accident.
The castle in the mountains that Arcueid calls home is
actually a product of her marble phantasm.
Marble Phantasm [Term]

ability to manifest anything you can imagine.
world into whatever environment they imagine. Of
course, the level of manifestation varies depending on
the scale of the elemental, and it goes without saying
for humans to wander into them by accident. The castle
in the mountains that Arcueid calls home is actually a
product of her marble phantasm.
In Melty Blood, it makes an appearance as Arcueid's
Arc Drive. Countless chains act as an extension of her
sense of touch, temporarily augmenting the sensation in
her hands. As for why the organ doing the grabbing is a
chain instead of hands, it's probably because of her
feelings about always having to restrain herself.
Matou Byakuya [Person]
The true father of our beautiful wakame, Matou Shinji.

Though his suitability as a magus was inferior to his
younger brother Kariya's, he was forced into becoming
the next family head after Kariya turned his back on his
inheritance and ran away.
However, this wasn't a terrible deal for Byakuya. Since
Zouken never expected anything from him to begin with,
he was never actually taught anything. He was essentially
a glorified assistant, while the real responsibility of being
the successor was passed on to his adopted child, Sakura.
Probably, Byakuya thought that the shame of being a
family head in name only as well as his abhorrence of
sorcery would be more than compensated for by his
access to the Matou fortune and a life free of worries.

But ultimately, it seems it was far more stressful than he
ever could have anticipated, and he ended up taking
refuge in alcoholism.
He made his first and last appearance in the fourth
volume. At first, the scene was going to end with
Kiritsugu going to the Matou mansion while searching for
Irisviel, but turning up nothing. However, on a whim I
decided that I hadn't written enough violence that day,
so Byakuya, a character that never should have appeared
at all, was thrust onto the stage as a sacrifice. My deepest
condolences, Byakuya.
due to the parameter boost from being maddened. And

given the single-minded devotion with which Kariya was
pursuing Tokiomi, there's no way you could expect him
to have the prudence to avoid that powerhouse team
and survive to the very end. When all's said and done, as
long as he carried the Matou spirit of putting grudges
before everything else, he was probably doomed to
failure no matter what.
Matou Kariya [Person]
One of the main heroines of Fate/stay night.

With her long, lustrous hair, soothing smile, and
(secretly) dynamite body, by all rights she should be the
star heroine. Too bad she's an unfortunate girl who just
sort of fades into the scenery.
The heroine who symbolizes a peaceful daily life or
so it would seem at first. Perhaps due to some mistake,
she actually suffers the most out of anyone in every route.
Of course, that's only natural, seeing as how her initial
concept was an "Asagami Fujino type". She never had a
chance at avoiding bloodshed.
As Shirou's junior by one year, the path to their first
meeting was relatively convoluted.
Four years ago, sometime around April, Sakura saw
Shirou persistently attempting the high jump.
Then, later that same year they actually met for the
first time when Shirou came over to the Matou residence.
From that point on she worked hard to greet Shirou
every time he came over, until finally a year and a half
ago she started going over to the Emiya residence herself
to help him out.
Afterward, she gradually grew accustomed to the
Emiya residence, and due to Fuji-nee's influence became
a more cheerful, energetic Matou Sakura.
She has a quiet personality, and all things considered is
exceptionally patient and persevering.
Basically, she is a worrisome girl that never resents
others (not even Shinji or Zouken), and always blames
herself for everything.
The solitary exception to this rule is Rin, because the
two of them are so similar. I guess she's only capable of
being honest with herself, or someone almost exactly
like herself, yeah.
As everybody knows, she seems passive, but when she
does do something she devotes herself to it completely.
She's the girl in the story most suited to using seduction
to get what she wants.

The little brother of Matou Shinji's father, Byakuya.

The gutsiest, most rebellious person in the history of
the Matou family against that monstrous old man, just
standing up to him and running away was a heroic act of
valor. Of course, from Zouken's point of view, no matter
how much better Kariya's magic circuits were than his
older brother's, they weren't worth the effort it would
take to break his will and train him into a proper family
head. In fact, at that point he had probably already
decided that he had no choice but to bet everything on
Byakuya conceiving an heir that would turn everything
around. Unfortunately, in the end his longshot gamble
backfired spectacularly, and instead of a miracle that
would save his lineage, he got Shinji.
By the way, even Kariya's childhood friendship with Aoi
was set up by Zouken, who had become aware of the
Zenjou family's excellent hereditary trait long before the
Tohsaka. However, due to Kariya turning his back on
sorcery and getting cockblocked by Tokiomi, the old
man's plans once more came to nothing.
Well, Kariya bringing his beloved Aoi back to some
horrid worm pit was never going to happen in the first
place. Maybe if the Matou sorcery was a little more
normal, he would have been willing to obediently accept
his inheritance and become Tokiomi's rival for Aoi's
affections.
For a makeshift magus, Kariya's suitability as a Master
was exceptional. The fact that he was able to endure the
maddened Lancelot's outrageous magical energy
consumption for as long as he did is a feat truly deserving
of praise. While he might have been better off if Zouken
hadn't punished him by forcing him to summon a
Berserker, well I hate to say it, but the only reason
Lancelot was able to fight Gilgamesh as well as he did was
Matou Sakura [Person]

Fate Dictionary
Though she's always exuding an obvious aura of

"senpai-adoration", it's hard to say if the all-important
object of her affection, Shirou, has actually noticed or not.
A devilish woman with a strong maternal instinct, she'll
pamper a man to the bitter end and ruin him with her
charms. But, just like Hariti
The most popular among the staff, maybe.
"A heroine at the end of her rope"
"A somehow distorted heroine"
"A heroine that loves her big brother"
and so on.
She can count on the fanatic vote, right?
he is kind to women (excepting "his" women, of course).

As you can see, he's clearly a pretty cool guy.
Due to the gap between his "ideal world" and the
world he actually lives in, his personality has become
warped, but when Shirou first made his acquaintance
four years ago he wasn't nearly as bad as he is now.
As you might expect, he stumbled across Shirou doing
menial tasks for people free of charge, and despite
(seriously) deriding him as an idiot from behind his back,
he hung around with him until he was done. At the end
of the day, Shinji laughed as if he was having a good time,
and exclaimed, "You may be an idiot, but you sure do
good work, at least!"
Perhaps Shirou appreciated Shinji's honesty despite his
foul mouth, because afterward they became friends.
Though Shinji often made fun of him, in the shadows
he socially assassinated anybody that took advantage of
Shirou, and frequently invited him over to his house to
hang out. It seems they really were close.
However, as you know, for a temperamental genius
like Shinji even a friend of many years is not safe from
suddenly becoming his enemy for incomprehensible
reasons.
Basically, he's the kind of person that's reliable when
he's on your side but ends up being really troublesome if
he turns on you.
Originally there was going to be an option to accept his
invitation to join forces in the Saber route, but tragically
we ran out of time and were forced to cut it.
Ah, if we'd included that route (let's call it the "Shinji
route"), players would have gotten to see a bit of Shinji's
good side, but there was just no way. Please, find it in
your hearts to forgive us!
Matou Zouken [Person]
Fate Dictionary
Matou Shinji [Person]

Fate Dictionary
Shirou's friend. Sakura's older brother.

As Rider's Master, Shirou comes into conflict with him
on numerous occasions.
Though he is selfish and has the bad habit of looking
down on other people, he is virtuous in his own way, and
while he may be warped he is not actually a bad person.
He values rules (but he doesn't follow them himself),
he hates injustice (if he's not the one responsible), and
A freaky old bug man. The end.

The scenario director is quite fond of him, and would
get carried away typing every time he appeared.
He belongs in a harlequin novel, don't you think?
Matou Zouken [Person]
As far as the Matou family's sacrifices in the Fourth

Holy Grail War go, for the small price of a ruined home
defense barrier and a grievous injury to Byakuya's wrist,
they were able to get their hands on fragments of the
Holy Grail. Too cheap, too cheap! Grandfather is laughing.
Though Zouken allowed Kariya to participate in the

Grail War, he mostly did it just to punish him if Kariya
had actually won, he probably wouldn't even know how
to react.
Originally, Zouken had been content to turn a blind eye
to Kariya's transgressions as long as he was living the
wretched, fearful life of a runaway, but his extremely unMatou-like willingness to heroically sacrifice himself
bought him the old man's ire. Probably, it was the
warped pride of a living, rotten corpse at work. Like,
"When did my own flesh and blood get so damn
impudent!?" or something to that effect.
By the way, Zouken thought that Kariya had died when
all the crest worms were killed by Berserker's rampage.
The reason that Kariya, finally free, was able to return to
the Matou mansion and reach Sakura's side without any
issues, was because Zouken had rushed off to the scene
of the fire to see if he could find anything worth salvaging.
In fact, they must have literally just missed each other. It
seems Kariya has a talent for seizing odd strokes of good
luck at the height of misfortune.
It was very important not to feed Saber more than

absolutely necessary. Carelessly overdoing it just once,
meant that from that point on even a slight downgrade
would be met with a look of utter disdain. What a
fearsome beast
Mecha Hisui [Person?]
The Pleasant-type City Subjugation Weapon built by

the mad doctor Magical Amber. A megadeus made to
look like Hisui. Cast in the Name of God, Ye Not Guilty.
She is equipped with various armaments. Her primary
motive force comes from her Magical Heart, while her
secondary motive force is provided by a rubber band
engine (like you'd use to launch a paper airplane).
Without a doubt, this can be called a crystallization of
super technology.
Though she is a mysterious, one-of-a-kind weapon
completed by Kohaku after she became the Tatari, it
appears that by Re-act she has entered mass-production.
The giant Mecha Hisui that appears in her ending is
something like a Mobile Armor, and the ending as a
whole is a parody of Tetsujin 28-go.
During the development stage of Re-act, there were
actually two versions of Mecha Hisui: Real Type and
Super Type. The Super Type would have had stuff like a
rocket punch, a super radio wave tornado, and even an
erupting god finger. I really hate that we weren't able to
use it. Maybe next time!
Mecha Hisui [Person?]
Meals [Other]
Fate Dictionary
Something vital to the Emiya household.
The Pleasant-type City Subjugation Weapon built by

the mad doctor Magical Amber. A weaponized robot
made to look like Hisui.
She is equipped with various armaments. Her primary
motive force comes from her Magical Heart, while her
secondary motive force is provided by a rubber band
engine. Without a doubt, this is the crystallization of
super technology a mysterious weapon completed by
Kohaku after she became the Tatari.
The enormous Mecha Hisui that appears in her ending
is a Strategic Land Subjugation model. There shouldn't
have been more than one built in Re-act, but for some
reason it seems that in Act-Cadenza there's already a
mass-production infrastructure in place
They have a tendency to receive version upgrades
every time Melty Blood itself does. Could there be yet
another new model of Mecha Hisui under construction

in the underground factory beneath the Tohno mansion
even now?
Melty Blood [Title]
A fighting game set after Tsukihime, jointly developed

by Watanabe Seisakusho (French Bread) and Type-Moon.
It was the first time Tsukihime had voices.
It is the story of a certain vampire and a night of lies,
during a summer different than the one in Kagetsu Tohya.
The stage progression is in the style of Darius. It seems
that a fighting game that advances in such a manner had
been something the scenario writer always wanted. Take
the upper paths and you'll be treated to a serious story,
while the lower paths quickly spiral into absurdity.
The game's subtitle is "Hologram Summer, Night on
the Blood Liar". The original plan was for it to be about
an executor who was a sort of rival to Ciel appearing to
fight Arcueid, but once production started the sample
game ended up being so amazing we felt the need to
whip up a worthy story within "Tsukihime Canon" to
match.
Of course, with a new heroine, one of the 27 Dead
Apostle Ancestors, and even Arima Miyako, it was
packed full of fan service, too. So, thank you, Watanabe
Seisakusho! The amount of freedom as a fighting game is
just great, and the mobility of the characters is off the
charts. I hope everybody out there enjoys the pixel-art
Tsukihime characters as much as we do!
Melty Blood [Title]
The title of this work. A series of fighting games based

on the visual novel Tsukihime.
The first game, Melty Blood, was the story of the
summer one year after Tsukihime. Rumors of vampires
once again began to swirl around Misaki, followed soon
after by the appearance of the beautiful Sion.
The second game, Re-act, was a bonus chapter with
Melty Blood as its base. After the Tatari matter was taken
care of, White Len used its power to create a single night
of dreams. It was a fighting game with an all-star cast.
This third game, Act-Cadenza, is a further expanded
version of Re-act, where nearly everybody that appeared
in Tsukihime gets to take on a leading role.
Melty Blood Re-act [Title]

An expansion to Melty Blood. Though various aspects

of the game were tweaked and upgraded, the biggest
change was probably the addition of Len and Satsuki as
playable characters. Honestly, it's more like an entirely
new edition than an expansion.
The new arcade mode is similar to the ones in other
fighting games, where each character is featured in their
own short story. It's a festival for the cast of Tsukihime,
but one different than both Kagetsu Tohya and Melty
Blood. Just think of it as a collection of fighting game
exclusive bonus stories.
The game's normal bosses are a bunch of scoundrels,
and the hidden boss is "that" person!
Mercedes-Benz 300SL [Other]
A toy that Kiritsugu bought for his wife, in order to

enlighten her about the wonders of modern science.
Well, it's sort of an old-fashioned choice as far as
education is concerned, but I'm sure Irisviel must have
preferred it that way. Since it was customized by
Kiritsugu, you might expect it to be decked out with
machine guns, missile launchers, ejector seats, and oil
slicks, but it isn't. Probably.
After the war ended, it was stashed away in the castle
on the outskirts of Fuyuki, where happily it was
eventually inherited by Illya.
By the way, in Japan it is well-known as the actor and
singer Ishihara Yuujirou's favorite car.
Misawa Hanei [Person]
A first-year student at the Asagami Academy for Girls,

and one of Akiha's roommates. Her nickname is Hanepin.
She has an easygoing personality, and is pretty large
for a girl. This makes her something of a lopsided pair
with the petite Souka, but according to all the other
students they're a match made in heaven. Though Souka
herself vehemently denies it, it seems that it's generally
acknowledged that she and Hanepin are the school's
best couple.
She is absolutely hopeless when it comes to keeping
things tidy and in order, and her personal effects are
always spilling over onto Akiha and Souka's desks. But
even so, her dexterous fingers and scrupulous nature
allow her to excel at crafting small goods. She receives

countless requests from both students and teachers,
which she inevitably accepts without hesitation. Because
of this, she always seems to be busily working on some
thing or another.
She appears in the Kagetsu Tohya side story "A Story
For the Evening". She is the most therapeutic character
in all of Type-Moon, and has a huge number of hidden
fans. Also, this is supposed to be a secret, but it seems
she actually has the largest breasts out of all the girls in
Tsukihime.
Mitsuzuri Ayako [Person]
Fate Dictionary
A female student in Class 2-A.

She is the captain of the archery club, and friends with
both Emiya Shirou and Tohsaka Rin.
Well, Rin is her friend, while she treats Shirou more like
a rival. The three of them haven't noticed what a delicate
relationship they have with each other.
Her big-sisterly disposition exceeds even Rin's, and
she's considered one of the top three students at
Homurahara Academy to avoid picking a fight with.
People tend to think that she's mannish, but privately
she's actually pretty girly.
Of course, this clashes with her image so she doesn't
go around advertising it, but she doesn't really think it's
a big deal herself.
Even though her room at home looks more like it
belongs to a little girl than a teenager, she has no qualms
about inviting Rin over to hang out. After all, it's not that
she has no interest in romance, it's just that she has a
thing for older men. Could it be? She and Rin are united
by their father complex!?
Though it may seem odd that a supporting character
has such spirited looks, it's only natural given that
originally her design was conceived of for Rider.
During the preliminary stages of development, the
scenario director was obsessed with a movie called
"Vi()ck", and kept on insisting that Rider should be
more like a certain black-caped character.
Mitsuzuri's design was an attempt to meet his
demands that unfortunately ended up being rejected.
Still, it seemed like a waste to just throw out such good
work, so it was ultimately resurrected and recycled into
Mitsuzuri Ayako. Thank goodness, yeah?
Saying she resembles Ryougi Shiki is strictly prohibited.
By the way, after the Rin route she's still as energetic
as ever. And in case you were wondering, yes, the person
who attacked her was Rider. She chased her down into a
back alley and SLUUURP, sucked her blood on the spot! I
sure hope she didn't pick up any weird habits from that,
nyahaha.
Monstrous Beast [Other]
Fate Dictionary
In the world of Fate/stay night, a general term for

beasts which do not correspond to normal ecosystems.
They are divided into three ranks: monstrous, mythical,
and divine.
The vast majority of monstrous beasts are crossbreeds
(chimera) living in still-uncivilized regions, but it seems
that those of mythical rank and above have shifted to the
far side of the world.
Though the Pegasus that appears in the story is a
monstrous beast, its long life puts it at the level of a
mythical beast. Ordinary magi are completely unable to
compete with something of this rank.
Also, beings that take after dragons are considered to
be superior, regardless of classification. Since dragons
are endowed with the characteristics of several species,
it appears that even consorting with humans was not
uncommon.
Mystic Eyes [Sorcery]
Fate Dictionary
Typically, single-action sorceries possessed by magi.

They are created by changing the eyeballs, which by
nature are passive receptors of information from the
external world, into tools for actively influencing the
external world.
People within the user's field of vision will have sorcery
cast on them without question, and should they happen
to make direct eye contact the effect will be dramatically
increased.
In short, they are a fearsome sorcery trait not only
are they something that must not be seen, but simply
being seen by them means you have fallen into your
opponent's trap.
Because of their concealability and capability, they are
considered the mark of a first-class magus.
Though, artificial mystic eyes are limited to effects on
the level of charm or suggestion.
The most powerful mystic eyes are those which are
possessed from birth.
Things like Rider's mystic eyes of petrification, or

mystic eyes that can see the death of things, are "psychic
abilities" that cannot be reenacted even with sorcery.
Mystic Eyes [Ability]
Typically, single-action sorceries possessed by magi.

They are created by changing the eyeballs, which by
nature are passive receptors of information from the
external world, into tools for actively influencing the
external world. Humans within the user's field of vision
will have sorcery cast on them without question, and
should they happen to make direct eye contact the effect
will be dramatically increased. In short, they are a
fearsome sorcery trait not only are they something that
must not be seen, but simply being seen by them means
you have fallen into your opponent's trap. Because of
their concealability and capability, they are considered
the mark of a first-class magus. Though, artificial mystic
eyes are limited to effects on the level of charm or
suggestion.
The most powerful mystic eyes are those which are
possessed from birth. Things like Shiki's mystic eyes that
can see the death of things, or mystic eyes that can turn
someone to stone with a glance, are "psychic abilities"
that cannot be reenacted even with sorcery.
Mystic eyes can be ranked by color. Normal mystic
eyes shine red or green. Strong ones glow a luminous
gold. And eyes that fall in the realm of gods glimmer with
multiple colors, like jewels or rainbows.
By the way, though Akiha's "Origami" bears a striking
resemblance to mystic eyes, it is actually a kind of curse.
And despite Shiki's eyes being called the "mystic eyes" of
death perception, strictly speaking they are a psychic
ability specifically, the "pure eyes" possessed by saints
and holy men.
Mystic Eyes of Death Perception [Term]
The eyes possessed by Tohno Shiki, that can see the

death of things.
This death is expressed as black lines and points.
However, the lines are nothing more than places where
a substance breaks easily, while points are death itself.
If a line is cut, then even if the main body survives, that
particular part will die, never to move again.
If a point is pierced, then the individual will stop
functioning completely.
Though they are said to see the form of death, strictly

speaking it's more accurate to say they're reading the
lifespan of a substance the existential limit determined
at the moment of creation.
Now, this was already covered in the main story of
Tsukihime, but lines cannot be perceived on things that
can't be killed (destroyed) in the current world. It's
probably because as a human, Shiki's point of reference
conforms to the limits of the humanity of his era.
If he tries to perceive the death of things that exceed
those limits, Shiki himself will begin to break down.
Originally, Shiki's eyes were meant to "see that which
cannot be seen". However, after having two near death
experiences he was somehow connected to (the Root),
and his brain began to be able to comprehend death
itself. Or to put it in other words, it is only by virtue of his
mystic eyes and brain working together as a set that he
is able to perceive death.
By the way, Shiki's eyes turn blue when he intentionally
tries to see death. Seeing as how blue is the color of pure
eyes, it's likely that Shiki's eyes are also of that type.
Mystic Eyes of Death Perception [Ability]

death of things.
This death is expressed as black lines and points. The
lines are places where a substance breaks easily, and the
points are death itself. If a line is cut, then even if the
main body survives, that particular part will die, never to
move again. If a point is pierced, then the individual will
stop functioning completely. Also, while lines can be
seen without consciously trying, seeing points, the
source of those lines, requires extreme concentration.
at the moment of creation. Now, this was already
covered in the main story of Tsukihime, but lines cannot
be perceived on things that can't be killed (destroyed) in
the current world. It's probably because as a human,
Shiki's point of reference conforms to the limits of the
humanity of his era.
experiences he was somehow connected to (the Root),
and his brain began to be able to comprehend death
itself. Or to put it in other words, it is only by virtue of his
mystic eyes and brain working together as a set that he

is able to perceive death.
By the way, Shiki's eyes turn blue when he intentionally
tries to see death. Seeing as how blue is the color of pure
eyes, it's likely that Shiki's eyes were originally of that
type.
Mystic Eyes of Death Perception [Ability]

death of things.
A unique ability that allows the user to grasp the death
of living beings as points and lines. Stabbing or cutting
these will ignore things like vital activity and kill the
target directly.
at the moment of creation.
Lines cannot be perceived on things that can't be killed
(destroyed) in the current world. It's probably because as
a human, Shiki's point of reference conforms to the limits
of the humanity of his era.
experiences his brain began to be able to comprehend
death itself. Or to put it in other words, it is only by virtue
of his mystic eyes and brain working together as a set
that he is able to perceive death.
form. Her most distinctive characteristics are her blue,

sci-fi bodysuit and her hoof-ish hands and feet.
Though she is the guardian spirit of the Seventh Holy
Scripture, that doesn't mean that she's the guardian
spirit of the Seventh Holy Scripture's wielder as well. The
reason that she complies with Ciel's orders regardless is
because Ciel is the first master she's had capable of giving
her form. Manifesting a guardian spirit isn't something
that can be accomplished without an excessive amount
of magical energy, after all.
She's always grumbling about Ciel's violent treatment
(of the Seventh Holy Scripture), but nevertheless she
sticks to her like glue. In Melty Blood, she appears briefly
during Ciel's stage entrance and Arc Drive.
By the way, in the third character popularity poll
Nanako's Arc Drive was listed as "Holy Cross Burial
Scripture", but it should be read as "anti-reincarnation".
Nanaya Heirloom Knife [Weapon]
A treasured blade of the Nanaya family, that Makihisa

kept for some reason instead of getting rid of it. Of
course, even though it's called a "treasured blade" it isn't
actually valuable, it's just a sturdily-built knife. Though,
mysteriously it has a complex switchblade design despite
its considerable age.
It is a high-quality good with the words "Seven Nights"
carved into the handle, clearly marking it as property of
the Nanaya family.
In Tsukihime, Kohaku brought this knife to Shiki saying
it was a memento left to him by Makihisa, but in reality
she had retrieved it from Makihisa's room of her own
accord.
Nanako [Weapon, Nickname]
Nanaya Heirloom Knife [Weapon]


The elemental residing in the Seventh Holy Scripture.

Although Ciel calls her Seven, she was named Nanako by
her temporary master of just a few days, Arihiko.
A young girl with a mysterious character. It's hard to
say if she's noble or nasty. She can't help but lament the
tyrannical treatment she receives from Ciel, but if she
ever fired back she'd just get in trouble. Basically, she's a
character at the very bottom of society.
Originally she was the girl offered up as a sacrifice
during the creation of the Seventh Holy Scripture, but
after her death she merged with the holy beast used as
the scripture's foundation and ended up with her current
A treasured blade of the Nanaya family, that Makihisa

kept for some reason instead of getting rid of it. Of
course, even though it's called a "treasured blade" it isn't
actually valuable, it's just a sturdily-built knife. Though,
mysteriously it has a complex switchblade design despite
its considerable age. It is a high-quality good with the
words "Seven Nights" carved into the handle, clearly
marking it as property of the Nanaya family.
In Tsukihime, Kohaku brought this knife to Shiki saying
it was a memento left to him by Makihisa, but in reality
she had retrieved it from Makihisa's room of her own
accord.
Kohaku herself never looked to see what was in the

box. Perhaps she was expecting it to jog Shiki's memory
of his past due to it being property of the Nanaya?
Nanaya Kiri [Person]
Tohno Shiki's real father. The last Nanaya family head.

As a member of the Nanaya family that made their
living by assassinating demon hybrids, he was a killing
machine that started studying and refining the art of
slaughter at an extremely young age.
His way of utilizing three-dimensional space was just
like a spider climbing on a web. His preferred weapon
was an iron club that looked like a drumstick, and despite
using a blunt instrument he would dismember his targets
as efficiently as if he had been using a blade.
Though Kiri himself had no doubt that he would live as
an assassin his entire life, that all changed with the birth
of the son he had fathered for the sole purpose of having
a successor, and he retired from the business of killing.
But, it was already too late. Six years after he and his
family secluded themselves in the mountains, they faced
retribution from the demon hybrids, their former prey.
However, just before dying, he was able to engrave a
"sense of being alive" into Kishima Kouma, who up until
then had lacked any sort of human emotions.
Eldest son of the Nanaya, a clan of demon hunters that

passed down ESP as their genetic inheritance.
The Nanaya had retired from the demon hunting trade
to live a quiet life in the mountains. However, because
Tohno Makihisa still regarded them as dangerous, they
were raided and completely wiped out.
Shiki, too, was very nearly killed by Makihisa, but
somehow he narrowly escaped death and was taken in
by the Tohno family as an adopted child.
Though Shiki doesn't remember it, he had received
basic training before Makihisa's attack.
This training was responsible for turning Shiki into a
transcendent killer every time he was backed into a
corner during Tsukihime somehow.
Nanaya Shiki [Person]
Eldest son of the Nanaya, a clan of demon hunters that

passed down ESP as their genetic inheritance.
The Nanaya had retired from the demon hunting trade
to live a quiet life in the mountains. However, because
Tohno Makihisa still regarded them as dangerous, they
were raided and completely wiped out.
Shiki, too, was very nearly killed by Makihisa, but
somehow he narrowly escaped death and was taken in
by the Tohno family as an adopted child.
Though Shiki himself does not remember anything
from when he lived in the Nanaya village, he did receive
basic training before Makihisa attacked. This training was
responsible for turning Shiki into a transcendent killer
every time he was backed into a corner during
Tsukihime somehow.
In Melty Blood, Nanaya Shiki appears as Tohno Shiki's
anxieties given form. He uses the Nanaya martial arts
that Shiki should have learned, but unlike Shiki he does
not possess the mystic eyes of death perception.
According to Miyako, he is her "wild big brother". Also,
perhaps it is due to Wallachia's influence, but he is prone
to somewhat theatrical elocution.

Shiki the Killer. Eldest son of the Nanaya, a clan of

demon hunters that passed down unique abilities as
their genetic inheritance.
Though the Nanaya were once feared as the natural
enemy of demon hybrids, the last family head, Nanaya
Kiri, retired from the demon hunting trade to live a quiet

life in the mountains. However, because Tohno Makihisa
still regarded them as dangerous, they were raided and
completely wiped out.
Except, that is, for Nanaya Shiki. Even though the
Nanaya bloodline should have been annihilated without
exception. Even though he was the family head's only
son. Somehow, for some reason, he alone survived.
Unlike Tohno Shiki, he uses the Nanaya martial arts,
which strains the human body to its utmost limits,
without any fear or hesitation.
Also, this is just a digression, but in the game when he
comments on the lack of skill after winning a battle, he's
actually talking about himself and not the opponent.
After all, an assassination is something that's over in an
instant. For it to turn into a drawn-out "battle" against an
enemy, well, what can he do but laugh at his own failure?
Narbareck [Person]
Head of the Burial Agency. Not the same Narbareck

that was talking to Roa.
It's said that the administrator of the Burial Agency is
always a member of this family. The current Narbareck is
apparently a homicidal maniac.
She regularly bullies all the members of the Burial
Agency when they return from missions, and in turn they
all hate her to the point that they basically all wish she
would just drop dead.
Geez, what a bloodthirsty workplace.
Narbareck [Person]
The woman standing at the top of the Burial Agency.

She's not the same Narbareck that was talking to Roa,
but it just so happens that the administrator of the Burial
Agency is always a member of the same family. The
current Narbareck is a homicidal maniac, and has shut
herself away in the Burial Agency's executive office.
Well, it's more like house arrest, really.
She regularly bullies all the members of the Burial
Agency when they return from missions, and in turn they
basically all wish she would just drop dead.
As the powerhouse whose job it is to reign in all the
freaks in the Burial Agency, her infamy even reaches as
far as the Association. Despite her young age, she is a
monster that has already captured three of the 27 Dead
Apostle Ancestors.
Natalia Kaminski [Person]

A lone-wolf magus hunter. She had no affiliation with

the Association, and made her living by swooping in
ahead of the Association's enforcers, poaching their prey,
and then reselling the spoils at an inflated price.
Despite their rather grandiose official title of "sealing
designation enforcers", genuine sealing designations are
actually extremely rare, and most enforcers would
consider themselves lucky if they got a chance to pursue
such "big game" even once in a decade. Especially in the
case of outside freelancers, they spend most of their
time hunting heretical magi that have simply deviated
from the Association's norms.
In the distant past, Natalia's ancestors crossbred with
succubi, and while she doesn't have eternal youth or
regenerative abilities, she does boast inhuman reflexes
and coordination, as well as the special ability to boost
her magical energy stores by consuming semen.
Although she is a money-grubber willing to do anything
to make a quick buck, on top of being a wild hedonist that
has never been a dollar ahead in her life, she somehow
ended up as the morally questionable guardian of an
impressionable youth. And while she sexually harassed
the young Kiritsugu on numerous occasions, she never
once drank his semen. The reason being that she had
really fallen in love with him, if only a little though like
a good older sister she locked away these girlish thoughts
and never revealed them to anybody.
By the way, her heart-rending and gruesome end was

inspired by the movie Snakes on a Plane, which I saw with
Nasu Kinoko.
Ciel-sensei's student. Originally a feline, but it's hard to

say if this thing can even be called a cat anymore.
In class, she constantly acts up in retaliation for having
such little screen time.
Details are unknown, but it seems she wants people to
think she's smart.
Of course, the Arcueid in the main story wasn't smart,
either, she just had grandmotherly wisdom.
A Dead Apostle with the unique ability to converge

upon rumors in a region and materialize them for a single
night. Because it takes the form of what the people fear
the most, they can neither defeat it nor escape it. The
"Night of Wallachia" specifically refers to the reality
marble that shuts away a town in that horror movie-like
world.
When he was still a normal Dead Apostle, his name was
Zepia Eltnam Oberon. Even after inheriting the position
of number thirteen among the Dead Apostle Ancestors,
he yearned for still more power, and became the
phenomenon "Tatari".
Of course, that was nothing more than a means to an
end his true objective lay elsewhere. Unfortunately,
though, he was unable to accomplish it, and he drifted
through the world as the Tatari to the bitter end.
Neco Arc [Unknown]
Night on the Blood Liar [Technique]
Neco Arc [Unknown]


Ciel-sensei's student. Originally a feline, but it's hard to

say if this thing can even be called a cat anymore. In class,
she constantly acts up in retaliation for having such little
screen time. Details are unknown, but it seems she wants
people to think she's smart.
In Melty Blood Re-act, she finally made her debut as a
boss character. Of course, we loaded her up with a bunch
of ridiculous skills.
With the eye beams, "True Ancestor Beam", the
vaguely familiar blast, "Opuba!", the warp skill, "Cat Out
of Hell", the uppercut that sends the opponent flying into
the heavens, "Dead Neco-ning", and many more, she
destroys everything in her path.
Though it seems that she is the biggest small-fry in the
Cat Kingdom, to begin with the Cat Kingdom itself is
getting smaller every time it appears.
By the way, we actually recorded lines for Arcueid,
Akiha, Len, and Ciel-type Neco Arcs. They were all
pleasantly strange characters. Unfortunately, due to
capacity problems we were only able to implement the
Yuzuki Ryouka version. Still, if the chance ever comes
around, I'd really like to debut the other Neco Arcs, too.
Night of Wallachia [Person]
A member of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors. One who

tried to embody eternity not as a living being, but as a
phenomenon. Tatari.

The Night of Wallachia's Arc Drive.

The part that looks like a black tornado is actually
compressed malignant information. It is a swirling mass
of information dense enough to have a physical effect,
but even if it were merely imaginary, its operation and
management would still be proof of the Night of
Wallachia's qualification as one of the 27 Dead Apostle
Ancestors.
Incidentally, this is the subtitle of the first Melty Blood.
It is a metaphor for the horrific tragedy brought about by
the Tatari. Speaking of which, because of the fact that
Wallachia drinks human blood in such great quantities,
it's more accurate to call him a blood-guzzler rather than
a bloodsucker.
Nine Lives [Noble Phantasm]
Fate Dictionary
Shooting Hundred Heads.

Heroic Spirit Heracles' most trusted Noble Phantasm.
It was the bow used to slay the Lernaean Hydra, whose
nine heads would always regenerate no matter how
many times they were cut off. Afterward, Heracles
perfected a method of attacking that emulated the
abilities of the bow, that could even be used with great
swords. If Heracles' class was Saber, that glorious,
exquisite swordplay would have definitely made its
return.
By the way, what cut down the blackened Berserker

in the Sakura route was this secret sword technique,
projected from Berserker together with the axe sword.
Noble Color [Other]
Fate Dictionary
A name for inborn special talents, used within the

Association.
Primarily used in reference to those who possess
mystic eyes. For instance, the mystic eyes of Tsukihime's
Shiki are an example of a Noble Color.
Rider's mystic eyes of petrification fall under the
classification of "Jewel", which exceeds even the "Gold"
possessed by the highest class of bloodsucker.
Further, beyond Jewel lies "Rainbow". These ultimate
mystic eyes, which blend and mix all seven colors of the
rainbow like a kaleidoscope, are considered to be the
mark of the King of the Moon.
Noble Phantasm [Armament]
The armaments carried by Heroic Spirits, made from

humanity's illusions.
Though they generally come in the form of things like
swords, spears, or bows, there are also those Heroic
Spirits whose Noble Phantasms are auxiliary armaments
like shields, rings, or crowns.
They are solidified "mysteries", and injecting them
with magical energy while calling their true name will
unleash their abilities.
Nrvnqsr Chaos [Person, Dead Apostle]
One of the Dead Apostle Ancestors, who was chasing

after Arcueid.
The factors of 666 beasts are swirling around within his
body, but it might be easier if you just think of it as him
being equipped with 666 familiars.
Because this is essentially like having 666 lives,
properly speaking he's a monster that even a serious
Arcueid wouldn't be able to kill.
Despite his huge, muscular body, he is still a scholar at
heart, and becomes extremely agitated when he runs
into a situation he cannot understand.
As a result, he lost his cool in his battle against Shiki
and ended up recklessly charging at him. Namaste,
Nrvnqsr.
Perhaps due to his abilities, he is becoming more and

more apathetic and indifferent toward everything.
Should he continue to live for another several hundred
years, odds are he really will end up degrading into
nothing more than a mass of chaos.
His role did not exist in proto-Tsukihime. However, in
the process of paring the length of the game down to ten
days, the art director came forward with the proposal
that the first half of the game should be livened up a bit.
"Eh? But I don't wanna have an enemy besides Roa!"
The scenario director threw a tantrum, but in the end
he relented and pulled Nrvnqsr out of the Mushroom
Warehouse.
And, presto! Suddenly the flow of the story was just
how the art director wanted it.
Clever bastard.
The vampire pursuing Arcueid. One of the 27 Dead

Apostle Ancestors.
body, but it might be easier if you just think of it as him
being equipped with 666 familiars. Because this is
essentially like having 666 lives, properly speaking even
a serious Arcueid wouldn't be able to kill him. Also, as
one who became a Dead Apostle through sorcery, he has
absolutely no interest in territory or building a faction.
The only thing he cares about is completing his thesis.
Despite his huge, muscular body, he is still a scholar at
heart, and becomes extremely agitated when he runs
into a situation he cannot understand. As a result, he lost
his cool in his battle against Shiki and ended up recklessly
charging at him. Perhaps due to his abilities, he is
becoming more and more apathetic and indifferent
toward everything. Should he continue to live for
another several hundred years, odds are he really will
end up degrading into nothing more than a mass of chaos.
When he was still a human, his name was Fabro Rowan.
He was a magus hailing from the Wandering Tomb,
located in the northern Sea of Estray.
One of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors. Alias, Chaos. He

uses all the creatures of the earth as familiars. Because
of the fact that he is preserving even extinct species, he
is also sometimes called Dr. Beast.
Though he had no business in Japan, he was selected

as the executor of the True Ancestor hunt proposed by
the White Wing Lord, and followed Arcueid to the island
nation in order to defeat her.
Dead Apostles who can measure their lives in millennia
require a colossal amount of energy. This has nothing to
do with their strength it is merely the compensation
required to maintain such a long-lived existence.
Because he is one of these millennium-class Dead
Apostles himself, Nrvnqsr's appetite is voracious. It took
devouring every single person in a ten story hotel just to
satisfy him.
body, but it's probably alright just to think of it as him
being equipped with 666 familiars. Because this is
essentially like having 666 lives, properly speaking he's a
Dead Apostle that even a serious Arcueid wouldn't be
able to kill.
As one who became a Dead Apostle through sorcery,
he has absolutely no interest in territory or building a
faction. The only thing he cares about is completing his
thesis.
When he was still a human, his name was Fabro Rowan.
He was a magus hailing from the Wandering Tomb,
located in the northern Sea of Estray, one of the three
main branches of the Association.
One of a Kind [Other]
Caging Hair. It's the name of the tenth day of the

Kohaku route, but here it's referring to the name of
Akiha's ability.
Akiha is a demon hybrid that "plunders" the heat of any
living being that she is able to visually confirm, and
Origami is the name for the maximum output state of
this ability. Though the plundering is based on sight, if
somebody with spiritual vision were to observe it, they
would see it as something similar to red threads twining
around and consuming the target in a fiery aura. And, at
their maximum output, these threads are capable of
covering not just the target, but the entire environment
the target is in, making escape impossible thus the
name Origami, or "Caging Hair". During the last day of
the Kohaku route, the reason Shiki couldn't escape from
the school building was because the school building itself
had been totally covered by Akiha's Origami.
Against normal people with no spiritual defenses, this
is an absolute method of attack, but against somebody
like Arcueid whose spiritual rank is on a whole other level,
it would merely be a hindrance similar to the world being
filled with spider webs. Though, with backup from a
sympath it might be able to actually tie her down.
In Melty Blood, it became both Akiha and Vermilion
Akiha's Arc Drive, under the name "Red Lord Origami".
Also, this is just a digression, but the martial arts
practiced by the Tohno family are divided into "Blazing
Rendition" techniques usable by everybody, and "Red
Lord" techniques permitted only to the family head.
These are in turn surpassed by the "Crimson Lord"
techniques, which are a taboo even among the taboo.

Fate Dictionary
Organ [Term]
Sprites that were only used once in the entire story.

Fate/stay night boasts an absolutely ridiculous number
of character sprites, but there are some that were made
especially for specific scenes, that players could go the
entire game without seeing depending on what choices
they made.
Some examples would be things like Saber after taking
a bath, Rin looking down shyly, Rin giving a hug, and the
comically angry Saber.
Also, strangely enough there were even sprites that
were made but went unused.
Between the extensive play time and the Tiger Dojos,
it's not the really most streamlined game around, huh?
Origami [Ability]

Components of an organism. Independent structural

units with a specific function. Not the musical kind of
organ.
Here it refers specifically to the spiral tube formation
within the inner ear. When Shiki said that his organ had
broken, he was probably talking about how the ringing in
his ears had stopped.
Shiki is something of a poet, don't you think?
Organ [Term]
Components of an organism. Independent structural

units with a specific function. Not the musical kind of
organ. Here it refers specifically to the spiral tube

formation within the inner ear. When Shiki said that his
organ had broken during one of the routes, you can
interpret that as meaning that the ringing in his ears had
stopped.
P
Parameter Rules [Other]
Fate Dictionary
For no particular reason, all the Servants had their

abilities translated into specific parameters.
It's pretty obvious just from looking at them that A is
the strongest, but you might be thinking to yourself,
"What on earth is all this B+ and A+ nonsense!?" Well,
don't worry, because I'm going to take a moment to
explain the rules behind it here.
For sake of argument, let's assume that a normal value
is 1. In that case, E would be 10. And, every rank after
that adds another 10, all the way up to A, which is 50.
Now, things like B+ and A+ represent the unique ability
to multiply these numerical values for just an instant.
In other words, an ability ranked B+ would normally be
weaker than an ability ranked A, but can momentarily
exceed it by doubling its own power from 40 to 80.
Heroic Spirits with a + (plus) are rare, those with a ++
(double plus) are extraordinary, and those with a +++
(triple plus) are in a class all their own.
Also, a truly exceptional ability score that falls outside
the numerical ranking scale is represented by an EX.
Though Gilgamesh's ability scores generally aren't very
impressive, his EX rank Noble Phantasm parameter
clearly distinguishes him from the other Heroic Spirits.
Protection From Wind [Sorcery]
Fate Dictionary
What True Assassin used when he jumped through

Saber's Invisible Air.
Mysteriously, the text in the game was blacked out.
It seems that originally it was supposed to say "Allahu
Ackbar", but it was cut for adult reasons.
Proto-Tsukihime [Lost Artifact]
The pilot version of Tsukihime created in 1999.

Believe it or not, the game period was one month!
Shiki's personality was really aggressive in this version.
Perhaps it was influence from the visual novel "One: To
the Radiant Season", which the scenario director had just
played.
Honestly, he must have been out of his mind.
"Too long! At this rate, you're never gonna finish!"
The sagacious art director offered words of wisdom,
but the scenario director stubbornly refused to heed
them.
January 2000. In the end, he finally admitted his error
and lowered the span of the game from one month to
ten days.
However, because the plot had to be adjusted from the
very beginning to account for the new time frame, the
two weeks that had already been written were torn up
and thrown out entirely. Given that the planned release
date for the finished work had been that summer, it was
painful act that felt close to giving up.
Psycho Garden [Place]
Kohaku's own personal Mekong Delta. Made for

Kohaku, by Kohaku. The botanical gardens in the Tohno
mansion's back yard.
This is the source of both Makikyuu X and Tonamin Z.
It seems that recently even fireball-shooting Piranha
Plants have taken root here.
Thanks to a collaboration with Sion, you can expect the
development of even more devilish drugs in the future.
It's the advent of next-century biotechnology.
Purification [Term]
In Tsukihime, the Church's method of dealing with the

undead.
Dead Apostles beings which were once human, but
became bloodsucking monsters. In order to return them
to dust, a religious symbol that they were familiar with in
life is required.
The process works by driving the natural law from
when they were a human into the vampire's body,
baptizing and restoring their flesh, then returning them
to dust. The conceptual armaments required to perform
the ceremony of forcibly opening the composition of the
flesh and locking it into its original state are called "Keys
of Providence".
To put it simply, a crucifix would be a typical example.

However, a crucifix will only be effective on vampires
that were originally Christians. If the official religion
when they were human wasn't Catholicism, it becomes
much more difficult for the crucifix to generate an effect.
On the other hand, if the vampire used to be a Christian,
then even if the human under attack is not a believer the
crucifix will have an effect on its own.
Of course, it goes without saying that the effect will be
greatest if they are both believers.
Purification [Term]
In Tsukihime, the Church's method of dealing with the

undead.
Dead Apostles beings which were once human, but
became bloodsucking monsters. In order to return them
to dust, a religious symbol that they were familiar with in
life is required.
The process works by driving the natural law from
when they were a human into the vampire's body,
baptizing and restoring their flesh, then returning them
to dust. The conceptual armaments required to perform
the ceremony of forcibly opening the composition of the
flesh and locking it into its original state are called "Keys
of Providence".
To put it simply, a crucifix would be a typical example.
However, a crucifix will only be effective on Christians. If
the official religion when the vampire human wasn't
Catholicism, it becomes much more difficult for the
crucifix to generate an effect. On the other hand, if the
vampire is a Christian, then even if the human under
attack is not a believer the crucifix will have an effect on
its own. Of course, it goes without saying that the effect
will be greatest if they are both believers.
Q
R
Reality Marble [Term]
Intrinsic Field.
Originally referred to the alien common sense

possessed by the beings called devils, but now also
includes the unique boundary fields possessed by many
people.
A subset of marble phantasm, it erodes reality and
gives form to the user's imagined world.
Unlike marble phantasm, however, the form of a
reality marble cannot be freely adjusted. It is the
manifestation of the user's one-and-only self, after all, so
changing it with their will is impossible.
On the other hand, since even things that are not part
of nature can be influenced, perhaps it is actually even
more amazing than marble phantasm, in a way.
Properly speaking, it is an ability unique to elementals
and devils, but given enough time it is possible for some
advanced practitioners to complete a sorcery to give
shape to their personal imagined world and create a
reality marble of their own.
Of course, if anything that isn't an extension of nature
like an elemental creates an alien world, the world itself
will crush it. As a result, the upkeep of a reality marble
requires a vast amount of energy, and most individuals
are only capable of using one for a few minutes at a time.
Possessed by Dead Apostle Ancestors.
By the way, Nrvnqsr was able to escape the corrective
influence of the world by using his reality marble within
his own body.
Way to go, Professor Chaos.
Reality Marble [Ability]
Intrinsic Field.
Originally referred to the alien common sense
possessed by the beings called devils, but now also
people.
gives form to the user's imagined world. It is the sorcery
closest to magic, and a forbidden art within the
Association.
Unlike marble phantasm, however, the form of a
reality marble cannot be freely adjusted. It is the
manifestation of the user's one-and-only self, after all, so
changing it with their will is impossible. On the other
hand, since even things that are not part of nature can
be influenced, perhaps it is actually even more amazing
than marble phantasm, in a way.
Marble phantasm, which can change the world at will,
but only has influence over elementals and nature.
Reality marbles, which are limited in use to a single

pattern, but force everything to submit to the user's
personal rules.
Though the methods are different and they are each
limited in their own way, the fact remains that they are
both powerful abilities that change the world.
Properly speaking, reality marbles are only supposed
to be used by elementals and devils, but given enough
time it is possible for some advanced practitioners to
complete a sorcery to give shape to their personal
imagined world and create a reality marble of their own.
Of course, if anything that isn't an extension of nature
like an elemental creates an alien world, the world itself
will crush it. As a result, the upkeep of a reality marble
requires a vast amount of energy, and most individuals
are only capable of using one for a few minutes at a time.
Most of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors are capable of
using reality marbles. Oh, and Nrvnqsr was able to
escape the corrective influence of the world by using his
reality marble within his own body. Way to go, Professor
Chaos.
Reality Marble [Ability]
Intrinsic Field. Originally referred to the alien common

sense possessed by the beings called devils, but now also
people.
gives form to the user's imagined world. It is the sorcery
closest to magic, and a forbidden art within the
Association.
Red Lord Origami [Technique]
Tohno Akiha's Arc Drive.

For just a moment, she fully unleashes her power and
"plunders" the opponent. The reason her hair turns red
is because her true nature is shining through.
At one point in Tsukihime, the schoolhouse was totally
covered in red threads, making escape impossible for the
prey trapped within. Without a doubt, that was Origami.
The outlandish spectacle from that time makes its
reappearance during Tohno Akiha's Last Arc.
Red Overcoat [Armament]
Fate Dictionary
The clothes that symbolize Archer. They are actually a

first-class conceptual armament.
Rather than protecting the wearer from enemies, it
would be more accurate to say that they provide
protection against the outside world. Apparently they
were made from the Holy Shroud of a certain saint.
Rejected Routes [Other]
Fate Dictionary
Exactly what it sounds like. Route ideas that didn't

make the cut.
In the beginning, the plan was for Fate/stay night to
have four different routes, one for each heroine.
It would start off by letting the player arbitrarily choose
between playing as either Shirou or Rin. Then around the
middle of the story they would finally meet, and after
that you would branch off into one of the four routes for
the last half of the game. Yeah, I don't really understand
how it was going to work either.
Anyway, getting back to the rejected routes, it goes
without saying that the Illya route tops the list.
Besides that, there was also the "Rider route where
you fight against Rin and Saber", and the "Caster route
where Caster gets turned into a loli and becomes your
partner".
While all traces of the Caster route were completely
erased, the development where you teamed up with
Rider was actually folded into part of the final story.
If the Illya route had made it into the game, the
diversion point probably would have been on the ninth
day of the Sakura route. Instead of choosing between
being a superhero and choosing Sakura, there would be
a third choice where you could choose Illya.
But unfortunately, as it stands that choice doesn't exist.
Rho Aias [Noble Phantasm]
Fate Dictionary
Seven Rings of Heaven.

In Greek mythology, the shield used by the hero Aias
during the Trojan War.
It was a bronze shield covered by seven layers of ox
hide, and the only thing that proved capable of stopping
the javelin of the great hero of Troy, Hector. (Though it
managed to penetrate six layers of ox hide, the seventh
layer was unbroken.)
Afterward, its fame spread, and its existence was
eventually sublimed into a "conceptual armament"
boasting absolute defensive power against thrown

weapons.
It is the only defensive armament Archer can use
proficiently.
The Rho Aias that protected Shirou's spellcasting
during the finale of the Rin route was not something he
projected himself, but was actually made by Archer who
was watching the battle from a distance.
Rider [Servant]
Fate Dictionary
Heroic Spirit of the mount. A type of Servant that

requires high maneuverability, and tends to possess
strong Noble Phantasms.
The Rider in the story is no exception, riding Pegasus
and making full use of its charging power in battle.
Of course, Rider herself is also a unique Heroic Spirit,
and the number of skills and Noble Phantasms she has is
particularly high even amongst the Servants.
She is taciturn and lacks self-assertiveness, but that
doesn't mean she is apathetic toward her surroundings.
Rather, she's the kind of person that worries about things
from every conceivable angle but hides it behind a
perfect poker face.
Though parts of her personality are quite similar to
Sakura's, Sakura is a commoner while Rider is more of a
high-born type. Even her demeanor and tone of speech
have a sort of high-class strictness to them.
With the complex she has about her own height and
the way she gets embarrassed when people see her
mystic eyes, she might actually be pretty lady-like.
Because of her outward appearance and primary
weapon, a lot of people thought she was going to be an
Assassin class Servant before the game came out, but
nope, she's a Rider!
I really wanted to have a scene in the Sakura route
where she and Saber bickered with each other as they
fought toward a common goal, but unfortunately the
story didn't develop in that direction and I had to discard
the idea.
Incidentally, the lewd dream on the fifth day of the
Sakura route was Rider's doing.
She is not a Dead Apostle (vampire), but she is a
bloodsucker. For her, the most efficient, luscious way of
gaining magical energy is drinking blood.
Riesbyfe [Person]
Knight of the Shield. Captain of the Knights of the

Inquisition led by the Holy Church. Female.
She participated in the failed subjugation of Wallachia
alongside Sion, and faced Wallachia alone so that Sion
could escape. Her fate afterward is unknown. She
possesses the conceptual weapon "True Apocrypha
Gamaliel", a gun-shield that superficially resembles a
large stringed instrument.
Though it seems Sion thought of her as reliable, they
were torn apart before either of them realized they had
become friends.
During Vampire Sion's Last Arc, she attacks the enemy
by recreating Riesbyfe's information. Apparently, since
Riesbyfe was swallowed up by the Tatari, she was
transferred into Vampire Sion when she inherited its
power.
Also, though there is apparently a nun with the same
name working at a certain academy for girls, it is
unknown if they are actually the same person or not.
Riesbyfe [Person]
Knight of the Shield. Captain of the Knights of the

Inquisition led by the Holy Church.
She participated in the subjugation of the Tatari three
years ago, and faced Wallachia alone so that Sion could
escape. Her fate afterward is unknown. She possesses
the conceptual weapon "True Apocrypha Gamaliel", a
gun-shield that superficially resembles a large stringed
instrument.
Though it seems Sion thought of her as reliable, they

were torn apart before either of them realized they had
become friends.
During Vampire Sion's Last Arc, she attacks the enemy
by recreating Riesbyfe's information. Apparently, since
Riesbyfe was swallowed up by the Tatari, she was
transferred into Vampire Sion when she inherited its
power.
Properly speaking, because everything swallowed by
the Tatari is reconfigured as equivalent data, things that
can be recreated separately from the Tatari like Riesbyfe
are rare. Presumably, it's due to the presence of the True
Apocrypha, acting as a shield and slowing her absorption.
Rin's Pendant [Other]
Fate Dictionary
A powerful jewel sorcery left to Rin by her father.

It contained so much magical energy that it was even
capable of reviving a human being on the verge of death.
This is what Rin used to help Emiya Shirou at the outset
of the story.
Though it may have seemed like she was wavering back
and forth about whether or not to save him for quite a
while in the prologue, in reality it took her less than a
second to make her decision. She sure does make snap
judgments, that Rin.
Then, when Shirou was hazily tidying up after he came
to, he ended up stuffing the pendant in his pocket before
heading home.
As for the sequence of events that led to the pendant
returning to Rin's possession, that's covered in the story.
Honestly, I was a little worried about what might
happen if somebody figured it out from playing the trial
version. I don't know what I would have done.
Roa [Person, Dead Apostle]
Though the Dead Apostles themselves merely see him

as a normal Dead Apostle, the Church counts him among
the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors.
Known as the Infinite Reincarnator, he attempted to
realize an immortality fundamentally different from that
of the other Dead Apostles.
Originally he was a priest, but for the sake of surpassing
his limits he had no choice but to become a vampire.
He tricked Arcueid, the strongest True Ancestor at the
time, into drinking his blood, and immediately became a
powerful Dead Apostle. Then, by unifying the factions of
those Dead Apostle Ancestors who had already been

sealed by the Church, he established his influence.
In response, Altrouge set out to put the newcomer
Dead Apostle in his place, but by that time Roa was
already powerful enough to defeat her instead.
As a result, the 27 Ancestors left Roa to his own devices.
It wasn't until many years later that he was finally
defeated by Arcueid and the Church working together.
After that, he reincarnated into new hosts a total of
seventeen times, locked in a never-ending deathmatch
with Arcueid.
He harbored deep emotions for Arcueid, who had
stolen away his purity, but he was never able to realize
that what he felt was love.
Nevertheless, he was by no means a good person. In
fact, you could say his amoral nature made him the
hardest kind of person to deal with.
Similar to Nrvnqsr, the identity called "Roa" was fading
even as he clung to eternity.
Though he did not actually become weaker with each
successive reincarnation, none of his host bodies held
the same potential as the very first Michael Roa
Valdamjong.
At the very end he reincarnated into Ciel, whose body
had potential close to his own, and Tohno Shiki, whose
body would be his last.
Roa [Person, Dead Apostle]
Full name, Michael Roa Valdamjong. A Dead Apostle.

Though the Dead Apostles themselves merely see him as
a normal Dead Apostle, the Church counts him among
the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors. Known as the Infinite
Reincarnator, he attempted to realize an immortality
fundamentally different from that of the other Dead
Apostles. Originally he was a priest of the Church, but for
the sake of surpassing his limits he had no choice but to
become a vampire.
He tricked Arcueid, the strongest True Ancestor at the
time, into drinking his blood, and immediately became a
powerful Dead Apostle. Then, by unifying the factions of
those Dead Apostle Ancestors who had already been
sealed by the Church, he established his influence. In
response, Altrouge set out to put the newcomer Dead
Apostle in his place, but by that time Roa was already
powerful enough to defeat her instead. Of course, it was
only natural. Not only was Roa an excellent magus in his
own right, but he was able to wield the power of the
strongest True Ancestor, Arcueid, at the same time.
As a result, the 27 Ancestors left Roa to his own devices.

It wasn't until many years later that he was finally
defeated by Arcueid and the Church working together.
After that, he reincarnated into new hosts a total of
seventeen times, locked in a never-ending deathmatch
with Arcueid.
Similar to Nrvnqsr, the identity called "Roa" was fading
even as he clung to eternity.
Though the Roa that appears in Tsukihime has a rather
brutal personality, that's because he's using Tohno SHIKI
as his base. The original Roa was a calm intellectual.
Well, he was still cruel and utterly selfish at heart.
He was obsessed by his thesis of eternity and was
convinced he needed nothing else. However, the
moment he laid eyes on Arcueid he was captivated, even
though he should have seen her as nothing more than a
tool. After that, Roa's plan spiraled totally out of
control though he himself never noticed.
It is an anti-sorcery Noble Phantasm, that returns any

objects strengthened with magical energy, connections
bound by contracts, or life forms created out of magical
energy, to a state prior to their "creation".
Of course, there are limits. No matter how low the rank,
it is impossible for Rule Breaker to affect a Noble
Phantasm.
It is truly a Noble Phantasm befitting Caster, and was
used to capture and monopolize Saber.
An unassumingly fearsome Noble Phantasm.
Root [Term]
Ryougi Shiki [Person]


A term that has nothing to do with the story of

Tsukihime at all. For more information, please consult
Kara no Kyoukai.
The protagonist of Kara no Kyoukai. Able to see lines of

death, just like Tohno Shiki.
She wears a traditional kimono paired with a leather
jacket and high-laced boots. Though she always carries a
knife, her true talent is with the katana.
The last name "Ryougi" and first name "Shiki" both
have an appropriate meaning. Consequently as a user of
the mystic eyes of death perception it can be said she is
several ranks higher than Tohno Shiki, who is pretty
much her polar opposite. In fact, his personality is
actually close to Kokutou Mikiya's.
Rule Breaker [Noble Phantasm]

Fate Dictionary
Destroyer of All Marks.

A dagger that can destroy any sorcery.
Ryougi Shiki [Person]

The protagonist of Kara no Kyoukai. Able to see lines of

death, just like Tohno Shiki.
The last name "Ryougi" and first name "Shiki" both
have an appropriate meaning. Consequently as a user of
the mystic eyes of death perception it can be said she is
several ranks higher than Tohno Shiki.
Tohno Shiki is pretty much her polar opposite. In fact,
his personality is actually close to Kokutou Mikiya's.
If you called her Tohno Shiki's prototype, I wouldn't
know how to answer.
Because, even though as a completed work Kara no
Kyoukai predates Tsukihime by two years, I had the idea
for Tsukihime first.
However, at the time the idea refused to become a
story, so I stored it away and came back to it later when
I finally made Tsukihime for real.
Before that, though, I ended up making something
completely different, only keeping the protagonist from
the original idea. The resulting work was Kara no Kyoukai.
Geez, I never imagined I'd end up working with the
same "lines of death" idea for three whole years
For more details on this Shiki, please consult Kara no

Kyoukai.
Ryuudou Issei [Person]
Fate Dictionary
A male student in Class 2-C, and the student council

president.
He first became acquainted with Shirou two years ago,
and soon became his friend.
Though he has a straight-laced and serious personality,
that doesn't mean he's stubborn or inflexible.
As the youngest child of Ryuudou Temple, it seems he
has his heart set on one day becoming a Buddhist monk.
Though, he'll be the first to tell you that his ability to
sense the supernatural is weak.
He travels two hours on foot every single day to attend
school. Apparently engaging in ascetic training in the
mountains makes you a good walker.
He's been acquainted with Rin for quite a while, and
his distrust toward women probably stems from the
behind-the-scenes feud they've been engaged in for the
past two years. However, as much as it pains him to
admit it he still recognizes Rin as a human being.
He looked up to Kuzuki Souichirou as a mentor, and on
holidays they would often perform paired kata together.
If he hadn't gone into the student council, it's a safe bet
that he would have enrolled in the karate club instead.
His favorite food is Shirou's boxed lunches.
Ryuudou Temple [Other]
Fate Dictionary
A mountain temple on the outskirts of Miyama.

As the name suggests, it functions as the keystone of
Fuyuki's leylines, and could be said to be the very heart
of the city.
The temple's mountainside lake is an official Holy Grail
summoning site, and beneath it lies an enormous cavern.
Incidentally, the giant cave-in after the epilogue of the
Sakura route took several years to recover from.
Also, as it turns out the primary reason for the
cavern's collapse was not the destruction of Angra
Mainyu, but rather Rin's overenthusiastic rampage.
Way to go, Issei.
To instantly recognize Rin as an enemy of Buddhism,
you truly are worthy of being Ryuudou Temple's
successor.
S
Saber [Servant]
Fate Dictionary
Heroic Spirit of the sword. A type of Servant that

requires above average abilities in every basic parameter
except for MGI.
Also, one of the main heroines of the story. A maiden
knight that formed a contract with Emiya Shirou and
fought to the very end of the Holy Grail War.
Her personality is righteous and thoroughly serious,
and any sort of femininity she might have had has long
since been usurped by her pride as a knight.
However, if you strip away that veneer, a girlish
aspect befitting her age will reveal itself.
She holds grudges when she's sulking, and gets so
sucked into competitions that she totally forgets about
her surroundings. She gets overly excited about delicious
food, and frets about making mistakes in front of the
person she likes.
Honestly, she's a hard to please heroine, umu.
Her true identity is King Arthur.
She disguised herself as a man to become king and
brought peace to her homeland, but afterward lost her
life during a civil war that tore her country apart from
within.
The King Arthur in Fate/stay night is treated as a fusion
of myth and historical fact. Her name before becoming
king was Artoria.
Living in the castle while hiding her gender was an
endless string of stressful situations. The matter of
producing an heir was particularly troublesome, but it
seems that she managed to get by without any problems
thanks to Merlin's sorcery. In the story, when she said
that "she knows how to please a man", she was speaking
from actual experience.
She stopped aging the moment she pulled the sword
of selection, so physically she's about a year younger
than Shirou.
Also, King Arthur is the red dragon that protects Britain.
Due to an arrangement her father, King Uther
Pendragon, made with Merlin to produce an heir bearing
the essence of a dragon, Artoria was born as a human
infused with a dragon's magical energy.
Consequently, she has no need for magic circuits. Her
every breath, the very circulation of her blood, it all
naturally generates magical energy. It wouldn't be wrong
to call her very being a "magic reactor", on a completely

different level from magi.
Fate/stay night was originally her story.
At its conception, the main themes revolved around
King Arthur and the Holy Grail, and that fact alone has
never changed.
A maiden knight who galloped through the Holy Grail
War.
I want to believe that the dream she saw at the very
end was one worthy of her life.
Saber Maid figure that silently watched over my furious

writing every day. If it had been the plain clothes version,
I definitely wouldn't have been able to finish the story.
Even just seeing one in a store window was enough to
make me drop to my knees, ashamed of my own ugliness,
and yell to the heavens, "What kind of man am I, bullying
such a pure and beautiful young girl like this!?"
By the way, about Saber's suit. When I first imagined it,
for some reason I just naturally assumed it would be a
tuxedo. But after the art actually came in, I ended up
settling on the current not-too-mannish traditional suit.
Thinking about it now, making her patrol around a rustic
suburban city like Fuyuki in full party dress would have
been extraordinarily embarrassing for her, so it was
probably the right call.
Saber's Clothes [Other]
Fate Dictionary
The clothes Rin prepared for Saber.

Originally, they were something Kotomine Kirei had
given to her as a birthday present.
That's nice, Kotomine
Sacchin Arm [Technique]
Saber [Servant]
A symbol-like existence. Without her, Fate wouldn't be

Fate. However, in Fate/Zero her kingly shell is still intact,
and she plays the role of a hero instead of a heroine.
Over the course of Zero she experienced neglect play
and tentacle play, was stalked, slandered, leered at, and
preached at by drunks, and to top it all off the scoundrel
who ambushed her at the very end turned out to be a
former ally. It's no exaggeration to say that the entirety
of Zero is built on her suffering. Still, all of that was for
the sake of enjoying Shirou's delicious cooking ten years
down the line. Or at least, that's the excuse I gave to the
A name attached to all of Yumizuka Satsuki's various

throwing skills. ("Sacchin" is a pet name for Satsuki.)
"Grasping the Unfinished Dream" is a ground attack.
The A version is most effective in combos, while the B
version is best used against stunned opponents.
"Chasing the Unreachable Dream" is an anti-air attack.
The EX version's hitbox, attack power, and ability to lead
into combos are all amazing. I'd even go so far as to say
that building up the gauge just to use this move is the
proper way of playing Sacchin.
Maybe in the next version of the game we'll add a third
kind of throwing skill. How does an air-to-ground attack
called "Picking Up the Fallen Dream" sound?
Saegusa Yukika [Person]
Fate Dictionary
A female student in Class 2-A.

The track girl trio's mascot, she is patient and mature.
She admires her classmate Tohsaka Rin, for reasons
that have nothing to do with her being an honors student.
She has many younger brothers, and though her family

is poor, her heart is rich.
Her smile is soothing, and her rabbit-like warmth
makes people want to take care of her.
It seems she actually wanted to join the cooking club,
but was strong-armed into becoming the track team's
manager by Makidera Kaede.
As you might expect, she's exceptionally nonathletic.
Sensa, Sensou [Technique]
Flash sheathe and flash step. Unique space-utilization

techniques passed down by the Nanaya, that make use
of the walls and ceiling to move. Sensa refers to the arm
techniques, while Sensou refers to the leg techniques.
As a member of the Nanaya bloodline, these come
quite naturally to Nanaya Shiki, but it seems Tohno Shiki
can also pull off similar movements when he's been
backed into a corner. In fact, it could probably be called
Shiki's trump card.
Also, as the name of Nanaya Shiki's Last Arc, Kyokushi
Nanaya, suggests, it is the ultimate technique of the
Nanaya family. It was first demonstrated in Kagetsu
Tohya.
Seo Akira [Person]
A student at the Asagami Academy for Girls. Akiha's

junior.
She appears in a side story included on the Tsukihime
Plus Disc, "Alliance of Illusionary Eyes", and also makes a
cameo appearance in Kagetsu Tohya.
Her relationship with Akiha is a comparatively long one,
and she has been Akiha's junior ever since she was a
member of the middle school student council. She's in
the somewhat comical position of idolizing Akiha, yet
knowing enough about her terrifying aspects to be afraid
of her as well.
She secretly makes doujinshi in her spare time, though
very few people at the academy are aware of it. Akiha is
the only person that knows about how she sneaks into
the toilets in the middle of the night to work on it.
As far as boys are concerned, she's more attracted by
their voices than their looks. When she heard Shiki's
voice over the phone, it was a dead-center 150 kph
fastball strike, or something to that effect. After that, she
began to harbor a yearning for Shiki similar to adoration,
but since she was scared of Akiha she never called him.
She has the power to see predictions of the future as

images (future sight), and because of that ended up
being dragged into a murder case.
According to Shiki, it would be great if she was his little
sister. If Akiha ever found out he said that, it would end
terribly for both Shiki and Akira.
Given that she attends the Asagami Academy for Girls,
it should go without saying that she's a well-born girl. Her
family runs a large liquor store in Aomori. As you'd
expect from somebody growing up in that kind of
environment, she can really hold her own when it comes
to drinking.
By the way, in kanji "Akira" is written with the
character for "crystal". As in, a crystal ball that sees the
future.
Serpent [Nickname]
Roa's nickname.
The Dead Apostles gave it to him, in reference to the
way he lives on through reincarnation. Given that he
dabbled in alchemy, it's quite fitting.
Serpent [Nickname]
Roa's nickname. The Dead Apostles gave it to him, in

reference to the way he lives on through reincarnation.
Given that he dabbled in alchemy, it's quite fitting.
Of course, when you hear alchemy the first thing you
think of is Sion, but Sion is an Atlas alchemist, which is
something totally different from those alchemists that
devoted themselves to Western sorcery. It seems that
the Atlas alchemists don't think much of Roa for that very
reason, even though they both subscribe to the common
idea that "everything flows". Also, contrary to what you
may expect, Sion too is possessed of this same elitism,
and looks down on Roa on principle.
Huh? Then are Sion and Ciel actually on bad terms?
Serpent of Akasha [Term]
Another name for Roa the "extra" among the 27

Dead Apostle Ancestors, and the magus that established
the art of reincarnation.
While the common goal of the Dead Apostles is to

attain perfect immortality that doesnt rely on the intake
of blood, their paths toward this goal are varied.
One tried to become indestructible by turning his body
into formless chaos. Another demonstrated an
ineradicable existence by becoming a phenomenon.
As for Roa, he focused on the soul, rather than the
body, mastering sorcery that allowed him to reincarnate
and assimilate into another individual upon the demise
of his physical form.
It was sanctified over the course of many years, but

eventually fell into Ciel's hands.
"A horn!? That's not practical at all. The higher-ups are
totally out of touch!"
Unable to hold herself back, she set about improving it.
At any rate, since it's been almost a thousand years
since it was first created, it even has an elemental living
within it though the essence of its personality may have
been a bit warped by Ciel's remodeling.
Servant [Sorcery]
Fate Dictionary
Heroic Spirits summoned by the Holy Grail. A type of

familiar.
They are souls of the highest purity, called forth using
artifacts linked to the Heroic Spirits, into seven classes
(containers) prepared in advance.
Properly speaking, they are not something that can be
controlled by humans, but because they are burdened by
the authority of the command spell, the "absolute
condition for materialization" carved into them at the
moment of summoning, they have no choice but to
cooperate with their Master.
They are also capable of reverting into an immaterial
spirit form at will, and while in this state can slip through
inorganic substances that don't contain much mana.
When Lancer dropped down from the ceiling during his
surprise attack on the Emiya residence, he used this spirit
form to slip through the roof, then rematerialized once
he reached the living room.
Also, while they are immune to normal physical
interference in spirit form, their ability to affect the
material world drops as well, making it advantageous to
materialize for battles.
Seventh Holy Scripture [Weapon]
The conceptual armament that Ciel is authorized to

carry. An iron hammer created by Christianity in order to
renounce the heretical doctrine of reincarnation.
Although, if reincarnation didn't really exist then it
seems like it would be kind of unnecessary to prepare an
anti-reincarnation weapon, right?
Originally created by felling a miraculous beast said to
consume souls, then using its horn as a key. The surface
of the horn is inscribed with tightly-packed complaints
about how "reincarnation is really lame".
Seventh Holy Scripture [Weapon]


carry. An iron hammer created by the Church in order to
renounce the heretical doctrine of reincarnation.
It was created by felling a miraculous beast said to
consume souls, then using its horn as a key. The surface
of the horn is inscribed with tightly-packed complaints
about how "reincarnation is really lame".
Since it's been almost a thousand years since it was
first created, it even has an elemental living within it.
It was sanctified over the course of many years, but
eventually fell into Ciel's hands.
"A horn!? That's not practical at all. The higher-ups are
totally out of touch!"
Unable to hold herself back, she set about improving it,
and because of that the Scripture's elemental ended up
having the essence of its personality warped.
Before Ciel remodeled it, it was only effective against
spiritual entities. Now, however, it has been transformed
into a lump of iron that can pound a vampire to death

with its physical attack power alone. It has a gross weight
of 60 kilograms, and a maximum weight of twice that
with optional attachments. It's a Gatling scripture!?
Seventh Holy Scripture [Weapon, Technique]
Ciel's Arc Drive.

carry. Although it is called a scripture, it's actually an
enormous pile bunker.
An iron hammer created by the Church in order to
renounce the heretical doctrine of reincarnation. Over a
millennium has passed since it was first forged, and
there's even an elemental dwelling within it, but
Before Ciel remodeled it, it was only effective against
spiritual entities. Now, however, it has been transformed
into a lump of iron that can pound a vampire to death
with its physical attack power alone. It has a gross weight
of 60 kilograms, and a maximum weight of twice that
with optional attachments.
During Ciel's Arc Drive, she drives the stake into her
opponent. Afterward, what is ejected from the magazine
is not an empty cartridge, but pages of the holy scripture.
For vampires, this is no different from being directly
injected with the holy scripture itself. There is no doubt
that it is a surefire "Immortal Killer".
Shall We Play Around Some? [Technique]
Arcueid's Last Arc.

For just a second, it is possible to catch a glimpse of the
vampire princess Arcueid's true power. The phantom
that appears behind her back is her original form. Its
appearance, abilities, and very thoughts could be called
the Crimson Moon.
The inspiration for this technique comes from Kagetsu
Tohya. Specifically, the episode where Shiki strayed off
into Arcueid's dream and received proper retribution for
killing her. Because of that, when this technique is used
on Shiki it hits eighteen times.
Shijou Tsukasa [Person]
A student at the Asagami Academy for Girls. Her pet

name is "Ika".
She was an honor student gifted with both intelligence

and beauty, capable of accomplishing anything she put
her mind to. However, she fell into the grips of obsession
with the appearance of the brilliant Tohno Akiha, who
outshone even her.
She appears in one of the side stories in Kagetsu Tohya.
Perhaps because her timidity and feeling of being
cornered were pretty cute, very few players actually
ended up disliking her.
Also, she still couldn't stop herself from quivering in
Akiha's presence even after the incident was resolved,
but she did her best to muster her courage and resist the
urge to run away.
Shiki's Room [Place]
It goes without saying, this is the protagonist Shiki's

room.
Since Shiki is Akiha's older brother, you'd expect this to
be a mighty fine room, but do my eyes deceive me? It's
even more barren than Kohaku's! What's going on!?
If somebody unfamiliar with Shiki's personality (and
the way he doesn't really keep a lot of stuff) saw it, they'd
be convinced it was a case of the sister-in-law (Akiha)
bullying the bride (Shiki).
Of course, since Shiki himself seems perfectly pleased
with it, there's no problem.
Also, though you can't tell from the background
graphic in the game, there's a fireplace and a desk in the
room as well, among other things.
Shiki's Room [Place]
It goes without saying, this is the protagonist Shiki's

room.
Since Shiki is Akiha's older brother, you'd expect this to
be a mighty fine room, but do my eyes deceive me? It's
even more barren than Kohaku's! What's going on!? If
somebody unfamiliar with Shiki's personality (and the
way he doesn't really keep a lot of stuff) saw it, they'd be
convinced it was a case of the sister-in-law (Akiha)
bullying the bride (Shiki). Of course, since Shiki himself
seems perfectly pleased with it, there's no problem. Also,
though you can't tell from the background graphic in the
game, there's a fireplace and a desk in the room as well,
among other things.
Shiki the Killer [Nickname]

The version of Shiki when his mind goes blank and he

starts seriously fighting for his life.
Or, one of the protagonists of Tsukihime 2.
The Mystic Eye Killers alone must have become unable
to suppress his death perception, because he always has
both eyes covered by bandages.
That said, you know the game is never getting made,
right?
saying goes, "Curiosity killed the cat." In the end, her

inquisitive mind brought about a tragedy.
She was the young Kiritsugu's very first love. It seems
that the reason he ended up pampering the kendo girl he
met in his later years so much was because she reminded
him so much of Shirley.
Shiki the Killer [Nickname]

The state when Shiki's conscious mind goes blank due

to the inversion impulse. Or, a possible future version of
Tohno Shiki.
If there's ever a Tsukihime 2, he'll be a main character.
Perhaps because the mystic eye killers alone have
become unable to suppress his death perception, he'll
always have both eyes covered by bandages.
Though the Nanaya Shiki that appears in Melty Blood is
close to this, properly speaking "Shiki the Killer" is
something that should stem from "Tohno Shiki".
Shirley [Person]
A native of Alimango Island, where Emiya Norikata

chose to sequester himself away from the outside world.
Though the educational environment she grew up in was
extremely poor she did not even attend elementary
school, and only learned reading and writing from the
local priest it was enough to stimulate her ample
intellectual curiosity, and by the time she was 13 years
old she had already received a master's degree through
correspondence courses alone. Of course, this talent did
not go unnoticed by Emiya Norikata. He brought her on
as his assistant, putting her in charge of handling all the
miscellaneous daily tasks in the Emiya household.
While she did receive some training from Norikata, it
was not at the level of being taken on as his disciple. He
simply taught her the basics of the basics, and nothing
more. And really, even calling it that much is a stretch. All
he actually did was interact with her without bothering
to hide his true nature as a magus. Nevertheless, Shirley's
innate thirst for knowledge allowed her to absorb
Norikata's words at an astonishing pace, and he expected
great things from her in the future. However, as the old
Shirou's Room [Other]

Fate Dictionary
The protagonist Shirou's room, obviously.

It's so empty it's actually impressive.
Fuji-nee is always dropping her junk off in here, but
every time she does Shirou ends up neatly putting it
away in the storehouse.
Somehow it feels a bit like a student doing chores in
exchange for room and board
Shokuri [Ability]
Corrosive Separation. One of Tohno SHIKI's abilities as

a demon hybrid. A curse of fusion by contact.
SHIKI is naturally capable of continuing to use his own
body no matter what condition it's in, but his ultimate
ability is actually restoring his own flesh by assimilating

the flesh of others. In a word, it's the no holds barred
version of an organ transplant.
Though SHIKI became a vampire due to being invaded
by Roa's consciousness, this innate ability as a demon
hybrid was already pretty vampire-ish. (Of course, in the
end it's just making up for lost parts.)
The reason that Akiha attained some vampire-ish
abilities after disposing of her rampaging older brother
might have been because she also ended up plundering
this power when she killed him.
Shrine [Place]
A skyscraper currently under construction in Misaki.

Sion's stage is at its entrance, while the Night of
Wallachia's stage is on its still-unfinished top floor.
The roof of this oft-rumored tower overlooking the
town is where the Tatari manifested.
Sion [Person]
Full name, Sion Eltnam Atlasia. An alchemist from the

Atlas Institute, one of the three great branches of the
Association.
Melty Blood's guest heroine. Her trademarks are her
purple uniform and long braid, and her weapons are
Etherlite (a nano-scale filament) and the Barrel Replica
(an imitation of the "Black Barrel").
Though she hails from the disgraced Eltnam family, she
excelled within the Atlas Institute, and was even
awarded with the name Atlasia, which marks her as the
Institute's next director. However, she had long harbored
doubts about her situation, and was troubled by the fact
that she didn't know what the problem was.
As a result, when the Church petitioned Atlas for help
with a vampire hunt, the angst-filled Sion volunteered
her services. She confronted the Tatari, one of the 27
Dead Apostle Ancestors, and was ultimately defeated.
Afterward, while suppressing her own now-vampire
body, she evaded pursuit from both the Church and the
Association and tried to challenge the Tatari one more
time, but
Her personality is totally serious and logical, and having
fun doesn't come naturally to her at all. However, that
doesn't mean she's incapable of it. Perhaps it's more
accurate to say she's a chairman-of-the-committee type,
who really does want to have fun deep down.
Though Melty Blood diverges into various routes

depending on the outcome of each fight, in the majority
of the endings Sion leaves town having awakened to faint
feelings of love her first love, in fact. Sadly, it was cut
short before it even began.
An oddity among the Tsukihime heroines (who are, by
and large, always at each other's throats), she is capable
of getting along with everybody, in her own way.
Her initial design concept was "an alchemist and a
soldier", which should be obvious just from seeing her in
action. Her energetic movements are very fitting.
By the way, her miniskirt is so short you almost can't
even see it at all. If I'm not mistaken, this is what they call
the "absolute territory", yes?
Sion Eltnam Atlasia [Person]
An Atlas Alchemist who came to Misaki in order to put

an end to the Tatari.
Her weapons are Etherlite (a nano-scale filament) and
the Barrel Replica (an imitation of the "Black Barrel").
Even within Atlas, she is one of the most promising up
and coming alchemists, and the name Atlasia marks her
as the Institute's next director.
She participated in the battle against the Tatari three
years ago, but was defeated. Though she was the sole
survivor, afterward she began pursuing the Tatari on her
own without returning to either Atlas or the Church.
She has an overly serious and inflexible personality, but
deep down she's a warmhearted genius scholar. Among
the constantly feuding Tsukihime heroines, she's a rare
type capable of getting along with everybody.
Sir Bedivere [Person]
Fate Dictionary
The knight who tended to King Arthur's last moments.

The last knight, who returned the holy sword to the
lake by his king's decree.
The mention of King Arthur's knights brings to mind
names like Lancelot, Percival, and Galahad, but they are
actually relative newcomers, recruited specifically for the
holy grail quest.
Of the knights who accompanied King Arthur from the
very beginning, the most famous are Sir Kay, Sir Gawain,
and of course, Sir Bedivere. In fact, they possess histories
even longer than King Arthur himself.
The model of Sir Bedivere is thought to be the ancient
Celtic warrior, Bedwyr.
Oh, and this is just a digression, but he never realized

that Artoria was a girl.
about how cool Lance-sama is, and ahem. Sorry, I'm

getting off track here.
Anyway, if he and King Arthur had just been able to
have an all-out brawl to satisfaction on a sandy beach
under the evening sun, so many tragedies might have
been avoided. Well, there's no guarantee, of course, but
the fact remains that whatever else happened that was
the one thing that Lancelot's nature never let him do. He
even tried going insane to change that part about himself,
but just ended up causing the way-too-serious Artoria to
misunderstand a lot of things instead. Really, it makes me
wonder if his origin is "being a nuisance" or something.
The Six Monster Cats, And [???]
A certain urban legend tells of the existence of six Neco

Arcs. Could this be another so-called Tatari?
Furthermore, there's also a rumor about a shady being
that exceeds even the Neco Arcs. Chaos!
Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri [Person]
Sir Lancelot [Servant]

The "Knight of the Lake", famed as the strongest of the

Knights of the Round Table.
His illicit love affair with Queen Guinevere drove
Camelot down the road to ruin, tarnishing his legacy in
the legends of King Arthur.
As he often fell into madness due to troubles involving
Guinevere, he has a particular compatibility with the
Berserker class. In a lot of ways, he's just a guy who
pushed himself too hard.
He was born with numerous abilities and aptitudes
that take him beyond the realm of "high-spec" right into
"completely overpowered", and none of them were any
help at all in solving his problems. But while I could sort
of sympathize with him, at the same time I couldn't help
but feel a little bit of black joy that so many terrible things
happened to such a handsome and talented person. But
then the girls in class just looked at me in disdain, like,
"Eww, so jealous, gross!" while screaming in shrill voices
Daughter of the noble Nuada-Re bloodline, which

boasts considerable behind-the-scenes influence within
the Association, and Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald's fianc.
Generally, families of magi make it a rule to only pass
down their secrets to a single successor, while keeping
any other children they may have ignorant of even the
existence of sorcery itself. However, at the time Sola-Ui
was born, the Nuada-Re family was embroiled in a
tumultuous power struggle, and there was a very real
fear that their legitimate heir could be assassinated. As a
result, they enacted a plan to train both the older brother
and the younger sister in the rudiments of sorcery, so
that either one could inherit the family crest.
In the end, though, the conflict died out before
anything happened to either child, and Sola-Ui's older
brother was given the crest and the title of successor.
Sola-Ui, on the other hand, was no longer of any use to
her family, and her very existence was disavowed. She
became a mere tool to be given away in a political
marriage, where her excellent physical capacity for
sorcery and childhood training would allow her to serve
as an assistant for some first-rate magus.
However, Sola-Ui did not harbor any resentment
toward this treatment. To be perfectly frank, she didn't
even understand what "likes" and "dislikes" were in the
first place. While it's certainly true that she always
selfishly toyed with those around her, that was simply

because it was ingrained in her from a very young age
that acting in a way that would preserve her value as a
noble was the secret to success in life. Sola-Ui herself had
never truly wanted or hoped for something even once
since being born.
Consequently, she didn't care one bit whether the
attraction caused by Diarmuid's mystic face was real love
or not. For her, the simple sensation of passion boiling up
from the depths of her heart was her greatest treasure,
and she had she had no intention of giving it up after she
had finally obtained it. Because, passion is the very thing
that gives life value.
When Nasu Kinoko heard all of that, he started writhing
around muttering something that sounded a lot like "It's
a perfect moe bull's-eye!"
Sorcery [Sorcery]
Fate Dictionary
A general term for the act of artificially reenacting

mysteries and miracles.
Although each school has its individual differences, it is
basically a mechanism for using the magical energy in the
practitioner's body or the outside world, in order to
reenact a predetermined phenomenon.
The practitioner sends an order (command) to the
foundation (system) controlled by their school, and a
pre-made function (program) is executed.
The "electrical current" needed to send that command
and execute the program is magical energy.
Though sorcery may seem almighty, it is basically the
bringing about of mysteries by means of equivalent
exchange.
Even the exceptionally talented Rin, in exchange for
her versatile sorcery trait, will find herself afflicted by a
chronic lack of money her entire life.
Also, sorceries that affect other people's minds and
change the course of their thoughts require no physical
compensation, but the practitioner will inevitably find
their own thoughts being pulled in that altered direction
as well. As the saying goes, before you embark on a
journey of revenge, dig two graves.
Because the study of curses is looked down upon as
unscholarly by the Association, they have fallen far
behind the Middle East in that particular field.
Sorcery [Term]

reenact a predetermined phenomenon. The practitioner
sends an order (command) to the foundation (system)
controlled by their school, and a pre-made function
(program) is executed.
The "electrical current" needed to send that command
and execute the program is magical energy.
exchange. Accordingly, sorceries powerful enough to
interfere with Nature will obviously require enough
magical energy (mana) to fill Nature just to execute them.
There is a limit to the sorceries that can be executed
using an individual's magical energy alone.
Also, sorceries that affect other people's minds and
change the course of their thoughts require no physical
compensation, but the practitioner will inevitably find
their own thoughts being pulled in that altered direction
as well. As the saying goes, before you embark on a
journey of revenge, dig two graves. Because the study of
curses is looked down upon as unscholarly by the
Association, they have fallen far behind the Middle East
in that particular field.
Sorcery [Term]

reenact a predetermined phenomenon. The practitioner
sends an order (command) to the foundation (system)
controlled by their school, and a pre-made function
(program) is executed. The "electrical current" needed to
send that command and execute the program is magical
energy.
exchange. Accordingly, sorceries powerful enough to
interfere with Nature will obviously require enough
magical energy (mana) to fill Nature just to execute them.
There is a limit to the sorceries that can be executed
using an individual's magical energy alone.
Sorcery Crest [Sorcery]

Fate Dictionary
An inheritance passed down within magi families.

The mysteries that a magus has spent his entire life
establishing (stabilizing) are turned into a crest and left
to his descendants.
It's no exaggeration to say that the crest is engraved
with the history of the entire bloodline, and that the
magus who inherits it is burdened not only with his
family's regrets, but is duty bound to pass it on to a
successor as well.
In a way, you could call it a curse passed down through
the generations.
Starmine, Starbow [Technique]
The names of the sorceries used by Aozaki Aoko.

It seems that it's easy for her to visualize things like
exploding fireworks and rotating stars, so her instant
incantation sorcery invariably ends up being nature
interference based on these images. The Starmine line is
for fluid motion, while the Starbow line is for fluctuating
applications.
Aozaki Aoko can be considered a close-combat type
magus, who fires magical energy from her elbow that
calls forth a sorcery formula as it passes through her fist.
For those unfortunate enough to face her as an enemy,
both of her hands probably look like rocket burners.
Stray Servant [Other]

Fate Dictionary
A heroine candidate that vanished without a trace

during the plotting stage.
She was conceived of as an "abandoned puppy" type
heroine, who killed her Master and went on a rampage.
As a Servant of the shield, she was going to be a rival
to Saber, the Servant of the sword, but
Just like Gilgamesh, she would have been a Servant
that had remained behind after the previous Grail War.
Unfortunately, though, she had to be cut for the sake of
keeping things manageable for the player.
After all, around this point, the plot itself was starting
to stray. Not only Rider, but even Caster was a potential
heroine candidate. It was terrifyingly chaotic.
Hmm? Fuji-nee? I don't know what you're talking
about, Fuji-nee never had a main route even during the
plotting stage.
Steyr AUG [Armament]

The assault rifle used by Hisau Maiya. It seems it's one

of the better weapons prepared by Kiritsugu.
As the first successful example of a bullpup rifle, it must
have seemed almost bizarre when it was first released.
The fact that it consistently outperformed subsequent
bullpup rifles, and is even used as the official weapon of
many militaries to this day is, quite frankly, amazing.
One of its primary features is its easy-to-disassemble
modular construction. However, thanks to the popularity
of scenes like the one from Day of the Jackal where the
assassin assembles their weapon on the spot, it's often
mistaken for a sniper rifle in movies. Well, it does have a
sort of "secret weapon" look to it, so I guess I understand.
Ah, wait, now that I think about it didn't Maiya try to
snipe at Kayneth's hotel from the neighboring building?
Strengthening [Sorcery]
Fate Dictionary
An elementary sorcery, but one that's considered

virtually impossible to master.
Though passing magical energy through an object to
enhance its existence is the basis of all sorcery, perhaps
because of the high degree of freedom and lack of clear
executable forms, there are not very many almighty
"strengthening" specialists.
Naturally, Shirou is a dropout who is only capable of
succeeding at strengthening that involves weapons.
Since what's being enhanced is the meaning of an
object's existence, using it on a knife will increase its
sharpness, using it on food will increase its nutrition, and
using it on a maid will increase her cuteness.
Of course, if an object's purpose is too vague, it will be
impossible to strengthen it.
Also, because it's hard to pass your own magical energy
through a living being, the "strengthening" of other
people is considered to be a feat of the greatest difficulty.
Super Baji Quan [Other]
Fate/Zero is the story of Emiya Kiritsugu and Kotomine

Kirei, so naturally the final climactic battle had to be a
one on one match between the two of them. However,
from the outset Kiritsugu fought using firearms and
Innate Time Control sorcery, and even would even end
up wielding Avalon due to the events of the story. Kirei,
on the other hand, had black keys and that's it. I was
totally stumped about how to make it into a decent
battle. But then it came to me: baji quan. The answer was
baji quan. But how should I handle it?
I tried to put it off for as long as possible, but by volume
2 my hands were tied. I had to write a fight scene for Kirei.
To prepare, I cleared my mind of all preconceptions, and
read The Smiling, Proud Wanderer over and over, before
moving on to the movies of Bruce Lee, Jet Li, and Tony
Jaa. It was an intense period of self-enlightenment
(brainwashing). As a result, I finally attained a state of
being where I could honestly say that kung fu is amazing.
So very, very amazing. Then, before I could regain my
sanity, I went and pounded out the fight scene with Iri
and Maiya in a single sitting.
By the way, in order to write the last battle at the
Fuyuki Civic Center, I added The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
and The Storm Riders to my brainwashing recipe.
On account of that, even if you tear into me about how
ridiculous Kirei's baji quan was, I'm just going to ignore
you and hum the ending theme of Space Warrior Baldios.
Sympathy [Term]
The ability to sympathize with other people. Putting it

simply, it's giving one's own physical strength to
somebody else.
As Kohaku and Hisui are particularly talented sympaths,
they don't just give their own physical strength, but also
strengthen and support the mental and physical strength
of their target.
Also, because this is sympathy and not empathy, even
if the target is injured there won't be any feedback for
the sympath.
The method of sympathizing varies depending on the
practitioner. For some, it is possible to sympathize
regardless of the target's will, while for others some sort
of ritual is necessary.
The ritual is a switch on the spiritual plane passed
down within a family, to control heretical abilities. It is a
mental block implanted in the subconscious that
prevents the ability from activating unless certain
conditions are met.
In other words, Kohaku and Hisui's family must have
been a bunch of perverts, huh?
Sympathy [Ability]
The ability to sympathize with other people. Putting it

simply, it's giving one's own physical strength to
somebody else. (Synchronizing with somebody else
would be empathy.)
As Kohaku and Hisui are particularly talented sympaths,
they don't just give their own physical strength, but also
strengthen and support the mental and physical strength
of their target.
Also, because this is sympathy and not empathy, even
if the target is injured there won't be any feedback for
the sympath. In game terms, it's like turning off collision
detection.
The method of sympathizing varies depending on the
practitioner. For some, it is possible to sympathize
regardless of the target's will, while for others some sort
of ritual is necessary.
The ritual is a switch on the spiritual plane passed
down within a family, to control heretical abilities. It is a
mental block implanted in the subconscious that
prevents the ability from activating unless certain
conditions are met.
In other words, Hisui's family must have been a

bunch of perverts, huh?
Association or the Church, but rather used his own

personal network of connections.
In the plotting stage, the same conversation occurred
after agreeing to cooperate with Kotomine:
"So how are you going to help me?"
"Hm. Our method of transportation, to start out with."
Takada Youichi [Person]

A mysterious character who shows up from time to

time. Though he seems like something you'd see in a
manga, surprisingly he actually exists in reality. Details
about his life are unknown, but you couldn't ask for a
better personality.
The motorcycle he rides is a Honda Dream 50.
Tatari [Term]
A system that incites fear and rumors among the

people, circulates them, and finally cultivates them into
a single, well-defined "rule". It's like an urban legend that
crops up one summer, explodes in popularity, then fades
away as if it never happened at all.
The incarnation and realization of this system is known
as the Dead Apostle Tatari. Because its form and abilities
vary every time it appears depending on the scale of
people's rumors, it is considered to be a perfect
"unknown" something with no true identity at all.
Whether it manifests as an enormous beast big enough
to smash an entire mountain village with a single step, or
a real-life bloodthirsty killer, the only sure thing is that
the community that gives the Tatari form will be totally
annihilated.
Taxi! [Other]
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An extraordinarily generous taxi service.

Indispensable for getting to the Einzbern Forest, but
after you get dropped off, the only way back to town is
walking. Ugh.
Of course, if you ask me there's something seriously
wrong with a taxi that doesn't have any problems taking
students out into the woods in the middle of the night.
By the way, when Kotomine arranged for a car and
driver in the Sakura route, he didn't go through the
However, after that the screen would black out, and a

deep rumbling sound effect would play as Kotomine
pulled up on a Harley!
Well, it's true that I might have gotten excited and
written something like that down at one point, but
eventually I regained my composure and the scene took
on its current form.
At any rate, the trunk of the car was fully loaded with
dangerous weapons, up to and including submachine
guns. Pe-Pe-Sha!
Thompson Center Arms Contender [Armament]
The customized firearm that Emiya Kiritsugu uses as a

mystic code. It is a single-shot pistol originally developed
for use in hunting and competitions. The barrel can be
easily switched out, allowing it to be used with a large
variety of bullet calibers. By fitting it with a handmade
barrel forged using magical processes, and using special
bullets that contain his own powdered ribs, Kiritsugu has
transformed it into a deadly anti-magus weapon. Well,
that's the short version; for a significantly more long
winded explanation please refer to volume 2.
Incidentally, this gun was actually what made me want
to write a story like Fate/Zero in the first place. In a way,
you could say it was the start of everything. Or more
specifically, it was Lance Henriksen's performance in
Hard Target. I guess what I'm trying to say is, thank you
so much, Mr. John Woo. Stranglehold was really fun. Will
there be flying doves in Red Wall, too?
Tiger Dojo [Other]
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A no-questions-asked Q&A corner that accompanies

dead ends. Of course, since it only gives vague hints, it's
not as helpful as it might seem.
There are forty episodes in total, with an overarching
plot that runs from start to finish.
Even just two months before the game went gold the
scenario director, art director, and chief director were
conspiring to cram in more and more content. At one

point there were plans to change the title card every
single episode, add animations, and give Illya forty
different outfits. In the end, though, they realized that if
they had the time and resources to do all that they
should probably spend it polishing the main game
instead, and so the Tiger Dojo took on its current form.
The fact that it ended up being so lively and amusing
even after being scaled back was mostly due to the chief
director's efforts.
By the way, the bonus Tiger Mini-Theaters were
actually supposed to be part of the main Tiger Dojo story
at first.
Ah, now that I'm thinking about it, there's something
nice about text-window type visual novels, don't you
think? Let's make one of those next time!
Suzerain of all the "demon hybrids" living in the region

where Tsukihime takes place.
Perhaps because of their long history, the Tohno and
all their numerous branch families are quite wealthy, and
together make up a prominent business conglomerate.
Going purely by financial power, the Tohno are actually
beaten out by the Kugamine branch family. However, to
these people blood is more important than anything else,
and as the inheritors of the most precious blood of all,
the Tohno family naturally fell into a leadership position.
Allegedly, they are the descendants of a powerful family
that intermingled with oni (not kishin humans that
became oni but actual, born and bred oni) and ruled
the land for generations.
Tohno [Family]
Tiger Stripes [Other]

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The pattern on Fuji-nee's clothes.

Some of you may have noticed, but those stripes are
without a doubt tiger stripes.
At first we were going to have Fuji-nee wear normal
clothes at school and casual clothes at home, but before
we knew it she was rocking the tiger stripes nonstop.
It seems Fuji-nee harbors complex feelings toward
tigers, which were revealed in the Tiger Dojo Special.
Tohno [Family]

where Tsukihime takes place. Perhaps because of their
long history, the Tohno and all their numerous branch
families are quite wealthy, and together make up a
prominent business conglomerate.
Allegedly, they are the descendants of a powerful
family that intermingled with oni (not kishin humans
that became oni but actual, born and bred oni) and
ruled the land for generations.
Tohno [Family]


where Tsukihime takes place.
Perhaps because of their long history, the Tohno and
all their numerous branch families are quite wealthy, and
together make up a prominent business conglomerate.
Allegedly, they are the descendants of a powerful
family that intermingled with oni (not kishin humans
that became oni but actual, born and bred oni) and
ruled the land for generations.
Tohno Akiha [Person]
One of the heroines in Tsukihime. No boobs. Shiki's

younger sister, and the Tohno family's heir.
She has long black hair and a dignified posture, firm
speech, and an unendearing personality. On top of that,
her love of strict discipline can make her somewhat hard
to get along with.
Perhaps it's because she doesn't think much of the way
Shiki lived doing whatever he pleased for eight years, but
she lashes out at him every chance she gets.
Though she is basically straightforward and honest at
her core, she is also unyielding and hates losing, so her
true personality rarely gets a chance to shine.
She was one of the people involved in the accident

eight years ago, after which her dormant Tohno blood
was awakened.
Though she would have been able to suppress it if she
only had to worry about herself, she was carrying the
burden of two people. As a result, she started being
attacked by seizures nearly every night, and at Kohaku's
suggestion began drinking blood to maintain her body.
Of course, it was all just a scheme to push Akiha
closer to her Tohno nature. Probably, even Akiha herself
was aware of it on some level.
In one of the routes, she ended up inverting and
demonstrating her power to its fullest extent. That
dreadful form, with its fluttering vermilion hair, is
probably capable of exceeding even a rampaging Arcueid.
Long ago, in the Tohno's country, there lived a female
oni named Momiji. Though she is not their ancestor,
maybe you could consider her the origin of Akiha?
Incidentally, Akiha is the character with the greatest
number of individual sprites. It actually made the art
director break down in tears. Not only were there
uniform sprites and casual sprites, but sprites for Akiha
when she was inverted as well.
Also, by some strange twist of fate, her roommate at
school actually had the last name "Tsukihime".
One of the heroines in Tsukihime. Shiki's younger sister,

and the Tohno family's heir.
to get along with.
she lashes out at him every chance she gets. Though she
is basically straightforward and honest at her core, she is
also unyielding and hates losing, so her true personality
rarely gets a chance to shine.
She was one of the people involved in the accident
eight years ago, after which her dormant Tohno blood
was awakened. Though she would have been able to
suppress it if she only had to worry about herself, she
was carrying the burden of two people. As a result, she
started being attacked by seizures nearly every night,
and at Kohaku's suggestion began drinking blood to
maintain her body.
Of course, it was all just a scheme to push Akiha

closer to her Tohno nature. Probably, even Akiha herself
was aware of it on some level.
In one of the routes, she ended up inverting and
demonstrating her power to its fullest extent. That
dreadful form, with its fluttering vermilion hair, is
probably capable of exceeding even a rampaging Arcueid.
Long ago, in the Tohno's country, there lived a female
oni named Momiji. Though she is not their ancestor,
maybe you could consider her the origin of Akiha?
Incidentally, Akiha is the character with the greatest
number of individual sprites. It actually made the art
director break down in tears. Not only were there
uniform sprites and casual sprites, but sprites for Akiha
when she was inverted as well.
Also, by some strange twist of fate, her roommate at
school actually had the last name "Tsukihime".
She was the only heroine in Tsukihime that didn't get a
happy ending, which apparently made a lot of fans mad.
We got a ton of hate mail demanding that we do
something about it, hahaha. I guess it worked, though,
since we ended up writing a sequel to Akiha's ending for
Kagetsu Tohya.
She is the student council vice president at the Asagami
Academy for Girls, and seems to be quite popular.
Of course, that popularity stems from equal parts
reverence and terror.
In Kagetsu Tohya, the power relationship between her
and Kohaku began to change, and in Melty Blood she was
the victim of Kohaku's cheerful treachery. Also, though
the Akiha in Melty Blood is pretty energetic, she's
normally a little more graceful than that.
She totally lacks the pride and thin skin characteristic
of the super-rich, but her sense for how to use money is
still grossly out of sync with normal people's.
When she told Sion to "rest a bit", in Akiha's head "a
bit" meant either until Sion herself was sick of it, or until
she was dead. It seems she's the type of person who's
cold to strangers, but excessively soft toward those who
have earned her favor. Ah, so that's why you let Kohaku
toy with you as she pleases, Lady Akiha!
Tohno Shiki's younger sister, and the Tohno family's

heir.

to get along with.
she lashes out at him every chance she gets. Though she
is basically straightforward and honest at her core, she is
also unyielding and hates losing, so her true personality
rarely gets a chance to shine.
She saved Shiki's life when they were young, and has
absolute faith in him even if she'd never admit it.
She lived in the dorms at the Asagami Academy for
Girls after Shiki left for the Arima household, but she
started commuting from home when he returned to the
Tohno mansion.
As the Tohno family head she possesses noble blood,
and her power as a demon hybrid is among the best of
the best. If Arcueid is a Western vampire, then Akiha
would be an example of an Eastern vampire.
The embodiment of "plundering", all who enter her
field of vision will have their heat (life force) stolen from
them, no questions asked.
Tohno Makihisa [Person]
Akiha and SHIKI's father. The person who took in

Kohaku and Hisui, and adopted Shiki.
A mischievous prankster who diligently held on to his
private papers.
Akiha and SHIKI's father. He took in Kohaku and Hisui

as tools to restrain his Tohno blood, and adopted Shiki
for his own amusement. He was a mischievous prankster
who diligently held on to his private papers. He had a
strong, self-indulgent feeling of being victimized, and you
could probably say that it was his weakness that invited
tragedy into the Tohno family.
In order to protect his family (blood relatives) and
solidify the Tohno's position he forged connections with
the demon hunter organization, which was locked in a
cold war with the demon hybrids at the time. By entering
into a cooperative relationship with the demon hunters,
he was able to gain sovereignty over the entire Misaki
City region.
However, he was still unable to control his dread
toward Nanaya Kiri, the bloodthirsty killer he saw as a
youth while serving under a certain old man. So, after
consolidating his power, he launched a surprise attack on

the Nanaya village and completely wiped them out.
As for how he died, that was covered in the main story.
It was karmic retribution, an end appropriate for one
who was in no way a bad person, yet caused so much
harm.
Father of Tohno Akiha and Tohno Shiki.

Akiha becoming the family head after his death is what
kick-started the story of Tsukihime. At that time, she
called back the disinherited Shiki to the Tohno mansion,
and restarted their brother-sister relationship where it
had left off eight years ago.
Tohno Mansion Basement Kingdom [Place]
It's undeniable that the Tohno family has many secrets.

However, this is not just true of their lineage, but even
the mansion they live in.
With features like an underground room for disposing
of those who have awakened to their Tohno blood, a
dungeon that can confine people for a lifetime, and a
research lab run by a mere servant, it really is a
suspicious place. But most conspicuous of all is the
enormous cavern beneath the mansion, the Tohno
Mansion Basement Kingdom!
It's unclear who made it, and for what purpose, but it
appears to be a miniature world that functions as a
pseudo-absolute monarchy. Though it looks like a
nuclear bomb shelter designed by a crazy rich person,
judging from the equipment within it's actually the base
of a secret society scheming world domination.
Its existence was confirmed during the events of Melty
Blood, but later no matter how much Shiki scoured the
mansion the path to the underground kingdom was
nowhere to be found. How eerie
Tohno Shiki [Person]
The protagonist. He is the kind of character that makes

both friends and enemies without realizing it.
His habit of collecting edged weapons is probably a
trait left over from the "other" Shiki, from Kara no
Kyoukai. Taking his glasses off for every single event CG

is his charm point.
The protagonist of Tsukihime. Afflicted with chronic

anemia. Mister Glasses.
He is the kind of character that makes both friends and
enemies without realizing it. His habit of collecting edged
weapons is probably a trait left over from the "other"
Shiki, from Kara no Kyoukai. Taking his glasses off for
every single event CG is his charm point.
An unfortunate boy, who suffered through various
ordeals in Tsukihime, was dragged into strange situations
in Kagetsu Tohya, and had a terrible time in Melty Blood.
Because he lived true to his promise with Aozaki Aoko
to "become a man in the manner he thinks is right", he
developed into a good and upright person, but at his core
he is actually comparatively cold-hearted. Or rather, no
matter what happens, good or bad, he simply accepts it
as it is. In a sense, this reckless way of life is similar to
that of a hermit who has retired from society.
The protagonist of Tsukihime. He is an extraordinarily

ordinary young man who possesses the mystic eyes of
death perception.
Eight years ago (nine years ago counting from Melty
Blood), he received a massive chest wound in a traffic
accident, but miraculously revived. After recovering,
however, he developed chronic anemia, and so was sent
to live with the Arima family by his father Makihisa.
He is the kind of character that makes both friends and
enemies without realizing it.
Because he lived true to his promise with Aozaki Aoko
to "become a man in the manner he thinks is right", he
developed into a good and upright person. Perhaps
because of his ability to see death all around him, he has
a comparatively farsighted view of things. No matter
what happens, he just takes it in stride. Que sera, sera.
A peculiar type of superhero who's basically benign,
but if you approach him with the intent to cause him
harm he'll destroy you.
Tohno SHIKI [Person]
The true eldest son of the Tohno family.

He was always pretty talkative and brash, but after Roa
surfaced he got even chattier.
His having a different appearance in the Arcueid and
Akiha routes is just a little bit of fan service.
After all, the only real difference between the two is
whether or not Roa or SHIKI's consciousness is stronger,
but we thought it would be pretty terrible if player had
to keep seeing the same face pop up over and over as the
villain in a game as long as Tsukihime, so we gave them
different sprites.
By the way, since Akiha is "Aki (Autumn)", his nickname
among the staff is "Haruo (Spring Boy)".
Tohno SHIKI [Person]
The true eldest son of the Tohno family.

He was always pretty talkative and brash, but after Roa
surfaced he got even chattier. His having a different
appearance in the Arcueid and Akiha routes is just a little
bit of fan service. After all, the only real difference
between the two is whether or not Roa or SHIKI's
consciousness is stronger, but we thought it would be
pretty terrible if player had to keep seeing the same face
pop up over and over as the villain in a game as long as
Tsukihime, so we gave them different sprites.
He is a handsome young man, casually dressed in
traditional Japanese clothes. Somehow, he has the air of
a haiku poet about him.
One of his abilities as a demon hybrid is a "deathresistant body". Just as it sounds, it means he has a body
that will not die. However, this is not the ability to heal
wounds, but the ability to reconfigure his body in order
to survive despite his wounds. It is this ability to freely
manipulate his flesh that allows him to use his own
spilled blood as a sword by coagulating it.
He is yet one more hapless victim of the Infinite
Reincarnator, Roa.
Tohsaka Aoi [Person]
Tohsaka Tokiomi's wife, and Rin and Sakura's mother.

Her maiden name is Zenjou.
Though the Zenjou family had a magus ancestor many
generations ago, now they are simple commoners with
no connection to the magical world at all. Nevertheless,
the blood flowing through their veins contains a very
unique trait, which was noticed and pursued by Tohsaka

Tokiomi. As a result of accepting this courtship, Aoi gave
birth to two sisters with absolutely preposterous magical
potential.
Unlike her daughter Rin, Aoi fully understood that
Tokiomi possessed an inhuman sense of values, but she
still blindly loved her husband anyway. Maybe she, too,
bore some distortion within herself, just like Tokiomi did.
If that's the case, she probably wouldn't have been able
to build a happy home even if she had married Kariya
By the way, the activation of Tokiomi's "Tohsaka family
goof-up trait" only occurs in serious, life-threatening
situations. In his normal family life at home, he was an
utterly perfect superman, in the same way Rin would
eventually be a perfect honors student at Homurahara
Academy in Fate/stay night. I hear that both Aoi and Rin
were huge fans of his "cool dad" style.
Tohsaka Nagato [Person]
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The Tohsaka family head during the very first Holy Grail
War, two hundred years ago.
He took part in the ritual at the request of Makiri
Zouken and Justeaze.
Though traditionally the Tohsaka were a clan of secret
Christians, one day a strange old man appeared out of
nowhere and led them astray. Ever since then, they have
devoted themselves to the world of sorcery.
With their contacts in the Holy Church and favorable
treatment from the Association as disciples of a magician,
they are in an enviable position.
It is due to their connections with both organizations
that they were appointed the managers of Fuyuki.
At any rate, Nagato viewed sorcery and martial arts as
equal, and was attempting to reach the Root via a state
of mushin (no-mind) when he was recruited by the
Einzberns and Makiri.
As you might expect from Rin's ancestor, he was prone
to goofing up. Also, it seems that his daughter was the
one with talent for sorcery, and ended up being far more
useful in the construction of the Great Holy Grail than her
father was.
Tohsaka Rin [Person]
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Current head of the distinguished Tohsaka family, and

one of the main heroines of Fate/stay night. As a Master,
she spent just as much time quarreling with Shirou as she

did cooperating with him.
Her manner of speech is often hostile and dismissive of
other people, but deep down she has a caring, bigsisterly disposition.
Her tendency of making trivial mistakes at the worst
possible moment is a hereditary curse.
Though she really is a lot nicer than she seems, in the
end she always makes her decisions based on cold,
rational logic. In her own words, it's "not a very cute
personality".
There are even times when she thinks she might lack
any sort of "girlishness" at all, and it's starting to become
something of a complex for her.
In fact, her choice in personal clothes is probably an
overreaction to that. Still, showing that much leg a pure
and wholesome boy won't know where to look. Please,
try to bear with it, Shirou.
Her hobbies are admiring jewels and bullying Shirou.
She's a mischievous girl at heart, so she loves teasing
serious people. Please, try to bear with it, Shirou.
As far as sorcery goes, she specializes in the flow and
conversion of magical energy.
Since it's not a sorcery trait well-suited for combat, she
stores away magical energy in jewels ahead of time, and
uses them as disposable, limited-function mystic codes.
Aside from that, she also practices pseudo-karate as a
form of self-defense.
Her instructor in martial arts is Kotomine. That fake
priest was responsible for the sequence of moves she
used to corner Caster.
By the way, she had the most screen time out of every
character in Fate/stay night.
She had already become Matou Sakura by the time she

appeared in Fate/Zero, but, well, I've always wanted to
use this name. Somehow, it makes her seem more
gallant, like Tohyama Sakura, or something.
Though she only showed up twice, at the beginning
and the end of the book, when you consider the fact that
the whooooole time she was off-screen she was being
tortured in a worm hell that violates child pornography
laws, well, even in Fate/Zero her misery index probably
rates higher than anyone else's. Also, the Character
Material book that was released right when I was in the
middle of writing had a cute illustration of Sakura as a
child in it. When I saw it, I thought, "Right now, I'm
creating such a cruel world for this girl!" It was a huge
load on my spirit. You're so mean, Mr. Takeuchi. Bully me
some more!
By the way, in the first draft, Kariya's death was much
more inhumane. It was one of the few scenes that ended
up being totally vetoed by the original author. I can still
hear him screaming for my blood even now! As a result,
Sakura's monologue was toned down considerably. No,
really, it was! I swear!
Tohsaka Tokiomi [Person]
Tohsaka Rin [Person]
Tohsaka Tokiomi's eldest daughter. The younger form

of one of the heroines from the original story.
During Fate/Zero, Rin's level of understanding of the
"Holy Grail War" is about the same as Shirou's was during
Fate/stay night. That is, while it might seem like she
knows what's going on, she really doesn't.
In the young Rin's eyes, her father Tokiomi was a great
magus deserving of love and respect. She did not yet
understand the ruthlessness and cruelty that stemmed
from that ideal. If her father had survived long enough
for her to comprehend that aspect of him, it surely would
have had a grave effect on her own personality. But
whether she chose to rebel against that inhumanity and
turn her back on sorcery itself, or chose to embrace it
fully, becoming a perfect, cold-hearted magus like her
father the only certainty is that for her, happiness
would be nothing more than the fleeting dream of a far
off parallel world.
Tohsaka Sakura [Person]

The fifth Tohsaka family head. Had everything gone

according to plan, he would have been the man to finish
the Holy Grail War once and for all.
He started making preparations for the Fourth Holy
Grail War long before it ever began. But although he had
set up everything perfectly in his favor, he was tragically
killed by his trusted ally, Kotomine Kirei. Well, seeing as
how the one who tempted Kirei into defecting in the first
place was Gilgamesh, in a sense you could say Tokiomi
died due to a lack of compatibility with his Servant.
Tokiomi and his predecessor made a conscious effort
to commercialize their spiritual lands, and the unnatural
economic success of every business situated there
naturally led to exorbitant rental fees, which were
collected by the Tohsaka. Of course, as far as Tokiomi
was concerned, the fact that the "harvests of all the
tenant farmers tilling the Tohsaka land" were protected
from bad luck and natural disasters by the Tohsaka's
careful management of the ley lines, meant that taxing
them like this was his natural right. Truly, it was a 20th
century feudal system made possible through sorcery.
Although, even among the Second Owners of other lands,
very few have ever seen monetary returns like those

made by the Tohsaka.
After Tokiomi's death, these assets were passed on to
Aoi, and after Aoi's death they were passed on once
more to Rin. Or at least, they should have been, but
thanks to her legal guardian Kirei's nave honesty and
crude management, most of the valuable property was
lost to other people. Then again, as a priest who values
honest poverty, he probably thought it would be good
for her from an educational standpoint. Just another
thing for Rin to wallop him for, I guess.
Touzaki [Family]
One of the Tohno branch families.

Known as the Bone Masters, they temper their own
bones into swords.
Though normally swords are forged from iron, the
Touzaki present their own arms upon meeting a worthy
recipient, and craft them a sword from the bones.
Their final and greatest work as blacksmiths is a bone
sword with qualities that are superficially similar to the
legendary mountain destroying sword of mainland China.
Touzaki [Family]
One of the Tohno branch families.

Known as the Bone Masters, they temper their own
bones into swords.
Though normally swords are forged from iron, the
Touzaki present their own arms upon meeting a worthy
recipient, and craft them a sword from the bones.
Their final and greatest work as blacksmiths is a bone
sword with qualities that are superficially similar to the
legendary mountain destroying sword of mainland China.
True Ancestor [Term]
A singular existence amongst the bloodsuckers.

Characteristically close to elementals.
They were created by nature, which had no tangible
method of self-defense toward humans. Therefore, they
are extensions of nature.
"If mankind is to be ruled, let man be the model."
Under this premise, they were created with a mind and
body structure similar to humans.
However, there was a birth defect. The True Ancestors

bore a flaw, the vampiric impulse.
Each and every True Ancestor is burdened with the
desire to drink the blood of the very humans they were
meant to rule. And, in order to suppress that impulse,
they consume their own willpower.
Those that can change the state of the world merely by
thinking are instead forced to use almost all of those
"thoughts" to restrain themselves.
But, everything has a limit.
Unable to resolve the problem at its root, the vampiric
impulse accumulates, until finally it becomes impossible
for them to control with their own power alone.
True Ancestors that have become unable to control
their desires fall into an eternal slumber. It could be said
that this is the lifespan of those who have no end.
Also, there were those among them that succumbed to
their desires and began indiscriminately drinking human
blood. Known as Fallen Ancestors, they are powerful to
the point that it is said to be completely impossible for
humans to oppose them.
Though the True Ancestors possess godlike abilities,
the fact that human ideas had no influence on their
creation means they are not a type of Divine Spirit. They
are an existence desired by the world, but not by humans.
Because of this, they have gradually gone into hiding and
dwindled in numbers.
Though they have definite form, they can also be
considered a kind of Counter Force. If you want to
know what a Counter Force is, please refer to Kara no
Kyoukai.

They were created by the planet, which had no
tangible method of self-defense against humans.
Because of this, it could be said that they are nature's
sense of touch. "If mankind is to be ruled, let man be the
model." Under this premise, they were created with a
mind and body structure similar to humans. However,
there was a birth defect. The True Ancestors bore a flaw,
the vampiric impulse. Probably, it's because the original
that was used as a reference had contained that flaw as
well.
they consume their own willpower. Those that can

change the state of the world merely be thinking are
instead forced to use almost all of those "thoughts" to
restrain themselves.
But, everything has a limit. Unable to resolve the
problem at its root, the vampiric impulse accumulates,
until finally it becomes impossible for them to control
with their power alone. True Ancestors that have
become unable to control their desires fall into an
eternal slumber. It could be said that this is the lifespan
of those who have no end. Also, there were those among
them that succumbed to their desires and began
indiscriminately drinking human blood. Known as Fallen
Ancestors, they are powerful to the point that it is said to
be completely impossible for humans to oppose them.
Their creation was not influenced by human ideas, so
they are not a type of Divine Spirit. They are an existence
desired by the world, but not by humans. Because of this,
they have gradually gone into hiding and dwindled in
numbers. Though they have definite form, they can also
be considered a kind of Counter Force.
If you want to know what a Counter Force is, please
refer to Kara no Kyoukai.

They were created by the planet, which had no
tangible method of self-defense against humans.
Because of this, it could be said that they are nature's
sense of touch. However, there was a birth defect. The
True Ancestors bore a flaw, the vampiric impulse.
they consume their own willpower. Those that can
change the state of the world merely be thinking are
instead forced to use almost all of those "thoughts" to
restrain themselves.
But, everything has a limit. Unable to resolve the
problem at its root, the vampiric impulse accumulates,
until finally it becomes impossible for them to control
with their power alone. True Ancestors that have
become unable to control their desires fall into an
eternal slumber. It could be said that this is the lifespan
of those who have no end.
Year by year their numbers dwindled, until by the time

Arcueid was born in the 12th Century, only a hundred
individuals remained.
Also, there were those among them that succumbed to
their desires and began indiscriminately drinking human
blood. Known as Fallen Ancestors (Demon Lords), they
are powerful to the point that it is said to be completely
impossible for humans to oppose them.
True Assassin [Servant]
Fate Dictionary
The real Heroic Spirit of assassinations.

He was summoned by Matou Zouken, and came into
the world using Sasaki Kojirou's body.
With his white skull mask and black robes, he is the
stereotypical assassin.
Ability-wise he's a little underwhelming, but he's an
easy Servant to use. In contrast to his unsettling outward
appearance, he's actually quite loyal, and will faithfully
serve somebody he's acknowledged as his master to the
bitter end.
Because he is merely one of many wraiths (Heroic
Spirit candidates) swarming around the name "Assassin",
his basic parameters are low. To compensate for this, he
modified his own body, and so was able to stand against
the other Servants.
There is no face beneath his mask. His skin and nose
have been shaven off, transforming him into "nobody".
That is what it means to become the Old Man of the
Mountain.
When he was first summoned, he barely had any
intelligence at all, but by acquiring Lancer's heart he
rapidly powered up. Afterward, he was influenced by
Lancer's personality.
By the way, it seems that he was particularly attached
to his dirks, because he would always take care to gather
them all up before returning from a battle.
Tsukihime Souka [Person]
A student enrolled at the Asagami Academy for Girls.

Akiha is her roommate and mentor. Her tone of speech
is incredibly stern, and she always tries to be as succinct
as possible.
Her outward appearance is that of a petite, charming
young girl, but according to Akiha she has the personality
of a handsome man. However, she's not a girl that's cool
like a man, she's just a stylish girl.
Her development progressed far enough that she even

had sprites prepared, but unfortunately she ended up
not appearing in Tsukihime at all.
U
Unlimited Blade Works [Other]
Fate Dictionary
The title of the Rin route. During the plotting stage, it

was also the subtitle of Fate/stay night itself.
The name showed up in the "upcoming works" section
of the pamphlets we distributed at the 2001 Winter
Comiket, but I wonder how many people in Japan
actually noticed it?
Unlimited Blade Works [Noble Phantasm, Sorcery]
Fate Dictionary
Tsukihime Souka [Person]

A student enrolled at the Asagami Academy for Girls.

Akiha is her roommate and mentor. Her tone of speech
is incredibly stern, and she always tries to be as succinct
as possible.
Her outward appearance is that of a petite, charming
young girl, but according to Akiha she has the personality
of a handsome man.
An unparalleled lover of rock music, she slips out of the
dorms at least once a week to go to live shows at clubs.
However, she's not a girl that's cool like a man, she's
just a stylish girl.
She appears in Kagetsu Tohya, where she is the
balance between her two roommates, Akiha and
Hanepin. In the dorms she is secretly popular as a reliable
but hard to talk to student, and despite her demeanor
she is actually extremely caring.
Her parents' home is a temple deep in the mountains
of Nagano. As landlords of the entire region, they are also
known as the "mountain kings". Her love of rock music
can be considered a form of rebellion against her family.
After graduating from high school, she plans to attend
college while living together with Hanepin.
Infinite Creation of Swords.

Though it is treated as a Noble Phantasm, technically
speaking it is a type of sorcery called a reality marble.
Within this reality marble exists all the ingredients
needed for the creation of swords. So long as Archer has
seen the original, he is able to easily replicate it.
However, the replicated weapon has its rank reduced
by one.
Replication of defensive armaments is also possible,
but it requires two to three times more magical energy
than a normal projection.
Once an armament has been replicated, it is registered
inside the boundary field and can be manufactured with
Gradation Air even without expanding the reality marble.
Against a normal opponent this is little more than a
mildly annoying ability, but it is the natural enemy of a
certain King of Heroes.
Unsealed Amber Kick [Technique]
Kohaku's Arc Drive. After changing into Chinese clothes,

she unleashes a vaguely familiar series of techniques.
The mock China feeling here is out of this world.
During Blood Heat even more hits are added to the
combination, but since this rampaging style is too violent
there's a real chance she'll be fired after using it maybe.
Sorry, Kohaku.
The inspiration for this technique was Kagetsu Tohya,
when Kohaku came to Shiki's school festival and wore a
Chinese silk dress in his class's event.
Unused Assets [Other]

Fate Dictionary
Assets that were created, but never used. Primarily

refers to character sprites.
I don't know what made us think it would be a good
idea, but going into Fate/stay night we had this crazy
idea to have a far, middle, and zoom version of every
single sprite in the game.
By the time we were finished, we had over 3600
images just counting the character sprites alone. It was
totally ridiculous, and there was no way we could
possibly use them all. If we had kept them the game
would have taken up four whole discs, so we tearfully
went through and deleted everything that went unused.
Next time, let's shoot for a little more optimization. I'm
thinking a nice, simple game that you can beat in two
hours, how's that sound?
Uryuu Ryuunosuke [Person]
The Master of Caster in the Fourth Holy Grail War.

Cheerful and openhearted. Despite easily reading the
subtleties of other people's emotions, he doesn't care for
minor details and is always positive and upbeat. He is a
pleasant young man who doesn't shrink back from failure,
and whose natural sense of adventure and curiosity push
him to enjoy life to the fullest. Unfortunately, his only
interests are torture, murder, and disposing of bodies.
This proclivity wasn't caused by a childhood trauma
that warped his personality, or anything like that. He was
simply born evil, just like Kotomine Kirei. However, unlike
Kirei he was never indoctrinated by a preexisting system
of morality, and so was never burdened by any sort of
hesitation or doubt when it came to embracing his
desires.
Though he had already killed 42 people before he
summoned Caster, he had never been considered as a
suspect even once the police investigation was a total
dead end, failing to turn up the evidence required to
even open a case against him. Despite being a totally
unmethodical pleasure killer, his ability to destroy
evidence and hamper criminal investigations is almost
transcendent. If he had decided to work as a professional
assassin it's quite likely that he would have quickly
become a legend within the industry. However, he's the
type of person that draws a strict line between business
and pleasure, so the idea of making money off of killing
rubs him the wrong way. He never even stole anything
from any of his victims, instead choosing to support

himself by working normal, unassuming part time jobs.
He is fond of animals, and loves going to safari parks
and watching nature documentaries on TV. However, it
seems he can only appreciate violence when the target
is a human. While he may admire sharks and other
predators, he has never once desired to be one himself,
because as far as he's concerned the most skillful hunter
of humans is another human.
V
Vampire [Term]
A general term for those that suck human blood.

Refers specifically to the Dead Apostles, or those that
have become bloodsuckers because of them.
The vampires in Tsukihime extract human blood to
maintain their own flesh. If, during this process, the
vampire injects their own blood into their human prey,
that human will be unable to peacefully pass away.
For a normal person, death will still find them before
long regardless. However, on rare occasions, if the victim
has high physical potential and the capacity of their soul
is excellent, they will remain in the world of the living.
Afterward, their corpse is interred, and left alone for
several years. During this time their brain melts, their
soul is liberated from the cage of the body, and finally
they arise as a ghoul.
As a ghoul, they feed on the corpses sleeping in the
graves around them to supplement their own missing
flesh, restoring their physical body little by little.
After many years of this, they will eventually regain
their brain and intelligence. At this stage they can finally
be called a vampire.
However, although this new vampire is free now, they
cannot escape the rule of their sire's blood.
Finally, after spending decades acclimating to life in the
darkness, the vampire will begin attacking humans to
create servants of their very own, while remaining
subservient to the vampire that made them.
The Church exists to obstruct this infinite cycle. Their
ultimate goal is the utter eradication of all vampires, and
the sealing of the 27 Ancestors that made them.
Vampire [Term]
A general term for those that suck human blood. Refers

specifically to the Dead Apostles, or those that have
become bloodsuckers because of them.
The vampires in Tsukihime extract human blood to
maintain their own flesh. If, during this process, the
vampire injects their own blood into their human prey,
that human will be unable to peacefully pass away. For a
normal person, death will still find them before long
regardless. However, on rare occasions, if the victim has
high physical potential and the capacity of their soul is
excellent, they will remain in the world of the living.
Afterward, their corpse is interred, and left alone for
several years. During this time their brain melts, their
soul is liberated from the cage of the body, and finally
they arise as a kind of living dead called a "ghoul".
As a ghoul, they feed on the corpses sleeping in the
graves around them to supplement their own missing
flesh, restoring their physical body little by little. After
many years of this, they will eventually regain their brain
and intelligence. At this stage, they can finally be called a
"vampire".
However, although this new vampire can move by their
own will, they cannot escape from the rule of their sire's
blood. Finally, after spending decades acclimating to life
in the darkness, the vampire will begin attacking humans
to create servants of their very own, while remaining
subservient to the vampire that made them.
In order to obstruct this infinite cycle, the Church
created the Burial Agency, Inquisitors that exist to slay
Dead Apostles. The Burial Agency's goal is the utter
eradication of all vampires, and the sealing of the 27
Ancestors that made them.
Vampire [Term]
Monsters that suck human blood. Refers mostly to the

Dead Apostles, or those that have become bloodsuckers
because of them. Though they are basically unaging and
immortal, they require human blood to maintain their
flesh. Thus, their immortality is imperfect.
Those that have been turned into vampires by Dead
Apostles can operate by their own will, but because their
behavioral principles are bound by their parent vampire,
it is impossible for them to escape their control. In the
event that they successfully attack a human and acquire
their blood, the majority of it will be taken by the parent
vampire.
Consequently, the child vampire will eventually try to

become a parent vampire themselves. After spending
decades acclimating to life in the darkness, they will start
to threaten the world by creating servants of their very
own.
In order to put a stop to this vicious cycle of vampirism,
the Church created the Burial Agency heresy hunters
whose aim is the complete extermination of all Dead
Apostles.
Vampire Sion [Person]
Sion after she has completely changed into a vampire.

The master of statistics and random numbers, who
started carrying out the Tatari as Wallachia's successor.
You could say she's Black Sion.
She was a hidden character in the original Melty Blood,
but as of Re-act she's selectable by default.
In this form she does not use her Etherlite very much,
preferring instead to attack with her own claws. Her Arc
Drive, Cruel Blood, is Melty Blood's one-and-only act of
bloodsucking. It's an appropriate Arc Drive for the guest
heroine that represents Melty Blood itself, don't you
think?
She inherited Wallachia's "Cut, cut, cut!", but her
version is dignified and cute. Oh, and her casual win pose
is pretty sexy, don't you think?
Vampire Sion [Person]
Sion after she has completely changed into a vampire.

Master of statistics and random numbers.
In this state, she is almost unrecognizable as Sion, and
is skilled at attacking via the manipulation of information
just like Wallachia.
While she still possesses a shred of human reason
during her arcade scenario, in her ending she has
completely degenerated into a vampire that revels in
destruction and sucking blood.
Though she has inherited all the countless victims
(information) absorbed by the Tatari over the years, it
seems that there is information there that she has not
yet been able to fully break down and rearrange. And
when you eat something bad or rotten, the best thing to
do is throw it up.
I wonder if someday Sion will vomit up this undigested
"thing"?
Vampiric Impulse [Term]

The base desire possessed by both True Ancestors and

Dead Apostles.
In True Ancestors it is merely a bad habit, but in Dead
Apostles it is a means of staying alive.
For those Dead Apostles who used to be human, it is
something not entirely dissimilar from an expression of
love.
Vermilion Akiha [Person]
Akiha in a state close to Crimson Red Vermilion.

Through sheer willpower alone, she is able to control
her rampage and avoid fully becoming a Crimson Red
Vermilion.
Or rather, for Akiha this form is actually what she looks
like when she's conserving her strength, and her normal
form is the result of her actively using her power to
suppress her oni blood. It's quite similar to the situation
with Arcueid and her vampiric impulse.
Properly speaking, becoming a Crimson Red Vermilion
means completely losing your ability to reason, but it
seems even in this state Akiha still has some sanity left.
This, too, is probably by virtue of her high aptitude for it.
Vimana [Noble Phantasm]
golem? Out of all of Kayneth's armaments, it has the

greatest capacity for physical destruction. He had
prepared many other mystic codes designed for battles
with curses and conjurations, but the vast majority of
them were lost when his hotel was blown up by Kiritsugu.
Though it wouldn't be wrong to call it an almighty
weapon due to its versatility, in the end it is still just an
automaton, and once you see through its movement
patterns it's fairly easy to handle. Also, since the magical
energy required to operate it is directly proportional to
the complexity of its shape, it is necessary to keep it in its
basic form as much as possible switching to a more
complex form drastically reduces its reaction speed and
power. The final "sea urchin" transformation used in the
battle against Kiritsugu was a form that combined both
raw defensive ability and cunning, but accordingly the
drain on Kayneth's magical energy was immense.
By the way, after the war ended Lord El-Melloi II may
or may not have reprogrammed this mystic code and
employed it as a multi-purpose maid golem. Though it
has enough intellectual capacity to perform simple
household chores, it seems there's a troublesome bug
that pops up every now and then that causes it to
rampage around insisting that it's a killer robot from the
future. Maybe it was shown a detrimental movie just
when it was on the verge of completing its education in
good taste?
W
Walther WA 2000 [Armament]
His Highness the King of Heroes' mobile aerial weapon,

which took flight for the first time in volume three. A
high-tech Noble Phantasm from India that would even
put Area 51 to shame. It uses solar energy produced by
mercury-powered sun crystals to move. In ancient Indian
mythology it came fully loaded with wondrous weapons
ranging from ancient machine guns to ancient nuclear
warheads, all of which are surely stashed away in the
King of Heroes' treasury.
Volumen Hydrargyrum [Sorcery]
One of the mystic codes employed by Lord El-Melloi.

Essentially, it is a mass of magically-infused mercury that
has been filled with a large variety of movement patterns
and programmed to respond appropriately depending
on the situation. I guess you could call it a kind of battle

The sniper rifle used by Emiya Kiritsugu in the Holy

Grail War. Despite being relatively compact due to its
bullpup design, it is an extremely heavy and hard to use
weapon. On top of that, Kiritsugu's is decked out with a
preposterous night vision system. The night vision scopes
that existed during the time period of the Fourth Holy
Grail War were a long way off from where they are today,
and were often bulkier and heavier than the guns they
were attached to. Also, one of the gun's major flaws was
its prohibitive cost, which is one of the reasons it never
saw widespread use, but thanks to the Einzberns'
considerable funds that was no problem at all. And
besides, it was probably less expensive than running
telephone lines all the way out to a castle in the middle
of nowhere.
Waver Velvet [Person]

The third generation magus of the Velvet household.

Though to put that in perspective, the first generation
was his grandmother, who was the lover of a certain
magus and picked up the very basics of sorcery from their
pillow talk. The second generation, Waver's mother, only
dabbled as a way to honor her mother's memory. Waver
was the first member of his family to seriously follow the
path of sorcery, which is why his circuit count and crest
quality are both the lowest of the low.
Though his mother found the Association's hierarchical
system annoying and disapproved of her son seeking out
tutelage from a proper mentor, Waver himself was
strongly drawn to sorcery. After both his parents died of
illness, he gave away all of his family's possessions,
scraped together just enough money to cover tuition,
and entered the Clock Tower without a penny to his
name. As a result, he endured countless hardships and
failures, and eventually resorted to gambling everything
on the Holy Grail War.
Though he doesn't possess even the most basic
prerequisites to actually practice sorcery, his power of
observation and insight give him remarkable talent as a
researcher. In fact, had he insisted that Sorcery is a
subculture! and started a business as a critic, he could
have taken the world by storm. But of course, he would
have been obliterated by the Association, so his inborn
talents took another form.
To use running as metaphor, though his leg strength is
just the absolute worst, he is capable of imagining the
perfect running form. While he can never be an athlete,
his talent shines as a coach.
He was initially conceived of as a Nobita-like "King of
Cowards", a breath of fresh air in the grim world of Zero.
By the time the book was finished, though, his character
had grown to the point you might actually mistake him
as the protagonist.
White Len [Person]
Len's shadow. She is Len's unused "active personality"

given form using the remnants of Wallachia. The "her"
that exists on the other side of the mirror, so to speak.
In Melty Blood Re-act, she appears as a boss. Her stage,
Midsummer Snowfield, could be called Len's imagined
world. Compared to the normal Len, she is crueler, more
vulgar, and ever-so-loveable. She is a contradictory idol,

both sensual and chaste. Because the Midsummer
Snowfield is Len's world, she is the master of everything
in it. Nevertheless, it is completely at the mercy of White
Len's power. The version of her Arc Drive that uses the
snowfield isn't much to look at, but I could listen to that
cute voice over and over.
By the way, this is just a digression but Re-act's subtitle
is actually "Through the Looking-Glass".
White Len [Person]

Len's shadow. She is Len's unused "active personality"

given form using the remnants of Wallachia.
Compared to the normal Len, she is crueler, more
vulgar, and ever-so-loveable. She is a contradictory idol,
both sensual and chaste.
Her stage, Midsummer Snowfield, could be called Len's
imagined world, and as such, Len is the master of
everything in it. Nevertheless, it is completely at the
mercy of White Len's power.
Why? [Other]
Fate Dictionary
Shirou's catchphrase. He says it when faced with things

that make him wonder from the bottom of his heart, like
a conditioned response.
Hey, did you know that originally Fate/stay night was
going to have four routes? But, for some reason now
there are only three. I wonder why
For now, let's just say it's tying off a loose end from the
original Tsukihime.
Wild Wild England [Other]

Fate Dictionary
The short episode you get by choosing to go see Saber

in the dojo at night on the tenth day of the Rin route.
It's a comical dialog that provides a brief glimpse at
Saber's profound (and long-held) discontent toward the
food she was served in life.
By the way, whether or not their food is actually "wild"
in real life comes down to personal tastes, so don't come
crying to me about it, okay?
X
Y
Yamaha V-Max [Other]
The motorcycle that Emiya Kiritsugu prepared for his

Servant. Since it underwent excessive tuning without any
regard for usability, a normal person trying to ride it
would just end up killing themselves. Maiya must have
brought it into town on a truck, then pushed it from the
front gate to the courtyard.
The president of Nitro+, Digitarou, was responsible for
picking out and configuring the vehicle model.
By the way, at one point during the consultation stage,
Mr. Takeuchi had just gotten back from seeing the new
Ghost Rider movie and wouldn't stop going on about
how awesome it would be if Saber's motorcycle could
transform too, but, uh honestly it seemed like it would
be a lot of trouble. I was really glad I managed to get out
of writing that one!
Yamase Maiko [Person]
A young girl who went missing during the course of a

certain incident.
She appears in the Kagetsu Tohya side story "Dawn",
and has a younger sister named Akemi.
As for who she is and what kind of incident she was
dragged into, that's covered in the story.
Yumizuka Satsuki [Person]

Shiki's classmate. Her nickname is Sacchin.

She is a pitiable girl, who had been Shiki's classmate
several times since middle school, but never managed to
capture his attention.
Since she wasn't even a sub-heroine, we endeavored
to give as plain a design as possible.
Just like Nrvnqsr, she didn't appear in proto-Tsukihime.
(Though, she did exist as a fellow classmate).
At one point, the scenario director actually did scribble
out a few barebones rough drafts for a pretty amazing
Sacchin route, but in the end he decided the game was
flashy enough already and reconsidered.
By the way, that athletics storeroom with a door that
always jams is actually something that exists in real life.
There are even students that got stuck inside it, too.
Also, while we're on the topic, allow me to explain
what the club captain meant when she said keeping what
happened quiet was a matter of the club's survival, since
it wasn't very clear in the story itself. Basically, at Shiki's
middle school, students were constantly warned to be
careful around the old storeroom. If a teacher found out
that a group of students had disregarded those warnings
and gotten stuck inside, there would be hell to pay.
And, since the badminton club only had six members,
it would almost certainly be used as a pretext to abolish
the club on the spot.
Though it seems that after Sacchin graduated, it was
converted into a lacrosse club anyway.
What a cutthroat school, huh?
Shiki's classmate. Her nickname is Sacchin.

capture his attention.
She just happened to catch sight of somebody who
looked like Shiki walking through town one day, and
because of that ended up being bitten by a vampire.
Afterward, she stalked the town at night as a half
vampire herself, her body and mind crumbling, until she
encountered Shiki and met her end.
Basically, your typical tragic heroine. She remained

unrewarded to the bitter end, but I'd like to believe she
at least received a fleeting salvation in her last moments.
As it happens, she had an exceptional predisposition
for being a vampire. The fact that she was able to operate
as a Dead Apostle less than a day after being bitten is
totally unheard of. That she was only able to discover her
talents after death it's a little ironic, no? Exactly what
you'd expect from the shadow heroine Sacchin.
Still, at her core she's a normal girl. Though she might
be on the same level as the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors
as far as pure suitability is concerned, since her
personality is still human it seems that she's doomed to
be an eternal dropout.
In Melty Blood Re-act, she participates as a usable
character for the first time, allowing players to enjoy
situations that were impossible in the original story. Sion
is her pen-pal and fellow back-alley dweller. It's a
relationship based on the assumption that Satsuki was
still alive when Sion first came to Japan.
The reason she doesn't have the corpse-throwing killer
move that she demonstrated in Tsukihime is because the
Satsuki in Re-act has still never killed anybody. Perhaps if
there's ever a "full vampire" version of Satsuki, though,
it will make an appearance as well?
Shiki's classmate. During the vampire incident one year

ago, she was bitten by the vampire Roa and subsequently
went missing.
In Re-act, she appears as a dropout vampire who still
sides with humanity despite having been turned into a
Dead Apostle.
capture his attention. Even now, she is nursing an
unrequited one-sided love.
Something of an oddity, she was unremarkable as a
human, yet had exceptional talent as a vampire. The fact
that she was able to operate as a Dead Apostle less than
a day after being bitten is totally unheard of.
Z
Zabaniya [Noble Phantasm, Sorcery]
Fate Dictionary
Delusional Heartbeat. The cursed arm.

It is the arm of the elemental of malice, Shayn, and
excels at cursing humans to death.
Using an ether lump, it creates a dual existence from
the reflected image of the assassination target.
By crushing this imposter resonating with the original,
it curses the target to death without ever laying a single
finger upon them.
It is a convoluted method of killing, but one well-suited
for assassinations.
For instance, even if the target was wearing armor with
a defense score of 1000, Zabaniya would grab hold of the
false heart from above the armor and deal direct internal
damage.
Somehow, it feels a little bit like an illusionist's trick.
Zepia [Person]
Zepia Eltnam Oberon.

A man who was head of the Eltnam family, famed
within the Atlas Institute, one of the three great
branches of the Association.
Though he was crowned with the name of Atlasia, he
withdrew from the Association for a certain reason.
Subsequently, the Eltnam family fell into decline.
The last anybody heard of him was 500 years ago, in
Transylvania.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TYPE-MOON

The fourth entry in a super-popular series of war

There are various kick techniques found in Tohno

Saber's rival in the Fourth Holy Grail War.

The Rider class Servant of the Fourth Holy Grail War.

Waver Velvet, who stole the catalyst Kayneth had

In Fate/stay night, all of the Servants' alignments can

While a difference in personality generally won't be

One who is reviled by the people, who saves people as

A name that appears briefly in the story . It is the family

Aozaki Aoko [Person]

One of the five existing Magicians. It seems she hates

Source: Tsukihime Dokuhon Plus Period (2004-10-22), p.175

One of the five existing Magicians. It seems she hates

One of the five existing magicians.

It was due to her influence that the young Tohno Shiki

Aoko's older sister. She studied sorcery under her

Aoko's older sister. She studied sorcery under her

Arc Drive [Term]

The greatest techniques in Melty Blood, the Tsukihime

Heroic Spirit of the bow. A type of Servant that has low

was more subtle than after the battle with Berserker in

One of the heroines in Tsukihime. Probably the

One of the heroines in Tsukihime. Probably the

she went berserk and wiped out most of the few

Royalty of the True Ancestors. The Last Princess.

An offshoot of the Tohno family. Of all the branch

An offshoot of the Tohno family. Of all the branch

Arima Miyako [Person]

The Charging China Girl.

The Charging China Girl.

Thinking that, Miyako started practicing (self-taught)

The private boarding school for girls that Akiha attends.

Heroic Spirit of assassinations. Unlike the other classes,

An organization created to protect those who seek to

An organization created to protect those who seek to

in northern Europe called the "Sea of Estray". However,

An organization created to protect those who seek to

Alchemists affiliated with the Atlas Institute.

because they can just make up for it by creating the

One of the three major branches of the Association.

In order to avoid the "end" proven by their first

The Ever-distant Utopia.

Atlas Institute [Place]

The institute Sion belonged to, and one of the three

Back Alley Alliance [Term]

A congregation of heroines forced to live in back alleys.

Baptism Sacrament [Sorcery]

The sole miracle that members of the Holy Church are

The mystic code possessed by Sion. A replica of the

Lancer's original Master. Fate unknown.

A beautiful woman dressed as a man, her abilities as a

You can catch a glimpse of this in the Ciel Route,

Arcueid after going into a wild frenzy and becoming

Bellerophon [Noble Phantasm]

Arcueid when she's rampaging around in a frenzy.

Arcueid after she has succumbed to her vampiric

Heroic Spirit of berserker rage. A type of Servant that

The Berserker in the story was already an excellent

No, not the black keys on a piano. The throwing swords