History Characters / FateGrandOrderOberon

* BigBad: Of the AprilFoolsDay 2024 app "Fate/Dream Strikers", though this being April Fools Day it's still PlayedForLaughs. While the setting was actually the product of the Protagonist's dream, he was the one who kicked off the events of the story by posing as the Brazilian soccer coach Oberto Hongo. HilarityEnsues.

He debuts in "Lostbelt No. 6: Fairy Round Table Domain, Avalon le Fae", serving as an ally for the first 2 parts and eventually the true antagonist and FinalBoss in the Collapse Arc as he is the one behind the threat of the planet collapsing that forced Chaldea to enter the Lostbelt. His playable version was eventually released as a Limited Servant during the Lostbelt 6 Conclusion Campaign, getting the honor of being the 1st Pretender in the game and the franchise as a whole in the process. He also shows up in the "Mystic Eyes Symphony ~Enchanting Forest and Lovely Footprints~" event... for a short while before heading back to the control room and makes his proper event debut in "Servant Summer Festival 2023". He's also the mastermind of the events of the 2024 April Fools Day event "Fate/Dream Striker", trapping the Protagonist in their soccer-themed dream by using a soccer ball to plug a hole that would have otherwise been the exit in a bid attempt to get them to rest.

* ShipperOnDeck: If there was a captain of the Protagonist/[=AlCas=] ship, it'd be Oberon. During ''Servant Summer Festival 2023'' he starts teasing them about dating when he sees the two together, and Altria Caster (Berserker)'s Valentine's scene if the protagonist chooses to see her in her 2nd Ascension has her cuss him out when it's implied that he left behind a copy of ''Through the Looking Glass'' on purpose for the Protagonist to read.

He debuts in "Lostbelt No. 6: Fairy Round Table Domain, Avalon le Fae", serving as an ally for the first 2 parts and eventually the true antagonist and FinalBoss in the Collapse Arc as he is the one behind the threat of the planet collapsing that forced Chaldea to enter the Lostbelt. His playable version was eventually released as a Limited Servant during the Lostbelt 6 Conclusion Campaign, getting the honor of being the 1st Pretender in the game and the franchise as a whole in the process. He also shows up in the "Mystic Eyes Symphony ~Enchanting Forest and Lovely Footprints~" event... for a short while before heading back to the control room and makes his proper event debut in "Servant Summer Festival 2023".

* TheOneGuy: The first male Pretender... and as of the release of Cait Cu Cernpriestess/Summer Baobhan Sith, the only one... [[SubvertedTrope until the release of Alessandro di Cagliostro]].

* TheOneGuy: The first male Pretender... and as of the release of Cait Cu Cernpriestess/Summer Baobhan Sith, the only one.

** PlayedForLaughs in his own Valentine's scene; if you choose to see him alone, he wonders how you found him and if you mention "Merlin Magecraft", he sounds annoyed, referring to Altria Caster and denoting who taught her that "scam magecraft". Given he called himself "Merlin" when telepathically speaking to her and being responsible for teaching her Magecraft, he's naturally taught Altria Caster exactly that and is annoyed that it's being used against him. You can even rub it in his face by offering to show him a hand mirror and in the NA server he even references the trope by name.
---> '''Oberon Vortigern''': "'Merlin Magecraft'? Stipid damn name. Who taught her that shit? (...) Damnit. [[LampshadeHanging I can't believe I'm being hoisted by my own damn petard.]]"

** PlayedForLaughs in his own Valentine's scene; if you choose to see him alone, he wonders how you found him and as you mention "Merlin Magecraft", he sounds annoyed, referring to Altria Caster and denoting who taught her that "scam magecraft". Given he called himself "Merlin" when telepathically speaking to her and being responsible for teaching her Magecraft, he's naturally taught Altria Caster that magecraft and is annoyed that it's being used against him. You can even rub it in his face by offering to show him a hand mirror.
---> '''Oberon Vortigern''': "'Merlin's Magecraft', my ass. Who taught her that scam magecraft?"

* TheOneGuy: The first male Pretender... and as of the release of "Nahui Mictlan" and Tlaloc[[note]]Also the latest Pretender servant in the JP server as of July 18th, 2023[[/note]], the only one.

* HelpingWouldBeKillstealing: A variation of the trope. Oberon has no issues helping Altria Caster and the Protagonist, but he regularly insists on making sure the two are the one's making the final choices or action on a important topic. His reasoning is that the two doing so matches the Child of Prophecy, and would make it easier to rally against Morgan, whereas letting others or even himself be the one to decide would take away from the importance of their choices. This is why he tends to help by scouting, providing information, or forming agreements behind the scenes but either avoids combat, or lets others take charge. In truth his reasoning more lies in his need for things to go the way he wants so he can destroy Britain as he was made to do.

* BattleThemeMusic: [[https://youtu.be/xrM-KutDyTM Finale: Fairy Domain Round Table - O. Vortigern]] plays when you, Mash and Altria Caster have to fight him. Parts of it also plays when he uses his second NP 'Lie Like Vortigern'.

* AlternateSelf: This "Vortigern" and Vortigern of Proper Human History are both technically embodiments of their Britain's will who take monstrous forms relating to dragons and darkness, but this "Vortigern" as a person is not related to Altria or Morgan like the Proper Human History version was, instead being the will of the Lostbelt version of Britain. When he reveals his true name, he follows up by clarifying that he isn't the archenemy of King Arthur like his PHH self is, and unlike the PHH version of him, Vortigern is meant to destroy the island instead of keeping it in the Age of Gods like his PHH self was. His Bond profile backs this up by listing him as being from Faerie Britain.

* ArchEnemy: Much like how Proper Human History Vortigern considers Altria as his greatest obstacle in preserving the Age of Gods and killing the humans of Britain, this Vortigern regards Morgan, who tries to preserve Faerie Britain against the wishes of the island itself, as his enemy, especially during his time as King of the Mors. Likewise, Morgan also sees him as a personal threat, and expresses her displeasure to him in a voice line. Ironically, he isn't this with Altria Caster, dispelling the notion when Chaldea mentions it. That being said, see ItsPersonal below.

** He also feels this way to Altria Caster. He only approached her because she was the Child of Prophecy destined to overthrow Morgan and taught her Magecraft to speed his plans up, but he becomes fond of her in his own way by the end of it all.

* ConfusionFu: According to the ''Storm Border'''s analysis of his Spirit Origin as Oberon, his Class constantly changes by the second which is [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration reflected each time he's used as story support]] in Lostbelt 6, including Caster, Archer, and Rider. His class reveal settles this by revealing that he's actually ''none'' of them (including his default 'Ruler' class) and is a completely new class, Pretender.

** Zigzagged regarding his relationship with Morgan. Ever since his first incarnation as King of the Mors, Vortigern did everything he could to kill her and undo everything she had ever done by destroying Faerie Britain, and there is no denying he has a degree of hatred toward her, which is mutual on Morgan's part. However, upon his Third Ascension, he claims the reason he didn't watch Morgan's death in the Lostbelt is because he acknowledges he was only born as a response to Morgan's actions in preserving Faerie Britain, and he doesn't hate "the picture book she drew" - as in, he doesn't hate the story she has created.

* PowerLimiter: It's Cernunnos himself. As long as Cernunnos exists Vortigern cannot summon his Abyssal Worm, so he goes to the trouble of manipulating both sides so Morgan and Cernunnos can be defeated. Once they're out of the picture, the predicted collapse finally begins after being kept in mystery the whole chapter.

->'''Rarity:''' SSR (5*)\\
'''ID:''' No. 316\\
'''Command Cards:''' QQABB; (B)\\
'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil (Vortigern) / LawfulGood (Oberon) (NPC only)\\
'''Attribute:''' Earth\\
'''Origin:''' Literature (''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''), England (Myth/ArthurianLegend)\\
'''First appearance:''' ''Fate/Grand Order'' (Oberon), ''Literature/GardenOfAvalon'' (Vortigern)\\
'''Illustrated by''': Chica Umino\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshiyukiToyonaga

The king of the fairies debuts as the first Pretender, offering his allies a level of power beyond their wildest dreams... and the last dreams they'll ever have. He carries two unique passive skills; the first is A Midsummer Night's Dream EX, granting him immunity to all mental debuffs and Curse debuffs while his second passive Anti-Human Order D increases the party's debuff success rate by 10% against all enemies save for Foreigners, but also throws a huge middle finger to Merlin by reducing his buff success rate by 20% if the two are in the same party. His first skill, Evening Shroud EX, charges the party's NP gauge by 20% and also buffs their NP damage. His second skill, Morning Lark EX, greatly charges a selected ally's NP gauge and generates critical stars, but inflicts a delayed and unremovable debuff that decreases their NP gauge by 20% at the end of their turn. His third skill, Ending of Dreams EX, greatly boosts a selected ally's Buster performance, and massively amplifies any existing NP damage buffs they have, but inflicts a delayed and unremovable debuff that completely and permanently shuts them down at the end of their turn, removing all of their buffs, inflicting the Eternal Sleep debuff, and forces them to be targeted by the enemy for 3 turns. His Noble Phantasm, "Rye Rhyme Goodfellow - Tale of Dreams Told Over Yonder"[[labelnote:note]]Ascension 1 and 2[[/labelnote]]/"Lie Like Vortigern - Eye of a Dream Falling Yonder"[[labelnote:note]]Ascension 3 only[[/labelnote]], is an [=AoE=] Buster attack that removes the enemies' offensive buffs before dealing greatly increased damage to Lawful enemies in particular. However, any enemy that survives will be put to sleep and be granted an Invincibility buff, preventing them from attacking or being attacked.\\\

''Three Knight Classes:'' [[Characters/FateGrandOrderSabers Sabers]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderSabersAToF A-F]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderSabersGToM G-M]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderSabersNToR N-R]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderSabersSToZ S-Z]]) | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderArchers Archers]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderArchersAToC A-C]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderArchersDToM D-M]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderArchersNToZ N-Z]]) | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderLancers Lancers]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderLancersAToF A-F]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderLancersGToM G-M]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderLancersNToZ N-Z]])\\

''Other Notable Characters:'' [[Characters/FateGrandOrderChaldeaSecurityOrganization Chaldea Security Organization]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderProtagonist Protagonist]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderMashKyrielight Mash Kyrielight]]) | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderVillains Villains]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderBeasts Beasts]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderBeastI Beast I]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderObserverOnTimelessTempleVillains Observer on Timeless Temple Villains]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderEpicOfRemnantVillains Epic of Remnant Villains]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderCosmosInTheLostbeltVillains Cosmos in the Lostbelt Villains]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderCrypters Crypters]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderForeignGodAndForces Foreign God and Forces]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderLostbeltKings Lostbelt Kings]]) | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderOrdealCallVillains Ordeal Call Villains]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderEventVillains Event Villains]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderInterludeVillains Interlude Villains]]) | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderOtherCharacters Other Characters]] ]]-]]]

* ConsummateLiar: Combined with CompulsiveLiar. His curse (represented by his skill ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'') is "nothing about you is true, and nothing that you say is true." As the first Pretender, falsity is a core part of his very existence; he's lies all the way down. It takes several story choices to call him out for the protagonist to unlock a scene where he's forced to be honest with them.

* ConsummateLiar: Combined with CompulsiveLiar. Lies are a part of Oberon's very being, something he can't escape; his words and deeds have been labelled in human history as lies regardless of what he does, and as a result a curse has been engraved into his nature since birth that basically states "nothing about you is true, and nothing you say is true", represented by his A Midsummer Night's Dream skill. His identity as Oberon is all a lie created by fairies. His name of Vortigern while closer to the truth is misleading. He either tells quick lies for short purpose or orchestrates events to serve a greater purpose. Even as a playable Servant, his appearance as Oberon seems to be him pretending to be Oberon before his real identity is revealed. It is hard to tell where his lies end and the truth actually begins, with you requiring to doubt him several times across the entire chapter to unlock a special scene where he ''has'' to tell you the truth for calling him out as a liar.

... Oberon ''says'' all that, but he's lying. He is not a Servant from Proper Human History, but a doomsday device, created by the Lostbelt Britain consumed by Sefar, to destroy Faerie Britain out of disgust for its inhabitants. As the will of the isle personified, he naturally is named Vortigern, a name shared with the uncle of King Arthur, the first incarnated will of Britain and personification of the white dragon who tried to reject the incoming Age of Man in Proper Human History. He was first born 1,000 years ago as the King of Mors when he tried to bring an end to the land of fairies in the Great Calamity, but was slain after a decades-long war. He was reborn during the present day in the Autumn Forest of Wales, where the outsider fairies claimed him as their king, making him "Oberon" and due to the influence of Proper Human history by Morgan on the lostbelt, the influence of Shakespeare rises. For the next 16 years he orchestrated Morgan's downfall and Cernunnos's destruction so he could unseal his true body and become the final Great Calamity, the Abyssal Worm, and destroy the cursed island as he was born to do.\\\

All that was described above are all but lies when it comes to this Oberon. He is not a Servant from Proper Human History, but a doomsday device, created by the Lostbelt Britain consumed by Sefar, to destroy Faerie Britain out of disgust for its inhabitants. As the will of the isle personified, he naturally is named Vortigern, a name shared with the uncle of King Arthur, the first incarnated will of Britain and personification of the white dragon who tried to reject the incoming Age of Man in Proper Human History. He was first born 1,000 years ago as the King of Mors when he tried to bring an end to the land of fairies in the Great Calamity, but was slain after a decades-long war. He was reborn during the present day in the Autumn Forest of Wales, where the outsider fairies claimed him as their king, making him "Oberon" and due to the influence of Proper Human history by Morgan on the lostbelt, the influence of Shakespeare rises. For the next 16 years he orchestrated Morgan's downfall and Cernunnos's destruction so he could unseal his true body and become the final Great Calamity, the Abyssal Worm, and destroy the cursed island as he was born to do.\\\

''Other Notable Characters:'' [[Characters/FateGrandOrderChaldeaSecurityOrganization Chaldea Security Organization]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderProtagonist Protagonist]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderMashKyrielight Mash Kyrielight]]) | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderVillains Villains]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderBeasts Beasts]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderBeastI Beast I]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderObserverOnTimelessTempleVillains Observer on Timeless Temple Villains]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderEpicOfRemnantVillains Epic of Remnant Villains]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderCosmosInTheLostbeltVillains Cosmos in the Lostbelt Villains]] ([[Characters/FateGrandOrderCrypters Crypters]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderForeignGodAndForces Foreign God and Forces]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderLostbeltKings Lostbelt Kings]]) | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderEventVillains Event Villains]] | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderInterludeVillains Interlude Villains]]) | [[Characters/FateGrandOrderOtherCharacters Other Characters]] ]]-]]]

* BlessedWithSuck: Getting merged with the concept of the British Lostbelt's version of Oberon allowed Vortigern to stabilize his existence after his King of Mors incarnation was defeated. Additionally, it broadened his intellect beyond rote hatred and blunt curses, making him capable of constructing more elaborate plans to fulfill his destructive purpose. Unfortunately, this Oberon was a faerie fundamentally entwined with lies, automatically making every word coming out of Vortigern's mouth and the meaning behind them an attempt at deception, while giving him the knowledge that it happened every time and that he was powerless to turn it off. Even worse, thanks to how physical and abstract "flotsam" kept washing up in Morgan's Britain, this fusion drew the essence of the Proper Human History Oberon to also latch onto him, making him fall hopelessly in love with Titania, a faerie that does not exist.

** Like Mélusine,"Servant Summer Festival! 2023" heavily implies that he can't swim either, preferring to hang out on the beach eating ice cream and watching his Master play in the water. Unlike Mélusine however he does not have the luxury of having the ability to actually fly due to his fake wings.