History Characters / FateGrandOrderPretenders

** {{Averted|Trope}} for Lady Avalon, who doesn't get outed by anyone and therefore has no reveal scene of her true identity.

** Cait Cu Cernpriestess is Baobhan Sith who was granted the name of Tristan by her mother Morgan, who later becomes the new priestess of Cernunnos.

** Baobhan wearing Cernunnos clothing or holding a Cernunnos plushy was common fanart prior to this.

* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: Each Pretender (except for the seasonal variants) has 1 skill that is just marked as "???". It isn't until you uncover their true identities do you learn what the skills are actually named.

* RareRandomDrop: As this class was first introduced late within the Lostbelt arc while the other Extra classes were at least introduced before the prologue of the Lostbelt arc even happened, the chances of getting a Pretender in the gacha is much smaller compared to other Extra classes. But while Oberon, Lady Avalon and Cait Cú Cernpriestess are limited, Hephaistion and Tlaloc are permanent, giving non-spending players excellent options in dealing with Alter Ego enemies. Halloween 2022 later gave players the first welfare Pretender in Nine-Tattoo Dragon Elisa, although her event requires clearing Olympus to participate.

* WalkingSpoiler: Hoo boy. Due to the nature of the entire class, should this page be spoiler-tagged it'll read out like an [=FBI=] report. And as much as Lady Avalon claims that she has nothing to hide, all of them are known for concealing their identities which once revealed, spoils plenty about their true circumstances. The class even has a specific and unique cutscene dedicated to revealing their true names[[note]]'True Name Fusion' for Oberon Vortigern, 'True Name Deposition' for Hephaistion Mnemosyne, 'True Name Construction' for Tlaloc/Tenochtitlan[[/note]] once the cat's out of the bag, and after completing the stories they debut in, the skills previously marked with [[MyNameIsQuestionMarks "???"]] will have their names revealed as well. And notably, Oberon is the only Servant [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking whose Valentine scene is locked behind Lostbelt 6 completion]] because of his true identity, a trait that not even fellow WalkingSpoiler Tlaloc has despite also hiding her identity from others with her 3rd Ascension onwards locked until Lostbelt 7 completion.

First mentioned to have been Urabe-no-Suetake's Caster-class servant in Heian-kyo, he makes his first proper appearance in Ordeal Call II: Id, Wastehole of the Unsalvagable as a Pretender-class servant and [[spoiler:the final apostle of the Foreign World.]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His alias of Count Alessandro di Cagliostro is so well known in the public consciousness that not even the Heroic Spirit summoned from the Throne goes by his actual name of Giuseppe Balsamo. [[spoiler:Subverted, however, in that his profile makes it clear that Giuseppe Balsamo and Alessandro di Cagliostro are effectively both false names, with the "true identity" of "Count Cagliostro" being a complete unknown riddled with theories and stories that nobody can truly consider or confirm to be "the truth".]]

* UniformityException: She's so far the only Pretender of the Man attribute while her classmates are of the Earth attribute.

* DramaticIrony: Tlaloc works for Tezcatlipoca in Lostbelt 7, when in myth his actions were the reason Tlaloc was deposed of his duties as the third sun. This is good sign she's not the actual Tlaloc who would have no reason to treat Tezcatlipoca with the reverence she does.
** First when Tezcatlipoca slept with his first wife Xochiquetzal, goddess of flowers, dancing, and beauty. Which angered Tlaloc so much he refused to let rain happen on Earth and wallowed in his sadness. Till the humans' begging irritated him enough that he gave them rain, '''[[ExactWords a rain]] [[KillItWithFire of fire]]''' that destroyed the world.
** ''Then'' fucked over his second wife Chalchiuhtlicue, the goddess of love, beauty, youth, lakes, rivers, seas, streams, horizontal waters, storms, and baptism, tenure as the fourth sun by telling her that she only faked being the loving goddess she was as a means for humanity to worship her. The cruel remarks upset her so much she '''cried blood for 52 years''' that drowned the world.

'''Illustrated by:''' Hiroki Saito

First mentioned to have been Urabe-no-Suetake's Caster-class servant in Heian-kyo, he makes his first proper appearance in Ordeal Call II: Irreversible Trash Heap - Id, as a Pretender-class servant and [[spoiler:the final apostle of the Foreign World.]]

First mentioned to have been Urabe-no-Suetake's Caster-class servant in Heian-kyo, he makes his first proper appearance in Ordeal Call II: Irreversible Trash Heap - Id, [[spoiler: as a Pretender-class servant and the final apostle of the Foreign World.]]

** First when Tezcatlipoca slept with his first wife Xochiquetzal, goddess of flowers, dancing, and beauty. Which angered Tlaloc so much he refused to let rain happen on Earth and wallow in his sadness. Till the humans' begging irritated him enough that he gave them rain, '''[[ExactWords a rain]] [[KillItWithFire of fire]]''' that destroyed the world.

However, he was nothing but a fraud, a Quack of Quacks, neither a doctor nor a mage. Only having knowledge of mystery never mastering any but one, immortality. His showing only lead to the further deterioration of the otherwise already dying Mystery and forced the Clock Tower to create the Department of Modern Magecraft Theory, Norwich, during the turn of the 20th century. Not only that, he was also an influence in the French Revolution, as his involvement in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, which some say he was the mastermind of, helped the populace's hatred of the Monarchy, in particular to Queen Marie Antoinette, which lead to it's collapse. While he was regarded as a hero by many, others feared him and slandered his reputation to destroy the image of him being a hero. \\\

He was supposed to debut in Heian-Kyo as the Caster-class Servant of Urabe no Suetaka, he was cut but later made his debut during the E-Olga Marie quests as it's mastermind albeit not physically, till he finally physically made his debut during Ordeal Call II where it was revealed he is the last Apostle of the Foreign God.

* TheAgeless: How he survived past his recorded death. He possesses immortality in the form of agelessness and super-regeneration, though he adamantly says it is '''not''' true immortality.
* ArchEnemy: To the Count of Monte Cristo. While history recorded him dying in prison in 1795, he actually escaped and had several battles with Dantès before being killed by him. During his motive rant, Cagliostro credits himself for killing Dantès' attachments three times: the time he personally killed someone Dantès loved, the time his companion Michael Roa drained Concetta of her blood, and when he stabbed the protagonist, though they survive thanks to Attendre, Espérer. He even has the Hero's Archenemy (False) skill, firmly cementing himself as this for the Dantès.

* ILied: He constantly and frequently lies for his own benefit, with even his skills being molded around just how much he lies and allowing him to qualify for the Pretender class as a Servant.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His alias of Count Alessandro di Cagliostro is so well known in the public consciousness that not even the Heroic Spirit summoned from the Throne goes by his actual name of Giuseppe Balsamo.

* GodzillaThreshold: When the situation in "Lady Reines's Case Files" becomes untenable and she has no way of seeing the Protagonist's memories back to them,]] she uses her Pretender status to take on Iskandar's name so she can invoke the Ionian Hetairoi. Not only does this greatly overtax her Spirit Origin, but she absolutely ''loathes'' the Hetairoi and under normal circumstances refuses to let Iskandar summon her among them. That she calls on them herself is a testament to how she's willing to do ''anything'' to save the Protagonist's memories.

* ArchEnemy: To the Count of Monte Cristo. While history recorded him dying in prison in 1795, he actually escaped and had several battles with Dantès before being killed by him. During his motive rant, Cagliostro credits himself for killing Dantès' attachments three times: the time he personally killed someone Dantès loved, the time his companion Michael Roa drained Concetta of her blood, and when [[spoiler: he stabbed the protagonist, though they survive thanks to Attendre, Espérer]]. He even has the Hero's Archenemy (False) skill, firmly cementing himself as this for the Dantès.

* GodzillaThreshold: When the situation in "Lady Reines's Case Files" becomes untenable and she has no way of [[spoiler:seeing the Protagonist's memories back to them,]] she uses her Pretender status to take on Iskandar's name so she can invoke the Ionian Hetairoi. Not only does this greatly overtax her Spirit Origin, but she absolutely ''loathes'' the Hetairoi and under normal circumstances refuses to let Iskandar summon her among them. That she calls on them herself is a testament to how she's willing to do ''anything'' to [[spoiler:save the Protagonist's memories.]]

* HappilyEverAfter: By her admission, she prefer it if that good things ''never end'' and go on forever. This is concerning as it is the idealogical opposite of [[spoiler: Queen Draco aka Beast VI/S.]] It also has shades of [[Anime/FatePrototype Manaka's goal of an Eternal Camelot]] implying at the very least a connection to [[spoiler: Beast VI/G]]

He was supposed to debut in Heian-Kyo as the Caster-class Servant of Urabe no Suetaka, he was cut but later made his debut during the E-Olga Marie quests as it's mastermind, but he physically made his debut during Ordeal Call II.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: She is the youngest-looking of the Elisabeths and the most like a regular girl rather then being...Elisabeth. She's also the only one who isn't interested in becoming an idol. Additionally, compared to her 'classmates' who qualified with more nefarious means, this Eliza is classified as a Pretender simply because she's 'playing pretend' like how a small child would.

* WalkingSpoiler: Hoo boy. Due to the nature of the entire class, should this page be spoiler-tagged it'll read out like a [=FBI=] report. And as much as Lady Avalon claims that she has nothing to hide, all of them are known for concealing their identities which once revealed, spoils plenty about their true circumstances. The class even has a specific and unique cutscene dedicated to revealing their true names[[note]]'True Name Fusion' for Oberon Vortigern, 'True Name Deposition' for Hephaistion Mnemosyne, 'True Name Construction' for Tlaloc/Tenochtitlan[[/note]] once the cat's out of the bag, and after completing the stories they debut in, the skills previously marked with [[MyNameIsQuestionMarks "???"]] will have their names revealed as well. And notably, Oberon is the only Servant [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking whose Valentine scene is locked behind Lostbelt 6 completion]] because of his true identity, a trait that not even fellow WalkingSpoiler Tlaloc has despite also hiding her identity from others with her 3rd Ascension onwards locked until Lostbelt 7 completion.

* ArchEnemy: To the Count of Monte Cristo. While history recorded him dying in prison in 1795, he actually escaped and had several battles with Dantès before being killed by him. During his motive rant, Cagliostro credits himself for killing Dantès' attachments three times: the time he personally killed someone Dantès loved, the time his companion Michael Roa drained Concetta of her blood, and when [[spoiler: he stabbed the protagonist, though the protagonist survives thanks to Attendre, Espérer]]. He even has the Hero's Archenemy (False) skill, firmly cementing himself as this for the Dantès.

->''"Pleased to make your acquaintance. I am called Alessandro di Cagliostro. Others call me as such: Count Cagliostro.."''

* ArchEnemy: To the Count of Monte Cristo. While history recorded him having died in prison, he actually escaped and had several battles with Dantès before being killed by him. During his motive rant, Cagliostro credits himself for killing Dantès' attachments three times: the time he personally killed someone Dantès loved, the time his companion Michael Roa drained Concetta of her blood, and when [[spoiler: he stabbed the protagonist, though the protagonist survives thanks to Attendre, Espérer]]. He even has the Hero's Archenemy (False) skill, firmly cementing himself as this for the Dantès.

* BreakingOldTrends: He's the first Apostle of the Alien World to be a 4-star Servant.