History Characters / FatePrototypeServants

* AdaptationalVillainy: Perseus is one of the few more or less straight-up heroes in Greek myth, with the worst thing you can really say about him is that he killed his father, the king, after his whole adventure was over [[AmusingInjuries during a discus throwing event where he accidentally domed his poor old man]]. With Medusa being a decidedly TragicMonster in the rest of ''Fate'', Perseus was cast as a decidedly noble but simultaneously ruthess and selfish [[ByronicHero Byronic Villain]].

* AscendedExtra: Medusa mentions in ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia''. He finally gets a proper appearance in this series.

* AdaptationalBadass: ZigZaggedTrope. Compared to F/SN-Gilgamesh who was an average swordsman and whose preferred combat style is to simply shoot everything to death, Proto-Gilgamesh actually prefers to deal with his opponents up close and personal (with his version of the Gate of Babylon acting as a single portal behind him firing weapons to compliment his DualWielding, making it something like a magical gatling gun sidearm) thus averting disadvantage that his counterpart had when put against other Servants in the melee department. He's even good enough to give Saber a hard time as seen in the OVA. On the other hand, his actual parameters are a bit lower though he keeps the EX-ranked Noble Phantasm stat.

* BoobsOfSteel: Has a large chest and appropriately enough she's a very powerful Servant.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She's barefoot, wearing leggings that expose most of her feet.

* BladeOnAStick: Gae Bolg, which is currently not in use by Lancer due to Misaya's orders.

* BladeOnAStick: She utilizes a long and gigantic spear with a large blade reminiscent of a shield.

* WaistcoatOfStyle: As Manaka's Servant, he wore a black vest with his [[BadassInANiceSuit dark suit]] in the Spin-off Novel--something [[BadassInANiceSuit Saber herself would similarly do]] in the [[LightNovel/FateZero Fourth Holy Grail War]]. This contrasts with him wearing rather informal civilian clothing as Ayaka's Servant.

* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: His Noble Phantasm, [[TheGreatFlood ''Enki: Sword of the End'']] is an EX ranked Noble Phantasm capable of flooding the entire world.[[note]]Which is a reference to the [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Surge of Utnapishtim]]. This later gives rise to [[InfinityPlusOneSword Ea's]] Enuma Elish attack in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''LightNovel/FateZero'' as an attack capable of destroying the world.[[/note]]

** Nasu mentioned that in his original vision of ''LightNovel/FateZero'', Iskandar would have had an arrogant and narcissistic streak not unlike the future [[VideoGame/FateExtra Red Saber]] - however, Creator/GenUrobuchi wrote a far more charismatic version that Nasu liked so much that he shelved his Iskandar in favor of Urobuchi's. Given his own temperament as well as the niche of being a powerful Rider-class king, it's easy to say that Ozymandias ''is'' this original vision of Iskandar that Nasu had in mind, albeit applied to a different historical figure.

* {{Leimotif}}: ''Knight of Sky Silver'', along with its variations, serves as this for Arthur in the Drama CD releases of the prequel novels.

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* {{Irony}}: FSN Rider compares him to Shinji, while he does fall under FalseFriend with Ayaka, Perseus has far more in common with MEDUSA than Shinji. [[spoiler: especially when it comes to UndyingLoyalty towards their Masters. Medusa would let all of Fuyuki burn if it meant saving Sakura. Perseus is willing to slaughter innocent people to bring Isemi BackFromTheDead.]]

* MythologyGag: His identity is nothing but this considering that FSN-Rider is none other than Medusa and that Perseus' personality was what was ultimately rewritten to be ''Shinji'' within ''Stay Night''.

* OlderThanTheyLook: He looks like a young man, but is said to be much older. The real Dr. Henry Jekyll was said to be in his 50's, and yet this one looks in his 20's tops.

* SharpDressedMan: His standard get up wouldn't look out of place in a high society gathering.

* MythologyGag: His identity is nothing but this considering that FSN-Rider is none other than Medusa.

* AdaptationalVillain: Perseus is one of the few more or less straight-up heroes in Greek myth, with the worst thing you can really say about him is that he killed his father, the king, after his whole adventure was over [[ContrivedConvenience during a discus throwing event where he accidentally domed his poor old man]]. With Medusa being a decidedly TragicMonster in the rest of ''Fate'', Perseus was cast as a decidedly noble but simultaneously ruthess and selfish [[ByronicHero Byronic Villain]].

* TheGreatFlood: As opposed to the Gilgamesh we got who's SignatureMove is blasting his opponent to smithereens with the rock-drill the freshwater and earth deity Enki used to carve out the world with, this one ''weaponizes'' the [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh The Surge of Utnapishtim]], the great deluge from several myths (Noah's flood, the flooding of the world in Hinduism and Greek Myth that King Manu and Deucalion respectively lived through) by shooting an arrow that marks exactly where the gods should re-submerge the earth from a portal in the sky opening up over wherever Gilgamesh decides.

* TheGreatFlood: As opposed to the Gilgamesh we got who's SignatureMove is blasting his opponent to smithereens with the rock-drill the freshwater and earth deity Enki used to carve out the world with, this one ''weaponizes'' the [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh The Surgeof Utnapishtim]], the great deluge from several myths (Noah's flood, the flooding of the world in Hinduism and Greek Myth that King Manu and Deucalion respectively lived through) by shooting an arrow that marks exactly where the gods should re-submerge the earth from a portal in the sky opening up over wherever Gilgamesh decides.

* AdaptationalBadass: ZigZaggedTrope. Compared to F/SN-Gilgamesh who was an average swordsman and whose preferred combat style is to simply shoot everything to death, Proto-Gilgamesh actually prefers to deal with his opponents up close and personal (with his version of the Gate of Babylon acting as a sort of sidearm) thus averting disadvantage that his counterpart had when put against other Servants in the melee department. He's even good enough to give Saber a hard time as seen in the OVA. On the other hand, his actual parameters are a bit lower though he keeps the EX-ranked Noble Phantasm stat.

* Bishonen

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Under Manaka's orders, Assassin proceeds to kill off the Master of Rider and all of his clansmen in order to cut off Rider's supply of mana so that he might be beaten during the Battle of Tokyo Bay]].