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Chaldea Security Organization
Ritsuka Fujimaru
Humanity's (Other) Last Master
Cosmos in the Lostbelt Outfit
The original protagonist of Fate/Grand Order. With the survival of a member of Team A, they are related to a crucial supporting role as they remain unparalleled in their ability to negotiate with Servants whilst keeping their heads above water no matter the crisis.
- The Lancer: To each P1 Crypter.
- Oblivious to Hatred: It takes over four Singularities for them to realize that Kadoc resents them for their abilities as a Master. And even then, he has to spell it out for them.
Mash Kyrielight (Shielder)
Servant of Shield
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Mash is the only other member of Chaldea's Team A to survive the attack and the only known successful example of a Demi-Servant, a human fused with a Heroic Spirit. Her abilities lay dormant before the story begins. When she and the protagonist are sent to Fuyuki after the explosion at Chaldea, her abilities awaken, making her the first example of a Shielder class Servant seen in the series. She has a tendency to refer to people she considers more experienced than her as 'senpai' although she tends to add an abbreviation depending on whether she's taking to Ritsuka Fujimaru or the protagonist Crypter of the current story arc.
- Combination Attack: Can perform modest tactical versions of these with a P1 Crypter Servant, but special mention goes to the "Slam Bang Manoeuvre" with Caster, where he slaps on bombs to her shield to give her blows more power.
- Iron Butt Monkey: Putting herself in the line of fire to protect others is a heroic if not necessarily pleasant experience for her.
- Took a Level in Badass: Gradually ascends over the course of Part 1 as she does in the original story.
Fou
Little Beast of Chaldea
Fou is an animal that appears to be able to freely walk around the Chaldea Security Organization's complex, and has a notable attachment to Mash. It tends to come along on the various Singularity missions.- Friendship Favoritism: Admits to Mash during the Salem arc of Master Kadoc & Caster that he doesn't like Fujimaru or Kadoc as much as her, so he'd be extremely reluctant to give up so much of his power to resurrect either of them in the way he is offering to the recently slain Mash.
- Parrot Pet Position: How he returns alongside Mash during the climax of the fight against Abigail Williams in Master Kadoc & Caster after bringing Mash back to life.
- Unwanted Revival: Knowing that Mash has been suffering from an intense Adaptational Angst Upgrade from seeing Romani sacrifice himself in Master Kadoc & Caster, Fou wants to avoid this trope and lets her know that the choice to come back to life or pass on to pursue her departed parental figure is entirely up to her.
Dr. Romani Archaman
Good Doctor of Chaldea
More known as Dr. Roman, he is the head of Chaldea's medical ward. He is responsible for making sure the Master candidates stay in good health. After the prologue, he becomes the Director stand-in overseeing both Ritsuka Fujimaru and the Crypter of the story arc.- Blue-and-Orange Morality: While conventionally benevolent, he also has some uniquely patient interactions with supernatural entities. Even after Mephistopheles (maybe) poisons him and everyone at Chaldea, he treats the supposed demon genially as a pleasant prankster. His true identity goes a long way in explaining why he's so lenient in this regard.
- My Species Doth Protest Too Much: He says that Casters "aren't usually a reliable bunch" when it comes to being Servants, but he was still proud to have been one.
- So Proud of You: He does this with Ritsuka Fujimaru as he does in canon, but given how Master Kadoc & Caster plays out, he also says this to the titular Crypter and Mash as well before performing Ars Nova.
The P1 Crypters
In General
Humanity's Last Master(s)note
An elite team of seven Masters, Team A was part of the group of forty-eight Masters that planned to investigate Singularity F before the Control Room explosion and subsequent cryogenic suspension (with the exception of Mash Kyrielight, who survived the explosion, Rayshifted to Fuyuki, and became Shielder).
- "It" Is Dehumanizing: They all refer to their Servants by their Classes rather than their names to show how there's more distance between them than those Servants would have with Ritsuka Fujimaru.
Kadoc Zemlupus
Master of Caster
The protagonist of Master Kadoc & Caster. An average mage with the ability to command high-level Servants despite that. He didn't stand out among Team A but has a nice, though self-deprecating at times and pessimistic, personality. He was going to get Caster, as he had little mana capacity and needed a Servant who would use mana efficiently. To his immediate regret, he summoned Mephistopheles, who gave him an entire circus' worth of other problems beyond magical energy demands.
- Accentuate the Negative: He's suspicious of every major ally Servant in each Singularity who wasn't Jeanne d'Arc, Sir Bedivere, or "Enkidu", and vocalizes his reservations like reminding Fujimaru and Mash that Francis Drake participated in the slave trade.
- Classical Anti-Hero: Not a great magician and not a very great guy to be around. In the rare scenes where he isn't being cruelly pranked by his Servant, he shows himself to be a cynical, self-centered downer.
- In Spite of a Nail: Becomes the Master of Anastasia during the first Lostbelt, this time fighting for Proper Human History alongside Chaldea.
- Malicious Misnaming: Accrues several of these over the course of his arc. Caster calls him "Master K" for one, presumably after a Kafka protagonist, Shiki calls him "Powder", and Quetzalcoatl sarcastically refers to him as "jefe".
- National Stereotypes: Though the comic started before the reveal of the Crypters' nationalities, stereotypes associated with Poland were sprinkled into his expanded arc. Namely, being depressed and afflicted with low self-esteem, having a predilection towards vodka, and getting the short end from Germany (Mephistopheles) and Russia (Anastasia).
- Replacement Goldfish: During the Epic of Remnant arc, he partners with the other Caster Servants summoned by Ritsuka while trying to overcome Mephistopheles's death at the end of Observer on Timeless Temple.
- This Is Unforgivable!: If killing his Servant and trying to assassinate him hadn’t been bad enough, Human King Goetia’s very appearance after stealing Doctor Roman’s body fills the usually craven Kadoc with such horror and revulsion that he hatefully attacks him.
Ophelia Phamrsolone
Master of Saber
The protagonist of Master Ophelia & Saber. A prodigy in Spiritual Evocation and formerly part of the Clock Tower's department devoted to that subject, her Servant was going to be Saber and she had ethnic reasons for wanting this Servant. She wound up summoning Altera aka Attila the Hun, the infamous Scourge of God.
- Absurd Phobia: Battling Gorgon and Tiamat have instilled a highly specific fear of giant women in Ophelia, causing her to freak out upon meeting Kingprotea in the SE.RA.PH chapter.
Akuta Hinako
Master of Rider
Hailing from the Botany Department of the Clock Tower, she was originally a Chaldea technician but was scouted as a Master due to her skill. Despite wanting to be the Master of a Rider, she formed an immediate dislike towards Ushiwakamaru, the Young Minamoto no Yoshitsune, upon summoning her.- Arc Villain: Becomes the villain of the first Valentine's Day event, having manipulated Nursery Rhyme to create the Choco Servants to ruin the holiday out of sheer spite.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Plays up her image of a bookish and gentle senior member of Team A when her true personality is much more acerbic.
- The Fake Cutie: Complete with a cynically cute catchphrase, "Please and thank you very much!"
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Fake Nationality: She's unsure if she should qualify for a Chinese nationality given her true origins. - I Was Quite a Fashion Victim: Implied in regard to her Stripperific outfit as Consort Yu, given her Suspiciously Specific Denial about people from East Asia dressing as revealing as Rider.
- Lovable Alpha Bitch: It doesn't take much for her to start calling Fujimaru and Mash "peons" and "flunkies" out of frustration, but whether it be because of her position, good looks, or some unfathomable offshoot of charisma, they adore her nonetheless. Not even her trying to destroy Chaldea's Valentine's Day celebration is enough to change their opinion of her much.
- Sour Prudes: While otherwise a Shameless Fanservice Girl in the original game, Ushiwakamaru's tendency to walk around in not much at all inspires embarrassment and shame from Hinako out of fear of being associated with her Servant.
Their Servants
Caster
Caster of Chaldea
A demon of temptation who wagered with God as to whether or not a certain bored doctor named Faust would fall into depravity. Mephistopheles nearly succeeded into tempting Faust to eternal damnation but for the last-minute rescue of a loved one. Of course, this Mephistopheles is different from his literary counterpart, being instead a homunculus created by the alchemist Georg Faust who served him until he betrayed him. Mephistopheles is summoned as Kadoc's first and primary Servant during the Master Kadoc & Caster storyline. It's a position the conjuring clown readily exploits as he seldom wastes an opportunity to torment his weak-willed and jealous Master.
- Ascended Extra: Ticking-kun from his Valentine's Day Craft Essence gets more chances to shine during the Master Kadoc & Caster arc. And one such bomb even saves Kadoc's life at the end of Part 1.
- Demon of Human Origin: Depending on how you view the Salem arc.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Caster is an unrepentant gadfly and trickster, and in the Camelot arc he is amused at the sight of the good Knights of the Round slaughtering people in the name of their king and how the other protagonists lie to Rushd about his mom dying. However, he finds himself disturbed when Rushd takes everything he says at face value. It's because Mephistopheles has never saw blind trusting him without reservation, so the experience is baffling for him
- Let No Crisis Go to Waste: When Kadoc gets his soul stolen by Ereshkigal, Mephistopheles attempts to steal his Command Spells from his comatose body.
- Moral Sociopathy: An unrepentant villain, his core motivation for opposing the Incineration of Humanity is to preserve his own existence, although he comes to care for his allies in his own way.
- Real After All: Especially if the events of his visitation during the Salem chapter weren't just a product of Kadoc's imagination, it's implied that while he did start out as a homunculus whose legendary slaying of his creator spun out of control, he might be an outright demon at present.
- Reimagining the Artifact: The closing commentaries for his arc has the writer state that they attempted to fold in all the disparate parts of Mephistopheles' character design (the clocks, the scissors, etc.) with the original Faustian myths.
- Support Party Member: Much like Kadoc, he prefers to fight from the backlines.
- Swiss-Army Superpower: Outside of making lots of bombs, Mephistopheles can use his magic to create illusions, cast curses, and perform a wide range of feats.
Saber
Saber of Chaldea
Altera (known at the time as "Attila the Hun") was the monstrously powerful warrior-queen of a great barbarian empire that reached from West Asia to Gaul in the 5th century. She was regarded as the arch-enemy of the waning Roman Empire, and although she failed to conquer Rome itself, the damage her armies caused to the Empire significantly hastened its eventual collapse. It was said that Altera lived on the battlefield, where her intuition, dispassionate ruthlessness and terrifying acts of power earned her titles such as "The Scourge of God", "The Divine Punishment" and "The Queen of Combat". As a Servant, she prefers to be known as "Altera". She is summoned as a powerful Saber and ally for Chaldea at the start of the Master Ophelia & Saber arc. However, as Ophelia's pedigree is of a remarkably high socio-economic calibre, her less lionized (and laudable) predilections for dowries and other types of wealth acquisition are brought to the forefront.
- And Now You Must Marry Me: Towards Ophelia with brazen regularity.
- Bill... Bill... Junk... Bill...: In her first chapter, Saber lists various trivial things that are "Bad Civilization", like emptying chamber pots on the street or inflated real estate prices. When she speaks about lamb chops, Ophelia interrupts to guess that they're bad civilization as well. Saber replies that the lamb chops are actually tasty, then starts talking about how the number of hot dogs and hot dog buns in packaging are in different amounts.
- Going Native: Attempts to do this in Shinjuku to better blend in so she can more easily gather intel on the sub-Singularity.
Rider
Rider of Chaldea
This ill-fated commander is so famous that there is no one in Japan who does not know her name. Although she was blessed with talent and charisma, she was abandoned by her brother Yoritomo, and was killed together with her attendant Benkei. It would be no exaggeration to say that Ushiwakamaru is the most famous military commander in Japanese history. Probably only someone like Oda Nobunaga possesses popularity that rivals hers. However the early half of her life from before raising an army is wrapped in mystery. It has been told that at eleven years old, while under the care of the Kurama Temple, Ushiwakamaru met with the onmyouji Kiichi Hougen (some theories say that he was also the Kurama Tengu) and awarded with the arts of war. While there is no doubt that she was an excellent tactician, Yoshitsune lacked something vital.
Ushiwakamaru is summoned as Hinako's Rider-class Servant during the Master Hinako & Rider route. While virtually identical in her mannerisms despite her alternative Master, her blunt and battle-hungry nature cause the bespectacled mage no end of irritation.
- Blood Knight: Enjoys rushing into battle. She even take up the chance to fight Mysterious Heroine X (who has two Excaliburs) for a glorious battle.
- History Repeats: Like her brother, Hinako barely tolerates or appreciates her.
- Innocent Fanservice Girl: Happily wears her revealing battle armor.
- Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Just as Hinako is able to convince Mysterious Heroine X that Ushiwakamaru isn't a Saber because she can't fire sword beams, Rider points out that they are other Saber servants can't fire beams as well. Which leads to MHX attacking them again.
- Why Couldn't You Be Different?: The root of Hinako's dislike of her appears rooted in how she didn't summon her husband Xiang Yu instead.
