History Characters / FateApocryphaBlackFaction

* NiceGirl: She is a kind-hearted girl who extends kindness even to those who oppose her. As a result, she's the only one who develops a trustworthy bond with her servant, whose temperament is similar to hers. However, as both Caules and Chiron note later on after she assumes the role of ruler of Yggdmillennia, this ideal conflicts with her status as a magus.

* ShipTease: Has a few sweet scenes with Chiron, especially when he acts gentlemanly to her and she awkwardly reacts with a small blush.

* KillTheOnesYouLove: [[spoiler:Reminisces about his past moments with Frankenstein's Monster as she prepares to unleash [[SuicideAttack Blasted Tree]] and seems to come to the realization of how much he really cares about her...right before he reluctantly steels his heart and gives her the go-ahead to unleash it on Mordred]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: During the Third Holy Grail War in Fuyuki, he fought and outplayed [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Zouken Matou]], leaving him dying and helpless to do anything as he and the Nazis plundered the Grail and took it from Fuyuki. Knowledge of Zouken's deeds from ''Literature/FateZero'' and ''Fate/stay night'' make this a ''very'' easy moment to cheer for Darnic thoroughly screwing over an old man.

* UndyingLoyalty:[[spoiler:He's one of the two black servants (the other being Frankenstein) who stuck by their original master through thick and thin when the other servants betrayed their masters or vice versa, and even admits in the novel he's willing to kill himself if his master commands him to. Achilles enviously observes that his pride in dying as the "Archer of Black" means that he must have a master he could fully trust.]]

* BattleButler: When he's not fighting, he fulfills his role as a servant as he voluntarily serves as [[GeniusCripple Fiore's]] chaffeur, assisting her with her everyday tasks.

* BlingOfWar: Early in development, this was actually his Noble Phantasm; a [[Anime/SaintSeiya Saint Seiya]] inspired gold armor representing the constellation Sagittarius. While sort of a silly (and possibly copyright-infringing, as a golden armor in Saggitarius' image is a major MacGuffin in previously mentioned series) idea, it is basically universally agreed that it's a bit of a shame that we didn't get to see it.

* NiceGirl: She is a kind-hearted girl who extends kindness even to those who opposed her. As a result, she's the only one who developed a trustworthy bond with her servant, who's temperament is the same as hers. However, as both Caules and Chiron note later on after she assumes the role of ruler of Yggdmillennia, this ideal conflicts with her status as a magus.

%%* ShipTease: With Chiron.

* SquishyWizard: Extremely talented as a magus but is in a wheelchair and extremely vulnerable in melee combat, as she doesn't have much battle experience. She is also a sitting duck in the event that her Bronze-Link Manipulators are damaged or destroyed, requiring others to save her.

* UndyingLoyalty:[[spoiler:He's one of the two black servants (the other being Frankenstein) who stuck by their original master through thick and thin when the other servants betrayed their masters or vice versa. Achilles enviously observes that his pride in dying as the "Archer of Black" means that he must have a warm relationship with his master.]]

* [[HeroesLoveDogs Heroines Love Dogs]]: As a child, her father gave her and Caules a dog that she loved very much. She later had to watch as her father forced a Demon into the same dog to demonstrate the dangers of Spirit Evocation. [[TearJerker Ouch.]]

* ReluctantWarrior: She's a bit hesitant about fighting the Association, as she studied at the Clock Tower, but she's scared of what Darnic could potentially do to her if she backed out.

* SquishyWizard: Extremely talented as a magus but is in a wheelchair and otherwise extremely vulnerable in melee.

* NiceGuy: Treats everyone with equal grace and courtesy.

His Noble Phantasms are four in number. The first is "La Black Luna: The Magic Flute That Calls Panic", an enormous demonic horn whose sound strikes uncontrollable fear into all who hear it. The second is "Trap of Argalia: Overturned If Touched", a golden lance that can render the enemy's legs totally useless. The third is his magical mount, the "Hippogriff: Otherworldly Phantom Horse", which due to its nature as Phantasmal Beast can shift both itself and its riders to the Reverse Side of the World to avoid attacks. Astolfo possesses one more Phantasm, "Luna Break Manual: Magical All-purpose Tome of Tactics" an anti-magical book, but he cannot use it as he has forgotten its name, so it simply passively gives him A-rank Magic Resistance. Upon remembering its True Name, "Casseur de Logistille: Destruction Declaration", and reading from the book, Astolfo gains the ability to counter all Magecraft short of Reality Marbles.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Just about the only character to really come out the winner in any measure. With Sieg and Jeanne both sacrificing themselves, and the surviving Masters being left to clean up the aftermath of the War, Astolfo is the only character to get a free pass with his new life. What does he do with it? Travel the world, meet new friends, and make everything ''just a little bit'' more awesome!]]

* WildCard: In-battle, and {{downplayed}}, but a little bit in the story too. He is, without a doubt, the most pure-hearted soul in the entire setting, if not the whole of the Nasuverse. If anything could be predicted about him is that he'll always try to do the right thing even for the most ridiculous reasons. To that end, one of the ''first things he does'' in the story is immediately betray his own faction to protect the Homunculus. His actions completely throw their original plans out the window [[spoiler:due to being partly responsible for Siegfried's death]]. Yet at the same time, Vlad is quick to forgive him because he's just so earnest about it and wears his heart on his sleeve. This trope also comes into play in-battle as well. Because he's airheaded, has no common sense, is unskilled but insanely strong and lucky, basically just wings it, and has Noble Phantasms that are incredibly specific that himself barely knows how to use, there's basically no measure of reliability to him once he enters the battlefield. ''Anything'' can happen when he fights, and that makes him just as much of a liability as an asset.

* WildCard: In-battle, and {{downplayed}}, but a little bit in the story too. He is, without a doubt, the most pure-hearted soul in the entire setting, if not the whole of the Nasuverse. If anything could be predicted about him is that he'll always try to do the right thing even for the most ridiculous reasons. To that end, one of the ''first things he does'' in the story is immediately betray his own faction to protect the Homunculus. His actions completely throw their original plans out the window. Yet at the same time, Vlad is quick to forgive him because he's just so earned about it and wears his heart on his sleeve. This trope also comes into play in-battle as well. Because he's airheaded, has no common sense, unskilled but insanely strong and lucky, basically just wings it, and has Noble Phantasms that are incredibly specific that himself barely knows how to use, there's basically no measure of reliability to him once he enters the battlefield. ''Anything'' can happen when he fights, and that makes him just as much of a liability as an asset.

* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:As the only character in the story to [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn an unambiguously happy ending]], he follows through on Sieg's last wish for him to travel all around the world, help people, [[{{Keet}} and in his own Astolfo way]], spread a message that basically boils down to "[[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship is magic]]."]]

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: She's stated to have [[SerialRapist kidnapped and raped young boys/men out of sadism between jobs in her past]], and in Volume 2 also orders a homunculus butler into her room to do this off-page. She limits herself to LecherousLicking in her Servant's case because of [[SuperWeight the sheer difference in power between them]], but plans to save her Command Seals for after the Grail War to overcome his [[AntiMagic Magic Resistance]] and finally [[BreakTheCutie break him before he fades away]]. [[spoiler:She switches gears after she realizes how much Astolfo cares about Sieg and decides to break him through making him kill the homunculus with his own two hands]].

* PointOfDivergence: The ''El-Melloi Case Files'' reveal that Atrum originally intended to summon him for the Fifth Holy Grail War in the main timeline, but Touko burnt the catalyst, leading to him summoning Medea instead. Given that Siegfried is a [[ExtremeDoormat very submissive servant]], he wouldn't have killed him like Medea did. Also, successfully summoning him as a Saber would mean Shirou wouldn't be able to summon Artoria, greatly changing the outcome of the war.

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%%%%* GiantPoofySleeves: Giant Poofy Leggings

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* BadassAdorable: One of the two greatest Magi of Yggdmillennia alongside Darnic, and adorable beyond all comprehension.

* HandicappedBadass: Has an incredibly powerful affinity as a Spirit Medium, but the very same ability overloaded her body and left her lame from the waist down. Darnic considers her a Magus on level with himself and the extremely powerful mercenaries of Red team.

** Her Mystic Code of her own design basically makes her look and act the part of a {{Magitek}} [[MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Doctor Octopus]].

%%%% "Just look at her is not context". Even if it were sufficient for the "beauty" part, it wouldn't be for the "goodness" part.
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%%%%* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Caules' Cain, before Caules' ReTool.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The short story ''Side of Survivor'' that comes with the second season blu-ray reveals that Fiore eventually moves to New York alongside several of the Yggdmillennia homunculi. [[spoiler:She is also able to walk now, though she does need a cane to help.]]

* HandicappedBadass: Has an incredibly powerful ability called Spirit Medium, but the very same ability overloaded her body and left her lame from the waist down. Even with such a weakness, Darnic considers her a Magus on level with himself and the extremely powerful mercenaries of Red team.

* ShoutOut: Her wheelchair has wheels marked with [[PunnyName "TYRE-BOON"]].

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%%* BadassCape

* PointOfDivergence: The ''El-Melloi Case Files'' that Atrum originally intended to summon him for the Fifth Holy Grail War in the main timeline, but Touko burnt the catalyst, leading to him summoning Medea instead. Given that Siegfried is a [[ExtremeDoormat very submissive servant]], he wouldn't have killed him like Medea did. Also, successfully summoning him as a Saber would mean Shirou wouldn't be able to summon Artoria, greatly changing the outcome of the war.

* NighInvulnerable: Siegfried's invincible body gained after he [[BloodBath bathed in the blood of the dragon Fafnir]]. It negates every attack made on him that isn't of at least A-Rank power. Furthermore, It negates a portion of any attack above that rank by an amount equivalent to the amount of damage a B-Rank attack would cause. During his battle with Karna, Siegfried received dozens of A-Rank strikes to his face and vital areas, but they only caused minor scratches. Later on, Mordred [[spoiler:while fighting Sieg after taking Siegfried's form]] is unable to do any real damage whatsoever until Kairi uses a Command Seal to power up her attacks, and this is after Mordred is shown casually running through the likes of Frankenstein with a single strike.

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* ForWantOfANail: The ''El-Melloi Case Files'' that Atrum originally intended to summon him for the Fifth Holy Grail War in the main timeline, but Touko burnt the catalyst, leading to him summoning Medea instead. Given that Siegfried is a [[ExtremeDoormat very submissive servant]], he wouldn't have killed him like Medea did. Also, successful summoning him as a Saber would mean Shirou wouldn't be able to summon Artoria, greatly changing the outcome of the war.

* BlatantLies: Tells the homunculi servants looking for the Homunculus that he hasn't seen him at all...despite quite literally carrying the unconscious Homunculus over his shoulder while telling them this. At least in the manga he [[PaperThinDisguise throws a cloak over him for disguise]] but in the anime the servants can quite plainly see the mostly-naked Homunculus. Judging by the {{beat}} that passes after Astolfo says this, the servants let him pass simply because they don't want to push the matter with a Servant, [[AxeCrazy especially when you consider who Astolfo has for a master]].

* OrderVersusChaos: The Chaos side of things to the Magi Association's Order, as they reject the control and regulation that the Assoication has over magical society and seek the Root through any means necessary, even if it means rejecting tradition as well.

** Take it a step further, the inbalance of power with the Red Faction is terrible when you look at their servants. The Red Faction has eight Servants to begin with, at least THREE Demigods. With their weakest member nearly defeating the Ruler (Granted Shakspeear has a special Noble Phantasm) While their strongest fighter, Siegfried, left the War rather early and their own Demigod has less battle experience than the others.