AlcidesWP (アルケイデスWP, Arukeidesu?), Class Name True Archer (真アーチャー, Shin Āchā?), is the "True" Archer-class Servant of Bazdilot Cordelion in the True and Fake Holy Grail Wars of Fate/strange Fake. As the result of his Master blackening Archer Heracles through the influence of Holy Grail Mud, Alcides is also of the Avenger-class.
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Identity
The human side of Heracles whose Divinity and immortality has been lost through interference from Bazdilot Cordelion's Command Spells awakening past memories from his life and mud from the Fuyuki Grail. In a way, he could be called Heracles Alter, although he is technically not an Alter and he refuses to be called as such.[2]
Alcides was Heracles' birth name. The goddess Hera hated Alcides because he was born from her husband Zeus cheating on her with a mortal woman, and so she spent his entire life tormenting and trying to kill him. At one point, Hera drove Alcides insane and had him kill his wife and child. In an attempt to appease her, the Oracle of DelphiWP had Alcides change his name to Heracles, meaning "glory of Hera". He was then instructed by Apollo to undergo the Twelve LaborsWP to repent for killing his family. During this time he also joined the Argonauts.[3] As an Avenger, Alcides uses his old, human name because he hates the gods for what they did to him.
Appearance
Although both younger and transformed from his normal counterpart, he doesn't exactly fall under the Lily or Alter classifications.[4] After having undergone his transformation from being exposed to the mud of the Fuyuki Grail, Alcides' flesh has been dyed red and he has shrunk from his standard size. Over his chest near his heart, his skin has been dyed white, much like a scar from ripping out his own heart and donning a black and gold shroud to cover his face.[2]
After stealing From Hell from Jack the Ripper using Reincarnation Pandora, Alcides sprouted horns poking from under his cloth and wings like black smoke that are similar to Jack in his demon form, along with being shrouded in magical energy several times stronger than he had previously.[5]
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Personality
Normally of noble bearing, his personality has changed due to his exposure to the dark red mud from the Fuyuki Grail. Being forced to remember all the faces of the people who he had passed or known in life, and recalling the terrible sins of his past, he has taken to wearing a shroud over his face as punishment, saying he will never again look upon the works of man. He has agreed to use Bazdilot to obtain the Holy Grail, but stated that the minute he ceases to be of use, he will kill him. His wish for the Grail is the erasure of his posthumous name, taking the name "Alcides" in place of it.[2]
Alcides still manages to retain some of his principled characteristics, as he values the friendship of his former comrades, Jason and Atalanta.[6]
Alcides boasts great hatred for the Gods, to the extent Gilgamesh believes he wishes to kill them. He cites this as his reason for not taking the power of his War Belt, due to this hatred, calling it a power that should be made to submit, be trampled upon, and ruled over by the power of Man. Because of how he rejects his divine heritage, Alcides thinks highly of his human parents as he proudly declares to Gilgamesh that he is the biological son of AmphitryonWP and Alcmene, making him Mycenaean royalty.[7]
Role
Fate/strange Fake
Day 0
True Archer, Alcides, is a twisted form of the original True Archer, Heracles, brought forth by his Master Bazdilot Cordelion after using all three of his Command Seals and the mud of the Grail from Fuyuki. Before Heracles was exposed to the mud, Bazildot commanded him to "not make excuses", followed by a command to "remember the humans he has seen" and a third command to "accept human nature". Alcides is far more immoral and uncaring, even ready to kill children to further his conquest against the gods, making him an ideal Servant for the cold Bazdilot.[2]
Day 1
Alcides is sent to attack Gilgamesh and his Master, Tiné Chelc, who are staying at a hotel. He shoots at them with his bow, aiming specifically for Tiné and completely ignoring Gilgamesh, even when he comes to confront him. This angers Gilgamesh, who uses his Gate of Babylon to attack Alcides with multiple weapons. Alcides, however, is not shaken by the attack, going as far as calling Gilgamesh weak. Alcides is even able to withstand a full assault of hundreds of weapons from all directions from Gilgamesh, due to the Pelt of the Divine Beast summoned by his King's Order, that protects him from any weapon created by humans. Intrigued by his power, Gilgamesh draws out the sword Merodach from his treasury, to truly test the might of his opponent. Alcides though comments that only the strongest weapon in his treasury can give him a chance, as he will die without it. Alcides then summons another Noble Phantasm, Goddess of War, with his King's Order, but before he can attack, he is knocked back by True Rider Hippolyta, who appears on the battlefield, using the same Noble Phantasm.[8] Alcides and Hippolyta then proceed to fight, while Gilgamesh simply watches them for a time. She uses Goddess of War to power up her body and weapons with divine energy, but notices he only uses it to power his bow. He explains he doesn't want the divine energy to enter his body, so he can win with the power of man alone. Gilgamesh intervenes, informing Hippolyta that she is far weaker than either of them. However, Hippolyta says that she is aware of the difference in power between her and Alcides, as he was the one that killed her in life. Hippolyta then turns to Alcides, questioning why a noble hero like him would so mercilessly attack a child, like the Master of Gilgamesh. Alcides, however, coldly responds that the hero she once knew is dead. They are about to continue their battle but are trapped in an illusion of True Caster François Prelati, who has come to stop their battle. They all agree to stop their fight, but before departing, Alcides says to Gilgamesh that they will meet again, telling him his True Name.[7]
Alcides returns to Bazdilot and expresses curiosity on how the man is able to fuel his extensive mana requirements without being drained. Bazdilot shows him his system where he sacrifices many human lives to produce mana crystals and uses these crystals to fuel Alcides instead of his own reserves. Alcides is not bothered by the fact many lives were sacrificed for the crystals.[9]
Day 2
While Bazdilot and Alcides are staying in the workshop of Bazdilot, Bazdilot receives a shared dream of Alcides's past, when he traveled with Jason and the Argonauts. Jason acknowledged Alcides as a comrade, going on about his future kingdom, where all will be treated equally and everything will be amazing. When he wakes up, Bazdilot talks with Alcides about Jason, with Bazdilot calling him a worthless man, who would be used by more powerful people like himself. Though Alcides agrees with Bazdilot, he warns him not to mock the man, as he was his friend and the most humane man he knew.[10]
However, as they finish their conversation, they are attacked by the Master of True Berserker Huwawa, Halri Vorzak, and Philia, an Eizenbern homunculus who supports Halri. As Alcides confronts Philia, she declares that "she" is a goddess that has possessed the homunculus. This angers Alcides, who immediately attacks Philia, while Bazdilot attacks Halri. Alcides then uses his King's Order to change his arrows into the Stymphalian Birds, which attack Philia. Before the birds can reach her though they are destroyed by the enormous Huwawa, a mechanical spider-monster who is atop the workshop. Huwawa then begins to destroy the workshop and the meat processing plant around it. Alcides engages him, being allowed by Bazdilot to use enough power to even destroy the workshop himself. Before the battle can go on, however, the ground beneath them disappears due to François Prelati's Noble Phantasm, Grand Illusion, that tricks the world itself. As they are all falling, François manages to make a temporary truce between them, restoring the ground after they have come to an agreement. Philia, Halri, and Huwawa then leave.[6]
Bazdilot and Alcides then move to a different location, where Bazdilot talks with Alcides about their previous encounter, being surprised that Alcides would let Philia go, as she claimed to be a goddess. Alcides explains that Philia was not a real goddess, but simply a malediction of them, which is secondary to Alcides. Alcides is then sent to the hospital of the city, where the Master of Pale Rider, Tsubaki Kuruoka who is a young comatose girl, resides. Bazdilot gained this information from his spies among the police officers, who have also been informed of the young Master by Flat Escardos, another Master, and intend to take her to safety. Bazdilot orders Alcides to kill Tsubaki in order to get rid of Pale Rider.[5]
Once Alcides arrives at the hospital, he summons Cerberus, the three-headed dog of the Underworld, that then confronts Clan Calatin, driving them back. However, Cerberus is stalled by Jack the Ripper, who is able to multiply himself with his Noble Phantasm, Natural Born Killers. Jack then confronts Alcides, recognizing him as a hero who has forsaken his divinity and reducing himself to the level of normal men. However, Jack then declares that so long as Alcides remains human, he will be killed by a murderer such as Jack. Jack then transforms himself and all his duplicates into demonic beings with another Noble Phantasm, From Hell, that then overwhelm Alcides. However, Alcides is able to get back up and uses a Noble Phantasm of his own, Reincarnation Pandora, which allows him to steal Jack's From Hell and transform himself into a demonic being. After acknowledging Jack as a worthy opponent and promising to remember their battle, he prepares to kill Jack though Jack is teleported away by his Master, Flat, with a Command Seal. The battle having finished, Gilgamesh makes his presence known, mocking Alcides's new appearance. Also, Saber Richard I, the Nameless Assassin, and Sigma, another Master, arrive to the battlefield, ready to take part in the battle.[5]
Before Alcides can confront them, Gilgamesh becomes offended by Richard and attacks him instead. Alcides observes their battle, impressed by Richard's prowess and the fact his power is natural and not granted by the gods. He then turns back to the Clan Calatin officers and says he has no quarrel with them, so if they will stand aside and let him murder Tsubaki, he'll spare their lives. John Wingard declares he will fight to the end to defend the child. Alcides says John is brave, and for that, he pities him. He strikes John with his bow, launching him into a building and breaking his neck.[11]
Enraged by John's seeming demise, Clan Calatin attacks Alcides with their Noble Phantasms, but their attacks either bounce off the Pelt of the Divine Beast or are too weak to damage him when they hit his unprotected areas. Seeing them as no threat, he slowly advances, wary of Gilgamesh or Richard returning. Vera Levitt tries to buy time with a smokescreen, but he simply flies into the air with his new demonic wings. Suddenly, a lone figure charges at him. His battle instincts tell him not to look away from the threat, even when he senses Richard's mighty Excalibur blasts in the distance. He becomes shocked when he recognizes the figure as John Wingard. John hits him with a flying knee to the face and knocks him back. He then learns John's name when the other officers cry it out in surprise. John then attacks him with punches and kicks. He blocks them and notes that John's strength now rivals some of his opponents from Ancient Greece. Though John's blows are not strong enough to cause serious damage, they cause damage all the same. He deduces that Fake Caster Alexandre Dumas enchanced his body. John then draws a dagger laced with Hydra venom from his prosthetic hand. Recognizing the venom and completely horrified, since Hydra venom contributed to his original death, Alcides jumps back and draws his bow, then declares John a worthy opponent.[11]
While Alcides battles John, Clan Calatin tries to support John, only to be scattered by arrows. Jack takes the form of a squad of police officers and tries to attack him from behind, only for Alcides to slash through them with his demonic wings without having to turn around. Jack turns into an assortment of ordinary people (young and old, men and women) and rushes him. Seeing how sluggish they are, Alcides calls it absurd, but is shocked when countless black arms form out of the people's shadows and wrap around his body.[12]
Alcides realizes the shadows are magecraft from Jack's Master, Flat Escardos, whom he learned about from his own Master. He summons the Stymphalian Birds to attack Flat after spotting him and then shoots him with three arrows while he was trying to fend the birds off. However, this Flat is revealed to be one of Jack's duplicates and the real Flat was hidden in the assortment of ordinary people. Flat uses a spell to disrupt Alcides's flow of magical energy. He is put in extreme agony as parts of his body start exploding and his horns and talons fall off. He stomps the street to break it apart and separate them, then uses all his strength and concentration to hold himself together. He tells himself it shouldn't be possible for Flat to affect him because of his high Magic Resistance, then realizes Flat targeted the From Hell he stole from Jack. John then runs up and stabs him in the side with his dagger so hard the dagger breaks.[12]
As the Hydra venom slowly eats away at him, he asks Jack why he risked his Master on the battlefield. Jack explains there are some things only his Master can do as Flat reveals he used his second Command Spell to affect From Hell. Alcides congratulates all three of them for doing all this damage to him without divine aid, and that if he had not thrown away his godhood he would have accepted the attack even if it was enough to eat through his countless lives. But then says it is not enough, and to their horror, Black Mud erupts from his wound and absorbs the venom before flowing back inside him and healing the wound. A tornado of magical energy erupts from him, knocking them back.[12]
Suddenly deciding they are beneath his notice, he leaps away and fires an arrow at Gilgamesh, who was about to kill Richard. Gilgamesh blocks the arrow and berates him for interfering with his affairs. Gilgamesh says he can defeat him and the corruption of the Black Mud, but Alcides says he can defeat him even though he is already dead.[12]
Gilgamesh fires a barrage of weapons at Alcides, but Alcides either shoots them out of the air or expertly twists his body to protect himself with the Pelt of the Divine Beast. Alcides then loads an arrow coated in Hydra venom into his bow and fires it while using the Noble Phantasm Nine Lives, causing the arrow to turn into nine arrows that twist through the air seeking their target. Gilgamesh says he can easily counter the attack, but is shocked when his Gate of Babylon portals suddenly close. He gathers the weapons he has already summoned and tries to deflect the arrows, but a loud roar sounds that distracts him with fear. An arrow pierces his shoulder, arm, and leg before spears of earth rise from the ground to deflect the rest.[12]
Alcides watches and listens passively as Philia, riding on Huwawa, appears and takes credit for closing the Gate of Babylon and causing Gilgamesh to lose. As Gilgamesh struggles to resist the Hydra venom, he identifies the goddess possessing Philia to be Ishtar. Ishtar leaves, but as a parting shot, has Huwawa impale Gilgamesh. Suddenly, a wave of blackness washes over the entire street. When it passes, Alcides and all the other combatants have vanished, to the shock of those observing.[12]
However, Alcides really used King's Order to summon the four Mares of Diomedes and rode one of them to escape the wave of blackness. The other three Mares are consumed by the wave and he senses he has also lost contact with Cerberus. Hippolyta ambushed him. While continuing to evade the wave of blackness, he duels her on his Mare of Diomedes while she rides her own horse, Kalion. Like in their first fight, he uses the Goddess of War sash to power his bow with divine energy while she uses it to power herself and her weapons. He deduces that she was observing his earlier battles and protected John, Flat, and the others with her divine energy, which is why they survived his energy wave. He also deduces that she has somehow become more powerful than normal. As they fight, he taunts her by accusing her of throwing away her people's philosophy and of betraying him when they met in life. She says she will not fall for his taunts and stabs him in the arm with her spear. He says a divine being like her will never defeat him and knocks her back, then Black Mud emerges from his wound. Shocked, she asks what that mud is, and he says he does not know nor care; what is important is that it came from the power of man. He commands the mud to attack her and the mud comes to life and chases her. Before it can reach her, her Master powers her with a Command Spell and she releases an explosion of energy that disperses the mud and the wave of blackness. While she was distracted doing that, he escapes.[13]
Day 3
Healed of his injuries, Alcides appears in Bazdilot's workshop to find him playing a piano, commenting he did not expect that. Bazdilot explains Galvarosso Scladio had just died and he had sworn an oath to play a song for him if that happened. Bazdilot asks how much time he has left. Alcides explains that, though he used the Mud to consume the Hydra venom to prevent it destroying his body, the poison was still taken into his body and was killing him, so he survived the Hydra venom by using King's Order to activate Chiron's Immortality. Though it revived him, he still feels the pain of the venom. Though he is using the Black Mud to convert his pain into strength, he can only last three to four days before the pain drives him to madness.[14]
Bazdilot asks him if he regrets killing Chiron, and he says he does not because he freed Chiron from the "curse" of immortality. Bazdilot tells him he simply has to kill the other Servants and win the Holy Grail War before he runs out of time. Alcides says he thought Bazdilot was not interested in the Holy Grail. Bazdilot says he is not, but letting Alcides get his wish of erasing the name Heracles from history by destroying everything the gods have built will help him get revenge on Galvarosso's killers.[14]
Alcides tells Bazdilot that Cerberus and three of the Mares of Diomedes were consumed by the wave of blackness. Though he cannot call them to his side, they are still alive, but under someone else's control. He speculates that whoever controlled the wave of blackness may be related to Hades in some way. He then says under his breath so Bazdilot cannot hear, with a sense of pity, "In that case... even if I do not harm her... its Master is fated to be hunted eventually. Hunted by the true heroes... who safeguard the people."[15]
When Thia Escardos emerges after Flat Escardos' death, Alcides warns Bazdilot about Flat, but Bazdilot just tells him to do whatever he wants, and that, while the enemy of your enemy isn't always your friend, they can still exploit the opportunity.[16]
Day 5
Bazdilot and Alcides are ready to head out towards Ishtar's newly built temple, with most of their mana crystals having been absorbed by the mud covering Alcides. He wouldn't bother hunting this Ishtar if she chose to stay just an echo of the real Ishtar's curse, but since she built her temple and ascended to godhood, he declares that she will die by his arrow.[17]
Other appearances
Non in-universe appearances
Abilities
Archer Heracles getting corrupted by the black mud.
Originally, Alcides was a Heroic Spirit summoned as an Archer. However, after being corrupted with the black mud by his Master, Bazdilot Cordelion, he was transmuted into an Avenger.[18] Having lost his former Divinity and immortality,[1] his essence has totally changed.[7] Francesca Prelati states that although his class is still Archer, it'd make sense to say he's about half Avenger now.[7] While he is now a human, he is still a hero that surpasses humanity’s limits.[19] He wields a greatbow with an adamantine string so strong that no regular Heroic Spirit would be able to pull. In life, this bow was passed down to PhilocthetesWP, who would use it to kill Prince Paris of Troy.
Alcides is an extraordinary Servant,[11] whose strength far exceeds Clan Calatin's expectations of Heroic Spirits.[12] Alcides is appraised by Enkidu's Presence Detection as being a strong individual with a powerful aura equal to that of Gilgamesh. In fact, in terms of pure parametric values, he could even be said to surpass Gilgamesh, making Tiné Chelc initially believe that he must be a Berserker boosted by Mad Enhancement.[8] Even Hippolyta's Saint Graph, which is on the same level as that of Richard I (perhaps a little lower), doesn't seem to be a match for Alcides or Gilgamesh.[11] Although Hippolyta is also appraised by Enkidu as being a strong individual comparable to Alcides,[8] as Heroic Spirits, they belong to different orders.[7] Since Alcides was the man who killed Hippolyta back when she was alive, she states to be fully aware that he outclasses her. In comparison to Gilgamesh and Alcides, whose six parameters are described as "swiftly flowing rivers" through the usage of Tiné's Master's Perspective, the rivers representing Hippolyta's parameters flow at a more gentle pace, with that of her Luck parameter noticeably slower than the rest.[7] If their battle wasn't interrupted by François Prelati, their masters would have gotten serious at which point the trio would have destroyed 60% of the valley before one of the combatants would lose.[20]
Although Alcides is certainly a formidable enemy, Tiné is sure that Gilgamesh is even more powerful. Despite having seen Alcides defend himself from Gate of Babylon without much difficulty, and defeat Jack the Ripper, Tiné had no doubt that Gilgamesh would win through to the end of the True and Fake Holy Grail Wars.[11] It is also stated that even a Heroic Spirit as great as Alcides has no choice but to flee when meeting Pale Rider.[13] Additionally, by the fourth day Hippolyta had reached a level equal to Alcides and Gilgamesh due to her master enabling her to draw more divine power from her Goddess of War.[21]
The number and nature of Alcides' Noble Phantasms "crushes a convention of the Holy Grail War itself", so Magical Energy consumption is increased manifold as a result.[1][9] Under normal circumstances, any common Master would rapidly run dry when supporting Alcides in battle. During the True and Fake Holy Grail Wars, however, Alcides had access to extra Od he could extract in vast quantities from batteries provided by Bazdilot. Alcides notes that these crystals have the same aura as the "Mana Crystals" that the Witches of Greece had once refined from the Mana in the very air when he was alive. Even with all the Mana Crystals in one of Bazdilot's workshop, Alcides would only be able to fight for half a day at full power. Thankfully for him, Bazdilot had several other identical workshops spread throughout Snowfield. If Bazdilot were to put together everything he had prepared for this War, Alcides should be able to fight continuously at full strength for several months. A total of twenty-four thousand nine hundred and seventy-six people were used to power these crystals. Only about half the number of the South American drug cartels had been killed in the past few years.[9]
Combat
Alcides does not rely solely on physical strength but also possesses great skill that he achieved through superhuman training.[11] The reason why he surmounted all difficulties in life and achieved numerous feats lied not in the power of the gods, but rather in his martial skills he learned throughout his human life, which bloomed and bore fruit within his soul. He perfected a craft that adapted to every situation, from his default bow and sword to numerous other weapons and core ideas, including how to combat armies or monsters barehanded. This crystallization of experience and technique is his Nine Lives martial art.[22]
By utilizing his bow as a melee weapon, he was able to easily parry hundreds of Noble Phantasms shot from Gate of Babylon. While it was a barrage of weak Noble Phantasms, Gilgamesh acknowledged his strength and skill as he emerged completely unscathed.[23] He was even able to parry arrows shot by Hippolyta with his bow.[8] His martial arts alone would fall short against the second omnidirectional shower of Noble Phantasms fired from the Gate Of Babylon, and the Lion Pelt would also be insufficient on its own, but when combined it allowed him to emerge unscathed even after taking the maelstrom of Noble Phantasms.[22]
His main strength lies in his archery, his attack against Gilgamesh was a surprise attack fired from over 20 kilometers away. The arrow flew far faster than the wind, and outstripped even the speed of soundWP, defying the laws of physics by never slowing or losing altitude. It produced shockwaves through the sky over the city that shattered the glass of every building below the arrow's trajectory. No human nor Heroic Spirit could survive a direct hit from such a missile unscathed. However, this great attack was intercepted by the Auto Defensor Noble Phantasms Gilgamesh had set up. The second shot, however, slipped through the gaps of the Auto Defenses and flew straight at Gilgamesh, surpassing the speed of lightning-using Auto Defensor. Although Gilgamesh immediately materialized his Golden Armor and swept the arrow aside with his left gauntlet, was not enough to completely kill the shot's momentum, and a portion of the armor cracked.[8]
When Gilgamesh flew with Vimana to meet Alcides and got close to him, Alcides' bow was firing with such force that it threatened to pierce Vimana's armor and he was able to fire fast enough to shoot every Noble Phantasm shot by the Gate of Babylon while remaining unscathed, which earned him more praise from Gilgamesh. He is able to draw and shoot so fast that he can create a rain of arrows, with each arrow being accompanied by its own tornado of magical energy.[8]
Alcides can also weaponize the black mud inside him, as seen as he poured it over Hippolyta through an open wound. She was only saved by her Master "Doris Lusendra" using a Command Spell to "Draw the dragon from the Ley Lines and release it with divine might". With Alcides nowhere to be seen, Hippolyta was able to surmise that it would have been impossible for her to completely shake off that “mud” mingled with his blood and an immense quantity of magical energy had her Saint Graph not been boosted by the Command Spell.[13] He also attempted to use the Mud to consume Hydra Venom when he was struck by it, a poison great enough that it would have eaten through countless lives with just a scratch if he still had God Hand. Although the Mud succeeded in consuming the venom, preventing his body from being destroyed and healing the damage done, Alcides still took the poison into his body, forcing him to use King's Order to survive.[12][14]
Skills
Class Skills
- Magic Resistance (A Rank): A Skill which grants protection against magical effects. At A Rank, it cancels spells of A Rank or below, no matter what greater magecraft it is, making the Servant untouchable to modern magi.[1]
- Independent Action (C Rank): The ability to remain independent even while not receiving the Magical Energy supply from one's Master. At C Rank, it is possible for a Servant to stay in the world for one day without a Master. Alcides' original Rank in this Skill is unknown, but it was lowered in compensation of obtaining an Avenger Class Skill due to the Distortion Skill.[1]
- Avenger (A Rank): A Skill which represents the state of an Avenger as one that gathers people's hatreds and grudges onto oneself. It makes it easier for the Servant to accumulate hatred and resentment and the rate of mana generation becomes higher when receiving damage.[1]
Personal Skills
- Distortion (A Rank): A Skill that forces the distortion of the class the Servant was originally called forth in. He or she would receive the other class' specialty as proof. Conversely, at least one among the set of the original Class Skills has declined. In Alcides' case, he gained the Avenger class and the Class Skill of the same name due to the exposition to the mud of the Fuyuki grail. In return, Independent Action was dropped to C Rank.[1]
- Mind's Eye (True) (B Rank): Insight fostered through training and discipline. In Alcides's case, having his god-given abilities thrown away, the techniques he accumulated as a human make their appearance.[1]
- Valor (E Rank): A skill that brushes aside mental interference and increases melee damage. The divine curse lodged inside him has been brought out by the Command Spell. The rank has decreased considerably.[1]
- Battle Continuation (A+ Rank): Alcides can continue fighting even with wounds that place him on the verge of death. An ability representing his strong will to stay alive on the battlefield.[1]
Noble Phantasms
King's Order
Alcides' main Noble Phantasm is King's Order, which he gained as a crystallization and proof of having completed the Twelve LaborsWP, after having been altered and subsequently losing his Divinity and his immortality. In exchange for having lost his twelve lives, Alcides can now use twelve different Noble Phantasms, each one being the embodiment of one labor.[1] The most notable Noble Phantasms granted by King's Order are the following:
- Pelt of the Divine Beast (First Labor): The pelt of the Nemean LionWP draped over Alcides' face as a means of assuring that "works of man never again enter [his] sight". The cloth works as an armor that cannot be pierced by any tool created by Humans.[7] Since all the treasures in Gate of Babylon are ineffective against it, Alcides is able to go toe-to-toe against Gilgamesh, the “oldest and mightiest of heroes".[24] During their first fight, Gilgamesh hit him with anything and everything, not only with his first-class armaments, but even the Noble Phantasms of lower orders that he would ordinarily not even bother firing. Even after firing thousands of treasures, Alcides was unharmed.[7] During Alcides' rematch with Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh continuously fired hundreds of Noble Phantasms with Gate of Babylon. These were no longer the weak Noble Phantasms he had used during their first confrontation. Every one of these would be sure to smash Alcides' Saint Graph. If they had been fired with conceit, the myriad of Noble Phantasms would have fallen as a rain of vicious bloodlust with no thought for efficiency or any other consideration. Now, however, Gilgamesh had no conceit. His onslaught consisted of accurate Noble Phantasms aimed precisely at the parts of Alcides’ body that the Nemean Lion’s pelt did not cover. It was a lethal swarm that would have obliterated any ordinary Heroic Spirit. To block Gilgamesh's arrows, Alcides used Nine Lives. Those he could not completely evade, he blocked with the pelt by twisting his body, nullifying them.[12] The power of the Nemean lion’s hide has no effect on attacks not delivered with weapons. This is how Jack the Ripper's hundreds of bodies all boosted by From Hell could assail Alcides. The inherent toughness of the pelt prevented it from being torn to shreds, but a portion of the attacks still pierced it, so that the claws and heat reached even Alcides’ guts. If there was such a thing as the pains of hell, it was certainly his current predicament. The ceaseless rain of blows no longer permitted Alcides to so much as stand.[5]
- Chiron's immortality (Fourth Labor): The immortality of his mentor Chiron, who Heracles accidentally struck with an arrow tipped with Hydra poison. Unable to die but wracked with extreme pain, Chiron gave up his godhood, Heracles taking it to transfer it to Prometheus. As a Noble Phantasm, it acts as a single resurrection.[14]
- Goddess of War (Ninth Labor): The sash of Ares that Heracles stole from Hippolyta that allows its user to greatly increase their own Divinity, Strength, Endurance, Agility, and Mana Parameters. Despite Alcides having a slight advantage over Hippolyta in a simple comparison of basic abilities, and being able to further increase his power with his own copy of her Noble Phantasm, the two of them are even when fighting for the first time. This is because whereas Hippolyta uses the sash to raise her natural power several ranks, Alcides only applies it to his weapons, but he never accepts the power into his body due to his hatred for the Twelve Olympians. When both of them enhance their respective bows, the Magical Energy of the opposing arrows clash, rebound and assail the surroundings with a great wind.[7] During his first fight with Gilgamesh, Alcides started to charge this Noble Phantasm to counter Merodach. Since their battle was interrupted by Hippolyta, it is unknown what would have happened if the two had clashed.[8]
Nine Lives
One of Alcides greatest trump cards is Nine Lives. A technique that can be performed in various ways with a weapon or perhaps even bare-handed. Drawing the maximum power from the weapon, from Anti-Unit to Anti-Army, up to sieging, various forms depending on the circumstances are on display.[1] Alcides states that he could have countered Jack the Ripper and his hundreds of doubles all strengthened by From Hell had he used Nine Lives.[5]
During his second fight with Gilgamesh, Alcides was strengthened by From Hell and utilized this technique. Each arrow was powerful enough to shoot down multiple Noble Phantasms fired by Gate of Babylon. They were not the weak Noble Phantasms Gilgamesh had used during their first confrontation. Every one of them would be sure to smash Alcides' Saint Graph but Nine Lives was able to easily shoot down multiple of them. But even more shocking than their force were their unusual trajectories and the speed of the barrage. Alcides was nocking two or three arrows at once and drawing his bow too fast for the eye to follow. And that was not all. His arrows changed trajectory in midair as if each shaft had a will of its own, precisely shooting down Gilgamesh’s oncoming Noble Phantasms. He fires Nine Lives again, this time, drawing his bow back especially far until it seemed about to snap in two, charging it with his mud-like Magical Energy to deliver a fatal blow on Gilgamesh rather than block his attacks. If it had been his normal self, it would have been shrouded in pure divinity, a culmination of skill and divinity said to be “clad in dragons”. However, the shafts he fired wore an appearance that suggested vipers or evil dragons, nine outspread great serpent heads boring down.[12] Additionally each arrow is covered in Hydra Venom, a powerful toxin capable to killing concepts itself which further amplifies its lethality.[25] As Gilgamesh was readying a nameless Noble Phantasm to intercept the attack and overcome the venom, his Gate of Babylon was closed by Ishtar with her Spare Key. Because of this, he was mortally wounded by Alcides.[12] Had the Gate of Babylon not been closed, Gilgamesh would have emerged victorious.[26]
This hydra venom and mud-like magical energy infused Nine Lives is powerful enough to destroy Ishtar's temple and surrounding land with a direct hit, the curse and lethal venom would then spread in the land and weaken her domain further.[27]
Once fired from his bow, its trajectory does not follow a straight line. The arrow became a serpent trying to coil the world and deviated from the shooting line. In an overwhelming contradiction, it was both a never-bending spear and a freely flexible whip. And what enabled that was the fruit of the techniques nurtured by the legendary hero in the sum of his adventures. An unbelievable technique right out of the heroic tales where he put down all sorts of mystic beasts.[19]
Reincarnation Pandora
Alcides third Noble Phantasm is Reincarnation Pandora, which he unlocked after being warped into the Avenger Class. It allows for Alcides to steal a Noble Phantasm or parts of Saint Graphs from another Servant and use it as his own. Described by Alcides as "usurping" the opponent, Alcides is shown to call out the True Name of the Noble Phantasm, immediately ceasing the opponent's usage of their Noble Phantasm and conferring the effects onto Alcides, although the exact conditions are unknown.[5] Although this makes Alcides one of the most dangerous opponents in the True and Fake Holy Grail Wars, Tiné Chelc was convinced that Gilgamesh would defeat him during their second fight, where Alcides was combining Nine Lives with From Hell. This is because the way things were going, Gilgamesh would not even need to draw Ea, the Sword of Rupture, to unleash Enuma Elish, so there would be no risk of it being stolen.[12] It does this by crudely stapling their Noble Phantasm or other parts of their Saint Graphs to his own Saint Graph.[22]
The Noble Phantasms and powers Alcides has stolen are the following:
- From Hell: Although Alcides states that he could have defeated Jack the Ripper with Nine Lives, he said that his power was too valuable to merely defeat. Having never imagined that he would bring so much power to bear against a human opponent, he instead chose to steal it. This Noble Phantasm transforms Alcides into a pseudo-Demon, which not only grants him horns and wings among other abilities, but it also shrouds his body in Magical Energy several times stronger than the one he had previously.[5] Just like Gilgamesh, in this form, Alcides is so powerful that Richard I can tell at a glance that he would have no chance of winning if they fought head-on. Although Richard isn't strong enough to make Alcides' blood run cold, his great speed further reinforced by his court mage makes Alcides wary of him. He states that purely in terms of speed, Richard may outmatch him, and that depending on his Noble Phantasm, he merits caution.[11]
- Gugalanna's Divinity: Alcides laid a trap against the weakened Gugalanna to have it destroy a large portion of his Saint Graph with its hurricane, which allowed Reincarnation Pandora to eat away at Gugalanna's divinity and magical energy to "repair" the lost parts of his Saint Graph, ultimately usurping all of it after Gugalanna was killed. The divine aura devoured by the mud and the Nine Lives' serpent mix together to surge into Alcides's body, but he refuses to make it his flesh and blood.[19] Instead he forced the thunder and wind loaded with immense divinity into submission. If his body born as the son of a god had housed the immense divinity that composed that giant bull, he could have become a god of thunder similar to his father Zeus and erased the continent. But that was not acceptable to him, so he chose the hellish suffering that is controlling a power greater than his own while consumed by venom. By using his hatred for the gods, the hurricane cloud of Gugalanna's power was gaining the auras of the numerous mystic beasts that fought the great hero during his lifetime, mixing together and filling the air with a stench similar to the primordial chaos. Alcides plan was using it to become the Progenitor Dragon, Typhon who almost ended Greek Mythology by itself.[22]
Development
Creation and Conception
Alcides was designed by Shidzuki Morii in Fate/strange Fake.
Narita at first planned to write a straight Archer Heracles, but changed his mind after he concluded the fans would probably better love to see the character written by Kinoko Nasu himself.[28]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32
[] Fate/strange Fake - Volume 3 - Servant status: Avenger/True Archer [T] Class: Avenger/True Archer
Master: Bazdilot Cordelion
True name: Alkeides
Gender: Male
Height/Weight: 203cm 141kg
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Strength: A
Endurance: B
Agility: A
Magic: A
Luck: B
Noble Phantasm: A++
Class Skills
■ Avenger: A
■ Independent Action: C
■ Magic Resistance: A
Personal Skills
■ Distortion: A
Forced distortion of the class he was originally called forth in. He has received the other class's specialty as proof. Conversely, either of the class skills has declined. In Alkeides's case, Independent Action has dropped to C rank.
■ Eye of the Mind (True): B
Insight fostered through training and discipline. In Alkeides's case, having his god given abilities thrown away, the techniques he accumulated as a human make their appearance.
■ Bravery: E
A skill that brushes aside mental interference and increases melee damage.
The divine curse lodged inside him has be brought out by the Command Spell. The score has decreased considerably.
■ Battle Continuation: A+
Can continue fighting even with wounds that place him on the verge of death. An ability representing his strong will to stay alive on the battlefield.
Noble Phantasms
■ King's Order: Twelve Glories
Rank: C~A++
Type: -
Range: -
Losing his divinity along with his immortality meant obtaining [proof of crushing the labors]. Starting with [Pelt of the Divine Beast] and [War God's War Sash], this is the embodiment of [having owned the Noble Phantasms in one's legend]. One's own tools can be fully used. However, as using this crushes a convention of the Holy Grail itself, magical energy consumption is increased manifold.
■ Nine Lives: The Shooting Hundred Heads
Rank: C~A+
Type: Unknown
Range: As the occasion demands
The technique that has become a Noble Phantasm is called [Style: Shooting the Hundred Heads], and can be performed in various ways with a weapon or perhaps even bare-handed. Drawing the maximum power from the weapon, from anti-unit to anti-army, up to sieging, various forms depending on the circumstances are on display.
■ Reincarnation Pandora: Usurper of the Celestial Wind
Rank: EX
Type:
Range:
Max Targets:CLASS アヴェンジャー／真アーチャー
マスター：バズディロット・コーデリオン
真名：アルケイデス
性別：男
身長・体重： ２０３cm １４１kg
属性：混沌・悪
筋力：Ａ
耐力：Ｂ
敏捷：Ａ
魔力：Ａ
幸運：Ｂ
宝具：Ａ＋＋
クラス別能力：
■ 復讐者：Ａ
■ 単独行動：Ｃ
■ 対魔力：Ａ
固有スキル
■ 歪曲：Ａ
本来呼び出したクラスが強制的に歪められ、別のクラスの特性を付与された証。引き替えに元のクラス別スキルのいずれかが低下する。アルケイデスの場合は単独行動が低下してCランクとなっている。
■ 心眼（真）： Ｂ
修行と鍛錬に基づく戦場での洞察力。アルケイデスの場合、神から与えられた本能は捨てた為に人として積み上げた技術による発現となる。
■ 勇猛： Ｅ
幻惑や混乱と言った精神干渉をはねのけ、格闘能力を上げるスキル。
令呪により身に宿る神の呪いを引き出された影響で、本来の値と比べ著しく弱まっている。
■ 戦闘続行：Ａ＋
瀕死の傷を負ってもなお戦い続ける事ができる、戦場で生き足掻く強さを表した能力。
宝具
■ 十二の栄光天地乖離す開闢の星
ランク：Ｃ～Ａ＋＋
種別：—
レンジ：—
神性と共に失った不死性と引き換えに手にした『試練をねじ伏せた証』の数々。『神獣の裘』や『戦神の軍帯』を始めとした『生前の伝承の中で手にした宝具』を具現化させ、己の道具として使い潰す事ができる。ただし、聖杯の理そのものをねじ伏せて使っている状態なので、魔力の消費が通常の数倍に及ぶ。
■ 射殺す百頭
ランク：Ｃ～Ａ＋
種別：不明
レンジ：臨機応変
手にした武具、あるいは徒手空拳により様々な武を行使する、言わば『流派:射殺す百頭』という技能そのものが宝具化したもの。武具の力を最大限に引き出し、対人から対軍、城攻めに至るまで状況に合わせて様々な形を見せる。
■ ??
ランク：ＥＸ
種別：
レンジ： - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Prologue VIII: "The Star Performers' Feast (Part 1)"
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order material II - Heracles' Profile, translated by Beasr's Lair User castor212.
- ↑ Ryōgo Narita (Author of Fate/strange Fake) Twitter 10:08 PM JST · Apr 3, 2018
- "I will ask Mr. Nasu and Mr. Mita later if the criteria for Atalanta Alter's alternator is FGO only or the rule of the entire Fate series. Well, he's not exactly Alter or Lily in fake."
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Fate/strange Fake Volume 4 - Chapter 13: Day 2, Night "At Last, a Second, and a Third..."
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Fate/strange Fake Volume 4 - Chapter 11: Day 2, Morning "The Gods Return From Twilight"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Chapter 7: Day 1, Afternoon (1) "The Canon of the Demigods"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Fate/strange Fake Volume 2 - Chapter 6: Day 1, Noon "Two Archers and..."
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Fate/strange Fake - Volume 3, Chapter 9: "A Horse Not Yet Pale; Mud Yet Firm"
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 4 - Chapter 10: Day 2 "Separate Mornings, Separate Pasts I"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Fate/strange Fake Volume 5 - Chapter 14: "Gold and Lions I"
- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 Fate/strange Fake Volume 5 - Chapter 15: "Gold and Lions II"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Fate/strange Fake Volume 6 - Bridge: "Canon of the Demigods, Act 2"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Fate/strange Fake Volume 5 - Chapter 16: Day 3 "Breaking Dawn and Wakeless Dreams I"
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 6 - Interlude: "Mercenary, Assassin, Pale Rider"
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 7 - Chapter 21: Day 3 "Beings Created in Man's Own Image"
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 7 - Chapter 23: Day 5, Morning "The Age of Gods and the Modern Age (Daybreak)"
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Interlude: "Watcher"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Fate/strange Fake Volume 9: Chapter 29: "Rhapsody of the Demigods I"
- ↑ Ryohgo Narita Twitter 3:48 PM JST· Jan 24, 2026
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 7 - Bridge: "Beginning of the end"
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Fate/strange Fake Volume 9 - Chapter 31: "Rhapsody of the Demigods II"
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Recapitulation of Volume 2 Illustrations
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 2 - Afterword
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 9 - Chapter 28: "This World's Madness Knows No Bounds"
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 7 Synopsis
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 8 - Chapter 24: Day 5, Afternoon "Be Silent, ******"
- ↑
TYPE-MOON Ace Volume 12 p.101 - Narita interview Narita: For Alcides, I was planning to do a completely Archer Heracles, with none of the Avenger part. [...] But on further thought, I considered how the great Heracles is such a dream to the Fate/ fans and Nasu is the one who should be writing him. For this series, I'll be using the human Alcides instead of the perfect hero Heracles, putting the spotlight on his negative sides that he couldn't show even as a Berserker.
成田: アルケイデスは、最初はアヴェンジャーではない、完全なアーチャー・ヘラクレスにする予定でした。「staynight」の7騎と対になるサーヴァントたちを出そうと言うのは執筆前から決めていて、ギルガメッシュに対抗できるアーチャーになりうる英霊は誰だろうと考えた結果、ヘラクレスがふさわしいだろうと思ったんです。ですが大英雄・ヘラクレスはやはり「Fate」シリーズファンにとっての夢ですから、奈須さんが書くべきだろうと思い、今回は完全なる英雄・ヘラクレスではなく人間のアルケイデスとして、バーサーカーでも持ち得なかった負の側面、英雄の闇の部分にスポットを当てることにしました。復讐劇の一面を取り出して全面に押し出したキャラ設計にしたことで行動もかなり自由度があがり、ギルガメッシュとも対抗できるキャラクターになったと思います。
