Artoria Pendragon
“The King of Knights who sealed away her humanity to bear the burden of kingship — wielder of Excalibur.”
Concentrates starlight into the blade and releases it as a surge. The most iconic Noble Phantasm in the franchise.
Excalibur's scabbard — grants near-total defense and healing. The source that sustained Artoria's near-immortality.
Releases magical energy through the whole body to push physical ability to the limit — multiplies close-range striking power.
She sealed her emotions as a condition of kingship, sacrificing her humanity for duty and ideal. Outwardly cold and principled, she carries a deep internal conviction that she failed as a ruler. Her tragic motivation — to rewrite the past — slowly gives way, across the series, to accepting the present.
- ▸Fulfilling the duty of an ideal king
- ▸Rewriting the past to achieve a better outcome
- ▸Release from guilt over failing to save Britain
- ▸That her path as king was fundamentally wrong
- ▸That allowing herself to feel will cause her to break
- ▸Study of chivalry and tactics
- ▸Walking in gardens (depicted in the Fate route)
- ▸Strictly keeping to her daily routine