Archer (Fate/stay night)
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Archer is a fictional character from the Japanese visual novel and anime series Fate/stay night by TYPE-MOON.
He is the Servant of one of the series' main heroines, Rin Tōsaka. Due to an incomplete summon, he apparently has no memory of his previous life or identity. Archer is sarcastic and cynical - but under his apparent hardened exterior lies a complex and dark persona that unfolds throughout the story. Although a ranged warrior, Archer can hold his own in mêlée combat, favoring a pair of twin Chinese swords, Kanshō and Bakuya. He considers Shirō Emiya to be weak and delusional in his idealistic endeavors, recognizing Shirō's mentality of "wanting to save everyone" as a foolish and impossible task.
The voice acting for Archer is provided by Junichi Suwabe.
Servant Status
| Master: | Rin Tōsaka | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alignment: | True Neutral | |||||||||
| Strength: | D | |||||||||
| Endurance: | C | |||||||||
| Agility: | C | |||||||||
| Mana: | B | |||||||||
| Luck: | E | |||||||||
Noble Phantasms
True IdentityArcher is actually an adult Shirō Emiya, the main character of Fate/stay night. He was ultimately the winner of the 5th Holy Grail War, and is a living incarnation of the "Hero of Justice". The Throne of Heroes, which preserves the souls of all Epic Spirits, exists outside of any conventional timeline, so Archer can be called from any point in history. The amulet Rin used as a catalyst in Archer's summoning was the same jewel she used to save Shirō's life.His history differs from Shirō in any of the specific storylines, athough he is most similar to the version who progressed through the Fate scenario. Archer remains the former Master of Saber, but there is a strong possiblity that Avalon, one of Saber's Noble Phantasms, was never removed from his body. He cares deeply for Illyasviel von Einzbern, and his inability to prevent her death one year after the war's end is his greatest regret. At one point, Archer finds himself incapable of saving the lives of several hundred people; to change their destiny, he forges a pact with the world, whereby in exchange for a miracle, he is obligated to posthumously and indefinitely serve as an Epic Spirit. Later, one of those spared hundred uses him as a political scapegoat, and Archer is executed for war crimes of wanton violence and destruction. Throughout his heroic career, Archer struggles with the same doubt his father, Kiritsugu, acknowledged many years before; when the life of one person is saved, another person must be left to die. Archer fights in several future battles, and he is horrified to discover himself needlessly slaughtering countless numbers of the nefarious and innocent alike. In time, the once idealistic Shirō comes to the pessimistic conclusion that attempting to preserve all human life is futile, for the few must be sacrificed for the survival of the many. Accepting this concept frustrates Archer, for it betrays his life's conviction and renders his selfless dedication to defending mankind worthless. Broken, bitter, and angry, Archer gracefully accepts his death, gambling his afterlife on the small hope of being summoned as a Servant back in the 5th Holy Grail War. His rationale is to kill his younger self and cause a time paradox, which Archer hopes will spare Shirō the anguish of realizing his ideals are a sham, even at a cost of ripping the fabric of reality asunder. RoleArcher's primary objective in each scenario of Fate/stay night is to kill Shirō Emiya, although he is only given that opportunity in Unlimited Blade Works. In Fate, Archer was nearly killed from a wound inflicted by Saber, and remains inactive for the duration of the story until he battles Berserker, who he slays six times before dying. During Heaven's Feel, Archer sets aside his desire to kill Shirō, because that Shirō had already forfeited the ideals he had long believed in, taking away the reason Archer wanted to kill Shirō.
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