Originally named Viviane (ヴィヴィアン?),[5] she was created by the planet in 4,000 BC to be the savior of Britain. She was taken in and raised by the Rain Clan in Orkney.[3] One day, Aesc received the memories of Proper Human HistoryRulerMorgan le Fay.[6][7] During her 16th birthday, the Rain Clan was massacred overnight by an alliance of the Wind, Earth, Fang, and Wing clans. They were killed for protecting the Fairy of Paradise. In fulfilling her role as savior, she used the name Aesc the Savior (救世主トネリコ, Kyūseishu Toneriko?) as an alias (after the world tree of Norse myth[8]) given to her by her adoptive mother after Orkney's destruction.[3]
For 3600 years, Aesc dispelled the Calamities that appear every 100 years, and the Great Calamities that appear every thousand.[9] After defeating one of them, Aesc would hide in a cave and rest in a coffin for 20 years.[10] She also fought alongside her retainers Ector the Immortal, Grímr the Wise, and the Knight of Beginnings, Totorot. Her legends have continued into the British Lostbelt's modern day.[citation needed]
Aesc was originally created by the Inner Sea of the Planet to force the Fairies of Britain to repent and complete their duty of forging the Holy Sword via Avalon Le Fae.[5] Aesc is a "Caster", the one who channels the voice of Paradise. Due to this, most fairies in Britain hate everything about her.[10] After being betrayed too many times during her various attempts to save Britain, Morgan decided to dominate Britain instead. In response to her failure, the planet created a new fairy, Artoria, to fulfill Morgan's old mission.[citation needed]
Appearance
Aesc's appearance as an NPC in the British Lostbelt is different from her appearance as a playable Servant. In the former, she was dressed exactly like Artoria Caster but with a few subtle differences:[8] she had a black bow with an embedded red gem lined with silver instead of a deep blue bow with a smaller embedded black gem with gold filigree, she had a larger black bow tied to the back of her hair, her hat had a smaller, simpler star-like symbol on its side, and her staff was much cruder and resembled a tree root or branch with a few implanted red jewels.
As a playable Servant, Aesc receives a new outfit entirely. She is now wearing white robes, and a white witch hat in her first ascension, while wearing glasses. Which in turn makes her look like Ayaka Sajyou. While, her second is a mixture of her original clothing, her NPC clothing, her clothing as Morgan, and Artoria Pendragon and Artoria Caster's clothing.
The reason why her face looks exactly like Artoria's is because fairies who have the same purpose are born with the same appearance.
Southern Island's Festival (南の島のフェスティバル, Minami no Shima no Fesutibaru?) in Fate/Grand Order (male variant), illustrated by multiple artists.
Southern Island's Festival (南の島のフェスティバル, Minami no Shima no Fesutibaru?) in Fate/Grand Order (female variant), illustrated by multiple artists.
Heroic Spirit Exhibition Attire: Aesc the Rain Witch (英霊博装：雨の魔女トネリコ, Eirei Hiroshi Sō: Ame no Majo Toneriko?) in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi.
Heroic Spirit Exhibition Attire: Aesc the Rain Witch (英霊博装：雨の魔女トネリコ, Eirei Hiroshi Sō: Ame no Majo Toneriko?) full portrait, illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi.
Satellite Station 24-25 (サテライトステーション24-25, Sateraitosutēshon 24-25?) in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by CARIMARICA.
Aesc's First Ascension is the Rain Witch when she lived in Orkney. She's a sheltered princess full of knowledge but ignorant of the reality of the world outside, having an avid thirst for knowledge, and a strong liking for things she's never seen before and that surpass her imagination. She has a cheerful confidence that her actions are righteous. Despite being aware of her mission, she was impressed by the kind hearts of the Rain Clan and grew into a tender-hearted woman. The young girl's favorite place was her secluded study and enjoyed the gray sky visible from the window and the gentle sound of the raindrops. In her vast collection of books, she searched for an alternative solution to save the fae from their agonizing sin—not by ending Britain but by starting Britain anew. Like a child reading fairy tales, she dreams of the "ideal nation" inside that gloomy but warm study.[1]
Her Second Ascension is the Savior, from when Aesc journeyed across Faerie Britain to save it. She always appeared before the weak and tormented fae to aid them. She was at her most invigorated when facing adversity, and was the very image of hope in the tormented's eyes when they saw her defeat a powerful opponent. While deep inside she was burning with fury and hatred over the destruction of Orkney, she did a splendid job as the savior by suppressing the negative emotions with her innate sense of fairness and justice and her unwavering character. Her personality is strict when she needs to be, and gentle when she needs to calm people down. She is the same Aesc that guided Mash Kyrielight, but slightly more aggressive than she was back then. Think of it as a middle ground between the Rain Witch and the Savior. She fervently swears her actions are righteous, and can never forgive betrayal from anyone, including her own heart.[1]
Aesc was surprised to see what Morgan really looks like, believing her clothes showed off too much of her body and that her throne was gaudy and wondered what caused her to be the way she is.[4]
She was interested in meeting the Artoria from Proper Human History. She is uncomfortable with the fact that the king is the archnemesis of her Proper Human History counterpart, though was pleased to see an ideal king did exist even if it was not for long.[4]
Viewing herself as a "brainy fairy", she believes Artoria Caster to have been made into a "brawny type" to succeed her, finding no other way to explain her "unladylike mannerisms."[4]
Aesc knew Oberon as the most famous Faerie King in Proper Human History, who was "a little selfish, a little tyrannical, but very lovable." Upon learning he also was summoned into Chaldea, she asked Ritsuka Fujimaru to introduce her to him in the hopes of debating fairy tales with him.[4]
She loves Circe's porridge and believes any proper witch should treat their guests with meals of similar quality. That said, she does not like the part where she turns her guests into pigs, believing it would be better if she turned them into little birds.[4]
Aesc had a mock battle against Arthur when they both served Chaldea and found it interesting how minor the differences between his and Artoria's Excaliburs were. She did not happen to notice how similar his appearance was to Uther, much to Ritsuka's surprise.[4]
Aesc was surprised to meet the Totorot of Proper Human History and thought her Noble Phantasm was weird for her to have. But she was cute enough that Aesc did not really care.[4]
Aesc initially mistook Cú Chullainn and his younger variant, Sétanta, for her mentor Grímr, challenging the latter to a 'magi-match'. When Cú Chulainn corrected her, she believed him to be Grímr's brother instead and was surprised to see how many 'Grímrs' there were in Chaldea.[4]
Aesc is a Fairy of Paradise who washed up to Fairy Britain from the Inner Sea of the Planet.[3] Her original purpose was to forge The Holy Sword. However, she gave up after ringing the six Bells of Pilgrimage and unlocking her latent power because she realized that she would solve the British Singularity if she did.[17][5] Due to being an A-Rei, Aesc is equivalent to a Divided Spirit of the Earth's Soul and comparable to personified nature gods in scope.[11] For 3600 years, Aesc dispelled the Calamities that appear every hundred years, and the Great Calamities that appear every thousand.[9] During 800 BC, she fought and defeated Wryneck, a returned A-Rei who inherited the Organs of the Exhaust Heat of the Planet.[19] According to Totorot, Mab and her armies would have extinguished the other clans during the Summer War had it not been for Aesc and the Black Knight.[2][15] The Black Knight claims that while Aesc managed to buy them some time, there is nothing they could have done to stop Mab had she really wanted to wipe them all out.[2] Right before claiming victory, Mab's husband died. Aesc didn't let that opportunity pass and backed Mab into a corner while she was already writhing in pain and gave her the thrashing of her life.[15]
Combat
One of Aesc's trump cards was the Spear of Selection,[12][10] a Holy Spear that was washed up to Fairy Britain alongside her.[10] It was originally a weapon that could admonish any Fairy it touched and it can only be wielded by one without sin. However, during the last Calamity before 400 BC, the fairies behaved so badly that Aesc's feelings corrupted the Spear. While the Spear itself is still as strong as ever, its restraints were removed after its turn, causing its capability to recharge to become haywire. Basically, the Spear of Selection no longer uses its wielder's Magical Energy to power its attacks. Now, it does so by feeding on the life force, or rather, their youth. Due to this, she sealed it away inside Salisbury's cathedral.[10]
During 400 BC, Aesc was in possession of a a staff that vaguely resembles the Staff of Selection. It could be used for various Magecrafts, however, it ended up transforming into a black Demonic Spear during the reoccurring wars.[20]
Magecraft
Aesc was self-taught in Magecraft but she later learned from Grimm the Wise.[15] Her knowledge of magecraft allowed her to figure out how the Fantasy TreeSeyfert worked prior to 400 BC.[3] Spells are like tales to her, she condenses the ideas of a book and reproduces them as phenomena,[21] which Alice Kuonji notes to be similar to her Ploys (an application of the First Magic).[22]
Aesc has displayed the following uses of Magecraft:
Regeneration: Aesc has been tortured and killed in every way imaginable (i.e. imprisoned, crucified, beheaded, drowned, burned, etc), the only exception being poisoning.[9]
Curse Removal: When Super Mash looked into Cernunnos' eyes, her entire body was covered with a horrific Curse. Aesc's Magecraft alone at the time wasn't strong enough to remove it, so she also used the Wing Clan's and Salisbury's cleansing power to dispel it.[10]
Aesc changing a Fae's appearance.
Mind and Appearance Manipulation: Aesc used her Magecraft to erase the memories of a Fairy and make them look like herself, so that she can escape from an angry mob that was chasing her after Uther's assassination at the Coronation in Londinium. She did this by touching that Fairy's face and poured all of his Magical Energy into it, causing the Fairy's face and clothes to look uncannily similar to her own that the mob couldn't tell the difference.[3]
Mash frozen by Aesc to await for her Master.
Quantum Coffin: While Morgan is capable of Rayshifting things, Aesc wasn't. However, since the Fae Era is vaguely defined, she was able to preserve Super Mash in a Quantum Coffin through hibernation for 2400 years by having Mash encased in ice and fall into a deep sleep. Its Spell would only be lifted once her Master touched it in the modern day.[3]
Faerie From the Land of Rain (A Rank): The "Avalon le Fae" Skill used in the style of Aesc. A skill of the witch from the Land of Rain. As she is an exceptionally book smart but sheltered and naive girl, this skill is an appropriate reflection of her thirst for knowledge and fondness for the unseen and unpredictable. She is cheerful and confident that her actions are just.[1]
Charisma of Adversity (A Rank): The Fairy of salvation, Aesc the Savior, has always appeared before weak and afflicted faeries and reversed their position. The sight of someone standing strong in the face of adversity and defeating a formidable foe must have been a ray of hope to the oppressed. In addition to the normal Charisma skill, an additional effect is applied for Aesc.[1]
Last Resort (A Rank): Her last resort. As the final trump card, the queen's political skill builds the finest paradise (resort hotel), serving as a physical Bounded Field.[1]
Morgan's alias in the Fae Era, "Aesc" in the official English localization and "toneriko" (トネリコ?) in the original japanese text, both have the meaning of "ash tree" in Old English and Japanese respectively.
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