Alice Kuonji (久遠寺 有珠, Kuonji Arisu?), Class Name Caster (キャスター, Kyasutā?), is a Caster-class Servant summoned by Ritsuka Fujimaru in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.
Profile
Identity
Alice is the current generation's Witch who controls the Ploy Kickshaw. The Meinster (マインスター, Mainsutā?) witches, the witches who control the Ploys are considered heretics among Mages. Alice's abilities as a Magus stems not from her father but from her Meinster mother, who was the previous generation's witch and had the second title of the Pure Witch. She was a pop culture girl, getting drawn easily to the latest trends. She was also a big fan of Lewis Carroll. The elder son of the Kuonji tycoons met and fell in love with a witch while studying abroad. He loved her, and while she accepted that love with some confusion, she was also afraid at the same time. No matter how blessed their wedding may be, the daughter to be born will be a witch. Just as she herself was one, the child of a witch will bear the destiny of inheriting the blood and history of their line without any exceptions.[1]
It is said that a witch must not fall in love with the male that becomes the father of her child because the more they love each other, the sadder the conclusion. While still knowing and accepting this, the Kuonji boy married her and returned to Japan to build a happy family. Her mother named her AliceWP after the character in the "Alice in WonderlandWP" book, which went against tradition and broke the taboo.[1]
May Riddell Archelot is her rival and childhood friend. Riddell is also the one who named Alice's Ploys when they were young. Alice has been acquainted with the Aozaki family since her mother became a naturalized citizen of Japan. She has been associated with Touko for no less than ten years, and she has only been living together with Aoko for just one year.[1]
Appearance
Personality
Externally, Alice appears unemotional, uncaring, and unexpressive with an aura of unapproachability. She is misanthropic, loathes anything rowdy, and holds the stance that she will leave the room without a word if there is something she feels is unpleasant. This is not who she truly is at heart, however, and simply acts like this because that's how witches are supposed to act.[1]
Having kept herself in control for so long, Alice does not realize that she is a pleasant girl, full of curiosity, a little short-tempered, and slightly sulky. Occasionally, these 'girly' mannerisms can be glimpsed through her otherwise icy exterior. She never intends to harm commoners, but should they get in her way, she has no qualms about eliminating them, being extremely proactive in that sense. She also apathetically ignores most things, but should anyone meddle with her pride over her witch nature and mansion then she will reprimand or maybe even eliminate them.[1]
Internally, she has a pessimistic and philosophical outlook on life, though she does not dislike the way people are. Although Alice sees the gossip of her schoolmates as something meaningless, she does not scorn it. Even if it is meaningless to her, it is clear that it does have meaning to them.[1]
She dearly treasures the memories she has of when her mother was alive, which is also the reason why she is so closed off as she does not want anyone else to besmirch those memories. And while she herself endeavors hard to be a witch she remains an ordinary girl. She also has an unusually intense streak of possessiveness, being extremely afraid of losing things or being betrayed by people she trusts. She refuses to part with anything that is hers, which shines through in her exterior appearance. She also has a dreadful sense of humor.[1]
Relationships
- Aoko Aozaki
- Alice: "So Aoko is here too. It seems she’s become a Servant under circumstances unlike my own. I have nothing to say about her. Just like I imagine she has nothing to say about me… She hasn't, right?"
- Robin: "Cuz it’d just turn into a sad fight with both of them digging at each other’s flaws, see?"[2]
- Aoko is special to her, both her sister-in-arms, as well as her accomplice. As Aoko is her very first “friend”, Alice both respects her and values her company. She sees Soujuurou as a “strange person”. That said, he’s not unpleasant, so she may as well wait and see how the situation evolves, basically.[1]
- Soujuurou Shizuki
- "Huh? Shizuki is here? Why? Did Aoko do something stupid again? Something cosmically stupid? Sorry… I lost my composure. Please forget what I just said. Anyway, if he’s here, then you can leave the fighting to just the two of us. Our chemistry is galactically good, one could say."[2]
- Nursery Rhyme
- "It’s an honor to be able to invite Tommy Thumb to a tea party. Please, this way, our eternal friend. I have a great story just for this occasion, if I may tell."[2]
- Hans Christian Andersen
- "Fairy-tales from literature are outside my realm of expertise, but it’s not as if I’m not interested. Could you speak of them to me, Mister Andersen? I’m especially interested in the duckling story, as well as the love-letters you never published."[2]
- Kashin Koji
- "I’ve been to Kashin Koji’s room many times. I have much to learn from her skill with puppetry. I don’t have any problem with her personality, no. I mean, all skilled puppeteers are like that, are they not?"[2]
- Circe
- "The witch of all witches—the monster-spawning Circe. She’s completely different from how I imagined her. It was very mysterious to me how one could turn people into pigs using porridge, but I see how she set the scene now. It’s very informative."[2]
- Elizabeth Báthory / Elizabeth Báthory (Halloween) / Elizabeth Báthory (Brave) / Elizabeth Báthory (Cinderella) / Eliza the Nine-Tattooed Dragon
- "Oh! …No, it’s nothing. Seeing her—Elizabeth Báthory—just surprised me a little. I was thinking of making a Ploy in her model at some point, but I probably shouldn’t. Or maybe… no, it probably wouldn’t be able to beat out the real thing."[2]
Role
Fate/Grand Order
Abilities
In combat, Alice fights via her familiars Ploy Kickshaws such as Robin, Diddle Diddle, Thames Troll, and Tweedle Dee & Dum.
Skills
Class Skills
- Territory Creation (A Rank): Unlike Aoko, her workshop creation is first-class.[1]
- Item Construction (A Rank): Unlike Aoko, her item crafting is first-class.[1]
- Tradition Protection (B Rank): Special defensive attribute. Modern weapons cannot harm monsters, for only methods of harm that exist within folklore may have any effect. Has damage cut against all attacks outside of Noble Phantasms.[1]
- Yumina (C Rank): Of the Meinster lineage. Alice does not have any Guts as part of her Active Skill repertoire, but if she does revive through some application of it, practically all wounds on her body are healed. Increases amount of HP restored by Guts activation dramatically. In addition, death incurred by insta-death causes automatic activation of Guts. Alice cannot die except under a very specific condition. She is unkillable by acts of harm that use animosity, fear, chance, or nature as their driving force (she will resurrect no matter how badly she is injured), however, the one thing this unkillability does not trigger from are acts of harm motivated by love.[1]
Personal Skills
- Diddle Diddle (A Rank): It is a poison as sweet as candy, granted to the girl. “Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle,” The black cat chime wakes the fairy-tales from their slumber. The banquet of the dishes echo across the night, jumping over the moon and beyond. Crossing the stars, forever beyond its horizons. “...And the dish ran away with the spoon.”[1]
- Thames Troll (C Rank): It is the most precious arcanum in the world, bequeathed to the girl. “......Broken down, broken down.” Above the river are the many prisoners. Below are the many sacrifices. The bridge-like troll raises what appears a gigantic arm and then— “London Bridge is broken down, My fair lady.”[1]
- Lost Robin Rondo (E Rank): It is a story known by none, gifted to the girl. “Who did kill Cock Robin? I, said the Sparrow.” A black cat for the magician. A red robin for the last witch. “Who’ll bear the pall? We, said the Wren.” Though killed countless times, the knight’s heart is as clear as the skies. “When they heard the bell toll, For poor Cock Robin.” Someday, my dear lady, so loathed by death, I shall teach you the meaning of mourning.[1]
Noble Phantasm
Alice Kuonji's Noble Phantasms are Great Three, Flat Snark and Great Three, Wandersnatch.
Development
Creation and Conception
Alice Kuonji was illustrated by Hirokazu Koyama in Fate/Grand Order.
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 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 Fate/Grand Order - Alice Kuonji's profile translated by Petrikow at Beast's Lair
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Fate/Grand Order - My Room voicelines of Alice Kuonji