Velvet (ベルベット?), given name unknown, is the second generation head of the Velvet magus family.
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Velvet was the second generation of the Velvet family, but she only studied magecraft to honor her mother's memory. She did not follow the path of a magus seriously, disliking the Mage's Association's hierarchical system. She had a son, Waver Velvet, who wished to seriously pursue the life of a magus, and she disapproved of him seeking out proper tutelage at the Clock Tower. She and her husband died of illness some time before Waver turned 19 years old. Waver gave away all the family's possessions and sought out the Clock Tower.[1]
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Personality
Velvet was not serious about her life as a magus.[1]
Role
Velvet is only mentioned in Fate/Zero material.[1]
Abilities
Velvet did not have strong Magic Circuit quality, and not following the path of a magus led to the Velvet Magic Crest being particularly weak as of Waver inherting it.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
[] Fate/Zero material - Encyclopedia: Waver Velvet [Person's name], p.091 Waver Velvet [Person's name]
Third generation magus of the Velvet household. Though to put that in perspective, the first generation was his grandmother, who was the lover of a certain magus and picked up the very basics of magecraft from their pillow talk. The second generation, Waver’s mother, only dabbled as a way to honor her mother’s memory. Waver was the first member of his family to seriously follow the path of magecraft, which is why his circuit count and crest quality are both the lowest of the low.
Though his mother found the Association’s hierarchical system annoying and disapproved of her son seeking out tutelage from a proper mentor, Waver himself was strongly drawn to magecraft. As soon as both his parents died of illness, he gave away all of his family’s possessions, scraped together enough to cover tuition, and entered the Clock Tower without a penny to his name. ――As a result, nothing but hardship and failure awaited him, and he resorted to gambling everything on the Holy Grail War.
Though he doesn’t possess the prerequisites to actually practice magecraft, his power of observation and insight give him remarkable talent as a researcher. In fact, had he insisted that “Magecraft is a subculture!” and started a business as a critic, he could have taken the world by storm. But of course, he would have been obliterated by the Association, so his inborn talents took another form.
To use running as metaphor, though his leg strength is just the absolute worst, he is capable of imagining the perfect running form. While he can never be an athlete, his talent shines as a coach.
In the initial setting stage of Zero, before the writing started, he was a Nobita-like “King of Cowards”, an oasis of zero. By the end, his character had grown to the point you might mistake him as the protagonist.ウェイバー・ベルベット【人名】
ベルベット家の三代目魔術師。とはいえ初代の祖母はさる魔術師の愛人としてピロートークついでに初歩魔術を習ったにすぎず、二代目の母も「ママの思い出を大事にしよう」程度の覚悟で秘蹟を継承したため、本気で魔道の探求に乗り出したのはウェイバーの代が初で、そのため魔術回路の数も魔術刻印の質も、まったくお粗末極まりない。
母親は魔術師社会のヒエラルキーを鬱陶しく思っていた節があり、息子が本格的な師について魔術の教導を受けることに難色を示していたのだが、ウェイバーが魔術に傾ける愛顧はきわめて強く、ついには両親が病没した途端、家財一式を擲って入学資金を捻出し、裸一貫で時計塔へと乗り込むに至る。――結果、その後に待ち受けていた苦労と挫折は、彼を聖杯戦争などという大博打に訴えさせることになるのだが。
魔術を実践する素養はないものの、研究者としての観察力、洞察力には際立った才能がある。いっそ「魔術はサブカルチャーの一環です！」と言い張って批評家として旗揚げしていたならば一世を風靡できたかもしれないが、さすがにそれは魔術協会から抹殺されること必定であり、彼は別の形で持ち前の才を活かすことになる。
ランナーで喩えるなら、脚力はからきし駄目なのに、理想の走行フォームを思い描くことは出来るようなもの。もちろん選手にはなれないが、コーチとしてはその才覚を遺憾なく発揮できるのだ。
本格的にZeroを執筆する前の初期設定時、ノビー太、キングオブへタレ、ゼロの清涼剤《オアシス》とバカにされていたウェイバー君だが、最終的には主人公かと見間違うほどに成長した。