The Trưng SistersWP (徴姉妹, Chun Shimai?), Class Name Nakayoshi Saber (なかよしセイバー?, literally "Chummy Saber"), is a Saber-class Servant summoned by Ritsuka Fujimaru in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.
Profile
Identity
Trưng Trắc (徴側, Chun Chaku?) (elder) and Trưng Nhị (徴弐, Chun Ni?) (younger).
The Trưng Sisters were leader of the rebellion against the Eastern Han Dynasty's domination in the 1st century. It is said that the influential Trưng Trắc, triggered by the murder of her husband by Giao Chỉ District Governor - Su Ding, rose up against them with her younger sister Trưng Nhị. Trưng Trắc swiftly took over 65 strongholds and ascended to the throne. However, the Emperor of Eastern Han Dynasty sent Ma Yuan (ancestor of Ma Chao of the Three Kingdoms) to suppress the rebellion. While the Trưng Sisters put up a valiant struggle, they were abandoned by the feudal lords who saw them as inferior and were ultimately defeated.
Some said they were decapitated, but some also said they threw themselves into the river with their hands intertwined and ascended into the clouds.
Appearance
 Saber Stage 1 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Take.  Saber Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Take.  Saber Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Take.  Saber Stage 4 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Take.  Saber Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Take.  Saber Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Take.  |
Personality
Trưng Trắc
The older sister Trưng Trắc took on the title of Empress Trưng and was the leader who commanded the rebellion. She was always calm and collected, looked straight ahead, listened to her subordinates, and made composed decisions about everything. However, she was also a greatly righteous leader with a motherly nature, who did not forsake her humane kindness. Right now, her Servant form is relatively young, but her nature remains unchanged.
"Understood. Thank you for your hard work. Please fall back." "That won't do. Let's bring the troops that way."
......Those are just her putting up a front. Only in front of her most trusted younger sister that she would gently let out a sigh and show a bawling face of an older sister who dislikes disputes. "Nhị-Chan, help meee. Your older sis is all tuckered out for today~ (Roll roll)" "Haa. Why does everyone keeps giving me such unreasonable demands......"
Trưng Nhị
Trưng Nhị is the younger sister who supported her older sister as her close aid. She has an aura like a cool and taciturn professional who doesn't show many facial expressions.
In reality, she loves her older sister a lot. Kind of a siscon. The desire to help her sister is her only code of conduct. In public, she would call Trưng Trắc "Older sister", but when there are just the two of them, she would relax and call her "Sis". Even while her heart is screaming something along the line of "Sis is so cute", her face is still very scary, thus, people would often misunderstand her. Only Trắc can understand her expressions and emotions perfectly. And actually, it's not only her older sister that she likes but cute things in general.
"Si-......Older sister. Tell me what I need to do." "I will do my best to remove anything that makes you sad." (Aaaahh so cute my sis rolling around because she's tired is seriously so cute I wanna hug her I'm gonna hug her Squeeze......)
Relationships
- Taisui Xingjun
- Trưng Trắc: "That man feels like family, but different than how Nhị is to me... He would ask me if there's anything he can help me with, or he would sunbathe with Nhị... Hehe, it feels like he's been with us all our lives."[2]
- 'Heheh, he’s like a little brother. And the little Cons also come out sometimes and play as if they were with us for a long time...They’re so squishy and comfortable to hold!"[1]
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Trưng Nhị: "It's all slimy!"
- Trưng Trắc: "Mister octopus is sooo cute!"[2]
- Trưng Nhị: "It’s slimy..."
- Trưng Trắc: It’s very cute though."[1]
- Abigail Williams
- Trưng Nhị: "The girl is cute, but there's tentacles... Oh, why are there tentacles...?"
- Trưng Trắc: "It's fine, the tentacles are cute too!"[2]
- Trưng Nhị: It’s slimy..."
- Trưng Trắc: It’s very cute though."[1]
- Jeanne d'Arc (Swimsuit)
- Trưng Trắc: "Um, Master? I hit it off with someone on the basis we are both older sisters, and we talked about what it means to be an older sister and what the essence of being an older sister is. She was a big sister through and through, and I had such a meaningful time with her. But then when I spoke to someone else, they claimed she did not have a younger sister... Wh-what does that mean? D-did I just experience some sort of supernatural phenomenon?"[2]
- Robin Hood
- Trưng Nhị: "That man claims he is good at guerrilla warfare in the forest. I'm going to go learn some stuff from him."
- Trưng Trắc: "Oh Nhị, wait! I'll prepare a small gift for you to bring him! And I should also add a little letter asking him to take good care of you, right?"[2]
- Orion (Bear)
- Trưng Nhị: "He looks cute on the outside, but he’s a womanizer on the inside..."[1]
- Ivan the Terrible
- Trưng Nhị: "The way that king looks and carries himself is terrifying...I think."
- Trưng Trắc: "You think so? But our little elephants have really taken a liking to him. I don't think Ivan the Terrible is so terrible. Actually, I think he's quite...cute."[2]
- Qin Shi Huang / Wu Zetian
- Always vigilant around Chinese emperors...[1]
- Ortlinde / Hildr / Thrúd
- Trưng Trắc: "It's wonderful for sisters to get along. Huh? My sister and I are essentially the same as them? Huh...and they're still sisters? "
- Trưng Nhị: "Sister and I are also of one body and soul. I think that's what it means. We're better than them."[2]
- "Sisters getting along with one another is a good thing, indeed. ...Eh? They’re all essentially the same? Huh... .But, they’re still all sisters, right?"
- "My sister and I are one with mind and body. That’s what I think of it. We won’t lose to them."[1]
- Anne Bonny and Mary Read
- Trưng Nhị: "We’re the best combination here."
- Trưng Trắc: "S-stop that, Nhi-chan, why are you competing with them? I am terribly sorry for my little sister~...."[1]
- Duo Servants
- Trưng Nhị: "We are a better pair than any other Servant duo. I'm confident about that."
- Trưng Trắc: "O-oh come on, Nhị. There's no need to be competitive! I'm sorry for my sister's behavior..."[2]
Role
Fate/Grand Order
Sea Monster Crisis
Abilities
Combat
The two use bamboo handles that can generate blades out of water. Trắc can turn her short handle into a sword and a machine gun, while Nhị can turn her long handle into a naginata or create a rotating blade. The two can also combine their weapons to create a large pyramid shape to either stab or smash into their opponents.
Skills
Class Skills
- Magic Resistance (B Rank): They can nullify any invocation magecraft that has a chant of three or less verses. When it comes to greater magecraft, greater rituals, etc, it is difficult to harm them.[1]
- Riding (B Rank): The talent for riding. They can ride most mounts as well as anyone can, but they cannot ride legendary or sacred beasts. They are especially good at riding elephants.[1]
- Divinity (C Rank): No gods were involved in these girls’ birth, but they were deified as Exalted Queen Trưng later on, and more people began to worship them as deities of fortune.[1]
Personal Skills
- Charisma of the Rebellion (B- Rank): The innate ability to command military corps. It improves the team's ability in combat. Yet, the Trưng Sisters' rebellion was suppressed in just 3 years. According to the records, the cause of their defeat was the spread of war weariness among their commanders and the lost of their fighting spirit while facing against the Eastern Han Dynasty's punitive force. As a symbolic leader, Trưng Trắc's charisma functions perfectly regarding state management, but as the supreme commander of the army, its rank is slightly lowered.
- Sisters' Bond (A Rank): A skill that demonstrates the bond of two sisters who overtly rebelled against the mighty Chinese, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi. They love each other, they cherish each other, they want to be together. Both of them will always hold each other’s hand. —They will hold it until the very end.[1]
- Exalted Trung Queen (EX Rank): A skill that signifies the fact Trưng Trắc, who has taken on the title of Empress, has gathered faith as a God called "Exalted Queen Trưng" even after her death. Even long after their rebellion had fallen apart, the two sisters' names are still being spoken among the populace, and eventually the two were enshrined as the Gods of Fortune. In the 14th century classical Chinese collection of stories, "Ghosts of Viet Region", which collected tales of Vietnamese Gods, there was a record of a great drought during the Ly Dynasty, and how the girls appeared in response to the offered prayers and gave them rain.
Noble Phantasm
Trưng sisters' Noble Phantasm is Let Us Walk Together Through Our Land: Roused Sixty-Five Strongholds (奮起の六十五城?). Manifestation of the two sisters' combined swordsmanship, loaded with the same unstoppable momentum. In addition, the baby elephants that the two carry also provide support with their combined attack, however, even the sisters themselves do not know exactly what those elephants are.
Development
Creation and Conception
Trưng sisters were designed by Take in Fate/Grand Order. Their scenario writer is Hazuki Minase in Fate/Grand Order.[1]
Kinoko Nasu regards the Trung sisters as the most memorable Servant in Fate/Grand Order's 7th year.[3]
Comments from Illustrator
"I really wanted to make the sisters look like one so I drew their respective slit ao dai and put their respective key color on each others' fingertip. For the Final Ascension, I had a lot of fun doing whatever I wanted like making their eyes glow, having a shadow fall on their faces at all the time, and other scary elements. The request I got described something like "charging forward on an elephant", so I wanted them to appear in a way where they can be on the screen as well, so that led me to this insane idea of...when the two combine, they become really huge. I really love how the elephants' hooves turn gold as they ascend." (Take)[1]
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 Fate/Grand Order material XV - Trưng Sisters' Profile translated by Smoof101
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Fate/Grand Order Lines
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order 7th Anniversary - Famitsu Interview translated by ComunCoutinho