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[CO9p5JMGv!p9]

On another topic, is Gil's vault a physical thing somewhere in Iraq or is it like a pocket dimension?

It was a physical place because Nitocris of Assyria buried the key with herself but Darius I found it and opened it which led to the distribution of Gil's treasures around the world. That's where the conceptual fuckery of Gil having the prototypes of weapons pre-Darius I comes from too.
As a servant it's a pocket dimension, who knows what's it like inside since the only person we know who has seen it is Shinji.

The only moment that comes close to it is when Karl declared that there were no Holy Swords and Magical Beasts during his time, and the Twelve Paladins were his elite troops. Unless it's a case of lost in translation.

I'm not sure Karl is a fully reliable source on it either, but we'll probably never know for sure. It would surely be strange for such things to have completely disappeared in only 300 years after Camelot. Yeah, it was the last vestige of the Age of Gods, but stuff stuck around even afterwards.

[neveron]

The problem lies with the fact that Charlemagne is literally the only time this comes up. It feels like the writers are ignoring their own rules for the sake of a more "interesting" story.

They're definitely very loose on what is and isn't "fictional", yeah. Even back in Fate/Stay Night you had Kojirou as a fictional character in the stories of a real person (Musashi), but come FGO they've really gone ham on the whole "what is fictional, anyway" idea by including a bunch of literary characters like Dr. Jekyll, the Count of Monte Cristo, Holmes, etc.

And then you've got stuff like Napoleon, who is a very well-documented (and recent!) historical figure but his entire schtick is about how all the crazy legends about him makes him represent human imagination and the ability to do the impossible or something along those lines. He's pretty much the same as Charlemagne's case, except this time he actually is the combined version!

[Dullahan]

alas

[OnesFleetingGlory]

Wasn't Karl's desire to live as Charles the Great rooted in history without influences from stories of fantasy surrounding him, caused him to separate Charlie from himself?

I think if Napoleon also wish something like that, it is possible that he could also end up in Charlemagne's situation.

[Comun]

Napoleon's deal is that Archer represents those crazy idealizations of Napoleon while Rider represents reality. And of course, only Archer actually appears in the story because Rider is supposedly pretty much just him but less interesting.

[Ataraxia]

Napoleon's deal is that Archer represents those crazy idealizations of Napoleon while Rider represents reality. And of course, only Archer actually appears in the story because Rider is supposedly pretty much just him but less interesting.

Funnily enough, he's shorter as a Rider.

[Reign]

Has how Golden Rule works ever been elaborated on? Is the money generated out of nowhere, or do Servants with it just have good luck finding 50 bucks on the sidewalk, or what?

[You]

Has how Golden Rule works ever been elaborated on? Is the money generated out of nowhere, or do Servants with it just have good luck finding 50 bucks on the sidewalk, or what?

The latter. In strange fake you see it working for Gil in a casino.

[Menwearpink]

smh Gil starts going to the casinos once he has a native american as a master.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

Funnily enough, he's shorter as a Rider.

IRL he was about 5'7", which is not really that tall or short, but IDK about Archer Napoleon's height.

[CielWorstGirl]

What timeline is Mahoyo set in? I asked somewhere else and I got 2 different answers from the same post when I asked about this elsewhere.

1. It's set in it's own unique universe.

2. It's set in the universe of the Tsukihime remake.

[asterism42]

IRL he was about 5'7", which is not really that tall or short, but IDK about Archer Napoleon's height.

Archer Napoleon is 189 cm, which is 6'2" for you backwards provincial types.

[fumei]

What timeline is Mahoyo set in? I asked somewhere else and I got 2 different answers from the same post when I asked about this elsewhere.

1. It's set in it's own unique universe.

2. It's set in the universe of the Tsukihime remake.

It's a tsuki world, according to clock tower.

[Gray]

What are those glowing lines on Circe's wings?
Are they magic circuits?
I can't find a source on what they are.

[LeadDemon]

What are those glowing lines on Circe's wings?
Are they magic circuits?
I can't find a source on what they are.

The falcon wings are a costume but, from the way how her magic circuits run through it, they can also be seen as a part of her body.

Yep.

[asterism42]

So are the glowing lines on Medea's cape also magic circuits?

[the god of world-0]

She does use it as wings, so maybe?

[fire_mountain_30]

Angra's arm? I think her new arm is just a magical prosthetic limb of some sort.

If memory serves, kirei cut her arm off.

During the coma she realizes it and takes Angra's arm for herself.

Wakes up from the coma suddenly having 2 arms

[OnesFleetingGlory]

How did Avenger Amakusa travel through parallel worlds back in Shimousa? I read that he escaped his pruned timeline and was described as a Mobile Singularity, a dimensional traveler by Holmes, like Musashi. I read that human Musashi was able of travel parallel worlds due to her possessing Lady Kannon's Holy Grail, but I haven't found explanations for Amakusa's case yet.

[Lily Emilio]

Pretty sure Limbo, as agent of alien god who was searching for LB candidates during Shimousa, got that covered.