Gray (Fate)

Name:Gray Species:Human, Magus Gender:Female Place of Origin:England

Likes

A quiet room, the smell of cigars and old books, a classroom where everyone is talking animatedly

Dislikes

Something that walks the earth even though it should be dead Age:Around 19 Back Ground:Gray comes from the Blackmore Cemetery in Wales. The clan of the village there aimed to create a being capable of handling the Holy Lance that had been passed down for generations. In other words, their purpose was to revive King Arthur, in flesh and spirit. However, their attempts had thus far been continuous failures, and the ritual had been relegated to folktales and tradition. Gray was to be the flesh of King Arthur. When she was born, her facial features vaguely resembled those of King Arthur, but ten years ago her body suddenly changed to that of King Arthur's. Losing her true face, she could no longer differentiate her own existence from that of King Arthur. Because of this, she could never fully understand herself. Due to Gray's situation, the villagers, including her mother Magdalena, believed her to be King Arthur's second coming, and energized the village elders, making them take seriously the plan to bring back King Arthur. As a result, Gray feared and hated her own face. The villagers treated Gray as the body of the king, and started regulating her lifestyle to the finest detail to try and increase her compatibility as much as they could. With Gray as the Body and the Corpse King as the Mind, the last remaining part of the ritual was the Soul, which the villagers were stuck on since manipulating the soul like that would require the Third Magic. However, they were given information from Doctor Heartless about the Fourth Fuyuki Holy Grail War and the upcoming Fifth, and decided to gamble everything on Artoria being summoned again and they could intercept her soul coming from the Throne of Heroes by providing a perfect vessel. Once Gray became a perfect physical copy and just as the Fifth Fuyuki Holy Grail War started, they would use the blade Erosion, given to them long ago by the Black Madonna, to separate Gray's mind and soul from her body, overwrite her personality with the Corpse King as the mental construct, and thus allowing for King Arthur's spirit to enter her body. Unfortunately, this meant that Gray's own soul would be lost forever. During this time when Gray was idolized and yet so alone, her only friend was Add, who had first awoken when Gray's face changed to match King Arthur's. She also had teachers in the gravekeeper Bersac Blackmore and the village priest Fernando Croze. Gray left the village when the corpse of someone who looked exactly like her was mysteriously found, which made Bersac tell her to leave. At the time, Lord El-Melloi II was visiting the village hoping to borrow one of the gravekeepers of Blackmore as a trump card against Heroic Spirits in the Fifth Holy Grail War. Bersac pushed Gray off onto Waver, entrusting her to be made his apprentice and admitting her to the Clock Tower of London, and told them never to return to the village. When Gray agreed to go with him, she asked for him to keep hating her face. While Lord El-Melloi II once said that Gray was likely a descendant of King Arthur's distant relatives, her family has no actual genetic ties to the Pendragon bloodline. Rather, her family was magically "imprinted with the essence of King Arthur's physical body."

Appearance

Gray is a young British girl (specifically Welsh) with green eyes and grayish hair. She speaks with a slight Welsh accent. Her most memorable feature is that she bears a striking resemblance to Saber (and by extension Morgan le Fay), which Lord El-Melloi II believes is due to Gray being a distant descendant of King Arthur. Her face brings unpleasant memories of the Fourth Holy Grail War for Lord El-Melloi II so he tells her to wear a hood to hide her face. When Gray uses Rhongomyniad, her eyes turn gold similar to Saber Alter.

Personality

Although she can be aloof and shy, Gray is a sweet, innocent and kindhearted girl who gladly puts her life on the line to protect the people she cares about and shows deep concern for others. Her upbringing didn't prepare her for socializing, so she spends discussions hiding behind El-Melloi II hoping no one will address her directly. Because of her sheltered upbringing, others need to explain about magecraft, magic society, or any other subject that's been brought up for her. She enjoys reading detective and adventure novels, and acknowledges that her role is similar to Watson from the Sherlock Holmes books.