| ID | 108 |
| Rarity | ★★★★★ |
| Class | Rider |
| True Name | Iskandar |
| Gender | Male |
| Source | Historical fact |
| Region | Macedonia |
| Alignment | Neutral Good |
| Height | 212cm |
| Weight | 130kg |
| Strength | B |
| Endurance | A |
| Agility | D |
| Magic | C |
| Luck | A+ |
| Noble Phantasm | A++ |
| Character Setting | Urobuchi Gen |
| Illustrator | Takeuchi Takashi |
| Character Voice | Ootsuka Akio |
| Major Appearances | Fate/Zero |
Invalidate magic with chant 3 verses or less.
Receives mostly no damage even against great thaumaturgy or ritual spells.1
The ability for riding. Capable of managing even beasts with the rank of phantasmal beast and divine beast. However, this doesn’t apply to dragon kin.
The innate ability of commanding armies.
A rank, is roughly the greatest height of popularity a human can possess.
A tactical instinctive ability in regards not of one-on-one battle, but of battle involving large numbers.
It grants advantageous correction in the case of using one’s own anti-army and anti-fortress Noble Phantasm, or when dealing against the enemy’s anti-army and anti-fortress Noble Phantasm.1
Although there is no clear basis for it, many legends has it said that he is son of the supreme god Zeus.
| Rank | A+ |
| Type | Anti-Army Noble Phantasm |
| Range | 2~50 |
| Maximum Number of Targets | 100 people |
Gordius Wheel.
The very reason that he is a “mounted soldier”; the chariot pulled by 2 flying hooved lightning bulls. It is able to run through not only the grounds, but even the air as its own domain.
Lightning surges on tracks where ever the divine bulls tread upon.
He is able to summon it anywhere by cleaving the air with the Sword of Cypriot.
Because the chariot’s various parts can be curtailed and stored away, it is also able to take the most optimum form that matches the terrain topography.
In the driver’s spot, a protection field is formed, able to at least fend off blood splashes.
Strictly speaking, this is not a Noble Phantasm, but an armament that exemplifies Iskandar.
| Rank | EX |
| Type | Anti-Army Noble Phantasm |
| Range | 1~99 |
| Maximum Number of Targets | 1000 people |
Aionion Hetairoi.1
The Reality Marble of summoning. The trump card of the Conquest King.
Its deployment is a great, vast wasteland of a desert, with hot winds blowing about the clear blue sky.
It drags in opponents into a terrain without any obstacles, consecutively summons as independent Servants his personal army that he had once lead during his live, and tramples down with a force of tens of thousands strong.
He himself is not a magus, but each and every member of his comrades shares the same imagined landscape, and with every members maintaining the magic it becomes possible to deploy the Reality Marble.
The vital point is the Reality Marble that summons and revives the entirety of Iskandar’s army when he was alive. The bonds with his retainers that crosses even space and time, sublimated as a Noble Phantasm, the symbol of his kingship.
It embodied the charismatic nature of Conquest King Iskandar to its fullest. Upon being summoned, it seems that there are several of those who are better than Rider himself in might of arms, or those who displays the Charisma of B rank befitting of a king of a country. It originates from how when he was alive, he was not a hero known for his deeds of arms, but a hero who fought as he commands his armies.
| First-person pronoun | yo |
| Second-person pronoun | kisama / 〇〇 (without honorifics) |
| Third-person pronoun | kisamara / kisamatachi / 〇〇 (without honorifics) |
As his large appearance suggests, he is a man with a large and open heart as well.
Despite possessing the nature of a tyrant that does not take others into consideration, he is a wild king whose desires ends up resulting in bringing happiness to the people.
In contrast with the ideal king, Artoria and the king that transcends humans, Gilgamesh, he is a king that carries to the extreme his limit with a human body. He is bold and broad minded, possesses a high charismatic nature; yet he also dislikes on caring too much about every little things, making the people on his surroundings rushing on their feet.
He had displayed such a manner when he was alive as well towards several nations, recruiting them for a venture never seen before in history, the Eastern Expedition. Although in the end he went back due to all of his retainers admitting defeat1, while thinking that that’s just how things went, in his later years those that deprecate the king are exceedingly few in number.
Those who he had fought during his expedition ended up being added to his army; perhaps he is a figure so overflowing in charm that it compensates for his excess flaws.
To add, maybe due to his origins where he plundered before conquering, he also has a kleptomaniac tendency, a disease of pillaging things he wanted with the light attitude of one who’s just going for a bit of shopping.
He would thought “oh, I want that”, and in the end, even if it’s a military facility, there is no stopping his greed. Truly befitting of the one known as the Conquest King.
In contracts, perhaps he possesses a strong sense of duty; even if the Master’s ability as a magus is low, he would still lend his power as a Servant. Conversely, no matter how excellent of a magus the Master is, if he/she “has low aspirations”, “whose guiding principles are nothing but jealousy, resentment, and grudges”, “isn’t even worthy in speaking as a human to begin with”, then he shall calmly deliver a crushing blow.
He desires of world conquest, but his standing is that it cannot be something given by others, only accomplished by his own hands through and through.
And so, the wish he harbors towards the Holy Grail is not “the means to conquer the world”, but “the means to incarnate for the sake of conquering the world”.
“Fleeing under the cover of the night is the act of coarse thieves. The plundering of the Conquest King walks away with the song of victory.”
“I am Conquest King Iskandar. I have manifested as Rider in this Holy Grail War.”
“As a concede2, how about yielding the Holy Grail to me? Do so, and regard you as friends I shall, and share with you the joy of conquering the world.”
“A king live far more brilliantly than anyone else. It is the word that identifies the figure that enchants the people!”
He is born in 4th century BCE in the royal family of the Greek kingdom of Macedonia.
Due to the influence of his mother Olympias, since he was a child he was indulged in the legendary tales of heroes, believing that he himself is the child of Zeus (who was put on par with the Egyptian god Amon.)
Together with his friends, known as the Hetairoi (king’s companion), he raised his military deeds, embarked on the unification of Greek under military rule upon becoming a king at the young age of 20, established and personally led the army of Eastern Expedition; and not only had he defeat the great empire of Persia but even absorbing the many nations under Persia control starting with Egypt.
Iskandar was a name given to him by the Arabians and Persians.
His Eastern Expedition had extended up to India, but due to his generals’ opposition and the soldiers’ exhaustion, he turned back in Babylon, and died in that land.
As a conqueror, he had established the largest empire ever in history; yet due to his last testament of “the strongest shall inherit the empire”, after his death his empire then was split apart.
In Fate/Grand Order, his childhood manifesting as a Servant had participated slightly earlier, but he made a high-spirited appearance in the event of Fate/Accel Zero Order. He took things in his own pace as ever, greatly churning the situation. He took an interest to a certain Servant whom he had tied a strong bond with and challenged him to battle, unaware that he is on his side.
While he does have an eye on him, he does not view at him any special way. It may be harsh, but said hero acquaintanceship with him is but of one among the many encounters for Iskandar.
His greatest rival. Were both of their standpoint to be just a little bit milder, he would like to share a drink with him.
It would appear that the bold and fearless Conquest King would reflexively tidy his clothing and address him. He had aspired to him since his childhood, and even as an adult Achilles is the great hero and an objective for him.
The Rider class Servant of the Fourth Holy Grail War. He was originally supposed to be summoned by Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, but instead formed a contract with Waver Velvet, who stole the catalyst Kayneth had prepared before the war began.
Going in, the original author entrusted me with just three pieces of information regarding Alexander: his true name, the Noble Phantasm called “Army of the King,” and the fact that there must be a development where Saber comes to reconsider her own kingship through her conflict with him and Gilgamesh.
So, starting from there I figured the most important thing was that he be a totally different sort of king from both Saber and Gilgamesh. That’s why I decided to come up with his general appearance and personality first, and only research his actual history afterward, all the while looking for ways to twist and distort things along the vector I had already imagined for him. But then, the more I read about him, the more I realized Alexander the Great’s actual life was like something out of Shounen Jump. I barely had to change anything about him at all! With the way he faced formidable foes with the utmost respect and behaved more like an adventurer than a statesman, I can’t help but imagine him as a character in one of Hara Tetsuo’s manga. Actually, now that I think about it, It’d be great if Hara Tetsuo made an Alexander the Great themed manga for real! I’m being serious.
His love of the Iliad ran so deep that he once totally disregarded strategy in favor of sightseeing around the city of Troy. He might have been the first celebrity otaku in human history.
A Rider-class Servant in Altera’s army.
He was born in the 4th century BC to the royal family of Macedonia, a kingdom in Greece.
Thanks to the influence of his mother, Olympias, he was fascinated by the exploits of heroes in mythology. He believed that he was the son of Zeus (regarded to be one and the same as the Egyptian god Amun).
He inherited the throne at the young age of twenty, and began his great conquest by uniting the Grecian states.
He raised an army and led them in a campaign to the East, not only conquering the great kingdom of Persia, but also many of the kingdoms under its control, including Egypt.
The name Iskandar was given to him by the Arabs and the Persians. His campaign to the East went as far as India. There, his troops and generals complained of fatigue, and so he turned back to Babylon, where he suddenly passed away.
As a conqueror he created the greatest empire in the history of mankind, but his dying words, “Only the strongest should rule the empire,” ended up splitting it apart instead.
Today, the Heroic Spirit Iskandar is a Top Servant, known among his peers as the “King of Conquerors.”
When the Moon Cell senses that Altera has been released, it summons Iskandar to do battle with her. However, being unaccustomed to fighting on SE.RA.PH., with all its subtle differences to the Earth he lived and died on, he approaches the fight as a kind of warm-up.
Of course, he loses. Altera then declares that his life belongs to her and forces him to join her army. (This sort of thing is bound to happen when you don’t play with your full attention on the game…)
This also makes him a Servant of the Main Character, but in the game he is treated in similar fashion to Altera.
Altera understands that her victory over Iskandar was a matter of luck, and that they are evenly matched in terms of strength. Iskandar understands that as well, but accepts his defeat with dignity. From then on, he pledges to assist Altera in achieving her goals.
Make no mistake, however: He is loyal only to Altera, and not the Umbral Star.
The King of Conquerors, Iskandar. Also known as Alexander the Great.
A great Heroic Spirit, whose exploits were only matched by a small handful of others across the entirety of human history.
Summoned in the Fourth Holy Grail War under the class of Rider, he was the Servant of Waver Velvet. His Noble Phantasms were Gordius Wheel, the Wheel of Heaven’s Might, on which Faker’s “Hecatic Wheel” was based, as well as the Rank EX Ionian Hetairoi, Army of the King, which could summon forth tens of thousands of Heroic Spirits.
Though he never really appeared in Case Files himself, his influence was enormous.
Even Heartless himself had an undeniable eye for him. Due to his great exploits in life, some say he was chosen by the twelve historical Gods of Olympus1…Heartless’ plan began from that anecdote.
Though it can’t be said whether the words Gray heard at the end of Case Files truly belonged to him or not, the resurrection of the box in her hands was unquestionably a miracle.
Comment from Illustrator #
A strong character of various emotional attachments. Even the meaning of the Fate world largely expanding is truly that of the Conquest King, right? The design’s evolution did not have much change, with the third ascension stops at having his armor becoming more splendour. But since his battle sprite is really amazing with Bucephalus as an addition, I think the feedback was really quite something. (Takeuchi Takashi)