Siegfried (Fate)

Do-Gooder

Full Name

Siegfried

Alias(es)

Prince Siegfried

Dragon-Blooded Knight
The Dragon Slayer
Saber
Saber of Black

Origin

Fate/Apocrypha

Occupation

Saber-class Servant of Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia.

Powers / Skills

Armor of Fafnir, Balmung, Golden Rule, Riding

Hobby

Fighting worthy opponents.

Goals

Save someone of his own volition (succeeded).
Have a second duel with Lancer of Red (succeeded posthumously).

Family

Kriemhild (wife)

Gunther (brother-in-law)
Giselher (brother-in-law)

Enemies

Fafnir
Red Faction
Karna (rival)
Jeanne d'Arc Alter

Type of Hero

Legendary Dragon Slayer

“	We are heroes... we fought and died in obscurity... Truth seekers and warriors. Even now, after being granted a second life that fate does not change.	„
	~ Siegfried's thoughts during his battle with Lancer of Red.

Prince Siegfried, also known as the Dragon-Blooded Knight, is a major character in the Japanese science fantasy franchise Fate.

In life, Siegfried was a legendary hero of the Netherlands responsible for slaying the evil dragon Fafnir with the Holy Word Balmung. After his defeat of the dragon, he married Princess Kriemhild of Burgundy and performed many deeds of valor for the kingdom. Siegfried's generous nature eventually led to his downfall when his brother-in-law the King of Burgundy sought his assistance in earning the affection of Brünnhilde, the Queen of Iceland.

Naturally, Siegfried obliged the King and helped him seduce the Queen of Iceland. After the trickery, the King of Burgundy married Brünnhilde. Knowledge of the trickery soon reached Brünnhilde, whose honor and pride was greatly wounded by the deceit, and inescapable conflict arose between Brünnhilde and Siegfried's wife Kriemhild. Siegfried, believing he was the root cause of the problem, arranged for his own death in an attempt to sooth the inevitable chaos.

Siegfried, the undefeated hero, was stabbed in the back by his closest confidante Hagen. The hero became a martyr who had lost his life at the hand of trickery and treachery. Siegfried's deeds in life were enough to earn him the right to reincarnate as a Heroic Spirit.

In the anime adaption of Fate/Apocrypha, Siegfried was voiced by Junichi Suwabe in Japanese and Ben Pronsky in English. In the Fate franchise, Suwabe also voices EMIYA. Outside of the Fate franchise, Suwabe has also voiced Eraser Head in My Hero Academia, Leone Abbacchio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, and Greed in the 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist series. Pronsky has also voiced Rodimus Prime in Transformers: Combiner Wars.

Roles[]

Siegfried appears as a supporting character in the 2012-2014 light novel series Fate/Apocrypha and its 2016 manga & 2017 anime television series adaptations of the same name, and a playable character in the 2015 turn-based tactical role-playing mobile game Fate/Grand Order. In Fate/Grand Order: Observer on Timeless Temple, the first part of the story of Fate/Grand Order, Siegfried appears as a supporting character in its first chapter Hundred Years' War of the Evil Dragons: Orleans and as a cameo character in its eighth/final chapter The Grand Temple of Time: Solomon.

Appearance[]

Siegfried was a very large man, standing at 6'2" tall and weighing 80kg. His body was slender and very well toned, and his exposed skin was dyed brown with the blood of a dragon. His eyes had a greenish grey color to them, and his silver-grey hair was exceptionally long and unkempt.

Most of his body was covered in a black bodysuit of some kind which had red markings across it. Over the top of this bodysuit, Siegfried wore several pieces of armor plating. This armor included gauntlets, boots, and pauldrons. Saber of Black carried the phantasmal sword Balmung's scabbard on his back, which is where he would sheathe the sword when not in combat.

Personality[]

During the Great Holy Grail War, Siegfried seemed perfectly willing to obey his cowardly master Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia. He obliged his master's command to not reveal his name to his allies. Siegfried seems to enjoy the thrill of battle and the idea of a worthy opponent. He thoroughly enjoyed his duel with Lancer of Red and seemed eager to meet him in battle once again.

Siegfried is completely selfless. In life, he aided those in need without hesitation and with no ulterior motive. When he believed he could protect his loved ones form anguish, Siegfried threw away his own life without hesitation. During the Great Holy Grail War Siegfried realized that his true wish was to save someone on his own volition instead of being asked to. To this end, he gave up his own life to save the homunculus Sieg despite only just meeting the boy.