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James MoriartyWP (ジェームズ・モリアーティWP, Jēmuzu Moriāti?), Class Name Ruler (ルーラー, Rūrā?), is a Ruler-class Servant summoned as one of the seven Apostles of the Alien World. Working in tangent with fellow Apostles Sherlock Holmes and the Count, their purpose is to monitor and guide the unknowing Chaldea Security Organization in their part of the Human Order Revision Incident. He is later summoned by Ritsuka Fujimaru in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.
Profile[]
Identity[]
James Moriarty has been summoned in his youth, from an age before he met Sherlock Holmes. He is a conglomerate Servant, combined with the NornsWP from Norse mythology.[2] He is an Apostle of the Alien World as he is not contracted to the Alien God itself, but with the system they use to summon Apostles. Despite using the same system, he is not loyal to the Alien God and seeks to oppose their plans, thus needs to ally with Chaldea. However, due to his dislike for the Protagonist for their role in allowing the Alien God's advent, he seeks to contract with Kadoc Zemlupus, take over Chaldea, and replace the Protagonist with Kadoc as the Master against the Alien God.
He was summoned due to his compatibility against Sherlock Holmes, who is an unknowing rogue Apostle of the Alien God who sealed his own memories in order to ally with Chaldea. Moriarty's mission was to restore Sherlock's memories and expose him as an Apostle, then defeat him when he became compelled to follow the Alien God's role for him,[2] ridding Chaldea of their secret traitor for when he takes control.
Appearance[]
He is about 30 years younger than Archer Moriarty.[2]
 Ruler Stage 1 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Raita Honjou.  Ruler Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Raita Honjou.  Ruler Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Raita Honjou.  Ruler Stage 4 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Raita Honjou.  Ruler Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Raita Honjou.  Heroic Spirit Dream Portrait: James Moriarty (英霊夢装：ジェームズ・モリアーティ?) in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Raita Honjou.  |
Personality[]
A slightly better person than the older Moriarty, with something of a fragile self-esteem. He has a promising future filled with hope, but he has already made the most important choice of his life: to relentlessly brave the path of evil.[1]
He faces others as a cheerful and likeable young man who loves mathematics and is always making calculations. He is the sort of person you'd be friends with in college who would insult you while lending you his notebook. But because he knows he will become a famous criminal mastermind in the future, he is trying to be evil in order to emulate his future self.[1]
His memories of Sherlock Holmes are not very clear since he was summoned in a body from before Moriarty and Holmes met.[2] Though he says Holmes is just an obstacle to him, he can't get Holmes out of his head.[1]
Relationships[]
- Sherlock Holmes
- "So that's the great detective Sherlock Holmes! Heh. A chill ran down my spine just looking at his face! ...Maybe he hates me?"[3]
- "I see, so he is my nemesis. I'm sure I'll come full circle and hate him when I've aged, but right now I don't think anything of him. Just for now."[3]
- "Even when Holmes dies, he will rise again. But it won't be the same guy who fought with you in the Lostbelt... And yet Holmes is Holmes. This is the conundrum which plagues Servants, not just Holmes. That man solved the mystery at the very end by risking his life. He may be irritating, but I do have to respect him."[3]
- James Moriarty
- "The older me, huh? He certainly had an interesting idea to attach a Phantom Spirit called the Freeshooter. But that aside...am I really going to have a bad back? Do you think I should go out and do some exercises to prevent that from happening, rather than sit around on my throne all day? I should? I guess so..."[3]
- Henry Jekyll and Hyde
- "Hm? That young man who looks like a student... We seem to be of the same age, and I think we might get along. Okay, I'm going to try to talk to him... On second thought, I have a bad feeling about this, so I'm just going to flee! So his name's Jekyll. I'll remember that!"[3]
- Kadoc Zemlupus
- "Kadoc Zemlupus? Hm. It's not that I'm not interested, but there's nothing really to say about him. Why do you ask? Ah, I see. I suppose it was all based on a difference of opinion. For once, I cannot comprehend this Lostbelt you talk about."[3]
Role[]
Fate/Grand Order[]
Traum: Realm of the Thanatos Impulse[]
Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls.
Nahui Mictlan: Golden Sea of Trees Travelogue[]
Moriarty disappeared after bringing Ritsuka Fujimaru, Kadoc Zemlupus, and Mash Kyrielight to Area 51. Some time before he did so, he prepared a video ahead of time and gave it to Chaldea. In the video Moriarty tells Chaldea that the Specimen E they found in Area 51 had been there and experimented on for a century, and he believes that in its death throes it called its kin, the Alien God. However, this is only a theory and Moriarty cannot prove it yet, and he wonders if Chaldea can find the answers that he could not with TRISMEGISTUS II. He also informs them that the Alien God intends to fuse with ORT, and the moment she does humanity will lose.[4]
Abilities[]
The NornsWP that are fused into his Spirit Origin give him the ability to manipulate fate. He can neutralize attacks by establishing that he isn't fated to be hit by them, and remove obstacles by establishing that he is fated to overcome them.[1] However he cannot stop his own ultimate destiny. Because in Arthur Conan Doyle's books Moriarty died in a duel with Holmes at Reichenbach Falls, when Holmes dies at that waterfall in the Traum Singularity Moriarty reaches the end of his fate and also begins to disappear.[2]
Skills[]
Class Skills[]
- Independent Action (A Rank):
- Conspiracy Creation (EX Rank): A skill that is similar to, and yet nothing like, Territory Creation. It allows him to weave plots just like a spider weaves a web. Originally A+, it went up to EX thanks to this young Moriarty's innate ability to weave conspiracies without any conscious effort whatsoever.
- Panic Cut (C+ Rank): A Skill somewhat similar to Disengage, this skill enables Moriarty to stand back and reassess a scheme no matter how chaotic things may be at a given moment. Prevents him from being affected by mentally destabilizing debuffs.
Personal Skills[]
- Mathematical Thinking (A Rank): Through precise razor-sharp mental calculations, he can always determine the optimal action in a given combat scenario. "Huh? You want me to take part in the combat, too?"
- Slide Rule Weapon (B++ Rank): The slide rule in his hands is no ordinary tool; it is capable of transforming into any sort of weapon imaginable. "Um, excuse me? How did this happen to my slide rule?" As we said, it is a tool capable of transforming into any sort of weapon imaginable.
- Dice Selection (EX Rank): Later in his life, Moriarty will be faced with a choice. Should he go down the path of evil, or devote himself solely to mathematics? Although he carefully calculated every other decision he made in all his life up till then, he decided to entrust this choice, and so his fate, to the dice. What would they decide?
Noble Phantasm[]
Moriarty's Noble Phantasm is Mathemalignancy: Annihilation. His second Noble Phantasm is The Dynamics of an Asteroid, but he sealed it.
Development[]
Creation and Conception[]
James Moriarty was designed by Raita Honjou in Fate/Grand Order.
Moriarty Ruler was not originally planned to appear, and was only created because Takashi Takeuchi said he wanted to see a young Moriarty. The reveal of Holmes' origins was planned to happen in Lostbelt 7. At first none of the writers knew where they would put Moriarty Ruler, until it was decided to include him as the true boss who defeats Holmes, and so he was added to Lostbelt 6.5.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Fate/Grand Order - James Moriarty (Ruler) Profile
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Lostbelt 6.5: Traum - A Certain Phantasmal Life and Death - Chapter 21: The Death of a Great Detective
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Fate/Grand Order Lines
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Nahui Mictlan: Golden Sea of Trees Travelogue - Prologue
- ↑ Famitsu - Fate/Grand Order 7th Anniversary interview with Nasu and Takeuchi - Translated by Comun