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1. #1Magical Energy

   Keys: Mana, Od, Magical Energy

   Magical Energy is a source of energy found naturally within Magi and the World, acting as the source to actualize the Mysteries of Magecraft. Referred to as the primordial animus and life itself, Magical Energy is the source that powers all forms of Magecraft. Analogous to gasoline, it is an essential element for the invocation of spells. There have been many names for Magical Energy depending on the culture.

   Magical Energy is primarily classified by two types, Mana and Od, separated only by whether it comes from the atmosphere or from within human Magi. They are essentially identical in terms of quality, but the world's Mana vastly exceeds humanity's Od.

   In the Holy Church, it is considered taboo to use the terminology preferred by Magi due to the organization’s long-standing conflict with the Mage’s Association. Members of the Church therefore refer to Magical Energy as "Prayer Power".

2. #2Mana

   Keys: Od, Magical Energy, mana

   Mana, the meaning of which is approximately the same as that of Polynesian culture, is the greater Magical Energy found in the atmosphere of the world.

   Mana is the "breath of the planet filling the world and nature," produced by the World through a network of Ley Lines across the globe. There also exist alternate versions of Ley Lines, such as the Divine-make Ley Lines of Olympus, a wireless network created and administrated solely by the Gods, capable of superior Mana provision compared to regular Leylines.

   The density of Mana on the planet is dependent on the age. Within the Age of Gods, the Mana density is such that a modern human will die when exposed to it without a specialized Mystic Code to block out the Mana. The reason for that is because humanity has adapted to an environment where Magical Energy is vanishing, and their bodies can no longer withstand their original one now that they parted from the World of Magecraft. As such, to people of the modern age, Magical Energy from the Age of the Gods is basically a poison, and too much of it can damage internal organs.

   The Mana within a given area is finite, the three-kilometer cavern housing the Fuyuki Greater Holy Grail holding one thousand units. Similar to Magi needing time to regenerate their Od, the Mana of an area will take a long time to replenish after it is depleted.

3. #3Od

   Keys: Life Force, Od

   Od, from the concept of Odic force, is the life-force energy found within living organisms such as humans, animals and Magical Beasts. Once depleted, the Magic Circuits that are stored in the human soul will begin to replenish it. Od is produced as long as one lives, but the amount a person can store varies from individual to individual.

4. #4Magic Circuit

   Keys: Od, Magical Energy, Life Force

   Magic Circuits are a pseudo-nervous system that spreads itself through the human body and what qualifies a person to be a Magus.

   The Magic Circuits have two basic functions; one is to convert Life Force into Magical Energy and another is to allow their owner to access Thaumaturgical Foundations, also known as Greater Magic Formula.

   They are also paths that connect the material world to the astral plane. To perform Mysteries, a Magus sends a command and Magical Energy to a Thaumaturgical Foundation through his Magic Circuits and activates one of the Magic Formulae included in the Thaumaturgical Foundation as if someone switched a computer on and sends it commands to run a computer program.

5. #5Origin

   Keys: Swirl of the Root, Human

   Within all humans exists the "Power of the Beginning", the "Root", the original model, from which all human genes began. While none of Earth can withstand Potnia Theron, the start of human history wielded by BB, those who obtain this power are on the same level and cannot be "undone" by it. It requires special access rights within the Moon Cell to obtain the ability, needing to dive into the core of the recorded Heroic Spirit to unlock their Root that has been sealed away by the Moon Cell.

6. #6Mixed-Blood

   Keys: Oni Kind, Demon

   It is possible for humans to have offspring with Phantasmal Species and Demons, resulting in the birth of Mixed-Bloods. Though their blood is growing thinner with each successive generation, on rare occasions a child is born who has strongly inherited that "inhuman" characteristic. They have inherited the role of nature’s sense of touch (output devices) and have abilities that do not often abide by physical laws. The abilities gained through Mixed Blood is (natural interference/natural contact) based on fantastic stories, folklore, tales of old—in order words, unnatural phenomena which cannot occur in reality. Such hybrids include offspring between humans and members of the Oni Kind, such as the Tohno and Kishima clans in Japan.

   Others include the half-incubus Merlin, and the distant descendant of succubi Natalia Kaminski. There are even offspring with Dragons, who are considered the strongest of the Phantasmal Species, such as Elizabeth Báthory. Such beings are seen as a distortion that needs to be exterminated in Japan, but they make for troublesome targets for the Demon Hunters. They are immune to the Edict of Binding of Houjutsu, and it is impossible to match their supernatural powers with just a human body.

7. #7Magus

   Keys: Magecraft, Human, Magic Circuits, Mage, Magus

   Humans who are born with Magic Circuits are qualified to be a Magus. Magus, or Mage, is the term for a human practitioner of Magecraft, the magical science, as opposed to a Magician, who is capable of bringing forth true miracles that are impossible to be reenacted at the current scientific stage.

8. #8Psychic

   Keys: Psychic, Esper, Psion

   Humans can be born with innate abilities such as extrasensory perception and other abnormal powers called ESP. They are normally functions that aren't involved in the operation of the organisms called humans, which are the circuits that cause "supernatural phenomena" to occur.

   Compared to Magecraft, which can be trained over time, inherent ability is absolutely necessary to use ESP. Those who have these abnormal lines can cause supernatural phenomenon to happen as if they were simply breathing. Those experiencing it find it to be normal, so they only realize the abnormality of themselves for the first time when the common sense of others point this out to them.

9. #9Human

   Keys: Age of Man, human

   Humans are the most prevalent species on the planet. Humans are the Prime Species of Earth. The collective will of humanity is represented by Alaya, and it is at odds with the natural forces of the planet. During the Age of Gods, humanity was much closer to the Root and the Gods. Humanity has the potential to develop to the point where it can outlive the planet itself, such as the Liners and A-Rays.

10. #10Demon Hunter Organization

    Keys: Demon Hunters

    The Demon Hunter Organization is an important element of the Nasuverse within the stories of Tsukihime, Kara no Kyoukai, and Kagetsu Tohya. Though it is not often referred to directly, it is related to many of the core characters of those stories. The Organization is made up of four families, all of whom have a psychic ability. The Organization's main opponent are the Mixed-Blood descendants from the Oni Kind, which partially included the Tohno Family. However, even some members of the Organization are known to have inhuman blood coursing through their veins.

11. #11Mystery

    Keys: Age of Gods, Od, Mana, Magus, Mystery, Mysteries

    Mystery is a sliver of power of many different types that comes from the Root.

    It is the source of all supernatural phenomena such as Magecraft or ESP, and beings such as True Ancestors, Dead Apostles, Servants, Spiritual Bodies, as well as Phantasmal Species show signs of Mystery. Mystery accumulates over time and grows stronger with age.

12. #12Magecraft

    Keys: Age of Gods, Mystery, Age of Man, magecraft

    Magecraft is the artificial reenactment of Mystery, which is ordinarily possible only by inhuman beings.

    Magecraft is the ability to bring about what is possible through Science with supernatural means; although the process is considered a miracle, the result is not. The limits of Magecraft have changed with time, as science evolved and Magic from the past became possible through Science.

    There exists no impossibility for modern Magecraft within the rules of the world and limits of human intellect; there are limitations, however, where it only appears that something is possible. Because Magecraft acts as the reenactment of preexisting phenomena, it is impossible to use it to create new Mysteries; even with an infinite amount of research, there exists a "wall" preventing human wisdom from doing so in the current era. The realm past this "wall" is known as Magic.

    Modern Magecraft is inferior to that from the Age of Gods in terms of magnitude because Magi from that era had acquired their Magical Energy from the Swirl of the Root directly. The difference between Modern and Traditional Magecraft is explainable by the difference in civilizations - while the civilization of the Age of Gods existed side-by-side with the Truth, the civilization of the Age of Man exists in order to search for the Truth.

13. #13Age of Gods

    Keys: Age of Gods, God, divine spirits

    The time period beginning with the genesis of the Earth 4.5 billion years ago until the beginning of the Common Era around 1 AD is referred to as the Age of Gods, during which the world followed laws based not on physics but on Mystery. The Age of Gods period is marked by a greater proliferation of Phantasmal Species and greater interaction between gods and mortals. This is the age of heroes and mythology, when rules of mankind and the laws of the world were different right down to the very fundamental physics of reality itself, but this period ended many years ago. Even Magecraft itself is described as being closer to Magic in this era and Medea's abilities reinforce this concept. The currently-revealed Second Age of Gods eventually transitioned into the Age of Man due to three major events. Originally, gods existed in physical form as manifestations of nature itself, and ruled the Earth and its civilizations. The Deterioration began with the invasion of Sefar in 12,000 BC.

    Sefar successfully burned to ash 80% of the planet’s surface, not only killing most of the plants, animals or Humans, but even the gods themselves. The most notable including Amaterasu, and the Twelve Machine Gods of Olympus. It wasn't until the six Great fairies forged the Holy Sword forged in the core of the planet, that Sefar was finally beaten back.

    Although the gods did survive, due to the damage done by Sefar, their influence and power declined whereas those of humanity grew. The gods slowly began to lose their physical forms and eventually could only walk on the Earth by possessing compatible humans.

    The Authority Potnia Theron embodying the power of all creation originated from a forgotten goddess approximately around 6,000 BC (the Goddess of Çatalhöyük). It was inherited by the Earth Mother Goddesses; Tiamat, Cybele, Ishtar, Inanna, Anat, Ashtart, Gaia, Hera, Artemis, Aphrodite, Demeter, Athena, etc.

14. #14Swirl of the Root

    Keys: The Root, Akasha, The Emptiness, Swirl of The Root, Void

    The Swirl of the Root, also known as the Root, the Akashic Records, or occasionally, Heaven, is a metaphysical location that acts as the "force" that exists at the top of all theories in every dimension, as well as the source of all events and phenomena in the universe.

    The Root is also referred to as the "Outside of the World," as opposed to the World and its Reverse Side. Existing outside of time, it stores and archives information of all possibilities and events, past, present, and future, of the world. It is the place from where all Souls, including those of Heroic Spirits recorded on the Throne of Heroes, originate from and to where they return after death. In Kara no Kyoukai, the Swirl of the Root, or Akashic Records, is the name used to pronounce 「　」 . This term corresponds to the "Emptiness" in the series' title. Although, because the Swirl of the Root is a name, it automatically can't be said to be the same anymore, since 「　」 is a space of nothingness that can't even have a name.

    Many Mage families follow the ultimate goal of one day reaching the Root while still alive.

15. #15Genesis

    The Earth was created 4.6 billion years before present day and was initially formed from molten magma and gas. Life did not emerge until the inhospitable planet cooled and settled. The infernal landscape of the Earth before genesis has become part of the genetic memories of all creatures on Earth, and humans drew from this imagery when they created the concept of Hell.

16. #16Age of Man

    Keys: Age of Man, human

    The specific period of Celt and Ulster legends are presumed to be from 100 BC to 100 AD. By 60 AD, the hero Cú Chulainn had already died decades ago.

    Around 0 AD, the Age of Gods ended entirely and the population of humanity grew explosively. Because the Earth obeys the law of the most prosperous species on its surface, the rules of the world were completely changed from one that mostly obeyed Mystery to one that mostly obeyed physics. The Phantasmal Species ceded the Earth's surface to humans and moved to the Reverse Side of the World, where Mystery still thrives.

    However, unlike on continents where countries are joined by land and thus the establishment of the laws of physics was swift, the Age of Gods lasted a little longer on islands; the more isolated from the mainland, the easier it was for Mystery to remain in those lands. This included Britain, the "navel" of the planet, which had its own Age in the form of the Age of Fairies, and Japan, whose Age of Gods lasted until the end of the Sengoku Era. In the Americas, the Mesoamerican Age of Gods ended with the fall of the Mayan civilization in 900 CE.

    The current age is identified as the Age of Man, where Mysteries such as Magecraft are dwindling in favor of science. The Five Magics were born in this age.

17. #17Magic

    Keys: Swirl of the Root, Mystery, True Magic, Magic

    Magic is the highest class of Mystery that surpasses Magecraft and all current sciences of that age. It represents the actualization of events that are impossible to reproduce in a certain era, whether by humans or the Planet, even if given an infinite amount of time and resources. The acquisition of the capacity to perform Magic is considered the ultimate accomplishment of a Magus, and only within the grasp of those who have accessed the Swirl of the Root.

    "Magic" can be differentiated from "Magecraft" in that the consequences of its use are ostensibly "impossible" or "miraculous". A spell that creates fire, even a large blaze, is merely Magecraft, since lighting a match can yield the same effect. Concepts like Time Manipulation, teleportation, spatial warping and quarantine, and the Resurrection of the dead are miracles thought to be possible only through the application of Magic. The Denial of Nothingness, Operation of Parallel Worlds, and Time Travel can all perform Resurrections, but the Resurrection of the dead through conventional methods is something that not even Magic has granted since the days of old. Magic is attained by reaching the Swirl of the Root, but not touching it like those who are said to have disappeared from the World upon touching it. Moreover, in order to acquire Magic, the Magus must be the very first to travel through a specific path to the Root; even if the same theory and method are used to reach the Root, those who came after the first Magus using a certain path cannot acquire Magic.

18. #18Fifth Magic

    Keys: Swirl of the Root, Mystery, Magic, Magic Blue

    Aoko is a Magician capable of utilizing Magic Blue, the Fifth Magic, making her the only person in the current world capable of performing its miracles. It appears to have a connection with consumption and extinction.

    Its exact domain is uncertain, but it is able to perform Time Travel. Her usage of it is limited to localized individual time travel, but Touko cannot believe time travel is the true nature of the Fifth Magic, since time travel was already possible with the Second Magic. While she is unsure if Aoko has arrived at the very depths of its nature, she is certain that it is not simply just a miracle. Aoko uses it to make herself into the "completed Aoko Aozaki" of ten years later and revive Soujuurou Shizuki. Time travel is also possible with the Second Magic because the revising of records and rewriting of events falls under the operation of parallel worlds. It makes no sense for such an ability to now be called the Fifth Magic, but Touko decides further speculation is none of her business.

    Despite Touko being a vastly superior magus, Aoko was chosen to inherit the Magic instead of her. Though Touko boasts one of the greatest Magic Circuits in the world, the Fifth Magic does not require such a thing, and it can be said that Aoko's simplicity is more suited to it. The secret of the Fifth Magic lies in "advancing civilization", fitting how Alice represents Medieval Civilization and Aoko represents Consumption Civilization. It also holds the answer as to why she is called the "newest" magician. Ars Almadel Salomonis is stated to have parts of and hints to the Fifth Magic to it.

    She is familiar with Zelretch and the Second Magic to some extent, as she is able to classify Neco-Arc existing in the world of Melty Blood as his doing.

19. #19Third Magic

    Keys: Swirl of the Root, Mystery, Magic, Heaven’s Feel

    The soul contains the memories, mind, and Magic Circuits of a person, and it uses the person's body as an anchor to the World to keep from being dispersed and returning to Akasha. Once the brain and body are destroyed, it is impossible to restore a person's dispersed soul, and even the magical ability of the Holy Grail can't restore a destroyed body. Even if a Magus manages to place their soul into a new body, it will either be an inferior copy compared to the original, as in the case of Michael Roa Valdamjong (Remake) and Darius Ainsworth, or the soul itself will eventually begin to rot, as with Zouken Matou.

    Heaven's Feel is a Magic that allows for the Materialization of the Soul, which stops the inevitable dispersion of the soul once it no longer has an anchor to the World, and essentially makes it transcend to a higher form of existence. It is a Magic that realizes true immortality by making the soul into a high-dimensional planar being capable of interacting with the material world as a mental body without having to return to Akasha. The practitioner will acquire an unlimited source of Magical Energy due to the soul becoming analogous to a perpetual motion machine

20. #20Phantasmal Species

    Keys: Magical Beasts, Phantasmal Beasts, Monsters

    Phantasmal Species is the common term used to refer to all non-human creatures that are found in legends and fantasy.

21. #21Mystic Eyes

    Keys: Mystic Eyes, Noble Colors

    Mystic Eyes are a form of supernatural power concentrated in the eyes, granting the power to interfere with the outer world through sight alone.

    The Mystic Eyes are the oldest Magecraft known to humans, deriving from neither ritual nor study. Within the Clock Tower, Mystic Eyes have their own system of ranking, called Noble Color. Normal Mystic Eyes shine red or green, strong ones glow a luminous gold, and Mystic Eyes that fall in the realm of Gods glimmer with multiple colors, like jewels or rainbows.

    "A Noble Color is like the movement of the stars compared to normal Magic Circuits" is a common saying in the World of Magecraft. Mystic Eyes that directly intervene with the fates of others are classified as being of a Noble Color, and include Compulsion, Contract, Flame, Illusion, Jinx, Petrification, among others.

    Above them, Mystic Eyes ranked Gold or higher often held great Magecrafts that had long since been lost to the modern era. Gold-ranked Mystic Eyes can earn a Sealing Designation with one wrong step, and are possessed by the highest class of Dead Apostles.

    For Jewel and Rainbow ranks, they are so rare that their very existence is hypothetical and can't even be verified. It is assumed that they don't just possess powerful Magecraft, but instead could actualize Mysteries that were otherwise entirely impossible to replicate in any era. They could even be said to be an exercise of the Authority of the Divine. Medusa's Mystic Eyes of Petrification fall under the classification of Jewel, and it is rumored that one of the Lords at the top of their faction may be hiding some Jewel-ranked Mystic Eyes away.

    Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are the only known example ranked Rainbow.

22. #22Mystic Eyes of Death Perception

    Keys: Swirl of the Root, Death, Mystic Eyes

    The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception (直死の魔眼, Chokushi no Magan?, lit. Magic Eyes of Direct Death) are a type of Mystic Eyes that are considered to be such a rarity that they are thought not to exist at all.

    Under the Noble Colors System, the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are designated as Rainbow, the highest level. The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are considered Divine Spirit class Mystic Eyes.

    The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are possessed by Shiki Ryougi, Shiki Tohno (Remake), and Tepeu. Also Michael Roa Valdamjong (Remake) in the body of SHIKI Tohno (Remake) displays a similar ability. The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception can be called a circuit that opens up in the brain and eyes to allow the user to "perceive death," the conceptual "Death of an Existence," as visual signals in the form of Lines of Death (死の線, Shi no Sen?) and Points of Death (死の点, Shi no Ten?).[1][2] Although Shiki Ryougi only sees the Lines of Death, certain Lines act as the Points of Death that Shiki Tohno would see. Their usage is not entirely dependent on the eyes of the user, as they can still "see" lines should they go blind or gouge them out

23. #23Magician

    Keys: Magecraft, Mystery, Magic

    Those who practice Magic are known as Magicians. They have control over their own Mysteries, but also practice Magecraft. Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg's Magecraft is at the level where he was given the title Wizard Marshall by the Mage's Association, while Aoko is inferior in skill as a Magus to the lecturers of the Clock Tower. There are many Magi who exceed them in the area of Magecraft, while their Magic is a unique Mystery only available to them. There are also those like Barthomeloi Lorelei, whose Magecraft comes close to the miracles achieved by Magic, and Caubac Alcatraz, who is considered to be "just a step away" from the level of the Magicians.

24. #24Aoko Aozaki

    Keys: Fifth Magic, Magician, Magus

    Aoko Aozaki (蒼崎青子, Aozaki Aoko?) is the first protagonist of Mahou Tsukai no Yoru and a supporting character in the Tsukihime series and Tsukihime Remake series. She is the Magician of the Fifth Magic (第五魔法の魔法使い, Dai Go Mahō no Mahōtsukai?). Aoko is a member of the Aozaki family. When she was young, Aoko's grandfather, the third generation head chose to raise Touko as his successor while Aoko lived with her parents. She is not afraid at all of her grandfather, who is labelled a monster, and only thinks of the great Magus who created the final Magic as "a terrible old man who's lived for too long through questionable means".[11] When she was fifteen years old, Aoko was suddenly named the successor to the Fifth Magic by her grandfather, and her sister Touko Aozaki, who was being trained as the successor until that point, was abandoned. Therefore, she originally had a very bad relationship with her sister. It was later revealed in Mahou Tsukai no Yoru, however, that the true target for Touko's anger was actually her grandfather who closed the Aozaki's path to the Root.

    Ever since becoming the Aozaki heir, she has lived the life of a rootless wanderer, roaming the world with a single trunk in hand.[1][4] Her meeting with Shiki was merely a coincidence, akin to making friends with a local child in the midst of a long journey.

25. #25True Ancestor

    Keys: Counter Force, Nature Spirit, Elemental, Vampire, Fairy, Mystery

    Unique existences even among the Vampires, the True Ancestors are incarnated Nature Spirits, being classified as Elementals, said to be the original bloodsucking species independently established by the planet as its sense of touch.

    Elemental royalty, they are Vampiric creatures from birth, however, unlike the Dead Apostles and other blood-sucking species, the root of their bloodlust is psychological rather than physical. Also, because they are part of nature, they can use the power of Marble Phantasm to change the world around them according to their thoughts.

    They can be classified as a type of greater Fairy and their Foundation is of a Mystery that cannot be reached through Magecraft. They are said to be Planet-class Spirits, a rank higher than Divine Spirits. As they receive backup from the planet, it can be said that the limits of their actions are the limits of nature itself.

26. #26Vampire

    Keys: Bloodsucker

    Vampire (吸血鬼, Kyūketsuki?, Blood-Sucking Demon), also called Bloodsucker (吸血種, Kyūketsu-shu?), is the general term for those who suck the blood of other living creatures.

27. #27Dead Apostle

    Keys: Vampire, True Ancestor, Magecraft

    Dead Apostles are Humans that became Vampires either by the use of Magecraft (like Van-Fem, though this kind is rare) or by the actions of another Vampire of similar nature (in this case, either a True Ancestor or another Dead Apostle). The Dead Apostles also includes creatures that weren't Vampires from the beginning, such as animals.

    Among the creatures that fall under the Vampire category, they are the most numerous.

    The main targets of the Executors of the Burial Agency (Remake), an organization created for the purpose of stopping the spreading of the heresy known as Vampires by exterminating the Dead Apostles and sealing The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors (Remake)

28. #28Divine Spirit

    Keys: Age of Gods

    Divine Spirit are Gods that deteriorated as the Age of Gods came to a close. It is the classification for the highest rank of Nature Spirit.

29. #29Spirits

    Keys: Mystery, spirits, spirit

    Spirits (霊, Rei?) are spiritual bodies used by the Planet as a sense of touch, and anything that interferes with them is considered a contradiction. There are several types of Spirits, and despite the fact that they can be found everywhere, only those humans who possess a spiritual affinity can perceive them.

    Spirits are generally harmless to people, but those of the Elemental class are of such a dimension that they can interact with people by taking a physical form. Presently, science cannot interfere with Spiritual Bodies and modern Magecraft cannot reproduce Mysteries of such scale.

30. #30Thaumaturgical System

    Keys: Magecraft, Magic Circuit

    Thaumaturgical System is the general term used to refer to the several modern Schools of Magecraft such as Astrology, Kabbalah, Alchemy, and Shinsendou. Divergences can be found among different Thaumaturgical Systems, but the fundamental basis is “to convert Magical Energy inside the user’s body to transform the external world”.

    The practitioner acts in accord with the system that each Thaumaturgical System operates under to execute a pre-built program. That “program” is a set of universal rules that interfere with nature once they are enforced. The power that enforces those rules is the Magical Energy of the Magus and the command to do it is made through his Magic Circuits. The greater the interference, the greater will be the amount of Magical Energy consumed.

31. #31Elemental

    Keys: Spirit, Mystery, Counter Force

    An Elemental (精霊, Seirei?) is a general category for a variety of Spiritual Bodies (霊体, Reitai?). It is a class of Mystery whose foundations can't be replicated by Magecraft, and a rare number of Phantasmal Species were capable of advancing to becoming Elementals.

    There are a few types of Elementals: Nature Spirits, Animal Spirits, and the artificially created Guardian Spirits. Lower class Spirits such as Wraiths and Apparitions are not included in this category. Most of these Spirits do not take the shape of a human.

    Despite being a general category for all sorts of Spirits, the term "Elemental" usually refers to Nature Spirits when used by itself. In this case, the Elementals here acts as part of the Counter Force and exists as the sense of touch for the Planet. The likes of Great Mother/Father-class Fairies such as Morgan le Fay/Vivian, Lugh Beowulf, the True Ancestors, Viy, Tengu such as Kiichi Hougen, Zhenren such as Consort Yu, Divine Spirits (a weakened state of Gods) and other mediators of nature are first and foremost Elementals before being part of any other category.

    Elementals are "power" granted form using human imagination as a container and they don't need human "faith" in order to exist. Still, even if their shape turns out to be close to that of humans, their values and logic are still unlike those of humans. Fairies that grow to a scale that can be perceived by humans become Elementals. True Ancestors, who are classified as a type of Greater Fairy, fall into the category of an Elemental. Incarnated Elementals like Hinako Akuta are even capable of "dying" and being recorded into the Throne of Heroes, as they can choose how they wish to incarnate themselves.

    The mediators of nature are capable of using Marble Phantasm[3] and just like Daemons,[4] use Reality Marbles.

32. #32Nature Spirits

    Keys: Spirit

    Nature Spirits (自然霊, Shizenrei?) — As the name states, a Spirit born from elements of nature such as plants, soil, gemstones, natural phenomena, etc. Ores and jewels that have been beneath the surface for an extended period of time generally carry powerful Nature Spirits. These Spiritual Bodies are formed by the will of the planet earth and they gain energy from nature itself.

    Only those Nature Spirits, who are wanted by the planet as a defense against the resource-plundering actions of humans, can receive a body made out of flesh from the planet. These supernatural entities are known as the Transcendent Kind, one known member of this category are the True Ancestors who are said to be Planet-class Spirits, a rank higher than Divine Spirits.

33. #33Gaia

    Keys: Planet's Will, Counter Force, Gaia, The Planet

    Gaia is the planet's will to survive. Gaia protects all creatures on Earth by using Nature Spirits and creatures of the Earth, but as mankind becomes independent, Gaia increasingly perceives humans as a source of threat due to their reckless destruction of the environment.

    Gaia's response to the human threat is producing beings that can cull or rule mankind. Primate Murder was created to quickly eliminate humans. The True Ancestors are great Faeries modelled after the Crimson Moon, introduced by Gaia to rule over mankind.

    The destruction of the planet by Earth-born creatures is essentially impossible due to measures already put in place by the Counter Force. Even Anti-Planet Noble Phantasms are unable to accomplish this feat.

34. #34Ultimate One

    Keys: Planet, Gaia

    Ultimate Ones (原初の一アルテミット・ワン, Gensho no IchiArutemitto Wan?, lit. Primordial One (Original One)), known locally by the residents of the Land of Steel as Aristoteles (アリストテレス, Arisutoteresu?) and Types (タイプ, Taipu?), are the strongest existences of a celestial body.[1]

    The concept of Ultimate Ones is related to Archetypes, but the exact connection is undefined. Ultimate Ones are the ultimate beings from other planets, differing significantly from both creatures of Earth and each other biologically and in appearance. They do not have the same sense of self as humans, nor do they have the concepts of damage or death. They require something above the existence of the common sense of the planet in order to be harmed or destroyed, though the resulting "death" is not necessarily permanent. In the world of Notes, they lack names originally, only given the name of "Aristoteles" by humans, and it is unknown why "Aristoteles" is used, perhaps originating from a scientist of the old age.[2] It is possible for some to acquire the planet's concept of "knowledge" and several were able to contact mankind. Type Venus, as a parasite type being, is capable of such, but ORT (Lostbelt) can only partially simulate the beings of Earth.

    Each is the strongest lifeform of its planet, essentially the planets themselves, and they each have the power to singlehandedly exterminate all existing lifeforms on Earth. Type Saturn appears to be the leader of those on Earth, as well as the relay point for orders from the respective planets. They do not contend with each other, operating freely without conflict.

35. #35Crimson Moon

    Keys: Ultimate One, Brunestud

    Brunestud of the Crimson Moon, also called Crimson Moon, is the Ultimate One of the Moon, otherwise known as Type-Moon. Brunestud is the Ultimate One of the Moon, and is thus the strongest life-form on the Moon, capable of singlehandedly wiping out all living beings on Earth. The appearance, abilities and very thoughts of Archetype: Earth could be called the Crimson Moon. After he vanished, individuals close to him in power and purity started being honored with the title of Brunestud. But in the long history of the True Ancestors, only Arcueid (Remake) and Altrouge have ever received the name Brunestud. Arcuied in particular is beyond all other True Ancestors, as she can stand her ground with the first True Ancestor, Crimson Moon.

    All creatures known as Dead Apostles are descended from him in some way, and as with True Ancestors, he can create strong Dead Apostles by drinking the blood of a human, having created at least two members of The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors, Merem and Zelretch, and having had both Blackmore and Ortenrosse become vampires through magical research in order to follow him. Despite the impact the Twenty-seven Ancestors have on the planet, they can be considered nothing more than a footprint that he made on the world. In the Remake, Crimson Moon was noted to have also been responsible for transforming Caubac Alcatraz into a Vampire due to sensing his potential.

36. #36Counter Force

    Keys: Planet, Earth, Counter Force, Alaya

    The Counter Force is a safety device formed by a World to defend itself against extinction and is synonymous with the World it represents. The concept of Counter Force is central to the World, and there are two types: Gaia and Alaya. Gaia is the will of the Earth, the planet's intrinsic wish to survive and prosper. Alaya, on the other hand, is the collective unconscious will of mankind to avoid extinction. As humans are creatures of Earth, Alaya was a component of Gaia. However, as mankind began to develop independent from nature, it became independent. With this divergence, Alaya is no longer aligned with Gaia and potential conflict can result.

    Despite being called "the will of the planet/mankind", the Counter Forces bear no emotions. They are described as passive spirals of energy that respond to threats of planet destruction or human extinction. The Counter Forces are always active, constantly steering mankind and the planet away from potential danger. Usually, the Counter Forces act indirectly.For instance, Shiki Ryougi was driven by the Counter Force to eliminate the threat that is Souren Araya, while Jeanne d'Arc is believed by Mikiya Kokutou to have possibly been empowered by the Counter Force. One exception to this is Enkidu, who is able to access the Counter Force directly through their Noble Phantasm, Enuma Elish.

37. #37Fairy

    Keys: Fae, Fairies, Faeries

    Fairies, also faeries, are a race of beings acting as extensions of the Planet, considered the "sense of touch" of nature.

38. #38Holy Church

    Keys: Catholics, The Church, Burial Agency

    The Holy Church, also referred simply as "The Church", is the hidden side of the Roman Catholic Church that specializes in the hunting of heresy.

    Compared to the public side of the Holy Church that treats heresies as if they do not exist because those who teach the word of God must not acknowledge that which runs counter to their doctrines, the Holy Church contains the zealots who feel the heresies should be more proactively destroyed. They are a major force that has a tenuous relationship with the Mage's Association.

39. #39Mage's Association

    Keys: Magician, Mage, Magus, Mage’s Association, Clock Tower, Atlas, Wandering Sea

    The Mage's Association is an international, self-preservative and self-defense organization formed by practitioners of Magecraft for the purpose of controlling, concealing, and developing Magecraft. It is said to transcend nationality and genre of Magecraft, but that is in name only.

    After having existed for many years, it was decided around the Middle Ages by those who foresaw the decline of Magecraft that in order to preserve their power, Thaumaturgy should drift apart from society and become a secret known only by a necessary minimum number of people.

    It has many laboratories and research bodies that seek to advance the progress of Thaumaturgy, as well as institutions that transmit their secrets to the next generation.

    Although the emphasis lies on the pursuit of knowledge, the Association also seeks to increase its own military strength and reserves the use of force to protect itself from entities that threaten its existence, such as the Holy Church, other mage organizations, supernatural forces seeking to punish mankind for meddling with areas that should not be touched, and individuals who hunt that which they consider taboo.

40. #40Holy Grail War

    Keys: Three Founding Families, Grail War

    The Holy Grail War is a competition that decides the ownership of the Holy Grail through intense battle royale. While there have been many conflicts over supposed Holy Grails in the past, this term refers to those specifically based around Masters, usually proficient Magi, summoning Servants, Heroic Spirits brought forth as Familiars, and meeting in battle until only one pair is left to claim the Holy Grail. The ultimate purpose of the original Holy Grail War system was a reenactment of the Heaven’s Feel Ritual, though people have since stolen the blueprints of the grail to create their own grail wars.

41. #41Brunestud

    Keys: True Ancestor, Crimson Moon

    Brunestud (ブリュンスタッド?) is a title bestowed upon all True Ancestor royalty who come close in power to Brunestud of the Crimson Moon by displaying the ability to manifest his Millennium Castle Brunestud through Marble Phantasm. While the True Ancestors have no proper concept of hierarchy, those able to manifest the castle have been uplifted as royalty. The only current two True Ancestors to have ever held the name in the entire long history of the race are Arcueid Brunestud (Remake), the White Princess of the True Ancestors, and Altrouge Brunestud, the Eclipse Princess of Black Blood.[15][16]

    The True Ancestor royalty can also enter a state called Rapid Expansion (急膨張, Kyū Bōchō?) (Inflation (インフレーション, Infurēshon?)), a phenomenon more simply called Luminous Body (光体, Kōtai?) or Luminary (光体, Kōtai?).

42. #42Immortality

    Immortality (不死, Fushi?) is the status of possessing eternal life. Depending on the individual, it can either be perpetual youth, the inability to be permanently killed, or complete invincibility.

43. #43Master

    Keys: Magecraft, Command Spell, Magus

    Master (マスター, Masutā?) is a designation given to an individual, usually a Magus, who has become one of the formal participants of the Holy Grail War by obtaining Command Spells and forming a contract with a Servant.

44. #44Familiar

    Keys: Magecraft, Magus, Familiars, Familiar

    Familiars are special assistants used by the Magi. Since it's natural for a Magus to separate himself from society, the use of Familiars capable of performing small, simple errands is considered orthodox.

    Although a different entity, Familiars are seen as an extension of the Magus as there is both a mental and physical connection between the two. The symbol of the Magus itself and fundamentally different from creatures like the Daemons or Spirits who are summoned and then bound by a contract.

45. #45Heroic Spirit

    Keys: Divine Spirits, Elementals, Throne of Heroes

    Heroic Spirits (英霊, Eirei?, localized as "Legendary Souls") are Spirits of heroes who achieved great deeds in life, having become objects of worship after their deaths. Heroic Spirits are beings of a higher existence, becoming categorically closer to Elementals than Wraiths. Differing from how Elementals are "power" granted form using human imagination as a container, they are entirely woven from the ideals of people all throughout.[1]

    They are freed from the constraints of time itself and removed from the ring of reincarnation, moved to the Throne of Heroes (英霊の座, Eirei no Za?), a place existing outside of both the World and the time axis.[2] The Throne of Heroes is also occasionally referred to as the Ring of Deterrence (抑止の輪, Yokushi no Wa?), referring to how it is mainly used by the Counter Force. Those that become closer to the Planet do not mix well with people, so they fall into the categories of Divine Spirits and Elementals.

46. #46Servant

    Keys: Master, Familiar, Holy Grail War, Heroic Spirit

    Servants (サーヴァント, Sāvanto?) are Spirits summoned by the Holy Grail for the purpose of competing under Masters in the Holy Grail War. Servants are Spirits made into special Familiars of the highest rank, referred to as Ghost Liners by the Mage's Association, that are bound to the Master. Typically Heroic Spirits under most systems, they can also sometimes be Divine Spirits, Phantoms, Wraiths, and living people depending on various circumstances.

    Pure Heroic Spirits, the "main body" in the Throne of Heroes, can only be summoned by the World, and summoning even one is considered to be a miraculous occurrence. Differing from the normal definition of Familiars that can be likened to minor mascots unable to be stronger than their masters, Heroic Spirits are the most powerful of beings with which even the five Magicians would never be able to forge a contract with. Rather than it being a hard process to summon them or the fact that they far surpass Magi, it is their intrinsic nature in that they are beings beyond Magecraft. The Class Name (クラス名, Kurasu-mei?) of a Servant is the name by which they are referred in a Holy Grail War. Corresponding to their Class, the Master will typically refer to them only by that name to avoid exposing their True Name. Heroic Spirits will most often take the form that represents their golden age at the prime of their lives, but effects like those of a strong curse or a personal attachment to the form can change that to even their selves from just before death.[16] Certain wounds, conditions, and illnesses may remain should they be "something indispensable" for their origin, such as Nero Claudius's migraines as the Skill Migraine,[17] Okita Souji's tuberculosis as the Skill Weak Constitution,[18] and Beni-enma's severed tongue.

47. #47Throne of Heroes

    Keys: Swirl of the Root

    They are freed from the constraints of time itself and removed from the ring of reincarnation, moved to the Throne of Heroes (英霊の座, Eirei no Za?), a place existing outside of both the World and the time axis.[2] The Throne of Heroes is also occasionally referred to as the Ring of Deterrence (抑止の輪, Yokushi no Wa?), referring to how it is mainly used by the Counter Force. Those that become closer to the Planet do not mix well with people, so they fall into the categories of Divine Spirits and Elementals.

48. #48Holy Grail

    Keys: Holy Grail War

    Holy Grails (聖杯ホーリーグレイル, SeihaiHōrīgureiru?) are wish-granters using the foundation of the Christian holy relic that received the blood of Christ. There have been many artifacts claimed to be the genuine article, at least 726 of which were investigated by the Holy Church,[1][2] and many conflicts for such artifacts have happened around the world throughout history.[1]

    The name is utilized in the various Holy Grail Wars as the name of an artifact purportedly capable of granting any wish to whomever comes to claim it, rather than the real artifact, though the Church often gets involved simply because of that reason. Its advent is the ultimate goal of the various Holy Grail Wars.

    Each Holy Grail is in effect a mass of pure Magical Energy, which reacts to the wishes of the one who holds it in order to grant them; however, on their own they are not capable of generating true miracles without outside intervention. Left alone, they enter a purely reactive state, although they can spontaneously summon Servants as a defense mechanism should they be placed in abnormal situations like those encountered in the Grand Orders. As a rule, they do not take a physical form but can manifest in a variety of shapes depending on the circumstances of their formation.

49. #49Command Spell

    Keys: Master, Servant, Holy Grail War

    The Command Spells (令呪, Reiju?, also translated as "Command Seals") are three claims of absolute obedience, the crystallization of a great magic, that a Master has over a Servant in the Holy Grail War system.

    Unable to normally be controlled by humans, they are burdened by the "absolute condition for materialization", the authority of the Command Spell carved into them at the moment of summoning.[1] They are holy marks signifying a Magi's status as a Master, a system that was created by Zouken Makiri after the failure of the First Holy Grail War.[2]

    Only known to the Three Founding Families and Supervisor, their truest purpose is to allow the winner of the Holy Grail to force the Servant to kill themselves so that the ritual to reach the Root with all seven Heroic Spirits can be completed.

50. #50Three Founding Families

    Keys: Command Spell, Holy Grail, Holy Grail War, Servant

    The term Three Founding Families (始まりの御三家, Hajimari no Gosanke?) refers to the three Magus families who created a Holy Grail War system. There are two different sets of families for two different Holy Grail Wars. In Fate/stay night, the three families are the Einzbern, Makiri, and Tohsaka.[1][2] The Einzberns specialize in 'the golden rule of the Rhine', and thus were the best suited to make an imitation of the Holy Grail.[1] The Tohsaka provided a suitable land,[1] the technique to bore a hole into the World,[2] and Nagato Tohsaka was an expert in summoning,[1] while the Makiri were the most skilled with Familiars and provided the strong curse that would become the Command Spells to bind the Servants.[1] As a result, they are families whose members have a higher likelihood of being chosen as Masters.

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