Antonio Salieri

, Class Name , is an Avenger-class Servant summoned by Ritsuka Fujimaru in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.
==Profile==
===Identity===
Antonio Salieri and Amadeus Mozart were friends.
Originally, he would have never been engraved on the Throne as an anti-hero. Although, Salieri was driven out from his position as Kapellmeister, his existence was revered as a respectable musician and he took many young musicians as his pupils. Among those were Mozart's protégé , his son and even .
However, in 1820, the legend that "Mozart was killed by Salieri" suddenly spread across the world. Even though that is different from the truth, people daydreamed about the cruel story of "a prodigy who deeply resented and took the life of a genius loved by God". Even the words that the aged Salieri said to his pupil Moscheles - that "those are nothing but defamations full of malice" - were disseminated as an admission of guilty. Even rumors about how the elder repented his sins and cut his throat with a knife were whispered as if true.
Thus, after a long time has passed. Having his existence continuously twisted by the baseless assassination legends, Salieri was synchronized with the legends of the "gray messenger" that also deals with Amadeus last moments, achieving materialization as a Servant.
An anti-hero that harms people─── The sad one. The angry one. The one who kills the beloved child of God. As a single, innocent monster.
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===Appearance===
===Personality===
An excellent Servant who follows his Master's orders and promptly brings down the target. Human will and personality will not intervene with that.
He originally possessed a thoughtful, composed personality. However, due turning into an innocent monster, Salieri's personality is constantly cracked. Being fused with the "gray messenger" (whose legends portray him as similar to the grim reaper) also had a bad influence on him. Upon laying eyes on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he will probably ignore the Master's orders and become a rampaging slaughter machine.
Given his origins, Servant Salieri is an aggressive existence - a type of Servant that is hard to reach a mutual understanding with. Careful attention is required when dealing with him.
He talks to himself a lot. His wavelength matches that of Jeanne d'Arc Alter and Edmond Dantès, or so he thinks. His wavelength does not match Phantom's. He becomes strangely well-behaved when in front Marie Antoinette.
====Relationships====
;Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
:"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! My purpose for being is to kill you. Your honor, your music, your legacy...I shall kill it all. I will be sure to kill you with my own hands this time."
:"...
:...
:Stop coming near me.
:Stop looking at me.
:Stop laughing at me.
:Stop playing music.
:I am the one who will kill you.
:Your honor, your music, any last trace of you, I will destroy it all.
:Now that you've finally appeared in this world, I shall finally kill you with my own hands.
:Gottlieb, the man loved by God."Fate/Grand Order material VII - Profile of Antonio Salieri translated by BananaShiki at Reddit.
;Marie Antoinette
:"Your brother took good care of me... Perhaps... Or, was I...? Ohhh...I am... Who am I...?"Fate/Grand Order Antonio Salieri's Lines
:"It seems I owe some gratitude to your brother...Or do I...
:No, wait, I...I...
:Who am I...?
:Sorry.
:I'm sorry.
:Oh Queen, you are God's grace...
;Phantom of the Opera or Jeanne d'Arc
:"I do not sync with them."
;Phantom of the Opera / Gilles de Rais (Caster) / Salome
:They don't get along.
;Jeanne d'Arc Alter or Edmond Dantès
:"It appears that there are some with whom I am...somewhat in sync."
;Jeanne d'Arc Alter
:They get along.
;Edmond Dantès
:They get along.
;Jeanne d'Arc
:They don't get along.
==Role==
===Fate/Grand Order===
====Anastasia: Permafrost Empire====
Salieri is summoned by the remnants of the Counter Force.‘’Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt’’ - Anastasia: Permafrost Empire, Section 15: Grand Duchess Anastasia He goes to the royal palace in Yaga Moscow, breaking through the Oprichniki to confront Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. There he is guided to Mozart by Grigori Rasputin, who told him that Mozart has endlessly performed his Noble Phantasm for two months to the point his Spirit Origin is in tatters. Salieri is horrified to see the state that Mozart is in, shocked that he’s been playing the entire orchestra by himself for so long. Mozart told him he was playing to keep Ivan the Terrible asleep. He told Salieri to kill him, but Salieri refused, not wanting to make the rumors about him true. Mozart asked him to play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star once the Lostbelt is resolved. He then cursed him to become Amadeus Alter to replace himself, knowing Ivan wouldn’t hear the difference.‘’Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt’’ - Anastasia: Permafrost Empire, Section 21: The Lightning Tsar Reigns Salieri then overwrote his own memories.‘’Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt’’ - Anastasia: Permafrost Empire, Section 20: The Tumultuous Land
A month later, Amadeus Alter warns Rasputin not to wake Ivan up when latter enters his room, saying the tsar is sleep peacefully now. Rasputin reminds him however to it’s his duty to inform the tsar how his campaigns are faring. He also reminds that Ivan’s anger caused him to destroy a village before. He then orders him to go to Yaga Kazan with the Oprichniki and eliminate the rebels who’ve taken the city over. He assures him that Ivan will be pacified while he’s gone. Amadeus Alter then leaves.‘’Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt’’ - Anastasia: Permafrost Empire, Section 11: Becoming Those Who Pilfer
Amadeus Alter and the Oprichniki kill many of the bandits at Yaga Kazan. Amadeus Alter interrogates a bandit to know if they’re associated with the rebels. The bandit vehemently denies that they are. Amadeus Alter orders the Oprichniki to execute him when the bandit said he doesn’t know what a piano is. He asks the Oprichniki if they are any bandits still alive, to which they confirm there is one. Amadeus Alter orders them to torture then release the bandit. He suspects the bandit will then flee to the rebels for help, leading them to the latter.
He goes to Yaga Tula, and waits in the church for what he expects will be rebels. He leaves the church and ambushes Ritsuka’s party once they leave. He knows they’re Chaldeans and attempts to kill them. Billy the Kid shoots off his mask in the ensuing fight, revealing to the others that he isn’t Mozart like he claimed. Amadeus Alter then repeatedly asserts that he isn’t Amadeus before falling unconscious.‘’Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt’’ - Anastasia: Permafrost Empire, Section 13: Man in Grey He wakes later as the group are fighting Kadoc Zemlupus and Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova. Remembering he is Salieri, he unleashes Dio Santissimo Misericordia de mi, but Anastasia protects herrself Viy. He accuses her and Kadoc of brainwashing him. Kadoc denies this and orders Anastasia to crush Salieri’s legs. He protects her however when Avicebron’s snow golems attack her. The group use this chance to escape with Salieri.‘’Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt’’ - Anastasia: Permafrost Empire, Section 14: Lostbelt
The group set camp at a village recently destroyed by the Oprichniki. There Salieri properly introduces himself. He believes his memories were manipulated by either Rasputin or Kadoc. He recalls overhearing Rasputin (who he only knows as Macarius) calling the Fantasy Tree the cornerstone of the Lostbelt, warning Ivan and his Oprochnik protect it. He agrees to join the group on the condition he’s allowed to kill Mozart.
The group return to the rebel stronghold. Atalanta Alter has tracked down magical ore and a jewel able to control golems. She agrees to share the information if the group helps construct a new stronghold. She wants it built at a ravine between the current stronghold and Yaga Moscow. A large forest inhabited by vicious Demonic Beasts protects it. She previously didn’t consider moving there because its natural defense would make attacking the capital difficult. However, this changed when her scouts discovered an incomplete tunnel that cuts through the forest. It can allow the rebels to reach the capital in a day once it’s complete.
Arriving at the construction site, Atalanta Alter divides her Yaga into lumberjacks and tunnel excavators. If Ritsuka helps the lumberjacks, they and Salieri protect them from Demonic Beasts. Once construction is complete, Atalanta Alter readies to contact Beowulf to prepare for the attack on Yaga Moscow. Salieri stays behind with her, instead of going to the Shadow Border with the others. Billy has Shanshan learn his scent.‘’Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt’’ - Anastasia: Permafrost Empire, Section 16: Deforestation, Mining, and Construction
Eventually the stronghold is attacked by Rasputin and the Oprichniki. Salieri sends a distress message to the others through Shanshan.‘’Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt’’ - Anastasia: Permafrost Empire, Section 17: No Longer of the Lightning He follows Atalanta Alter’s lead when she surrenders herself when some children were taken hostage. They and the remaining rebels are then taken to a prison fortress beyond the capital. There Salieri listens as Kadoc convinces Atalanta Alter to kill Chaldea if she wishes to save the Yaga after Ivan is defeated. Everyone is soon taken to Yaga Moscow.‘’Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt’’ - Anastasia: Permafrost Empire, Section 19: Patxi’s Decision
There Salieri is taken to the palace. Rasputin confirms Salieri’s suspicions that he kept Mozart in the palace, revealing he took Salieri to see him before at the latter’s request. He then unlocks Salieri’s self-blocked memories to reveal the truth. Rasputin encourages Salieri to play when Ivan awakens.
Salieri is unconfident that his music could ever hope to pacify Ivan’s fury, believing he can never match Mozart. Mozart’s voice repeatedly encourages him to play anyways. Salieri eventually agrees to do so, not caring if he’s less talented than Mozart. He plays the piano, but quickly realizes it isn’t enough to catch up to Mozart. Mozart’s voice tells him to let his emotions guide him, which for Salieri are grief, anger, and his desire to kill Mozart. Salieri then plays Dies Irae.
His wrathful playing weakens Ivan for Ritsuka’s party while strengthening his own Spirit Origin and Noble Phantasm. He tells Ivan that it is his turn to be culled, pointing out that Ivan used his power for countless years for cruelty and tyranny. He also points that Ivan let his Oprichniki roam free and kill Yaga for generations. He calls out Ivan’s hypocrisy for saying everything he did was survival when his own existence is now nothing but a monument to sin. Ivan strikes the palace with his lightning to kill Salieri. Ritsuka tells Salieri to run when Ivan charges up for a second blast. But Salieri refuses for two reasons: Ivan will regain his power if he stops playing, and the piano is the only piano in this world. Ivan tries to fire off another blast, but Ritsuka blocks him with Adam. Ivan prepares to destroy the palace with Ritsuka and Adam when Mash arrives to block his blast. She then blocks another blast with Mold Camelot, the light of which entrances Ivan enough to lower his trunk. Miyamoto Musashi uses this chance to cut it off, disappearing immediately afterwards. Ritsuka then uses this opportunity to have Adam rip Ivan out of the mammoth. This renders the mammoth inert, and Adam falls apart. Salieri joins Ritsuka and Mash for their confrontation against Ivan.
At Fantasy Tree Orochi after Ivan disappears, Atalanta Alter betrays the others at Kadoc’s behest to save the Yaga. In the ensuing fight against her and her rebels, Salier feels his strength fading. He assumes it’s because he fulfilled his role. The rebels fire at Ritsuka, but Patxi shields the latter and tells them to save their world become succumbing to his wounds. Billy then arrives and challenges Atalanta Alter to a duel, which she loses. After Atalanta Alter disappears, Anastasia uses her powers as the new Lostbelt King to let Orochi take root, so the Lostbelt can finally expand. She and Kadoc then fight the group. After they’re defeated, Kadoc tries to use the Sirius Light to rewrite the Lostbelt. Billy shoots at him, only for Anastasia to shield him. After she disappears, Billy knocks Kadoc unconscious. The group prepares to bring him to the Border when Orochi starts releasing True Ether. Da Vinci sends the Border’s extra magical energy to the group so they can ascend and stop Orochi.‘’Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt’’ - Anastasia: Permafrost Empire, Section 22: The Grand Duchess of the Beast Nation
The group stops Orochi, but they lack the means to destroy it. The Priestess of the Alien God then appears at its roots, and freezes and shatters it with a touch. With Orochi gone, the Lostbelt begins to disappear. After Patxi is buried, Beowulf and Billy disappear. Salieri sees that he isn’t disappearing, even though his role should be done. He believes he wasn’t helpful in battle, but Mash asserts his playing helped them win against Ivan. Salieri reluctantly agrees, though he found the anger in the performance to be distasteful. He then thanks Ritsuka and Mash for listening to his recital, and tells them to call for his aid whenever. He then returns to Yaga Moscow.
There he plays Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star in honor of Mozart’s request. He promises to continue playing until the Lostbelt disappears. He tells the Yaga to use their remaining time for whatever they wish, except for hunting one another as there is no need anymore. The Yaga choose to continue listening to Salieri play as they look up at the stars for the first time in wonder.
==== Halloween Event: The Mysterious Country of ONILAND!! ====
The Great Oni asked Salieri to compose for him, but Salieri absolutely refused. Salieri is later freed from the confines of the Oniland, presumably because his Gold Servant copy was killed. Blackbeard finds him lost and confused outside near Sitonai’s cabin and brings him inside, knowing Sitonai’s Bounded Field would prevent him from returning to Oniland. When Ritsuka’s party return from the Ferris wheel, Salieri reveals to them that the Great Oni emerges from his lair to do a musical performance for the nightly parade. 
Later, he, Blackbeard, and Mochizuki Chiyome recruit every Servant in Oniland and join Ritsuka’s party in Chitose Mine to help defeat Haku.
==Abilities==
Salieri would generally not be expected to become a Heroic Spirit and it is only thanks to finding a suitable human that he was able to become a Servant. He is but an ordinary composer who never wrote any symphonies that left a mark on history. At best, he is just a mediocre man. The only reason he exists in the Throne of Heroes is because he is said to have killed Amadeus Mozart. As such, his power as a Servant is incredibly low and he possesses stats even lower than William Shakespeare's or Avicebron's. In fact, he would even give Hans Christian Andersen a good run for his money. Although he possesses a frail Spirit Origin, when thinking about Mozart, he becomes infused with a Berserker-like madness, allowing him to even get through the Oprichniki in the Russian Lostbelt's capital. When cladded within his armor, Salieri's overall strength and parameters is increased significantly, allowing him to operate as a machine of slaughter that will not stop until the target is annihilated.
In combat, Salieri wields a longsword that he either uses as a proper sword known as the Wildfire Blade, a cross-like baton, or as violin bow. When playing the unseen violin, he can summon forth a firing squad of grey figures, or surround his enemies with violent bursts of energy. He also plays a unseen harpsucord to summon forth a series of grey figures to pierce his enemies. He also summons white-clad minion violinists to attack his enemies with guns or spears.
===Skills===
====Class Skills====
*Avenger (C Rank): A skill symbolizing the way an Avenger received and collected hate from others. It makes him more likely to receive hostility from those surrounding him, but in turn, this gets turned back into power for himself.Fate/Grand Order material VII - Salieri's profile translated by BananaShiki
*Oblivion Correction (B Rank): Humans are beings that tend to forget many things, but the Avenger never forgets. The Avenger's attacks that assault the enemy from oblivion have their critical effects boosted.
*Self-Replenishment (Mana) (C Rank): He will continue regenerating mana until his revenge is fulfilled. He regenerates mana every turn, although only a small amount.
====Personal Skills====
*Innocent Monster (EX Rank): Salieri never killed anyone in his lifetime. However, as the assassination legends disseminated in later years permeated the world, Antonio Salieri could not help but turn into an Innocent Monster. This has fused with "Self-Denial" (which was originally a separate skill), thus becoming a composite skill of sorts.
*Lamenting Exterior (A Rank): The shell or armor that Salieri wears as an anti-hero. This is an ability derived from being associated with the "gray messenger" that occasionally appears in records about Mozart─── the grim reaper-like existence said to have arrived in July 1791 to commission the composition of the "Requiem". During combat, Salieri automatically clads himself in this Mystic Code and operates as a combat device of slaughter.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Anastasia: Section 15 Grand Duchess Anastasia Although his armor can allow him to pretend to be Mozart, there is so much difference between Mozart's Spirit Origin and his own that even if he truly were an Alter, it would not justify it.
*Wildfire (B Rank): Rumors that spread to the point of being cursed; the dissemination of Mozart assassination legends was said to have been truly like a wildfire. Avenger Salieri turns people's malice, defamation, canards, demagogue, disgusting whispers (all which pretty much gave birth to him) into his own power. Other than instantly weakening the minds of a targeted group, it also functions as an intense mental attack. If the target does not possess magical means of defense, instant kill is also possible.
===Noble Phantasm===
Salieri's Noble Phantasm is Dio Santissimo Misericordia de mi. This ability is a double-edged sword, as it activates without regard for friend or foe. As such, when he used it against Anastasia, she blocked it with her Viy Viy Viy, resulting on his own defeat.
Thanks to his anger and hatred, Salieri is able to increase the power of his Spirit Origin and his Noble Phantasm to boost his abilities to the point where they managed to bind Ivan the Terrible's heart, weakening him and leaving him wide open for Miyamoto Musashi's Ishana Daitenshou to split his enormous truck clean in half.
==Development==
===Creation and Conception===
Antonio Salieri was designed by PFALZ in Fate/Grand Order. His scenario writer is Hikaru Sakurai and Kinoko Nasu (Lostbelt).
===Comment from Illustrator===
"Salieri's eyes were originally supposed to be gold, but the color of red flames conceptually reflected upon his being and changed their color. Conversely, Amadeus' were originally silver, but then changed to sky blue or green, something like that? In regards to the Wailing Facade, the original plan was that Amadeus had created his very own grim reaper from things he was scared of, so the broader origin of the design were the black armor that the knight captain's ghost (who was presented as a father figure) wore in the movie, as well as the neck part of archbishop Colloredo's clothes. I guess Salieri's build in his third stage is closer to a bird or a dinosaur, huh. There was also a plan for Salieri to use his wings as speakers or sound amplifiers when he spread them."
"Salieri and the Man in Grey show up as sort of relatives or acquaintances of Amadeus, but actually the reason why Amadeus' design is so gaudy is because his design was based on the idea of the Man in Grey. "There is a legend that Amadeus was killed by a grey reaper", starting from that I started thinking about other things, like 'grey days', 'rationalism', 'melancholy', 'not partaking in pleasure and simply living is the best choice'...all those 'colorless' concepts that Amadeus would appear to oppose pretty much ended up making me design him to be flashy and needlessly gaudy. The request I got for Salieri's human form was 'a sophisticated dandy man'. So while I was at it I remember having a lot of fun designing my own unique brands for him." (PFALZ)
==References==
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