Christopher Columbus

, also known as , is a Rider-class Servant summoned by Ritsuka Fujimaru in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.
==Profile==
===Identity===
The first Christian Caucasian to reach the waters of America during the .
It was around the year of 1480 that he got the idea and belief of a westward maritime course. However, it was difficult to find the funds and patrons for the voyage, and it was only in 1492 that he managed to actually depart. In 1492, Columbus finally crossed the Atlantic Ocean with three flagships; the , , and . On the verge of a rebellion by insecure sailors, they reached the waters of America and discovered the .
The first thing Columbus, who had finally reached his destination, did was plunder the valuable things from the native people there and take them as slaves. There's nothing stopping him anymore now that he had discovered a . A second voyage also took place soon after, and new islands were found one after another. Of course, the slaughter, rape, and plundering of the natives by the Spaniards led by Columbus didn't stop—
===Appearance===
Columbus appears as an old man with a thin, white whispy beard and strands of hair poking out from under his hat. Columbus will often show a hideous, toothy smile that almost distorts his face.
He wears extravagant clothes associated with captains from the Age of Exploration, including a coat, tricorn hat, and boots. In his second Ascension, he is adorned by plundered Native American artifacts. In the third Ascension, he wears golden Christian iconography.
===Personality===
Christopher Columbus is a man in the prime of his life who has experienced sweetness and bitterness and is filled with selfishness and greed. After all, the reason why he set sail to the West was because he believed her would discover a profitable trade route. The first thing he did when he set foot in America was plunder the native population of the San Salvador Island. 
That said, he also possesses an admirable determination to reach his goals, even if said goals are less than pure and achieved through lies and deception. It was because of this determination he managed to become a Heroic Spirit in the first place. He is also willing to share his determination with others, encouraging them to keep going until they have reached their goals, no matter how bleak it might seem in the moment. 
Being eloquent and skilled, he was able to charm his way into obtaining patronage for his voyage. 
====Relationships====
;Edward Teach / Francis Drake / Anne Bonny and Mary Read / Bartholomew Roberts
:"Ah, I see there is a sailor who shows some promise. Whether we go and pillage somewhere together, or whether we kill each other...We won't know unless we board the same ship!"
:"Ain’t like I’m strictly a pirate though. Still, if you’re taking me to an interesting treasure island, I sure would accompany you, yeah?""
:On the other hand, the pirates are jealous of the fact he got to die a rich man, while they all met unfortunate fates, and hope he will one day get his comeuppance.Fate/Grand Order - Interlude: Dream Treasure
;Leonardo da Vinci
:"So that's the universal genius. I've heard the name once or twice...but was that really what he looked like?"Fate/Grand Order - Christopher Columbus' My Room voicelines.
:"...You sure are different from what I heard, eh..."
;James Moriarty
:"Can’t say I find sinister plans agreeable... ...So how much profit are we talking about here?"
;Queen of Sheba
:"Got some dainty business talk? I sure wouldn’t mind getting a piece of that."
;Himiko
:So you are the old queen of Zipangu... Kuuu~ I wish I could've reached that place in life... If I were to rule over a land of gold like that country I would have made more and more- eh? There wasn't that much gold in there? fuhehe! that's a good joke!
;Captain Nemo
:Submarines sure are great~... No matter the storm or anything else it keeps progressing below the sea... Can't you show me how to move it for a bit? What! I won't take the helm without permission... unless an emergency comes up...
;Osakabehime
:That thing called Origami sure is great! it's magnificent! Hey, let's work together. Lately, getting pawns to work is getting troublesome and it doesn't matter how much you overwork origami it won't-- Hey, why are you running away?
;Leonardo da Vinci (Ruler)
:I'm-? You're asking if I'm the Genoese sailor in that guy's diary? Well, I don't remember. Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't... ...... only God knows.
==Role==
===Fate/Grand Order===
====Subspecies Singularity II: Agartha====
Columbus is summoned by Scheherazade with amnesia to serve as the base to incite conflict among the Servants in Agartha under Phenex's orders. While he had no memories, Columbus still followed his dream of becoming rich through slave trading, and sought to conquer Agartha to sell its female population. Needing a hideout, he eventually found the Peach Blossom Spring. There he met and presumably murdered Helena Blavatsky. After establishing the grove as his hideout, Columbus began recruiting men to use as soldiers in his conquest under the pretense of forming a resistance to free the men from the women of Agartha, and return them to their families on the surface.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Agartha: The Mythical Subterranean Society, Section 14: King of Slaves
He and his Resistance help Ritsuka's party against the Amazons. Afterwards, he explains Agartha is under an oppressive matriarchy, and claims the Resistance fights against it. He introduces himself as Rider. He has no memories of his life though, so he can't use his Noble Phantasm.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Agartha: The Mythical Subterranean Society, Section 3: At the Amazon Village
At the hideout, Columbus explains how the men arrived in Agartha. After defending the hideout from monsters, he explains Agartha's current state of affairs. Leonardo da Vinci suggests the Demon God assimilated with one of the ruling Servants that serve as the Singularity’s core. As their goals align, Ritsuka's party allies with the Resistance. After defending the Resistance's food supply, they try to rest while Mash and Da Vinci analyze the new information. Columbus trains his men and directs them in other matters during this time. Afterward, he decides their first target will be Ys, especially given that there is a Resistance camp on the edge of the city’s territory for resupplying purposes.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Agartha: The Mythical Subterranean Society, Section 4: Resistance
The group eventually reaches the camp to find it under attack by pirates. After killing the pirates, Columbus has the survivors and relief group take care of the camp. Meanwhile, Ritsuka's party will sneak into Ys and kill the Pirate Princess.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Agartha: The Mythical Subterranean Society, Section 5: Heading to Ys
Sneaking into Ys, the group finds it both filthy and violent. Columbus suggests stealing a gondola since the canals are the quickest way to the Pirate Princess. Chevalier d'Eon disagrees and suggests using it as a last resort since it'd draw too much attention. The group eventually notices pirates abusing men at a tavern. They defeat the pirates, but a previously absent one alerts the city before Columbus knocked her out. The group runs to find somewhere to hide when D'Eon notices they're near the city's largest mansion. Wu Zetian offers to show them a secret path into the mansion. They follow her through her secret path, eventually reaching the mansion's rear garden. After Wu Zetian is gone, the group enter the mansion.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Agartha: The Mythical Subterranean Society, Section 6: The Pirate Princess Lewdly Smiles
Inside the mansion, the group confronts Francis Drake (one of the Servants missing from Chaldea) albeit with different clothes and mannerisms. Although her Spirit Origin is most assuredly Drake's, she introduces herself as the Pirate Princess Dahut. She then describes Ys’ only rule is to take what you want but never getting attached to it, which explains all the trash in the city. Columbus is disgusted that she’d allow such rampant hedonism at the men’s expense. The group understands Dahut isn’t the Drake they knew and fights her and her pirates. However, after they killed a few pirates, Dahut orders her pirates to produce more. However, despite the reinforcement, she still loses to the group and tries to escape. More pirates are produced to stop the group from giving chase when everything shakes. The city’s floodgates have been opened, and Ys is now being flooded. Dahut realizes her key was stolen during the fight. Wu Zeitian then appears; Dahut identifies her as the Empress of the Nightless City. Wu Zetian reveals she was the one who opened the city’s floodgates, knowing the key’s location from Dahut’s previous confidant. The floodwater then washes Dahut away. Wu Zetian invites the group to her city if they escape before escaping herself.
Escaping the flooding mansion, the group see Ys is almost completely flooded. Mash and Da Vinci confirm Dahut wasn't the Demon God host since she didn't follow the previous patterns of becoming a Demon God when on the brink of defeat. Still needing to find the Demon God, the group decide to go to the Nightless City.
Traveling to the Nightless City, Columbus reveals he ordered the Resistance to find any seaworthy vessels in Ys' flooded ruins. He also warns there is another threat comparable to a sudden natural disaster. He then describes the women of the Nightless City as more reserved and defensive than the Amazons and pirates, which is why he was shocked Wu Zetian suddenly flooded Ys. Now with Ys gone, he suspects there will be changes to the Nightless City and suggests doing recon first. He also recalls a man the Resistance rescued from the city saying the city is home to “dogs”.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Agartha: The Mythical Subterranean Society, Section 7: To the Nightless City
As the group near the Nightless City, Columbus returns to the Resistance’s hideout, so he can return with a proper force ready to take the city after Wu Zetian is defeated. He eventually returns with his men waiting outside the city. Through his telescope, he observes Yaoguang Hall, which he suspects is Wu Zetian's lair, appearing seemingly out of nowhere. As no signal has been sent yet, he assumes the others are still fighting Wu Zetian. He gets a report from the city’s western side that the Amazons have arrived. In addition, Megalos has also appeared. Unable to wait any longer, Columbus and his men enter the city. He meets up with Ritsuka's party, which recently defeated Wu Zetian. Seeing the Amazons outnumber them (along with Megalos’ presence), he orders the Resistance to help the group escape. They try to leave through the front gate to find Penthesilea there. Megalos is also exiting the castle. However, to the group’s confusion, she rushes past them and goes into the castle in a rage. Using this opportunity, the group escape the city while Penthesilea and Megalos fight.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Agartha: The Mythical Subterranean Society, Section 8: The Brilliant Fortress City
Returning to the hideout, Columbus informs the others that the Amazons took what remained of the Nightless City following Megalos’ rampage. He then asks why Scheherazade is with them, given that she was Wu Zetian’s tactician. Ritsuka and D’Eon explain she accompanied them during their escape. Scheherazade offers her services, explaining her betrayal and abandonment of Dahut and Wu Zetian were for her survival. She reveals her True Name, and the group accepts her into their fold. After she warns of and helps fend off Lamia attacking the peach trees, the group ponders the possibility of Megalos being the Demon God host. Columbus convinces them however that Penthesilea is a better candidate since she is the only ruler left in Agartha and completely adherent to its oppressive matriarchy. It is then decided that the Resistance will invade El Dorado next.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Agartha: The Mythical Subterranean Society, Section 9: Temporary Retreat
Following Scheherazade’s advice, the group and the Resistance travel through the jungle to infiltrate El Dorado since its forces should be split between it and the Nightless City. After killing an Amazon scouting party, the group soon find themselves surrounded. Columbus suspects Scheherazade sold them out until he sees her shaking with fear, and surmises she was merely outsmarted. The group attempt to fight the Amazons, but they’re forced to retreat when the Amazons empower themselves with their synchronized war cry.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Agartha: The Mythical Subterranean Society, Section 10: Invading El Dorado
Back at the hideout, everyone sees they lost half of their forces. Seeing how terrified the men are, Columbus tells everyone to rest. However, the next morning, everyone finds the entire grove on fire, supposedly set by the Amazons. Columbus directs his men to save anyone trapped and any remaining supplies. After the fire dies out, Columbus rallies the men to continue fighting. Scheherazade advises they launch another sneak attack, but this time using a ship taken from Ys. Given their small numbers, she states they only need one ship to sail through a river that leads to the heart of the jungle to launch an attack on El Dorado.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Agartha: The Mythical Subterranean Society, Section 11: Flames of Progress
The group sails onward through the jungle toward El Dorado, breaking through several barriers. They soon spot the central temple of El Dorado. Columbus orders them to set anchor on the shore nearest to the temple when the ship shakes. Megalos emerges from the river and boards the ship. The group tries to fight him, but they’re unable to even scratch him. But having regained his memories, Columbus activates his Noble Phantasm, Santa Maria - Drop Anchor to summon another ship to hold Megalos, revealing his True Name. Taking advantage of him being chained up, the group fights Megalos again. They prepare to finish him off when Penthesilea and her Amazons board the ship. She charges at Megalos, calling him Achilles to the group’s confusion. She believes they're keeping her from killing Megalos and decides to kill them as well. Megalos breaks free of Columbus’s chains, so the group is forced to fight both Berserkers. The ship is destroyed in the aftermath, sending everyone overboard.
The group arrives in the Dragon Palace, having been pulled there by the rivers’ strangely strong current. Megalos is also there, albeit in a deactivated state. Ritsuka is convinced to explore since communication with Chaldea was cut when they arrived at the Dragon Palace. A still-living Dahut appears, however, revealing the Dragon Palace is her last bastion in case of Ys’ destruction. She then attacks the group to take them for herself. Defeated, she begins to disappear as her memories and mannerisms revert to that of Drake’s. She gives the group a treasure box she found earlier and used in the battle. She then disappears, telling them to explore the Dragon Palace to find more. Scheherazade surmises the treasure box to be the Tamatebako from the tale of Urashima Tarou, which can grant single wishes more akin to a Command Spell. Columbus has Scheherazade use it to have Megalos follow his commands. Afterward, Astolfo finds a lifeboat in a bubble. The group decide to find and collect more Tamatebako before returning to the surface.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Agartha: The Mythical Subterranean Society, Section 12: Unpaintable Beauty
Once the group return to the surface, communications with Chaldea are restored. After explaining what happened, they enter Penthesilea’s palace in El Dorado. In her madness, Penthesilea sees everyone as Achilles, and uses the synchronized war cry. D’Eon and Astolfo then leave to hold back the Amazons while the others stay behind. The pair are successful as there are no Amazons rallying to Penthesilea’s side. Columbus orders Megalos to attack her; Penthesilea boosts her stats for the ensuing fight upon seeing Megalos as Achilles. She is defeated and disappears without a Demon God manifested. Columbus then tries to shoot Ritsuka, only for Fergus mac Róich to protect them. Da Vinci told everyone to be wary of Columbus before entering the palace.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Agartha: The Mythical Subterranean Society, Section 13: Decisive Battle in El Dorado
Columbus reveals his true ambitions and explains his circumstance. With Megalos under his control, he has chosen now to betray the group. He then orders Megalos to kill the group and fights together with him. The pair nearly achieve victory when Astolfo and D’Eon arrive to block Megalos’s decisive strike. Confronted by D’Eon, Columbus admits he set the fire to spur the men into fighting again. He only sees them as his pawns to conquer Agartha. Now joined by D’Eon and Astolfo, the group fight Columbus and Megalos again. After being defeated, Columbus tries to a Tamatebako to heal Megalos, but a Resistance member shoots it out his hand. Fergus then deals a fatal blow to him, expecting a Demon God to emerge. However, both Columbus and Megalos disappear without a Demon God emerging.
==== Halloween Event: The Mysterious Country of ONILAND!! ====
Columbus, Mephistopheles, and the Phantom of the Opera are lost in Oniland’s house of mirrors. They run into Ritsuka's party, Blackbeard, and supposedly Henry Jekyll, who are also lost, and travel with them. Everyone goes their separate ways, though, when they come to a four-way intersection. Columbus, Mephistopheles, and the Phantom travel together, but they return to the intersection upon hearing Blackbeard’s scream coming from there.
After learning Blackbeard was stabbed in the back, Columbus assures none in his group are the culprit. Jekyll, however, accuses him, Mephistopheles, or the Phantom of being the culprit, having heard that Gold Servants are only made from copies of evil Heroic Spirits. Columbus reminds that he is a Rider, so he naturally lacks Presence Concealment. He then states neither of them could possibly sneak up on Blackbeard without being noticed and finds it convenient for Jekyll that they’re the suspects. But, refusing to come quietly, Mephistopheles triggers a battle between everyone when he attacks Jekyll with his bombs.
The Phantom comes at Ritsuka with his claws, but stops and pulls back at the last moment. Mephistopheles asks Jekyll why he only stood idly by and how long he’ll keep his farce up. Realizing it’s pointless to bluff now, Jekyll turns into Hyde, revealing himself to be the Gold Servant in charge of the house of mirrors. Shuten-douji arrives to help defeat “Hyde”, leaving once Sitonai collects his gold fragment. Mochizuki Chiyome asks Columbus, Mephistopheles, and the Phantom why they didn’t take part in the battle. Columbus confesses they didn’t have the magical energy thanks to Oniland and reveals the amusement park keeps them from returning to Chaldea. Mephistopheles adds they were already low on magical energy when they fought, so they had barely any left to spare to help fight “Jekyll”.
==Abilities==
Columbus also qualifies for the Archer class.Type Moon Ace volume 11 - Page 85 His weapons are a cutlass, whip, rifle, and the stirring wheel and anchor of the Santa Ana that are connected to each other by chain. 
=== Skills ===
=== Class Skills ===
* Magic Resistance (D Rank): A Skill that protects the user from magecraft. At this rank it cancels out single-action spells.
* Riding (B Rank): The ability to pilot vehicles and mounts. At this rank, the user can operate most rides with above average skill. However, he is unable to ride Phantasmal Species.
=== Personal Skills ===
* Voyager of the Storm (B Rank): The Skill for sailing vessels, as well as assuming leaderships over groups of sailors and fleets. Since one needs to be a good leader to own this skill, it includes the effects of Charisma and Tactics. However, even though he made use of his leadership strength during his first grand voyage, due to its unprecedented nature and severity it is believed that his sailors were on the brink of mutiny.
* Unyielding Will (C Rank): The exceedingly firm will that will never yield against any kind of pain, despair, or situation.
* Conquistador (EX Rank): The Skill of Spanish explorers who had conquered the undeveloped land at the end of his voyage during the Age of Exploration and denotes the ability to invade, pillage, and enslave undeveloped lands. As the origin of Conquistadors, Columbus possess EX Rank in this Skill.
=== Noble Phantasm ===
His Noble Phantasm is Santa Maria - Drop Anchor, the manifestation of his first voyage. When activated, Columbus' flag ship, Santa Maria, appears. When docked, which is can be done in both water and land, Santa Maria can be ordered to 'drop the anchor' causing chains to appear from the ship that grab anything its captain wishes. In the Agartha Singularity his Noble Phantasm was able to momentarily hold in place Megalos,Fate/Grand Order - Agartha: Section 11 Flames of Progress  a greatly modified version of Heracles whose size and strength far outclass the bounds of any normal servant.Fate/Grand Order - Agartha: Section 8 The Brilliant Fortress City 
==Development==
===Creation and Conception===
Christopher Columbus was designed by Moto Murabito in Fate/Grand Order. His scenario writer is Hazuki Minase in Fate/Grand Order.
==References==
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