Edmond Dantès

, Class Name , is an Avenger-class Servant summoned by Ritsuka Fujimaru in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.
==Profile==
===Identity===
Popularly known as Le Comte de Monte Cristo () and the , the individual who possesses the world's greatest popularity as an avenger.
The story of the King of the Cavern is treated as a literary creation by Alexandre Dumas (père), but it has been confirmed in modern times that the "Abbe Faria" who guided Edmond when he was imprisoned on the Château d'If actually existed...Fate/Grand Order Profile of Edmond Dantès, translated by Master of Chaos at Beast's Lair.
However, Dumas and Edmond had met as Dumas was dining in a high class restaurant, putting doubt as to the story being fictional.
====History====
Living as a seaman in , Edmond was torn away from his love Mercédès on the day of their wedding, on 28 February 1815,Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 1 and sent to be imprisoned in the hellish prison on false charges of being a supporter of the revolution of former emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, the accusation created by an unscrupulous conspiracy. However, despite his imprisonment, he did not fall into despair thanks to his mind of steel, and, after five years in prison, he met the similarly imprisoned Abbé Faria, who guided Edmond, treating him like a son and teaching him knowledge (including knowledge of the existence of magecraft and the Holy Church) and wisdom as well as to never give up hope, and also revealed to him the location of the treasure of the island before he died.
After escaping his prison, Edmond eventually acquired the treasure of the island, learned that his love and covetous affection towards Mercédès had been trampled upon and snatched away from him, and began a tragic revenge plot while concealing his identity. He swooped down upon Paris, dragging down the people who once deceived him, now the many leading figures reigning over France, into hell. At the end of his journey, he was reformed through his anguish and regret, leaving with his mistress Haydée – an Albanian princess who had been sold into slavery by Fernand de Morcerf (formerly Mondego), who had also betrayed Edmond, before the Count of Monte Cristo rescued her and eventually fell in love with her.
That stern way of life; the revenge tragedy that concealed his identity; the love and covetous affection towards his lover Mercédès, which was trampled on and snatched away; and the journey that resulted in his reform due to his anguish and regret, are all applauded by the people - not only from France, but from all over the world - and he is remembered as "the most famous avenger in the world."Fate/Grand Order Profile of Edmond Dantès, translated by Master of Chaos at Beast's Lair.
====Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~====
In October 1837, eight years after escaping prison and one year before enacting his vengeance, the Count of Monte Cristo carried out another tale of revenge, as he had to avenge Abbé Faria,Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 02 who he considered a second father. Faria was falsely accused as a rebel plotting the Italian unification and was imprisoned in the Chateau d'If by the "Three Wise Men" who desired the treasure of Monte Cristo.
While waiting for the first one, Father Angelo Braga, to appear after inviting him to his home, Haydée warns Edmond that he should not have brought Angelo here, but Edmond tells her to go away as it is not yet time for the two of them to meet. When Concetta comes to his room to tell him that Angelo has arrived, she asks if he was talking to someone, and he says that it was just a phantom.
The Count and Angelo talk over dinner. The Count was investigating the church and Angelo went for him who knows the location of the treasure. Edmond reveals how through knowledge, he was taught everything, from knowing how to live to how to fight, by Abbe Faria and calls him his second father, while also revealing that this was all a trap to lure Angelo who is one of the Three Wise Men who got Faria imprisoned. The food was poisoned and Angelo has taken a lethal dose, but it doesn't work because of his special Assembly of the Eight Sacrament training and he attacks Edmond. The Count attacks him with a pistol, but it can't even scratch him, so he has Concetta activate a trap which blows Angelo up along with the whole mansion. Angelo does barely survive but the Count finishes him off with one of Angelo's Black Keys, piercing his chest while he was surprised that monsters also have hearts. Then, Edmond declared that one is down.Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 03
The Count of Monte Cristo moves to Rome to continue his revenge plot. While attending to an opera, the Count and Concetta discuss about their next objective. The target is a cardinal, and the plan is to lure him with money.Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 04 After that, one of Edmond's informants, one of many he has all over Europe, is killed. While at first the killing was thought to be by bandits or pirates, Concetta says that it "went over the line". The second set of killings was of a man who started an investment company in Spain, and his wife and 5-year-old daughter. The Count's group are the only ones who realize that these killings are connected as the man who was killed was one of Morrel's associates. The killings continue, and some of the corpses are left without a drop of blood.Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 05
Edmond is sure that the killings are the doing of one of the Three Wise Men and is furious. The killer left behind a message by spelling out a word, letter by letter, with the organs of his victims: Tarantella. Edmond wonders if this is really how the Church works, if Tarantella is just crazy, if this is vengeance for Angelo, or if he's just playing around with people's lives. He tells Concetta to prepare, and they start a counterattack by spreading information that the Count of Monte Cristo would be holding a huge party as bait, and they rent the whole for this purpose.Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 06
Haydée shows again and warns Edmond that this is way too dangerous. She wants him to live, and says that Faria would have wanted the same. Edmond says nobody knows what the dead want, and all he's doing is ridding himself of his own sorrows. Haydée wishes she could heal him of his sorrows, but Edmond tells her to begone, and to wait for him on the other side beyond love and hate.Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 07
Tarantella shows up and notices that there is nobody else at the "party" besides him. He recognizes the Count by his white hair and explains that Faria turned his back on the Holy Church when he said that he wanted to save all life. Edmond says that those are the Church's teachings, but Tarantella explains that's just the Church's front, and the truth is different. Edmond says that they're a bunch of heretics, bloodstained murderers who themselves turned their backs on the Messiah and the Prophets, and activates a trap which fires spears at Tarantella, and then another trap which binds him with chains made to subdue tigers, but Tarantella breaks out easily. Edmond shoots him in the forehead but Tarantella gets back up and pulls out the spears.Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 08
Tarantella uses a white lightning that burns Edmond and defeats him instantly, but doesn't kill him because he still needs to interrogate him. The Count asks if the Church is all composed of monsters, and Tarantella says that not all members have this power. The cardinal is a mere weak human for example, who isn't even an Executor - an inquisitor of the Sacred Church who represents the Will of God - like Angelo or Tarantella. Edmond is enraged by the claim that they're doing God's work and gets up again, blocking Tarantella's vision with his coat and stabbing him in the heart with a knife. Tarantella says that he's not just a mere Executor either, and asks where that foolish criminal Faria's treasure is while hitting Edmond with more of his lightning Magecraft. Edmond answers that both Tarantella and Angelo are idiots as there is no such thing as a "treasure". Tarantella observes that Edmond is imprevious to torture, as he doesn't fear death, or pain, or damage to his body, thinking that time in the Chateau d'If made him strong, so he says that he'll have Edmond recall what pain is like by destroying one of his belongings, and leaves. Edmond regrets listening to Ali and Concetta and not using explosives in the traps and accepts it was his own loss. Haydée calls out to the Count again and he asks her to give him more power. She says he already has it within him.
The Count arrives to the inn where Concetta was waiting for him, but he is late and Tarantella finishes sucking Concetta's blood dry just as he arrives. Edmond realises that Tarantella is a Blood-Sucking Demon, a Vampire. Tarantella says that comparing him to makes sense, but that's not quite it as he is another thing, and presents himself by revealing his true name, Michael Roa Valdamjong, a being that devours humans.Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 09
Faria wasn't able to tell Edmond about Dead Apostles and Michael Roa Valdamjong, the Monster of Ego and the evil reincarnator who dwells inside the hidden side of the Church, because the vampire put a curse on him. But Faria left Edmond "the treasure of darkness" he stole from the Church that would one day help Edmond out when he one day faces a non-human enemy that he would lose to - The Treasure of Monte Cristo, which has the power to remake a person anew.
The Count of Monte Cristo laughs and says it doesn't matter what Roa is, as he, and not Roa, represents God's Will, and then starts burning with black flames. He immediately understands how it works, and how it's a weapon for him to burn his enemies.
Roa recognises the black fire as the Monte Cristo Mythologie, a legend hidden in the Mountain of the Messiah, the despair of those without God, the flames of Hell and the Void, and a power equal to that from the Age of Myths which forces a special Magic Circuit and Magic Crest into the user.
The Count tells him to shut up and blasts Roa through the inn's wall. Roa runs, but Edmond flies after him, so they fight in the skies of Rome. The Dead Apostle traps Edmond with magic and blasts him with a powerful lightning, and then uses the moves of his multiple reincarnations, including the curses of the Seventh and the barriers of the Fourth. Edmond calls upon the fires of vengeance to eat his soul and turn into black flames, breaking the magical barrier imprisoning him and then proceeds to grab and burn Roa while laughing, the vampire noticing that damage dealt by those flames is not regenerating. The Count then declares that they'll just have to see whose soul is incinerated first. Roa rabidly shouts that there can't be such a thing as a fire that can burn even souls, but Edmond says those flames are right here. Roa can't heal and Edmond asks him to just try and pretend to be the Messiah in front of God again. Roa starts shouting that this can't be possible and starts to say he is a reincarnator; even if his body is destroyed, he is infinite. But Roa's rambling is cut off short by Edmond's declaration.
When the Count realizes it, he is standing alone and nothing is left of Roa but cinders. He feels something vanishing from his body, and believes that it is the Treasure of Monte Cristo. He realizes that he was saved by Faria once more. His body will never be enveloped in black flames again, not unless he's someday reborn as something as inhuman as a vampire. He prays for Concetta to watch over his vengeance. He heads for the cathedral and is stopped by a guard who demands to know who he is. He laughs and says that the Count of Monte Cristo has come for the cardinal.Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 10
Some time later, the cardinal lost his position, and it's unknown if the Count of Monte Cristo ultimately killed him or not. Either way, his vengeance in Rome was over; but this was only the tale of the vengeance for Faria, the other vengeance. And so this is not the end but the beginning of the Count of Monte Cristo's story of vengeance in Paris.Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~ Drama CD - Chapter 11
At some point in the past, he met Alexandre Dumas, who promised to write his tale so that no one ever forgets him ever again.Fate/strange Fake Volume 5 - Chapter 14: "Gold and Lions I"Fate/strange Fake Volume 5 - Chapter 16: Day 3 "Breaking Dawn and Wakeless Dreams I"
In 1838 he encountered Alessandro di Cagliostro.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Id: Wastehole of the Unsalvageable - Section 2: Tokyo/Ordeal Call Case II
===Appearance===
===Personality===
While his True Name is Edmond Dantès, Avenger perceives himself to be a different person from the seaman from Marseille. While in life he had abandoned his dark nature at the end of his gruesome and tragic revenge in Paris, his powerful and vengeful Monte Cristo persona has manifested as a Servant and is still acting as the "image of a nemesis", so he claims, "In that case, I am not Edmond." Therefore, he will never introduce himself as Edmond Dantès. His catchphrase is "Wait and Hope" (in French, "Attendre, Esperer"), which is a direct quotation from the ending of The Count of Monte Cristo in his farewell letter to his friend Maximilien Morrel.
An avenger to fate and reality. Avenger always hates the irrationality and malice that is all over the world. At a first glance, it appears that his hatred is projected towards the whole world except on himself, but he is never a demon that hates innocent people. He hates and continues to deny reality itself that continues to reign while it is still full of atrocities and immoralities. Avenger defines himself as a “demon of eternal vengeance”. He is full of roughness and violence, hurting every person who approaches him, but...Fate/Grand Order material III - Edmond Dantès, p.204-213 translated by Kinalvin
To the Master who do battle to rescue human history from incineration, Avenger has two forms to select from. Namely, the form as “himself that trifles with reality and a vicious fate (Edmond Dantès)“ representing his current self, and the form as “a person that is close to who he was before (King of the Cavern) as the materialized idol of hatred.” Particularly regarding the latter form, before long, Avenger will surely recognize the profile of his Master who continues to struggle, seemingly at first remembering Haydée, the princess of a ruined country, or Abbe Faria, who was his benefactor.
"They are not Abbe Faria."
"They are not Haydée."
Of course, Avenger himself in this form does not represent his current self. The Master who walks together with him is just one person in his past, present and future. Even though, the others should not be here. If that is the case, the feelings embraced then is also the sole thing that must be there in the past, and not here in the present.
According to Shiki Ryougi, Edmond Dantès is the kind of person who one victory against him is enough for him to become an unexpectedly trustworthy ally, as only someone with great love and care would turn into such an Avenger after being betrayed by someone they love. That also means that Edmond loves humanity on a very fundamental level.Fate/Grand Order - Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Order, Rooftop - The Boundary of Dawn
If Angra Mainyu, born of hatred, is an avenger that speaks about love, the King of the Cavern, born of love, is an avenger that speaks about hatred.Fate/Grand Order material III - Angra Mainyu, p.314-321 Where one forgives and accepts evil as a inherent part of humanity, the other rages and strikes at it with vengeance.
====Relationships====
 
;Amakusa Shirou Tokisada
:Avenger highly appreciates his way of life. "That greed that saves the world is unquestionably the embodiment of human nature!"
;Jeanne d'Arc
:Avenger doubts her current state of life. There is no reason to believe that she does not harbour the flames of vengeance as if she was betrayed by the world...
;Amakusa Shirou Tokisada or Jeanne d'Arc
:"Heh. They never change..."Fate/Grand Order Lines 
;Florence Nightingale
:Even though he cannot so as far as recognize this particular case as a Heroic Spirit, this vengeful demon caught a glimpse of her who holds to herself an unwavering conviction, something that is dazzlingly beautiful, of which the current state of her soul have reached the domain of an idol. He remembers the events of The Vengeance Demon Howls in the Prison Tower and so chooses to keep calling her Mercedes, which Nightingale assumes is evidence of brain damage that warrants surgery at the earliest possible convenience. 
;Angra Mainyu
:"Oh-ho? There is another who has materialized as an Avenger. I despise human nature, he laughs at it... I see. People are inexplicable."
:Avenger respects him, for it is possible to say that this person is the original Avenger. 
;Antonio Salieri
:"His operas are nice." 
;Jeanne d’Arc (Alter) / Jeanne Alter Santa Lily
:Avenger is quietly observing the fate of some girls for the materialization of a new Avenger.
;Napoléon Bonaparte
:"Who is he? Ah, I see... Napoleon Bonaparte. So that emperor has finally manifested. I won't meet with him right now. But one of these days..."
:The man who was partly responsible for Edmond's imprisonment. The current Edmond bears no hatred towards the French conqueror. 
;Hans Christian Andersen or William Shakespeare
:"There's an artist-type Caster here. Very well. Waiter, bring him a coffee!"
;Marie Antoinette Alter
:"Queen...... Oh, Marie Antoinette. You are the queen of vengeance! May your grudge and rage be blessed -- And may your soul find peace."https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/1c4pozf/marie_antoinette_alters_voicelines/?share_id=xM2Vx5-ggvpixsMGyjxmo&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1&rdt=62096
;Alessandro di Cagliostro
:"Hmph. How nostalgic. It's been so long since the last time looking at someone's face made me feel dread. And now you're Chaldea's Servant... Fate works in strange ways. Cagliostro, I will be here watching you squirm!"
;Michael Roa Valdamjong
:The man who was among the "three wise men" who framed Abbé Faria. No matter what universe he is in, he still despises all of Roa's counterparts who are as evil as his world's Roa.
==Role ==
===Fate/Grand Order===
====Event: The Garden of Order====
Ritsuka’s party encounters Avenger, shrouded in darkness, in the woods outside Ogawa Apartment Complex. Avenger causes an unstable spiritron disruption to cut their connection with Romani Archaman to be cut off. Shiki Ryougi believes he is emitting a murderous aura, though Avenger declares he is nothing but pure rage. He then reveals the ghosts in the apartment are souls who were unrewarded in life, and their regrets keep from moving to the afterlife. Stating the ghosts need peace, he declares he’ll create a Hell for them using the grudge filled apartment if Hell itself denies them. He then leaves, warning the group not to stand in his way.Fate/Grand Order - Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Order, Old Incinerator - In the Woods
The group later confronts Avenger on the roof, believing him to the mastermind behind the distortion. He tells them that his grudge shall never fade away, and even if the apartment will disappear, his work will continue. He refuses to give up until he remembers everything of the island of despair, the tower of incarceration, and the castle of treasures. Mash calls him a Heroic Spirit that shouldn’t exist in this world, but he refutes that Heroic Spirits and spirits of the dead are ultimately the same thing. Then, the greater ghost the group destroyed earlier appears. Mash believes it’s another one, but Avenger corrects that curses never disappear and declares the system of curses Solomon gave him is now complete. He declares resentment and killing will continue as long as the other exists, calling the hatred of the sacrificed his nourishment. After he states he’ll be worshipped as a god for creating an eternal hell, the greater ghost prepares to attack the group. Mash senses it has far more Magical Energy than before, saying its resentment increases with every defeat. if the ghost’s resentment continues to increase at its current rate, they won’t be able to destroy it. However, Shiki encourages her and Ritsuka to fight, saying to Avenger that all things have an end. Impressed by her claims, Avenger asks the group to show him they can deny the evil of humans, and prove to him nothing can exist for eternity.Fate/Grand Order - Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Order, Boundary of Dawn
After the ghost is destroyed, Avenger jumps off the roof to flee. Shiki goes to stop him, but Romani warns Avenger is actually an illusion. Ritsuka stops her, and she kills the illusion of Avenger with a thrown knife. As Avenger disappears, Romani asks him why he created the distortion and who ordered him to do so. Avenger answers Chaldea’s enemy had ordered him to transform the apartment into a Singularity. But he used it to fuel his need for vengeance by using the Servants’ own desire for revenge. Ritsuka asks his identity before he disappears, but he only says “ Attendre et espérer... (Wait and hope)” as he fades away.
====Vengeful Demon's Wail at the Prison Tower====
Edmond welcomes Ritsuka when their soul arrives in the recreation of Château d'If, made as the second iteration of the the first tower, the Ogawa Apartment. Declaring that the Tower is Hell itself and a place beyond love and hate, He unveils himself and destroys the spirits trying to kill Ritsuka out of envy. Afterward, he explains where they are and introduces himself as Avenger. Exiting the prison cell, he explains to Ritsuka that they'll need to pass the seven Halls of Judgement to escape. He says neither their voice nor those of Chaldea can reach each other. He also warns if they die in the Halls or fails to escape in seven days, they'll die. He then reveals the current Château d'If is a recreation similar to a Singularity that Solomon uses as a hunting ground.Fate/Grand Order - Vengeful Demon's Wail at the Prison Tower, 1st Door: The Dark Haired Demon
Ritsuka and Edmond soon encounter the Phantom of the Opera. Edmond calls him a monster of envy who has come to kill Ritsuka. Edmond kills Phantom and commends Ritsuka for their skills as a Master.
Edmond explains Ritsuka's body is still in Chaldea, along with everyone else there. However, the flow of time and space differs between Chaldea and the prison, so seven days in the prison equates to one in Chaldea. Edmond also reveals they will always begin in the same prison cell before exiting. The pair then encounters a mysterious woman asking for help. She explains she suddenly found herself in the prison with no memories. Edmond decides to call her Mercédès after she recalls she was searching for something important. Taking Mercédès with them, the pair reach the second hall.Fate/Grand Order - Vengeful Demon's Wail at the Prison Tower, 2nd Door: The Devil of Purgatory
There Edmond asks Ritsuka if they ever felt lust, which the second hall represents. He further asks if they've ever given in to bestial urges, to which Fergus mac Róich loudly and proudly answers that he has. Edmond tells Ritsuka that all humans carry the inescapable sin of lust. Fergus decides to kill Ritsuka and Edmond after accusing them of trying to keep Mercédès from him. Edmond reveals that the sin of lust isn't actually Fergus, and is instead what was seen by the Medieval Knight Tnugdalus in the . Explaining the tale, the Knight fell into another world and came to know fear, for in the fourth torture chamber of purgatory, created by the Almighty God, was a guard lifting up the jaw of a beast like a burning hill - the Devil of Purgatory, the Sin's true identity. Mercédès, feeling the tale familiar, further elaborates that the Almighty captured pious heroes who offered their worship to a foreign god. Although Dante's states that is most likely a later interpretation, this place is the Château d'If, the Isle of Despair: if it's a place that proves that God shall not save everyone, it's natural that the unworthy would gather here. As Fergus charges at Mercédès, at Ritsuka's behest, Edmond kills Fergus to protect her. Afterward, he tells Ritsuka he'll kill them if they admit they cannot fight anymore.
Edmond reveals the connection between Ritsuka's soul and their body is weakening. Leaving without Mercédès, the pair encounter the avatar of sloth, Gilles de Rais. Hearing Gilles spout how his blasphemy is an offering to God, Edmond says he represents sloth because he let himself fall into depravity. He then proceeds to kill Gilles.Fate/Grand Order - Vengeful Demon's Wail at the Prison Tower, 3rd Door: Monster of R'lyeh
Later, Edmond immediately has Ritsuka go to the fourth hall, which represents wrath. Remarking on the subject of vengeance, he is angry that the fourth lord denies anger, the purest of emotion. He is furious that even as the fourth lord, she would still speak of salvation and forgiveness. But he will never forgive and looks forward to killing her.Fate/Grand Order - Vengeful Demon's Wail at the Prison Tower, 4th Door: God Doesn't Speak
Arriving at the hall, he and Ritsuka are confronted by both Saber Gilles and Jeanne d'Arc, the avatar of wrath. Edmond says she willingly entered the prison tower to stop him. He believes Jeanne should be vengeful towards her betrayal and execution. Jeanne refutes his words and refuses to judge Ritsuka, saying she lacks the will and right. Instead, she has come to save Edmond’s soul. The notion infuriates Edmond, stating that none can save him. After killing Gilles, he prepares to do the same to Jeanne. But Jeanne retreats, refusing to give up on Edmond.
Returning from scouting, Edmond immediately has Ritsuka go with him to the fifth hall. There they encounter the avatar of gluttony, Caligula, and defeat him.Fate/Grand Order - Vengeful Demon's Wail at the Prison Tower, 5th Door: Heartless Moonlight
Later, Ritsuka and Edmond go to face off against the avatar of greed. At the sixth hall, they're confronted by Jeanne, who had been waiting for Edmond. She tells him that even with his uncontrollable rage, he can still ask for forgiveness and salvation. She knows that he has experienced it before. Jeanne's words send Edmond into a rage, and he prepares to kill her. He calms down a bit, though, when the avatar of greed, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, arrives. Amakusa Shirou understands words and prayer cannot reach Edmond, yet he believes in him. He also knows he didn't join Solomon; Edmond admits he is uninterested in a being beyond love and hate. He tells Amakusa Shirou not to misunderstand him as he never helped save the world. Amakusa Shirou admits this is true, then fights Edmond with Jeanne.Fate/Grand Order - Vengeful Demon's Wail at the Prison Tower, 6th Door: Vengeance is Mine...
After being defeated, Amakusa Shirou warns Edmond that his black flames will destroy him one day. Edmond replies that not even God cannot change his state as an eternal Avenger. But Jeanne tells him that nothing is eternal, particularly evil. Edmond calls her and Amakusa Shirou weak, saying such weakness is why they became the avatars of wrath and greed. He suspects they'll meet and bids them farewell. Jeanne and Amakusa Shirou then disappear, praying that Edmond’s soul finds rest. Ritsuka asks if they were supposed to defeat them. Edmond answers their interest was in him, though he wonders what would've happened to Ritsuka if Jeanne and Amakusa Shirou succeeded.
Not finding Mercédès in the prison cell, Ritsuka and Edmond head for the final hall. Edmond recounts that Ritsuka is lucky, not only due to Edmond by his side, but that he doesn't know or experience most of the hells within this place. Something must love him very much, for a rain of tortures do not assault his senses, the screams of the imprisoned and dying do no assault his hearing, and the endless stench of death does not assault his smell. Only the Halls of Judgement assails Ritsuka, something Edmond envies. They find it empty, so to pass the time, Edmond tells the story of his revenge in the third person. While his living self abandoned vengeance after achieving his revenge, the Edmond recorded as a Heroic Spirit was the him who sought revenge, who cried out for the god of vengeance but became said god himself in the end, and that vengeful form in the man's imagination was carved into history. When the King of Mages tried to incinerate time itself, that Heroic Spirit's soul became Avenger. Mercédès then appears and, declaring that Edmond cannot be allowed to exist, attacks him with the wraiths in the prison who were fragments of the souls of those who admired her in life. After Edmond destroys the ghosts, it is revealed Mercédès was meant to be the seventh lord before losing the role. Mercédès disappears, addressing Edmond by his True Name. Edmond denies that is his name, calling himself an eternal being of vengeance, and Edmond is the name of the person who lived and died as a man; who was an innocent prison and who was saved by love. He then reveals that, as only one person managed to escaped the prison in life, only one can leave now even if the prison has been reformed with a million curses. Stating that the one who loses shall become the second Abbe Faria who guides towards hope, Edmond attacks Ritsuka while declaring himself to be the avatar of pride.Fate/Grand Order - Vengeful Demon's Wail at the Prison Tower, 7th Door: The Count of Monte Cristo
After being defeated, Edmond is ecstatic at the feeling of being like the person who gave him guidance, and accepts becoming a tiny light of hope to an innocent person who fell into a trap. He commends Ritsuka for leading Edmond himself to victory as he was the part of his legend that hadn't yet attained victory, unlike his later self who attained his revenge. He thanks Ritsuka for achieving an ending filled with hope, and winning even against the King of Mages. He reveals Ritsuka became trapped in this hell when they carelessly said Solomon's name, which has become a curse. Solomon placed a curse called the Evil Eye on them when they stared into his eyes back in London, which gave him a fatal poison, trapping Ritsuka in this prison of the soul. Edmond laughs at how Solomon's trap failed, saying it's what he gets for choosing him. Ritsuka asks him if he'll disappear forever, wishing to see him again. Edmond tells them to wait and hope before disappearing.
====Final Singularity: Solomon====
Edmond is the leader of the "special event" Servants to assist Chaldea against the Demon Gods Pillars. Once Ritsuka and Mash reach the Trash Heap, they're thrown into a place where no help can reach and Andromalius confronts the two. While he laughs at them for the futility of their actions, Edmond breaks through space-time at an impossible speed to help his accomplice, as hope always exists even in the middle of despair. Following him, all the other special event Servants show up to help. After the fight, Edmon fights alone against Andromalius, who is cursing the time they used him in their plan. Ritsuka and Mash use this chance to reach the throne of the Time Temple.Fate/Grand Order - Salomon: The Grand Time Temple - Section 9: X/Andromalius, the Trash Heap And is seen personally escorting Ritsuka Fujimaru to Goetia in the animated film.Fate/Grand Order: Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon
====Subspecies Singularity I: Shinjuku====
Edmond was originally summon to free William Shakespeare from his imprisonment in Barrel Tower.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shinjuku: Malignant Quarantined Demonic Realm - Section 18: Great Detective's Great Deduction
He witnesses Jeanne Alter dive into the sewers per Sherlock Holmes‘ advice escaping Hessian Lobo. Together with her, he finally rescues Shakespeare, and they’re joined Hans Christian Andersen. He and Jeanne Alter then ambush James Moriarty, who dodges their attacks. Shakespeare and Andersen then combine their Noble Phantasms to summon the Great Detectives. While they cannot help physically, the detectives lend their strength to Ritsuka. Moriarty then uses the Grail to give himself magical energy equal to a Demon God. With three minutes before Bennu arrives, the group commence their final battle against Moriarty.
Struggling against the group, Moriarty uses the Grail on himself once again. However, the detectives use this opportunity to grant Ritsuka their power. Ritsuka uses it to unveil Moriarty as the culprit which results in his strength being sapped. With Moriarty defeated and Bennu destroyed, the Singularity is resolved, so the Servants start to disappear. Having done what he was asked to do, Edmond decides it’s time for him to leave as well. Ritsuka asks him who asked him to help, but he never really answers. He tells them they have a long road ahead of them, though he doubtless they’ll cross paths again. He tells Ritsuka to remember punishment, deserving or otherwise, is always given, but they will never succumb to it. He disappears, assuring Ritsuka that he’ll be at their side when they call for him.
====Subspecies Singularity III: Shimosa ====
Edmond comes to Shimosa after being asked by Sherlock Holmes to help Ritsuka, knowing of his experiences involving dreams. He pretends to be a Christian missionary as a cover. Ritsuka and Miyamoto Musashi encounter him in Toke Castle town after they stopped a fight between Kiyohime and Otama. He directs the two to a nearby alleyway where they’ll see someone they’d do well to meet.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shimosa Province: The Stage of Rivers of Blood and Mountains of Corpses - Section 5: Inferno (Middle) 
Gathering intelligence, Edmond uncovers Amakusa Shirou Tokisada‘s plan to sacrifice Kiyohime to Onriedo Castle, and use her Tokugawa heritage as a catalyst to cast a far-ranging multilayered curse on the Tokugawa regime to destroy every world where the Tokugawa exists.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shimosa Province: The Stage of Rivers of Blood and Mountains of Corpses - Section 14: The Stage of Carnage, Onriedo (Middle) 
When Toke Castle becomes Onriedo Castle, he fights an Orochi while Ritsuka’s party were fighting another one. He tells them that Kiyohime is being held captive in the castle, and of Amakusa Shirou’s plan involving her and it. Though she lacks blood from the immediate family, it will be sufficient for his plan, especially given that Iemitsu is only the third shogun. Edmond realizes Amakusa Shirou was searching for a parallel world where Matsudaira’s daughter was living near Edo following the Shimabara Rebellion. He tells the group to hurry to the castle to stop Amakusa Shirou, as the success of his plan means the destruction of many worlds, including Shimosa. 
He returns to Chaldea ahead of Ritsuka and Kotarou. Outside the facility he confronts Musashi, who eventually arrived there after becoming a Heroic Spirit following her death. He gives her a recording device to record a video message for Ritsuka before she leaves on her journey. Ritsuka runs into him on their way to their room to rest. Edmond denies being the missionary that helped them in Shimosa. He advises them to check their desk before going to sleep.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shimosa Province: The Stage of Rivers of Blood and Mountains of Corpses - Section 16: See You Again Someday, Flower at the Apex of Heaven 
====Lostbelt No. 2: Gotterdammerung====
Edmond makes a brief appearance when Ritsuka falls into a dream world after Sitonai forces a connection with them while they are forging a contract with Napoleon Bonaparte. He assists Ritsuka in finding their soul and sense of self and returns them to the real world.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Götterdämmerung: Eternal Ice-Flame Century - Section 7: The Other Goddess (Beginning)
====Ordeal Call II: Id====
====Summer Event: Servant Summer Festival! ====
BB's time loop doesn’t affect Edmond, though it’s uncertain if his resistance is connected to a Skill of his class or to himself. Presumably because of this, BB sics Ibaraki-douji on him. While fighting Ibaraki, Edmond’s extremely loud laughter helps Ritsuka’s party locate him. After they help him drive her away, he correctly presumes they want to ask him about BB and reveals he knows about the time loop. After hearing what BB’s supposed goal is, he suspects she sicced Ibaraki on him. He then asks Robin Hood to lend him his cloak so he may follow BB, knowing Robin can’t do it. After he gets it, he leaves to investigate Luluhawa.
In another loop, he sends Mash a text message saying the final draft is in trouble, even though they haven’t started drawing yet, so they’ll return to their hotel room without him alerting BB. When they arrive, he tells them that Mysterious Heroine XX is the key to unraveling the Singularity’s mysteries, so they must bargain with her and get her on their side. Later that night, he accompanies to XX’s hideout in Kileau. After XX is eventually convinced to help them, Jeanne Alter asks Edmond to check on Kileau regularly.
On the day of ServantFes, Edmond arrives to hold off Medb’s men who are trying to keep Ritsuka’s party from getting their final draft to the printer before the convention starts. He also arranged for Astolfo and Sakata Kintoki to give the group a ride to the convention center. After the group is awarded the Grail for winning ServantFes, he informs them that BB was never at Kileau, like Jeanne Alter suspected.
===Fate/strange Fake===
After getting his neck broken by True Archer, instead of dying, John Wingard has a dream vision of False Caster's past, where he sees Dumas meeting an injured Edmond Dantès in a restaurant. Later, when John and his fellow officers of the Clan Calatin are pulled into False Rider's Bounded World Doomsday Come, they all dream of the same meeting again, Dantès in the meantime threatening to fatally stab Dumas with a fork. When Dumas explains putting his tale into writing is so people will forever remembering him, after his enemies tried to have him forgotten, and thus a similar form of revenge, Dantès relents. Dumas tells him that, although he can tell Edmond's path is headed to hell, he has a better memorable ending in mind, to which Dantès replies that, if he finds it unsatisfactory, he will come back and break his windpipe. Dumas quips that he will build a "" in Paris so that he can find him more easily, as he looks forward to hearing how the Count of Monte-Cristo's tale actually ended. Dantès leaves him with the words "Wait and hope" and departs.
=== Melty Blood: Type Lumina===
Dantès is summoned to Souya by Neco-Arc.
==Abilities==
Avenger attacks by projecting his magical power by means of his hatred via Monte Cristo Mythologie. A black grudge effect occurs, giving damage to his opponent. Fundamentally, it is a poisonous system, where it primarily gives direct damage in addition to persistent damage and an abnormal grudge status effect.
Dantes protecting Ritsuka in the tower.jpg|Dantes Defending Ritsuka in the tower
Dantes communicates with Ritsuka.jpg|Dantes talking to Ritsuka.
Dantes ignited his flames.jpg|Dantes igniting his flames as he fights Sasaki.
Edmond using his mental powers to rescue Ritsuka.jpg|Dantes using his powers to rescue Ritsuka from Shuten
Dantes appears in Ritsuka's mind.png|Dantes appearing inside Ritsuka's mind to rescue the mage.
Dantes destroying the Monstrous version of Tituba.png|Dantes destroys the monstrous version of Tituba that was created by Abigail.
Dantès has a unique connection to Ritsuka's dreams, which allows him to protect them from the countless grudges and resentments of the enemies that they have fought throughout the Grand Orders. 
=== Skills===
====Class Skills====
*Avenger (A Rank): One’s state of being as an avenger that gathers people’s hatred and resentment onto themselves; a way of being that became a Skill. Although it is easy for the hostility from his surroundings to be directed towards him, negative emotions directed towards Avenger will automatically be converted into his power.
*Oblivion Correction (B Rank): Although people, who are living beings, will be forgetful of many things, an avenger never forgets. An avenger’s attacks, which strike from beyond the people’s lapses of memory, will have their critical hit effects strengthened.
*Self-Replenishment (Mana) (D Rank): One’s magical energy endlessly surges until their revenge is accomplished. Recovers a minuscule amount of magical energy every turn.
====Personal Skills ====
*Determination of Steel (EX Rank): The dynamism and mind of steel of the man who walked on the path of revenge throughout his entire life after breaking out of the Château d’If (Tower of If) prison, which was even called the Hell on this Earth, becoming a Skill. A complete blockade of his sense of pain, resulting in effects such as the acquisition of a superhuman mind and body that is even able to endure ultrahigh-speed actions. It is a composite Skill that also primarily contains the effects of the Valor Skill and the Calm and Collected Skill.
*Golden Rule (A Rank): The Count of Monte Cristo attained everlasting wealth and political power by obtaining the “hidden treasure” told of by Abbe Faria in the Château d’If, so money is hardly a matter for him to be troubled with.
*Wisdom of Predicament (A Rank): The ability to call upon Luck with a precedence in critical situations. The wisdom brought about by the abundant knowledge he received from Abbe Faria and his own natural intelligence. By combining this with the special characteristics of his Extra Class, it becomes possible for him to use the Item Construction Skill, which is primarily a Caster’s Class Skill, at Rank B.
===Noble Phantasms===
Edmond's first Noble Phantasm is Monte Cristo Mythologie. Allowing him the use of magical energy brought forth from his deep-seated grudges as poisonous flames that bring about death, this Noble Phantasm allows Dantès to not receive any kind of poison, and it reduces the effects of mental interferences. It is also possible to even conceal his own status and Class, displaying false information. 
Edmond's second Noble Phantasm is Enfer Château d'If, his mental power of steel. By conducting ultra high-speed thinking to an extent that is impossible for human beings and forcibly reflecting that on his body, he subjectively realizes ultrahigh-speed movements that is even equivalent to the use of a “Time Stop”.
Edmond's third Noble Phantasm is Attendre, Espérer, an unbelievable recovery Noble Phantasm that is also the agglomeration of all human knowledge into the words "Wait and Hope". On top of completely restoring one person around Avenger’s own position even from the verge of death, all of that person’s parameters are temporarily ranked-up.
==Development==
=== Creation and Conception===
Rui Komatsuzaki is the character illustrator for Avenger, who also designed the characters for the . His meta title "Super High School Level Heroic Spirit" also referenced the Danganronpa Series, where the characters are all Super High School Level students, and his design is reminiscent of Nagito Komaeda from the second game of the series, in reference to both having a fixation on the concept of "hope". Hikaru Sakurai is the scenario writer for his character.
Rather than go for the traditional image of a "cool old Count" for Dantès' character that Nasu feels was "brought to utter perfection" by in their anime, they wished to distance themselves from that characterization and instead went for a twist with a "younger count." He is a "Super High School Level Heroic Spirit", developed with the idea of having a "cool dark hero" and out of Nasu's desire for having a Komatsuzaki-developed Servant. Nasu feels that Dantès' "true worth" is in his third stage ascension appearance, the "condensation of his chuuni essence."Nasu Blog 3/14/16 TranslationNasu Blog 3/15/16 Translation
Count of Monte Cristo was designed by Routo Usagi in Strange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~.
==References ==
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