Ancestral Beast

The is a figure appearing in Fate/Grand Order. 
==Profile==
===Background===
The Ancestral Beast is a beast god that survived the Age of Gods and predates even . It was ostracized everywhere, including , where beast Curses are common knowledge. Due to this, he is a heretic god whose name became taboo. At some point in time, the founder of Kunakoku managed to seal it away inside a cave. According to legend, they accomplished this with the help of the Sword of the Beast and the Shrine Maiden of Ruin.
Iyo was raised by Kukochihiko as the Ancestral Beast's shrine maiden. His plan was to use her as a vessel to summon the beast. Nevertheless, this plan was foiled when Himiko freed her. Kukochihiko would later try to summon the Ancestral Beast using his own body. However, the summoning failed, transforming him into an Evil Spirit instead.
===Appearance===
===Personality===
Kukochihiko claims that the Ancestral Beast is specially "fond" of children. That's why Toyotomi Tsurumatsu was chosen as its sacrifice during the Shin Yamatai-koku Singularity.
==Role==
===Fate/Grand Order===
====GUDAGUDA Shin Yamatai-koku====
Fate/Grand Order - GUDAGUDA Shin Yamataikoku, First Cup: Let's GO to the Other World!Fate/Grand Order - GUDAGUDA Shin Yamataikoku, Second Cup: Standby Cha-no-yuFate/Grand Order - GUDAGUDA Shin Yamataikoku, Fifth Cup: Shrine Maiden of DestructionFate/Grand Order - GUDAGUDA Shin Yamataikoku, Sixth Cup: Decisive Battle! The Dark Battle of SekigaharaFate/Grand Order - GUDAGUDA Shin Yamataikoku, Seventh Cup: Sword of a Wild BeastFate/Grand Order - GUDAGUDA Shin Yamataikoku, Eighth Cup: Ancestral BeastFate/Grand Order - GUDAGUDA Shin Yamataikoku, Ninth Cup: THE Great Tea Ceremony
==Abilities==
The Ancestral Beast possesses a lot of Mysteries due to being a beast from the Age of Gods. 
===Black Blood===
The Ancestral Beast is the incarnation of the concept of tainted death, as its black blood is made of pure concentrated dead Souls. Essentially, it represents all the taboos related to someone's death. Its blood can also take the form of a dark mist or black mud. Sometimes invisible to the naked eye, the poison is so strong that even a Servant would be rendered immobile within a day. The Curse invades their Saint Graphs directly, draining their Magical Energy. One of the only known countermeasures to the beast's blood is Sen-no-Rikyu's tea. It grants them the Magic Resistance required to endure the poison by harmonizing both their body and Soul. Similarly, Leonardo da Vinci managed to create a Mystic Code with magical energy shields capable of protecting Saitou Hajime and Chacha from it as well.
Nevertheless, the Ancestral Beast's blood bubbles forth from the pit of eternal darkness without end, making him equivalent to an OP enemy with infinite HP recovery. This makes him a World-ending threat capable of binding the Shin Yamatai-koku Singularity with the real World and plunging them into darkness. Rengoku states that it's not the kind of problem Chaldea and him can just stab and call it a day. Furthermore, Saitou Hajime claims that the Shinsengumi don't have a Noble Phantasm capable of dealing with something on this scale. Yamanami Keisuke agrees, saying that their swordplay can only do so much against a monster from the Age of Gods. Finally, Okita Souji states that her Lightless, Three-Stage Thrust won't even cut it. On the other hand, Iyo claims that if they could do something about the blood, they could beat him. 
===Combat===
During the Shin Yamatai-koku Singularity, Oda Nobunaga powered by a Command Spell used Pāpīyas Metamorphosis - Demon King of a Billionfold Heavens to capitalize on the Ancestral Beast's great Mystery. However, Sen-no-Rikyu explains that while no ordinary mystics could stand a chance against Nobunaga, that only applies to those that have been discovered and discussed by people. However, the Ancestral Beast is an exception, as he is an ostracized god that was never worshipped by Humans. Furthermore, whereas the Ancestral Beast's black blood bubbles forth without end, Nobunaga's body soon begins to start falling apart. Against an enemy with unlimited regeneration capabilities, the best thing she can do is stall. Iyo then takes this opening to greatly decrease the beast's Divinity with her Divine Pearl of Dusk-Shadowed Moon.
Before the Ancestral Beast could regain its former strength by producing more black blood, Rengoku powered by one Command Spell used Absolute Sword - Endless Three-Stage on behalf of the Counter Force to blast a hole through the Cave of Eternal Darkness. Thanks to this hole, Ishida Mitsunari was able to flood the battlefield with enough green tea to fill a small lake, cancelling out the beast's black blood. At this point, the Ancestral Beast was weak enough for Kukochihiko to single-handedly stop one of its attacks. Kukochihiko, Super Himiko, and Iyo then dealt the critical blow with their respective Noble Phantasms: Sword of the Beast, Eternal Mirrors Epitomizing the Stars, and Divine Pearl of Dusk-Shadowed Moon. After a battle, Iyo used her Ultimate Kick to throw the beast back down the pit of eternal darkness.
===Skills===
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*Divinity
===Noble Phantasms===
The Ancestral Beast's main Noble Phantasm is the .
The Sword of the Beast originally belonged to the Ancestral Beast. It was created by it, and it bears Mysteries from the Age of Gods. It is a cursed artifcat that can erode people's bodies and affilct them with a disease. The disease drains the victim of intelligence, transforming them into a mindless beast. According to Sen-no-Rikyu, the Sword of the Beast is the Ancestral Beast's only weakness. According to legend, it was with this weapon that the founder of Kunakoku and the shrine maiden of ruin sealed the Ancestral Beast away.
==Development==
==References==
Category:Characters in Fate/Grand Order (Part 2) 
Category:Introduced in 2022
Category:Creatures
Category:Demons
Category:Divine Spirits