Element

are the basic substances that shape the World and play an important role in magecraft.
==Classification==
Depending on the teachings of Thaumaturgical Systems, one could classify everything of reality into different sets of Elements. The (, , and ) are said to came from in ancient Greece. The Mage's Association adds in () and some other Elements to make their classification more practical. Besides, there are the in oriental philosophies (, , , and ) and .Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 1: case. Adra Castle Separation - Chapter 1 Part 2
==Elemental Affinity==
A magus is normally good at manipulating at least one of the Elements. To identify which of his elemental affinity is, he can use , the method composed of the use of sage, tarot cards and personality tests.Fate/stay night - Heaven's Feel route - Day 9: RAIN - PhotoFate/stay night - Heaven's Feel route - Day 9: RAIN - Choice 
Some magi possesses more than one elemental affinity and sometimes use them at the same time. Those capable of manipulating all the five Elements receive the title of and are highly valued by the Mage’s Association. For Magi whose Affinities are their Origins, completely different from the above Elements, magecrafts using any of the Five Great Elements are difficult to perform, ones with their unique Affinities in turn are so easy to handle that they can occasionally realize what is impossible with normal magecrafts. Elemental affinity only indicates what kind of magecrafts a magus is good at, not meaning he cannot at all use other Elements than his affinity.
 
It is possible to change one's elemental affinity,Makoto Sanda (Author of Lord El-Melloi II Case Files) Twitter 11:23 AM JST · Jan 15, 2020 - Correction: A typographical error has been found in the first edition of "Lord El-Melloi II Case Files material", Trisha's entry.
Incorrect: Her attribute is Water.
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Correct: Her attribute is Water (but it turned to Imaginary Numbers, which she had a rare talent for).
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I'm sorry, but I didn't check that it was the other way around from Sakura Matou when I tried to put it in parentheses. I apologize for that. but this is accompanied by a dramatic drop in magical ability.
; Known Elemental Affinity by characters:
*A member of the Aozaki clan: Wind.
 
*Asheara Mystras: Water.
*Barthomeloi Lorelei: Wind.Character material - Barthomeloi Lorelei, p.16
*Doctor Heartless: Originally Earth, but passing through the Fairylands caused it to be altered.
*Flat Escardos: Ether.
*Flueger: Wind.
*Forte: Wind.
*Gray: Earth.
*Gesell Tolman: Fire.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 8: case. Grand Roll (Upper) - Chapter 1 Part 3
*Heine Istari: Fire and Water.
*Hishiri Adashino: Water.
*Inorai Valualeta Atroholm: Earth, Water and Wind.
* Jean Rum: Wind.
*Karmaglyph Meluastea Deluc: Earth and Ether.
*Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald: Wind and Water.Fate/Zero Volume 1: The Untold Story of the Fourth Holy Grail War - Act 1 Part 2 -282:14:28 
*Kiritsugu Emiya: Fire and Earth.
*Lemina Eltfromm Yggdmillennia: Water.Fate/Lost Einherjar - Aslaug of the Aurora Volume 1: The Doubles Subcategory Holy Grail War - Chapter 3: "Live On, My Love..."
*Lev Lainur: Imaginary Numbers.
*Luviagelita Edelfelt: Earth.
*Luviagelita's sister: Fire.
*Matou clan: Water.
*McDonell Trambellio Elrod: Fire and Wind.
*Orlocke Caesarmund: Wind.
*Paracelsus von Hohenheim: All five.Fate/Grand Order material III - Von Hohenheim Paracelsus, translated by TwilightsCall, You & ckxuZHx89, p.052-059
*Reines El-Melloi Archisorte: Water.
*Rin Tohsaka: All five.
*Rufleus Nuada-Re Eulyphis: Water, Wind and Earth.
*Sakura Matou: Originally Imaginary Numbers, forced change to Water.
*Shirou Emiya (Kaleid), Archer (EXTRA): Sword.
*Svin Glascheit: Fire, but it's been somewhat changed.
*Tokiomi Tohsaka: Fire.
*Trisha Fellows: Originally Water, changed to Imaginary Numbers.Makoto Sanda (Author of Lord El-Melloi II Case Files) Twitter 11:23 AM JST · Jan 14, 2020
*Waver Velvet: Earth.Kiyomune Miwa Twitter 12:05 AM JST · Sep 14, 2019
==Known Elements==
===Five Great Elements=== 
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:One of the Five Great Elements that has Warm and Dry features. It is well suited for destructive magecrafts, symbolizing life and death. In the Mage's Association, they call it normal.Fate/stay night - Fate route - Day 12: Interval Level4 - Permit
:Paracelsus von Hohenheim assigned a red color to it following Tattva.Fate/Grand Order material III - Paracelsus von Hohenheim, p.55
:Magi who have Fire and Water, the opposite Element, as their affinities are few.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 1: case. Adra Castle Separation - Chapter 2 Part 3
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:One of the Five Great Elements that has Cold and Dry features. Kiritsugu Emiya applies it to "bind" things that he "severed". 
:Paracelsus assigned a yellow color to it following Tattva. 
:It is referred to as the essence of gemstones, when combined with Ether, the essence of magecraft, any other elements can be extracted from jewels.
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:One of the Five Great Elements that has Cold and Wet features. Both this and Wind are good at liquid manipulation and Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald can make poisonous gas harmless using both of them.Fate/Zero Anime Visual Guide I - Commentary:#7, p.130
:Paracelsus assigned a silver color to it following Tattva.
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:One of the Five Great Elements that has Warm and Wet features. In the Mage's Association, they call it noble probably because there are few number of users.
:Paracelsus assigned a blue color to it following Tattva.
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:Also known as , it is one of the Five Great Elements. Ether is also called the according to the teachings of the Mage’s Association. It combines itself with any of the other four Elements in order to actualize the Mysteries of magecraft.
:Ether is the artificial magical energy that forms the basis of modern magecraft, although it did not exist during the Age of Gods. Although amorphous and incapable of materializing by its own power, it is what allows Spirits to take a material form. Paracelsus assigned a black-purple color to it following Tattva.
:The Ether elemental affinity is exceedingly rare, and in the hands of a high-ranking magus can be used to interfere with the cornerstone of magecraft, the Fifth Imaginary Factor Ether itself, and dismantle the magecraft of another magus. When combined with Earth, the essence of gemstones, any other elements can be extracted from jewels.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 5: Legacy of the Alchemist (Lower) - Chapter 5
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::Ether Clump is a failed materialization attempt of Ether through the combination with one of other Elements. Under normal circumstances Ether can only be materialized after combining itself with one of the other Elements. In some cases however, mainly when there is some sort of failure on the part of the magus, it will take the physical shape of a clay-like substance. Somewhat related to the First Magic.
::Other than serving as a conductor of Magical Energy, Ether Clump is completely useless. Whatever the shape it is given by a magus, if left inactive for long enough (i.e. without magical energy running through it) it will eventually return to its original clay-like form. Known uses include True Assassin's Zabaniya, the first suitcase puppet of Touko Aozaki, Cornelius Alba’s slime creatures,Kara no Kyoukai - 5/Paradox Spiral - Chapter 12 and the main component forming Leysritt’s body.Fate/hollow ataraxia - Other - Einzbern Castle - Ghost Gossip Glamorous
===Imaginary Elements===
There are two . 
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:Also called , it is an Imaginary Element that gives its users access to Imaginary Number Space. Lainur Gusion used it as a time capsuleClock Tower 2015 - 04 - The Record of Lainur Gusion and Trisha Fellows put her head into it when killed to keep her killer from using her Mystic Eyes.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 4: case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Upper) - Chapter 2 Part 1
:When the Matou family restraining spells are used along with this, it is possible to imprison and skewer the target into a separate dimension composed entirely of shadows. Furthermore, when Angra Mainyu's power is imbued on Sakura Matou, she is able to use this ability even against normal humans. It is a power highly effective against those made of Mysteries, such as Spiritual Beings, but not so potent against those who have physical bodies.Dengeki Hime 6/2006, [Fate] Dream Battle - Caren Hortensia vs. the Matous
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:In magecraft, it is defined as that "which is not possible, but materializes", contrasting Hollow which is defined as that "which is possible but not in the physical plane". It has a different meaning than the "nothing" of physics and math.
==Known Factors==
===Human's Factors ===
Factors of human beings, the three essential Elements that compose a human body, are , and .Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 6: case. Atlas Contract (Upper) - Chapter 2 Part 4Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 7: case. Atlas Contract (Lower) - Chapter 1 Part 4 Alchemists of Atlas can set all three Factors of theirs as an arithmetic unit to accelerate themselves.
===Ether===
The . See Void.
===True Ether===
, otherwise known as the , is magical energy from the Age of Gods. It is also described to form the nine heavenly bodies that gave birth to the planet. Although it does not exist in modern times, True Ether, which was of a far higher quality than Ether, permeated the Earth in ancient times. Gods, as well as nature itself, were formed out of True Ether.Fate/Grand Order - Babylonia: The Absolute Frontline in the War Against the Demonic Beasts - Chapter 4: Hardworking Citizens of Uruk 
The natural enemy of the Fifth Imaginary Factor (Ether), the bullets of Black Barrel, are composed of this substance.
=== Grain ===
, also called , is the general term given to the toxic particles overflowing in the Earth of Over Count 1999, after the World lost its capacities to sustain life. Also called "Ether" because even though it's poisonous, it promoted the surface of mutated life forms: the A-Rays, Liners and the Ether Liners.
The rate of energy transfer within the Grain-rich atmosphere is astonishing. A factor that resulted into the rise of a new method of combat that would not be possible in the old world. In a battle between A-Rays capable of absorbing Grain and Ether Liners wielding Knight Arms made of crystallized Grain, the power of conventional weapons is rendered useless.
Supposedly, Grain is the base component of all heavenly bodies. Therefore, the closer the connection between a life form and its mother planet the greater the amount of Ether in their bodies. The greatest example of this would be the Ultimate One, the supreme existence of each respective planets and true avatars of their will.
Its antithesis is the True Ether or Black Barrel, which destroys Grain and anything containing Grain on contact.
===Daemons===
The , also known as Daemon,
 is a force that reacts to the desires of humans and births Daemons out of their wishes. It needs a form, invented by humans, similarly to how it happens to Heroic Spirits, in order to materialize itself, as a passive existence. This passive existence is an individual Daemon and not a True Daemon.
But regardless of the result, as a rule, Daemons are gentle. They are the Imaginary Factor that understands one's pain and attempts to remove it. Depending on perspective, one can say that they are allies of humanity. They use Reality Marbles as their Alien Common Sense.
The retinal cells of Medusa's Mystic Eyes are made of the Sixth Imaginary Factor called Ether.
==References==
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