Melvin Weins

is a recurring supporting character in Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files: Grace Note
==Profile==
===Background===
Melvin is a member of the Weins family, who are a branch family of the Trambelios. He is part of the Department of Creation.
The second word to come out of his mouth is always “Mama.” The third is “women.” The fourth is “Money,” but before he can get to his fifth, he’ll start vomiting blood. Truly, from the bottom of his heart, a useless magus.
As a result, the proper use of his Magic Circuits was rather difficult, so even though he had the talent to reach the rank of Brand, he retired from the competitive life of a magus early. After that many people, including his own father, deserted him.
But as a result, perhaps as some strange coincidence, he learned of his extraordinary talent for manipulating the Magic Circuits and thus Magic Crests of others. The father that deserted him returned with nothing but smiles, and many times more people than left him flocked to his side.
But, after going out to meet the returning crowd, Melvin had changed a little.
“This isn’t because of my environment or anything. I was a monster like this right from the beginning.”
So he says, but there was no doubt he began to test those around him more after that incident. This happened around the same time he lent Waver the money to visit the Far East after he bragged about turning the Clock Tower upside down.
His mother is a powerful woman, who even McDonell Trambellio Elrod acknowledges. Even when Melvin’s father abandoned him, his mother stayed by his side.
He was a student of the El-Melloi Classroom in the 1990s under the tutelage of Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald. Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files {Rail Zeppelin} Grace note Special Episode: Waver, Reunion, and the Magic Lantern
In 2001 Melvin ranked 8th on the annual unofficial poll of which men at the Clock Tower the female students most wanted to sleep with. His rank has fluctuated every year since.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files -Rail Zeppelin Grace note- Drama CD
===Personality===
Melvin is constantly seeking excitement - from the sidelines - and is drawn to Waver Velvet as he seems to be a constant source of interesting events and stories, regardless of how dangerous they actually are. He is uncaring about the money he spends or loans, so long as he receives something exciting in turn. Upon discovering El-Melloi II has boarded the Rail Zeppelin, Melvin reacts with outrage at being left out, and charters a helicopter to the middle of a Child of Einnashe to join him.
He professes to be Lord El-Melloi II's best friend, being one of the few people to still call him Waver on a regular basis. While he treats El-Melloi II in a similar manner to Reines El-Melloi Archisorte, in that Melvin finds him to be a source of amusement, he expresses quiet anger to Gray when finding El-Melloi II injured, asking, "Who injured Waver this badly? Who other than myself?"
When Gray asks why it is that Melvin still calls Waver by his real name when no one else does, Melvin's answer is that he doesn't want Waver to feel lonely once he stops being Lord El-Melloi II. Surely the Fourth Holy Grail War and events that came after were important moments in Waver's life that shaped the person he became, but he still had nineteen years of history before then too, and Melvin wishes to acknowledge that.
===Appearance===
Melvin Grand Roll.png|Melvin's design in the Grand Roll case in Lord El-Melloi II Case Files, illustrated by Mineji Sakamoto
Melvin Troyca.png| character design of Melvin in Lord El-Melloi II Case Files.
Melvin (Young) Troyca.png| character sheet of Melvin 1 year after Fate/Zero in Lord El-Melloi II Case Files.
==Role==
===Fate/Zero===
Upon hearing that Melvin would pay a large sum of money to anyone who could bring him an interesting story, Waver asks that he use the money to pay for a trip to Japan.
===Lord El-Melloi II Case Files===
====Grace Note====
Six months after the Fourth Holy Grail War, Melvin is tricked by Barzan into providing funds and heading to Iraq, unaware until afterwards that Barzan is there to unearth and pillage the tomb of Iskandar. Melvin is imprisoned with the intention of being used as a sacrifice in Barzan's future workshop.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files: Grace Note - Episode 1: "Babylon, the Condemned, and the Memories of the King"
He is eventually reunited with Waver, also captured by Barzan, in their jail cell, and it was from him that Waver confirms the death of Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald during the Holy Grail War. He also questions Waver about the "return" on his loan, only for the latter, traumatized from the events, to answer that it is not a story he can share.
While Waver initiates their escape, he learns from Melvin of Barzan's plans for the tomb and resolves to destroy the site. Melvin, in turn, decides to stay due to his constitution likely preventing his escape alone and because he wants a VIP seat to the events. Waver distracts Barzan while Melvin sets up a spell to cause an explosion, disrupting the leyline and unleashing evil spirits, killing Barzan and his men in the process. The two of them leave the destruction behind on a motorcycle, laughing heartily.
At the airport, Waver apologizes for having neither the money to give back nor the interesting story that Melvin wanted, before again asking for a loan to buy the El-Melloi classroom, as Waver felt responsible for Kayneth's death. Melvin wholeheartedly agrees, only insisting that they become best friends, after which he would be happy to wait forever for the return of his loan.
When Waver took on the debt of the El-Mellois and the responsibility of restoring the family's Magic Crest, Melvin was selected as the Tuner, taking Waver's own Magic Crest as collateral.
====case. Mystic Eyes collection train====
Melvin in helico.jpg|Melvin boarding his helicopter.
Versus Child of Einnashe.jpg|Melvin fighting alongside Gray, Yvette, and Karabo.
Melvin barges into Reines's office to complain about not being told that Lord El-Melloi II had been invited to the Rail Zeppelin, outraged that he is missing out on more excitement. He reveals he has procured an invitation to the train, and immediately charters a helicopter.
He catches up with the Rail Zeppelin while it is stuck in a Child of Einnashe, which attacks the helicopter when it flies overhead. He manages to survive the following explosion and crash, and makes his way to the train, scaring Gray when he knocks on the window of their carriage. Inside, he observes El-Melloi II's injured state; lightly admonishing him over how he keeps geting himself into dangerous situations before ominously asking Gray who caused his condition.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 5: case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Lower) - Chapter 1 Part 2
He is later present when Karabo Frampton and Yvette L. Lehrman convince Gray to accompany them outside to reactivate the leyline to return functionality to the Rail Zeppelin. Melvin invites himself along, and displays his skills as a Tuner by empowering the Magic Circuits of Yvette and Gray.
Melvin greets El-Melloi when he recovers from his injuries and agrees to provide assistance for the auction so long as it results in something exciting. He then attends the final auction aboard the Rail Zeppelin where he witnesses El-Melloi put it on hold and explain the truth behind the murder of Trisha Fellows as well as the killing spree of those with Mystic Eyes in the past, expressing excitement over the findings as well as when the true culprit is revealed.
Melvin then aids Hishiri Adashino, Fernando Li, Reines El-Melloi Archisorte, and Yvette L. Lehrman in assisting Olga Marie Animusphere with a spell made to protect the Rail Zeppelin.
====case. Grand Roll====
Through him, Inorai Valualeta Atroholm sends an invitation from the Democratic Faction to meet Waver over the upcoming Grand Roll.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 8: case. Grand Roll (Upper) - Chapter 1 Part 2 Melvin meets El-Melloi II and Reines when they get to the meeting place at one of the secondary villas of the Valualeta, wanting to meet his "best friend" before Inorai does.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 8: case. Grand Roll (Upper) - Chapter 2 Part 3 As usual, while waiting in the reception for when the Valualeta are ready to receive them, he lacks delicacy and asks Waver if he feels well even when he clearly doesn't from the burden of following his students with his miniature mercury familiar. They eventually go to meet Lord Inorai, but on the way, Melvin tells Waver that many in the Democratic Faction wish to crush the El-Melloi Faction, with the exception of Lord Inorai, who is fond of him. Even Melvin's own mother has taken notice of the waves Waver is making. It is for this reason that Melvin "betrayed" him, by leading him to the meeting without informing him of the presence of McDonell Trambelio Elrod, the leader of the Democratic Faction.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 8: case. Grand Roll (Upper) - Chapter 2 Part 5
===The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II===
Around 2006, Waver, Reines, Karmaglyph Meluastea Deluc and Melvin participated in an underground auction for Magi. Many such underground auctions occur all over Europe and attract all sorts of participants. However, most participants hide their identities for the same reasons why Magi usually want to conceal their Magecraft.TYPE-MOON BOOKS material
====Fem's Casa====
When Lord El-Melloi II is challenged by Ziz to win Fem's Casa, he contacts Melvin hoping that Melvin can pay for the entry fee of 1 million euros. Unfortunately for El-Melloi II, Ziz already asked Melvin first and Melvin paid for his entry instead. Melvin is excited to be an antagonist for El-Melloi II this time, saying that it's a special occasion since his health has been getting worse.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II - Volume 6: Fem's Casa (Upper) - Chapter 1 
He has become an apprentice to Ziz, who is from the Wandering Sea, though he has only been learning from him for half a day. When Ziz is shot with an Origin Bullet and declared dead by Van-Fem, Melvin sends him away for burial at sea with an Age of Gods spell that Ziz taught him.
==Abilities==
He has a weak constitution and suffers from an unknown malady that causes him to puke blood at random intervals. Without his magical hematopoietic medicine, it would be an ordeal to survive even a single day with his body. Although Melvin had the talent to reach the rank of Brand in the Mage's Association, his body was too weak to keep up with the use of his Magic Circuits and he was forced to retire early from the competitive life of a mage. However, he would come to learn that he had an extraordinary talent for manipulating the Magic Circuits and Magic Crests of others.
Melvin is a for Magic Crests. All living things have wavelengths, and this includes Magic Crests, but a Magic Crest's wavelength is never exactly the same as its host's. As a Tuner, Melvin can temporarily move the Crest's wavelength closer to the mage's and make the Crest more effective. The tools he uses for his Tuning work that he carries around everywhere were all put together by his mother. The strangely high price for them on the Rail Zeppelin stems from the fact they are a Mystic Code of the Renaissance era, and possess a level of precision difficult to reproduce in the current age. 
By striking a tuning fork against his violin case and then mixing medicines together and applying it to Yvette L. Lehrman's neck as if drawing a magic circle, he temporarily improved the output of her Magic Crest by 20%.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 5: case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Lower) - Chapter 1 Part 3 In the anime adaptation, he played his violin to temporarily improve Gray and Yvette's Magic Circuits by 20%.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files: Grace Note - Rail Zeppelin 3/6: A Sibyl, Decision, and Child of Einnashe
==Development==
===Creation and Conception===
Series author Makoto Sanda came up with the idea for Melvin when questioning how Waver got to Japan in Fate/Zero and how he was able to purchase the El-Melloi classroom afterward. The idea was if El-Melloi II was a character with no talent, Melvin was someone with talent to contrast him. But to contrast his talent Sanda wanted him to be lacking in some aspect, and so came up with Melvin's sickness. His desire to seek pleasure is the legacy of Kirei Kotomine.
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