Caubac Alcatraz

, also known as and the Comedian of the Dead Apostles, is the twenty-seventh of The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors.
==Profile==
===Background===
====Tsukihime Remake series====
Prior to becoming a vampire, Caubac was a member of the Holy Church. He lost his heart thanks to the actions of Crimson Moon shortly before the transition to AD,While TYPE-MOON Manuscript states that Caubac was a member of the Holy Church before he became a vampire, and later explicity refers to him as a Catholic, this is chronologically impossible given that he is also stated to have become a vampire prior to the birth of Christ (let alone the formation of the Christian religion). It is unclear whether this is merely a mistake or oversight, or an indication that the Church as an organization somehow predates the Christian religion as a whole. but Crimson Moon also saw potential in him and transformed him into an Ancestor. Out of shame from becoming a vampire and fear that his former allies in the Church would kill him, he hid himself in an underground cavern.
Around the year 1000 AD, he completed the Holy Scripture Triten as his thesis on The Lord’s love, realizing upon writing it down that he had created a model of the universe. He did not intend to do so, but it was the final result of what he made. Caubac considered Triten evidence for his view that “the universe is direct proof of the Lord’s love”, and concluded that he needed to protect it as anyone would desire such a precious treasure. In order to protect Triten, he built a castle, but a random dimensional distortion resulting from him creating it with the same techniques he used to make Triten caused his castle to become a labyrinth not even he can escape. Following this, he by some means transformed himself into an inanimate object out of hatred for his need to consume blood, taking the form of an ordinary-looking padlock.
Caubac had complete faith in Triten, but when it disappeared when he took his eyes off it for one moment and took the form of a human, he shat himself from shock, the kind one gets when one's computer is infected by a virus from a porn site. As no true Catholics would see God inside themselves, Caubac concluded that “in my attempts to prove God is real, I proved that He isn’t”. He has since been searching for Hibiki in order to prove his own conclusion wrong.
====Tsukihime series====
In the original Tsukihime continuity, Alcatraz is instead a magus who became a vampire through his magical research. He is an old friend of Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, and he was one of the people present for Arcueid Brunestud's birth eight-hundred years ago. He only met her that one time, but he left a lasting impression on her. He has been missing for over a century, and it is unknown to others if he is still alive.
===Appearance===
He takes the form of an ordinary padlock.
===Personality===
====Tsukihime Remake series====
Due to his background in the Church, Caubac hates having become a vampire, having initially walled himself off from the outside world and turned himself into an inorganic object to avoid his need to suck blood. Along with Agape and Lovematroos, Caubac is called one of the "three idiots" who make up Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg's tea-drinking companions.
He has dedicated his life to proving his theological thesis on God’s love, creating Triten in order to confirm his views are correct. He did not notice it was a model of the universe until it was complete, but upon this realization, the fact his universe was functional utterly convinced him of his understanding of the Lord’s love, and that God approved of his project. He believed Triten was the only thing he needed in the entire world, creating his labyrinth to protect it not because he was afraid of it being misused by others, but simply because he feared it being stolen from him.
Upon completing Triten, his purpose as a Dead Apostle was complete, and he was left in a “complete NEET state” until it disappeared and took the form of a human. The level of shock he was left in as a result of it becoming human was comparable to the shock one might feel when their computer is infected by a virus from a porn site.
The following thoughts are the reasons why he considers Triten a mistake:
*We must not see God in ourselves.
*We must not pray for our own benefit. (Prayers are for the Lord's benefit. It's wrong to pray out of desire for salvation. You pray only for the Lord. Caubac's mindset is the same as Caren's.)
*The Lord's love is absolute and must never be questioned. Therefore we must not wish for the Lord to exist in any form different from the forms described in the scriptures. God's Love = the world.
*The fact that we're alive is a manifestation of His love and no matter how much suffering there is in the world, it's all part of grand system of God's deeds (love).
That he made a perfect image of God and it became human would imply to him that God is human, is made from humans, or that God eventually becomes humans, but all of these options were impossible to him, as there is no God within humans. That Triten became human, to him, led him to conclude that human beings are all that exists in the universe, and that God does not exist. This line of reasoning practically caused Caubac to stop thinking, but his strong will and proneness to delusion kept him on his feet, albeit in an unmoving state. He ruined his own beliefs and came out of his 2000-year-long-battle in total denial, but even after all this, prioritized his understanding of God’s love over his own happiness and salvation.
He became lost in this labyrinth of thought. Even if Hibiki is indeed Triten and thus a model of God, Caubac would deny that on the logic that "God is an omnipresent essence, not something with a physical presence".
====Tsukihime series====
In the original Tsukihime continuity, Caubac instead has a very happy-go-lucky personality fit for a comedian, and Arcueid calls his mentality several hundred years old. He tries to greet Arcueid in a sassy and flattering manner unlike himself over the phone, but she rebukes him for it. He also enjoys teasing her despite the threat of death should they actually meet. While speaking of her love, he goes on about it in an elaborate way, such as calling it embarrassing to even mention and calling it having "girl's talk" with her even though he is a guy. He claims that he has been acting too wildly, so it is difficult for him to keep a balance with his personality. He thinks even a world with no change has caused some change in himself on a personal level. 
He has a somewhat casual relationship with Arcueid despite being an Ancestor. She doesn't really care about him as long as he stays in his own world, but she will make it her top priority to kill him, with her fingers just like she would a bug, should he leave. He compares his state of mind to that of a hit man who's about to come out of prison and is a target of revenge after hearing her say that. He says that no matter how much she has loosened up after meeting Shiki Tohno, her core hasn't changed.
He thinks the regular world is boring, so he would rather stay where he is currently located. Although he is interested in the events of the world, it is still not enough to make him want to leave. If he were to return, it would be only to see the Moon. Though he has obtained everything he can imagine, Arcueid thinks he is a weirdo for only wishing for that much. There are a number of weirdos among the Ancestors, but she places him among the top of their ranks in that category.
==Role==
===Nerawareta Ahnenerbe===
He has a bonus appearance in the Nerawareta Ahnenerbe's Secret Track Drama CD as an unnamed acquaintance of Arcueid.
While Arcueid is waiting for Shiki in Ahnenerbe, Hibiki Hibino appears with a cell phone that she was told to hand to Arcueid. Alcatraz briefly banters with her about the past and asks for a confirmation if she wishes to kill him. She states that it is too troublesome to get to him while he is in his own world, so she will let him go as long as he remains there. She mentions that he lost something important, so it may not be ideal for him to remain there.
He says that he learned that she has found an "irreplaceable treasure." When she questions him about what he means, he goes on to call it something they have all given up to the pawnshop, the "shard of heart." He finally mentions that he is talking about her having found love like that of a human. This enrages her to the point where she plans to head to his world, telling him to "clean your keyhole while you can" before he calms her down. For making her serious for a moment, she says she will reward him with one thing before she kills him after he comes out.
While it was worth risking his life to tease her for that, he can't think of anything he would want other than to see the moon one more time. He claims the moon would bring back old memories. It was burned into his pupils the night he died for the first time, and he hasn't seen it for so long. He doesn't know when it will be, but he wishes for his second death to be like that as well. He mentions that Arcueid probably doesn't want to be killed by a different person either, which just leaves her silent. He excuses himself for talking so long because it had been a long time since speaking to someone who knows him and hangs up.Drama CD Nerawareta Ahnenerbe Secret Track translation
===Fate/strange Fake===
In the World of Fate/strange Fake, Alcatraz discusses, through an antique looking phone, the events of the False Holy Grail War with Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, who is looking for a way to solve the situation as there was the possibility of ORT waking up. Alcatraz finds it odd for Kischur to be suddenly involved with the World, but eventually advises Kischur to choose someone who isn't a magi to observe the incident at Snowfield and select a world on the basis of being an intruder. They end up selecting Ayaka Sajyou as an outsider to participate in the Holy Grail War.Fate/strange Fake Volume 1 - Extra Chapter: Observer. Or, Character Creation translation, p.187-193
Francesca Prelati apparently needs something on the level of the Grail to both find and deal with a particular "Great Labyrinth" whose entrance is even risky to look for,Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Prologue IX: "The Star Performers' Feast (Part 2)" so that she may capture "the microcosm of the world" within.Fate/strange Fake Volume 6 - Chapter 18: "As Dream and Reality are Both Illusion I"
When Lord El-Melloi II ends up under house arrest in his own Clock Tower office by Policies, a mysterious cell phone colored a blue deeper than even lapis lazuli suddenly appears, ringing, in his cigar case.Fate/strange Fake Volume 6 - Bridge Chapter: "Clink Clank"
===Tsukihime Remake Series===
Caubac Alcatraz is shown to be listed as one of the Ancestors on the list possessed by Arcueid Brunestud.
===Other appearances===
Alcatraz is first described in Kagetsu Tohya, and has yet to make an actual appearance in the Tsukihime storyline.
It is hinted in Mahou Tsukai no Hako that Alcatraz is actually Mr. Cellphone, the phone is a Mystic Code and it was made by Kischur.
Although he does not appear in Fate/Labyrinth, his labyrinth is the stage setting of the story.
==Abilities==
He has lost his original body and his current body has taken on a form that resembles a padlock. He also possesses the ability to enter the observation room of Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, which is hard to enter to the point that Zelretch possesses a count of those with the ability to do so. 
Caubac created Triten in order to prove his theological understanding of God's love. As the world is a product of the Lord’s thoughts, by inspecting the components of a human being (mind, body, and soul), Caubac had the idea that he could prove the Lord’s love by replicating all of these components in text form. He built his model from all possible accounts, probed into God’s whole creation, gave it shape, and the final result was a model of the universe, despite him not intending to create one. This universe was functional, despite the fact there was no life in it.
In the original Tsukihime continuity, he became a Dead Apostle through magical research, and is an archmagus just a step away from reaching the level of the Magicians. 
===Dead Apostle Ancestor===
Within Tsukihime Worlds Caubac is a Rank IX Ancestor Dead Apostle, possessing one of the Idea Bloods and a Principle that is referred to as a "failed product" or perhaps simply "unneeded".
===Labyrinths===
He created a labyrinth inside a treasure chest that cannot be opened to protect his ideal terminal, the Holy Scripture Triten, but the reason he hasn't appeared for a century is because he accidentally became trapped inside. The labyrinth was created using the same techniques he used to make Triten, and is constantly expanding at the same rate that the universe expands, making it inescapable. He describes it as a world with no change that is a paradise to him. It is a place with no morning or night where it is easy to lose track of time to the point where he can only go by centuries. He is able to obtain information from the outside, such as Arcueid's actions, and he is able to somehow communicate with her through a cell phone.
He hasn't emerged for over a century, so it is unknown if he has managed to survive that period without drinking blood. He claims that he has no worries for food because he can keep "killing himself" inside even to the point where humans die out. While she doesn't claim it to be impossible, it would apparently be a difficult task for Arcueid to enter the world and kill him, so that is his conclusion for living there. He thinks being alive is better than nothing.
====Seventh Labyrinth of Caubac Alcatraz====
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