Enkidu

:This article is about the character. For Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm, see Enkidu (Noble Phantasm).
, Class Name , is the "False" Lancer-class Servant summoned by the Silver Wolf Chimera in the True and False Holy Grail Wars of Fate/strange Fake. Lancer is one of the Servants summoned by Ritsuka Fujimaru in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.
==Profile==
===Identity===
The only friend of Gilgamesh. Born from a clod of earth, Enkidu was clay shaped by hands of the Gods, their father the king of gods, Anu, and their mother the goddess of creation, Aruru. They were neither male nor female, but merely a monster made of mud that descended onto the earth and awoke in the wilderness. They opened their eyelids in response to a voice calling to them from afar, taking in the sight of the expanses of land and sky and the towering city in the distance. The voice was unknown to Enkidu, but it was neither the maternal hand nor the paternal rebuke.
Enkidu clay form.png|Enkidu monster form.
Enkidu copy form.png|Enkidu and Shamhat.
Though Enkidu was given superb power, their parents were unable to give Enkidu a Soul. They had no intellect after awakening, so their existence for years afterward consisted of rushing through the wilderness with the animals. Though Enkidu had a purpose, given the task of being the chains to return the keystone, Gilgamesh, back under control of the Gods, without a soul they could only live like a feral animal. Lacking the will of a human, Enkidu's happiness came from being free in the wild, neither perfect nor flawed. They would still stop to look at the city occasionally, hearing the voice that was neither their father's nor mother's calling to them from beyond the wilds.
Enkidu was a formless clump of mud, so they were told to seek out a "complete human" to copy its form to be able to interact with humans. Enkidu was directed to find Huwawa, who the gods had created as their image of a "complete human". In truth Huwawa had been formed from thousands of human souls forcefully fused together. Enkidu did as instructed, becoming Huwawa's friend while they still lived in the wild. Enkidu even says Huwawa raised them. They befriended the only lucid soul among Huwawa's composites, a little girl. Enkidu made Huwawa a flower crown for her to wear. Enkidu wanted to save the souls comprising Huwawa, but didn't know how.Fate/Grand Order - Enkidu Interlude II: Made by God, Woven by Humans, and Returned to Soil II Eventually, Enkidu and Huwawa parted ways.
Anu brought Enkidu a woman, the sacred prostitute Shamhat, after despairing over their lack of rational thought.Fate/EXTRA CCC - Gilgamesh Secret Garden 2 The asexual lump of clay fell for the beauty of the woman, which transcended the bound between man and woman, and they spent six days and seven nights together. The mud puppet, ignorant of mankind, slowly allowed their form to approximate that of a human, which seemed to become that of the beautiful harlot sharing their food and bed with them, as if attempting to assume her beauty. Enkidu made her paradoxical beauty their own, losing much of their strength and divinity, though still retaining levels of both far above that of humanity, in exchange for wisdom and reason.Fate/strange Fake Volume 1 - Prologue VI: "Lancer" They had never looked in a mirror, so the humanoid form became a good instructor for Enkidu to learn about themself. They acquired knowledge and rational thought, all the truths of heaven and earth. Filled with the soul needed to fulfill their task, Enkidu spoke their name for the first time and the world became something extremely simple in that instant.
Finally recognizing their role and task, imposing the wrath of the gods and divine judgement upon a fellow puppet of the gods, Enkidu decided to seek out the arrogant Gilgamesh. The one they found was still a child, so Enkidu had to wait until Gilgamesh reached adulthood in order to fight and reprimand him as an equal. They watched the city while waiting, hearing the familiar voice from within. While watching Gilgamesh grow by the day, Enkidu found that the king's fair nature confused them and made them question the gods' judgement. Soon, and though they understood the reason behind it, Enkidu came to realize the gods were correct, however, as Gilgamesh grew and became a tyrant.
Understanding that Gilgamesh's arrogance stemmed from his solitude, Enkidu sought to reprimand him, but did not state the real reason to avoid hurting his pride. They met Gilgamesh in front of the temple of , and both clashed in a fierce battle that lasted for several days. Gilgamesh was angered by a "clod of mud" being equal to him, humiliated that he had to use his treasures. He soon came to enjoy the battle, however, and brought his weapons out without regret. After fierce fighting that left them both spent, each warrior collapsed to the ground without consideration for the location. Gilgamesh did so laughing, noting that there could be no winner without two corpses, and Enkidu fell in imitation of him, like a mirror.
Praising each other's valor, they became peerless friends who went on to have many adventures. One of Enkidu's few achievements of the time was to have Gilgamesh make use of his treasures in battle. They combined their strength to defeat the guardian of the forest and beast of the gods, Enkidu's old friend Huwawa, for the reason of protecting Uruk rather than anything to do with the gods. In the time since Enkidu and Huwawa had been apart, Huwawa had gone mad and become a monster screaming in thousands of voices who could not understand why they suffered so. Enkidu commented that the people were suffering under them, so they questioned the point of such an action. Enkidu came to understand Gilgamesh's path at that point, that the king would observe humanity's future from his solidarity. After killing Huwawa, Enkidu left another circlet of flowers behind for their friend.
Enkidu attempted to declare that they were a tool for Gilgamesh's use, claiming that they would stand by his side until the end of the world. Gilgamesh instead called them a fool, telling Enkidu that those who live together, talk together, and fight together are neither people nor tools, but what is called a friend. Obtaining that word was precious to Enkidu, and it was in that moment that they acquired a "self" in the true sense of the word. Afterward, Ishtar proposed to Gilgamesh, but he rejected her. Angered by his insults, she begged Anu to release the Bull of Heaven to punish them.
Fate zero enkidu.png|Enkidu's death in the Fate/Zero manga adaptation
Fate zero enkidu gil.png|Idem.
Enkidu death (Anime).jpg|Enkidu's death in the Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia anime.
After working together to destroy it, Ishtar requested they be put to death for slaying a beast of the gods. Her request was granted, and Enkidu, created by the gods, was unable to defy the decree. Over time, they slowly weakened and returned to clay, as Gilgamesh desperately held on to the crumbling clod in his arms. Gilgamesh was angered, exclaiming that he should have been punished instead, but Enkidu reiterated that they were only one of the numerous weapons in the king's collection. There would be no need to grieve, because he would find countless greater treasures, so there was no worth left in Enkidu to deserve any tears from the king.
Enkidu believed that Gilgamesh was a hero who had a soul and free will since the beginning, who had true life and worth unlike their own expendable self. They always yearned for that and hated that they were such different beings despite being created by the same father. Gilgamesh exclaimed that Enkidu did have worth, declaring "In all this world, only one shall be my friend. Thus---not for all eternity shall his worth ever change." As the rain gradually let up, Enkidu returned to their original state, naught but a clod of earth in the wilderness, leaving behind nothing but the thunderous cry of the king. The rest of Gilgamesh's lifetime afterward showed the large shadow cast over him from losing the sole person who understood him.Fate/EXTRA CCC - Gilgamesh Secret Garden 3
=== Appearance===
Enkidu's appearance is something modeled after the sacred prostitute Shamhat out of respect. Lancer is able to take a myriad of forms, but their usual form is that of a sixteen-year-old androgynous person with long, beautiful hair that shimmers with a light-green color. They were summoned only wearing a plain tunic, so they seem rather unremarkable compared to those normally called Heroic Spirits. Enkidu is not summoned with any items, and their clothing does not look valuable in any way. While heroes are not determined by their wealth, being summoned completely barehanded is abnormal. 
It is hard to tell if Enkidu is a man or woman at first glance. Their face retains vaguely childlike features that are able to be interpreted as that of either gender. Their lustrous skin and soft features are reminiscent of a woman, but their loose tunic further obscures their sex by hiding their physique, making it impossible to see their chest and hips, and making it difficult to discern if they are even actually human. They have firm and taut limbs with rough hands and feet like those of men, and their body seems like a coiled spring ready to rocket forth.
With an androgynous and neutral voice, Enkidu's face can be called beautiful and elegant despite their gender, but at the same time gives off a strange and uncomfortable atmosphere. While their face looks human, it also appears inhuman due to the fact that it looks "too perfect." While the feeling cannot be put into words and it is not immediately apparent to the eye, Enkidu's form evokes a similar feeling in the observer as a mannequin or puppets constructed by magi. Their nature becomes less apparent the more one looks upon them, but their beauty as a being of perfect harmony is undeniable. They are a paradoxical being that possesses the impurity characteristic of mankind and the immaculate perfection inherent to nature. Defying classification as man or woman, human or beast, god or demon: their body is like the velvety boughs wrapping the statue of Venus.
In the April Fool Art by Riyo, they're depicted topless with nothing to obscure their chest.
===Personality===
Enkidu's flesh was designed so that their entire personality would be inscribed into the body itself. As such, even if a different soul inhabited their corpse, it would be recorded by the world as one of the "paths" a body created by the gods took. A path... or perhaps "circuit" is a better term. Enkidu originally didn't have a personality until they bonded with other humans and Gilgamesh himself. Therefore, what was recorded onto the Throne of Heroes was not their soul, but their physical body.Fate/Grand Order - Enkidu Interlude I: Made by God, Woven by Humans, and Returned to Soil I
Lancer seems to greatly appreciate nature, and often finds it as a relief that the world is still beautiful as ever even after being covered by cities like Uruk. They are happy to sit while their Master is resting and simply allow themself to enjoy the magnificent natural landscape and the "song of the river." They enjoyed running in the wild during their days as a beast, with only the voice of Gilgamesh drawing them towards Uruk.
Even when dealing with the person who hurt their Master, Enkidu speaks serenely in a polite manner without any provocation. They follow their Master's wishes exactly without issue, leaving the magus to his own devices. At the final jeering from the magus calling their Master a mongrel, Lancer simply turns their head and looks at the magus with eyes saturated with “rejection.” They instantly dissolve the malice in their eyes upon the magus' departure, and focus on their Master afterward.
Much like Gilgamesh, Lancer regards their friendship highly. They held that they were a weapon in life, and that their fate was to be supplanted by the next. Any worth or mystery was to be limited only to Enkidu's age, but Gilgamesh changed those thoughts. Gilgamesh accepted a penalty of a fate of solitude thereafter, but granted Enkidu with a soul with his words. Enkidu believes that they sinned in knowing Gilgamesh, whose greatest sincerity was to remain aloof without acknowledging the strong or the weak, but in the end, Enkidu ended up leaving a lasting mar upon that integrity.
Enkidu is extremely surprised upon learning Gilgamesh has been summoned, and initially cannot even believe in such a turn of fate. After calmly opening their eyes, slowly standing up, and having a brief moment of silence, a feeling of confusion, frustration, and finally overwhelming joy rampages through their chest. Enkidu believes it is destiny that they will battle once again in the Holy Grail War, and is confident that the tapestry woven between them and their King would not tear just because a fight or two. Even after a thousand melees together, their bond would remain just as strong as ever.
Introverted, active and self-assured. Usually they just loiter like a beautiful flower; but, once they get on the move, they becomes a frightening active monster that doesn’t wait, has no mercy and shows no self-restraint.
Since they are a life form born from the Earth, Enkidu also finds humans “appealing”. But, because humans think of themselves as beings apart from nature due to their intelligence, they rank low as protection targets. Enkidu feels that animals and plants are existences closer to themself and will mostly take action in order to protect them, rather than humans.
That being said, since they had great curiosity (intellectual craving) to begin with, Enkidu regards conversations with humans as an enjoyment. If said character has an appealing personality (a totalitarian brimming with a philanthropic mentality, but still someone who thinks of themselves foremost), Enkidu will demonstrate respect and admiration from the bottom of their heart, feeling joy in supporting them as a friend.
====Relationships====
;Gilgamesh
:"Ah, a nostalgic presence. This is.."Fate/Grand Order Lines
:(Expressing a slight gentle smile while listening to his words.)
;Ishtar
:"Ah, she's come all the way here too. Let me see, there must be something around to throw at her..."
;Ereshkigal
:(Showing a slightly surprised expression upon seeing her, but immediately returns to the usual serene expression.)
;Frankenstein/Brynhildr/Katou Danzou/Nezha
:(No reaction. Particularly not showing emphatic behavior or such.)
==Role ==
===Fate/strange Fake===
====Day 0====
False Lancer with Wolf.jpg|False Lancer summoned by Wolf.
Enkidujoy.jpg|Lancer expressing their joy in being able to fight Gilgamesh.
Enkidu and Gilgamesh.jpg|Lancer facing Archer.
False Lancer, Saber and Ayaka.jpg|Lancer and Saber discuss an alliance.
Lancer is summoned by a silver wolf Chimera, originally meant to act as a catalyst for another magus. Before the magus can slay the wolf to retrieve the Command Spells, the wolf's most basic instinct, the will to survive, causes it to let out a bellow that acts as both magecraft and a summoning ritual for Lancer. While the magus is confused and intimidated by Lancer's appearance, he cannot deny Lancer's presence as a Heroic Spirit. Lancer quickly tends to their Master, speaking to him in an “animal language” to complete their contract, and prepares to take him to heal his wounds.
The magus, outraged at the farce of a chimera becoming a Master, attempts to fire upon the wolf in rage. Lancer tells him to lower his weapon because their Master wishes him no harm, and even though Lancer can tell what had happened from their Master's wounds, they wish to make it clear that their Master holds no malice against the magus. The magus makes a final plea to work together towards the Holy Grail rather than with that "mongrel", which earns the magus a gaze saturated with a crushing sense of “rejection” that causes him to flee with a squeal.
Upon applying minimal treatment to their Master's wounds at a small river ten kilometers away, Enkidu takes a survey of the area. They immediately shift their sight to the northwest upon detecting a familiar presence: a Heroic Spirit in golden armor, exiting a cave that was covered by a magus’ Bounded Field. Much like they were brought together in the past, it seems that fate is about to be altered once again. Certain that the presence in the north was their King, Lancer smiled, silently opening their arms as if to bare their heart to the world, and then announces: “Let us continued the duel on that plaza once again… Let us relive that joy.” They then begin to sing a song that shakes the earth, which acts as the signal that the War has begun.Fate/strange Fake Volume 1 - Prologue I: "Archer"
Lancer then meets False Archer, whose identity is Gilgamesh, in the desert. Before saying a word, Archer uses Ea to launch his Enuma Elish at Lancer. Despite the immense power of the attack, Lancer is unalarmed, using their own version of Enuma Elish to clash with Archer's Noble Phantasm. After their clash, Archer and Lancer talk a bit, both being happy to see each other again. Archer then activates his Gate of Babylon, launching multiple Noble Phantasms to attack Lancer. Lancer though counters these weapons by creating weapons of their own from the earth. As they continue to clash, Lancer senses an approaching presence of something similar to a curse of death, which is especially dangerous to them. Lancer decides to retreat, with him and Archer promising to meet again. They clash once more before departing, creating a large crater.Fate/strange Fake Volume 1 - Chapter 1: "The War Begins"
====Day 1====
While staying in the forest, Lancer transforms the whole forest into some kind of Bounded Field, that keeps out invaders. During Archer's battle against True Archer and True Rider, Lancer senses both of their presences, noting that they are quite strong.Fate/strange Fake Volume 2 - Chapter 6: Day 1, Noon "Two Archers and..." Saber and his Master, Ayaka Sajyou, arrive to the forest, thanks to Saber receiving instructions from his "friend". Wolf takes a liking to Ayaka and lets her pet him, which delights Lancer. Saber asks Lancer to make an alliance with him, as he had decided to make an alliance with the first Servant he meets. Lancer though refuses the alliance, saying that their friend, False Archer, would probably not accept Saber as Lancer's friend and likely would demand a test of strength. However, Lancer agrees to give Saber a chance to prove his strength, accepting the alliance if he is strong enough. Saber agrees to the challenge, facing Lancer. Despite Saber moving very fast, he is unable to even touch Lancer, though he does manage to avoid all of the blades launched towards him by Lancer. Seeing that he won't be able to make by with just using his hands, he grabs a tree branch and uses it to launch his Noble Phantasm, Excalibur, towards Lancer. However, Lancer blocks the attack by turning their hand into a blade. Though the battle comes out to a draw, Lancer is still impressed by Saber's strength, and agrees to make an alliance with him. After their battle, Lancer calls out to False Assassin, who had been watching their battle from the shadows. False Assassin also forms an alliance with Saber.Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Chapter 8: Day 1, Afternoon (2) "The Wandering King's Rock'n'Roll"
Later, when Sigma summons Watcher, Lancer is vaguely able to sense the Servant's presence, commenting it is similar to beings from their own era.Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Interlude: "The Passion of the Nameless Soldier"
====Day 2====
Later, Wolf has a dream about Lancer's creation. Lancer comforts their Master after he wakes up, thinking about their past.Fate/strange Fake Volume 4 - Chapter 10: Day 2 "Separate Mornings, Separate Pasts I"
====Day 4====
Lancer and Gilgamesh's Master, Tiné Chelc, had retrieved Gilgamesh after he was poisoned with Hydra venom arrows by True Archer and then impaled by True Berserker, then took him to her hotel. Together, they try to heal him, but it doesn't seem to be working. After trying for all of the previous day and this day, Tine is about to collapse from overusing her Magic Circuits. Lancer tells her to give up and accept Gilgamesh's death, but she refuses, saying she must save her king. Wolf tells Lancer to help her. Surprised, Lancer says Tine isn't like Ayaka and more resembles the humans he hates, but Wolf insists. Lancer says Wolf is kind and heals Tine by transferring some of Wolf's energy to her, allowing her to keep trying to heal Gilgamesh. Lancer reaches into Gilgamesh's wound despite the energy burning their hand and asks him to wake up. Having deduced True Berserker is Huwawa, Lancer says they want to save her too.Fate/strange Fake Volume 5 - Bridge Chapter: "One Day, Atop a Building"
===Fate/Zero===
After Saber destroyed Caster, Gilgamesh recalls Enkidu's death upon witnessing Excalibur's light. Here, Enkidu is described as foolish and ridiculous, having set their heart to stand next to the gods even with a body of mud and soil. Through their hubris and disrespectful arrogance that offended the gods, Enkidu suffered divine retribution and lost their life. Gilgamesh was unable to forget their death and the tears streaming down Enkidu's face. Gilgamesh assumes the puppet had regretted taking to his king's side; but, to Gilgamesh's surprise: Enkidu's tears were for him and how lonely it will be for him after Enkidu was gone. Gilgamesh realized that this puppet, who was human but wanted to surpass humanity, had lived, was even more precious and more brilliant than all the treasures the King had ever collected throughout his lifetime.Fate/Zero Volume 3: The Scattered Ones - Act 10 Part 5 -84:19:03
Enkidu is also the main reason for Gilgamesh to reject Rider's invitation for a joint world conquest; Gilgamesh states Enkidu is the only person whom he considers as his friend and companion in the past and future, and he further declares that there is only one true king.Fate/Zero Volume 4: Flames of Purgatory -Act 16 Part 1 -04:08:29
===Fate/EXTRA CCC===
Enkidu's past from their own perspective appears to Hakuno Kishinami in a dream if Gilgamesh is their Servant. As their records fade away, they speaks to Hakuno, noting that they are naught but a long-gone regret of the past. Enkidu tells them that it is their future and their story, the story of someone who is human unlike him. They ask Hakuno to ask Gilgamesh if he still loves humanity, still remembers the name of their friend, and if he has "finally cast aside the mistakes of a distant age and laid them to rest."
After Hakuno awakes, Gilgamesh also reveals that he had been dreaming of something nostalgic, the battle with the Bull of Heaven. Hakuno attributes it to Servants rarely sharing a mental link while sleeping. If asked if he remembers his friend, Gilgamesh claims that he hardly had friends, and that he would have forgotten the name of his friend if he had one. He disdainfully says "I can no longer speak the name.", but his voice contains no trace of anger. If asked if he loves humanity, he responds that it should be obvious from the way he treats Hakuno, and they take it as an affirmation.
Gilgamesh makes it clear that he was dreaming about the path traced by his own life, calling the events Hakuno glimpsed tainted by their own perspective and far from his truth. Although Hakuno is confused over the nature of the dream, knowing that it was not Gilgamesh's or their own perspective, they know the words spoken were the entirety of the truth, especially the King who uttered "Not for all eternity shall that worth ever change" to his friend. Hakuno apologizes to the one who the dream belonged to, noting that his wish for Gilgamesh to cast aside those memories will never be granted.
In Fate/Grand Order, the Female Hakuno's My Room lines imply their previous unnamed Berserker was Enkidu, explaining how Enkidu was able to speak to Hakuno through their dream.Fate/Grand Order - Hakuno Kishinami's My Room Lines translated by Comun on Reddit
=== Fate/Grand Order ===
====Seventh Singularity: Babylonia====
Enkidu's corpse, which was buried in the graveyard of the underworld, was taken. Kingu is a chimera created from Enkidu's corpse, although the puppet itself does not find out until later on. Kingu is tricked into believing that they are the prototype for the next generation human after the extermination of mankind.
====Final Singularity: Solomon====
Enkidu assists Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight in the battle against Sabnock. He is seen with Francis Drake at the throne and also fights against Goetia in the animated films.Fate/Grand Order: Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon
====Summer Event: Death Jail Summer Escape====
Medb had Enkidu because they looked like a criminal mastermind. Enkidu tried to escape by killing, but Medb defeated them and inexplicitly revealed her conceptual weakness to projectile cheese. She then had them restrained in solitary confinement. Yet despite their predicament, Enkidu seems to know everything about the prison.
The racers in Ishtar's race dig their way to Enkidu's cell, needing their help in calculating the trajectory needed to snipe Medb with projectile cheese while she's in the shower. After Minamoto-no-Raikou cuts their restraints, Enkidu has the racers spar with them to see if they’re fully functional. Enkidu afterward then agrees to provide the racers with the necessary calculations. Carmilla arrives to feed them and attacks everyone after seeing Enkidu unrestrained. After defeating Carmilla, Enkidu, Charles Babbage, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Tesla make blueprints for their cheese-apult.
After building it with the materials Ritsuka provided, the racers use the cheese-apult to assassinate Medb while she’s in the shower. However, Medb kicks the cheese away thanks to training her body to automatically react to incoming cheese. Enkidu is surprised by Medb's self-control in overcoming her weakness. They thought she was the type to trust her natural abilities so much she would never bother with training. Then, hearing the racers only want to the Prison Field removed, Enkidu reveals there is another way to remove it, one only they know of. They reveal the control device for the Prison Field is a stone above the ground. The racers soon realize it’s in the statue of Medb in the courtyard. Enkidu then reveals there is a prisoner who is master of disguise that the racers can use to trick Quetzalcoatl into disabling the Prison Field. The racers then dig their way to the prisoner’s cell.
Later, as the prison collapses as a result of Medb's death, Enkidu escapes their cell into Gorgon's. They admit to her that destroying the prison by killing Medb was his plan all along but didn't say anything to the racers since they only wanted to escape. They go on to say that if one wants to build a prison using a goddess as the cornerstone, they must use a Goddess of Justice. Using a Goddess of Revenge would only twist the prison's morality. Enkidu then breaks Gorgon's chains. Though they don't know why they're helping her, every fiber of their being tells them they never want to see a goddess be consumed by her desire for revenge without knowing freedom ever again. The prison's collapse soon reaches Gorgon's cell. Enkidu determines that since neither of them has a Master, they will both soon disappear. They, therefore, suggest enjoying the world while they still have time. Gorgon notices their eye color change to purple and realizes they are also Kingu.
====Interlude====
===Fate/Grand Order Arcade===
====Babylon: Critically Propserous City====
Enkidu appears in the Babylon Singularity.Fate/Grand Order Arcade - Babylon: Critical Prosperous City - Node 5Fate/Grand Order Arcade - Babylon: Critical Prosperous City - Node 6
===Chibichuki!===
Enkidu befriends a lonely Lugh Beowulf, while Gilgamesh becomes jealous.
===Other appearances ===
Lancer has appeared in a number of pieces of guest artwork in various TYPE-MOON material books.
In Type-Moon's April Fools' Day 2009, moon.cinemas.jp is a fake movie theater site listing a number of parody films. Lancer was featured in Chariot Man: A True Tank Man, a parody film of . Lancer plays the role of Enkidu-chan, a girl who loves her dog. The story is expanded in TYPE-MOON 10th Anniversary Phantasm comic. She is "Gil's" next door neighbor, childhood friend and she is currently in love with Gil. She is seen waking Gilgamesh and suggested him to eat breakfast down stair. The every day occurrence in the morning, Kirei Kotomine uses his Super Bajiquan to "wake" Gilgamesh. Previously the explosive power has revealed her dog-print underwear to Gil and it left a painful experience for her. This time she wore spats and she considers it more elegant enough to impress Gil. Unfortuneately Gil was more concerned about the Saber figure than Enkidu. She is worried and shocked about the present suggestion to Waver.
==Abilities==
Enkidu clay form.png|Enkidu's monster/Berserker form.
EnkiduGO1.png|Enkidu's humanoid/Lancer form.
Enkidu is the strongest god-made human, into which Anu, the king of the gods, and Aruru, the goddess of creation, poured all their Magical Energy. Enkidu is an autonomous weapon similar in nature to an AI, given the blood of the gods much like Gilgamesh, and was "Uruk's greatest weapon." Although Enkidu's "parents" granted them incredible power, they couldn’t breathe a Soul into it, and thus, Enkidu initially had no rationality. For years after they awoke, they were simply a creature that ran through the fields with wild beasts. They had power that surpassed human understanding, and when they was enraged, they were said to be mightier than even Gilgamesh. Anu, who lamented Enkidu's lack of human reason, supplied them with a woman, the Sacred Prostitute Shamhat. As they spent six days and seven nights together, sharing meals and sharing bed, Enkidu learned about knowledge and logic, and they were taught the ways of Heaven and Earth. In exchange for gaining reason and a human form, Enkidu lost much of their strength and Divinity. However, even in this state, their power still far exceeded that of man, and was great enough to fight Gilgamesh to a stalemate. Sage King Gilgamesh states that Kingu may be stronger than alive Enkidu.Fate/Grand Order - Babylonia: Absolute Demonic Front - Section 6: Encounter
During the False Holy Grail War, a mage attempted to break the rules of the system by summoning a being that transcends every Heroic Spirit. In order to defeat Heroes who are said to be kings, he had planned to summon a being that exceeds every single one of them, who has such power as to be called a god. He wanted to summon a being more ancient than the first Hero, "one of those of Egypt who became gods." However, even the power of the Command Spells, combined with the latent power of Snowfield, wouldn't suffice to call forth a being as powerful as a god without first violating a few strictures. Badly for him, the chimera that he had prepared as a catalyst gained the Command Spells instead of him, and miraculously summoned Enkidu as a Lancer. Faldeus Dioland states that summoning Enkidu as a Servant is unspeakable, as to begin with, Enkidu was never so much a Hero... as they were a Noble Phantasm of the gods themselves. He claims that had the mage managed to summon Enkidu as Berserker, he very well might have gained the power of a god that he so desired. Although the Holy Grail War system shouldn’t allow for that sort of thing, in the False Holy Grail War where there are "anomalous happenings everywhere", it shouldn't be out of the realm of possibility. 
The reason Enkidu can manifest as a Lancer-class Servant is their Noble Phantasm Enuma Elish, a weapon designed to pierce Gilgamesh’s hostility and return the Chisel to gods’ own hands. In this form, Enkidu's power is equal to that of Gilgamesh during his prime.Fate/Grand Order - Babylonia: Absolute Demonic Front - Section 1: In the Age of the GodsFate/strange Fake Volume 2 - Chapter 2: Day 0, Midnight "The Heroic Spirit Incident"Fate/strange Fake Volume 4 - Chapter 11: Day 2, Morning "The Gods Return From Twilight"Fate/strange Fake Volume 4 - Interlude: "Backstage at a Third-Rate Comedy"Fate/strange Fake Volume 5 - Bridge Chapter: "Rondo of the Outsiders"Fate/strange Fake Volume 5 - Chapter 14: "Gold and Lions I" Due to that, Enkidu has been recognized as one of the strongest heroes in human history. Just fighting them for a few minutes was enough to convince Richard I that Enkidu was exceptional even among Heroic Spirits, himself included. After first meeting Gilgamesh, Richard noted that the strength of his Saint Graph rivalled that of Enkidu's, and that he could tell at a glance that he had no chance of winning if they fought head-on. However, it should be noted that Richard was only wielding a dull-bladed ornamental sword that he had borrowed from Sigma's base of operations at the time.
===Combat===
Enkidu's combat strength is roughly equal to that of the King of Heroes Gilgamesh at his golden age. Back when they were alive, their battle lasted three days and three nights. Enkidu, who could freely transform into all of creation, forced Gilgamesh to muster all of the power he could handle to fight back. When Gilgamesh finally emptied his whole treasury, and Enkidu had lost 90% of his clay, the two of them only had one move left. It was in this moment that both of them agreed to stop fighting, and Gilgamesh claimed that they would have both died if they had continued. On the other hand, Enkidu states that Gilgamesh may be stronger than them, since their battle wasn't settled. Enkidu is able to leap and sprint great distances.
During the False Holy Grail War, all of Enkidu's Parameters are A rank by default, surpassing even Heracles (Berserker) during the Fifth and Karna. However, by the start of the incident, Enkidu’s total stat points were hovering at “a little less than all As,” due to their Master, the silver Wolf, being extremely wounded. Only once it completely recovers will Enkidu's physical attributes be at their full capacity. Even in this weakened state, Enkidu is able to fight Gilgamesh on equal footing, who was receiving Magical Energy not only from Tiné Chelc, but the Ley Lines as well. Gilgamesh claims that if their battle hadn't been interrupted by Pale Rider, they would have again gone on for three days and three nights. 
Servant 	Str	End	Agi	Man	Luk
Enkidu (True and False Holy Grail Wars)	A 	A 	A 	A 	A
Heracles (Fifth Holy Grail War) 	A+ 	A 	A 	A 	B
Karna 	B 	C 	A 	B 	D
When Richard I asked Enkidu to join forces with him, Enkidu decided to test his strength in a brief fight. During this battle, none of them were fighting seriously, with Richard not even wielding his sword or wearing his armor. In fact, he tried to fight Enkidu at the start by combining boxing techniques he had learned by watching a movie earlier that day. Enkidu fired "innumerable" weapons, which Richard evaded while closing in on them and unleashing sharp punches. There is an expression, “lightning quick.” It is normally intended metaphorically, but the scene that burned itself into Ayaka’s eyes in that instant was so intense that it really did remind her of flashes of lightning. Although Richard had a slight edge in actual speed, thanks to one of his "friends" supporting him with Reinforcement magecraft, Enkidu surpassed him in immediate physical strength. Due to this, Enkidu could deaden his speed to the extent that they could knock his blows aside with perfect timing. Being impressed by Richard's superior speed, Enkidu decides to fight him more seriously, as "a member of the Lancer class." By using their Transfiguration skill to lower his Endurance and Mana Parameters by one rank each and boost his Agility, Enkidu became faster than before. Richard had claimed the day before that False Assassin was the first person he had seen with lighter-foot than Loxley. Ayaka did not know much about lightness of foot, but when it came to pure, instantaneous speed, she suspected that Enkidu now outpaced even the woman in black. The two fighters were now equals in speed, but, as Lancer had not lowered his strength, his deft strikes were gradually pushing back Saber’s rapid blows. Realizing that boxing wouldn't be enough, Richard picked up a branch from the floor, and fired Excalibur with it, wiping out the myriad of weapons hurtling toward him in an instant. It is here that their battle ends, with Enkidu regarding Richard as a strong opponent. Richard on the other hand, states that Enkidu had not been using even half of their real strength.
Because Enkidu is a weapon meant to be used as a trump card against Gilgamesh, they state that they stand a chance at fighting Nebuchadnezzar II.5. Although the Fake King regards Enkidu as his only worthy opponent, Enkidu alone wouldn't be able to beat him, and thus, they ask Chaldea's Servants for their support. While Enkidu suppresses his powers, Larva Tiamat, Mash Kyrielight, Lancelot, Sakata Kintoki, and Tamamo-no-Mae manage to defeat him, not without taking an un-specified amount of damage. 
Gilgamesh knows the fact that Enkidu has no weaknesses well. If there is one exception, it would be the death that hounded him — Ruin itself, none other than the curse of death that the gods placed on it back when it was alive for helping Gilgamesh slay the Bull of Heaven. This is the reason as to why Enkidu describes Pale Rider as their natural enemy. They mentioned to Tine that they possess the ability to forcibly open the Gate of Babylon, should the need arise, such as when Gilgamesh is afflicted by poison.
It is noted that when Enkidu sings, the landscape resonates to their song, and the entire land of Snowfield sings with them. Even right after being summoned, their tremendous roar is described as having the power to shake both "heaven and earth." It was like the first cry of a newborn, and at the same time— It was almost certainly the voice of a stupendously powerful Servant.
===Skills===
==== Class Skills==== 
*Magic Resistance (— Rank): Because of the skill Transfiguration, the rank of this skill fluctuates accordingly.
====Personal Skills====
*Transfiguration (A Rank): Enkidu does not possess normal parameters, instead of possessing the Transfiguration skill as an inherent characteristic of an "Automatic Doll." A unique skill that allows Enkidu to allotted their Parameters; Strength, Endurance, Agility, Mana and Luck, excluding Noble Phanstasm, from a set pool of points according to the situation. The higher the rank, the greater the pool. Since Enkidu has this skill ranked A, all their parameters are A rank by default.
 The cost, however, rises when bringing a parameter from A-rank to A+, which requires a two rank drop in another parameter, or a one rank drop in two parameters, to achieve.For their summoning in Fate/Grand Order, they at times make STR into A Rank, and at times make END into A Rank. However, because the conversion limits of parameters is set in stone, Enkidu cannot make all parameters into A Rank. Enkidu possesses a comprehensive value of 30, and each parameter consumes the respective values: A-7, B-6, C-5, D-4, E-3. The maximum value is dependent on the Master Enkidu has. If they were summoned by the World and the Earth was their Master, then all of Enkidu's parameters would be set to A rank and they would be given an additional 30 points to spend freely. With these extra points, Enkidu would be able to reach A+ in all parameters. This is an ability that can also be achieved by a certain True Ancestor Princess.TYPE-MOON The BAMBOO BROOM Diary (12/14) (translated by taiboo)
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Status 	Str	End	Agi	Man	Luk
Possible Configuration with 30 points (Grand Order)	A 	A 	A 	B 	E
Balanced (Strange Fake) 	A 	A 	A 	A 	A
Boosted speed (vs Richard I) 	A 	B 	A+ 	B 	A
Summoned by the World 	A+ 	A+ 	A+ 	A+ 	A+
 
*Presence Detection (A→A++ Rank): Enkidu boasts the highest rank of presence detection, a subsystem that allows him to become one with the World and identify anything out of place at long range. Via the Earth, is able to sense the presence of things at long range. In close range, an equal or lower rank of Presence Concealment can be nullified. Enkidu is unable to pinpoint the exact location of objects infused with their own Magical Energy. This can result in the object completely concealing the presence of other entities in the surrounding area. In the Grand Orders, after Enkidu travels to the aftermath of the Babylonia Singularity and they absorb a remnant of the chains formed from Kingu's Enuma Elish, they upgrade themself. By synchronizing with the chain and incorporating it back to their Spirit Origin, a part of Kingu's own Spirit Origin also came flowing into Enkidu, who gained their memories. This results in the quality of his Spirit Origin changing, due to his connection to the world being slightly increased. In this state, Enkidu is now able to further integrate themself into anything connected to Chaldea's world. Now they can melt their very existence into the world. Even if for an instant, they may be able to evade an enemy's attacks. Whether they can actually use it would probably depend on how much his Spirit Origin has bonded with Chaldea. Normally, this skill is ranked A+, however, in Fate/Grand Order material IV it is ranked-down to A. In-game, it becomes A++ after completing his interlude.
*Perfect Form (A Rank): By making use of the Magical Energy of the land, they restore themself to their former shape. So long there is a supply of magic energy from the land, Enkidu’s body (which was produced from the clay of the Age of Gods) will never collapse. A powerful regeneration・restoration ability that is completely unprecedented. However, the Soul is a different matter.
===Noble Phantasms===
====Age of Babylon ====
Enkidu has a Noble Phantasm known as Age of Babylon. With it, Enkidu is able to create weapons, such as swords, spears, and chains from the ground using clay. Each of these weapons represents the pinnacle of human craftsmanship. Because Enkidu was made from clay by the gods, they lack a gender or fixed form. They can change shape at will, but as creation of the gods is considered complete from birth and neither grew or evolved unlike Gilgamesh. Enkidu generally uses their androgynous appearance despite being able to take different forms as needed; they can take the form of a spear, axe, shield, or beast should the need arise, each the pinnacle of human craftsmanship, with this ability allowing Enkidu to last several days in battle against Gilgamesh and the Gate of Babylon. Though it required using 90% of the clay making up their body, leaving Enkidu at the point of being unable to even form clothing, the puppet still forced Gilgamesh to empty his vault. During their fight in the True Holy Grail War, Gilgamesh got to “fire” hundreds, maybe thousands, of Noble Phantasms, with Enkidu equally matching him blow for blow.Fate/strange Fake Volume 2 - Chapter 3: Day 1, Early Dawn "Ensemble Versus Illusion"
====Enuma Elish ====
Enkidu's trump card is their Noble Phantasm Enuma Elish, which transforms their own body into a Divine Construct, to fire a giant amount of energy that pierces and binds the opponent in one hit. Since Enkidu draws their power from the Counter Force to power this attack, their power is increased in response to things that threaten the destruction of the planet or humanity. This function is designed to counter threats such as Kiara Sessyoin (Alter Ego). In fact, if the two of them were to be summoned in Chaldea at the same time, the collateral damage of their fight would result in the destruction of Chaldea's facilities.Ryohgo Narita Twitter 6:56 PM JST · May 10, 2017 During Enkidu's first fight with Gilgamesh in the False Holy Grail War, Enkidu used this Noble Phantasm to oppose the King of Heroes' own Enuma Elish. When Enkidu was charging this attack, Tiné Chelc said that it was as if the planet itself, Gaia, had come into that location, and funneled a gigantic amount of Magical Energy into it to oppose Gilgamesh’s power to destroy the World. It was at that moment that Tiné understood that the Heroic Spirit fighting Gilgamesh in the southern desert was at least as powerful as he was, a being outside the rules of the game. During their clash, the energies of the two Noble Phantasms canceled each other out, and dispersed into the surroundings. When Gilgamesh fired Ea a second time, now strengthened by the power of the Noble Phantasms of Gate of Babylon, him and Enkidu clashed with greater power than before. The two Enuma Elish canceled each other once more, turning part of the desert to glass and leaving a massive crater in its wake.
In the distant past, the Sacred Prostitute that watched Gilgamesh and Enkidu clash said; “I felt as if the World was born seven times, and destroyed seven times." Since Enkidu notes that as a Servant summoned in modern day, Gilgamesh's Enuma Elish lacked the sheer magnitude it had during the Age of Gods, this implies that Enkidu's output when he was alive was also considerably higher. According to Gilgamesh, Kingu's own version of Enuma Elish, which momentarily restrained Tiamat before she broke them freeing herself in the process, is a feat equal to any of Enkidu's life.Fate/Grand Order - Babylonia: Absolute Demonic Front - Section 21: Absolute Demonic Front Mesopotamia (II)
===Other capabilities=== 
*Enkidu has a connection with nature and can speak in an that allows them to understand, communicate with, translate the "words" of their Master and other animals. Even though the wolf is not capable of "thought" in the sense of humans, Lancer is able to communicate that the wolf bears no malice towards its creator.
*Enkidu possesses the ability to act as a wish granter. Gilgamesh confirms this ability in Strange Fake when Enkidu and he speak of the Holy Grail, believing Enkidu should have no need of it.
==Development==
Enkidu's background and final moments differ somewhat in their three appearances. Their background in Fate/strange Fake and Fate/EXTRA CCC differ in the time of their creation and events leading to their initial battle, while their final conversation in Fate/Zero differs from that of Fate/EXTRA CCC. The Fate/Grand Order: Babylonia anime uses the version from Fate/EXTRA CCC.
The appearance in Fate/Zero was written to be vague and ambiguous as not to ruin the proceeding scene with Excalibur's activation. It was not possible to depict it as such in the anime adaptation, so the scene was not animated.
===Creation and Conception===
Enkidu.png|Original design by Shidzuki Morii.
Lancer was designed by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Shidzuki Morii.
Enkidu was illustrated by Shidzuki Morii in Fate/Grand Order.
When Kinoko Nasu told Narita that Enkidu had an A rank in every stat, Narita was concerned that that was too strong, even stronger than Heracles and Karna. He was worried that people would call Enkidu a . Nasu told Narita to not let it get to him and continued to calmly explain how Transfiguration works. Narita was impressed with Nasu's precise planning.
===Reception===
* In the Type-Moon's 10th Anniversary Character Poll, Lancer was ranked 105th.
*Enkidu's English voice actor, Marin Miller, decided to come out as nonbinary because of Enkidu during the dubbing of Absolute Demonic Front Babylonia.Marin M. Miller Twitter 11:08 AM (PST) · July 2, 2023
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