Counter Force

The  is a safety device formed by a World to defend itself against extinction and is synonymous with the World it represents.
==Characteristics==
The concept of Counter Force is central to the World, and there are two types: Gaia and Alaya. Gaia is the will of the Earth, the planet's intrinsic wish to survive and prosper. Alaya, on the other hand, is the collective unconscious will of mankind to avoid extinction. As humans are creatures of Earth, Alaya was a component of Gaia. However, as mankind began to develop independent from nature, it became independent. With this divergence, Alaya is no longer aligned with Gaia and potential conflict can result.
Despite being called the "will of the planet" and the "will of the mankind", the Counter Forces bear no emotions.Notes. - 6/Glitter Love In fact, as the planet is big, it has more that one "mental characteristic", such as "a mind closely adjoined to human society" or "a mind that takes issue with human society".Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Nahui Mictlan: Golden Sea of Trees Travelogue - Section 14: Metztitlán, the Doomsday Observatory The Counter Forces are described as passive spirals of energy that respond to threats of planet destruction or human extinction. They are always active, constantly steering mankind and the planet away from potential danger. Usually, the Counter Forces act indirectly. For instance, Shiki Ryougi was driven by the Counter Force to eliminate the threat that is Souren Araya, while Jeanne d'Arc is believed by Mikiya Kokutou to have possibly been empowered by the Counter Force. One exception to this is Enkidu, who is able to access the Counter Force directly through their Noble Phantasm, Enuma Elish.
Although Gaia and Alaya are intangible forces of will, each does enlist physical agents to deal with events too threatening to address with indirect intervention. The agents of Gaia consist of the Elementals such as: Lugh Beowulf, Fairies, True Ancestors, some Phantasmal Species, and some Divine Spirits. The agents of Alaya are Heroic SpiritsFate/stay night - Fate route - Day 13: infinity arms - Saber (V) and the Counter Guardians, human Spirits who pledge their eternal service to Alaya in return for power during their lifetime.
The Counter Forces have immense power at their disposal. However, only the appropriate amount is unleashed to address a particular event. If the threat possesses an amount of power equal to X, then the Counter Force will deploy an amount of power just enough to snuff out X and eliminate the threat. The amount of power can be as small as nudging individuals into place through "coincidences", but it can also be as great as sinking an entire continent.Kara no Kyoukai Volume 5: Paradox Spiral (Enjoh Tomoe) - /11
According to Merlin in Garden of Avalon, the Counter Force is a defensive mechanism born of the collective unconscious of mankind, and that the difference between the Heroic Spirits and the Counter Guardians of Counter Force is that the Heroic Spirits are summoned by the hopes of men, while Counter Guardians are summoned by the despair of men.Garden of Avalon - Chapter 06: In the Flower Garden
===Alaya===
 is the collective unconsciousness of mankind and the drive for its survival as a whole. Alaya constantly steers mankind away from extinction.
Usually, Alaya interferes indirectly by guiding and empowering an individual to eliminate a threat. Such individuals include Shiki Ryougi and nearby individuals. When indirect intervention is insufficient, Alaya will deploy the Counter Guardians or Heroic Spirits. The deployment of Counter Guardians is by no means subtle, as the threat will be eliminated with the surroundings, inflicting much collateral damage. Touko Aozaki hinted that the sinking of Atlantis was the work of Alaya, though her theory was actually incorrect, as Atlantis was originally destroyed by Sefar.
Alaya is of particular relevance to Magi, as those close to reaching the Root are deemed threatening by Alaya.Kara no Kyoukai Volume 5: Paradox Spiral (Enjoh Tomoe) - /13 Many of them go to extreme lengths to avoid or hide from Alaya. For instance, Araya Souren attempted to hide his approach to the Root by containing his experiment in a Bounded Field close to a Reality Marble, essentially masking his work by internalizing it.
, also referred to as the , is the core principle on which Alaya operates for the building of the Human Order Foundation. Essentially, it is the principle that "humanity must exist for as long as possible". Parallel Worlds in which humanity has destroyed itself or advanced too quickly and therefore stopped progressing are, following this principle, culled, allowing for only the most promising Parallel Worlds to survive in order to ensure the future of mankind. Should it be overturned or compromised as it was by Goetia, the fabric of time would fall apart and humanity would be doomed.
The is a phenomenon in which existences foreign to the Human Order are rejected.
Within the world of Moon Dubai, humanity's arrogance and unwillingness to accept that it has created a successor for itself caused Alaya to degrade into the entity dubbed Moon Cancer. Instead of acting to preserve humanity, it worked to deny the Archetype produced by humans a place in the future, to the extent that it sought to prune its own timeline as a final spiteful attempt to maintain humanity's place as Prime Species even after it no longer had the will to continue existing. 
===Gaia===
 is the Planet's will to survive and to "stay beautiful".Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Midnight Rainbow route - Day 9: "Arc en Ciel I" Gaia protects all creatures on Earth by using Nature Spirits and creatures of the Earth, but as mankind becomes independent, Gaia increasingly perceives humans as a source of threat due to their reckless destruction of the environment.Shingetsutan Tsukihime Prologue - 1/ Before thenTsukihime - Near Side: Ciel's route - 7/ Bow in the Sky II
Gaia's response to the human threat is producing beings that can cull or rule mankind. Primate Murder was created to quickly eliminate humans. The True Ancestors are great Faeries modeled after the Crimson Moon, introduced by Gaia to rule over mankind.
The destruction of the planet by Earth-born creatures is essentially impossible due to measures already put in place by the Counter Force. Even Anti-Planet Noble Phantasms are unable to accomplish this feat.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shinjuku: Malignant Quarantined Demonic Realm - Section 11: Great Detective Penetrate
==Counter Force of Alaya==
===Counter Guardians===
===Monster of Alaya===
The is unidentified. All that is known about it is that it won't oppose and target True Ancestors for elimination, as they have been accepted as Nature Spirits and its guardians, and humanity's subconscious both accepts and rejects them.Kagetsu Tohya - Ten Nights of Dream - Crimson Moon /2
Within the Garden of Order Singularity, there appear ghosts that are described as "defective Monsters of Alaya", representing the "ultimate form of someone who absolutely hates humans". They are described as "Innocent Monsters with super-recovery, super-stamina, and super-skills". They are nameless creatures who appear to be reaching a state similar to that of Primate Murder, that which can reliably kill any primate species.Fate/Grand Order - Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Order - Into the Woods
==Counter Force of Gaia==
===True Ancestors===
===Monster of Gaia===
The refers to Primate Murder.
===Tanaka===
Within the Miyu's World of Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA, Tanaka is a manifestation of Gaia,Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 3rei!! - Chapter 62.1: "The Last Existence" serving as its Counter Guardian in the face of the overwhelming threat of the "corrosion of the world on the other side of the hole". While she entrusts the fate of the planet to Illya, as a terminal for Gaia, Tanaka is ultimately indifferent to the survival of humanity itself.Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 3rei!! - Chapter 62.2: "From The Planet To The People"
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