The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors

The are the aristocratic elite of the vampires. The original group were those of the Dead Apostles who escaped from their role as the "emergency rations" of the True Ancestors, but it currently refers to the distinct factions amongst the Dead Apostles due to some having been succeeded by new generations of Dead Apostles.
About half of the originals, have been sealed away by the Holy Church and some have been annihilated, changing the leadership of the different factions throughout the generations as they have been replaced, while others still reign as Ancestors in the present era. There are some missing numbers that are yet to be replaced. These sealed Ancestors are stored in coffins within the Church under eternal imprisonment because they are unable to be totally destroyed. The factions following these Ancestors are still in good condition without their leaders, and they are currently gaining strength to either save their Ancestors or destroy them.
Those who are over four thousand years old from the Age of Gods are referred to as the Elder Title, including Trhvmn Ortenrosse, Rizo-Waal Strout, Van-Fem and the parent of Rita Rozay-en. There are those who favored establishing kingdoms consisting of Territories, Dead Apostles, and The Dead, and there are some exceptional members who possess neither a Territory nor a faction. The oldest favor Territories, whereas those who transformed from the culmination of pursuing Magecraft have little interest in such power. There are even Ancestors who are secretly biding their time in the unexplored regions of the world and Ancestor factions akin to a family, that passes on the throne, to a successor every 500 years.
 The main reason why the group remains in some form after years of repeated killing and destruction among each other and hunts from the Church is because one Ancestor acts as the prophet. Declaring the , she always foresees the death of those Ancestors and warns them so they may prepare a successor immediately. Louvre was given the message "--Tonight, Death will appear before thee" around three hours before his death. 
The Dead Apostle Ancestors are mainly non-aggressive against one another, and there are two main factions in the present. There are those who follow the formal King of the Dead Apostles, Trhvmn Ortenrosse, and those who follow the Princess of the Dead Apostles, Altrouge Brunestud. But there is also one minor faction which is loyal to the White Princess Arcueid Brunestud, and then there are those who are neutral and follow their own agendas. They can be considered an organization with power rivaling the Holy Church and Mage's Association.
==Attributes==
They are very powerful beings, and many have the ability to utilize Reality Marbles. Their general rankings are not determined exclusively by how powerful he or she is individually. Those within the first ten ranks cannot be defeated by normal concepts, as they, themselves, are Mystery much like members of the Phantasmal Species. Those who live in Mystery can only be defeated by Mystery that is greater than themselves. Furthermore, for those who have reached the Ancestor class, it is possible to exist as a Phantom even after losing the physical body. Those who have completely lost their original bodies are Nrvnqsr Chaos, Stanrobe Calhin, Night of Wallachia, Gransurg Blackmore, El Nahat, Caubac Alcatraz, and Michael Roa Valdamjong. They are, on average, capable of facing Servants in battle, but, as both are types of beings that live in Mystery, such battles would come down to "having the means of killing the other guy somehow."
Servants will generally hold a slight advantage, barring compatibility issues, and the Knight classes, Saber, Archer, and Lancer, will all be able to have solid fights. Though Artoria's Excalibur is extremely effective against those who overwhelm by material quantity and alienness, there are those capable of surviving being hit by Excalibur-class attacks through pure endurance. At the same time, those same ones with extreme endurance would have a tough time with Cú Chulainn's Gae Bolg. ORT, to which Earth's rules do not apply, and Primate Murder can be called in a league of their own above both Ancestors and Servants.
The qualifications to be considered part of the group are rather loose, as it includes Dead Apostles created by Crimson Moon himself, magi who became vampires through their own magecraft, and even blood-sucking creatures other than Dead Apostles. Although Michael Roa Valdamjong is seen as an Ancestor, being an original one created by the White Princess, he is ranked as "Extra" outside of the regular twenty-seven because they consider him to be a heretic who does not uphold the ideals of regular Vampires. Arcueid Brunestud considers them to be a group of twenty-eight, but the rest of the group do not due to Roa seeking eternity outside of the partial immortality granted upon becoming a Dead Apostle.
===Aylesbury Valesti===
One major event for the Ancestors is the ritual established by Crimson Moon that involves the revival of The Dark Six. It is a grand ritual the Ancestors have been preparing for decades, and it has come together in Aylesbury over the last ten years. It is suggested that the ritual, performed much earlier in the 1970s for unknown reasons, resulted in the world's Mana being dried up in Fate/EXTRA. Due to the development being funded and developed entirely by human means, the Mage's Association and Holy Church are unable to intervene until the advent of the ritual.
The ritual is the earnest desires for all Dead Apostles, and at least six Ancestors will be participating. Those more recent ones from Magus backgrounds are not able to attend, limiting it to only the very old Dead Apostles. Only those with "original blood" will be invited, including Ortenrosse, who is running it, Altrouge, Van-Fem, Merem Solomon, and Blackmore. As Ortenrosse is leading it, there are no Ancestors capable of declining. Van-Fem has only provided capital without actually actively working with it. Merem has no interest in the "old fashioned" ritual, only wishing to stop it as a member of the Church and kill Altrouge, and before the importance of the ritual, Blackmore wishes to kill her as well. They are both willing to work together on killing her before attempting to kill each other.
==List of the Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors==
# 	Name 	Aliases 	Notes
1 	Primate Murder 	White BeastAltrouge's Demonic Dog. 	Not a Dead Apostle.Drinks blood to copy Altrouge Brunestud.
2 	The Dark Six 	Six Royalties of the Dark.First and Highest System.Original Dead Apostle. 	Is currently resuscitating.
3 	Brunestud of the Crimson Moon	Type-Moon. 	Not a Dead Apostle.Originator of the True Ancestors.Ultimate One of the Moon.
4 	Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg 	Zelretch the Wizard Marshall.Zelretch of the Jewels.Old Man of the Jewels.Kaleidoscope. 	
5 	ORT 	Type Mercury. 	Not a Dead Apostle.Bloodsucker that killed the previous Fifth.Ultimate One of the Oort Cloud.
6 	Rizo-Waal Strout 	Black Knight Strout. 	Member of Altrouge's faction.One of the longest Serving Dead Apostles.
7 	Forest of Einnashe 	Predator Forest.Demon of the Schwartzwald.Thinking Forest. 	Current Seventh as of present day.
7 	Einnashe 	??? 	Former Seventh.Killed by Arcueid hundreds of years ago.
8 	Fina-blood Svelten 	White Knight Blood.Demon of Stratovarius.Bloodsucking Count. 	Member of Altrouge's faction.
9 	Altrouge Brunestud 	Vampire Princess of the Dead Apostles.Eclipse Princess of Black Blood.Master of Blood and Contract.	Leader of one of the two primary factions.
10	Nrvnqsr Chaos 	Chaos. 	Has completely lost his original body.Killed at the end of Tsukihime.
10	Louvre 	Dead Apostle of the Lake. 	Nrvnqsr's replacement as of Prelude.Killed hours after appointment.
11	Stanrobe Calhin 	Stantia:the First Wraith.Duke of Predation.City Devourer. 	Destroyed eight hundred years ago.Exists as a Ghost.
12	??? 	??? 	Details unknown.Likely deceased or sealed by the Church.
13	Night of Wallachia 	TATARI. 	Has completely lost his original body.
13	Dust of Osiris 	TATARI. 	Possible future of Sion Eltnam Atlasia.Manifests in Melty Blood.
13	Sion TATARI 	TATARI. 	Succeeds power of TATARI.Takes over role in some timelines.
14	Van-Fem 	Dark Lord of the Business World.Van Fem of the Demonic Castles. 	One of the longest Serving Dead Apostles.
15	Rita Rozay-en 	Self-styled: The Artist's Lady. 	
16	Gransurg Blackmore 	Black Wing Lord.Moon Drinker.Dead Apostle Killer. 	Has completely lost his original body.Killed former Sixteenth to take their place.
17	Trhvmn Ortenrosse 	White Wing Lord.King of the Dead Apostles. 	Leader of one of the two primary factions.One of the longest Serving Dead Apostles.
18	Enhance 	Knight of Vengeance.Dead Apostle-Killing Vampire.Enhance Sword (Blade). 	
19	??? 	??? 	Details unknown.Likely deceased or sealed by the Church.
20	Merem Solomon 	Crown.Daemon Summoner. 	Member of the Burial Agency.
21	Sumire 	Water BottleSumire the Water Demon. 	Can use Marble Phantasm and teleport.
22	??? 	??? 	Details unknownLikely deceased or sealed by the Church.
23	??? 	??? 	Details unknownLikely deceased or sealed by the Church.
24	El Nahat 	Refraction. 	Sealed by the Church.Used as a weapon against Ancestors.
25	??? 	??? 	Details unknown.Likely deceased or sealed by the Church.
26	??? 	??? 	Details unknown.Likely deceased or sealed by the Church.
27	Caubac Alcatraz 	Dead Apostle of the Millennium Lock.Comedian of the Dead Apostles. 	Has completely lost his original body.Trapped in own Labyrinth.
EX	Michael Roa Valdamjong 	Serpent of Akasha.The Infinite Reincarnator. 	Counted as an Ancestor by the Church.Ranking is ignored by other Ancestors.
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