Phantasmal Species

is the common term used to refer to all non-human creatures that are found in legends and fantasy.
==Characteristics==
The Phantasmal Species are those existences that deviate from their original form by the impact of factors alien to their ecology, those existences born from the thoughts of humans and those existences that ascend to a higher order as a consequence of longevity. Then, if it is believed that the subject of a Mystery "exists," the World permits its existence and definite affirmation of said belief is not required. There are also existences desired by the World, but not by humans, and because of this they have gradually gone into hiding and dwindled in numbers. 
Rather the term Phantasmal Species being a classification for a separate ranking for beasts, this notion encompasses everything from Demi-Humans, such as Fairies and Giants, to monsters, such as Dragons and Oni. Their characteristics as active creatures differentiate them from Daemons, which are passive existences.
Similarly to how magi gain power through the accumulation of knowledge, those of the Phantasmal Species become stronger through the accumulation of time. Modern magecraft is the sum of five hundred years of study, whereas the Phantasmal Species date back to the Age of Gods. Magi that only have a mystical lineage that spans five hundred years cannot hope to match or reproduce Mysteries that have accumulated thousands of years and have an existence that is on par with the five modern Magics. They embody Mysteries simply by existing and it is said to be a miracle if one is simply observed.
===Ranks===
Phantasmal Species can be divided into three ranks, , , and . They can be ranked into these three categories, which change as the creatures age and increase in power towards becoming higher existences.
Many of the Phantasmal Species fall into the category of , which is the common denomination for all creatures that do not fit in the ordinary biological classification for living beings and those that do not fall within the normal ecosystem. The term Beast is a Thaumaturgical term, and it does not necessarily mean quadrupedal mammals. They are true deviations from biology that cannot be explained by immature research or sudden mutations. 
 and Divine Beasts are equal to Magic, making them unable to even be harmed by Mysteries on the level of Magecraft. Medusa's Pegasus, which has grown from a Magical Beast to a Phantasmal Beast, has even greater resistance than Artoria Pendragon, who can easily negate Medea's Magecraft from the Age of Gods. The longer the creatures live, the further away they grow from the rest of the world. Out of the current creatures that still exist in the present era, only those whose ages are measured in centuries, rather than millennia, still remain.
Most remaining Magical Beasts are Chimeras formed from mixing different species that have existed since the Age of Gods. They live on currently undeveloped lands that cannot be reached by mankind. Those on the level of Phantasmal Beasts that existed in the past have almost all migrated to a different world presented as the Reverse Side of the World. Divine Beasts such as Moby Dick and Typhon are more on the level of "super weapons" than actual living creatures. 
Members of the The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors (Remake), like Primate Murder, a white dog born with the sole purpose of killing Primates, the Forest of Einnashe (Remake), a forest that matured to the level of a Phantasmal Species by absorbing the blood of a Dead Apostle, and the Children of Einnashe, also count among the Magical Beasts.
==List of Phantasmal Species==
===Individuals===
Species 	Class/rank
Ammit 	Divine Beast.
Cath Palug 	Magical Beast.
Child of Einnashe 	Magical Beast.
Chrysaor 	Unclassified.
Cerberus 	Divine Beast.
Curruid 	Unclassified.
Echidna 	Magical Beast.
Forest of Einnashe (Remake)	Magical Beast.
Gorgon 	Magical Beast, Demi-Human.
Gugalanna 	Divine Beast.
Huginn and Muninn 	Divine Beast.
Jörmungandr 	Unclassified.
Leviathan 	Unclassified.
Minotauros/Asterios 	Magical Beast, Demi-Human.
Moby Dick 	Divine Beast.
Nandi 	Divine Beast.
Nemean Lion 	Divine Beast.
Primate Murder 	Magical Beast.
Questing Beast 	Magical Beast.
Quetzalcoatl 	Phantasmal Beast, Divine Beast.
Shanshan 	Magical Beast.
Shen 	Divine Beast.
Sibuxiang 	Divine Beast.
Two Divine Bulls 	Divine Beast.
Typhon 	Divine Beast.
===Species===
Species 	Class/rank
Bicorn 	Unclassified.
Bunyip 	Unclassified.
Centaurs 	Demi-Human.
Chimera 	Magical Beasts.
Demon Boars 	Magical Beasts.
Divine Spirits 	Transcendent Kind.
Dragon Kind 	Magical Beasts, Phantasmal Beasts, Divine Beasts.
D'yavol Tron 	Magical Beasts.
Fairies 	Demi-Human, Transcendent Kind (Elementals, True Ancestors).
Gazer 	Unclassified.
Giants 	Demi-Human.
God Bulls 	Divine Beasts.
Harpy 	Demi-Human.
Hermit Crab Priest 	Unclassified.
Hippogriff 	Magical Beasts.
Hydra 	Magical Beasts.
Kelpie 	Magical Beasts.
Lamia 	Unclassified.
Lamyros 	Demi-Human.
Merman 	Unclassified.
Oni Kind 	Magical Beasts, Demi-Human.
Pegasus 	Magical Beasts.
Rusalka 	Unclassified.
Sphinx 	Divine Beasts, Demi-Human.
Succubus and Incubus	Demi-Human.
Soul Eater 	Unclassified.
Unicorn 	Unclassified.
Vodyanoy 	Unclassified.
Vorpal Bunny 	Unclassified.
Werewolf 	Magical Beasts, Phantasmal Beasts, Demi-Human.
====Alraune====
====Bašmu====
====Chimera====
====Demon Boar====
====Dragon Kind====
====Efreet====
====Garuda====
====Gdon====
====Gremlin====
 are little sprites, newcomers in the World of Magecraft, and monsters for the modern era. They make their nests in machines and electrical appliances. They are vermin who swarm around open Ley Lines.
Kundry somehow found a way to summon Gremlins as a Servant despite not being connected to them at all in her legend, much to Erice Utsumi's confusion.Fate/Requiem Volume 1: The Boy Among the Stars - Prologue
====Griffin====
 are Magical Beasts from the Age of Gods. 
Normally predating animals like horses, the rare union between a Griffin and mare can lead to the birth of a Hippogriff.
====Hippogriff====
 are Magical Beasts born from the union between a male Griffin and female horse, despite normally preying on them for sustenance.
;Known Hippogriffs
*Bradamante's Hippogriff
====Hydra====
====Kelpie====
====Manticore====
====Mahānaga====
====Mušḫuššu====
====Mušmaḫḫū====
====Pegasus====
 are winged horses mentioned in Greek mythology. As a species, they are not particularly powerful, limited to the Magical Beast rank.Fate/stay night - Fate route - Day 10: skyscraper - Sword of Promised Victory They possess the capacity to generate shock waves from their wings to lacerate opponents. The Pegasus possessed by Medusa is of a greater rank than normal.
====Tsuchigumo====
====Ugallu====
====Uridimmu====
====Ušumgallu====
==Demi-Human==
 is the general term used for the likes of Fairies, Dwarves, and Giants. Some of them are also classified as Magical Beasts.
====Harpy====
 are avarice-filled flying beasts who are known for possessing cruel habits and a cowardly nature, unable to keep from being easily led astray by their appetite. While not suited to be used as soldiers, Semiramis combines them with her Dragon Tooth Warriors to create flying warriors.
====Lamyros====
Lamyros is a name derived from the Mediterranean term for . They originate from myths, legends and beliefs and the only known Lamyros is the antagonist of Fate/Labyrinth, Wolfgang Faustus.
====Succubus and Incubus====
 are female demons who can drain a man's semen in order to increase their Magical Energy and to retain their eternal youth. They also have the abilities to regenerate themselves, to manipulate dreams, and to enhance their strength. Len, who was originally a Familiar, acquired the ability of a Succubus to drain people of their Magical Energy by manipulating their dreams. Her more selfish and outspoken TATARI version, White Len, also possesses this ability. There are also mixed-blood descendants like Natalia Kaminski from the original succubi species.
 are the male demon equivalents of succubus, possessing the abilities of dream manipulation exactly like their feminine counterparts. Merlin's father was a supernatural incubus who lived in the gap between the Earth and the Moon.Fate/Grand Order material IV - Merlin, p.396-409, translated by castor212 at Beast's Lair. Mephistopheles is capable of using incubi to cause nightmares with his Curse Arts.
As Merlin explains to Ana, incubi and succubi do not have emotions of their own. They feed off of humans' dreams to harvest "subtleties of the heart" from them. They then expend those harvested emotions as fuel to feel emotions themselves.Fate/Grand Order - Babylonia: Absolute Demonic Front - Section 8: Uruk's Northern Wall
====Werewolf====
====Werejaguar====
==Unclassified==
===Six-eyed beast===
While pursuing Doctor Heartless and Faker through the Spiritual Tomb of Albion, Gray and Lord El-Melloi II are attacked by a massive creature. Their surroundings are too dark to see it clearly beyond its six glowing eyes, but El-Melloi II suspects it is a creature of the same archetype as Cerberus and , and Gray compares it to Touko Aozaki's box monster.Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Volume 10: case. Grand Roll (Lower) - Chapter 4 Part 2 
The beast just looking at them exerts enough pressure to nearly kill them. Gray attacks it with Rhongomyniad which does not kill it but gives them time to escape.Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Volume 10: case. Grand Roll (Lower) - Chapter 5 Part 2
===Stymphalian Birds===
The were monstrous birds cherished by Ares as Familiars, but they were driven from the peninsula by Heracles during the Labor. Alcides brings them forth through his Noble Phantasm embodying the Sixth Labour by shooting countless bronze arrows high into the air, the arrows transforming into the beasts as they descend towards the opponent. They appear as giant birds with bronze-coated beaks, wings, and talons, driven with bloodlust to attack his enemies. They are defeated by True Berserker with a single strike of its giant mass.Fate/strange Fake Volume 4 - Chapter 11: Day 2, Morning "The Gods Return From Twilight"
===Unicorns===
 are creatures with the power to purify human souls. The Seventh Holy Scripture (Remake) was made from the horn of a dead unicorn that had turned into a Nature Spirit. Nrvnqsr Chaos has one stored inside of his Reality Marble as one of his stronger creatures.
===Vorpal Bunny===
 are creatures part of the Phantasmal Species.
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