Dead Apostle Ancestor (Fate/chaos divergence)

**Disclaimer: This is *NOT* the canon interpretation of Dead Apostle Ancestors. Due to the nature of the Dead Apostle Ancestor, they cannot really "*exist*" in the Fate timeline and as such, this is the author's personal interpretation of them that fits the universe of *Fate/chaos divergence*. For the canon version, refer to Dead Apostle Ancestor.**
The **Dead Apostle Ancestors** (死徒祖, *Shitoso*?) are the aristocratic elite of the vampires. Also known by the name of **Elite Ten Council** (十傑評議会, *Jūketsu Hyōgikai*?) as there are always ten of them, the Dead Apostle Ancestors are a group of vampires considering by other members of their kind to be the most powerful out of them all and possesses the highest pedigree amongst them. A number of Dead Apostle Ancestors were normal Dead Apostles who escaped their role as the "emergency rations" of the True Ancestors but over the years, as the group grew in size, the term "*Dead Apostle Ancestor*" began referring to simply just ten of the strongest and most influential Dead Apostles.

The current rankings of the Dead Apostle Ancestors were established sometime in the tenth century AD when Eskarne of Basque was acknowledged by Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg to have both the strength and the wits necessary to be worthy of the title of Dead Apostle Ancestor. She is currently the youngest and lowest-ranked of the Elite Ten Council but despite this low pedigree, she has built an enormous faction of Dead Apostle subordinates beneath her and some members of her faction are fellow members of the Elite Ten Council.

## Attributes

They are very powerful beings and most, if not all, have the ability to utilize Reality Marbles. Their general rankings are not determined exclusively by how powerful he or she is individually, but rather the paramount danger he or she poses to humanity. Dead Apostle Ancestors are, on average, capable of facing Servants in battle, but, as both are types of beings that live in Mystery, such battles would mostly 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 Saber's Excalibur is extremely effective against those who overwhelm with 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 Lancer's Gáe Bolg.

The qualifications to be considered part of the group are rather lax, as it includes Dead Apostles created by Crimson Moon himself and magi who became vampires through their own magical powers. Furthermore, ever since the tenth century AD, there have always been ten of them with the even number representing balance and union among the members. However, this does not hold absolutely true as the Elite Ten Council is rather evenly split between two factions with the notable exception of the First Seat, Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, not participating in any factional conflict. Altrouge Brunestud and Eskarne of Basque are the leaders of the two factions with most members of the Elite Ten choosing to side with one of them of their own free will.

**TBA**