Rider of Twilight

## Class Skills

Magic Resistance
C

Riding
A+

## Personal Skills

Affection of the Goddess
B

Battle Continuation
A

Divinity
C

Valor
A+

## Noble Phantasm

Akhilleus Kosmos
Barrier
A+

Andreias Amarantos
Anti-Unit (Self)
B

Diatrekhōn Astēr Lonkhē
Anti-Unit
B+

Dromeus Komētēs
Anti-Unit (Self)
A+

Troias Tragōidia
Anti-Army
A

**Rider of "Twilight"** ("深夜"のライダー, *Shinya no Raidā*?) is the Rider-class Servant of Caules Forvedge Yggdmillennia of the Twilight Faction in the Great Holy Grail War of *Fate/chaos revival*.

## Profile

### Identity

Rider's True Name is that of **Achilles** (アキレウス, *Akireusu*?), one of the most famous heroes of Greek mythology. Alongside Heracles, he is the most well-known hero of Greece, made famous by the writings of Homer in his epic poem, the *Iliad*.

#### Legend

Achilles was born from the union of the *Nereid* Thetis and the mortal king of Phthia, Peleus. Soon after he was born, his mother anointed him with ambrosia and put him atop a fire so as to burn away his mortality. However, his father was opposed to it, pulling his son out of the fire and leaving him with only one mortal body part: his heel. He grew up as a human when only one part of him was truly human. Eventually, when war began to brew between Troia and Achaea, Thetis posed her son the following question.

Achilles' choice went without saying. At the same time as his mother felt pride in that decision, she also felt heartbreakingly sad, because his fate had been predetermined since he was born. If he lived his life as a hero, he would have a short one, as if sprinting through it at full speed.

Sometime after, when Achilles was still a young child, his mother returned to her home at the bottom of the sea, due to discord with his father. Chiron, who had raised many heroes, was an old friend of Peleus. Peleus requested Chiron to train his son and Chiron happily accepted the role of mentoring Achilles for nine years.

After having grown up, he participated in the Trojan War as part of the Achaean army and continued achieving many great feats. He was a human who was exceedingly close to the level of the gods. A fast-sprinting hero with an invincible body, his body blessed by all the gods and could never receive any wounds, but his heel alone was his vital weak point. The spear his father had given to him pierced through all other heroes. With his chariot led by three steeds, consisting of two divine horses given to him as a gift from the sea god Poseidon and a famous horse he stole while assaulting a certain city, no one could chase after him from behind.

Hector was one of the greatest heroes in the Trojan War, being equal in strength and skill with Achilles, even when his weak point was exposed. Hector was the killer of Achilles' friend Patroclus. Achilles, enraged with his friend's death, challenged Hector to a one-on-one fight. Even after killing Hector, Achilles insulted him by dragging his corpse along the ground of Troy with his chariot which was a deliriously foolish and intolerable act. As a result, he incurred the displeasure of the sun god Apollo and despite being repeatedly warned to restrain himself, Achilles continued slaughtering the Trojan army.

So, the enraged Apollo aided the Trojan army's bow expert Paris and guided him to shoot Achilles' only weak point—that is, his heel. Having his heart pierced by arrows one after another afterward, Achilles sensed his own death but continued fiercely fighting and using all his strength to kill the soldiers of the Trojan army around him. Just as his mother predicted, he had a short life but his legend as a hero was forever carved into the world.

### Appearance

Rider appears to be a great hero simply from his countenance alone, one who would be admired by any man or woman, young or old. He is a man in his early twenties and Caules considers Rider to be a sort of older brother figure, Rider himself not disputing it. He possesses spiky green hair that stands up except for a single bang that hangs over the left side of his face. He also has piercing yellow eyes.

The chest piece of his silver armor features a bird and an orange cloth is wrapped loosely around his body. While his face is pleasing to the eyes, it is not like the knights of say, the Matter of Britain, whose courteousness softened the hearts of noble ladies. Instead, Rider has the eyes of a raptor, always seeking his next target. He also has a strong and firm build and lacks any appearance of crudeness.

### Personality

Rider is described as being broad-minded and audacious, often displaying a carefree smile on his face. He is not the kind of hero who rebelled against all authority but he is indeed far removed from knights who valiantly served kings. Even if ordered by his Master, he is a Servant who will not accept tasks he does not wish to complete, showing his nature as a "hero."

He thinks little of those called kings, so he has "fatal lack of compatibility" with those like False Saber and Lancer of Twilight; the only exception to this would be the Amazon Queen Penthesilea, due to the awful amount of regret he carries ever since he killed her with his spear thus making him hesitant to fight against female opponents. If both Rider and Penthesilea are summoned in a Holy Grail War, the first clash between Servants would highly likely have been between the two of them. In such a way, he once openly ignored orders from a king he disliked, only taking up arms for the sake of a slain comrade. While he is able to stand stern against those he has marked as enemies, he becomes soft when faced with those whom he has already marked as "good people" when they temporarily remove themselves from being his ally.

He has strived to live his life in such a way that he is constantly the target of killing intent and hateful animosity, and he has become accustomed to it. He was one who stood out alongside other heroes, displaying confidence in any battle and a great will to fight. His thirst for blood is such that normal humans will have their spirits utterly crumble before him. He freely boasts before his opponents and mocks them severely, even while outnumbered and not fighting at full power. He was one whose one true friend and the multiple women who loved him meant all the world, so such things are nothing to him. For the opponents in a Holy Grail War who directs their scornful glares at him, the only difference compared to those who directed animosity towards him in his life are the time in which they existed and the weapons they wielded. He views them as all the same and plans to cut them down like they are nothing.