Caster (Fate/Crossover - Drossel Keinz)

**Caster** (キャスター, *Kyasutā*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

*"So I think to myself: 'Something different; a precious present for a precious person.' The most suitable thing would be you yourself."* - Drossel Keinz

## Profile

### Identity

Caster's true identity is **Drossel Keinz**, the late puppeteer of the Mandalay family. He returns as a doll.

Grelle Sutcliff reveals that the real Drossel Keinz had his soul seized by the Grim Reapers five years ago, indicating that he was dead. At some point, his body had been reanimated with a temporary soul, and he attempted to go back to work for the Mandalay family. However, his master, Duke Mandalay, had been committed, abandoning his manor, and was not the person controlling or relaying orders to Drossel.

### Appearance

Drossel has light orange hair that is cut in flares, tossed aside from his eyes, and bangs that reach his chin. His eyes, being made of glass, are amethyst and stir emotionless. He wears blue and pink eyeshadow to accentuate, as well as, below his right eye, is painted a blue fleur-de-lis.

Drossel's attire consists of a blue tailcoat, gold piping and a red ribbon tied in a bow around his neck, and a black top hat decorated with a red ribbon and two black feathers. He wears short black pants, white gloves, knee-high black-white striped socks, and black boots with gold buttons. He often carries a music box, painted with a blue fleur-de-lis that plays the tune of "London Bridge," hanging from his neck. His body is constructed from wood and his head appears to be filled with wheat or straw, and an occasional termite.

### Personality

Drossel is unaware that he has lost his humanity, that's what's left of him is just being sustained by stuffing of wheat. He is exceptionally loyal to who he believes is his master, even stumbling with his stuffing falling out to inform him of Grelle Sutcliff, Sebastian Michaelis, and Ciel Phantomhive's invasion of the manor. He works hard to fulfill what he believes is a request to turn anyone into a doll who had come into contact with the Shard of Hope, but this turns out to be him overzealously trying to please his master. The person in control of him, though, belittles by calling him "incompetent". Additionally, he was never saddened by his doll dying.

Drossel has a tendency to describe people in terms of what materials he would use to make their doll form with, then singing different verses of "London Bridge," occasionally writing his own lyrics to describe said materials. Sebastian later reveals that this song, combined with the music Drossel plays, is used to control the dolls he crafts.

## Abilities

Drossel has the ability to create and manipulate his own dolls. Dolls are an animate being that was previously a human, but were now converted and crafted into a humanoid doll. They are manipulated puppets that can be used by the users under their control with a type of spell placed.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **London's Angelic Melody; "London Waltz of Puppets"**

Drossel, who has a temporary soul, can control the lesser dolls by singing a variation of London Bridge Is Falling Down as the melody in the rhyme relays instructions to the others. Puppet strings are also used to occasionally control their movements. However, Drossel himself is incapable of defending himself from this technique and can thus be manipulated by another being.

## References

https://kuroshitsuji.fandom.com/wiki/Drossel\_Keinz

https://aminoapps.com/c/black-butler/page/item/drossel-kinez/7e0x\_qZRfNIPG0RG2ZrwNopVqvV0Wv2WpZ

https://aminoapps.com/c/virtual-space/page/item/drossel-keinz/1jIr\_IdBM63mDVrdd7EdNlxEVBYqrW