Ruler (Fate/chaos revival)

## Class Skills

God's Resolution
A

Magic Resistance
A

Territory Creation
A

True Name Discernment
B

## Personal Skills

Affection of the Emperor
A+

Charisma
B

Imperial Privilege
A

Mana Burst (Light)
A

Saint
A

## Noble Phantasm

Patére Corpus
Anti-Divine
B~EX

**Ruler** (ルーラー, *Rūrā*?) is the Ruler-class Servant that serves as the Overseer of the Great Holy Grail War of *Fate/chaos revival*. While it was unnecessary, Ruler temporarily forges a contract with the other neutral party in the conflict, Ayaka Sajyou, to become her Servant.

## Profile

### Identity

Ruler's True Name is that of **Flavia Julia Helena** (フラヴィイア・ユリア・ヘレナ, *Furavīa Yuria Herena*?), the most beloved empress consort in the history of the Roman Empire, the wife of Emperor Constantius Chlorus and mother of Constantine the Great, the founder of Constantinople (presently, Istanbul) and the father of the Byzantine Empire.

#### History

It is unknown where Helena was born. A sixth-century historian by the name of Procopius mentions that Helena was a native Greek from the city of Deparnum in the province of Bythinia of Asia Minor. (That same city is renamed to "Helenopolis" by her son Constantine after her death in around 330.) History is exceedingly obscure, especially about the details of Helena's early life. She has been called a '*stabularia*', a term translated as either "stable-maid" or "innkeeper" by several fourth-century sources. She met her beloved husband sometime in her late-twenties although the exact date of their union is unknown. At the time of their meeting, they both wore identical silver bracelets; both Christians interpreted this as a sign from God that they were each other's soulmates, destined by the divine.

It is commonly perceived as fact that Helena was the consort of Constantius but many mortal historians question the precise legal nature of their relationship. Sources are rather equivocal in the consensus of whether or not Helena was Constantius's wife or his concubine (according to the propaganda of Constantius's rival, Maxentius). Scholars also argue on whether or not their marriage was that of the common law type or was entirely and legitimately official and she gave birth to her son on February 27 in an uncertain year soon after 270 AD (postulated to be 272 AD).

However, unfortunately for Helena, her husband had to divorce her sometime before 289 AD so as to marry Flavia Maximiana Theodora as his rising status frowned upon his marriage to a commoner. She and Constantine were moved to Diocletian's court in Nicomedia where her son grew to prominence as a member of Diocletian's inner circle. Ever faithful to her former husband, Helena never remarried and lived in obscurity behind her son's shadow. In return, Constantine loved his mother, holding her in both the highest regard and the highest affection.

### Appearance

While she retains the knowledge of her entire life, Ruler is summoned as her young adult self, visibly appearing as a woman in her mid-twenties. She possesses silver-blonde hair and soothing amber eyes that hide a visage of silent cruelty, as expected from a woman who became the empress of Rome after her husband died and was given the title of *Augusta* by her son. She wears the classic *toga*, the dress of a Roman citizen, but it has been modified into a battle-ready dress.

### Personality

Ruler is a woman of poise. She has a strict personality, befitting that of a Roman empress. She brings just judgment to all and treats everyone equally. While off-duty, she still retains an untouchable personality but softens up when dealing with children. She finds herself strangely connecting with Ayaka Sajyou, an immortal woman that by all definitions, Ruler should have cut down the minute she encountered her due to the former being a Saint of the Church and the latter being an existence deemed heretical by the Church, a Dead Apostle. However, she refrained from doing so as she could tell that the woman had suffered much more than what she was due for being a heretical existence. In fact, in her sagacity, she chose to temporarily bind herself to Ayaka as one of her Servants as she thought that she would be able to properly use her from a neutral standpoint.

Ruler is also a woman who makes quick resolute decisions that would benefit everyone. For example, she was able to immediately make the executive order with her Command Spells to temporarily halt the war and have everyone join forces to defeat Lancer of Twilight who had turned into a fully unrecognizable monster thanks to Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia's machinations.

## Role

### *Fate/chaos revival*

Due to the irregularity of the Great Holy Grail War and the fact that the Ruler from the previous Third Holy Grail War still exists, Ruler was summoned under strange conditions. While she doesn't prioritize the irregularity that is the previous Ruler, she still keeps that on her list as the impartial mediator; she is to encounter that Ruler in the course of mediating the Holy Grail War at some point. Also, due to the previous Ruler still existing, Ruler herself cannot properly manifest as a legitimate Servant. As such, she possesses a human woman, Alessandra Sabella, a host willing to give up her body for Ruler to occupy. As her host lived in Italy, Ruler made use of the necessary ties that her human host had made in order to arrange a trip for herself to the battlefield in Sighișoara.