Maelstrom von Einzbern

**Maelstrom von Einzbern** is a main protagonist in Fate/Maelstrom and the master of **Saber (Bride)**. He is the first male homunculus created by the Einzbern family, the vessel for Fuyuki's Lesser Grail, and the reincarnation of **Crimson Moon**.

## Personality

Maelstrom is a very kind and soft-spoken person. Having been isolated for the entirety of his life, being quiet is merely second nature to him. However, that has also taught him to be very observant and thoughtful. He enjoys reading, as it was one of the only ways he could learn about the outside world, and he has a habit of staying up late. After all, the moonlight always made him calm and brought him peace.

Despite his true nature and the goal he was created for, all Maelstrom really wants to do in life is help people. He wants to break free from his duty bound prison and become his own person, and most of all he wants to experience what it's like to make people smile.

Maelstrom greatly dislikes violence, especially when it's for something as "ridiculous and petty" as the Grail War. And yet, in spite of this distaste for the violent, he has a definite cruel streak, one which disturbs him to the point that he actually tries to suppress it. Still, if it's for something like protecting his loved ones, or for standing up for himself and what's right, Maelstrom will become something akin to a monster.

He desperately wants to protect others and prove that he can be useful, even when he's weak, and that fire of determination drives him like no other.

## Abilities

### Vampiric Impulses

A purely psychological impulse that pushes True Ancestors to suck the blood of others; because there is no physical reason behind those impulses there is no definite cure for them.

Since Maelstrom is not a full True Ancestor, these impulses are not as strong, but they are still present. At the sight or smell of blood is usually when he will most become tempted.

### Physical Endurance

Despite his weakened immune system due to the forced presence of Magic Circuits in his body, the energy which made Maelstrom part True Ancestor also keeps his body physically and conceptually strong and potentially invulnerable. As such, he is much stronger and faster than a human. Minor wounds such as cuts, scrapes, gashes, and bruises all repair and regenerate in a matter of moments. Even most conceptual weapons prove particularly ineffective against him, however weapons such as the Black Keys and the Holy Sacraments are especially damaging. Maelstrom also possesses the signature vampire claws, and just like a True Ancestor his power grows during the full moon, and his Lines and Points of Death completely disappear at night.

### Mystic Eyes of Enchantment

The eyes possessed by vampires, capable of high-level hypnosis.

### Marble Phantasm

As a spirit of nature, True Ancestors have this special ability which allows them to enact their will upon nature, allowing it to become reality. However, since Maelstrom is unaware of his status as a True Ancestor, he does not know that he is capable of this power, and thus he cannot control it. This results in its effects only coming forth in instances of great emotion.

### Vessel of the Lesser Grail

As a vessel of the Grail, Mael's body can only take up to 6 Servants and if he absorbs the seventh servant, he wouldn't function as a human any longer.

This is an improvement from Illya, as she could only hold 5 Servants before losing her humanity. Maelstrom is able to surpass this because he was given a larger amount of Magic Circuits than Illya previously was, and the energy he possesses as an incomplete reincarnation of Crimson Moon makes his normally frail body much more enduring under the amount of magical energy he would be absorbing.

However, it is possible that after absorbing 7 or more Servants, Maelstrom would become a body strong and pure enough to be completely possessed by Crimson Moon and thus become a true reincarnation.

### Sorcery Trait

#### Wish-Granting

Spellcasting without possessing the knowledge of the spell itself; to skip the thaumaturgical process altogether and recreate miracles just through the use of magical energy. Still bound to the limitations of the Magic Circuits.