Artoria

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Artoria Pendragon
Alias(es)	Saber; King of Knights; King Arthur; Lion King; King of Storms; Lord of the End
Species/Race	Heroic Spirit / Saber-class Servant; later manifests as a divine being through the Holy Lance
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Einzbern faction in the Fourth Holy Grail War; later Chaldea
Occupation/Role	King of Knights; Saber-class Servant; later Kashu Animusphere's follower
Status	Active 349
First Appearance	Chapter 90

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Saber-class Servant	95	Manifested as Artoria Pendragon in the Fourth Holy Grail War. Her Noble Phantasm is rated A++, with A-rank Endurance, Agility, and Mana.
Wounded Saber	91 95	Diarmuid's Gae Buidhe curses her arm, preventing it from healing and leaving her unable to fight at full capacity.
Artoria Alter / Blackened Artoria	108 109	Kiritsugu's intervention and Angra Mainyu's influence corrupt her; black armor and a red-black aura engulf both her and her holy sword.
Restored King of Knights	113	Regains her conviction after the final battle and returns to her own era.
Lion King	258	Appears in the Sixth Singularity as a divine ruler wielding Rhongomyniad; her humanity and memories have been eroded by Divinity.
Follower of Kashu	268	Kashu brands her with a Divine Blessing and declares her his follower after she regains her humanity.
Bearer of King Arthur and Round Table Divinities	320	Accepts the Divinities of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

Servant Parameters

Parameter	Rank
Class	Saber
Strength	B
Endurance	A
Agility	A
Mana	A
Luck	D
Noble Phantasm	A++
Alignment	Lawful Good

Parameters recorded during the Fourth Holy Grail War. 95

Appearance

Artoria is a petite knight usually seen in heavy steel armor, carrying a holy sword concealed beneath the Wind King's Barrier. Her emerald eyes and regal bearing remain recognizable even when she is exhausted, corrupted, or deprived of her human memories. 107 108

• In civilian dress, she wears an indigo skirt and hooded outfit. 102
• Her Saber armor is cold steel, revealed when the Wind King's Barrier disperses. 107
• As Blackened Artoria, ominous black armor etched with blood-red patterns manifests over her body; her sword becomes wreathed in red-black mana. 109
• As the Lion King, she wears silver armor and bears a divine, turquoise-gold gaze shaped by her Divinity. 260
• Her pre-kingship appearance is mirrored by Artoria Caster, a timid girl with the same face before Artoria drew the Sword in the Stone. 344

Personality

Artoria bears the discipline and responsibility of a king. She faces combat directly, remains vigilant while guarding Irisviel, and treats even a drinking invitation from Iskandar as a possible battlefield. 90 99

Her greatest weakness is her regret over Britain's destruction. She wishes to use the Holy Grail to rewrite her kingdom's fate, believing its fall to be her responsibility. This self-blame leaves her vulnerable to Kashu's criticism and later to the Holy Lance's erosion of her humanity. 100 258

Despite her guilt, Artoria does not abandon her duty. She is ashamed of plans that would endanger civilians, acknowledges the danger of releasing Rhongomyniad, and eventually accepts the past she had tried to flee from. 104 260 286

Abilities & Skills

Excalibur

Artoria's holy sword is her central Noble Phantasm and the symbol most closely tied to her identity as king.

• Her Noble Phantasm is ranked A++ as a Saber. 95
• The sword is concealed by the Wind King's Barrier until she releases the surrounding wind pressure. 102 107
• She proposes using its full release to eradicate Berserker's living corpses in a single strike. 104
• Bedivere returns Excalibur to her in the Sixth Singularity, forcing her to confront the memories and humanity buried beneath her Divinity. 260

Instinct

Artoria possesses A-rank Instinct, allowing her to identify the best action in battle with near-future predictive accuracy. 95

• She can read trajectories through air movement and intuition. 95
• The skill lets her evade firearm attacks and reduces interference with her senses. 95

Mana Burst

Artoria uses A-rank Mana Burst to reinforce herself and her weapon with magical energy. 95

• Even an ordinary short stick can become a powerful weapon through this skill. 95
• Her mana-intensive fighting style is hindered after Gae Buidhe damages her arm. 91 98

Magic Resistance and Riding

Skill	Rank	Effect
Magic Resistance	A	Can instantly negate grand magecraft and ritual spells; its effectiveness is reduced against dragon-slaying magecraft because of Artoria's dragon attribute. 95
Riding	B	Allows skilled operation of ancient chariots and modern vehicles, but not Phantasmal or Sacred Beasts. 95

Rhongomyniad and Lion King Divinity

As the Lion King, Artoria wields the holy lance Rhongomyniad and authority befitting a god. 258

• She uses the lance's released attack against Kashu during their clash over the Holy City's future. 258
• Her Divinity enables her to maintain the Holy Selection and command the Purifying Knights. 258
• Repeatedly releasing the lance deepens its erosion of her humanity and risks restoring the cold Lion King personality. 286
• Kashu later suppresses her Divinity long enough for her human memories to return. 259 260

Blackened State

Artoria is corrupted by Angra Mainyu following her defeat by Kashu. 108 109

• Her armor transforms into a black, blood-patterned form. 109
• Her holy sword emits violent red-black magical energy. 109
• Even while corrupted, she briefly struggles against the transformation and warns Kashu to flee. 109

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Excalibur — Artoria's holy sword and A++ Noble Phantasm. 95 260
• Wind King's Barrier — Invisible wind sheath used to conceal Excalibur and obscure its identity. 102 107
• Rhongomyniad — Holy lance wielded by the Lion King; its release intensifies her Divinity. 258 286
• Divine Blessing — Mark placed on her by Kashu when he makes her his follower. 268

Relationships

• Kashu Animusphere — Initially an adversary who challenges Artoria's wish to rewrite Britain's history. Their battles force her to recover her conviction; later, he defeats and protects the Lion King before making her his follower. 100 113 258 268
• Kiritsugu Emiya — Her Master during the Fourth Holy Grail War. Artoria follows his command to fight, but struggles with the ruthless sacrifices built into his strategy. 104 107
• Irisviel von Einzbern — Artoria's companion and protected lady during the Fourth Holy Grail War. Artoria consistently places herself between Irisviel and danger. 90 94 102
• Merlin — A figure connected to her past who helps Kashu understand her history; Artoria later speaks with him before returning to her era. 95 113
• Mordred — Her illegitimate child and rebellious heir. Their relationship is strained, with Artoria openly admitting she does not know how to act as Mordred's parent. 117 271
• Bedivere — A loyal knight whose refusal to return Excalibur caused Artoria's prolonged existence, divine ascension, and the Lion King's tragedy. 260
• Gilgamesh — Another king whose presence evokes painful memories in Artoria and contributes to her distress after the Banquet of Kings. 99 102

Story Role / Major Arcs

Fourth Holy Grail War

Artoria enters the Fourth Holy Grail War as Saber under Kiritsugu Emiya. During the first night at Fuyuki Harbor, she duels Diarmuid and is wounded by Gae Buidhe's incurable curse. She subsequently faces pressure from both Diarmuid and Berserker while unable to fully use one arm. 91 94 95

At Iskandar's Banquet of Kings, Artoria declares her wish to save Britain by rewriting its destruction. Kashu condemns this desire as a rejection of her own history and challenges her to prove whether the stars still favor her. 99 100

Their conflict culminates in a direct holy-sword duel. Kashu reveals that he is an experiment saved by King Arthur, while Artoria recalls fragments of her own past. Kiritsugu's interference then contributes to her transformation into Artoria Alter and Angra Mainyu's corruption. 107 108 109

After the final battle, Artoria recognizes that she has regained the conviction she lost. She thanks Kashu and returns to her own era to continue her legend. 113

Sixth Singularity: Lion King

Artoria later appears as the Lion King, a godlike ruler of the Holy City who selects souls while governed by the Holy Lance's Divinity. Kashu confronts her methods, defeats Rhongomyniad with his holy sword, and prevents Lev from exploiting her Divinity backlash. 258 259

Bedivere reveals that his failure to return Excalibur caused her divine ascension and thousand-year wandering. Artoria accepts the returned sword, recovering the memories and humanity that the Lion King's Divinity had obscured. 260

Following the Singularity's resolution, Kashu gives Artoria a Divine Blessing and names her his follower. 268

Chaldea and the Seventh Singularity

Artoria joins Kashu and Mordred at Chaldea, where she attempts to improve her strained relationship with her daughter. 271

In Mesopotamia, she fights alongside Mordred against magical beasts and helps defend Uruk against the Goddess of Demonic Beasts. However, she warns the group that fully releasing Rhongomyniad could allow the Lion King personality to re-emerge. 272 281 286

Little Garden and Fairy Britain

Artoria travels with Kashu and Mordred to Little Garden, where she later accepts the Divinities of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. 304 320

In overwritten Britain, she and Mordred encounter Artoria Caster, a frightened Child of Prophecy whose face resembles Artoria before she became king. Artoria later fights Woodwose alongside Mordred during the conflict with the Fang Clan. 344 349

Notable Quotes

“My wish is... to save my homeland.”
— Artoria, on her wish for the Holy Grail 100

“Thank you for allowing me to reclaim... the conviction I lost long ago.”
— Artoria to Kashu 113

“I am the King of Storms, the Lord of the End, the Lion King—the god who descended here for the future.”
— Lion King Artoria 258

Trivia

• Artoria's holy sword responds to Kashu's own holy sword, leading him to suspect her connection to the Knights of the Round Table before he knows her identity. 90
• Merlin compares Taiga Fujimura's energy to what Artoria was like as a child. 89
• Kashu repeatedly criticizes Artoria for attempting to flee from problems she cannot solve. 258 260
• Artoria Caster is explicitly identified as the Child of Prophecy in Fairy Britain and carries the Staff of Selection. 346