Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg

One of five living Magicians capable of True Magic beyond modern science or Magecraft. Appears in the Heavens Feel route of Fate/Stay Night. Hes one of the founders of the Clock Tower and the Magician of the Second Magic he holds the title of Wizard Marshal in the Mages Association. He is known for defeating the Crimson Moon in battle. Known by numerous nicknames including Zelretch the Wizard Marshal Zelretch of the Jewels Old Man of the Jewels and Kaleidoscope Zelretchs origins and details as to how he reached the Second Magic are unknown. In 300 AD he defeated Brunestud of the Crimson Moon the King of Vampires simply because of his dislike for Brunestud. He rallied the mages of the world and led them into battle. When the Crimson Moon attempted to drop a mirror image of the moon on the Earth Zelretch used the Second Magic and Jeweled Sword Zelretch to create a virtually limitless Ether Cannon to fight back. In 500 AD he was one of the founding members of the Clock Tower. The Department of Mineralogy Kischur is named after him. In Tsukihime Worlds: In Tsukihime worlds Zelretch had his blood sucked during his battle with Brunestud the Crimson Moon resulting in the Wizard Marshal being turned into a vampire classified as one of The Twentyseven Dead Apostle Ancestors. While he emerged victorious or it could possibly be said it ended in a draw he paid a heavy price. He became extremely weakened because of the battle aging him severely and causing his powers to diminish. Despite his status as a vampire Zelretch still remains an ally of humanity and the nearly extinct race of True Ancestors. He was one of the Magicians who would be summoned to witness the births of princes and princesses like in ages past and one such event was the coming of age ceremony of Arcueid Brunestud eight hundred years before Tsukihime. Along with his friend Caubac Alcatraz they appeared before her and Zelretch having sent away the King of the Moon was very intrigued by her. He smiled and said This is why life is interesting upon seeing her. She also took an interest in him due to it being her first time seeing a smiling face. He told her that she will sleep until she becomes an adult and she asked him why he was smiling because no one at the castle ever smiles. He said that people smile when they enjoy their own lives which she did not understand due to her unique upbringing. When asked what is enjoyable and when she will understand he replied that it was a fiftyfifty shot that she would come to that realization and that due to her long life she would have many opportunities. Understanding is something gained by chance like walking alongside the road and tripping over a rock and once something is understood it is no longer anything special. She did not and could not understand but he said to her that One day you will notice that life is fun just being awake. In Fate Worlds: In Fate worlds Zelretch did not become a vampire during his battle with Brunestud the Crimson Moon. He found immortality through other means. When visiting the Mages Association he is known to simply take pupils on a whim but as his tutelage while comprehensive frequently traumatizes or cripples the most promising of students there has yet to be a successor from any of the family lines that follow his teachings. The idea of becoming a pupil of Zelretch the pupil of a Magician is synonymous to being turned into a complete wreck but those that are accepted as the pupil of a magus turn out to be fine. When he does appear the department heads worry over having to send their most promising students in order to force him to leave but at the same time worry that they will be unwilling or incapable of continuing their careers. Old mage families teach their children his name while young families have heard that the great Magician who led the World of Magecraft into battle long ago is still alive. Nagato Tohsaka is considered to be one of the rare talented pupils that returned without a scratch but the nature of their relationship was strange. Zelretch met him while both of them were on a journey and he decided to teach Nagato something as payment for picking up the hotel bill. He couldnt even be called pupil of a magus because from Zelretchs perspective Nagato was only a follower whom he looked out for every now and then. Their level of relationship was distant something like that of a supervising teacher who is observing the students doing experiments from afar. Despite their strange relationship Zelretch entrusted the design of the Jewel Sword to Nagato and the Tohsaka family. Though there were other candidates to whom he could have given them such as the brilliant Einzberns and Makiris they were fundamentally evil. Nagato while mediocre was good at heart so he concluded that this House will probably never accomplish anything great but at least they will never stray from the righteous path. He then gave the design to Nagato and told him alright it will be a struggle but work towards this goal. He never expected that only six generations would be needed to produce a result. He helped oversee the formation of the Fuyuki Holy Grail War system two hundred years ago with Zouken Makiri Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern and Nagato. Nagato allowed his property Fuyuki City to be used as the battleground Zouken proposed the system of Masters and Servants and Justeaze developed the Heavens Feel system offered the homunculi vessels for the Grail and became the core of the Greater Grail.