He again requests to borrow money so that he can buy it.Īfter hearing this story, Reines tells Waver of her own demands – he must repay the astronomical debt of the fallen El Melloi house, he must find a way to restore the obliterated El Meloi magic crest, and he must be the new stand in Lord El Melloi to take Kayneth’s place, filling in for Reines until she becomes of age. After escaping the place, Waver decides to return to the Clock Tower to try to make ammends for what happened to Kayneth, and tells Melvin of his plans to take over Kayneth’s classroom. Upset and enraged, Waver gets Melvin to help him create a magical disturbance by messing with the ley lines, resulting in an explosion and the release of evil spirits. Waver and Melvin manage to escape their cell and then find out that Barzan’s ‘workshop’ was actually a way of controlling people in order to excavate the ruins where Iskandar may be buried, with the specific goal of obtaining a relic of Iskandar’s to make himself stronger. Through Melvin, Waver learns about what happened to Kayneth – specifically of how his magic crest – the magic passed down through a mages bloodline – was completely destroyed.
He seems to have been tricked by Barzan into giving him the funds to come to Babylon and set up a workshop, and may have also ended up being used for magical energy had Waver not appeared. By an odd coincidence, his cell-mate turns out to be Melvin Weins from the Clock Tower – who was the one who gave him money to fly to Japan originally. When he uses some basic magic to fix somebody’s busted bike, he gets discovered and captured by another mage – a man called Barzan – who wishes to exploit his magical energy as a sacrifice. He visits the old city of Babylon, or at least what’s left of it, to pay respects to the what is believed to be Iskandar’s (aka Alexander the Great’s) final resting place.
Waver explains to her about what he had been doing between the end of the 4th War and returning to the clock tower, and we’re treated to a flashback to detail this. Following the war, Waver had returned to the Clock Tower – the mages academy – to take over Kayneth’s old classroom, and Reines had watched this happen for three whole years before acting. After all, Waver had stolen the artifact Kayneth originally intended to use to summon a servant, so he did have at least some responsibility in his former teacher’s death. Her name is Reines El-Melloi Archisorte – the niece of Kayneth and former teacher of Waver who also appeared – and died – during that war. Waver Velvet, the young mage who miraculously survived the fourth Holy Grail War, is captured and brought before a young girl three years later, who asks him to explain his actions. It’s still my favourite anime and I heartily recommend it even if you don’t give a damn about Fate, because neither did I before I watched it.
#LORD EL MELLOI CASE FILES SERIES#
If you don’t care, you can read on, but if you don’t want Fate/Zero spoiled for you, I recommend watching that series first. Anyway, as I already stated when I reviewed episode 0 about 6 months ago, Case Files is a spinoff sequel to Fate/Zero where a huge component is the effects of Fate/Zero on the character Waver Velvet, and therefore there are giant honking spoilers for Fate/Zero in it. I’ll have the other First Impressions up in a few more days.
Sorry for the brief wait on First Impressions – I have SMASH this weekend and have been scrambling to finish some last minute stuff.
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