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Julius Belkisk Harwey is a central figure in the narrative of Fate/Extra Last Encore, appearing as a primary antagonist within the fifth stratum of the Moon Cell's digital arena. He is a tall, pale man with short black hair and cold, dark eyes, typically clad in a long black coat lined with fur. His outward demeanor is mature, collected, and relentlessly cold, a direct reflection of a life spent as an instrument of shadowy violence.
Born as the illegitimate first son of the immensely powerful Harwey family, Julius was a designer baby created with high expectations. However, these hopes were shattered when he was discovered to be defective and powerless while still in the womb. Deemed worthless by his family, he was cast aside as garbage. Through sheer, abnormal willpower, he not only survived but forced his way back into a position of use. His youth was stripped away; at the age of six, his body was forcibly aged to adulthood through drugs to make him a more effective asset. His existence became defined by proving his "usefulness" to a family that saw him only as a tool, most brutally when he was ordered at the age of nine to assassinate the only person who had ever shown him genuine kindness and maternal love—Alicia, the mother of his younger half-brother, Leo.
This traumatic act was the defining moment of his life. As he killed her, Alicia's dying wish was for Julius to protect her son, Leo. Stripped of his own humanity, Julius clung to this final request as his sole reason for being. He became the dark shadow to Leo’s radiant light, a "反英雄" (anti-hero) who willingly took on all the filth and cruelty required to ensure his brother's success. If Leo represented the glorious future of the Harwey family, Julius was the unseen hand that eliminated every obstacle in that future's path.
Within the context of the Moon Holy Grail War, Julius's role is singular: to clear the path for Leo's victory. Unlike a typical Master, he is not a Wizard but a highly talented Spiritron hacker and a brutal, efficient assassin. To enter the war, he hacked the system to assume the identity of a teacher named Souichirou Kuzuki. His physical body, kept in a half-dead state on Earth, was subjected to severe brain modification that organically linked him to the Harwey family's supercomputer. This connection granted him extraordinary advantages, allowing him to push the rules of the Holy Grail War to their absolute limits, locking down areas, teleporting other Masters into kill zones, and relentlessly hunting them before they could even reach the formal battles.
In Fate/Extra Last Encore, these traits are twisted to their most tragic extreme. Having been defeated in a previous Holy Grail War, Julius refused deletion. His intense regrets and focal point of hatred caused him to linger as a "Dead Face" (死相) on the fifth floor of the Moon Cell. He appears as the floor's primary obstacle, a vengeful ghost trapped by his own obsession. Centuries later, he has lost the ability to distinguish between individuals and perceives every new challenger who reaches his floor as the person who once defeated him, the protagonist from a previous era. Only a select few, like Rin Tohsaka, can he still recognize correctly.
His key relationships are the engine of his tragedy. His entire being revolves around his half-brother, Leo. However, his fanatical devotion is not out of love or loyalty to Leo as a person, but as a sacred promise made to the deceased Alicia, the only woman he ever considered his mother. His Servant is the Assassin-class hero Li Shuwen, and later in the anime’s fifth floor, he appears with a Berserker version of Li Shuwen. Julius is a man of few words and grim practicality, which often clashed with his Servant's more jovial and philosophical nature, yet they were bound by a shared path of taking lives.
Across the course of the story, Julius presents a tragic arc of development. He begins as an unstoppable and terrifying force, a "killing machine" that systematically hunts the protagonist, viewing them as a mere obstacle. Yet, his nature as a Dead Face speaks to a profound change; he has become a broken, insane specter, his sanity eroded by centuries of unfulfilled duty and rage. His ultimate confrontation with the protagonist is not just a physical battle, but a clash of nihilism against conviction. In his final moments before being defeated and fading away, the core of his humanity is fleetingly revealed as he confronts the emptiness of his existence and the faint, twisted hope he once saw in another.
As a Master, his capabilities are terrifying, though they come from technological augmentation rather than innate magical talent. His hacking skills are his primary weapon in the digital world of SE.RA.PH., allowing him to manipulate the environment to a degree few others can match. He can deploy Code Casts such as "seal_guard()" to restrict an opponent's defensive options or "heal(64)" to restore his Servant's health. Physically, his lifespan was predicted to be only around 25 years due to his accelerated aging and severe bodily modifications, meaning he entered the war with no intention of ever returning alive to the real world. He is a shard of darkness, forged by cruelty and driven by a promise of love, whose entire existence is a lament for the humanity he was denied.
Born as the illegitimate first son of the immensely powerful Harwey family, Julius was a designer baby created with high expectations. However, these hopes were shattered when he was discovered to be defective and powerless while still in the womb. Deemed worthless by his family, he was cast aside as garbage. Through sheer, abnormal willpower, he not only survived but forced his way back into a position of use. His youth was stripped away; at the age of six, his body was forcibly aged to adulthood through drugs to make him a more effective asset. His existence became defined by proving his "usefulness" to a family that saw him only as a tool, most brutally when he was ordered at the age of nine to assassinate the only person who had ever shown him genuine kindness and maternal love—Alicia, the mother of his younger half-brother, Leo.
This traumatic act was the defining moment of his life. As he killed her, Alicia's dying wish was for Julius to protect her son, Leo. Stripped of his own humanity, Julius clung to this final request as his sole reason for being. He became the dark shadow to Leo’s radiant light, a "反英雄" (anti-hero) who willingly took on all the filth and cruelty required to ensure his brother's success. If Leo represented the glorious future of the Harwey family, Julius was the unseen hand that eliminated every obstacle in that future's path.
Within the context of the Moon Holy Grail War, Julius's role is singular: to clear the path for Leo's victory. Unlike a typical Master, he is not a Wizard but a highly talented Spiritron hacker and a brutal, efficient assassin. To enter the war, he hacked the system to assume the identity of a teacher named Souichirou Kuzuki. His physical body, kept in a half-dead state on Earth, was subjected to severe brain modification that organically linked him to the Harwey family's supercomputer. This connection granted him extraordinary advantages, allowing him to push the rules of the Holy Grail War to their absolute limits, locking down areas, teleporting other Masters into kill zones, and relentlessly hunting them before they could even reach the formal battles.
In Fate/Extra Last Encore, these traits are twisted to their most tragic extreme. Having been defeated in a previous Holy Grail War, Julius refused deletion. His intense regrets and focal point of hatred caused him to linger as a "Dead Face" (死相) on the fifth floor of the Moon Cell. He appears as the floor's primary obstacle, a vengeful ghost trapped by his own obsession. Centuries later, he has lost the ability to distinguish between individuals and perceives every new challenger who reaches his floor as the person who once defeated him, the protagonist from a previous era. Only a select few, like Rin Tohsaka, can he still recognize correctly.
His key relationships are the engine of his tragedy. His entire being revolves around his half-brother, Leo. However, his fanatical devotion is not out of love or loyalty to Leo as a person, but as a sacred promise made to the deceased Alicia, the only woman he ever considered his mother. His Servant is the Assassin-class hero Li Shuwen, and later in the anime’s fifth floor, he appears with a Berserker version of Li Shuwen. Julius is a man of few words and grim practicality, which often clashed with his Servant's more jovial and philosophical nature, yet they were bound by a shared path of taking lives.
Across the course of the story, Julius presents a tragic arc of development. He begins as an unstoppable and terrifying force, a "killing machine" that systematically hunts the protagonist, viewing them as a mere obstacle. Yet, his nature as a Dead Face speaks to a profound change; he has become a broken, insane specter, his sanity eroded by centuries of unfulfilled duty and rage. His ultimate confrontation with the protagonist is not just a physical battle, but a clash of nihilism against conviction. In his final moments before being defeated and fading away, the core of his humanity is fleetingly revealed as he confronts the emptiness of his existence and the faint, twisted hope he once saw in another.
As a Master, his capabilities are terrifying, though they come from technological augmentation rather than innate magical talent. His hacking skills are his primary weapon in the digital world of SE.RA.PH., allowing him to manipulate the environment to a degree few others can match. He can deploy Code Casts such as "seal_guard()" to restrict an opponent's defensive options or "heal(64)" to restore his Servant's health. Physically, his lifespan was predicted to be only around 25 years due to his accelerated aging and severe bodily modifications, meaning he entered the war with no intention of ever returning alive to the real world. He is a shard of darkness, forged by cruelty and driven by a promise of love, whose entire existence is a lament for the humanity he was denied.