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Alice is a character who appears in the anime Fate/Extra Last Encore, originating from the wider Fate/EXTRA series of games. Her appearance is that of a young, small-statured girl with a gentle, often melancholic demeanor, frequently seen wearing a dark, gothic-style dress that reflects the somber nature of her existence.
Her background is steeped in tragedy. She was originally a British girl who was severely wounded in an air raid during the Second World War. Because she possessed Magic Circuits, her life was artificially prolonged for research purposes, leading to years of suffering before her eventual death. Her spirit, however, did not pass on; it lingered as an electronic ghost, wandering the networks of the world before eventually reaching the Moon Cell, the photonic supercomputer that hosts the Holy Grail War. As an electronic phantom, she is not a living Master in the traditional sense but a remnant of a soul that has transcended physical form.
Her personality is a poignant blend of childlike innocence and profound loneliness. She is a girl who never truly grew up, trapped in the mentality of a child seeking playmates and sweet tea parties. She is shy and kind-hearted, yet her actions are often driven by a deep-seated desire for connection that she never had in life. Unlike many other participants in the Holy Grail War, she does not fully grasp the gravity of the conflict, viewing it more as an elaborate game. However, this innocence is a mask for a deep-seated fear of abandonment and a desperate wish to escape from the painful memories of her past. She is known to dislike doctors and the military, direct reminders of the suffering she endured.
In the narrative of Fate/Extra Last Encore, Alice serves as the ruler of the third layer of the Moon Cell, a domain known as the Nameless Forest, which has been corrupted into a place called the Garden of Oblivion. Her role is not that of a traditional antagonist but rather a tragic gatekeeper. Her primary motivation is not to win the Holy Grail War but to preserve a single, cherished promise. This promise was made with the protagonist, Hakuno Kishinami, from the previous Holy Grail War a thousand years prior. Unlike others who could not perceive her ghostly form, Hakuno could see and befriend her. He promised to return to her after climbing the ranks of the war, a promise she held onto for a millennium.
The key relationship in her existence is with her Servant, Caster, whose true name is Nursery Rhyme. Nursery Rhyme is not a traditional heroic spirit but the embodiment of children's stories, and it manifests in the exact image of Alice herself, reflecting her master's wish for a friend and companion. They are mirror images of each other, and Caster's sole purpose is to protect Alice's fragile dream world. Her other crucial, though fleeting, relationship is with the previous Hakuno, whose act of kindness became both her salvation and her damnation.
The character undergoes a tragic development in the anime. After the previous Hakuno ascends from her floor without fighting her, promising to return, Alice begins to fade away as her existence becomes unstable. Refusing to disappear before seeing her friend again, she begins to absorb the data and resources of her own reality marble, the Nameless Forest, to sustain herself. Over a thousand years of waiting, this desperate act transforms her into a massive, mindless monster, a far cry from the innocent girl she once was. She creates a time loop within her domain, forever resetting the events of her floor in an obsessive attempt to recreate the day her promise was made and finally see it fulfilled. Her final moment comes when she sees the new Hakuno, holding the book that was once her Servant, and finally accepts the truth, letting go of her long-held dream and fading away peacefully.
Notable abilities of Alice stem from her nature as an electronic ghost and her bond with Nursery Rhyme. As a non-corporeal being, she is not bound by the physical limitations of a normal Master, allowing her to possess and manipulate vast amounts of magical energy from the Moon Cell itself. Her primary power is the deployment of a Reality Marble, an inner world imposed upon reality, called the Nameless Forest. This forest has the terrifying property of causing anyone who enters to forget their own name and, subsequently, their entire identity and existence, effectively erasing them. She also commands powerful creatures from her favorite stories, most notably the Jabberwocky, a formidable dragon-like monster that attacks intruders. Through her Servant, she can invoke a noble phantasm known as The Queen's Glass Game: Perpetual Engine, Maiden Empire, which allows her to rewind time on a specific event or battle to the very beginning, ensuring that any undesirable outcome can be retried indefinitely. This ability perfectly symbolizes her desperate attempt to avoid the "bad ending" of her promise being broken.
Her background is steeped in tragedy. She was originally a British girl who was severely wounded in an air raid during the Second World War. Because she possessed Magic Circuits, her life was artificially prolonged for research purposes, leading to years of suffering before her eventual death. Her spirit, however, did not pass on; it lingered as an electronic ghost, wandering the networks of the world before eventually reaching the Moon Cell, the photonic supercomputer that hosts the Holy Grail War. As an electronic phantom, she is not a living Master in the traditional sense but a remnant of a soul that has transcended physical form.
Her personality is a poignant blend of childlike innocence and profound loneliness. She is a girl who never truly grew up, trapped in the mentality of a child seeking playmates and sweet tea parties. She is shy and kind-hearted, yet her actions are often driven by a deep-seated desire for connection that she never had in life. Unlike many other participants in the Holy Grail War, she does not fully grasp the gravity of the conflict, viewing it more as an elaborate game. However, this innocence is a mask for a deep-seated fear of abandonment and a desperate wish to escape from the painful memories of her past. She is known to dislike doctors and the military, direct reminders of the suffering she endured.
In the narrative of Fate/Extra Last Encore, Alice serves as the ruler of the third layer of the Moon Cell, a domain known as the Nameless Forest, which has been corrupted into a place called the Garden of Oblivion. Her role is not that of a traditional antagonist but rather a tragic gatekeeper. Her primary motivation is not to win the Holy Grail War but to preserve a single, cherished promise. This promise was made with the protagonist, Hakuno Kishinami, from the previous Holy Grail War a thousand years prior. Unlike others who could not perceive her ghostly form, Hakuno could see and befriend her. He promised to return to her after climbing the ranks of the war, a promise she held onto for a millennium.
The key relationship in her existence is with her Servant, Caster, whose true name is Nursery Rhyme. Nursery Rhyme is not a traditional heroic spirit but the embodiment of children's stories, and it manifests in the exact image of Alice herself, reflecting her master's wish for a friend and companion. They are mirror images of each other, and Caster's sole purpose is to protect Alice's fragile dream world. Her other crucial, though fleeting, relationship is with the previous Hakuno, whose act of kindness became both her salvation and her damnation.
The character undergoes a tragic development in the anime. After the previous Hakuno ascends from her floor without fighting her, promising to return, Alice begins to fade away as her existence becomes unstable. Refusing to disappear before seeing her friend again, she begins to absorb the data and resources of her own reality marble, the Nameless Forest, to sustain herself. Over a thousand years of waiting, this desperate act transforms her into a massive, mindless monster, a far cry from the innocent girl she once was. She creates a time loop within her domain, forever resetting the events of her floor in an obsessive attempt to recreate the day her promise was made and finally see it fulfilled. Her final moment comes when she sees the new Hakuno, holding the book that was once her Servant, and finally accepts the truth, letting go of her long-held dream and fading away peacefully.
Notable abilities of Alice stem from her nature as an electronic ghost and her bond with Nursery Rhyme. As a non-corporeal being, she is not bound by the physical limitations of a normal Master, allowing her to possess and manipulate vast amounts of magical energy from the Moon Cell itself. Her primary power is the deployment of a Reality Marble, an inner world imposed upon reality, called the Nameless Forest. This forest has the terrifying property of causing anyone who enters to forget their own name and, subsequently, their entire identity and existence, effectively erasing them. She also commands powerful creatures from her favorite stories, most notably the Jabberwocky, a formidable dragon-like monster that attacks intruders. Through her Servant, she can invoke a noble phantasm known as The Queen's Glass Game: Perpetual Engine, Maiden Empire, which allows her to rewind time on a specific event or battle to the very beginning, ensuring that any undesirable outcome can be retried indefinitely. This ability perfectly symbolizes her desperate attempt to avoid the "bad ending" of her promise being broken.