About

Archer[Emiya Shirou] is one of the three great knight servant classes. Archer is not a regular Heroic Spirit who was revered as a hero, but instead a Counter Guardian who made a contract with World for power. He is a Heroic Spirit from the future, so he does not gain any blessings normally provided by fame. He also does not posses any actual Noble Phantasms, but his Reality Marble, Unlimited Blade Works, can be called his Noble Phantasm in a way. He wears an overcoat that is a first rate conceptual armament made from the holy shroud of a saint. It does not oppose enemies, but instead the external environment.

Though he is of the Archer class, which originally focuses on long range combat, he loves melee combat and wishes to conceal his trump card. He mainly focuses on melee tactics, primarily utilizing Kanshou and Bakuya when engaging other Servants. He utilizes a bow when he does make use of projectiles, which, along with his armor, is made from a special material that has yet to be discovered by mankind as of the present time. The bow was constructed to be resistant enough to fire Noble Phantasms.

Emiya Kiritsugu is the adoptive father of Archer[Emiya Shirou]. He was the husband of Irisviel von Einzbern, and biological father of Illyasviel von Einzbern. He is the main protagonist of Fate/Zero and has a minor role in Fate/stay night. He was a freelancer and notoriously known as the Magus Killer.