Hakuno Kishinami

Hakuno Kishinami is the protagonist of Fate/EX series, acting as the Master of Saber, Archer, Caster, or Gilgamesh depending on which is chosen in the Moon Holy Grail War. The character is male or female depending on player preference, and their name and a nickname can be selected as well. The male protagonist has brown hair and eyes and wears the standard Male school uniform of Tsukumihara Academy, and wears a black T-shirt beneath his jacket. The female protagonist has long wavy brown hair and eyes, and wears the standard female school uniform of Tsukumihara Academy. Beneath her Female school uniform, she wears black turtleneck and black pantyhose. Rin Tohsaka first thought Hakuno to be a NPC because Hakuno looked too plain to be an actual person. In Fate/EXTRA CCC, the male and female protagonist have alternate outfits called Classic Male uniform and Classic Female uniform. While their original attire is styled after the blazer uniforms of high school students, their alternate clothes are styled after the more traditional Japanese military styled school uniforms. The male protagonist wears a black gakuran style uniform, with a high collared coat with gold buttons, black trousers, and brown shoes. The female protagonist wears a dark navy sailor school uniform with a red scarf, a pleated skirt, black knee socks, and brown shoes. Their other outfits are called Boy's gym suit / Girl's gym suit and School Swimsuit. Players can customize Hakuno with ornaments such as glasses and gloves. Hakuno is initially lost over as to what they should be doing in the Holy Grail War. Their resolve to fight is lacking because they don't know what they wish to accomplish. The Grail is won by individual motivation, but they lack the core of motivation to claim it. That makes for a large handicap without the drive to win. They are neither someone who fights out of obligation like a soldier, or even someone strong-willed who always fights with their eyes on the prize in front of them. That is a great weakness, and even if their Servant had the greatest Noble Phantasm, they would still lose to someone with that drive. Not knowing that they were inadvertently entered in the Holy Grail War, they cannot imagine that their reasons to fight were not very strong in the first place to have been cast aside so easily. They know nothing of the Grail War, and even one round in, they still lack knowledge of even important concepts like Noble Phantasms. It is repeatedly pointed out by others that Hakuno is rather dense and sometimes fails to understand basic things especially ones related to a magus, making them look like a rather hopeless Master among a crowd of talented Masters. However, Hakuno does come to acknowledge and appreciate their allies, and can become visibly worried if something happens to Rin/Rani or their Servant. According to Dan Blackmore, Hakuno starts out at the beginning of the War as an inexperienced and "green" Master, easily frightened by the other Masters such as Julius. This changes over time as Hakuno becomes more and more determined to not let the lives lost during the War to become meaningless. In Fate/EXTELLA, as the ruler of SE.RA.PH, Hakuno demonstrates a serious and level-headed calm to situations, though can be surprised and shocked by certain situations like any other character. This kingly aptitude has earned them loyalty of other Servants - including former enemies they fought in the Grail War such as Gawain and Li Shuwen. However, after splitting themselves into three different parts to prevent the Regalia from being used to destroy the Moon Cell, Hakuno's self is broken up amongst his three selves. The Soul of Hakuno, the Master of Caster, shows a cool and level-headed approach while at the same time being something of a pushover, easily folding under Caster's tyrannical actions. That said, they are very passionate and like their Mind and Body counterpart, they show nothing but the utmost faith and love for their Servant. The Mind of Hakuno seems to share most of their original self's traits prior to splitting, though has vague recollections and is often confused. They are easily worried about Saber, despite knowing that she is capable of handling herself well. They are also courageous, willing to fight alongside Saber even knowing the danger such a thing would pose. The Body of Hakuno is, arguably, the closest to Hakuno Kishinami when they first became apart of the Moon Cell Holy Grail War. Incapable of remembering anything, they are understandably terrified of Altera when they encounter her in Titan Form and look for the easiest chance of escape when made a prisoner. However, after discovering Altera's pain and sorrows, they are more willing to try and find a way to save her, even though in doing so risks the destruction of the Moon Cell, which they tried to prevent in the first place. A recurring trait of Hakuno is their unwavering determination to never give up hope. HAKUNO described it as the reason Hakuno won the war. This is evident when numerous opponents - and even Hakuno's own Servants - repeatedly request Hakuno to give up on their fruitless journey. Even when faced with superior enemies, Hakuno never backed down.