For Fate AU question.

Nick · 4mo

You mentioned that Alesh originally wanted a Caster servant for her experiments. What kinds of experiments are they?

It is regarding manipulation of magic circuits, storage of mana and also help her unclog and align her own magic circuits

Due to story relevant things, Alesh is a 2nd rate mage due to her own body being a mess. Even when she has the aboundance of Mana flowing and providing for servants without a holy grail

N.N · 4mo

Nick · 4mo

So, one thing I'm curious about is that while Nagao is Alesh's main servant you also have art of her with Nobunaga. So does Alesh have two servants?

That is a what if story with Alesh.
It is a bit of a spoiler of the story. But Alesh did try the summoning a servant before Kagetora 1 year earlier, but it was deemed as a failure for her as nothing seemed to happen.

N.N · 4mo

Nick · 5mo

I don't know much about Fate stuff, but one of the few things I do know is that mages usually have some servant class they prefer.
Was that the case with Alesh? With her intentionally trying to get Lancer, or was it more of a matter of chance?

For Alesh it was a matter of chance. Her goal was to get one of the North European heroes specially a Caster for her own mage experiments.

Due to circumstances she is incompatible with 99.99% servants.
Kagetora was that anomaly, the 0,01% that would and could answer Alesh's call.

N.N · 5mo

Nick · 5mo

in the most recent FGO comic I noticed a sort of darkness on Alesh's body. Maybe I was just misinterpreting it, but is that some side effect of her magic?

It has something to do with her magic yes. I hinted it at the - Grudges part 2 page.
While I don't want to go too much into details. Alesh have a way of purifying evil spirits but it does comes with a cost of having to use her own body as a medium after she used her magic.

One can think of like how the liver in a human detox things. Just that Alesh uses her whole body for it.

N.N · 5mo

Anonymous Coward · 7mo

Would Kiyohime and Astraea be a couple and Eresh and Astraea be friends?

That is a question which is hard to answer.
Kiyohime is to begin with 14 years old while Astraea is a god and very old. This would mean that they prob not be a couple but good friends that is a possibility.

Astraea and Eresh are both godesses of different domains and while the are using vessels of Luvia and Rin that had a rivalty. there is still a possbility for them to be friends. That is ofc if they aren't summoned as enemies.

N.N · 7mo

LionGo · 10mo

Is Alesh's Grail war a typical grail war? is it even a grail war?

It is actually not a grail war at all. The summoning of Kagetora is the biggest hint so far.

What i can say is that a lot of this is remnants of former grail wars accumulated to a boiling point

N.N · 10mo

Nick · 10mo

So is Alesh from a long family line of mages or is she kinda figuring it out on her own with all this magic stuff?

Alesh is an adopted daughter of the Askar family that had gotten the task to take care of her. The family is in the Scandinavian area.
She got the basic education of magic from the family and was later sent to the Clock Tower in Britain that takes over the task of taking care of her.