For 10 years, Waver has been a popular professor of the Clock Tower. Waver accepts as long as he is known as Lord El-Melloi II, as he feels unworthy to be compared to his predecessor and teacher. Reines El-Melloi Archisorte, the next heir of the clan and Kayneth's niece by blood, discovered the purchase of the classroom and requested Waver to take the title of El-Melloi while temporarily become the head until she becomes of age to do so. After discovering what happened to his former teacher and feeling responsible for his death, Waver borrowed a loan from an old friend named Melvin Weins to purchase the El-Melloi Classroom and began to teach Modern Magecraft. The previous Lord El-Melloi, Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, who was Waver's former professor, had been killed during the events of Fate/Zero which resulted in a sharp decline of the El-Melloi clan. The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II Īfter the events of Fate/Zero, he returns to the Clock Tower to resume his study of magecraft. While Waver accepts that while his dream might be foolish, he thinks it might be too big for the Clock Tower to contain. Shirou replies that he wants to become a hero of justice. Waver asks Shirou for his reasons to study magecraft at the Clock Tower.
Though Waver does not appear in Fate/stay night, he makes an appearance in the epilogue of Ufotable's anime adaptation of Unlimited Blade Works as he walks down the hallway of the Clock Tower and meets the student Shirou Emiya. He decides to take a trip to see the world before returning to the Clock Tower to resume his studies. Archer kills Iskandar but spares Waver in compassion for Iskandar's values of his own master and Waver's newfound will to live for Iskandar.
When the War nearly comes to an end, the two are about to be killed by the servant Archer, Iskandar convinces his master to instead become his servant, which Waver agrees happily. Despite his difficulties with Rider's overbearing nature, Waver and his Servant form a strong relationship. With the artifact, he manages to summon, Iskandar (better known as Alexander the Great) of the Rider class. After he gets humiliated in front of the entire class by his teacher when he submitted an essay explaining that anyone can become a great mage as long they work hard and practice, Waver decides to participate in the Holy Grail War after stealing his artifact and plans to use the Grail to force the Mages' Association to recognize his genius. Waver was a student of the Mineralogy Department. In regards to his role in his spin-off series, Waver stood out from how he comes across as a more appealing main character than in Fate/Zero due to his growth as a teacher as he deals with multiple students. Multiple writers enjoyed the dynamic he has with his servant Rider due to how open they are with each other, with Waver maturing thanks to the interactions. Urobuchi expressed mixed feelings when Sanda handled his character but still felt it was well developed.Ĭritical reception to Waver's role in Fate/Zero have been mostly positive. His El-Melloi persona was written by Makoto Sanda as a grown man sharing detective dynamics with his assistant Gray inspired by Sherlock Holmes. The character was created by Urobuchi in an attempt to balance the cast of Fate/Zero with Waver displaying more weak traits as young man who would develop into a fine adult through the events of the narrative. His design was created by Takashi Takeuchi as a young bishonen. Waver is voiced by Daisuke Namikawa in all of his appearances in Japanese, with multiple actors reprising the role in English appearances. He returns in the sequel The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II. As the main protagonist in the spin-off light novel The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II by Makoto Sanda, Waver is formally given the title of Lord El-Melloi II ( ロード・エルメロイII世, Rōdo Erumeroi Nisei), after being adopted into the El-Melloi family. Upon returning, he later becomes a professor and the Dean of Norwich, the Modern Magecraft Theory Department of the Clock Tower. He then joins the Fourth Holy Grail War in Fuyuki, Japan and becomes the Master of Rider, after stealing his teacher's artifact in hopes of forcing the Mages' Association to recognize his genius by winning the War. Waver is depicted as a nineteen-year-old student studying at the Clock Tower. Waver Velvet ( Japanese: ウェイバー・ベルベット, Hepburn: Weibā Berubetto) is a fictional character who first introduced in Type Moon's light novel prequel to Fate/stay night, Fate/Zero by Gen Urobuchi. Reines El-Melloi Archisorte (adoptive sister) Lucien Dodge ( Zero, UBW, Apocrypha, Case Files)
Waver Velvet as illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi
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