#ozymandias

So are we just going to ignore the fact that this line in Ozymandias’ 2nd Interlude essentially confirms that Proto-Arthur is the Grand Saber? That his constant wandering has likely been in pursuit of a Beast(s)?

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Lostbelt 2 lately, or I suppose it’d be more accurate to say that I’ve been thinking about its implications regarding the “Age of Gods”. Not Scandinavia’s though. Rather, I was thinking about Egypt’s, and specifically how it ended.

There are two ways that the Egyptian Age of Gods could’ve potentially ended. The first would be the death of the last pharaoh, Cleopatra. I want to say that this is the least likely of the two however, because while it’s still by all means significant factoring in the status of the Pharaoh as a “God-King” and the subsequent end of that title, it doesn’t quite encompass as much as an event like Ragnarok did for Scandinavia; an end to all of them.

This is where things get interesting, and ultimately sad for one Pharaoh in particular, because Egypt did experience something similar to an extent, all due to the actions of one man: Moses.

During a class I took on Old Testament History, my professor talked about how each of the plagues was significant; that each one was meant to demonstrate the authority and superiority that God held over Egypt’s gods. In order:

⁃ The Nile turning to blood for Hapi

⁃ Frogs for Heket

⁃ Lice from dust for Geb

⁃ Flies for Kephri

⁃ Death of livestock for Hathor

⁃ Boils and Sores for Isis

⁃ Hail and fire for Nut

⁃ Locusts for Seth

⁃ Darkness for Ra

⁃ And finally, the death of the firstborn for the authority of the Pharaoh.

If we view these plagues as the surpassing, or even potentially the metaphorical “death” of these gods, then the comparison to something like Scandinavia’s Ragnarok is feasible to a degree.

If this is true, then it begins to explain one or two things regarding Ozymandias and his relationship with Moses. His profile mentions Moses as his sworn friend, yet in his interludes, Ozymandias really only refers to him as a saintly figure, then changes the subject or the topic of the conversation entirely. Why? Because of everything that Moses did to his people.

Yet, we know he’s not angry at him either, because what he did was for his own people, not for his own sake, hence the reverence of a “saint”. In the pharaoh’s eyes, Moses was only ever fulfilling his obligation to his people and his God, but he remained unmoved, because he had his own obligations to his people and his gods.

If we ever get Moses in FGO, I hope we get more regarding these two. Maybe even an opportunity for Ozymandias to see his friend’s side of the story. However, until then, this is my headcanon. That Moses was the catalyst for the end of the Egyptian Age of Gods, and yet Ozymandias didn’t blame him, for neither of them were acting for themselves, but for the sake of their people.

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‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

– Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias

You don’t need to finish the quote. I’m already despairing.

*Insert Fate Grand Order Camelot Live Action Netflix Adaptation Joke Here*