Andersen Matrix (partial)

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KEYWORDS
Three Great Authors
The three most renowned authors of children's stories...
Grimm, Aesop, Andersen. He is the sole creative writer among them.

Compared with the others, who compiled and edited folklore and legends, only he was a true "writer," who created stories of his own.

He is most famous works include The Little Match Girl, The Little Mermaid, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Snow Queen, and The Ugly Duckling.

It is said that the girl in The Little Match Girl was modeled off his own mother, who worked to send him to university, lived in poverty, and left the world without a single shred of joy in her life.

Human Observation
Andersen's personal skill. Rank A.

The art of observing, and understanding humans. It does not simply include observation, but also assumptions about the lifestyles, hobbies, and even the life stories of people whose names he does not know, and thus, emphasizes a strong memory in order to remember it all.

Andersen was known to be a pessimist, but his foundation is based in understanding, not rejection. All he can do is spin tales, but that is precisely why he vows to speak more earnestly than anyone else.

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He criticizes BB and the Alter-Egos' love as being "ugly," "distasteful," and "conceited," but he recognizes and profoundly understands what lies beneath that, and rebukes it. His grumbling insults are not complete denials of those girls, but rather warnings wrapped in candid advice.

...Although, it is undeniably true that he does not like women.

SKILLS
High Speed Aria: E

A skill that increases the speed of magecraft arias. In his case, it influences the creation of manuscripts more than magecraft.

"My writing speed is pretty slow. I never had much motivation in the first place, so I'd never become a professional writer!"

So says the man himself.

Innocent Monster: D
Indicates the degree to which rumors have distorted the truth, regardless of the user's original will or form.

In Andersen's case, it is caused by the "Reader's Curse." His fairy tales became too famous, and his own personality was redrawn to match that of "a fairy tale author."

In his servant form, Andersen's limbs have been corroded by the fairy tales that represent him. His clothes hide it, but under his sleeves, his arms are covered with merman's scales, match burns, and frostbite, and sharp pains cut his throat when he speaks.

Item Creation: C
The ability to create tools using magecraft.

He has never learned magecraft, but can create literary works that have about the same effect as noble phantasms.

His specialty item is apparently "A Love Letter That Will Communicate One's Thoughts 100%," but judging from Andersen's own love life, とてもではないがお願いできない


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In addition, he had a peculiar habit when he was alive.

"Will I be mistaken for a corpse when I fall asleep?"

With that fear in mind, he would always leave a letter on his body, which read, "I am not dead."


NOBLE PHANTASM
Marchen Maines Lebens (A Story Just For You)
The raw manuscript of Andersen's autobiography, "The Fairy Tale of My Life."
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Each page of the book utilizes mana from all people who love Andersen, the author, becoming, and acting as "the Andersen that the reader wants to see."

But, that is not the true value of this noble phantasm. If the writer starts from nothing, as if writing a story, he can turn 'a human' into 'a main character.'

As a result... the further the manuscript progresses, the more one grows. At only a few pages, the only effect would be a small coincidence, but with all pages... the moment the manuscript is complete, the target will reach his 'strongest form,' as he imagines it.

This appears to be an all-powerful noble phantasm, but the gloom that "men cannot ultimately become happy except by dying" is deeply rooted in Andersen's heart, and he is resigned to the fact that "things will never go so smoothly." And, his pride as an author will not allow such a deus-ex-machina, so it is impossible to achieve one's 'ideal form' so easily.

Of course, the appearance of the 'story' is also dependent on Andersen's motivation. This means that he cannot bring his target to their ultimate state unless he targets someone who incites lust in him.

SETTING
Character Background I
A real person. Born in 1805, died in 1875 of liver cancer. Although he is known as one of the three great authors, half of his life was filled with setbacks and suffering.

Born to a shoemaker, he aspired to become an actor, but nothing came of that, and he gave up. Afterwards, he tried becoming a poet, but was harshly criticized. Finally, he sold self-published books, and used his earnings to travel abroad. Inspired by his travels, Andersen wrote "The Improvisatore," which made him famous at last.

Afterwards, he shifted to writing children's stories, but [untranslated]

As if taking that as his symbol, his fairy tales were naturalistic, depicting violence, misfortune, and poverty, with death being the only relief.

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Also, he never associated with women after becoming famous, and remained single until his death. Some theories say that he had loved someone, but never confessed, due to her prideful nature and his complex about his appearance.

He died at age 70 from liver cancer. It is said that he died gripping a letter from his first love, which he carried at all times.

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Strangely, the Andersen summoned by the Moon Cell is that of a young boy, before he became famous.

His alignment is lawful neutral. He has an introverted, firm, and passive personality. Gloomy, pessimistic, never attempting to gain the affections of others, and not caring about his own merits, he does not think about enjoying life. He does not desire anything from the Holy Grail. Perhaps it is because in life, he could never attain any of the things he wished for.

"Even if mankind has merit, that merit must be a delusion of mankind."

So he says, seemingly despising everything about the world.

"But, I don't necessarily hate, or detest the world. If there is something in the world worth loving, then it might be worth it to rekindle the frozen hearth called Love."

What an annoying man.