Well, I mean... wouldn't Servant!Apeiron be a separate entity from our Apeiron, and thus not have the Mental Fortress Perk? I mean, if our Apeiron is in Earth-Bet then Servant!Apeiron can't be our Apeiron. I don't think there have been any instances in the Fate world of the Servant-version of somebody and that same person existing at the same time.
Gray, technically as recognised by the World.
I think the Fae thing has a mental effect as well.
EMIYA kinda? I mean he is specifically Shirou. A different timelines Shirou but he is Shirou. I also think that they are supposed to be completely identical until the grail war starts. So there doesn't really seem to be anything stopping a servant existing at the same time as a living counter part to them, they just generally diverge when that servant is summoned because the servant self never experienced meeting themselves.
Yes, Servant summoning only includes a fragment of the Heroic Spirit, crushed shard that fit into that one role. The memories that are incoherent with the timeline are not included.
The Servants are generally also weaker than their real counterparts (not ironclad). In order to get a Class with absolute Mental Protections, there'd have to be some legend out there of Apeiron having Master and Thinker immunity. This might not be farfetched since the Protectorate leaking documents like a sieve about Apeiron's capabilities seems to be the norm, and Thinkers are sure to be butthurt enough over it to try to make sure everyone knows that Apeiron's just built differently.
That depends, they are weaker than their HS counterparts, but are stronger than in life. Increasingly so for more modern ones.
Notable exceptions include Gilgamesh, Solomon and Arturia. Mana limitation/mentality, limitation of Servant container and weird Living Servant exception.
Techically speaking Arturia's parameters come from her Mana Burst and link to master, without those she's actually weaker than Rin.
Which is probably why she relies overly on that instead of developing Muscles after 15, Caliburn/Rhongomyniad/Avalon also affects her physiology.
It's been a while so maybe I'm remembering wrong, but wasn't Apeiron's Servant legend based on the unknown/unnamed craftsmen of the world or something? The people who may have created great works but never really got the credit or prominence; background characters to the hero's legend.
I could see a mythos like that offering some degree of information defense. Certainly not absolute, and probably more geared toward protecting his identity and predicting what he may do or make, rather than protecting his mind, but maybe broad enough to help in other ways. Plus being a sort of pseudo-gesalt could add another layer, having many identities and mindsets to draw from.
That said, the benefit of being a craftsmen is being able to make what you lack; if he doesn't have a needed mental defense, then just make something that can give it. Doormat behavior? Ring of Charisma/Confidence/Courage, etc.
Yes, sort of like 40k God Emperor. A mental gestalt of the unnamed mortal crafters of every legend in the Throne.
Archer Gil: *says as Archer Gil says*
Crafter: .....Remind me, Archer. Do you recall the people who crafted all "your" "originals"?
Archer Gil: Why would I-?
Crafter: Gooooood *golden blacksmith hammer appears in his hand* because we came for our paycheck. And, oh boy, are you late on your monthly fees.
Improvements maybe. Gil would respect the crafters. Given the number, a good chunk of his memories should be from Mesopotamia
In the great tradition of BCF fandom :
I ship them.
Tantric Rituals for the win?
I guess his stepmother would be proud though.
The real weakness is against Shards individually, but Joe's finally working on it.
How long would Joe take to become a True Magician in Nasu terms using only Nasu derived methods and passive boosts?
