abstract | - Lancer of "Red" ("赤"のランサー, "Aka" no Ransā) is the Lancer-class Servant of Shirou Kotomine of the Red Faction in the Great Holy Grail War of Fate/Apocrypha. Originally summoned by one of the five puppet Masters of the Red Faction, he later becomes one of the Servants of Shirou. Lancer's True Name is Karna (カルナ, Karuna), the Son of the Sun God (太陽神の子, Taiyōshin no Ko), the invulnerable hero of the Indian epic Mahabharata, as a hero on the vanquished side. The central conflict of The Mahabharata is the war over influence between the Pandava royal family and Kaurava royal family. Karna became famous as the rival of Arjuna, the great hero of Hindu mythology. He is also summoned as Launcher (ランチャー, Ranchā) in the Moon Cell Holy Grail War of Fate/Extra CCC, he is the Launcher-class Servant of Jinako Carigiri. He is actually a Lancer-class Servant, but his Master changed it to Launcher due to Brahmastra being a beam-like attack.
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