#Galter/Alp

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Match Girl/Giselle Alter and Alp – Avenger

A young girl, covered in ice burns and frost bites. A dark presence hovers around her and a body less voice talks to her. She reveres to this presence as Alp, a creature of nightmares from german folklore.

In her first ascension, Giselle alter wears a dirty and slightly torn blue dress. Her skin is unnaturally pale and covered in the aforementioned ice burns and frost bites. She doesn’t wear shoes, she doesn’t wear a scarf, nothing to protect her against the cold. Her hair is a creamy orange, bound together in a low ponytail. Her eyes are a pale shade of blue. Alp itself is only visible as a dark mist with two green glowing eyes.

In her second ascension, most things stay the same, with the exception of three things. Giselle alter now wears a dark cloak with fur ends, as well as a scarf. Both of them are a navy blue. But the biggest change is Alp. Instead of a formless mist, it is now a dark horse head.

Again, the biggest change in her third ascension is Alp. This time it appears as a full horse instead of a head. It’s fur is grey and it’s eyes are green. Without knowing that it’s Alp, it nearly looks like a normal horse. The biggest change on Giselle alter herself is the lack of frost bites and ice burns. Her skin isn’t as pale anymore and her dress looks as good as new. And yes, she does wear shoes now. They are the same color as her cloak and scarf and have white fur.

1stAscension – “This cloak… it’s so warm…”

“I told you, this person isn’t as bad as the others.”

“Yeah… wait a minute, when did you show up?!”

2ndAscension – “Oh jeez, Alp, you actually decide to show yourself?”

“Of course! I thought it was time to grace the master with my beautiful face!”

“… beautiful face? I don’t know how to tell you that, but there are many beautiful things in this world and a flying horse head isn’t one of them!”

3rdAscension – “I-… I don’t feel cold anymore. Even my dress is fixed! Thank you... Wait, Alp, why did you change into a full horse?”

“Well, a little lady needs a trusty steed!”

“You know, the worst thing on that statement is the fact that I don’t know if you are being serious or just messing with me.”

4thAscension – “I didn’t knew you could turn into a human.”

“I can turn into everything you want!”

“… Why do you have to make everything so weird?”

“Where would be the fun in it if I didn’t tease you from time to time?”

“From time to time?! That’s literally the only thing you do!”

Context for 4th Ascension: In the Artwork, Alp is shown in a human form, while still having some horse attributes like hooves for feet and a horse tail.

Bond 1 – “If you ever need to give someone a scare through nightmares, then just say my name and I’ll gladly help!”

“Be honest, you just want to have a favor from Master so you can snack on their blood when you’re hungry.”

“Well bold of you to assume I’m so mean! But you’re not wrong.”

Bond 2 – “I think I heard someone scream in terror right now. Alp is not here right now, so it is probably the culprit.”

“Well little Lady, you have no idea how funny it is to scare others!”

Bond 3 – “Hm? Some servants have started to complain about Alp? That’s its problem, not mine”

“I don’t know what they are complaining about. I’m just doing my job!”

“Let me guess, nightmare?”

“Nightmare.”

Bond 4 – “I’m pretty sure Alp wouldn’t force a nightmare on you and I’m also pretty sure that there are more than enough servants who would stop it, but it’s better to be save than sorry. Make sure you have a lemon near you before you go to sleep. And an iron horseshoe hanging from your bedpost might also help.”

“Little Lady, what are you doing?”

“I’m just telling Master how to keep you out of their room.”

“What?!”

Bond 5 – “Hey, Master, don’t overwork yourself again. I brought you something to drink. Alp made it, it even changed into a human to make it. But I don’t know what type of drink it even made. Might be tea, might be coffee. You can ask Alp when it arrives with the snacks.”

“Did somebody say SNACKS?!”

“Speaking of the devil.”

@grievouslyxorvia @panyum

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I’ve been playing Extella Link again and the whole thing with Charlie being the “fairy tale” version and Rex Magnus being the historical version of Karl der Große got me thinking. Giselle and Giselle alter have something similar going on. Both are somewhat of the same person, but Giselle is the more… kids friendly version while Galter is the representation of the reality of the fairy tale The Little Match girl. It’s very obvious when you look at a Noble Phantasm that they both possess. “Das Verlorene Paradies” or “The Lost Paradise”. It’s a reality marble that twists the world into the match girl’s paradise. For Giselle, it’s the world she saw in her dying moments. It’s a world where everything is okay. A festival market, happy homes and seemingly not a single soul seems troubled. There are people everywhere and they all celebrate a happy new year. But if Galter activates her Noble Phantasm (It’s marked as “Das Verlorene Paradies” (True)), you will only find an empty and run down village, cover in a thick layer of snow and an eternal blizzard ravaging the streets. Her “Paradise” is the cold reality of the match girl’s life and death.

That whole opposite stuff is also very obvious through the ways they fight. Giselle uses fire while Galter uses ice. Giselle’s fire represents not only the matches, but also the fact that in the last lines of the fairy tale, she reunites with her grandmother and dies happily. Galter’s ice stems from the cold that killed her, a bit like Jalter. I already mentioned a few times that Giselle always feels cold, but when others touch her, her body is actually burning hot. Galter has the same curse, but when you touch her, her limps feel stiff and cold like an icicle.

And last but not least, there’s a very clear difference in the way they act around other servants. Giselle admires knights and warriors while Galter absolutely hates them. Giselle always looks at stories from an overly positive point of view, while Galter looks at things more realistically. When you ask them about their perception on knights, Giselle sees a perfect person who fights for what’s right and defeat the villain, while Galter just sees someone who kills others for a living.

@panyum