Episode
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia: Death of the King
Overview
Due to overwork, Gilgamesh finds himself in the arms of eternal sleep. Fujimaru and the others are shocked by the news. They also hear from Siduri that there have been many reports of deaths from weakness within Uruk. Thinking that a member of the Three Goddess Alliance is the cause of it all, they head to the underworld with Ishtar to defeat the goddess of the land of the dead and liberate Gilgamesh’s soul.
Details
- Series
- Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2020-01-04
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Death of the King is Episode 12 in Season 1 of Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia. It aired on 2020-01-04. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 11: Temple of the Sun
Fujimaru and company ever so easily have Jaguar Warrior join their ranks, and are reunited with the soldiers of Uruk, thought to be all dead, outside Eridu.
Episode 13: Goodbye, Goddess of the Underworld
Fujimaru confronts Ereshkigal, the goddess of the underworld, and pleads with her to join with him to help save Uruk.
Incensed, Ereshkigal refuses and attacks Fujimaru and his companions. With help from Gilgamesh and Ishtar, Fujimaru again attempts to persuade Ereshkigal, however... the goddess instead opts to fulfill her appointed duties.
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Episode 10: Hello, Goddess of the Sun
Fujimaru and company greet Ishtar to their ranks without hitches, and gain information from Gilgamesh about the key for defeating Gorgon, "the Axe of Marduk" stowed away in Eridu within the southern jungle.
Episode 14: Decisive Battle
After making peace with Ereshkigal, goddess of the underworld, Fujimaru and the others return to Uruk to find Gilgamesh, who has returned to the land of the living. As the final battle with Gorgon approaches, Gilgamesh proposes a strategy that may give them a chance at victory.
Episode 9: Good Morning, Goddess of Venus
Fujimaru and entourage have lost Ushiwakamaru and Leonidas I. Upon receiving the report from the group that returned to the ziggurat, Gilgamesh decides it is necessary to conquer the three goddesses in certain order to fight against Gorgon, and orders Fujimaru to first turn Ishtar into an ally. With a "secret plan" given by Gilgamesh in hand, Fujimaru and company head over to Ishtar's temple.
Episode 15: The New Humanity
With the Axe of Marduk, Fujimaru’s party manages to weaken Gorgon by lowering her Divinity. Having opened a path for themselves, they finally reach the Blood Fort’s depths. There, Gorgon says that she will gain her revenge by destroying humanity. Ana unleashes her own divinity, which had been suppressed until now, against Gorgon
Episode 8: The Mother of Demonic Beasts
Fujimaru and entourage, in order to rescue the people left behind in the fortress city of Nippur after communications were severed, begin their battle against the fake Enkidu who had been awaiting them. With Fou's help, they were somehow managing to keep things even, but in the midst of battle, the Goddess of the Demonic Beasts finally appears. Even Merlin is at his wit's end facing her overwhelming power. Meanwhile, Ushiwakamaru and Leonidas I engage in a spectacular battle, standing up defiant against the Goddess of the Demonic Beasts. In order to break through the situation where it is hard to deliver a wounding blow, the two Servants unleash their Noble Phantasms with desperate resolve.
Episode 16: Awakening
The Laḫmu attack Kingu and steal the Holy Grail from his body!
After being robbed of the Grail, Kingu makes a desperate escape into the forest. However, the Laḫmu discover him there, and so he prepares to meet his fate. But at that moment, Kingu witnesses something beyond comprehension...
At the same time, Fujimaru and company pursue the Laḫmu now in possession of the Grail, but a Servant long thought dead appears to block their path.
Episode 7: Diversionary Operation
Fujimaru successfully retrieves Gilgamesh's clay tablet, and within a deep slumber, he remembers his encounter with the King of Mages in London, the Fourth Singularity, which renews his understanding of the importance of the final Holy Grail. Meanwhile, Merlin suspects that the Demonic Beasts at the Northern Wall are planning a large-scale attack, and takes Fujimaru and company to the Northern Wall. There, they see a squad commanded by Leonidas I putting up a struggle. Once there, Fujimaru and company hear from Ushiwakamaru that communication with the fortress city of Nippur to the north has been severed, and they head out towards Nippur.
Episode 17: The Congress Dances
The power of the Grail, now in the hands of the Laḫmu, has transformed the Persian Gulf into the Chaos Tide. Any living thing that touches this sea is instantly mutated into a Demonic Beast.
As the Chaos Tide advances toward Uruk, Fujimaru and company form a desperate plan to destroy Tiamat as a last-ditch effort to save the city.
Episode 6: The Tablet of Destinies
Finishing up the investigation at the Persian Gulf, Fujimaru and company are given a new order from the king. The new order is to retrieve a clay tablet that Gilgamesh had previously lost in the city of Kutha. Kutha was a city that suddenly disappeared after the emergence of the three goddesses, where every citizen had passed away. In such a quiet town, the entourage decides to split up in search of the tablet. Fujimaru suddenly wanders into a very frigid world. It is what people call "the underworld," a space separate from the physical world.
Episode 18: Star of the Beginning, We Look Up at the Sky
Fujimaru, Mash and the goddesses enjoy one last moment of peace on the eve of the final battle. That same night, Kingu reaches the peak of the ziggurat. So badly injured that he can no longer stand, he looks up to see a figure looming over him... As morning dawns, King Gilgamesh gives Fujimaru and his companions some final words of encouragement. Their attack on Tiamat begins now!