Fate Lore - The Tale of Karna 

You know you're a nice guy when the father of your enemy feels bad for screwing you over and gives you his greatest weapon.

The Hero of Charity, Karna Also known as the Nicest Badass Who Ever Lived

Karna is literally the most unlucky person in Indian mythology

Aaahhh....the husbando-class servant

People ask "why is karna not brown", well you can't exactly get tanned if you are the SUN.

One of the few servants that can have equal footing against Gilgamesh, and he's the nicest guy ever.

Karna's curse sounds like how we forget what we have studied for an important test.

When Indra comes asking for Karna's armour, Karna gives it knowingly because he can never deny anyones request. Secondly Karna misses shooting a poisonous snake who wants to kill Arjuna as an arrow once due to a manoeuvre pulled by krishna who is riding arjuna's chariot. The snake begs karna to take the shot again but because Karna is an honourable warrior he refuses to use the arrow second time even if it means that, that was the only sure shot way to kill arjuna. Thirdly when Karna's chariot gets stuck in mud, he gets down to remove the chariot. In that era in the Hindu Mythology getting down from the chariot meant a temporary ceasefire from the war and nobody should attack them (similar to how pilots shall not be attacked if they make it to the ground). Thus Arjuna is reluctant to kill Karna while he isn't in the battle but Krishna convinces him that if he doesn't kill Karna here, they may never actually win the war. And all of this after Karna has given the divine armour. Imagine the outcome of this battle had he not be so honourable in nature and held on to that armour. P.S. My father is a big follower of Karna and named me after him.

The gods had to nerf karna in order to win lol. Just think how bad ass he must have been.

He came to my Chaldea on my last ticket after I lost all my SQ trying to summon Mordred. Truly the Hero of Charity!

The most gruesome thing about him losing his armor is that he cut it all off himself. My boy suffered so much :(((

Between this guy and Cu Chulainn I think the lancer class is becoming my favourite

Karna, the bishonen to good for this world.

Gotta admit, its amazing he never once felt resentment against anyone. That's wholesome.

Love Karna; truly a noble hero too good for this cruel world.

Karna is best boy and probably the nicest badass I’ve seen

Karna got defeated by plot armor , and it makes me angry but nothing I can do because the story of Apocrypha needed to advance :P

Where is my Karna Lily. We need little hero Karna

He's really, REALLY pretty though

Karna, the son of the Sun. Everyone praise the Sun. If Solaire from Dark Souls was a master, his devotion to the Sun could very likely act as a catalyst in itself to summon Karna.

Karna is one of my favourite heroes from mithology, as he follows his dreams despite the strict societal rules that bind him. I also like that he lacks the chestplate, as he was stripped of his body armor.

Karna was primarily known as an incredible Archer in the Mahabharata. He was also a more flawed character than depicted in Fate but still sympathetic.

my sun......er son.

Is it me, but are all the heroic spirits that end up being Lancer's have shit luck both in their Holy Grail Wars and their legends.

His noble Phantasm was anti-army & anti-divinity one but the fact that it could destroy Akhilleus Cosmos whose sole weakness is Anti-world NPs says something about the strength & capabilities of Vasavi Shakti

Karna’s life feels like an endless string of bad luck. I can’t feel anything but contempt for the many arrogant nobles, priests and gods who looked down on him, even though his place was only so low because his own mother abandoned him. The fact that he became such a splendid warrior and kind-hearted individual despite this is wonderful. He is absolutely a wonderful ally.

Karna is possibly one of the nicest servant in Apocrypha

Karna is anime moses but on fire.

You know that in the original epic from which Karna comes, he was at a war with Arujna's side (The Pandavas) As the war started the general of both sides shot an arrow to each others chariot, Arjuna shot the first arrow and Karna's Chariot moved a few meters karna tried next but his arrow only moved Arjuna's Chariot was pushed only a few feet away, every one laughed and ridiculed Karna and Arjuna was laughing but later Krishna (The incarnation of one of the 3 primordial god Vishnu himself) who was the charioteer of Arjuna was applauding Karna. Arjuna asked - O lord why are you praising him even though I'm the greatest archer here, Karna lost to. to this Krishna replied - Do not be delusional Arjuna, Karna was able to move this chariot on which I'm sitting, I Krishna the one who carries the weight of all universe with him. not even the gods could have been able to move this chariot. Arjuna - But aren't I the greatest Warrior? this Krishna replied bluntly - do not be fooled arjun, Karna can kill you eyes closed, you are no match for him, He can kill Indra himself (Indra is God of thunder and Arjuna's father) if your father hadn't taken his Armor from him, he could even defeat me in a battle. It took 4 curses/mishaps to kill Karna in the war 1- He was cursed that on most important time in his life the earth would betray him, and in the war his chariot wheel got stuck in the ground. 2 - He was cursed that when needed the most he will forget the knowledge to use Brhamastra, and he wasn't able to use it in the war. 3- He gave his mother a promise to not kill rest of her sons except arjuna 4- Indra took his kavacha and Kundala (Armor) from him Despite all this Arjuna was only able to kill Karna when he was out of his Chariot and was trying to take out the wheel of his chariot completely defenseless.

When your favorite youtuber talks about your favorite servant Yessssssss!!

By far your lore was the most accurate and trust me i am a hindu i grew up listening to these lore

Wow Arjuna and Karna may be Arch-enemies but he respects him and gave him a temple

Can't wait for you to cover Arjuna

Lancer Ga Shinda. With Honor

Ah Karna, A true hero that kills with his eye.

Karna sounds like an interesting person to talk to.

In the actual Mahabharata epic, Indra didn't steal Karna' armour and earrings, Karana donated them to Indra thinking of Indra as a Brahmin. That's how charitable karna was and in return Indra was so surprised at Karna's charity that Indra gave Karna a arrow that can kill anyone, be it God or demon. Karna decided to use that arrow on Arjun but the god Krishna knew of this and instead made Karna use this arrow on Bheem's sun Gatotkacha.

Funny enough that Karna himself tells that Edison looks like Duryodhana in term of personality

I forgot how assholish the Gods like Krishna and Indra were as well as the royalty pricks like Arjuna. However Karna's friend Duryodhan was one of the biggest assholes to ever exist and did not deserve someone like Karna lol.

My personal favorite Servant. Thank you so much for doing him justice! Though personally his story in Extra CCC might've been a better video, but his story in Apocrypha is really good too.

"Vijaya" was the original bow given to Karna by parashurama as he recognised karna to be his equal. Vijaya literally means "victory" and was used by the god of destruction "Lord Shiva". And parashuram once stalemated shiva in battle and gave shiva a scar on his forehead.And this dude recognised Karna his equal.... talk about overpowered along with an armour which blocks everything

So was he cursed to look like an emo for all eternity?

Ah, Karna. My Favourite Lancer and one of the best Servants around. I’ve been waiting for this ever since you first started these Lore videos. Great job.

Finally got my boy this morning! He was always my second favorite servant just after Gil.Funny enough their personalities couldn't be more differentxD Though I admire my kind Gil.I simply would never be able to be that good of person as Karna is.Being so Humble,Honourable and Fair.Truly the nicest guy that you can strive to be yet will never be able to become.He is one of only few exceptions in my list of favorites which mostly consists of narcissistic ,cruel and selfish yet awesome bastards:)

This is brilliant. Thank you for making these videos. ❤️

Thanks for the video I have been waiting for this lore since forever

Shirou Kotomine apparently had to restrain himself from lying in front of Karna, because of Discernment of The Poor.

Your missing few detail of how Karna gave he's armor away but it is still a great job.

Funk in awesome lore man, I’ve been waiting for this.

waiting for this for a LONG TIME, THANKS

Awww, no CCC Karna? Great job as always, though.

Shame no mention of his CCC days. THIS IS WHY WE NEED A FATE/EXTRA CCC SWITCH PORT

Dang now Im even more happy for getting him so I had the chance to learn his legend

He's such a nice guy, he treasures and cares for even the Masters who don't know how to utilize his full potential. HEYO-CHAL-DELUXE!

Awesome video OtakuDaiKun and Karna truly is the Hero of Charity

Truely your voice and its acting is such a huge draw to your channel Dia. Thank you

Karna legit gets screwed over multiple times due to petty people.

My boy is finally here

His story is far more than this He has 1.bhramastra, 2.bhramsira-astra, 3. bhramdhand-astra (1 is capable to destroy city like nuclear weapons, 2is capable of destroy the earth and 3rd is capable of destroy the universe), Vashnav Astra ( the weapons who can destroy any thing which is aim wether it is human, earth or universe,, and the only thing to nullify it is to surrender before the weapons) nagpash( blinding weapon) nagaastra( he used in Mahabharata to Arjun but lord Krishna save him it is a weapon which kill enemy in one bow) kiranastra( which make another sun) and many more His strength was written in Mahabharata which is equal to move a universe ( during battle with Arjun { Arjuna chariot have lord Krishna and Hanuman in his flag that means entire universe weight is on his raath(chariot) and karna push his chariot 5 steps back every attack that means his strength is equal to entire universe) , He has Vijaya Bow which grant him victories in every war and no one can win when he has his bow in his arm His armor not only protect him but it also absorb impact like a black hole He is the greatest Donner of all time , he Donate his armor, even during his last breath one saint ask him gold so he take a stone and break his golden tooth and give to saint, He is very loyal a true definition of friendship even he died for his friend

Being a Lancer truly is suffering.

You know a funny thing none of the pandavas were actually pandu's son so they have no right to the throne

Karna knows what was needed to happen. He said it in one of the episodes that he was just looking forward to a good fight with the Lancer of Black. He was even more concerned of it than protecting Shirou (like he needed it) or the Hanging Garden. He died satisfied tho. At least he smiled. Also he has the discernment of the poor meaning he knows if someone has good or bad intentions. He knows that Sieg needs to go to Ruler to stop Shirou from getting to the grail.

out of all the Apocrypha servants Karna is my favorite as he is a man of honor and forgiveness. a role model of sorts

Karna is one of my favorite characters in the whole Nasuverse and the fact that he is my first 5 Star Servant in the game pleases me. I can't wait for Lostbelt 4 where he can shine even brighter.

if this guy were real and live in this age he's gonna get scammed alot and still forgive the scammer.

it seem's like the less greed one have in their heart in the fate series, the more suffering they will find

Untill you linked the fate story every information given is accurate. We always listen to them in our childhood, feels good to see Western people to read Indian purans . Nice research bro

Thank you.

Can you do the Tale of Rama? I just learned about this character and I love his backstory and motivations! Truly, if I were to become a Master, I would summon him.

Karna is the greatest because in the series they made him a lancer while originally he was a archer who literally conquered the three realem for his friend and not to mention he had weapons and arrows that can literally destroy the universe itself compare him in his archer mode, gil and his noble fantasim are like small ants trying to climb a mountain

Karna is awesome af. Best husbando.

What about Brahmastra Raksha? Those huge multiple spears he summons that create a nuclear explosion? Anyway it's a great video. Makes me appreciate more the fact I single rolled him!

If Gilgamesh is mankind's oldest hero, then surely Karna is mankind's oldest 'tragic' hero. P.s. Do one on Okita Souji!

OHHHH SNAP KARNA HYPE!!!!

Good video!!

yes awesome

my favorite servant

karna, bro you are the most unlucky dude ever. very interesting lore. I love saber and gilgamesh is next but karna you top 3 !!

The only Lancer who died in an honourable way, gentlemen !

Lancer and Rider are normally the most interesting classes but Lancer have sad endings

karna's teacher also give him a boon that he will be remembered as a glorious warrior but not as a greatest archer until the end of humanity. Till this day in India he was referred as great, generous warrior even though he fought on wrong side. and also he willingly gave his Armour to indra (king of gods). In all his life even when he become a king every one discriminated as lowborn until his death. His whole life is tragedy only moment he find solace is when duryodana (villein) recognized his talents and make him a king of anga (currently Bangladesh). He is tragic hero of Indian history.

I watched this anime a few years ago and I still wonder why he isnt an archer

karna is my favourite character in Mohabharat (an holy war which is made into an holy book which is equal to bible in a way 4 us hindus) jsyk im not that much religious so if i offend someone pls don't kill me this dude so op he got himself in an anime

Best boi indeed

Karna the best friend someone can have

Karna's bow which he received from parashuram was Vijaya which literally means victory the wielder of this bow always be victorious in any battle . Bhargava Astra is an arrow ( personal divine Astra of parashuram) this particular arrow can't be blocked or countered by any means .

Yay karna

I'm lucky enough to have an anime character named after me 😂

I learnt of Karna looong before I knew the concept of a demigod, so it feels a bit weird to me that he is one, lol

Karna never request to Lord Prushram to remove his curse ..... at end day of mahabharat war Prushram realizes that he did very wrong with his student Karna that's why Prushram give Karna a bow name Vijay dhanush the bow blessed with victory and blessed Karna whenever the bow is present in the hand of Karna not even Gods can defeat him that's by krishna play a trick on him and order arjuna to kill karna when he does not have the bow in his hand.... but that not means Krishna does wrong because karna already knows what going to happen ... or when karna is dying lord krishna offer karna to ask a wish from him he ask three wishes from krishna in which one wish is, he want to leave the soul from his body from that place where never any sin happen to fullfill his wish lord krishna lift karna his body with his both hand means the place where never any sin happen are the hands of Lord krishna.... Karna is the eldest brother of Pandavas and is known by many name mritumjay means immortal after dying, great friend means not leave his friend site even he know dreyodhan is wrong, or mahadani karna

must..... protect..... the sweetest red poof ball i've ever seen

Brilliant

Karna is my favorite fate character

Sorry for being late Dai. If you need help with Norse mythological heroes I am available to give you help.

I love fate series the problem is it story is complex with it many timeliness and characters

Ya know that "he shoots his gun, he misses" meme from Game Grumps? Well that's Karna except it's "he tries, he's cursed again"

This was secretly the tale of Bayonetta. The gods had to curse her repeatedly, and she still was fucking broken.

OtakuDaiKun-Sama can you please please please make a FrankenStein lore video? just the clip from the last fate anime got me thinking of her so much :o pretty please if it would be posseble do it

FOR THOSE WHO ARE WONDERING WHY HE IS WHITE BECAUSE MAHABHARAT ACTUALLY NEVER HAPPENED IN INDIAN SUB CONTINENT BUT IT WAS BROUGHT BY ARYANS WHO WERE THE ONES WHO INHABITED MIDDLE EAST WHEN INDUS AND MESOPOTAMIA WERE UNITED AS ONE.SO HE WAS NOT FROM INDIA SO THAT SUN MAKE HIM BROWN BUT LIKE ALL OTHER ASIANS HE WAS WHITE.ACTUALLY ARYANS CAME AND SETTLES DURING THE BRIN OF HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION.

Am i the only one who thinks Karna looks eerily similar to Ragna the Bloodedge from Blazblue, outside of that tho, great vid on a totally awesome servant who sadly was defeated on what was seemingly just plot armor