How Accurate is FGO's Salome?

How well does Fate/Grand Order portray Salome, Princess of Judea? How close is Salome's in-game version to her biblical and fictional counterpart? In this video we delve into her character design, in-game skills, and characterization in order to determine that, followed up by giving it a grade in terms of its historical accuracy. Was Salome truly a princess who grew so attached to Jokanaan that she had him beheaded when he refused her? Find out here!

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Gameplay footage comes from the mobile game Fate/Grand Order.
Maps are from Google Maps or Wikimedia.
Artwork consists of Classical Pieces of Art created since the middle ages, chiefly works in the public domain from the 18th and 19th century.
Images from other sources are labeled by their source in the top left corner whenever such images are used.


Pumpkin Returns
Fate/Grand Order Original Soundtrack VI
Keita Haga
2023
Disc 2, Track 16



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00:00 Intro/Disclaimer
00:42 Class/Names
01:44 Character Design
02:47 Skillset
05:01 Noble Phantasm
06:38 Craft Essence
07:21 Valentines' CE
07:33 The Biblical Salome
11:06 The Fictional Salome
12:55 Salome in FGO
16:24 Conclusion
17:48 Final Grade