How Accurate is FGO's Constantine XI?

How well does Fate/Grand Order portray Constantine XI, aka Kōnstantînos Palaiológos, the Last Emperor of the Roman Empire? How close is Constantine's in-game version to his historical counterpart? In this video we delve into his 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 Constantine XI truly a soldier emperor who made a desperate but doomed last stand against the Ottoman Turks? 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.
Animated footage comes from the following sources: Trailers for the game Fate/Grand Order (2015) by Aniplex and Lasengle, with the trailers made by A-1 Pictures, and Fate/Apocrypha (2017) by A-1 Pictures. Animated footage from either of these sources are labeled by their source in the top left corner whenever such footage is used.


Realm of Thanatos Impulse Traum II
Fate/Grand Order Original Soundtrack VI
Keita Haga
2023
Disc 1, Track 9



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00:00 Intro
00:49 Class
01:27 Character Design
03:11 Skillset
06:51 Noble Phantasm
09:13 Craft Essence
10:32 Valentines' CE
11:24 Constantine XI's Early Years
16:44 Constantine XI as Emperor
20:38 Constantine XI in FGO
26:15 Conclusion
27:23 Final Grade