I’ll kill you,” she would seriously respond with “By all means.” Background Ĭaren is the daughter of Kirei Kotomine and Claudia Hortensia. If threatened with “You’re an annoying Master. Although she lacks Command Spells, she controls both Lancer and Gilgamesh with the force of her personality and the threat that her death would mean their ends as well. They also compare her to their previous master, Kirei, and note that Caren resembles the priest in many ways.
Due to her somewhat twisted personality, both of her servants fear her and usually stay clear of the church just to get away from her. She can be thought of as "the mouthpiece for Kotomine's personality" in this regard. While this antagonizes many characters and causes much outrage and humiliation, she remains calm: once, when Avenger retorted in response to her, she squeezed his face without a change in expression. Upon discovery of an individual’s weak spot, she enjoys bringing it out to light in front of all the other characters. However, in contrast to her angelic persona, she also loves teasing people and exploiting others’ emotional vulnerability. Whenever she is at fault, she apologizes to God rather than the person. She never blames the person who has hurt her and blames the act on demons who caused the person to commit the sin. She claims that she has removed the skirt to both increase her mobility and to seduce men.Īs a priestess, Caren Hortensia has an angelic personality and is forgiving to the point that she believes her only purpose in life is to help others, even if she is hurt in the process. On the other hand, Caren also wears what she calls her 'exorcist uniform' which is composed of a dress and stockings but without a skirt. She is usually seen wearing church robes, and a hat if she is outdoors. Due to her demon detecting abilities, she is nearly always covered in bandages. Caren takes after her mother, Claudia, having light grey hair and golden eyes.