Pantagruel

Pantagruel (パンタグリュエル) is one of the main characters in Isekai Quartet The Movie -Another World-. She is an intelligent golem created by the God of Wind, Kikotenshin Nekonyan.

Appearance
Pantagruel appears as a young human girl with shoulder-length dark brown hair, crimson-colored right eye, and fair skin. While appearing as a human, her doll-like arms are a giveaway to her artificial nature.

Pantagruel wears two circular hair attachments, and usually seen with an eye patch on her left eye with a cross symbol which hides an orange colored eye. Her attire includes an edge tattered black cloak with red lining, a white bodice, black corset and knee-length boots. Around her next is a black gorget.

Personality
Pantagruel was repeatedly referred as a chunibyou, always trying to seem cool to others that she just met. Before she was clingy and wanted to make sure nobody who got transferred to her world to return to their original worlds, for the fear that they might leave her all alone again. The golem originally went to great extent one time, to prevent this outcome, even lying to her friends that there was not way out. But after the consequences of her actions, leading to a world ending golem, she became more relaxed and selfless, wishing her new companions farewell.

Background
While trapped in Another World, Kikotenshin met an old researcher who was also from a different world. During their time together, they combined their methods to create various types of golem. The first series were based on the Siege Golem, though smaller and in its likeness, before the paladin and researcher developed a new Godzilla-variant golem.

Unfortunately, the golem went amok, leading them to create a new type of intelligent golem named Pantagruel. As part of his contribution to Pantagruel's creation, Kikotenshin embedded an item known as Cat Crystal Core into the golem's eye. Together with her and his Siege Golem, Kikotenshin defeated the rampaging golem.

For a time, Kikotenshin and Pantagruel worked together to construct a fortress to house all the golems made by the researcher. Eventually, the old researcher managed to create a portal back to his original world using the defeated golem’s core.

Prior to the events of the movie, Kikotenshin Nekonyan had passed away. However, his golem creation survived and remained in Another World where time passed for three hundred years.

Pantagruel's loneliness would come to an end with the arrival of Alec Hoshin who she quickly befriended and later Vera Mitrohina. The golem helped the two newcomers build a peaceful life in Another World. Though her two new friends inquired if there was a way to return to their worlds, Pantagruel despite knowing of a method stated that there was not as doing so would unleash untold damage to the current world.

However during that time living with her new friends, Vera while searching Pantagruel's room discovered a journal belonging to Kikotenshin, mentioning a how to control the golems in Another World and a way to open a portal back to her own dimension. Vera finding the contents of the journal to be in contrary to what the golem was told her and Alec, then confronted the golem, accused Pantagruel of lying to them in order to keep the two trapped in her world.

Pantagruel while having no proper way to justify her actions, caused Vera to split away from Pantagruel, taking the journal and a spare Cat Crystal Core aiming to not just fulfill the requirements in the journal to open a portal home but also command forth the immortal golem army that laid dormant to end a ongoing war in her world. Pantagruel was left sadden at their falling out and Alec was the only one who remained by her side.

Isekai Quartet The Movie -Another World - Arc
Pantagruel while collecting eggs from a mesa with a golem helper, is distracted when she hears a boom in the distance. The golem gets to higher ground and spot a Siege Golem, going amok. Pantagruel then decides to investigate and has her golem helper follow her. While traveling through the desert, Pantagruel hears another noise in the distance, and muses herself that a lot of golems in the area have been going amok, most likely due to "her". Not wanting to be feeling down, Pantagruel looks at the bright side as she notices that a lot of new people have arrived to Another World. She soon spots a group of the newcomers, and while hiding behind a a rock formation. A small berserk golem also catches sight of the newcomers, and proceeds to lunge at them.

Before it completes its charge at the group, Pantagruel announces her presence and lands at the foot of the mesa she was spying from, followed by her assistant. Pantagruel the approaches the attacking golem slowly, offering soothing words until is calms down and becomes passive. Just as Pantagruel is about to them the newcomers everything is alright, Aura Bella Fiora quickly subdues the girl using Queen. Aura's comrades though tell her to release the girl as they need information. Once released, Pantagruel offers them a flowery introduction. Pantagruel warns the group that the golems in the world are out of control and invites them to stay in her village. Though the newcomers are suspicious of Pantagruel, they decide to follow her after hearing that there is a human living in the village.

At the village the group find a troop of golems are tending to the fields and are relieved to see that they found a part of their comrades from Class 2 present. Pantagruel then introduces the new group to Alec Hoshin, who then offers them to a meal. When the members of Class 2 praise how nice Alec seems, Pantagruel confirms this to be correct, adding that he and another are the only two humans that were previously present in the world. But when Class 2 asks about the other one, being Vera, and why she is not in the village, Pantagruel hesitantly says that she left.

Over a meal of okonomiyaki prepared by the golem helpers, when Demiurge asks if there is a way to return to their world. Pantagruel maintains that there is not, lying that she does not have any information as Alec keeps his silence. The next question that follows, is why the golems are attacking them. Pantagruel explains that the golems did not used to before, however their actions are being controlled by Vera who has in possession of a ring that allows her to command them. The attacks apparently are just tests to explore the combat capabilities of the golems as Vera desires to bring the immortal army of golems to her world to stop a war that is ravaging her world. The thought of such a thing is barbarous and morally wrong, to most of the member in Class 2. However Shalltear Bloodfallen believes that they have nothing to worry as there is no way to leave the world as of yet, though both Pantagruel and Alec look at each other uncomfortably. Demiurge agrees as decides that the class should focus on locating the rest of their remaining allies.

A little while later Pantagruel and the rest of Class 2 are informed by Viktoriya and two members of her squad of spotting a commotion out in the wasteland to the north. Demiurge and the other quickly deduce it to be their lost comrades. Eager to aid, Pantagruel joins a team to make contact with the other group. The team is composed of Natsuki Subaru, Beatrice, Naofumi Iwatani and Aqua. On the way Subaru inquires about Alec and his relationship with Pantagruel, citing that Alec must have been fortunate to be Pantagruel, else he would have been all alone in the world.

After resting at some ruins, Aqua asks Pantagruel is she has any thing to confess as she sensed that the golem was holding back when she claimed that there was no way to leave this world. Though Pantagruel is hesitant, Aqua is able to encourage her to speak the truth and the golem confesses that she lied about there being no way to return to their world. While the deception is a surprise, the group forgives Pantagruel as there must be a reason and it gives the golem the courage to being more open with people.

The group approaches the site where a battle between Albedo's team and the golems are taking place. Shocked the carnage of the destroyed golem, Pantagruel hurries to stop the fighting and is backed up by Aqua. Once the situation is defused, Pantagruel is introduced to Megumin who she quickly get along with due to their similar personalities. The new group is then brought back to the village where the rest of Class 2 happily reunite with their friends.

Not seeing Alec among the crowd in the village square, Pantagruel goes to the cathedral where he is at. There to her surprise she finds Alec speaking with Vera. Before Alec can warn her to stay away, Vera quickly takes Pantagruel hostage with a knife. Vera wastes no time in tying Pantagruel when Tanya appears. Tanya and Viktoriya appear at the cathedral and are initially confused as they see that Vera is wearing a uniform of their home country. It is revealed that Vera is not a fellow solider in their nation, but a spy from a rival nation. Vera while having ancestry from Tanya's homeland was made a pariah in her birth country to due her heritage. Out of revenge she plans to open a portal to bring the golems to destroy Tanya's country.

Vera then takes Pantagruel, who allowed herself to be held captive as a means to reach her, away and to the underground lab where the machine that can create a portal to another world lies dormant. Ainz Ooal Gown and Satou Kazuma who had been cooperating with Vera to find a way home, try to stop the soldier from activating the machine. As it turns out the machine not only creates a portal but is the heart of a powerful golem with the potential to destroy the world. Their warning as well as Pantagruel's please go unignored as Vera is more than happy to free the golem believing her ring will be enough to control the golem.

Pantagruel's eyepatch which is the key to awakening the golem is removed and placed on the console. The golem rouses from its golem, but it proves uncontrollable and goes on a rampage. Ainz protects the group with his powers, but the golem breaks out of the laboratory and heads outside. Vera in horror of what she has done is comforted by Pantagruel who forgives her. Pantagruel seeing that there is only one way to stop the golem then decides to bond with the core to halt its rampage. Alec having arrived at the scene does not wish for this as he read the diary of her creator. If she bonds with the golem, then Pantagruel's personality will be erased. Pantagruel though is adamant in her ai to stop the golem as she is fulfilling her duty as a golem of her creator. Before going off to stop the golem, she apologizes to Vera for lying to her.

Ainz coordinating with the rest of Class 2, work together to restrain the golem long enough for Pantagruel to enter its left eye. Upon merging with the core, Pantagruel takes control and removes its heart from its body which creates a portal for Class 2 to escape Another World. The only ones to remain behind are Alec and Vera who decide to remain in Another World to watch over what is left Pantagruel. After Class 2 enter the portal, Kazuma using his [Steal] ability at the last minute manages to pull Pantagruel out before her memories are wiped away. Pantagruel now reunited with her two friends then vow to make a new life together in peace.

Abilities and Powers
Pantagruel as a golem is not limited to human frailty and hence is able to perform many impressive acrobatic and athletic feats. One of her more interesting characteristics is that she has the ability to influence golems.

Kikotenshin Nekonyan
Kikotenshin was one of two people responsible for Pantagruel's creation. After one of her creators left to return to her world, Kikotenshin remained in Another World with her until the day he passed away. As a testament to her devotion to the player from YGGDRASIL, made a grave for him as well as a cathedral in his honor. In her room, she possesses a few keepsake of her creator, showing her fondness to his memory.

Trivia

 * Pantagruel is the name of the son of Gargantua, a giant from 16th century French literature.
 * Appearance wise, she is the spitting image of Megumin from Konosuba.