

In the ED, we see each character (that appears in the show) is connected by
(the proximity of) a hand.

Right as the ED of Carnival Phantasm ends, we see Saber [extending her hand to
someone](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ofR4M.jpg), but we never see who that
person is.

Was the identity of this hand ever revealed? If so, who is it?

[![Who's that
hand?!](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ofR4M.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ofR4M.jpg)


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Who is Saber extending her hand to in the ED of Carnival Phantasm?


That arm could be the arm of Kiritsugu Emiya. In the picture the characters
are connected to thier masters. The masters of Saber would be Shirou Emiya and
Kiritsugu Emiya.

It could also be the arm of Irisviel van Einzbern, who wasn't the real master
of Saber but some sort of stand-in, while Kiritsugu was doing his dirty work.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate/Zero#Characters>


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This is an interesting question, but without an official source to confirm the
answers, they can only remain as speculations.

If you pay attention to the forearm of the hidden character, it is not covered
in sleeves, nor is it decorated with anything, like a wrist band, so Kiritsugu
is out. Saber's friendly gesture towards the unknown person shows a moderately
close affinity between them, so again it can't be Kiritsugu because Saber
dislikes him and would have shown an anxious face like Bazett's if it's his
hand that is reaching out to her. While Irisviel von Einzbern fits all these
bills and is indeed a likely candidate, the size of the hand seems to be
slightly larger than that of Saber and about equal to that of Shirou, which
suggests the hand of a delicate man over that of a delicate woman.

I think Saber is extending her hand to her male archetype counterpart:
[Prototype Saber](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Arthur_Pendragon#Casual)
from _[Fate/Prototype](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Fate/Prototype)_ ,
which was released as a twelve minute anime segment released with Season 3 of
_Carnival Phantasm_.

[![Prototype Saber in casual
wear](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SRxLq.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SRxLq.png)

It makes sense to reveal only the hand because we don't even know of the
existence of Prototype Saber until after Ayaka Sajou has called Ahnenerbe in
the final segment of the last episode, so it serves as a good lead-in to
_Fate/Prototype_. The incompleteness of the character sequence is also an
acknowledgement to the fact that _Fate/Prototype_ never came to fruition.

In comparison, _Fate/Grand Carnival_ , _Carnival Phantasm_ 's spiritual
sequel, also did something similar in their
[EDs](https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/q7zjav/fategrand_carnival_ending_both_versions/)
where the character sequence stops halfway at the hind legs of [Red
Hare](https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Hare), but is continued and
ends unambiguously on
[Castoria](https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Artoria_Caster), signifying
that _Fate/Grand Order_ is a largely complete series with its own anime
adaptations.


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There's a [zerochan image](http://www.zerochan.net/873377) suggesting that
it's Irisviel:

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lnOLN.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lnOLN.jpg)

However, it credits a Pixiv user so chances are that it ain't official.
Nevertheless, there are some bases for such an assumption:

  * Irisviel has a connection to Saber (being the stand-in Master during Fate/Zero)
  * the arm looks feminine 
  * Despite [Logan M's comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3002/who-is-saber-extending-her-hand-to-in-the-ed-of-carnival-phantasm#comment2381_3105) Fate/Zero characters do appear in the Ahnenerbe party [after the credits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xk24zV5_KA&t=15m33s), even Iris.

![Omigawd it's Irisviel](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MzAh4.png)

![Real Emiya family](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ozvFP.png)

So it stands to reason that Irisviel is the most likely candidate.


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