Talk:Babylonia Chapter Release (US)/@comment-37189271-20181217093108/@comment-25344672-20181218094143

The thing is, Merlin is in the same situation as Scathach and I guess Sieg as well... these 3 people are technically still alive but rather than being alive on Earth, they exist outside time and space and in a seperate location.

Merlin - Alive in the Garden of Avalon (but Tiamat killed his real body, so I guess his Spirit will now be recorded into the Throne of Heroes)

Scathach - Alive in the Land of Shadows (the boundary between the Land of Shadows and the mortal world broke now enough for her to come through)

Sieg - Alive on the Reverse side of the world, pretty sure he projected himself to where Ritsuka is...

Anyways Merlin managed to have himself summoned due to technicality and exploiting loop holes in the servant summoning system, because Babylonia procedes his time of birth and his imprisonment in the tower, he was able to have himself summoned by King Gilgamesh.

Artoria is more unique because she was destined to go to Avalon so technically she is still alive in Avalon... therefore the version of her that is summon is always a version of her between her dying and going to Avalon.

Emiya is a bit different as he a counter guardian but his spirit still exist outside time and space a sa eroic spirit.

The Heroic Spirits themselves exist outside time and space in the Throne of heroes, their spirits re removed from the cycle of reincarnation. A copy of them is called forth when it is summoned and they can be deployed by the world and the counterforce as detergent.

This is why Archer emiya is doomed because his soul is removed from the cycle of reincarnation and because he exist in the Throne of Heroes, He can be called to the past, present or future to do his job as part of the Counterforce.