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55th ♫ | beyond the barbed wire, two race to the peak

The HOLY GRAIL WAR Meme

Seven Masters, magi of the present day. Seven Servants, heroes of days past.

One Holy Grail, granting whomever claims it a wish. Only one team of Master and Servant may claim it.
Who will it be?
For those unfamiliar with Fate/Stay Night or Fate/Zero, you can find a better explanation of the Holy Grail War here. (Note: The Holy Grail War in Fate/EXTRA functions in a dramatically different way, and one not followed for purposes of this meme.)

Instructions
1. Comment with your character. In the subject line, put that character's name, canon, and which role (Master, Servant, or either) you would like them to fulfill. Though not mandatory, it would be preferred that you give a brief summary of your character as they will (most likely) be AU'd into the setting. (NOTE: If your character can fill the role of Servant, I suggest you state which class(es) -- Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Caster, Assassin, or Berserker -- they fall into.)
2. Reply to others' comments. Pick your character's role (and the other character's if they list "Either" as their preference), then use the RNG to pick a scenario that fits the two characters' roles.
3. Enjoy! Though there might be triggers, depending on how the prompts are interpreted.

TWO MASTERS

1. Battle. Who says that Servants get to have all the fun? After all, most Masters try to kill each other, too. Whatever the circumstances, the two of you are locked in a fight. Neither of you are willing to use your Command Spells just yet, so no Servants here. Just two magi duking it out.

2. Alliance. There's a bigger threat out there. Either one Servant is exceptionally powerful, or the situation has changed and the participants need to take action against it. One way or another, you're teamed up with one of your rivals for the Holy Grail. How long will this last before you try to stab each other in the back? Or, will something more develop?

3. Protection. Uh-oh! One of you has lost your Servant! Unfortunately, there's no way you'd get to the church safely on your own, so the other one will help you get there! Or maybe you don't trust the priest presiding over the Holy Grail War and are giving shelter to them yourself? Given their track record, no one would blame you.

4. Death. One or both of you lay dying. It might have been by the other's hand, or by someone else's entirely. How will you spend your last moments in the presence of one of your rivals?

5. You, Too? Surprise! You may have been friends before, but you've just discovered that you're both Masters! How will you handle this revelation?

6. Wild Card. Roll again, pick one of the previous options, or make one up!

MASTER AND SERVANT

1. Are You My Master? The summoning is complete. Whether intentional or not, catalyst or not, a magus has summoned a Servant. What kind of meeting was it? Was everything totally under control, or did a hitch occur? Or maybe it happened in the middle of a life-or-death situation!

2. Identity. Either the Servant has flat out told the Master their identity, or they unleashed their Noble Phantasm. Either way, the cat is out of the bag. How will the Master react, now that they know their Servant's name and legend? Will anything change between the two?

3. Battle Aftermath. A battle has just ended. Who participated? Are either of you hurt? Did the Master have to use a Command Spell? Any number of things could have happened here.

4. Discord. Uh-oh. It looks like the Master and the Servant don't get along. Here come the arguments! Don't do something stupid, like waste a Command Spell over a triviality...

5. Love. And then, there's the opposite. Sometimes Masters and Servants fall in love with each other. How will this affect things?

6. Wild Card. Roll again, pick one of the previous options, or make one up!

TWO SERVANTS

1. Battle. This is what usually happens when two Servants meet -- they duke it out. This probably says enough as it is.

2. Alliance. There's a bigger threat out there. Either one Servant is exceptionally powerful, or the situation has changed and the participants need to take action aginst it. One way or another, you're teamed up with one of your rivals for the Holy Grail. How long will this last before you try to stab each other in the back? Or, will something more develop?

3. The Grail Dialogues. Maybe you're not interested in fighting just yet. Maybe you just want to sit down and talk with the other Servant. Find out what they want, what makes them tick. Get some wine while you're at it -- nothing like good wine to go with good talk!

4. Death. One or both of you lay dying...again. It might have been by the other's hand, or by someone else's entirely. How will you spend your last moments in this War in the presence of one of your rivals?

5. Identity. Congratulations, you've just learned each other's identities! Will this change the situation, or will you press onward?

6. Wild Card. Roll again, pick one of the previous options, or make one up!

Threaded | Flat

[Well, when you summon your Servant, you're going to get a very tall girl dressed like a ninja, who claims to be an Assassin Servant. Which is a bit odd, considering she's capable of using magic on par with a Caster, going toe-to-toe with a Saber, and generally being incredibly broken. She is even hiding her True Name and most of her stats, giving her True Name as "Alice". Which is. Weird, to say the least.

Of course, if you can reveal her actual history and truth... Her True Name is Lucifer. Which explains a lot.]

[Psst hey, hey you. Yeah, the one in the summoning circle, with the command seals.]

[You want the absolute shittiest Caster?]

[Sure you do. Good luck with that.]

[Well, there's options here.

Maybe you summon yourself this very intimidating looking gentleman in full armor. Saber, of course, as is immediately obvious from the sword he carries. But, wait, is that what you were going for? Because it's also very possible you were trying to summon the Legendary Enchanter and instead you got this guy. Clearly some wires got crossed. Although if you really want, he could be a Caster who 80% of the time is just hitting shit with his sword instead of using magic.

Or maybe he's a Master, in which case... have fun with this way too serious Master who doesn't seem all that interested in the Holy Grail War personally. He's just following orders. It's Fine.]

[ TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!!!

As a Master, Yuuri's a little inexperienced but fierce and determined. She certainly doesn't want to hurt anyone, but she's in the war to win it and claim the Holy Grail. Her intent is to wish for her little sister to be brought back to life, but you probably already guessed that because it's me and I love being upset about the Wakasa sisters.

As a Servant, she's much closer to her canon self i.e, she's a soft warm neesan who is here to make sure you eat delicious food and Protect you. She's a Caster class servant, but her True Name is Inari Okami, the Shinto kami of (among other things) agriculture, rice and tea. ]

[Hey, remember the absolute fucked-upness and moral depravity of mage experiments in the Nasuverse?

Yeah.

What Verstael Besithia lacks in noble bloodline, he makes up for in sheer talent for magecraft and... "creativity." He's more brilliant than he is strictly powerful, but he's actually no slouch in the circuit department. Consider him upper middle class, as far as power goes. His ideas have even netted him the support of some older, more traditionally endowed families, whose backing includes the resources he needed to get into this Holy Grail War.

His wish? Immortality, of course. But surely his genius will benefit the greater world in some way. Verstael's always known he'd leave his mark...]

[As a Servant, he'd be an Archer or an Assassin, and I'll make his legend up to suit whatever setup you need.

As a Master, Prompto's absolutely an accidental summoner who doesn't even know he's a mage and is going to mess up every single thing there is to mess up. Sorry, dudes, you're probably not getting that Grail.

~Other~ roles possible. :>]

[ SABERFACE JOKE!!!!

As a Servant, she's pretty much just Canon Violet summoned as a Servant because her life is just kind of Like That. Probably either an Assassin or a Berserker. FOLLOW YOUR HEART.

As a Master, Violet kind of has no idea what she's doing, since she's basically just acting as a backup Master in place of someone who died (guess who). She's supposed to take orders??? Not give them??? MATHLADY.GIF ]

[ Servant: Assassin, because what else would he even be. Intensely loyal to the point of slight absurdity.

Master: Probably avenging someone who died who he served as a normal-ass human servant and therefore a Tad Bloodthirsty. ]

[ Servant: The world's most unruly bastard of a Lancer. Will be nice and play along...if they find you amusing.

Master: How did you fuck up this badly to get Birchfell as a master of all things. Does not know what they're doing here at all. Doesn't even want to win. Are you sure they summoned you?? ]

[As a Servant, you've managed to get yourself a rather powerful Caster. Although you might be surprised about that, considering how serene and polite she tends to be. But in battle, she's a little scary. Her True Name is The Good Witch, which... does explain all that magical power, huh?

As a Master, she seems pretty much the same personality wise, if a lot more determined. Make no mistake, she is in it to win it and she's got enough talent as a mage to back it up.]

[Servant: I dunno what a whip counts as. Lancer? He does ALSO have a sword so maybe Saber.

Master: he's got a magic seal but doesn't have the first clue of how to use it, so instead he just uses a magic whip and Being Super Stupid™ to win the day.]

[ Hata no Kawakatsu is the legendary father of Sarugaku theatre. When the country was in turmoil, he wrote 66 plays, and had a mask made for each, in order to bring peace to the people. After passing down the secrets of his art, he went out to sea to die, but some tales suggest that he returned as a monster that terrorized the countryside until being enshrined as an avatar of Bishamonten.

The girl who got summoned doesn't look exactly like an old playwright, but this kind of thing does happen in the Grail War from time to time. ]

[The absolute sunshiniest Servant you've ever seen, determined to do this right and Be The Best. Probably a Saber or Archer class? I don't Fate.]

[Servant: Caster True Name: Lord El-Melloi II]

[Strength: E Endurance: E
Agility: C Mana: D
Luck: A+ NP: ?? ]

[Ordinarily, Lord El-Melloi II would not qualify as a Servant--this case is best described as a glitch in the summoning system, reaching through to a potential world akin to a dream instead of calling his Pseudo-Servant self. While he shares the same eye for detail, his personality tends more towards that of a commander than a strategist. The Master unlucky enough to make such an accidental summoning will find it impossible to confuse them at a glance, as this theoretical existence presents himself differently and carries a cane on his right side.]

[Noble Phantasm:
Mearcair Réalta
Verdant Rose of Clarity]

[The ability to cut through the heart of battle and expose an opponent's weaknesses. Using Volumen Hydragyrum in tandem with basic thaumaturgy, Caster evaluates the battlefield and enemy forces in an instant while laying traps made of wire magecraft. He utterly and completely lacks the strength to capitalize on this information, and the traps are barely a hindrance to most agile Servants. However, the shift of terrain and influx of information are a critical weapon in directing one's own forces--as a result, the rank of this Noble Phantasm depends wholly on his allies' use of it.]

[honestly i'm bored and mostly here for the concept of 'chaldea AU but guda got spooked by a 4* waver'. alternately if anyone wants to make me sad with a surprise diarmuid i can play out the master role like a normal person for a change]

Threaded | Flat

Alice Kozakura | oc | Assassin Servant

Jailbreak | OC

aran voliere | oc

Yuuri Wakasa | School-Live!

Verstael Besithia | Final Fantasy XV | Master

Prompto Argentum | Final Fantasy XV | Any role

Violet Evergarden | guess

Ekkehardt | OC

Birchfell | OC

Type: Dawn | OC

Trevor Belmont | Castlevania

Hata no Kokoro (Hata no Kawakutsu) | Touhou | Servant Lancer

Penny Polendina | RWBY | OTA

Waver Velvet | fate/ servantswap au