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Holy Grail War

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. Add other preferences if you would like. (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 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. 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 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. 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!

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[Probably works the best as a Master. If a Servant, she’s most likely an Avenger.]

Edited 2025-05-24 23:46 (UTC)

[Archer or Assassin.]

[Master, Alter Ego, Foreigner, or Ruler.]

[Master or Caster.]

( master. she can be ex-communicated from her magus family or simply fulfilling the war’s requirements as a seventh master. )

[Caster, or if you want s1 as a Master I can roll with that too.]

[Master! Or if you want her as a Servant, there's probably a few different classes she'd slot into. Caster, Ruler, Rider are probably good fits. Could also be some sort of shady grail war official.

Any role she's in is probably sketchy actually.]

( master pref. ask if you'd like his assassin variant. m/f if shipping. )

( master or saber class servant. )

( girl will introduce herself as a famous psychic from osaka, evident by her kansai-ben, but she is a saber class servant, not a caster.

has really high stats in everything, but she's unfortunately Kinda Stupid.

i would be playing her from post-chapter 4.2 in this particular case, but will avoid spoilers unless you're okay with them. let's talk shop before shipping, but otherwise anything's fair game! )

( master, hands down.

i generally play her as the youngest child of a very well off magus family; while she wasn't supposed to be the one fighting in the holy grail war, as she didn't receive her family's magic crest, she's just happened to stumble upon it, her family found out she successfully summoned a servant and then left the country.

in spite of her not having her family's magic crest, has a lot of potential as a magus and is decently powerful. )

[ Could I interest you in a thread with this OC? Her as master accidentally summoning an avenger/assassin servant? Maybe even an avenger disguised as assassin. ]

( i'd be down for her accidentally summoning them as an avenger disguised as an assassin!

she'd probably figure it out eventually, though so that would be an interesting avenue to pursue. )

[ ooc: Okay then I'll start us off! Let me know if this needs any changing. ]

Rage. A facet of a soul that exists in all beings across creation. Some are born and made from it - tasked to keep the violent cycle spinning, others torn down and rebuilt by it - giving their everything for it for their vengeance or some misguided form of clarity. Some use it as a tool, fueling their strength for a cause, king, or self - to end fighting, to protect others, to gain freedom. It mattered little of what, why, or who - it all comes back to one undisputed fact. Rage can change the world. So what then happens when a being - a soul - is brought back from the beyond, its peace taken away and given back its rage?

He didn't understand at first. He was drifiting off into eternity, awaiting the quiet darkness when suddenly, his feet were anchored to the ground. Cold stale air filled his lungs as blood flowed through his veins. Two sensations he hadn't felt for what felt like a lifetime. Then came knowledge, information being forced into his mind like a jar being filled with water. A war, a wish, seven masters and seven servants, the world, the era - the Grail. Then a second passed as he exhaled, sighing softly as he understood and open his eyes - striking blue like the ocean illuminated by moonlight - calm, clear, and cold, but hiding something terrible beneath.

He glanced around the room, trying to adjust to the sensation of having a physical form once more, before settling his gaze on a lone human. He can feel some power from her, power that's feeding into him from something on her hand. Command seals, he understands. He smiled amidst some intrusive thoughts of how he can get those seals off of her if at all possible.

"Good...evening, I assume. Are you my master?"

( the funniest result for this is her being a master, not a servant.

for this AU, i would probably play her as a magus who basically abandoned the magus life and accidentally summoned a servant. she doesn't want to be here, generally, but winds up in the war due to Circumstances. however, a wish is compelling to her nature as a gremlin cat who just wants to do stuff with medicine and her own wish is in relation to that.

i would definitely like to play her in a setting that is close to her canon setup, so it'd be especially funny for her to summon any servants who are from "the future" or words that have super advanced tech and the like.

not super particularly interested in shipping except for some particular circumstances, so if you want to go that route, discuss with me first. )

[ Master or Berserker. (Avenger at a stretch.) General info here.

If a Master: she either summoned her Servant completely by accident (stumbled on something she shouldn't have, or was intended as a sacrifice for someone else's summoning ritual, only for the Servant to end up bonded to her for some reason instead); or tried out a ritual she found in some dusty old book out of sheer desperation and loneliness. Has zero idea what she's getting herself into, regardless.

If a Servant: a pseudo-Servant possessed by War, one of the horsemen of the apocalypse. High strength and endurance, E rank luck. Largely unassuming and talks a big game about doing the right thing; absolutely merciless in battle and won't hesitate to kill innocent civilians to strengthen herself when her alternate personality takes over. Real Jeykll and Hyde type shit. Hides as much as she can about herself and her True Name from her Master for as long as possible. ]

[ Servant; either Saber or a very reluctant Ruler. General info here.

Obsessed with looking "cool" at all times. Freely reveals his True Name, but prefers to be called Charlie, claiming anything else is too heavy for him. Oddly evasive about certain things. Acts flippant and jolly, but seems to be carrying a burden underneath his laissez-faire attitude. A lot more serious as a Ruler, to his great dismay.

Also good with Chaldea setting stuff! ]

[Servant, Archer—though if you have a specific idea, I'm happy to try re-classing him.

Lawful neutral. Standoffish and proud, sometimes to the point of rudeness, but loyal, diligent—and secretly racked with regret.]

( master pref, or ruler class servant. )

[ Character Info | Preferences | Plotting Contact ]

A Demon Lord. Orphaned at birth, the bloodthirsty nature of the Netherworld beat the youth out of her at a young age. As she grew up, she climbed the ranks through a combination of manipulation and violence. Her capricious nature can have her acting like a outgoing friend and then a cynical bully on a whim.

For a HGW, she will be a Servant, Lancer class. She will be a cynical, big sister sort of Servant to her Master. Whimsical and disrespectful, but 100% dedicated to her Master. Her origin will be tweaked so that she is the mythological Etna of which the volcano is named for, bringing her namesake full circle.

Master/Servant shipping is A+.

[ Servant Assassin or Avenger. Good with close range and can go toe-to-toe with the knight classes. Bit of a schemer but is loyal to a master that would deserve it.

Master, hired mage hitman to represent his client noble mage family. ]

( assassin-class by default. available as berserker if you want her stronger and slightly more evil, and caster with the right set up, but not interested in the onicure thing atm.

also canonically a master — heian-era or an AU would be neat for that one. )

[ beep bepp goth parade.

if you're down for it, i kinda wanna see what comes out of these two working as master/servant. down for heian era au or whatever you're feeling the most. ]

[ Lancer or Ruler servant! ]

Edited 2025-05-27 13:30 (UTC)

(( prefer servant over master, can be assassin or caster ))

[ a reluctant master/participant of the Family Heirarch war, which can be a hgw with extra steps tbh.

or, a lancer servant. may or may not have the spirit origin of jia baoyu from dream of the red chamber. ]

Edited 2025-06-02 02:42 (UTC)

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Holy Grail War

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integra hellsing ( hellsing )

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