on a cold winter's night, a war awaits. . .

[reanons]

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.

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 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!

Comments

atsushi nakajima | bungou stray dogs (beast)

[beastcollar]

( A rather timid Master who isn't really in control of the shots or alternatively, a Berserker class Servant. )

Anna Fugo | GRANBELM

[emberserker]

[Works as a Master, daughter of a powerful mage family as in canon, or as a Lancer, Caster, or Berserker.]

ereshkigal | f/go

[allatu]

[ Lancer! Can also go for a naive and formal Master with some attitude. I'm voicetesting so please be gentle! ]

[painalty]

[HELLO do you have any particular scenarios you'd like to do with Eresh and Sanson? I'm also open for general Chaldea shenanigans. I just think it'd be cute for Ereshkigal to interact with a dude who could sympathize with the whole "born to rule the underworld" thing except that his is "born to execute people".]

korra ❄️ atla/tlok ❄️ ota.

[bearcat]

( can be a stubborn wayward master, or you can pick a canon point for different classes: b1 archer; b2 caster; b3 berserker; b4 ruler. 18+ for any of the shippy prompts, feel free to pm if you wanna hash out deets! )

Elda Marker | Karin (Chibi Vampire)

[matchbreaker]

[ For the most part she works best as an Assassin class Servant, a little vampire woman whose wish for the grail involves her family even though as a Servant they're long dead. Also works as a master if you want to play with her being an older woman involved or like. A vampire interloper which is causing problems either as a master or third party. Dead Apostles are a thing after all. ]

Monoma Neito | MHA

[mirrormove]

[The dumb, arrogant master who calls a servant for something petty (just pure respect and acclaim he thinks he deserves) accidentally succeeds and gets dragged in way over his head.]

Zechs Merquise || Gundam Wing

[deposedprince]

[Could be a Master or a Servant. M/M for smut, unless cannonmates.]

rider ☣️ fate/

[cybele]

( available in rider or avenger! no shinjis, please. )

[ribbonry]

( maybe an au where sakura summons avenger instead of rider? the possibilities! 👀 )

Estelle | Tales of Vesperia | OTA

[storytellingprincess]

(OoC: Either a powerful Master, Saber or Castor.)

rider ⚓ fate/

[delmarred]

( chaotic evil big sister, probably ditched her master for the evening to go drinking lbr. no shinjis please. )

Oichi | Gakuen Basara

[raiseyourhands]

[A timid Master who was forced into this by her horrible and controlling older brother when she manifested command spells instead of him.

Alternatively, she's available in Sengoku Basara flavor as a very difficult Berserker for anyone who's into that.]

magnus the red | warhammer 40000 | servant

[rubricatus]

( Primarch aspect, as a Caster: Well-spoken and compassionate, but very very powerful and very very arrogant. He's a mentor type, and used to being deferred to, so he's likely to butt heads with controlling Masters and encourage meeker ones. Also, for the sake of identity reveals, an AU that puts him in antiquity instead of the far future probably involves him being remembered as a demigod?? Whether or not that's true.

Daemon prince aspect, as an Avenger: Still powerful, arrogant, and outwardly refined, but lacking in most of his softer qualities. Ironically, even while being resentful of it, he's more accepting of being told what to do, and will probably just walk all over anyone without a strong personality. Also, he's bird.

Can also be summoned as a Foreigner in either aspect, probably. )

red magnus| Disgaea 5| servant| 5 because disgaea 5 but also because moron

[bigredmag]

[Normally, Berserker would be unimpressed by any other servant, seeing how they would be tiny, and puny. Especially a caster. But this caster was big! With muscles!

And also, was red! With big red hair! This was copyright infringement! Decorum be damned! Rules be damned! He was Red Magnus, the biggest baddest red oni, and nobody was muscling in on his turf, no matter how many abs they had! ]

YO! JABRONI! What are you doing stealing Red Magnus' style, huh!?

[Oh no he's an idiot Magnus points an accusatory finger at Magnus, and yes Magnus is going to insist on not differentiating which Magnus he is referring to within his own head. Red Magnus doesn't understand your standards and substitutes them with yelling!]

There's only room for one big red demon, and I already take up both seats!

Senri | +Anima

[bear_necessities]

[Congrats. You pulled the most obedient Berserker ever.]

etna | disgaea | ota

[lonemajin]

[As a Master: Etna is the last remaining member of a talented magus family adopted by another magus family incapable of producing an heir. Participating in the HGW to prove she deserves to be considered the legitimate heir. Because of her whimsical and capricious nature, she can have a broad range of behaviors toward her Servant that will definitely vary depending on who they are.

As a Servant: Lancer-class. A mishmash of her canon background and the mythology revolving around the 'real' Etna/Aetna (both the mythological nymph and the myths of the volcano named after her). There's a surprising amount of stuff, but she and her volcano are involved in Greek, Roman, and, surprisingly, Arthurian mythology. No matter what, she will be something of a lazy, high-maintenance big sister figure to her Master.

Can be either a classic HGW, an Apocrypha scenario, a F/GO singularity, or something set in Chaldea for shenanigans. Servant/Servant and Servant/Master shipping is A+.]

[unpranked]

[Interested in Anastasia as Etna's Servant? Anastasia has a teasing/capricious side too, but she's obviously burdened by a lot, so her and Etna would have a pretty neat back-and-forth, I think? Totally up for shipping.]

Asterios | Fate Grand Order

[beefaroni]

[Still reigning champion of Fluffiest Berserker.]

Rider | Fate/Grand Order | ota

[fortunerd]

[ Servant, Rider. True Name spoilers possible in tags. ]

Ragna the Bloodedge | BlazBlue

[rebellions]

[ Servant, either Berserker or Avenger. ]

alliance

[fauxcalibur]

[Alliances in a Holy Grail War are generally forged by Masters, often leaving their Servants to struggle to maintain civility. That's...sort of what's happening here. One party is civil, certainly...]

So have you had the chance to see any movies since being summoned, Avenger?

[Probably more civil than necessary. Their Masters are inside hashing out some sort of plan and they're supposed to be standing guard. Saber, however, doesn't seem particularly on guard...]

If you haven't, I can make some recommendations!

[Considering he's wearing ripped jeans, a Godzilla T-shirt, and a leather jacket with a rhinestone cross on the back, it's almost like this isn't a Servant at all, just some idiot who got lost on his way to hang out with his fellow idiots.]

Richard the Lionheart | Fate/Strange Fake

[fauxcalibur]

[Saber. Probably not the one you wanted, but still happy to be here.]

Saber (Arturia Pendragon) | Fate | OTA

[ofthenineworthy]

[Only interested in playing her as, well, regular Saber, no alter or lily or class swaps. Cool with F/Z era or F/SN era, though.]

Master and Servant - 1?

[walking_nuke]

[OOC: So a funny thing about this guy! When I first made him—he's from Richard Garriot's Tabula Rasa—I didn't realize that his name, Balin, comes from Arthurian legend. Namely, one of King Arthur's knights who wasn't in very high favor with Arthur. And his brother wore red armor, which this Balin wears for specific reasons.]

[Would you be interested in an AU version of this based in Balin's setting?]

Ilanos (MC) | Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

[stormschampion]

((Either))

Konoe "Nine" Mercury | BlazBlue

[enchantmess]

[ Can be either a Master or, if a Servant, either a Caster (normal or Alter) or Avenger (Alter only). ]

Raven | Guilty Gear

[paaaanzer]

[Weird horny Berserker or Assassin who, apparently, has no regard for appropriate Master/Servant relations. Talk philosophy with him.]

Persephone | Original

[joies]

[Not the Persephone from mythology but calls herself that anyway - would be summoned as a Ruler who is very powerful but prefers not to fight. Lowkey flirt and is more cunning that she appears, more info in her journal!]

Dia Starfall | Star Wars OC | F/M for shipping or smut, ota otherwise

[pathfromdarknesstogrey]

(Probably a Servant in this instance, though not terribly happy about it. She's most likely an Assassin, but she could also be a Saber. Technically you could make an argument for Berserker, but that's her weakest class)

Nobunaga Oda | FGO

[ateaist]

[Archer or Avenger! She’ll still be herself for Avenger, I’m not interested in playing Maou.]