The Quest for the Holy Grail (War)

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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 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

Ruby Rose | RWBY | OTA

[silver_eyes_rose]

(OoC: Either role!)

Morgan | Fire Emblem Awakening | Caster/Master

[tomes_n_tricks]

[I suppose Caster would fit me better, So up for it?]

sakura matou | fate/stay night | ota

[grail]

( either role! as a servant, she'd be a caster or an archer. )

gonna play this one fast and loose tbh

[endlessblades]

[ There's something not-too-subtle about the way Sakura's Servant tries to keep himself at arm's length from his Master. Terse and taciturn, but never outright cold, the Archer without a name wears his secrets like a shroud, seemingly content to keep his relationship with the young magus something akin to "professional". He gives little, and asks for little in return; she provides mana, and he offers his protection. That seems to be that. ...On paper, at least.

The reality of the situation isn't quite so simple. More than once, Archer's found himself making careless slips of the tongue around her, or lost in his own head for just a few seconds too long. He's even gone so far as to call her by name, a particularly thoughtless moment that he can't take back (and, maybe, some part of him doesn't want to). There's only so far staying aloof will take him, he seems to understand, but there's a stubbornness to the way he behaves in spite of that realization.

There's an emotion that he won't articulate as he watches his Master from a distance, observing carefully while she deftly runs her knife through raw carrots and stalks of celery in Shirou Emiya's kitchen. He doesn't miss the smile on her face, when she looks at the boy cooking by her side.

It feels like a kick to the teeth.

Now, more than ever before, Archer sees the faults of that boy's ideology, and just how deeply he buries his head in the sand. How far can that "justice" take him, when he's blind to what's right in front of his face? ]

Lisa | Genshin Impact | OTA

[nap_tea_repeat]

[Either a Caster or a master!]

Boudica | Fate/Grand Order | OTA

[romeshallperish]

[Raidaa~]

Akasha | Dragalia Lost | OTA

[churchofall]

[Works as a master or a Foreigner.]

Vex'ahlia ➵ Critical Role ➵ OTA

[moneytwin]

[ Archer class servant, or Master! ]

Elda Marker | Karin (Chibi Vampire) | OTA

[matchbreaker]

[ Functions as a master or a servant (Assassin class). She can be a vampire as a master too or just humanized if you want to play with either. ]

Hinata Hyuuga | Naruto (Road to Ninja) | OTA

[fierceway]

[ Berserker class, baby. Or Assassin I guess but why would you want to? ]

𝓩𝖆𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖚𝖘 🔥 HADES

[getthehellouttahell]

[Servant. Interestingly enough, he can function as a Saber, Lancer, Archer, and Caster, since he uses weapons and magic suiting all four of those classes. Berserker even, since he refuses to give up, but that would impact some of his charm. Zagreus is a Greek god and an immortal, of sorts, with more information in his journal as you need. Ota for all things Gen, but if things want to go more shippy or smutty, M/M.]

3 (hope this is okay!)

[greatspear]

[It's a quiet night, and Tonbokiri is sitting on the back porch of his Master's house, sipping tea in what seems to be a casual manner. While he's certainly enjoying a brief moment of respite after a long day, that doesn't mean he hasn't lowered his guard against any potential threats.

Which is why, as soon as he can sense Zagreus' presence, he puts down his cup in favor of his spear--he is a Lancer, after all--and stands at the ready.]

Who approaches? Show yourself.

haru okumura | persona 5 | ota

[unsubservient]

[ berserker or master! ]

Anastasia Fabre | Original | OTA

[nefilim]

[Info in journal!

Can be either! As a Master, she's still a fallen half-angel who finds herself taking part in the war and aspires to use the grail to kill god. Doesn't think she needs a Servant due to being stupidly strong herself.

As a Servant, she's a Foreigner, thanks to being neither fully demon nor angel. A lot of her powers revolve around taint and corruption, and she's basically here to enable all the bad decisions. Might try to kill the church overseer too oops.]

Kanae Kochou | Kimetsu no Yaiba | OTA

[hanaodori]

[As a servant she can be a Saber]

[osake]

( heeey! if you don't mind multiple threads, how would you like to do something with these two? shuten is eligible to be a master as well as a rival servant – whatever your preference is! )

azuma shoichi, black survival.

[quantity]

( a master. )

Archer (Oda Nobunaga) | Fate/type Redline

[nobunobu]

[ Definitely a Servant. ]

Harold Krebs || Soldier's Home || M/F

[lifewithnoconsequence]

[BERSERKER!!! Or, a slightly chill, Avenger. I was thinking something along the lines of this.]

Ibaraki Douji | FGO

[bananaoni]

[Berserker oni that demands sweets and Shuten products.]

zelda | loz: breath of the wild

[inabilities]

[ 5 star archer, so-so saber, or master! ]

[sageprincess]

[can i interest you in an ancestor as a servant? maybe as a sheikahsona assassin class to dodge the feelings of inadequacies from hitting Immediately--]

Okita Souji/Sakura Saber | Fate/type Redline

[concealedsword]

[ A servant, obviously! ]

[21towin]

[Mm, rng gave us battle, but we can also do something else if you'd like.]

tifa lockhart | FF7 | ota

[heavenlybrawler]

( Can be either Master or Servant. If Servant, she’d be in the Berserker class since that seems closest to the Monk class. )

castor | fate/

[dioscures]

[ Avenger. He hates being a Servant, he hates you (especially if you're human), and he's only cooperating to regain his lost divinity and reunite with his sister. A tsundere overall, but like... a particularly mean one. ]

shuten-douji | fate/grand order

[osake]

( ota; assassin-class servant or, in light of lostbelt 5.5, a master. )

[bananaoni]

The Huntress | Dead By Daylight

[bayu]

[Probably a Berserker or Archer (look, she's got damn good aim). The Huntress probably originally was just a wild woman living in the woods like her canon counterpart. Also like her canon counterpart, a lot of her killings were reported to be done by a 'werewolf' so in Servant form she probably has some access to like enhanced hearing and stuff.

Mainly she wants to hunt down the other Servants and Masters and maybe a few civilian. Good prey, humans are.]

jade curtiss | tales of the abyss | ota

[fonomena]

(As a Servant he'd be a Caster! ....Or maybe Lancer, barely, if you manage to flub up the container that badly?? Which would actually be pretty funny tbf-- In life he was famed both as a soldier and a genius scientist, who dabbled in magecraft tied to raising the dead. The method of "fomicry" would be his main legacy, though it never quite achieved the true resurrection he was after, so to speak...still, the rumors and reputation he gained as a result would saddle him with the title of Necromancer anyway.

As a Master he'd be an experienced mage from a moderately respected sort of military family; he'd still be searching for a means to achieve true resurrection through magecraft, so he's probably seeking the grail as a tool to help facilitate this smh...)

Hana Song | Overwatch

[luvdva]

[Master~]

Billy the Kid | FGO | M/F

[21towin]

[An archer, could also be a Gunner as well.]