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Fate/Stay Night

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	=== Fate/Stay Night ===		=== Fate/Stay Night ===
	[[File:FSNposter.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|Say what you will about Takeuchi's intense sameface, he's got good character design.]]		[[File:FSNposter.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|Say what you will about Takeuchi's intense sameface, he's got good character design.]]
	Fate/Stay Night was the original work in the Fate series, released as a visual novel in 2004. It's where you get ancient memes like "People die when they are killed," and "I am the bone of my sword." The Holy Grail War depicted in F/SN is the Fifth Grail War, and it features the following heroes:		Fate/Stay Night was the original work in the Fate series, released as a visual novel in 2004. It's where you get ancient memes like "People die when they are killed," and "I am the bone of my sword." One of the routes is infamous for having Nasu's rape fetish on full display. The Holy Grail War depicted in F/SN is the Fifth Grail War, and it features the following heroes:

	* Saber - King Arthur, but ''a girl.'' Her Noble Phantasm is Excalibur, which manifests its power in a slash that "cuts through everything." [[What \| The actual attack is a gigantic laser beam that vaporizes whatever she points it at]], leading to F/GO's running gag where [[Lulz\|you're only a real Saber if you fire sword beams of any sort]]. Saber is unique as a Servant (but only in this work) because she's neither a spirit (and therefore unable to dematerialize) nor even ''dead'' and instead sits around in Avalon answering calls to hunt the Grail. Heroine of the first story route, and one of the most popular (and lazily copied) characters in modern Japanese pop culture, Saber is an endearingly-earnest knightly woman type.		* Saber - King Arthur, but ''a girl.'' Her Noble Phantasm is Excalibur, which manifests its power in a slash that "cuts through everything." [[What \| The actual attack is a gigantic laser beam that vaporizes whatever she points it at]], leading to F/GO's running gag where [[Lulz\|you're only a real Saber if you fire sword beams of any sort]]. Saber is unique as a Servant (but only in this work) because she's neither a spirit (and therefore unable to dematerialize) nor even ''dead'' and instead sits around in Avalon answering calls to hunt the Grail. Heroine of the first story route, and one of the most popular (and lazily copied) characters in modern Japanese pop culture, Saber is an endearingly-earnest knightly woman type.
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	* Assassin - Sasaki Kojirou, autistic samurai. The original example of a popular fictional tale come to life, Kojirou has never actually existed. Instead, the Grail brought in some nameless peasant of no note who [[Awesome \| trained on his own and eventually became able to bend spacetime through sheer skill]] [[Derp \| because he really wanted to kill a swallow]]. Has shit stats, only got a katana from his namesake ([[Katanas are Underpowered in d20 \|which bends upon exchanging blows with a proper European longsword]]), and lacks a Noble Phantasm, but his [[Weeaboo Fightan Magic \| ridiculous sword skills]] compensate for it as long as he can get close. Pretty chill guy who just loves to fight, but Caster used the vacant Assassin slot to summon him herself and bind him to her base's front door, so he doesn't get to do much besides serve as the odd boss fight.		* Assassin - Sasaki Kojirou, autistic samurai. The original example of a popular fictional tale come to life, Kojirou has never actually existed. Instead, the Grail brought in some nameless peasant of no note who [[Awesome \| trained on his own and eventually became able to bend spacetime through sheer skill]] [[Derp \| because he really wanted to kill a swallow]]. Has shit stats, only got a katana from his namesake ([[Katanas are Underpowered in d20 \|which bends upon exchanging blows with a proper European longsword]]), and lacks a Noble Phantasm, but his [[Weeaboo Fightan Magic \| ridiculous sword skills]] compensate for it as long as he can get close. Pretty chill guy who just loves to fight, but Caster used the vacant Assassin slot to summon him herself and bind him to her base's front door, so he doesn't get to do much besides serve as the odd boss fight.
	* Berserker - Herakles. Monstrously strong as is, he gets a shitload of extra lives and resistance to things that kill him based on his Twelve Tasks. Theoretically unstoppable, he dies to let another character show off in every story route. Turns out Berserker is one of his ''worst'' classes, which is ironic because he was summoned by a "family" that participated in every Grail War, brought powerful non-Berserker heroes, still lost and finally decided "fuck it, why don't we just summon an extremely powerful hero with a passive NP and give them even ''more'' stats as a Berserker?". To drive the point home, in one route he dies to a weaker copy of ''his '''other''' Noble Phantasm'', which he has access to but [[Derp \| can't use himself due to his mental degeneration]]. Still a cool guy despite the frothing rage, he's completely loyal to and fiercely protective of his Master, [[Awesome \| managing to break out of chains designed to hold Gods when he sees her get hurt]].		* Berserker - Herakles. Monstrously strong as is, he gets a shitload of extra lives and resistance to things that kill him based on his Twelve Tasks. Theoretically unstoppable, he dies to let another character show off in every story route. Turns out Berserker is one of his ''worst'' classes, which is ironic because he was summoned by a "family" that participated in every Grail War, brought powerful non-Berserker heroes, still lost and finally decided "fuck it, why don't we just summon an extremely powerful hero with a passive NP and give them even ''more'' stats as a Berserker?". To drive the point home, in one route he dies to a weaker copy of ''his '''other''' Noble Phantasm'', which he has access to but [[Derp \| can't use himself due to his mental degeneration]]. Still a cool guy despite the frothing rage, he's completely loyal to and fiercely protective of his Master, [[Awesome \| managing to break out of chains designed to hold Gods when he sees her get hurt]].
	* Archer 2 - Yes, there are more than seven servants. This guy survived the disaster that was the Fourth Grail War and managed to hang around afterwards. He is Gilgamesh. As pretty much the first hero ever recorded and a king, he's [[Derp \| "King of Heroes"]]. All other legends are derived from him, and in his lifetime he [[Murderhobo \| ignored his subjects and went around collecting everything there was to collect]], which means he has the original (and strongest) version of every artifact and can manifest them at will. This applies to pretty much anything humanity's ever produced, so it's no problem for him to summon the best car ever, or jet, or [[What \| fishing rod]], or, if summoned in the future, spaceship... However, swinging swords is for losers, so he earns Archer status by launching them at his enemies. And, of course, when that doesn't work, he can just break out the [[Exterminatus \| world-rending <del>sword</del> <del>drill</del> thing]] that even he respects. Gilgamesh being the strongest Servant, period, is '''very''' canon, with Nasu making sure to give him new powers whenever he's mentioned. However, while his ego is large enough to nullify any mental attack through sheer will, it also eventually brings him down without fail.		* Archer 2 - Yes, there are more than seven servants. This guy survived the disaster that was the Fourth Grail War and managed to hang around afterwards. He is Gilgamesh. As pretty much the first hero ever recorded and a king, he's [[Derp \| "King of Heroes"]]. All other legends are derived from him, and in his lifetime he [[Murderhobo \| ignored his subjects and went around collecting everything there was to collect]], which means he has the original (and strongest) version of every artifact and can manifest them at will. This applies to pretty much anything humanity's ever produced, so it's no problem for him to summon the best car ever, or jet, or [[What \| fishing rod]], or, if summoned in the future, spaceship... However, swinging swords is for losers, so he earns Archer status by launching them at his enemies. And, of course, when that doesn't work, he can just break out the [[Exterminatus \| world-rending <del>sword</del> <del>drill</del> thing]] that even he respects. Gilgamesh being the strongest Servant, period, is '''very''' canon, with Nasu making sure to give him new powers whenever he's mentioned. However, while his ego is large enough to nullify any mental attack through sheer will, it also eventually brings him down without fail. He is also a massive douchebag and gives off huge stalker/rapist vibes in his obsession with Saber.
	* True Assassin - An assassin summoned [[Rip and Tear \| out of Kojirou's body]] during one of the routes. He actually is one of the leaders of the Hashashin. Showcasing what a real Assassin is like, he manages to bring down both Lancer and Saber by leading them to a stronger threat and helping it out. His proper title is Hassan of the Cursed Arm, whose Noble Phantasm manifests as [[Faptau\|an extra-long right arm]] that allows him to crush your heart if he so much as touches you with it. F/GO reveals that he's actually quite an [[Kharn\|affable, honorable guy]] when you're not on his hitlist.		* True Assassin - An assassin summoned [[Rip and Tear \| out of Kojirou's body]] during one of the routes. He actually is one of the leaders of the Hashashin. Showcasing what a real Assassin is like, he manages to bring down both Lancer and Saber by leading them to a stronger threat and helping it out. His proper title is Hassan of the Cursed Arm, whose Noble Phantasm manifests as [[Faptau\|an extra-long right arm]] that allows him to crush your heart if he so much as touches you with it. F/GO reveals that he's actually quite an [[Kharn\|affable, honorable guy]] when you're not on his hitlist.

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	=== Fate/Grand Order ===		=== Fate/Grand Order ===
	Much like ''Fate/Apocrypha'', Grand Order takes place in a timeline that diverged from the one showed in ''Stay Night''. where Marisbury Animusphere wins the 2004 Grail War, thanks to him summoning a ''Grand Caster''. Instead of pursuing the Root as other Mages would, Marisbury would instead wish for the influence, prestige, and most importantly, the '''money''' to found the means to secure Mankind's future. By 2018, this would become the '''Chaldea Security Organization''', a gathering of the best of scientific and magical minds, which would go on to create a much more practical Servant summoning system, as well as the Rayshift, a means of time-traveling that would allow Chaldea to investigate temporal anomalies that could possibly negatively influence the present.		Much like ''Fate/Apocrypha'', Grand Order takes place in a timeline that diverged from the one showed in ''Stay Night''. where Marisbury Animusphere wins the 2004 Grail War, thanks to him summoning a ''Grand Caster''. Instead of pursuing the Root as other Mages would, Marisbury would instead wish for the influence, prestige, and most importantly, the '''money''' to found the means to secure Mankind's future. By 2018, this would become the '''Chaldea Security Organization''', a gathering of the best of scientific and magical minds, which would go on to create a much more practical Servant summoning system, as well as the Rayshift, a means of time-traveling that would allow Chaldea to investigate temporal anomalies that could possibly negatively influence the present.

	Which is a good thing, as things soon go to Hell in a handbasket, and Chaldea has to scramble against an unknown attacker that seems hell-bent on making sure Humanity's history ''literally'' gets burnt to a cinder, all related to an obtuse prophecy that the world would end by 2016.		Which is a good thing, as things soon go to Hell in a handbasket, and Chaldea has to scramble against an unknown attacker that seems hell-bent on making sure Humanity's history ''literally'' gets burnt to a cinder, all related to an obtuse prophecy that the world would end by 2016.
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	The game has also shown just what could be done with the Servant summoning system, pushing things to the absolute limit on just what kind of "Hero" can be summoned (up to and including theoretical existences like ''fictional characters'' such as the Count of Monte Cristo), as well as introducing all sorts of summoning-related shenanigans like "twin summoning" (summon a Hero? You also get a chance at summoning their arch-nemesis for free!), "chain summoning" (summon Altera the Hun? If you have the mana to spare, you can THEN use her sword to summon Mars as a gigantic Mecha as well!), and the infamous self-summon (a dying Gilgamesh [[What\|''summons his Archer self'']] using his body as a catalyst).		The game has also shown just what could be done with the Servant summoning system, pushing things to the absolute limit on just what kind of "Hero" can be summoned (up to and including theoretical existences like ''fictional characters'' such as the Count of Monte Cristo), as well as introducing all sorts of summoning-related shenanigans like "twin summoning" (summon a Hero? You also get a chance at summoning their arch-nemesis for free!), "chain summoning" (summon Altera the Hun? If you have the mana to spare, you can THEN use her sword to summon Mars as a gigantic Mecha as well!), and the infamous self-summon (a dying Gilgamesh [[What\|''summons his Archer self'']] using his body as a catalyst).

	~~The story thus far is divided into~~ two ~~(and a half)~~ parts~~. Part one,~~ the ~~part most people are likely aware of, revolves around Chaldea sending Ritsuka Fujimaru~~ (~~genderbent Rin/Shirou player stand~~ in) ~~back in time to resolve temporal distortions called Singularities; disruptions in history caused by the interference of a rogue Holy Grail. Part~~ two~~, or 1.5 as F~~/GO refers to them as, are a series of Psuedo-Singularities which, while threatening to the stability of the planet, aren't so much as to result in humanity's immediate incineration (they can also be skipped if players simply wish to move onto the ''actual'' part 2).		Currently, there are two main parts of the story (with a third currently in development), with two aside/interlude components.

	~~The currently ongoing story revolves around Chaldea hopping in between Lostbelts; singularity-like branches~~ of human history ~~that are considered dead-~~end ~~"what ifs" that~~ were ~~ultimately pruned~~ from the ~~primary proper~~ human history. ~~Proper human history had been wiped clean by the~~ "~~alien god~~", the ~~earth itself bleached~~ of ~~all life outside~~ of the ~~Lostbelts sprinkled across~~ the ~~planet~~'~~s surface~~. ~~Should one~~ of these ~~Lostbelts grow powerful and large enough~~, ~~it will ultimately supplant true human history~~. ~~Obviously Chaldea doesn~~'~~t find this arrangement ideal~~ and is ~~attempting~~ to ~~eliminate these lostbelts so that proper human history can be restored~~. ~~On an aside~~, ~~this is slightly interesting~~ as ~~each lostbelt has its own human populace with their own distinct~~ (~~if stagnant~~) ~~cultures~~ and by ~~collapsing~~ the Lostbelt, ~~everything~~ and ~~everyone from~~ it ~~dies~~. ~~So yes~~, the ~~player~~ is ~~functionally committing genocide~~ in ~~order~~ to ~~save~~ their ~~own history~~, so that~~'s a neat little conflict for the otherwise goody~~-~~two-shoes protagonists trying to save everybody despite that unavoidable fact~~.		:'''Part 1''': CHALDEAS determines, with absolute certainty, that a series of singularities that have appeared throughout human history will cause the complete destruction of humanity by the end of the year 2016. Though they had dozens of highly skilled masters set to counter these singularities, nearly all of them were slain due to sabotage on part of Lev; an agent who had been working from within CHALDEAS on behalf of the big bad responsible for the singularities. This left Ritsuka Fujimaru (Player) as the only remaining Master able to form contracts with and summon servants to combat the singularities. After forming a contract with Mash, the two embark to eradicate Solomon's (a Grand Caster and the architect behind the) Singularities to restore human history.

			::'''Part 1.5''': This is an optional series of "Pseudo-Singularities" and can be skipped. Following the defeat of Solomon, a wide variety of organizations, such as the Mages' Association and the ''U.N.'' intend to investigate CHALDEAS due to their rayshifting technology and having tampered with the timeline (despite the fact that it, you know, saved humanity). During this process, a series of Sub-Singularities crop up. Though these singularities don't run the risk of annihilating the human race if left unchecked, CHALDEAS still dispatches Ritsuka to them to prevent them from causing lasting harm.

			:'''Part 2''': Due to the untimely loss of director(s) Marisbury and Olga Animusphere as well as acting director Romani Archaman during the course of Part 1, Goredolf Musik is dispatched by the Mages' Association to take over as CHALDEAS' new director. However, various agents accompanying him used his takeover as cover to infiltrate and destroy CHALDEAS from within, paving the way for the Alien God (the new big-bad) and it's seven Crypters to descend upon the earth and utterly bleach it of all life. Ritsuka, Mash, Goredolf and a select rag-tag group of CHALDEAS survivors manage to avoid the bleaching by diving into "Imaginary Space" (functionally the Warp). When they return, they discover not only has the Earth been reduced to a white marble, but seven new singularity-like phenomena have taken root on the surface. Known as Lostbelts, each of these singularities alternate realities; specifically historically dead-end realities where humanity has ceased to develop or advance. Guarded by a Crypter, formerly members of CHALDEAS' elite team of masters who anti-climactically died during the very first attack on CHALDEAS, each Lostbelt risks supplanting Proper-Human history if allowed to grow strong enough. Thus, Ritsuka and the remaining members of CHALDEAS, now dubbed Chaldea (this is important, apparently) set out to prevent the erasure of humanities "true" timeline.

			::'''Part 2.5''': Having finally collapsed the final Lostbelt, the remaining members of Chaldea are guided to return to the original CHALDEAS base in the Antarctic. Only to find they cannot enter it. As it turns out, Proper-Human History ''itself'' now identifies the crew of Chaldea as foreigners and is barring their access to "ground zero" of the bleaching. This is, in no small part, due to all the various foreign-sourced upgrades the crew made to their ship and the judicious use of extra-class servants Ritsuka had been summoning/commanding. Due to this, Chaldea must travel to a few focal points to, for lack of a better word (for now), recalibrate themselves so that Proper-Human History can recognize them once more. This part is currently ongoing.

	Though the earlier works had rather basic storylines and characters, as F/GO began gathering traction, the writing has generally improved for much of the story and a notable jump in character design and animation quality has been implemented as time has gone on. It's good they're reinvesting their ludicrous profits, at least.		Though the earlier works had rather basic storylines and characters, as F/GO began gathering traction, the writing has generally improved for much of the story and a notable jump in character design and animation quality has been implemented as time has gone on. It's good they're reinvesting their ludicrous profits, at least.

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The Cavalry Classes

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	====The Cavalry Classes====		====The Cavalry Classes====
	* [[Cavalier\|Rider]], for pretty much anyone who's associated with a vehicle or mount. World-conquering leaders, famous pirates... Even being an infamous slut (i.e. "riding" people) is enough to qualify a hero for this class. The ''actual'' most well-rounded class, tending towards balanced stats, good mixtures of class skills, and more Noble Phantasms on average than anyone else. As one might expect, their signature class skill is [[Derp\|Riding]], which gives them innate know-how on commandeering any sort of vehicle. Prominent Riders include Captain Nemo, Edward Teach (Blackbeard), Saint Georgios and Odysseus. Riders beat Casters and have a disadvantage against Assassins, and true to form their stats and abilities tend to be the most balanced of the lot.		* [[Cavalier\|Rider]], for pretty much anyone who's associated with a vehicle or mount. World-conquering leaders, famous pirates... Even being an infamous slut (i.e. "riding" people) is enough to qualify a hero for this class. The ''actual'' most well-rounded class, tending towards balanced stats, good mixtures of class skills, and more Noble Phantasms on average than anyone else. As one might expect, their signature class skill is [[Derp\|Riding]], which gives them innate know-how on commandeering any sort of vehicle. Prominent Riders include Captain Nemo, Edward Teach (Blackbeard), Saint Georgios and Odysseus. Riders beat Casters and have a disadvantage against Assassins, and true to form their stats and abilities tend to be the most balanced of the lot.
	* [[Assassin]], for the most legendarily dick-assed of dick-ass thieves. Per the "rules" of the original Grail War, an Assassin-class Servant is always one of the leaders of Hashshashin, all of whom took the name and identity of Hassan-i Sabbah. Because this would've meant an entire class would have a stupidly low pool compared to everyone else and lock out neat ideas (early information suggested Herakles would qualify), later entries retconned this to a unique feature of the Fuyuki Grail, with later entries introducing a wide variety of professional killers, martial arts masters, sneaks, and general murderers. Their signature class skill is Presence Concealment, which lets them turn invisible and not trip alarms, though actually attacking tends to break concealment... also rather like ''D&D''. They'd lose against most Servants in a straight-up fight, which is why they prioritize attacking Masters instead: even the highest ranks of Independent Action above only give a Servant a day at best if their Master croaks. Some examples of non-Hassan assassins include the Phantom of the Opera, Cleopatra, Mata Hari and Carmilla. Assassins have an advantage against ~~Casters~~ and are beaten by ~~Riders~~, and their attacks and abilities make their team more likely to crit.		* [[Assassin]], for the most legendarily dick-assed of dick-ass thieves. Per the "rules" of the original Grail War, an Assassin-class Servant is always one of the leaders of Hashshashin, all of whom took the name and identity of Hassan-i Sabbah. Because this would've meant an entire class would have a stupidly low pool compared to everyone else and lock out neat ideas (early information suggested Herakles would qualify), later entries retconned this to a unique feature of the Fuyuki Grail, with later entries introducing a wide variety of professional killers, martial arts masters, sneaks, and general murderers. Their signature class skill is Presence Concealment, which lets them turn invisible and not trip alarms, though actually attacking tends to break concealment... also rather like ''D&D''. They'd lose against most Servants in a straight-up fight, which is why they prioritize attacking Masters instead: even the highest ranks of Independent Action above only give a Servant a day at best if their Master croaks. Some examples of non-Hassan assassins include the Phantom of the Opera, Cleopatra, Mata Hari and Carmilla. Assassins have an advantage against Riders and are beaten by Casters, and their attacks and abilities make their team more likely to crit.
	* [[Wizard\|Caster]], for anyone actually good at magic. Artists, scientists and writers get to come too; the class is technically the broadest in terms of qualifications, though if you didn't actually know magic [[nerf\| you're probably going to have weaker class skills in exchange for whatever weird thing you can do]]. Mocked for being fucked in the meta, since four of the seven core classes get free Magic Resistance as part of the deal, but they tend to have the ability to really turtle up in exchange, making a fortress-hideout and magical items with their Territory Creation and Item Construction skills... not unlike 3.5 wizards, really. A couple random examples include Merlin, Mozart, Asclepius, Hans Christian Andersen and even a weird incarnation of Thomas Edison. F/GO Casters beat Assassins while being beaten by Riders, and usually trade out offensive power over buffing their teammates (Hell, most of the highest-tier servants tend to be Casters ''because'' of their buffs).		* [[Wizard\|Caster]], for anyone actually good at magic. Artists, scientists and writers get to come too; the class is technically the broadest in terms of qualifications, though if you didn't actually know magic [[nerf\| you're probably going to have weaker class skills in exchange for whatever weird thing you can do]]. Mocked for being fucked in the meta, since four of the seven core classes get free Magic Resistance as part of the deal, but they tend to have the ability to really turtle up in exchange, making a fortress-hideout and magical items with their Territory Creation and Item Construction skills... not unlike 3.5 wizards, really. A couple random examples include Merlin, Mozart, Asclepius, Hans Christian Andersen and even a weird incarnation of Thomas Edison. F/GO Casters beat Assassins while being beaten by Riders, and usually trade out offensive power over buffing their teammates (Hell, most of the highest-tier servants tend to be Casters ''because'' of their buffs).

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The Cavalry Classes

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	* [[Ranger\|Archer]], the biggest meme of a class. The Archer from the first entry in the series spends most of his fights dual-wielding swords, and the Archer in the prequel doesn't even use a bow, preferring to fire swords as projectiles with magic. To Nasu's credit, Archers introduced in later titles would actually use bows (and in a couple of cases, a sling or a crossbow) as per their class title, and lore introduced in F/GO would acknowledge the growing prevalence of firearms. Still, the meme persists as it also includes the likes of [[Wat\|jewelry-throwers, dolpin trainers]], and [[Dakka\|Nerf Gatling Guns]]. Their signature class skill is Independent Action, making them less-reliant on their Master sugar momma/daddies for magical energy and better able to operate off on their own. The only catch is that this makes Archers more likely to work on their own agendas with or without their master's blessing. Aside Gilgamesh, some other noteworthy Archers are Tristan, Arjuna, Robin Hood and even Billy the Kid. F/GO sees Archers beat Sabers and get beaten by Lancers, and their abilities mean that their crits hit harder compared to other classes.		* [[Ranger\|Archer]], the biggest meme of a class. The Archer from the first entry in the series spends most of his fights dual-wielding swords, and the Archer in the prequel doesn't even use a bow, preferring to fire swords as projectiles with magic. To Nasu's credit, Archers introduced in later titles would actually use bows (and in a couple of cases, a sling or a crossbow) as per their class title, and lore introduced in F/GO would acknowledge the growing prevalence of firearms. Still, the meme persists as it also includes the likes of [[Wat\|jewelry-throwers, dolpin trainers]], and [[Dakka\|Nerf Gatling Guns]]. Their signature class skill is Independent Action, making them less-reliant on their Master sugar momma/daddies for magical energy and better able to operate off on their own. The only catch is that this makes Archers more likely to work on their own agendas with or without their master's blessing. Aside Gilgamesh, some other noteworthy Archers are Tristan, Arjuna, Robin Hood and even Billy the Kid. F/GO sees Archers beat Sabers and get beaten by Lancers, and their abilities mean that their crits hit harder compared to other classes.
	====The Cavalry Classes====		====The Cavalry Classes====
	* [[Cavalier\|Rider]], for pretty much anyone who's associated with a vehicle or mount. World-conquering leaders, famous pirates... Even being an infamous slut (i.e. "riding" people) is enough to qualify a hero for this class. The ''actual'' most well-rounded class, tending towards balanced stats, good mixtures of class skills, and more Noble Phantasms on average than anyone else. As one might expect, their signature class skill is [[Derp\|Riding]], which gives them innate know-how on commandeering any sort of vehicle. Prominent Riders include Captain Nemo, Edward Teach (Blackbeard), Saint Georgios and Odysseus. Riders beat ~~Assassins~~ and have a disadvantage against ~~Casters~~, and true to form their stats and abilities tend to be the most balanced of the lot.		* [[Cavalier\|Rider]], for pretty much anyone who's associated with a vehicle or mount. World-conquering leaders, famous pirates... Even being an infamous slut (i.e. "riding" people) is enough to qualify a hero for this class. The ''actual'' most well-rounded class, tending towards balanced stats, good mixtures of class skills, and more Noble Phantasms on average than anyone else. As one might expect, their signature class skill is [[Derp\|Riding]], which gives them innate know-how on commandeering any sort of vehicle. Prominent Riders include Captain Nemo, Edward Teach (Blackbeard), Saint Georgios and Odysseus. Riders beat Casters and have a disadvantage against Assassins, and true to form their stats and abilities tend to be the most balanced of the lot.
	* [[Assassin]], for the most legendarily dick-assed of dick-ass thieves. Per the "rules" of the original Grail War, an Assassin-class Servant is always one of the leaders of Hashshashin, all of whom took the name and identity of Hassan-i Sabbah. Because this would've meant an entire class would have a stupidly low pool compared to everyone else and lock out neat ideas (early information suggested Herakles would qualify), later entries retconned this to a unique feature of the Fuyuki Grail, with later entries introducing a wide variety of professional killers, martial arts masters, sneaks, and general murderers. Their signature class skill is Presence Concealment, which lets them turn invisible and not trip alarms, though actually attacking tends to break concealment... also rather like ''D&D''. They'd lose against most Servants in a straight-up fight, which is why they prioritize attacking Masters instead: even the highest ranks of Independent Action above only give a Servant a day at best if their Master croaks. Some examples of non-Hassan assassins include the Phantom of the Opera, Cleopatra, Mata Hari and Carmilla. Assassins have an advantage against Casters and are beaten by Riders, and their attacks and abilities make their team more likely to crit.		* [[Assassin]], for the most legendarily dick-assed of dick-ass thieves. Per the "rules" of the original Grail War, an Assassin-class Servant is always one of the leaders of Hashshashin, all of whom took the name and identity of Hassan-i Sabbah. Because this would've meant an entire class would have a stupidly low pool compared to everyone else and lock out neat ideas (early information suggested Herakles would qualify), later entries retconned this to a unique feature of the Fuyuki Grail, with later entries introducing a wide variety of professional killers, martial arts masters, sneaks, and general murderers. Their signature class skill is Presence Concealment, which lets them turn invisible and not trip alarms, though actually attacking tends to break concealment... also rather like ''D&D''. They'd lose against most Servants in a straight-up fight, which is why they prioritize attacking Masters instead: even the highest ranks of Independent Action above only give a Servant a day at best if their Master croaks. Some examples of non-Hassan assassins include the Phantom of the Opera, Cleopatra, Mata Hari and Carmilla. Assassins have an advantage against Casters and are beaten by Riders, and their attacks and abilities make their team more likely to crit.
	* [[Wizard\|Caster]], for anyone actually good at magic. Artists, scientists and writers get to come too; the class is technically the broadest in terms of qualifications, though if you didn't actually know magic [[nerf\| you're probably going to have weaker class skills in exchange for whatever weird thing you can do]]. Mocked for being fucked in the meta, since four of the seven core classes get free Magic Resistance as part of the deal, but they tend to have the ability to really turtle up in exchange, making a fortress-hideout and magical items with their Territory Creation and Item Construction skills... not unlike 3.5 wizards, really. A couple random examples include Merlin, Mozart, Asclepius, Hans Christian Andersen and even a weird incarnation of Thomas Edison. F/GO Casters beat Assassins while being beaten by Riders, and usually trade out offensive power over buffing their teammates (Hell, most of the highest-tier servants tend to be Casters ''because'' of their buffs).		* [[Wizard\|Caster]], for anyone actually good at magic. Artists, scientists and writers get to come too; the class is technically the broadest in terms of qualifications, though if you didn't actually know magic [[nerf\| you're probably going to have weaker class skills in exchange for whatever weird thing you can do]]. Mocked for being fucked in the meta, since four of the seven core classes get free Magic Resistance as part of the deal, but they tend to have the ability to really turtle up in exchange, making a fortress-hideout and magical items with their Territory Creation and Item Construction skills... not unlike 3.5 wizards, really. A couple random examples include Merlin, Mozart, Asclepius, Hans Christian Andersen and even a weird incarnation of Thomas Edison. F/GO Casters beat Assassins while being beaten by Riders, and usually trade out offensive power over buffing their teammates (Hell, most of the highest-tier servants tend to be Casters ''because'' of their buffs).

	====The Berserker Class====		====The Berserker Class====
	* [[Berserker]], a class for heroes with varying levels of [[RAGE]] and/or general insanity. Berserkers range from incoherent roaring monster-men to "coherent every now and then," quantified by their Mad Enhancement class skill's rating. High Mad Enhancement strengthens them more, but makes them more difficult to control and harder to understand (either because they can only roar/growl or their speech generally focuses on whatever they're obsessed with). Originally a [[template]] that could be applied to any heroic spirit, trading sanity for increased performance, later stories instead focus on heroic spirits whose legends involves rage and madness (not to mention that constant roaring made for poor characterization). They also have a reputation for killing their summoners, either directly or by being mana hogs who suck their magical energy dry, whether accidentally or intentionally. Such angry boys and girls can include Beowulf, Darius III, Caligula and a ''very'' loose interpretation of Paul Bunyan. Berserkers have a Glass Cannon relationship with most of the other classes of F/GO, dealing extra damage to them in exchange for receiving extra damage from them as well. Berserkers make up for it by killing the enemy on the first turn, or simply not ''staying'' dead.		* [[Berserker]], a class for heroes with varying levels of [[RAGE]] and/or general insanity. Berserkers range from incoherent roaring monster-men to "coherent every now and then," quantified by their Mad Enhancement class skill's rating. High Mad Enhancement strengthens them more, but makes them more difficult to control and harder to understand (either because they can only roar/growl or their speech generally focuses on whatever they're obsessed with). Originally a [[template]] that could be applied to any heroic spirit, trading sanity for increased performance, later stories instead focus on heroic spirits whose legends involves rage and madness (not to mention that constant roaring made for poor characterization). They also have a reputation for killing their summoners, either directly or by being mana hogs who suck their magical energy dry, whether accidentally or intentionally. Such angry boys and girls can include Beowulf, Darius III, Caligula and a ''very'' loose interpretation of Paul Bunyan. Berserkers have a Glass Cannon relationship with most of the other classes of F/GO, dealing extra damage to them in exchange for receiving extra damage from them as well. Berserkers make up for it by killing the enemy on the first turn, or simply not ''staying'' dead.

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Fate/Grand Order

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	*'''Shielder''': For Heroic Spirits known for their well... [[Shield]]s. Is the servant class of one <s>[[Skub\|Mashu Martha Matthew]] [[Lulz\|Mashpotatoes Eggplant]]</s> Mash Kyrielight, a human merged with the spirit of one such Servant, gaining access to their powers and becoming a demi-servant in the process. She serves as your number two throughout the game. As far as her gameplay mechanics go, she is the only servant who takes/deals neutral damage to all other servant classes across the board. Befitting her class title, she's also only particularly adept at defense, using her skills to reduce, negate or redirect incoming damage.		*'''Shielder''': For Heroic Spirits known for their well... [[Shield]]s. Is the servant class of one <s>[[Skub\|Mashu Martha Matthew]] [[Lulz\|Mashpotatoes Eggplant]]</s> Mash Kyrielight, a human merged with the spirit of one such Servant, gaining access to their powers and becoming a demi-servant in the process. She serves as your number two throughout the game. As far as her gameplay mechanics go, she is the only servant who takes/deals neutral damage to all other servant classes across the board. Befitting her class title, she's also only particularly adept at defense, using her skills to reduce, negate or redirect incoming damage.
	*'''Foreigner''': Move over Gilles, this is for servants with ''actual'' (in-universe) contacts to the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], [[Possessed\|granting access to the powers of]] [[Daemonhost\|whatever entity they contacted]], or they're literally out of this world (as with the case of the Voyager probe). Contrary to what you'd expect, servants in this category are quite ''sane'', either by consuming the madness that would normally follow or overcoming it entirely, giving them a proper advantage against the normally-insane Berserkers. A rather interesting handful of characters have fallen into this category, including Abigail Williams and a rather... loose interpretation of Van Gogh.		*'''Foreigner''': Move over Gilles, this is for servants with ''actual'' (in-universe) contacts to the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], [[Possessed\|granting access to the powers of]] [[Daemonhost\|whatever entity they contacted]], or they're literally out of this world (as with the case of the Voyager probe). Contrary to what you'd expect, servants in this category are quite ''sane'', either by consuming the madness that would normally follow or overcoming it entirely, giving them a proper advantage against the normally-insane Berserkers. A rather interesting handful of characters have fallen into this category, including Abigail Williams and a rather... loose interpretation of Van Gogh.
	*'''Pretender''': ~~The newest, and~~ rarest, servant ~~class~~. ~~Pretenders~~ class servants are individuals who achieved fame and glory for the heroics they performed while posing as a completely different individual. Not to be confused with masked, disguised or anonymous individuals, these are people who quite literally assumed a completely different identity to perform their deeds under. There are extraordinarily few members of this class, nominally Oberon-Vortigern (Vortigern of Arthurian fame assuming Oberon of A Midsummer Night's Dream's identity in a faerie-infested Britain) and Hephaestion-Mnemosyne (fictitious twin sister of the ''real'' Hephaestion, corrupted with a program Chaldea whipped up). Fate/Prototype's Merlin (here the one who got genderswapped instead of Arthur) also artificially changed her Spirit Origin into that of a Pretender and went by the alias of Lady Avalon.		*'''Pretender''': One of the rarest servant classes. Pretender class servants are individuals who achieved fame and glory for the heroics they performed while posing as a completely different individual. Not to be confused with masked, disguised or anonymous individuals, these are people who quite literally assumed a completely different identity to perform their deeds under. There are extraordinarily few members of this class, nominally Oberon-Vortigern (Vortigern of Arthurian fame assuming Oberon of A Midsummer Night's Dream's identity in a faerie-infested Britain) and Hephaestion-Mnemosyne (fictitious twin sister of the ''real'' Hephaestion, corrupted with a program Chaldea whipped up). Fate/Prototype's Merlin (here the one who got genderswapped instead of Arthur) also artificially changed her Spirit Origin into that of a Pretender and went by the alias of Lady Avalon. Mechanically, these guys function as the inverse of Alter-Egos; they deal bonus damage to the knight classes and less damage against the cavalry classes. They also complete a new advantage triangle; they gain full advantage over Alter-Egos and are fully weak against Foreigners.
			*'''Beast''': A surprise, to be sure, but now a genuinely summon-able class. These are extraordinarily powerful calamities that threaten total extinction upon the human race, if not just the complete destruction of the world. Beasts are the "Evils of Humanity" and as such are all formed from aspects of humanities vices (not too dissimilarly from [[Chaos Gods\|a few other entities]] from [[Warhammer 40,000\|a certain other universe]]). Usually, in an ironic twist, Beast candidates can only truly manifest as the genuine article out of a place of "love for humanity", though their interpretation is usually... extremely skewed, obsessive or blatantly delusional. In fairly typical Nasuverse fashion, though there are only seven catagories of Beast, there can be numerous entities within the same category (For example, there are two Beast III's, III/L and III/R, and at least four Beast VI's, VI/L, VI/R, VI/S and VI/G). Most of the Beasts or Beast Candidates are unknown, but notable known examples include Goetia (responsible for the entirety of Part I of F/GO), Cath Palug (Also known as Fou, F/GO's squirrel-dog mascot), Tiamat and the Alien God. For the one example (currently) available, summonable Beasts have true advantage against ''all'' of the standard servant classes, though they are ineffective against ''all'' extra class servants.


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	::'''Grand Assassin''': Held by Tezcatlipoca. Formerly held by Hassan-i Sabbah (the first one). Gave up his rank to instill the concept of death into the goddess Tiamat so that Chaldea could defeat her.		::'''Grand Assassin''': Held by Tezcatlipoca. Formerly held by Hassan-i Sabbah (the first one). Gave up his rank to instill the concept of death into the goddess Tiamat so that Chaldea could defeat her.
	::'''Grand Berserker''': Would have been occupied by Tezcatlipoca if he didn't end up occupying the open position to Grand Assassin.		::'''Grand Berserker''': Would have been occupied by Tezcatlipoca if he didn't end up occupying the open position to Grand Assassin.

	:'''Beasts''': These are extraordinarily powerful calamities that threaten total extinction upon the human race, if not just the complete destruction of the world. Beasts are the "Evils of Humanity" and as such are all formed from aspects of humanities vices (not too dissimilarly from [[Chaos Gods\|a few other entities]] from [[Warhammer 40,000\|a certain other universe]]). In fairly typical Nasuverse fashion, though there are only seven catagories of Beast, there can be numerous entities within the same category (For example, there are two Beast III's, III/L and III/R, and at least four Beast VI's, VI/L, VI/R, VI/S and VI/G). Most of the Beasts or Beast Candidates are unknown, but notable known examples include Goetia (responsible for the entirety of Part I of F/GO), Cath Palug (Also known as Fou, F/GO's squirrel-dog mascot) and the Alien God.

	== Other Works ==		== Other Works ==

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	::'''Grand Caster''': Held by Merlin. Formerly held by Solomon, who effectively deleted himself from existence to stop Goetia from incinerating humanity. Notable other candidates include Gilgamesh and Merlin (the female Fate/Prototype version).		::'''Grand Caster''': Held by Merlin. Formerly held by Solomon, who effectively deleted himself from existence to stop Goetia from incinerating humanity. Notable other candidates include Gilgamesh and Merlin (the female Fate/Prototype version).
	::'''Grand Rider''': Held by Noah, of biblical fame.		::'''Grand Rider''': Held by Noah, of biblical fame.
	::'''Grand Assassin''': ~~Open, formerly~~ held by Hassan-i Sabbah (the first one). Gave up his rank to instill the concept of death into the goddess Tiamat so that Chaldea could defeat her.		::'''Grand Assassin''': Held by Tezcatlipoca. Formerly held by Hassan-i Sabbah (the first one). Gave up his rank to instill the concept of death into the goddess Tiamat so that Chaldea could defeat her.
	::'''Grand Berserker''': ~~Unknown~~.		::'''Grand Berserker''': Would have been occupied by Tezcatlipoca if he didn't end up occupying the open position to Grand Assassin.

	:'''Beasts''': These are extraordinarily powerful calamities that threaten total extinction upon the human race, if not just the complete destruction of the world. Beasts are the "Evils of Humanity" and as such are all formed from aspects of humanities vices (not too dissimilarly from [[Chaos Gods\|a few other entities]] from [[Warhammer 40,000\|a certain other universe]]). In fairly typical Nasuverse fashion, though there are only seven catagories of Beast, there can be numerous entities within the same category (For example, there are two Beast III's, III/L and III/R, and at least four Beast VI's, VI/L, VI/R, VI/S and VI/G). Most of the Beasts or Beast Candidates are unknown, but notable known examples include Goetia (responsible for the entirety of Part I of F/GO), Cath Palug (Also known as Fou, F/GO's squirrel-dog mascot) and the Alien God.		:'''Beasts''': These are extraordinarily powerful calamities that threaten total extinction upon the human race, if not just the complete destruction of the world. Beasts are the "Evils of Humanity" and as such are all formed from aspects of humanities vices (not too dissimilarly from [[Chaos Gods\|a few other entities]] from [[Warhammer 40,000\|a certain other universe]]). In fairly typical Nasuverse fashion, though there are only seven catagories of Beast, there can be numerous entities within the same category (For example, there are two Beast III's, III/L and III/R, and at least four Beast VI's, VI/L, VI/R, VI/S and VI/G). Most of the Beasts or Beast Candidates are unknown, but notable known examples include Goetia (responsible for the entirety of Part I of F/GO), Cath Palug (Also known as Fou, F/GO's squirrel-dog mascot) and the Alien God.

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	* Assassin - Sasaki Kojirou, autistic samurai. The original example of a popular fictional tale come to life, Kojirou has never actually existed. Instead, the Grail brought in some nameless peasant of no note who [[Awesome \| trained on his own and eventually became able to bend spacetime through sheer skill]] [[Derp \| because he really wanted to kill a swallow]]. Has shit stats, only got a katana from his namesake ([[Katanas are Underpowered in d20 \|which bends upon exchanging blows with a proper European longsword]]), and lacks a Noble Phantasm, but his [[Weeaboo Fightan Magic \| ridiculous sword skills]] compensate for it as long as he can get close. Pretty chill guy who just loves to fight, but Caster used the vacant Assassin slot to summon him herself and bind him to her base's front door, so he doesn't get to do much besides serve as the odd boss fight.		* Assassin - Sasaki Kojirou, autistic samurai. The original example of a popular fictional tale come to life, Kojirou has never actually existed. Instead, the Grail brought in some nameless peasant of no note who [[Awesome \| trained on his own and eventually became able to bend spacetime through sheer skill]] [[Derp \| because he really wanted to kill a swallow]]. Has shit stats, only got a katana from his namesake ([[Katanas are Underpowered in d20 \|which bends upon exchanging blows with a proper European longsword]]), and lacks a Noble Phantasm, but his [[Weeaboo Fightan Magic \| ridiculous sword skills]] compensate for it as long as he can get close. Pretty chill guy who just loves to fight, but Caster used the vacant Assassin slot to summon him herself and bind him to her base's front door, so he doesn't get to do much besides serve as the odd boss fight.
	* Berserker - Herakles. Monstrously strong as is, he gets a shitload of extra lives and resistance to things that kill him based on his Twelve Tasks. Theoretically unstoppable, he dies to let another character show off in every story route. Turns out Berserker is one of his ''worst'' classes, which is ironic because he was summoned by a "family" that participated in every Grail War, brought powerful non-Berserker heroes, still lost and finally decided "fuck it, why don't we just summon an extremely powerful hero with a passive NP and give them even ''more'' stats as a Berserker?". To drive the point home, in one route he dies to a weaker copy of ''his '''other''' Noble Phantasm'', which he has access to but [[Derp \| can't use himself due to his mental degeneration]]. Still a cool guy despite the frothing rage, he's completely loyal to and fiercely protective of his Master, [[Awesome \| managing to break out of chains designed to hold Gods when he sees her get hurt]].		* Berserker - Herakles. Monstrously strong as is, he gets a shitload of extra lives and resistance to things that kill him based on his Twelve Tasks. Theoretically unstoppable, he dies to let another character show off in every story route. Turns out Berserker is one of his ''worst'' classes, which is ironic because he was summoned by a "family" that participated in every Grail War, brought powerful non-Berserker heroes, still lost and finally decided "fuck it, why don't we just summon an extremely powerful hero with a passive NP and give them even ''more'' stats as a Berserker?". To drive the point home, in one route he dies to a weaker copy of ''his '''other''' Noble Phantasm'', which he has access to but [[Derp \| can't use himself due to his mental degeneration]]. Still a cool guy despite the frothing rage, he's completely loyal to and fiercely protective of his Master, [[Awesome \| managing to break out of chains designed to hold Gods when he sees her get hurt]].
	* Archer 2 - Yes, there are more than seven servants. This guy survived the disaster that was the Fourth Grail War and managed to hang around afterwards. He is Gilgamesh. As pretty much the first hero ever recorded and a king, he's [[Derp \| "King of Heroes"]~~. His Noble Phantasm lets him pull any kind of weapon he wants out of the ether~~. All other legends are derived from him, and in his lifetime he [[Murderhobo \| ignored his subjects and went around collecting everything there was to collect]], which means he has the original (and strongest) version of every artifact. This applies to pretty much anything humanity's ever produced, so it's no problem for him to summon the best car ever, or jet, or [[What \| fishing rod]], or, if summoned in the future, spaceship... However, swinging swords is for losers, so he earns Archer status by launching them at his enemies. And, of course, when that doesn't work, he can just break out the [[Exterminatus \| world-rending <del>sword</del> <del>drill</del> thing]] that even he respects. Gilgamesh being the strongest Servant, period, is '''very''' canon, with Nasu making sure to give him new powers whenever he's mentioned. However, while his ego is large enough to nullify any mental attack through sheer will, it also eventually brings him down without fail.		* Archer 2 - Yes, there are more than seven servants. This guy survived the disaster that was the Fourth Grail War and managed to hang around afterwards. He is Gilgamesh. As pretty much the first hero ever recorded and a king, he's [[Derp \| "King of Heroes"]]. All other legends are derived from him, and in his lifetime he [[Murderhobo \| ignored his subjects and went around collecting everything there was to collect]], which means he has the original (and strongest) version of every artifact and can manifest them at will. This applies to pretty much anything humanity's ever produced, so it's no problem for him to summon the best car ever, or jet, or [[What \| fishing rod]], or, if summoned in the future, spaceship... However, swinging swords is for losers, so he earns Archer status by launching them at his enemies. And, of course, when that doesn't work, he can just break out the [[Exterminatus \| world-rending <del>sword</del> <del>drill</del> thing]] that even he respects. Gilgamesh being the strongest Servant, period, is '''very''' canon, with Nasu making sure to give him new powers whenever he's mentioned. However, while his ego is large enough to nullify any mental attack through sheer will, it also eventually brings him down without fail.
	* True Assassin - An assassin summoned [[Rip and Tear \| out of Kojirou's body]] during one of the routes. He actually is one of the leaders of the Hashashin. Showcasing what a real Assassin is like, he manages to bring down both Lancer and Saber by leading them to a stronger threat and helping it out. His proper title is Hassan of the Cursed Arm, whose Noble Phantasm manifests as [[Faptau\|an extra-long right arm]] that allows him to crush your heart if he so much as touches you with it. F/GO reveals that he's actually quite an [[Kharn\|affable, honorable guy]] when you're not on his hitlist.		* True Assassin - An assassin summoned [[Rip and Tear \| out of Kojirou's body]] during one of the routes. He actually is one of the leaders of the Hashashin. Showcasing what a real Assassin is like, he manages to bring down both Lancer and Saber by leading them to a stronger threat and helping it out. His proper title is Hassan of the Cursed Arm, whose Noble Phantasm manifests as [[Faptau\|an extra-long right arm]] that allows him to crush your heart if he so much as touches you with it. F/GO reveals that he's actually quite an [[Kharn\|affable, honorable guy]] when you're not on his hitlist.

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	=== Fate/Stay Night ===		=== Fate/Stay Night ===
	[[File:FSNposter.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|Say what you will about Takeuchi's intense sameface, he's got good character design.]]		[[File:FSNposter.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|Say what you will about Takeuchi's intense sameface, he's got good character design.]]
	Fate/Stay Night was the original work in the Fate series, released as a visual novel in 2004. It's where you get ancient memes like "People die when they are killed," and "I am the bone of my sword." The Holy Grail War depicted in F/SN is the Fifth Grail War, and it features the following heroes:		Fate/Stay Night was the original work in the Fate series, released as a visual novel in 2004. It's where you get ancient memes like "People die when they are killed," and "I am the bone of my sword." One of the routes is infamous for having Nasu's rape fetish on full display. The Holy Grail War depicted in F/SN is the Fifth Grail War, and it features the following heroes:

	* Saber - King Arthur, but ''a girl.'' Her Noble Phantasm is Excalibur, which manifests its power in a slash that "cuts through everything." [[What \| The actual attack is a gigantic laser beam that vaporizes whatever she points it at]], leading to F/GO's running gag where [[Lulz\|you're only a real Saber if you fire sword beams of any sort]]. Saber is unique as a Servant (but only in this work) because she's neither a spirit (and therefore unable to dematerialize) nor even ''dead'' and instead sits around in Avalon answering calls to hunt the Grail. Heroine of the first story route, and one of the most popular (and lazily copied) characters in modern Japanese pop culture, Saber is an endearingly-earnest knightly woman type.		* Saber - King Arthur, but ''a girl.'' Her Noble Phantasm is Excalibur, which manifests its power in a slash that "cuts through everything." [[What \| The actual attack is a gigantic laser beam that vaporizes whatever she points it at]], leading to F/GO's running gag where [[Lulz\|you're only a real Saber if you fire sword beams of any sort]]. Saber is unique as a Servant (but only in this work) because she's neither a spirit (and therefore unable to dematerialize) nor even ''dead'' and instead sits around in Avalon answering calls to hunt the Grail. Heroine of the first story route, and one of the most popular (and lazily copied) characters in modern Japanese pop culture, Saber is an endearingly-earnest knightly woman type.
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	* Assassin - Sasaki Kojirou, autistic samurai. The original example of a popular fictional tale come to life, Kojirou has never actually existed. Instead, the Grail brought in some nameless peasant of no note who [[Awesome \| trained on his own and eventually became able to bend spacetime through sheer skill]] [[Derp \| because he really wanted to kill a swallow]]. Has shit stats, only got a katana from his namesake ([[Katanas are Underpowered in d20 \|which bends upon exchanging blows with a proper European longsword]]), and lacks a Noble Phantasm, but his [[Weeaboo Fightan Magic \| ridiculous sword skills]] compensate for it as long as he can get close. Pretty chill guy who just loves to fight, but Caster used the vacant Assassin slot to summon him herself and bind him to her base's front door, so he doesn't get to do much besides serve as the odd boss fight.		* Assassin - Sasaki Kojirou, autistic samurai. The original example of a popular fictional tale come to life, Kojirou has never actually existed. Instead, the Grail brought in some nameless peasant of no note who [[Awesome \| trained on his own and eventually became able to bend spacetime through sheer skill]] [[Derp \| because he really wanted to kill a swallow]]. Has shit stats, only got a katana from his namesake ([[Katanas are Underpowered in d20 \|which bends upon exchanging blows with a proper European longsword]]), and lacks a Noble Phantasm, but his [[Weeaboo Fightan Magic \| ridiculous sword skills]] compensate for it as long as he can get close. Pretty chill guy who just loves to fight, but Caster used the vacant Assassin slot to summon him herself and bind him to her base's front door, so he doesn't get to do much besides serve as the odd boss fight.
	* Berserker - Herakles. Monstrously strong as is, he gets a shitload of extra lives and resistance to things that kill him based on his Twelve Tasks. Theoretically unstoppable, he dies to let another character show off in every story route. Turns out Berserker is one of his ''worst'' classes, which is ironic because he was summoned by a "family" that participated in every Grail War, brought powerful non-Berserker heroes, still lost and finally decided "fuck it, why don't we just summon an extremely powerful hero with a passive NP and give them even ''more'' stats as a Berserker?". To drive the point home, in one route he dies to a weaker copy of ''his '''other''' Noble Phantasm'', which he has access to but [[Derp \| can't use himself due to his mental degeneration]]. Still a cool guy despite the frothing rage, he's completely loyal to and fiercely protective of his Master, [[Awesome \| managing to break out of chains designed to hold Gods when he sees her get hurt]].		* Berserker - Herakles. Monstrously strong as is, he gets a shitload of extra lives and resistance to things that kill him based on his Twelve Tasks. Theoretically unstoppable, he dies to let another character show off in every story route. Turns out Berserker is one of his ''worst'' classes, which is ironic because he was summoned by a "family" that participated in every Grail War, brought powerful non-Berserker heroes, still lost and finally decided "fuck it, why don't we just summon an extremely powerful hero with a passive NP and give them even ''more'' stats as a Berserker?". To drive the point home, in one route he dies to a weaker copy of ''his '''other''' Noble Phantasm'', which he has access to but [[Derp \| can't use himself due to his mental degeneration]]. Still a cool guy despite the frothing rage, he's completely loyal to and fiercely protective of his Master, [[Awesome \| managing to break out of chains designed to hold Gods when he sees her get hurt]].
	* Archer 2 - Yes, there are more than seven servants. This guy survived the disaster that was the Fourth Grail War and managed to hang around afterwards. He is Gilgamesh. As pretty much the first hero ever recorded and a king, he's [[Derp \| "King of Heroes"]]. All other legends are derived from him, and in his lifetime he [[Murderhobo \| ignored his subjects and went around collecting everything there was to collect]], which means he has the original (and strongest) version of every artifact and can manifest them at will. This applies to pretty much anything humanity's ever produced, so it's no problem for him to summon the best car ever, or jet, or [[What \| fishing rod]], or, if summoned in the future, spaceship... However, swinging swords is for losers, so he earns Archer status by launching them at his enemies. And, of course, when that doesn't work, he can just break out the [[Exterminatus \| world-rending <del>sword</del> <del>drill</del> thing]] that even he respects. Gilgamesh being the strongest Servant, period, is '''very''' canon, with Nasu making sure to give him new powers whenever he's mentioned. However, while his ego is large enough to nullify any mental attack through sheer will, it also eventually brings him down without fail.		* Archer 2 - Yes, there are more than seven servants. This guy survived the disaster that was the Fourth Grail War and managed to hang around afterwards. He is Gilgamesh. As pretty much the first hero ever recorded and a king, he's [[Derp \| "King of Heroes"]]. All other legends are derived from him, and in his lifetime he [[Murderhobo \| ignored his subjects and went around collecting everything there was to collect]], which means he has the original (and strongest) version of every artifact and can manifest them at will. This applies to pretty much anything humanity's ever produced, so it's no problem for him to summon the best car ever, or jet, or [[What \| fishing rod]], or, if summoned in the future, spaceship... However, swinging swords is for losers, so he earns Archer status by launching them at his enemies. And, of course, when that doesn't work, he can just break out the [[Exterminatus \| world-rending <del>sword</del> <del>drill</del> thing]] that even he respects. Gilgamesh being the strongest Servant, period, is '''very''' canon, with Nasu making sure to give him new powers whenever he's mentioned. However, while his ego is large enough to nullify any mental attack through sheer will, it also eventually brings him down without fail. He is also a massive douchebag and gives off huge stalker/rapist vibes in his obsession with Saber.
	* True Assassin - An assassin summoned [[Rip and Tear \| out of Kojirou's body]] during one of the routes. He actually is one of the leaders of the Hashashin. Showcasing what a real Assassin is like, he manages to bring down both Lancer and Saber by leading them to a stronger threat and helping it out. His proper title is Hassan of the Cursed Arm, whose Noble Phantasm manifests as [[Faptau\|an extra-long right arm]] that allows him to crush your heart if he so much as touches you with it. F/GO reveals that he's actually quite an [[Kharn\|affable, honorable guy]] when you're not on his hitlist.		* True Assassin - An assassin summoned [[Rip and Tear \| out of Kojirou's body]] during one of the routes. He actually is one of the leaders of the Hashashin. Showcasing what a real Assassin is like, he manages to bring down both Lancer and Saber by leading them to a stronger threat and helping it out. His proper title is Hassan of the Cursed Arm, whose Noble Phantasm manifests as [[Faptau\|an extra-long right arm]] that allows him to crush your heart if he so much as touches you with it. F/GO reveals that he's actually quite an [[Kharn\|affable, honorable guy]] when you're not on his hitlist.

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	* Assassin - Sasaki Kojirou, autistic samurai. The original example of a popular fictional tale come to life, Kojirou has never actually existed. Instead, the Grail brought in some nameless peasant of no note who [[Awesome \| trained on his own and eventually became able to bend spacetime through sheer skill]] [[Derp \| because he really wanted to kill a swallow]]. Has shit stats, only got a katana from his namesake ([[Katanas are Underpowered in d20 \|which bends upon exchanging blows with a proper European longsword]]), and lacks a Noble Phantasm, but his [[Weeaboo Fightan Magic \| ridiculous sword skills]] compensate for it as long as he can get close. Pretty chill guy who just loves to fight, but Caster used the vacant Assassin slot to summon him herself and bind him to her base's front door, so he doesn't get to do much besides serve as the odd boss fight.		* Assassin - Sasaki Kojirou, autistic samurai. The original example of a popular fictional tale come to life, Kojirou has never actually existed. Instead, the Grail brought in some nameless peasant of no note who [[Awesome \| trained on his own and eventually became able to bend spacetime through sheer skill]] [[Derp \| because he really wanted to kill a swallow]]. Has shit stats, only got a katana from his namesake ([[Katanas are Underpowered in d20 \|which bends upon exchanging blows with a proper European longsword]]), and lacks a Noble Phantasm, but his [[Weeaboo Fightan Magic \| ridiculous sword skills]] compensate for it as long as he can get close. Pretty chill guy who just loves to fight, but Caster used the vacant Assassin slot to summon him herself and bind him to her base's front door, so he doesn't get to do much besides serve as the odd boss fight.
	* Berserker - Herakles. Monstrously strong as is, he gets a shitload of extra lives and resistance to things that kill him based on his Twelve Tasks. Theoretically unstoppable, he dies to let another character show off in every story route. Turns out Berserker is one of his ''worst'' classes, which is ironic because he was summoned by a "family" that participated in every Grail War, brought powerful non-Berserker heroes, still lost and finally decided "fuck it, why don't we just summon an extremely powerful hero with a passive NP and give them even ''more'' stats as a Berserker?". To drive the point home, in one route he dies to a weaker copy of ''his '''other''' Noble Phantasm'', which he has access to but [[Derp \| can't use himself due to his mental degeneration]]. Still a cool guy despite the frothing rage, he's completely loyal to and fiercely protective of his Master, [[Awesome \| managing to break out of chains designed to hold Gods when he sees her get hurt]].		* Berserker - Herakles. Monstrously strong as is, he gets a shitload of extra lives and resistance to things that kill him based on his Twelve Tasks. Theoretically unstoppable, he dies to let another character show off in every story route. Turns out Berserker is one of his ''worst'' classes, which is ironic because he was summoned by a "family" that participated in every Grail War, brought powerful non-Berserker heroes, still lost and finally decided "fuck it, why don't we just summon an extremely powerful hero with a passive NP and give them even ''more'' stats as a Berserker?". To drive the point home, in one route he dies to a weaker copy of ''his '''other''' Noble Phantasm'', which he has access to but [[Derp \| can't use himself due to his mental degeneration]]. Still a cool guy despite the frothing rage, he's completely loyal to and fiercely protective of his Master, [[Awesome \| managing to break out of chains designed to hold Gods when he sees her get hurt]].
	* Archer 2 - Yes, there are more than seven servants. This guy survived the disaster that was the Fourth Grail War and managed to hang around afterwards. He is Gilgamesh. As pretty much the first hero ever recorded and a king, he's [[Derp \| "King of Heroes"]~~. His Noble Phantasm lets him pull any kind of weapon he wants out of the ether~~. All other legends are derived from him, and in his lifetime he [[Murderhobo \| ignored his subjects and went around collecting everything there was to collect]], which means he has the original (and strongest) version of every artifact. This applies to pretty much anything humanity's ever produced, so it's no problem for him to summon the best car ever, or jet, or [[What \| fishing rod]], or, if summoned in the future, spaceship... However, swinging swords is for losers, so he earns Archer status by launching them at his enemies. And, of course, when that doesn't work, he can just break out the [[Exterminatus \| world-rending <del>sword</del> <del>drill</del> thing]] that even he respects. Gilgamesh being the strongest Servant, period, is '''very''' canon, with Nasu making sure to give him new powers whenever he's mentioned. However, while his ego is large enough to nullify any mental attack through sheer will, it also eventually brings him down without fail.		* Archer 2 - Yes, there are more than seven servants. This guy survived the disaster that was the Fourth Grail War and managed to hang around afterwards. He is Gilgamesh. As pretty much the first hero ever recorded and a king, he's [[Derp \| "King of Heroes"]]. All other legends are derived from him, and in his lifetime he [[Murderhobo \| ignored his subjects and went around collecting everything there was to collect]], which means he has the original (and strongest) version of every artifact and can manifest them at will. This applies to pretty much anything humanity's ever produced, so it's no problem for him to summon the best car ever, or jet, or [[What \| fishing rod]], or, if summoned in the future, spaceship... However, swinging swords is for losers, so he earns Archer status by launching them at his enemies. And, of course, when that doesn't work, he can just break out the [[Exterminatus \| world-rending <del>sword</del> <del>drill</del> thing]] that even he respects. Gilgamesh being the strongest Servant, period, is '''very''' canon, with Nasu making sure to give him new powers whenever he's mentioned. However, while his ego is large enough to nullify any mental attack through sheer will, it also eventually brings him down without fail.
	* True Assassin - An assassin summoned [[Rip and Tear \| out of Kojirou's body]] during one of the routes. He actually is one of the leaders of the Hashashin. Showcasing what a real Assassin is like, he manages to bring down both Lancer and Saber by leading them to a stronger threat and helping it out. His proper title is Hassan of the Cursed Arm, whose Noble Phantasm manifests as [[Faptau\|an extra-long right arm]] that allows him to crush your heart if he so much as touches you with it. F/GO reveals that he's actually quite an [[Kharn\|affable, honorable guy]] when you're not on his hitlist.		* True Assassin - An assassin summoned [[Rip and Tear \| out of Kojirou's body]] during one of the routes. He actually is one of the leaders of the Hashashin. Showcasing what a real Assassin is like, he manages to bring down both Lancer and Saber by leading them to a stronger threat and helping it out. His proper title is Hassan of the Cursed Arm, whose Noble Phantasm manifests as [[Faptau\|an extra-long right arm]] that allows him to crush your heart if he so much as touches you with it. F/GO reveals that he's actually quite an [[Kharn\|affable, honorable guy]] when you're not on his hitlist.

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	Fate/Stay Night was the original work in the Fate series, released as a visual novel in 2004. It's where you get ancient memes like "People die when they are killed," and "I am the bone of my sword." The Holy Grail War depicted in F/SN is the Fifth Grail War, and it features the following heroes:		Fate/Stay Night was the original work in the Fate series, released as a visual novel in 2004. It's where you get ancient memes like "People die when they are killed," and "I am the bone of my sword." The Holy Grail War depicted in F/SN is the Fifth Grail War, and it features the following heroes:

	* Saber - King Arthur, but ''a girl.'' Her Noble Phantasm is Excalibur, which manifests its power in a slash that "cuts through everything." [[What \| The actual attack is a gigantic laser beam that vaporizes whatever she points it at]], leading to F/GO's running gag where [[Lulz\|you're only a real Saber if you fire sword beams of any sort]]. Saber is unique as a Servant (but only in this work) because she's neither a spirit (therefore ~~being~~ unable to dematerialize) nor even ''dead'' and is instead ~~kept~~ in ~~stasis~~ answering calls to hunt the Grail~~, attaining which will release her and finally let her die~~. Heroine of the first story route, and one of the most popular (and lazily copied) characters in modern Japanese pop culture, Saber is an endearingly-earnest knightly woman type.		* Saber - King Arthur, but ''a girl.'' Her Noble Phantasm is Excalibur, which manifests its power in a slash that "cuts through everything." [[What \| The actual attack is a gigantic laser beam that vaporizes whatever she points it at]], leading to F/GO's running gag where [[Lulz\|you're only a real Saber if you fire sword beams of any sort]]. Saber is unique as a Servant (but only in this work) because she's neither a spirit (and therefore unable to dematerialize) nor even ''dead'' and instead sits around in Avalon answering calls to hunt the Grail. Heroine of the first story route, and one of the most popular (and lazily copied) characters in modern Japanese pop culture, Saber is an endearingly-earnest knightly woman type.
	* Archer - [REDACTED]. Archer actually isn't a legendary hero at all. At least, he's not a legend in the time Fate/Stay Night takes place. Impossible to discuss without getting too deep into spoiler territory, the original Archer is a complicated figure who varies widely between story arcs.		* Archer - [REDACTED]. [[Derp \| An Archer who prefers to fight up close even though he's not very good at it]], he actually isn't a legendary hero at all. At least, he's not a legend in the time Fate/Stay Night takes place. Impossible to discuss without getting too deep into spoiler territory, the original Archer is a complicated figure who varies widely between story arcs.
	* Lancer - Cu Chulainn. His Noble Phantasm is the spear <del>Gay Bulge</del> Gae Bolg. The one who began the trend of ~~Lancer's~~ having E-Rank Luck, but goes out like a man in every major route, earning much fan respect.		* Lancer - Cu Chulainn. His Noble Phantasm is the spear <del>Gay Bulge</del> Gae Bolg. The one who began the trend of Lancers having E-Rank Luck, but goes out like a man in every major route, earning much fan respect.
	* Rider - Medusa. ~~Why? Because~~ Pegasus was born ~~when she was decapitated~~, so she gets to use it as her Noble Phantasm even if she isn't Perseus. Draws on a wider variety of sources than the Athenian version ~~you're probably most familiar with~~, ultimately cobbling them together into a coherent story of a fallen ~~former~~ heroine who turned into a monster ~~in life~~, which is also why she's not got the snake-hair yet (~~though~~ her ~~very long hair gives the impression in a fight~~). The sexy one, she ~~serves as an obstacle that lets another character show off how cool they are by beating her in all but one major story route~~.		* Rider - Medusa. [[Derp \| Isn't actually blind, despite the blindfold]]. Pegasus was born from her blood, so she gets to use it as her Noble Phantasm even though she isn't Perseus. Draws on a wider variety of sources than the prevalent Athenian version, ultimately cobbling them together into a coherent story of a fallen heroine who gradually turned into a monster, which is also why she's not got the snake-hair yet (she can become her monster form, but she would rather die). The sexy one, she unfortunately can't quite stand up to the sheer power the other Servants bring.
	* Caster - Medea. She's still bitter about Jason cucking her, so she maintains a sadistic streak. Her Noble Phantasm lets her sever magical contracts, ~~which gets ''real fun~~'' ~~when you remember that~~ those ~~are what bind~~ Servants to Masters. Like Rider, she serves as a ~~major roadblock partway through every major story branch~~, but unlike Rider ~~doesn't have one where~~ she ~~allies~~ with the protagonists ~~and gets to show off~~.		* Caster - Medea. Always wears a hood, but [[Elf \| has pointy ears and is canonically the most beautiful woman in the entire game]]. She's still bitter about Jason cucking her, so she maintains a sadistic streak. Reenacting her legend in a way, she murdered her original Master, who was a real asshole to her, and fell madly in love with a random passerby who helped her as she was fading away. This one's completely loyal, though, leading to some touching scenes. Supplies herself with mana by sapping a little bit of life from everyone in the city. Her Noble Phantasm lets her sever magical contracts, most notably ''those between Servants and Masters''. Like Rider, she serves as a surprisingly dangerous miniboss, but unlike Rider, she never gets to ally with the protagonists.
	* Assassin - Sasaki ~~Koijrou~~, autistic samurai. ~~Trained so hard with~~ his ~~weeaboo stick that~~ he ~~developed the ability~~ to ~~make three sword slices simultaneously~~, which ~~is the closest thing he gets to~~ a Noble Phantasm. Pretty chill guy who just loves to fight, but ~~it turns out~~ Caster ~~took advantage of~~ the ~~mis-firing Grail War system~~ to summon him herself and bind him to her base's front door, so he doesn't get to do much besides serve as the odd boss fight ~~a few times~~.		* Assassin - Sasaki Kojirou, autistic samurai. The original example of a popular fictional tale come to life, Kojirou has never actually existed. Instead, the Grail brought in some nameless peasant of no note who [[Awesome \| trained on his own and eventually became able to bend spacetime through sheer skill]] [[Derp \| because he really wanted to kill a swallow]]. Has shit stats, only got a katana from his namesake ([[Katanas are Underpowered in d20 \|which bends upon exchanging blows with a proper European longsword]]), and lacks a Noble Phantasm, but his [[Weeaboo Fightan Magic \| ridiculous sword skills]] compensate for it as long as he can get close. Pretty chill guy who just loves to fight, but Caster used the vacant Assassin slot to summon him herself and bind him to her base's front door, so he doesn't get to do much besides serve as the odd boss fight.
	* Berserker - Herakles. ~~He's too angry to use a weapon well enough to bring out its potential~~ as ~~a Noble Phantasm~~, ~~so instead~~ he gets a shitload of extra lives based on his Twelve Tasks. Theoretically unstoppable, he dies to let another character show off ~~how cool and dangerous they are~~ in every story route. Turns out Berserker is one of his ''worst'' classes~~, Archer being his best fit~~, which is ironic because he was summoned by a "family" that participated in every Grail War, brought powerful non-Berserker heroes, still lost and finally decided "fuck it~~, clearly this beamsword trickery doesn't work~~, why don't we just summon an extremely powerful hero with a passive NP ~~that's always on~~ and give them even ''more'' stats as a Berserker?". To drive the point home, in one route he dies to a weaker copy of ''his '''other''' Noble Phantasm'', which he has access to but [[Derp \| can't use himself due to his mental degeneration]]. Still a cool guy despite the frothing rage, he's completely loyal to and fiercely protective of his Master, [[Awesome \| managing to break out of chains designed to hold Gods when he sees her get hurt]].		* Berserker - Herakles. Monstrously strong as is, he gets a shitload of extra lives and resistance to things that kill him based on his Twelve Tasks. Theoretically unstoppable, he dies to let another character show off in every story route. Turns out Berserker is one of his ''worst'' classes, which is ironic because he was summoned by a "family" that participated in every Grail War, brought powerful non-Berserker heroes, still lost and finally decided "fuck it, why don't we just summon an extremely powerful hero with a passive NP and give them even ''more'' stats as a Berserker?". To drive the point home, in one route he dies to a weaker copy of ''his '''other''' Noble Phantasm'', which he has access to but [[Derp \| can't use himself due to his mental degeneration]]. Still a cool guy despite the frothing rage, he's completely loyal to and fiercely protective of his Master, [[Awesome \| managing to break out of chains designed to hold Gods when he sees her get hurt]].
	* Archer 2 - Yes there are more than seven servants. This guy was ~~the Archer in~~ the Fourth Grail War and managed to ~~gain a physical body allowing him to remain in the world~~. He is Gilgamesh. As pretty much the first hero ever recorded, he's "King of Heroes." His Noble Phantasm ~~is the Gate of Babylon, which~~ lets him pull any kind of weapon he wants out of the ether. ~~He's the original hero and a bit of a hoarder, so of course all~~ other legends are derived from him, which means he has the original ~~versions~~ of every artifact~~, and the original always beats the derivative. Even his armor, which doesn't merit a name, is good enough to deflect Saber's full power sword strikes barehanded for a while~~. This applies to pretty much anything humanity's ever produced, so it's no problem for him to summon the best car ever, or jet, or [[What \| fishing rod]], or, if summoned in the future, spaceship... ~~Basically~~, ~~he could win fair, but he cheats anyway. He's too arrogant to use these treasures properly~~, so he earns Archer status by launching them at his enemies. And, of course, when that doesn't work, he can just break out the [[Exterminatus \| world-rending <del>sword</del> <del>drill</del> thing ~~only he has ever owned~~]].		* Archer 2 - Yes, there are more than seven servants. This guy survived the disaster that was the Fourth Grail War and managed to hang around afterwards. He is Gilgamesh. As pretty much the first hero ever recorded and a king, he's [[Derp \| "King of Heroes"]. His Noble Phantasm lets him pull any kind of weapon he wants out of the ether. All other legends are derived from him, and in his lifetime he [[Murderhobo \| ignored his subjects and went around collecting everything there was to collect]], which means he has the original (and strongest) version of every artifact. This applies to pretty much anything humanity's ever produced, so it's no problem for him to summon the best car ever, or jet, or [[What \| fishing rod]], or, if summoned in the future, spaceship... However, swinging swords is for losers, so he earns Archer status by launching them at his enemies. And, of course, when that doesn't work, he can just break out the [[Exterminatus \| world-rending <del>sword</del> <del>drill</del> thing]] that even he respects. Gilgamesh being the strongest Servant, period, is '''very''' canon, with Nasu making sure to give him new powers whenever he's mentioned. However, while his ego is large enough to nullify any mental attack through sheer will, it also eventually brings him down without fail.
	* True Assassin - An assassin summoned during one of the routes ~~after the much cooler Sasaki Koijrou is killed~~. He actually is one of the leaders of the ~~Hashshashin~~. He manages to ~~beat~~ Lancer ~~AND~~ Saber ~~via cleverly~~ leading them ~~into traps~~ and ~~taking advantage of his Noble Phantasm and immunity to projectile attacks~~. His proper title is Hassan of the Cursed Arm, whose Noble Phantasm manifests as [[Faptau\|an extra-long right arm]] that allows him to crush your heart if he so much as touches you with it. F/GO reveals that he's actually quite an [[Kharn\|affable, honorable guy]] when you're not on his hitlist~~, and he more or less got an entire story arc to himself. Atta boy~~.		* True Assassin - An assassin summoned [[Rip and Tear \| out of Kojirou's body]] during one of the routes. He actually is one of the leaders of the Hashashin. Showcasing what a real Assassin is like, he manages to bring down both Lancer and Saber by leading them to a stronger threat and helping it out. His proper title is Hassan of the Cursed Arm, whose Noble Phantasm manifests as [[Faptau\|an extra-long right arm]] that allows him to crush your heart if he so much as touches you with it. F/GO reveals that he's actually quite an [[Kharn\|affable, honorable guy]] when you're not on his hitlist.

	There are also a whole fuckload of additional Servant classes (called Extra Classes) but they don't show up in F/SN.		There are also a whole fuckload of additional Servant classes (called Extra Classes) but they don't show up in F/SN.
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	This also started the ''Fate'' franchise's long love-affair with gender-flipping other historical characters. While in later titles, this was done in a mixture of cynical sex appeal-adding and the high-minded goal of making human history and mythology less of a goddamn sausage-fest, here it was done during the retool from their original plans as part of trying to make the title more marketable. Nasu's original plan was actually to have the main character be a girl and keep King Arthur as an actual king, but his artist and comrade Takeuchi convinced him they would do much better in the VN market if the protagonist was a male the audience could project on, and King Arthur was a girl. And thus, history was made.		This also started the ''Fate'' franchise's long love-affair with gender-flipping other historical characters. While in later titles, this was done in a mixture of cynical sex appeal-adding and the high-minded goal of making human history and mythology less of a goddamn sausage-fest, here it was done during the retool from their original plans as part of trying to make the title more marketable. Nasu's original plan was actually to have the main character be a girl and keep King Arthur as an actual king, but his artist and comrade Takeuchi convinced him they would do much better in the VN market if the protagonist was a male the audience could project on, and King Arthur was a girl. And thus, history was made.

	All that aside, the actual plot of Fate/Stay Night follows Emiya Shirou, a boy who was adopted by Emiya Kiritsugu when the fallout from the Fourth Grail War turned Shirou's neighborhood into a burning hellscape. Ten years later, he gets wrapped up in the aforementioned Fifth Grail War when he unwittingly summons Saber. Oh, and that Archer has a ~~very~~ burning hatred of him for some reason...		All that aside, the actual plot of Fate/Stay Night follows Emiya Shirou, a boy who was adopted by Emiya Kiritsugu when the fallout from the Fourth Grail War turned Shirou's neighborhood into a burning hellscape. Ten years later, he gets wrapped up in the aforementioned Fifth Grail War when he unwittingly summons Saber. Oh, and that Archer has a burning hatred of him for some reason...

	Almost all the characters are popular in their own right and frequently show up in spin-off material.		Almost all the characters are popular in their own right and frequently show up in spin-off material.