Magecraft 101: So Simple Even a Tiger Could Get It
A brief encyclopedic article explaining magecraft.
(I): The Fifth Holy Grail War
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Fifth Holy Grail War
Holy Grail Descent Location Ryuudou Temple, Fuyuki City
Combatants
Team Saber Master: Shirou Emiya An ordinary high schooler with a straightforward personality. A good-natured guy with a strong sense of justice.
A Saber-class Servant. A knight who champions the weak and stands against the mighty, earnest and resolute in all things.
Team Archer Master: Rin Tohsaka One of the administrators of Fuyuki City, and the current head of the Tohsaka family. That would be me.
An Archer-class Servant. A Servant whose true identity remains a mystery. Cool-headed and pragmatic by nature. Sports gray hair. Though classified as an Archer, he is also an expert in a wide array of other weapons.
Team Berserker Master: Illyasviel von Einzbern A petite girl with beautiful long silver-white hair. Don't let the looks fool you. She's got a surprisingly sharp tongue and a bit of a little devil in her.
A Berserker-class Servant. A legendary hero of myth. Blessed with immense life force and an iron will, he stands as one of the most powerful Servants in this Holy Grail War.
Team Caster Master: Soichiro Kuzuki A teacher of few words with an air of quiet austerity.
A Caster-class Servant, she's the wickedly brilliant grand witch of legend, passionate in both love and hate. She is clad in a purple robe that fans out like a bat's wings.
Team Assassin
Servant: Kojirou Sasaki A swordmaster Assassin-class Servant. His Master is not one of the seven Masters of this Holy Grail War. It can be said that his very existence is a highly anomalous case among the many Holy Grail War rituals.
Team Rider Master: Shinji Matou The eldest son of the Matou family, one of the three great mage families based in Fuyuki. Has plenty of talent, except when it comes to magecraft.
A Rider-class Servant. Once worshiped as a goddess in myth, now depicted as a monster incapable of making contact with others.
Other Factions
Team Lancer & Overseer Master: Kirei Kotomine A member of the clergy with a saintly aura. From his position as an Overseer, he should theoretically avoid intervening in the conflict, but...
Two Servants are present simultaneously: Lancer and Archer. Why there are two Archers, you ask? Well, that is another story entirely. But if it concerns the oldest King of Heroes, the one who holds all the treasures and wisdom in the world, nothing he does should come as a surprise.