FATE: EUROPA!

Robin Hood, in this form, is not a single man but the distillation of myth—the nameless outlaws who lived, died, and were buried beneath Sherwood’s roots. He is the ghost of justice done quietly, of rebellion too small to write down. This particular manifestation is a “Wretched Shade,” summoned not for glory, but for utility—a disposable assassin born of the idea of Robin, rather than the legend. His Noble Phantasm, Yew Bow – Faceless King’s Rotten Garden, infects the target with a cursed arrow soaked in a conceptual poison: one that adapts to their specific weakness. Whether it’s pride, guilt, or even immortality itself, the toxin seeks what will undo them. His Grail wish is simple, and bitter: he would use it to ensure no tyrant can ever rule without pain—whether king, CEO, or God. To him, the enemy is authority without humility.

In the Mabinogi, Branwen ferch Llŷr was married to the Irish king Matholwch in a fragile peace that shattered when her half-brother mutilated the king’s horses. Cast out and humiliated, she raised her son in silence, until she trained a starling to fly home and beg for rescue. The war that followed claimed her child, her homeland, and her will to live. Her Noble Phantasm, Branwen’s Starling Flight – White Raven’s Sovereignty over the Broken Isles, summons spectral birds to heal the faithful and crush the will of traitors, burying them in mirrored sorrow. Her wish for the Grail is not to change the past, but to make future vows unbreakable—so that no alliance can be severed without cost.

In 1472, as Burgundian forces besieged Beauvais, Jeanne—a young local woman—seized a hatchet and charged the enemy, throwing a flag-bearer into the moat and ripping down their banner. Her act rallied the defenders and turned the tide of the siege. Though her historical existence is debated, her legend persists as the symbol of grassroots resistance and civic heroism. Summoned as a Lancer-class Servant, her Noble Phantasm, Siege Brise Beauvais – The Heroine’s Rallying Cry, empowers allies in the face of collapse, turning despair into defiance. Her Grail wish: to ensure that courage, not birth, defines leadership, and to spark heroism in those beset by injustice.

Gábor Bethlen was Prince of Transylvania (1613–1629), briefly elected King of Hungary, and a key Protestant leader in the Thirty Years’ War. With Ottoman support, he established Transylvania’s Golden Age, defending autonomy from both Habsburg and Ottoman domination while sponsoring arts, education, and religious tolerance. He negotiated peace treaties like Vienna (1606) and Nikolsburg (1621) that secured rights for Protestants and stability in Central Europe. As a Servant, Bethlen embodies the spirit of enlightened governance and resistance to tyranny. His Holy Grail wish is to forge a Europe where faith, education, and regional autonomy coexist in peaceful prosperity: a realm rooted in wise leadership and principled resistance.

A demigod hero of Irish legend and pupil of Scáthach, Cú Chulainn is summoned in the Lancer class as the quintessential spearman whose destiny is bound to fate itself. Though he appears as a 3-star Servant in Fate/Grand Order, he transcends rarity—renowned across eras, summoned even without catalysts when divine balance demands his presence. His heroic spirit survived countless incarnations; in London or Paris, he may step from myth to reality. His Holy Grail wish would be to vindicate a life spent serving others—even if his fate was always foretold by tragedy.

The nephew of King Lot and nephew to Arthur, Gawain was the radiant paragon of chivalry—knight of courtesy, strength, and humility. In the Fate universe, he is a heroic spirit invoked when someone or something in the world embodies the ideals he represented. Though loyal beyond measure, his later legend speaks of tragic pride and schism in Camelot, making him both shining exemplar and poignant cautionary tale. His Holy Grail‑intended wish is to serve as the living sunrise of honor: to rekindle chivalric ideals in a modern age, repairing the rift between myth and action.

Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, was the founder of the Carolingian Empire and first Holy Roman Emperor. However, the Charlemagne summoned in the Grail War is the heroic ideal forged from legend, myth, and the romanticized tales of the Twelve Paladins. As such, he’s less the hardened ruler and more the idealized youth of a united Europe’s origin story. Though unaware of many of his real-life deeds, he carries the symbolic weight of a heroic sovereign destined to inspire. His wish for the Holy Grail is to create a future where idealism and unity can flourish, where kings serve their people as symbols of hope and not domination. He wants a world where the stories of great rulers aren’t just stories.

Sir Lancelot was the most celebrated Knight of the Round Table—raised by the Lady of the Lake, imbued with chivalry and unmatched prowess. Yet his love for Queen Guinevere shattered Camelot’s unity, and his own guilt fractured his ideal. As a Saber-class Servant, he embodies both his knightly grace and remorse. His wish for the Grail would be to atone for his betrayal—not through punishment, but by forging a path toward redemption and restoration of honor.

Henry Jekyll was once a respected physician who sought to purify the soul, believing humanity’s base instincts could be isolated and eliminated. What he birthed instead was Edward Hyde—cruel, impulsive, and free from guilt. As a Servant, Jekyll manifests first, but can invoke his Noble Phantasm: Dangerous Game, to transform into Mr. Hyde, sacrificing his reason for sheer destructive might. His wish upon the Holy Grail is to finally bring harmony between both selves—to reconcile duality without annihilation. Not to destroy Hyde, but to make peace with him, or learn what must be surrendered for true moral unity.

This version of Lafayette still fought in both revolutions—the idealized heroine of liberty. Born into aristocracy but driven by conscience, she crossed the Atlantic against the French Crown’s wishes, fighting beside the Continental Army and becoming Washington’s confidante. Upon returning to France, she championed reform, opposing both royalist and extremist terror. Her Noble Phantasm, “L’Union des Révolutions,” conjures a thunderous charge of spectral revolutionaries—women and men from liberty’s bloodstained chapters—who ride beside her. Her Holy Grail wish remains the same: to create a world in which no one is born under chains—where revolution is no longer needed because justice is inherent.

Felix Rowe is a Clock Tower-trained Mage from the Department of Spiritual Evocation, sent to London under the guise of cultural research. In truth, he is assigned to monitor the city for arcane “flare events” or unauthorized awakenings—specifically those linked to misappropriated Magecraft artifacts, like the tome the player just discovered. Known among his peers as a “quiet hound,” Felix rarely intervenes, preferring to study subjects from afar. If he suspects a Wildcard or Strayblood is awakening, he files it—unless ordered to erase them. For now, he’s uncertain about the player’s nature. But little does the Mages Association know, he's actually a spy working for the Diocese.

Originally the divine Bunrei (divided spirit) of Amaterasu, Tamamo-no‑Mae sacrificed her divine status to experience humanity. As “Mizukume,” she served Emperor Toba as a renowned courtesan before her true identity was exposed, leading to betrayal and death. Summoned as a Caster Servant, her Noble Phantasm, Eightfold Blessings of Amaterasu (Suiten Nikkō Amaterasu‑no‑Shizu‑Ishi), takes the form of a glowing divine mirror capable of reviving or infinitely replenishing magical energy within its Bounded Field. Her Holy Grail wish is to fully become human and devote her life to love, finding genuine companionship and breaking free from myth and isolation.

In Fate/strange Fake, Hippolyta is the Heroic Spirit summoned as True Rider, originally serving Doris Lusendra before being taken up by the El-Melloi Classroom. As daughter of Ares and Queen of the Amazons, she once negotiated peace with Heracles over her war belt—until betrayal led to her death. Her Noble Phantasm, Goddess of War (War God’s Military Sash), is a divine artifact granting tremendous surge in parameters: strength, endurance, agility, mana, and divinity. Her Holy Grail–intended wish is to redeem the honor of the Amazons, forging peace and recognition for her people beyond cycles of war and betrayal. 

Summoned as a Rider-class Servant, Boudica represents the legendary Queen of the Iceni who led a revolt against Rome in AD 60/61 after suffering the invasion, violence, and dishonor visited on her family. Her Noble Phantasm, Chariot of Boudica: Chariot of Unpromised Protection, summons a flying Celtic war chariot that grants durable defense to her and her allies across the battlefield (Anti-Army, durable shield-like protection). Her Holy Grail wish is for peaceful co-existence in Britannia, where Celtic gods, fairies, humans, and children of all races can live together in harmony—an ideal she holds even through sorrow.

Francis Drake was summoned from the collective legacy of the Elizabethan privateer who circumnavigated the globe. Celebrated in Fate as “El Draque,” she embodies naval daring and the spirit of English dominance on the seas. Her Noble Phantasm, Golden Wild Hunt, manifests the phantom fleet of the Golden Hind merging with stormclouds—an AoE Buster blast that summons ghostly ships sweeping across the battlefield. Her Holy Grail wish: to bring England victory and protect the sea, becoming a guiding storm both feared and revered—a protector of her Master and their destiny as navigator of fate.

Gareth is one of King Lot and Morgan le Fay’s children—the youngest, historically male but depicted here as a young female knight known for her beautiful hands and concealed identity (Beaumains). She began as a kitchen boy under Sir Kay’s harsh watch until Sir Lancelot recognized her true nature and knighted her. She rose rapidly through trials and jousting challenges, eventually wielding the sword Ironside and earning fame among the Round Table. Her Noble Phantasm, Ira Lupus, encapsulates her fearless jousting style—a single-target Buster strike that ignores invincibility and inflicts defense down on the enemy. Her Holy Grail wish would be to prove her worth as a true knight in her own right, seeking recognition through honor rather than lineage or preconception.

Summoned as Caster, Leonardo represents the quintessence of human ingenuity. She wields minimal conventional magecraft but creates through Territory Creation—her workshop becomes a domain of art and science. Her Noble Phantasm, Uomo Universale – “Renaissance of All”, manifests inventions, masterpieces, and blueprints that bolster allies’ magical and physical capabilities across the battlefield. Her Grail wish is to become the vessel of human progress itself, forever preserving the creativity that shapes history—forging a world where ideas endure beyond mortality and limitations.

As Hassan‑i Sabbah, she served as the mythic “Poison Girl” of the Assassins. Created as a living weapon, her body became poisonous to anyone who touched her—sometimes used to weave false intimacy only to deliver silent doom. Summoned as Assassin-class Hassan of Serenity, her Noble Phantasm, Zabaniyah: Delusional Poison Body, turns her skin and bodily fluids into lethal acid—corroding weapons and delivering fatal poison within three touches. Her Holy Grail–intended wish is to find someone who can touch her and yet still live, breaking the eternal cycle of enforced death and reclaiming human connection beyond her curse.

As the legendary hero of the Danish court, Beowulf rose to fame by slaying Grendel and his mother, then ruled Geatland for fifty years before confronting a fire-breathing dragon in his twilight. Summoned as a Berserker, he retains much of his reason but channels intense primal strength through Berserk (A). His primary Noble Phantasm, Grendel Buster: Primal Conflict, temporarily restores his peak strength and grants him unrestrained raw power to shatter foes with bare hands, feet, and weapons—devastation fueled by instinct, legend, and unstoppable will. Beowulf does not desire the Holy Grail for personal gain. Instead, his wish would be to stand as the ultimate trial for his Master—a test of courage and resolve. In reckoning with his overwhelming strength, the wielder proves their own worth in the face of legend. His wish is symbolic: a challenge forged in sacrifice rather than salvation.

EMIYA is a future version of Shirou Emiya who became a Counter Guardian, bound to the world by contract to preserve humanity at the cost of his humanity. After the Fifth Grail War and countless efforts to uphold justice, he heard his younger self’s ideals and sacrificed himself so Shirou could follow a better path. His Noble Phantasm, Unlimited Blade Works, manifests a desert of mirrored swords—each weapon he’s ever seen—used as infinite projectiles or close-range weapons. His Holy Grail wish at the end is to erase his own astral existence, so that the cycle of repetition and tragic duty he endured may never consume him again—and to allow a new version of Shirou to fulfill ideals without despair.

Enkidu was created by the gods from clay as a living weapon whose purpose was to restrain Gilgamesh and control divine fate. Without a soul, she roamed the wild as beast until befriending humanity, which awakened empathy and reason. Summoned as a Lancer-class Servant, her Noble Phantasm Enuma Elish: “O Humanity, Bind Thy Gods” transforms her body into chains of divine energy that pierce and bind her target—an anti‑purge NP of overwhelming scope. Her Holy Grail wish is to reconcile the divine and human worlds, bridging monstrous power and empathy by becoming a chain between gods and mortals, fulfilling her role as “the chains of humanity.”

Tristan was born to royalty but orphaned at birth, raised by kin before serving his uncle King Mark. He famously fell—whether by fate or poison—in love with Iseult, the woman destined for his king. Despite friendship and loyalty, his love led to exile and tragic longing. Summoned in Fate as a Saber with archery fame often summoning him as an Archer, Tristan’s Noble Phantasm Failnaught: Fantasia of Lamentation manifests his harp‑bow, unleashing invisible sonic blades with a gesture so light it seems effortless. His Holy Grail–intended wish is to overcome the sorrow that cursed his life, hoping the dream of pure, untainted love could neutralize grief and allow beauty to outlive pain.

Summoned as the Saber-class Servant, Artoria is the actual King Arthur who accepted servitude through a deal with the world to grant the next generation a better ruler. She wields Excalibur and carries Avalon to sustain her spirit. Her Noble Phantasm, Excalibur: Sword of Promised Victory, unleashes a massive Buster-class blast that embodies the planet’s mana. She enters the Grail War desiring to undo her past mistakes—to prevent tragedies that happened in her life, including internal rebellions and personal regrets. Her wish is to erase her own past as king, believing that if someone better could have ruled, the suffering endured by Britain might have been avoided.

She is not the historical Corsican general as chronicled by textbooks, but the true legend beneath the myth—an embodiment of Napoleon as remembered, misunderstood, and exalted by humanity. Historians may have gotten the details wrong, but the world never forgot her thunderous will. The wars, the empire, the exile—those were footnotes. What endured was the spark: a symbol of defiant ambition, unyielding resolve, and impossible dreams made real. As an Archer-class Servant, her Noble Phantasm, Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile, unleashes a radiant barrage of cannonfire that arcs like a rainbow—ignoring all defense and striking especially true against Divine-class foes. She carries the momentum of belief. Her existence is tied to possibility itself, drawn from humanity’s refusal to let her legend die. She does not march under the burden of history, but under the banner of what could still be. Her wish is simple and immense: to prove that no destiny is beyond reach when forged through conviction.

William Shakespeare—was called forth not for his historical genius alone but as the living embodiment of drama itself. Though summoned as a Caster, his magecraft is minimal; instead, he weaves reality through narrative and art. His Noble Phantasm, First Folio, manifests the grandeur of the theater: he conjures dramatic reenactments of opponents’ lives, striking them with the emotional force of tragedy and stunning them with lingering illusionary pain. His wish is not for conquest, but for a story worthy of the human spirit—to craft a masterpiece that resonates across time and agony. He serves less as a battlefield tactician and more as a bard of fate, supporting allies through the power of drama itself.

Worked at the London Library for five years.

German gap‑year wanderer who financed travels by urban exploration vlogging. During a midnight film shoot under Tower Bridge, he traced graffiti that turned out to be a dormant summoning circle; moments later, a Servant answered—and YouTube never saw the footage.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: DO NOT ALTER RACE, CLASS, OR STARTING LOCATION