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Actually, things that can be accomplished with magecraft are determined by what humans can achieve on their own, so as technology advances, magecraft becomes more useful.


** This is, in fact, a general trait of * all* magi, as her father shows in FateZero. Simply put, they have magical ways of achieving such things (Tokiomi has a communication device powered by jewel magic) and so they have no real need for technology, and thus tend to avoid it. In fact, this trope applies in a very real sense, because the advance of technology is gradually making magic obsolete, and so Rin, as an exceptionally powerful and dedicated magus, would have been * much* better off being born in an earlier time.

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** This is, in fact, a general trait of * all* *all* magi, as her father shows in FateZero. Simply put, they have magical ways of achieving such things (Tokiomi has a communication device powered by jewel magic) and so they have no real need for technology, and thus tend to avoid it. In fact, this trope applies in a very real sense, because the advance of technology is gradually making magic obsolete, and so Rin, as an exceptionally powerful and dedicated magus, would have been * much* better off being born in an earlier time.
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Since Saber's identity is spoilered in her initial description, I'm assuming it should be spoilered in her trope list, as well.


* WalkOnWater - Saber was given this ability by the Lady of the Lake, but as a result she can't swim. Her trip to the water park with Shirou to learn has both crowning moments of [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]]/[[{{Moe}} moe]].

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* WalkOnWater - Saber was given this ability by the [[spoiler:the Lady of the Lake, Lake]], but as a result she can't swim. Her trip to the water park with Shirou to learn has both crowning moments of [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]]/[[{{Moe}} moe]].



* WaveMotionSword - "Excalibur, The Sword of Promised Victory".
* [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask The Woman Wearing the Kingly Mask]] - Aided by a GenderFlip illusion cast by Merlin. Unfortunately it works ''too'' well, and a rebellion rises up against Saber because some see her as an inhuman demon who doesn't care for her people.

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* WaveMotionSword - "Excalibur, "[[spoiler:Excalibur]], The Sword of Promised Victory".
* [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask The Woman Wearing the Kingly Mask]] - Aided by a GenderFlip illusion cast by Merlin.[[spoiler:Merlin]]. Unfortunately it works ''too'' well, and a rebellion rises up against Saber because some see her as an inhuman demon who doesn't care for her people.
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* GenderFlip - King Arthur as a girl.

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* GenderFlip - King Arthur [[spoiler:King Arthur]] as a girl.
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* LesYay - In the aforementioned 'sexy dress' scene, Caster seems to really, ''really'' enjoy watching Saber squirm. And not like 'You will suffer!', but like 'Mmmmmm, that's nice...'

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* LesYay - In the aforementioned 'sexy dress' scene, scenes, Caster seems to really, ''really'' enjoy watching Saber (or Sakura) squirm. And not like 'You will suffer!', but like 'Mmmmmm, that's nice...'

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This is you you don't assign alignments unless they're actually given...


* CharacterAlignment - Not stated, but likely LawfulGood or NeutralGood. Shirou wants to 'save everybody' and 'become an ally of justice' and lives much of his life by those two ideals. [[spoiler:His CharacterDevelopment in UBW doesn't change this outlook much -- Heaven's Feel does, however, to the degree that he goes ChaoticGood, with him willing to risk the Earth being destroyed rather than directly harm Sakura.]]
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By the same logic, a Chaotic Good person would also not kill an innocent girl in cold blood. Whilst Shioru is not willing to kill Sakura, he does not just let the Earth be destroyed. He tries everything he can to save the world and her, at great risk to himself, which is clearly Chaotic Good (he protects others, but he does it his way). Murder (or, indeed, killing in general) is an inherently Evil act, and thus you cannot claim that someone is not Good for refusing to do it, no matter what the circumstances. It's not different from Batman refusing to kill the Joker, even though there is a good chance that he will escape and kill again. It's not necessarily the right thing to do (that is a matter of personal opinion), but it's not an Evil act, and thus does not affect Shirou's alignment (which is quite clearly Good, because he puts others before himself and tries as hard as he can to save lives).


* CharacterAlignment - Not stated, but likely LawfulGood or NeutralGood. Shirou wants to 'save everybody' and 'become an ally of justice' and lives much of his life by those two ideals. [[spoiler:His CharacterDevelopment in UBW doesn't change this outlook much -- Heaven's Feel does, however, to the degree that he goes ChaoticGood, or TrueNeutral like Archer, with him willing to risk the Earth being destroyed rather than directly harm Sakura.]]

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* CharacterAlignment - Not stated, but likely LawfulGood or NeutralGood. Shirou wants to 'save everybody' and 'become an ally of justice' and lives much of his life by those two ideals. [[spoiler:His CharacterDevelopment in UBW doesn't change this outlook much -- Heaven's Feel does, however, to the degree that he goes ChaoticGood, or TrueNeutral like Archer, with him willing to risk the Earth being destroyed rather than directly harm Sakura.]]
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A Chaotic Good wouldn't risk destroying the earth, even if it's for noble intention. Since all Shirou cared in HF was Sakura, he would've been True Neutral, since he doesn't mind seeing the world destroyed


* CharacterAlignment - Not stated, but likely LawfulGood or NeutralGood. Shirou wants to 'save everybody' and 'become an ally of justice' and lives much of his life by those two ideals. [[spoiler:His CharacterDevelopment in UBW doesn't change this outlook much -- Heaven's Feel does, however, to the degree that he goes ChaoticGood and is willing to risk the Earth being destroyed rather than directly harm Sakura.]]

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* CharacterAlignment - Not stated, but likely LawfulGood or NeutralGood. Shirou wants to 'save everybody' and 'become an ally of justice' and lives much of his life by those two ideals. [[spoiler:His CharacterDevelopment in UBW doesn't change this outlook much -- Heaven's Feel does, however, to the degree that he goes ChaoticGood and is ChaoticGood, or TrueNeutral like Archer, with him willing to risk the Earth being destroyed rather than directly harm Sakura.]]
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome - In UBW.
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** Considering that [[ManipulativeBastard Kirei]] can use ''freaking Angra Mainyu: All The World's Evil'' as his Holy Grail EX technique and one of his Super Moves is to make the slime of the Grail explode upwards, this is ''not'' an illogical assumption. Her instincts are ''right''.

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And what, you are saying that people should stay off the page until they finish the game? You do realize that ninty percent of the C Ss in this site have spoilers. Who came up with this ridiculous format? Urgh, not enough time.


This is a page about the characters appearing in the Main/VisualNovel turned Main/{{Anime}} Main/FateStayNight. Just as a warning, '''THIS CONTAINS HUGE SPOILERS. SO FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT TO GET SPOILED, ESPECIALLY ON THE SERVANTS' IDENTITIES, PLEASE HIT BACK BEFORE YOU'RE SCARRED FOR LIFE!'''
And as an added note, stop putting new edits in spoilers. If people can't read the above disclaimer, that's their problem. Not yours.

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This is a page about the characters appearing in the Main/VisualNovel turned Main/{{Anime}} Main/FateStayNight. Just as Contains a warning, '''THIS CONTAINS HUGE SPOILERS. SO FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT TO GET SPOILED, ESPECIALLY ON THE SERVANTS' IDENTITIES, PLEASE HIT BACK BEFORE YOU'RE SCARRED FOR LIFE!'''
And as an added note, stop putting new edits in spoilers. If people can't read the above disclaimer, that's their problem. Not yours.
LOT of spoilers.



Her true identity is a [[GenderFlip Gender Flipped]] KingArthur. She joins the Holy Grail War initially to repeat history so Britain can get a better king in her stead, as she thought she only caused her kingdom suffering. Her Noble Phantasms are the WaveMotionSword ''Excalibur'' and the barrier magic ''Invisible Air'' which keeps the instantly recognizable Excalibur hidden from sight. Her last Noble Phantasm- [[ChekhovsGun which she seems to have lost]]- is ''Avalon'', the scabbard of Excalibur that bestows a powerful HealingFactor.

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Her true identity is a [[spoiler: [[GenderFlip Gender Flipped]] KingArthur. KingArthur]]. She joins the Holy Grail War initially to [[spoiler: repeat history so Britain can get a better king in her stead, as she thought she only caused her kingdom suffering. suffering.]] Her Noble Phantasms are the [[spoiler: WaveMotionSword ''Excalibur'' ''Excalibur'']] and the [[spoiler: barrier magic ''Invisible Air'' which keeps the instantly recognizable Excalibur hidden from sight. sight.]] Her last Noble Phantasm- [[ChekhovsGun which she seems to have lost]]- is ''Avalon'', [[spoiler:''Avalon'', the scabbard of Excalibur that bestows a powerful HealingFactor.]]

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* TheWoobie - Aside from her backstory, some routes do seem to enjoy kicking Saber around a lot. Not to mention the endings. Of the game's five endings, for her, two are {{DownerEnding}}s, two are {{BittersweetEnding}}s and she only gets one clearly happy ending. And that ''isn't even in her own route!''. Poor Saber...

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* TheWoobie - Aside from her backstory, some routes do seem to enjoy kicking Saber around a lot. Not to mention the endings. Of the game's five endings, for her, two are {{DownerEnding}}s, two are {{BittersweetEnding}}s and she only gets one clearly happy ending. And that ''isn't even in her own route!''. Poor Saber...

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** This ''still'' makes her better off than Sakura, Rider and Ilya, however....

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** This ''still'' makes her better off than Sakura, Rider and Ilya, however....
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* TheWoobie - Aside from her backstory, some routes do seem to enjoy kicking Saber around a lot. Not to mention the endings. Of the game's five endings, for her, two are a DownerEnding, two are a BittersweetEnding and she only gets one clearly happy ending. And that ''isn't even in her own route!''. Poor Saber...

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* TheWoobie - Aside from her backstory, some routes do seem to enjoy kicking Saber around a lot. Not to mention the endings. Of the game's five endings, for her, two are a DownerEnding, {{DownerEnding}}s, two are a BittersweetEnding {{BittersweetEnding}}s and she only gets one clearly happy ending. And that ''isn't even in her own route!''. Poor Saber...
** This ''still'' makes her better off than Sakura, Rider and Ilya, however....

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* TheWoobie - Aside from her backstory, some routes do seem to enjoy kicking Saber around a lot. Not to mention the endings. Of the game's five endings, for her, two are a DownerEnding, two are a BittersweetEnding and she only gets one clearly happy ending. And that ''isn't even in her own route!''. Poor Saber...
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** [[spoiler: she is more of an Akiha since she is the biological daughter of Shiro's foster father as well a having twin maids]]
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** The Unlimited Blade Works movie shows Berserker as a full on LightningBruiser in his fight against Saber.
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** Plus she's vampiric. That's not a good thing in this setting.
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** How are eyes of petrification, a summoning technique that requires her to cut her own throat, and a boundary field that turns everyone inside into tasty soul food not dark powers?
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That doesn't really sound like a subversion.


* DarkIsNotEvil - Subverted: She doesn't use dark powers, but everything else about her background if you go by the initial impressions just screams off DARK CREATURE. Really... a ''good'' Medusa, anyone?

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* DarkIsNotEvil - Subverted: She doesn't use dark powers, but everything else about her background if you go by the initial impressions just screams off DARK CREATURE. Really... a ''good'' Medusa, anyone?
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* UnholyMatrimony - With Caster.
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* NervesOfSteel - Archer's strongest combat ability allows him to plan out strategies ''while trading blows'' and work out the most effective path to victory.
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** To be fair, though, his EstablishingCharacterMoment in each route is handily defeating Saber, one of the strongest characters. Except for UBW, where instead he blocks an A-ranked Noble Phantasm from Archer. That part was shown to establish how badass they ''both'' are.
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* NeutralGood
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* SmugSnake - He's colossal strength and power could transform him into a much more successful villain. However, his ego manages to be even more powerful and domineering than either of those combined, leading to his downfall in all three routes.

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* SmugSnake - He's His colossal strength and power could transform him into a much more successful villain. However, his ego manages to be even more powerful and domineering than either of those combined, leading to his downfall in all three routes.
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* SmugSnake - He's colossal strength and power could transform him into a much more successful villain. However, his ego manages to be even more powerful and domineering than either of those combined, leading to his downfall in all three routes.
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* ArmorIsUseless - Averted in the Fate scenario, where Gilgamesh's first fight with Saber has him simply standing there and shrugging off blows with his armor (using his gauntlets to ward of the occasional strike at the head). He mentions that it's nearing its limit after a little bit and opens the Gate of Babylon to attack her. The anime chooses to go with the RuleOfCool and instead has Gil summon swords directly from his vault to block incoming strikes without lifting a finger.
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* {{Deconstruction}} - He's a WideEyedIdealist who naively tried to save everyone he can see. You know, ''superheroes''? You'd end up like this, too, if you found out that your ideal is essentially unattainable, and that you've been fighting for nothing all this time.
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Ayako is the captain of the archery club during Fate Stay Night. She's a friend of bother Shirou and Tohsaka, though there's also a feeling of rivalry in both relationships.

* {{Lesyay}} - Rider seems to have something of a crush on her in Ataraxia.

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Ayako is the captain of the archery club during Fate Stay Fate/Stay Night. She's a friend of bother both Shirou and Tohsaka, though there's also a feeling of rivalry in both relationships.

* {{Lesyay}} LesYay - Rider seems to have something of a crush on her in Ataraxia.
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::'''Mitsuzuri Ayako'''

Ayako is the captain of the archery club during Fate Stay Night. She's a friend of bother Shirou and Tohsaka, though there's also a feeling of rivalry in both relationships.

* {{Lesyay}} - Rider seems to have something of a crush on her in Ataraxia.
* [[spoiler:RapeAsDrama - Maybe. She is apparently sexually assaulted in Fate, though not to outright rape levels. However, it's left very vague as to what exactly happened to her in UBW. Then again, it's Shinji we're talking here.]]
* UnknownRival - To Shirou in regards to archery.
* VitriolicBestBuds - With Tohsaka. When she and Shirou are discussing her at one point, Shirou briefly wonders if Ayako might be one of the girls that hates her.
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* UnwittingPawn - Pretty much ''everything'' he does in HF is orchestrated by Zouken in order to further his plans for Sakura, culminating in [[spoiler:his death, which results in Sakura's FreakOut.]]



* XanatosSucker - Pretty much ''everything'' he does in HF is orchestrated by Zouken in order to further his plans for Sakura, culminating in [[spoiler:his death, which results in Sakura's FreakOut.]]

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