History Fanfic / TheSagesDisciple

* MagicKnight: Caster in a nutshell. Despite his lower physical parameters, he prefers to get up close and personal when fighting, as opposed to his squishier counterparts.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Due to his [[{Identity Amnesia}]], the main character goes by the name Crow after being called "Karasu-san" by the child he rescued in Chapter 1.

* MistakenForBadass: Crow deliberately invokes this trope by trying to make himself look far more dangerous and powerful than he actually is by doing things such as joining Caster on the front lines instead of hiding. [[spoiler:So far, he's convinced Emiya Kiritsugu that he's a high-tier Puppet Master by using Caster's mini-Wicker Men as decoys, Rider thinks that he's an oracle due to his future knowledge, and the rest of the competitors see him as a combination of [[{Magnificent Bastard}]] and [[{The Wonka}]]. The only one that has a hint that he isn't quite what he seems is Kirei.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Because of Team Caster's interference at the Docks fight, neither Gilgamesh nor Berserker showed up to fight. However, the former appeared and confronted them during the raid on the Matou House, prompting an OhCrap followed by a quick retreat.

* InstantRunes: Caster's magic. [[spoilers:Crow has yet to reach this point and has to physically carve runes to use them.]]

* InstantRunes: Caster's magic. [[spoilers: Crow has yet to reach this point and has to physically carve runes to use them.]]

* ClingyMacGuffin: The Crow Mask. If removed from Crow's possession, it will inevitably end up back on his face via OffscreenTeleportation. He's only tested this once before GenreSavvy kicked in.

* TheApprentice: Shinji sees himself as this after latching onto Team Caster. While initially reluctant, Crow went along with it since the boy had nowhere to go [[spoiler: after getting left behind by his father during the Matou house raid.]]

* TheApprentice: Shinji sees himself as this after latching onto to Team Caster. While initially reluctant, Crow went along with it since the boy had nowhere to go [[spoiler: after getting left behind by his father during the Matou house raid.]]

* SemiDivine: Caster, Rider, and Archer. [[spoiler: Gilgamesh briefly mistook Crow for this, but realized the feeling was coming from the Crow Mask.

* MalevolentMaskedMen: Most of the competitors see Crow as this, since he wears the Crow Mask whenever he's doing "Grail business."

* Teeth-ClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler: Crow and Matou Kariya. Kariya dislikes Crow for kidnapping Sakura from the Matou Mansion and strong-arming him into the alliance by threatening to have Caster hide the Tohsaka children from him permanently. Crow doesn't trust Kariya's degrading mental stability or his ability to control Berserker. Their mutual aim to help Sakura is the only thing preventing them from trying to kill each other.]]
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Crow didn't want to get involved in the Holy Grail War, intending to go find Zelretch and get the hell out of the Nasuverse as soon as possible. Unfortunately for him, the Grail suddenly found itself needing to replace a Master candidate...

* Wouldn't Hurt a Child: As much as he grumbles about it, Crow has gone out of his way to help the kids he's come across and refuses to use foul language in front of them.
* UnskilledButStrong: As a magus, Crow is hopeless since he has zero training. While he knows some of the mechanics of how Nasuverse magic works, he doesn't know how to do them. However, he has an average number of Magic Circuits of decent quality, as well as a nigh-superhuman Od capacity. Once he figured out how to activate his circuits, he's able to support Caster while barely feeling any drain.

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Kiritsugu lost his left arm to Lancer during the attack on the Hyatt Hotel. Fortunately for him, Irisviel managed to replace it with an ArtificialLimb.]]

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoilers:Because of Team Caster's interference at the Docks fight, neither Gilgamesh nor Berserker showed up to fight. However, the former appeared and confronted them during the raid on the Matou House, prompting an OhCrap followed by a quick retreat.]]

* Cameo: [[spoiler: When Crow called the Hyatt Hotel to warn Kayneth about Kiritsugu's attack, a teenaged Fujimura Taiga picked up the phone at the front desk.]]

* TheApprentice: Shinji sees himself as this after latching onto to Team Caster.

* ButtMonkey: Kayneth. As pointed out by Caster in Chapter 14, every single plan that Crow comes up with somehow comes back to bite the Master of Lancer. This prompts Caster to ask if he has an irrational hatred of blondes, to which Crow admits that Kayneth was just the easiest target, despite being the strongest magus in the war (barring Caster).

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoilers: Because of Team Caster's interference at the Docks fight, neither Gilgamesh nor Berserker showed up to fight. However, the former appeared and confronted them during the raid on the Matou House, prompting an OhCrap followed by a quick retreat.]]
* GeometricMagic: Caster's Rune Magic. Unlike his Fate Grand/Order version, this version of Cú Chulainn uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Futhark/Elder Futhark runes]] instead of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armanen_runes/Armanen]], due to the author believing it to be more historically accurate. [[spoiler: Crow has started learning Rune Magic when they have free time.]]

* TheApprentice: Shinji sees himself as this after latching onto to Team Caster.
* TheBerserker: Berserker, obviously. However, he has been Sir-Not-Appearing-In-This-Fic so far. [[spoiler: Until Chapter 14.]]

* Hates Being Touched: Unless you are Crow, the Crow Mask. [[spoiler: When Kirei tried to remove it from Crow's face, it scorched his hand into charcoal and cursed it to be incapable of healing. Additionally, he smelled like burnt meat for hours after the fact.]]
* HeroicB.S.O.D.: [[spoiler: Gilgamesh's reaction to having all of the launchable weapons in Gate of Babylon stolen by the imitation Gate of Skye. One of them was Enkidu.]]

-->[[spoiler:Within 3 minutes of appearing in front of Uryuu Ryuunosuke, Crow knocked the serial killer unconscious and freed the boy he was intending to "sacrifice" to Canon!Caster before setting both Ryuunosuke and the house on fire and running away as fast as he could.]]
-->[[spoiler:Team Caster broke into the Matou Mansion to rescue Sakura right after the Docks fight, then burned down the house and destroyed the Worm Pit in the basement. They picked up Shinji as an after thought.]]

* ClingyMacGuffin: The Crow Mask. If removed from Crow's possession, it will inevitably end up back on his face via [[{OffscreenTeleportation}]]. He's only tested this once before [[{GenreSavvy}]] kicked in.

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoilers: Because of Team Caster's interference at the Docks fight, neither Gilgamesh nor Berserker showed up to fight. However, the former appeared and confronted them during the raid on the Matou House, prompting an [[{OhCrap}]] followed by a quick retreat.]]

* Wouldn't Hurt a Child: As much as he grumbles about it, Crow has gone out of his way to help the kids he's come across and refuses to use foul language in front of them.

* Clingy MacGuffin: The Crow Mask. If removed from Crow's possession, it will inevitably end up back on his face via [[{Offscreen Teleportation}]]. He's only tested this once before [[{Genre Savvy}]] kicked in.

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoilers: Because of Team Caster's interference at the Docks fight, neither Gilgamesh nor Berserker showed up to fight. However, the former appeared and confronted them during the raid on the Matou House, prompting an [[{Oh Crap}]] followed by a quick retreat.]]

* Arson,Murder,AndLifesaving: It's gotten to the point where this is almost Team Caster's MO.

* Butt-Monkey: Kayneth. As pointed out by Caster in Chapter 14, every single plan that Crow comes up with somehow comes back to bite the Master of Lancer. This prompts Caster to ask if he has an irrational hatred of blondes, to which Crow admits that Kayneth was just the easiest target, despite being the strongest magus in the war (barring Caster).

* Cool Teacher: [[spoiler: Shinji]] sees Crow as this.

* Combat Pragmatist: Both Caster and Crow have proven that they're willing to fight dirty.
* Cool Mask: The mysterious Crow Mask, which Crow appeared with. Next to nothing has been revealed about it, [[spoiler: other than it gives Crow the ability to speak and read any language. Invisitext scattered throughout the story pretty explicitly implies that it's intelligent and personally knew Caster. Due to its presence, Gilgamesh momentarily thought Crow was a demigod before realizing the truth. He later referred to the mask as a "shard of the divine."]]
* Deus Ex Machina: [[spoiler: Literally, in this case. When Kirei had Crow cornered at the Einzbern Castle, Rider's Gordius Wheel plowed through the floor, saving him from a painful interrogation at the Executor's hands. It didn't stop him from pursuing, though.]]
* Fan Nickname: Fans of the story have started jokingly referring to it as "Grand Theft Grail War" due to how often Team Caster has to steal supplies from the other Masters.

* For Want of a Nail: [[spoilers: Because of Team Caster's interference at the Docks fight, neither Gilgamesh nor Berserker showed up to fight. However, the former appeared and confronted them during the raid on the Matou House, prompting an [[{Oh Crap}]] followed by a quick retreat.]]
* Geometric Magic: Caster's Rune Magic. Unlike his Fate Grand/Order version, this version of Cú Chulainn uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Futhark/Elder Futhark runes]] instead of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armanen_runes/Armanen]], due to the author believing it to be more historically accurate. [[spoiler: Crow has started learning Rune Magic when they have free time.]]

* Green Thumb: Caster is very adept at manipulating wood. The primary use of this skill has been to create mini-Wicker Men and Team Caster's base camp, furnishing it with a cabin, chairs, tables, and hammocks.

* Heroic B.S.O.D.: [[spoiler: Gilgamesh's reaction to having all of the launchable weapons in Gate of Babylon stolen by the imitation Gate of Skye. One of them was Enkidu.]]
* Honor Before Reason: Outside of the characters that are literally knights, Crow himself partially invokes this. Once he gives his word on something, he keeps to it, even if it doesn't benefit him. Because of this, he's careful about actually promising anything. [[spoiler: An example of this is when he has Caster kidnap Sola-Ui in Chapter 14. He could have easily had Berserker kill Lancer and Kayneth, but instead had Kariya pull him back because he promised Caster a chance to properly fight Diarmuid.]]
* Identity Amnesia: Whatever method was used to transport Crow to the Nasuverse apparently erased all memory of his real name as a side effect. He goes by "Crow" just to have something to introduce himself as.
* Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: [[spoiler: After momentarily escaping from Kirei, Crow was nailed to one of the Gordius Wheel's Divine Bulls by a pair of Black Keys, though he was healed by Caster soon after.]]
* In Spite of a Nail: The Docks fight and the Banquet of Kings still happen, though the latter occurs a day early.
* Instant Runes: Caster's magic. [[spoilers: Crow has yet to reach this point and has to physically carve runes to use them.]]
* Me's a Crowd: Assassin
* Mistaken For Badass: Crow deliberately invokes this trope by trying to make himself look far more dangerous and powerful than he actually is by doing things such as joining Caster on the front lines instead of hiding. [[spoiler:So far, he's convinced Emiya Kiritsugu that he's a high-tier Puppet Master by using Caster's mini-Wicker Men as decoys, Rider thinks that he's an oracle due to his future knowledge, and the rest of the competitors see him as a combination of [[{Magnificent Bastard}]] and [[{The Wonka}]]. The only one that has a hint that he isn't quite what he seems is Kirei.]]
* Oh Crap!: Happens several times.

* Only Known By Their Nickname: Due to his [[{Identity Amnesia}]], the main character goes by the name Crow after being called "Karasu-san" by the child he rescued in Chapter 1.
* Portal Door: [[spoiler: Caster's imitation Gate of Skye spell. Once he has established a territory, he can transport items inside of that territory to the Land of Shadows.]]
* Refuge in Audacity: This fic's hat. Crow uses this trope to invoke [[{Mistaken For Badass}]] in his bid to actually survive the war. The more outrageous the plans, the longer he believes he will live. [[spoiler: This actually earned him a lot of respect from Rider and formed the basis of Team Caster's alliance with him.]]
* Screw This, I'm Outta Here: [[spoiler: The three surviving Assassins out of the twenty dispatched to the Banquet of Kings immediately fled as soon as Gilgamesh was forced to retreat.]]
* Semi-Divine: Caster, Rider, and Archer. [[spoiler: Gilgamesh briefly mistook Crow for this, but realized the feeling was coming from the Crow Mask.
* Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: [[spoiler: Crow and Matou Kariya. Kariya dislikes Crow for kidnapping Sakura from the Matou Mansion and strong-arming him into the alliance by threatening to have Caster hide the Tohsaka children from him permanently. Crow doesn't trust Kariya's degrading mental stability or his ability to control Berserker. Their mutual aim to help Sakura is the only thing preventing them from trying to kill each other.]]
* The Apprentice: Shinji sees himself as this after latching onto to Team Caster.
* The Berserker: Berserker, obviously. However, he has been Sir-Not-Appearing-In-This-Fic so far. [[spoiler: Until Chapter 14.]]
* The Call Knows Where You Live: Crow didn't want to get involved in the Holy Grail War, intending to go find Zelretch and get the hell out of the Nasuverse as soon as possible. Unfortunately for him, the Grail suddenly found itself needing to replace a Master candidate...

* Actually-a-Doombot: Crow has made good use of Caster's mini-Wicker Man golems to this effect. [[spoiler: It saved his life when Kayneth decided to "test" him by slicing his head off with Volumen Hydrargyrum at the Docks. As a side effect, Kiritsugu suspects that Crow is a high-tier Puppet Master.]]
* Arson, Murder,and Lifesaving: It's gotten to the point where this is almost Team Caster's MO.

[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-sages-disciple-fate-zero-si.542965/ The Sage's Disciple]]is a "Franchise/Nasuverse" SelfInsert fanfiction (specifically "LightNovel/Fate/Zero") written by [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/members/rictus.344674/ Rictus]]. After appearing in the summoning circle of a serial killer with a mysterious mask on his face, the protagonist takes up the pseudonym of "Crow" and scrambles to survive the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War as the Master of Caster. Fortunately for him, Gilles de Rais isn't Caster this time.

* Action Girl: Saber, as expected.
* Actually a Doombot: Crow has made good use of Caster's mini-Wicker Man golems to this effect. [[spoiler: It saved his life when Kayneth decided to "test" him by slicing his head off with Volumen Hydrargyrum at the Docks. As a side effect, Kiritsugu suspects that Crow is a high-tier Puppet Master.]]

* ActionGirl: Saber, as expected.
* ActuallyaDoombot: Crow has made good use of Caster's mini-Wicker Man golems to this effect. [[spoiler: It saved his life when Kayneth decided to "test" him by slicing his head off with Volumen Hydrargyrum at the Docks. As a side effect, Kiritsugu suspects that Crow is a high-tier Puppet Master.]]
* Arson,Murder,andLifesaving: It's gotten to the point where this is almost Team Caster's MO.

* ButtMonkey: Kayneth. As pointed out by Caster in Chapter 14, every single plan that Crow comes up with somehow comes back to bite the Master of Lancer. This prompts Caster to ask if he has an irrational hatred of blondes, to which Crow admits that Kayneth was just the easiest target, despite being the strongest magus in the war (barring Caster).

* ClingyMacGuffin: The Crow Mask. If removed from Crow's possession, it will inevitably end up back on his face via [[{Offscreen Teleportation}]]. He's only tested this once before [[{Genre Savvy}]] kicked in.
* CombatPragmatist: Both Caster and Crow have proven that they're willing to fight dirty.
* CoolMask: The mysterious Crow Mask, which Crow appeared with. Next to nothing has been revealed about it, [[spoiler: other than it gives Crow the ability to speak and read any language. Invisitext scattered throughout the story pretty explicitly implies that it's intelligent and personally knew Caster. Due to its presence, Gilgamesh momentarily thought Crow was a demigod before realizing the truth. He later referred to the mask as a "shard of the divine."]]
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Literally, in this case. When Kirei had Crow cornered at the Einzbern Castle, Rider's Gordius Wheel plowed through the floor, saving him from a painful interrogation at the Executor's hands. It didn't stop him from pursuing, though.]]
* FanNickname: Fans of the story have started jokingly referring to it as "Grand Theft Grail War" due to how often Team Caster has to steal supplies from the other Masters.

* ForWantofaNail: [[spoilers: Because of Team Caster's interference at the Docks fight, neither Gilgamesh nor Berserker showed up to fight. However, the former appeared and confronted them during the raid on the Matou House, prompting an [[{Oh Crap}]] followed by a quick retreat.]]
* GeometricMagic: Caster's Rune Magic. Unlike his Fate Grand/Order version, this version of Cú Chulainn uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Futhark/Elder Futhark runes]] instead of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armanen_runes/Armanen]], due to the author believing it to be more historically accurate. [[spoiler: Crow has started learning Rune Magic when they have free time.]]

* GreenThumb: Caster is very adept at manipulating wood. The primary use of this skill has been to create mini-Wicker Men and Team Caster's base camp, furnishing it with a cabin, chairs, tables, and hammocks.
* HatesBeingTouched: Unless you are Crow, the Crow Mask. [[spoiler: When Kirei tried to remove it from Crow's face, it scorched his hand into charcoal and cursed it to be incapable of healing. Additionally, he smelled like burnt meat for hours after the fact.]]

* HonorBeforeReason: Outside of the characters that are literally knights, Crow himself partially invokes this. Once he gives his word on something, he keeps to it, even if it doesn't benefit him. Because of this, he's careful about actually promising anything. [[spoiler: An example of this is when he has Caster kidnap Sola-Ui in Chapter 14. He could have easily had Berserker kill Lancer and Kayneth, but instead had Kariya pull him back because he promised Caster a chance to properly fight Diarmuid.]]
* IdentityAmnesia: Whatever method was used to transport Crow to the Nasuverse apparently erased all memory of his real name as a side effect. He goes by "Crow" just to have something to introduce himself as.
* ImpaledwithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: After momentarily escaping from Kirei, Crow was nailed to one of the Gordius Wheel's Divine Bulls by a pair of Black Keys, though he was healed by Caster soon after.]]
* InSpiteofaNail: The Docks fight and the Banquet of Kings still happen, though the latter occurs a day early.
* InstantRunes: Caster's magic. [[spoilers: Crow has yet to reach this point and has to physically carve runes to use them.]]
* Me'saCrowd: Assassin
* MistakenForBadass: Crow deliberately invokes this trope by trying to make himself look far more dangerous and powerful than he actually is by doing things such as joining Caster on the front lines instead of hiding. [[spoiler:So far, he's convinced Emiya Kiritsugu that he's a high-tier Puppet Master by using Caster's mini-Wicker Men as decoys, Rider thinks that he's an oracle due to his future knowledge, and the rest of the competitors see him as a combination of [[{Magnificent Bastard}]] and [[{The Wonka}]]. The only one that has a hint that he isn't quite what he seems is Kirei.]]
* OhCrap!: Happens several times.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Due to his [[{Identity Amnesia}]], the main character goes by the name Crow after being called "Karasu-san" by the child he rescued in Chapter 1.
* PortalDoor: [[spoiler: Caster's imitation Gate of Skye spell. Once he has established a territory, he can transport items inside of that territory to the Land of Shadows.]]
* RefugeinAudacity: This fic's hat. Crow uses this trope to invoke [[{Mistaken For Badass}]] in his bid to actually survive the war. The more outrageous the plans, the longer he believes he will live. [[spoiler: This actually earned him a lot of respect from Rider and formed the basis of Team Caster's alliance with him.]]
* ScrewThis,I'mOuttaHere: [[spoiler: The three surviving Assassins out of the twenty dispatched to the Banquet of Kings immediately fled as soon as Gilgamesh was forced to retreat.]]

* Teeth-ClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler: Crow and Matou Kariya. Kariya dislikes Crow for kidnapping Sakura from the Matou Mansion and strong-arming him into the alliance by threatening to have Caster hide the Tohsaka children from him permanently. Crow doesn't trust Kariya's degrading mental stability or his ability to control Berserker. Their mutual aim to help Sakura is the only thing preventing them from trying to kill each other.]]
* TheBerserker: Berserker, obviously. However, he has been Sir-Not-Appearing-In-This-Fic so far. [[spoiler: Until Chapter 14.]]
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Crow didn't want to get involved in the Holy Grail War, intending to go find Zelretch and get the hell out of the Nasuverse as soon as possible. Unfortunately for him, the Grail suddenly found itself needing to replace a Master candidate...
* Wouldn'tHurtaChild: As much as he grumbles about it, Crow has gone out of his way to help the kids he's come across and refuses to use foul language in front of them.

[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-sages-disciple-fate-zero-si.542965/The Sage's Disciple]]is a "Franchise/Nasuverse" SelfInsert fanfiction (specifically "LightNovel/Fate/Zero") written by [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/members/rictus.344674/Rictus]]. After appearing in the summoning circle of a serial killer with a mysterious mask on his face, the protagonist takes up the pseudonym of "Crow" and scrambles to survive the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War as the Master of Caster. Fortunately for him, Gilles de Rais isn't Caster this time.