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** From ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''LightNovel/FateZero'' we know that the Grail needs the sacrifice of six Servants to work as a near omnipotent wish-granting device, and all seven if that wish is to reach the Root. In either case, by the time a wish can be granted, further fights among Servants are no longer possible. The Grail War in Trifas is different because Yggdmillennia's actions triggered the failsafe that summoned an additional set of seven Servants, and if I remembering it right, Shiro made his wish after the defeat of five Servants from the Black Faction (Saber, Berserker, Lancer, Caster, and Assassin) and one from his own Red Faction (Berserker), so the requirements were in fact fulfilled.

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** From ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''LightNovel/FateZero'' ''Literature/FateZero'' we know that the Grail needs the sacrifice of six Servants to work as a near omnipotent wish-granting device, and all seven if that wish is to reach the Root. In either case, by the time a wish can be granted, further fights among Servants are no longer possible. The Grail War in Trifas is different because Yggdmillennia's actions triggered the failsafe that summoned an additional set of seven Servants, and if I remembering it right, Shiro made his wish after the defeat of five Servants from the Black Faction (Saber, Berserker, Lancer, Caster, and Assassin) and one from his own Red Faction (Berserker), so the requirements were in fact fulfilled.
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** One factor that all magi add to their family's Crest is simply just powering it up. Every transfer, the Crest gains a few more artificial Circuits for the next bearer to use. It's possible that Sisigou was only intended to give the Crest just a little more power before being transferred. Remember that magi are TheUnfettered even on a good day, and it's possible he was seen as a stepping stool for the Crest's growth, and they predicted that the family curse meant that he wasn't going to have enough time to make any meaningful additions.
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* In FSN, magic crests are established as being developed by mages over the course of their life. We're told that Sisigou's step-daughter died when his magic crest was transferred to her. He's apparently 32 during the series, and it's implied her death was ten years ago, when he would have been only 22. And he was still a student at the time. Some "course of their life". Are mages really in such a hurry to transplant their crests that they're passing them from very young adults to children all the time like that? It's possible that Sisigou's father yoinked it away from him because the family curse started manifesting in him, etc. But that's not stated, leaving us to assume that it's perfectly normal for magic crests to typically belong to very young mages who haven't finished their education, and then when exactly do they get added to?

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* In FSN, magic crests are established as being developed by mages over the course of their a mage's life. We're told that Sisigou's step-daughter died when his magic crest was transferred to her. He's apparently 32 during the series, and it's implied her death was ten years ago, when he would have been only 22. And he was still a student at the time. Some "course of their life". Are mages really in such a hurry to transplant their crests that they're passing them from very young adults to children all the time like that? It's possible that Sisigou's father yoinked it away from him because the family curse started manifesting in him, etc. But that's not stated, leaving us to assume that it's perfectly normal for magic crests to typically belong to very young mages who haven't finished their education, and then when exactly do they get added to?
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* In FSN, magic crests are established as being developed by mages over the course of their life. We're told that Sisigou's step-daughter died when his magic crest was transferred to her. He's apparently 32 during the series, and it's implied her death was ten years ago, when he would have been only 22. And he was still a student at the time. Some "course of their life". Are mages really in such a hurry to transplant their crests that they're passing them from very young adults to children all the time like that? It's possible that Sisigou's father yoinked it away from him because the family curse started manifesting in him, etc. But that's not stated, leaving us to assume that it's perfectly normal for magic crests to typically belong to very young mages who haven't finished their education, and then when exactly do they get added to?
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**** My guess is Maui could fall under Archer since you can probably imagine him using a hook as a ranged weapon. The series is very loose about class restrictions. I mean, Shakespeare and other scholarly types fall under Caster.
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* Does Joan of Arc's noble phantasm really kill her, or does it just weaken her considerably if she uses it right ? Cause it seems a bit silly that she can use it only once.

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* Does Joan of Arc's Jeanne d'Arc's noble phantasm really kill her, or does it just weaken her considerably if she uses it right ? Cause it seems a bit silly that she can use it only once.
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*** Yes, anyone good with a lance can be a Lancer, that's all that's really needed. There's no hard requirements like "You need to be X good with a lance to qualify", as long as a lance was something you were reasonably well known for, you can be a Lancer. Really the only restriction is you can't be a class you have ZERO proficiency in. It's also very possible to pick a Servant for a class that isn't their best. Heracles is actually pretty bad as a Berserker because it keeps him from using his actual skills and weapons but it's still something he qualifies for because he went mad at least once in his life.

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