History TearJerker / FateGrandOrder

*** Even if it isn't explicitly written, the protagonist suffered so much in this chapter that [[DespairEventHorizon their breakdown is imminent]]: being beaten here and there since entering the Lostbelt (including [[CurbStompBattle a heavy beating from Kirschtaria]]), only being saved by look-alike-Romani but realized [[ThatManIsDead it's not the one they knew]] (Mash had a little breakdown herself for it); and he/she is forced to watch every allied servants [[SuicideForOthersHappiness get themselves killed just to get him/her entering Olympus]]. Now, sacrifices aren't rare in past Singularities/Lostbelts, and they all do it [[FaceDeathWithDignity by their own will without blaming Chaldea]], but it's the first time he/she is forced to see it all by himself/herself, and it's ''everyone'', including someone called him/her "friend"; it's so bad that when it's Paris' turn, the second choice of the dialogue almost equals to ''you begging him to stay'' (you just lost Mandricardo moments ago) and in the end [[EverybodysDeadDave only the initial Chaldea team is left alive]]. One can only pray if someone friendly can give a therapy for the protagonist......

--->''(portrait of Drake)'' As the first guiding hand, that woman entrusted their lives to the sea.\\
''(portrait of Chiyome)'' Using even the curse residing in her body, that woman rampaged to her end.\\
''(portrait of Charlotte)'' Even though she whittled away everything except for assassination, that woman continued to make every effort.\\
''(portrait of Bartholomew)'' Doing what he could not do in life--- he safely delivered hope.\\
''(portrait of Achilles)'' Even with his weak point shot and pierced, that man continued to run.\\
''(portrait of Hektor)'' In order to gain the briefest amount of time, he answered those hopes.\\
''(portrait of Mandricardo)'' As a lone person, as a friend, he swore to become his ally.\\
''(portrait of Paris)'' Without hesitation, he chose to become a sacrificial lamb. He accepted that it was the right path to take.\\
''(portrait of Orion)'' He loved the moon, and he shot down the moon.\\
''(portrait of Jason)'' He saw it all, he fought it all, and then he bid farewell to it all.\\
--Each and every one of them ran with all their might, leaving nothing behind in this sea.\\
And thus, the deadly sea was surmounted. The destination that awaits you is the dazzling underground city.

** This Chapter seems to just have it for Jason and majority of it isn't PlayedForLaughs:
*** You fight him this Chapter but he can't use his Noble Phantasm during that battle. Why? Because the Argonauts has been completely annihilated and he's the only one left. Without the Argonauts, Astrapste Argo has no power.
*** Just like in Okeanos, Jason doesn't take Heracles' death well in this Lostbelt either. Heracles had defended the other Servants from Artemis' arrows prior to Chaldea's arrival and despite his God Hand and Medea's assistance, Heracles was obliterated by the second strike.
*** Jason even calls himself a pathetic captain who lets his subordinates die. It just reinforces the fact Jason doesn't consider Heracles as a tool, but as a friend. And losing his friend was a huge blow to him.

** For the same vein, Drake's state as your team meet her is also quite jarring: being cursed from sailing again due to [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome her toll on Poseidon]] and got her spirit core heavily damaged, she wants to help you but is physically unable to, and contents on setting a bar on the island. [[AchillesInHisTent One of the most famous adventurer-on-sea is forced to be stranded on the land]]. Sure, she takes her failure much better than Jason [[FaceDeathWithDignity even in death]], but it's still sad to hear, by her words, that the woman who can make impossible possible [[ThatManIsDead is no more]], especially after you recall the hell she went through back in Okeanos.
** While she's the "de facto heroine" of this chapter, Charlotte is also the one [[TraumaCongaLine who suffered as much as Jason]]. Already a servant with serious self-esteem issues (arguably even worse than Mandricardo), she spends most of the chapter doubting if she'll drag the team behind, and obviously falls for the protagonist since [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre he/she doesn't look down upon her]]; later we learned [[TheReveal she was Odysseus' servant all along]] and, after the team spends a bit of time saving her, she leaves the team (fully knowing that [[YouCantGoHomeAgain she won't rejoin the team again]]) and only showed up near the end, trying to assassinate Odysseus. The attempt failed, but [[ThePowerOfLove her love towards the protagonist]] activates the nanomachines inside her (granting her [[{{Determinator}} a special Battle Continuation]]), resulting in a MutualKill. The catch is, those nanomachines damage her so much that she gradually loses her memories, including her intent of killing Odysseus, including her love to a certain someone, ''even when he/she is just in front of her'', before vanishing from the Lostbelt.
** After completing Atlantis, you get the usual CE which is a portrait of the new Argonauts (Jason, Orion, Paris, Charlotte, Achilles, Bart, Mandricardo, Hector and Drake). And of course, [[DueToTheDead there's also a montage of the Servants]] who had helped you and sacrifice their lives to get you to Olympus.

*** Dantes' [[ItHasBeenAnHonor parting words for the protagonist]] also hurts very much. Being one of the earlist Avengers in the game, he went from someone who beared nothing but hatred, to becoming the mental guardian of the protagonist (as per above) all along the journey, saving him/her from countless mental attacks (ESPECIALLY in Britain Lostbelt) and helped cleaning up the protagonist's Wastehole. And to avoid him/her becoming [[HeWhoFightsMonsters an all-comsuming monster]], he partly manipulated the events during the chapter, all while he's in [[SecretlyDying such a bad shape]]. In the end, he wishes nothing but luck to the protagonist, as Chaldea moves on to the unknown, his return uncertain.

** The reason why Draco created the Seven Imitation Singularities and is gathering the Demonic Beast Incarnadines is because she has a death wish. She doesn't want to die like she did as Nero, left alone in the wasteland with no one to comfort or console her, so she summoned every Servant and Shadow Servant she could for at least the chance for someone to kill her. In her eyes, even dying in the presence of ''her killer'' is preferable to DyingAlone.

** The chapter basically is a huge one for our protagonist. It is very likely (though not confirmed) that the protagonist was just living his life shown during the chapter (being a OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, surrounded by friends and loving family) before he signed up for Chaldea, and the rest is history. Is joining up the organization saving the world, while suffering physical and mental distress in the progress a really good thing? [[BeingGoodSucks You decide]].
*** Combined with the above, the concept of Wastehole (an old concept in Nasuverse) was unleashed in full effect: normally, a Wastehole will act as the "rubbish bin" for the protagonist's negative emotions, and "wastes" will be "incinerated" by Dantes and other servants to keep protagonist's mentality as stable as they could. But as shown from Dantes' second interlude, ''they are simply not enough to do so forever'', and thus gave the main antagonist a chance to attack the protagonist's mentality......by forcing him/her to recall Da Vinci's death and Mash's HeroicSacrifice (especially the later indeed pushed the protagonist [[RageBreakingPoint to the point]] that he/she almost got killed during The Second Trial). It's so worth noting that, after all those great accomplishments during Chaldea's journey, '''the protagonist is still a normal human''', and experiencing what he/she suffered AGAIN is still too much.

*** Dantes' [[ItHasBeenAnHonor parting words for the protagonist]] also hurts very much. Being one of the earlist Avengers in the game, he went from someone who beared nothing but hatred, to becoming the mental guardian of the protagonist (as per above) all along the journey, saving him/her from countless mental attacks (ESPECIALLY in Britain Lostbelt) and helped cleaning up the protagonist's Wastehole. And to avoid him/her becoming [[HeWhoFightsMonsters an all-comsuming monster]], he partly manipulated the events during the chapter, all while he's in [[SecretlyDying such a bad shape]]. In the end he wishes nothing but luck to the protagonist, as Chaldea moves on to the unknown, him returning uncertain.

*** Combined with the above, the concept of Wastehole (an old concept in Nasuverse) was unleashed in full effect: normally, a Wastehole will act as the "rubbish bin" for the protagonist's negative emotions, and "wastes" will be "incinerated" by Dantes and other servants to keep protagonist's mentality as stable as they could. But as shwn from Dantes' second interlude, ''they are simply not enough to do so forever'', and thus gave the main antagonist a chance to attack the protagonist's mentality......by forcing him/her to recall Da Vinci's death and Mash's HeroicSacrifice (especially the later indeed pushed the protagonist [[RageBreakingPoint to the point]] that he/she almost got killed during The Second Trial). It's so worth noting that, after all those great accomplishments during Chaldea's journey, '''the protagonist is still a normal human''', and experiencing what he/she suffered AGAIN is still too much.

** Without a doubt, the character most hit by this is none other than Jeanne Alter. THE game's biggest EnsembleDarkhorse and BreakoutCharacter, as well as the lead of the events in this scenario. She ends up spending her last moments before disappearing engaging in TheLastDance with Fujimaru, essentially thanking them for everything up to that point and apologizing for not being able to see the journey through to the end with them. She ends up [[GoOutWithASmile going out with a smile]] before she vanishes, with Fujimaru mentally lamenting that they NeverGotToSayGoodbye.

*** For a bit more context and clarity. The Ordeal Call revealed that the Avenger class's proper use is to right injustices through any means necessary to ensure humanity becomes better in the long run. However, not only is it a case of [[AllLovingHero Fujimaru]] being not suited enough to lead them (In fact as another bitter reveal Fujimaru making them hold back their violence and bloodlust was actually slowly [[SecretlyDying killing them), but the Avengers also don't want him to become [[TheUnfettered The Unfettered]] either just for their sakes too, and while a compromise MIGHT exist for both Ritsuka and the Avengers to fight alongside one another without compromising their ideals (with Dantes himself teasing that if there was a way, then Abigail would be the key), they outright can't stay long enough to even humor exploring it. Their Spirit Origins can't stay on the Bleached Earth any longer without risking further destabilization issues due to a lack of any form of injustice on it to make up for Fujimaru's unsuitability (To drive the point home, Marie Alter, an Avenger who is canonically summoned after this chapter and opts to stay can barely keep her Spirit Origin intact), they have to go to Antarctica/CHALDEAS early not just for Ritsuka's sake, but their own too. Worse part of it all however? Neither side is happy about this whatsoever, but there is sadly no other choice at this time. Just about the only thing keeping this from being an outright [[DownerEnding Downer Ending]] is that unlike Musashi's [[CessationofExistence DATA LOST]] status, the register does have them listed as [[PutOnABus "Link Lost"]] which means they have only physically left Novum Chaldea, and implies that one day they may come back. Until then, both Fujimaru and the Avengers can only pray that one day they will meet again under better circumstances.

*** For a bit more context and clarity. The Ordeal Call revealed that the Avenger class's proper use is to right injustices through any means necessary to ensure humanity becomes better in the long run. However, not only is it a case of [[AllLovingHero Fujimaru]] being not suited enough to lead them, but the Avengers also don't want him to become [[TheUnfettered The Unfettered]] either just for their sakes too, and while a compromise MIGHT exist for both Ritsuka and the Avengers to fight alongside one another without compromising their ideals, they outright can't stay long enough to even humor exploring it. Their Spirit Origins can't stay on the Bleached Earth any longer without risking major destabilization issues due to a lack of any form of injustice on it to make up for Fujimaru's unsuitability (To drive the point home, Marie Alter, an Avenger who is canonically summoned after this chapter and opts to stay can barely keep her Spirit Origin intact), they have to go to Antarctica/CHALDEAS early not just for Ritsuka's sake, but their own too. Worse part of it all however? Neither side is happy about this whatsoever, but there is sadly no other choice at this time. Just about the only thing keeping this from being an outright [[DownerEnding Downer Ending]] is that unlike Musashi's [[CessationofExistence DATA LOST]] status, the register does have them listed as [[PutOnABus "Link Lost"]] which means they have only physically left Novum Chaldea, and implies that one day they may come back. Until then, both Fujimaru and the Avengers can only pray that one day they will meet again under better circumstances.

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[[folder:Ordeal Call]]

*** For a bit more context and clarity. The Ordeal Call revealed that the Avenger class's proper use is to right injustices through any means necessary to ensure humanity becomes better in the long run. However, not only is it a case of [[AllLovingHero Fujimaru]] being not suited enough to lead them, but the Avengers also don't want him to become [[TheUnfettered The Unfettered]] either just for their sakes too, and while a compromise MIGHT exist for both Ritsuka and the Avengers to fight alongside one another without compromising their ideals, they outright can't stay long enough to even humor exploring it. Their Spirit Origins can't stay on the Bleached Earth any longer without risking major destabilization issues due to a lack of any form of injustice on it to make up for Fujimaru's unsuitability (To drive the point home, Marie Alter, an Avenger who is canonically summoned after this chapter and opts to stay can barely keep her Spirit Origin intact), they have to go to Antarctica/CHALDEAS early not just for Ritsuka's sake, but their own too. Worse part of it all however? Neither side is happy about this. Both Ritsuka and the departing Avengers are not happy about this, but there is sadly no other choice at this time. Just about the only thing keeping this from being an outright [[DownerEnding Downer Ending]] is that unlike Musashi's [[CessationofExistence DATA LOST]] status, the register does have them listed as [[PutOnABus "Link Lost"]] which means they have only physically left Novum Chaldea, and implies that one day they may come back. Until then, both Fujimaru and the Avengers can only pray that one day they will meet again under better circumstances.

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* '''Paper Moon'''
** Lancer's Master is based off of Cerejeira Elron, one of the handful of Chaldea's survivors. We learn from her memories that she had long harbored a crush on one of her coworkers, and had finally worked up the nerve to ask him out on a date. The day was New Year's Eve, 2017, the day the Foreign God's forces invaded Chaldea. [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Cerejeira was the one who opened the door]] [[MyGreatestFailure and gave Koyanskaya the opportunity to massacre Chaldea]]. Including the man she asked on a date. Unsurprisingly, Cerejeira has been wracked with guilt ever since that day...

---> ''"As a consequence of the Lostbelt mechgod Zeus piling up all of the gods' functions (Authorities) in his own body, he was far more energy-intensive than any other ship, and thus had the shortest lifespan. Goddess Hera was the only one who knew this, and this memory was lost in the process of her assimalation into Europa. Mash's downcast face when she saw Zeus's lifescale was because the almighty Zeus also had the worst lifecycle, which made her understand he was a literal machine pushing itself to its limits to serve the people of Olympus. It was a moment of pity, respect, and sadness for the fact that, despite being like this, Zeus will never be anything more than an enemy to humanity."''

** Altria Caster's backstory where she was treated like shit by a majority of the other fairies and was destined to die to forge Excalibur (only averted due to Muramasa). It's implied the only reason she performed her duty was her feelings for the Protagonist. During the trials of Avalon, Altria's painful memories surfaces as powerful Mors that the Protagonist and his team must face and put down, which each Mor they fell, transferring Altria's grief and hurt over. When it came time to reveal Altria's happiest memories, ''nothing happens'', '''meaning that Altria was essentially miserable 24/7 throughout a majority of her life before the Protagonist shows up'''. Give that poor girl a hug!

** Before all this tragedy, Percival makes a final plea to the Protagonist and the party to [[WideEyedIdealist NOT hate the fairies of Britain]], choosing to see the good in them rather than the bad.

*** The manga adaptation would imply that among of EMIYA Alter's victims is '''his version of Taiga''' and [[AdaptationExpansion goes into detail about his Materials line for Jaguar Warrior]]. It's revealed that Taiga had a son who passed away from an incurable disease and despite not being a religious person, Taiga began to to be influenced by the cult out of an incorrect belief that Kiara and her followers were capable of curing her son's disease. By the time her son died, Taiga fully embraced her place within the cult and was willing to ''shoot'' EMIYA Alter to protect Kiara.

*** The manga adaptation would imply that among of EMIYA Alter's victims is '''his version of Taiga''' and [[AdaptationExpansion goes into detail about his Materials line for Jaguar Warrior]]. It's revealed and Taiga had a son who passed away from an incurable disease. Despite not being a religious person, Taiga began to to be influenced by the cult out of a belief that Kiara and her followers were capable of curing her son's disease. By the time her son died, Taiga fully embraced her place within and was willing to ''shoot'' EMIYA Alter to protect Kiara.