History TearJerker / FateGrandOrder

* If you thought the AprilFoolsDay 2017 was sad enough, the 2023 event reveals that Rokka Fujimaru, the female protagonist who's ''way'' nicer than Riyo Gudako, is actually an AlternateSelf where she lost the ''Cosmos in the Lostbelt'' campaign; losing all of her Servants, Chaldea and her version of Proper Human History, now wandering across space and time for all eternity. Judging by her lack of Command Seals, it's heavily implied that Rokka lost in Nahui Mictlān, never getting her Master Rights back from Tezcatlipoca.

** Camazotz may possibly have the saddest backstory in this chapter. He's revealed to be the last king of K'an, a kingdom of AdvancedAncientHumans that evolved in the Lostbelt's past, far earlier than in Proper Human History, and managed to reach techonlogical height that rivalled '''Olympus'''. However, his reign came to a ''brutal'' end when Lostbelt ORT arrived and began to rampage through his kingdom, with the ''entire'' remaining population ritualistically sacrificing themselves to grant Camazotz the power to stop the Ultimate One, transforming him into a God and, since he loved his people even as they rendered themselves extinct for his sake, a '''Beast''' as well. Camazotz then spent EONS battling ORT, with only his Beast form's CompleteImmortality keeping him going as ORT crushed him over and over again, with him only being able to chip away with ScratchDamage in retaliation until he got the opening needing to rip ORT's core out. Even after that, the realisation that he'd only won a PyrrhicVicory, with all that remained of his kingdom and species being himself and various ruins, drove poor Camazotz ''completely insane''. Even after Lostbelt ORT is FINALLY defeated, the world gives Camazotz one last middle finger by letting him see his Lostbelt getting pruned, as ORT had previously consumed the Tree of Emptiness and taken over its function as the Lostbelt's CosmicKeystone. DrivenToMadness all over again by the realisation that his history was never meant to be and his '''millions year long''' war against ORT was AllForNothing, Camazotz becomes the Beast of Oblivion once again and confronts Chaldea one last time, going down raging and screaming at the injustice of his world's fate as he fights desperately to preserve the only monument he has left for his people.

** Camazotz may possibly have the saddest backstory in this chapter as the last of humanity within this Lostbelt end up sacrificing everything so that Camazotz have immortality in order for him to defeat ORT. However, since Camazotz doesn't have any special ability to defeat ORT, his fight against the Ultimate One went on as a stalemate for a really long time until he managed to rip-out ORT's heart to keep the Ultimate One in a long hibernation. After everything, Camazotz realized the humanity he loved was gone because they sacrificed everything for him, so he lost control and went mad. Later, he realized what he had done meant nothing because his Lostbelt would be purged. Unable to accept this, he decides to return to his true form, become the Beast of Oblivion, and confront Chaldea with only one goal: to protect his world and protect the extinct human history he holds dear.
*** [[https://youtu.be/YKYjv8G05LA His theme]] is a strange mixture of heroic, sad and solemn. Fitting for a [[TragicHero tragical figure who genuinely believes to be a hero]], determined to not let humanity's sacrifice go to waste.

** Camazotz may possibly have the saddest backstory in this chapter as the last of humanity within this Lostbelt end up sacrificing everything so that Camazotz have immortality in order for him to defeat ORT. However, since Camazotz doesn't have any special ability to defeat ORT, his fight against the Ultimate One went on as a stalemate for a really long time until he managed to rip-out ORT's heart to keep the Ultimate One in a long hibernation. After everything, Camazotz realized the humanity he loved was gone because they sacrificed everything for him, so he lost control and went mad. Later, he realized what he had done meant nothing because his Lostbelt would be purged . Unable to accept this, he decides to return to his true form, become the Beast of Oblivion. and confront Chaldea with only one goal: to protect his world and protect the extinct human history he holds dear.

* The Peacefulness of 2016 Craft Essence from a meta standpoint. Its artwork shows Dr. Roman having a relaxing time celebrating the new year of 2016. In the story, the battle at Solomon's Temple where he died happened on December 31, 2016, meaning 2016 is the last new year he enjoyed.

* Meta-wise, even if it made him a MemeticLoser, Rama's Curse of Separation caused grief to him and Sita again because Sita became available in ''Fate/Grand Order Arcade'', but Rama wasn't even there. [=DelightWorks=] and Type-MOON managed to implement StarCrossedLovers into the gameplay and story on both continuities and while Rama could only look at other HappilyMarried couples with bitterness about his separation, you can also apply the same to Sita.

*** 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. [[note]] In a meta sense, his last request falls on deaf ears with the fanbase, as the majority of the tropes describing the fairies still carries nothing but vitriol for them, their crimes and actions too grave for any forgiveness to take place.[[/note]]

** The first ending of the ''Garden of Order'' event, with Good Mephisto dying along with his evil counterpart (because the two cannot exist without the other) and bidding you a fond farewell. The music that plays during this is especially beautiful.
** Meta regarding the location the event is hosted in. The apartment complex is the Ogawa Apartment Complex from the fifth film Spiral Paradox. All the zombies and ghosts that have to be killed? Those were the previous tennants that were used for an experiment trying to reach the Root.

** While the act of repeatedly resetting the world was utterly horrifying and reprehensible, the fact that it was borne out of what was likely a genuine desire to create a better world after the horrible tragedy of the war in the mahabharata, combined with the fact that his perfect godhood left him incapable of knowing where to stop, means that Arjuna Alter's situation is also quite sad, especially given that the lostbelt would have probably been in a far less awful state if not for Limbo's manipulation. Ultimately, Arjuna Alter dies realising that not only did he fail to live up to his great rivalry with Karna, due to not remaining human, but also that the last remaining evil in the lostbelt that he had failed to excise was himself.

** The {{Reveal}} that no matter what you do, all the humans who died during the singularity will remain dead once history is corrected. At most, all the player has done throughout all the singularities was just change how those deaths happened. Gilgamesh spells it out before Uruk falls that no matter what happens, the dynasty will decline. At the same time, however, it turns into a bit of [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments bittersweet happiness]] when he also points out that everyone who survived the singularity will survive when history is corrected, even if they were destined to die at that time in the original history, stating that the lives of the 500 Uruk people Chaldea's efforts saved when before he predicted ''everyone'' would die is a victory they should take pride in.

** Seeing Enkidu's (actually Kingu's) body bloody and crying was one of the last things players wanted to see. The fact that Kingu was by his own mother and the Lahmu, and left in this state doesn't help to lessen the pain.

** Even though some of them [[DisneyDeath: don’t last very long]], the deaths. More specifically, the hangings of Tituba, the Whateley family, Mata Hari, and Sanson, and Lavinia getting shot. In general, it’s both depressing and [[NightmareFuel horrifying]] seeing the citizens of Salem descend into paranoid barbarism and cruelty, and several innocent people pay the price. What hits harder than the hangings themselves is the impact their deaths have on the ones who witness them. Abigail is traumatized seeing someone she felt as close to as family being killed, Lavinia has to see her parents and grandfather die due to unjust persecution, Mata Hari and Sanson sacrifice themselves to protect Chaldea and as penance for things they feel guilty of from their original lives. Finally Lavinia [[TakingTheBullet dives in front of Abigail to save her from being shot]], and [[DiedInYourArmsTonight bleeds out in her arms]].

** Fae Knight Tristan's backstory; Baobhan Sith was originally a fairy who just wanted to make everyone she met happy. But because fairies are naturally Ungrateful Bastards, she would work tirelessly before being thrown aside and dying with her limbs torn off with no one caring about her death. One day Morgan found Baobhan Sith on the verge of death, with her showing the savior gratitude no other fairy has shown her. After coming across her multiple times across her many lifetimes, Morgan decided to save Baobhan Sith's life by adopting her as her child. The fact that she is such a cold-hearted knight is because Morgan found out that she won't be able to reincarnate anymore so she told her that she will never find true happiness if she lets herself be used by others and should live her life to the fullest. Morgan having to see Baobhan get her limbs ripped apart and trying to move so many times also traumatized her to the point where she has [[TraumaButton an emotional breakdown whenever she sees catapillars.]]

---> '''Baobhan Sith''': [[LaughingMad Haha..ahahahahah..hahahahahahaha!]] I couldn't stop them, I couldn't stop them! Even though Mother was being brutalized, I was too scared to stop them! [[CryLaughing Hahahahahahaha...haha]][[HowlOfSorrow ..aa...aaaaaaaa..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...!!!]]......... [[DrivenToSuicide ...I'm done...I'm tired. I don't want to be here anymore. That's right...I'll run...I'll disappear...There's a...perfect hole over there.]] [[DyingCurse Hehe, hehehe...Cernunnos...Cernunnos...The only one Mother was afraid of. The scary god, Cernunnos. The bright red eyes at the bottom of the Great Pit...the lid of the apocalypse that 2,000 years couldn't close off...]] [[KilledMidSentence Ahahahaha...ahahahahaha...Ahahahahaha - ha -]]
** Knocknarea's death by poison, mirroring what happened to Morgan's Knights of the Round Table centuries ago, and she ends up dying in her best friends arms. Altria Caster is crying, screaming and outright ''begging'' Knocknarea to not die, but it's hopeless as the poison takes hold. What's worse is that the power of the poison ends up making Knocknarea slowly forget who she is and the people around her but she still goes out of her way to comfort Altria and [[GoOutWithASmile wish her well.]]

** Habetrot's death and the reveal that she was secretly dying for most of the story as a result of her [[ColdIron holding on to the Black Barrel Replica for Mash]]. Being her most loyal and helpful companion for most of her stay in the Sixth Lostbelt after being separated from the protagonist and wanting to take her along to the Shadow Border with them to save her from the Lostbelt's destruction, Mash takes it the hardest and is ''heartbroken'' when Habetrot's body falls apart in front of her as a result of Mash finally remembering her as Totrot. Even her summoning after you clear the Lostbelt is very bittersweet as the one you summon is explicitly ''not'' [[AlternateSelf the same Habetrot]] Mash and Morgan knew from the Sixth Lostbelt, with the summonable Habetrot remarking that Mash looks sad whenever they have a chat together, not knowing exactly ''why'' Mash is sad in the first place.

*** Before all this tragic scene, 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.
** Barghest's descent into madness and becoming the Black/Beast Calamity. Wounded and weakened from fighting countless Mors and holding on to her last hope of at least saving the fairies of Manchester, she's crushed and horrified upon her return when she sees them gleefully massacring the town's human inhabitants; while this is occurring, they callously reveal that they were only "imitating" her behavior with her lovers behind closed doors. This proves to be the final straw, as Barghest ultimately concludes that Morgan was [[HobbesWasRight right to rule the fairies the way she did]] and decides to kill every Fairy she can get her hands on to prevent their evil from leaving the island. Mash, who came to admire Barghest's righteousness and love for the Knights of the Round Table, can't bring herself to abandon her in this state and, with the help of the Gawain and Lancelot, puts Barghest out of her misery. As she lays dying, Mash notices that Barghest's eyes were filled with tears, both out of frustration that circumstances had gotten so out of hand and gratitude/happiness for finally being stopped, at the hands of the Knights she admired with all her heart, no less.
** The deaths of Melusine and Aurora. Yes, [[HateSink even Aurora.]] In their final moments, Melusine is seen helping Chaldea escape the Insect of the Abyss in her dragon form, Albion. Body falling apart and her mind slowly eroding away, Melusine uses the last of her rationality to reminisce about her time in Britain, her relationships with her peers, foster brother and adoptive mother and screams out loud that she is ''Melusine'' and is '''proud''' of the name she was given, accelerating towards the horizon one last time. Meanwhile, Aurora is seen bleeding out in the ruins of her mansion, recalling her last conversation with Oberon-Vortigern, and muses to herself that while all her actions were for her own benefit to shine as the most beautiful Fairy, saving and raising Melusine as her adoptive daughter was the ONE good thing that she had done out of actual selflessness, proving that she wasn't COMPLETELY horrible. As these scenes play out, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQFsfIbrNMo Rainy Day, Teary Day]] OST plays in the background, its soothing but haunting melody driving home the tragic circumstances of the situation. Seeing Melusine's figure ascending further and further into the heavens, Aurora's last words are encouragement for her to fly as high and as fast as she can before finally passing away. The final CG shot shows Aurora's corpse; open eyes glazed over, a single line of blood dribbling down her mouth and her rainbow wings turning grey. The narration seals the deal:

** Oberon-Vortigern falling within the Insect of the Abyss forever, noting that despite being subjected to [[FateWorseThanDeath such a fate]], he at least fulfilled his goal of destroying Fairy Britain and wishes Chaldea luck in their future endeavors. The only regret he feels is that he failed to destroy Proper Human History, a history that has "rejected" the fictitious Titania and through the holes of the Insect closing up, Oberon notices the sky of Proper Human History, smiling sulkily and musing sadly to himself how beautiful it is, as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36z8vhb0yw8 Ever-Present Feeling]] OST plays the scene out.

*** While all this is going on, Baobhan Sith reminiscences about her times with Morgan, how she used to be [[NiceGirl kind and gentle towards everyone]] but had a very low opinion of herself and was [[ExtremeDoormat willing to put up with the fairies' horrible treatment of her]]; as a result, she always ends up broken and limbless. Morgan laments that she is unable to save Baobhan Sith from the fairies in every loop she goes through, voicing out loud that she wants Baobhan Sith to learn and exude cruelty in order to properly defend herself from them. In fact, Fairy Britain would've been a more totalitarian kingdom but Morgan eased up on it a bit for the sake of allowing at least Baobhan Sith to smile and live happily. Which makes their eventual fates all the more tragic as it amounted to nothing. A final blow to this whole tragedy is that Baobhan Sith ironically could've gotten along with her greatest enemy, Artoria Caster, as she was the only Fairy besides her own inner circle, who treated her normally.

---> '''Baobhan Sith''': ''(Inner thoughts)'' I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Mother. That didn't work out either. I hate fairies. Because they always bully me. I couldn't make even a single friend. Because I was always filthy. But - there was one, that was one fairy I could talk normally with. How strange. Even though I hate all of Britain's fairies, I was able to talk normally with that girl alone. What was that name of that girl again - What was the name of that city again - What exactly happened back then -

---> '''Baobhan Sith''': [[TearsOfFear Haha..ahahahahah..hahahahahahaha!]] I couldn't stop them, I couldn't stop them! Even though Mother was being brutalized, I was too scared to stop them! [[LaughingMad Hahahahahahaha...haha]][[CryLaughing ..aa...aaaaaaaa..aaaaaaaaaaa...!]]... [[DrivenToSuicide ...I'm done...I'm tired. I don't want to be here anymore. That's right...I'll run...I'll disappear...There's a...perfect hole over there.]] [[DyingCurse Hehe, hehehe...Cernunnos...Cernunnos...The only one Mother was afraid of. The scary god, Cernunnos. The bright red eyes at the bottom of the Great Pit...the lid of the apocalypse that 2,000 years couldn't close off...]] [[KilledMidSentence Ahahahaha...ahahahahaha...Ahahahahaha - ha -]]
** Caster Altria'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!

---> '''Baobhan Sith''':(Inner thoughts) That person lamented, almost as though for herself, and embraced me. But I'm already dead. I always, always die.

---> '''Baobhan Sith''': (Inner thoughts) I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Lady Witch. I'm sorry I died again in the end. The current generation of me may not remember, but thank you for always crying for my sake. But don't worry. I'm a worthless fairy, so this is the best I can do to be of use to everyone else. If using me will make things easier for everyone in the village, then that surely must be a good thing.

---> '''Baobhan Sith''': (Inner thoughts) But I couldn't do it. Time and time again, Mother found me. Yet each time, it always ended like this. The village's darling, Baobhan Sith. The ever-smiling Baobhan Sith. I always end up worked to the bone, all the while being told I'm a "good person". That's why Mother told me. That's why, after I died at Darlington with my soul worn out, with no next generation to speak of, she brought me back to life and told me:

---> '''Baobhan Sith''': (Inner thoughts) I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Mother. That didn't work out either. I hate fairies Because they always bully me. I couldn't make even a single friend. Because I was always filthy. But - there was one, that was one fairy I could talk normally with. How strange. Even though I hate all of Britain's fairies, I was able to talk normally with that girl alone. What was that name of that girl again - What was the name of that city again - What exactly happened back then -

---> '''Morgan'': I'm always too late. I always find you only after you've ended up like this...! No matter how many times you're reborn, you always end up like this - Deceived. Manipulated. Used. Tossed aside once broken. Be angry if you've been deceived. Run if they are violent with you! Yet, why - why do you always forgive them!?

*** While all this is going on, Baobhan Sith reminiscences about her times with Morgan, as Morgan laments that she is unable to save Baobhan Sith from the fairies and their horrible treatment of her in every loop she goes through, voicing out loud that she wants Baobhan Sith to learn cruelty in order to properly defend herself from them. In fact, Fairy Britain would've been a more colder and even more totalitarian kingdom but Morgan eased up on it a bit for the sake of allowing at least Baobhan Sith to smile and live happy. Which makes her eventual fate all the more tragic as it amounted to nothing.
---> ''Morgan'': Why? Why are you like this? Why are you always like this, Baobhan Sith!?
---> ''Baobhan Sith'':(Inner thoughts) That person lamented, almost as though for herself, and embraced me.
---> ''Morgan'':
---> ''Baobhan Sith'':
---> ''Morgan'':
---> ''Baobhan Sith'':
---> ''Morgan'':
---> ''Baobhan Sith'':
---> ''Morgan'':
---> ''Baobhan Sith'':

* The First Lady was forced to kill her friend Mila to save the world, and it clearly devastated her.

-->'''Mash:''' Since that happened, I couldn't help but asking him, "did you know from the beginning?"

* Chacha's Valentine's "chocolate" is a trip to look at cherry blossoms and eat red bean soup, with her telling you to think of it as you would a present from your mother. At the end of the outing she gets up close to wipe stray red bean off your face and starts reminiscing about when she ''was'' a grown woman and a mother, [[AdultFear with a child who would eventually die with her]]. It's particularly impactful with voice acting added, as you can hear her drop her usual high-pitched, childish voice.

** Mesuline forcing herself to kill her benefactor, Aurora. In the midst of the world falling apart during the apocalypse, Mesuline reunites with Aurora, intent on at least dying together with her as they wait for the end. However, Aurora, after heartlessly revealing that she murdered Coral for the mere crime of ''annoying'' her, tells Mesuline that she would like to abandon her home and people to their fates and migrate over to the world of Proper Human History. Knowing that this is a slow death sentence for the deluded Fairy, [[note]]Humans will quickly see through Aurora's callous nature and deceitfulness, meaning she will no longer be the most beloved Fairy, causing her to slowly lose her purpose and decay into a Mors [[/note]] Mesuline stabs Aurora and leaves her to bleed out, sobbing all the while. The act of turning on her begins her transformation into the Red Calamity, Albion.
** Percival aiding the Protagonist in luring and fighting off Albion, ultimately [[HeroicSacrifice giving his life for the party]] by firing the Spear of Selection one last time to force the dragon into remembering that it used to be Mesuline, Percival's object of affection and adoptive older sister. As Mesuline regains her sanity, she sees Percival's figure dissolve into particles of light and she screams out loud for her brother's death as she falls from the sky.

** The deaths of Melusine and Aurora. Yes, [[HateSink even Aurora.]] In their final moments, Melusine is seen helping Chaldea escape the Insect of the Abyss in her dragon form, Albion. Body falling apart and her mind slowly eroding away, Mesuline uses the last of her rationality to reminisce about her time in Britain, her relationships with her peers, foster brother and adoptive mother and screams out loud that she is ''Melusine'' and is '''proud''' of the name she was given, accelerating towards the horizon one last time. Meanwhile, Aurora is seen bleeding out in the ruins of her mansion, recalling her last conversation with Oberon-Vortigern, and muses to herself that while all her actions were for her own benefit to shine as the most beautiful Fairy, saving and raising Melusine as her adoptive daughter was the ONE good thing that she had done out of actual selflessness, proving that she wasn't COMPLETELY horrible. As these scenes play out, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQFsfIbrNMo Rainy Day, Teary Day]] OST plays in the background, its soothing but haunting melody driving home the tragic circumstances of the situation. Seeing Mesuline's figure ascending further and further into the heavens, Aurora's last words are encouragement for her to fly as high and as fast as she can before finally passing away. The final CG shot shows Aurora's corpse; open eyes glazed over, a single line of blood dribbling down her mouth and her rainbow wings turning grey. The narration seals the deal:

** As Olympus collapses, Adele and Macarios stay behind with Europa to bid farewell to Chaldea. After they leave, Macarious tearfully admits that although they got their wish for a new tomorrow even if it meant their deaths, he secretly wishes they could live and see further beyond the new future, and more importantly, see the two them fully grown up as adults.

** The citizens of Olympus slowly [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon succumbing to despair]] as their world falls apart and the Gods, who once answered their prayers for peace and preservation, are nowhere to be found, given that Chaldea went around killing them off left and right. The narration sums up this depressing situation well: