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| 7 | The universe(s) of the writings of Creator/TypeMoon's[[note]][[IAmNotShazam The company's official name is Notes]][[/note]] scenario director, Kinoko Nasu. It's made up of several "sub-universes" ("franchises" that [[CharacterOverlap share characters]]) that share most (but not all) details between each other. Also of note is that the franchises themselves often include several [[AlternateContinuity alternate continuities]], since the primary works are {{visual novels}} with [[MultipleEndings multiple and]] ''[[MultipleEndings very]]'' [[MultipleEndings mutually exclusive paths]]. |
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| 9 | Several of the earliest main works in the 'verse were/are [[HGame H-games]] (a.k.a. ''eroge'', marked as such), but many of the related works are not. And, after Type-Moon began achieving mainstream success with the 2006 ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' anime, they began trending away from erotic works to cater to a wider audience, with several works either re-released or slated to be re-released in SelfCensoredRelease form. (Given the h-scenes were gratuitous and largely unneeded for the overall plot, even old-school fans largely see this as a positive.) |
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| 12 | !!A list of the works within the multiverse (and a short summary): |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | [floatboxright: |
| 15 | The Nasuverse: |
| 16 | * ''Manga/AllAroundTypeMoon'' |
| 17 | * ''Literature/AngelNotes'' |
| 18 | * ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'' |
| 19 | ** ''Anime/FateGrandCarnival'' |
| 20 | * ''Literature/{{DDD}}'' |
| 21 | * ''Franchise/{{Fate|Series}}'' |
| 22 | ** ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' |
| 23 | *** ''Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks'' |
| 24 | *** ''Anime/FateStayNightHeavensFeel'' |
| 25 | *** ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'' |
| 26 | *** ''Literature/FateZero'' |
| 27 | *** ''VideoGame/FateUnlimitedCodes'' |
| 28 | *** ''Literature/GardenOfAvalon'' |
| 29 | *** ''VideoGame/CapsuleServant'' |
| 30 | *** ''Manga/TodaysMenuForTheEmiyaFamily'' |
| 31 | ** ''Literature/FateApocrypha'' |
| 32 | *** ''Literature/FateLostEinherjar'' |
| 33 | ** ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'' |
| 34 | ** ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' |
| 35 | *** ''Fate/EXTRA CCC'' |
| 36 | *** ''Anime/FateExtraLastEncore'' |
| 37 | *** ''VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar'' |
| 38 | *** ''VideoGame/FateExtellaLink'' |
| 39 | ** ''Anime/FatePrototype'' |
| 40 | ** ''Literature/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles'' |
| 41 | ** ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'' |
| 42 | ** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' |
| 43 | *** ''Webcomic/LearningWithMangaFGO'' |
| 44 | *** ''Anime/FateGrandOrderFirstOrder'' |
| 45 | *** ''Anime/FateGrandOrderAbsoluteDemonicFrontBabylonia'' |
| 46 | *** ''Anime/FateGrandOrderDivineRealmOfTheRoundTableCamelot'' |
| 47 | *** ''Anime/FateGrandOrderFinalSingularityGrandTempleOfTimeSolomon'' |
| 48 | *** ''Webcomic/YouveLostRitsukaFujimaru'' |
| 49 | ** ''Literature/FateRequiem'' |
| 50 | ** ''VideoGame/FateSamuraiRemnant'' |
| 51 | ** ''Webcomic/FateTypeRedline'' |
| 52 | * ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'' |
| 53 | * ''Mahou Tsukai no Hako'' |
| 54 | * ''The Room of the April Witch'' |
| 55 | * ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' |
| 56 | ** ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'' |
| 57 | ** ''Manga/HanaNoMiyako'' |
| 58 | * ''Literature/TsukiNoSango'' |
| 59 | * ''VisualNovel/WitchOnTheHolyNight'' |
| 60 | ** ''Literature/ClockTower2015'' |
| 61 | |
| 62 | ] |
| 63 | [[/index]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | '''''Notes'' (OurAngelsAreDifferent)''' |
| 66 | * Also called ''Literature/AngelNotes''; it's a short story featuring an apocalyptic future where [[EldritchAbomination The Ultimate Ones]] invade the planet and destroy the remains of humanity after the [[GaiasVengeance death of Gaia]]. Also notable for providing the foundation for some concepts in the 'verse, namely that "Gaia" is a living being and that each planet has an "Ultimate One". |
| 67 | |
| 68 | '''''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'' (OurSoulsAreDifferent)''' |
| 69 | * Protagonist Shiki Ryougi wakes up from a coma and finds that although she retains her memories, she cannot identify with them as her own. As she struggles through her own life like a stranger, Shiki begins involving herself in increasingly bizarre disappearances, suicides, and murders happening in her city in order to once again feel alive. |
| 70 | * Three novels, divided into seven chapters and an epilogue. A series of seven animated feature-length films aired in theaters from late 2007 to 2009. The DVD editions for all movies are available as of December 2009, and the Blu-Ray editions (incidentally with ''English'' subtitles) were released in February 2011, together with an OVA of the epilogue. |
| 71 | * ''Mirai Fukuin: recalled out summer'', a bonus chapter released ten years after the original series. An animated adaptation was also released. |
| 72 | * Being one of the first works written, this is the one work officially claimed to take place in an AlternateContinuity from the rest (due to major discrepancies, such as Shiki's eyes and Touko's goal). Most of the characters here can be considered the 'blueprints' for those in the rest of the 'verse. Every character from the other works is still present in ''[=KnK's=]'' universe ([[AlternateSelf with the exception of anyone True Ancestor-related]]) and vice-versa, but they are ''slightly'' different, given the conflicting aspects of each universe having possibly changed their circumstances--excluding [[CoolOldGuy Zelretch]], who can pop into any given universe at a whim. Shiki is included as a character in ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood: Actress Again'' after getting pulled across dimensions, thus indicating that ''The Garden of Sinners'' and ''Melty Blood'', at least, are [[AlternateContinuity Alternate Continuities]]. Meanwhile, ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' features Shiki as a limited-time character, and justifies why she's there ''without'' resorting to "alternate dimensions," implying that ''The Garden of Sinners'' has a place among the ''Fate'' timelines (a notion reinforced by later revelations about the multiverse). |
| 73 | |
| 74 | '''''VisualNovel/WitchOnTheHolyNight'' (OurMagesAreDifferent)''' |
| 75 | * Originally an unpublished novel; it details the past of Aoko Aozaki (the minor but important character in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'') and her mentor, Alice Kuonji. They meet Shizuki Soujuurou, a boy unfamiliar with city life. A VisualNovel adaptation was released (after a ''very long'' wait) on April 12, 2012. It is also Type-Moon's first all-ages visual novel. A fully voiced port to [=PS4=] and Nintendo Switch was released in December 2022. It has the significant additions of Chinese and English translations. It is the first visual novel to be officially released in English. |
| 76 | * Two sequels have been planned, but they may not appear for some time. |
| 77 | * ''Literature/ClockTower2015'', a short story written for the closure of Type-Moon's old mobile site. The two Aozaki sisters both end up in London due to the recent passing of an acquaintance of theirs. |
| 78 | * An anime film adaptation by ufotable was announced in December 2021 slated for release in 2023. |
| 79 | |
| 80 | '''''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' (OurVampiresAreDifferent)''' |
| 81 | * ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', an eroge visual novel. Features TheVerse's ''[[{{Expy}} other]]'' Shiki, Shiki Tohno, who was involved in an accident as a child that left him with a muddled memory, sickly health, and eyes with the [[MagicalEye strange ability]] to see red lines that allow him to [[AbsurdCuttingPower cut anything to pieces with a simple touch]]. Eight years later, Shiki returns home after being left with distant relatives to recover, only to become embroiled in a series of supernatural murders related to a mysterious red-eyed girl and his family's past. Has a manga and anime adaption, complete with [[TamerAndChaster reducing sexual content]][[note]]The anime and manga adaptations of ''Tsukihime'' were the only Nasuverse adaptations (till the ''Heaven's Feel'' movies) to retain the love scene between the story's couple - in this case between Shiki and Arcueid - instead just toning it down to non-pornographic levels[[/note]]. |
| 82 | * ''Tsukihime PLUS+DISC'', a visual novel. A "fun disc" with a new short story (introducing two new characters, and finally revealing protagonist Tohno Shiki's face) and several other shorts discussing the 'verse. Also, sequel promotion. |
| 83 | * ''Kagetsu Tohya'', an eroge visual novel. Yet another "fun disc" sequel that doesn't specifically take place in any one particular ending of the original game. In any case, about 90% of it is a (very messed up) dream. |
| 84 | * ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'', a fighting game. Relatively story-heavy for its genre. Has several sequels, itself, some of them expanding the story considerably, mostly the update ''Melty Blood Re-Act''. Supposedly takes place after an unreleased story route in ''Tsukihime''. |
| 85 | ** ''Melty Blood: Type Lumina'' is based on the ''Tsukihime'' remake's continuity, serving as a ContinuityReboot for the series, and released in Autumn 2021. |
| 86 | * ''Tsukihime 2 / the dark six'', currently a running joke. A brief trailer is in ''Kagetsu Tohya'', and there have been many short stories that expanded the characters (especially Tohno Shiki) far beyond their original roles. |
| 87 | * A remake of the original ''Tsukihime'' was announced in April 2008. Though development was delayed for years due to multiple other in production projects, such as the wildly successful ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', the first half (Near Side) was finally released in Summer 2021 for Nintendo Switch and [=PS4=], now titled ''Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-''. The second half (Far Side) including the AscendedMeme / RunningJoke Satsuki Yumizuka route, is currently in development as ''Tsukihime -The other side of red garden-'' |
| 88 | * ''Manga/HanaNoMiyako'', a manga that follows Miyako Arima while she studies in a school where students are ranked by martial arts fights. |
| 89 | |
| 90 | '''''[[Franchise/FateSeries Fate]]'' ([[FunctionalMagic Our Magics Are Different]])''' |
| 91 | * ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', a technically-eroge visual novel (though certain routes downplay the eroticism heavily, which has caused a long-lasting debate about whether it should truly be labeled an "eroge") released in 2004. Shirou Emiya, a high school student and mage-in-self-training, stumbles into the Fifth Holy Grail War – a Battle Royale contest wherein seven mages (Masters) summon Heroic Spirits from history (Servants) and have them fight to the death, with the winner obtaining the wish-granting Holy Grail. The story has three routes – ''Fate'', ''Unlimited Blade Works'' and ''Heaven's Feel'' – with each one representing a branching alternate timeline. Has a [=PlayStation=] 2 port which is also on PS Vita, [=iOS=] and Android, all with [[SelfCensoredRelease the eroge elements replaced]]. The Vita port is slated for an HD remaster in 2024 for [[MilestoneCelebration the 20th anniversary]] with English and Chinese localiztions on Steam and Nintendo Switch. Adapted twice as a manga, the first based on the Fate route and the second based on the Heaven's Feel route. Anime adaptations include a series mostly based on the ''Fate'' route airing in 2006 and a movie based on ''Unlimited Blade Works'' released in 2010, both by Creator/StudioDEEN; afterwards, the studio Creator/{{ufotable}} adapted ''Unlimited Blade Works'' as a [[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks full series]] airing 2014-15 and ''Heaven's Feel'' as a [[Anime/FateStayNightHeavensFeel movie trilogy]] released 2017-20. |
| 92 | ** ''Literature/GardenOfAvalon'', a LightNovel focusing on Saber's backstory which was bundled with the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' BD-box and eventually adapted into a Drama CD. |
| 93 | * ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'': A sequel/[[{{Doujinshi}} fan-disc]] Visual Novel that was released in 2005. A [[LighterAndSofter more lighthearted story]] set six months after the conclusion of the Fifth Holy Grail War, it focuses on a magus called Bazett Fraga [=McRemitz=], who finds herself trapped in a strange GroundhogDayLoop with a mysterious Servant called "Avenger". This would be the final Type-Moon-badged work to possess explicit eroticism in its narrative, which was itself removed for the 2014 Vita version. |
| 94 | ** ''VideoGame/CapsuleServant'', a LighterAndSofter tower defense game released as part of ''hollow ataraxia'''s Vita port. Takes place in a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''-esque world where Holy Grail Wars are replaced with {{Mons}} battles, with a younger Shirou and Rin both playing a part and running counter to the absurdity. It's largely an AffectionateParody of both the Mons genre and ''Fate'' itself, and barely takes itself seriously because of it. |
| 95 | * ''Literature/FateZero'': A prequel light novel published from 2006 to 2007 for four volumes that covers the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War, [[WhenItAllBegan the fallout from which affected every character]] in ''Fate/stay night''. Note that ''Fate/Zero'' assumes that you have read ''Fate/stay night'', so beware of spoilers. Adapted as an anime series by Creator/{{ufotable}} which aired 2011-12. |
| 96 | * ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'': A manga beginning in 2007 that features an AlternateTimeline storyline with Illyasviel (the resident EnfanteTerrible) as the main character... and as a MagicalGirl, complete with a spunky talking staff called Ruby. It is very much an AffectionateParody, both of ''Fate/stay night'' and MagicalGirlTropes in general... [[CerebusSyndrome initially]]. Eventually, it's revealed that the story takes place in a world where Kiritsugu and Irisviel stopped the [[Literature/FateZero Holy Grail War]], and with it, carries all the baggage associated with the ''Nasuverse''. Notably, [[DarkerAndEdgier the overall plot gets much more serious]] and borrows heavily from ''Literature/AngelNotes''. |
| 97 | * ''Literature/FateApocrypha'': A light novel written by Yuichiro Higashide published 2012-14 in five volumes, set in an AlternateTimeline that diverges during the Third Holy Grail War. Centers on a version of the Holy Grail War that is structured as a contest between two teams, "Red" and "Black", each consisting of seven Master-Servant pairs. The project was originally pitched as an MMORPG, but it never took off. An anime adaptation by Creator/A1Pictures aired July 2017. |
| 98 | ** ''Literature/FateLostEinherjar'': A light novel sequel written by Hikaru Sakurai set in the future during a Grail War where each Master summons two Servants. The main character summons as Archer Aslaug, daughter of Sigurd and Brynhildr, and her husband, Berserker Ragnar Lodbrok. |
| 99 | * ''Anime/FatePrototype'': A twelve-minute {{OVA}} included in the final volume of ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'' in 2011. It is based on the first draft of ''Fate/stay night'' written by Kinoko Nasu in his high-school days, when it was conceived as a traditional novel instead of a Visual Novel. Currently has a series of {{Prequel}} {{Light Novel}}s, ''Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Pale Silver and Blue'' by Hikaru Sakurai, with further spinoff novella, ''Fate/Labyrinth'', also written by Sakurai, in print as well. |
| 100 | * ''Literature/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles'': A Light Novel series by Makoto Sanda published 2014-19 in ten volumes, starring Waver Velvet, one of the main characters of ''Fate/Zero''. Now older and a professor of Modern Magecraft Theory at the [[WizardingSchool Clock Tower]], Waver and his assistant Gray go around [[OccultDetective solving mysteries]] relating to the world of mages. Set during the months leading up to the Fifth Holy Grail War. Features significant CharacterOverlap with each novel featuring a version of a certain character in the ''Fate/stay night'' timeline. A manga adaptation began in October 2017, and an anime adaptation aired in 2019. |
| 101 | ** Has a sequel series by Sanda, ''The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II'', which began in 2020, and follows Waver and Gray's adventures a few years after the Fifth Holy Grail War. |
| 102 | * ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'': A LightNovel written by Ryohgo Narita (of ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' and ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' fame) that focuses on a knock-off version of the Holy Grail War taking place in Nevada, several years after the events of ''Fate/stay night''. Has been ongoing since 2015, with eight volumes published as of February 2023. Originated as an AprilFoolsDay joke in 2008, as a novella published on Narita's website (originally titled ''Fake/states night'') that seemingly introduced the setting and characters of an upcoming role-playing game – afterwards, certain elements were reused in other works, and it was eventually greenlit to be turned into an official full Light Novel series, with the original novella expanded into the first volume. Also has a manga version published simultaneously. |
| 103 | * ''Manga/TodaysMenuForTheEmiyaFamily'': A LighterAndSofter manga that centers on all the ''Fate/stay night'' Masters and Servants as they live their daily lives and showcase local cuisine. An ONA by Creator/{{Ufotable}} began airing in January 2018, with each episode premiering monthly. |
| 104 | * ''Fate/stay tune'' was an internet radio show that was broadcast while the {{anime}} was on the air, hosted by Creator/AyakoKawasumi (Saber) and Creator/KanaUeda (Rin). A sequel show, "[[GratuitousEnglish Fate/stay tune: Unlimited Radio Works]]" was broadcast for the "Unlimited Blade Works" movie, hosted by Creator/JunichiSuwabe (Archer) and the aforementioned hosts. |
| 105 | * ''Fate/tiger colosseum'', a PSP exclusive 3D brawler, which serves as both a [[ThirdOptionAdaptation sequel]] and [[AffectionateParody parody]] of the original games. Taiga Fujimura initiates a war for the Tiger Grail and the Masters and Servants compete for it once more. Followed by a stand-alone expansion pack, ''Fate/tiger colosseum UPPER'', which added more playable characters from ''hollow ataraxia'' and ''zero'', as well as Arcueid, Kohaku (both in MagicalGirl form), and Neco-Arc, making it the first real {{Crossover}} between ''Fate'' and ''Tsukihime''. |
| 106 | * ''VideoGame/FateUnlimitedCodes'', a fighting game. Follows the general plot of ''Fate/stay night'' but proceeds into a different direction; "What if this character were the protagonist?". Also includes Luviagelita Edelfelt from ''Fate/hollow ataraxia'', a surprise entry of Lancer from ''Fate/Zero'', and Saber Alter from the Heaven's Feel route, as well as a "new" entry of "Saber Lily", an apparently "Bright" version of Saber to round off the trifecta. |
| 107 | * ''VideoGame/FateExtra'', an alternate timeline setting with a new Holy Grail War, released for the PSP in July 2010. It was localized by Aksys and brought over to the West in 2011. Set in a giant Artificial Reality on the Moon. Differs from the rest of the series in that the player can choose their character's gender and Servant (from Saber, Caster, or Archer). |
| 108 | ** Has a sequel in the form of ''Fate/EXTRA CCC'', which was never localized. It focuses on an alternate version of Sakura who has kidnapped the player character, their Servant, and several other characters to the Far Side of the Moon, with the story mainly revolving around the cast's exploration of the mysterious Sakura Labyrinth, trying to get back to the Near Side. In addition to the original three playable Servants, Gilgamesh is a new fourth playable Servant. |
| 109 | ** A third game in this series on the [=PS4=], Vita, PC, and notably the first work to be on a [[Platform/NintendoSwitch Nintendo console]], ''VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar'', [[GenreShift an action game]] ala ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' with its roster of playable Servants expanded from 4 to 17. This game was localized by XSEED and came out on January 2017. The story revolves around the player character being mysteriously split up into three seperate people, paired with the original playable Saber, Caster, and a new Saber, Altera. These three Servants each lead a faction of Servants and go to war for domination over the Moon. Though it is officially the third game in this series, it is technically not a sequel to any of the ''Extra'' or ''CCC'' endings, instead using a new original route as the basis for its backstory. It also expanded on the universe's AlternateTimeline mechanics with far-reaching implications for every other work. |
| 110 | ** The fourth game in this series, ''VideoGame/FateExtellaLink'', was announced on August 2017. Still retaining the musou gameplay of last game with sixteen playable Servants returning, it takes place after ''Extella'''s GoldenEnding and focuses on a new Saber, Charlemagne. It's described to be more of a side story than sequel, with the sequel to ''Extella'' being written separately from ''Link''. |
| 111 | ** An anime series, ''Anime/FateExtraLastEncore'', which follows an AlternateTimeline a la the game sequels. |
| 112 | * ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', the "Fate Online Project Reboot" RPG on iOS and Android based off of the scrapped ''Fate/Apocrypha'' online game written by Higashide, Sakurai, and Nasu. An English version handled by Aniplex was announced April 2017 and came out the same year in June. Detailing the struggles of the Chaldea Humanity Preservation Organization as it attempts to correct temporal anomalies caused by a wayward member [[spoiler:and later as it attempts to protect human history and human life against the Seven Great Evils of Humanity, the Beasts]], it began as a relatively simple project but its stunning success has led to it taking a prominent position in the wider Nasuverse, hosting several key reveals about the wider setting. It received an animated adaptation of its prologue arc on December 31st, 2016. It has received several manga series, with six official adaptations (two of the first arc, four of the interim arc), several manga anthologies, a series about the real world stories and histories behind the Servants, a series about the Servants cooking meals, similar to ''Manga/TodaysMenuForTheEmiyaFamily'', a series with various stories about the Crypters from the second arc, Riyo's ''Webcomic/LearningWithMangaFGO'' gag series, and another gag series called ''Webcomic/RitsukaFujimaruDoesntGetIt''. It also has an arcade game, VR spinoff, and tabletop game. |
| 113 | ** ''[[ScreenToStageAdaptation Fate/Grand Order THE STAGE: Holy Round Table's Domain Camelot - Replica; Agateram]]'', which is an adaptation of ''F/GO'''s incredibly popular sixth story chapter/singularity, Camelot. A limited run special stage production in the Zepp Blue Theater in Roppongi, Tokyo, it had two runs, in July and September-October 2017. |
| 114 | ** ''Fate/Grand Order THE STAGE: Order VII - The Absolute Frontline in the War Against the Demonic Beasts - Babylonia'', a stage adaptation of ''F/GO'''s equally popular seventh chapter/singularity, Babylonia. It had two runs in January 2019, first at Sankei Hall Breeze in Osaka, then at Nippon Seinenkan Hall in Tokyo. |
| 115 | ** ''Anime/FateGrandOrderFirstOrder'': An anime special film adaptation of the Singularity F prologue by Lay-duce. |
| 116 | ** ''Anime/FateGrandOrderAbsoluteDemonicFrontBabylonia'': An anime adaptation of the game's seventh chapter by [=CloverWorks=]. |
| 117 | ** ''Anime/FateGrandOrderDivineRealmOfTheRoundTableCamelot'': An anime film duology adaptation of the game's sixth chapter by Creator/ProductionIG. |
| 118 | ** ''Anime/FateGrandOrderFinalSingularityGrandTempleOfTimeSolomon'': An anime film adaptation of the final chapter of the game's first part by [=CloverWorks=]. |
| 119 | * ''Webcomic/FateTypeRedline'': A Darker and Edgier retelling of ''Imperial Capital Holy Grail Strange Story'', which started out as a gag story arc from ''Koha-Ace'', a manga from Type-Moon's official magazine, ''Type-Moon Ace''. It portrays a Holy Grail War mostly featuring Japanese Servants and taking place in Shōwa Era Year 20, or 1945, at the tail end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Kanata Akagi, an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent from modern-day, is transported there by accident, and now has to find a way to survive UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan and come back to his own time. |
| 120 | * ''Fate/mahjong night Seihai Sensou'': A 4koma manga by Syatey. As the name suggests, it revolves around the Holy Grail War being fought through TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}}. |
| 121 | * ''Literature/FateRequiem'': A book first released in Comiket 95, written by Meteo Hoshizora and illustrated by NOCO. It takes place [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in 2025]] after a [[WorldWarIII worldwide Holy Grail War]] that led to rising sea levels, and a new Status Quo in which ''everyone'' has their own Servant connected to a personal Holy Grail in their hearts. It stars Erice Utsumi, the only person with no Servant or Grail, who meets a young boy who is the very last Servant ever summoned. |
| 122 | * ''VideoGame/FateSamuraiRemnant'': Announced on December 31, 2022 as a game developed by Creator/KoeiTecmo's Omega Force. It takes place in historical Japan where the Holy Grail War serves as the Waxing Moon Ritual. This is the first Type-Moon game to be announced for a global release for PC via Steam, [=PS4=], [=PS5=], and Nintendo Switch. |
| 123 | |
| 124 | '''''Literature/{{DDD}}''''' aka '''''Decoration Disorder Disconnection'' (OurDemonsAreDifferent)''' |
| 125 | * A series of novels that are not directly connected, but explore another new aspect of TheVerse: demons (not oni and oni hybrids like in ''Tsukihime''; true demons). |
| 126 | |
| 127 | '''''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'' ([[GagSeries ...Different]])''' |
| 128 | * An official Type-Moon crossover manga adapted into anime in the summer of 2011. It's a crossover between ''Fate/stay night'' and ''Tsukihime'', focusing more on [[GagSeries random and hyper crossover madness]] rather than a serious crossover between the series. |
| 129 | * ''Anime/FateGrandCarnival'': An official sequel to ''Carnival Phantasm'', although due to ''Tsukihime's'' long absence from the public eye, it's basically the cast of ''Fate/Grand Order'' running around doing similar hijinks. |
| 130 | |
| 131 | '''''Manga/AllAroundTypeMoon''''' |
| 132 | * The second official Type-Moon crossover manga by artist B-suke, where all of the Type-Moon characters, including those from [[AlternateContinuity different continuities]], meet at the Ahnenerbe Cafe. |
| 133 | |
| 134 | '''''Chibichuki''''' |
| 135 | * The third official crossover manga with a SuperDeformed artsyle by Tsubomi Hanabana, pretty much everyone from all corners of the Nasuverse is forcibly teleported into a high school by fiat of Nasu's AuthorAvatar stand-in. They decide to enjoy school life while stuck there. |
| 136 | |
| 137 | '''''Mahou Tsukai no Hako''''' |
| 138 | * An odd branch as it not only is more of a multimedia mix with manga, drama [=CDs=], and novels, it focuses on Hibiki Hibino and Chikagi Katsuragi (most likely only known in the West for their appearance in ''Carnival Phantasm''), the official representatives of Type-Moon's (now defunct) mobile-only site, and their work at Ahnenerbe, the café that pops up in other Type-Moon works. |
| 139 | |
| 140 | '''''Literature/TsukiNoSango''''' |
| 141 | * A short story by Nasu written for Creator/MaayaSakamoto's Full Moon Recital and later adapted in a manga by Sasaki Shonen, of the ''Tsukihime'' manga fame. It follows a girl whose grandmother claims to come from the Moon. It is passed in a world where people started colonies in the Moon, but soon lost interest, resulting in them giving up on living. |
| 142 | |
| 143 | '''''The Room of the April Witch''''' |
| 144 | * A short story written by Meteo Hoshizora and illustrated by Chihiro Aikura, about a witch named April, who only opens her house's door on April 1st once in a year. Though originally released for Type-Moon's April Fools' Day joke on 2011, there are no comedic elements in this story. Later had a booklet and Drama CD released, with the latter being narrated by Creator/MaayaSakamoto. |
| 145 | |
| 146 | The Nasuverse is mostly unified in its rules on FunctionalMagic and related topics (like non-human species). Though crossovers are rare, they ''do'' happen, even if in incredibly roundabout ways. |
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| 148 | Then again, as already stated, it isn't internally consistent because large portions of the source material are mutually exclusive, and some parts of it are obviously not canon to begin with (self-parodies, etc.); the canon universe is more about characters and the interaction between them, and less about the actual plot(s) taking place. {{Doujinshi}} authors take full advantage of this, and the amount of fan material available is staggering. Many works might not even be truly set in the same 'verse. |
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| 150 | Due to the sheer amount of rules and terminologies involved within the Nasuverse, there is now an [[Analysis/{{Nasuverse}} analysis page]] as a guide to wade through them, also serving as a dissection of the setting through tropes. Please feel free to contribute. Also now has a [[Memes/{{Nasuverse}} memes page]]. |
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| 152 | !!Tropes that apply to the ''Nasuverse'' in general: |
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| 157 | * AdvancedAncientHumans: Humans long ago established many civilizations thanks to gods ruling over them, particularly that of Atlantis, the progenitor of Greek civilization and the domain of the Twelve Olympians/Pillars/Machine Gods. All these civilizations came to an end when the alien Velber came to harvest civilizations and their data, which entailed deploying the White Titan Sefar on Earth to slaughter everything in its path. Humanity has long since forgotten about this time period, with their records only dating back to the dawn of modern civilization in Mesopotamia. |
| 158 | * AffablyEvil: Characters with the "Evil" alignment can be despicably malevolent, but the label is also associated with powerful egotism rather than outright wickedness, denoting an individual who puts their own values and goals above those of others. An "Evil" person can still be perfectible personable, but they can be dangerous and capable of shortsighted selfishness. For example, True Assassin, also known as the Hassan of the Cursed Arm, is polite, professional, and valorous to a point. He also murders easily and ruthlessly, and he became an "Old Man of the Mountain" by abandoning his wife and child to fend for themselves in pursuit of glory and power with the Hashshashin. |
| 159 | * AkashicRecords: It is also called the Root, and the source of all things in existence. Everything is born from there, and everything will return there after death. The only exception to this are the beings known as the "[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Outer Gods]]". [[note]]A [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall subtle nod]] to how unlike most characters who are either original or a reimagining of historical/religious figures, the Outer Gods were imported from another work directly with no reworking.[[/note]] Every mage's goal is to reach Akasha and obtain the mysteries within, though this is an extremely difficult task. The very few who manage to reach it and come back can wield True Magic. Shiki Ryougi and Manaka Sajyou on the other hand have been connected to it since birth, and show that it isn't a good thing to be connected to the source of all existence as they have... issues. |
| 160 | * AllDeathsFinal: One rule shared across virtually all of the settings is that there is no true reviving the dead. At best a person can find ways to ''cheat'' death, but those are artificial ways of keeping yourself alive. All living beings will die, and nothing can change that. [[spoiler:Only once has this been defied in the entire setting; [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder and in that case]], the person (Mash), was revived in a place outside the normal laws of time, and by Cath Palug (aka ''Primate Murder'') at the cost of its intelligence.]] |
| 161 | * AllThereInTheManual: If a detail isn't explicitly described in the work itself, it's probably explained in one of the several dozen material books which contain profiles of characters and explanations on how mechanics and concepts work in this universe. Furthermore, Nasu has his own blog which he occasionally posts on to clarify any confusing details. |
| 162 | * AlternateContinuity: |
| 163 | ** While the ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' series purports to be merely an AlternateHistory (in which TheMagicGoesAway about thirty years before the events of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', while ''Extra'' itself takes place about thirty years after), there are certain irreconcilable differences in the cosmos of each game, particularly the nature of the moon itself. |
| 164 | ** ''Tsukihime'' worlds are ones where "Gaia Manifests", the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors who represent "Anti-Humanity" exist, the Human Order is weak, Crimson Moon is active, and Arcueid Brunestud is the strongest being. ''Fate'' worlds are "tamed by Alaya", Servants who represent "Humanity" can be summoned because the Human Order is strong, Crimson Moon is not active, and someone replaces Arcueid as the strongest being. |
| 165 | * AlternateTimeline: The franchise notably places a strong emphasis to differentiate this trope from AlternateUniverse entirely. |
| 166 | ** On Earth, there exists a certain number of fluctuative parallel worlds formed out of possibilities, each of which is an AlternateTimeline. This set of parallel worlds is called “Great Tree Known as Time”, and it is being maintained by Gaia, will of the planet, and Alayashiki, a collective instinct to survive which humanity developed at some point in ancient history as they became independent and “cancerous” existences toward the planet. These parallel worlds require enormous amount of energy to maintain, as such at certain intervals the World (that is to say, Gaia and Alaya) predict the continued survival and progress of both the planet and humanity for the next 100 years, in order to “prune” them — an event known as Quantum Timelock, in which all the different timelines converge together. This ensures the events deemed essential to the progress of the planet and humanity during said Timelock happened across all timelines (and any ‘younger’ timelines created from time travel will also undergo through said events as they progress), and any timeline in which the Timelocked events cannot happen would be deleted from existence. |
| 167 | ** This has a strange effect on causality. Gaia and Alaya technically exist beyond any timeline they manage, but they require the planet and humanity's survival in order to both continue existing and intervene in a timeline. If the planet is killed or humanity is wiped out in a single timeline, Gaia or Alaya will delete said timeline to prevent its events from becoming immutable facts across all timelines. But if the planet's death or humanity's extinction were to happen on a timeline which they ''cannot'' delete for any reason (mainly the weakening of the World systems ensuring the stability of the timelines, which can be caused by extremely powerful beings such as [[Literature/AngelNotes Ultimate Ones]] or [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Beasts of Calamity]]), then Gaia or Alaya would ''die'' when the events of said timeline become immutable facts. Nasu's earlier work ''Notes'' is a possible future (not an alternate timeline) in which Gaia died and humanity remains on the now dead planet. |
| 168 | ** Additionally, it is implied whenever the World interacts with a foreign element from outside the planet and humanity, said element will be present across all possible timelines as a direct result. This is supposedly why vampirism (which originates from the foreign entity Crimson Moon) exists in both Fate and Tsukihime branch of worldlines (albeit at different scales), and why alien invasions like that of [[VideoGame/FateExtella Sefar]] is noted to happen in every timeline. |
| 169 | ** It is later revealed in the material book which comes with ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Remake'' that the concept of timelines was either discovered or outright created by the World after the discovery of the Second Magic by Zelretch. |
| 170 | * AntagonistTitle: "Type-Moon" is the title of Crimson Moon, progenitor of all vampires and the Ultimate One of the moon. While Crimson Moon himself has never appeared in person (save for a couple visions in ''Kagetsu Tohya'' where Shiki learns about Arcueid's real role as his vessel - and even then he's just manifesting through her), he is a very important GreaterScopeVillain because of how his vampires shape the Nasuverse's works (especially those in the ''Tsukihime'' family). |
| 171 | * AncientAstronauts: Aliens have visited the Earth frequently in the past and played a major role in the shaping of Earth's mythologies. In particular, ''Fate/Grand Order'' reveals the Mesoamerican pantheon to be extraterrestrial bacteria who arrived via the meteor that killed the dinosaurs, while the Twelve Olympians were massive robots from another universe entirely before settling on Earth. |
| 172 | * AprilFoolsDay: A time-honored tradition which the company has been following for several years now, usually involving their main website changing to feature the joke. |
| 173 | ** 2005: ''Neco-ARC: the Movie'', a film starring everybody's favorite Joke Character from ''Melty Blood''. |
| 174 | ** 2006: ''Hazakura Romantic'', a seemingly original BL novel concept (co-opted with nitro+). |
| 175 | ** 2007: ''Strange Energy Corona [[{{Engrish}} Rivive]]'', a MagicalGirl series with the Kaleidosticks and Kohaku as supporting characters. |
| 176 | ** 2008: Type-Moon as a girl's wrestling federation! |
| 177 | ** 2009: moon.cinemas.jp, a site imitating a typical movie theater chain front page, where all the movies were parodies of well known films (up to including a parody of ''Densha Otoko'' starring Waver Velvet and ''Fate/Zero'' Rider that was revived as an April Fools joke for ufotable in 2012). One of the "movies" announced, one based on the (then book only) epilogue for the movie series of ''The Garden of Sinners'', was [[{{Defictionalization}} eventually done and released for real]]. |
| 178 | ** 2010: Rather than fully changing the site, Twitter- sorry, [=TMitter=] feeds were added to the site, featuring [[CharacterBlog tweets from their most popular characters]]. |
| 179 | ** 2011: Instead of a typical joke, they released a serious short story about the very concept of April Fools written by Meteo Hoshizawa, titled "The Room of the April Witch". Their mobile site did have several parodic images and accompanying text with each reload. |
| 180 | ** 2012: ''Koha-ACE'', a poster for a movie parodying ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE''. |
| 181 | ** 2013: An episodic series, ''Back Alley Satsuki - Chapter Heroine Sanctuary'', a parody of ''Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Chapter'', with new episodes being released as the day progressed. Satsuki Yumizuka, with the help from other ''Tsukihime'' heroines and the totally completely Mysterious Heroine X, race to defeat Type-Moon's Twelve Gold Heroines to rescue Shiki Tohno. |
| 182 | ** 2014: The return of the [=TMitter=]! Also, TM-channel, a series of Nico Nico Douga-like "streams" for several characters, some of them done in a vlog style. |
| 183 | ** 2015: An error in the Kaleidoscope has caused a TimeCrash, hijinks ensue with [[AlternateSelf alternate versions of everyone]] (various girls become J-Pop idols, Arthur Pendragon is a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pok-, er, Capsule Servant]] champion, Spartacus is an idol producer, Shirou Emiya is a lawyer, Rin Tohsaka is actually technologically competent, etc) and it's all once again recorded on [=TMitter=]. [[spoiler:It has a fairly serious ending, giving the adult Waver Velvet some closure with Kayneth.]] |
| 184 | ** 2016: Most of the art in ''Fate/Grand Order'' and the Type-Moon website is changed to the SuperDeformed artstyle of the ''Webcomic/LearningWithMangaFGO''. |
| 185 | ** 2017: A joke app parodying ''VideoGame/PokemonGO'', ''Fate/Grand Order Gutentag Omen'', only available for that day, was released, allowing players to "catch" Servants using Quartz. [[spoiler:Its conclusion is more serious than other years as the dead Dr. Roman (who unlike everyone else cannot be caught) waves good-bye to the players.]] |
| 186 | ** 2018: A rerun of ''Fate/Grand Order Gutentag Omen'' with gameplay changed to be more like ''VideoGame/SpaceHarrier''. There was also the Kinoko Nasu Art Gallery, featuring several artists' take on Nasu's mushroom AuthorAvatar. |
| 187 | ** 2019: ''FGO QUEST'', a {{Retraux}} RPG as a send-up to ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''. |
| 188 | * ArtisticLicense: Largely [[AvertedTrope averted]]. Nasuverse as a whole goes to great lengths to make sure all historical characters are accurate to their real life counterpoints, only taking liberties with Mythological characters and/or historical characters with little known information about them. And in said cases, the only given liberties are a [[GenderBender gender change]] that are immediately explained. Moreover, the foundation of the setting (E.g. the Root, Textures, True Magic etc.), are based off of a deep understanding of real-life cosmological theories and mathematical principles. |
| 189 | * AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The franchise is notorious for this. Any non-Japanese and non-Heroic Spirit character would end up with strange names ranging from simply two English words put together to something ridiculous. |
| 190 | * {{Atlantis}}: Atlantis was the location of a technologically advanced society established by the Twelve Olympians, though their true capital Olympus was actually located underneath the ocean. Atlantis and Olympus were destroyed during Sefar's rampage, and their ruins were buried underwater where they became the subject of myth as they were impossible to find. The remnants of Atlantean civilization eventually drifted to Greece and established a new civilization there. |
| 191 | * {{Avalon}}: The sacred scabbard of King Arthur. It is also a location found within the Reverse Side of the World and is the home of the fairies after the end of the Age of Gods. It is the location where King Arthur will go to after death and rest until the time of his return. [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight In one timeline]], a Magus named Shirou Emiya managed to end up in Avalon after that timeline's version of King Arthur, a female version, gave up her contract to the planet. |
| 192 | * BackgroundMagicField: A substance called Ether, or ambient mana, permeates the atmosphere in the Age of Man. While Ether is not very high quality, it still provides more mana than modern mages are capable of generating from their body alone. In the Age of Gods, the ambient mana was called True Ether and far more dense than Ether. A modern mage traveling to the Age of Gods would not be able to survive True Ether without a special Mystic Code that allows them to adapt to it. |
| 193 | * BeastOfTheApocalypse: There exists a collection of them dubbed the Seven Evils of Humanity. Each one loves humanity but represents some manner of a sin committed by mankind that is grave enough to warrant the appearance of them. Their goal is to end the world however possible, and are among the most dangerous beings in the entire setting. |
| 194 | * BeingEvilSucks: True villains in this setting are marked by massive antisocial egotism that nets them frequent, short-term bouts of visceral satisfaction, but unless they change their ways, they're often doomed to lonely, desperate existences and deaths. |
| 195 | * BeingGoodSucks: Being a genuine benevolent hero requires a character to gibe up many of their personal desires apart from the ones that have them serve the common good. This can even come at the cost of the happiness of their loved ones, and the people they protect can very well turn on them in a moment of weakness. |
| 196 | * BeyondTheImpossible: InUniverse, this is what the Five Magics are. The comparison made that shows how it differs from Magecraft is that while Magecraft can let a Magus produce fire with Mana, anyone can produce fire by doing something as simple as lighting a matchstick, hence it is something that is still "possible". The Magics, on the other hand, are capable of doing "impossible" things that cannot be reproduced, no matter how much time or resources one puts into it, for example; The ressurection of the dead, time travel and traversing the dimensional border. The Five Magics are as follows: |
| 197 | ** The First Magic: The Materialization Of Nothingness. While its exact nature has yet to be revealed, the fact that the First Magician was born [[JesusWasWayCool "On the night before B.C became A.D"]] seems to imply it is the ability to perform miracles. It is also closely related to Witches, most particularly the [[VisualNovel/WitchOnTheHolyNight Yumina]] name, as well as the creation of the Fifth Imaginary Element, Ether, that allowed the continuation of Magecraft into the Common Era and contributed to the founding of the Mage's Association. |
| 198 | ** The Second Magic: The Operation of Parallel Worlds, also known as Kaleidoscope. Basically, the ability to [[DimensionalTraveler access and freely travel]] between {{Alternate Timeline}}s and dimensions. The Second Magician is Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, the resident CoolOldGuy vampire mage who had already mastered Kaleidoscope by the third century AD, as he used it to defeat Crimson Moon Brunestud in 300 AD, and is still alive to this day. |
| 199 | ** The Third Magic: Materialization of The Soul, also known as [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Heaven's Feel]], The Cup of Heaven, or the Holy Grail. Its function is to make YourHeartsDesire [[MakeAWish into reality]] and skipping all the steps that desire would otherwise require... if you have enough mana for it. It was realized by a Magician sometime before 1AD, after which they disappeared (though are thought to still be alive), and their disciples would go on to create the Einzbern homunculi in hopes that these would one day succeed in recreating it, which they succeeded in almost 1800 years later with the advent of Servant summoning to supply the necessary mana. |
| 200 | ** The Fourth Magic: Completely unknown, but it is known to exist with certainty by the other Magicians, even though the Fourth Magician's identity alludes them. |
| 201 | ** The Fifth Magic: Magic Blue. Its exact nature and full scope is unknown, but it utilizes TimeTravel and makes the laws of conservation of mass "shoulder the debts of a past without future". Its user is [[VisualNovel/WitchOnTheHolyNight Aoko Aozaki]], whose grandfather somehow found the path to the Fifth Magic, but left it open to Aoko through their [[PowerTattoo family's Magic Crest]]. |
| 202 | * BornInTheWrongCentury: The entire magical society is this, as they insist on researching the past in attempts to recreate its miracles, while the rest of the world moves forward with science and technology ever progressing. |
| 203 | * CharacterOverlap: Because of the shared universe, several characters frequently show up in other works than the one they debuted in. |
| 204 | ** Touko Aozaki is a major character in ''The Garden of Sinners'' and ''Mahou Tsukai no Yoru'', shows up in the second volume of ''Lord El-Melloi II Case Files'', and make several minor cameos in ''Fate'' works. She's investigating SE.RA.PH in ''EXTRA'', mentioned to be hired by Kayneth [[spoiler:after being crippled by Kiritsugu's Origin Bullet]] in ''Zero'', [[spoiler:one of her puppets is acquired in the ''Heaven's Feel'' route]] of ''stay night'', and Miyamoto Musashi mentions having met her in ''Grand Order''. |
| 205 | ** Aoko Aozaki headlines ''Mahou Tsukai no Yoru'', appears as a minor character with huge impact in ''Tsukihime'', and is also trapped in SE.RA.PH in ''Fate/Extra''. |
| 206 | ** Caubac Alcatraz is merely mentioned in passing in ''Tsukihime'' as he's trapped in his own labyrinth but is later revealed to be [[spoiler:using the magical cellphone Zelretch gave him as seen in ''Carnival Phantasm'' and ''Mahou Tsukai no Hako'' to communicate with the outside world.]] He also converses with Zelretch in ''Fate/strange fake''. |
| 207 | ** Lord El-Melloi II/Waver Velvet due to his BreakoutCharacter status of ''Fate/Zero'' is seen in ''Fate/Apocrypha'' as part of the group trying to manage the Great Holy Grail War, in ''Fate/strange fake'' in relation to his student Flatt Escardos, in ''Fate/Grand Order'' as a Pseudo-Servant, in ''Fate/Labyrinth'' to rescue Norma, and of course as the protagonist of his own novel series. |
| 208 | * TheChurch: The Holy Church exists as an organization that also deals with the supernatural despite condemning magic as heretical ([[HolyHandGrenade Supernatural Sacraments]] are still OK, though, and the existence of the Burial Agency implies they're willing to go back on even that stipulation in a pinch). The Holy Church does not get along with the Mage's Association and has warred with them in the past by burning down their centers of learning. They also make it a business to hunt down Dead Apostles by fielding Executors who specially trained to fight both mages and vampires alike with SupernaturalMartialArts and [[HolyHandGrenade holy weaponry]], making them deadly foes. |
| 209 | * CivilizationDestroyer: This is the alien Velber's purpose, to harvest all civilizations and data it comes across, and why it sent Sefar to kill all the gods and destroy the civilizations they established. |
| 210 | * ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Belief and worship are what gives magic and gods their power in the setting - the more people who believe in a subject, the more powerful it becomes. For example, Servants summoned in their home country where they are celebrated as folk heroes will receive a substantial power boost. Understanding is the antithesis of belief; the more people who understand how a magic system works, the less power it holds. This is why magic is declining as time moves forward, as mankind keeps discovering and deciphering natural laws of the world. |
| 211 | * ConservationOfNinjutsu: This applies to magic and Magecraft. All Magecraft draws power from Mystery to fuel it, so the more people use it, the weaker the rituals get. This is one reason why mages jealously guard their research from all outsiders, so they can preserve the strength of their secrets. This weakness can be offset if more users believe in it though, as the Holy Church is not shy about spreading their teachings. |
| 212 | * TheConstant: The series actually [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] this with the Quantum Time-Lock system put in place by [[DeusEstMachina The World]]. As a limited amount of "water" exists to sustain so many worlds without the universe effectively overloading on the sheer weight of possibilities, Quantum Time-Locks happen every once a hundred years or so to ensure that Constants exist present in all other timelines (e.g. Camelot falling). [[CuttingOffTheBranches Any other timelines that have anything different happen are purged altogether in a process known as 'pruning']]. However, while there exists several Quantum Time-Locks across human history, the ''median'' of which these timelines happen (termed as 'Proper Human History') can be extraordinarily variant to a variety of possibilities; it's just that the Quantum Time-Locks are a means of ensuring the most prosperous timelines for humanity survive, and any that have grown past the point of being able to be changed are as a result pruned. |
| 213 | * CosmicMotifs: As per the company title, the moon permeates the setting through Crimson Moon as the progenitor of rampant vampirism and the Moon Cell as both the ultimate wish granter and savior of humanity. Its appearance only at night helps emphasize the hidden world under which most works operate. |
| 214 | * CrypticBackgroundReference: Each work is littered with references to mysterious happenings going on elsewhere or in the past, with the manuals usually just throwing more fuel onto that fire by referring to even more mysterious and vague elements of this universe. |
| 215 | * DarkWorld: There exists another half of the planet itself called the "Reverse Side of the World". It is filled with divine spirits and creatures that left after the Age of Gods ended in order to maintain their existence. The unique nature of it means that mortals can not precieve it due to it being essentially a "layer" on top of the already existing one. |
| 216 | * DivineRanks: There are broad categories, albeit very flexible. At the very top are the Ultimate Ones, the embodiment of the celestial bodies themselves. Below them are the agents of the planet born from it, the True Ancestors. Further down are gods and Divine Spirits, with heads of pantheons called demiurges being much stronger than the average god. |
| 217 | * DeathOfTheOldGods: This happened in the aftermath of Sefar's attack. With many gods dead and weakened, plus humanity losing faith in them, the gods, Magic, and Mystery began declining throughout the world. Eventually, the gods degraded into weaker, bodiless Divine Spirits. Despite their best attempts, humanity resisted their attempts to keep control and separated themselves to move forward. Eventually, the Age of Gods completely ended and all remaining Divine Spirits retreated to a higher plane where they can no longer directly influence humanity. |
| 218 | * EnchantedForest: It is heavily implied in a few works such as Tsukihime and certain events in Fate Grand Order that the world before Man came into power was this, complete with Giant trees so ridiculously large their roots are as big skyscrapers. |
| 219 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: ''Mixed'' with HisNameReallyIsBarkeep. The vessels that Servants are summoned into are literally named after their Class (Saber, Archer, etc.). This distinction is accurate since (most) Servants are not ''really'' the contracted Heroic Spirits, but rather copies generated by the Throne of Heroes. This also has the added advantage of hiding their True Name, and with it any strengths and weaknesses that they retain from their mythology, from those who would [[IKnowYourTrueName take advantage of it]]. |
| 220 | * EvilSorcerer: Your average mage is amoral and cares for nothing except for their own research ([[NotSoAboveItAll in]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold theory]]). The lives of others is an acceptable sacrifice to them as long as it doesn't disturb the secrecy of Magecraft. |
| 221 | * {{Excalibur}}: As expected, it's one of the most powerful swords in the entire franchise when fully unsealed, though it's still powerful enough to blow up an entire fortress in its current sealed state. The sword was actually forged long ago by the planet itself as a crystallization of mankind's wishes, and one of its ultimate defenses against extraterrestrial threats. It's only been used at full power once in the entire series, in 12000 BC when an unnamed human wielded it to do what all the gods on Earth could not; defeat the alien invader Sefar. |
| 222 | * FantasyKitchenSink: A multiverse of magic defined as [[RealityWarper reality-warping]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampiric monsters]], {{eldritch abomination}}s including [[GaiasVengeance personifications of planets]], alien invaders, AllMythsAreTrue, magical girls, and so on. Yeah. |
| 223 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: Averted. Servants have information for the current era implanted in them at the time of summoning. Any culture shock or lack of tact for that time period is entirely their own fault. |
| 224 | * GaiasVengeance: The Nasuverse uses the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis Gaia hypothesis]], a theory that planet Earth itself is a giant single living entity. The Nasuverse also expands this to the other planets in the Solar System as well as the Moon (all known as Type-[name], Ultimate Ones, and Aristoteles, with their own personal names; Earth is known as Type-Earth and Gaia, for example) and humanity itself (or, by its other name, Alaya). Gaia loves humanity as its children but also hates their abuse of nature, leading to the creation of the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent True Ancestors]] by Type-Moon to "regulate" humans (the backstory to ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', and to a lesser extent, ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'') and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt an eventual apocalypse]] brought upon by the Ultimate Ones called by Gaia after getting scared of her children outliving her and living on her corpse (the story and setting of ''Literature/AngelNotes''). |
| 225 | * GenerationalMagicDecline: This has happened to humanity as a whole when it comes to magic, with modern Magi only a shadow of what they used to be in TheTimeOfMyths, which explains part of why the Servant characters capable of using magic in the ''Fate'' series are so much stronger than the modern humans. The goal of Magi in general is to try and recapture the True Magic that their ancestors had a much easier time accessing. The individual games also have specific examples of this: |
| 226 | ** The Matou/Makiri family from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' was once one of the preeminent families in the Mage's Association and one of the three families who started the Holy Grail War, but ever since leaving their homeland of Russia and settling in Fuyuki they've been growing gradually weaker until their latest heir, Shinji, has no magic circuits at all. No one's entirely sure why this has happened but the Matous claim it has something to do with Fuyuki's energy being incompatible with theirs. There's a vague implication it might be related to family patriarch Zouken and [[ImmortalityImmorality his methods of staying alive]]. |
| 227 | ** The Nanaya family in ''{{VisualNovel/Tsukihime}}'' used inbreeding to try and prevent this due to their power as an "anything killer" and served the Demon Hunting Organization for generations until they were slaughtered prior to the start of the story. |
| 228 | ** The [[Literature/TheGardenOfSinners Asakami Clan]] of the Demon Hunters Organization was a clan of powerful telekinetics, but had been undergoing this as a result of too much interbreeding, with the main house eventually dying out and only minor branches remaining. Fujino Asagami was the strongest member in generations but had her powers sealed as a child, only to have them come roaring back at an inopportune time. |
| 229 | ** The Aozaki clan was undergoing this prior to the birth of [[Literature/TheGardenOfSinners Touko]], who was born with an astounding number of magic circuits considering her parents had none. Later on her sister [[VisualNovel/WitchOnTheHolyNight Aoko]] proved to be a prodigy capable of using the True Magic even though her number of circuits was average at best. When Aoko was chosen to be the family head over her sister the fallout was [[CainAndAbel enormous]]. |
| 230 | ** The [[Literature/FateStrangeFake Escardos Clan]], one of the oldest magus lineages, had been on the decline for a few centuries, desperately trying to improve their dwindling magic circuits. The current heir, Flat, was an anomaly, being born with incredible potential and magic circuits. Though as he grew up, it became clear that he was a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} lacking the proper attitude to become a successful mage, to the point where his parents disowned him. |
| 231 | * GeniusLoci: Every celestial body is alive and possesses its own will, which is embodied as its Ultimate One. Earth's will is called Gaia, and it plays an important part of the setting because humans destroy the planet as they continue to develop. While Gaia has its agents to protect itself and attack humans, it does not have an Ultimate One, while the collective will of humanity called Alaya fights back against the planet's attempts to extinguish them. The balance of power between the two forms the Counter Force, which is dedicated to keeping the status quo and everyone alive but not necessarily happy. |
| 232 | * GodIsGood: There's an entity that greatly resembles the Judea-Christian interpretation of God which is powerful and largely benevolent, but those that attempt to fully comprehend or devote themselves to its eldritch grandeur tend to become a little mad. |
| 233 | * GodNeedsPrayerBadly: Divine Spirits are dependent on the faith of their followers to power them. |
| 234 | * GoodIsNotNice: Just because a character is of the "Good" alignment, that doesn't guarantee they're friendly paragons of virtue. They are invariably determined and moral (though their codes of ethics may differ), typically acting in the interest of what they perceive to be the greater good. However, they can act rather extreme in their pursuits, resulting in massive collateral damage or tragic personal cost. Gilgamesh justified wanting to wipe away the modern world as he found the humanity of the era to be overpopulated, wasteful, and wretched. The dragon slayer Siegfried focused a majority of his time and energy helping as many people as he could rather than actively seek any happiness for himself, leading him to be exploited by a treacherous friend and to alienate his wife Kriemhild (indirectly resulting in her infamous RoaringRampageOfRevenge in the ''Nibelungenlied''). |
| 235 | * {{Gotterdammerung}}: |
| 236 | ** This is the key reason for why the Age of Gods ended. In 12,000 BC, gods existed as physical beings ruling over mankind, establishing many civilizations. Then the alien Velber approached Earth, and deployed the White Titan Sefar to slaughter the gods. Many pantheons were wiped out and civilization scattered as Sefar rampaged across earth. Eventually, Sefar was defeated not by a god, but by a human. The many deaths and the weakening of humanity's faith in the gods began the decline of the Age of Gods and Magic in general. |
| 237 | ** The actual Ragnarök was established to take place in 1000 BC, ending with Surtr burning away the local Texture of the Age of Gods in Scandinavia. |
| 238 | * HGame: It's easy to forget with the ''massive'' popularity explosion that their respective series have had, but the original ''Tsukihime'' and ''Fate/stay night'' [=VN=]s were Eroges. While Type-Moon has long since rebranded from this, SexMagic remains canonical in the Nasuverse whether it's done for {{Fanservice}} or not, and the sanitized original stories and their myriad spin-offs don't shy away from this fact. Buyer beware! |
| 239 | * IKnowYourTrueName: Heroic Spirits are a slave to their legend. To know the legend of a Heroic Spirit is to know their strengths and weaknesses; replicating what aided them in myth will empower them, and replicating what ended their myth will slay them. This is why most Servants who aren't [[ChallengeSeeker looking for a challenge]] or are [[RedRightHand blatantly obvious]] go to great pains to hide their true identity. |
| 240 | * {{Immortality}}: No one is quite immortal, despite many mages seeking it. The highest level of immortality is not quite that so much as it is ''lacking'' mortality. Thankfully the only ones possessing this trait are both incredibly powerful and incredibly rare, such as the primordial goddess Tiamat who loses this under certain circumstances, or the Ultimate Ones. Even then, it's still possible to destroy these immortal creatures either with an immense amount of brute force and energy (good luck with ''that'' though), or by shooting them with the Black Barrel which imposes mortality. |
| 241 | * KudzuPlot: Generally speaking, the works, by themselves, aren't ''that'' difficult to follow, considering how self-contained they are. However, the Nasuverse makes all of these stories interconnected through its strict [[MagicAIsMagicA rules of magic and death]], reccurring characters and concepts, and even {{Call Back}}s to other works within the setting can make someone who has no exposure to the 'Verse an absolute ''nightmare'', especially considering which work to read first. |
| 242 | * LayeredWorld: The planet itself is nothing but a blank rock, and what we see is Gaia turning it into something more. In general, the World currently consists of several layers that are called Textures with humanity and its scientific laws as the sheet on top. All of these are pinned together by pillars like Artoria's holy lance, Rhongonmyniad. |
| 243 | ** There exists the Reverse Side of The World, a realm that exists above and below the physical world and the home of Phantasmal Beasts after the decline of Age of Gods. It is devoid of humans although one can reach it after death with very small odds. It is also where the realm of Avalon is located. Several lines indicate there are other layers of existence beneath even the Reverse Side. |
| 244 | ** Reality Marbles work on the conceit of temporarily being able to project one's mental landscape on top of the normal layer of reality. |
| 245 | * LeyLine: Ley lines are places in the world where mana converges in great amounts. This makes them a great spot for magical rituals such as holding a Holy Grail War or summoning a Servant. |
| 246 | * LivingForeverIsAwesome: |
| 247 | ** Some characters do appreciate eternal life, chief among them is [[spoiler: Qin Shi Huang, the ([[BigBadDuumvirate primary]]) BigBad of the third Lostbelt of ''Fate/Grand Order''.]] |
| 248 | ** The BigBad of ''Fate/Grand Order'' is revealed to think this, and doesn't ''get'' [[EvilCannotComprehendGood why anyone would want to be mortal, not able to understand the positives of such an existence and only able to focus on the negatives]]. [[spoiler:Even when he himself is rendered mortal and grows an appreciation for such fleeting existences, there's nothing to suggest he doesn't see immortality as ''wrong'' even in his dying moments, [[HeelRealization just that he was wrong to try and force it upon humanity]].]] |
| 249 | * LoopholeAbuse: The laws of magic in the Nasuverse are [[MagicAIsMagicA strict and as uniform across the series as humanly possible]], but if one of those laws has irked a magus, chances are they ''will'' find a way around it to varying degrees of success. High-ranking mages ''thrive'' on this trope. |
| 250 | * {{Macguffin}}: The Holy Grail tends to be the most prominent one in ''Fate'' timelines, especially in a Holy Grail War. While it is not the same Grail Christ drank from, it is still a magical item possessing an immense amount of magical energy one can use to accomplish an impossible task like granting a wish. |
| 251 | * MageKiller: The Black Barrel, one of the seven {{Superweapon}}s of the Atlas Institute is the ultimate example of this, as a Conceptual Weapon that represents finite lifespan and mortality. The more magic energy the target possesses, the more damage the gun will do against it as well as the shorter the lifespan it imposes on the target. This means it will kill even gods and ''Ultimate Ones'' with just one bullet from the gun. However, there's two catches. One: the bullets need to be composed of either True Ether which is incredibly dense mana, or something infused with lots of mana. And two: the anti-magic property extends to the gun itself, so only a {{Muggle}} can use the gun safely. This becomes a real problem in ''Literature/AngelNotes'' when the gun is finally excavated for use, since there's literally only one regular human left while everyone else has been modified to run on the ambient mana in the atmosphere. |
| 252 | * MagicAIsMagicA: One of the cornerstones of why these works are so beloved. Nasu, and his trusted circle of writers, take great pains to make sure that the supernatural elements are consistent between works at least 99% of the time. This means that, if you're paying attention, it's often a bit possible to guess what might happen next, simply because that's the logical way for things to progress given previous experience from other works. ''New'' concepts are introduced from time to time, but it's all still consistent with what appeared previously and it can lead to some amazing reveals that make a ton of sense in hindsight. |
| 253 | * MagicalEye: They're called Mystic Eyes, and there are many kinds of eyes that do one specific thing each. For example, Medusa has the Mystic Eyes of Petrification, giving her the famous ability to turn anything she looks at into stone. |
| 254 | ** The most vaunted set of them all are the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. They are so rare that they are regarded as myth by even the True Ancestors, and a reason why ''Tsukihime'' and ''The Garden of Sinners'' are different timelines as there can't be two users in the same world. The eyes see the death of all things and visualizes them as lines and points on the target. If someone possesses immortality on a higher level than the eyes, then the user won't see the lines and points until they strengthen it. It's pure PowerAtAPrice though, as the human brain which processes this information isn't equipped to perceive such concepts. Shiki Tohno's brain is slowly breaking under the pressure of his eyes, and one day he will die when they become too strong for him to handle. Shiki Ryougi doesn't have to deal with this problem since she was born with them and connected directly to the Root which does the work for her, so she's a much higher level user as a result. |
| 255 | * MagicallyBindingContract: Command Seals. When a Master summons a Servant, they receive three Command Seals from the Holy Grail to be emblazoned onto their body (usually on the back of the right hand, but not always). A seal can be used to cast magecraft, empower their Servant, issue them an IrrevocableOrder, or all of the above, and as long as they have at least one the Servant must carry out their will (unless they have a skill like Independent Action, in which case the Master ''must'' consume a seal to order them). The only way a Command Seal can be negated is if the Master either rescinds it or is killed. Seals can be replenished from the adjudicator presiding over the current Holy Grail War, stolen from another Master, or simply given by another Master (who can also transfer the contract this way) -- but should a Master run out of seals, their Servant can do whatever they want after fulfilling the last one, which doesn't change much if they like their Master... [[TheDogBitesBack and usually means a swift reprisal if they don't]]. |
| 256 | * TheMagicGoesAway: A major point across all works as it is explicitly stated that the Age of Gods has ended to make way for the Age of Man as humanity and science expands across the globe with science slowly removing magic implicitly associated in concepts like the human body as medical science has definitively proven that there is nothing inherently magical about the body, resulting in much frustration for magi as they have to result to increasingly scarcer resources to accomplish their goal of reaching the Root and fervently hiding their methods to ensure that it doesn't lose whatever mystery it holds. |
| 257 | ** There are actually technically ''three'' Ages of Gods, all of which eventually declined and contributed to humanity's rising power; the first ended in 12000 BC when an alien entity known as Sefar landed upon the planet and proceeded to curb stomp the gods which began their overall fading into irrelevance, the second ended in 2600 BC when Gilgamesh rebelled against the Mesopotamian pantheon to free humanity from their control, banishing them to a more passive existence along with King Solomon's death accelerating the decline of Mystery, and an unknown event in 700 BC ending the gods for good. However the Age of Man ''really'' starts with 0 CE as that marks when humanity asserted dominion over Earth, and Mystery and magic are replaced with science and technology. |
| 258 | ** It literally all goes away in the ''Fate/Extra'' sub-series as a ritual in the 1970s causes all mana in the world to disappear. |
| 259 | *** [[ZigZaggedTrope At the same time though]], Mysteries that gets propagated such as the teachings of the Church will lose its power but also become more stable and anchored to the world. The strength of these mysteries can be greatly influenced by the Faith and collective unconscious of the people. |
| 260 | * MagicMustDefeatMagic: Beings of Mystery -- immortals, Servants, or otherwise magical in nature -- that somehow end up in the modern day can only be harmed by (or something empowered by) things similarly magical and/or mysterious. Modern weapons like guns, explosives, or even recently-made swords will either end up inflicting ScratchDamage, be easily dodged, or even simply bounce off, as there is no "Mystery" in how they function. This is a prime point of frustration for any {{Muggle}}s that get caught up in a supernatural incident; a modern human could be the most skilled fighter in the world, and they'd do jack squat to a magical being without having access to magic themselves. |
| 261 | * MagicVersusScience: The primary reason for TheMagicGoesAway stated above: as science elucidates more and more of the natural world and its laws, the less power magic actually has, the implication being that [[YourMindMakesItReal as humanity puts less and less stock into the supernatural, the less it can be used to influence the world.]] Supplemental materials reveal that when the Age of Gods completely ended, the laws of the world literally changed from one based on magic and Mystery to physics-based. |
| 262 | * MasqueradeParadox: Supernatural beings have a number of reasons to maintain secrecy. The biggest is that TheMagicGoesAway, so they've reached an era where MugglesDoItBetter. Individual systems of Magecraft also have limited amounts of power to draw from, meaning that the more followers a system has, the less powerful each user's magic becomes -- this is why mages not only keep their magic secret, but centuries-old mage families keep a SingleLineOfDescent. The undead, meanwhile are keeping a Masquerade not from humans, but from ''other'' supernatural forces, like the ChurchMilitant mages dedicated to killing them. |
| 263 | * TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: There exist many characters in the Nasuverse whose true age doesn't match their physical one, whether they've undergone a FountainOfYouth, RapidAging, or are simply TheAgeless, and many of them ''will'' be beset by instincts and behaviors typical of that age. A rule of thumb is if the character in question wasn't originally WiseBeyondTheirYears or a ManChild at their current physical age, they will not be now, whether they like it or not. |
| 264 | * TheMultiverse: |
| 265 | ** Has actually been a feature of the setting almost from the start - the Second Magic is based around travel to, and manipulation of, parallel worlds - and was mentioned as early as background material for ''Tsukihime'' and was plot-relevant as early as the original ''Fate/stay night'' (wherein [[spoiler:Rin, with Shirou's help, creates a replica of Zeltrech's Second Magic-powered Gem Sword and uses it to match the power of her plugged-into-infinite-mana rampaging sister]]), but with ''Grand Order'' especially, it's become a somewhat important concept. The Throne of Heroes technically sits outside of the "time axis", so even though some of the Fate continuities are different, it's still possible for the ''GO'' protagonist to summon pretty much all previous Servants. Moreover, ''GO'''s singularities are basically pocket timelines themselves, that if unrepaired could do serious damage to reality. [[spoiler:Part of the thrust of the Shinjuku singularity is using the meta-physics of this in a creative application of villainy.]] |
| 266 | ** For the curious, the current multiversal breakdown is as follows: |
| 267 | *** First, it must be understood that Fate worlds (the ''Fate'' series) and Tsukihime worlds (''Tsukihime'' and its expansions) are diametrically opposed to each other in a sense, mostly because the mechanics that make the summoning of Heroic Spirits, [[HumansAreSpecial which affirm human history and humanity]], possible, can't exist in worlds where Dead Apostles, the antithesis and killers of humanity, proliferate. Another difference is that the organization dubbed the Twenty-Seven Dead Apostle Ancestors by [[ChurchMilitant the Holy Church]] doesn't exist in ''Fate'' worlds; some individual members like [[CanisMajor Primate Murder]], [[TheArchmage Zeltrech]], and [[StarfishAliens ORT]] might still exist (and be weaker in Primate Murder's case), but others can be long dead like [[ResurrectiveImmortality Roa]] and [[BlackKnight Gransurg Blackmore]]. However, there are worlds that "aren't really either" type of world that do have elements of both for currently unknown reasons.[[note]]It is worth noting that comparatively early on in the history of Type-Moon releases, from ''F/SN'''s first release up until about the time of ''EXTRA'', the general understanding was that ''Fate'' and ''Tsukihime'' actually existed in one sole "Nasuverse", hence the term, and this seems to have even been the original intent; however, especially by the time of ''Fate/Grand Order'', some questions had really started piling up and Nasu clarified the situation detailed here.[[/note]] |
| 268 | *** ''Mahou Tsukai no Yoru'' and ''Tsukihime'' exist in the same parallel world, although in some ways this is rather academic, because outside of Aoko showing up in ''Tsukihime'''s prologue, the casts of both stories don't interact and the plots aren't linked. However there is the contradiction of Alice Kuonji's mansion which resides on the exact same plot of land as the Tohno mansion. ''Clock Tower 2015'' is connected to both and establishes [[spoiler:the divergence of Lev Flauros committing suicide instead of going to work with Chaldea as depicted in ''Grand Order''.]] |
| 269 | *** ''The Garden of Sinners'' was the first proper alternate continuity work, because it was written before Nasu and Takeuchi considered that Type-Moon could be a going concern, and thus wasn't constructed to necessarily fit easily into the primary Nasuverse. It actually wouldn't have ''that'' much trouble doing so, in retrospect, and, indeed, ''[=KnK=]'' and ''Tsukihime'' were originally considered both to be happening in a single world. Afterward, due to slight differences in the ages of certain people and differences in the makeup of certain families, they could be thought of as subtly parallel worlds so it officially is treated as an AU, but lately the novels of Lord El-Melloi II confirms Kara no Kyoukai is part of Fate worlds. |
| 270 | *** ''Fate/stay night'' (along with ''hollow ataraxia'') and ''Fate/Zero'' are thought to be in continuity with each other, but, as implied in the preface of the first volume of ''Zero'' and confirmed in the magazine ''Type-Moon Ace'' Vol. 10, they are slightly parallel worlds, where something ''like'' the events of ''Zero'' happened in ''stay night'', but perhaps not precisely as described (though the broad details match up easily enough). It is worth noting that this continuity can branch a little bit, depending on player choices in ''F/SN''; the animated adaptations of ''F/SN'' showcase each of the major routes, and the ''Zero'' animated adaptation is much more obviously in direct continuity with the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' and ''Heaven's Feel'' adaptations (all being from the same studio). |
| 271 | *** ''Fate/Grand Order'' is an interesting example in that, while it was conceived as another minor spinoff continuity (the spinoff point being [[spoiler:who won the Fuyuki Grail War of 2004 and some of the details about how and why it was fought]]), the fact that it's the most successful thing Type-Moon's ever made by literally multiple orders of magnitude means that it has taken an ''extremely'' prominent place in the wider zeitgeist and public eye, and can in many ways be considered the "main" continuity at this point. Elements from many of the other continuities are being integrated into it for greater exposure. |
| 272 | *** ''Fate/EXTRA'' and its sequels are another continuity, taking place within the datascape of the Moon Cell (a supercomputer of mysterious origin on the moon) in the year 2030. Something's happened in this continuity to drain the world of all its prana, leaving magi only able to work their arts in datascapes like the Moon Cell. |
| 273 | *** ''Fate/Apocrypha'' is a branch off of ''stay night'', diverging during the Third Grail War in the [=1930s=]. Instead of the Grail War as recorded, the Greater Grail is instead taken from Fuyuki, [[spoiler:and instead of Avenger Angra Mainyu, the Extra-type Servant the Einzberns summoned to try and cheat the system was Ruler Shirou Tokisada Amakusa]]. |
| 274 | *** ''Fate/Prototype'' is a separate continuity from all of the above, having been originally conceived before even ''The Garden of Sinners''; its Grail War works significantly differently from the one in ''stay night''. Various elements of it, however, have slowly been introduced into the main continuities. |
| 275 | *** ''Prisma Illya'' is another branch off of ''Fate'', specifically diverging [[spoiler:before and during the Fourth Grail War - Illya was born later, and both Kerry and Iri discover earlier what's going on with the Fuyuki Grail, and work ''together'' to destroy it, freeing Illya from her destiny as a Grail vessel. Or so they hope.]] |
| 276 | *** ''Fate/strange fake'' is another branch off of ''stay night'', but a weird example in that not only is it a future possibility occurring shortly after the Fifth Holy Grail War, it also inexplicably has the characteristics of both Fate Worlds and Tsukihime Worlds at the same time. It's also a bit notable on a meta level for having begun life as an ''April Fool's gag'' before Nasu decided to greenlight it into being a real thing. |
| 277 | *** The ''El-Melloi II Case Files'' are interesting in that they seem designed to be able to slot into several of the above continuities without too much trouble, though are most obviously angled toward the original ''Fate'' continuity with the slow buildup to 2004 and the events of ''F/SN'' taking place. |
| 278 | *** ''Notes'' and ''Tsuki no Sango'' are possible {{Bad Future}}s to all of the above, with the only certainty about them being that ''Tsuki no Sango'' cannot be the future of either ''Tsukihime'' (the events of which have never taken place) or EXTRA (magecraft still "lingers"). |
| 279 | *** As noted above, ''DDD'' and ''Fire Girl'' could ''possibly'' be within the "main" ''Tsukihime'' or ''Fate'' continuities, but it isn't too clear and it's generally irrelevant for their purposes and narratives anyway. |
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| 283 | * NatureSpirit: There are many creatures and beings which exist as extensions of Gaia itself, including the True Ancestors at the highest ranking and then gods plus Divine Spirits below them. Since they are part of the planet, they can exist freely without being crushed by the World. |
| 284 | * NestedOwnership: DoubleSubverted. Spirits cannot link spirits to the world, and thus Servants cannot summon Servants of their own... under normal circumstances at least. They each have their own niggles, but exceptions do exist: |
| 285 | ** The Servant has summoning as a natural skill. Though this limits their options to beings tied to their legend. |
| 286 | ** The Servant somehow makes their own Command Seals. This results in the newly-summoned Servant being very weak, however. |
| 287 | ** The Servant has somehow "incarnated" into a real body. The now flesh-and-blood Servant can acquire real Command Seals, but this kind of resurrection is '''incredibly difficult''' and the non-Servant body is weaker. There are exceptions though, Servants that lived during the Age of Gods or descended from the Gods are stronger while they are alive. |
| 288 | * NiceDayDeadlyNight: A recurring theme as in general, most of the action happens at night, for different reasons: in ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'' and ''VisualNovel/WitchOnTheHolyNight'' because the antagonists are dangerous spirits or magicians seeking to uphold the {{Masquerade}}, in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' because it's vampires, and in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' along with its adaptations because of the nature of the Holy Grail War as waged in secret from the public. |
| 289 | * NoOntologicalInertia: In general, if a magic object does not exist physically and wasn't summoned by the Counter Force, the World will do its best to crush its existence and restore the natural order. |
| 290 | ** Reality Marbles require an incredible willpower and amount of mana to maintain for anything more than a few minutes, if even that. Someone lucky enough to possess one needs to be careful not to plunge themselves into a HeroicRROD. |
| 291 | ** Servants require not only a consistent source of mana to maintain their existence, but an "anchor" that gives them a reason to exist in the current time period (usually their Master's contract, occasionally a SoulJar). "Stray Servants" that somehow persist while invalidating their anchor will still vanish without mana, and those that happen upon a generous source of mana will still vanish without an anchor. This system is actually ''very'' good at kicking Stray Servants out of an era where they don't belong; even among the kudzu-weave of timelines that the Nasuverse is, true autonomy as a Servant is ''unfathomably'' rare and usually accidental. |
| 292 | * NotOfThisEarth: Aliens do exist in this setting, and are usually powerful beyond compare because of the immense amount of energy required to traverse between stars. Most notable among them are the [[Literature/AngelNotes Ultimate Ones]], [[VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar Velber and Sefar]], and the [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Foreign God]]. |
| 293 | * OneWorldOrder: Humanity was united for the first and last time in Mesopotamia under the rule of Gilgamesh in 2600 BC. All of the world's treasures belonged to him, and were spread after his death. |
| 294 | * OurGodsAreDifferent: Gods are an extremely broad category, not to be confused with Divine Spirits. All that's needed to become a god is to be worshipped as one, regardless of their existence beforehand. For example, the Twelve Olympians were mere machines before humanity's worship changed them into gods, giving them their own sense of selves. The only common factor between gods is they are absolutely massive. |
| 295 | * PerpetualMotionMonster: The body of a Servant might look human, but it's composed of ether. This means they can perform feats impossible for a normal human, cannot become exhausted, and can operate in spite of grievous injury. Barring an abnormal body or a magic-deficient Master, all a Servant needs is a contract and a source of mana, and they will toil and fight through anything that isn't explicitly fatal. |
| 296 | * PhysicalGod: There once was a time when gods existed as physical beings walking the Earth. It's possible for a god to die and still exist as a Divine Spirit, or basically a super-powerful ghost but still weaker than the real deal. Following the end of the Age of Gods, all remaining gods were forcibly reduced to Divine Spirits, which caused them to retreat from the surface world and end what little influence they had left on mankind. |
| 297 | * PowersThatBe: They exist as the Counter Force that protects the world from threats. They take the form of Gaia, the will of the planet that ensures its survival by way of natural disasters, and Alaya, the will of humanity that ensures ''their'' survival by way of Counter Guardians. They're both quite good at their job, but far from perfect (otherwise many plots in the franchise wouldn't happen); humanity and their planet don't always get along, and a magus of sufficient skill and madness can subvert their power for their own ends. |
| 298 | * PrimordialTongue: The appropriately named Unified Language was used at the dawn of modern civilization in Mesopotamia when all of humanity was united under the rule of Gilgamesh. By the modern day, only [[Literature/TheGardenOfSinners Satsuki Kurogiri]] is capable of speaking it. |
| 299 | * PunyEarthlings: An ironclad rule across all Nasuverse works is that regular humans ''cannot'' put up a straight fight against the supernatural. They are simply too weak to handle beings that are ImmuneToBullets and in some cases don't ascribe to the same laws of existence that they do. If a {{Muggle}} gets into a supernatural situation and survives, it's either because they have the favor of a supernatural being or they themselves are supernatural and don't know it. It takes a ''truly'' exceptional human to buck the rules, and these miracles run the risk of provoking the PowersThatBe. |
| 300 | ** Heroic Spirits are the embodiment of this rule. A true Heroic Spirit is a PerpetualMotionMonster made possible by one of the PowersThatBe to handle threats to the world, and as such in a situation where they're involved, they are constructed precisely so that meddling/ignorant humans on the scene can't interfere with their work and will be swatted away like a flies for trying. |
| 301 | ** Servants, the lesser form of Heroic Spirits, are meant to be summoned and commanded by humans. Despite this they are still essentially living weapons that the human is controlling, and that control is limited. Extremely weak Servants can be beaten by a seasoned fighter, but WordOfGod has stated that Ciel fighting ''very'' defensively is as far as mortal humans can go towards any hope of winning against an average Servant; challenging anything beyond that as a regular human is futile. |
| 302 | ** One example of a human who went beyond human limits is Scáthach, a warrior woman so strong and skilled that she became known as a living legend. Despite the use of magical runes, Scáthach was 100% human and wished to remain so because NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction. But because she broke the limits meant for a human, the Counter Force decided that she could not and ''should not'' be human, and thus gave her immortality to divorce her from humanity. She isn't happy with her "reward". |
| 303 | * RetCanon: The wish-granting Holy Grail of Fuyuki is [[spoiler:a heavily-corrupted ArtifactOfDoom housing a SealedEvilInACan that [[LiteralGenie grants wishes in the most destructive way possible]]]] in the original ''Fate/stay night''. All AlternateTimeline Grails either derived from or involving the Fuyuki Holy Grail don't have this quirk so their plots can go in different directions. |
| 304 | * RunningGag: Church Executors [[TrademarkFavoriteFood being addicted to spicy food]]. Ciel has a comedic obsession with curry of all kinds, Kirei Kotomine has a fondness for Sichuan mapo tofu which ties into his character's obsession with suffering, Hansa Cervantes likes hot peppers to the point of just eating them raw, and Sunao Sugata carries tabasco sauce with her everywhere to put on food. |
| 305 | * SealedBadassInACan: Heroic Spirits reside within the "Throne of Heroes", an aspect of the Counter Force, that serves as the "can" in question. The true nature of Servants is that they are (usually) not an actual Heroic Spirit, but rather a less powerful copy of a Heroic Spirit generated by the Throne and stuffed into a "container" known as a Class (Saber, Archer, etc.). True Heroic Spirits can't usually be called up unless there's a threat to humanity or the planet that warrants it. |
| 306 | * SeriesMascot: [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber]] is Type-Moon's most famous character and also stands as its most marketable. [[Literature/TheGardenOfSinners Shiki Ryougi]], [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Arceuid Brunestud]], and (to a much lesser extent) [[VisualNovel/WitchOnTheHolyNight Aoko Aozaki]] serve as Type-Moon's other mascots, due to their status as the heroines of their own respective works. Rin Tohsaka from ''Fate/stay night'' has also enjoyed this status, especially after the success of the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' anime. |
| 307 | * SexMagic: Bodily fluids can be used as a medium for {{Mana}} transfer, with sex being the most efficient method. This is often, but not always, [[PornWithPlot used as an excuse to add sex scenes]]. The [[SelfCensoredRelease all-ages editions]] of these media tend to downplay this for obvious reasons. |
| 308 | ** In VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}, the twins Kohaku and Hisui are "Synchronizers" who carry large amounts of {{Mana}} that can be transferred to others, [[spoiler:which has the side effect of suppressing the [[VillainousLineage "inversion impulse"]] in those with demon ancestors]]. For most of the story they use this ability by allowing others to drink their blood, but if Shiki becomes close enough to one of the twins he can have sex with them for this purpose. In the BackStory, [[spoiler:this transfer was carried out [[RapeAsBackstory against their will]]]]. |
| 309 | ** In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Shirou must have sex in order to transfer some of his Magic Circuits to Saber (in the ''Fate'' route) or to receive part of Rin's Magic Crest (in the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' route). Most other Masters don't need to do the sex, Shirou's just not so adept at giving energy. TamerAndChaster adaptations replaced these with the infamously bizarre "mana dragon" and "mana dolphin" scenes respectively. In the True End of ''Heaven's Feel'' [[spoiler:Shirou's mind is placed in an artificial body which requires regular mana infusions from Sakura to sustain itself -- though, Rin's comments aside, in this case they don't really find it ''that'' much of a burden]]. |
| 310 | ** ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'' uses a {{Bowdlerised}} version of this PlayedForLaughs, with Kuro draining {{Mana}} from others through French kisses. When Illya asks if Kuro has any other means of transferring mana, we don't hear Kuro's response, but Illya's [[LuminescentBlush extreme]] [[TooMuchInformation reaction]] leaves little doubt that the "proper" method still exists. |
| 311 | * SocialDarwinist: As ''VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar'' established, the universe runs on this principle by using the Quantum Time Lock system. Only the worlds with the most potential for advancement are allowed, called Proper Human History. The losers where timelines diverged too much and reached their conclusion are pruned from existence. It doesn't matter if the timeline results in a CrapsackWorld or a {{Utopia}}, what's important is humanity can no longer improve and therefore culled. |
| 312 | * TheStationsOfTheCanon: Yes, they exist InUniverse as the Quantum Time Lock System which keeps the tree of timelines from branching out too much and sucking out enough energy to the point they all collapse from "malnutrition." To keep human history from diverging into all sorts of {{What If}}s, the World declares certain events to be "canon" of sorts and immutable when it comes to the broad details. For example, the fall of [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Camelot]] is recorded as a Time Lock. Should one somehow prevent Mordred from rebelling to ensure the kingdom survives past what happened in recorded history, the World will work to make sure it still falls by another method, such as a rampant plague. The smaller details don't matter, what is truly important is that history follows the preferred path to ensure humanity has as much room to progress as possible. The branch timelines that don't follow this path get pruned out of existence, along with branches that are too similar and therefore redundant. The amount of energy to invalidate one Time Lock is immense, roughly on par with that of a Holy Grail, and to completely rewrite history would require so much energy that nothing on Earth exists that could provide it. [[spoiler:A huge part of the point of ''Grand Order'' is the emergence of several entities with the power to actually ''accomplish'' this, several of them being able to do so thanks to being wholly alien to the World, and is the story of the '''''absolute''''' mayhem that then results from their efforts and history suddenly getting "squishy".]] |
| 313 | * StatusQuoIsGod: InUniverse. In ''Fate'', whenever a magical being or occurrence is summoned to the modern day, circumstances conspire to remove it. In some cases it may even be {{Invoked|Trope}} by the PowersThatBe, as the world's natural order is not meant to include magic. It doesn't matter where it falls in the spectrum of good or evil, or how deserved, tragic or pointless it's removal is: if it's magical and has no apparent tether to the world, [[TheMagicGoesAway it goes away by story's end or is otherwise doomed in the afterstory, no exceptions]]. It's telling that across all the canon ''Fate'' stories and the thousands of Servants that have existed, only ''two'' have ever defied this[[note]](Abigail Williams and Queen Draco, both from ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'')[[/note]] due to not ascribing to the world's laws. |
| 314 | * StrongerWithAge: |
| 315 | ** In contrast to GenerationalMagicDecline, the children of an older magus family will generally be better than someone from a newer family. This is present in the knowledge they receive from what their forebears uncovered and, more importantly, the family Magic Crest that they inherit. This is why Waver is looked down upon by others (his family is only a couple generations old) and why Rin calls Shirou's father a failure as a magus for not passing on his crest or teaching Shirou. |
| 316 | ** Heroic spirits from older time periods and older legends are ''always'' stronger than newer ones. This is why Gilgamesh is so overwhelming; being ''the'' oldest hero, both his power and abilities are above those that come after him. Frankenstein, by contrast, is newer and thus weaker. However, its important to note that sometimes this is not always the case; if a Heroic Spirit did something so incredibly important that it played a role in altering something about the world, they often times are boosted in power. For example, [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Nikola Tesla]], despite being one of the most recent Heroic Spirits timeline wise, is fairly strong because his accomplishment of turning electricity from something divine to a power source was so massive that it played a role in developing mankind. |
| 317 | ** The older an individual or a species as a whole gets the stronger they become. This is especially true for demonic beasts who can become as strong as the gods themselves and even gain immunity to all human influence. |
| 318 | * SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: Magecraft looks like magic from an ordinary perspective, but make no mistake it's a science at heart with the Clock Tower holding classes about teaching and analyzing it. So long as you have Magic Circuits, anyone can learn any field of Magecraft provided they have have the education for it like following a cookbook. True Magic cannot be taught and while you can describe its effects, it's impossible to understand how it actually works. |
| 319 | * TheTimeOfMyths: The Age of Gods is this, a time when gods walked the Earth and magic was omnipresent. Going further back is the Age of Genesis, when primordial deities such as Tiamat were born. Reality during the Age of Genesis is so unstable that humanity cannot observe this time period, and memories of it were genetically encoded in every living being and drawn upon to create the concept of hell. |
| 320 | * UltimateLifeForm: The Aristoteles, also called the Types or the Ultimate Ones. They are the most powerful beings from each celestial body, and the embodiment of that body's will. They are among the most powerful beings in the franchise setting, and are so alien that many concepts of reality simply don't apply to them, including ''death.'' Earth is notable for not having its own Ultimate One; the closest it has is Archetype: Earth, or Arcueid at her strongest. The only reason the Types do not factor into much of the wider series is due to being asleep, or not being called yet to take action, and only do so very late into the history of events. [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder The one time an Ultimate One does wake up early]], it was in a pruned timeline of Proper Human History where it woke up early due to outside intervention, and even in a weakened state it quickly showed why they are worthy of the title of UltimateLifeForm]]. |
| 321 | * UniquenessDecay: It's an actual InUniverse mechanic. The strength of magic in the Nasuverse is determined by its "Mystery", the measure of how common it is in the world. Well-known magecraft is weak and menial, whereas lesser-known magecraft is powerful. Magus families are typically built on having a personal magecraft with a lot of Mystery, and enforcing its secrecy keeps that magecraft (and thus their family) strong; the primary reason the world of magic is so volatile is because rival families fight tooth and nail to claim or preserve their secrets. |
| 322 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: |
| 323 | ** Vampires were created by Gaia in 2000 BC when Crimson Moon Brunestud arrived on Earth. Strictly speaking there are two kinds of vampires. The first kind are the True Ancestors, or high-tier spirits of nature employed by Gaia to protect it from humans. They are clones of Crimson Moon Brunestud in a body that is allowed by the planet, and serve as potential backup bodies for it in case of physical death. Then there are the Dead Apostles, or humans who have been turned either by a True Ancestor sucking their blood or some kind of magical research. As blood-sucking creatures who feed on their former species, Dead Apostles are natural enemies of humans and deny the Human Order. In ''Fate'' timelines where the Human Order is strong, Dead Apostles are fewer in number and the strongest of their kind never band together as an organization. In ''Tsukihime'' timelines where the Human Order is weak, Dead Apostles are greater in number and the strongest loosely band together as the Dead Apostle Ancestors. |
| 324 | ** Though there are other creatures that exhibit vampiric traits or examples of vampires from different cultures mentioned in material books like Chinese vampiric flying heads, those are not considered "proper" vampires like the True Ancestors or Dead Apostles and are not targeted by the Church. |
| 325 | * VoidBetweenTheWorlds: The Imaginary Number Space, first mentioned in ''Fate/Extra CCC'' is a dimension that lies outside time and space. The [[VideoGame/FateExtra Far Side of The Moon]] and the [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Grand Time Temple]] both lie here. The "between the worlds" part is emphasized in ''Fate/Grand Order'' as it is only the way to get in and out of Lostbelts which are otherwise not possible due to the impassable Cloud Wall. It's possible for mages to access this dimension freely provided they are born with the Elemental Affinity called Imaginary Numbers a.k.a. Hollow. However, this Affinity is extremely rare and only three mages bearing it (Sakura Matou, Lev Lainur Flauros, and Trisha Fellows) have appeared in the entire franchise to date. |
| 326 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: A recurring theme as Nasu ''really'' wants to hammer home the point that immortality isn't something to be taken for granted. |
| 327 | ** In ''Tsukihime'', both Roa and Nrnvqsr have had their minds degraded over time because of the methods used to sustain their immortality. |
| 328 | ** In ''Fate/Extra Last Encore'', [[spoiler:there are only small remnants of humanity left as civilization reaches its impending end and several characters are shown to have resorted to horrific methods to cling on to life.]] |
| 329 | ** In ''Fate/stay Night'', Archer is stuck [[spoiler:in a miserable loop of being retrieved from the Throne of Heroes for both the fifth Holy Grail War and his Counter Guardian duties, wishing to end it all by killing his past self and creating a paradox to cancel out his existence. That said, it's not the immortality itself that he hates, but the fact that he spends it killing people instead of saving them like he originally wanted.]] |
| 330 | ** Zouken Matou from the same work has [[spoiler:descended into villainy because of his futile attempts to hold onto life for the sake of an ideal he had already long forgotten by the time of ''Fate/Zero'', now only caring about becoming immortal for the sake of it rather than merely a means to achieve that goal.]] |
| 331 | ** In ''Fate/Grand Order'', Scathach is incredibly bored with existence because she can't find anything strong enough to fight her and wants to be able to feel the thrill of fighting something again without the guarantee of her immortality saving her from death, though whether she's weary of her long life itself is up for debate. In addition, the BigBad's scheme [[spoiler:of incinerating humanity to remold them into immortal beings is repudiated at several points by Mash because her fleeting life is what makes it worthwhile, simply living on forever wouldn't give her the satisfactory experiences she's had.]] |
| 332 | * WizardsLiveLonger: Mages tend to use unnatural means to extend their life if they have no heirs or interest in procuring one, but this usually runs into the issue of either the soul simply being unable to withstand that level of long life or turning into vampires along the way. |
| 333 | * TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: One common thread among all ''Fate'' continuities is that it's not a question of ''if'' a simple contest to MakeAWish for YourHeartsDesire will spiral into a world-threatening event, but ''when''. This has lead to something of a fandom in-joke that the PowersThatBe are actually terrible at preventing disasters, but the Counter Force is actually quite good at its job even when infighting -- we're just seeing the more interesting tales where it misses the mark. |
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