History DarthWiki / LaQuesteStellaire

* TriangRelations: Averted, actually. Mordred and Gaheris already know that they’re siblings ([[spoiler:though they're actually not and are actually cousins, since Mordred is completely a Homunculus and isn't related to Morgan or Morgause at all]]), so no romantic tension develops between them. The most that happens involving Mordred and love interests is her chatting up and making flirty comments at Gwrddelw (here part of MissionControl).

Also on this page: “La Queste Stellaire Lostbelt”, yet another, less elaborated (hopefully) series centered on the Star Wars sequel trilogy instead, though it diverges more and more as the story goes on to fix the issues in the original. It’s a more conventional Arthurian tale; [[spoiler:Mordred is once again a villain, being cast as Kylo Ren]], while Arthur (yes, the male one) (Pending) is Luke, and Galahad is cast as Rey, though he acts more like a mix between a male Mash and original trilogy Luke.

** [[spoiler:In flashbacks, the story Bedivere as a Heroic Spirit finally tells Mordred about the fall of Camelot, and certain fics written as prequels, we get to see why Bedivere has this mentality. We see that the old Knights had this mentality much like the original Jedi, as it was believed this was the only way to properly control Mana without falling to the Dark Side. The Round Table Order was an exception because Artoria, in yet another twist of irony from her canon Fate version (and from Anakin as well, which her backstory is already extremely divergent from), saw how dangerous that the whole idea of abandoning emotion was from the very beginning, often coming into conflict with the larger, conservative Grand Order Of The Republic over whether light Mana users had to be constantly stoic, and thinking that there had to be a way to balance the extremes. She made repeated attempts to reform the concept of Knighthood, and was able to barely compromise with the larger Grand Order with the Arthurian Chivalric Code, a code which really caught on and made her popular with everyone else in the republic, but also caused further suspicion from many other knights like Sir Georgios, with the Round Table tending to attract knights who were controversial to the rest to say the least and would never make it elsewhere, though an opposing opinion was that her methods were rehabilitating these seemingly hopeless misfits (e.g. hotheaded stepbrother Kay who only barely got in as a Squire because Artoria and Merlin insisted, [[TheBerserker Lancelot]], melancholic and lovestruck Tristan, [[{{Keet}} energetic and dimwitted Percival]], with Squires like KidANova Gawain and proud, abrasive Agravain). Especially not helping was that Galahad, raised by another order to be the traditional ideal (which he came to see as merely a choice, one that really, ''really'' wasn't for everyone), nor that he and Bors, who also was too afraid of the Dark Side to fully believe in Chivalry, became the ones to come back with the Grail, with them diminishing Percival's role in the quest amongst themselves and to the public despite both Galahad and Bors insisting that he had as much of a role. Even more so not helping was poor Lancelot momentarily relapsing into Berserker mode due to Morgan (?) manipulating him, seemingly confirming that Artoria’s methods had allowed an unfit squire to become a knight. Nor was it that much like Anakin, while she was much less socially stunted, she was still not instructed about how to effectively deal with emotion and had little idea of how to deal with her feelings for Shirou (?) and came dangerously close to breaking even courtly love. Stuff like the former two sowed suspicions even within the Round Table and caused her to try to follow the traditional Knightly Code to the letter to fulfill her destiny and to martyr herself for the other knights, but as unlike canon Artoria this version started suppressing her emotions too late, which in combination with other knights either continuing to doubt her because of either suspicions already planted by the above or alternatively being creeped out by the change, things getting worse as some other knights tried to share in her struggle and either broke down and got excommunicated or fell to the dark side and were executed one after another, and everything else going on with her personally, lead to her downfall and spiral into the Dark Side. But what Bedivere took away from it was that Artoria would have been able to fulfill her destiny just fine if she just took the dogma at face value, despite the fact that Bedivere himself finds the idea cruel]]. (pending)

!!Tropes in ''La Queste Stellaire Lostbelt''

* AdaptationalNameChange: Arthur’s surname is Aurelianus, not Pendragon; Pendragon is instead a title, though assumed to be genetic, making Arthur’s full name and title Sir Arthur Aurelianus Pendragon, Grand Saber. This is in fact more accurate to legend. As such, [[spoiler:Mordred isn’t a Pendragon either, she’s, or at least was, Sir Mordred Aurelianus, Saber]], [[spoiler:and she only gets the title of "Pendragon" along with Galahad at the very end]].

* ImpliedLoveInterest: Even the author isn't completely sure whether Galahad is still aromantic/asexual in this universe like he was in Project Alter, as there it was made pretty clear that his asexuality was not something natural like Sherlock's or Utterson's, and more a result of him being created literally by God to be a completely perfect knight; and [[spoiler:while he's still basically a creation of Mana itself partially (pending), he's written to be a bit more flawed to keep things interesting. Plus, Mash can clearly feel attraction to other people, as shown with both how she is in canon and in Project Alter, and in the latter she and Gudao are an OfficialCouple]]. As a result, even the author's not sure on whether his relationship with [[spoiler:Mordred]] has any romantic feelings involved, has any romantic potential, is one-sided from her part, or [[PlatonicLifePartners is purely platonic]]. [[spoiler:They spend quite a bit of "Arise, Young Pendragon" together from relatively early on unlike Ren and Kylo, developing them and their relationship as they actually get to know each other more as people, with in the end Mordred dramatically rejecting the Dark Side because of Galahad's influence, completing her character arc and earning her a RedemptionEqualsDeath; the very final scene of LQSL is also of them together, basically walking into the sunset side-by-side, looking to a bright new future, whatever that may hold. They're also, much like Rey and Kylo, literally two halves of a whole, which combined with their relationship and eventual friendship being developed more makes them falling in love more plausible than in the original sequel trilogy]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Flashbacks show that Artoria had a moment of this after murdering Kay as he tried to protect the infant Mordred; however, The Shadow overtakes her again, and Bedivere is forced to fight her]].

** [[spoiler:In flashbacks, the story Bedivere as a Heroic Spirit finally tells Mordred about the fall of Camelot, and certain fics written as prequels, we get to see why Bedivere has this mentality. We see that the old Knights had this mentality much like the original Jedi, as it was believed this was the only way to properly control Mana without falling to the Dark Side. The Round Table Order was an exception because Artoria, in yet another twist of irony from her canon Fate version (and from Anakin as well, which her backstory is already extremely divergent from), saw how dangerous that the whole idea of abandoning emotion was from the very beginning, often coming into conflict with the larger, conservative Grand Order Of The Republic over whether light Mana users had to be constantly stoic, and thinking that there had to be a way to balance the extremes. She made repeated attempts to reform the concept of Knighthood, and was able to barely compromise with the larger Grand Order with the Arthurian Chivalric Code, a code which really caught on and made her popular with everyone else in the republic, but also caused further suspicion from other Orders. Especially not helping was that Galahad, raised by another order to be the traditional ideal and thus became championed as the epitome of Knight orthodoxy among the Round Table against her (to his dismay, because he came to see his approach as merely a choice, one that really, ''really'' wasn't for everyone), nor that he and Bors, who also was too afraid of the Dark Side to fully believe in Chivalry, became the ones to come back with the Grail, with them diminishing Percival's role in the quest amongst themselves and to the public despite both Galahad and Bors insisting that he had as much of a role. This caused many of the Round Table knights to distance themselves from her. This caused her to try to follow the traditional Knightly Code to the letter to fulfill her destiny and to martyr herself for the other knights, but as unlike canon Artoria this version started suppressing her emotions too late, which in combination with other knights either continuing to doubt her because of either suspicions already planted by the above or alternatively being creeped out by the change, things getting worse as some other knights tried to share in her struggle and either fell to the dark side and were executed or broke down and got excommunicated one after another (including Lancelot himself), and everything else going on with her personally, lead to her downfall and spiral into the Dark Side. But what Bedivere took away from it was that Artoria would have been able to fulfill her destiny just fine if she just took the dogma at face value, despite the fact that Bedivere himself finds the idea cruel]]. (pending)

* TheBerserker: [[spoiler:Mordred]] is a Saber Berserker in this universe.

* TheBerserker: Berserkers in this universe come about because of Dark Mana, and apparently are the starting, and unstable, stage of those who use it. According to supplementary material some stay and become most powerful in this state. In flashbacks and supplementary material, we get to see two Berserkers; [[spoiler:Artoria]] started as one after falling to TheDarkSide, though even as an Avenger [[spoiler:she]] still has Mad Enhancement, and [[spoiler:Lancelot, who already had such tendencies as a squire, but was brought into the Round Table Order after Artoria saw promise in him, where he was able to become more stabilized, was finally knighted by Artoria, and was able to learn to channel and control the power of his Berserk state better. Unfortunately various events led him to relapse so bad that he immediately fell into the Dark Side and Artoria had to personally MercyKill him, in turn contributing greatly to her own spiral into darkness]]. (Pending)

* PassionIsEvil: Bedivere appears to be a believer of this.
** Actively subverted with less subtlety than a lot of Star Wars media, and in fact subverting this could be said to be one of the themes of the series; [[spoiler:first, when Bedivere talks about this trope and how emotion and passion lead to the Dark Side, telling Mordred her emotions and energy will lead to her downfall, she's indignant and gets heated about it, but at several points wonders if what Bedivere says is indeed true and her {{Hotblooded}} personality is indeed more a hinderance than an advantage throughout the series. (pending) However, Merlin, while generally disappointing of her brashness and more blatantly than Bedivere, tells her about the old Chivalric Code that Artoria’s Round Table Order used to have, And she takes this to heart. When Galahad advises Mordred of this in her final trial, Mordred argues against him, standing her ground, and unleashes Mana Burst A by thinking about everything important to her, passing the trial (even more pending). And in the final battle, in very shonen hero fashion, Mordred is able to overcome [[TheDarkSide The Shadow]] by [[{{Determinator}} pure determination]] and her {{Hotblooded}}ness in saving all that is dear to her and the galaxy, which combined with her reaffirmation of her wish to to forgive Artoria as she declares the commandments of the Chivalric Code, channels her rage into focused, controlled, unwavering heroic passion, finally unleashing Artoria’s signature Noble Phantasm at a weakened Emperor.]]
** [[spoiler:In flashbacks, the story Bedivere as a Heroic Spirit finally tells Mordred about the fall of Camelot, and certain fics written as prequels, we get to see why Bedivere has this mentality. We see that the old Knights had this mentality much like the original Jedi, and the Round Table Order was an exception because Artoria, in yet another twist of irony from her canon Fate version, saw how dangerous that the whole idea of abandoning emotion was from the very beginning, often coming into conflict with the larger, conservative, stodgy, zealous, overly traditional Republican Grand Order over whether light Mana users had to be constantly stoic, and thinking that there had to be a way to balance the extremes. She made repeated attempts to reform the concept of Knighthood, and was able to barely compromise with the larger Grand Order with the Arthurian Chivalric Code, a code which really caught on and only caused further scorn from other elders and religious authority, though they didn't try to make it too blatant, because the same things made her popular with everyone else in the republic, which in addition to the whole chosen one prophecy made her almost untouchable. Especially not helping was that Galahad, raised by another order to be the traditional ideal and thus became championed as the epitome of Knight orthodoxy among the Round Table against her (to his dismay, because he came to see his approach as merely a choice, one that really, ''really'' wasn't for everyone), nor that he and Bors, who also was too afraid of the Dark Side to fully believe in Chivalry, became the ones to come back with the Grail, with them diminishing Percival's role in the quest amongst themselves and to the public despite both Galahad and Bors insisting that he had as much of a role. As soon as she cracked even a little, despite being the chosen one, her political enemies and the religious elders were quick to take this as a sign that they were right, even causing many of the Round Table knights to distance themselves from her. This caused her to try to follow the traditional Knightly Code to the letter to fulfill her destiny and to martyr herself for the other knights, but as unlike canon Artoria this version started suppressing her emotions too late, which in combination with other knights either continuing to doubt her because of either suspicions already planted by the above or alternatively being creeped out by the change, things getting worse as some other knights tried to share in her struggle and either fell to the dark side and were executed or broke down and got excommunicated one after another (including Lancelot himself), and everything else going on with her personally, lead to her downfall and spiral into the Dark Side. But what Bedivere took away from it was that Artoria would have been able to fulfill her destiny just fine if she just took the dogma at face value, despite the fact that Bedivere himself finds the idea cruel]]. (pending)

--> '''Mordred:''' Why did you lie to me?! She is alive! She's been alive this entire fucking time and you lied to me about it!

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: While neither of the main girls are exactly the picture of traditional femininity, Lynette, despite being the Han Solo of the group, is somewhat more feminine than Mordred; granted, this is still next to [[{{Tomboy}} Mordred]], so that isn't saying much. Still, she's more likely to dress in skirts and develops into the healer of the group.

** This is, of course, especially the case regarding Mordred [[spoiler:and Artoria]]. The irony starts from Mordred not minding that she is indeed female unlike in Fate canon (even retorting to Lynette telling her to behave towards ladies with “Too bad, I am one!”, which was a very deliberate choice), and just keeps going from there. Unlike in legend, Mordred is the chosen hero, and [[spoiler:Arthur/Artoria is the tragic, fallen villain who all fear. There are even allusions with them that serve as MythologyGag for the other, with the numerous parallels Mordred's story has to Arthur's in legend; on Artoria’s side, a random soldier comments that "Really, no one has seen Sir Ursus with their helmet off, haven't they? I've even heard somewhere that he might be a woman..." invoking how this was the case for Mordred in Project Alter, and Ursus' plans to overthrow the Emperor also may make one think of Mordred. Artoria/Ursus even says how she feels as if in a different world, they might be in opposite positions as she's trying to convince Mordred to join the Dark Side]]. It’s either extremely heartwarming to see that there is a universe where Mordred does indeed become the hero she always wanted to be, or not [[spoiler:because Artoria ends up dying anyway]]. [[spoiler:Also, Mordred, instead of wanting to destroy Ursus as the story goes on, progressively grows to want to redeem her instead, and while in Project Alter Mordred repeatedly tries to ScrewDestiny and breaks down when it turns out that YouCantFightFate, in this universe destiny is what gives her hope, and she continues to fight for it, after even Merlin, who first told of the prophecy and in the [[DarthWiki/ThereOnceWasASpotKnownAsCamelot normal PA version of events]] rejected and shunned Mordred because of destiny, has basically given up on it as a fluke]]. [[spoiler:The irony of the whole story is probably exemplified by how Mordred's Noble Phantasm is indeed Sword of Promised Victory, not Clarent Blood Arthur. And how while in Fate canon and PA Mordred was rejected as heir and child by Artoria, making Mordred desperate for her parental affection and for the throne and making her feel a complex mix of both hate and love towards her, here, with the path Artoria has taken, she has mixed feelings towards Mordred and is deep down happy to see she’s alive, offering to rule the galaxy with her; but despite offering essentially everything normal canon Mordred ever wanted, Mordred is the one to reject the offer. Just to drive the irony home, her exact words are “In what fucking universe do you think I would want that in?!”]]
** The story also has tons of subversions of the archetypes of what archetypes the characters would usually be in just by being themselves. Especially regarding the main girls; Mordred, TheHero, the KnightInShiningArmor, is a still heroic but immature, impulsive, brash teenager, Lynette the snarky IneffectualLoner LovableRogue is an uptight prude.

* MiddleChildSyndrome: Gaheris himself admits that he's probably the least remarkable of his siblings; he's not the charismatic rebel leader Gawain is, doesn't have as intimidating a presence as Agravain, isn't cheerful and able to constantly keep spirits up like Gareth, and isn't the chosen one like Mordred. He also seemingly lags behind all of them in Mana control. However, Gawain discerned that he had potential and still tasked him with such an important task while he manages the rebellion because of his disarming unassuming-ness, and still not completely lacking the charisma Gawain is. Him being the least prolific or famous out of his brothers in legend is also one of many things contributing to the {{Irony}} of the story, as in the end Gaheris indeed ends up the most special of the siblings not Mordred due to his key role in the rebellion, [[spoiler:with Gawain even giving him the honor of being the new Constitutional Monarch of Neo-Logres, stepping down as Provisional Monarch]]. (pending)

* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Bedivere and [[spoiler:Artoria's backstories]] are shown through flashback or bits of flashback dialogue, giving more insight into what life on Camelot and in the Round Table Order was like. These events apparently diverted quite a bit from the actual Star Wars prequels, following a more original order of events more based on but not a direct adaptation of legend. [[spoiler:As Bedivere confronts Artoria, we get to see more on Artoria turning to TheDarkSide, with the same dialogue confirming that the antagonistic speaker in previous flashback dialogue snippets was indeed her. We finally get the fuller story with Bedivere in the events corresponding to The Last Jedi with Merlin and Dinadan backing him up]].

** Unlike the Jedi, there are some surviving Knights of the Round Table left; most of the familiar Inner Round Table members are still here, along with some other Servants, it's just that Arthur disbanded it de jure so they form the core of a diminished Logres military. (might start killing many off as the series goes on though)

** [[spoiler:[[RedemptionEqualsLife Mordred, unlike Kylo Ren, survives,]] ending the series looking towards her redemption, effectively PlatonicLifePartners ([[ImpliedLoveInterest if not more]]) with Galahad.]]

* VitriolicBestBuds: The main character being Mordred, and with [[{{Tsundere}} Lynette as Han Solo]], some of this is to be expected. And the girls indeed bicker. A lot. Though when worst comes to worst they can put that aside well, and by the end of the events of A New Hope she grows to respect her.

** Also, while Gaheris’ role and behavior is tweaked a bit to be more befitting of a knight than a princess role, some of the scenes are left as-is, especially quite a few of the Han/Leia scenes.

** Also, there’s no separate Obi Wan and Yoda; both are combined into Merlin’s role.

* {{Irony}}: Side by side to “main” LQS, absolutely. The casting is in line with what one would assume from an Arthurian FilmFic, however.

* FixFic: The series is more of a loose adaptation than the "main" LQS timeline, with the author trying to iron out [[StarWars/TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot some of the]] [[StarWars/TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter many notorious bugs]] [[StarWars/AssPull in the original sequel trilogy's story]]; for the first two this mostly entails trying to thread the plots and tones more coherently with maybe about quarter of the story changed in some major way, but by the time of ''Arise, Young Pendragon", the story is so completely changed that it's often hardly recognizable apart from basic plot elements.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: Even the author isn't completely sure whether Galahad is still aromantic/asexual in this universe like he was in Project Alter, as there it was made pretty clear that his asexuality was not something natural like Sherlock's or Utterson's, and more a result of him being created literally by God to be a completely perfect knight; and [[spoiler:while he's still basically a creation of Mana itself partially (pending), he's written to be a bit more flawed to keep things interesting. Plus, Mash can clearly feel attraction to other people, as shown with both how she is in canon and in Project Alter, in the latter where she and Gudao are an OfficialCouple]]. As a result, even she's not sure on whether his relationship with [[spoiler:Mordred]] has any romantic feelings involved, has any romantic potential, is one-sided from her part, or [[PlatonicLifePartners is purely platonic]]. [[spoiler:They spend quite a bit of "Arise, Young Pendragon" together from relatively early on unlike Ren and Kylo, developing them and their relationship as they actually get to know each other more as people, with in the end Mordred dramatically rejecting the Dark Side because of Galahad's influence, completing her character arc; the very final scene of the LQSL is also of them together, basically walking into the sunset side-by-side, looking to a bright new future, whatever that may hold. They're also, much like Rey and Kylo, literally two halves of a whole, which combined with their relationship and eventual friendship being developed more makes them falling in love more plausible than in the original sequel trilogy]].

** [[spoiler:Ambrosius and Uther were the same person in this universe. As he tells Mordred in Heroic Spirit form to help snap her out of the path she’s taking, “Sir Uther” was just the name Ambrosius took up after he was Reknighted as an Alter Knight by Vortigern.]]

** Galahad acts a bit more like Mash, with some original trilogy Luke to convey the whole purity thing, due to Galahad inherently not really making a good focus character with all his being a Marty Stu. In fact, Galahad has more trouble than Rey in mastering his powers.

* FixFic: The series is more of a loose adaptation than the "main" LQS timeline, with the author trying to iron out [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot some of the more notorious bugs in the original sequel trilogy's story]]; for the first two this mostly entails trying to thread the stories more coherently, but by the time of ''Arise, Young Pendragon" as much as about half of the story is changed to a major degree.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: Even the author isn't completely sure whether Galahad is still aromantic/asexual in this universe like he was in Project Alter, as there it was made pretty clear that his asexuality was not something natural like Sherlock's or Utterson's, and more a result of him being created literally by God to be a completely perfect knight; and [[spoiler:while he's still basically a creation of Mana itself partially (pending), he's written to be a bit more flawed to keep things interesting]]. As a result, even she's not sure on whether his relationship with [[spoiler:Mordred]] has any romantic feelings involved, has any romantic potential, is one-sided from her part, or [[PlatonicLifePartners purely platonic]]. [[spoiler:They spend quite a bit of "Arise, Young Pendragon" together from relatively early on unlike Ren and Kylo, developing them and their relationship as they actually get to know each other more as people, with in the end Mordred dramatically rejecting the Dark Side because of Galahad's influence, completing her character arc; the very final scene of the LQSL is also of them together, basically walking into the sunset side-by-side, looking to a bright new future, whatever that may hold. They're also, much like Rey and Kylo, literally two halves of a whole, which combined with their relationship and eventual friendship being developed more makes them falling in love more plausible than in the original sequel trilogy]].

* ImpliedLoveInterest: Even the author isn't completely sure whether Galahad is still aromantic/asexual in this universe like he was in Project Alter, as there it was made pretty clear that his asexuality was not something natural like Sherlock's or Utterson's and a result of him being created literally by God to be a completely perfect knight; and [[spoiler:while he's still basically a creation of Mana itself partially (pending), he's written to be a bit more flawed to keep things interesting]]. As a result, even she's not sure on whether his relationship with Ritsuka/Gudako (might be used in place of Finn?) or [[spoler:Mordred]] has any romantic feelings involved or has any romantic potential. [[spoiler:Especially as the latter is his "other half", with the latter two getting both the final battle and the final scene of the series together, in the latter basically walking into the sunset side-by-side,]] and the author usually ships Mash with Gudao, with the two getting a lot more time together than Finn and Rey did in the original.

** [[spoiler:Mordred, unlike Kylo Ren, survives. After she reforms, they take on Morgan together, bringing balance to the universe once more.]]

* AdaptationalNameChange: Arthur’s surname is Aurelianus, not Pendragon; Pendragon is instead a title, though assumed to be genetic, making Arthur’s full name and title Sir Arthur Aurelianus Pendragon, Grand Saber. This is in fact more accurate to legend. As such, [[spoiler:Mordred isn’t a Pendragon either, she’s, or at least was, Sir Mordred Aurelianus, Saber]].

* FixFic: The series is more of a loose adaptation than the "main" LQS timeline, with the author trying to iron out some of the more notorious bugs in the original sequel trilogy; for the first two this mostly entails trying to thread the stories more coherently, but by the time of ''Arise, Young Pendragon" about half of the story is changed.

* PatchworkFic: This fic uses Proto Arthur, despite Mordred being female (Pending; maybe Artoria is actually Leia). The author says that she just likes writing Female Mordred more, but thought that Arthur was more fitting as Luke, plus it fits the idea of this being the “right” singularity (despite what the “Lostbelt” in the title indicates). Also Male Mordred lacks a design.
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A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away, events unfolded somewhat similar to the legends that us Earthlings like to call the "Matter of Britain".

Also on this page: “La Queste Stellaire Lostbelt”, yet another, less elaborated (hopefully) series centered on the Star Wars sequel trilogy instead, though it diverges more and more as the story goes on to fix the issues in the original. It’s a more conventional Arthurian tale; [[spoiler:Mordred is once again a villain, being cast as Kylo Ren]], while Arthur (yes, the male one) (Pending) is Luke, and Galahad is cast as Rey, though he acts more like a male Mash.

One of many Fate AU concepts by the creator of DarthWiki/ProjectAlter. Though in practice it is almost completely an Arthurian fic with character details, some of the worldbuilding, and certain characters taken from Fate. Based heavily upon the casting of another fanfic, [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/18945274/chapters/44979811#workskin That Wicked Day]], it is also an adaptation of the original Franchise/StarWars trilogy.

* WomenAreWiser: Averted; the ones who bicker most often are the two girls, and [=D1N-DN=] and Bedivere have the most common sense. However, Lynette may have the most street smarts, so she may still count.

** A weird, downplayed case with Gildas himself. While much like his brothers he’s not that major a character, at one point in between the events corresponding to A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back he lets slip that he didn’t particularly agree with Arthur when she was alive, and also acts rather disapproving of both Mordred’s legitimate flaws and really being emotional at all. While this is very different from how cordial he was with Mordred in Project Alter [[spoiler:from what we see actually happened with Artoria, it’s pretty accurate to how those tying him in with Arthurian legend see him like]].

** Also, while Gaheris is obviously given way more action scenes, and his role is tweaked a bit to be more befitting of a knight than a princess, some of the scenes are left as-is, especially quite a few of the Han/Leia scenes.

** Generally, while an element not elaborated much in the original trilogy, here it's actively subverted with less subtlety than a lot of Star Wars media and in fact subverting this could be said to be one of the themes of the series; [[spoiler:first, when Bedivere talks about this trope and how emotion and passion lead to the Dark Side, telling Mordred her emotions and energy will lead to her downfall, she's indignant and gets heated about it, but at several points wonders if what Bedivere says is indeed true and her {{Hotblooded}} personality is indeed more a hinderance than an advantage throughout the series. (pending) When Galahad advises Mordred of this in her final trial, Mordred argues against him, and unleashes Mana Burst A by thinking about everything important to her, passing the trial (even more pending). And in the final battle, in very shonen hero fashion, Mordred is able to overcome [[TheDarkSide The Shadow]] by [[{{Determinator}} pure determination]] and her {{Hotblooded}}ness in saving all that is dear to her in addition to deciding to forgive Artoria, channeling her rage into focused, unwavering passion.]]

* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: The contrast between Mordred and Ursus is apparent from their demeanor; Ursus is set up as ruthless, but is very formal in their mannerisms and speech, with an elegant fighting style that reflects it. Mordred, on the other hand, is brash, foul-mouthed, and nowhere near as tactful, to say the least, which is reflected in her forceful fighting style. However, as the series goes on, she begins to act more like a gentleman knight when dealing with others at least.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Ironside, while still a villain in legend, at least had the excuse that he was avenging the death of a lady's brother for his awful behavior. Here he's cast in place of Jabba the Hutt, and while he does hold a grudge against Gawain for killing the brother of a damsel under his protection, it's very clear he was always a criminal, and he's fittingly a sadistic creep. [[spoiler:Particularly when he terribly humiliates poor Gaheris in front of Lynette and creepily tells her "you would look quite good in such an outfit as well, if I had appetite for shrew" before sending her to her doom]].

* TheBerserker: Berserkers in this universe come about because of Dark Mana, and apparently are the starting, and unstable, stage of those who use it. According to supplementary material some stay and become most powerful in this state. In flashbacks and supplementary material, we get to see two Berserkers; [[spoiler:Artoria]] started as one after falling to TheDarkSide, though even as an Avenger [[spoiler:she]] still has Mad Enhancement, and [[spoiler:Lancelot, who already had such tendencies as a squire, but was brought into the Round Table Order after Artoria saw promise in him, where he was able to become more stabilized, was finally knighted by Artoria, and was able to learn to channel and control the power of his Berserk state better. Unfortunately various events led him to relapse so bad that he immediately fell into the Dark Side and Artoria had to personally MercyKill him, in turn contributing greatly to her own spiral into darkness]]. (Pending)

* CompositeCharacter: Sir Ursus is an amalgamation of [[spoiler:normal Artoria, Lancer Artoria, and Artoria Alter, with her somewhat more androgynous design also invoking a bit of Proto Arthur. In the past she was also a lot more like the Arthur of legend than either Fate version in many aspects, i.e. in her views regarding the chivalric code and emotion (Pending)]].

** {{Splat}} example for the Berserker and Avenger classes, sort of; the barrier between them is pretty fuzzy, but [[AllThereInTheManual according to supplementary material]] Berserkers are less stable users of TheDarkSide and Avengers are the most efficient; as these titles are "secondary" classes exclusive to users of TheDarkSide less so than actual classes, it's apparently common for there to be, say, Saber or Lancer Avengers, especially in those skilled enough to be Alter Knights. [[spoiler:I.e. Sir Ursus/Artoria is a Lancer Avenger. It should be noted that neither Artoria Lancer Alter or Artoria Alter are Avenger class servants, unlike, say, Jeanne Alter]]. However, despite being an Avenger and not a Berserker [[spoiler:Sir Ursus apparently has Mad Enhancement]].

* DoomedHometown: Actually averted. Mordred is able to arrive in the nick of time for Bedivere to fight the Imperial {{Mooks}} off. Sagramore promises to whisk them off to “somewhere safe”, and they are never seen again until the very end.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Mordred takes off Sir Ursus' helmet in her final moments; Artoria's eyes change from yellow to their original green as she rapidly ages in Mordred's arms, showing that finally she is just Artoria once more.]]

* TriangRelations: Averted, actually. Mordred and Gaheris already know that they’re siblings ([[spoiler:though they're actually not in this canon and are actually cousins, since Mordred is completely a Homunculus and isn't related to Morgan or Morgause at all]]), so no romantic tension develops between them. The most that happens involving Mordred and love interests is her chatting up and making flirty comments at Gwrddelw (here part of MissionControl).
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Bedivere and [[spoiler:Artoria's backstories]] are shown through flashback or bits of flashback dialogue, giving more insight into what life on Camelot and in the Round Table Order was like. These events apparently diverted quite a bit from the actual Star Wars prequels, following a more original order of events more based on but not a direct adaptation of legend. [[spoiler:And as Bedivere confronts Artoria, we finally get to see more on Artoria turning to TheDarkSide, with the same dialogue confirming that the antagonistic speaker in previous flashback dialogue snippets was indeed her]].

* VitriolicBestBuds: The main character being Mordred, and with [[{{Tsundere}} Lynette as Han Solo]], some of this is to be expected. And the girls indeed bicker. A lot. Though when worst comes to worst they can put that aside well.