History FanFic / FateNobleShade

As of January 24, 2020, this story has been completed. A sequel, ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fate-apocryphal-shade-fate-apocrypha-fi-feat-bakasmurf.878907/ Fate/Apocryphal Shade]]'', was started on August 30, 2020 and completed on July 25, 2021, with Baka's self-insert going through the events of ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', though the other writer in the project has changed to Lord Trent Blackmore.

* CodeName: The protagonist calls himself Ezio, after the main character of VideoGame/AssassinsCreed. Only later does he reveal his real name to the other characters.

The third and last story in the series, [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fate-digital-shade-fate-extra-fi-feat-bakasmurf.971107/ Fate/Digital Shade]], features The Oldman putting Baka's self-insert through the events of ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' and is currently ongoing. Again, if you comment on the story on [=SpaceBattles=], take care not to post spoilers, since the point is to keep Baka's reactions fresh.

** [[spoiler: Hassan pulls one as well at Iliya's request, aiding her in closing up the corrupted Grail for good.]]

* KnifeNut: Ezio by virtue of True Assassin being bound to him. While he largely avoids fighting and abhors killing, he tends to lean toward throwing daggers when he does need to engage in battle and can generate them at will. [[spoiler:Caster assists him in creating throwing knives with greater utility, up to and including a singular copy of her Rule Breaker when she realizes that its powers need to be hidden with Ezio instead of her.]]

The third and last story in the series, [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fate-digital-shade-fate-extra-fi-feat-bakasmurf.971107/ Fate/Digital Shade]], features The Oldman putting Baka's self-insert through the events of ''LightNovel/FateExtra'' and is currently ongoing. Again, if you comment on the story on [=SpaceBattles=], take care not to post spoilers, since the point is to keep Baka's reactions fresh.

As of January 24, 2020, this story has been completed, though a sequel ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fate-apocryphal-shade-fate-apocrypha-fi-feat-bakasmurf.878907/ Fate/Apocryphal Shade]]'' is now underway, with Baka's self-insert going through the events of ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', though the other writer in the project has changed to Lord Trent Blackmore. Again, if you comment on the story on [=SpaceBattles=], take care not to post spoilers, since the point is to keep Baka's reactions fresh.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: For being an ''Assassin''-class Demi-Servant, Ezio picks up exactly two kills to his name [[spoiler:The phantasmal False Assassin, because he had no choice and it wasn't exactly stealthy]], and [[spoiler:Shinji, because he had at the time just activated Blood Fort Andromeda out of spite]]. This trait utterly flabbergasts and exasperates both magi and Servant alike [[spoiler:and is a large reason as to why he can get through to Illya and get her to cease hostilities far sooner than in canon]]. Justified in that prior to being summoned, 'Ezio' was a normal civilian in a non-magical world and utterly lacking in both the training and mindset required to kill. [[spoiler: Finally averted in the final chapter, where Hassan assures Ezio that his victory over Lancer was everything a proper Assassin should strive for in killing a mark.]]

* ExactWords: [[spoiler: Saber Alter ends up exploiting this during the confrontation with the party during the endgame. Sakura's orders were to kill her enemies, but upon having Avalon retunred to her the Servant simply concluded that the party were not Sakura's enemies and used that to grant them safe passage.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Upon realizing that Zouken will not rest until she is dead, Caster opts to instead self-destruct when the Shadow comes for her rather than be consumed by it. This plays into the ThanatosGambit entry below.]]

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: For being an ''Assassin''-class Demi-Servant, Ezio picks up exactly two kills to his name [[spoiler:The phantasmal False Assassin, because he had no choice and it wasn't exactly stealthy]], and [[spoiler:Shinji, because he had at the time just activated Blood Fort Andromeda out of spite]]. This trait utterly flabbergasts and exasperates both magi and servant alike [[spoiler:and is a large reason as to why he can get through to Ilya and get her to cease hostilities far sooner than in canon]]. Justified in that prior to being summoned, 'Ezio' was a normal civilian in a non-magical world and utterly lacking in both the training and mindset required to kill.
** [[spoiler: Finally averted in the final chapter, where Hassan assures Ezio that his victory over Lancer was everything a proper Assassin should strive for in killing a mark.]]

* WeakButSkilled: Ezio starts to lean toward this after a while. He is by far the weakest Servant in the HGW by far [[spoiler:(to the point where a phantasmal False Assassin gives him trouble)]] but makes up for it by training his rear off to make good use of the tools he has.
** [[spoiler: Though he does end up adding both Hercules and Cu Chulainn to his kill count by the end, cementing Ezio as this.]]

* AdaptationalExpansion: True Assassin goes from being little more than an extension of Zouken to be used in the War to a full Deutragonist with Ezio, with all the character expansion that comes with it.

As of January 24, 2020, this story has been completed, though a sequel ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fate-apocryphal-shade-fate-apocrypha-fi-feat-bakasmurf.878907/ Fate/Apocryphal Shade]]'' is now underway, with Baka's self-insert going through the events of LightNovel/FateApocrypha, though the other writer in the project has changed to Lord Trent Blackmore. Again, if you comment on the story on [=SpaceBattles=], take care not to post spoilers, since the point is to keep Baka's reactions fresh.

As of January 24, 2020, this story has been completed, though a sequel ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fate-apocryphal-shade-fate-apocrypha-fi-feat-bakasmurf.878907/ Fate/Apocryphal Shade]]'' is now underway, with Baka's self-insert going through the events of Fate/Apocrypha, though the other writer in the project has changed to Lord Tent Blackmore. Again, if you comment on the story on [=SpaceBattles=], take care not to post spoilers, since the point is to keep Baka's reactions fresh.

* AdaptationalExpansion: True Assassin goes from being little more than an extension of Zouken to be used in the War to a full Deutragonist with Eizo, with all the character expansion that comes with it.

** [[spoiler: Finally averted in the final chapter, where Hassan assures Eizo that his victory over Lancer was everything a proper Assassin should strive for in killing a mark.]]

** [[spoiler: Cu Cuchulain is denied this due to Kotomine using one of his last Command Seals to force him to fight Eizo in a cruel instance of YanktheDog'sChain.]]

** [[spoiler: Though he does end up adding both Hercules and Cu Chulainn to his kill count by the end, cementing Eizo as this.]]

** [[spoiler: Though he does end up adding both Hercules and Cu Cuchulain to his kill count by the end, cementing Eizo as this.]]

[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fate-noble-shade-fate-friend-insert-ft-bakasmurf.538342/ Fate Noble Shade]] is a [[SelfInsert friend insert]] fanfiction of VisualNovel/FateStayNight by [[FanFic/EverydayLifeAsASupportingCharacter luckychaos]] and [[FanFic/SomeoneNew BakaSmurf]]. The story begins by fusing Ezio (Baka's self-insert) with Cursed Arm Hassan, the True Assassin of [=Fate/stay=] night, and dumping him into the Fifth Holy Grail War with no metaknowledge whatsoever. This story being Baka's introduction to the Fate franchise, the lack of metaknowledge is preserved in the writing process.

* SparedbytheAdaptation: All instances are spoilers, so proceed with caution:

* CluelessChickMagnet: Played with to a confusing degree. Ezio displays both a frightening level of competence and a terrifying level of obliviousness when it comes to the opposite sex, depending on the individual. [[spoiler: He purposely pursues Medea as a love interest, but smacks face-first into Rin's affection and severely underestimates his effects on Medusa. It is noted in-story just how similar he is to Shirou in this regard.]]

* WeakButSkilled: Ezio starts to lean toward this after a while. He is by far the weakest Servant in the HGW by far [[spoiler:(to the point where a phantasmal False Assassin gives him trouble)]] but makes up for it by training his rear off to make good use of the tools he has.

** [[spoiler:Later shown to be invoked. King Hassan noted that while Fuyuki has the potential to become a scenario where he had to step in, he purposely gave PHOLUS the means to undo his connection to Ayla to instead send the Counter Guardian's younger pre-contract self in to hose up everything for Zouken.]]

* AlternateSelf: [[spoiler: What PHOLUS actually is to Eizo. The former hails from a timeline where he made a contract to become a Counter Guardian, the latter is explicitly a version that was summoned to Fuyuki to avoid letting him make the same mistake.]]

** [[spoiler: King Hassan trumps absolutely everyone in this regard. His influence with Counter Guardian PHOLUS is the entire reason Eizo is even in Fuyuki to begin with. Given how long this entry is, one can see just how much this altered events.]]