History Fanfic / TheThirdFaction

* What an Idiot!: The Blue Faction has just come across Siegfried, who has given his heart to the homunculus & is

* What an Idiot: The Blue Faction has just come across Siegfried, who has given his heart to the homunculus & is
about to fade away.

'''You'd Expect:''' That with Siegfried being an enemy and their current position being delicate, they would just
let him die, thus depriving the Black Faction of a powerful Servant & one less enemy for the Blue Faction to
deal with.
'''Instead:''' Arturia decides to give Siegfried Avalon to regenerate his missing heart so she could have a proper
duel with him.
'''You'd Also Expect:''' Rin & Shirou but especially Rin to raise objections over Saber's actions & threaten to use
a Command Seal to force compliance if she didn't listen. Rin could've used a Command Seal anyway & explain her
reasoning after they got away from the Black Faction.
'''Instead:''' They trust in Saber to 'do the right thing' & just stand there & do nothing else.
'''The Result:''' The Blue Faction loses Avalon, resulting in a major disadvantage against so many Servants &
leaving their position more vulnerable then before & the Black Faction having a powerful weapon. And while
Siegfried might be willing to return Avalon, the majority of the Black Faction, particularly the Masters, will
not be willing to do so and will undoubtedly be using Avalon to their full advantage.

* BatmanGambit: Sisigou pulls one off in chapter 14 by casually dropping Mordred's true age [[spoiler:in front of [[FriendToAllChildren Atalanta]] so that she will become protective of Mordred and agree to continue helping them once they chase after the Blue Faction.]]

* MeleeATrois: Thanks to the Blue Factions involvement in protecting Ruler, the first battle of the Great Holy Grail War in this universe is between Siegfried, Karna, and Arturia, representing the three factions of the war.
* OddFriendship: Mordred and Atalanta. They don't have any significant interactions in canon and their personalities are as different as night and day but in this fic Mordred actually refers to Atalanta as "her cat" due to her lion ears and Atalanta identifies with the Knight of Treachery due to both of them being rejected by their fathers.

* BigBrotherMentor: Shirou to Sieg: Though Shirou doesn't believe he makes good role model for Sieg due to his own mental issues. Nonetheless Shirou is happy to help the homunculus however he can and even teaches him cooking which Sieg picks at extremely quick pace.

** [[spoiler:Jack and Chiron are killed during Jack's initial debut, where canonically, no Servant or Master died during that confrontation. Chiron's death in particular is very notable since he didn't die until the FinalBattle with the Red Faction in the canon timeline as oppose to his very early death here]].

* TheDreaded: Shirou is this to Sisigou and Amakusa, though less because of his own abilities and moreso due to his connection to Kiritsugu, the Magus Killer. Sisigou in particular doesn't want anything to do with Kiritsugu after a joint mission with him left Sisigou so terrified of the Magus Killer that he kept tabs on his fellow mercenary just be sure he could be as far away from him as possible.

* InternalReveal: Shirou finally finds out the truth of Kiritsugu's past in the UBW timeline thanks to Sisigou. Needless to say he isn't happy to find out his father was the Magus Killer and doesn't believe Kairi at first.
* ItAmusedMe: The apparent reason why Zelretch send Shirou and Rin to the world of ''Fate/Apocrypha'' since he found how the war played out to be rather dull and felt they could spice things up. Whether this is true or if Zelretch has some alternative agenda is yet to be revealed. [[spoiler:Archer (EMIYA) hints to Shirou in a dream that Zelretch may have ulterior motives beyond alleviating his boredom.]]

* MeleeATrois: Thanks to the Blue Factions involvement in protecting Ruler the first battle of the Great Holy Grail War in this universe is between Siegfried, Karna and Arturia representing the three factions of the war.

* SupremeChef: Shirou as per always. He also passes down some his skills to Sieg who picks them up extremely quickly.

** Vlad actually gains a significant measure of respect for Rin after she unflichingly stands up to him and successfully convinces the Black Faction to stand down to allow her and her allies to leave.

* WorhtyOpponent:

* CassandraTruth: Shirou denies vehemently the Kiritsugu was the infamous Magus Killer when told by Sisgou who worked with him once.

* EmbarrassingNickname: This sums up Rin's feelings about the color that their faction of herself, Shirou, and Saber as given by Zelretch. Luckily, Ruler fixes that little pickle by formally dubbing them the Blue Faction in honor of Saber's signature look. Unfortunately, everyone else in the war hasn't been made aware of this, so they still refer to them by their faction by their initial color designation: [[spoiler:The Periwinkle Faction]].

* ItAmusedMe: The apparent reason why Zelretch send Shirou and Rin to the world of ''Fate/Apocrypha'' since he found how the war played out to be rather dull and felt they could spice things up. Whether this is true or if Zelretch has some alternative agenda is yet to be revealed.
** [[spoiler:Archer (EMIYA) hints to Shirou in a dream that Zelretch may have ulterior motives beyond alleviating his boredom.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: It turns out Shirou had no idea about any of his father Kiritsugu's past, so he is utterly shocked when Kairi Sisigou mentions him as the Magus Killer, one of the most infamous killers.

* EmbarrassingNickname: This sums up Rin's feelings about the color their faction of herself, Shirou, and Saber as given by Zelretch. Luckily, Ruler fixed that little pickle by formally dubbing them The Blue Faction in honor of Saber's favored look. Unfortunately, everyone else in the war still refers to their faction by their initial color designation: [[spoiler:The Periwinkle Faction]].

* StunnedSilence: Mordred has this reaction when she sees Arturia, her father, on a motorcycle.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Jack's]] death is given quite a bit of sympathy [[spoiler:by the Blue Faction in spite of the terrible things they've done since ultimately Jack is merely to conglomeration of children who died unloved and never even given the chance to really live. Ultimately the best that Saber can to is give them a quick death with Excaliber's holy light to show her that hope exists and they die content even if they believe that hope is an impossible dream for them.]]

* DidntSeeThatComing: '''Nobody''' expected a third faction to show up in the Great Grail War.

* HonourBeforeReason: Arturia, remembering how [[LightNovel/FateZero Diarmuid met his end]], choices not to allow Siegfried to fall without a proper fight and so [[spoiler:gives him Avalon to regenerate his missing heart even though it is a huge loss against so many overpowered Servants.]]

* SparedByAdaptation: Unlike in canon, where he died after giving his heart to a dying Sieg, here Siegfried survives his attempted HeroicSacrifice [[spoiler:thanks to Arturia giving him Avalon to regenerate his missing heart.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12890660/1/The-Third-Faction The Third Faction]]'' is a ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4652465/TheMaster4444 TheMaster4444]] set after the events of the Unlimited Blade Works route that follows Shirou and Rin navigating the events of ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' after being reunited with Saber as the third faction in the Fifth Holy Grail War.

** [[spoiler:Jackie and Chiron are killed during Jack's initial debut, where canonically, no Servant or Master died during that confrontation]].
* DidntSeeThatComing: '''Nobody''' expected a third faction to show up in the Grail War.

* DeathByAdaptation: WordOfGod confirms that Darnic wiped out the Tohsaka, Makiri (Matou), and Einzbern families in this version of the ''Apocrypha'' universe. Canonically, only the Makirir line died out, due to Zouken being killed when Darnic stole the grail.

* DiedDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:Jackie and Chiron are killed during Jack's initial debut, where canonically, no servant or master died during that confrontation]].

* StunnedSilence: Mordred has this reaction when she sees Arturia, her father, on a motorcycle.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Due to their prior experiences with the grail, Shirou and Rin initially assume that the grail is corrupted with the spirit of Angra Mainyu, unaware that, due to Darnic's actions and [[spoiler:the Einzberns summoning Ruler Amakusa instead of Avenger]], the grail was never corrupted. Ruler eventually straightens them out in this regard.

* DiedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Jackie and Chiron are killed during Jack's initial debut, where canonically, no servant or master died during that confrontation]].

* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Jackie and Chiron are killed during Jack's initial debut, where canonically, no servant or master died during that confrontation]].

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: It turns out Shirou had no idea about any of his father Kiritsugu's past, so he is utterly shocked when Kairi Sisigou mentions him as the Magus Killer, one of the most infamous killers.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12890660/1/The-Third-Faction The Third Faction]] is a VisualNovel/FateStayNight fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4652465/TheMaster4444 TheMaster4444]] set after the events of the Unlimited Blade Works route that follows Shirou and Rin navigating the events of LightNovel/FateApocrypha after being reunited with Saber as the third faction in the Fifth Holy Grail War.

And Shirou and Rin should know by now, that nothing is what it seems in Holy Grail War.

* EmbarrassingNickname: This sums up Rin's feelings about the color their faction of herself, Shirou, and Saber were given by Zelretch. Luckily, Ruler fixed that little pickle by formally dubbing them The Blue Faction in honor of Saber's favored look. Unfortunately, everyone else in the war still refers to their faction by their initial color designation: [[spoiler:The Periwinkle Faction]].

They already survived one Grail War right, so how bad could another one be? Oh wait, there are ''twice'' as many Servants? There's a ''Ruler''? There's ''another'' weird priest? And their faction is called the . . . Oh boy if Shirou and Rin and survive this, they'll be having words (and swords and curses and explosions) with Zelretch.

They thought they couldn't be surprised anymore but as it turns out Fate has a way throwing more curve balls at you.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12890660/1/The-Third-Faction The Third Faction]] is a VisualNovel/FateStayNight fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4652465/TheMaster4444 TheMaster4444]] set after the events of the Unlimited Blade Works route that follows Shirou and Rin navigating the events of LightNovel/FateApocrypha after being reunited with saber the third faction in the Fifth Holy Grail War.

* EmbarrassingNickname: This sums up Rin's feelings about the color their faction of herself, Shirou, and Saber were given by Zelretch. Luckily, Ruler fixed that little pickle by formally dubbing The Blue Faction in honor of the Saber's favored look. Unfortunately, everyone else in the war still refers to their faction by their initial color designation: [[spoiler:The Periwinkle Faction]].

* EmbarassingNickname: This sums up Rin's feelings about the color their faction of herself, Shirou, and Saber were given by Zelretch. Luckily, Ruler fixed that little pickle by formally dubbing The Blue Faction in honor of the Saber's favored look. Unfortunately, everyone else in the war still refers to their faction by their initial color designation: [[spoiler:The Periwinkle Faction]].

They already survived one Grail War right? So how bad could another one be? Oh wait, there are ''twice'' as many Servants? There's a ''Ruler''? There's ''another'' weird priest? And their faction is called the . . . Oh boy if Shirou and Rin and survive this, they'll be having words (and swords and curses and explosions) with Zelretch.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12890660/1/The-Third-Faction The Third Faction]] is a VisualNovel/FateStayNight fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4652465/TheMaster4444 TheMaster4444]] where Zelretch decides that his idea of relieving boredom is to send his apprentice and her overly heroic boyfriend to participate as a third faction in the Great Holy Grail War of LightNovel/FateApocrypha.

Following the end of the Unlimited Blade Works route of VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou went with Rin to Clock Tower where she is apprencticed to none other than Kistchur Zelretch Schweinorg, the weilder of the Second Magic. It was all going well until Zelretch got bored and decided his idea of fun was to send his apprentice and her stupidly heroic boyfriend