History Roleplay / FateHollowFake

* WhamEpisode: Night 6. [[spoiler: Caster of Black and Assassin of Black are dead, Archer of Red is left behind in a hopeless battle to stall Berserker of Black, Yuko kills Assassin of Black at the cost of her arm turning permanently to metal, and the biggest reveals of all, Avenger is the BigBad, Tamiko is not only a fragment of Avenger, but also the Black Grail and the Grail War's Ruler, and Lancer of Red is taken by Avenger and forced to revert to his original form as a divine beast.]]

* EpiphanyTherapy: [[spoiler: Saber of Black's experiences in the Grail War allowed her to finally understand why she was denied the throne. This allows her to defeat Saber of Red using Clarent's true form and ascend to Avalon.]]

* MeaningfulName: Tamiko Kurosawa [[spoiler: "Many Beautiful Children" and "Black Swamp"]]

* Suicide Attack: [[spoiler: Miyu's last move.]]

* ForcedIntoEvil: Lancer and Rider of Black are bound as servants to Caster of Black. [[spoiler: Lancer of Red, Saber and Berserker of Black, and later Rider of Black are all taken under the control of Angra Mainyu]]

* GemstoneAssault: The preferred method of combat for Miyu Edelfelt.

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Tamiko Kurosawa was created by Angra Mainyu, and didn't exist until literally the moment the story began]]

[[FateStayNight The Grail War]] has come once again to Fuyuki City, but in a way that nobody was expecting. The story follows Tamiko Kurosawa, a stressed out barista whose life is changed forever when she and her friend unwittingly are plunged head first into the secret world of mages and servants. As events unfold, Tamiko and her servant, Lancer, must navigate their way through the war, and try to figure out how to keep themselves alive until the end.

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Tamiko Kurosawa was created by Angra Mainyu, and didn't exist until literally the moment the story began]]
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Zerban Da Great admits to improvise most of the time. A good example is Yuko, who was originally not planned to be anything more than just a friendly NPC and turned out to become one of the main characters.

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Tamiko Kurosawa was created by Angra Mainyu, and didn't exist until literally the moment the story began]]

* ShapeshifterWeapon: Lancer of Red can alter his clay weapons, depending on the situation.

* ConvenientlyOrphaned: Out of the assembled Red Masters, Tamiko, Shinji, Sakura, and Alfons are all withour parents. [[spoiler: Yuko joins them partway through the story]]

* Cool Boat: [[spoiler: The Golden Hind]], Rider of Red's Noble Phantasm.

The Grail War has come once again to Fuyuki City, but in a way that nobody was expecting. The story follows Tamiko Kurosawa, a stressed out barista whose life is changed forever when she and her friend unwittingly are plunged head first into the secret world of mages and servants. As events unfold, Tamiko and her servant, Lancer, must navigate their way through the war, and try to figure out how to keep themselves alive until the end.

* InterruptedSuicide: Tamiko manages to stop Shinji from stepping off a skyscraper after his worm implantation. [[spoiler: Later, Yuko does this for Tamiko]]

The story's path is decided via reader input put to a vote, with even the occaisonal reader stepping in to write the start of the next update. The story excells in balancing the high stakes action of the Holy Grail War as well as quiet character development with Zerban's cast of characters, either characters familiar to Fate or completely new characters Zerban has invented, all of them with their own distinct personalities, dynamics, and desires for the grail.