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1->''I was laughing, a wheezing, hateful laughter that bruised my chest, shaking my head at the insanity of it all. Ryuudoji's gate had stood a thousand years- It'd survived flood, fire, storms, and five Grail Wars. It had not survived Assassin.\
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3It hadn't survived me.''
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5Thirty years after the end of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', the Sixth War has begun. Once more, seven Masters have been drawn to Fuyuki city, to do battle for the Holy Grail. But for Ichiro Tanaka, the protege and adopted son of Emiya Shirou, the Heaven's Feel is more - much more - than the chance to claim the Third Magic for the Association: It's his only chance to save his soul. Scarred by the world-changing disaster of 'the Incursion', haunted by visions of his bloody past, Ichiro must battle to victory or death for a single chance at redemption.
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7With the legendary Phantom of Inferno by his side, Ichiro will confront his greatest challenge: A War more savage than anything that's come before. The Grail brings forth not salvation, but conflict...As the tragedy of the Heaven's Feel unfolds, will anyone survive?
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9[[ArcWords Can a man defy his past, or must he be destroyed by it?]]
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11And thus begins ''[[http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/showthread.php/235-FF-Phantoms-%28by-Burnout%29?p=15874&viewfull=1#post15874 Phantoms]]'', the [[ContinuationFic sequel]] to ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight.'' Imagine Fate as film-noir, with all of the violence, ruthlessness and treachery that comes with the genre. Mix with apocalyptic murmurings that echo ''Fate/hollow ataraxia'', and you have the darkly compelling tale that is ''Phantoms.''
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13A pseudo-crossover with ''VisualNovel/PhantomOfInferno'', ''Fate/Phantoms'' picks up where the True End of ''Unlimited Blade Works'' left off, drawing on elements from both the Nasuverse and Nitro+'s works for a world not ''quite'' as you know it.
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15Notable for its [[DarkerAndEdgier especially gritty]] take on the setting.
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18!!''Fate/Phantoms'' contains examples of...
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20* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Tyrfing's entire purpose is to be one. As in the legend, it cuts through armor, flesh, and other enchanted weapons more-or-less effortlessly.
21* AffablyEvil: Abraham Van Einzbern, and Schneider Viktorov. Both are unfailingly polite, even cheerful, at all times.
22* AlienGeometries: The 'paths' under Fuyuki City. [[spoiler: They give way to CosmicHorrorStory when they begin to collapse.]]
23* AmbiguouslyEvil: Oh, boy. Everyone. Arisa Ortensia is a friendly but vaguely sinister manipulator. Schneider is a handsome, charismatic swordsman who has no qualms about shooting a helpless girl in the back. Abraham van Einzbern seems to enjoy the War a little too much... and it's still not clear whether Ichiro is hero or villain.
24* AnimalMotifs: Predatory animals, and vermin. [[spoiler: Berserker and Rider are explicitly compared to vicious, uncontrollable animals, in light of their unique circumstances.]] Insects also seem to be a recurring theme.
25* AntiHero: Ichiro appears to be a particularly vicious Type IV.
26* ArtificialHuman: Lucca, an Automata maid, appears to be some form of gynoid.
27* AudibleSharpness: On a Vibroweapon, no less!
28* BackToBackBadasses: Lancer and Assassin do this, while defending Ryuudoji. [[OhCrap Then the Shadow turns up...]]
29* BadDreams: Ichiro is plagued by hell-spawned nightmares, whenever he sleeps. Assassin seems to suffer from these, too.
30* BadassLongcoat: The Cloth of Matthew, Archer's Coat. It's red and everything, too!
31* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Subverted. Attempting to engage Schneider in single combat is a terrible idea. Lampshaded by Ichiro, who wonders aloud what the ''hell'' he was thinking.
32* BewareTheNiceOnes: For a self-declared coward, Kazuya can kick ''serious'' ass when he's angry.
33* {{BFG}}: It doesn't get any bigger than Assassin's grenade launcher, or his anti-material sniper rifle.
34* BigDamnHeroes: When Ryuudo Temple is attacked, Reiji and Ichiro try to be this. Horribly subverted when they fail miserably.
35* BigFancyHouse: The Association's manor and the Matou estate are both this - The Einzbern castle is technically a Big Fancy Castle.
36* BladeLock: In their duel, Schneider and Ichiro briefly lock blades in a three-way clash...[[OhCrap Until Tyrfing begins to eat through Schneider's Azoth knives.]]
37* BloodMagic: The Servant-summoning ritual requires blood - Ichiro draws the runes in his own, to call Assassin.
38* BoomHeadshot: A particularly messy example happens to [[spoiler: Lancer.]] [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain It doesn't even slow him down.]]
39* ChainsawGood: Berserker's axe may as well have come from the [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} World Eaters.]]
40* ContinuityNod: Matou Shinji has heart trouble, thanks to the fake 'heart' forced upon him in ''Unlimited Blade Works.''
41* CoolSword: Several. Tyrfing is the first one we see, but there's [[spoiler: Kanshou & Bakuya]], not to mention [[spoiler: Durandal]]
42* CombatTentacles: [[spoiler: The Shadow, of course.]]
43* CrypticConversation: Plenty. Caster is especially fond of dropping these.
44%%* DarkerAndEdgier: In ''spades.''
45* DeathEqualsRedemption: Averted with Lancer. He tried, but it's more Death Equals Damnation for him.
46* DisappearedDad: Emiya Shirou. It's strongly implied that he's dead.
47* DivingSave: Done twice, so far. Once, by Assassin, and once by Ichiro.
48* DoppelgangerAttack: Like Hassan before him, Reiji has exactly seven extra bodies he can control simultaneously. They're named after the other Phantoms created by Doctor Scythe.
49* DualWielding: [[spoiler: With Kanshou and Bakuya, no less!]]
50* EyeColorChange: The Manager of the Heaven's Feel, Arisa Ortensia, has eyes that are a different color each time we see her. The reason? [[spoiler:They indicate the last person she's spoken to]].
51* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Berserker. His helmet has no slot to see through, but his armor is ''covered'' with eyes, all of which move and blink independently of one another.
52* {{Familiar}}: Crows, for Ichiro, which he uses as spies and scouts.
53* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath:
54** [[spoiler: Nami effectively explodes, after Schneider shoots her in the back.]]
55*** [[spoiler: Elise was impaled on a gate, and implied to have been partially EATEN.]]
56* FromBadToWorse: All the god-damned time.
57* GunPorn: Played with. Assassin does this/ in one scene. Most likely a ShoutOut to the descriptions in ''Phantom of Inferno''.
58* HeroofAnotherStory: Makiri Kazuya is clearly this, bearing a striking similarity to Shirou's experiences in Fate/Stay Night. Schneider might technically be considered one, too.
59* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Admit it. You thought Nami and Lancer were going to make it.]]
60* ImAHumanitarian: Ichiro is implied to have brutally murdered and partially cannibalized his fiancee. Given the setting, it's quite possibly a CannibalismSuperpower...Though it's not clear what, if anything, he gained from it.
61* InvisibilityCloak: The Cloth of Martin appears to be this. Contrast with the Shroud of Matthew, which is strictly a protective garment.
62* KnightTemplar: Saber is a literal example, given that he may in fact be [[spoiler: [[Literature/TheSongOfRoland Orlando.]]]]
63* LovecraftianSuperpower: The Shadow's abilities are described as these, now, including spike-tipped tentacles capable of violently demolishing a temple's pillars...And summoning hordes of horribly mutated creatures shaped from black slime.
64* MagneticWeapons: Schneider carries a vaguely-defined 'artifact' that's effectively a magical railgun.
65* MasterSwordsman: Played with. Schneider is a master swordsman; Ichiro isn't quite nearly as skilled, but capable of great feats with Tyrfing.
66* MeaningfulName: 'Ichiro' means [[NumericalThemeNaming 'first son'.]]
67* MeetCute: In the prequel, Ichiro and Elise first meet when Elise almost ''shoots'' him.
68** [[spoiler: It's significantly less cute when she tries to kill him, years later.]]
69* MirrorMatch: Schneider is briefly forced to fight three temporal doppelgängers. [[MasterSwordsman It takes him less than a minute to dispatch them all.]]
70* MoralMyopia: Ichiro has absolutely no qualms about doing terrible, terrible things. He takes no joy in it, though; As a matter of fact, he doesn't seem to enjoy anything.
71* {{Multishot}}: Archer pulls this off, in his brief fight with Assassin. Thanks to Improbable Aiming Skills, ''every shot hits''.
72* MythologyGag: Lancer is the first Servant to die. Again.
73* NeckSnap: An especially violent version. Pinned to the ground by a hellhound, Ichiro breaks its ''spine'' with his bare hands when he can't reach his knife.
74* NightmareSequence: In ''spades.'' Ichiro's flashbacks are framed through recurring dreams of a 'burning city' overrun by monsters, usually involving scenes of horror, suffering and carnage.
75** [[spoiler: It turns out to be London.]]
76* NotSoDifferent: An odd example in Schneider and Ichiro. Both men despise each other, but both bear several artifacts associated with Shirou. Both come from the same background, favour swords as their weapons, and [[spoiler: loved the same woman.]]
77* NotSoStoic: An especially negative example. Ichiro is vicious, petty and downright ''spiteful'' when he loses his cool.
78* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: After escaping from Ryuudo Temple, Ichiro is forced to escape the collapsing void...Up to and including crossing the last hundred metres 'on his hands and knees'. We don't get to see any of it.
79* OlderAndWiser: Shinji, of all people. It's ''heartrending''.
80* OriginalCharacter: The entire cast, barring cameos.
81* PetTheDog: Schneider gets to choose between killing Ichiro, or saving Lucca. He chooses to save Lucca.
82* RazorWind: Abraham van Einzbern can use dimensional vectors to slice his opponents to ribbons.
83* RedRightHand: [[spoiler: Archer]] has a Red ''Left'' Arm.
84* Revenge: Schneider ''lives'' to make Ichiro suffer. It seems that he'll happily settle for killing him.
85* RunOrDie: [[spoiler: The Shadow]] is this.
86* SceneryGorn: London appears to have become this, during the Incursion. A constant element of Ichiro's nightmares.
87* {{Squick}}: Lucca, Schneider's Automata maid, is identical to Elise von Strasberg. And Schneider appears to be in a relationship with her.
88* SuckSessor: A rare heroic variant. Ichiro, the protagonist, lives constantly in Shirou's shadow, and nurses what seems to be an obsessive crush on him.
89* SweetTooth: Arisa ''loves'' sweet things. "A girl's body is made of sugar, so it's all right!"
90* TheGunslinger: Assassin, of course. He's Type C ''and'' Type A.
91* TheLancer: Horribly subverted. In the prequel, Schneider is Ichiro's best friend and sparring partner. By the time of the main story, they're actively trying to murder each other.
92* TheStoic: It doesn't get any more stoic than Lancer, who has less than three paragraphs of onscreen dialogue.
93* TheManTheyCouldntHang: Played with. Lancer is heavily scarred from his hanging, but technically didn't survive it. As a Heroic Spirit, however, he's up and around.
94* {{Tsundere}}: In the prequel, Elise von Strasberg appears to be a particularly affectionate one, but not above physical harm to prove a point.
95* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Assassin and Ichiro tend to do this. They generally don't go very well.
96* WalkingArmory: Assassin has a HyperspaceArsenal of modern firearms and explosives. Justified, in that it's his Noble Phantasm.
97* WellDoneSonGuy: Taken to horrible, horrible levels with Ichiro, who desperately craves Shirou's approval. Given that Shirou's dead, it doesn't look like he's going to get it anytime soon. [[spoiler: Especially after Shirou abandons him during the Incursion.]]
98* WhamEpisode: The entirety of the Temple arc.
99* WideEyedIdealist: Kazuya Matou has some elements of this.
100* WorthyOpponent: Subverted. Schneider is apparently Ichiro's rival, but he loathes and despises Ichiro.

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