Name: What happened in Fate/Stay Night [Fate]? (RECAPitation)
Uploaded: 2018-02-13T09:55:49.000Z
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Released by Type-Moon in the year 2004 on
the PC, Fate/Stay night would be an adult

visual novel that would spark a large and
popular franchise.

Written and Directed by Kinoko Nasu, the game
would be one of the longest scripts ever written

in the history of games, in terms of word
count, putting it on par with the Bible.

It's popularity have also spun off serveral
other games of various styles, animes, manga,

For characters, the game is mainly told through
the perspective of Shirou Emiya, and centralizes

around his involvement in a magical battle
royale to the death.

The story is actually split up into 3 very
distinct paths depending on which of the 3

female protagonists the player chooses to
involve themselves with.

For gameplay, as a visual novel the engagement
is mostly at the reading level, and occaisionally

a decision point will be reached where one
option is the correct route and the rest are

Keep in mind, while there are multiple endings
and nuances to each path, I will be covering

This video will cover the Fate route, but
please watch the other two paths linked at

The story only gets larger from here, so let's
cut it down to size with a RECAPitation.

As the game begins in the city of Fuyuki,
we see a young Rin Tohsaka say goodbye to

However, this is no conventional war, but
rather, a secret battle between 7 mages for

the coveted wish-granting Holy Grail relic,
aptly called the Holy Grail War.

So serious is the battle between them that
battles are usually to the death until there

is one mage left, and unfortunately, Rin's
father dies in this 4th Holy Grail war, which

is normally every 60 years, but somehow, the
5th war is beginning early after only 10 years.

Older, Rin is now living on her own, the last
of her long magical bloodline, though like

other magic-users, she must keep her abilities
secret in this modern world that doesn't recognizes

Her family specializes in Jewel Magecreaft,
which is transferring and storing magical

energy into jewels, for utilization later.

For instance, her heirloom necklace that she
wears is one such jewel that has an immense

Outside her private life of magic study, she
lives a normal high school life though her

proud and competitive nature leaves her with
a shallow social life, despite her charming

looks and excellent performances academically
and athletically.

This is partly because its an accepted practice
to kill anyone who discovers the identity

of a mage, so she chooses not to let anyone
get too close to her.

As she goes to class, she bumps into several
of her classmates, like the mild-mannered

Sakura, the cocky vice-president of the archery
club Shinji, her stern homeroom teacher, and

When she gets home, her guardian and part
magic teacher Kirei leaves a message for her

to hurry up and prepare for her role as a
Master in the coming Holy Grail war, or waive

her participation and seek the protection
of the church before it begins.

The Holy Grail war is a fight to the death
between the participating Magi, but they are

Each one is a master to a familiar called
a Servant, whom they must summon and form

However, only one servant can be summoned,
and if the summoner has a focus connected

to a particular heroic spirit, they can summon
an even stronger servant.

There are 7 classes of Servants, Saber, Lancer,
Archer, Rider, Caster, Assassin, and Berserker.

Rin herself is determined to summon a servant
from the Saber class, which she considers

That night, Rin makes every preparation possible
to complete her summoning, though botches

her timing, but still suceeds in producing
a summon.

The spirit in question crashes into her living
room, and is a red knight rather unimpressed

Like all Masters, Rin does indeed have a set
of Command Spells on her hand, that allow

her to control her Servant, and are miracles
granted from the Holy Grail itself unto its

He continues his condescending attitude and
begruding servitude towards Rin, until she's

mad to the point of spending one of her command
spells to demand obediance.

While more compliant, the servant reminds
Rin not to be wasteful of her two remaining

spells, which can also be used to allow him
to accomplish great or otherwise impossible

Still, he has now observed her resolve as
well as magical ability, and genuinely regards

When he reveals he's of the Archer class,
Rin is openly disappointed, but Archer protests

When asked which heroic spirit he is, Archer
pauses, explaining he doesn't know himself,

Regardless, with Rin now a part of the death
battle, the war waits for its final Master

In reflection, anyone who is Master but loses
all three of their command spells, loses control

of their Servant and their status as Master,
and certainly faces death.

With Archer's memory fuzzy, he also can't
rightly recall his ultimate move, called a

Noble Phantasm, that every Servant has as
a trump card.

She shows him around town, as servants can
turn invisible to normal people, including

the site of the final battle of the last Holy
Grail War, 10 years ago, now a park in the

Archer can feel the overwhelming amount of
regret there, and likens it to a Reality Marble.

Unlike a magic barrier, which is a field that
protects its maker from outside danger but

still based on what's around them, a Reality
Marble is a limited field in which reality

is removed and instead whatever the maker
desires takes form.

Rin is interrupted as her Command Spell throbs,
a sign that another Master is nearby.

Even though the war has not officially begun,
Masters can technically begin fighting at

The next day, Rin decides to still go to school,
as the battles between mages are supposed

to take place in secret, so she doubts a surprise
attack will come hiding in plain sight.

Archer isn't so confident, and to her surprise,
Rin notes the next day at school, a magical

field is being set up on the school itself.

After school, they investigate, and she learns
this large boundary field, when complete,

will drain the life force out from everyone
within, and claim their souls.

Archer confirms that as a spirit they can
feed on souls and mental energy though they

don't need to, as usually the magical energy
of their Master is enough.

But if they do, they can become tougher as
their magical energy capacity will increase,

so stealing energy is an understandable tactic
for this war.

Rin announces she has no intention of eating
the souls of others to win, and Archer seems

As she begins to erase part of the boundary
field, she is interrupted by a man in blue

armor, who recognizes her as a Master, and
she recognizes him as a Servant.

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