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Master of Saber It was a frosty night in the faraway country of Japan. A wind blew through the side streets and allies of a suburb outside of Tokyo. It was a cool, humid sort of wind, the kind that preceded a sleet storm. Matthias had a few hours at most to work out the ritual before the...

Chapter 1: The Journey Out It was a fine spring day in America's greatest city. The city's thoroughfares were humming with automobiles and droves of people. The great noise of commerce boomed out from the offices, markets, stock exchanges, and banks. In particular, along the banks of the Hudson...

Matthias, sighed again, leaning back on the heels of his dull leather shoes. It was far from an enviable position, being a freshly dead soul, thrust into a new world of which they understood nothing. All things considered, they were taking the experience of being dead rather well. Their...

The human experience is a great parade of acts, as the players wear their masks, strut about in their roles and experience their victories and many, many tragedies. The many deities of the heavens judge their worthy souls and condemn the unworthy. Not every soul is deemed glorious or terrible...

Doctor Farkas The professor's mouth curled into a grin. It was hard to conceal his satisfaction at how the students had started jumping over each other to introduce themselves when given the double threat of being called on and treated like a child. It would seem that the admissions council had...

Vienna, 1909 The seat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire The clacking of chalk against the slate board filled the classroom, the sharp sounds reverberating off the wood panels and desks. The soft light of early morning streamed in through the large glass windows, revealing the motes of dust created...

Archer was, reasonably dumbfounded. One moment he had been leaping through the ashen skies, conducting his troops through an excellent encirclement of the enemy Saber. He had been sure that his bullets would rip through her armor like paper, all while she was busy fending off the shots from his...

Archer of Darkness Archer smiled as his faction turned the tide against the two enemy servants. He had been pitted against some golden knight and a Lancer who feared for the lives of others more than her own. He could not ask for more ideal prey. For ten minutes they would be cut off from their...

Archer of Darkness At that moment when Saber of Light crashed through the ceiling, Archer felt an emotion he had not experienced since he was much, much younger. He had been unprepared to fight even a single servant, but it seemed that this was no mere accidental appearance. Sheer panic coursed...

On a day like any other, in a suburban town like any other, in the kitchen of an unremarkable diner, a bedraggled waiter stood over a sink of hot water and dirty dishes. On the counter next to him sat his Poliwhirl, waiting with tired eyes for his partner to start washing again. It was late, and...

Archer of Darkness The journey to England had been largely uneventful. After topping off his reserves of magical energy he had done his best to conserve power and lessen the burden on his master, mostly acting as a sentry in spirit form. Shortly after that night, the trio had flown across the...

In the summer of 1914, mankind had mastered many methods to slaughter one another. They possessed rifles and cannons that could kill from a great distance, gasses which choke the air with deadly fumes, and vehicles which could rend the sea and sky to bring death to any corner of the world. A new...

Archer of Darkness Archer felt a pang of nostalgia as he raced through the streets and alleyways of this city of New York. There was something about the sights and scents of the underclasses that reminded him of his younger days when he would sneak out of the palace to observe the world without...

Archer bowed his head and placed his hand over his heart, giving his assent to the new pact. Immediately he could feel the pressure lift as his transgressions were forgiven and a new pact of loyalty was forged. The treacherous king smiled at his new master and the servant he now shared mana...

Archer perched on one of the large metal eagles that crowned the top of what his grail-granted knowledge told him was the "Chrysler Building", surveying the city beneath him as he tried to quiet the cacophony in his head. Even with his supernatural mind, everything seemed like a twisted sea of...

Matthias ran his finger along the edge of the stack of papers in front of him, nobody had told him how nerve-wracking this part of the job would be. The stark white walls of the meeting room drew his attention to the collection of freshly deceased and collected spirits in front of him. Not too...

The human experience is a great parade of acts, as the players wear their masks, strut about in their roles and experience their victories and many, many tragedies. The many deities of the heavens judge their worthy souls and condemn the unworthy. Not every soul is deemed glorious or terrible...

Archer of Darkness Archer cracked a wry, irritated smile when his master broached the topic of revenge. He was not a child needing admonition from an elder, no, he was a man on a mission. Revenge was something that was central to this form of being. This seemed to be a simple misunderstanding...

Archer of Dark Archer looked out over the remains of his kingdom, the private hell that he was meant to occupy in the throne of heroes. He scanned the burning fields, piles of ruined black armor and weapons and broken banners. The view filled him with rage, there was nothing redeemable...

To: United States Armed Forces Joint Command From: United States Navy Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center Great Bay Arsenal, NY 10/24/11 Project Proposal Lt. Col. Brown, Department Chair Project # : 35124 Since the end of the Second World War, this nation has found itself as...