Genre
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Seinen, Supernatural, Thriller
Light novel
Author
TYPE-MOON
Artist
Nitroplus
Publisher
TYPE-MOON
Published
2006-2007
Volumes
4
Overview
Fate/zero (フェイト／ゼロ, Feito/zero?) is a prequel to TYPE-MOON's visual novel Fate/stay night. It is a novel with illustrations by Takashi Takeuchi. The first volume was released on December 12, 2006, and is a collaboration between TYPE-MOON and fellow developer Nitroplus. The second volume was released on March 31, 2007. The third volume was released on July 27, 2007. The fourth and final volume will be released on December 29, 2007, along with the Fate/zero Original Image Soundtrack "Return to Zero".
Story
The storyline of Fate/zero takes place 10 years prior to the events of Fate/stay night, detailing the events of the Heaven's Feel 4 in Fuyuki City [1]. It includes the following characters:
Humans:
-Kiritsugu Emiya (衛宮切嗣, Emiya Kiritsugu)
Master of Saber, unconfident and unhappy, adopts a strategy of exploiting a magus' weak point using technology.
-Kotomine (言峰綺礼, Kotomine Kirei)
Master of Assassin, works for Tokiomi and does everything he is asked to do to the best of his ability, but lacks fulfillment.
-Tokiomi Tōsaka (遠坂時臣, Tōsaka Tokiomi)
Father of Rin Tōsaka and Sakura Matō, Master of Archer, arrogant and manipulative, arranges for Kirei Kotomine to be his "pupil". Thinks highly of Kotomine and has him serve him.
-Aoi Tōsaka (遠坂葵, Tōsaka Aoi?)
Mother of Rin Tōsaka and Sakura Matō. Childhood friend of Kariya Matō.
-Irisviel von Einzbern (アイリスフィール・フォン・アインツベルン, Airisufīru fon Aintsuberun?)
Mother of Illyasviel von Einzbern, heroine of the story. Partner of Saber.
-Ryūnosuke Uryū (雨生龍之介, Uryū Ryūnosuke?) Master of Caster, psychotic killer who summons Caster after murdering a family and using their blood as a component in the summoning ritual.
-Maiya Hisau (久宇舞弥, Hisau Maiya?)
Assistant to Kiritsugu Emiya. She is cold and professional, which makes it easier for Kiritsugu to act as he needs to. Armed with a Steyr AUG.
-Waver Velvet (ウェイバー・ベルベット, Ueiba Berubetto?) Master of Rider, future Lord El-Melloi II. Steals his teacher's artifact and uses it to summon Rider. Plans to use the Grail to force the Magus Association to recognize his genius.
-Kariya Matō (間桐雁夜, Matō Kariya?)
Uncle of Shinji Matō, Master of Berserker, makes a deal with Zōken Matō that he will win the Grail War in exchange for Sakura Matō's freedom. He is the only member of Matō family who truly loves Sakura, and is upset that Tokiomi allowed his younger daughter to be adopted by Zōken.
-Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi (ケイネス・エルメロイ・アーチボルト, Keinesu Erumeroi Achiboruto?)
Master of Lancer, a nobleman from the Magus Association. His artifact is stolen by Waver Velvet, but he manages to summon Lancer anyway. While he holds the command spells for Lancer, the energy to materialize the Servant is maintained by Sola-Ui.
-Risei Kotomine (言峰璃正, Kotomine Risei?)
Kirei Kotomine's 80 year old father, a priest in the Church, the regulator of the 4th Holy Grail War. He is a friend of Tokiomi Tōsaka and actively supports him. While he is proud of his son, who has demonstrated himself to be a perfect heir, Risei fails to understand Kirei in any sense.
-Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri (ソラウ・ヌァザレ・ソフィアリ, Sorau Nuazare Sofiari?)
The daughter of the head of the spiritual evocation division. She is engaged to Kayneth as a result of a strategic marriage arrangement and the decision of her family to entrust their crest to her brother instead.
Servants participating in the Fourth Holy Grail War and their true identities:
Saber: King Arthur
The same character from Fate/stay night. Known as the King of Knights.
Archer: Gilgamesh
A rogue servant in Fate/stay night, the King of Heroes. He dislikes the presence of Saber and Iskander in particular since they were kings like he was. Much to Tokiomi's displeasure, Gilgamesh has difficulty acting covertly.
Lancer: Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
A Servant with two Noble Phantasms: Gae Buidhe - Golden Rose of Mortality and Gae Dearg - Crimson Rose of Exorcism, which can counter Saber and Berserker's abilities.
Rider: Iskander(Alexander The Great)
The King of Conquerors, who desires to defeat Saber and Lancer in particular. Has several Noble Phantasms, the first of which is Gordius Wheel - Wheel of Heaven's Authority, which summons an ox-drawn chariot when Iskander slices the air with his sword.
Caster: Bluebeard
A Servant who derives pleasure from first providing his victims a moment of relief before terrorizing them and then killing them. Expresses an interest in Saber because he has mistaken her for Jeanne D'Arc, with whom Bluebeard has an infatuation.
Berserker: the Black Knight (true identity unknown) A Servant who possesses the ability to use practically any object as a Noble Phantasm.
Assassin: Assassins related to True Assassin Fate/stay night
Assassin is actually composed of several entities rather than just one. They act as reconnaissance agents for Tokiomi and Kirei after Gilgamesh "kills" one of them.
Minor Characters
Rin Tōsaka (遠坂凛, Tōsaka Rin)
The daughter of Tokiomi and Aoi Tōsaka. Despite her young age, she is capable of using elementary magic.
Sakura Matō (間桐桜, Matō Sakura)
Rin's younger sister, who was adopted by the Matō family one year prior to the start of Fourth Holy Grail War. Her physical appearance has already changed considerably since her adoption.
Illyasviel von Einzbern
The daughter of Irisviel von Einzbern and Kiritsugu Emiya, born eight years before the Fourth Holy Grail War begins.
Jubstacheit von Einzbern
The eighth head of the Einzbern family, known as "Acht". Nearly two centuries old, he has led the Einzbern family since they changed their course of action from seeking the Holy Grail to attempting to obtain it through the Holy Grail Wars. He presents Kiritsugu Emiya with Avalon as the catalyst to summon Saber.
Zōken Matō (間桐 臓硯, Matō Zōken)
The ancient head of the Matö family, Kariya's "uncle" and Sakura's adoptive "grandfather". He intends to use Sakura to obtain the Holy Grail in the next war, but agrees to return her to the Tösaka family should Kariya manage to acquire the Grail in the fourth war. Glen and Martha Mackenzie, an elderly Canadian couple who live in Japan; their son, daughter-in-law, and grandson were unable to adapt to Japan and have returned to Canada. They provide lodgings for Waver Velvet and Rider
Air Gear
Story
Itsuki"Ikki"Minami, is a student and a delinquent. Also known as the "Unbeatable Babyface", Ikki is the leader of the youth gang by the name of "East Side Gunz". Upon his return home after being humiliated by a street gang of Storm Riders called the Skull Saders, Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by his benefactors, the Noyamano sisters. The sisters belong to a group of Storm Riders who go by the team name of Sleeping Forest. In the anime, learning the sisters' secret angers him and he steals a pair of Air Trecks, abbreviated as "AT". (In the manga, the sisters give a pair of ATs to him and invite him to skate with them.) Ikki eventually settles his grudge with the Skull Saders, but in the process he receives more than the simple satisfaction of revenge. Determined to experience the sensation of "flight" for as long as he can, Ikki is quickly sucked into the mysterious, irresistible world of Air Trecks.
Main characters
Itsuki "Ikki" Minami
Voiced by: Kenta Kamakari (Japanese), Chris Patton (English)
The main protagonist of the story, he was given Air Trecks (in the anime, he took them himself) and soon delved into the world of Storm Riders. Eventually he founds a team, Team Kogarasumaru. Originally trained to become the Sky King by Sora, he soon finds himself betrayed by Sora himself as Nike (Sora's twin brother) steals his Regalia. After a week, Ikki becomes the Storm King and follows the "Hurricane Road."
Kazuma "Kazu" Mikura
Voiced by: Kenn (Japanese), Clint Bickham (English)
A long-time friend of Ikki, who's always by his side. He is a speed-type rider who has recently inherited the title of Flame King along with Spitfires Old AT's.
Onigiri
Voiced by: Masami Kikuchi (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)
Also a long-time friend of Ikki, he is a "perverted pig" as called by most. He has an unorthodox riding style, wearing his Air Trecks on his head and riding it upside-down. He has his own unique Road called the Smell Road, which uses an opponents senses against them.
Issa Mihotoke "Fats Buccha"
Voiced by: Hitoshi Bifu (Jpn), Mark X. Laskowski (English)
Formerly of the Team Yaou (Night Kings), he was defeated by Ikki and his team was forced to disband. Eventually, he joins Ikki's team as one of the main power riders, making use of his extremely large build and strength.
Akito/Agito Wanijima
Voiced by: Kokoro Kikuchi (Jpn), Blake Shepard (English)
The Fang King with a split-personality. Akito is the "light" side while Agito is the "dark" side. They used to work for the police team of "WIND" until inspired by Ikki to leave and join Kogarasumaru after being rescued.
Itsuki"Ikki"Minami, is a student and a delinquent. Also known as the "Unbeatable Babyface", Ikki is the leader of the youth gang by the name of "East Side Gunz". Upon his return home after being humiliated by a street gang of Storm Riders called the Skull Saders, Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by his benefactors, the Noyamano sisters. The sisters belong to a group of Storm Riders who go by the team name of Sleeping Forest. In the anime, learning the sisters' secret angers him and he steals a pair of Air Trecks, abbreviated as "AT". (In the manga, the sisters give a pair of ATs to him and invite him to skate with them.) Ikki eventually settles his grudge with the Skull Saders, but in the process he receives more than the simple satisfaction of revenge. Determined to experience the sensation of "flight" for as long as he can, Ikki is quickly sucked into the mysterious, irresistible world of Air Trecks.
Main characters
Itsuki "Ikki" Minami
Voiced by: Kenta Kamakari (Japanese), Chris Patton (English)
The main protagonist of the story, he was given Air Trecks (in the anime, he took them himself) and soon delved into the world of Storm Riders. Eventually he founds a team, Team Kogarasumaru. Originally trained to become the Sky King by Sora, he soon finds himself betrayed by Sora himself as Nike (Sora's twin brother) steals his Regalia. After a week, Ikki becomes the Storm King and follows the "Hurricane Road."
Kazuma "Kazu" Mikura
Voiced by: Kenn (Japanese), Clint Bickham (English)
A long-time friend of Ikki, who's always by his side. He is a speed-type rider who has recently inherited the title of Flame King along with Spitfires Old AT's.
Onigiri
Voiced by: Masami Kikuchi (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)
Also a long-time friend of Ikki, he is a "perverted pig" as called by most. He has an unorthodox riding style, wearing his Air Trecks on his head and riding it upside-down. He has his own unique Road called the Smell Road, which uses an opponents senses against them.
Issa Mihotoke "Fats Buccha"
Voiced by: Hitoshi Bifu (Jpn), Mark X. Laskowski (English)
Formerly of the Team Yaou (Night Kings), he was defeated by Ikki and his team was forced to disband. Eventually, he joins Ikki's team as one of the main power riders, making use of his extremely large build and strength.
Akito/Agito Wanijima
Voiced by: Kokoro Kikuchi (Jpn), Blake Shepard (English)
The Fang King with a split-personality. Akito is the "light" side while Agito is the "dark" side. They used to work for the police team of "WIND" until inspired by Ikki to leave and join Kogarasumaru after being rescued.
フェイト/ホロウアタラクシア(Fate/hollow ataraxia)
Genre:
Action, Drama, Fantasy
Developer:
TYPE-MOON
Publisher:
TYPE-MOON
Rating:
18+
Fate/hollow ataraxia (フェイト/ホロウアタラクシア, Feito /horō atarakushia?) is a Japanese visual novel game created by TYPE-MOON in 2005 which is the sequel to its earlier visual novel Fate/stay night. The word ataraxia in the title is a Greek term for tranquility, giving the title the combined meaning of "empty (or false) tranquility".
Contents.
Plot summary
The plot of Fate/hollow ataraxia is based half a year after the events of Fate/stay night. Like its preceding counterpart, the story is set in Fuyuki City.
Bazett Fraga McRemitz, a member of the Mages' Association and a master in the 5th Holy Grail War, wakes on the fourth day of the 5th Holy Grail war with a new servant, Avenger, and no memory of what happened to her beforehand. She and Avenger set off to fight and win the Holy Grail War.
Meanwhile, Shirō Emiya lives a peaceful life with all his friends, from the 5th Holy Grail War. After her experiment alters the event-horizon changes time and space, Rin Tōsaka leaves for the Mages' Association in England to fix things. The Servants sense a new danger while dark creatures appear soon afterward. Shirō, as a precaution, sets off to ensure nobody is in danger and instead finds himself frequently meeting a mysterious girl, Caren Ortensia.
Both Bazett and Shirō find themselves in time loop that lasts four days, beginning of the fourth day of the 5th Holy Grail War. Each time they die or survive four days, they always awake on the first day of the loop aware of what has happened to them since the first time loop began. Determined to end the loop, Bazett, Avenger, and Shirō fight to discover the truth behind what's causing the endless four days.
Characters
Main Characters
Bazett Fraga McRemitz (バゼット・フラガ・マクレミッツ, Bazetto Furaga Makuremittsu?)
A mage sent from the Mage's Association to fight the 5th War of the Holy Grail, born in Ireland as a descendant of old mage family of an unusual bloodline. She is mentioned very briefly in Fate/stay night. The original Master of Lancer, she was betrayed by Kirei Kotomine and became the master of the Servant Avenger.
Caren Ortensia (カレン・オルテンシア, Karen Orutenshia?)
An assistant exorcist and member of the Church sent to Fuyuki City to replace Kirei Kotomine after his death and report the aftermath of the 5th Holy Grail War. She acts as the mediator for the false Grail War that results from the looping four days; because she was not involved, she is able to see the strange events occurring objectively. She is noted for having a rather bizarre personality.
Avenger (アヴェンジャー, Avenjā?)
The 8th Servant, who was accidentally summoned in the 3rd war, who appears suddenly as Bazett's new Servant. His true name is believed to be Angra Mainyu, an evil spirit of Zoroastrianism.
Secondary characters
Shirō Emiya (衛宮 士郎, Emiya Shirō?)
Within this installment, Shirō experiences unexpected changes in personality and momentary lapses in memory, particularly related to his own skills. In reality, it was Avenger, the eight Servant, who took possession of Shirō's form during daytime. Whether the Shirō present in the story is the original being possessed by Avenger, or a copy created as a mere disguise, is not known.
Rin Tōsaka (遠坂 凛, Tōsaka Rin?)
In the first half of the game, Rin is in London. She returns in the second half with an apparently dramatic change in personality (specifically, a penchant for cosplaying as a miko or magical girls). However, she has also become an experienced mage, demonstrating this when she was the first to logically compose an explanation as to why time has been looping for four days and when she gives Shirō advice. In Fate/hollow ataraxia, she wields the Kaleidostick, another of Zeltretch's inventions, which when activated, the Kaleidostick transfers knowledge from an alternate version of its user into its current wielder, in addition to providing an ample source of Mana. However, the Kaleidostick dislikes its creator, and frequently manipulates its user into humiliating situations. In Fate/hollow ataraxia, the Kaleidostick is responsible for transforming Rin into the magical girl Kaleido-Ruby.
Other characters
While playing less prominent roles, all Masters and Servants in Fate/stay night of the 5th Holy Grail War appear again, with the exception of Kirei Kotomine.
Genre:
Action, Drama, Fantasy
Developer:
TYPE-MOON
Publisher:
TYPE-MOON
Rating:
18+
Fate/hollow ataraxia (フェイト/ホロウアタラクシア, Feito /horō atarakushia?) is a Japanese visual novel game created by TYPE-MOON in 2005 which is the sequel to its earlier visual novel Fate/stay night. The word ataraxia in the title is a Greek term for tranquility, giving the title the combined meaning of "empty (or false) tranquility".
Contents.
Plot summary
The plot of Fate/hollow ataraxia is based half a year after the events of Fate/stay night. Like its preceding counterpart, the story is set in Fuyuki City.
Bazett Fraga McRemitz, a member of the Mages' Association and a master in the 5th Holy Grail War, wakes on the fourth day of the 5th Holy Grail war with a new servant, Avenger, and no memory of what happened to her beforehand. She and Avenger set off to fight and win the Holy Grail War.
Meanwhile, Shirō Emiya lives a peaceful life with all his friends, from the 5th Holy Grail War. After her experiment alters the event-horizon changes time and space, Rin Tōsaka leaves for the Mages' Association in England to fix things. The Servants sense a new danger while dark creatures appear soon afterward. Shirō, as a precaution, sets off to ensure nobody is in danger and instead finds himself frequently meeting a mysterious girl, Caren Ortensia.
Both Bazett and Shirō find themselves in time loop that lasts four days, beginning of the fourth day of the 5th Holy Grail War. Each time they die or survive four days, they always awake on the first day of the loop aware of what has happened to them since the first time loop began. Determined to end the loop, Bazett, Avenger, and Shirō fight to discover the truth behind what's causing the endless four days.
Characters
Main Characters
Bazett Fraga McRemitz (バゼット・フラガ・マクレミッツ, Bazetto Furaga Makuremittsu?)
A mage sent from the Mage's Association to fight the 5th War of the Holy Grail, born in Ireland as a descendant of old mage family of an unusual bloodline. She is mentioned very briefly in Fate/stay night. The original Master of Lancer, she was betrayed by Kirei Kotomine and became the master of the Servant Avenger.
Caren Ortensia (カレン・オルテンシア, Karen Orutenshia?)
An assistant exorcist and member of the Church sent to Fuyuki City to replace Kirei Kotomine after his death and report the aftermath of the 5th Holy Grail War. She acts as the mediator for the false Grail War that results from the looping four days; because she was not involved, she is able to see the strange events occurring objectively. She is noted for having a rather bizarre personality.
Avenger (アヴェンジャー, Avenjā?)
The 8th Servant, who was accidentally summoned in the 3rd war, who appears suddenly as Bazett's new Servant. His true name is believed to be Angra Mainyu, an evil spirit of Zoroastrianism.
Secondary characters
Shirō Emiya (衛宮 士郎, Emiya Shirō?)
Within this installment, Shirō experiences unexpected changes in personality and momentary lapses in memory, particularly related to his own skills. In reality, it was Avenger, the eight Servant, who took possession of Shirō's form during daytime. Whether the Shirō present in the story is the original being possessed by Avenger, or a copy created as a mere disguise, is not known.
Rin Tōsaka (遠坂 凛, Tōsaka Rin?)
In the first half of the game, Rin is in London. She returns in the second half with an apparently dramatic change in personality (specifically, a penchant for cosplaying as a miko or magical girls). However, she has also become an experienced mage, demonstrating this when she was the first to logically compose an explanation as to why time has been looping for four days and when she gives Shirō advice. In Fate/hollow ataraxia, she wields the Kaleidostick, another of Zeltretch's inventions, which when activated, the Kaleidostick transfers knowledge from an alternate version of its user into its current wielder, in addition to providing an ample source of Mana. However, the Kaleidostick dislikes its creator, and frequently manipulates its user into humiliating situations. In Fate/hollow ataraxia, the Kaleidostick is responsible for transforming Rin into the magical girl Kaleido-Ruby.
Other characters
While playing less prominent roles, all Masters and Servants in Fate/stay night of the 5th Holy Grail War appear again, with the exception of Kirei Kotomine.
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