Fate/stay night: Difference between revisions

|title=Fate/stay night

|developer=[[Type-Moon]]

|publisher=[[Type-Moon]]

|genre=[[Adventure]]

|modes=[[Single player]]

|followed by=[[Fate/hollow ataraxia]]

|series=Fate

}}

{{nihongo|'''Fate/stay night'''|フェイト/ステイナイト|Feito/sutei naito}} is a Japanese visual novel developed and published by [[Type-Moon]]. It, along with [[Tsukihime]], is a flagship title of the company, kicking off a popular franchise with an international fanbase. Fate/stay night has been followed by the release of a sequel, [[Fate/hollow ataraxia]], and a series of light novels which have acted as a prequel, Fate/Zero, detailing the story of the protagonist's father and the Fourth Holy Grail War. An English patch for Fate/stay night is available [http://fuwanovel.org/novels/fate-stay-night here].

==Story==

Fuyuki City is the setting for a secret and violent war among competing magi. For the past two centuries, seven sorcerers have gathered and engage in a battle royale known as the Holy Grail War, each gambling his or her own life to obtain the Holy Grail, a legendary chalice capable of granting wishes. The past four Holy Grail Wars have typically occurred every sixty years or so. However, the fifth war has started prematurely, with the most recent concluding less than a decade ago.

After cleaning his school's kyuudou dojo late one night, Shirou stumbles upon two Servants, Archer and Lancer, battling in the school courtyard. Upon accidentally revealing himself, Shirou runs away. To avoid compromising the war's secrecy, Lancer hunts down and pierces Shirou's heart with his Noble Phantasm, a long, red spear. Shirou is then discovered in a near-death state by Rin Tohsaka. For the sake of her sister Sakura Matou who has feelings for him, she uses an heirloom filled with concentrated magic to restore his damaged heart and leaves before he awakens. Shaken and dazed, Shirou picks up the heirloom and returns home only to be assaulted a second time by Lancer. Shirou weakly defends himself against Lancer using posters he strengthens with magic, but is soon overwhelmed by the powerful Servant's attack. Before Lancer can inflict another fatal blow, a magical mark on Shirou's hand begins to light up and a magical circle inside the shed begins to glow. A young woman clad in armor with an invisible sword appears in a flash of light and blocks Lancer's attack. After driving Lancer away from Shirou, she introduces herself as "Servant Saber", and formally announces her intention to fight under Shirou for the Holy Grail.

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