Fate/Void

**Fate/Void** is a light novel series written by CustardPuddingHoney.

## Story

Six years after the last Holy Grail War in Fuyuki, which ended in a stalemate, Minori May lives a mundane life in the calmest part of the city, awaiting her chance to participate in the next war herself to avenge her elder brother, Haruki May, whom perished in the previous war.

Her chance arises when she - albeit accidentally and sloppily - summons the Servant Saber, and is alerted to the start of a new Holy Grail War. Hopeful that winning can help her enact her desire for vengeance, Minori eagerly begins to participate in the war, unaware of the troubles that await her and her partner.

## Characters

### Masters

* **Minori May**

The daughter of German magus Elias May and his Japanese wife Mio Inada, she is an aspiring Clock Tower student whom fights in the war to avenge her elder brother Haruki's death, which occurred during the previous war six years prior. The Master of Saber.

* **Ichigo Ando**

Sly and with a calming voice that puts others at ease, Ichigo's origins remain a mystery to those participating in the war, and her appearance of white hair and red eyes leads to rumors of homunculi ancestry. The Master of Lancer.

* **Yarik Markov**

Hired by the Mage's Association to act as a Master after their original candidate supposedly "ran off," he is gruff and blunt, finding the teenagers participating in the war to be a nuisance. The Master of Archer.

* **Kenneth "Kenny" Mayweather**

An American magus on an exchange trip to Japan for the year, he accidentally summoned his Servant by chance and finds himself fighting in the war against his own personal wishes. The Master of Rider.

* **Yoshiro Tsumi**

Although he appears to be polite and mild-mannered on the surface, Yoshiro is well-known to keep his cards close to his chest, and there are many whispers of a much darker, manic side to him. The Master of Berserker.

* **Tsubaki Barou**

Juro's elder, much lazier sister with a strong hatred for work and effort, but a natural gift at magecraft, with deeply incenses her brother. Tsubaki's obsession with Assassins is her sole reason for participating in the war, and if her Servant were to die, she fears the prospect of actually getting beat up about it. The Master of Assassin.

* **Juro Barou**

Tsubaki's younger brother with a high-strung and elitist attitude, he resents the fact that his sister, although lazy and unmotivated, is a natural at magecraft while he has had to work to get where he is. The Master of Caster.

### Servants

* **Saber (Emperor Irene)**

Minori's Servant who is proud, arrogant, and almost completely self-centered, save for the love she holds for her homeland. While she dislikes having to bow down to Minori's authority, she does respect her Master, as least in terms of her abilities as a magus.

* **Lancer (Olyndicus)**

Ichigo's Servant, he enjoys nothing more than a good battle and treasures his weapon more than anything else, the silver holy lance gifted to him by the gods themselves, or so he claims. While he finds his Master to be slightly irritating, he does enjoy her tactics, as they allow him to battle other servants very often.

* **Archer (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington)**

Yarik's Servant. Although easily agitated and eager to prove his expert military tactics to everyone around him, he does not lack common sense, and due to being slightly older than other Servants summoned he does possess an edge in that regard.

* **Rider (Nora of Kelmendi)**

Kenny's Servant, and perhaps the most undyingly loyal out of all the Servants summoned. However, she does oftentimes grow impatient with Kenny's general lack of training as a magus, and has to obtain magical energy through other sources due to his incapability of giving her any.

* **Berserker (Persephone)**

Yoshiro's Servant whom doesn't appear to have the usual traits of a Berserker, possessing a kind and patient personality which often puts others far too much at ease. However, much like her Master, she has another, more "Berserker"-like side of her that she prefers to keep hidden.

* **Assassin (Francis Walsingham)**

Tsubaki's Servant who acts as her and Juro's spy during the war, he is as fond of Tsubaki as she is of him, and often tells her long stories of his exploits during Queen Elizabeth I's reign. However, he is physically on the weaker side, and must leave the fighting on their side to Caster, whom he does not get along with.

* **Caster (Grimhildr)**

Juro's Servant. Hailed as a terrible "witch" in life (which she may have been), she is now sadistic and cynical, holding a deep disdain for any kind of Master who hopes to control her beyond what she deems necessary. While she gets along with Juro far better than she had expected, she deeply dislikes Assassin and Tsubaki.

* **"Past" Archer (The Sundance Kid)**

A Servant to an unknown Master, he was summoned during the previous war, and the mystery victor apparently wished for him to be able to remain in Fuyuki as a Servant permanently. He has grown bored and resentful of this arrangement and desires a change.

### Others

* **Fumio May**

Minori's aunt by her marriage to Elias May's brother, she is her sole surviving relative and is thus her primary caretaker.

* **Chika Abe**

The next door neighbor of the Barou siblings and Minori's closest "acquaintance."