Fate/athína diabolica

***Fate/athína diablolica*** (フェイト/アーティナディアボリカ, *Feito/ātina diaborika*?) is a light novel series written by Minato Yatsushiro, detailing the story of the subcategory Athenian Holy Grail War. It serves as an intermission story between *Fate/chaos divergence* and *Fate/chaos revival* and focuses on a teenage Shirou Emiya's first experience as a Master for the purposes of further developing his character.

## Story

### Setting

Set in the third week of August of 2008...

## Characters

### Masters

Justinian Ainsworth
The Master of Berserker, he is the young heir of the head of the Ainsworth family and was the one who provided assistance to the three families constructing the Athenian Holy Grail War. With his and his family's help, the Holy Grail War finally started as it should as none of the previous conflicts had the chosen Masters actually summon Servants.
Olga Marie Animusphere
The Master of Rider, she is the second daughter of the current head of the Animusphere family. A student of Lord Sutlynn, she had snuck along with her teacher and his students upon discovering they were heading towards the site of a Holy Grail War. True to her wishes, she was chosen as a Master, much to the incessant worrying of her older sister.
Nicolaos Athanasiou
The Master of Assassin, he is the chosen candidate from the Athanasiou family, one of the three families that created the Athenian Holy Grail War ritual.
Luviagelita Edelfelt
The Master of Lancer, she is the young head of the Edelfelt family and is a classmate of Shirou Emiya as well as a student of Lord Sutlynn. She, along with Shirou, were inadvertently dragged into the Holy Grail War one day when Shirou suddenly manifested Command Spells during class.
Styliani Eleutheriou
The Master of Archer, she is the chosen candidate from the Eleutheriou fanily, one of the three families that created the Athenian Holy Grail War ritual.
Shirou Emiya
The Master of Ruler, he is the up-and-coming heir of the Emiya family. He, along with his classmate Luvia, were inadvertently dragged into the Holy Grail War when Command Spells suddenly appeared of Shirou's hand and his Servant, Ruler, manifested out of thin air.
Ignatius Kyriakos
The Master of Caster, he is the chosen candidate from the Kyriakos family, one of the three families that created the Athenian Holy Grail War ritual.
### Servants

Lancer
Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons.
Archer
Atalanta, the Fleet-Footed Huntress.
Rider
Otrera, the Founder of the Amazons.
Caster
Circe, Witch of Aenaea.
Assassin
Medusa, the Spurned.
Berserker
Peleus, Father of Achiles.
Ruler
Philip II of Macedon, Great Conqueror of Macedon.
### Other Characters

Lord Sutlynn
A Lord of the Clock Tower, he is the homeroom teacher of the class that instructs Anastasiya Animusphere, Olga Marie Animusphere, Luviagelita Edelfelt, and Shirou Emiya. He was sent to Athens to investigate the Athenian Holy Grail War ritual and either participate in or destroy it. His encounter with Anastasiya in Athens was a sheer coincidence as she was there for an assignment he himself had given to her as her graduation exam.
Anastasiya Animusphere
A student of Lord Sutlynn, she was in Greece on a personal assignment and was surprised to find her teacher there. Upon learning of the circumstances of their presence and her sister's selection as a Master, she participates in the conflict in order to protect her sibling.

## Development

*Fate/athína diabolica* first started from a heated discourse between Minato Yatsushiro and several of his alpha readers who suggested to him to create an additional story to further expand on Shirou Emiya's characterization. Vaguely remembering the existence of the Subcategory Holy Grail Wars, Minato decided to create his own to function as the main focus of the story; he also chose to give Luviagelita Edelfelt a spotlight, assigning her the role of deuteragonist and the Master of Lancer.

## References

**Concerning *Fate/athína diabolica*'s Development Plans**

**Yatsushiro**: When I first made this, I didn't know that my idea was already something mentioned in *Fate/Apocrypha*! Can you believe it!? (wwwww) I legitimately thought my idea was something I came up with but turns out it was canon this whole time (wwww)! In any case, there are of course a lot of differences between this version and the version made by Higashide-*sensei*. For instance, the fact that the war was never properly a thing (wwww). Honestly, this story wouldn't have come to be if I didn't decide on whether or not to have a story featuring Shirou-*kun* before *Fate/chaos revival*. I mean, Shirou-*kun* is already Shirou-*san* there, you know (wwww). He's an adult (wwww)! Adult Shirou-*san* is so serious, you know (wwww). I had to write a story about Shirou-*san* before he became Shirou-*san* and that's how this story came to be.