Subcategory Holy Grail War

**Subcategory Holy Grail Wars** (亜種聖杯戦争, *Ashu Seihai Sensō*?, localized as *Subspecific Holy Grail War*) are derivative, smaller Holy Grail Wars based upon the wide dissemination of the inner mechanics of the Fuyuki Holy Grail War to the world of magi.

This occurs mainly in the universe of *Fate/Apocrypha* (and by extension, the universe of *Fate/chaos divergence*) whereupon Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia's theft of the Holy Grail resulted in him widely spreading the necessary information about the construction of the ritual to magi around the world. This eventually resulted in numerous attempts at recreating it, none of which are actually perfect.

In the universe of *Fate/strange Fake*, Francesca Prelati plans to spread such rituals throughout the world in the hopes that, by repeating the ritual thousands, or even tens of thousands of times, until the human race went extinct, simple trial and error and pure chance might eventually get her to achieve her wish of the elimination of Magic through the advancement of human technology.

## Origin

Each of the Subcategory Holy Grail Wars have different origins but they all focus on bringing about a wish through the machinations of the Holy Grail.

For example, in the Labyrinth Holy Grail War, the Subcategory Holy Grail War of *Fate/Labyrinth*, the Holy Grail that was used was an imitation Grail that was installed at the bottom of the Seventh Labyrinth of Caubac Alcatraz by Wolfgang Faustus who wanted to use it to get the Spiritual Cores of the Servants and Ascend to become an Elemental.

Another example is the Athenian Holy Grail War, the Subcategory Holy Grail War of *Fate/athína diabolica*, the Holy Grail was such a subpar creation that the Saber-class of Servants was eliminated entirely and instead replaced with the extra class of Ruler. Refer to its dedicated page for further information.

## Procedure

Each of the Subcategory Holy Grail Wars have different procedures and as such have no predefined notions of structure as well as various rules unique to each ritual. The only commonality they all share is the notion of the summoning of Servants, the necessity of Masters and the use of Command Spells.

For example, in the Labyrinth Holy Grail War, the setup of the Holy Grail War is very similar to a dungeon quest from an RPG video game. In this Grail War, up to 5 Servants are summoned by the Subcategory Holy Grail. There are no Lancer or Rider class Servants and Servants don't have to have masters, but can be summoned by one if required. The goal of these Servants is to reach the Holy Grail at the center of the bottom-most floor of the Seventh Labyrinth of Caubac Alcatraz. Along the way, these Servants have to battle their way against various monsters e.g. Golems, Man-eating Fairies, etc., as well as the various bosses at the end of each floor e.g., Dragon Golem. The monsters themselves can also be used to create food to allow the Servants to restore their Magical Energy.

Various traps and Mystic Codes are also found within the Labyrinth as well. The various Mystic Codes can be found from the monsters or from chests in the various rooms of the Labyrinth. Upon, reaching the Grail, they can have one wish granted in theory.

For the procedure of the Athenian Holy Grail War, refer to its page.

## Supervision

Supervision in the Subcategory Holy Grail Wars are normally dependent on each Holy Grail War. However, they are normally supervised by either the Holy Church or the Mage's Association.

In the Labyrinth Holy Grail War, supervision of the ritual was left primarily to Wolfgang Faustus, the creator of the Labyrinth Holy Grail War. However, upon receiving word of the unofficial Holy Grail War in the Labyrinth and the missing investigators, the Mage's Association sent Lord El-Melloi II and his assistant, Gray, to investigate.

In the Athenian Holy Grail War, supervision is left to the so-called "Three Families" of Greece...

## Wars

**Refer to the canon page for canon Subcategory Holy Grail Wars.**

## Participants

**Refer to the canon page for canon participants of Subcategory Holy Grail Wars.**

### Athenian Holy Grail War

*Main Article: Athenian Holy Grail War#Participants*