Great Holy Grail War (Tokyo)

The **Great Tokyo Holy Grail War** (東京聖杯大戦, *Tōkyō Seihai Taisen*?), more commonly referred to as **Great Holy Grail War**, is the Holy Grail War of *Fate/chaos revival*. It is a conflict that results from the weird, if not outlandish, conclusion of the Second Holy Grail War. It takes place in Sighișoara, a city of great historic importance in the historical region of Transylvania in Romania.

## History

In the closing stages of the Second Holy Grail War, Beast was resurrected by the actions of the previous "winner" of the First Holy Grail War, Manaka Sajyou, but Ayaka Sajyou and her two Sabers as well as three other Servants, faced it in a difficult battle. The conclusion of the battle remains largely shrouded in mystery, however, magi surveying the aftermath judged that it could be safely assumed that the Beast-class Servant had ceased existing and both Master and Servant have disappeared without a trace.

Eight years following the conflict, Ayaka Sajyou reappears and is captured by the Clock Tower to face judgment for being a vampire. However, she is spared from death by Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg who testified that the rogue magus, Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia, had stolen the Holy Grail from Ayaka, who was safeguarding it. At his suggestion, Ayaka was released and was monitored by Kischur himself until another eight years pass by.

In 2015, the Yggdmillennia clan publicly announce their possession of the Holy Grail and Ayaka is sent as the leader of the faction led by the Mage's Association to wage war against Yggdmillennia. Due to the majority of the Servants being on the same side, a failsafe in the Holy Grail was triggered allowing the Mage's Association to call upon Servants of their own. Assembling a team of seven Masters, they set out to the battlefield of Sighișoara.

## Procedure

The procedure for the Great Tokyo Holy Grail War is the same as in its parent system of the Tokyo Holy Grail Wars, making use of the reserve system set up within the Greater Grail. Upon the defeat of Manaka Sajyou and the Beast-class Servant, the magical energy used to summon that Servant rebounded back into the Holy Grail so that when Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia stole the Greater Grail from Ayaka Sajyou in 2007, it took only another eight years for the extremely prolific leylines of Sighișoara to provide the rest of the magical energy, leading to an astronomical amount.

As proof of its abnormality, the Great Tokyo Holy Grail War summons a total of fourteen Servants who are bound to fourteen Masters. This composition makes for a very different battle than its parent system. Rather than each Servant having to form separate strategies with their Masters, Servants can team up so that those like Berserker, Assassin, and Caster that would normally have difficulty surviving in single combat can display their full potential.

The fourteen Servants are evenly divided between two factions with seven each and this schism is further exacerbated by the fact that the Holy Chalice is in the possession of the Yggdmillennia clan who forms the majority of the Twilight Faction. Due to the influences made by both Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia and Lancer of Twilight, the Master Degrees of the Twilight Faction follows a demonic hierarchy as opposed to the Daybreak Faction that uses the original angelic hierarchy.

Due to the unprecedentedness of the Great Tokyo Holy Grail War, the Holy Grail sees it as an abnormal encroachment on its authority. The status of an impartial overseer is only outside interference, so it disregards whether they exist or not and instead uses its own logic to call upon a Servant to act as Ruler of the Holy Grail War. This Ruler-class Servant does not serve one side or the other but protects the very concept of the Holy Grail War. Both factions agreed that the monsters (i.e. the Servants) summoned would be too much to ignore so they took the appearance of Ruler for granted.

## Notes

1. ↑ This rank applies only to the Second Holy Grail War.
2. ↑ This rank applies only to the Second Holy Grail War

## References

1. ↑ *Fate/chaos revival* Volume 1, Chapter 1