"Long has there been the desire to tap into the Throne for use of its powers, of the familiar manifestations of the Heroic Spirits of ages gone by...yet we never expected such power to seek us out instead. Even if it was only for a fraction of a second so immeasurably small, an even smaller line in the sand was drawn dividing us from something...otherworldly. The incarnation of evil itself is at the door, peering in and gnashing its teeth in undulating desire to consume. To Connect. To Shatter as it has always done. Right now, the Holy Grail all Magus have sought after has manifested and sealed itself off in fear of this...beast. We've no means to defend ourselves, save for our final Countermeasure. And so, we plead to the Throne. Beg of it to spare us. And...it listened. A War wages for the Crown of Heroes, and here we have received the ephemeral shards of power that allow mere men and magus alike to stand against the impossible. Here...is where we stand, or we fall." -Director of the Muninn Anti-Servant Foundation, Matias Ansgar
In a world without a ritual to call forth the Christened Cup filled with Humanity's wishes and the blood of the truest saint, a corrupt force from beyond attempts to seize it for itself. To fill it with itself, and to plunge a new world into Staying Night forever with a single wish. Dirtied and drenched in the essence of something far darker than a devil, being known as Corrupted Servants have made their existence known to the hidden world of Magi. Kidnappings, murders, occult worship, crime rates spiking through the roof in the Japanese Port City of Junyo have made despair and madness fester in the city, only feeding these Servants of another world.
Now however, there stand the Masters; Humans who have by some form of luck, irony, or destiny come to possess the very same power these Heroic Spirits possess, harnessing them in the shadows of society to either right the wrongs dealt by Corrupted Servants, or just for their own personal gain. All have been observed by Muninn, and all have received invitation to their Organization, tasked with seeking out the source of the tear in Junyo, and putting an end to these Supernatural occurrences before the world comes to know of Magi and their craft.
Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Assassin, Caster, Berserker, and Shielder; Whether the Masters who command the power of the cards succeed or fail will decide the fate of Junyo, and largely, the world. Even without a Holy Grail, we have a way. And we will cut our way through it.
Now however, there stand the Masters; Humans who have by some form of luck, irony, or destiny come to possess the very same power these Heroic Spirits possess, harnessing them in the shadows of society to either right the wrongs dealt by Corrupted Servants, or just for their own personal gain. All have been observed by Muninn, and all have received invitation to their Organization, tasked with seeking out the source of the tear in Junyo, and putting an end to these Supernatural occurrences before the world comes to know of Magi and their craft.
Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Assassin, Caster, Berserker, and Shielder; Whether the Masters who command the power of the cards succeed or fail will decide the fate of Junyo, and largely, the world. Even without a Holy Grail, we have a way. And we will cut our way through it.