Fate/Red Winter

[GreenGoat]

The Grail Wars.

A bloody battlefield that oft spread out to include the innocent and yet was never known to exist by the general public. It was a bloody ritual sacrificed disguised as a mass ritual to summon heroes of ages past and future, bound as Servants to Masters, put in 7 different Vessels, all for the chance of being granted a wish by the omnipotent Holy Grail.

Once again, a new Holy Grail had been awakened, and summons champions to seek out its blessings. It was quite unfortunately timed however, that it coincided during a Magi civil war just barely kept secret from the public. The Church, as always stood by, but there were rumours they were trying to shift the war from the shadows.

Now with the start of the Grail War, the all three of the Magi factions went into a frenzy, each one trying to secure a leyline near a far off city of Chernyy Ushchel'ye in the middle of Russia where the next Grail War will begin.

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So by now, you'd probably realize this is an rp about the Grail Wars. As mentioned in the info, there will be 7 pairs of Masters and Servants each vying for the Grail for whatever reasons. Masters who lost their servants can still participate, if they manage to contract another servant, but servants who loses their masters will often just disappear, unless they somehow manages to hold on until another master forms a contract with them.

This will start just before the Grail War, when the summoning begins for the servants.

People unfamiliar with the series are welcome, and I'd be happy to help you with any questions you might have.

Servant notes

Servants are often Heroes of ages past, or at least a figure with some renown. Depending on their legend, they are then fitted into one of the 7 Vessels, the rule being only one of each vessel may be present at one time in the Grail War. The Vessels are Saber,Lancer, Archer, Rider, Caster, Berserker, and Assassin. Each of them will receive a trump card, as a Manifestation of their legends. Some are more recognizable than others.

For instance, Excalibur is one of the more famous swords, leading to it being easily recognizable. Knowing a Servant's identity can mean between life and death, since their other attributes like their weaknesses are revealed. More indepth info on Servants here.

Master notes

Masters are usually magi, people with a sizeable amount of Magic Circuits in their body to generate prana. Normal people usually has a very small amount of Magic Circuits or none at all. Usually magi would cultivate magic circuits through their generations, so magi family with a long history may produce offsprings with more magic circuits consistently.

All Masters in the Grail War will receive Command Seals, a sigil made out of three parts typically located on the back of their hand, to command their servants with.

Note however, that normal people may suddenly mutate a large amount of magic circuits, despite not being from a magi background at all. Also note, some servants drain a lot of prana from their masters, which could cause death should the servant be unable or unwilling to control its prana consumption. More in depth info on Masters here.

So, any takers?

[ClocktowerEchos]

hmm... Put me down as interested. Will we be choosing servants or is it random pick?

[GreenGoat]

Random. Everyone will be making both a Master and a Servant, so we don't run out of either, and so its easier for me to make a pair without anyone being Masterless/Servantless.

[dndragons]

Interested, but just so you know I haven't forum rps much before. I was an avid post by post rper and pathfinder/dnd player and have had a little experience here but not as much as I would like yet. Are you expecting casual/high casual for this? And how often do you want posts?

[GreenGoat]

Casual. I don't expect a whole page of words, but I do expect coherent posts with meaningful content rather than just describing the cracks in the walls for three paragraphs. One liners are just bad.

Once per day should be a reasonable enough pace, I'd wager.

[dndragons]

Alright then. Thanks for the info, count me interested.