Order 1: Great Holy Grail War

The Holy Grail War, a deadly tournament conducted between seven magi in order to obtain the omnipotent wish-granting device known as the Holy Grail. Started by the three founding families of Tohsaka, Einzbern, and Makiri, the Holy Grail War had been was conducted in Fuyuki where seven Servants and Master pairs would fight and then the last pair to survive would be able to claim the Grail.

Servants are a copy of Heroic Spirits put into seven containers of differing classes. These Heroic Spirits are spirits of humanity's most famous individuals immortalized inside the Throne of Heroes and called forth to participate in this War to have their wish granted by the Grail.

So far, there have been three Holy Grail Wars conducted and the third war ended sixty years ago. It was the night before Nazi Germany invaded Poland, beginning the Second World War. The city of Fuyuki in Japan was holding its third Holy Grail War ritual. Seven Servants and seven Masters, for the sake of their own desires, began a battle royale until only one would be left standing.

But in the course of the war, circumstances occurred which led to the shattering of the Lesser Grail. It was then that that Grail War came to a close, unsettled. The problem was what came after. The Greater Grail, an omnipotent wish-granting device, had been hidden in the caverns of Mount Enzou.

Through a quirk of fate, it was discovered by a magus supporting the Nazis, who then attempted to remove it using military aid. There was hard fighting as the three great families of Einzbern, Makiri, and Tohsaka, as well as the Imperial Army, attempted to thwart this plot, but coming immediately after the end of the Grail War, they were in a weak position and thus defeated. The Greater Grail, forged by the combined labor of all three great families, was plundered by the Nazis.

This battle was written in no texts, recorded on no images, existing not even in the minds of the people. However, it was the indisputable truth that a terrible war between guns and thaumaturgy had taken place. Now, with the Greater Grail in their hands, surely Nazi Germany would be able to rule the world as they saw fit.

Of course, such a future did not arrive. As it was being transported to Germany, the Greater Grail mysteriously disappeared. Perhaps it was stolen back by the Imperial Army, or raided by Soviet forces. In any case, the Greater Grail which could have become the symbol of the Third Reich and realized the dream of world unification, vanished without passing into the hands of any man.

With its caretakers having been dismissed and all individuals related to it being sent onto the fields of battle, even the Nazis did not know the whereabouts of the Greater Grail; to begin with, there was no one left who even knew of its existence. The magus who took part alongside the Nazis, known as 'Yggdmillennia', had disappeared as well.

The Greater Grail disappeared. Like a mist, the dream of the three great families dissolved, and Fuyuki was able to welcome the end of its war in tranquillity. And so the years went by.


It is rare for him to be summoned by the Director so early in the morning. Not that he has any complain since he is used to waking up early for his morning exercise but the Director never called anyone before they all finished breakfast which makes it rather odd, or maybe worrying, when he was summoned just as the sun rises.

The blue haired boy wonder what the Director wanted. He walked through the white halls of Chaldea until he reached a wooden door. He knocked on the door and only entered when an answer came from beyond the door.

Inside, seated behind his desk, is the Director of Chaldea and one of the most well-known figure in the world, and it is not a description used lightly. The Director is dressed in an expensive black suit with gloves on his hands. He has tanned skin and white hair tied in a braid.

There is nobody in the Moonlit World that didn't know his name because the Director of Chaldea is none other than Solomon, the King of Magic and the winner of the First Holy Grail War where he obtains a new life.

Standing beside him to his left is a young woman with long white hair and the Vice-Director of Chaldea as well as the descendant of Solomon's Master in the Grail War. Her name is Olga Marie Animusphere. Her family was formerly a Lord in Clock Tower but after her ancestor won the Grail War and used his wish for 'something else' the Animusphere family left Clock Tower and joined the organization Solomon formed shortly after, Finis Chaldea.

"Director, you called?"

The formally dressed blue haired boy bowed and asked. The Director nodded and projected a comfortable chair using magecraft for the boy to seat on.

The boy's name is Xenovius Alexander Quarta, sixteen years old, and an 'Enforcer' of Chaldea. As a magus, he is quite unusual since although his family history only goes back to five generations, his magic circuits said otherwise which made him scouted and taken in as apprentice by the head 'Enforcer' of Chaldea.

Being an 'Enforcer', Alex guessed that the Director has a mission for him involving leaked secrets and hunting some dangerous individuals. He has no idea how wrong his guess is.

"So Alex, I believe you are wondering why I called you here so early in the morning. We just received a news from Clock Tower not long ago. I'm sure that this might be sudden but do you know about the Fuyuki Holy Grail War?"

Alex looked at the Director, a bit confused. That's an easy question. Practically everyone in Chaldea would knew about that particular subject considering how their organization have quite a strong tie to it.

"Well obviously. Everyone in Chaldea knew. It is basic knowledge for us. But what about it?"

A Holy Grail War is any battle that revolves around an omnipotent Holy Grail which is said to be capable of granting any wish. However, when preceded by 'Fuyuki', any magus knows that it refers to an exceedingly unique conflict in which Heroic Spirits are summoned as Servants to fight each other to the death.

Perhaps due to Association supervision being rather light in this small nation of the East, this Holy Grail War had repeated three times without drawing much attention. It was a poor joke to even suggest that an omnipotent wish-granting device could manifest in some Far East farmland—that was all the recognition the Magus Association gave it… that is until its power was proven in the very first War with the resurrection of Solomon, the King of Magic, and he build up an organization that would equal the Clock Tower in power with him, a resurrected Servant, at its head.

After that, two more Grail War happened with the last one in Fuyuki being the Third Grail War that happened during the Second World War. Due to the intervention of various nations in the midst of that chaotic age, the Holy Grail War of Fuyuki ended in unusual circumstances. At the same time, information on the system behind this Grail War propagated throughout the magi of the world. It was proof of how superior the Holy Grail War ritual constructed by the three great families of Einzbern, Makiri, and Tohsaka was.

Today, variations of the Holy Grail War ritual had been attempted across every continent. Of course, the majority of them are small in scale, with most only capable of summoning five Servants; even were the ritual itself established, it could not proceed to the point where it could grant any wish, let alone pierce a hole to the 'Swirl of Origin' or Akasha, the final destination all Magi aimed to reach.

But why would Solomon mentioned that Holy Grail War? The Greater Grail of Fuyuki had been lost since the conclusion of the Third Grail War and all subsequent Grail Wars that existed are all inferior to the original in scale and utility.

"The Greater Grail was lost sixty years ago and no one had been able to find it. The only reason why you would bring it up is if it has been found but that's impossible, right?"

Alex lightly chuckled. But Solomon and Marie did not look amused. He stare at them for three full seconds until Solomon confirmed for him.

"Funny you should say that. Three months ago, the Association finally found out where it was hidden."

Knowing that the Director is being serious, Alex knew that he will not like where this conversation is going but he straightened his posture and finally got serious.

"So... where is it?"

Alex questioned. Director Solomon then turn to the Vice-Director who answered his Alex's question in his place.

"Romania, in the city of Trifas on the outskirts of Transylvania. We believe it has been installed in the oldest building of the city, the fortress of Millennia."

"And you want me to secure it?"

Both the Director and the Vice-Director nodded.

"Something like that, I suppose—but before that, there is more troubling news. The one who brought this information to us was the elder of the Yggdmillennia clan, Darnic."

" Darnic?"

Olga Marie tapped her tablet PC and showed it to Alex who found himself staring at the face of a middle-aged man with… seaweed hair in his opinion.

" Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia, the elder of the clan of Yggdmillennia, supposedly having lived for over a century. He attained the rank of 'Grand', the highest within the Association, and was a second-class instructor in elemental conversion, but his students had a rather low opinion of him. Rather than education, he exercised his true worth in politics. Factional infighting, power struggles, competitions for budget. He is not really a pleasant magus."

Which says a lot about this man since magus are not pleasant people in general. To have another magus calling this Darnic unpleasant says a lot about his character.

"So Darnic is the problem?"

Knowing him, he likely wanted to involve some sort of transaction regarding the Holy Grail. However, Marie shook her head.

"The problem is not with Darnic, but the entire Yggdmillennia clan."

"What do you mean?"

"The clan owns the fortress of Millennia... and they have elected to secede from the Clock Tower."

"…what?"

Alex asked incredulously.

"It is not known to us how much anguish it had meant for them, but one day, they came forward saying that they would secede from the Association—that they would form a new Association of Magi around their own clan."

Alex is speechless. Clearly stating your defection from the Association is essentially a declaration of war. They might as have thrown their gloves and spat on their faces. In other words, Yggdmillennia had essentially committed suicide by stupidity.

At least, it would be unless they had something exceptional on their hands. Then again... speaking from another perspective, if they did possess something significant, it could be more than enough of an incentive to begin a secession. And considering the topic of their discussion before, Alex have an idea what this incentive is.

"Yes, the Greater Grail of Fuyuki is to be the symbol of their new 'association'. The surviving magus brought this message to us."

"...The surviving magus?"

Marie took her tablet and tapped it again several times. When she gave it to Alex this time, it is now showing him a video recording of a 's eyes narrowed, taking note of the signs of torture seen on the man's body.

"This is the magus who delivered the message. As you can see, he was not in the best condition."

"What's he saying?"

"We of the Yggdmillennia have freed ourselves from the petty political bickering of the Magus Association and aim to establish a new association here in Romania, a true place of inquiry for the pursuits of thaumaturgy. For we possess the 726th Holy Grail, and when it is brought to life with the souls of seven Heroic Spirits, we shall be one step closer on the path to brilliant glory... just that, over and over again."

"You said he's the surviving magus. So there were deaths?"

The Vice-Director did not answer and her expression took a darker turn, so does the Director's.

"How many died?"

"Forty nine. Fifty magi were sent by the Association, only one returned alive."

Alex's eyes widened in disbelief. Fifty magi in the Moonlit World is already a veritable army for the sole purpose of extermination. Yet all of them were killed with only one survivor? Yggdmillennia is not powerful enough to survive, let alone win that battle against fifty magi. But then Alex remembered what they have been talking about.

"Don't tell me…"

Solomon nodded.

"They have managed to summon a Servant."

So that's it. They didn't stand a chance. It would have made no difference whether there had been fifty magi or a hundred. Whoever it was, it had become an existence known as a Heroic Spirit. To someone like that, all modern magi might as well be infants. Solomon had proven it himself.

When he first declared he would establish Chaldea along with Olga Marie's ancestor, of course they were met with opposition by the Association much like Yggdmillennia. And similarly, the Association sent magi, seventy of them, against the duo. Solomon send them all back alive but severely injured without them being able to touch him as well as declaring his name. Such is the power of a Servant that he managed to establish Chaldea with the Association forced to acknowledge him.

"So Director, if the Yggdmillennia have summoned a Servant, doesn't that mean we can just join in as Masters?"

If the Greater Grail has been activated, other magi should be qualified to become Masters as well. The Association can send magi there to summon Servants which can oppose the Yggdmillennia and since the Director is speaking to him about this, so will Chaldea.

"It's too late. They have already assembled seven Masters. The summoning might not have taken place just yet, but the Grail will never brand Command Spells onto any magi we send."

"...So are they planning on killing each other?"

"Perhaps. Or perhaps one of the clan will lead the rest and command the other Servants to commit suicide. Whichever it may be, I have no intention of leaving the Greater Grail in Darninc's hands."

There was a slight pause and Alex sighed.

"So you want me to go out there and stop them? Fine. I'll join you guys. But even with Master and you, fighting seven Servants would be too much, right?

Alex questioned. Although he's a bit reluctant, he knew where this conversation is headed. Luckily for them, Chaldea is not like any other organization. They have two Heroic Spirits in their rank, both are of the highest caliber with one of them being the King of Magic himself. Still, even if they have two Heroic Spirits of the highest caliber, fighting seven other Servants at the same time is extremely unlikely.

The Director grinned and suddenly Alex got a sinking feeling.

"Who said I will go? Or Saber for that matter. You're on your own for this mission."

"…eh?"

"There is a reserve system in the Grail. Depending on the situation, the Greater Grail could support the Holy Grail War by once again distributing Command Spells. It was an auxiliary prepared as a countermeasure for the highly unlikely situation of all seven Servants joining forces. So basically, the Grail allows the summoning another seven Servants to oppose the original seven Servants. The land of Trifas is positioned on the best leylines of Romania to begin with. Quite likely, it has been stockpiling prana at a higher speed than Fuyuki, to the point that it now possesses an inexhaustible amount of prana with which it can summon even fourteen Servants."

In other words…

"So your mission, Xenovius Alexander Quarta, is to join the alliance of seven other Masters to defeat the Yggdmillennia Masters."


Xenovius wondered why did he accept this suicidal mission. Then again, an order is an order. He is also one of the most promising Enforcer in Chaldea being the apprentice of the only other Heroic Spirit that served Chaldea apart from the Director himself.

At least he's not doing this alone. He heard that the Magus Association had already assembled a team of magi for this and part of said team is a certain mercenary named Kairi Sisigou who was recruited as the last member alongside himself. Now it's time for him to summon his Servant. Solomon had provided him with a catalyst which is actually a keepsake from the Second Fuyuki Grail War where his master fought.

According to his master, this catalyst correspond to a particularly strong Servant from the Second Grail War that he fought. Considering that his master is an extremely strong Saber-class Servant back in the Second Grail War, this Servant must also be something. This particular Servant was summoned as a Lancer back then, according to Solomon.

"Let's get this started."

Alex breathe out as he extend his hand over the magic circle drawn on the floor. Behind him are Solomon and Olga Marie who are supervising his summoning. Once the clock struck twelve, Alex began chanting.

"Let silver and steel be the essence

Let Stone and the Archduke of contracts be the foundation

Let red be the color I pay tribute to

Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall

Let the four cardinal gates close

Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate"

He chanted with his magic circuits fully activated and the summoning circle began to glow brightly, letting out an incredible amount of power.

"Let it be filled. Again. Again. Again. Again.

Let it be filled fivefold for every turn, simply breaking asunder with every filling.

Let it be declared now; your flesh shall serve under me, and my fate shall be with your sword

Submit to the beckoning of the Holy Grail

Answer, if you would submit to this will and this truth.

An oath shall be sworn here

I shall attain all virtues of all Heaven

I shall have dominion over all evils of all Hell

From the Seventh Heaven attended to by three great words of power

Come forth from the ring of restraint, protector of the holy balance!"

As he finish his chant, the whole room was engulfed in blinding light. Solomon and Olga Marie watch in satisfaction as the light died down and a woman appear in the middle of the magic circle. She has long and silky silver hair and she wore what appear to be a black sailor uniform with pieces of blue armors covering some part of her body. She also wields a large blue spear in her hand.

"I am Servant Rider, Brunhilde. I ask of you, are you my Master?"


I have been saving this idea for some time after watching Apocrypha but I only pulled this out now since Apocrypha ended and one of my Fate x DxD crossover did not work. So I pull this out of my ass to fix that. This story will start in Nasuverse, in Fate Apocrypha to be precise, and then move on to DxD where the story truly began and where we will find the reason why Solomon is around and taking a direct approach instead of being Romani. Let's say Clairvoyance showed him something.

Originally, the OC I planned to use is my 'Noire' series OC here but since he didn't work out… much, I decided to use a genderbent Xenovia for this. So Xenovius A Quarta is basically a genderbent Nasuverse version of Xenovia and of course, Xenovius will meet Xenovia in the future after the conclusion of this Grail War. Now, if you have guessed, Xenovius indeed possess Xenovia's signature weapon but like Xenovia, he had not mastered it. I also intend to pull a Shirou/Archer kind of relation for Xenovius and Xenovia.

Originally, I wanted to have Atalanta as the protagonist's Servant and he will replace Atalanta's original Master but I decided to use Brunhilde instead and replace Achilles. I put Brunhilde as Rider here because I don't want to make her a Lancer and replace Karna. The only other class I can think of for Brunhilde is Rider with a slightly modified NP so I decided to pull this off. Due to this, I decided to change possibly 2 other Servants for the Red faction. Maybe replace Atalanta with Heracles as Archer or have Heracles as Berserker and Atalanta as Archer.

Now, I don't want to answer possible questions in this chapter but PM me if anyone want to ask something or wait for the next chapter. I'm sure everyone want to ask at least about this version of Chaldea that I pull out of my ass.