#artoria x bedivere

[itsupermanti]

Shipping Servants

Artoria Lancer(walking up to Bedivere): Hello Bedivere.

Bedivere(smiling at the King of Knights): Ah, hello my King!

Gudako(smirking in amusement): Oh they f^#%ing.

Mash(confused): Huh? They’re just saying hi to each other.

Artoria(taking a seat next to Bedivere): How are you today?

Bedivere(sheepishly scratching his cheek): I’m doing well, how about you?

Gudako(smiling broadly): Oh they f^#%ing! Look at them sparks!

Mash(still confused): They’re just talking to each other?

Artoria(gazing into Bedivere’s eyes): Bedivere, there is no one I trust more than you.

Bedivere(smiling as he takes Artoria’s hand): I’m glad to hear it my King. You’re a very important person to me.

Mash(eyes wide in shock): Oh they f^#%ing…

Gudako(a maniac look on her face): OH THEY F^#%ING!!!

[itsupermanti]

???(placing a hand on Yang’s shoulder): OUT OF THE WAY!!!

Yang(as she gets forcibly shoved aside): GAH!!!

Jaune(eyes wide at the green-eyed, blonde-haired woman dressed in blue and white standing before them and a man with pale blond hair and a silver prosthetic right hand steps in behind her): Mom?! Dad?!

Jaune(as his mom looks Ruby over): What are you doing here?! HOW did you get here?!

Artoria(shushing her son): Never-mind that.

Bedivere(sweat-dropping at his son as Yang sits up with a groan): Your mother “commandeered” an airship as soon as she “sensed” that your girlfriend was pregnant and flew us over here.

Bedivere(as his wife holds Ruby face and inspects her): Don’t ask how she knew, because I honestly don’t know either…

Bedivere(turning to his son): You screaming out your window like a lunatic certainly helped her find you faster.

Jaune(looking sheepish as Yang stumbles towards them with swirls in her eyes): Sorry, I was just really excited…

Ruby(sheepishly): Um, Mrs. Arc?

Ruby(as Artoria continues to hold her face and turn it): Can you let go of my face?

Artoria(smiling as she lets go of Ruby’s face): Oh none of that “Mrs. Arc” business dear, simply call me “Mom”.

Ruby(blushing): O-okay, mom…

Artoria(smiling as she hugs Ruby): Oh I can just tell that my grandbabies are gonna be adorable!

Artoria(turning to face Jaune as he helps the concussed Yang sit down on the couch): But first…

Jaune(turning as he feels his mother’s gaze on him): Huh?

Artoria(holding up Ruby’s right hand): Why is there no ring on her finger?

Ruby: 😄 HAPPY FATHER'S DAY JAUNE!

Jaune: But I'm not a Da-

Ruby shows the positive pregnancy test

Ruby: 😏 Think again.

[howi99]

A saint in Beacon Extra

Jaune: *deadpan, looking straight at the new professor and his assistant* ... That's aunt Viviane and Merlin with a fake moustache.

Jeanne: *laughing* Nonsense! Mom wouldn't send her advisor and her sister here just to make sure we are... Ok yeah, his moustaches just feel on the ground. But why? We already have Glynda here!

Jaune: *sigh* For Aunty it's probably because of me. I am her apprentice after all. But him? I have no idea.

Jeanne: ...

Jaune: ...

Jeanne: He totally left in the middle of a job and came here to avoid the consequences.

Jaune: *nod* Most likely, yes.

Meanwhile

Artoria: *breaking the dining table with her fist* MEEEERLIIIIN!!! YOU FLOWERY SON OF A BITCH!!!

Mordred: *in her father's arms* Please tell me he didn't leave without a trace AGAIN?!

Bedivere: *shaking in his boots, nodding with fear* All he left was a letter saying he was now working for Ozpin. And so did Viv. *Gulp seeing his wife taking her lance, running outside* I fear for both their lives.

[dreamypalette]

unable to stay, unwilling to leave

[zeravmeta]

Top 5 Fate blorbos NOT including Limbo.

this one made me laugh bc like, yeah limbo is my special little princess but also he is one of my many special little princesses, like i love limbo but im not The Limbo Guy, if that makes sense (i have many guys)

That said there are simply too many fate blorbos i have and no easy way to list them in a perfectly objective top 5, so I shall do something fun instead, listing them in tiers. As expected, the list expands as it goes on (not every servant listed obvs)

5. Characters who I am passively aware of. This is for characters who are somewhat relevant enough for me to like. think about

Gilles Saber, Caesar, Paris Hektor, Circe, Lu Bu, Spartacus, Eric Bloodaxe

4. Characters who I have a light inclination towards. Maybe they were useful for farming or I read their profiles and was satisfied

Jason, Billy The Kid, Oda Nobukatsu, , Tristan, William Tell, Medusa Lily, Janta Lily, Tawaru, Achilles, Wu Zetian, Cleopatra, Darius III, Kiyohime

3. Characters who I just like. I look at them and go "its the guy :)"

Senji Muramasa, Fergus, Robin Hood, Leonidas, Enkidu, Nezha, Anne-Bonny & Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, Red Hare, Scheherazade, Anastasia, Kyokutei Bakin, Charles-Henri Sanson, Assassin Emiya/Kerry, Ushiwakamaru, Gray, Huyan Zhuo, Penthesilea, Kijyo Koyo, Asterios

2. Characters who I love. This one is a substantial jump upwards in quality and they only have like 1-2 things missing (to me) that prevent them from being numero uno

Altera, Bedivere, Okita, Beni Enma, Sigurd, Saito Hajime, Artemis-Orion, Emiya, Atalante, Baobhan Sith, Cu Chulainn, Romulus (and Quirinus), Caenis, Vritra, Melusine, Boudica, Marie Antionette, Mandricardo, Habetrot, Dobrynya Nikitich, Hans Christian Andersen, Mata Hari, Charlotte Corday, Katou Danzo, Koyanskaya of the Light, Tezcatlipoca, Sen no Rikyu, Kriemhild, Koyanskaya of Darkness

My special little princesses. Play this song while reading

Mash Kyrielight number one forever, saber classes artoria pendragon nero claudius siegfried void shiki miyamoto musashi ibuki douji barghest archer classes david arjuna oda nobunaga artoria pendragon archer swimsuit james moriarty tomoe gozen calamity jane nightingale santa sei shounagon zenobia lancer class scathach artoria pendragon lancer artoria pendragon lancer alter brynhildr tamamo no mae lancer minamoto no raikou lancer swimsuit ereshikigal elizabeth bathory rider class medusa francis drake artoria pendragon santa alter astolfo sakata kintoki rider quetzalcoatl artoria pendragon rider alter swimsuit leonardo da vinci rider murasaki shikubu rider swimsuit caster class mephistopheles cu chulainn caster tamamo no mae nursery rhyme helena blavatsky xuanzang sazang nero claudius swimsuit nitocris leonardo da vinci shuten douji caster ascelpius chen gong artoria caster assassin class phantom of the opera jack the ripper mysterious heroine x ryougi shiki assassin shuten douji scathach assassin first hassan nitocris assassin osakabehime okada izo yu mei-ren kama berserker class sakata kintoki vlad III caligula tamamo cat nightingale cu chulainn alter minamoto no raikou mysterious heroine x alter hijikata toshizo atalante alter jeanne d'arc alter berserker swimsuit xiang yu arjuna alter mori nagayoshi salome miyamoto musashi swimsuit brynhildr swimsuit morgan sei shounagon swimsuit ibuki douji swimsuit ruler class jeanne d'arc saint martha swimsuit sherlock holmes qin shi huang quetzalcoatl samba santa artoria pendragon swimsuit ruler himiko leonardo da vinci swimsuit james moriarty lily iyo avenger class edmond dantes jeanne d'arc alter angra mainyu gorgon antonio salieri demon king oda nobunaga space ishtar kama avenger swimsuit nitocris alter alter ego class meltryllis passionlip sessyoin kiara okita souji alter ashiya douman xu fu larva tiamat mooncancer class bb bb summer sessyoin kiara swimsuit archetype earth foreigner class abigail williams katsushika hokusai mysterious heroine xx voyager van gogh mysterious idol x alter kukulkan pretender class oberon beast class draco nero

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

Lmao that’s just the devs being evil

Karna-216

Diarmuid lancer-144

David-144

Heracles-180

Proto cú-144

Cú chulainn-144

Kagetora-108

Elizabeth bathory (brave)-108

Koyanskaya dark-30

Mysterious ranmaru x-24

Mash-15

Mhxx-24

Dantes-30

Gawain-30

Kid gil-24

Mhx-36

Alexander-168

Huang feihu-132

Charlemagne-44

Jason-55

Valkyrie-132

Lancer raikou-132

Proto Arthur-161

Touta-110

Yagyu-132

Iskander-161

Edison-132

Brynhild-44

Hektor-110

Spartacus-55

Asterios-55

Arash-55

Gilgamesh-161

Siegfried-36

Artoria-161

Yaminami keisuke-126

Roland-126

Constantine xi-154

Trung sisters-154

Lancer ryoma-154

Zenobia-126

Percival-126

Tsuna-126

Hajime-126

Saber tomoe-126

Super orion-154

Saber astolfo-154

Berserker musashi-154

Gareth-80

Mori-105

Lakshmi bai-126

Miyu edelfelt-126

Bradamante-154

Prince of lan ling-126

Diarmuid ua duibhne(saber)-126

Napoleon-154

Achilles-154

Hijikata-154

Bedivere-105

Vlad iii (extra)-126

Caster gil-126

Musashi saber-154

Emiya assassin-126

Geronimo-105

Beowulf-126

Arjuna-154

Fergus-105

Kintoki-154

Sasaki-53

Ushiwakamaru-105

Georgios-80

Emiya-126

D’eon-126

Saber gilles-105

Caesar-105

Artoria lily-126

Hephaestion-32

Anra mainiiu-40

Jalter-10

This is just for regular ascension+skills, btw. There’s a good chunk of servants who also want proofs for their append skills as well

So I got the oh so rare rainbow ticket summon and

@hasarjunadoneanythingwrong I 1000% blame you for this

[cringechy]

Rabbit's favorite food

[killingdoll]

Round Table via Picrew

Bedivere and Tristan

Gawain and Lancelot (Saber)

Galahad and Lancelot (Berserker)

Artoria and Arthur

Mordred and Agravain

[yee-art]

wahoo more FGO art I forgot to post in last couple months

[millicent-dagworth]

Okay, but how would the round table peeps react? Especially since Arthur and Jekyll/Hyde used to be enemies?

(I’m guessing you mean from the London Singularity when the Artoria Alter was created? I haven’t seen a lot of the other series, but I am slowly going through them) All joking aside, I figure that they would all have a variety of reactions.

Mash: Would be extremely happy to see how happy they are together. And silently relieved that Hyde is not as... Destructive and stab happy

Lancelot: Honestly? Probably wouldn’t give it much thought other than “How did Mordred, the kid who stabs all her meat to eat it, get into a relationship better than mine”. Though he would be happy for her in the end

Tristan: Wax woeful songs about how he won’t ever find love again or how his love life is doomed to fail while saying something about how they’re so good together. Mordred is simultaneously warmed by how he sees their relationship while annoyed at him for the “Woe is Me” shit

Bedivere: More curious on how they got together than anything. Once he’s told, he gives Mordred wishes for a good relationship

Gawain: Kind of over protective in a way? I’ve always seen their relationship as an older brother and younger sister so he is very suspicious of Hyde’s intentions. Jekyll assures him that they both want her to be happy and safe. (Mordred does find out eventually and is kind of pissed he’d do that) 

Arthur: He would be happy for them and give them his blessing while wondering how his son would meet someone like Jekyll/Hyde. Which again, pisses Mordred off. 

Artoria: Much like Gawain, is a bit over protective over Mordred. With them, I’ve always thought that their relationship would start to be better once summoned to Chaldea. Unlike Gawain, she’s a lot more sneaky about her investigations. She wouldn’t want to risk damaging the relationship they built by seeming like a helicopter parent. In the end though, she is very happy to see them in a healthy, happy relationship. And secretly vows to run Jekyll/Hyde through if they hurt her in any way

[fate-inspiration]

I'm not very active on Tumblr right now, so I'm only seeing your post now! AAAAAh

thank you so much for responding with a little story and it was quite moving to see everyone torn apart by the cruel event.

Alter seems to be taking her lumps in all of this already, so even though she won't replace Arturia, she'll still be a little band-aid at first, right? X3

I admit I don't like Arturia's gluttony in general. But then again, Type Moon didn't ask for our opinion ^^'

You're still a great writer, thanks a lot for this personalized answer!

I would like to test your imagination, Akampana.

In your chaldaea, you have Arturia with all her harem.

- What would happen if Arturia were to disappear to save the Master?

- What would happen if Arturia Alter was summoned soon after?

To me, Arturia Alter is a form of protection for Arturia the original. If she appears, it is because Arturia is no longer able to fulfill the role she has given herself. She can no longer live for her ideal. Her light went out shortly after she disappeared. Alter is just there to make sure that Arturia's legacy doesn't disappear, that no one hurts her, to prevent anyone from tarnishing that ideal and it doesn't matter if she has to go against that ideal. She is the opposite and all who look at her see the beauty of the light that has been lost, just to remind them that the sacrifice of Aturia was a terrible loss.

To me, Alter loves Arturia and seeks to protect her from those who try to harm her. If they were face to face, they would disagree with each other...but Alter would keep a low profile and make sure no one tries to hurt her. Like a twin sister whose character is simply opposite.

In FSN, Alter was forced to appear because of corruption, but this should never have happened. So she obeyed the orders she was given, already because she had to, but in the end, because she wanted to protect Sakura because she felt the young woman's distress and since Arturia could no longer assume her role, she tried to replace her.

I personalize Alter's intentions a lot, but by doing so, Alter is a meaningful character for me and not just a king who has lost his ideals.

If Arturia were to disappear, Alter would answer the call of the summons to replace her, just until Arturia returns. When the king returns, then everyone will appreciate the beauty of her light and Alter will fade away so as not to tarnish it. She will not disappear, not as long as the Master needs her, but she will make sure to fade away and wait for the time when she is no longer needed.

-Fate Inspiration

(I must admit I love Arturia Alter, so forgive me for this personalized question.)

(@fate-inspiration in that case, I hope you'll forgive me too, for such a personalized answer hahahaha!)

Featuring the Harem, Ritsuka, and Saber Alter

4.6k~ words. hurt/comfort, angst

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“What the hell do you mean, ‘she’s gone’?” the mad king grunted, eyes hollow and voice as low as thunder.

Ritsuka whimpered like she’d been shot through the chest, tears welling up in her large yellow eyes. Their strong master folded in on herself, the girl’s chattering knees no longer able to hold herself up.

But it was not fear that made humanity’s savior sink to the floor. It was not fear that made her grip onto Diarmuid for support as he caught her. It was not fear that made her cry into Cú’s shoulder when he knelt to her level.

It was grief.

“What the hell do you mean, ‘she’s gone’?” Alter echoed, because he was the only one able.

No words came to the lips of the outspoken pharaoh, who stared blankly into space as his back hit the cold wall and he slumped to the floor. He’d forgotten he was a god-king, a ruler meant to be above all else, for now he sat on the level of dogs, and he felt no disgust.

No words came to the handsome French knight, whose sword clattered to the ground beside him as his armored knees clanged against the floor. He lurched forward, bracing himself on his hands like an animal as tears began to well in his eyes.

No words escaped his loyal comrade, who choked on his grief as saltwater streamed down his face freely. He said nothing, only stood there with the pain in his heart weighing down his shoulders.

No words came to the Nameless one, who turned and left without any destination in mind. Anywhere but here, he wanted to be. Anywhere but here.

And no words came to Gilgamesh, who stood in quiet agony, his tongue burning with the need to laugh, to cry, to rage into the stormy gray nothingness outside. Every inch of his skin felt like it was on fire, smoldering for her touch, blazing to feel the locks of her hair as it slipped through his fingers, and above all, aching because he knew that was no longer possible.

Twice, it was a Holy Grail War that brought them just close enough to touch before forcing them apart. Then, by fate, she was once again in his life, this time long enough for him to love her, to cherish her, but only just. When he left, humanity saved, her kiss was the last he felt. It was supposed to be a bittersweet goodbye. A memory for him to cherish as Gilgamesh returned to drift in the Throne.

He shouldn’t have been summoned again.

“In—In Chaldea,” Ritsuka sputtered through hot tears as Mash joined the two Irish knights in their embrace. “In Chaldea, she…she tried to help Da Vinci and I escape, but—but—”

Then Cú Alter too was brought to his knees, his tail shaking in agitation as he begged their Master to continue. Diarmuid couldn’t say anything to calm him, and neither could his blue-haired other self, for both were just as distressed, barely able to keep their wits about them as they awaited Master’s explanation.

“He got her. He got her card, he—” Ritsuka cut off, digging in her skirt pocket before shakily pulling out what was left of the proof of Arturia’s Spirit Origin. It was nothing but a ripped, rumpled pathetic scrap, the only evidence it had ever belonged to her being the shade of blue engraved into its surface.

The mad dog scooped up what was left of the card and unfolded it carefully. It didn’t even come up to half. None of them could see her face, the section cleanly sliced off with a blade.

Someone else left the room. The rest didn’t even know who. They couldn't be bothered to focus on anything but the Spirit Origin of their Arturia lying in tatters, together with every memory she made with them in Chaldea. It was all gone. All gone.

“Who?” Diarmuid asked, his tone deceptively calm. If any of them bothered to look, they would have seen his sclera darken as his glamour fell. They would have seen his tears run black and his teeth grow sharp in rage. “Who got her?” the knight asked, revenge gripping his thrice broken heart.

Ritsuka wailed into Mash’s shoulder, hiding her shame in her teary-eyed Shielder, no longer able to continue. His hands now empty, the Child of Light met Diarmuid’s eyes, mirroring the rage within them with a bloodlust of his own. Master had to give them an answer, else their anger would find another place to let itself out.

Mash answered in her Master’s stead, holding Ritsuka steady as she rubbed circles into the ginger’s back.

“It was a priest, he called himself…Arturia…Arturia called him Kirei. K-Koto—”

Red locked with red. For once, the Lancer and the Archer’s thoughts aligned, and both were thoughts of blood.

“Kotomine Kirei,” they said simultaneously, the syllables spat out like they were filth; filth that deserved to be churned into pieces and incinerated with hellfire till not even ash remained.

Cú could already see it, the mocking face of the one who killed his first ever Master, the one who forced him into service. He could see that damn priest and that damn grin and that damn bloody aura laughing at him like a crazed hyena, taunting him; reminding him that he was nothing but a tool meant to follow orders. He remembered that despicable room beneath the church, those poor orphans. He could see Kirei’s dark silhouette, laughing as this time there was nothing Cú could have done to spare Saber because he wasn’t there, not this time.

Sirens began to blare as the room charged with mana, but both Master and Mash knew there was nothing that could be done. So they could only watch, as the blue beast charged, up off the ground and straight into the one other Servant in the room who knew that sadistic priest.

“You said he was dead!” screamed the spearman, baring his fangs like a feral hound as he tackled the blonde king to the ground. One of his hands was at Gilgamesh’s throat, nails digging painfully into the skin by his jugular. His other was a fist. And every second, his knuckles came back bloodier, every second, the king saw red and more red, but Gilgamesh didn’t stop him. Gilgamesh didn’t do anything at all.

“You both went to Fuyuki to check, you both checked the fucking records, I know you fucking did—”

Something, someone ripped the blue beast off of the king, groaning as Cú elbowed his way out of the hold and back to gripping Gilgamesh’s collar. They slammed against the wall, each ruby-eyed Servant with equally crossed eyebrows and snarling lips.

Suddenly, both the remaining Knights of the Round Table were faced with the same truth that had been haunting them ever since they reunited with Arturia in Chaldea: she had lived short lives without them that had fundamentally changed her, when she joined the Grail Wars. Suddenly, the long history they’d spent serving King Arthur felt insignificant compared to the short weeks she lived as a Servant. Suddenly, they felt like strangers, neither recognizing the name Kotomine Kirei, nor knowing his significance.

And Cú Alter, who’d never known Arturia in any past life or past War, despaired silently, like a flower wilting in the dark. Because this priest, this monster, had stolen away the person who’d made his twisted heart beat and Alter didn’t even know who he was.

“Enough, Cú!” Diarmuid yelled, looping his arms under his fellow Lancer’s shoulders before yanking him off the blonde. But even as he tackled the man to the floor to subdue him, the Irishman understood he only knew half the situation. Kotomine Kirei was naught but a piece of data to him. A representative of the Church, according to Kayneth’s records. Arturia…neither Arturia nor Gilgamesh or even Cú had discussed at length the man’s role in the Fifth Holy Grail War. None of them ever saw the need to…because he was supposed to be dead.

A stray elbow collided with Diarmuid’s nose, finally collapsing the glamour that had kept him looking human. Then, it was a Fae fisting Cú’s hair and forcing him onto the floor, sharp fingernails ripping into the latter’s scalp like little knives.

“Calm yourself, damn it!” the fae yelled, voice distorted, gravelly, and somewhere deep in the uncanny valley. “This will accomplish nothing, you know this, Child of Light, we ought to—”

“—Ought to what?” seethed Lancelot, his thumb rubbing the hilt of Arondight as he contemplated shoving it in his chest. The sword couldn’t possibly break his heart, when so many times already it had been cut to pieces. But maybe it could help with the pain. After a lifetime of regretting never telling Arturia how he really felt, after years of fighting by her side in Chaldea to earn her trust, and later…her love, it had all come to naught. She was gone, her Card lying in tatters in between that devilish Cú Alter’s claws.

“What is it we ought to do, Diarmuid?” the knight spat, his voice darkening as his armor faded to black. The sound of Arturia’s laughter began to echo in the chambers of the poor Frenchman’s mind. Shrill but melodic. Ugly but beautiful. A comfort and an annoyance. A contradiction. He was losing himself, he knew it. He’d been mad before. Several times. He’d gone years without wit, waking up with a clarity only to find months had passed while he was trapped in his own thoughts. But now, he could feel those same thoughts ensnaring him once again, wrapping around his chest as gently as Arturia would caress him.

“Hope? Pray?” Lancelot huffed, the wrinkles between his brows deepening as he began to growl. “I did that til the day I met my death and no matter how much I begged, groveled on the ground like a starving, suffering slave that never brought her back! I—”

"Lance!" Bedivere seethed, his face wet with tears as he grabbed his comrade's wrist. In the background, Ritsuka continued to wail, exhausted and grief-stricken by the double loss of Da Vinci and the King of Knights, but Bedivere could only hope Mash's comfort was enough for the moment.

"Pull yourself together!" the knight urged, though he himself was falling apart at the seams, "Do you believe our king would want this…this discord between us all? We should be relieved our Master didn't come to harm. Our king made a noble sacrifice."

Bedivere wanted to believe his own words, but he knew his expression said differently. Even if he'd delivered that sentence with conviction, he was aching. Lancelot was aching. Even Gilgamesh, even Cú bloody Alter, both he'd never understand, were aching.

As he looked around the room at his defeated Master, his desperate friend, the tattooed blue beast kneeling on the floor, the blue beast pinned under a catatonic fae, the hollow-eyed, arrogant king, and the two that couldn't bear being in the room, it finally sank in.

Arturia had been their keystone. The one thing holding them together. She was the reason he and Lance could stand each other. The reason Cu and Nameless only bickered, never fought. The reason Ozymandias no longer existed in loneliness. The reason Alter resented his existence less. The reason Gilgamesh, of all people, became more than just a tyrannical arse.

Without her, they were strangers. Maybe even enemies.

"Summon her," Gilgamesh suddenly ordered, his imperative tone escaping through his bloody split lip.

"W-what?" Sniffled the distraught Ritsuka as Berserker spun to face the Archer, hope coloring his dark ruby eyes.

"Summon her, Fujimaru Ritsuka," Gilgamesh repeated, approaching his Master with a hastened step. "Arturia loved you. She was loyal to you. Ask, and she will answer your call."

Ritsuka's tears became waterfalls. "B-But she…her records…her card—"

"Summon her," Gilgamesh urged, desperation lacing his imperative tone. Several pairs of eyes were now on the Master, each in a different state of distress. "Every catalyst at your disposal is already present."

Galahad's shield. The sword hidden in Bedivere's arm. Her First knight. Her rival in the Fourth Holy Grail War. Her enemy in the Fifth, and the one who chose to protect her. The remains of her Spirit Origin, held in her newest love's claws. And of course, Ritsuka Fujimaru herself, who made Arturia believe her story had not yet come to a close.

Mash's shield was on the ground the moment Ritsuka held out her hand. Because Gilgamesh was right. Everyone Arturia ever loved was here.

"Heed my words, Arturia Pendragon, King of Knights," she shouted, blue light sparkling off the shield and illuminating the hope going around the room. Magic surged throughout the small metal quarters, filling every servant's veins with adrenaline as the blue orbs began to spin.

No words left the Servants' lips but it was as if they could hear each other's hopes, their desperation, their need to be reunited with the one person who could make them feel whole. All eyes were on Mash's shield, praying for the light to shine on silver sabatons, wishing for the vibrant blue of her battle dress to come forth.

"My will creates your body. Excalibur creates my destiny," screamed Ritsuka, voice hoarse as she altered her summoning chant. Arturia had to come back. She had to. "If you heed the Grail's call and obey my will and reason, then answer my summoning!"

Gold dust. Gilgamesh had never thought the color could look lovelier. Metal boots. Bedivere could still remember how they clanged on the stone floors of the castle, how his heart would beat in anticipation for her arrival, just like it was doing now. A midnight dress. Lancelot gave a quivering smile. He’d always said she’d be beautiful in black. He did. He…he did.

Ritsuka’s grin wavered as she sighed. That was a familiar chin. A familiar face. She’d done it right? Arturia had come. Right?

Diarmuid didn’t have an answer for his Master. He stumbled forward, forgetting his glamour, because he knew that face, that soft chin, even if there was no blush coloring her cheeks.

Free from the former’s grip, Cú sat up, scrambling towards her. He didn’t care that her sword was black. He didn’t care that she didn’t even turn his way.

His Berserker self still kneeled, red eyes holding onto hope as he clutched Arturia’s ripped up class card in his hands. But it wasn’t royal blue that filled his vision. It was the same midnight black as his tail, the same red that stained his chest and face. The hay-colored strands of hair he so loved to run his claws through, they were different. As if…altered.

Gilgamesh reached her first, caressing her cheek in his palm as he always did. Because it was the King of Knights, wasn’t it? It couldn’t be anyone else. He couldn’t mistake her face. Her skin. Her ey—

“Arturia?” he voiced, speaking before his thoughts could catch up.

But it was not evergreen irises bursting with life that met his fiery stare. All he saw was drought and wilt, as if a meadow had gone far too long without rain. They stared at him hauntingly, emptily because there was nothing behind those eyes that would bring warmth to her gaze.

“Arturia” shoved him off coldly, rejecting his touch and pointing her darkened Excalibur at Diarmuid before he could attempt to step any closer.

“What is this?” the newly summoned Servant demanded, unaware of the despair she caused in them all as she searched the summoning room. “You do not appear to be my Master. Do not presume you have the right to use my real name without my title, nor do you have the right to place your hands upon me.”

And though it was Gilgamesh whom she had shoved away, although it was Gilgamesh that felt the cold sting of her armored backhand upon his wrist, it was Diarmuid that dropped to the floor once more. This Arturia…her eyes had met his for no longer than a split second, then they were gone. She had no reason to hold his gaze.

“Hey,” the blue Lancer attempted, grabbing her wrist as she moved away and missing. “Shortie, wait—”

Cú was given the same fate: a glare and nothing more.

Finally, her gaze landed on Ritsuka, the Command Spells on her hand seemingly more important than the silently grieving men around her. “You are the one they call a Master? I have come by your bidding. Artoria Pendragon Alter, Saber Class. You understand the fate that awaits you, and until then, you may command me.”

Alter.

That’s when the tattooed, forcefully changed version of Cú finally realized it. Just as he was not the same person who stood crying hot tears as he begged shortie, shortie, shortie, it was not their Arturia that stood before them.

It was someone else.

The tailed man crumpled into himself, clutching the remains of Arturia’s—his Arturia’s—card to his chest. Cú Alter had thought nothing could ever hurt more than the curses upon his body, the blatant, burning rejection Gae Bolg had for this hated form. He was numb to any and every sword that pierced his flesh in the heat of battle. But this? He felt like he was being eaten alive, consumed by hellfire that burned souls and not skin. Because there was no pain that existed in this world greater than loss. And no ache greater—he thought as Artoria Alter spared him a split-second glance—than a reminder of that loss.

He should have never let himself feel.

“Arturia,” Ritsuka said, ignoring her end of the contract in favor of gripping the woman’s arm. “It’s me, Ritsuka, do…do you remember? Look everyone’s here for you, we’ve got—we’ve got Bedi and Lance, here too. And E-Emiya, he was here earlier with Ozy. Do you remember them?”

The Master gestured to the two knights, who stood with mouth agape as they stuttered forward. She hadn’t reacted, hadn’t even blinked to any of their names. Artoria looked behind the short ginger girl, her gaze first landing on Shielder, then the traitor, then the fool.

“So you summoned them as well, Ritsuka,” she said, her voice like ice, warmth completely absent from her yellow eyes. “I underestimated you, Master. If nothing else, those that used to be of the Round Table are skillful swordsmen. An appropriate addition to the roster you displayed here.”

Roster? Did she think Ritsuka had them all assembled to show off?

“My king—”

“Arturia,” Ritsuka interrupted before Bedivere could start sobbing, “Do you remember?”

Saber Alter grew impatient with her new Masters questions, the odd conduct of the Servants that surrounded her, and most of all, the pathetic expression upon that blonde Servant that dared touch her face. She knew what it was, she’d seen it on Guinevere whenever her queen had looked at Lancelot. Alter had no bloody idea why it was there, when she’d never even met these Heroic Spirits before.

Suddenly, the lizard-like monstrosity she noticed earlier stood up to leave, a bitter expression upon his face, but not before Saber Alter got a glimpse of the rumpled card piece he held onto so tightly. Particularly, the unmistakable shade of blue across it. “Her” favorite color.

Ah, now she understood.

Alter could have picked anyone to confirm her suspicions, but she found her eyes traveling back, barely landing on her former knights and the Irish heroes. All of them looked at her with a longing. Not for herself, but for someone she believed was an entirely person, a noble fool who suffered under the weight of her dreams and her people’s expectations.

Alter answered her new Master just as the imposing Mesopotamian’s ruby eyes began searching hers, and she did the same to his. There it was again, that sickening, soft expression that flooded the eyes of those afflicted with affection. It was undeniable now. Alter had erred in assuming these heroes were all gathered such that Ritsuka could make a good show of her army.

Every single one of these Servants was here because they loved Arturia Pendragon.

“Whatever it is that you speak of, I do not,” she muttered, breaking the King of Heroes’ gaze along with his heart. “For I am not her.”

For the second time in all history, Gilgamesh’s knees hit the floor.

…

Later, when Ritsuka had managed to pull herself together enough for a welcome, Saber Alter sat down with her new Master at the cafeteria. Her eyes rested on the corner table, which, though occupied by her knights, the Irish Lancers and a white-haired Archer, seemed terribly empty, like there was a person meant to fill the space next to the red-clad one. Neither the golden one nor the gloomy lizard made another appearance.

Such devastation. Artoria Alter wasn’t aware her other self could hold this much power over so many Spirits of great renown. She could have used this kind of loyalty and support in Camelot.

“I’m really sorry about earlier, Alter. We shoved our expectations onto you without warning,” Ritsuka apologized, placing some junk food in front of the new recruit. Alter could tell the Master still struggled to look at her face without tearing up, but she respected the strength the ginger displayed.

“Banish the thought, I have already forgotten it. There is no use in dwelling on the past,” the Servant said dismissively. “It seems, however, that my presence will disturb your ranks much more than you anticipated.”

Ritsuka nodded, offering her a solemn smile.

“Arturia saved me, but now…”

She looked around the room, a crease between her eyebrows appearing as EMIYA met her gaze then looked away.

Ozy appeared by the door for a brief minute, but only to give himself enough time to accept the tiny king was gone. Then he left, grievously, muttering that he should never have tried to find another happiness when he’d already found that in life. A worried Nitocris trailed behind, knowing the pharaoh was heading to his pyramid. Ozymandias was going back to his habits in his initial months in Chaldea, which was to spend his hours reminiscing about the past, alone.

“Now, I’m scared she left a hole so deep I can’t possibly fill it in. No matter how much I try,” the Master continued, sighing into her crossed hands. “I just wish the guys wouldn’t blame themselves.”

“And why would they? That seems quite witless on their part. To fall in battle protecting you should have been an honorable end for Saber. I have no doubt she thought of it as such.”

Ritsuka winced at her bluntness, but even the blue Arturia had a tendency to come off a little harsher than she meant to. She knew instinctively Alter meant her no harm. It was just a simple inquiry.

“The reason Arturia was still with me then, when we were all terminating the Servant contracts was because, well…” the Master said quietly, “they didn’t want to be without her. So, she said she’d go after everyone else, so she could see them off.”

Artoria tried not to cringe. It seemed her other self must have changed quite a bit, if she was accepting such strong feelings from these different spirits. Then again, it was difficult to deny that once, a little girl had dreamt—in passing— of finding a prince. A prince, however, not several.

“You know Gil, the-uh, the one with the red eyes and the blonde hair? He was the last of them to see her,” Ritsuka mumbled, twiddling a piece of the blue Arturia’s card between her fingers. “I think that’s why he reacted so rashly when you came.”

“I see,” Alter replied, roughly ripping open one of the many chip bags that sat between her and her contractor. She liked this…potato chip. There weren’t such delicacies in her original time, when it wasn’t uncommon to go hungry during harsh winters.

Ritsuka looked like she wanted to keep the conversation going, but after all the emotional turmoil she’d gone through, the poor girl did not seem to have the words.

“Master.”

“Hm?” the girl hummed, not taking her worried eyes off the far table. There were a couple of snacks before the group, all of them untouched because they were Arturia’s favorites. EMIYA must have been cooking while he was away, distracting himself from his thoughts with his hobby. A hobby that made him extremely compatible with Arturia because of her appetite.

Now, however, there was no one that dared partake.

Cú was leaning onto EMIYA, twiddling with a french fry. It was unclear who was comforting who, but just the fact that Archer let the blue beast remain there was an obvious sign of distress. Even Lancelot and Diarmuid sat facing each other without argument, when they pissed each other off so often. Bedivere was still crying.

“The hole that she left…you are sure you cannot fill it?” Alter asked. There was a rather angry expression on her face, but Ritsuka could tell it wasn’t for her.

“...Yes?” the Master answered truthfully, although the question was quite odd. “I don’t think anyone else can fill that space, honestly. They changed her in many ways, and she changed them. I think they all figured out some way to fit together, and now that she’s gone, it’s…well I guess it’s kinda like a puzzle with one piece missing. Her piece.”

Saber seemed to think for a while before replying. “Then the solution is obvious.”

Suddenly, the new Servant stood up and walked quickly away.

“A-Alter?!” Ritsuka called out, but something told her that regardless of form, Artoria was just as stubborn and bullheaded as always. Nothing could stop the Saber when she set her mind to something.

Artoria plopped down right next to EMIYA on the far table, fitting in the space between the Archer and the end of the bench. She didn’t seem disturbed by the multiple wide eyes staring at her like she’d grown a second head. Bedivere suddenly stopped sniffling. Diarmuid finally took his eyes off the blank space on the wall.

The gothic-looking woman pointed to the fries that sat untouched. “I shall have that. There is no sense in letting food go to waste.” she droned monotonously, staring up into EMIYA’s faded eyes.

Wordlessly, he nodded his head. Someone else pushed the plate in front of Alter, who immediately began inhaling the meal like she’d been starved for a few days. In a record few seconds, the dish was empty, and she was pointing to the second platter.

EMIYA gave her the cookies. Then the croissants. The tarts. Each one she finished, his heart felt a little lighter. By the time she came to the last dish he prepared, Lancer was smiling. He was smiling too. It was bittersweet, but a smile nonetheless.

Ritsuka watched the scene unfold silently, right up until Artoria Alter finished the last plate of snacks and EMIYA went back to the kitchen to cook up something else.

The new Servant looked so odd amongst the knights at the table, her dress so gloomy in contrast to what the others had on. She was awkward as the guys tried to strike up conversation. Too terse. Too rigid. But none of them left, even after the second batch of EMIYA’s cooking had come and gone.

Alter obviously wasn’t a perfect fit. She would never be. But she filled in the gaping hole her other self left just enough for it to be bearable. She closed the emotional gap just enough to pull the others out of the dark. Today, the knights. Tomorrow, maybe, the kings.

Ritsuka kissed the small, torn piece of Arturia’s card in her hands. She'd keep trying, but she didn’t know if—when—she didn’t know when the King of Knights that they knew would come back. She didn't even know if there was a chance they could restore her memories and records. They'd figure something out. They had to.

But in the meantime, she thought, glancing once more at Saber Alter.

This was enough.

___

hope you liked it ;) sorry it took so long

-akampana

[duskoon]

Fate Grand Order Masterlist + Characters list:

Anything related to Fate Grand Order would be listed here. Like always, If there is character not mentioned here you can always request for them. Note: Some characters are based on historical figures. So when writing for them, I write for the character themselves not their real life counterpart. Characters in bold means I am mostly invested in them, but that doesn’t mean I won’t write for the others. If there is any character not listed below, you can request for them and I'll add them (There is like 300+ servants, so I'm bound to forget some ^^’) Also, you can request for Crypters as well. Seeing I had finished playing the lostbelts.

Mashu Kyrielight

Artoria Pendragon

Artoria Pendragon (Alter)

Nero Claudius

Siegfried

Altera

Chevalier d’Eon

Okita Soji

Mordred

Ryōgi Shiki

Rama

Lancelot

Gawain

Bedivere

Elizabeth Bàthory

Miyamoto Musashi

Arthur Pendragon (Prototype)

Suzuka Gozen

Frankenstein

Sigurd

Queen Medb

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

Lanling Wang

Lakshmibai

Jason

Astolfo

Dioscuri

Tomoe Gozen

Saitō Hajime

Watanabe no Tsuna

Ibuki Dōji

Karna

Senji Muramasa

Barghest

Charlemagne

Roland

EMIYA

Gilgamesh(Archer + Caster)

Robin Hood

Atalanta

Euryale

Arash

David

Nikola Tesla

Arjuna

Tristan

Tawara Tōta

Chloe von Einzbern

Ishtar

James Moriarty (Archer / Ruler)

EMIYA (Alter)

Asagami Fujino

Chiron

Napoléon

Aśvatthāman

Osakabehime

Calamity Jane

Nightingale

Super Orion

Sei Shōnagon

Baobhan Sith

Anastasia

Jeanne D’ Arc (Ruler)

Zenobia

Minamoto no Tametomo

Cú Chulainn(Lancer + Caster)

Musashibō Benkei

Leonidas I

Romulus

Hector

Scáthach

Fionn mac Cumhail

Tamamo no Mae (Caster / Lancer / Berserker)

Kiyohime

Vlad III

Jeanne d'Arc (Alter) 

Enkidu

Medusa

Minamoto no Raikō 

Parvati

Nezha

Ereshkigal

Valkyrie

Qin Liangyu

Bradamante

Nagao Kagetora

Mysterious Alter Ego Λ

Caenis

Romulus-Quirinus

Utsumi Erice

Consort Yu

Vritra

Percival

Sakamoto Ryōma 

Medusa

Georgios

Boudica

Ushiwakamaru

Martha

Francis Drake

Iskandar

Sakata Kintoki

Ozymandias

Quetzalcoatl

Ivan the terrible

Achilles

Leonardo Da Vinci 

Carmilla

Mandricardo

Europa

Odysseus

Tai Gong Wang

Dobrynya Nikitich

Constantine XI

Kyokutei Bakin

Medea

Zhuge Liang (Lord El-Melloi II aka reliable waver )

Paracelsus von Hohenheim

Solomon

Irisviel (Dress of Heaven)

Xuanzang Sanzang

Nitocris

Merlin

Scheherazade

Queen of Sheba

Shuten Dōji

Murasaki Shikibi

Asclepius

Miss Crane

Charlotte Corday 

The Old Man of the Mountain

Charles-Henri Sanson

Cleopatra

EMIYA (Assassin)

Fūma Kotarō

Gray

Henry Jekyll & Hyde

Jing Ke

Katō Danzō

Kiichi Hōgen

Koyanskaya of Light

• Koyanskaya of Dark

Li Shuwen (Assassin/Lancer)

Mysterious Heroine X

Okada Izō

Phantom of the Opera

Sasaki Kojirō

Semiramis

Yan Qing

Lu Bu Fengxian

Beowulf

Cú Chulainn (Alter)

Heracules

Mysterious Heroine X (Alter)

Hijikata Toshizō

Penthesilea

Atalanta (Alter)

Arjuna (Alter)

Mori Nagayoshi

Salome

Kijyo Kōyō

Brynhildr (Berserker / Lancer)

Galatea

Morgan Le Fay

Kriemhild

Amakusa Shirō

Sherlock Holmes

Shi Huang Di

Astraea

Edmond Dantès

Angra Mainyu

Gorgon

Antonio Salieri

Demon King Nobunaga

Kama (Avenger/Assassin)

Sesshōin Kiara (Alter Ego /Moon Cancer)

Archetype: Earth

Okita Sōji (Alter)

Kingprotea

Ashiya Dōman- Blurb

Manannán mac Lir (Bazett)

Mysterious Heroine XX

Yang Guifei

Oberon Vortigern

Hephaestion

Tiamat

Goetia

Beast III/R

Kadoc Zemlupus

Ophelia Phamrsolone

Scandinavia Peperoncino aka Chad™️.

Kirschtaria Wodime

Beryl Guts

Daybit Sem Void

[c0rpsedemon]

if you don't like saberfaces i'm sorry but you're a loser who needs to get into a new franchise. now apologize to artoria and jeanne and okita and nero and mordred and morgan and bedivere and salter and jalter and arthur and certain illustrations of waver and gray and the lion king and mysterious heroine x RIGHT NOW

[dreamypalette]

Lovey-dovey🥰

[simpknight]

Fanfiction list

In this works, gender neutral pronouns and terms are used for the reader unless specified in the title.

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Fate Grand Order

And that's why you should read the medical prescriptions (Gawain x AFAB!Reader) [Crackfic NSFW]

Mash supporting your relationship: Round table edition ( Gawain x Reader / Lancelot x Reader / Tristan x Reader / Bedivere x Reader)

Careless  (Ashwatthama x Reader)

[Request] Gifting them a flower (Arjuna x gn!reader/ Diarmuid x gn! reader/ Bedivere x gn! reader)

[Request] Treating his wounds (Lancelot x fem!reader)

Series:

Learn the alphabet with Chaldea! (NSFW Alphabet):

Gawain 

Iskandar

Lancelot

Francis Drake

Bedivere

Tristan

Napoleon [Request]

Jekyll and Hyde [Request]

Interruption (NSFW)

Gawain

Lancelot

Tristan

Bedivere

Kinktober (2021)

Petplay (Lancelot x Reader)

Marks (Izo x Reader)

Grinding (Romani x Reader)

Sexual fantasy (Kiara x Reader)

AOB (Barghest x Reader)

Chase  (Achilles x Reader)

Sex Pollen (Lancelot | Berserker x Reader)

Aphrodisiacs (Gawain x Reader)

Masturbation  (Emiya x Reader)

Dream (Artoria | Lancer x Fem!Reader)

Shibari (Hijikata Toshizo x Reader)

Thigh riding (Quetzalcoatl x Reader)

Thigh fucking (Chiron x Reader)

Nipple play (Napoleon x Reader)

Lingerie (Ereshkigal x Reader)

Gunplay (Drake x Reader)

Footjob (Bediviere x Reader)

Deepthroating (Ashwattama x Reader)

Toys (Merlin x Reader)

Mirror (Ozymandias x Male!Reader)

Jealousy (Salieri x Reader)

Chains (Enkidu x Reader / Gilgamesh x Reader)

Cockwarming (Diarmuid x Reader)

Titfucking (Iskandar x Fem!Reader)

Voyeurism (Robin x Reader)

Underwater (Cu | Lancer)

Creampie (Beowulf x Reader)

Sixtynine (Percival x Reader)

Pegging (Siegfried x Reader)

Collaring (Carmilla x Reader)

Blindfold (Arjuna | Archer x Reader)

Twisted Wonderland

Movie night (Housewardens x gn! reader)

[himbofan]

little meow meow, blorbo, and scrunkly list

this is important information about me as a person

fate series

okada izou

romani archaman

archer emiya

bedivere

scathach-skadi

artoria pendragon

haikyuu!!

tsukishima kei

nishinoya yuu

azumane asahi

ukai keishin

bokuto kotaro

iwaizumi hajime

akaashi keiji

genshin impact

diluc ragavindr

kaeya alberich

beidou

thoma

kaedehara kazuha

yae miko

arataki itto

enjou

kaveh

wriothesley

honkai star rail

jing yuan

gepard landau

serval landau

gallagher

jujutsu kaisen

nanami kento

nobara kugisaki

maki zen’in

demon slayer

rengoku kyojuro

shinazugawa sanemi

shinobu kocho

haganezuka hotaru

golden kamuy

ogata hyakunosuke

sugimoto saichi

inkarmat

vasily pavlichenko

hijikata toshizou

blue exorcist

kirigakure shura

suguro ‘bon’ ryuji

lewin light

bungo stray dogs

yosano akiko

oda sakunosuke

edogawa ranpo

fukuzawa yukichi

pokémon series

N (gen 5)

raihan (gen 8)

saguaro (gen 9)

persona series

akihiko sanada (3)

akechi goro (5)

ryuji sakamoto (5)

takuto maruki (5)

miscellaneous

claude von riegan (fire emblem three houses)

seteth (fire emblem three houses)

leorio paladiknight (hunter x hunter)

bolin (legend of korra)

serizawa katsuya (mob psycho 100)

greedling (fullmetal alchemist brotherhood)