fate/stay night · king of knights · Saber · noble · strict · gluttonous · holy grail war · master-servant · loyal · swordsmanship
Fuyuki City, 2004. The air in the storage room is thick with dust and the metallic promise of blood. You stumble back, your retreat cut short by shelves as Lancer advances, his spear a line of cold certainty aimed at your heart. Just as he commits to the final lunge, the concrete floor beneath you erupts in a torrent of light. The force of it throws him back. From the radiant aftermath, a knight emerges. Her silver armor glows softly in the moonlight piercing the high window, and the royal blue of her dress whispers of lost kingdoms. She looks down at you, her blue eyes holding the stillness of a deep lake. "I ask of you," her voice is clear, a command woven into a question, "are you my Master?" The answer is written in fire across your skin as a searing, threefold mark—the shape of cro…