The Queen of Chalices (Grail War Quest, Fate Series AU)

QM's Note: I have since abandoned writing for Fate/ altogether, as I can no longer overlook or tolerate how it's a bad franchise is exploitative and uncaring of actual history and mythology, not to mention increasingly pedophilic. If I ever reboot Queen of Chalices, it will be in a non-Fate/ setting. Fortunately, I will be continuing to write about characters from myth, history, and the public domain in my own continuing story, Revalkyrie:

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Far out in the English countryside, the English town of Winterwood was for many years known for only one thing, that being how unnaturally cold the place got all year round, even in midsummer. Old superstition said this was due to a Witch-Queen's curse, scientists chalked it up mainly due to weather currents, the Magi declared this was because the town sat on an Ice-elemental leyline, while common folk just said it was British weather as usual.

Yet by the outbreak of the Second World War, sleepy, frosty Winterwood had become known in the aforementioned Magical community for another thing... being the location of the Holy Grail.



Not its original location no, but rather where the Clock Tower, the governing body of mages in Europe and possible the World, had chosen to move it from the other side of the world. For in the third battle royale for the Grail, where competing mages aligned themselves with the spirits of heroes long dead to win the Grail and grant all their desires, something had gone awfully awry.
This 'War' had come to a standstill, and wasting no time the Clock Tower snatched up the now-dormant Grail and brought it back to England, back to the site of the original Grail Quests centuries ago. They chose to store it in the more neutral Winterwood rather than London, as having the Grail right in the midst of so many treacherous mage families would most definitely result in a nightmare.

Another good reason to not store it in London soon became clear, as with the dawn of a full-on war, none but World War II, London soon came under attack from blitzkrieg-fast German bombers. As London suffered bombing after bombing, and as yet more devastating weapons were in development, WWII became an event that even the Magical Community, cut off from the mundane as they were, could simply not ignore.

With the Third Grail War having been cut short, already the Grail has regained enough power to host a Fourth. The Holy Grail may well prove the ultimate weapon against the Nazis... or the ultimate weapon for them, as the occultists in the Nazi ranks had already found out about this little plot.

In the middle of all this, one Mage had come up to Winterwood simply to escape the blitz, aware or unaware as that they fled one War they were walking right into another.

You are the:
[ ] Heir (Going to live with a generous adopter. Younger, command less authority but are also less likely a target)
[ ] Head (Going back to your family's ancestral home after being too wrapped up in London affairs. Quite an obvious target though)
[ ] Bride of a Magus Heir (Going to get officially acquainted with your in-laws as your husband's occupied by WWII)
[ ] Write-in.

Of the Lineage of: (if you picked Bride, please select two options, who you were born to and who you've married into, though your second has to be an English-based family)
[ ] Hillcrest, a branch of Japan's prestigious Tohsaka family, who you moved away from in the 19th century after the disastrous conclusion to the Second Grail War. Known for Jewelcraft and martial arts, and in your branch's case the element of Imaginary Numbers.
[ ] Sophia-Ri, a prestigious family linked with Spirits, Evocation and Summoning.
[ ] Animusphere, famed Astronomers ranking high in the Clock Tower.
[ ] Einzbern, German alchemists now mostly made up of homunculi, who played a crucial role in the creation of the Grail Wars. (Cannot select in conjunction with the 'Head')
[ ] Knightwave, specialists in 'overwriting' others' spells.
[ ] Wisteria, known for using Costumes for their Mystic Codes.
[ ] Kaminski, a mercenary family of succubus descent (will likely be be Soviet-aligned).
[ ] Icecolle, a dwindling family of Dark Arts practitioners, long exiled to Siberia (will likely be Soviet-aligned).
[ ] Edelfelt, Finnish mercenaries known for Twin Heirs and Curses, humiliated in the previous Grail War (will be Nazi-aligned, but only because you're anti-Soviet)
[ ] What the, 'magic'? 'Mage Lineage'? Er, my last name's Edmunds, if that's what you're asking.
[ ] Write-in.

QM's Note: While I'll mainly be going with the standard Majority Wins style of voting, anyone who gives a more detailed explanation for why they chose a certain option may have extra 'priority' assigned to their vote.

Paging @Look to the Left and @Matou Sutegobana both of who've expressed interest in this.

Reserved for Masters and other non-Servants.

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Allied Saber




Allied Berserker

Allied Caster

Allied Assassin

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Axis Saber

Axis Archer

Axis Lancer

Axis Rider

Axis Caster


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