Fate/Grand Order Story and Lore (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

It's Vishnu being the boss here as he is considered to be similar to Brahman (not to be confused with the god Brahma) in Vishnu branch of Hinduism. Due to obtaining Vishnu's power from absorbing his friend Krishna, Arjuna was able to fuse with most other Hindu gods and gain their Authorities. This is a speculation by Pepe.

As a Vaishnavite, can confirm. Tbh, we respect Shiva as God of Destruction, but I know absolutely no Shiva slokas.

[Deathhappens]

The texts:



All I remember is the caste system being really fucked up

Panini stickers!

[pinetree]

They were absurdly popular here in Brazil. They still are, I guess, but nowadays people only buy the soccer ones.

[VTKajin]

it's up to speculations since we (still) don't surely know how they work

I'd argue there's a clear pattern. In almost all cases, known Grands are embodiments of their classes. Solomon is the wisest man in history, Merlin is the magician, King Hassan was the first Old Man in the Mountain and therefore the archetypal assassin, and Quirinus is a spear god and represents Rome itself, synonymous with the spear (the Romans referred to themselves as Quirites in their capacity as citizens). Super Orion is the odd one out there, because there are arguably more famous archers, but he speaks to another part of the pattern: foreshadowing. King Hassan, Super Orion, and Quirinus were all foreshadowed before their ultimate reveal. Four other such Servants come to mind: Nero (almost certainly a Beast), Rama, Caesar, and Riastrad Cu. There are others I'm forgetting, of course, but I'd wager on the rest of the Grands following a similar principle.

I have my thoughts on the rest, but it's still all very confusing lol. I feel like Tezcatlipoca is being foreshadowed so hard as Grand Berserker, but that goes against the rules established by Quirinus' mats. Then again, rules are meant to be broken. I figure the situation with Daybit's Servant is not clear-cut at all, because when is it ever? Meanwhile, I'm almost certain Artoria is Grand Saber and Caesar is Grand Rider. Bonus points if Caesar and Mother Harlot are both in LB6 because Caesar somehow knocked up Morgan.

[Zork Knight]

Super Orion is the odd one out there, because there are arguably more famous archers, but he speaks to another part of the pattern: foreshadowing.

Perhaps there are archers whose legends are more famous (from the insistence of having a new action movie every 10 years, right, Loxley?), but I feel like no constellation is as famous as Orion.

[the god of world-0]

Also, there is that thing of "being so good as a hunter that there is an actual danger of you killing every animal in existence".

[Byegod]

It's sad the epic about him is lost.

[neveron]

I still feel like there's no way in hell Grand Saber isn't OG Seibah with a fully unlocked Excalibur, what with her literally being the company mascot and Excalibur having been hyped up as an anti-Sefar planetary defense laser and whatnot.

[Byegod]

At least one trait we can see from every grand is that there big thing isnt objects, its usually skill or some divine blessing/power type.

But we will need to see more grands.

[AmADo VII]

I still feel like there's no way in hell Grand Saber isn't OG Seibah with a fully unlocked Excalibur, what with her literally being the company mascot and Excalibur having been hyped up as an anti-Sefar planetary defense laser and whatnot.

then who's gonna be the Beast. you can't summon Grand servant just because the heroic spirit is OP.

[Lily Emilio]

Grand Seiba will be the best swordsmaster of all time, the one who managed to go beyond Zero itself, the one who defeated one who obtained skills close to the 2nd true magic, the one who established a swordstyle to "reach the void".

[SpoonyViking]

I will laugh so hard if, after all the Grands join forces to defeat the alien god and only manage to wound it, the one who defeats it is just regular Saber with a fully-released Excalibur.

[AmADo VII]

Counter Force is such a jerk to revive completely lost heroic spirits just to call them as Grand.

[astagadragon]

I still feel like there's no way in hell Grand Saber isn't OG Seibah with a fully unlocked Excalibur, what with her literally being the company mascot and Excalibur having been hyped up as an anti-Sefar planetary defense laser and whatnot.

I think Grand Saber is the concept of "King Arthur", the amalgamation of both Artoria and Arthur with full powered Excalibur/Avalon combo, so they would go genderless just like Quirinus/QSH

With Takeuchi as artist

[Reign]

Even if Saber weren't the mascot and Excalibur weren't already said to have a planetary defense super mode, I'd still say she would be Grand Saber because King Arthur is honestly a perfect fit for it. Legendary sword wielder known all over the world and whatnot.

[Wandering Swordwoman]

Wew wonder what the Scathach's story will add

[Deathhappens]

Even if Saber weren't the mascot and Excalibur weren't already said to have a planetary defense super mode, I'd still say she would be Grand Saber because King Arthur is honestly a perfect fit for it. Legendary sword wielder known all over the world and whatnot.

Yeah but King Arthur is best known for the Round Table and chivalry and owning a super-special sword, not particularly for being a swordmaster. Heck, that's how all the myths about his super spear and super dagger and super *insert magical item* came about. Don't forget he's such a crappy swordsman he actually managed to LOSE his sword!

Nah, for my money Grand Saber (if we ever see one) will be something unexpected, just like Super Orion and Super Romulus. Musashi isn't actually a terrible idea, though I'm sure Nasu is trying very hard not to alienate his international crowd by wanking a Japanese Servant too much.

[AmADo VII]

Kinoko has been wanking Japanese servant since Kojiro.

[neveron]

Datamine spoilers

Spoiler:

[Also, another reason I'm saying it's probably Grand Seibah is because IIRC Kawasumi Ayako voices them in one of the original datamines.]
[I can't seem to track the original post down, though, just a lot of unsourced references to it.]

[CO9p5JMGv!p9]

musashi is my #1 bet, but I expect seiba to get indirectly wanked ("she only doesn't qualify because according to legend she doesn't have the sword anymore, if she did she'd be the strongest super duper grand ever")