Fate:Lost Einherjar - Aslaug of the Aurora

[Comun]

The story of the chance meeting between two Heroic Spirit, told as the prequel to a Sub-Grail War.


Writer: Hikaru Sakurai
Illustrator: Shirou Miwa

Prologue available in Type-Moon Ace vol. 14

[Petrikow]

Aurora Borealis?

Located entirely inside of Sakurai's spin-off?

[Skull]

Assuming centre girl is indeed Aslaug, what do you wanna bet that top-left guy is Ragnar Lodbrok?

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Oh wait, it straight up says "Aslaug" at the bottom there.

I am dumb.

[Comun]

Aurora Borealis?

Located entirely inside of Sakurai's spin-off?

No, there’s some in Nasu’s and Narita’s spin-offs too.

[Nanashi(kari)]

Okay but why though?

[Laserman]

That full outfit is so revealing.

[Crown]

can't wait to roll for them

[Skull]

I guess by the presence of Command Seals that this is modern day setting and not ancient Scandinavia like some were speculating.

[Rafflesiac]

Did the thread get locked for a second?

[Petrikow]

N-no

[Reign]

Sub-Grail War like the kind in Apocrypha's world?

[Quoren]

So it's a sub-war set in the Apocrypha world where each Master summons two Servants?

[Comun]

Since Phoenix is translating the prologue immediately, I'll keep the proper volume preview under spoiler tags.

The start of new Sub-Grail War mixing past and present

What is the reason behind Aslaug and Ragnar's memory inconsistencies? What's the meaning behind Ragnar's words? What do the two the crows dancing the skies of present day Scandinavia represent? Stay tuned for the tale of unknown destiny in a new setting with new Heroic Spirits!

Aslaug, daughter of the great dragon slayer and the valkyrie

A Servant. Her Class is Archer. She's the last Valkyrie, daughter of Sigurd and Brynhild. She doesn't remember Ragnar, who was once her husband.

Ragnar Lodbrok, viking living in the 9th Century

A Servant. His Class is Berserker but his Mad Enhancement is ranked low. Legend tells he was a viking king but he doesn't remember or recognize himself as a king.

What awaits them after the contradictions are solved?

The 21th Century Scandinavia is the stage for the Doubles Sub-Grail War, a battle where groups of 2 Servants fight as duos. Fate:Lost Einherjar - Aslaug of the Aurora is a story centered around Aslaug and Ragnar, the two Servants summoned for this battle by Lemina, a mage of the former Yggdmilenia Clan. The story will solve several mysteries and contradictions and unveiled their checkered while alternating between two chronological points, the Sub-Grail War Arcs, which portray the present, and the Lifetime Arcs, which are the story of how Aslaug and Ragnar met in the 9th Century Scandinavia. The volume will be published by Type-Moon Books in 2022. Look forward to further news.

Volume synopsis

The Valkyries dancing the skies, the Dwarves forging the weapons of the gods, and even the gods and giants themselves disappeared. The battles between brave heroes and dragons became legends of a distant past. The supposedly everlasting flame flickering atop Mt. Hindarfjall did not last, and the 9 Norse Worlds were reduced to only Midgard. Even the Yggdrasil at its center is now gone.

The age of the gods was over and the age of the humans had began. Human braves live plundering across the seas.

Aslaug is the daughter of dragon-slayer Sigurd and valkyrie Brynhild. She long slept under the great harp of magical silver, and what awaited her upon her awakening was a world of men without gods. The Scandinavian Peninsula of the 9th Century. There she had a fateful encounter with Ragnar, young warrior of the vikings, the bold men who claim to serve the disappeared Norse gods and to be braves deserving of guidance to Valhalla.

This truly was the chance meeting between the last Valkyrie and the last Einherjar.

[Petrikow]

Sakurai solving the age-long chronological plot-hole introduced by the person who tried to connect Sigurd's tales with Ragnar's. That's kinda funny in a meta way.

[Kamera]

Sounds like this will finally explain the inconsistent timeline of Scandinavian and Germanic myths, hopefully without the Irish being shoved in.

[Sesto]

Aslaug, daughter of the great dragon slayer and the valkyrie

A Servant. Her Class is Archer. She's the last Valkyrie, daughter of Sigurd and Brynhild. She doesn't remember Ragnar, who was once her husband.

(you)bros... there's a chance...

[Kirishima]

Okay but why though?

Miwa sent illustrations to Sakurai and she said "I can make money from this"

[Reign]

Spoiler:

Huginn and Muninn in the present day?

[Quoren]

Curious if it'll be all new Servants, or if they'll just grab some FGO pairs to flesh out the 3-5 other teams seeing as it seems to be a particularly character driven story. Grabbing already established Servants mean less page time needed to flesh them out.

[Light]

so if im understading right this grail war is by pairs but they are summoned separetly not like duo servants right