[Quest] Fate/Exquisite Corpus

[zikari8]

Heroic Spirits

The ultimate ideal humans have created. The greatest human people have created.

Myth, Legend, Fable, History… Humans who become eternal in people’s minds are called heroes even after their death.

It doesn’t matter whether these people existed in reality or only in stories. It is people’s minds that create a hero. People’s wishes that "this is how things should be" give them form and set them up as real.

As long as they have fame as a legend and people have faith, they can exist as spirits in eras beyond their own lifetime.

Those are the Servants, the strongest weapons in Human History.

In the Throne of Heroes, there are as many Heroic Spirits as there are stars in the sky, each one embodying an ideal upon which humans can look up to.

Bravery Those that slay evil monsters
				Charisma Those that lead the masses
	Wisdom Those that discover new truths
			Kindness Those that protect innocent lives
Hope Those that perform impossible miracles
				Justice Those that embody the worst evils
		Future Those that forever change the world

Now, answer.

What kind of Hero do you wish to summon?

Welcome to Fate/Exquisite Corpus.

You are a new member of the Clock Tower Exquisition Corps, Shakespeare. The world as you know it is undergoing a period of unimaginable change and the Laws of Humanity are being threatened. In order to combat this danger, you have been recruited as a Master with the ability to summon and command Servants for the sake of upholding the Human Order. To protect the world you know, you must become the best Master you can and in turn summon the best Servants possible. Doing so will require determination, hard work, sensibility, and most of all, creativity!

Fate/Exquisite Corpus is a Fate Quest in which you play the role of a Master who summons Servants to fight alongside them. You will be able to command your Servants through fun challenges and fierce battles, while working alongside other Masters and their Servants too. Unlike other Fate stories and Quests, though, the Servants you summon will be ones that you readers create together.

A key feature of Fate/Exquisite Corpus is the creation of your own Servants. In the setting of the Quest, certain circumstances and new advancements in Holy Grail research have resulted in a new summoning system that allows Masters to modify the Saint Graphs of the Servants they summon to match their own personal preferences. Heroic Spirits are beings that are given form by people’s minds, the fame and faith born from their legends. This new summoning technique, however, allows a Master to insert Bias into the summoning, giving their own personal interpretation of the legend extra weight in affecting what form the Servant takes.

Throughout the Quest, you will be given many opportunities to create new Servants to summon. This will be a collaborative effort done through reader voting and interesting interpretations will be rewarded. Work together with your fellow readers to come up with the best Servants possible.

As a Master, it is simply your job to create as many powerful and useful Servants as possible to help save the World.

Now then, that’s enough explanation. Let’s go and create some Servants!

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Before we can start working on some Servant sheets, though, you might need a little practice first.

You are, after all, a new Master. You might not be ready to start summoning Servants immediately. It might seem simple in concept, but summoning a Servant has its challenges and many Masters fail when they make their first attempt.

In order to introduce Bias into a Servant summoning, one needs a strong mental image of the hero they wish to summon. By nature, human minds conform to the public subconsciousness. Without a strong enough mental image, your mind will naturally fall back on the common interpretation and fail to add Bias.

For example, say hypothetically that you were trying to summon a King Arthur who was actually a girl. Obviously, everyone recognizes that King Arthur was a man, but you need to be able to convince yourself that she might’ve been a girl. You need to understand how King Arthur being a girl affects the rest of the legend and you need to overcome the logical inconsistencies of the interpretation. If you are able to genuinely create a possibility in your mind that King Arthur might have been a girl all along, then and only then can you summon a female King Arthur.

How about this? Try practicing by creating a mental image of yourself.

This is a training exercise that other new Masters use often in order to practice creating a mental image of person. After all, who do you know better than yourself?

Grasp who you are. Remember where you came from. Discover what makes you unique.

If you can do that and apply those same concepts to a Heroic Spirit, you’ll be able to summon Servants with no problem.

Let’s try it out now.

The first step when creating a Servant is to fully understand their legend. Servants are beings of stories, real and fictional, after all. Knowing what they’ve done is essential in figuring out who they are.

Try doing the same thing for yourself. Think about your past, the events that led you to this point, and how that has made you the person you are today.

What is your story?

You were…

1) A Civilian: Before becoming a Master, you were an ordinary person with no interaction with the supernatural. When your natural talents as a Master were discovered, however, you were recruited to the Exquisition Corps and plunged headfirst into the Moonlit World. You do not have any magical knowledge, but you are far more in touch with your own humanity than other Masters who have known nothing but magecraft their whole lives.

2) A Magus: You were born to an established Magus lineage and raised from youth to become the heir of your family legacy. You have a thorough education in the art of magecraft and a lifelong familiarity with the rules of magic. You have inherited from your family both the Magic Crest and the dreams of your ancestors. You joined the Exquisition Corps in order to fulfill those dreams and further your family’s goals as magi.

3) A Designer Baby: Unlike most humans, you were not born. You were created. You are an artificially modified human who was created and specifically designed to fulfill your current role of Master. Being a member of the Exquisition Corps was your life’s sole purpose and many expectations have been placed on your shoulders. Having been specially designed, you possess special abilities that natural humans lack, but you could not be further from your own humanity. From now on, however, you must become the Master of your own destiny.

4) A Devout Believer: You were originally a member of the Holy Church and, in some ways, you still are. However, in order to help protect the world, you have left the House of God and entered the Den of Thieves. You are a fish out of water, a sheep among wolves, but your sense of justice and faith have led you to take the risks necessary to protect what’s important to you.

5) A Phantasmal: You are not human. At least, not entirely. You possess the blood of the Phantasmal Species, a true rarity in the Age of Man. You are biologically inhuman and possess physical powers beyond the capabilities of humans. Due to these differences, though, life among humans does not come easily to you. Despite not being entirely human yourself, though, you have come to use your inhuman abilities for the sake of protecting humanity.

6) Write-In: Your complex past cannot be so easily summarized. You must describe your own history yourself with your own words in order to truly grasp who you are...

[Spartacus]

Go full Mashu
3

[SleepMode]

3

What better way to introduce bias in summoning than being someone born through different means from majority normalcy?

[SpoonyViking]

5.
I like the idea of a non-human who still wants to save humanity.

[Alax1991]

Let's go a little crazy, I'm going with 5

[Formless Creature]

Voting for 5 here, also like the idea of someone a bit more disconnected from humanity who is still invested enough to see its success, but 3 also sounds pretty cool.

[Ayr]

3.

[Ismail2002]

3

[zikari8]

All right, you’re doing great.

Now that you’ve grasped your past as a Designer Baby, you can move onto the next step: Abilities.

In a sense, Servants are weapons forged from legend. They are generally summoned for their great, superhuman powers and those powers are a crystallization of the feats and details of their stories. In order to summon strong Servants, you’ll need to learn how to choose Skills and Noble Phantasms for your Heroic Spirit.

Once again, try practicing on yourself. In a sense, just like a Servant, your abilities are also a result of your past. As a Designer Baby, you have been artificially modified to have special abilities that a normal human being would not. Everything about you has been tailor-made to serve one purpose.

What is your purpose?

1) Genius: You possess an intelligence far beyond the average man. Your brain has been artificially modified to maximize your mental faculties. Computation. Memory. Cognitive flexibility. All of these specs have been made greater by your creators. You think, remember, learn, and reason faster and better than anyone else. Whether this means having an encyclopedic knowledge of all historical figures or being able to learn new magecrafts quickly, with your big brain energy, there’s nothing you can’t accomplish.

2) Magical Battery: You possess incredible and unique magic circuits beyond the average magus. Even compared to a magus from a distinguished lineage, your circuits are superior in quantity, efficiency, and volume. You have an almost inexhaustible reserve of Od that replenishes super quickly, and you can generate magical energy at overwhelming volumes. You are even able to perform something similar to Mana Burst, infusing and releasing your immense magical energy for a performance boost. With these traits, you are now the perfect Master for allowing your Servant to fight at maximum potential.

3) Golden Rule: You are beautiful. What your creators sought when creating you was not power but grace. They designed and sculpted you to be the most attractive human possible. Facial features. Skeletal structure. Muscle-fat ratio. Symmetry. Even the way your joints move. All of it has been deliberately modified to create the most objectively beautiful body imaginable: a human piece of art. With your flawless beauty, you have an innate charisma that benefits you in all social encounters. Who needs to be nice to their Servants when they will kneel at your beauty?

4) Chimera: You possess the biological traits of other species, giving you physical abilities that no normal human would have. Unlike a Mixed-Blood, however, you inhuman traits do not come from your heritage, but are instead the result of your unnatural creation. Although you are still human, your genetic code has been modified to include the DNA of other creatures, whether they be animals or magical beasts. Not only are you generally physically superior to a human, you also possess a variety of physiological characteristics that may come in handy as well.

5) Demi-God: You are a human with the power of a God. Specifically, you were created to be a prime vessel for a higher being, similar to a Demi-Servant. Instead of a Heroic Spirit, though, the power that inhabits you is a Divine Spirit. You are a unique existence capable of drawing upon a fraction of your enshrined deity’s power. Ergo, you yourself are one of humanity’s greatest weapons, alongside the Servants you will summon.

6) Write-In

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Servants are more than just their ability, however. They are people with their own thoughts and emotions.

And though you may not have recognized it yet, the same applies to you. You are more than the genetic code that brought you to life.

Which brings us to the next step: Personality.

In general, it is difficult to fully grasp a person’s entire personality. Even if one did, it is near impossible to impose that completely constructed persona onto one’s Servant. They are independent beings with free will, even if some Masters don’t believe so.

However, it is possible to slightly influence the personality of one’s Servant. Not so much as changing who they fundamentally are, but more in terms of emphasizing certain traits. People are multi-dimensional, and they may show different personas in different situations. In addition, Servants with long histories may show varying attitudes in different parts of their stories. As a Master, when creating a Servant, you can somewhat push a specific personality trait into the forefront.

To do this, one should be able to look at the Servant’s legend and use that as a guide for why they would act in a certain way. By doing so, you will be able to add your interpretation of what kind of person they were.

Of course, some Masters don’t like to mess with a Servant’s personality for various reasons, ranging from not caring about a tool’s feelings or personally not feeling comfortable doing so. When you start creating Servants, you will have that option too, but for now, try it out for the sake of practice.

Look back at your own past and reflect on how that has affected your personality.

What kind of person are you?

A) Quiet and Obedient: Having had your whole existence manufactured for a specific purpose, you do not feel as if you have a lot of agency in your life. You are used to following the instructions of your superiors and you do not take a lot of initiative. You generally don’t talk much, keep your head low, and just let your thoughts fester in your mind.

B) Energetic and Curious: Having been cooped up in a lab somewhere for most of your life, you are excited about stepping out into the world for the first time. You are an outgoing and enthusiastic individual brimming with an earnest desire to learn as much about everything as possible. You always jump at the chance to talk to new people and experience new things.

C) Calm and Logical: Having been raised in an environment of research and experimentation, you have been conditioned to approach the world with a scientific mind. You are able to always keep your cool while analyzing your situation with nothing but cold, hard reason. On the flipside, you are not as familiar with the passions of humans and come across as an apathetic person.

D) Forceful and Driven: Having been created for a single purpose, you are filled with the conviction to accomplish your mission. You strongly feel the pressure of the expectations of everyone around you and feel compelled to live up to them. You are goal-oriented and strong-willed, not flinching at the face of any obstacle in your path, no matter how great.

E) Gentle and Innocent: Having been sheltered from the rest of the world, you are a naïve and starry-eyed person who does not know the harsh realities of humanity. You possess a kind heart unsoiled by jaded cynicism and a pure belief in ideals such as justice and romance. You see the best in other people because you do not know better and you earnestly strive for dreams that only a child would believe in.

F) Write-In

[Ismail2002]

1 and B

[Formless Creature]

5 and E
I'm literally Mash (forma de diosa)

[Ayr]

3 & C

[Lunasilverhart]

2E.

[GilgameshKingOfMemes]

6. Host: It's a lot like Demi-God, someone designed as a vessel for a higher being, but instead of the divine its for demonic possession. Your body is fit to specifically endure and survive the horrific transformation that accompanies the phenomenon that kills regular humans. You're an artificial rare case with hopes of bringing a desire into reality. (I haven't thought about this idea much but I'm posting it, lets derail the quest into demon raising project /s.)

D.

[Spartacus]

3C

[SleepMode]

3 & C

Cool-headed Beauty is a neat combo.

[SpoonyViking]

6. Host: It's a lot like Demi-God, someone designed as a vessel for a higher being, but instead of the divine its for demonic possession. Your body is fit to specifically endure and survive the horrific transformation that accompanies the phenomenon that kills regular humans. You're an artificial rare case with hopes of bringing a desire into reality. (I haven't thought about this idea much but I'm posting it, lets derail the quest into demon raising project /s.)

D.

+1

[King Prussia]

6. Host: It's a lot like Demi-God, someone designed as a vessel for a higher being, but instead of the divine its for demonic possession. Your body is fit to specifically endure and survive the horrific transformation that accompanies the phenomenon that kills regular humans. You're an artificial rare case with hopes of bringing a desire into reality. (I haven't thought about this idea much but I'm posting it, lets derail the quest into demon raising project /s.)

D.

Me likey, +1.

[Bird of Hermes]

3C

[zikari8]

Great work. You’re really getting the hang of it now.

You’ve successfully grasped the purpose of your creation and how that has affected you as a person. That’s more or less the gist of what you need to do when creating a Servant. In other words, your training is essentially done.

There are a few other factors to consider when creating a Servant, but they aren’t too applicable to yourself, so it’ll be difficult to practice them. Even then, with the skills you’ve shown just now, you should be able to handle them with no problems.

You have the talent to be a top-class Master. Believe it!

All that’s left to complete your training is the final step in creating a Servant.

Take all the details you’ve assembled and compile them into a single mental image, thereby bringing it to life. The true and final essence of the person you wish to summon.

Who are you?

Write-In: [Insert a Name and a FC]