Fate/strange fake

The story centers around a Grail War faultily copied from the Third Holy Grail War in Fuyuki. After the end of the third Grail War, an organization from the United States that has magi separate from the London-based Mage Association as members took data from Fuyuki's Grail War and planned their own ritual. After seventy years, they used the city Snowfield as the Sacred Land for their own Grail War. They were unable to successfully copy every aspect of the ritual, which led to it acting only as an imitation that has lost the Saber class and allowed for the summoning of strange Servants due to the definition of a "hero" being blurred.

The Mage's Association has sent Rohngall and his pupil, Faldeus, to investigate the city and the status of the war. Faldeus, a spy from the US organization, has Rohngall sniped upon arrival, despite knowing that Rohngall was simply a puppet. He announces that their Holy Grail War has been in development and that it is real, which causes an uproar at the Clock Tower, and wishes to "advertise" the project to the Association.

Sajō Ayaka (アヤカ・サジョウ, Ayaka Sajō)

Ayaka is the seventh Master and the Master of Saber of the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. It is revealed that Ayaka is Person A (A氏, A-shi); a resident of Fuyuki City who disappeared in the past after a family suicide. Ayaka was a student who moved to Fuyuki's Shinto in the beginning of spring shortly after turning twenty. She rented room two on the eleventh floor of Semina Apartments. There was a family suicide during the fall, and she went missing a month later. Although the police were asked to start an investigation, it turned up nothing, Kaede Makidera claiming that Person A only went on a journey of self-discovery and that she will come back when she becomes stronger. The story later become told as a ghost story by Ayako Mitsuzuri with an unknown amount of embellishment. The "Little Red Riding Hood of Semina Apartments" is a common ghost story known by students in Homurahara Academy, to which Taiga Fujimura has banned them

Tiné Chelc (ティーネ・チェルク, Tīne Cheruku)

Tiné is the Master of Archer in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. Tiné's people are an indigenous people who had apparently kept watch over the Snowfield region for a thousand years before, in the early twentieth century, they were driven out by the government and the group of magus looking to prepare the land for the False Holy Grail War. Tiné participates in the War seemingly with the intent to return her people to their rightful place. She does not have a particular wish for the Holy Grail to grant.

Tsubaki Kuruoka (繰丘 椿, Kuruoka Tubaki)

Tsubaki is the Master of Rider in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. She was born to Eastern-Asian magi parents in their thirties seeking for ways to further their future in the world of magecraft. They were among those who managed to take the actual machinery underlying the Fuyuki Holy Grail War system, and while there, also obtained partial knowledge on Zouken Matou's magecraft. Seeking to adapt it to their own use, they eventually reached the idea of using magically-modified bacteria to better their host, and decided to use their first born daughter as the test subject. Speaking words like “We will make you into an illustrious mage”, her parents' experiments caused her great pain. They felt no love for her as a person, but only as a vessel to continue their family line. Although their experiments proved to be fruitful, they lost control of some of the bacteria before she was complete. This deprived her of her consciousness, but her parents had long lost any interest in her as a person. She was hospitalized solely for the sake of making sure that an heir could be born from her. While in a coma, Tsubaki entered her dream world, where she initially suffered from great loneliness. After eventually getting used to it, she continued to explore the city, and she eventually stopped keeping track of time after three months. After one year, the False Holy Grail War began to approach. It was noted, by Orlando Reeve, that Tsubaki's parents had planned to ally with the police chief, thus implying that they worked for the government organization of America.

Orlando Reeve (オーランド・リーヴ, Ōrando Rīvu)

Orlando Reeve is the Master of Caster in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. He is the police chief of Snowfield. He is a magus who has gone to great lengths to prepare for the Holy Grail War. He has known of the ritual, and he is disappointed in the government for their decision to advertise it to outsiders.

Jester Karture (ジェスター・カルトゥーレ, Jesutā Karutūre)

Jester is the Master of Assassin in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. He is a Dead Apostle known as the Six Hearted Revolver (六連男装, Rokuren Dansō)Six Hearted Revolver (六連男装, Rokuren Dansō) who has taken interest in the Holy Grail to grant his wish. As it is his first time participating in such a battle, he researched the nature of the ritual thoroughly, and plans to summon a Servant of the Assassin class. He brought ten disciples with him to Snowfield, all of whom are loyal to the point where they will face certain death to avenge their supposedly dead master. They don't appear to know of his true nature because they are shocked at his supposed demise. His original form is that of a small girl.

Flat Escardos (フラット・エスカルドス, Furatto Esukarudosu)

Flat is the Master of Berserker in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. He was born into the Escardos family, a line of magi living on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, as the eldest son. It was originally hoped that he would be a magus of rare quality in terms of Magic Circuits and the talent to control them. During his childhood, Flat sneaked onto Van-Fem's casino boat as a minor, but Van-Fem let him stay in return for Flat showing him his magecraft. He was thought to be a true prodigy as he was growing up, but his true nature was shown after studying under a number of professors at the Clock Tower. They began to complain about him, and he was assigned to the only professor left, Lord El-Melloi II. Though he quickly developed his magical talents over the next few years and surpassed all of his peers, the problems with his personality caused him to be unable to graduate and become one of El-Melloi's eldest students at close to the age of twenty. While his teacher does not like to let unprepared magi into the world, he came to regret keeping Flat around.

The Synthetic beast Silver Wolf (銀狼の 合成獣キメラ, Gin Ōkami no GōseijūKimera)

The Wolf is the Master of Lancer in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. He is a silver wolf familiar of the magus originally planning to participate in the Holy Grail War. He was created with the purpose of being used as a catalyst to summon a Servant. The magus believes that he needs to summon a being more ancient than the Origin of Heroes, something that transcends Heroes who were "kings". He wishes to summon an existence Egyptians called "God", but his plan is ruined when the Wolf obtains Command Spells instead of him.

Faldeus Dioland (ファルデウス・ディオランド, Farudeusu Diorando)

Faldeus is the Master of True Assassin in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. He is a magus belonging to the government organization responsible for starting the False Holy Grail War, and despite seeming to be barely past his mid-twenties, displays knowledge of the events seventy years prior as if having had experienced them personally. He is part of a "certain American organization" that answers to the American government. Rather than being an organization of magi, it instead only has some magi as members. He went undercover within the Mage's Association with the eventual purpose of spreading news of the ritual and a warning to the Association's magi. He also learned much about the organization under the tutelage of Rohngall while only revealing his name to the magus. He earned enough of a reputation to be recognized on sight by the Wolf's creator.

Bazdilot Cordelion (バズディロット・コーデリオン, Bazudirotto Kōderion)

Bazdilot is the Master of True Archer in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. He a ruthless murderer in service of the Scladio crime family. He summons the mighty Greek hero Heracles as his servant. Disgusted by his servant’s refusal to murder children, he uses all three of his command seals combined with the cursed mud of the Grail to forcibly alter Heracles into a pseudo-Avenger servant. He is based in a meat-packaging plant, and uses a system of magecraft based on human sacrifices, having already murdered over twenty-four thousand people in preparation with hundreds more ready to be killed.

Francesca Prelati (フランチェスカ・プレラーティ, Furanchesuka Purerāti)

Francesca is the Master of True Caster in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. Francesca is François Prelati from the time of Joan of Arc. Originally male, she has died numerous times and changed bodies, but the first death ended with her recorded as a Heroic Spirit. With the implication that she is in control of these reincarnations, she could be considered transgender. The Heroic Spirit version has no memories from after that first death. Of her numerous deaths, there are seven where she was left speechless or otherwise overwhelmed, including Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, Saint Germain, the "consoling witch that is eternally alive", Van-Fem, Satsuki Kurogiri, her teachers in magecraft, and Touko Aozaki.

She seems to be allied to the American organization behind the False Holy Grail War, but even so, Orlando Reeve refers to her as an outsider. In turn she calls him new, implying that while she is considered separate from the group, she's been affiliated with them longer than Reeve himself. She claims to hate Dead Apostles and is on the side of humanity, but Orlando replies she's just fighting with them over food.

Sigma (シグマ, Shiguma)

Sigma is the Master of Watcher in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. He is the product of the rape of Maiya Hisau by an unknown soldier. He wasn't given a name and was taken away from Maiya when he was a baby.

Archer (アーチャー, Āchā)

The Servant of Tiné Chelc in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. His True Name is Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes who ruled Uruk and befriended Enkidu. During life, he had a key to the gates of his vault crafted, but he did not utilize it. The key was exceedingly ornate, and about the length and weight of a small survival knife. The jewels ornamented on the key were extremely valuable, both magically and monetarily. The key was filled with some magical energy of unknown origin. Viewing it as a trifle because there were none who would lay a hand upon his treasures, he threw it away. It eventually found its way into the hands of his summoner's ancestor, and while the key was filled with magical energy, he never found the vault. It stayed within his family until Archer's summoner used it to summon him instead of the first skin shed by a snake.

Lancer (ランサー, Ransā)

The Lancer-class Servant summoned by the Wolf in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. His True Name is Enkidu (エルキドゥ, Erukidu), the only friend of Gilgamesh. Born from a clod of earth, Enkidu was clay shaped by hands of the Gods, his father the king of gods, Anu, and his mother the goddess of creation, Aruru. He was neither male nor female, but merely a monster made of mud that descended onto the earth and awoke in the wilderness.

Rider (ライダー, Raidā)

The Servant summoned by Tsubaki Kuruoka in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. Rider the embodiment of pestilence given form by the False Grail, and "he" is given the True Name Pale Rider (ペイルライダー, Peiru Raidā). Differing from those called Heroic Spirits, "he" is only one in name. Far from a "hero", "he" cannot even be called a Villainous Spirit or Demonic Spirit. Some regions have called "him" a "curse", and some religions have denoted "him" to be "divine punishment." "He" is "disease", that which has existed since time immemorial and that which will continue to exist far into the future. "He" has lived a shorter life than anyone, and yet has lived a longer life than anyone. Called a horseman who has brought calamity to all, "he" is that which "let loose" the Black Death that killed thirty million people and came "under the name" of Spanish Influenza that killed fifty million people. Given a physical presence despite not being a Heroic Spirit, "he" continues to exist in that moment to take the lives of those on the planet to provide "himself" nourishment for life to begin anew.

Caster (キャスター, Kyasutā)

The Servant summoned by Orlando Reeve in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. Caster's True Name is Alexandre Dumas (アレクサンドル・デュマ,Arekusandoru Dyuma^?). In life, he met Hans Christian Andersen while living in Paris around the time of 1843. He is also the author of The Count of Monte Cristo, which features the fictional character Edmond Dantès.

Assassin (アサシン, Asashin)

The Servant summoned by Jester Karture in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. Assassin's True Name has been forsaken as of before the time she gained the properties of a Heroic Spirit, but she is given the monikers of No Name Assassin and Beautiful Assassin (美しき暗殺者,Utsukushiki Asashin^?). She was a former candidate for the position of Hassan-i Sabbah, the pseudonym shared by the leaders of the League of Assassins, the Hashshashin.

Berserker (バーサーカー, Bāsākā)

The Servant summoned by Flat Escardos in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. Berserker True Name is Jack the Ripper, but lacks a true identity, instead acting as the embodiment of the mystery behind the legend of Jack the Ripper in the form of an "emblem of madness." Brought forth by a toy knife from Night Wars of the British Empire, he is not the soul of an actual person, and he only knows he is "Jack the Ripper" and has no knowledge about the true identity behind his legend. He claims that only the true him, rather than the him of legend, or someone who put a stop to his murders would know his true name. This aberration is due to the fact that he is summoned with an imitation of a real relic, but it did draw a much more powerful spirit because it was an imitation designed for public use.

Saber (セイバー, Seibā)

Ayaka's Servant. Due to the nature of the False War, there is no Saber class Servant, but he is summoned as a Servant of the True War by Cashura, an agent of the government, but Saber's contract is linked to Ayaka due to her special Command Seals. He is summoned on the first day of the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake.

Saber's True Name is Richard I (リチャード一世, Richādo Issei^?), the Lionheart . His bravery earned him the name “Lionheart” and even the enemy general praised him as the “greatest knight”. In the past, he, Saladin and the leading Hassan-i-Sabbah at the time fought together against a Dead Apostle during the Third Crusade. He is known as the "Wandering King", not because he was always headed off to a battlefield or on his way back from one, but because he was the king who wandered over the border between history and myth, the last king with one foot in an age when faeries and runes were still out in the open.

True Archer (真アーチャー, Shin Āchā)

The Servant of Bazdilot Cordelion in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. He has also been granted attributes of an Avenger-class Servant through the machinations of his Master. His True Name is Alcides (アルケイデス, Arukeidesu), the human side of Heracles whose divinity has been lost through interference from his Master's Command Spells awakening past memories from his life and mud from the Fuyuki Grail.

True Rider (真ライダー, Shin Raidā)

The Servant of Doris Lusendra in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. Her True Name is Hippolyta (ヒッポリュテー, Hipporyutē^?)

True Assassin (真アサシン, Shin Asashin)

The Servant of Faldeus Dioland in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. His True Name is one of the nineteen Hassan-i-Sabbah.

True Caster (真キャスター, Shin Kyasutā)

The Servant of Francesca Prelati in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. Caster's True Name is François Prelati (フランソワ・プレラーティ,Furansowa Purerāti^?), a cleric in France during the time of Joan of Arc. He was a close friend of Gilles de Rais, helping him with financial difficulties through alchemy. François was also involved with black magic, and Gilles became involved in his rituals as he forgot his original goals. François was the actual magus leading these ceremonies to summon demons, while Gilles was merely a patron involved in the rituals. He owned what became the Noble Phantasm Prelati's Spellbook that is summoned with Gilles under the Caster-class, despite Gilles not actually being a magus. François had translated it from Chinese manuscripts into Italian, and those manuscripts had been previously translated from a non-human language. He was eventually executed and became sublimated as a Heroic Spirit. Despite this, there is a still living François Prelati currently going by the name of Francesca. The Heroic Spirit François possesses no memories from after his initial death.

True Berserker (真バーサーカー, Shin Bāsākā)

The Servant of Haruri in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. Its True Name is Huwawa, the beast of the Cedar Forest in Mesopotamian mythology. It has been shown to fly into a rage immediately upon summoning, striking down its Master before a contract could be made. It is also shown to be terrified of Ishtar, who intervenes on Haruri's behalf and forces the contract between the two of them.

Watcher (ウォッチャー, Wocchā)

The Watcher-class Servant summoned by Sigma in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. Watcher's True Name is unknown, censored as ○○○·○○○○. Although described as a Heroic Spirit, is said to be an abnormal phenomenon that would be hard to call a hero, god, or demon. Upon its summoning, Enkidu senses an "abnormality" with his Presence Detection skill and wonders if he has "angered them a little," but does not believe it has anything to do with a Heroic Spirit being summoned. The purpose of Watcher is not to act as Servant replacing one of the other classes. It is a "lookout" observing the Holy Grail War, and said to be an obstacle for Sigma to overcome so he can become "Lancer while living." It will give him "unreasonable" trials to overcome so that he can "become somebody."

Ishtar (イシュタル, Ishutaru)

The goddess of Mesopotamian mythology. After she was insulted by Gilgamesh and assaulted by Enkidu throwing Gugalanna's entrails at her in Uruk, she decided to leave a vestige of herself to manifest, "If one day, 'those two' were to meet again on this planet." Due to the fact that gods could not manifest in the modern world, she possessed the Einzbern homunculus Fillia, using her as a "sacrificial shrine maiden" and overwriting her.

Hansa Cervantes (ハンザ・セルバンテス, Hanza Serubantesu)

A priest and a member of the church.

Twenty years before the False Holy Grail War, Hansa was from a small village in the mountainous region of Spain, but his hometown was destroyed by Dead Apostle. It left the orphan boy surviving in the wilderness of the mountains. Hansa was eventually saved by Dilo and was later adopted by Dilo's acquaintance Delmio Cervantes. Delmio trained him with martial arts and Hansa decided to pursue the path of an Executor. He is a member of the Assembly of the Eighth Sacrament. He was sent to Snowfield by the Holy Church as a moderator for the False Holy Grail War.

Lord El-Melloi II (ロード・エルメロイⅡ世, Rōdo Erumeroi Nisei)

Lord El-Melloi II is highly regarded in the Clock Tower and he is the professor of Flat. He once participated in the Fourth Holy Grail War. He was formerly known as Waver Velvet (ウェイバー・ベルベット, Weibā Berubetto).

Rohngall (ランガル, Rangaru)

Rohngall was sent by the Mage's Association to investigate the Snowfield's Grail War. At some point in the past, Rohngall took Faldeus Dioland as his student, unaware that the younger man was a spy for the American organisation.

Fillia (フィリア, Firia)

She is an Einzbern homunculus involved in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake. As of the summoning of True Berserker, her body has been possessed by the goddess Ishtar.

Caubac Alcatraz (コーバック・アルカトラス, Kōbakku Arukatorasu)

Also known as Dead Apostle of the Millennium Lock (千年錠の死徒,Sennenjō no Shito^?) and the Comedian of the Dead Apostles. He is the twenty-seventh of The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors.

Alcatraz is a magus who became a vampire through his magical research. He is an old friend of Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, and he was one of the people present for Arcueid Brunestud's birth eight-hundred years ago. He only met her that one time, but he left a lasting impression on her. He has been missing for over a century, and it is unknown to others if he is still alive.

Cashura (カーシュラ, Kashūra)

He is a magus who works for the US government. He tried to summon King Arthur for the False Holy Grail War, but was killed by Assassin, leaving the summoning incomplete. Because of the incomplete summoning, Richard I was summoned instead.

Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg (キシュア・ゼルレッチ・シュバインオーグ, Kishua Zerurecchi Shubain'ōgu)

He is one of five living Magicians capable of True Magic beyond modern science or Magecraft. He has numerous nicknames, including Zelretch the Wizard Marshall (魔道元帥ゼルレッチ, Madō Gensui Zerurecchi^?), Zelretch of the Jewels (宝石のゼルレッチ, Hōseki no Zerurecchi^?), Old Man of the Jewels (宝石翁, Hōseki Okina^?), and Kaleidoscope (万華鏡（カレイドスコープ）, Mangekyō (Kareidosukōpu)^?)." He has control over the Second Magic, "Kaleidoscope", which allows for the "Operation of Parallel Worlds."

Mr. and Mrs. Kuruoka

The parents of Tubaki Kuruoka. Originally intended to summon Qin Shi Huang as a Servant before being infected by Pale Rider.

Master of Archer

The original Master of Archer in the False Holy Grail War of Fate/strange fake before Tiné Chelc kills him to take over the contract.

Synthetic beast creator

The creator of The Synthetic beast Silver Wolf.

Published by Dengeki Bunko ( KADOKAWA / ASCII · Media Works ).

1. Released on January 10, 2015, ISBN 978-4-04-869168-0
2. Released on May 9, 2015, ISBN 978-4-04-865129-5
3. Released on May 10, 2016, ISBN 978-4-04-865763-1
4. Released on April 8, 2017, ISBN 978-4-04-892756-7
5. Released on April 9, 2019, ISBN 978-4-04-893519-7
6. Released on January 10, 2020, ISBN 978-4-04-912956-4

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1. Released on January 10, 2015, ISBN 978-4-8961-0930-6
2. Released on January 14, 2016, ISBN 978-404730989-0
3. Released on August 23, 2017, ISBN 978-404730990-6