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Fate/Stay Night is a 2004 visual novel by TYPE-MOON and written by Kinoko Nasu, in which modern-day mages summon heroic spirits from the past to do battle in order to win the holy grail. It has since been adapted into a number of manga and anime series.

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Fate/Stay Night is a 2004 visual novel by TYPE-MOON and written by Kinoko Nasu, in which modern-day mages summon heroic spirits from the past to do battle in order to win the holy grail. It has since been adapted into a manga and anime TV series, including a feature length anime film.

  • Fate/Stay Night (visual novel), by TYPE-MOON, January 2004
  • Fate/Stay Night (anime, 24 episodes), directed by Yuji Yamaguchi and produced by Studio DEEN, January 2006
  • Fate/Stay Night (manga, 20 volumes), by TYPE-MOON, February 2006
  • Fate/stay Night the Movie: Unlimited Blade Works (movie), directed by Yuji Yamaguchi and produced by Studio DEEN, January 2010
  • Fate/Prototype (OVA), directed by Seiji Kishi and produced by Studio Lerche, December 2011
    This is a digest version of the original
  • Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014) (anime, 26 episodes), by studio ufotable

For another question on fate series:

  • A prequel to visual novel and light novel and anime Fate/zero, see:
  • 2010 RPG created by Type-Moon Fate/Extra, see:
  • A spinoff for Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, see: .

For more information, see the wikipedia page, ANN's Encyclopedia entry, or the TYPE-MOON wiki.

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How old is Illya?

I don't believe her actual age is given in either series and since she is a modified homunculus, she ages much slower than an average person. Based on evidence given in the Fate series, approximately how old is Illyasviel von Einzbern in Fate/Stay…
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Were the Heroic Spirits that powerful in their lives?

Were the Heroic Spirits that powerful in their lives? Consider: Some heroes had "reasonable" powers: Fate Zero's Caster has a spellbook that granted him massive amounts of mana. Fate Zero's Lancer had two magical lances. Stay Night's Caster has a…
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What are Archer's twin swords based off of?

The Archer-class servant, summoned by Rin, in the 5th Fuyuki Grail Wars wields a pair of swords named Kanshou and Bakuya in close-combat. Are these swords (especially their Overedge version, on the right in the picture below) based on real-life…
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Is the person who appeared at the very end of Fate/Stay Night UBW (desert scene) Archer or Shirou?

Right after Archer ended his monologue, he fades away. Then we see Shirou (or Archer) walking in a desert. I wouldn't have any doubts concerning this scene whether it's Shirou or Archer (it would've been Archer who's taking part in a new mission) if…
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Is there a single member of the Einzbern family who is a human being?

From the information I could find, nearly all known members of the Einzbern family are (female) homunculi (Justeaze, Irisviel, Illyasviel and all the maids), the only exception being Jubstacheit, who is supposed to be an A.I. controlling an array of…
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What caused the difference between the good and true endings of Unlimited Blade Works?

In what is presumably the "good ending" of the Unlimited Blade Works route, Saber stays after the Grail is destroyed, because Rin has turned her into a familiar. (I also got the sense that Shiro was supposed to aid Rin in supplying prana to Saber by…
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In what order were the Servants summoned for the 5th Holy Grail War?

I know that Assassin was summoned after Caster, and in most cases, Saber is the last Servant to be summoned. (The exception is in Heaven's Feel if you count True Assassin's appearance as a separate summoning). However, I am wondering about the order…
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Do people die if they are killed?

In Fate/Stay Night there's the famous scene in which Shirou speaks to Saber. The scene gained immense popularity across the web, and is usually accompanied by responses like O RLY? and You Don't Say! The question is, does he actually say that? Is…
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Is it possible for one Master to have multiple Servants?

I'm reading the Fate/Stay Night visual novel. Early on, in the Kotomine Church, you can reach a bad ending by choosing to have Shirou give up his Command Spells and withdraw from the Holy Grail War as a Master. He goes outside to sever his contract…
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Why is Rider called "Iskander" instead of "Alexander"?

The true identity of Rider in Fate/Zero is Alexander the Great, the famed conqueror and King of Macedonia. Since Alexander conquered so many countries, his name has been adapted to many different languages, including Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, in…
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Who exactly is Archer from the Unlimited Blade Works movie?

Although I have not watched the Fate/Zero TV series, I have watched the Fate/stay night series and the Fate/Stay Night - Unlimited Blade Works movie. At the end of the movie I found out that: Archer is actually Shirō. Even before the ending,…
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What did the past winners of the Holy Grail Wars wish for?

It is implied that there were five wars in total, and it's likely that their winners would each have wished for something epic, like immortality or godlike powers, but throughout Fate/Zero and Fate/stay night the world doesn't appear to have been…
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Why did Shiro have Rin's pendant, if Rin's pendant was returned to her by Archer?

In the prologue to Unlimited Blade Works, we see Rin drop her pendant after saving Shiro's life. She doesn't bother picking it up, and later, Archer returns it to her. However, in the first "main" episode, we see that Shiro picks up the pendant and…
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Why did Lancer prepare his Noble Phantasm during his first fight with Archer?

In Ufotable's adaptation of Unlimited Blade Works, when Lancer fights Archer for the first time (episode 0), near the end of the battle Lancer begins charging his Gae Bolg, but is later distracted by Shirou. Later, on episode 5 of the second season,…
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Are all of the Holy Grail War servants based on real heroes?

Saber's character in Fate/stay night and Fate/zero is based on the real-life hero King Arthur. Are the other Holy Grail War servants also based on real-life heroes? And if they are, who are those heroes?
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