Fate/Ingens Cor
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Fate/Ingens Cor is a story which chronicles Harry Potter and his adventures in dealing with a new Holy Grail War which has been triggered by Voldemort in one of his usual mad quests for power. The first chapter was published on April 15, 2011.
Set during Harry's fifth year, the story begins with the Death Eaters begin a ritual led by a bastard son of the Einzberns who desires power and isn't afraid of where he has to go in order to get it. Stealing as much knowledge from his family and Clock Tower about the Heaven's Feel as he can get, he attempts to bring down the Holy Grail in what amounts to a Confoundus Ritual to trick it into granting Voldemort a wish.
It didn't go exactly as planned.
In the wake of the failed ritual, Voldemort stands to be counted among the Masters who will take part in the war with Berserker by his side. All over Great Britain though, other Masters are selected by either chance or their own design to take part in the War to come. Among them is none other than Harry Potter whom in an attempt to escape the Dementors who come to kill him, accidentally summons a Servant of his own, a knight in black armour claiming to be called Saber...
The story can be found here.
Tropes used in Fate/Ingens Cor include:
- Action Girl: Rin and Arturia of course. The Assassin for this Grail War is also included.
- Animal Motif: Caster's helmet. It has a deer design which moves into his decoration horns.
- Anti-Hero: Saber is more or less this thanks to his dark history.
- Attack Animal: Servants are generally considered this by many Masters in the Fate series.
- Awful Truth: Saber's true history which he feels will alienate him from his master and jepordize the bond they share as Master and Servant.
- Back From the Dead: All of the Servants are this trope, having been summoned from the Throne of Heroes after they had died.
- Badass: Shirou, Arturia, Rin, Saber, Caster, the list goes on.
- Big Brother Mentor: Saber may be turning into this for Harry since he offers Harry advice on his situation as well as an ear for Harry to talk into concerning his troubles and concerns.
- Break the Haughty: Draco Malfoy tries to lord his pureblood status over Assassin without truly knowing what she was not once, but twice. Both times left him trembling and fearing for his life while to Assassin it was business as usual.
- Calling Your Attacks: Necessary to activate the full power of a Noble Phantasm.
- Casual Danger Dialogue: Saber doesn't speak too often in his fights. When he does, it's simple words or something which sounds pretty cool.
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Saber: "What I do to atone for my shame is no business of yours!" |
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- Cool Sword: Many examples of this. Kashou and Bakuya, Excalibur, Arondight, and with Shirou's abilities there are likely more to come.
- Courtroom Episode: Harry's day in court
- Crossover: Painfully obvious.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Many characters embody this. Saber, Arturia, Shirou, Harry, and other characters.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Stereotypically black knights are supposed to be the bad guys, but we can see that Harry's Saber is anything but.
- Dream Sequence: Harry has a dream about Saber's past via the dream cycle.
- Dual-Wielding: Saber shows off this particular skill when he uses both halves of a cut bench as a weapon when he fights Caster.
- Shirou also exemplifies this with Kanshou and Bakuya
- Fantastic Racism: The Death Eaters hold this towards everyone who isn't magical or don't have any magical relatives.
- Femme Fatale: Assassin
- Friendly Enemy: despite being enemies in the Holy Grail War, Archer and Saber seem to tolerate each other at least.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: This is a Harry Potter fic. Of course scars are going to be playing a role in things.
- Hero-Killer: Technically, this is what all of the Servants are trying to be since they have to take each other down in order to win the Holy Grail War. Servants are Heroic Spirits after all
- Hero Worshipper: Harry is this for Lancelot, having grown up on stories about Camelot. The disgraced knight was one of his favourites.
- Hurting Hero: Saber and Harry with their respective situations and then Arturia when she sees that Lancelot has returned
- Just Ignore It: Saber's advice to Harry about all of the mudslinging that the Ministry of Magic is doing to him.
- Kangaroo Court: Fudge's attempt at putting Harry to trial.
- Knight in Sour Armour: Saber (Lancelot) is still tearing himself up over his past. To a lesser extent Arturia is too although she has Shirou to help her get over it.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Vernon attempts to strike Harry, blaming him for the condition Dudley is in after a Dementor attack only to bet punched in the face by Saber. Considering how powerful Servants can be, even holding back can cause a lot of damage.
- Magic Wand: Do we really need to elaborate on this?
- Master Swordsman: Thanks to Saber's Knight of Honour, just about anything he grabs he masters as a weapon.
- Shirou is this as well thanks to his skills with weapons and Unlimited Blade Works
- Meaningful Name: The titles of the Servants are a reflection on their abilities.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: The basic mindset when it comes to dealing with enemies in the Holy Grail War.
- It's also popular with Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
- Rider also suggests this after Malfoy runs off after Assassin dealt with him for mouthing off at her.
- My Greatest Failure: Harry's feelings concerning Cedric's death. He's reminded of it when he looks at Saber's face for the first time.
- Mysterious Past: As a rule, the Servants must keep their pasts a secret from their Masters, but recently Saber's identity has become known to Harry.
- Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Voldemort A.K.A. You-Know-Who. Thanks to the Ministry's lies, Harry Potter is gaining this status.
- Off with His Head: Caster has a history with this.
- Oh Crap: The moment Harry and Hermione realize that there are other Servants besides theirs on the Hogwarts Express!
- Redheaded Hero: Hermione's Archer. Then of course there's Shirou.
- Team Mom: For better or for worse, that's Molly Weasley in regards to the Order of the Pheonix.
- The Power of Blood: Death Eater Yaxley dies in the aftermath of the failed ritual which may or may not have played a role in the Berserker that was summoned.
- The Prankster: Archer and the Weasley Twins
- There Can Be Only One: The Holy Grail War states that only one team of Master and Servant can be victorious.
- The Vamp: Assassin reveals this trope by using her charms to seduce the train engineers into becoming her loving slaves.
- Too Dumb to Live: Lancer more or less considers his Master, Bellatrix Lestrange to be this since she's a raving lunatic as far as he's concerned.
- Tragic Monster: Harry's Saber when you have to consider his past in Fate/Zero
- You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!: More or less Harry's reaction to finding out his Servant's true identity, Lancelot of the Lake.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: This almost happened to Lars Von Einzbern when his ritual seemingly failed.
