Fate/Apocrypha: Inheritance of Glory

Plot Summary

The MC finds themselves into a dream space, falling from the sky. While worrying, a dragon named Fafnir successfully catches them and explains the situation they are in. There is another simulated Holy Grail War that happened in Trifas, Romania where replicas of 14 Servants fight against each other. Once the dragon has landed, it was soon hit by Balmug, Siegfried's NP. Suffering from the effects of the NP, Fafnir was heavily injured. Luckily, Chiron, one of the conscious Servant, saves them and brings them back to the Castle with his student, Achilles.

After a short rest, the MC visits the dragon out of concern. Due to the injuries, the dragon reverted to its human form, a homunculus called Sieg, who is also the Custodian of the Great Holy Grail. Afterward, they have a roundtable meeting to strategize their next move. Despite it seems impossible to defeat 12 remaining Servants with Noble Phantasm equipped, Chiron still manages to form a plan to counterattack. Seeing that Sieg is still inadequate to fight, the kind centaur allows himself to train the young man, much to Achilles's dismay. In the meantime, the MC gets their nap to relinquish energy for their night battle. They dream of different Servants battling each other.

(PTSD)

At nightfall, Chiron creates a boundary field to separate the Servants. Sieg and the MC are given the task to fight Jack the Ripper, Avicebron, and Shakespeare. The fight lasted until daybreak, which they dissolved into thin air. As the MC gets their sleep, they have the same weird dream again. However, they are awakened by Jack, who now calls them 'Mommy' with affection. Even Avicebron and Shakespeare join the team. Chiron sees each of their potentials and compartmentalized each of them based on their abilities.

For the next two nights, the enemy troop is getting stronger. However, they have more allies fighting with them. Sieg promises the MC to bring them back after the issue with the duplicate Servants and the Greater Grail are solved. He also voices his concerns about losing his ownership of the Greater Grail, worrying that the relic would fall into the wrong hands.

After the third night, the party plans to take down the Hanging Gardens, a possible cause of this incident. Mordred's brash behavior inspires Chiron to have a training session on teamwork, which he asks Avicebron to create golems for practice. Later on, Sieg has a chat with the MC and he is curious about the life within Chaldea and the other Heroic Spirits. Although the MC invites him to join, Sieg insists that he is looking for someone special. Before sunset, the team has a picnic session in the gardens, eating Chiron's sandwiches while discussing their mode of transport to the Hanging Gardens.

(Fight! Fight! Fight!)

Once they reach the enormous floating garden, they begin to fight imitations of Karna, Vlad, and Semiramis. As Semiramis and Karna recover their consciousness, they could not find Vlad. Rather, they discover a phantom of Darnic who had merged himself with Vlad in the previous battle. He possesses the power of the Greater Grail, yearning to restore his former ambitions. Darnic also invites the Heroic Spirits to join him and he would grant them another chance to live. All of the Heroic Spirits decline him instantly, as they believe their righteousness is stronger than the desire to live. In rage, Darnic activates the power of the Greater Grail to annihilate the Servants and fulfill his wicked wishes.

Until a conscious imitation of Vlad impaled Darnic with his lance and put him to rest. This marks the end of the Great Holy Grail War.

The Heroic Spirits give their goodbyes before vanishing from the land. As promised, Sieg reverts into his dragon form and bring the MC back home. Sieg states that he has his regrets in his early lives, but he is content as he could work together with his former allies and rivals, as well as making a new friend. He then creates a human fragment to join the MC as their Servant, separating himself from his original form to start a new life and meet new people.

(The beginning of the story of Sieg the Servant)

Storytelling & Gameplay

It was a light-hearted and comedic event that meant to be a continuation of Fate/Apocrypha. I demand to know the people who came out with these lines.

(Actually there are more but I forgot to take most of them)

I am a little salty that none of the Rulers are featured in the story. However, this time Amakusa can take a rest from being the mastermind of a scheme.

The map, Trifas, is where Fate/Apocrypha sets. I also like the event MyRoom wallpaper. There is a sense of serenity in it.

This event is loaded with raid battles. I missed out on the first raid wave because I was suffering from my monthly tortures. The following up raids there are some buffs from Shakespeare, Avicebron, and Astolfo, but they appear randomly. The last raid battle lasted for 3 days, which the Greater Grail is not particularly friendly towards players. Otherwise, the drop rates are better than Saber Wars and Journey to the West.

Characters

For this review, I will focus on the new Servants.

Sieg

The freebie of the event and one of the main characters in Fate/Apocrypha. A homunculus who gains consciousness and the will to live, and he once saved by the dragon-slayer Siegfried, who he got the namesake from. Later, the curse of Fafnir caused by Siegfried's heart changed him into a dragon and takes away the Greater Grail to a safe place.

In the event, he acts as the custodian of the Greater Grail and ensures no one misuses the Grail. Sieg still has some memories about the previous Great Holy Grail War, yet he keeps his distance from his former friends like Astolfo and Siegfried. Regardless, he still honors them as heroes. The event also shows how Sieg feel post-war after he obtains the Greater Grail. He does not feel happy when he gets the artifact, but only guilt as many Servants are sacrificed in the battle. He now harbors a desire to venture more of the world and get to know more people. That is why he allows a fragment of himself to join Chaldea without interfering with his main objectives.

(they did it again)

Achilles/Carrots

One of the comic-reliefs of the event. Anything that comes out from him is just comedic gold. Don't forget that one of his horses is a complete 4th wall breaker. Combat-wise, Achilles is quite strong. He may not be in the top-tier list yet but there are his invincibility and NP charge.

Achilles is one of my target Servants to roll. Luckily, he is the first Servant I got from the event and the second 5* for this year. Also, he is the catalyst for my Atalante (Archer). I am still waiting for Penth and start chaos.

Side note: If you want to know more about Achilles and his life, you can read The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. It's quite sad.

Chiron

The wise teacher from Greek Mythology. A multi-talented sage who does not involve in any drama or events in the myth. It is a pity for him to die in agony from the hydra poison in Heracles's quiver. Moreover, Chiron's teaching style is different from Scathach, his lessons are less hardcore than hers. He is more compassionate and could understand each of his student's needs and sets of skills. To him, his students are like his children. He nurtures them with care and ensures his students being excellent in their talents.

Chiron's skills are mostly Support-based. However, he can be a decent offensive Servant if used well. Too bad I still have not to get him from the Gacha Pool. Now he is competing with Tomoe and Salter to be my next free 4* Servant.

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Author's Note:

Here's the review for F/A, one of the most anticipated event of the year.

Next would be Kogetsukan, another event I'm looking forward to.

What about the Shinjuku review? Sorry, currently I'm busy with my assignments. After this it would be my Summer break and I would have more time to write.