User:Laconia

Hi, I'm Ell. I write stuff.

TEAM SABER ROUTE [rough draft, general idea, not 100% what is actually going to happen, etc]

Ayaka and Altria establish territory at Gwyrch Castle in Wales. Altria summons the Saber-class Servant Roland, though she experiences discomfort during the summoning that causes problems with the Master-Servant link. Because of this, Roland bonds better with Ayaka than with her, though she refuses to relinquish her Command Spells to Ayaka. Over time Roland and Ayaka develop feelings for each other, while Altria deals with nightmares.

Katarina Venediktov, the former Master of Rider, witnesses Roland's fighting prowess (in battles against other Servants, obviously) and obsesses over obtaining Altria's Command Spells, believing that Saber will give her the power to win the war. Katarina is able to bind a Demon to herself, which replaces her lost arm and grants her powers that are formidable even for a skilled magus. It is this power which she uses to subdue Altria while Ayaka and Roland are elsewhere. Before Roland can travel to Altria's aid, Katarina has stripped his Master of her Command Spells and transferred them to herself. She takes Altria captive after this, having sensed the connection to Akasha at her core, and vivisects her multiple times to try and find “the source.”

The pain of being cut open again and again awakens her dormant side and Altria's body becomes covered in mysterious glyphs. After a mental conversation between the Grail-blackened persona of King Arthur and Altria's own sense of self, she makes the decision to become whole again in order to fight. She is able to break free of Katarina's restraints and fights Roland until he is severely weakened. She then fights Katarina's demonic form but is able to beat her by utilizing the raw power of the Black Grail. However, before she can claim her command spells, Katarina orders Roland to kill himself. Roland commits suicide and Katarina proclaims her defiance before being stabbed through the heart with Excalibur. This does not kill her, however, and she is able to revive with the aid of her Demon.

Altria seeks out Ayaka and informs her of Roland's demise. They argue over which direction to take now that Roland is gone; Ayaka wants to make a contract with Altria but the former Servant refuses, preferring autonomy and feeling apathetic toward the Grail War in general. They part on harsh terms and Ayaka goes her own way intending to take refuge with the Church. Altria, meanwhile, discovers that Katarina has begun to prey on innocent people due to her Demon maturing. Katarina has begun to take on a mutated, monstrous form as a result. This attracts the attention of the Church, who send Executors to deal with Katarina. There is a battle in which several Executors (and possibly a Master-Servant pair, ya'll play with this as you will, she's a villain whose actions don't really affect the Grail War itself at this point so it's not an absolute must that any Masters involve themselves unless they feel obligated to) attempt and fail to kill Katarina, who utilizes a Reality Marble to thwart them, but Altria reveals herself to both the Church and other Masters when she kills Katarina once and for all with Excalibur's Phantasm.

[aaaaaaaaaaaaaand I have no idea what happens after that ha. Remember that none of this is set in stone and I am totes up for changing it to fit with ya'lls planned events, I just happen to be ignorant of those at the moment and wanted a starting point for my plotting shit]