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Omnes viae Romam ducunt.

All roads lead to Rome. No matter who you had been, no matter what you had done, no matter where you had come, it was you who had been chosen. It was you who had been called to the City of God, your flesh marked by mysterious sigils of sanguine. It was you who had been called to become a Master, to serve as an anchor for those heroes of bygone days. It was you who had been called to fulfil your greatest wish, to make your dream a reality.

It was you who was chosen by the Holy Grail.

Deep in the vaults of the Vatican, the Grail has awoken, its voice guiding seven individuals from across the globe to Rome for a singular purpose: to take its power for their own. An artefact with immense magical energies, the vessel of Christ’s lifeblood is said to be capable of performing miracles. And all that is required is a simple ritual.

A battle royale.

Seven magi will summon seven Servants, magical beings containing the essence of legendary heroes, to fight each other until only one remains. And the victors, both Master and Servant, will be proved worthy of the Grail. Proved worthy of having their greatest wish granted.

Your greatest wish.

But, unlike the past wars to the East, simply winning the War is not everything. Rome is under the aegis of the Holy Church, and every step you make, every action you take, is only permitted because they deem it so. And to retrieve the Grail from deep beneath the city, to steal it away from the boundaries of Urbs Aeterna, is to declare war on the Church on its home ground. In order to succeed, subtlety is absolutely paramount, and making alliances could be beneficial.

If you are not careful, you will be exposed to the wrath of Rome itself, and possibly even the disapproval of a unique, independent Servant - one who calls the Grail itself its Master.

The risk is great, but the rewards are even greater.

That is the nature of the Holy Grail War.

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Welcome to modern day Rome, the newest battleground for a Holy Grail War, and also the home territory of the Holy Church. Seven masters have been called to the City of God to fight for possession over the Grail, a powerful wish-granting object that currently sits deep inside the Vatican’s vaults where it is covetously guarded by members of the Church’s Assembly of the Eighth Sacrament: a specialised group of clerics trained to deal with magical relics.

The goal of the Masters is, obviously, to have their wish granted by the Grail. In order to do this, they must pit their summoned Servant against those of the other competitors and triumph, a feat more easily achieved if they can suss out the true identities of enemy heroes. However, it may also be necessary for Masters to cooperate, as help will be incredibly useful in sneaking the Grail out of Church hands. But remember - the Holy Grail War only has one winner!

With the immense City of God as your playground, there is a great number of ways you could feasibly emerge victorious. Of course, anything excessive will alert the Holy Church to your presence, and it’s unwise to make them angry on their home turf. A Ruler-class Servant has also been summoned to be the War’s Overseer, so they might give you a visit too if they find considerable issue with your actions.

But with subtlety and careful planning, it shouldn’t be impossible for any Master to win this War and achieve their dreams.

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Recent Timeline

2004: The Fifth Holy Grail War in Fuyuki, Japan, ends.

August, 2013: A former Italian head of government is successfully convicted of tax fraud and his assets seized by prosecutors. Upon the discovery of a number of magical items in his personal collection, the Eighth Sacrament of the Holy Church takes over the investigation in order to sort through and protect any relics.

2014: Ten years after the Fifth War, Lord El-Melloi II returned to Fuyuki with the head of the Tohsaka line in order to dismantle the Greater Grail. Opposed to their efforts was the Association, which sought to retrieve the Grail. After a series of tumultuous events of the same magnitude as a Grail War, the Greater Grail is successfully dismantled, bringing an end to the Fuyuki Grail Wars.

2014: One of the relics acquired from the convicted Italian politician’s seized assets is identified as a wish-granting device by the Church after its sudden activation not long after the Fuyuki Grail is dismantled. Clerics are able to classify it as the 727th Holy Grail before it mysteriously became dormant, and later store it within the vaults of the Vatican.

February, 2018: In the aftermath of a lunar eclipse, the 727th Holy Grail reawakens. Over the course of weeks, seven individuals from around the world are granted marks similar to a stigmata, heralding the beginning of a new Holy Grail War. Church operatives are taken by surprise, but they immediately work to secure the wish-granter.

March, 2018: Servant Ruler is summoned into the Roman Grail War as the overseer.

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Miscellany
McJon’s Type-Moon Encyclopaedia
Mew's Translation of CMIII
Lonely Planet: Rome
Rick Steve's Explore Europe: Rome
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Plank Sinatra the reaper won't come when you're ready for him

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Let's get tooooo it.
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Crimmy Oi brat, what're ye using that noggin for?

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Saber - @XmasForJuan (Done)
Lancer - @Reflection (Done)
Archer - @HereComesTheSnow (Pending Review) and @Krayzikk (In Progress)
Rider - @Burst (WIP seen)
Caster - @Black Keys (In Progress) and @Seirei No Hai (In Progress)
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Assassin - @CarbinatedDream (Done)

@Lazo - In progress with Master

Also, please don't post in the CHAR tab yet, we'll handle updating the Servant stuff as more info gets revealed throughout the course of the RP.
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Woo, here I am.
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Oho, I like the new place~
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Crimmy Oi brat, what're ye using that noggin for?

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Also yes this RPG was named after the movie because both Plank and I enjoy capers.
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Krayzikk The Snark Knight

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Haven't poked my head in for a bit. Still here.
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HereComesTheSnow dehydration expert

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Let's get crackalackin'.
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Alright. i'll work on Rider some more tonight.
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hi
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Hi I'll take Berserker if it's still open.
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Hi I'll take Berserker if it's still open.
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Yup, sure is. Drum up a CS and shoot it over to us.
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I’ve been talking with @CarbinatedDream about pairing up. Looks like Ricardo will be the Master of Assassin.
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Oh boy. Put a Servant capable of completely shrouding their presence together with a gambler, and what you get is a rigged game of poker ^^
Before getting involved in the War, Ricardo should probably stop by the local Casinos on the way and earn himself some easy cash~
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2413 - Games of chance (card games, etc.) or wagers are not in themselves contrary to justice. They become morally unacceptable when they deprive someone of what is necessary to provide for his needs and those of others. The passion for gambling risks becoming an enslavement. Unfair wagers and cheating at games constitute grave matter, unless the damage inflicted is so slight that the one who suffers it cannot reasonably consider it significant.

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The implication that he would need a Servant to rig the poker games is downright offensi—I mean, ahem.

Perish the thought. Ricardo is the head of a respectable family. Even if once upon a time during younger, foolhardy years he may have garnered enjoyment from such base endeavors as gambling, he would never do something as shameful as to 'willfully mislead' those who engaged in such pursuits with him.
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I see I see, excuse my blunder, I meant no affront towards this respectable man.
...that being said, considering that a gentleman such as him would not stoop so low as to "willfully mislead" those unfortunate few that did not know of his talents and merely wished to partake in their favorite pastime, would it be correct to assume that those cocky enough to challenge him in a fair game despite knowing full well who he is would be deserving of a personal performance? xD
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Performances invariably demand witnesses to be deserving of the name, and while a gentleman of such caliber must ever be ready to awe his audience – be it deserving or not – they stand over a card table, not atop a stage.

That is to say, to perform would be remiss, would it not?
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I like to imagine that Ricardo also uses this suave approach of engaging and distracting his targets while Assassin sneaks around the back and does his business ^^
Give his victims the impression that he intends to hold a long conversation that intentionally leaves him vulnerable, lulling them into a false sense of security, and opening up an opportunity for Assassin to operate unsuspected.
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Berserker is coming along nicely! Will be sent in shortly.
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So, are there any more masters joining? If not, I'm making a master for my own Lancer, because I can't make one for other players.
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