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An oath that went unfulfilled. 

The Mahapatih of the Majapahit Empire once declared that until Nusantara was united, they would not taste spices or worldly pleasures. Sumpah Palapa..the oath of Palapa. To that end, the Mahapatih took up the banner of conquest as well as that of an effective statesman. Territories were absorbed into the Empire, and each time the Mahapatih did her utmost to ensure it flourished under her Empire. And so, she dedicated the rest of her life to the fulfilment of that oath. But despite all her sacrifices and effort, the oath went unfulfilled, as she died from poison given by her liege whom she had considered her own son, King Hayam Wuruk.

Such was the legend of Gajah Mada, Prime Minister of the mighty Majapahit Empire.

The unfulfilled oath of Sumpah Palapa by the time of her death was her greatest legacy, the very thing that was then picked up by Indonesia, the fledgling nation that claimed the seat of Majapahit's spiritual successor to galvanize their nationalism. And yet, even now, Nusantara as she envisioned in her oath had not been realized.

Gajah Mada realised that almost a thousand years had passed since her death, and surely Nusantara was not what it was. However, to someone whose life has largely been defined by that singular oath. Her duty and obligation to fulfil Sumpah Palapa transcended time. It was an oath she had made to the gods, an oath made to her lieges, Hayam Wuruk and his mother Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi. An oath made to Majapahit soldiers that their death and sacrifice would be honoured in the utopia of a united Nusantara under Majapahit...and an oath made to the enemies she cut down in her path, that their death would not be in vain, that their people and their children would enjoy prosperity under Majapahit.

It was not the conquest itself that was important to Gajah Mada in fulfilling the oath, it was the promise to realise a dream of a utopia in Nusantara and to honour those who have died and sacrificed themselves in pursuit of that dream.

And so, when she felt the summons of the Grail from the Thrones of Heroes, she answered the summon. Under the vessel of Saber, the Heroic Spirit Gajah Mada returned to the world, seeking the grail as the means to fulfil her oath.

As the light of the summoning subsided, Gajah Mada found herself in a church. It was different from the few churches that had been built during her time, but she recognized the Christian iconography.

Before her, is a black-haired young man. Through the mana that flows from the man to herself, Gajah Mada recognized him as her Master.

[color=39b54a]"Servant, Saber. I have come in response to your summon."[/color]