Fate/Apocrypha [Light Novel]

[sagdashin]

now that's good news ^

Someone know if higashide does it solo, or nasu is supervising like he did with F/Z?

[ukulelembo]

Originally Posted by florza

Fate/Apocrypha is set in a parallel world; it has nothing to do with the main storyline.

Originally Posted by Nayim

I don't think Fate/Apocrypha set in parallel world and there is no info confirmation about it. ...

According to the first chapter the story is set sometime after Fate/Zero, but concrete relation to Fate/Stay Night is unknown for now.

[Ithekro]

The rules seem to have changed.

[ukulelembo]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

The rules seem to have changed.

Not really. In the first place The war introduced in Apocrypha is different from previous ones. The story takes place in Shinjuku, not Fuyuki. So this is not Heaven's Feel 6. Thus We can expect that many things will be different. For example, it is likely that this grail will not affected by Avenger. Although anything is possible.

[Nayim]

Translation please?

Spoiler for Scan:

[ukulelembo]

Originally Posted by Nayim

Pic

According to recent reports, it seems that Benkei and Kintoki were cut out and replaced by different servants.
On that picture is Reika from first chapter, probably two new masters and new "Red Saber" which is presumably

Spoiler for breaking "shock" news:

Mordred!

Cover of first book:

According to Humanity6, Apocrypha will have a total of four books.

[Nayim]

Translation scan.


Here the confirmation:

Spoiler for Content text:

-New “Red Saber” which is presumably Mordred, Son of Arthur Pendragon appear in this series.

-Mordred as Servant, the girl who wear red jacket is Mordred’s master.

-The war introduced in Apocrypha is different from previous ones (Fate/Zero). The story takes place in Shinjuku set sometime after Fate/Zero, but concrete relation to Fate/Stay Night.

-Kintoki Sakata (Berserker) & Benkei (Lancer) were cut and replaced with new servant.
The series will have four total of four books first.

-The “Green hair” servant is new character, replaced Benkei nor Kintoki. Including Mordred as new servant too.

-7 Red Camp and 7 Black Camp members were duel in Holy Grail War. While Jeanne is supervisor.

-Reika Rikudou and Jack The Ripper (Assassin) were canon part of this series, never been replaced by new character but redesign the character (As above picture show Reika’s new design).

-Dead Apostles (Commonly in Tsukihime, Melty Blood and Kara no Kyoukai) confirmed as part of main story, especially Vlad III is one of them.

-Some servants can switch their servant’s classes, Karna & Siegfied is apply to this classes form.

-Jeanne d’Arc (Ruler) is main character of this series.

-All characters introduce in each chapter were split the cast, were Reika and Jack’ background was first chapter introduction.

-Another character may who exactly is, supposedly [SHIROU] may appear in this series according to this magazine scan. (The translation wasn’t 100%, so If you take grain of salt because this info is almost near accurate or false alarm, at least what translator read the info said).

And bookmark.

[GDB]

That girl on the right... corrupted heroic spirit Kuroyukihime!?

[florza]

The girl with the white top and red jacket is 'Red Saber', just for the record.

[GDB]

Should've chosen a different color. The one, true Red Saber is Nero!

[Arabesque]

Originally Posted by ukulelembo

Spoiler for breaking "shock" news:

Mordred!

... huh ...

I mean, I do get that they had changed his(her? I mean that outfit makes it hard to tell) backstory somewhat in Fate and made him a ''perfect knight'' and whatnot before his betrayal, but still ... this is seriously stretching the entire ''Throne of Heroes'' and '' Heroic Spirits'' concept really thin if they are going to make him/her a genuine one (unless (s)he was qualified for summoning due to the connection to the Arthurian lore a la Medusa and Meda)

I mean, it does open a lot of possibilities for some interesting stories, but I can't help but think this is another one of Takashi's insane desire to include his wifu in everything Type-Moon brings out ...

Originally Posted by GDB

That girl on the right... corrupted heroic spirit Kuroyukihime!?

Heh, yeah the design is pretty similar (though I guess it is somewhat common nowadays). Still makes her pretty cool and attractive looking.

I do get what you are saying about the design, but I don't think we can really call her a ''corrupted'' HS considering this is Semiramis we are talking about. If we go by the sort of HS that Nasu considers pure, she would be among them I think considering how famed she is.

Originally Posted by GDB

Should've chosen a different colour. The one, true Red Saber is Nero!

I'm of two minds about this. On hand I agree that the overlap with Extra!Saber isn't really good (though it is inevitable with how many Saber's we have now) and I would've liked if they had made it white instead to reflect Merlin's prophecy better.

On the other hand

Spoiler for :

it does makes sense as we know that the central motivating force in Mordred's character (aside from the father complex) is that he always considered himself to be the rightful heir to Arthur and the throne, and since traditional the Welsh Dragon and the red colour are associated with Arthur's reign, it would be natural if he took red as his colour as well as a way of saying he is (or will be) the king. Would also tie in with his wish (and I don't think it's going to be hard to figure out what it is going to be about).

Or maybe I'm giving this too much thought.

[redsnigami]

well the question is mordred is a girl or boy? because i see the image and i get the feeling that mordred is a girl or a man with very weird taste in clothes so somebody give me the answer?

[sagdashin]

Originally Posted by ukulelembo

Spoiler for breaking "shock" news:

Mordred!

Woha! Now it became much more interesting. And the fact that's it's gonna be 4 books shows that type-moon are showing much interest in this project. Hope it becomes an anime :P

[Nayim]

Fate Apocrypha Interview Scan:

Spoiler for Scan:

EDIT:

9 New character revealed:

Spoiler for Content:

I hope someone translate this scan.

[Arabesque]

Originally Posted by redsnigami

well the question is mordred is a girl or boy? because i see the image and i get the feeling that mordred is a girl or a man with very weird taste in clothes so somebody give me the answer?

Yes, I think we can agree that Mordred does indeed have some weird taste in clothe.

No clue about his gender in this universe (logically, being a clone of Saber he should be a girl, then again he was mentioned as a male clone of her so ...)

Well, as Takashi would say ''Looks close enough, and once the lights are out, it won't matter much!''

[Requiem-x]

Originally Posted by Nayim

9 New character revealed:

Spoiler for Content:

I hope someone translate this scan.

Can't provide translation, but I can tell you this

Spoiler for New characters:

Red saber and biker dude are Mordred and her master, the others are the black team's masters.

Fat dude in left corner is Siegfried's
Pale crazy looking chick next to him is Astolfo's
And in case people don't remember, the one looking totally out of place (besides biker dude) is Jack's
No solid info on the others' servant so far (that I could find).

[ukulelembo]

From Interview:

What's Mordred's gender?
Nasu: Mordred is a girl, definitely. A man with that sort of outward appearance is... well, I guess a certain kind of person would consider it a prize, anyway. (laughs)

[LystAP]

Originally Posted by Requiem-x

Can't provide translation, but I can tell you this

Spoiler for New characters:

Pale crazy looking chick next to him is Astolfo's

Spoiler for Astolfo's:

You sure? Astolfo's always seemed like one of those power of love and friendship nuts; he doesn't feel at all compatible with her.

Originally Posted by ukulelembo

From Interview:

What's Mordred's gender?
Nasu: Mordred is a girl, definitely. A man with that sort of outward appearance is... well, I guess a certain kind of person would consider it a prize, anyway. (laughs)

Somehow this seems to make Mordred's story even more tragic.

[Requiem-x]

Originally Posted by LystAP

Spoiler for Astolfo's:

You sure? Astolfo's always seemed like one of those power of love and friendship nuts; he doesn't feel at all compatible with her.

Wouldn't be the first time it happens. Not everyone can be Giles and Ryuunosuke.

[florza]

Originally Posted by Nayim

EDIT:

9 New character revealed:

Spoiler for Content:

I hope someone translate this scan.

Now this one is interesting enough for me to do a brief summary of. Only putting down the interesting facts.

Leftmost (Gordes): Summoned the Black Saber with a bloodstained leaf of a Sacred Fig tree as a catalyst (Siegfried). A gigantic douchebag (Not in the text).
Second from left (Selenik): Summoned the Black Rider with a glass bottle which had a liquid stain left on it as a catalyst (Not sure which Rider is this, Saint George or Astolfo, leaning to Astolfo though, cause I'm almost certain Saint George will be on the opposite team as Siegfried. They wouldn't miss out a Dragon Slayer vs Siegfried, who bathed in the blood of a dragon for the world). Rather attached to Rider. (What is this, Fate/zero?) Regardless, yay for bishoujo.
Third from left (Danik): Black Lancer's Master. Catalyst not stated. Plundered the Holy Grail from the Third Holy Grail War of Fuyuki, is almost a century old despite looking in his 20s (At least he looks better than Zouken).
Fourth from left (Fiore): An adorable girl assumed to be Danik's successor. Summoned the Black Archer using an ancient arrow as a catalyst (Atalanta). All hail bishoujos.
Fifth from left (Cowles?): Fiore's little brother, is immature and childish beyo- err, beneath his age. Summoned the Black Berserker, with the blueprints of the 'Ideal Human' as a catalyst (Frankenstein).
Sixth from left (Roche?): Thirteen-years-old, and already famous in the field of 'Doll Engineering'. Respectfully refers to the Black Caster she has summoned by 'Sensei', their relationship is close to that of a teacher-student (Shakespeare). Spends all her time building golems in a workshop in the city for the Holy Grail War.

All of the above guys are part of some Romanian(?) organisation/clan/whatever, Yggmillennia, which they have behind their name. Reference to Yggdrasil should be clear as day, Danik even speaks of Yggdrasil (Tree of the Thousand Worlds) in his quote.

Big guy in the black jacket is a freelancing Necromancer. Summoned Red Saber with a splinter of the Round Table.

Black team: Siegfried, Astolfo, Atalanta, Frankenstein, Shakespeare, Jack the Ripper, Black Lancer (probably Vlad, since Romania).
Red team: Mordred, Saint George, David, Spartacus, Semiramis, Red Caster (one of the replacement for Kintoki & Benkei), Red Lancer (probably Karna).

Basically 1 of the seven classes for each side.

Don't think the green-haired guy looks like the type to be a Caster; might have some discrepancies.