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Savior Complex

1987 - 2004

Shirou was born in 1987, but his life began anew as a son of the Emiya family in 1994. The Magus Killer Kiritsugu Emiya adopted him after he lost all he'd ever known in the Great Fire of Fuyuki due to the Fourth Holy Grail War. Ten years later, the world calls upon him to follow in his adoptive father's footsteps as he becomes a Master in the Fifth Holy Grail War.

Art by Takashi Takeuchi

Holy Grail War

聖杯戦争 - 2004

The exact events of the Fifth Fuyuki Holy Grail War are unclear, combining different elements from the three main "routes" recorded in other worlds. It's possible the history of the War itself was altered retroactively due to later events. The only casualty among the Servants and Masters was the overseer Kotomine Kirei, defeated by Shirou Emiya and Saber in a battle to stop the corrupted Grail from destroying the world. At some point during the war, Shirou uncovered the identity of Archer as his alternate future self, EMIYA, and gained access to his Reality Marble "Unlimited Blade Works". Sakura Matou was revealed to be the true master of Rider, Zouken Matou's presence was revealed, and the existence of Artoria Alter is known, but False Assassin Sasaki Kojirou was never replaced by Assassin Hassan-i-Sabbah of the Cursed Arm. After the War's end, the survivors live in idle peace for half a year.

Art by Noko Morokoshi

Hollow Ataraxia

ホロウアタラクシア - 2004

After Rin Tohsaka's experiments with the Second Magic at Einzbern Castle, Fuyuki is caught in a time loop created by the now reactivated Greater Grail. Their contents manifest as Avenger Angra Mainyu and lead to a bizarre continuation of the Fifth War / recreation of the Third War from 1939. The loop is eventually dispelled and mostly forgotten about, with its events only remembered as vague dreams.The events of Today's Menu for Emiya Family are what happens in the "real world" before and after the time loop, adapting some of the same events and characters. Except for Kirei's appearances later in the manga, those are in their own timeline. Just pretend Bazette and Caren show up sometimes, idk man it's a slice of life show.

Art by Mineji Sakamoto

Adventures in Europe and Asia

エルメロイⅡ世の冒険 - 2005-2014

Some time after the Holy Grail War and the events that followed, Shirou left Fuyuki with Rin Tohsaka to study at Clock Tower in London, England. He found work as a servant at the Edelfelt manor to help pay for their rent and acquire materials for their studies and practice. His Magecraft vastly improved as a student in the Department of General Fundamentals, allowing him to apply Reinforcement to his limbs and eyes to increase their abilities and making his Projection more versatile. His other skills improved as well, as Shirou began to learn blacksmithing, western style archery, and even gained experience with firearms. He still returns to Fuyuki when time and budget allow to check up on Saber and his house guests, especially when classes are on hold for the summer.Thanks to his friendship with Flat Escardos, he got wrapped up in a deadly clash with the mafia in Monaco in 2007. There he learns of the Dismantling War that will come to Fuyuki in 2014, and works even harder to master his abilities and acquire new ones to keep his friends safe. His involvement in 2009's True and False Holy Grail Wars in Texas is unknown, though his name came up when discussing measures to counter Archer Gilgamesh in battle.At some point during the decade, Shirou took several trips across Europe and Asia to research various fighting techniques. Backpacking through Mongolia and China took him half a year with various stops along the way, and he made smaller visits to South Korea, Spain, Italy, and many other countries.

Art by Takashi Takeuchi

GRAND ORDER

グランドオーダー - 2015

By the time of the Dismantling War, Shirou Emiya is "Complete" as a Magus. While he will continue to improve and become more efficient over the course of his life, he has developed all of his fundamental skills and is in his physical prime. He has not suffered from the rebound effect that changed the appearance of his Servant self thanks to his greater experience and knowledge in this lifetime, retaining his original hair and skin color. However, he has grown to a similar height thanks to years of constant use of Reinforcement and other magics.Chaldea exists in a world separate from his own, but Shirou Emiya's desire to be a hero still gets him involved somehow. He ends up as a combatant and supporter at the Security Organization to help protect Humanity.

Unlimited Blade wORKS

Shirou's Reality Marble, the manifestation of his Origin, "Swords". It contains a replica of every sword he has ever seen, which he can utilize against anyone dragged inside of his domain. Every weapon stored within can be projected at a great discount compared to other weapons that Shirou has studied, though Divine Constructs cannot be recorded. In addition, should a weapon within UBW be broken, tracing a new copy costs the full amount of energy.Ordinarily, it would take Shirou 10 years to discover Unlimited Blade Works, and another 10 to master it. Thanks to Archer's meddling, he skipped the first decade and has gained full usage of the ability by age 27. While not able to invoke it endlessly, Shirou can reliable activate his Reality Marble without the need for support.

Fragmentary Forging

A few years after the Fifth Holy Grail War, Shirou discovered a new technique to use within Unlimited Blade Works. By targeting the Marble itself with a Broken Phantasm, he can apply it's special effects to every other weapon touched by the fragments. This only applies to passive abilities such as Hrunting's tracking, not effects activated by a Noble Phantasm like Nine Lives. This also only works on weapons that are stored within Unlimited Blade Works, and thus cannot be applied to or utilize the effects of Divine Constructs.

Gradation Air: Trace

Better known as "Projection", the magecraft of creating matter from energy. It is an advanced form of Reinforcement, yet considered far inferior. Ordinary projection is both incredibly expensive and impractical, creating inferior phantasms that last only moments. Shirou's unique variation, tracing is an outlier. He can create replicas at a cost proportional to their strength, with an extreme discount on objects that match his origin. And unlike ordinary projections, Shirou's are detailed enough to be considered "real" by the world and retain their physical form until destroyed.

Limitations

Mundane objects such as pipes, chains, or a modern sword are practically identical to their true counterparts, and only the utmost scrutiny using magical tools can identify them.Noble Phantasms that are classified as "Swords" are degraded by a single rank, such as Hrunting going from rank A to B, or Durandal from A+ to A. In addition, their cost is significantly less than a usual projection, as they already exist within Unlimited Blade Works. Shirou believes that he can create more perfect copies with a few more years of practice.Other weapons and armaments like shields and spears are degraded by two ranks, such as Gáe Bolg going from rank B to D.Divine Constructs cannot be recorded inside Unlimited Blade Works, but can still be traced and projected at a cost. They are degraded by an additional rank, making a sword like Excalibur drop from A++ rank to A, or Vajra from B+ to D.By making a Projection as a "Broken Phantasm" that is destroyed with one use, they are increased by a rank.

Trace Breakdown

After leaving behind piles of junk from his training, Shirou spent time learning how to get a "refund" from his unused Projections. Breaking them back down into magical energy gives him back a portion of what was spent creating it, though there is an inverse-proportional relationship between the cost and the percentage returned. A sword that costs 8 units of magical energy may refund 6, but one that costs 80 will only return 30, and so on.

Reinforcement

The basic spell which Projection is built from, the ability to infuse an object or entity with energy to enhance it in some way. "Enhancing" is subjective, but generally means to make it better at a particular purpose. A table would likely only be made more durable, but a sword could be made sharper or sturdier. Shirou often reinforces his Projections to increase their attack power however much he can, and applies it to his body to enhance his physical performance. This gives him superhuman speed and strength in short bursts, but he still has to be careful of how much damage his body takes. Like Kiritsugu and Archer, Shirou uses Reinforcement to sharpen his eyesight for better long range attacks as well. However, this has impacted his vision when it comes to reading due to his eyes adjusting to the distance, and he needs glasses.

Alteration

While Shirou was never a student of the Department of Minerology, his time with Rin allowed him to observe Lord
Karmaglyph Meluastea Deluc who is a master of Alteration. This has helped Shirou to understand the principles of modifying his weapons beyond simple enhancements, the same way that Archer converted Hrunting and Caladbolg into projectiles. He cannot infuse elemental power into weapons directly like Karmaglyph, but has begun to experiment with attaching gemstones produced by Rin and others to weapons to achieve a similar but more costly effect.

General Magecraft

Aside from his iconic spells, Shirou has picked up several tricks from his studies and field experience.Lord El-Melloi II taught Shirou how to use Memory Manipulation so that he could get into places without trouble.Kairi Sisigou taught Shirou about hypnotism for the same reason, as well as certain basic Necromancy spells like Psychoscopy due to his lingering attachment to the dead. Shirou can determine how someone died and what they were feeling, even if their corpse is no longer present in the room.Rin Tohsaka taught Shirou how to store excess magical energy inside of objects, particularly gemstones. This inspired his Trace Breakdown technique.On his own, Shirou has experimented with the spells he knows of to apply them in ways that suit his style, such as small Bounded Fields that Project particular objects when entered.

Techniques

While unable to use Sacraments, Ciel taught Shirou several throwing techniques used with Black Keys.Shirou is familiar with various martial arts, and utilizes some of Teukgong Moosool's knife fighting form. He was taught by a retired veteran of ROK Armed Forces and went by a presumed name, because he would never teach a Japanese person.Already an expert in Japanese archery, Shirou studied western longbow form in England, and both horseback archery and wrestling in Mongolia.

Triple-Linked Crane Wings

Originally created by Archer, three pairs of Kanshou and Bakuya are thrown and swung at the opponent in quick succession to attack from many angles.TRIPLE-LINKED BEAST WINGS
In Shirou's new variation, a single pair of Kanshou and Bakuya is filled with energy and thrown at the enemy, easily deflected, and circle in slowly. Three pairs of Tawrich and Zarich are thrown simultaneously to attack from six angles while Shirou charges with a fourth pair to leap onto the opponent and maul them. When Kanshou and Bakuya close in, he jumps off and remotely activates their Overedge forms to cleave through the foe.

Lesser Swallow Reversal

An inferior form of Sasaki Kojirou's Hiken - Tsubame Gaeshi. While using blades other than the Monohoshi Zao, Shirou relies on his own training and muscle memory to perform three nearly simultaneous strikes. He cannot channel the Second Magic of his own power, but may be able to pull off a variation of Miyamoto Iori's Hiken - Hiyoku Senyou if he were to project a Jeweled Sword as his secondary weapon.

Nine Lives Blade Works

Through the use of Heracles' unnamed Axe-Sword, Shirou learned a peerless combination of attacks to the opponent's vitals. Without the weapon in hand, much like the Lesser Swallow Reversal, Shirou can only perform a slower variation with far less destructive power after years of drilling the movements.

No Name

A Colt M1911 that Shirou has extensively modified with Reinforcement, pushing it beyond rational limits. The barrel is a ridiculous 16 inches long and fires .300 Winchester Magnum rounds loaded through a magazine in the over 4 inch grip. Without the use of Reinforcement on the arm, aiming the gun is nearly impossible, and firing would easily break bones. The circular compartment on the under-barrel can be opened with a thumb switch and loaded with magical gemstones or other substances to infuse the bullets.

Seventh Holy Scripture

A miraculous shapeshifting armament of the Holy Church, capable of rending the souls of sinners with sacred might.The real thing can, anyway. Unable to replicate the Elemental within or the pages of scripture used to fuel the cannons, Shirou's renditions of the weapon are severely limited in use. As expected, the only forms he can use without restriction is Exsanguination, the segmented whip great sword, and Execution, the pile-bunker. He must borrow Ciel's physical strength for the latter, as it weighs 60kg.