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Blades Forged in Fire

Shirou Emiya
衛宮 士郎

Art by sa (h28085)

Savior Complex

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.

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Fate
フェイト

Shirou summons servant Saber (True Name: Artoria Pendragon) and fights alongside her to win, and later destroy the Holy Grail to prevent the tragedy of a decade prior from repeating itself. Saber is returned to the end of her life and awaits Shirou in Avalon for over a millennium. Shirou travels to London with Rin to train as a magus before setting off on a journey to become a true hero. He pursues his ideals as a hero for the rest of his life, eventually finding himself at her side in the afterlife.

Art from Fate/EXTRA

The Hero, EMIYA
In an alternate world where the identity of Rin Tohsaka's servant Archer was different, Shirou's parting with Saber is less hopeful. He seeks to become a Hero, but holds no dream of finding her again. Shirou becomes a freelance magus and uses his power to protect people around the world, eventually achieving miraculous strength in exchange for sealing his fate to become a Heroic Spirit after death. This Shirou later becomes Archer EMIYA, while his counterparts walk a brighter path.

Art by karasaki_th

Unlimited Blade Works
アンリミテッドブレイドワークス

Shirou forms a closer partnership with fellow Master Rin Tohsaka during the war, and learns the identity of Archer through their conflict. Shirou's journey to strength is jumpstarted as he has to overcome himself and many great challenges, but lives with confidence that he will not become that sad Hero. After the War ends and the Heroic Spirits vanish, Shirou accompanies Rin to London and becomes a student at Clocktower. He pays their rent working part time as a maid for the Edelfelts, squeezing in dates, blacksmithing classes, and trips to London's various antique stores into his free time.The events of Lord El-Melloi II Case Files, The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II, and Fate/strange fake take place in a world that closely mirrors this one, though Shirou's relationship status with Rin is ambiguous.

Art by Takeuchi Takashi

With both hands, towards the future
In another world, Saber does not expend the last of her strength at the end of the war and her contract as a familiar is maintained by Shirou and Rin together. Rather than relocating to England, they remain together at the Emiya household in Fuyuki.

Art by kuromamechabita

Heaven's Feel
ヘヴンズ・フィール

Shirou uncovers the true nature of the Holy Grail and the events of the Fourth War, forsaking his ideals as a hero to protect Sakura Matou. The loss of his arm and the death of Archer lead to him receiving the powers of his future self, which eventually destroys his body. His soul is preserved by Illya, and placed into a homunculus-like vessel that lets him return to a peaceful life with Sakura.The Superhero, Shirou
In an alternate world, Shirou holds to his ideals and allows Sakura to be killed to protect innocents during the Holy Grail War. His heart is hardened, and he ends up killing the rest of the Masters and Servants before destroying the Grail. A true successor to Kiritsugu Emiya, he becomes more like EMIYA Alter or Assassin EMIYA than his original Heroic Spirit counterpart.

Art by Noko Morokoshi

Hollow Ataraxia
ホロウアタラクシア

The Fifth Fuyuki Holy Grail War ended with the death of Kotomine Kirei and the destruction of the Greater Grail, leaving the surviving Eight Servants and their Masters to live in idle peace for half a year. The contents of the Grail, All The World's Evils, persist in the form of Servant Avenger. Possibly related to Tohsaka's experimentation with the Second Magic, Avenger ends up creating a four day time loop recreating events of the Third Fuyuki Holy Grail War using participants of the Fifth as actors in a sort of play. Eventually, Shirou finds a resolution to the loop and brings the world back to the way it is meant to be. The events of the looping days are remembered like a fond dream.This timeline mixes elements of the three major routes of Fate/Stay Night, though its events are largely unexplained. An event similar to the Fem's Casa incident of The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II is alluded to in a phone call Shirou has while trapped inside the reality warping Zelretch's Treasure Chest, though it is unclear if this is the future of this world or an alternate world. This would still lead to an alternate version of those events, as the Servants of the Fifth Fuyuki War are no longer present in the world of Lord El-Melloi II.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 Hiroshi Hiroyama

PRISMA☆ILLYA
プリズマ☆イリヤ

The system of the Fuyuki Holy Grail is dismantled some time before what would have been the Fourth War in 1994, sparing the participants and the city of their tragic fates. Shirou still ends up orphaned despite the lack of the Great Fire through unknown circumstances, and is adopted to live with Illya, Sella, and Leysritt. He has an ordinary life, unaware of the secret lives of his adoptive father and sister.Oath Under Snow
Adopted son and trained apprentice of Kiritsugu Emiya, Shirou participates in the Fifth Ainsworth Holy Grail War to rescue his adoptive sister Miyu from the Ainsworth family, and prevent them from misusing her power. He transforms an empty Class Card into that of Archer EMIYA, allowing him to enhance his own abilities with those of his future self. After the war, he continues to battle on the same level, though the lack of a Class Card to compensate causes powerful magical feedback that quickens his transformation into his future self.

Art by Takashi Takeuchi

GRAND ORDER
グランドオーダー

While not qualifying as a Heroic Spirit in his present form, Shirou is brought to Chaldea as a member of the supporting staff. He is not deployed through Rayshifting on any of the organization's operations, instead remaining at base as security and assisting in maintenance around the facility. He also cooks many meals for the Heroic Spirits and staff, fighting with Archer for control over the kitchen.This Shirou is most closely related to himself from Hollow Ataraxia, but through Chaldea has attained the memories of his alternate selves from the routes of Stay Night.

Art by kuromamechabita

Catalog of Arms

Trivia about my portrayal(s) of Shirou Emiya.- Shirou has some kind of undiagnosed autism that is either caused by the awakening to his Origin or possibly helped him to awaken to it, making him incredibly fixated on swords and other weapons. It also manifests in his difficulty understanding other people's emotions and frank manner of speaking.
- Shirou's original surname is completely unknown to him, having blocked it from his memory and changed on all legal registrations by Kiritsugu at Shirou's request.
- While probably in jest, he refers to himself as a housewife. So there is just a little bit of nonbinary in him. He does not understand this yet and may never. But feel free to call him non-masc things.
- There are too many homoerotic comments for him not to be bi/pan. Unfortunately his best friend was too busy with being Student Council President for either of them to realize how fucking gay they acted all the time. Even when Shirou made him take his clothes off.
- In timelines where Shirou remains in Fuyuki, he becomes a bartender at Copenhagen while doing handyman work during the day.
- In Hollow Ataraxia, he considers the monastic lifestyle or running a bed and breakfast appealing.
- It's difficult to place the exact reasoning behind his overwhelming desire to help others, even in the most mundane of situations. In the case of danger, it's a hero complex and survivor's guilt. As for everyday tasks, it may be related to his noted "strong parental instincts" making him happy to be relied upon. And he's also just bad at saying no or standing up for himself, likely related to the autism.
- At age 17 (FSN), Shirou is 167cm tall. He finishes growing naturally at age 19 (Epilogue), standing at 172cm. Repeated use of Reinforcement magic on his body as a magus causes him to continue growing to 187cm by his late 20s.
- Wouldn't it be really fucked up if the events of Hollow Ataraxia still happened in the main continuites except all the dead people being alive was just part of the dream and then they all disappear again? Thought that was gonna be the final gut punch twist but Nasu was nice for once. I am not. I think the main worlds should get their own time loop thats even more tragic. Except for Heaven's Feel, because Shirou is still doll mode after 6 months.
- After the events of Hollow Ataraxia, Shirou begins to use Tawrich and Zarich about as often as Kanshou and Bakuya, though he cannot remember exactly where or when he learned of the blades.