Q 01/05

Which legendary figure is the true identity of Saber, the armoured swordswoman who serves Shirou in Fate/stay night?

A) Joan of Arc

B) King Arthur

C) Sir Lancelot

D) Richard the Lionheart

Answer · why

B) King Arthur

King Arthur is recast as a young woman, Artoria Pendragon; in the writer's first draft Saber was a man, until the artist suggested swapping genders wi...

Q 02/05

Which Servant of Fate/stay night is revealed in the Unlimited Blade Works route to be a future version of Shirou?

A) Lancer

B) Assassin

C) Archer

D) Berserker

Answer · why

C) Archer

Archer is Shirou from a possible future, embittered by a lifetime of killing for his ideal, and he tries to erase himself by slaying his younger self.

Q 03/05

Which Greek demigod is Berserker, the giant who guards a young Master and revives after death in Fate/stay night?

A) Achilles

B) Perseus

C) Theseus

D) Heracles

Answer · why

D) Heracles

Heracles has to be killed twelve times before he stays dead, one death for each of his famous labours.

Q 04/05

Which soft-spoken Fate/stay night heroine, raised by another family of mages, is revealed to be Rin Tohsaka's sister?

A) Sakura Matou

B) Caren Ortensia

C) Kane Himuro

D) Luvia Edelfelt

Answer · why

A) Sakura Matou

Sakura Matou was born a Tohsaka and given away for adoption as a small child, a secret at the heart of the game's third and darkest route.

Q 05/05

Which disaster orphaned Shirou as a child, ten years before the story of Fate/stay night begins?

A) An earthquake

B) A train derailment

C) A ferry sinking

D) A massive fire

Answer · why

D) A massive fire

A massive fire swept the city when Saber was ordered to destroy the Holy Grail at the end of the previous war, a truth Shirou only learns years later.