Recaps

Roland and Jeanne d'Arc confronted Gilles de Rais at Ryuudou Temple, where Jeanne's attack caused a huge explosion. At the Hyatt Hotel, Lord El-Melloi II's group failed to capture Kiritsugu Emiya, and Kiritsugu's team returned to the Einzbern estate with Shirou Emiya as a baby, revealing that Emiya Assassin was the Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu.

• Roland and Jeanne d'Arc met Gilles de Rais at Ryuudou Temple, and Gilles declared that he would use the Holy Grail to create the Jeanne he longed for.
• Jeanne d'Arc attacked Gilles with Crimson Lotus Saint, setting off a mushroom cloud over Ryuudou Temple.
• At the Hyatt Hotel, Lord El-Melloi II apologized to Kayneth and explained that Kayneth had torn up Waver's paper to protect him from the Clock Tower's powerful families.
• Reines sent Trimmau against Emiya Assassin, while Lord El-Melloi II trapped him in the Stone Sentinel Maze; Jaguar Man rescued him and escaped with him.
• At the Einzbern estate, Irisviel and Maiya Hisau cared for baby Shirou Emiya as Kiritsugu returned with Emiya Assassin and Jaguar Man.
• Jaguar Man revealed that Emiya Assassin was the Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu Emiya, surprising Irisviel and Kiritsugu.

At the Einzbern house, several factions converged over infant-bodied Shirou Emiya, whose teenage soul had been affected by True Magic. As the crowd broke into a fight, Emiya Assassin escaped with Shirou and Irisviel, while Ishtar summoned the Bull of Heaven to pursue them.

• Emiya Assassin realized he was another version of Kiritsugu Emiya, while Kiritsugu and Shirou reacted to their connection and Shirou’s strange new family life.
• Reines and Kayneth discovered Shirou’s condition and sent Reines to approach Kiritsugu, while Lord El-Melloi II visited Ishtar at the Tohsaka house.
• Reines found Kiritsugu and explained that Shirou had an infant body but a teenager’s soul; Kiritsugu chose to continue the Holy Grail War as other factions gathered at the Einzbern house.
• BB revealed that she had entered the war to compete for Shirou rather than the Holy Grail, and the gathered groups began fighting.
• Kiritsugu ordered an evacuation, but a sea demon immobilized him as Emiya Assassin fled with Shirou and Irisviel in a prepared car.
• Ishtar arrived too late to stop their escape and summoned the Bull of Heaven, while BB cried out in shock.

Roland defeated Ishtar’s Bull of Heaven while Reines’s group fled, and Touko Aozaki and Aoko Aozaki arrived in Fuyuki. Aoko seized Shirou Emiya, claiming he was the Holy Grail War’s prize, as the sisters and BB clashed and the story left them in a struggle over Touko’s summoned monster.

• Roland released Vital Strike and kicked Ishtar’s Bull of Heaven into a cow, while Ritsuka’s group escaped with Reines driving and BB fleeing separately.
• Touko Aozaki and Aoko Aozaki reunited at the airport, and Aoko joined Touko on her search for a woman.
• Irisviel sped across Fuyuki Bridge with Shirou Emiya, Jaguar Man, and Emiya Assassin in the car, but Aoko stopped them with her magic and took Shirou.
• Aoko told Touko that Shirou was the prize of the Holy Grail War and claimed he would attract Alaya and a Beast in the future.
• BB caught up to Aoko and demanded that she release Shirou, so Touko summoned a monster that seized BB and began dragging her into a box.
• BB used Hundred-Beast Womb and Black Noise to seize the monster, starting a tug-of-war.

BB summoned the Sakura Five and began converting the world into data so she could rule humanity, while Aoko escaped with Shirou after Touko sacrificed herself. At Ryuudou Temple, Roland killed Francesca and used her Spellbook to undo her victims’ deaths, but a little boy remained.

• Touko summoned a shadow monster, but Meltryllis dissolved it along with its projector while the Sakura Five overwhelmed the Aozaki sisters.
• Touko killed herself to release her familiars, and Aoko jumped from Fuyuki Bridge; Jaguar Man seized Shirou and fled with him as Aoko fell into the river.
• BB began turning the world into data and announced her plan to rule humanity, but a young voice interrupted her.
• Francesca entered Ryuudou Temple and found Roland, Gilles, and Jeanne; Roland confronted her about her role in Jeanne and Gilles’s suffering.
• Roland destroyed Francesca’s Spirit Origin, took Prelati’s Spellbook, and used it to restore the people she had sacrificed, though a little boy remained.

Ritsuka and Chaldea faced Goetia, who appeared on Fuyuki Bridge and attacked them. When Galahad manifested through Mash, Roland intercepted Goetia’s blow, and Goetia began to realize Roland’s true nature.

• A frightened boy learned from Roland that his family was safe, then went home while Roland went to check on his double.
• Goetia appeared before Ritsuka and da Vinci, identified himself as Solomon, and declared his intent to eradicate humanity.
• Goetia destroyed Lancelot with a single punch and blocked Chaldea’s attempt to Rayshift Ritsuka and Mash away.
• Mash transformed as Galahad manifested and asked Roland whether he would keep watching.
• Roland caught Goetia’s fist, and Galahad told him that Goetia planned to wipe out humanity.
• Goetia recognized Galahad and admitted that he felt inferior to him, while realizing he had misjudged Roland.

Roland fought Goetia, who revealed himself as the Demon God King and explained his plan to remake Earth, while the Alien God descended into Olga Marie’s body and learned that another Beast was present. The battle was interrupted when Olga Marie appeared at Fuyuki Bridge, leaving Roland and Ritsuka stunned.

• Goetia revealed his true form as the Demon God King and challenged Roland, who answered with his World-Saving Demon-Slaying Fist.
• Goetia explained that he planned to use humanity’s accumulated energy to travel to the beginning of the universe and recreate the planet without death.
• Roland rejected Goetia’s claims and endured the First Original Sin beam while continuing to fight him.
• The Alien God descended into Olga Marie’s body, learned that Beast I was nearby, and summoned Ashiya Douman, Senji Muramasa, and Koyanskaya to gather intelligence.
• Olga Marie appeared over Fuyuki Bridge, interrupting Roland and Goetia’s battle and shocking Roland and Ritsuka.

Roland explained how Marisbury created CHALDEAS and revealed its connection to the Fuyuki Holy Grail War, while keeping Goetia trapped in his Mirror World. The gathering at the Matou residence learned that Shirou Emiya had been the MVP of the war that created Singularity F.

• Roland told Ritsuka that Goetia had burned the past while Marisbury had blanked out the future, and he compared Marisbury to Shou Tucker, Bondrewd, and QB.
• The Alien God declared herself U-Olga Marie, but Roland told her she had come to the wrong place and then trapped Goetia inside Mirror World.
• Roland summoned Doctor Roman, told him he had called him to save someone, and brought Chaldea and Aoko Aozaki to the Matou residence.
• At the Matou residence, Roland explained that CHALDEAS was a hollow, separate Earth and a divergent Lostbelt meant to replace the real one.
• Roland revealed that Marisbury had created a small Lostbelt in the 2004 Fuyuki Holy Grail War and that Shirou Emiya had taken part as a Master while alive, later becoming an agent of the Counter Force.

Roland explained how Marisbury used Olga Marie as part of CHALDEAS, leading to her torture, death, and transformation into the Alien God, and the group resolved to change the timeline to save her. After offering everyone a Command Spell safeguard, Roland took them to confront the Clock Tower, where Doctor Roman demanded answers from Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg.

• Roland explained that Shirou Emiya and Saber Alter had preserved evidence of Marisbury’s plan, while Ritsuka realized she was being asked to help destroy that evidence.
• Roland revealed that Olga Marie’s Magic Circuits powered CHALDEAS’s technological progress and that the people there tortured her for a century before her death transformed her into the Alien God.
• Ritsuka and Mash reacted furiously to Olga Marie’s fate, while Kariya Matou condemned Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kenneth denounced Marisbury.
• Roland said he planned to end the Holy Grail War, summon a friend through the Hole in the Lesser Grail, and ask Aoko Aozaki to use the Fifth Magic to alter the timeline.
• Roland offered to engrave Command Spells into everyone’s Saint Graphs, and the group accepted before traveling with Doctor Roman to the Clock Tower.
• Doctor Roman kicked open Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg’s office door and demanded to know why he had done nothing while Goetia and Marisbury acted.

Doctor Roman reunited with Zelretch, beat him for his frivolous explanation, and recruited him to help alter a world's timeline. Meanwhile, Roland confronted Beast III Kama in Dharavi and trapped her inside Roland Cathedral, where its defenders overwhelmed her and left her crying.

• Zelretch explained his past and his role in the magical-girl events, then tried to justify himself by saying magical girls were cute.
• Doctor Roman put on the Ten Rings, beat Zelretch, and asked him to send inhuman Clock Tower mages to the Root and help alter a world's timeline; Zelretch agreed to begin the next day.
• Roland left to deal with BB's summoned Beast III and found Kama posing as an aloe juice vendor in Dharavi.
• Kama revealed herself and unleashed her Noble Phantasm, surrounding Roland with copies of herself and trying to overwhelm him with love.
• Roland summoned Roland Cathedral and its defenders, who resisted Kama's influence and defeated her copies until Kama herself broke down crying.

As the Fourth Holy Grail War’s survivors settled their affairs, Roland and Dr. Roman prepared an enormous ritual to save a girl. The ritual transported them to Fuyuki in 2004, where they found Solomon fighting six Servants.

• Roland dismissed his Reality Marble after Kama sobbed over being beaten and sent her away.
• Ishtar arranged for Tokiomi Tohsaka and Aoi Tohsaka to live in London, while Kariya Matou burned down the Matou residence and left with Sakura Matou.
• Kayneth prepared to return to London, Lord El-Melloi II spent his last day with Guran Makai and Martha, and Irisviel revealed a second Irisviel soul within Emiya Assassin.
• The Servants returned to the Throne of Heroes, and Roland took Shirou Emiya and Fou with him as Zelretch, Aoko Aozaki, and Dr. Roman began a ritual to open a passage between worlds.
• After the Magic Circle expanded across the solar system, Dr. Roman activated it and transported the group to Fuyuki in 2004, where EMIYA Archer’s Unlimited Blade Works failed to stop Solomon from facing six Servants.

Roland and his allies defeated Solomon and Maris CHALDEAS in the Fuyuki Holy Grail War, then brought Dr. Roman, Ritsuka, Mash, and Shirou Emiya back to Roland’s world. After Michael opened the second seal and announced that War had summoned Roland, the story shifted to Rome in AD 33, where Saint Peter vowed to set a tiger upon the wolves after witnessing the crucified man’s death.

• Dr. Roman fought Solomon inside Solomon’s Reality Marble while the other Servants joined the attack.
• Maris CHALDEAS appeared and used celestial magecraft, but Roland matched his power with the First Magic and defeated him.
• Dr. Roman shattered Solomon’s Spirit Origin, and Roland’s victory left Marisbury unable to build Chaldeas while Shirou dismantled Fuyuki City’s Holy Grail.
• Roland took Dr. Roman, Ritsuka, Mash, and Shirou back to Roland’s world.
• Michael opened the second seal at Roland Cathedral, and Dr. Roman learned that War had summoned Roland away.
• In Rome in AD 33, Saint Peter mourned the crucified man and resolved to set a tiger upon the wolves.

Roland arrived in Draco’s recreated ancient Rome, where he had to fight without his abilities and gather twelve disciples. He and Jason found Cassandra at the Gladiatorial Arena, and the group decided to wait for the others there.

• Draco explained that Roland had to defeat her without using his abilities, then sent him to receive further instructions from the Savior.
• Roland and Jason watched a Roman festival and chariot race, where Jason beat Gaius while Roland brawled with spectators who tried to sabotage him.
• Roland and Jason realized Cassandra might be in the Gladiatorial Arena and found her after she had defeated its gladiators and beasts.
• Cassandra said she had become a gladiator to make it easier for Roland to find her, and Roland warned her to be cautious.
• Roland, Jason, and Cassandra agreed to remain at the arena and wait for the other disciples.

Cassandra fought monsters in the Roman arena while Roland and Jason tried to understand the world and the attention she attracted. After a disturbance at the arena, Beast Boy arrived at Jason’s estate in the form of a green cat, having begun to explore his powers.

• Cassandra killed a Manticore and a Hydra in the arena, earning cheers from the crowd.
• Jason said he had learned to control his own soul, and Roland suggested the world might let them recreate their abilities.
• Cassandra sensed someone watching her, so Roland advised the group to lie low, and Jason took Cassandra to one of his estates.
• Beasts escaped from the arena and fought Roman soldiers, but the troops quickly suppressed the disturbance.
• Roland reported that a provincial governor had come looking for Cassandra, and Beast Boy arrived at the estate as a green cat, explaining that he had chosen a feline identity and could stretch his body.

Roland learned that Astra had become a Vestal Virgin and went to find her at the Temple of Vesta. He discovered her preaching Christian scripture as the words of Vesta, while two suspicious men nearby discussed a plot involving a newcomer and a nighttime gathering.

• Beast Boy told Roland that Astra was serving as a Vestal Virgin, and Cassandra explained the order’s history and duties.
• Roland left Jason and the others in hiding and headed to the Temple of Vesta to check on Astra.
• Roland found Astra preaching Christian scripture to a group of young girls while attributing the words to Vesta.
• Roland overheard two suspicious men discussing a supposed cult ritual involving a newcomer and a baby hidden in dough, and realized they might be targeting him.

Roland rescued Astra from the temple of Vesta and warned her that Avaritia was watching her. As he helped her refine her telekinesis, Roland discovered a new technique and named it David's Sling.

• Avaritia and his attendant watched the temple before leaving, and Roland entered after confirming they were gone.
• Astra knocked a Vestal Virgin unconscious, and Roland warned her that Avaritia suspected her and explained why Roman Jews had distanced themselves from Christians.
• Astra refused to flee and said she could rely on Kara, while Roland decided to stay and help protect her.
• Roland joined Astra in practicing telekinesis and began controlling five stones along complex paths.
• Roland noticed a golden rectangle on a butterfly's wings, followed its proportions with the stones, and unveiled his First Form, David's Sling.

Roland and Kara prepared to stop Avaritia from acting against the Temple of Vesta, and Roland developed a powerful charging technique. When Avaritia entered the temple with Roman soldiers, Roland and Astra attacked him and helped the Vestal Virgins escape through a tunnel.

• Roland hypnotized the Vestal Virgin he had encountered, then watched the Temple of Vesta as Avaritia returned and grew impatient.
• Roland and Kara tested a high-speed charging move that opened a tunnel from the temple to one of Jason's estates.
• Roman soldiers surrounded the Temple of Vesta, and Roland and Kara decided to rescue the Vestal Virgins and confront Avaritia.
• Roland struck Avaritia with David's Sling, then charged him with Samson Shakes the Pillar, leaving him unconscious but alive.
• Roland and Kara led the Vestal Virgins through the tunnel, collapsed it behind them, and Astra brought the group to Jason.

After the Senate ordered Avaritia to find the missing Vestal Virgins and the supposed heretics within three days, he launched a citywide manhunt for Astra. Roland’s group discussed how to avoid capture and considered starting an uprising in Rome sooner than planned.

• At Nero’s tribunal, Superbia, Gula, and Luxuria accused Avaritia of scheming, and Nero gave him three days to find the missing Vestal Virgins and bring in the supposed heretics.
• Avaritia mobilized Roman soldiers and began searching the city, while Roland and his companions practiced new abilities at their estate.
• Beast Boy reported that the search was targeting Astra and could soon reach the estate, and Roland predicted Avaritia would be executed if they could evade capture for a few days.
• Astra proposed drawing attention to Rome’s suffering slaves, Christians, and rural commoners, and Roland noted that others were still preparing to organize them.
• Roland gave Beast Boy the Mandate of Heaven Edict to deliver to the others preparing the uprising.

Francis and Nightwing prepared to aggravate the nobles targeted by Avaritia’s citywide search rather than launch their uprising early. After receiving Roland’s detailed plans for a rebellion, Nightwing led rescued slaves dressed as Roman soldiers to search the Claudius Household for missing Vestal Virgins.

• Nightwing questioned Francis’s historical claims, and Francis explained that she could read the stars using the Book of Supreme World Ordering.
• Beast Boy met Francis and Nightwing in an alley and reported that Avaritia’s searches were intensifying but had not exposed their operations.
• Francis rejected Astra’s suggestion to launch the uprising early and decided instead to help Avaritia offend the nobles further.
• Beast Boy delivered Roland’s notes outlining the Heavenly Dynasty’s rules for government and distributing land and treasure.
• Nightwing gathered more than fifty rescued slaves, outfitted them as Roman soldiers, and led them to the Claudius Household to search for missing Vestal Virgins.

Francis and Nightwing led former slaves in raids on wealthy Roman mansions, where Francis fought Invidia until Roland arrived and defeated him. Nero executed Avaritia and ordered Luxuria to find the Vestal Virgins, while Roland’s group brought their loot to a warehouse outside the city.

• Francis and Nightwing led the slaves through several mansions, stealing valuables and letting former slaves settle old scores with their owners.
• At the final mansion, Invidia confronted Francis and fought her after she refused to surrender the stolen goods and enslave her companions.
• Francis drew on Roland’s teachings and wounded Invidia, who transformed into a monstrous dragon before Roland arrived and struck him down.
• Roland led the group out of the city with their haul, and the next day Nero had Avaritia beheaded and assigned Luxuria to find the Vestal Virgins.
• Luxuria complained about the task as Ira warned her that Invidia’s killer could be dangerous, while Roland praised the group’s haul at their warehouse.

Roland and Beast Boy searched Rome for the two missing members while keeping their group hidden ahead of the uprising. At a tavern, Gula secretly slipped Roland a list naming the seven deadly sins, leaving Roland with a new clue.

• Roland told the group to keep a low profile, and Jason pointed out that only ten of the expected twelve had appeared.
• Roland asked Nightwing to check the coast for Aqualad, then took Beast Boy into the city to search for the two missing people.
• Roland and Beast Boy heard that Luxuria was investigating the abduction of the Vestal Virgins and went to observe her at a tavern.
• Luxuria approached Roland while drinking, but Gula pulled her away and discreetly placed something in Roland's pocket.
• Roland found a strand of monkey hair that transformed into a list naming Avaritia, Superbia, Acedia, Gula, Invidia, Ira, and Luxuria.

Roland and Beast Boy discovered that the final figure they were searching for was Mordred, disguised as a Celtic heir beside Nero in Rome. After Mordred recognized Roland and ordered the guards to seize him, Roland and Beast Boy fled the Colosseum.

• Roland and Beast Boy searched the streets for the last person but found no trace of them.
• At the Colosseum, they spotted a child beside Nero who resembled Sporus and learned from the manager that he was Mordred, heir to the throne of Great Britain.
• Roland explained why Mordred might be in Rome, and Beast Boy noted Mordred's legendary betrayal of King Arthur.
• Mordred recognized Roland and ordered the guards to seize him.
• Roland grabbed Beast Boy and fought through the pursuing soldiers, while Mordred pursued them with his Brilliant King's Sword.

Roland and Beast Boy escaped Mordred and Nero, then found Roy building a magic-powered combat robot in the Roman Grand Theater. After Cyborg One accidentally revealed its embarrassing codename and demonstrated its weapons, Roy decided to upgrade it.

• Roland and Beast Boy fled Mordred after he attacked them, while Nero chose to return to the palace.
• Roland and Beast Boy hid in the Roman Grand Theater and watched a play that retold Greek myths with bizarre details.
• Roland and Beast Boy found Roy building Cyborg One, a magic-powered robot equipped with weapons and defenses.
• Cyborg One identified Roland by the codename “Eggsplosion,” prompting Roland to blame Cyborg for the name.
• Roland tested Cyborg One’s defenses and weapons, then discussed its limits against Mordred with Beast Boy and Roy.
• Roy dismantled Cyborg One and resolved to upgrade it after seeing Roland’s demonstration.

Roy, Roland, and Beast Boy hid from Nero at the theater, then stayed in Rome while Roy maintained contact with Christians plotting against the emperor. After Raven emerged from seclusion and attacked Nero, two versions of Francis appeared at the Imperial Palace ruins to help her fight Superbia.

• Roland, Beast Boy, and Roy hid when Nero arrived at the theater, but Nero watched the play and left without attacking them.
• Roy explained that the Christian actors wanted to find fellow believers and that he had prepared escape measures, while Roland and Beast Boy decided to stay with him.
• Several days later, Raven emerged from seclusion and said she could use magic freely.
• Raven teleported to the Imperial Palace and attacked Nero, who summoned Superbia, a black dragon, to fight her.
• Raven wounded Superbia with magic and twin blades, but the dragon survived and lunged at her.
• Two figures who looked like Francis arrived and punched Superbia, leaving Raven stunned by seeing two Francises.

Francis and Magenta fought Superbia while Raven tested Nero and concluded they needed Roland to defeat her. Meanwhile, Roland went to rescue Nightwing from Luxuria, arriving just as the fleeing Nightwing was about to be caught.

• Francis and Magenta used Hell God of War to attack Superbia, whose tough body withstood their blows.
• Raven teleported Francis away and said Detection Magic showed that Nero was too powerful for them without Roland.
• Raven summoned Beast Boy and learned that Roland had gone to help Nightwing, who was fleeing Luxuria after rescuing a slave.
• Nightwing escaped on a stolen horse while Luxuria and Roman noblewomen pursued him and tried to lure him away.
• Roland appeared as Nightwing was about to be caught and charged toward Luxuria.

Roland fought Luxuria, Acedia, Ira, and Gula, who had lured him into a trap. Marcus revealed his true form and defeated Acedia, while Roland carried the badly injured Ira as the battle continued.

• Luxuria, Acedia, and Ira ambushed Roland in a dark domain, and Gula joined them with a bag of potato chips.
• Acedia trapped Roland inside a shrinking cube of spatial blades, but Roland smashed through it and struck Acedia.
• Ira attacked Roland with flaming meteorites and a fire tornado, while Luxuria, Acedia, and Gula struggled to stay clear.
• Gula revealed himself as Marcus in golden armor, blocked Acedia's spatial threads with his Ruyi Jingu Bang, and froze Luxuria.
• Marcus struck Acedia with beams from his Fiery Golden Eyes, cracking his body and knocking him down.
• Roland approached Marcus carrying the half-dead Ira and praised his Fiery Golden Eyes.