Recaps

Maiya Hisau discovered that convenience store clerk Roland was a Master and tried to capture him for Kiritsugu Emiya, but Roland revealed his supernatural power and overwhelmed her. The Key of All Spirits detected one nearby Contract Spirit as Roland changed his mind about what to do with Maiya.

• Maiya Hisau spotted Kirei Kotomine at a convenience store and recognized Roland’s Command Spells, identifying him as the Seventh Master.
• Maiya Hisau forced Roland to leave work and brought him at gunpoint to an unfinished building where she had arranged to meet Kiritsugu Emiya.
• Roland unnerved Maiya Hisau, and her gun crumbled to dust when she tried to shoot him.
• Roland caught Maiya Hisau’s punch and used Killer Queen to break her arm.
• Roland checked the Key of All Spirits and saw that one Contract Spirit was nearby.

Roland captured Maiya Hisau and forced her to confirm that Kiritsugu Emiya had summoned Saber, who was staying with Irisviel. He revealed that he had planted a second bomb on Kiritsugu and moved to continue questioning Maiya while it targeted him.

• Roland recognized Maiya Hisau as a link to Kiritsugu Emiya and realized his missing Contract Spirit was on Kiritsugu.
• Roland showed Maiya how Killer Queen could turn objects into bombs and threatened Kiritsugu to make her answer his questions.
• Maiya confirmed that Kiritsugu's Heroic Spirit was Saber and that Saber was staying with Irisviel, who was posing as the Master.
• Maiya fired a weak magic bullet as a feint and tried to escape, but Roland saw through her plan.
• Roland revealed that he had sent another bomb to attack Kiritsugu during their conversation and approached Maiya to resume questioning her.

Roland threatened Maiya Hisau, who tried to buy time for Kiritsugu Emiya by refusing to cooperate. As Kiritsugu approached the safe house, a strange toy car reached his feet and exploded.

• Roland mocked Maiya Hisau’s plan to trade her life for Kiritsugu Emiya’s safety and moved to kill her.
• Kiritsugu Emiya received no answer when he called Maiya Hisau over the radio and cautiously approached the safe house.
• Kiritsugu used a Mystic Code to reveal invisible tracks leading toward him.
• Kiritsugu drank a potion that let him see the approaching object as a toy-like car.
• The car told Kiritsugu to look at it, then detonated in a thunderous explosion.

Kiritsugu Emiya survived Sheer Heart Attack’s explosion but struggled to evade its heat-tracking pursuit. He reached Maiya Hisau just as Roland killed her, and learned too late that Roland was the seventh Master with explosive abilities.

• Kiritsugu Emiya used Time Alter to escape Sheer Heart Attack’s explosion, suffering severe internal injuries.
• Sheer Heart Attack pursued Kiritsugu, who lured it away with heated bullets before his magecraft exposed his location again.
• Roland defeated Maiya Hisau and sent her crashing through a door near the exit.
• Kiritsugu reached Maiya, who tried to warn him that Roland was the seventh Master and could turn anything he touched into an explosion.
• Roland activated Killer Queen, causing Maiya to shatter into smoke before she could finish her warning.

Roland confronted Kiritsugu Emiya after killing Maiya Hisau, hoping to take the Contract Spirit. Kiritsugu attacked with guns and revealed he had countered Sheer Heart Attack by setting nearby buildings ablaze, leaving Roland to recognize the ruthless lengths Kiritsugu would go to for the Holy Grail.

• Roland threatened Kiritsugu Emiya and told him he had already killed Maiya Hisau.
• Kiritsugu Emiya advanced on Roland without using a Command Spell, while Roland challenged him to come closer.
• Kiritsugu Emiya fired a handgun, but Killer Queen caught the bullets and dropped them to the floor.
• Kiritsugu Emiya attacked with a machine pistol, and Roland retreated behind cover under Killer Queen's protection.
• Kiritsugu Emiya explained that he had distracted Sheer Heart Attack with a hotter target, and Roland saw that flames had spread through nearby wooden buildings.

Kiritsugu Emiya attacked Roland with an Origin Bullet, but Killer Queen deflected it because Roland was not a magus. Trapped between Roland and Sheer Heart Attack, Kiritsugu gave up Avalon in exchange for being allowed to leave, and Roland recovered the Contract Spirit.

• Kiritsugu Emiya used a grenade as a distraction, then fired an Origin Bullet at Roland.
• Killer Queen knocked the bullet aside, leaving Roland’s hand temporarily injured and Kiritsugu realizing his trump card would not cripple him.
• Roland revealed that Sheer Heart Attack had returned behind Kiritsugu and offered to let him go in exchange for Avalon.
• Kiritsugu handed over Avalon and asked the Seventh Master’s name; Roland identified himself and recovered the Soul of the Holy Lord.

Roland secured Avalon and the ability to travel away from Fuyuki, then left Kiritsugu Emiya believing he had escaped. Roland had already touched a door handle with Killer Queen, and Kiritsugu died when he grabbed it, leaving Roland with Kiritsugu’s Origin Bullets and the Holy Grail War without one of its Masters.

• Roland obtained Avalon, secured a Contract Spirit, and gained the ability to travel away from Fuyuki whenever he wished.
• Roland let Kiritsugu Emiya go, and Kiritsugu planned to expose Roland to the Church and the Mage's Association.
• Kiritsugu realized Killer Queen might detonate anything it touched and used Time Alter to release the door handle.
• Roland revealed that Killer Queen had touched the handle, killing Kiritsugu before he could fight back.
• Roland returned to the hideout, collected Kiritsugu’s Origin Bullets, and prepared to enjoy a peaceful night.

After killing Kiritsugu Emiya, Roland asked Zouken Matou whether he would accept a price that might distort him in exchange for reaching his goal. Roland concluded that he would give up his humanity to achieve eternal peace of mind, while Irisviel took Kiritsugu’s place as Master and continued the war.

• Irisviel forged a new contract with Saber, took Kiritsugu Emiya’s Command Spells, and vowed to continue the Holy Grail War for Illya’s sake.
• Roland quit his convenience-store job and considered the danger of making a contract with Shendu’s soul as a Contract Spirit.
• Roland told Zouken Matou that he had killed Kiritsugu Emiya, and Zouken dismissed the threat posed by Einzbern’s replacement Master.
• Zouken Matou explained that he would accept any cost to pursue longevity, then advised Roland to lower his ambitions for peace of mind.
• Roland decided that human limits and unforeseen disruptions made the cost irrelevant and declared that he was giving up his humanity.

Roland took Sakura Matou from Zouken Matou under their agreement and made clear that he would keep her rather than promise her freedom. Back at home, he used the Key of All Spirits to contract with the Holy Lord, but the process overwhelmed him and left his eyes glowing scarlet as he collapsed.

• Zouken Matou gave Sakura Matou to Roland as his magical energy source and asked him to prioritize killing Darnic during the Holy Grail War.
• Roland left the Matou Family residence with Sakura Matou and told her he would not let her return to either the Matou or Tohsaka Family.
• Sakura Matou accepted Roland's terms and said she would stay by his side as long as he needed her.
• At home, Roland asked Sakura Matou to wait while he used the Key of All Spirits to form a contract with the Holy Lord.
• The contract's power overwhelmed Roland, who collapsed onto Sakura Matou as his eyes filled with scarlet light.

While Roland remained unconscious, Sakura Matou reflected on her abandonment and found comfort in believing that he needed her, awakening a tender desire to protect him. After Roland woke, he discovered in a mirror that his reflection had become the dragon-headed form of the Soul of the Holy Lord.

• Sakura Matou recalled how the Tohsaka Family had given her up and how the Matou Family had left her feeling unwanted and without a home.
• Sakura Matou realized that Roland was weakened and needed her care, and she grew determined to protect him.
• Roland woke with his head resting in Sakura Matou's arms and learned from her that he had been unconscious for less than two minutes.
• Roland looked in a mirror and saw the dragon-headed form of the contract spirit, recognizing that the Soul of the Holy Lord's power now belonged to him.

Roland examined his transformed body and discovered the immense physical and supernatural powers granted by the Soul of the Holy Lord. After reviewing the Contract Spirit’s abilities, he recognized that its assimilation requirement was resurrection.

• Roland tested his improved eyesight and strength, then leaped effortlessly to the ceiling.
• Roland discovered that his breath could unleash flames powerful enough to melt the mirror and that his voice resonated without seeming to pass through his vocal cords.
• Sakura Matou asked whether Roland was all right, and Shadowkhan servants appeared with mirrors, surrounding him as he studied his dragon-headed reflection.
• Roland read the Soul of the Holy Lord’s Contract Spirit information and learned its granted abilities and resurrection assimilation requirement.

Roland learned that the Soul of the Holy Lord's assimilation condition required him to acquire a body suited to his soul, giving him another reason to win the Holy Grail War. As he prepared to summon a Heroic Spirit, he rejected relying on chance and had the Shadowkhan retrieve a Holy Relic.

• Roland used the Wisdom of a Thousand to discover that Shendu's assimilation condition meant possessing a physical body that matched his soul.
• Roland decided he needed to win the war and told Sakura Matou to prepare the summoning ritual.
• Roland drew the summoning circle and examined the Mercury Sword that Zouken Matou had provided as a possible catalyst.
• Roland worried about summoning an untrustworthy Caster and ordered the Shadowkhan to bring him a suitable Holy Relic.
• The Shadowkhan returned with a glowing golden sheepskin.

Roland summoned Medea as his Caster and discovered that he possessed an abundant supply of magical energy. After earning Medea’s trust with a Command Spell, he realized she had appeared in an unexpected, youthful form: Medea Lily.

• Roland summoned Medea, while Sakura Matou watched without having her magical energy drained.
• Medea recognized Roland’s extraordinary true ether and questioned why he had brought Sakura as a magical energy battery.
• Medea revealed her despair and challenged Roland to dissolve their contract, so he used a Command Spell to let her break it if she ever felt betrayed.
• Medea accepted Roland’s trust, approached him affectionately, and revealed a youthful appearance that led him to call her Medea Lily.

Roland summoned Medea, whose young self carried memories of her future, and she began setting up a concealed base while growing closer to him and Sakura Matou. Roland unexpectedly used his Stand to erase Medea’s barrier and wondered if the effect counted as a Stand attack.

• Medea explained that she was the young Medea with memories and legends from her future, and Roland suspected his innate nobility had affected the summoning.
• Sakura Matou clung jealously to Roland, then asked to sleep beside him because she was afraid to be alone; Roland agreed and took her upstairs.
• Medea followed Roland, saying his room would make a suitable anchor for a concealment barrier, and began hiding their magical energy.
• As Medea’s barrier formed, Roland’s Stand seized it and made every line of magical energy vanish.
• Medea asked whether an enemy had broken in, and Roland summoned his Stand and called the incident a Stand attack.

Roland examined Killer Queen’s transformation after absorbing Shendu’s soul and learned that its explosions could now destroy mana Barriers. He and Medea prepared their base and decided to investigate the Einzbern backup Master and the Heroic Spirit they had summoned.

• Roland summoned Killer Queen and found it far stronger, with its abilities still developing after its transformation.
• Roland discovered Killer Queen could destroy mana Barriers by touching them, and Medea began constructing a temple at their Leyline Site.
• Medea explained the Holy Grail’s true purpose and praised the Command Spell system, while Roland considered what to do without an original plot to follow.
• Roland said he had sent Shadowkhan to monitor the known Masters and planned to check the Einzbern backup Master and identify their Heroic Spirit.
• Roland suspected the Einzbern summoning might have produced an unexpected Saber, making their faction a potential threat in the Holy Grail War.

Roland and Medea watched Irisviel arrive with Saber, whom Roland identified as the male King Arthur, Proto Saber. Roland sensed traces of fire demonic qi on Irisviel and went to investigate the Einzbern Family’s past, while Irisviel encountered a young man whose reflection showed a dragon’s head like the one on Avalon.

• Roland and Medea observed Irisviel arrive at F Airport with Saber, and Roland realized Saber was the male King Arthur known as Proto Saber.
• Roland detected traces of fire demonic qi on Irisviel and suspected the Einzbern Family had extracted it from her during the previous war.
• Roland and Medea left to investigate what the Einzberns had done in the last war.
• Irisviel and Proto Saber left the airport, and Irisviel tried to reassure herself about her daughter’s role as a Grail vessel candidate.
• Irisviel collided with a passerby, accepted his hand, and saw a dragon’s head reflected in a shop window instead of his face.

Roland confronted Saber and Irisviel, then revealed that he had discovered Irisviel’s receptivity to his fire demonic qi and marked her with it. He left Irisviel weakened and under his influence as Saber raised his blade again.

• Saber rushed to protect Irisviel, but Roland held her at wand-point and used a concealment Barrier to keep their confrontation hidden.
• Irisviel refused Roland’s demand for Saber’s contract, while Saber vowed to fight even if it meant using his Noble Phantasm.
• Irisviel urged Saber to escape and form a new contract with Illya, but Roland accused her of being a thief and seized her hand.
• Roland infused Irisviel with fire demonic qi, causing her to weaken and fall into his arms.
• Roland said he had marked Irisviel to prevent anyone else from taking her, and Saber raised his blade in response.

Roland left with Medea after taking control of Irisviel and the Lesser Grail, while Irisviel resolved to free Illya from the Holy Grail War. At the Fuyuki City Hyatt Hotel, Waver checked Kayneth’s elaborate workshop barrier and questioned whether it could withstand someone destroying the building.

• Roland told Irisviel that Illya was his daughter and that he would take her away, then left with Medea as Irisviel stopped Saber from pursuing them.
• Roland explained that he had corrupted Irisviel with demonic qi, gained authority over her, and secured control of the Lesser Grail.
• Irisviel told Saber that their first battle was that night and that she intended to free Illya from the Holy Grail War.
• At the Hyatt Hotel, Waver reported that Kayneth’s barriers and Mana Furnaces were operating normally while Kayneth boasted about the workshop’s defenses.
• Waver asked Kayneth what they would do if another Master simply blew up the hotel instead of attacking the workshop.

Kayneth, Waver, and Rider debated how mages should approach the Holy Grail War before heading to observe Saber’s open challenge at Shinto Port. Rider and Kayneth decided to answer the challenge and set out in a thunder-wreathed chariot.

• Kayneth explained that a conspicuous building’s destruction could expose magecraft and leave its attacker facing enormous costs, while Rider warned that some mages would still risk everything in the war.
• Rider and Kayneth took Waver to observe the first battle from the Mion River Bridge using clairvoyance magecraft.
• At Shinto Port, Saber and Irisviel openly drew the other Servants into battle after Kiritsugu Emiya’s death, confident in Saber’s strength.
• Rider proposed drawing out the other Servants, but Kayneth said he would defeat those who answered his challenge one by one.
• Rider summoned his thunder-wreathed chariot and set off with Kayneth and Waver to declare war openly.

Saber and Iskandar clashed at the harbor, with Saber using his strength and Wind King Hammer to stop and overturn the Gordius Wheel. As Roland watched, the Shadowkhan found Darnic, and Roland set out with Caster to investigate his preparations for the war.

• Kayneth brought Waver in Iskandar's chariot to the harbor, where Iskandar invited Saber to join his conquests and Saber refused.
• Saber attacked Iskandar with his invisible holy sword and halted the Gordius Wheel with his strength and Mana Burst.
• Saber revealed his holy sword and used Wind King Hammer to hurl the chariot into the air, but Iskandar regained control of the divine bulls.
• Roland observed the duel and assessed the fighters' strengths while Caster waited beside him.
• A Shadowkhan reported that it had found Darnic, and Roland left with Caster to investigate.

Roland and Caster tracked Darnic to a workshop hidden within the Dream Realm, where Darnic believed he was protected from attack. Roland’s Shadowkhan invaded the otherworld and confronted Darnic and his mysterious Lancer.

• Roland told Caster that Darnic had hidden somewhere unusual and brought her to his location using the Shadowkhan.
• Darnic watched the Water Mirror and discussed King Arthur and the King of Conquerors with his Lancer.
• Darnic explained that his workshop’s Otherworld Transformation had placed it in the Dream Realm, where ordinary magecraft could not harm him.
• The Shadowkhan appeared in the Dream Realm and surrounded Darnic and Lancer, prompting Lancer to warn Darnic of an incoming attack.
• Roland emerged and told Darnic he had come to assess whether he was worth killing and to learn what scheme he was hiding.
• Roland examined the concealed Lancer and found his five parameters were all B.

Roland confronted Darnic in his Workshop and heard his offer to withdraw from the Holy Grail War in exchange for an alliance until four Masters and their Servants were eliminated. After Darnic offered to demonstrate his combat ability, Roland drew a firearm and shot at him.

• Darnic argued that Roland had targeted him from the outset and offered better terms than whoever had recruited Roland.
• Darnic revealed Lancer, whom Medea recognized as a remarkably beautiful, almost fairy-like creation, and Roland identified him as Enkidu.
• Darnic offered to relinquish the Holy Grail and presented a Self-Geas Scroll binding Roland to an alliance until four opposing Masters and their Servants were eliminated.
• Roland tentatively accepted the terms but questioned whether Darnic could defend himself without relying on Lancer.
• Darnic prepared his defenses and invited Roland to test him, so Roland pulled out a firearm and fired.

Roland defeated Darnic with an Origin Bullet and agreed to a contract with him, then discovered that his soul could casually shrug off the oath. He and Medea left Darnic’s Workshop while Roland questioned Darnic’s strange condition and Enkidu’s presence.

• Roland shot Darnic with an Origin Bullet, disabling his Magic Circuits, but Darnic remained conscious and impressed Roland with his resilience.
• Roland accepted Darnic as an ally and marked the contract parchment before leaving the Workshop with Caster.
• Roland and Caster discussed Darnic’s unusual body and the mystery of Enkidu’s Holy Relic.
• Roland decided to break his contract with Darnic using Medea’s Rule Breaker, but Medea explained that a mortal contract could not bind his soul.
• Roland tested the contract and watched his soul shake it off effortlessly.

After Roland left, Darnic revealed how he had used the Sheep Talisman to divide himself among a collective of Homunculi and preserve his consciousness. Enkidu sensed Archer on the battlefield and realized the Servant was the king he had longed to meet.

• Darnic passed out after ordering the Workshop's transformation undone, and Enkidu discovered that the eleven Homunculi shared his face and contractual connection with Lancer.
• Enkidu moved the Talisman from Darnic's chest to a Homunculus, awakening a new body that Darnic took as his own.
• Darnic explained that he had divided his soul among Homunculi and used the Talisman to maintain himself as the collective's central consciousness.
• Enkidu accepted Darnic's decision to treat the Homunculi as tools, though he called the transformation tragic.
• Enkidu sensed Rider and Saber had stopped fighting, then detected Archer battling another Servant and recognized him as the king he knew.

Roland and Medea discussed the chaotic battle as Gilgamesh attacked Berserker and taunted the other heroes. Kayneth used a Command Spell to force Rider to cooperate with Berserker and kill Archer.

• Roland asked Medea for an update, and she reported that Gilgamesh was fighting Berserker while Saber and Rider watched from nearby.
• Gilgamesh unleashed a barrage of Noble Phantasms, but Berserker caught and wielded them as he charged toward him.
• Saber asked Irisviel what they should do, and he argued that they might have to fight because Gilgamesh's attacks were reaching them.
• Gilgamesh taunted Saber and Rider, prompting Kayneth to order Rider to join Berserker against Archer.
• Rider refused, but Kayneth raised his Command Spells and ordered him to cooperate with Berserker and kill Archer.