Recaps

Horace sent Messmer to burn corruption in the Nasuverse while the Tarnished pursued quests across the Lands Between. As the Fourth Holy Grail War began, Messmer saved Sakura and confronted Zouken, while Proto Saber worked to protect Illya and Irisviel, and Shirou offered to become Cú Chulainn’s Master.

• Horace helped Hötter contain her powerful soul and develop her own moon, while Ranni watched with a sense of betrayal.
• Horace chose Messmer to act as an angel in the Nasuverse, and Messmer burned the corrupt Temple and its accomplices in the first-century Holy City while sparing those who prayed.
• The Tarnished befriended Yhorm, helped Adam recover Iji’s Medallion, and learned that Yhorm carried the Fell God of Fire’s flame.
• Miquella wrote a horse romance inspired by Radahn’s advice, and Godwyn arranged to spread it across the Lands Between.
• The Tarnished became Sellen’s apprentice, while Horace assigned Volcano Manor to Messmer and sent Rykard to help Mohg at Stormveil Castle.
• The Fourth Holy Grail War began as Kiritsugu summoned Proto Saber, the other Masters summoned their Servants, and Messmer appeared to protect Sakura from Zouken Matou.
• Messmer and Horace separated part of Zouken’s soul and sealed it in a book, and Makiri Zolgen agreed to teach Sakura basic magecraft.
• The Tarnished hunted Flying Dragon Cosmil with Eleonora and Yura, then later joined Eleonora against Mohg while Yura set off to find her.
• Proto Saber rescued Illya from the Einzberns’ plans, sealed Avalon inside Irisviel to protect her, and heard Shirou ask Cú Chulainn to accept him as a Master.

Messmer’s power and the Grand Duke’s fury brought a divine catastrophe to Fuyuki, killing several Servants and leaving the survivors trapped outside the Great Hollow. As Kayneth organized a plan to fight back, Shirou went searching for another Master and found a frightened girl at the Matou manor.

• Shirou became Cú Chulainn’s Master, while Vlad III fought Iskandar and Gilgamesh before Kiritsugu’s assault on Kayneth left Kayneth without his magecraft.
• Kayneth accepted the Grand Duke’s blood and became a Dead Apostle, while Messmer attacked Kirei and discovered that her power could identify and burn evil.
• The Grand Duke spread corruption through Fuyuki’s leylines and embraced heavenly fire, while Messmer’s flames grew into a world-threatening ritual.
• Sola helped Kayneth escape Kiritsugu, and Kayneth made Waver his heir before ordering Lancer out of the war and transferring the Grand Duke’s contract to Kirei.
• Cú Chulainn used Shirou’s Command Spells to fight at full strength and battled the Grand Duke, while Caren killed Kirei with help from a Hundred Faces substitute.
• Cú Chulainn, the Grand Duke, Kirei, and Gilgamesh died as Messmer’s flames overwhelmed the Great Hollow, and a voice declared that her domain would encompass the world in six days.
• The surviving Masters gathered to plan a counterattack, and Kayneth proposed accelerating a ritual to elevate Iskandar’s Spirit Origin with help from Kiritsugu, young Gilgamesh, Tokiomi, and Waver.
• After Proto Saber told Kiritsugu about another timeline, Kayneth sent Shirou to find the other Servant’s Master, and Shirou found a frightened girl with a glowing book at the Matou manor.

Miquella ended the Fourth War by exposing the flaw in God’s test, and Messmer returned to the Lands Between under Horace’s watch. The Tarnished freed Rykard, helped Thops win recognition for his research, and uncovered the Frenzied Flame’s connection to Tracker’s family.

• Shirou protected Sakura from Caren, and Sakura agreed to help stop the danger posed by Messmer.
• Iskandar ascended with Zeus’s power and led his army against the Seraphim, but the Beast of Sodom and the angel’s return left the Masters facing defeat.
• Miquella answered Shirou’s prayer, explained that God’s rules could be challenged, and used a shared dream to expose the trial’s flaw before stripping the angel of its power.
• Proto Saber eliminated Messmer, ending the Fourth War, and Messmer returned to the Lands Between while Horace confronted him about his secret contract with Dove.
• The Tarnished defeated Rykard and escaped Leda’s Prison, then helped Rykard stay free and learned from Iji how Adam’s betrayal had been meant to protect his child.
• The Tarnished investigated Thops’s stolen research, recovered his staff, and helped him defeat Moongrum and Rennala, who established Thops’s Classroom.
• The Tarnished investigated Irina’s father’s arrest at Castle Morne and found a Frenzied Flame Sacred Seal, prompting Tracker to reveal that the power had killed his subordinates and younger sister.

The player joined the champions who defeated Radahn, then followed the Blood Dynasty’s secrets through Mohg’s death and Midas’s departure. Meanwhile, Godwyn moved against the Golden Dynasty, and the player turned toward the Carian Study Hall and Blood Moon Manor.

• The player delivered Tracker’s request to Ogha in the City of Sin, then traveled to Fort Gael and joined the Redmane trial.
• The player and the champions defeated Radahn, whose transformation revealed the God of Vengeance beneath the Bloodcrystal Plains.
• The player accepted Midas’s offer to join the Blood Dynasty, met Lilith and Hecate, and explored Nokron while sparing the Silver Tear Asimi.
• Godwyn stole Destined Death, enlisted Placidusax’s limited aid, and launched a coup against the Golden Dynasty as Radagon rushed to stop him.
• The player watched a video about Thops’s reforms, then helped Ansbach defeat Mohg and later gave Midas the letter that let her leave the Blood Dynasty.
• The player rejected Shabriri’s temptation, met Gideon at Roundtable Hold, and questioned him about Trina and the demigods.
• The player defeated Miriam at Carian Study Hall and encountered Daphne, who asked for spare parts from Seluvis at Blood Moon Manor.
• The player struggled through the valley’s enemies and discovered that Ranni’s questline offered a way past the blockade.