At long last, and at a terrible cost, the War of Light is over. After a lifetime of war, Tarble seeks to understand what it means to be at peace. But war is not something that's so easily left behind. Conflict is in his nature, and his race needs a home, and his empire needs a capital.
Ever since birth, Eivor Erikson has been able to commune with the Norse gods through small screens and quests that they gave him. It was a simple life until everything began to change as he grew older and entered the world as a man. Now the gods bayed him to raid his neighbors, clash against the greatest names in history, and carve his name so deep into history it will never fade.
Ren Song didn't have much going for him in life - his family was poor, he wasn't popular at school, and his grades sucked. The only thing he did have going for him was a talent to cheat at card games. After a bad encounter on the streets of Gotham, Ren finds himself with an ability based on becoming famous for points and gambling with those points to improve himself. Gamer fic.
Mikoto Majima's first memory was getting punched in the face in a club without knowing why he was getting hit. Bereft of all of his memories, he's forced to wander Mifune city in search of his identity. There, he makes an unlikely ally and makes more than a few uncomfortable revelations before he finds himself bound for Fuyuki City for the Grail War and the answers it promises.
In Ciri's attempt to flee the Wild Hunt, wounded and afraid, she makes a mistake as she jumps between worlds and ends up dragging two unwilling guests. Guts and Puck find themselves in the depths of Crookback Bog, lost, confused but ultimately better than ever as they continue their hunt for Apostles in this new world.
Vergil St. Jude finds himself at a crossroads - go left for greatness or go right for safety. Longing for greatness, Vergil goes left towards Gotham city where he finds that he starts out not on the lowest rung of society, but he's flat out under the ladder itself. There he learns that greatness is not something that is handed to you, but it is something that you take and become.
In a summoning gone awry, Angra Mainyu is summoned during the fourth grail war as the Caster class. With lessons well learned from the previous grail war, he makes of unlikely allies and some even unlikelier enemies on his quest for the Holy Grail to grant his newfound wish. Anti-Villain protagonist.