Advanced Origins


Every Individual possess an origin, a defining main characteristic that perfectly describes an individual's base existence. Every individual regardless of species or the capabilities of possessing magic has an origin which dictates the individual's every decision to the very core. Peel away an individual's every memory, every experience, every moment significant or insignificant that has defined and nurtured that individual till now and you would be left with an individual that is nothing but the physical embodiment of his or her origin, an instinct that would dictate an individuals moral code and inclination to conduct or make choices in a certain way.

In the System of magecraft, an origin holds far more importance and meaning than to the regular individual, the origin is rather not just a defining characteristic but for a magus, something more, an origin represents a stream from the Root, taking material form in an individual. This represents an intimate connection to the root, a unique path for every individual, a different purpose to each idiosyncratic existence.

Thus, an origin is extremely magically significant and once awakened may even lead to a major upheaval that would affect even the destinies of the specific individuals involved. To awaken an origin is to be aware of what ones origin is, triggering a magical reaction, making a magus potentially exhibit more unique traits and behaviours contrary or enhanced compared to the past behaviours of their regular selves, an awakening of ones origin also allows for an individual to go past their limits and discover new heights to their potential spurred on by their origins, this can also often result with the ability to use new branches of thaumaturgy or magecraft, allowing for an individual to be able to perform unique mysteries unable to be easily replicated by the masses, such mysteries are often unique to the individual and cannot be replicated due to their origin. The abilities that are derived from a slither of energies of the individuals as a connection to the root can be thus considered a very minor branch of true magic, miracles unable to be replicated by science in this age.

Alternatively, one can also have their origins awakened artificially through a magical process but not much is known due to the secrecy and value of surrounding such an ability. The awakening of an origin can also be considered as a downside due to the enhanced compulsion and change in behaviours for individuals, this can often lead down a path of obsessiveness and contribute to far more harm for the magus than would be gained through the benefits of awakening of an origin…


Heat. Blistering, unbearable heat… Pressure, akin to being weighed down by mountains… Pain, impossible amounts of pain, every action, every step, causing nerves, alive or dead, to shriek in agony…

This was all that he knew, all the boy saw was fire, being inside the world's hottest furnace, every object was melting, losing their structure quickly every second, individuals trapped in this fiery inferno, crying out, none with a chance to escape. Any assistance to be gained from other brave citizens sacrificing themselves, enabling others to escape was futile, for there was no escape, there was no peace, nowhere safe to go, no place of refuge, no gods to grace themselves to help the faithful, there was nothing but death, fiery unavoidable death…

Still… the boy persisted, losing his identity, sacrificing something every step of the way, for a chance to escape this cruel reality, for as far as he was concerned this was all he knew, did the boy even know his name at this point?

What was it…shirogo?...Ichirou?...Shiroma?...Shirou? was that it? Was it his name? Did it matter?

He felt his lungs giving out, each and every second bringing it closer to collapse, His limbs were aching, he had already lost the ability to walk upright, now only able to crawl on his hands and knees, his eyes were straining, enduring unparalleled pain just to keep open, fighting against the instinct to give in to the darkness, to the cold embrace of death…

Right as shirou collapsed, he saw a figure in a suit, crying and smiling for the ability to be able to save him. In countless worlds, the boy would wish to experience the sensation of what was the incident that allowed the man to have such a smile in such a bleak circumstance, in countless worlds, this would be the incident to kickstart the boy's unique destiny, in this world, the boy with the last thoughts he had before collapsing into unconsciousness, he questioned. The boy questioned the smile for all the boy wanted for was to simply understand it for in such a bleak world it seemed like an impossible prospect to be able to gain such an emotion without a unique catalyst.


Deep in unconsciousness, unaware, the boy experienced a feeling of the purest magic, giving a soothing, peaceful sensation beyond what he had ever experienced. The sensation, healed every inch of the body, healing every scar, every burn and bruise inflicted on the boy as a result the cursed fire, in doing so, the magic healed every inch of the boy, remaking him, changing him…making him…more.

The magic was Avalon, the sheath of Excalibur, the greatest sword that ever was, or will be, the purity and power of Avalon was unmatched, able to heal every injury, able to provide protection against every possible force. Fueled by the remnants of the energies of its owner in countless worlds, its purity would overwrite every origin, every alignment the boy possessed into its own nature. It did not matter the origin, whether it be a physical, imaginary or theoretical, the purity of Avalon would overwrite it all, and in countless worlds, this would be all the boy was left with, the embodiment of this new origin.

This world however, was different, for no matter the power, no matter the purity, the sheath would not be able to overwrite the origin for it was what which allowed it to exist, not the physical materials that Avalon was made of, unique and power as they were, but what gave it its power, its strength, for beyond anything, Avalon was not just an object but rather the physical embodiment of an ideal, of a concept of Utopia for that was what Avalon represented, not purity, not protection but rather Utopia, a peaceful and safe land that was meant for King Arthur after a destiny of serving others.

As such, Avalon could not overwrite the boy's origin, for it would not be able to overwrite itself, a physical ideal, a crystalized mystery made real by embodying a concept. As such Avalon would enhance the boy's alignment or origin, even being inert, having used its last vestiges of power to heal and remake the boy.

The Origin, the gift of the root would remain, the new origin and alignment of sword would also remain, accompanying the true origin… the origin of conceptualization, both also being activated as a result of Avalon's influence.


Shirou woke up to a constant beeping and a thick and heavy smell of disinfectant. He recalled the first thing that came to mind, which was the fire. He recalled being rather heavily injured and collapsing in a man's arms before collapsing into blackness. He felt good…no better than that, he felt great actually, Shirou had never ever felt this great before. He was rather perplexed at the situation for even surviving the fire, he did not expect his lungs to be in any kind of condition to be able to not rely on a breathing apparatus of any sort.

His mind was surprisingly clear considering having undergone such a traumatic incident. He heard footsteps, footsteps that denoted multiple individuals with a purpose walking towards his hospital bed. He surveyed his room, it was a small rather sparse room with only him and several machines, it had spartan furnishings and a window covered by curtains displaying the view of the outside world. From the amount of light getting through the curtains, shirou deduced that it was likely to be in the morning when he woke up.

A doctor and two nurses walked in, while the doctor questioned him, the nurses were monitoring his vitals. Aside from some administrative questions in which all he recalled to be able to give was his name, he was inquiring about the fire of the city of Fuyuki.

"Shirou-kun…you were found at ground zero of the fire, it is believed that you are the only individual to survive the fire, you appear to have quite severe amnesia which is normal for such a traumatic incident, however it is rather miraculous and unusual how you were found physically unscathed considering the magnitude of the fire, especially when you were near to the cause. Nevertheless, you are perfectly fine and you are able to be discharged soon."

"The man who saved you is waiting outside the room, he would like to speak to you, would you be fine with that?"

"That would be fine, Doctor-san"

Shirou agreed with the doctor, confused with why his saviour would want to speak to him, was he a detective, wanting to know more about the cause of the incident? Shirou could comprehend no other reason why.

A man wearing a black suit and trench coat walked in, his face is blank and his eyes looked empty, as though lacking a purpose.

"Shirou-kun, I am Kiritsugu Emiya...and I would like to adopt you."


Authors Notes:

This story came as a inspiration of wanting to write a Shirou Emiya that is vastly different from any of the routes, as such I had to change quite a bit about him. The reason for the change is because the Shirou Emiya that we know is in essence empty, that the experiences of the fire had distorted him so much that he became empty, and with that emptiness comes the change of alignment and Origin due to Avalon, as such due to his incarnation as a sword, he will always follow kiritsugu's ideals from the start due to lacking self worth and being a sword that requires a wielder.

This is apparent in any of the Fate routes as he always has to serve to counteract the emptiness that he feels, rather it be through saving people and being a hero or prioritizing the individuals close/important to him first.

As such, for any situation that would require for Shirou Emiya to not be so selfless and more selfish but with a good core, akin to Rin, there should be a change from a start, better to be deriving from his Origin.

As such he has an added Origin to counteract his selflessness and due to Avalon being a conceptual weapon, I needed to create a new Origin of conceptualization so to retain the canon origin and the new ones, due to this, I have an interesting task of not focusing so much on UBW and tracing but rather focusing on the potential of this versions Shirou Emiya in conducting mysteries. Due to only having a new origin, he is still a sword incarnation with both his elemental alignment and Origin being sword but he has the added benefit of having an original alignment of Conceptualization that will tag on hand in hand with his original origin.

With this in mind, he will still be crap at magecraft relating to the elements but with the added on potential of using a new tree of magecraft exclusive to him due to his Origin.

This new Origin will also affect and also serve as the justification for me to be able to change and affect his behaviour and moral code massively.