Disclaimer: I don't own the Nasuverse.
-prologue-
Fate. What must come to pass. The progress of cause and effect. By definition, Fate is an absolute. Fate is explicit, and, with enough time and data, its path becomes obvious. There are certain rules that the universe plays by. Something may not come from nothing. An event may not have multiple contradictory outcomes. A soul requires a body to anchor it to this realm. Concealed. Events earlier in time cause events later in time. Death, the fact that everything ends, is one of these, as well.
Magic. What is unachievable by mere use of time and resources. The manifestation of the truly impossible. By definition, Magic is the denial of an absolute. Magic is a Mystery, and its nature is to remain so. Magic breaks basic rules. The Denial of Nothingness. The Kaleidoscope. Heaven's Feel. Hidden. Magic Blue. Heroic Spirits, those who are more like phenomenons than people, are never truly destroyed.
But isn't any use of Magic just furthering Fate? After all, Fate is what must happen.
But doesn't Fate just not apply to Magic? After all, Magic is that which should not happen, but does.
Now, think on Gaia and Alaya. The mind of all the world, and the mind of all the people, they and their Beasts doomed to endless conflict over the fate of the planet and those on it. Of course, both will eventually be wiped out. Gaia is already dying, and, if they can even survive, humanity will still have the Sixth Law to deal with, not to mention the Aristoteles come to avenge their sister.
Do Fate and Magic, in their Spiral of tension, end the same way? Ah. Sorry. That was a ridiculous question. How can basic laws and the ability to break those laws be destroyed by humans?
Well, basic laws are destroyed by Magic. Magic is the term for when the impossible happens. We can't destroy basic laws, so humans can't stop Fate. Magic is that which can destroy Fate, but we, you and I, have to abide by Fate and as such don't have magic. And we can't stop Magic because the way to destroy mystery is to unveil its workings, and Magic's workings can't be unveiled. So I suppose you could say that humans can't stop either of them, even though the only way to stop Magic would be with minds.
What about the Magicians?
The Magicians aren't human. Humans follow rules. Humans don't have that kind of power, and, and this is a debatable point, I think that a human would enter the Root. I wonder what, how, and if they think, sometimes. How could anybody turn that down?
-/prologue-
Well, that was the prologue. I'm trying to use a slightly more Nasuesque style; I need to learn to write in different voices. That, and my desire to create Xanatos Gambits, are what motivated me to attempt writing this.
Servant stat sheets will be posted here as the Servants are unveiled.