Overture
"3000 years ago, the most powerful Gods at the time – Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Apollo, Hermes, Ares, and Athena—pledged to combine their powers to develop a Holy Grail, an item said to grant unlimited wishes. However, as soon as they found that the Grail could only grant the wish of one person, all hope for cooperation was lost. That was the beginning of the Holy Grail War – a conflict that ended up fundamentally changing the course of the world.
"The Grail itself, when developed, exhibited strange properties. It seemed to have its own sentient personality as it was created, and it in fact selected recipients of the Grail to battle it out. But each recipient of the Grail was in fact allowed to bring back a legendary hero, a heroic spirit, a servant, to do battle for them. The conclusion of the battle decided who was most deserving of the Grail.
And so 3000 years ago, seven people were selected – ordinary people – who represented each God. And they fought for the Grail. And the winner of the Holy Grail War – Paris, a prince of Troy, a son of Zeus, wished for the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen. And thus, the Trojan War began, and the world was plunged into calamity.
The Holy Grail was said to reappear once every three thousand years."
-From the manuscript of Iseult Ulthwe
