Entry 20: The True & False Holy Grail Wars
After the end of the Third Holy Grail War in Fuyuki, a magi organization from America took data from the Fuyuki Grail War and planned their own version of the ritual, which would be held seventy years later, with the city Snowfield selected as the sacred land in which to hold the ritual. The purpose of the ritual was not to use a Holy Grail to grant a wish. It was to simply advance the analysis of the Third Magic itself to supposedly dragged it to the level of magecraft.
The system of the wars was copied from the Fuyuki system, albeit with some differences making the procedures of becoming a Master or summoning a Servant more flexible. For example, Tsubaki Kuruoka, a young comatose girl, was able to become a Master and summon Pale Rider, an entity that isn't a Heroic Spirit or a Divine Spirit. Flat Escardos also managed to summon his Servant, Jack the Ripper, without a summoning circle or a chant, only messing around with his catalyst and the ley lines around the area. Enkidu, a being closer to a Noble Phantasm of the gods, was also summoned. The True War also has its own exceptionalities, such as the summoning of the Watcher.
The False War is a primer for the true war, gathering enough energy by summoning six Servants. Rather than fighting for a Holy Grail, the war is over a "False Grail", making the ritual hard to predict compared to that of Fuyuki. The definition of "summoning rituals" is vague at best due to the flawed system, as shown by the summoning of the Pale Rider. After the fifth Servant is summoned, the False Grail wishes for the materialization of the sixth Servant, through brute force if necessary.
The "True" War is started after the summoning of the "False" Servants has occurred. The True Masters are selected far more carefully, unlike the False Masters, most of whom are just people who happened to hear of the War. Unlike the False War, there is also a full roster of seven Servants and the possibility of a Ruler being summoned exists. Despite the False and True Wars being defined as separate occurrences, the Masters and Servants freely battle and collaborate with each other, making the Wars far less separate, at least so far. The exact differences between the "False" and "True" Servants also remain presently unclear, if there are any, to begin with. The two Wars are sometimes referred to both separately and collectively as the 'Snowfield Holy Grail War'.
Unlike in the Fuyuki Grail War, the Church was not asked to supervise the Grail War. However, the Church still sent their own supervisor, although some of the Masters refuse to accept the representative as an actual supervisor.
AN: The concept of these wars is pretty good considering its chaotic nature since it would be similar to the Great Holy Grail War only instead of factions it would be a true battle royal. Fate/Strange fake is an interesting read and I recommended it but unfortunately to the best of my knowledge the manga was never completed and I'm unaware if there is a light novel of it. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this entry and I will see you guys next time.