However, both Zouken Matou and Shirou Emiya note these agendas are apparently impossible as there was never a victor for the past four Heaven's Feels and the Grail became corrupted by Angra Mainyu after the Third War.
Angra Mainyu is supposed to represent 'all the evil in the world', and so the desire for such a being to exist is what ended up being manifested. This wish for the manifestation of 'all the evil in the world' not only created a servant but also became engraved into the Grail. Thus, the Holy Grail became corrupted.
In the World of Fate/stay night, during the Third Holy Grail War, the Einzbern messed with the system of the Grail and summoned the Avenger-class Servant Angra Mainyu, and after his defeat in the 4th day of the war, the Holy Grail was corrupted with "All the World's Evils".
Emiya Kiritsugu rejected the Grail because he realized that it had been corrupted. This corruption subverted the original purpose of the Grail, that is, granting the wish of the victor of the war.
Rather, Shirou comes to the Greater Grail in order to destroy it to prevent Angra Mainyu's birth and to save Sakura, while destroying the Lesser Grail would have done nothing.
In Fate/stay night. As the visual novel opens, Shirou lives in a Japanese household from the city of Fuyuki under the guidance of school teacher Taiga Fujimura, years after his father Kiritsugu died. One night at school, he witnesses a duel between warriors Archer and Lancer; the latter ambushes and kills Shirou.
He do it all the time, which exposed his body internally to a great amount of mana. This mana destroyed his hair pigmentation, making them white, and burn his cells, tanning him. Du to this, his alter version is even more darker, because he used it even more usually.
The winners were Marisbury Animusphere and his Caster Servant Solomon, who used the Greater Grail to fulfill their desires after having defeated all the other Masters and Servants.
He knows for sure that Irisviel will not live on forever and she will die eventually. He believes that he is a bad husband for it. Guilt plays a role in this. So he hooked up with Maiya in order to cope and move on From Irisviel.
In short, while Kiritsugu is a ruthless, calculating, stoic, emotionless, brooding, and cold-blooded killer, he was a tragic figure because the actions he committed to reach his ends ending up ruining everything for him.
The greatest quest of Arthur and his Knights is the quest for the mythical Holy Grail, the cup from which Jesus drank at the Last Supper. While King Arthur is never to find the Holy Grail himself, his knight Sir Galahad does because of his purity of heart.
The Grail is initially guarded in a magical castle by a character called the Fisher King, who is in constant pain from a wound to his leg, divine punishment for his failure to remain chaste.
However, as Irisviel becomes the Grail, she sees a vision of Illya fearing her own fate of becoming the Grail one day. Kiritsugu's own vision in the Grail eventually shows him destroying everyone he wants to save, including all his loved ones, until he is finally forced to kill Illya.
Participants in the Third Holy Grail War included mages from the Tohsaka and Edelfelt families among others. The Einzberns also got involved by attempting to subvert the system by summoning the Zoroastrian god, Angra Mainyu.
The Sixth Holy Grail War takes place in Fuyuki City 10 years after the Fifth Holy Grail War and 20 years after the Fourth Holy Grail War. Because of the failure of the two previous Heaven's Feel Rituals the interval between the rituals was 10 years instead of normal 50-60 years.
Gradually Irisviel became more eloquent and expressive, and she became interested in Kiritsugu himself. Despite Kiritsugu's initial hesitation, they eventually fell in love. However, Kiritsugu knew that love between the two would be fruitless, as he was aware that he would sacrifice her for the Holy Grail.
Illya's personal interest in Shirou is conflicted due to the fact that Kiritsugu, whom she loved for he was her father, remained in Japan as Shirou's adoptive father after betraying her family by destroying the long-sought Grail. She feels that Kiritsugu abandoned her for Shirou, and is jealous of Shirou for that.
Kirei is a vicious combatant up close, far outpacing Kiritsugu's own skills and the latter only has his high caliber pistol that needs to be reloaded after each shot and a full-auto SMG.
Gilgamesh has appeared in multiple Holy Grail Wars, and he is by far the strongest Archer-class Servant in the series. He is a demi-god who ruled over ancient Mesopotamia, and he is considered to be history's first Hero and the origin of all other Heroic myths.
"Gilgamesh is the most powerful existence among the Servants in both the Fourth and Fifth Holy Grail War and the strongest Heroic Spirit."
When Lancelot heard the news of his King's death, Lancelot sank in despair and escaped through madness. Thus, when he became a Heroic Spirit, he was summoned as the insane Berserker.
Shirou Emiya (衛宮 士郎, Emiya Shirō?) is the main protagonist of Fate/stay night, a teenage Japanese Magus who acts as the Master of Saber during the Fifth Holy Grail War. He is the adopted son of Kiritsugu Emiya, the adopted brother of Illyasviel Von Einzbern, and the younger self of EMIYA.
Why Shiro's Hair Is White. Why does Shiro have a streak of white hair? According to Shiro's own hand written notes, it's because of stress. In his own words, “Stress can do some pretty terrible things.”
Archer's real identity is Shirō Emiya from one of the possible future worlds. He is the winner of the Fifth Holy Grail War in his world.