The contenders have been chosen! A whopping 256 characters have been sent to me. Brackets will take awhile to be made but the tournament will start when I'm ready.
Achilles
Agravain
Altera
Altera the Santa
Amakusa Shirou
Amor
Anastasia
Andromeda
Anne Bonny & Mary Read
Antonio Salieri
Aoko Aozaki
Arash
Archimedes
Arcueid
Arjuna
Arjuna Alter
Artoria
Artoria Alter
Artoria Caster
Artoria Lancer
Artoria Lancer Alter
Asclepius
Ashiya Douman
Asterios
Astolfo
Asvatthaman
Atalanta
Atalanta Alter
Angra Mainyu
Avicebron
Baobhan Sith
Barghest
Bartholomew Roberts
Bazett
BB
Bedivere
Beowulf
Bhima
Billy the Kid
Blackbeard
Boudica
Bradamante
Britomart
Byrnhild
Caenis
Calamity Jane
Carmilla
Ceil
Circe
Charlemagne
Charlotte Corday
Chen Gong
Chevalier d'Eon
Cleopatra
Constantine XI
Cu
Cu (Alter)
Cu (Caster)
David
Daybit
Demon King Nobunaga
Diarmuid
Dioscuri
Dobrynya Nikitich
Dorothea Coyett
Durga
Duryodhana
Dust of Osiris
Edmond Dantes
Emiya
Enkidu
Ereshkigal
Europa
Fergus mac Roich
Fionn mac Cumhaill
Fiore Forvedge
First Hassan
Florence Nightingale
Francesca Prelati
Francis Drake
Fujimaru Ritsuka
Fuma Kotaro
Gareth
Gawain
Georgios
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh Caster
Goetia
Goredolf
Gorgon
Hassan of Serenity
Hassan of the Hundred Faces
Hildr
Hector
Henry Jekyll & Hyde
Hephaestion
Hercules
Hippolyta
Huang Feihu
Huyan Zhuo
Ibuki Douji
Iskandar
Ishtar
Ivan the Terrible
Izumo no Okuni
Jacques de Molay
Jacques de Molay Foreigner
Jalter
Jason
Jeanne d'Arc
Jinako Carigiri
Jing Ke
Kadoc
Kama
Karna
Kato Danzo
Katsushika Hokusai
Kiara
Kiichi Hogen
Kijyo Koyo
Kintoki
Kirei
Kiritsugu
Kirschtaria Wodime
Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg
Kishinami Hakuno
Koyanskaya
Kriemhild
Kukulkan
Lanling Wang
Leonardo da Vinci
Leysritt
Locusta
Luviagelita Edelfelt
Mandricardo
Mash
Mata Hari
Medea
Medusa
Meltryllis
Mephistopheles
Merlin
Merlin Prototype
Mikiya Kokutou
Miss Crane
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Iori
Mordred
Mori Nagayoshi
Moriarty (Archer)
Moriarty (Ruler)
Mozart
Muniere
Murasaki Shikibu
Mysterious Heroine XX
Nagkura Shinpachi
Neco Arc
Nero
Nezha
Noah
Noel Aizome
Night of Wallachia
Nitocris
Nitocris Alter
Nrvnqsr Chaos
Oberon
Oda Kippoushi
Oda Nobunaga
Odysseus
Okada Izo
Okita Souji
Ortlinde
Osakabehime
Ozymandias
Passionlip
Patxi
Penthesilea
Percival
Perseus
Phantom of the Opera
Proto Arthur
Ptolemy
Qin Liangyu
Queen Himiko
Queen Medb
Queen of Sheba
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl Samba
Raikou
Rama
Richard the Lionheart
Riesbyfe Stridberg
Rin Tohsaka
Roa
Robin Hood
Romani
Saber (Fate/Samurai Remnant)
Saint Martha
Saito Hajime
Sakamoto Ryouma and Oryo
Salome
Sasaki Kojiro
Scandinavia Peperoncino
Scathach
Scheherazade
Sei Shonagon
Semiramis
Shakespeare
Sherlock Holmes
Shi Huang Di
Shiki Tohno
Shiki Ryougi
Shirou Emiya
Shuten Douji
Sieg
Siegfried
Sigurd
Sisigou Kairi
Skadi
Souichirou Kuzuki
Spartacus
Suse Ritsuka
Suzuka Gozen
Taiga Fujimura
Taigong Wang
Taira-no-Kagekiyo
Takao Dayu
Takasugi Shinsaku
Takechi Zuizan
Tamamo Cat
Tamamo no Mae
Tenochtitlan
Theseus
Thrud
Tiamat
Tomoe Gozen
Touko Aozaki
Tristan
Ushiwakamaru
Van Gogh
Vlad III
Vlov Arkhangel
Vritra
Watanabe-no-Tsuna
Waver
Xiang Yu
Xuanzang Sanzang
Yamanami Keisuke
Yan Qing
Yang Guifei
Yu Mei-ren
Yui Shousetsu
Zenobia
Zeus
So, I've invested WAY too much time into Fate/Samurai Remnant recently, and I figured I'd make a tumblr post about it because I, frankly, adore this game.
The Fate series does not have a perfect record. I love it for the story, but even I was thinking that Fate/Samurai Remnant would be another blemish. Honestly, that probably was for the best, because it blew my expectations out of the water.
I saw a lot of people complaining that the game would be a Musou/Warriors-like Game. I don't really think that's a fair comparison. Yes, it has Musou aspects, but it plays more like Bayonetta or Okami. Battles are actually fun, and there's bit more strategy than just button mashing (I'll admit, there's still a fair bit of button mashing, but it hasn't impeded my enjoyment of the game.)
This is also one of the few Fate games that actually gets the vibe of a Holy Grail War right. There's alliances, friendships, rivalries, weird sexual tension with historical figures- the whole shebang. The protagonist, Miyamoto Iori, is actually a fairly compelling character who develops quite a bit. Saber is always fun to listen to, and even side characters like Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) or Takao Dayu get their time to shine.
Overall, if you're new to Fate and want to play a game rather than read a visual novel or watch an anime? This is where you'd start. It's a much better introduction than Fate/Grand Order and feels a lot like a real Holy Grail War. I'd give it an 8 or 9 out of 10, with its main flaws being that some battles feel a bit tedious and that they occasionally lean on references that newcomers wouldn't get (though they're few and far between)
So Fate came out with a new game recently called Fate Samurai Remnant. It's more fate stuff but set during 1651 Edo Japan. So let's met the cast. I would like to mention almost everyone here has historically existed.
Miamoto Iori: protagonist. Master of Saber. Adopted son of legendary swordsmaster Miamoto Musashi. Broke AF. Lives in a broken down shed in the abandoned part of town.
Saber: Story deutrotagonist. Is the reason why Iori is broke. Smug little shit. Craves only 2 things: food and violence.
Takao Dayu: Most famous courtesan of the Yoshiwara red light district. Master of Berserker. Essentially team mom.
Berserker- Miyamoto Mushashi: Historically known as the World's Strongest Swordsman. Was historically male. Adopted Iori. Gets repeatedly isekaied. Also the person who accidentally turned Las Vegas into a lake side resort.
Zheng Chenggong: Master of Archer. Chinese general and part time pirate. Is the rich friend. Sometimes impulsive. Fights with just a stick.
Archer-has to deal with Zheng on the regular. Wields fire arrows and js profceient at making things explode.
Yui Shousetsu: Master of Rider. Leads a dojo of Robin. Has an "honor before reason" mentality. Historically known for attempting to over throw the Tokugawa shogunate.
Rider: Stoic and disciplined. Ominius AF. Hates Iori's house shed for some reason.
Chiemon: Master of Lancer. Survivor of the Shimabara rebellion [where the Tokugawa shoguate did a Roman persecution of Christians](and that's a gross over simplification). Murder hobo. Doesn't believe in baths.
Lancer- Jeanne D'arc Alter- Evil Joan of Arc. Tired. Doesn't want to be here. Wants to go home.