[Hereafter] CCVI: The Battle of Rock Island
🕑 Added 2025-08-09 22:01:38 +0000 UTCLike with last chapter, I was disappointed with how little I could focus on individual battles and give them the proper weight they needed, but things being what they were, it was unavoidable.
I tried to do justice to everyone here even so, but I'm not incredibly confident in how well I captured Fionn's personality in particular, and Diarmuid wound up fairly mute, all things considered. Talking in battle is a sin only great lords get to commit, because they like to hear the sound of their own voices too much.
Gonna be real honest, I also expected a few Servants in here to make it longer than they did when I introduced them, but the end of the road came faster than anyone anticipated.
Pretty juicy Material Companion to this chapter, too. Enjoy.
EDIT: Moving down all the way. 9/20/25
Comments
flamerai
It's interesting how Dinah Cassandra has a sort of actual debuff applied to those who disregard her prophecies, the fight was pretty evenly matched but ended up being a Complete one-sided victory as soon as Fionn dismissed her warning. Also loved how Taylor gaslit the Celts
V01D
In the supplementary information, Calte is listed twice at the start
Geoffrey Sullivan
Once again, I wish to reassure you that whatever *your* misgivings, *I* found these fights to be *breathtaking,* and worthy of their combatants. I'm not sure I've seen such a high-powered fight outside of "Fate/Apocrypha," but you did it *splendidly.* Thank you once again for some *remarkable* entertainment.