Title: Broken Throne, Cut Hair
Fandom: Fate Stay Night (Fate/Zero)
Author:
luminiousRating: T
Word Count: 964
Characters/Pairings: Lancer (Diarmuid Ua Duibhne), Grainne, Fionn Mac Cumhaill, Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, Sola-Ui Nuade-Re Sophia-Ri, Saber (Artoria Pendragon).
Warnings: Deals with cuckoldry, infidelity, and murder, for anyone not comfortable with that.
Summary:
In his last moments alive, Diarmuid hazily witnessed Fionn once again drop the water that could've saved him.
("Take me with you," Grainne once asked of Diarmuid with tears in her eyes, "I beg of you, my true love!".)
He should've known it was good to be true.
(Or, a short character study on Fate/Zero's take on Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, both regarding his past in Irish folklore and as a Servant in the Fourth Holy Grail War. Very Angsty with a sad ending.)
Disclaimer: I do not own
Fate Stay Night, nor am I or will I ever profit from this work.
( THE BEAUTY MARK UNDER DIARMUND’S RIGHT EYE WAS THE BANE OF HIS EXISTENCE FROM THE MOMENT HE HAD BEEN CURSED WITH IT BY A YOUNG WOMAN OF MAGIC; HE KNEW NOT WHY HIS ALLIES AND FOES ALIKE ENVIED HIM SO... )