User blog:Inept Wiki User/Epic of Remnant Keywords, Review and Speculation

When Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant was announced, the trailer contained the names of the individual chapters for the story, together with various keywords and terms which were related to them. These have been a subject of speculation and curiosity during the wait for the chapter releases.



The individual chapters as well as the associated keywords and terms were as follows (most extracted from the main Fate/Grand Order page at time of writing):


 * Episode I: Shinjuku Phantom Incident (新宿幻霊事件)
 * Episode II: The Woman of Agartha (アガルタの女)
 * Episode III: The Tournament of the Seven Heroic Spirit Blade-Masters (英霊剣豪七番勝負)
 * Episode IV: Salem of the Heresy (異端なるセイラム)

Episode I: Shinjuku Phantom Incident (新宿幻霊事件)
 * A mere empty fiction
 * Free-Transforming Street Ruffian (変化自在の無頼漢)
 * Magic Bullet (魔弾)
 * Empress of Puppets (人形の女帝)
 * Phantom (幻霊)
 * Gentleman Criminal (犯罪紳士)
 * The Phantasmal League of Fiends (幻影魔人同盟)
 * Fallen Star (落ちる星)
 * Lament Beneath the Moon (月下の慟哭)
 * Lament Beneath the Moon (月下の慟哭)
 * Lament Beneath the Moon (月下の慟哭)

Episode II: The Woman of Agartha (アガルタの女)
 * An invasion from fiction
 * The Hollow Earth (地底大空洞)
 * Hero of Brutal Insanity (暴虐と狂乱の英雄)
 * The Brilliant Fortress (煌々たる城塞)
 * Jungle of Gold (黄金の密林)
 * The Fragrance of Peaches (桃の芳香)
 * The War-Cry of the Women Warriors (女戦士たちの雄叫び)
 * Phantasmal Metropolis (幻影都市)
 * The Skies of Void (無空の天)
 * The Distortion of an Undistorted Wish (歪みなき願いの歪み)

Episode III: The Tournament of the Seven Heroic Spirit Blade-Masters (英霊剣豪七番勝負)
 * Vengeance from an illusion
 * Pentacle (五芒星)
 * The Beautiful Beast Smiles (美しき獣は嗤う)
 * Empyrio (エンピレオ)
 * Purgatorio (プルガトリオ)
 * Inferno (インフェルノ)
 * Zen and the Sword Are One (剣禅一如)
 * In-Laiden Karma (埋め込まれた宿業)
 * The Seven Blade-Master Heroes (英霊剣豪七騎)
 * The Blade-Maiden of the Empyrean Eye (天眼の剣士)
 * Void and Infinity (無と、無限)
 * The Annihilation of All (一切鏖殺)
 * Rage Overflowing (狂瀾怒濤)

Episode IV: Salem of the Heresy (異端なるセイラム)
 * Marching superstition
 * Witch Hunt (魔女狩り)
 * Witch Trials (魔女裁判)
 * The Most Heretical of the Witches (最も異端なる魔女)
 * The Great Calamity (大いなる厄災)
 * Anno Domini 1692 (西暦1692年)
 * Seven at the Gallows (七つの絞首)
 * Inescapable Accusation (逃れられぬ告発)
 * "Salem," Massachusetts (マサチューセッツ "セイレム")

At the time of writing, two chapters have been released with two more to come. I thought it might be a good point to look over the keywords for the chapters past and the chapters yet to come.

Below are the meanings behind the keywords and terms for Chapters 1 and 2 as far as I know:

Episode I: Shinjuku Phantom Incident
 * A mere empty fiction: Phantoms, or Moriarty's cover
 * Free-Transforming Street Ruffian: Yan Qing
 * Magic Bullet: Bullets acquired by Moriarty through phantom fusion
 * Empress of Puppets: Christine
 * EMIYA Alter
 * Phantom: Self-explanatory
 * Gentleman Criminal: Moriarty
 * The Phantasmal League of Fiends: Alliance between Moriarty and Baal
 * Fallen Star: The final bullet in the form of a meteoroid
 * Moriarty
 * Lament Beneath the Moon: Moriarty's feelings

Episode II: The Woman of Agartha
 * An invasion from fiction: Nature of singularity as Scheherezade's story encroaching on reality
 * The Hollow Earth: Underground space in which singularity is situated. Agartha
 * Hero of Brutal Insanity: Megalos
 * The Brilliant Fortress: Either Ys or the City of Gold, El Dorado
 * Jungle of Gold: Jungle of the Amazons, site of El Dorado
 * The Fragrance of Peaches: Resistance base area, Peach Springs
 * The War-Cry of the Women Warriors: Amazons' battle cry
 * Phantasmal Metropolis: The city that doesn't sleep. The nightless/nocturnal city/castle.
 * The Skies of Void: Laputa.
 * The Distortion of an Undistorted Wish: ?

These are my questions:
 * Are the keyword associations listed above for Chapters 1 and 2 correct?
 * Do you have any theories or speculation concerning keywords for Chapters 3 & 4 that you'd like to share?