Ushi Gozen (Avenger)

, Class Name , is an Avenger-class Servant summoned by Ritsuka Fujimaru in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order. She feigns being the Servant of fellow Servant Yui Shousetsu in the Waxing Moon Ritual of the Edo Singularity, truly working under the Count.
==Profile==
===Identity===
A sharp and fleeting black blade. A demon who freely controls two gigantic black arms seemingly made of the same technology as her Settsu-style armor.
They are a servant identifying themselves as "Minamoto-no-Raikou". Minamoto-no-Raikou was the most powerful mystic slayer and could be considered as the most iconic warrior of the Heian period. 
Minamoto-no-Raikou is not a false name, but it's not entirely "true" either. Her true identity, her True Name, is "Ushi Gozen". An existence that can be likened to a demon god that controls lightning itself.
Legends say that Ushi Gozen was Minamoto-no-Raikou's brother, but in truth, she is the manifestation of Raikou's demonic and divine aspects as a demon child of Gozu Tennou. In other words, a child who received divine power similar to that of Taishakuten, the god of Gion-shoja. 
It is said the infant Raikou was about to be killed by her father, Mitsunaka, but was saved by her mother. After growing up in a temple far from her home town, her father summoned her and trained her in order to succeed him as the next leader of the Genji clan. 
At first, Minamoto-no-Mitsunaka did not treat Raikou as a person. He did not even call her his child. She was treated as though she was merely a living blade - a strange creature with inhuman abilities. In short, as a young girl, Raikou was required to be a "weapon" without emotion.
Clad in custom-made black armor crafted from the bones and blood of monsters, she was not a "person", she was a simple blade that continued to be used as a weapon to kill monsters. This policy of Mitsunaka's ceased when Sakata Kintoki and Raikou met. Because against Mitsunaka's orders, Raikou expressed her feelings towards Kintoki.
===Appearance===
File:AvengerUshiGozenStage1.jpg|Avenger Stage 1 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Raita Honjou.
File:AvengerUshiGozenStage2.jpg|Avenger Stage 2 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Raita Honjou.
File:AvengerUshiGozenStage3.jpg|Avenger Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Raita Honjou.
File:AvengerUshiGozenStage4.jpg|Avenger Stage 4 in Fate/Grand Order, illustrated by Raita Honjou.
===Personality===
In this Saint Graph, Ushi Gozen's maternal nature is greatly reduced, especially when compared to her nature when summoned with the saint graph of a Berserker, as Minamoto-no-Raikou.
This is not unrelated to her appearing as a young girl. By manifesting in the physical and mental state she held before she met Kintoki, she establishes herself as a "motherless, murderous weapon". 
Ushi Gozen did not forget the events of the Waxing Moon Ritual and believed it appropriate to manifest as a fiery demon of vengeance that never forgets its grudge, and so she manifested as an Avenger.
====Relationships====
=====First and Second Ascension===== 
;Yui Shousetsu
:"Shousetsu, Shousetsu. May you never lose your righteousness───."Fate/Grand Order - Minamoto-no-Raikou/Ushi Gozen voice lines - Translated by Konchew
:"There is no need for you to be so frightened of me. I will always be your ally, Shousetsu───"
;Minamoto-no-Raikou
:"That is me as an adult... I see, so that's how it is... I have known about it from the records, but I see───so I really did go mad."
;Sakata Kintoki
:"Sakata Kintoki...Kaidōmaru...! N-no, I can't, this heart won't do...! If I gain...this heart...I'll no longer be myself...! Frightening, how fearsome!"
;Shuten-douji
:"What's with that surprised look on your face...did you say you were Shuten-douji? ...What? My likes? What are you talking about?"
;Oni and Demonic Servants
:"Oni and the likes...this place is quite infested with them───whoops, I am aware, my master. I won't kill them. I won't kill them yet, alright?"
;Ibuki-douji
:"The divine child of Ibuki...Mumu, mumumumumumu...! I can't deal with her!"
;Artoria Pendragon / Artoria Pendragon Alter / Artoria Pendragon Lily
:"Aah...that personage must have walked a path fraught with difficulties..."
;Child Servants
:"A child...sigh...... Hah! H-hey, don't let children near me!"
;Mash Kyrielight
:"Master, my master. That girl with the shield, I think her name was...Mash. That's right, it was Mash. I would very much like to get closer to her."
;Miyamoto Iori / Yamato Takeru
:"Damn you, Miyamoto Iori, and damn you, Yamato Takeru... Not once, but twice... The third time we clash, I swear I will be the one to emerge victorious. Fufu...fufufufufu───"
=====Third Ascension===== 
;Yui Shousetsu
:"Shousetsu.. Nay, I shall not meet her in this form. I must not."
;Miyamoto Iori / Yamato Takeru
:"Miyamoto Iori...Yamato Takeru...having come this far, this might already be our fate."
;Miyamoto Musashi
:"Miyamoto Musashi. She was here. Nay, she isn't. She wasn't...?"
;Minamoto-no-Raikou
:"That version of me is here as well. Minamoto-no-Raikou... I see, so that's how you laugh..."
;Sakata Kintoki
:"Aah...Kintoki, Kintoki...! ...kh, Chaldea's poison to me. It pollutes even my solitary soul. Make sure you don't let Kintoki meet me in my alternate ascension too often. I'm sure...it would break him."
;Ibuki-douji
:"The divine child of Ibuki, Ibuki-douji. To think even your hallowed self would be here."
;Oni and Demonic Servants
:"Oni, huh. Hmph..."
;Ibaraki-douji
:"Those pupils...so there was also a way like that to become mixed. You, what's your name? ...I see, so you're Ibaraki."
;Mash Kyrielight
:"Mash-dono, how are you doing? Fufu, fufufufufufufu."
==Role==
===Fate/Grand Order===
====Waxing Moon Clashing Swords Chronicles====
Fate/Grand Order - Waxing Moon Clashing Swords Chronicles, PrologueFate/Grand Order - Waxing Moon Clashing Swords Chronicles, Chapter 1Fate/Grand Order - Waxing Moon Clashing Swords Chronicles, Chapter 2Fate/Grand Order - Waxing Moon Clashing Swords Chronicles, Chapter 3Fate/Grand Order - Waxing Moon Clashing Swords Chronicles, Chapter 8Fate/Grand Order - Waxing Moon Clashing Swords Chronicles, Chapter 12Fate/Grand Order - Waxing Moon Clashing Swords Chronicles, Chapter 13Fate/Grand Order - Waxing Moon Clashing Swords Chronicles, Chapter 15
====Ordeal Call II: Id====
Following the events that took place in the Wastehole of the Unsalvageable and Ritsuka Fujimaru's farewell to the majority of the Avengers, Ushi Gozen comes to the realization she will disappear as well one day and continues to serve until that day. 
==Abilities==
Ushi Gozen is an Oni Kind and demigod offspring of Gozu Tennou, who makes the heavens quake. She's another face of Minamoto-no-Raikou, the mightiest of the Heian era.
===Combat===
====Lone Warrior====
Ushi Gozen normally suppresses herself with her Lone Warrior skill and hides her True Name, pretending to be Rider Minamoto-no-Raikou. Ushi Gozen describes it as "playing house". Only Yamato Takeru could sense that she had manifested as an Extra Class Servant.
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Despite having lost his memories, Miyamoto Iori claims that she has a powerful aura and that he can't endure her strikes. Mirroring his first encounter with her in the previous Waxing Moon Ritual, Iori can defend himself temporarily from Ushi's attacks until he is eventually overwhelmed. Ritsuka Fujimaru claimed that it must be an awesome fight based on the sounds of their swords clashing. Fujimaru is able to match Ushi Gozen with his Shadow Servants.
Yamato Takeru and Jeanne d'Arc are able to endure and block Ushi Gozen's lightning attacks, which according to her aren't weakened compared to her Leyline enhanced state.
;Ley Line
When Yui Shousetsu decides to fight someone using Ushi's full might, she empowers the latter with the Magical Energy flowing through the Leylines. This torrent of energy allows Ushi Gozen to undergo a Saint Graph Ascension, which increases her sword's already tremenodus power even further. Yamato Takeru states that she is as fleet-footed as ever, whereas Miyamoto Iori claims that her speed is like that of Skanda. Even Iori and Ritsuka Fujimaru workig together can't match her, resulting in the former being wounded. On the other hand, Takeru is implied to be evenly matched with Ushi Gozen in combat. In their third encounter, Takeru momentarily overpowers her with a water stream, however, they couldn't finish her off.
Tomoe Gozen summoned as a Stray Servant was able to match Ushi Gozen in a sword fight. This show of arms is compared to the most critical battle of the Warring States period. A contest of two superhuman techniques, a bow of flaming arrows and a blade flashed with lightning. The two sword dancers kept splitting the earth and cracking the heavens with growing intensity until one of them lost. The moment Tomoe Gozen invoked the Holy Kanzeon Bosatsu to give her strength, Ushi Gozen struck her down with her sword, defeating her in the process.
====True Form====
When Ushi Gozen goes all out, he power is supposedly increased, however, Yamato Takeru was shown matching her strength in a sword clash.
In the Fate/Samurai remnant collab, she summoned the Great Tsuchigumo Kugamimi-no-Mikasa by combining the Magical Energy she received from the Leyline with the land's own mana. As Yamato Takeru prepares to strike it down with his Special Technique - Eight-Current Raging Storm, Ushi Gozen leaps forward with incredible speed to kill him. Takeru is shielded by Mochizuki Chiyome, who manages to keep Ushi Gozen at bay with her own Noble Phantasm. Being forced to now face Takeru, Chiyome, Miyamoto Iori, and Ritsuka Fujimaru on her own, Ushi Gozen decides to withdraw.
With the help of mass-produced Yui Shousetsu clones, Ushi Gozen can match the combined efforts of Yamato Takeru, Jeanne d'Arc, Miyamoto Iori, and Ritsuka Fujimaru. After undergoing a Final Ascension, Ushi Gozen taunts Fujimaru about using Black Barrel against her. Jeanne eventually uses Flamme Pays Étranger against her, but it has no effect due to not being powered by a Command Spell. Chiemon takes advantage of this opening to stab Ushi Gozen from behind. Then, while still connected to the Waxing Moon Fantasy Tree just like her, he sacrifices himself to burn her with his flames, greatly weakening her. Takeru, Iori, and Fujimaru, then defeat and kill Ushi Gozen.
===Skills===
====Class Skills====
*Avenger (D Rank)
*Oblivion Correction (B Rank)
*Self-Replenishment (Mana) (A Rank)
*Mad Enhancement (EX Rank): In concert with Divine Manifestation, she can continuously hide this skill from even her Master. Increases some parameters. Rational conversation is seemingly possible, but reaching a mutual understanding is extremely difficult
*Divine Manifestation (A Rank): A similar yet distinct skill to Oni-kind Demon. It is a composite of skills like Divinity, Shapeshift, and Monstrous Strength. When manifested as a separate entity from Minamoto-no-Raikou in life, she still looked just like her other self. In this work however, the skill caused her physical appearance to change.
====Personal Skills====
*Lone Warrior (C Rank): Hiding one's Class and concealing one's identity through creating false parameters. Additionally, it serves to shackle one's own destructive impulses, but it’s also a shackles and a cage at the same time. It is not used in this work.
*Doujigiri Yasutsuna (A Rank)
*Mana Burst (Tempest) (A Rank)
*Demonic Oni God (EX Rank): The incomprehensible power of a raging demon god. Grants a short power boost to the self.
===Noble Phantasms===
Ushi Gozen's Noble Phantasms are Ox-King Reversal - Frenzied Tempest and Ox-King Reversal - Wicked Treachery.
Ushi Gozen also uses Ox-King Storm Call - The Inescapable Net of Heaven in her First and Second Ascension's extra attack animation and Third Ascension's 3 Quick attack animation, through it isn’t listed or commented in profile.
==Development==
===Conception and Creation===
Ushi Gozen was designed by Raita Honjou in Fate/Grand Order.
==References==
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