Ushi Gozen (Rider)

, Class Name , is the Rider-class Servant summoned by Yui Shousetsu in the Waxing Moon Ritual of Fate/Samurai Remnant.
==Profile ==
===Identity===
Minamoto-no-Raikou summoned as a teenager, the time of her life when she was a monster. The period where she was a guardian of the human realm and weapon of apparition slaughter devised by her father Minamoto no Mitsunaka, before she had any of the emotions of a human girl. In this state, her True Name is Ushi Gozen.
She answered her Master's summons due to her doubts and empathy concerning the distortions in the world that arise from her non-human nature taking on a human form. Unfortunately, her quest for answers led her to a single, tragic solution: destruction. Regardless of how many times she is summoned, her resolve remains unwavering.Fate/Samurai Remnant material
===Appearance===
Rider's voice is heavily distorted when wearing her armor.
She possesses a tall, imposing figure while wearing her bulky black armor resembling Settsu Armor Kumano. The sode pauldrons are detached and hover near her shoulders. The dō cuirass bears the emblem of the and is adorned with purple feathers and bright cyan accents. Long black trail from her back.
Underneath her armor Rider has a short, slender build and dark, chin-length hair. She wears a black bodysuit with cyan accents similar to the armor's.
Ushi Gozen Raita.png|Rider armored in Fate/Samurai Remnant material, illustrated by Raita Honjou.
Ushi Gozen Raita no armor.png|Rider unarmored in Fate/Samurai Remnant material, illustrated by Raita Honjou.
FSR Rider & Yui.jpg|Rider & Yui in Fate/Samurai Remnant, illustrated by Rei Wataru.
===Personality===
Ushi Gozen initially pretends to be Raikou, even going so far to tell her own Master that she is Raikou. Under this act she is devotedly loyal to Yui Shousetsu, as well as cold and ruthless toward her enemies. Ushi Gozen drops the charade once her armor is destroyed by Saber, after which she often breaks into mad laughter and demands that others worship her divinity.
She wishes to fulfill Yui's wish of fixing the world, but interprets it very differently than how Yui does: Ushi Gozen plans to "fix" the world by destroying it.
==Role==
===Fate/Samurai Remnant===
Fate/Samurai Remnant - PrologueFate/Samurai Remnant - Chapter I: Demonic RevelryFate/Samurai Remnant - Chapter II: Surging WavesFate/Samurai Remnant - Chapter III: Hidden InfluencesFate/Samurai Remnant - Chapter IV: The Gods StirFate/Samurai Remnant - Chapter V: Divide the SkyFate/Samurai Remnant - Record's Fragment: Keian Command Championship
==Abilities==
Ushi Gozen is an Oni child daughter of Gozu Tennou, the god of Jetavana, also known as Indra. Kiso Yoshinaka claims that Rider must not be loosed upon the World. While he doesn't know her True Name, both his body and Soul have felt that she is an oni. He states that if she were a normal oni he wouldn't be concerned, but she isn't. She is a wholly evil being that would lay waste to the world if left unchecked. However, when she was summoned by Yui Shousetsu, she claimed that her True Name was Minamoto-no-Raikou. Due to this, not even her Master was aware of her full capabilities. Furthermore, Ushi Gozen implies that she is weakened while pretending to be Raikou, as it prevents her from killing all her enemies. When summoned as an Avenger, this is represented by a Skill named Lone Warrior. Ushi Gozen's armor conceals her identity through false parameters. It is also a shackle and a cage for suppressing her destructive impulses.Fate/Grand Order - Ushi Gozen (Avenger) profile Tsuchimikado Yasuhiro regards Rider as the very pinnacle of mystic power and the slayer of untold masses. However, it is unclear if he was aware of her true identity. 
According to Yamato Takeru, they observed an unusual intensity of Magical Energy surrounding Rider during their initial encounter, prompting their hypothesis that she may be drawing the energy from a Spirit Font.
===Combat===
She is capable of producing lightning for her attacks, implying that she may possess a skill similar to Raikou's Mana Burst (Lightning), though this is unconfirmed. Her incarnation as an Avenger notably has the personal skill Mana Burst (Tempest), implying it to be the source of her lightning. 
====Armored====
When pretending to be Minamoto-no-Raikou, Ushi Gozen's body is modified by her skill Divine Manifestation and covered by a black armor. The floats around the main body and can rearrange according to the movement of Rider. It also launches projectiles attacks coming from it.
When Rider and Jeanne d'Arc crossed paths in Chapter V, Yui Shousetsu told the former to fall back because she could kill Jeanne at any time, so there was no need to hurry. After they left, Jeanne apologized to her Master, telling him that she was waiting for the perfect opportunity to attack Rider, but she couldn't see an opening. Chiemon dismissed her, claiming that she would be no match for Rider, as he is aware that an Oni skulks within her Minamoto-no-Raikou armor disguise.
Miyamoto Iori was able to defend himself from over a dozen of Ushi Gozen's blows before being disarmed. Right before Ushi Gozen could finish him off, he surprise attacks with three explosive magical gems. Although they granted him an opening to fall back a few meters, they did not have any effect on Ushi. After Iori summons Yamato Takeru, the two Servants are seemingly even matched in close-range combat until their fight is interrupted by Jeanne d'Arc. After witnessing Takeru use their Special Technique - Eight-Current Raging Storm for the first time to kill Koga Saburo's Great Orochi, the Raging Tempest, Rider tells her Master that retreating may be in their best interest. Yui agrees, claiming that Takeru seems like trouble, and that they should have cut Iori and Takeru down before they found their full strength. However, when Chiemon questioned Yui if they retreated because they were scared of Takeru's Noble Phantasm or because Rider is simply inadequate for the task, Yui replied that she simply judged it was not the right time to kill them. She tells him to not misunderstand, and that Rider and her are completely superior to Takeru and Iori.
In Chapter V, Yamato Takeru and Miyamoto Iori defeat Rider and Yui Shousetsu. After Takeru disarms Rider, they strike her with a long range attack, destroying her armor and revealing her true form.
==== True Form====
In this form, Ushi Gozen wields six spider-like legs formed by the remnants of her armor. She uses them to jump and fight, and they can release powerful lightning attacks. According to Yamato Takeru they could burn and blacken Edo if she was left to her own devices. 
Even after losing her connection to the Spirit Fonts, Ushi Gozen was so powerful that Yamato Takeru and Miyamoto Iori couldn't damage her, making the former consider that she might be invulnerable. Even after Kiso Yoshinaka arrived to assist them, Ushi was still capable of holding her own against all three of them until she started to weaken from lack of Magical Energy. When they wounded her enough to make her kneel, Takeru attacked her with Amenomurakumo-no-Tsurugi. Surprisingly, Takeru's Noble Phantasm only destroyed Ushi Gozen's weapons. Since Ushi was still alive, Takeru had to finish her off with a regular swing of their sword. In another route, Ushi Gozen is overpowered by Takeru and Iori without the assistance of Yoshinaka. In this timeline, Amenomurakumo-no-Tsurugi was powerful enough to kill her with a single blow.
=== Skills===
====Class Skills====
*Magic Resistance (B Rank): Resistance to Magecraft that renders incantations under three lines ineffective. It would be difficult to break through even with greater magecraft or rituals.
*Riding (EX Rank): The ability to expertly ride mounts. An atypical skill, it allows the user to ride even massive Divine Beasts. Ushi Gozen has had access to different mounts:
**Kyōgoku
**Ox-King's Huge Divine Messenger
**Great Orochi, the Raging Tempest: During the Waxing Moon Ritual, Ushi Gozen was able to seize control of Koga Saburo's eight-headed snake and ride it herself.
*Mad Enhancement (EX Rank): In concert with Divine Manifestation, this skill was kept hidden from even her Master. Increases some parameters. Rational conversation is seemingly possible, but reaching a mutual understanding is extremely difficult. After revealing her True Name, not even the combined power of three Command Spells were capable of stopping her rampage.
*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. Kiso Yoshinaka claims that Rider's power rivals that of gods, and that she is a being who cannot be easily controlled by men.For this reason, Ushi Gozen was immune to Tsuchimikado Yasuhiro's mind control Spell.
==== 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. Due to her appearance in Fate/Grand Order, Rider is implied to have had this skill and used it extensively during the Waxing Moon Ritual to act as Minamoto-no-Raikou. 
* Mana Burst (Tempest) (A Rank): The implied source of her lightning, as seen with her Avenger Self.
* Demonic Oni God (EX Rank): Implied ownership by way of her Avenger self. 
=== Noble Phantasms ===
Ushi Gozen wields Doujigiri Yasutsuna as her primary weapon. The sword is certainly one part of her other Noble Phantasm, however, it wouldn't suffice to deal with a Spirit of Ibuki-douji's caliber.
Ushi Gozen uses Ox-King Storm Call - The Inescapable Net of Heaven when Gameplay Affinity Skills Fulgurant Slash is activated.
Her main Noble Phantasm is Ox-King Reversal - Frenzied Tempest, a giant divine mount whose power is momentarily amplified by Gozu Tennou. Everything in its path is pulverized by its enormous mass, thunderbolts, and raging tempest winds. According to Yui Shousetsu, it would be capable of destroying not just Edo, but all of Kanto. Furthermore, summoning it enabled Ushi Gozen to snatch control of all the Leylines in Edo from Yui, which allowed her to stay materialized even after cutting her connection to her Master. Due to this, sealing the four Spirit Fonts supplying the beast with Magical Energy diminished its power considerably. 
Even in this state, it was still powerful enough to survive a direct hit of Kiso Yoshinaka's Asahi Shogun. However, it still managed to push it back a few meters, turning the tide in the protagonist's favor.
 In another route, Miyamoto Musashi is tasked with holding it back while the others fought Ushi Gozen.
Fate/Grand Order profile that shows she has the same Noble Phantasm when as a Avenger. Which confirms that she possesses Ox-King Reversal - Wicked Treachery
==Gameplay==
Ushi Gozen has 3 Affinity Skills she can use as a playable character, with a fourth one being unlocked upon being permitted to use their noble phantasm.. 
*Genji's Arms Mastery : Increases the number of normal attacks and enhances heavy attacks for a set time.
*Beckon Kogyoku : Summons the trusty steed Kyogoku to fight as one for a short time.
*Fulgurant Slash: Unleashes a flurry of attacks with a sword enveloped in black lightning and magical energy from the shoulder plates.
*Thunder Release: Unleashes the power of Gozu-Tenno that slumbers within, increasing the Noble Phantasm Gauge.
==Development==
Unlike other characters in Fate/Samurai Remnant, Rider's voice actor was not announced prior to release to avoid spoiling her identity.Tokyo Game Show 2023: Fate/Samurai Remnant stream - 24:30
===Creation and Conception===
Rider was designed by Raita Honjou and illustrated by Rei Wataru in Fate/Samurai Remnant.
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