Lancer (Fate/Crossover - Naoto Kurogane)

**Lancer** (ランサー, *Ransā*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

*"You can't... win against me!"* - Naoto Kurogane

## Profile

### Identity

Lancer's true identity is **Naoto Kurogane**, an ordinary high school student at New Kawamura First High School in all aspects except one: he had the ability to view someone's remaining life force in the form of a numerical value due to his Eye of the Hunter, a power he discovered while watching his mother pass away. However, an eventful encounter with the vampire Raquel Alucard ended with Naoto willingly becoming her servant in order to survive a lethal injury. Thus he began his race to find the Azure in a year before his latent vampirism becomes permanent.

### Appearance

Naoto has brown eyes, a pale complexion and eye-length, styled brown hair with an ahoge poking out of the top. He wears the uniform of New Kawahama First High School; a black jacket and accompanying black jeans.

When he uses Bloodedge, his hair turns a shocking white and his eyes change to a fierce deep red, making him resemble the other Bloodedge – Ragna. Additionally, strange, red, glowing, rune-like symbols appear on his hand when utilizing the Bloodedge.

In Centralfiction, he now wears a modified black collar skintight jacket with short sleeves and cross emblems, black fingerless gloves with red guards, with his right arm tightly covered by a material, black trouser with a red belt, and black-red boots with metal guards. A red cross with white outlines appears on the back of his jacket and on his trousers, it is identical to the one that Rachel and Raquel bear on their own clothes. Additionally there is another big, yellow, strange symbol on the back of his jacket, right above the cross symbol. He has a similar marking as Ragna, but it has writing a cross his chest. When using Bloodedge, his marking changed differently.

### Personality

Naoto is a caring individual who seemingly rushes into situations without thinking much about the consequences. Despite initially being thought of as rather cowardly by Raquel, he later reveals himself to be extremely courageous when the odds are stacked against him.

His relationship with Haruka Hayami is complicated, in Chapter 3 of BlazBlue: Bloodedge Experience – Part 1, the two teenagers nearly kiss until they were interrupted and throughout the novel, the two are highly implied to have strong romantic feelings for one another, yet Naoto’s own stubbornness and oblivious nature tends to get in the way of the feelings blossoming. Eventually, they do kiss, however.

Naoto is also shown to not be fond of tightly packed places or just people in general, lending reason as to why he avoids getting on the bus to school and instead walks the 30 minute distance. Also akin to his other version, Ragna, there are many instances where Naoto tends to play as the straight-man in regards to various situations he finds odd, as a form of comic relief and/or showing how down-to-earth he tends to be.

## Abilities

Naoto was taught by his mother in the way of her family's martial arts, excelling in them. As a member of the Amanohokosaka Clan, he is also versed in exorcism, but is nowhere near the level of the main family.

There are two powers that truly define Naoto - the Eye of the Hunter, and his Drive, Bloodedge. The Eye allows him to see the life-force of every living thing - be it human, Kaka, vampire, or otherwise. Having had the Eye for all his life, Naoto can read the runes that the values are presented in and can gauge the health and strength of others by reading them.

Bloodedge is Naoto's main weapon and he uses it frequently to fight his opponents. By using his own blood and hardening it, Naoto can create various weapons to fight his enemies. His arsenal usually includes a katana, a two-handed axe, a large scythe, and an extendable amount of blood that he uses in a fashion similar to a whip. Whenever Naoto uses his Drive, his hair turns white and his eyes turn red, but as of Central Fiction, this is only the case when he truly taps into his power to fight. He can create many shapes with his blood, even making a head similar to that of the Black Beast.

Because of his contract with Raquel, Naoto borders on the immortal, but only when she is around. They share the same life-force, and hers is far and beyond more than most humans. This gives Naoto an ability normally unique to vampires called Regeneration, which means that all wounds sustained will patch themselves up effortlessly. Because his right arm is made from vampire blood and thanks to the sorcery installed in it from Clavis, Naoto has the physical strength of a vampire - this was easily demonstrated when he killed an Apostle with a single blow. For an unknown reason, Naoto can subconsciously create fog from his body to replace missing limbs.

As strong as Naoto is, he still has weaknesses. Without Raquel, Naoto loses Regeneration and his right arm disintegrates back into blood. He is also a three-time amputee, and his replacement limbs have some movement restrictions. Naoto also has a lack of real fighting experience and relies heavily on his Drive to fight tough opponents, which can make him predictable.

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* Magic Resistance (C Rank): Naoto's Drive can help him outlast and resists the effects of magic casted upon him.

#### Personal Skills

* Mystic Eye (Hunter) (B Rank): Naoto possesses a Mystic Eye, that is known in his world as the Eye of the Hunter in his right eye; an ability which allows him to clearly see the value of someones life-force. The lower the life-force, the seemingly closer they are to death.

* Enhancer (D Rank): An ability unique to Naoto, it modifies and bolsters the effects of his attacks if they are performed while he is sprinting.

* Blood Repulser (B Rank): Naoto taps into the full power of his Drive and vampiric powers, turning his hair white and his eyes red. While in this form, his strength and speed are drastically enhanced, allowing him to completely overwhelm Rachel Alucard while holding back and stalemate Ragna while he was on the verge of turning into the Black Beast.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Bloodedge; "Morphed Crimson Blood"**

Naoto’s Noble Phantasm is his Drive, known as Bloodedge (ブラッドエッジ Buraddoejji), which allows him to control his blood. In novels he gave it the shape of various weapons, and in the game he creates temporary blades of blood. These blades can be charged to crush his opponent’s guard.

#### **Edge Of Eternity; "Devoured by Crimson Darkness"**

Naoto forms a special sword from his blood before executing a series of punishing slashes with a blood scythe and finishing with a single swing charged with a great deal of his power.

### Gallery

#### Fate/???

* Ascensions

1st Ascension2nd Ascension3rd AscensionFinal AscensionNaoto's Servant Card
* Craft Essence

Bond CE: Peaceful DaysOf course I'd help out!!Bloodedge
## References

https://blazblue.fandom.com/wiki/Naoto\_Kurogane

https://blazblue.wiki/wiki/Naoto\_Kurogane

https://blazbluextag.fandom.com/wiki/Naoto\_Kurogane

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Naoto\_Kurogane