Berserker (Fate/Crossover - Lisette)

**Berserker** (バーサーカー, *Bāsākā*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

*"Admit it. I was the only one who gave you what you needed most... what you wanted the most..."* - Lisette

For the Alter Ego version; here's the link to that version of Lisette

## Profile

### Identity

Alter Ego's true identity is **Lisette**, a young girl who, according to Harpae, is very ill. Unlike the other characters, Lisette does not display any interest in helping Goldia in her quest to find her lost memories. She is the fourth character to be introduced to Goldia.

Once, there was a girl named Goldia die Heilige, born of a wealthy family. Doted upon by father and mother alike, Goldia lived a childhood free of hardship and toil. But Goldia’s mother, Elise, harbored a dark secret that would tear Goldia’s life apart one fateful day.

Elise once lived in a small, destitute village. One day, she heard a rumor of someone who could grant the wishes of anyone who dared to seek them out. Someone who wasn’t quite human. Far from it, this wish-granter was a strange boy who could only be described as a demon.

Such an individual was untrustworthy. But still, for a single chance at happiness, Elise struck a deal with that strange boy. In exchange for prosperity, Elise promised the name of her daughter to that demon, damning her daughter in the process.

For almost a decade, sweet innocent Goldia had nary a clue of the fate that awaited her. But then, with the passing of Elise nigh, Goldia was handed a letter written from her mother’s deathbed, a letter that confessed her misdeeds.

Reading that letter, Goldia fell into a deep denial and shattered into three personalities: Fleta, the young and bratty princess who allowed Goldia to maintain the pretense of the innocent child. Harpae, the responsible and righteous woman who carried out Goldia’s duties in her stead.

And then there was Lisette.

Poor, poor Lisette who had neither Fleta’s innocence or Harpae’s righteousness. No, Lisette had instead all the anger — all the madness that Goldia developed from reading that letter. Any wrong Goldia committed — any wrong that any of Goldia’s reflections committed, they were all blamed on Lisette.

Lisette was the one who threw that tantrum. Lisette was the one who scribbled over those notes. Lisette was the one who made Goldia rip her own hair and stab herself with her quill.

Lisette, Lisette, Lisette. It was always Lisette’s fault.

And Lisette hated it. Lisette hated being the scapegoat. Lisette hated being reviled simply by existing. And most of all, Lisette hated Goldia, the one who created her to solely to suffer this existence of torment and flagellation so Goldia did not have to.

…And yet, deep inside, Lisette also loved Goldia, for Lisette’s purpose was to protect Goldia by taking on Goldia’s pain instead. This existence of hating yet loving Goldia was too much for Lisette to bear by herself, and so Lisette slumbered away in Goldia’s mind, casting away these impure feelings of hatred to her own reflections, not unlike how Goldia did to Lisette.

And so, the Sleeping Maiden of Horrors persists: Her fitful slumber giving birth to twisted landscapes of self-torment and endless reflections of hatred and grief alike, awaiting for the day when Goldia ventures through her own mind.

But whether that fateful meeting will lead to destruction or reconciliation… who can say?

### Appearance

Lisette has long, unkempt blonde hair, parted sloppily in the middle, and violet eyes. She wears a button-up white shirt with a high, ruffled black collar and cuffs, with a purple brooch pinned to the collar. Lisette also wears a brown buckled corset, and her skirt has black fabric sewn into the waistband. She wears dark purple tights and black ballet-slipper shoes laced up to her mid calf. Her skin is very pale, and she wears a flowered ribbon on the left side of her head. She is always seen holding a pair of scissors in each hand.

Lisette's face is often shrouded in shadow, which hides one or both of her eyes from view. As with the other characters, her eyes glow red when angry. In her good ending her face is visible, and the dark circles beneath her eyes make it appear as though she is sleep-deprived or has been crying.

In GoldenerTraum, Lisette recieves a small redesign. Her blonde hair is fuller, albeit still unkept, and part of her hair is tied up with a flowered, lace ribbon. Her collar is a dark purple and more ruffled, and the purple brooch is replaced by a lavender rose. Her shirt is no longer a button up, and the cuffs of her sleeves have been replaced by dark purple belts with gold buckles. Her sleeves ruffle out at the ends. The fabric sewn into her waistband has been changed to the same dark purple as her collar, as has numerous belts attached to it. Two of the belts are buckled together, while two are left undone. Lisette retains her ballet-slippers shoes, with an addition of a lavender rose on the top of each shoe.

Instead of holding a pair of scissors in each hand, Lisette instead holds solely a gold pair in her left. A red ribbon is seen tied to the scissors in the shape of a bow.

### Personality

Thanks to her Chimeric Reflection skill, the “real” Lisette, despite her extraordinary high rank in Mad Enhancement, remains a rather calm individual. The effort needed to maintain her reflections, leaves Lisette exhausted most of the time, meaning she spends most of her time sleeping, and on the rare occasions she’s awake, she’ll typically speak in short, almost disjointed, phrases.

However, Lisette’s reflections are not nearly as self-controlled as Lisette herself. Being the raw, unfiltered emotions of Lisette, Lisette’s reflections indulge gluttonously into whatever emotion Lisette had cast aside to create them, oftentimes appearing to be unstable madwoman as a result.

…Most dangerous of all, however, the simple fact is that deep down, Lisette resents being a Servant. Being an entity subservient to the wishes of another reminds Lisette too much of how she used to be an alter that existed solely so Goldia wouldn’t have to experience her own pain and distress. Those feelings would be magnified ten-fold if Lisette were to be summoned in a Grail War and would find out that the path to the Root could only be unlocked with the death of all seven Servants — including herself.

Furthermore, even if Lisette herself recognizes that her Master might not entirely be at fault, the fact remains that the Mad Enhancement skill that she is summoned with forcibly drives her insane, which continuously forces Lisette to create more and more reflections simply to prevent herself from going insane. Thus, Lisette’s dislike for the Mad Enhancement skill festers into resentment for the Master that summoned her with this skill.

It’s this resentment that any Master would have to carefully manage, for if Lisette’s resentment grows too much, it would be inevitable that she would create a reflection that embodies that resentment — and consequently, attempt to kill her own Master if only to free herself from her own misery.

## Abilities

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Schnee Schere; "Shatter the Curse"**

A Noble Phantasm that appears to be a pair of delicate golden scissors that Berserker uses as weapons, with the letter “L” engraved onto on of the blades. The scissors are proof of Berserker’s connection to the Maiden of Glimpses, Berserker’s original personality. The scissors also serve as a symbol of Berserker’s desire to harm that very same girl: Out of both revenge for the Maiden of Glimpses unwittingly tormenting Berserker… but also out of love for the maiden, for had Berserker managed to “shatter” the Maiden of Glimpses, she could finally free her from the cursed purgatory the Maiden of Glimpses had found herself in — even if it meant death for both of them.

Berserker typically uses this Noble Phantasm as a simple weapon to stab enemies with or as a throwing implement to impale enemies — effectively, the Noble Phantasm is used in a manner not unlike how a knife would be used. Furthermore, the Noble Phantasm has Anti-Berserker properties. That is, this Noble Phantasm is particularly effective against those who are either existences split from another, or are an existence who has had another split from themselves.

With sufficient anger, Berserker (or more likely, one of Berserker’s reflections), can invoke a True Name release with this Noble Phantasm. Upon doing so, Berserker lunges forward with startling speed as she attempts to stab her target with this Noble Phantasm. The speed and precision of the stab is such that the stab cannot be dodged, only blocked.

…And if one chooses to block the stab, if one chooses to deny the violence and resentment that has defined Alter Ego all her life, then the stab will become lethal. It matters not how sturdy one’s defenses are, Alter Ego’s stab will shatter the defender and their defenses as if they were nothing more than glass.

Conversely, if one chooses to simply to allow the stab to occur, if one chooses to allow Alter Ego to finally vent her rage without punishment for once in her life, the damage of Berserker’s assault would be greatly reduced — the strike will never hit a vital spot, and the damage is akin more to being stabbed by actual scissors rather than a Noble Phantasm. Furthermore, what damage is caused from the attack can quickly and easily be mended.

The scissors may appear to be fragile for a Noble Phantasm. However, the scissors are Berserker’s violent impulses cast into a physical shape. As such, so long as Berserker harbors those destructive feelings, Berserker can produce as many copies of these scissors as necessary.

#### **Chimeric Reflection; "An Evening Stroll within the Mirror, and so I remain pure"**

Hatred towards the one who chose her to bear the sins of all the other personalities. Rage against the society who had nothing but contempt for her. Sorrow for her inability to plead her innocence.

Such emotions jeopardized Berserker’s ability to protect the one she loved. And so, this Noble Phantasm was formed so Berserker could nominally remain pure and protect the Maiden of Glimpses… even as she resented her.

A Noble Phantasm that passively operates — and as such does not require a True Name release, the Noble Phantasm enables Berserker to cast off “impure feelings” — that is, emotions and other thoughts that are too overwhelming for Berserker to retain, to create copies of herself. These “reflections” of Berserker are identical to Berserker parameter-wise. They even possess the same skills as Berserker outside of the Weak Constitution skill and are able to utilize Berserker’s Schnee Schere.

Though it may initially seem that Berserker can use this Noble Phantasm to form an army of reflections to overwhelm her opponents, Berserker’s reflections may not necessarily possess the mindset for combat, even if they possess the ability, for each reflection of Berserker that is created is controlled first and foremost by whatever “impurity” Berserker cast off to form that reflection.

Casting off feelings of wrath and anger, for example, would create an incredibly aggressive reflection — one that is able and willing to inflict harm on others. But on the other hand, casting off feelings of sorrow or shame would likely create an reflection so absorbed in their own self-torment that they lack the willingness to defend themselves. Some of these reflections may be so absorbed in their own torment that they may only have a tenuous grasp on external events around them.

All of these reflections are ultimately autonomous from Berserker. Other than being able to choose what “impurity” defines the reflection’s existence, Berserker is unable to exert any other influence on these reflections. Furthermore, Berserker is unable to receive any information from these reflections. Apart from being sustained by Berserker’s magical reserves, these reflections are by all means independent existences from Berserker. As these reflections are born out of Berserker’s desire to protect herself, however, these reflections will never purposefully endanger Berserker.

Thanks to this Noble Phantasm, Berserker is effectively immune to most mental manipulation thaumaturgy, as she can simply “cast off” the effects of said magecraft to another reflection instead. Indeed, this is what Berserker has done to her Mad Enhancement skill — discarding both the bonuses and penalties of the skill and passing the effects of the skill onto her reflections instead.​

### Quote

* *"Admit it. I was the only one who gave you what you needed most... what you wanted the most..."* - Lisette
* *"Look who’s come to play with Lisette!"* - Lissete
* *"That was it? They were more pathetic than Lisette. Hahaha!"* - Lisette
* *"My, my, isn’t it miss goody two shoes! Still holding onto that pocket mirror, aren’t you? You idiot, still holding onto that curse. Why don’t you hand the pocket mirror to Lisette so I can free us from our suffering?"* - Lisette to Goldia
* *"hose failures? Hmph, they were useless in the end. Our little missy might have wanted them to stay happy, but she needed me"* - Lisette to Fleta and Harpae
* *"You disgusting fiend… Get out of my sight!!"* - Lisette to The Strange Boy
* *"Don’t make me laugh. Lisette is nothing like them. Unlike those defects, there’s nothing wrong with Lisette. I did nothing wrong. Lisette did nothing wrong. Lisette…"* - Lisette to the Sakura servants

### Gallery

#### Fate/???

* Ascensions

1st Ascension2nd Ascension3rd AscensionFinal Ascension
* Craft Essence

Bond CE: Midnight Circus
## References

https://pocketmirror.fandom.com/wiki/Lisette

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/summon-a-servant-mark-vi-the-dark-six-f-sn-crossover-servants.370875/page-651?post=93145454#post-93145454