Lancer (Fate/Crossover - Ulquiorra Cifer)

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

*"There is no meaning in our world, neither is there any meaning in us, the ones who live in it. It is then meaningless for us, who are equally meaningless, to conceive the world in our thoughts despite knowing there is no meaning to be found."* - Ulquiorra Cifer

## Profile

### Identity

Lancer's true identity is **Ulquiorra Cifer**, the Cuatro (4th) Espada in Aizen's army of Arrancar.

Ulquiorra is very unique among the Arrancars in which he displays signs of nihilism and often questions his own existence. As a result, he can come across being emotionless and display little to no regard for any form of life.

As a Hollow, Ulquiorra felt alone in the world, being white while those around him were black. He wandered Hueco Mundo alone, lamenting his existence, until one day he came across a white tree with many sharp spines. Ulquiorra found it satisfying due to its emptiness and sank into it, destroying part of his mask, finally at peace. An unspecified amount of time later, he was recruited by Sōsuke Aizen into the Espada.

### Appearance

Ulquiorra is a slender, yet fairly muscular, male Arrancar of average height with a melancholic appearance. He has fairly short, messy black hair, pale white skin, a black upper lip, and green eyes with small slit-shaped pupils, similar to a cat's.

Part of his bangs fall between his eyes, and he has distinctively thick eyebrows. He has teal lines which descend from the lower part of his eyes. His facial expression rarely changes, though he is almost always frowning. He wears typical Arrancar clothes: a white jacket, black sash, and a white hakama. However, his jacket has longer coattails than others, and the collar is higher.

Like most other Arrancar, he possesses remnants of his former life as a Hollow in his appearance. His Hollow hole is located on his sternum, though the hole was initially located on the base of his throat. The remainder of his Hollow mask lies on the top-left side of his head, forming a broken horned helmet. His Espada tattoo lies on the left side of his chest.

As a Hollow, Ulquiorra was roughly the same size, with a full white mask and body, and large black wings mounted on his lower back. His mask covered his entire face, with a line running up the middle that diverged into three near the top of his head, and two long horns sprouting out from the sides of his head at ear level.

### Personality

Ulquiorra is a very cold, callous, and dispassionate figure, and is rather aloof, brooding, and indifferent, willing to harm his comrades in addition to his enemies should they get in his way. He refers to anyone he does not find interesting as "trash", and treats them as expendable. Despite this, like most of the other top Espada, he is not particularly violent, and will only fight when provoked or ordered to by Aizen.

As stated by Grimmjow, Ulquiorra demonstrates a strange habit when killing victims he is particularly interested in; he stabs them with his bare hand in the same location as his Hollow hole. Whether he is consciously aware of this habit or not is unknown. During a speech to Orihime, he claims he does not believe in Human emotions, which he refers to as the "heart," reasoning that if his eye cannot see them, they do not exist. These words, and much of Ulquiorra's overall behavior, reflect the concepts of materialism, which connects to his aspect of death as an Espada, Emptiness. In the last seconds of his life, he seems to finally find his own "heart" and comes to understand feelings.

Ulquiorra is also quite hot-tempered and intolerant, as he hit Yammy for his recklessness, he showed anger when Orihime slapped him, threatening to force-feed her or when Ichigo considered that he had "become more human" he hit the ground with great anger, visibly insulted.

His cold demeanor allows him to stay completely calm and in control in most situations, and he is not easily surprised or caught off-guard. However, he does not seem to comprehend the trait of fighting against all odds; during his final battle with Ichigo, he completely overwhelms the Substitute Shinigami after entering his Resurrección, yet Ichigo continues to fight on regardless of this, prompting a visibly frustrated Ulquiorra to yell about how pointless Ichigo continuing to fight is before entering his Segunda Etapa form in an attempt to show Ichigo "true despair".

Ulquiorra can be very demanding, coming to Orihime's chamber and ordering her to eat a meal an Arrancar servant brought in, claiming that, for Aizen's benefit, it was her "duty" to stay alive. When Orihime hesitates, he threatens to force the food down her throat or strap her to a table and feed her via an IV. This implies that, while he prefers not to dirty his hands, Ulquiorra is fully capable of committing truly abhorrent and inhumane actions without feeling any shred of remorse or hesitation. Despite his demanding nature, Ulquiorra is not vain like most of his fellow Espada. He maintains a cautious and cool demeanor, being always in control of his actions. He holds himself with decent dignity and finds Nnoitra's taunts about "punishing" Orihime repulsive and vulgar.

After Ichigo's Hollow form overwhelms and strikes him down during his last battle, Ulquiorra maintains his composure and calmly berates himself for being defeated by a "Human-turned-Hollow." Believing he no longer has a purpose in life since he was so utterly defeated by his opponent, he demands that Ichigo kill him and compliments Ichigo when he decides to use a point-blank Cero to kill him, claiming the lack of mercy is "rather Hollow-like."

## Abilities

Ulquiorra possesses an enormous amount of spiritual power to the point that he is forbidden to release his Zanpakuto in Las Noches. He is also extremely skilled at hand-to-hand fighting, as well as swordsmanship, though he doesn't engage in it often. Ulquiorra possesses a number of abilities including Sonído, an Arrancar technique that lets him move extremely fast, which he can use on a master level, the ability to fire a Cero, a powerful energy blast, from his index finger, a powerful Hierro, an Arrancar technique that makes his skin strong enough to block attacks, Pesquisa, an ability that lets him sense spiritual energy, Bala, a concentrated shot of spirit energy that he shoots from his hand, and Garganta generation, a portal that lets him move to and from Hueco Mundo, which he can uniquely use to broadcast images. Ulquiorra also possesses high-speed regeneration, the ability to show others what he has seen by crushing one of his eyes, and great intellect, able to understand any situation he comes up against that.

Like all Arrancar, Ulquiorra is able to enter his Resurrección form by releasing his Zanpakuto, Murciélago with the release command "Enclose". In this form, he becomes even more powerful and gains the ability to generate energy javelins, which he can throw or wield as melee weapons, and an enhanced Hierro and speed. This form also lets Ulquiorra use his Cero Oscuras, a black Cero that is a good deal stronger than a normal one.

Unlike most other Arrancar, Ulquiorra can transform into a second release form, called Segunda Etapa, which increases his spiritual power to overwhelming levels. His spiritual energy also changes in nature, causing anyone around him to feel great despair. When transforming, his body is covered with a lot of fur, his clothes disappear, his hollow hole grows exponentially, the marks on his cheeks evolve and a small line appears above each of his eyes. Uryu Ishida has even described it as so dense and heavy, that it could hardly be classified as spiritual energy.

Ulquiorra also gains a tail that he can use in combat to lift or strangle someone and the ability to create a Lanza del Relámpago, a more powerful version of the javelins he created before that can explode when he throws it, generating an explosion that makes Las Noches look small in comparison. Ulquiorra can use them in rapid succession, but he has trouble controlling their trajectory.

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* Magic Resistance (C Rank): Cancels spells with a chant below two verses(D-Rank). Cannot defend against Magecraft on the level of High Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals.

#### Personal Skills

* Monstrous Strength (C Rank): An ability possessed by monsters and beasts. Boosts Strength by one Rank for a time determined by the Rank.

He does not approve of using this skill, thinking that he has moved beyond being a hollow. But in times of need he is not averse to it.

* Mental Pollution (C Rank): A distorted mentality that shuts out mental interference Magecraft. However, it is impossible to come to an understanding with those who do not have an equal Rank in it.

There is a probability that mental interference Magecraft will be rendered ineffective. He is emotionally dead and has trouble making any kind of connection except with a woman that was equally messed up.

* Arrancar (A Rank): A hollow that has gained Shinigami abilities by transferring part of their power into a sword. Grants access to the following abilities.

* + Cerro- A beam of compressed Prana that can be reshaped in many different forms.
	+ Hierro- Functions as a passive reinforcement of an Arrancar's outer skin.
	+ Sonnido- A burst of intense speed, allowing practiced users to transverse short distances nearly instantaneously.

* Regeneration (B Rank): The ability to heal from wounds an an increased rate. At this level the servant can regrow limbs in seconds and heal from nearly any wound, though it requires a large amount of prana to do so. Flesh wounds heal instantly.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Enclose Murciélago; "Black-Winged Great Demon"**

Normally appearing as a Katana with a green sheath, upon saying it's name it unleashes a burst of prana that falls around Ulquiorra and transforms him. In this form he has large black bat wings and large horns coming from his hollow mask. He is granted a boost in Agility and Magical Power and can use his Luz De La Luna and Cerro Oscurras at a high prana cost. Luz De La Luna is a powerful evolution of the standard Cero that appear as javelins of green energy, they can be used for either melee or ranged combat. After being thrown they produce a large explosion. Cerro Oscurras appears as a green energy beam with a black outline, and it is far more powerful than a standard Cerro.

#### **Segunda Etapa; "True Despair"**

Ulquiorra's trump card. This NP causes him to become even more demonic growing a flexible black tail and losing his helmet in favor of two large horns. This NP becomes usable only when Murcielago is already released, the transformation grants a second boost to Agility and Magical Power. Only in this form can he access his Lanza del Relámpago an extraordinarily powerful upgrade to his Luz De La Luna's. The explosion it produces is so large that it dwarfs the height of Las Noches. Due to the great power, Ulquiorra requires an absurd amount of prana to produce one of these javelins and he has trouble controlling the lance's trajectory. The spears can be used in melee combat to disintegrate whatever it touches, though this effect can be resisted.

## References

https://bleach.fandom.com/wiki/Ulquiorra\_Cifer

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Ulquiorra\_Cifer

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Ulquiorra\_Cifer

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