Berserker (Fate/Crossover - Megatron)

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

"*Peace through tyranny!*" - Megatron's motto

## Profile

### Identity

Berserker's true identity is **Megatron**, Leader of the Decepticons.

Megatron began life as a low-class miner, designated D-16, toiling away mining for Energon. Taking to the gladiator pits on the side, he became inspired by the legends of the Fallen Prime, Megatronus, and subsequently named himself after him. It was within the gladiatorial pits of Kaon that Megatron began to amass followers as champion of the pits. Seeing the social injustice that infested Cybertron, propagated by the Functionist Caste system, Megatron rallied his followers to form the Decepticons as a revolutionary movement against the corrupt system. Megatron came to mentor the young data clerk Orion Pax, who shared his desire to facilitate change for Cybertronian society and build a better future for their world. However, their differing methods and ideologies on the best way to achieve this goal culminated when they were granted an audience with the Cybertronian High Council, who were moved by Orion's calls for peaceful reform over Megatron's radicalistic revolution. Feeling spurned by the one he had previously called brother for the perceived betrayal of their shared ideals, Megatron severed all ties with Orion and led the Decepticons in forcibly overthrowing the Cybertronian High Council to seize power for himself. His actions instigated the Great War, with Orion Pax, now Optimus Prime, leading the Autobots against him in eons of war, which led them to Earth.

### Personality

A bold, determined, fearless grandeur since his gladiatorial days, Megatron has been driven by ambition to change his home world for the better, before it became warped into hubris and greed for power. Now an arrogant, merciless, sadistic, cruel, humorless, and scheming war monger who desires power to conquer and destroy all who oppose him, his stubborn determination and manipulative cunning ensures he will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. He views most of his minions as expendable fodder in his relentless pursuit of his mission. At the same time, his hubris and single-minded obsession has been his downfall time and time again.
Megatron, like the vast majority of his Decepticon followers, is extremely prejudiced against non-Cybetronian life, viewing humans in particular as pests unworthy of existing.

### Relationships

#### **Optimus Prime**

Back in the days before the Great War, Megatron and Orion Pax were considered brothers in their shared drive to end the corruption that clouded Cybertron, and lead it and its people to a new age of glory where all were equal. However, upon seeing how his ambitions had twisted him into advocating violence as the solution, Orion could not bring himself to agree with such methods, and they both went their separate ways. Since then, Megatron sees Optimus Prime as the one always standing between him and his goal of conquering the universe in the name of Cybertronian supremacy. Even still, Megatron retains a deep seated respect for Optimus, regarding him as a worthy opponent he alone must defeat, refusing anyone else the honor of defeating Prime. At times, he would even espouse to Prime that they could have ruled together, had Optimus not been so caught up in his own idealism.

#### **Soundwave**

As his first recruit, and most loyal and reliable lieutenant, Soundwave is one of the few that Megatron treats with genuine respect. Unlike the wild card Shockwave or the treacherous Starscream, Soundwave prefers retaining his role as his master's eyes and ears. Whenever Megatron's position is vacated for one reason or another, Soundwave will do whatever it takes to bring him back, only taking up leadership when necessary.

#### **Megatron (Beast Wars)**

His descendant and successor. Megatron placed a secret message on an artifact known the Golden Disk to transwarp to the past and kill Optimus Prime before he could be reawakened. Megatron was impressed by his counterpart for discovering his message and carried out the mission. But he was less enthused to learn he took his spark from his dormant body to empower himself.

## Abilities

An incredibly powerful, skilled, and dangerous combatant since his days in the gladiator pits, Megatron is one of the greatest warriors in Cybertronian history. His fighting style his highly ferocious, shrugging off and powering through enemy attacks, and crushing them with his immense strength. Befitting his reputation, he is able to best entire armies of Autobots and fight on par with their most powerful members, such as Ultra Magnus, the Dinobots and Optimus Prime himself. His eons of fighting experience has made him well aware of his opponent's capabilities and how best to dismantle them.

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* Mad Enhancement (B Rank): Through the power of Dark Energon, Megatron gains a rank increase for all his parameters, but takes away most of his sanity.
* Riding (C Rank): Megatron has trained to pilot the starships and vehicles of his home planet with adequate, though not exceptional, skill.
* Magic Resistance (B- Rank): While he lacks the benefits of the divine power possessed by his arch-nemesis, Megatron still manages to boast impressive resistance to “Magecraft” or “Magic”.

#### Personal Skills

* Battle Continuation (A++ Rank): Possessing exceptional durability even among Transformers, Megatron has managed to win, or at least escape from, numerous battles in which he received ludicrous amounts of damage. As a general rule, compromising Megatron's body will of course, hinder his combat abilities as his limbs and weapons are reduced, but he will continue to fight on unless his brain or spark are destroyed in a single, decisive attack.
* Transformation (B+ Rank): The ability to transform between robot and vehicle form at will is a fundamental aspect of the Cybertronian race. Megatron's forms are a tank, and a small but powerful handgun.
* Military Tactics (B+ Rank): Like Optimus Prime, Megatron is a true veteran of war, able to devise excellent strategies with very little time and information, even when facing a superior hostile force. Combined with his extraordinary tenacity, he is also able to handily bounce back should they fall apart.
* Charisma (B+ Rank): Going hand-in-hand with his Military Tactics skill, Megatron's persuasive oration skills have managed to inspire the fear and respect of his fellow working-class followers to form the Decepticon movement, leading them in overthrowing the Functionist regime, and fighting the Autobots for millions of years. The only thing preventing Megatron's Charisma from being an A-rank is his fixed leadership style: Unlike Optimus, he rules through tyrannical force and fear to keep the more disparate personality types in line.
* Bravery (A Rank): Gladiator combat and millions of years of warfare have hardened Megatron into an exceptional warrior. At this point, he’s virtually seen it all. Mental interference from anything other than a divine Cybertronian source is, for the most part, totally ineffective.
* Eternal Arms Mastership (B+ Rank): Megatron retains the vast majority of his normal fighting skills no matter how extreme a situation he is in, even his Mad Enhancement. With the power of the Berserker class while still retaining most of his skill, Megatron is a nemesis truly worthy of the last Prime.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Dark Star Saber**

This sword was forged from Dark Energon, the life-blood of the dark god and evil brother of Primus, Unicron, as a twisted imitation of the legendary Star Saber. Like the Star Saber, the Dark Star Saber can rend almost any substance in the known universe, including A-ranked Magical Barriers, and unleash necrotic violet shockwaves that cleave through skyscrapers. However, also like its light counterpart, its ridiculous mana consumption means that Megatron cannot normally use it for more than a few minutes at a time. Prolonging the Saber’s active time (for another few minutes, that is) requires his Master to burn a Command Spell. Unlike the Star Saber however, this weapon does not require the power of Primus for him to wield it. Instead, he invokes the power of Unicron wielding it, amplifying his Mad Enhancement with the Dark Energon to further boost his power at the cost of his mental stability eroded by Unicron's influence the longer he uses it.

## References

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron

https://transformers.fandom.com/wiki/Megatron