Saber (Fate/Crossover - Sol Badguy)

**Saber** (セイバー, *Seibā*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

*"You can't define happiness with a single piece of glass. The only wall you're fighting is your doubt. So I say smash it into bits. Go wherever you want to go."* - Sol Badguy

## Profile

### Identity

Saber's true identity is **Sol Badguy**, the main character in the Guilty Gear series and Ky Kiske's eternal rival. At first glance, he is an aloof, anti-hero bounty hunter, whose apparent laziness and gruffness belies his terrifying fighting ability, amazing intelligence and emotional depths beneath that brash exterior. He is on a quest to find and eliminate all Gears and their creator, That Man. For a short time, Sol was also a member of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights and fought in the Crusades. This past version of him is known as "Order-Sol".

### Appearance

Sol has olive skin, brown hair and eyes, which are sometimes depicted as reddish-brown or golden with slit pupils—the latter of which is to distinguish his true nature as a Gear. Wearing a red headband bearing the words "Rock You", Sol keeps his spiky, waist-length hair tied at all times. The headband conceals the red brand on his forehead that would expose him as a Gear. He has muscular physique, whether he is infused with Flame of Corruption or not. As Frederick, he is depicted with either brown or blue eyes; he sports a much shorter hair, a muscular physique and a white labcoat.

He wears a tight, black undershirt with the top half covered by a red sleeveless jacket, along with white jeans. His belt buckle has the word "FREE" scratched on it and a drape of red cloth hanging down beneath. Sol also wears a pair of black fingerless gloves, red shoes, and a multitude of belts, including a lone one on his left bicep. In later games, he is seen sporting long-sleeved, red leather jackets as well.

### Personality

In the past, as "Frederick", he seemed to be a simple-yet-aloof scientist, who was content with having only two friends, not bothering to compromise his own integrity to appeal to others around him; however, upon becoming a "monster", his prior unruly traits became much more pronounced.

Sullen and unrefined, Sol only speaks to others when absolutely necessary. Consequently, he is not very good at expressing himself, and tends to compensate by bullying people into line or simply steamrolling them. A lone wolf with a belligerent streak, Sol is actually an extremely intelligent individual who doesn't tolerate nonsense and gets "grumpy" whenever he cannot explain something with logic. He is also quite stubborn, never allowing the opinions of others to dissuade him once he has made up his mind. Sol is seen by most people as crude and self-centered, even those who might call him a friend.

Conversely, Sol hates working any harder than he has to, rarely putting much effort into anything that isn't related to his goals, and is often irritated by having to deal with opponents. This laziness is reflected in his fighting style—his moves are unrefined, but powerful so as to finish enemies with a single blow—and extends to how he raised Sin, putting him through the most basic forms of education and rarely explaining concepts in detail.

He may cynically mock Ky's "justice", but Sol is utterly dedicated to averting further tragedy, even as he refuses to acknowledge it, and is quite compassionate in contrast to his tough, anti-social persona. He spares the lives of Solaria, Testament and Dizzy, raises Sin at the behest of Ky and Dizzy, swears to save Elphelt, comforts Ramlethal, and even offers a prayer for Justice's soul as she dies.

Pre-Overture, Sol roamed the world alone and kept everyone at a distance. Bearing the guilt of working on the Gear Project, humanity's near extinction, Aria's death, and the burden of That Man's betrayal and being a "monster", Sol dedicated himself to eliminating all Gears and to exact his revenge on That Man. However, his clashes with other characters slowly begin to change his outlook, as does reluctantly taking Sin as his ward. In Revelator, Sol admits to Ariels that the world where he kept himself distant to others is worth saving, and finally acknowledges that despite what he is and his fear of the future, he is no longer alone in the world. In Strive, Sol is shown to be more at ease and friendly with those around him.

Despite his often composed demeanor, Sol expresses a nervous attitude whenever his connection to Dizzy is discussed. He is shown feeling embarrassment and is eager to avoid the issue, rather than acknowledge the possibility that he may be Dizzy's father.

### Relationships

#### **Dizzy**

Though Sol pretends to be indifferent, he cares about Dizzy, yet he doesn't want to show it to others.

#### **Baiken**

Sol has heard of the female samurai and thinks she's quite talented.

## Abilities

Despite his general lazy approach to life, Sol is often noted to be one of the most powerful characters in the series. Given his past as a researcher, he is also an advanced practitioner of Magic outside of his Fire spells, being able to grasp the mechanics behind spells extremely quickly. An excellent scientist, his intellectual feats regarding magic and engineering include his involvement with the Saint Oratorio spell, and the creation of the Gear Cell Suppressor, the Outrage, and the Firewheel Mk.2. Thanks to Izuna's modifications to his magic during the Baptisma 13 incident, he is also able to manifest a masterghost of his own and create servants; given the risks involved, he does not use it often.

As the Prototype Gear, Sol has been described as a "hybrid of Gear and human cells", and is immune to the control Justice has over other Gears. Like with all Gears, he possesses increased strength and resilience, fast regenerative capabilities, and has not aged since his conversion in 2016. As the Flame of Corruption, Sol's Gear cells are pure (i.e. non-replicated), and much stronger than those of an average Gear. He maintains his human form thanks to his suppressor headband, but can use his latent Gear powers via Dragon Install to give himself a massive boost. Upon the removal of the 'divine seed', the Gear cells in his body were not completely removed; however, he no longer has the same fighting ability as before.

Sol's weapon of choice is a blunt sword called Fireseal, an instroment which concentrates and amplifies Fire magic—that he often fashions into ground-bound projectiles—, and is able to use as it were an extension of his own body. Along with the Flashing Fang, it is part of the Junkyard Dog in Xrd, and later the Outrage MK II as of Strive. Of note is that Sol is officially left-handed.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Dragon Install**

An Overdrive that transforms Sol by tapping into the dormant power of his Gear side to increase his stats. It is a techinque in which an individual unleashes their powers as a Gear, and allows for a substantial boost in strength, speed, regeneration, and magic power.

Dragon Install is a technique in which Sol removes his Gear Cell Suppressor, unleashing his original power as a Gear. He gains massive power, but loses control of his emotions, so Sol dislikes reckless use of it. Whenever he does so, his body flashes a silhouette, as if to contain an inner beast. In truth, this may be him holding back his transformation. In his Order days, the silhouette had wings and a long tail, which suggests that he learned to repress it almost entirely.

However, each time he uses it, the "seed" of the Absolute World inside of Sol accelerates in growth, causing notable changes to his appearance and abilities, and acquiring the Backyard's abilities. By 2186, the Dragon Install started to "encroach", making the transformation much more physical, with Sol's Gear form being dragon-like, with red and brown armored skin, wings and a tail, and being able to wrap his sword entirely in infernal flames. He uses the transformation against That Man, who observes that it has grown "this much"; although they engage in battle, Sol is unable to hurt That Man even then.

Following the Baptisma 13 incident, Sol is once again covered in a dark aura, hinting at Sol modifying his limiter to suppress his powers, although not to the extent he was previously able to. In 2187, after the Cradle Incident, Sol foregoes using his Dragon Install entirely, as it would likely amplify the Information Flares, thus severely limiting his options in the fight against Ariels. In the aftermath, Sol challenges Ky Kiske to a "real fight". Ky uses his war-time battlefield tactics, and Sol doesn't get the chance to transform, being defeated thoroughly.

Three weeks later, Sol loses the ability due to That Man returning him to humanity. Meanwhile, Ky—previously limited to just manifesting a crimson eye—develops the ability to do his own Dragon Install, and uses it against I-No. Unlike Sol's, Ky's transformation is partial: the left half of his face turns black, his left eye changing colors (the iris becomes red and the sclera, jet black), and locks of hair turning neon-blue; a similarly-colored, scar-like mark travels down his left cheek. Ky's left arm turns dark blue entirely with his nails sharpening into claws, as well as a strange neon-blue marking akin to Justice's Gear emblem manifesting on the back of his hand; it constantly emits a dark aura, which during activation takes the shape of a wing.

#### **Branding Breach**

Above a volcanic field, Sol charges his Junkyard Dog MK III and an orange sigil appears over its Fireseal core, or seemingly taps into his full power by making another sigil appear above him if he is in his Dragon Install form. Sol then jumps as fire erupts from the ground. He jabs his opponent on the gun barrel, and fires a massive flaming laser that annihilates them, just before an explosion breaks the ground open.

## Gallery

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## References

https://guilty-gear.fandom.com/wiki/Sol\_Badguy

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Sol\_Badguy

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/q686if/sol\_badguy\_fanservant/