Berserker (Fate/Crossover - Scissorman)

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

## Profile

### Identity

Berserker's true identity is **Bobby Barrows**, the first **Scissorman** to appear in the Clock Tower series, although he had an ancestor named John Barrows.

Bobby is the son of Mary Barrows and twin brother of Dan Barrows. Throughout Clock Tower: The First Fear, he relentlessly stalks Jennifer Simpson in the Barrows Mansion and tries to kill her.

Mary Barrows gave birth to a pair of twins, Bobby and Dan, with the help of Dr. Walter Simpson, in November 1986.

However, they were not normal twins. The children were ill, their bodies deformed. They should have died of their afflictions, but they did not. Most horrifically, they devoured Walter's right hand when they were born. Walter immediately discovered that the children were demons, and thought that they should have died. As a result, Mary had Dr. Simpson sealed in a padded room that was intended for her, where he died three days later of suffocation.

On September 14, 1995, Mary would adopt four girls, Jennifer Simpson, Laura Harrington, Anne and Lotte, from the Granite Orphanage and bring them to the Barrows Mansion. Bobby, now 8 years old, would attack the girls there, wielding a huge pair of scissors to deadly effect as he hunted them through the mansion.

### Appearance

Bobby appears as a deformed and demonic 8-year-old boy with white eyes, a sickly pale, skull-faced complexion, and unkempt blond hair. He wears a dated school uniform consisting of navy blue shorts and a matching jacket. He wields his trademark giant pair of scissors, which he uses to murder his victims.

### Personality

Bobby is shown to be brutal, sadistic and merciless despite his young age. In The First Fear video game, Bobby has no lines of dialogue and there are no direct references to what his personality is like. Despite this, there is much that can be inferred about his personality from his actions and other clues that the player can discover.

Bobby demonstrates a clear murderous intent, trying to kill Jennifer at every opportunity and stalking her relentlessly until she finds some way to escape him. Furthermore, depending on the player's actions, Bobby can kill Anne and/or Laura in various gruesome ways. This includes ramming Anne down through a glass ceiling with his shears.

He is clearly sadistic, and enjoys tormenting his victims. For example, when he wins a panic event against Jennifer and overpowers her, he will dance for a few moments before continuing his pursuit. In addition, there are multiple instances in the game where he can be heard giggling offscreen before ambushing Jennifer.

In the manga, Bobby is much the same as he is in the game: brutal and sadistic. When Laura, Anne, Lotte and Jennifer are in the main hall after having arrived in the Barrows Mansion, Bobby peers in at them from outside through a window and waits eagerly for his chance to strike. When the girls have gone to their bedrooms, he attacks opportunistically. Jennifer witnesses Bobby ramming Anne straight out a second floor window of the mansion with his shears. Later, in one of the bathrooms, Jennifer finds the corpse of Laura bound unceremoniously by her hands to the showerhead in a bath tub.

It is highly probable that Bobby's evil nature stems from his demonic origins. For example, he and Dan devoured Walter Simpson's right hand as mere newborn babies. This suggests that there was evil in him and his brother since birth. The influence of his mother, Mary, may also have played some role in his cruel behaviour as he grew older. This, however, is purely speculative.

## Abilities

Bobby is immortal, owing to a ritual that prevented time from passing normally in the Barrows Mansion. Indeed, in the game, being hit by heavy objects and even falling from the second floor of the mansion only seem to knock him out for a short while.

Bobby possesses a high degree of strength, being able to hold his own against Jennifer during panic events and carry his shears one-handed while climbing ladders. He is also able to lift his scissors over his head while doing a short distance run.

In the end, Bobby's high strength and durability cannot save him. When Jennifer restarts the Clock Tower at the end of the game, time is allowed to pass normally in the mansion and the deformities that should have killed him at birth do so.

### Skills

#### Personal Skills

* Mental Pollution (A Rank): At this rank, the Servant is incapable of understanding normal humans or the idea of morals. Any attempt to use mental attacks against him is doomed to failure. Any attempt at communication is useless unless a person has the same level of Mental Pollution. At this level, the Servants psyche is distorted to the point that it begins bleeds through the mental link with his Master.

* Demonic Heritage (B Rank): At this Rank the servant is the child of a demon and a mortal. Areas up to 50 meters around the servant will alter and become more demonic. Plant and animal life will mutate, spells will turn on their casters, and opposing Servant alignments will alter towards Evil if they remain in the presence of the Saber for more than 1 hour (does not effect the lawful-neutral-chaotic alignment). Does not bypass Magic Resistance and does not effect those with the Skill Divinity or Saint of Rank B or higher.

* Teleportation (E Rank): With this skill at it's current he is able to freely teleport between rooms and different areas. But it seems to have a limit, as he doesn't always use it all the time when he chases his victims.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Blod Saks; "Tool for Severing Life"**

The main, if not only, weapon of all Scissormen that originated with Bobby's ancestor is a giant pair of scissors. It is in the nature of all Scissormen to stalk their victims, cutting through all things in their path. This unceasing desire grants these scissors that ability to cut through any non-magical materials and any C-Rank or lower magical materials. Any higher ranked objects will not be cut through but will be inflicted with a temporary decrease in power (adding a '-' to the rank). They also grant Bobby the ability to instantaneously transport himself to any location as long it meets the following criteria:

* 1-The entry and exit point is an enclosed area such a room, box, vehicle, etc. Any openings such as windows or doors must be closed.
* 2-There are no other sentient beings present in that area excluding his master.
* 3-No one must be looking at the area he is entering or leaving where they would be able to see Bobby enter or leave it either directly or indirectly via familiars or security equipment, excluding his master.

Bobby must have been to the area previously before he can use this ability and does not gain knowledge about any changes the area underwent since he was previously there.

## References

https://clocktower.fandom.com/wiki/Bobby\_Barrows

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Bobby\_Barrows

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/summon-a-servant-mk-5-five-servants-per-second-fate-stay-night-crossovers.285798/post-19700917

https://www.deviantart.com/nocturnbros/art/Bobby-Barrows-stalks-DEATH-BATTLE-759728883