Archer (Fate/Crossover - Gunvolt)

*"I'm a new person after meeting Kirin and the others... The Gunvolt who would fall for your tricks is no more! **Oversurge, Azure Striker!!** My righteous lightning will crash across your false garden of temptation!!"* - Gunvolt.

**Archer** (アーチャー, *Āchā*) is the Servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

## Profile

### Identity

Archer's true identity is "**Gunvolt"****.** Information about Gunvolt's past is largely obscured in mystery. He was held as a test subject in a Sumeragi lab since childhood and was forced to participate in their inhumane experiments to create artificial Azure Striker Adepts, which involved implanting non-Adept humans with Azure Striker Septimal inducers extracted from the corpse of the original Azure Striker. This project was known as "Project Gunvolt", and Gunvolt himself was regarded as the only truly successful subject.

At age 9, he was rescued from Sumeragi's captivity by Asimov, who raised him from that point on. The boy thus came to see Asimov as a father figure. From then on, Asimov gave the boy the codename "Gunvolt", referencing the Sumeragi project that gave him his Septima.

After countless battles, Gunvolt awoke to the Next Level, a state beyond even Septima that pushed his Azure Striker to uncontrollable levels of power. A friend of his was injured in an unspecified incident, leading GV to submit himself to Sumeragi's custody to avoid causing any further harm or destruction. Soon after being sealed in a Sumeragi facility via 1,000 Glaives, he cast away his human form to become a creature known as a "Primal Dragon".

Decades later, GV's power continues to rise despite the seal placed on him by the Glaives, eventually overwhelming the seal and releasing the berserk Primal Dragon on the world once again. With the help of Shadow Yakumo's battle priestess Kirin, disaster is narrowly averted, and his power is quelled once more.

Shortly after he was brought back to his senses, he is brought into Sumeragi's employ as a member of their anti-Primal Dragon taskforce, the Bureau of Dragon Saviors. Due to certain circumstances, an emission known as "Dragon Radiation" has spread all over the country, turning Adepts into Primal Dragons that cause mayhem and destruction. And so began the Azure Striker's final tale..

### Appearance

#### Combat Attire

Gunvolt is a young teenager with somewhat spiky blonde hair and blue eyes. His attire consists of a blue coat with an opening exposing his abdomen, a bright blue belt, with the Sumeragi symbol on the back, and gray boots and gloves with blue highlights.

#### Civilian Attire

When not in battle, Gunvolt is usually seen wearing a green long coat, white shirt, black pants and black combat boots.

#### Sealed Form ("Dogvolt")

In his sealed form, Gunvolt resembles a blue raijū, has blonde bangs, his tail is similar to his ponytail in his normal form, and has a white collar.

#### Primal Dragon

His unsealed Primal Dragon state resembles a massive blue-scaled dragon with horns similar to his Raiju form, and butterfly wings reminiscent to Lumen's.

### Personality

Gunvolt is a serious, straight-laced and compassionate youth. He has a strong sense of morality and justice that will not be compromised, and will fight for those ideals and beliefs to the bitter end. GV is thoroughly repulsed by the idea of exploiting others against their will and by those who seek to cause harm on others purely for self-professed virtuous goals, or "big picture" schemes which are ultimately delusions of power and authoritarian in nature. Although generally soft-spoken and tranquil in his interactions with others, on the battlefield he is vastly different, being generally merciless to his enemies and hides his emotions behind a placid facade. However he does display remorse for his actions when he is forced to kill and will try to reason with his enemies and avoid unnecessary murder if possible, but will not stop if his hand is forced. While normally serious, he can sometimes be facetious on missions and has a humorous side - such as admitting that he practiced his famous pose (when charging septimal energy) in front of a mirror because he thought it was cool. While he is portrayed as highly intelligent for his age, he is also shown to be quite dense when it comes to the subject of women.

He, nonetheless, is fully self-aware that he is a walking danger, and that his Primal Dragon power is only being kept in check by his Master, therefore only granting a minuscule amount of safety before he could go berserk from utilizing Anthem and potentially endanger everyone around him.

## Abilities

The Azure Striker enables the adept whom harnesses its might to freely control electricity, and in an age that was dominated by technology, the Azure Striker was dubbed the ultimate power. Ordinarily, an Azure Striker unleashes enormous bolts of lightning to strike their foes down and manipulates magnetic fields to move at high speeds. Sky-blue electricity coursing throughout his veins, Gunvolt has shown to be one of the most powerful adepts to ever exist. Apart from its straightforward attack ability, the Azure Striker can significantly increase bodily abilities by turning an adept's biological current active.

It’s capable of covering the body’s surface with a thin EM field film (shield) which protects one from all types of attacks: this film acts as a barrier, the Flashfield. It also allows controlling (hacking) electrical devices from the outside. They say that it hides power which can be used in all kinds of situations.

In terms of combat prowess, Gunvolt commonly utilizes his Azure Striker Septima in tandem with his marksmanship skills as his main fighting style, creating a deadly combination that most unmatched opponents are incapable of circumventing. After reaching the "Next Level", Gunvolt's Septima has increased output and variety, though utilizing these abilities does strain GV's safety limiters, forcing him to become to seal himself again if he overdoes it.

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* **Magic Resistance** (B- Rank): A skill giving protection against magical effects. Magic itself doesn't exist in Gunvolt's world, but the Lifewave's similarities and along with having Moebius integrated into his Spirit Origin has granted him a greater resistance than he would have otherwise.
* **Independent Action** (B+ Rank): Gunvolt rarely ever stayed in one organization even when one offered him kinghood. As a result of this and Moebius' power, Anthem will automatically trigger if his Master were to expire. This brief burst of power may render him mentally incoherent, but he'll fight to the last.

#### Personal Skills

* **Mad Enhancement** (EX Rank): A skill usually exclusive to the Berserker Class. This skill triggers in response to Gunvolt activating Anthem due to his powers as a Primal Dragon beginning to lose stability as a result of the sudden overclocking.
* **Soul of a Martyr** (A Rank): Despite being offered many things, Gunvolt refused to give up on his beliefs, beliefs he took to the grave in one potential world and still believed after his death. He clings to his ideal that Humans and Adepts can live in peace, even when other strong minded individuals have begun to believe that such a thing is possible, despite wanting it.
* **Galvanism** (A+ Rank): As the wielder of the Azure Striker, that which embodies electricity, he is able to accumulate large amounts of magical energy and electricity without needing to exert much effort.
* **Prevasion** (EX Rank): A natural evolution of Protection from Arrows granted to him by his Septima. This passive ability allows Gunvolt to completely phase through projectiles and attacks for brief periods of time but actively consumes mana every time it is used until it can no longer be sustained.
* **"Image Pulse" ~~Projection Magecraft~~** (EX Rank): A unique form of Projection Magecraft created by Gunvolt and his friend, Kirin. Upon visualizing his memories, those memories are given shape and take the form of past Adepts that he has battled. As they are only faint memories of the distant past, these recreations can only manifest for a minute at most before disappearing.
* **Self-Seal** (B Rank): To prevent his power from spiraling out of control, he shackles his own power and physically takes on a sealed form. As this seal is self-imposed, Gunvolt can remove it and assume his human form at the request of his Master.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Sacred Sword Cleaving Right from Wrong: Luxcalibur**

    Using his control over electricity, Gunvolt is able to create a massive sword out of raw energy. This sword allows Archer to hold his own in close quarters and is incredibly powerful. It's considered to have power on the same level of a certain A++ ranked Anti-Fortresss Noble Phantasm, although can't hit nearly as wide an area, which is why it's merely Anti-Unit. It can only deal a single decisive blow before being dispelled, and uses a significant amount of his mana.

#### **Remembrance of the Muse: Anthem**

The gift of the Muse. Originally this Noble Phantasm belonged to the Heroic Spirit, Joule, but GV has managed to replicate it for his own use using Image Pulse. Should he fall in battle, Lumen will appear and bring him back to full strength. However, this ability leaves Gunvolt in a state akin to a raging Berserker until it inevitably wears off at the end of a battle.

#### **Infinite Star Reading: Astral Order**

*"**Oversurge, Azure Striker!!** Together with Astral Order!! Reverse our inescapable fate!!"*

The Noble Phantasm of the Ruler of the Primal Dragons, Moebius. It is a miracle akin to that of the Second Magic. When active, Gunvolt is capable of seeing all possible futures and can manipulate probabilistic factors to ensure a chosen future comes to pass. As such power is not meant to be wielded by a mere Servant, Gunvolt's body begins to degrade the more he taps into this miraculous ability.

#### **Roar of the Azure Beast: Vanishing World**

The Noble Phantasm heralding the End. An ability only attainable by Gunvolt if he were to manifest as a Berserker. After gathering large amounts of mana, Gunvolt unleashes all of the power contained in his body outward into one large explosion that devastates around him. This catastrophic power is the embodiment of the terrible future both GV and Moebius were attempting to prevent.

## Gallery

Gunvolt's regular attireGunvolt's civilian attire"Dogvolt", Gunvolt's sealed state.Primal DragonGunvolt's Servant Card
## Trivia

* All of Gunvolt's manifestations represent different parts of his life. His Archer self represents a fully realized Gunvolt wielding Astral Order, his Caster counterpart represents his past self prior to becoming a Primal Dragon, and his Berserker counterpart is his Primal Dragon form fully unleashed.

## References

https://azurestrikergunvolt.fandom.com/wiki/Gunvolt\_%22The\_Azure\_Striker

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Gunvolt

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/summon-a-servant-mark-vi-the-dark-six-f-sn-crossover-servants.370875/post-69198946