Lancer (Fate/Crossover - Dominique Baldwin)

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

*"Smart girl. I like that. But your crystal was too clean, too pure. So I made sure you would obtain shards and acclimate yourself to demonic power. Then Gremory could possess you, after the battle with Gebel had worn you down."* - Dominique Baldwin

## Profile

### Identity

Lancer's true identity is **Dominique Baldwin**, an exorcist sent by the Church and an old friend of Johannes. She is also a shopkeeper, stocking on various goods and weapons to support Miriam on her quest inside Gebel's castle.

She sends Miriam in purse of Gebel and Zangetsu to find the rogue alchemist Alfred. This was all a ruse however, when Zangetsu saw through the plan that she was trying to divide him and Miriam to make them weaker. As it turns out Dominique has abandoned God and by using the shards Miriam sold her, she became a Shardbinder herself and managed to summon Bael, the Demon King. Although, in the end, both her and Bael fell at the hands of Miriam.

### Appearance

Dominique appears as a beautiful and frail woman with long blonde hair and wearing glasses. She wears a nun-like dress, which identifies her as a servant of the Church.

After revealing her true nature, her appearance changed slightly; as she fuses with the demonic shard, her left eye is covered with a patch of red crystal as does some parts of her outfit.

### Personality

Dominique initially appears as a kind-hearted young woman that helps the main hero, Miriam, accomplish her journey by setting up a shop where Miriam can buy products, and sell demonic shards so that she could suppress the demonic energy during her quest. At some points, she even has several humanizing moments such as befriending an innocent 12-year-old girl named Anne. However, this was all a façade set up by Dominique, herself.

In reality, Dominique is a woman who is obsessed with power and will do anything to achieve it, no matter what it takes, to the point that she would kill anyone who gets in her way. Her personality could be attributed to the loss of her parents due to the demonic invasion ten years ago, to the point that she renounced her faith to the god that she worships.

Dominique develops a rather Social Darwinistic philosophy, as she considers the people who died in her plans and ambitions to be weaklings. Her hatred against the god she used to worship has warped her to the point that she no longer cares about the loss of her parents, and is instead solely focused on obtaining power.

In Curse of the Moon 2, she largely has the same personality traits that she does in Ritual of the Night. The only difference is that her positive characteristics are heavily implied to be genuine instead of an act. For example, she intended to stop the demon Mephisto and was even willing to let herself be possessed and slain by Zangetsu's blade if it ensured that Mephisto would be killed, though due to developing bonds with him and her fellow allies, she was ultimately reluctant to follow through with her sacrifice. Additionally, the Zanmatou, a blade that only rends the souls of the wicked, left Dominique unharmed while Mephisto was destroyed.

## Abilities

Dominique is capable of wielding a spear against her foes. She is a very acrobatic fighter, keeping up with several fighters and demon hunters.

She is very gifted in using her intelligence. She manipulated the Church, Miriam and Zangetsu and devised a plan which resulted in her gaining incredible Shardbinder power and the summoning of Bael, the King of Demons.

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* Magic Resistance (A Rank): Lancer has numerous resistance to magic. She is resistance to: Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Curse Manipulation, Petrification and Time Stop. However she is slightly weak to Dark Manipulation.

#### Personal Skills

* Exorcism (B Rank): As a member of the church, Dominique has access to numerous exorcism techniques that were taught to her.

* Healing Plant (D Rank): An item Dominique carries from her Shopkeeping inventory. By throwing a seed at the ground, a plant with a health-restoring fruit can be grown. This can heal her, and her chosen allies.

* Charisma (Fake) (C Rank): Dominique shows her humble and empathetic side to her allies to encourage them if needed. Of course this is all a ruse to hide her true malicious intentions.

* Alchemy (B Rank): Using her position as a shopkeeper and her closeness to Johannes, Dominique uses the opportunity to learn how Alchemy works as well as making use of shard extraction processes to learn how to make use of Shards. She's also studied how Gebel is surviving the curse without any aid. The end result leaves her incredibly proficient at wielding shards, subverting the crystal curse, and using the original demon summoning text to summon Bael.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Resurrection Anthem: "Song of White Restoration"**

When this Noble Phantasm is activated, Dominique sings a holy song, leaving herself incredibly vulnerable. If it successfully finishes, all allies are revived, and already living allies have their HP fully restored. This Noble Phantasm is consumed after use.

#### **Shard-Stained Metamorphososis: "Deceptive Warped of Glass"**

A red shard that can turn Dominique into a Shardbinder. This Anti-Self Noble Phantasm is a representation of Dominique's manipulative and nihilistic nature, using anything she could to obtain the power she needs with no concern for anything. This transformation crystalizes her body with red shards, enhancing her abilities and traits.

### Gallery

#### Fate/???

1st Ascension2nd Ascension3rd AscensionFinal Ascension
## References

https://bloodstained.fandom.com/wiki/Dominique\_Baldwin

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Dominique\_Baldwin

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Dominique\_Baldwin

https://femalevillains.fandom.com/wiki/Dominique\_Baldwin\_(Bloodstained:\_Ritual\_of\_the\_Night)

https://pure-evil-villains.fandom.com/wiki/Dominique\_Baldwin