Saber (Fate/Crossover - Amy Sorel)

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

*"Hope only brings disappointment."* - Amy Sorel

## Profile

### Identity

Saber's true identity is **Amy Sorel**, a poor orphan who lived on the streets of Rouen. Her parents died of a plague that spread across all of Europe during this time period. She had no other family to go after the loss of her parents. One day, she came across a man named Raphael Sorel, who was being chased by the local authorities. She hid Raphael from the soldiers who were pursuing him; though only in spite of the soldiers, who ran her poverty-stricken town. As Raphael had never owed his life to anyone before, he felt he had to protect and repay her. He felt something he never had before for Amy, so he took her into his home and looked after her as his own daughter, to repay her for the kindness she had shown to him.

From the time she agreed to come with Raphael, she found herself living a life unimaginable for a girl from the slume.
She had to learn to wield a sword to survive, as they had no shortage of enemies. She was now expected to be educated and exhibit proper manners in order to fit into his world. She wasn't sure how much of his life he actually wanted, but it didn't matter, so long as he was by her side. She wanted to catch up to him.

After Raphael left on his journey, Amy sensed that something terrible lay in wait for him. She grabbed the hilt of her rapier, "Albion." A gift from Raphael, it was her symbol of hope, and a companion she hoped would light her way along the dark road ahead. But something was wrong. Something important had escaped her mind, now lost in a haze of forgotten memories, but its shadow was beginning to loom over their lives... Quietly, she prayed for there to be hope at the end of both of their paths.

Raphael had left her, left this castle home behind. She knew he had done it for her sake, because he wanted her to be happy more than anything else in the world. She understood, nevertheless she was restless without him. Amy recalled the days before they arrived in these lands, when they had lived in the west. And she remembered the day he had returned from a long journey. He had collapsed on the floor at once, having incurred deep wounds. Far from ordinary wounds, these were infected and gave off a strange stench. After several days they showed no signs of healing. When she tried to clean the wounds, the viscous fluid that stuck to her skin was the wrong color: a baleful shade close to black.

By the time he began to recover, the aberrations had spread over his whole body, as well as to the girl who had nursed him. The shadows that had seeped out of the darkness had stained them the same color. This was the power of Soul Edge, a phenomenon called "malfestation". Amy understood that the two of them had stepped beyond the boundaries of humanity. "Be a good girl. I'll be back in a while." Those were the last words to her, but Amy had to ponder them for a moment. Even the most dutiful fledgling takes flight when the longing for its parents grows too strong.

(The cursed sword, Soul Edge. Did he leave in order to find it again?)

A single butterfly was being tossed about on the cold night winds like a lonely star drifting far from heaven; like a soul freed from all its burdens. Silently, with all her feelings tucked away where none could read them, Amy pushed open the door.

Although there are no recordings of whenever Amy does appear in the events Soulcalibur V, it is stated in Raphael's profile that she has been separated from him, and that he is searching for her.

### Appearance

In her debut appearance, Amy is the smallest character and noticably young, she had green eyes and vermillion hair tied into elaborately curled pigtails. In Soulcalibur IV, her eyes changed colour to red. She is the only character to dress in a Gothic Lolita theme. As of Soulcalibur VI, she wears a lolita bonnet and her dress became slightly longer and covers her shoulders. Her thigh-high stockings changed to dark sheer tights.

### Personality

Amy has a generally calm and collected nature within and out of battle. She usually interacts with a slight sense of arrogance in her attitude towards opponents.

### Relationships

#### **Raphael Sorel**

Amy had rescued Raphael from certain death and was later adopted by him.

#### **Azwel**

She was accosted and attacked by Azwel, who erased the memory of their encounter afterwards.

#### **Viola**

There is further speculation to suggest that they may be the same person. This was further proven in the New Timeline.

## Abilities

When Raphael was betrayed and cornered by his own kind, it was Amy that came to his rescue, and from that day forward, his entire life changed. Amy became both his symbol of hope and the one person in the world he lived for.

When Amy had mastered the sword arts from Raphael’s lessons, he gave her a rapier as a gift. It was slightly smaller than usual, having been specially made just for her, and light enough that little physical strength was required to wield it effectively.
Amy had always accepted as truth the idea that despair comes from having hope, but if the time ever came in which she needed to embark in search of a light within the darkness, she now had her own symbol of hope: Albion, the sword from her adoptive father and mentor.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Aléa Rose Mystique; "Mystique of Stained Pettels"**

A Noble Phantasm for which Amy basically has three variants which gain new properties following her Red and White Rose Perceptions, which depends on how much she wishes to build up.

In all of them, Amy spins and takes a few steps forward, proclaiming "Time for bed!" and drawing her blade back to the finger of her right hand. She then crouches and uppercuts the opponent with her rapier, flipping and staying upside-down midair in the progress. As the enemy falls, she starts spinning, hitting her opponent many times, showering the air with red and white petals. For the final hit, she flips right-side up and charges her rapier with red energy, saying "Sleep eternally." She stabs it forward, shooting the red energy in a beam toward her opponent.

Depending on which of her Perceptions is filled, her Noble Phantasm will have different properties and cast different visual effects.

If Red Rose Perception's at max, a mystical red aura will emanate from Amy as she triggers it and spins in the air. She will deal a lot more consistent damage as well as steal her opponent's mana.

If White Rose Perception's at max, a mystical white aura will emanate from Amy as she triggers it and spins in the air. She will deal more damage as well as buff her endurance. It deals less damage than the "Rouge" version but is faster by 4 frames per second.

If she has both Rose Perception at max, Not only does it get both properties of the variants but it also deals even more damage, making this one the most powerful version of the Noble Phantasm. Aléa Rose Mystique is as fast as the White Rose variant, buff her endurance and steals her opponent's mana while dealing dramatic damage much like the Red Rose variant. However, it requires more time to set up and cost a lot of mana to activate.

### Gallery

#### Fate/???

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## References

https://soulcalibur.fandom.com/wiki/Amy

https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Amy\_Sorel

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Amy\_Sorel