Saber (Fate/Crossover - Kei Sakurai)

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

"*It's sad to lose what's dear to you and it hurts to take something precious away. I know I'm an idiot who is guilty of propagating it myself but, I despise war.*" - Kei Sakurai

## Profile

### Identity

Saber's true identity is **Kei Sakurai**, is a member of the Longinus Dreizen Order with the alias "Leonhard August". Although she initially antagonizes Ren Fuji, they later become allies and may even become romantically committed to her on certain deadlines.

### Personality

She has a deep love for Kai Sakurai and Beatrice Kirscheisen, and has deep rooted, primal emotions borne of their passing.

She is quick to anger.

She has an indomitable fighting spirit.

## Abilities

As a Knight of the Obsidian Round Table she possesses great strength granted to her by the Die Ewigkeit Formula, making her impervious to any and all weapons created by mankind, up to and including the greatest nuclear explosives known to man.
Kei is a skilled user in the way of Kendo, likely stemming from her ancestor Musashi Sakurai, who is a practitioner of said art. She is also tactical when it comes to fighting enemies who are superior to her by using slow and predictable slashes as feints, whereupon she then shifts to attacks with swift slashes and thrusts as soon as their guard is down. She is also knowledgeable in unarmed combat, shown in one of her early encounters with Ren where she can perform fast yet precise strikes. Kei is also knowledgeable in the ways of Ewigkeit, although her information up to the Ber'iah degree is somewhat scarce, she is aware of its basic principles and of the first two degrees (Assiah and Yetzirah) to be able to teach Ren Fuji of it.

Kei is a more level-headed fighter. Due to her inexperience and lack of physical power in comparison to most of the other members of the L.D.O., she usually thinks of what to do in a fight before she partakes in it physically. If she is aware that her opponent is stronger than her, whether known before the fight or learned during it, she will go all out and use her Ber'iah. Otherwise, she usually sticks with just swinging her Yetzirah around, heavily relying on her decade plus years of formal training in combat to keep up with her opponents, who have significantly more combat experience than her.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Scharlachrot**

Kei's Holy Relc, armament type, sword smelted from hihiirokane by Sakurai Clan and thus, available only to them. Scarlet sword embodying fire, flames gushing out without a need of oxygen, betraying laws of physics and burning everything on its path.

#### **Man sollte nach den Gesetzen der Götter leben**

Kei's Briah, Gudou type, law that emerged from craving "I don't want to lose oath burning in my chest". Manifestation of her passion and tenacity, desire to never surrender in the face of threats and keep moving forward. Kei in this form is a genuine avatar of flames. Changing her body and soul into everlasting fire, physical attacks are no longer effective and due to amorphous nature of this element, she can freely expand and contract her body, her sword now reminiscent of flame pillar.

## References

https://shinza-bansho.fandom.com/wiki/Kei\_Sakurai

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Kei\_Sakurai

https://outskirtsbattledomewiki.com/index.php/fictions/5043-character-profile-sakurai-kei