Rider (Fate/Crossover - Kallen Kōzuki)

**Rider** (ライダー, *Raidā*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

*"Snap out of it, Lelouch! You're Zero now! You have an obligation! You have to live up to the dreams you once gave us all! So please, keep fooling us until you no longer can! We need you to be Zero this time with all your heart. Play your role like you mean it!"* - Kallen Kōzuki

## Profile

### Identity

Rider's true identity is **Kallen Kōzuki**, a Half-Britannian, Half-Japanese girl who joined a Japanese resistance cell after the death of her elder brother, a member of that same group.

She is officially known as Kallen Stadtfeld, and goes by this name at school, but prefers her mother's maiden surname during her revolutionary activities. Seeing herself as Japanese at heart and rejecting her Britannian heritage, she ultimately pledges her loyalty to Zero in the hopes of a better future for her fellow Japanese.

### Appearance

Kallen is a young woman who has a slim yet strong build, and fair skin. Her most distinguishing features are her big blue eyes and her red hair, which she had combed down at school but spiked up when fighting or in her own privacy. She has an average height, being slightly taller than C.C..

When she is fighting in her original Knightmare, an outdated Glasgow, Kallen wore a vest-shorts combination. Once she begins to pilot the Guren Mark II, she wears a magenta suit that zips up to her neck. Other times, Kallen is seen wearing a standard Black Knights uniform.

In school, Kallen wears a ladies' school uniform. While at important reunions or during her brief time as a prisoner, she wore a yellow, fashionable dress to an elegant blue dress.

### Personality

Kallen's general personality is that of a strong willed, determined, loyal and brave individuel, who can also be quite short tempered and impulsive at times; She is also compassionate, quite sensitive and truly gentle to those she cares about, and has a strong sense of justice. While being presented as a cheerful kid through past pictures within her house, she doesn't show much of this side of her anymore within the show, being fully focused on the rebellion and her determination to take back what Britannia took from her and her people.

In her Stadfelt persona, Kallen is a demure, shy and well behaved young lady, having a fair share of friends despite being almost never present at school, even though she doesn't like playing this part and holds some prejudice against britannians in general. While being both Japanese and Britannian, Kallen had the ability to live a normal life. However, she refused to fully accept her Britannian side as it would mean abandoning her Japanese friends, people, and self; Thus making her one of the few selfless characters in all the series, selflessness which will culminate at the end of the anime when she will have to face the one she loves for the sake of the world.

On multiple occasions at the beginning of the series, she had claimed that she hates Britannians, though that was clearly an exaggeration as Kallen has been seen caring about Britannian civilians on multiple occasions, a prime example being her visible concern for the Student Council during the Lake Kawaguchi incident. Her character arc can be summarized as thus: she transforms from an emotional, somewhat prejudiced, untrusting girl in a tawdry rebellion into a confident, capable fighter with a much stronger sense of justice and morality, willing to put aside her feelings and interests to protect the greater good.

In battle, Kallen has a very agressive way of fighting, enjoying close range combat and being often ruthless, and very opportunistic. Her code name, Q-1, is a shortened version of the "Queen" on a chessboard, the strongest piece in a chess game. She can be very confident in her Knightmare piloting capabilities as well as her own abilities and rightfully so - her Guren annihilated most of Cornelia's forces during the Battle of Narita, and could even defeat two powerful Knights of the Round in later battles. However, despite being one of the very best pilots in the series, if not the very best, if her official profile on the Complete Guidebook is to be trusted, she is not indestructible; as shown by her eventual draw with Suzaku in Turn 25, and her being captured in Turn 10 because of the lack of energy refill for her Guren.

Kallen's regret message reveals that she was fighting without any hope that things would come out of it and was convinced she'd eventually die, but her journey by Zero/Lelouch's side renewed her hope and her loyalty for Japan eventually ended up being loyalty to Lelouch alone, because of what he offered her, as she also fell in love with him because of that.

As a teenager, Kallen is fairly innocent when it comes to romance as she has never even had her first kiss yet and will end up very flustered whenever subject like love or flirting will come to her ; She can sometimes show some tsundere trait, especially toward Lelouch Lamperouge, while develloping a crush toward his alter ego, Zero. Also, even though she disagrees with Suzaku and somewhat considers him a traitor and will try to kill him at various moment, she still treats him with respect, as she thinks they both want the same things for Japan ultimately.

## Abilities

Kallen is an extremely skilled Knightmare Frame pilot, rivaling the abilities of even the Knights of Rounds. She is acknowledged as the ace pilot of the Black Knights by enemies and allies alike. Her codename, "Q-1," references, in algebraic Chess notation, the Queen piece, the most powerful piece in chess. In Lelouch's assessment of the core members of the Black Knights, her "Combat Ability" score is 100 out of 100, matching that of Kyoshiro Tohdoh. It should also be noted that she was able to defeat Cornelia's personal squad, and later to the Knight of Ten, Luciano Bradley. She even could fight with the Knight of Zero, Suzaku Kururugi, on the same level even with his "live on" command activated. She was also able to pilot the Guren S.E.I.T.E.N. while it wasn't supposed to be able to be piloted by anyone. With the strong blasts and energy shots from the radiation arm of her Guren Mk-II, Kallen can take down almost any Knightmare Frame in a single attack should they allow her to make physical contact, apart of restraining their attacks with the strings of her Slash Harken projectiles and blocking their attacks with her fork knife by striking them down. Later models also have numerous secondary attack modes for mid- and long-range combat such as several improvements of its former weapons like more powerful explosions, while also gaining the Energy Wing System which gives her four wings which can act as shields, projectiles, and blades. Her Knightmare Frame is also incredibly fast, allowing her to fight on the same level as some of the most advanced Knightmare Frames in the series, and later also gaining the ability to fly at high speeds.

Outside of a Knightmare, Kallen displays superior fighting abilities at both armed and unarmed combat.

Kallen has shown high resourcefulness in battle, being able to see through her opponents' plans and usually takes advantage of their first mistakes or doubts in order to defeat them while making effective counterattacks. She also is apparently quite knowledgeable at academics since her grades in school are top of the class despite her frequent absences.

After passing more time at the Black Knights, Kallen has shown to be a good leader to her own squad's subordinates and even can be diplomatic to others while making plans at negotiations or tactics.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Guren; "The Crimson Knigtmare of the Black Nights"**

A prototype Seventh Generation Knightmare Frame gifted to the Black Knights by Kyoto House. Developed in India and designed by Rakshata Chawla, the Guren differs dramatically from Britannian Knightmares in a number of ways, specializing in close quarters combat. It wields a single Fork Knife for this, along with its signature Radiant Wave Surger, but is also equipped with an armcannon for longer-range combat and chaffsmoke emitters.

The Guren has three current states to what it has evolved to:

* Guren Mk. II - A prototype Knightmare Frame model designed by Indian engineer Rakshata Chawla, manufactured by Japan, and built by the Kyoto House. It is radically different from its Britannian counterparts, and its technology is on par with most seventh generation Knightmare Frames, a fact that is a source of pride for its manufacturers.

* Guren Flight-Enabled Version - An upgraded model of the Guren Mk-II. It was upgraded from the Guren Mk-II after being defeated in battle by Suzaku Kururugi's Lancelot Conquista in mid-battle with the Black Knights. It received a newly developed Air Glide System and a new Armor-Piercing Bombardment-Type Radiation Wave Unit. It became the first Knightmare to utilize the Air Glide System.

* Guren S.E.I.T.E.N. Eight Elements - The upgraded from the Guren Flight-Enabled Version after Kallen and the Guren were captured during a battle with the Chinese Federation and turned over to the Holy Britannian Empire, after which Lloyd and Cécile were given access to the Guren. Much like Rakshata and the Shen Hu, they got carried away in their modifications and made it too difficult for ordinary people to pilot properly. The Guren S.E.I.T.E.N. Eight Elements was later recovered by the Black Knights, along with Kallen, during the Second Battle of Tokyo.

#### **Radiant Wave Surger; "Microradiactive Mechanical Hand"**

The Guren's signature weapon, a powerful microwave emitter mounted on its distinctively shaped right arm, which can extend at the elbow to catch opponents off guard. Once she's grabbed an enemy, Kallen can activate the Radiant Wave Surger to blast them at point-blank range with deadly radiation at high heat, quickly disabling, frying, and then completely destroying enemy Knightmares. The Radiant Wave Surger can also be used to block other attacks and propel the Guren off of other objects for bursts of higher-speed movement.

The Radiant Wave Surger's output can also be transmitted through special, separate electrodes, allowing Kallen to transmit the radiation deep underground to boil a water reservoir and trigger a steam explosion, just as an example.

## Quotes

* *"It's not bad to just have a little fun once in a while."* - Kallen Kōzuki
* *"I will make a world where you and I can live a normal life again, I promise you!"* - Kallen Kōzuki
* *"You fellas know full well what this badass mother can do!"* - Kallen Kōzuki
* *"Please answer me Lelouch, what am I to you? If it's with you, I could..."* - Kallen Kōzuki
* *"I will show that I can change this unfair world. Otherwise, if I don't my brother won't be able to rest in peace. This is why I will fight!"* - Kallen Kōzuki to Suzaku Kururugi
* *"I want to believe ...even if it meant becoming a slave. But I'll believe in Zero, not in you, Lelouch."* - Kallen Kōzuki to Lelouch vi Britannia

### Crossover Quotes

* *"Y'know, we should be partners."* - Kallen Kōzuki to Arcee
* *"Ugh, something about you gives me the creeps."* - Kallen Kōzuki to Blackarachnia

### Fate/???

1st Ascension2nd Ascension3rd AscensionFinal Ascension
## References

https://codegeass.fandom.com/wiki/Kallen\_K%C5%8Dzuki

https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Kallen\_K%C5%8Dzuki

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Kallen\_K%C5%8Dzuki

https://animeandmangauniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Kallen\_K%C5%8Dzuki

https://all-worlds-alliance.fandom.com/wiki/Kallen\_Stadfeld

https://gbf.wiki/Kallen\_Kouzuki