Ruler (Fate/Crossover - Tsubaki Yayoi)

Ruler (ルーラー, *Rūrā*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

"*Your actions... shall be judged here and now!*" - Tsubaki Yayoi

For the Saber version; here's the link to **Tsubaki Yayoi (Saber)**

## Profile

### Identity

Ruler's true identity is Tsubaki Yayoi, a soldier of the Novus Orbis Librarium and the heiress to the Duodecim's Yayoi family. She wields the Sealed Weapon Izayoi and is very close to Jin Kisaragi, Noel Vermillion, and Makoto Nanaya. To Tsubaki, Jin means everything, and she strives to bring justice to the world.

### Personality

Tsubaki is a serious, mature, and intelligent person. She has always followed her orders from the Control Organization and has complete faith in them (likely to honor her family name). She has always had a childhood crush on Jin, and deeply loves and cares about him. She was also good friends with Noel, Makoto and Carl Clover when they were at Military Academy. However, when Hazama told Tsubaki about the alternative timeline where she was always with Jin as his secretary and how Noel usurped that position away from her, she becomes extremely jealous. She begins to harbor a hatred toward her best friend that, once manipulated by Emperor’s magic, evolves into a desire to kill her in order to be with Jin. Even after changing sides, she still respects Hakumen despite sharing different views.

In BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, Tsubaki’s personality had almost been completely overwritten by the effects of Mind Eater, the spell that Izanami cast on her to control her directly. Her devotion to the Control Organization had been taken to its greatest extreme, and she was little more than a mindless drone who lived to carry out any and all of the Emperor’s orders, including killing her own friends. When Jin confronted her, however, she showed signs of resistance due to her feelings for him.

After Makoto, Noel, and Jin manage to free her from the Mind Eater curse, she realizes that the Emperor’s justice is a lie and decides that she will fight for a justice she believes in as an individual: to fight for the people she loves and the friends she cherishes. Even after eventually learning of Ragna’s actual blood-relation to Jin, she still acts antagonistic towards him, but comically dreams of an awkward possibility of accepting him as a possible brother-in-law. Another comical instance of her otherwise serious personality is her being infatuated with romanticized settings, as seen in Bang’s gag reel in Continuum Shift and/or her enthusiasm with the Six Heroes.

### Relationships

#### **Noel Vermillion**

Both Ruler and Archer have been good friends since their military academy days. Even as Servants, the two still retain their friendship.

#### **Ragna the Bloodedge**

Ruler and Saber simply cannot stand each other, especially the former, since she blames him for the misfortunes brought upon her friends.

## Abilities

Thanks to her bloodline and years of training in martial arts, Tsubaki is a fierce combatant. She has a high Ars Magus aptitude that allows her to effectively utilise the Sealed Weapon Izayoi, a weapon passed down the Yayoi household. When using Izayoi, Tsubaki is able to fight against most opponents on an even keel, and frequently switches between its whip and sword form for its blade. Izayoi is able to effectively blind Observers from using Phenomenon Intervention, and Tsubaki can even cast a Zanki Barrier to further fight against that class of opponent.

Tsubaki is the only known person able to use the Zero-Type Izayoi, giving her access to the Immortal Breaker. With this, she can kill beings like Rachel Alucard and force her opponents to recognize their own death. There is a drawback in that it cannot kill those with the Power of Order or individuals with unique circumstances like Izanami, who is a Drive. Regardless of Izayoi, Tsubaki is a skilled negotiator and quick-thinker who is constantly aware of her surroundings, having realised that the Battle of Ragna the Bloodedge was a trap to ensnare her from the second she was invited serves as one example.

Unfortunately, Tsubaki is not as powerful as Jin or Noel, who wield Nox Nyctores class weapons. She will lose to either in a straight fight, and is forced to rely on the Zero-Type in order to effectively best the strongest opponents, but even then this may not be enough. She was previously easy to manipulate thanks to her hidden feelings and tendency to confine her emotions for the sake of others, but Tsubaki has overcome this with time and the help of her friends. She already fallen prey once to Izayoi's nature to blind its user; however, Tsubaki's eyesight was restored thanks to the Imperator's power. In addition to this, she also once over-relied on her weapon to the point of dying in one Continuum Shift. Despite the drawbacks of using the Izayoi, it is implied that having a strong mind and will while wielding the Izayoi can help counteract the deadly side-effects, which Tsubaki was able to achieve after she awakened the Zero-Type Izayoi.

Tsubaki’s Drive is Install (インストール Insutōru), where she charges up energy, which she utilizes to enhance her specials by pressing the Drive button in lieu of the original input key. Her Overdrive is Second Install (セカンドインストール Sekando Insutōru) in which the gauge fills up automatically, letting her press on with her enhanced specials without having to stop to charge. In Chronophantasma, her clothing changes black and her eyes red. She also gains several new moves with her additional Distortion Drive, Divine Judgment: Blade That Butchers the Soil (審罰・地ヲ屠ル刃 Shinbatsu: Chi wo Hofuru Yaiba, localized as Requiem Maledictis) displaying the ability to summon a multitude of blades at her opponent. Her Exceed Accel, Divine Judgment: Lightning That Shoots the Darkness (審罰・冥を射る雷 Shinbatsu: Mei wo Iru Ikazuchi, localized as Macto Lux Kyrie), shoots forth a spiked-construct from the shield. If it connects, she follows it up with a winged bow construct that fires a multitude of arrow-like lasers that criss-cross and pierce the opponent.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Holy Judgment: Goddess That Judges Men**

Tsubaki grows a pair of wings and does a charging attack. A statue located in the Cathedral then appears, and Tsubaki has it use it's spear and strike the opponent with a strong attack.

####  **Divine Judgment: Lightning That Shoots the Darkness**

Izayoi turns into a massive bow, Tsubaki pulls the string back and when she releases it, lots of energy streams then hit the opponent.

This is most effective to servants who's alignment is evil.

## References

https://blazblue.fandom.com/wiki/Tsubaki\_Yayoi

https://blazblue.wiki/wiki/Tsubaki\_Yayoi

http://www.dustloop.com/wiki/index.php/BBCF/Tsubaki\_Yayoi