Saber (Fate/Crossover - Youmu Konpaku)

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

*"The things that cannot be cut by my Roukan-Blade, forged by youkai...are close to none"* - Youmu Konpaku

## Profile

### Identity

Saber's true identity is **Youmu Konpaku**, one of the stranger entities in Gensokyo, part-human and part-phantom at the same time. Her two halves are not intermixed like one would expect from a cross-breed, but actually exist in physically separate bodies. Youmu has a straightforward and focused personality, which complements her swordfighting skills well. However, her personality conflicts with that of her master, Yuyuko Saigyouji, who is very whimsical and playful in nature. Still, she serves Yuyuko as best as she can, tending to the gardens in Hakugyokurou and following her orders.

### Appearance

Youmu has short silver hair and blue eyes. Her eyes were red in Perfect Cherry Blossom and her last word portrait in Imperishable Night. Youmu's outfit generally consists of a aquamarine vest and skirt over a white undershirt with several ghost insignias along the edges of the skirt and one on the breast pocket of her vest. She wears a black bowtie and hairband with black ribbon tied off-center in her hair. She carries the Roukanken; a long katana with a large white tassel on the handle and the Hakurouken; a wakizashi (Short Japanese sword). Her ghostly half is a white phantom as large as her human self, sometimes referred to as myon by the fandom.

Youmu has slight design alterations in each of her appearances. Her hair became white and her eyes became blue in Immaterial and Missing Power. In Ten Desires, her hair becomes messier and her eyes are silver-colored. In Wily Beast and Weakest Creature, Her insignias are different and her phantom half gains a snake-like head. In all game appearances after Perfect Cherry Blossom, her sleeves are short.

Her swords has also changed in appearance, In Perfect Cherry Blossom, the Roukanken had a cherry blossom insignia and a flower attached to it, The insignia is missing in all later game appearance except Scarlet Weather Rhapsody. In Wily Beast and Weakest Creature, the Roukanken gains a standard katana handle with red light particles along the blade and the hakurouken has a blue handle and has small souls along its blade.

### Personality

As she has a straightforward diligent personality, she is often manipulated by those around her (especially Yuyuko). For this reason, she often fails at her task, but that does not mean that she has no real power, and she particularly excels at instantaneous force and concentration power. In Immaterial and Missing Power, as literally stated by the shishou, "truth-slashing is something which you know," so she often performs tsujigiri-like moves, but Suika Ibuki pointed out that she does not think that Youmu understood her shishou's teachings.

She has strong sensitivity, and in the good ending of Imperishable Night, her human half was unable to resist the insanity-inducing effects of the true Moon, causing her to become "half-insane". She is afraid of ghost stories, dares, and darkness, but she is calm around phantoms since she is half phantom herself. Much further on in Ten Desires, as a result of being mistaken as a hermit, she temporarily mistook herself as being a hermit.

### Relationships

#### **Yukari Yakumo**

The friend of Youmu's mistress. Youmu respects her greatly and she helps Youmu with lessons and advice, but Youmu doesn't understand her, either. She also treats Yukari's servant, Ran Yakumo, with professional respect, even though Yuyuko says she doesn't have to.

## Abilities

She's very good at fighting arts for someone so half-baked. She's also quite good at magic for such a half-baked character, and actually has a good sense of balance between the two. Using the Roukanken and Hakurouken, which were said to be forged by Youkai, she can cut through enemies and ghosts and bullets and people's worries. The things she can't cut through are next to none.

Roukanken (the longer one) has the power to kill ten ghosts in one slash. Hakurouken is said to be able to cut through people's confusion, but of course, both of them can also kill living humans.

### Class Skills

* Magic Resistance (A Rank): Cancel spells of A-Rank or below. In practice, the Servant is untouchable to modern magi, so it would not be an exaggeration to title the Servant a "Magus Killer." In life, Saber fought magic users of immense power in danmaku battles using only her sword techniques.

#### Personal Skills

* Protection from Arrows (B Rank): As long as the shooter is within her line of sight, Saber can track down ranged weapons with her eyes and defend against them. Does not apply for attacks made from super-long-range or with a great area-of -effect.

* Eternal Arms Mastership (Swords) (A- Rank): Due to her ability to "handle all sword techniques," Saber can skillfully use any sword as a weapon. Non-Noble Phantasm swords are temporarily made into rank E Noble Phantasms while they are being wielded by Saber.

* Half-Phantom (D Rank): Saber is a unique existence as a half-phantom, half-human being. As such, her human half is colder than a normal human, while her phantom half is warmer than a normal phantom. Saber's phantom half takes the form of a white, blob-like phantom that always follows her around. This phantom is vulnerable to attack by other Servants, but due to Saber's Guardian Knight Skill, it very rarely even gets scraped in battle.

* Guardian Knight (B Rank): In life, Saber guarded the gates to Hakugyokurou, a ghost shrine overlooking the Netherworld. As such, Saber receives a rank up in every Parameter when guarding the entrance to a location. If Saber is guarding the entrence to her mistress Yuyuko Saigyouji's base of operations, she instead gains two rank ups in every Parameter.

* Mind's Eye (Fake) (A+ Rank): Saber is one of the fastest people in Gensokyo, thus making her speed superior compared to Reimu or Marisa.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Roukanken and Hakurouken; "Blades of Ten-Strikes and Ascended Souls"**

Saber wields two blades, a katana, Roukanken, and a wakizashi, Hakurouken. Roukanken has the power to cut through spirits and ghosts, while Hakurouken can dispel the "confusion" of those it cuts, causing humans only minor harm while sending ghosts to Nirvana.

##### Roukanken

In legend, Saber is said to have used this long-bladed katana to slay ten phantoms with ten simultaneous strikes. Now ascended to a Noble Phantasm, Roukanken is capable to utilizing a dimensional refraction phenomenon to strike ten times with a single swing, similar to a more powerful form of Tsubame Gaeshi. However, Roukanken can target up to ten opponents.

##### Hakurouken

Hakurouken is the ancestral wakizashi of the Konpaku family, which only they are capable of using. It has the power to dispel the confusion of those it cuts. That is, using it on humans will cause them minor pain and discomfort, while using it on ghosts will send them to nirvana. This Noble Phantasm is especially potent in the Holy Grail War, where the slightest cut will shatter the Spiritual Core of any Servant, forcibly returning them to the Throne of Heroes.

Due to the special properties of Hakurouken, only the Konpaku family, with their unique half-phantom status, are able to properly use this blade. Even beings like Shirou Emiya, who can duplicate Hakurouken, are unable to use the "Anti-Spirit" aspect of the Noble Phantasm, only being able to use it as a regular sword.

#### **Voidness Sword; "Slash Clearing the Six Senses"**

After blocking an attack with Hakurouken, Youmu dashes around her opponent so quickly that there seems to be six of her, five of which attack her opponent from all angles while the real Youmu appears from the air and slashes through them vertically.

#### **Matsuyoi; "Reflecting Satellite Slash"**

Using the light of the moon, Youmu surrounds herself with a ring of energy and rains danmaku down on her surroundings as she categorically dashes and slashes through her opponent wherever they move, Saber can also use the power of the moon to make her sword's width infinite, considering how the moon is the home of the highest god in the Touhou Project series, it's safe to say that she indeed can do this.

## References

https://touhou.fandom.com/wiki/Youmu\_Konpaku

https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Youmu\_Konpaku

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Youmu\_Konpaku

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/summon-a-servant-mk-5-five-servants-per-second-fate-stay-night-crossovers.285798/post-17470625