Assassin (Fate/Crossover - John Barrows)

**Assassin** (アサシン, *Asashin*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

*"Get ready! I'm comin' to get ya!"* - The Scissorman

## Profile

### Identity

Assassin's true identity is **John Barrows**, the first known Scissorman, who belonged to the 13th generation of the Barrows Family.

According to a "local fairy tale", Quintin had a son named John Barrows, the very first Scissorman who terrorized and killed children within the vicinity of northern England. However, John was then killed by his own father, who opposed of his son's massacre. As a result, Quintin was marked by his household as a "traitor". Nevertheless, he created a spell that can be used to exorcise devil children, like his son. According to the Japanese novelization, Quintin was later assassinated by the demonic cult his family had followed for generations.

After his death, there was a power struggle within the Barrows clan, likely as a result of those who supported the Great Father and those who did not. Due to a peasant uprising at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Barrowses were ousted from their castle, and they moved across the sea to Norway, where all was quiet for eighty years..

The Scissorman was regarded as the "Son of the Great Father" in the demonic cult followed by Theodore Barrows, an ancestor of the Barrows family. They would be born into the family every few generations for the sole purpose of sacrificing children to "The Great Father".

### Personality

There is not much known about John Barrows' life in his story. From what we know of the "fairy tale", he seems to be a cruel, and sadistic man who takes pleasure in killing and torture his victims. The way he would chase around his victim and taunting them before killing them assumes that he treats his murders as nothing more than a game. He also might be under the influence of the Great Father, whom he worshipped and inherited his demonic traits from when he tries to make sacrifices for this deity. Though that is just speculation.

## Abilities

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Blod Saks; "Tool for Severing Life"**

The Giant Scissors that the Scissorman uses to slaughter his many victims during his terror. Since John Barrows was the orignator of the name, we would of course possess this Noble Phantasm. His rank is also higher because of the fact that his legend had created a legacy for his descendents who would take up the name and weapon he inherited.

#### **Fear the Scissorman; "Little John from the Big Castle"**

A Reality Marble that creates a fabrication of the original Barrows Castle in England set in his time, a beggining of the feared legacy that when story has been told and created a generation of the name. While in this Reality Marble, the abilities of the Scissorman become much more effective when it's currently active.

John Barrows then appears to inflict a stab wound, caussing bleeding effect on the target. He then chases them around the mansion, slashing them around while trying to kill them until they had nowhere to run and he delievers the killing blow. Escape from the mansion is difficult, unless the servant has a stronger Noble Phantasm that can nullify the other, the castle itself is destroyed or if John Barrows is killed.

## References

https://clocktower.fandom.com/wiki/John\_Barrows

https://clocktower.fandom.com/wiki/Scissorman

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Scissorman

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/summon-a-servant-mk-5-five-servants-per-second-fate-stay-night-crossovers.285798/page-102#post-19700917