Rider (Fate/Crossover - Maxi)

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

*"Come fight me anytime! I'll be waiting."* — Maxi

## Profile

### Identity

Rider's true identity is **Maxi**, a pirate whose crew was attacked in slaughtered by the Golem Astaroth. As a result, he decided to travel with Kilik who he befriended in order to avenge his crew.

Maxi's father had worked in the Ryukyu Kingdom as a merchant. Though fortunate enough to be able to experience different cultures on his trade route, he nevertheless felt tied down to his job, and would complain bitterly to his son. On his deathbed, he told Maxi to go out and see the world. Obeying his father's dying wishes, Maxi gathered friends from his hometown and some sailors he knew, and formed a pirate crew. A master of his native Ryukyu's martial arts, Maxi stood as a respected and trusted leader. He and his crew set sail, vowing never to be shackled by the whims of trade, and instead to relish the taste of freedom.

Though Maxi and his crew considered themselves pirates, they were not the barbarians one might expect. (Granted, some of their activities weren’t exactly lawful, and neither were they ones to shy away from a fight…) While the “fake Soul Edge” incident was admittedly a turn for the worse, it ended up proving just how capable Maxi and his crew really were. While facing similar adventures on their journey, they made their way by sea to India. What Maxi did not realize, however, was that fate had a cruel surprise in store...

At an Indian port, Maxi was away from his crew when they were attacked by Astaroth and a swarm of Lizardmen. When he returned, he found his entire crew slain, and was informed by a dying Kyam to get the Dvapara-Yuga back onto Kilik to return the monk to his senses, and to take him West. Knowing that Astaroth would return for Kilik, Maxi swore to take his revenge.

As they started their journey together, Maxi and Kilik were confronted by Mitsurugi, who mistook the pirate as another nunchaku wielder who wanted the samurai dead. After Maxi won, he and Kilik were warned by Mitsurugi about Taki and her connections to Soul Edge. After taking Xianghua in as another companion, the three of them gathered information about the Schwarzstrom to prepare themselves for the inevitable battle.

As they drew closer to Ostrheinsburg, the trio were confronted by Astaroth. Wanting to battle the golem to avenge his crew, Maxi had Kilik and Xianghua continue on ahead with Grøh. He was able to defeat Astaroth, but was slashed in the back by the golem. After delivering the final blow to Astaroth, Maxi collapsed from his wounds.

### Appearance

Maxi retains his iconic appearance with his black hair having a right side bang, tan skin, and well-toned chest. Throughout the series, Maxi's outfit always have been a white jacket that exposes his chest, white pants and black boots. This reflects his life as a sailor.

### Personality

Initially, Maxi was a well-meaning and jovial, but also arrogant and ambitious pirate. In battle, he often uses sarcastic remarks against his opponents, but nonetheless is honest in revealing what they need to improve on if they lose against him.

Maxi is shown to be easily gullible to attractive women, but this turned out to be a farce as he was using Lyla's connections to have one of his crew mates to forge a nunchaku out of the best material. Maxi regards his crew like his family, which made him swore revenge against Astaroth for killing them.

After being healed and embedded with a shard a Soul Edge, Maxi starts to become somewhat insane and vengeful. This personality however fades away after learning to coop with it in Soulcalibur V, and he begins returning to his jovial self once more.

## Abilities

Maxi's fighting style resembles that of a Jeet Kune Do practitioner. He relies on short-range but very fast attacks that will put the opponent in a disadvantage. He also can use various fast and powerful kicks that will sometimes knock the opponent down on the ground.

He can perform powerful and painful nunchaku combos. Its myriad special stances allow for a number of unique combos whose movements are difficult to predict. Smart usage of its Seven Stars Rebirth (4 or 6 while in a special stage) to change stances can make this style even more potent in the right hands.

Maxi is a skilled and powerful warrior, being capable of besting the golem Astaroth on multiple occasions using his Nunchaku.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Raging Dragon Zodiac; "Rapid Flash Strikes of the Dragon"**

Maxi slams his nunchucks, and rapidly smacks the opponent in the face. He throws his nunchucks into the air and delivers a fiery punch to his opponent as a final blow and catches his nunchucks.

## References

https://soulcalibur.fandom.com/wiki/Maxi/New\_Timeline

https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Maxi\_(Soul\_Calibur)

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Maxi