Saber (Fate/Crossover - Hua Cheng)

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

"*Your Highness, I am forever your most devoted believer.*" - Hua Cheng

## Profile

### Identity

Saber's true identity is **Hua Cheng**, also referred to as San Lang (三郎, Sān Láng), is the deuteragonist and main love interest in Heaven Official's Blessing.
He's a ghost of Supreme rank and the most notorious of the Four Great Calamities, widely known as Crimson Rain Sought Flower (血雨探花, Xuè Yǔ Tàn Huā).

### Appearance

As a Supreme, Hua Cheng possesses an extremely powerful shape-shifting ability not even gods can see through. It's said that no one has ever seen his true form because he transformed so often.

The first time he met Xie Lian after the third ascension, his appearance was about sixteen to seventeen, noted to be good-looking in a boyish, devilish way with eyes bright as the stars. He wore casual, maple-red clothes of high quality and had a loose, carefree ponytail.

In his true form, Hua Cheng is a handsome youth of eighteen to nineteen years. The childish aura of his younger form is one of calmness in true form, although there is still a wild playfulness to him. He has skin as white as snow and wears maple-red clothes along with exquisite, silver vambraces. Hua Cheng is also taller than Xie Lian, he has to stretch his neck in order to see him.

He has a deep, gentle voice that is pleasant to the ears in his true form. Even in his younger appearance his voice is still deeper than typical for that age.

Hua Cheng has Xie Lian's name tattooed on his left forearm, but no one could read it for a long time due to his hopelessly terrible handwriting.

As Wuming, he was dressed in black robes and neat warrior attire. He had his hair tied up in a high ponytail and also wore a white smiling mask.

As a child and teenager, Hua Cheng wore bandages over the right side of his face at all times, due to being bullied for his appearance. The bandages were in fact covering his right, red eye. Said eye was eventually carved out and now a black eyepatch hides it.

### Personality

He is charismatic and intelligent, with a nonchalant attitude. He cares little for others and mostly acts in his own best interest. However, to Xie Lian he is very gentle, treating him with the utmost care and respect and offering him anything he desires. After the two get married, he has been shown to be a passionate lover and dislikes being away from Xie Lian.

Due to deeply loving Xie Lian since he was very young, he despises everyone who has wronged Xie Lian in his eyes. He does not care about the objective circumstances and is firm in his distaste for anyone who left or stood against Xie Lian at one point.

Despite being a ghost king, he is not outright evil, seemingly neutral as he neither undertakes altruistic actions nor engages in evil or barbaric acts. He seems to have a love of collecting rare treasures, having a large collection of antiques and priceless artifacts and weapons, some of which are thousands of years old. Ironically, he treats them rather poorly. He does not care when they are destroyed and has been shown to abuse or misuse them himself on occasion.

He is confident in his abilities, though rightfully so as he is one of the most powerful beings. Despite this, he does have a more vulnerable side. He is deeply insecure about his feelings and feels he is unworthy of Xie Lian's love, but once he learns they are reciprocated, he is immensely joyful.

## Abilities

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Wraith Butterflies: "Deathly Spirit Butterflies"**

In Hua Cheng's control, the butterflies become quite a versatile tool. They are capable of great offense as a swarm of them can take down many powerful enemies and also work as a nigh-impenetrable defense. These butterflies can also do recon work such as scouting an area, spying on targets, turning invisible, record & edit and also work as communication devices. Some butterflies even have the capability to heal wounds.

#### **E-Ming: "The Wicked Blade of Malice"**

Hua Cheng's sentient scimitar that he often treats like a disobedient dog. This weapon was famous for being incredibly wicked, with an oppressive sense of evil and malice. One slash from E-Ming and his enemy will be poisoned to death. In the case that they survive, Hua Cheng can order the healed wound to open again at his will and kill his enemy from a distance. A truly terrifying weapon.

## References

https://heaven-officials-blessing.fandom.com/wiki/Hua\_Cheng

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven\_Official%27s\_Blessing