Assassin (Fate/Crossover - Kintoru)

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

"*For what use is a pawn, if you cannot control it. 制御*" - Kintoru

## Profile

### Identity

Assassin's true identity is **Kintoru**, the Beast of Control and a creation of a bored eldritch God who wanted to have puppets/tools. She, alongside Enzukai, Netamo and Yuma, became one of the Four Beasts that rampaged across Earth before being sealed away by Kusonoki Masashige. She is the archenemy of Kusonoki Masashige and Yasu Masashige.

### Appearance

As the Witch, Kintoru is an unnaturally tall albeit beautifully stunning humanoid with slight monstrous features. She has long, luxurious wavy black hair, a large black sun hat, a white porcelain mask with pink blushes, black eye sockets and red lipstick. She wore a black dress, and has long black feathers hanging from her shoulders. She also sports black boots and long black arms with darker nails. In her remodel, she appears to have small white pupils in her eye sockets and a large grin.

As Omukade, she is significantly larger, towering over Kusonoki's monster form. This time, she appears as a black bloated centipede-like creature with multiple arms sprouting from her back with a long segmented tail that is capable of causing harm. The white porcelain mask still remains along with her hair, although the hair is now medium-length. At the end of Chapter 3, her body is now swelled larger and multiple puppet strings are attached to her puppets.

As Saigomo, she appears as a giant arachnid-like creature with an abdomen, being the size of four school buses. She sports eight spider-like legs shaped like actual limbs. Her hair remains the same length as when she became Omukade, and her porcelain white mask is now replaced with a more sinister one with a large grin with black lipstick. When Yasu destroys three of her hearts, she enters her frenzy mode, with her grin now replaced with a vicious, sharp-toothed grin with glowing white eyes. Whilst near Yasu in this state, she begins to laugh hysterically.

When Hiachi first encountered Kintoru, she simply appeared as a tall dark figure that meant no harm. When she got closer however, Sama shapeshifted into a similar form to Hiachi, even with her own hat, albeit all in black.

### Personality

Kintoru is a vicious and hungry beast with ill-intent, with few examples being when she cursed many innocent souls (such as the Akuyami Village residents) without remorse, and toying with her victims such as Yasu Masashige. Her most defining trait however is her manipulation, as she was able to trick an innocent girl (Hiachi) into releasing her, and cursing her later on. She is also considerably two-faced, as she shows a motherly side to Hiachi and the other puppets, only to curse them later on and turn them into puppets as a part of her nature. Overall, Kintoru is a ruthless and unforgiving woman who only desires control over others as her nature as the Beast of Control.

## Abilities

As she is the Beast of Control, Kintoru has many abilities far from anything humans have:

* Control: Kintoru can control her victims after cursing them and transforming them into monsters (e.g. Hiachi).

* Manipulation: Kintoru can control many victims by tricking them with misleading stories/advice or making a deal with them (E.g. Futaomote, Hiachi, etc).

* Shapeshifting: Kintoru can shapeshift into many different kinds of forms. According to The Girl and The Witch, Kintoru took an appearance to look similar to Hiachi. In Chapter III, she became a centipede, referred to as Omukade, and in the final chapter, she takes the form of a spider named Saigomo. It is confirmed that she can shapeshift into many other forms than the ones mentioned above.

* Telepathy: Kintoru can communicate with Yasu via his mind throughout Chapter I until Chapter III.

* Mimicry: Kintoru can recreate an exact copy of the world into a twisted realm, also known as a pocket dimension, filled with unpredictable monsters lurking in the darkness.

* Teleportation: Kintoru can teleport her victims and herself anywhere she pleases. This was mentioned by Hamburgerch33se in The Hotel, and was seen throughout Control's Book, such as when she teleports in front of Yasu in the cutscene of The Final Maze.

* Immortality: According to lore writers, a bored eldritch god created Kintoru and other beasts 3000+ years ago. It seems like Kintoru is immortal or has a long aging process as she was able to live 3000+ years in her seal.

* Cursing Manipulation: Kintoru can curse anyone or anywhere she wishes, as she cursed Kusonoki's entire bloodline.

* Flesh Creation: Kintoru can create mindless monsters from her flesh to help her, such as Hanzu and the Fleshbags.

* Intellect: It seems like Kintoru has some kind of Intelligence able to trick Kusonoki, the most powerful samurai (e.g.Hiachi)

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Kumo-Akuryu; "Nightmarish Molting of the Spider"**

An Anti-Self Noble Phantasm that has Kintoru morph into a monsterous appearance in an enraged state. There are two forms she can morph into. There is Okumade, a large centipede with multiple red arms and a porcelian mask. Said to be faster than before and swift despite her large body, which could grow larger.

She then can transform again into her stronger form; Saigomo, a larger spider-like monster with the upper half being humanoid and the lower half being that of a spider. She incredibly fast which allows her to rapidly attack her victim relentlessly. With her spider traits, her sights are much more sharper, she able to crawl ceilings and jump in a large height and crash down underneath when descending, the impact causing heavy damage to those hit by her crash. Also like a spider can also shoot cobwebs while roaring a few times, immobilizing players in the process for a few seconds. Saigomo would also create a temporary shield for her to not absorb any damage for a few seconds.

Both Okumade and Saigomo are given the Class Skill; Madness Enhancement, a trait common with Berserkers. As she transforms she is more aggressive becoming that of a wild beast stalking her pray. As Saigomo, she is much far more faster and aggressive than her previous forms. In this state, her eyes glows white, her sharp teeth are exposed and her neck snaps. Both forms also make her other Noble Phantasm; Kumo-Ningyō Geki, much stronger. The way to kill these forms is to destroy all of her hearts, the process be much faster when someone is wielding a holy weapons such as The Blessed Blade.

#### **Kumo-Ningyō Geki: "Witch's Strings of the End"**

A Noble Phantasm that is a representation of the manipulation and puppetry of a witch. As like a spider in human form, the ability to control the other and choose to devour their former self.

This will be active to use when Kintoru uses her Curse on a Target. With this is affect in process, she will take the opportunity to fully control her victim with strings behind their back, a brainwashing process to have them do her bidding
tied up in strings, even able to turn them into monsters. The same manipulation that allowed her to curse Hiachi. When she is done manipulating her cursed victim, she will devoured them and their Mana. Kintoru could also use her strings to tie up and control someone even without using her Curse on them.

This Noble Phantasm can be countered in various ways. Such as if Kintoru is killed, the affects will be lifted and the person controlled will be free. Cutting the strings of her victim can stop her puppeteering. A counteractive Noble Phantasm or Skill can also be used to disable her own from taking full effect.

## References

https://mimic.fandom.com/wiki/Kintoru

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