Elisabeth Blanctorche

**Elisabeth Blanctorche** (エリザベート・ブラントルシュ), is one of three original characters debuting in ***The King of Fighters XI***. Elisabeth is also the third leader of the ***Rivals Team*** and the third rival/deuteragonist of the series, rivaling with Ash Crimson (protagonist/"hero" of the story arc protagonist that bears his name).

Her official nickname is "***The Controller of the White Light***" (きのき)., and in ***The King of Fighters XV***, is ***Will of Light*** (光の意志).

## Story

### Past

Elisabeth is the last known remaining Blanctorche, a family of nobles in France who supposedly protect the innocent and are tasked with stopping Those from the Past. She is the childhood friend of Ash Crimson and they were raised in the same mansion together. She used to act as his older sister figure, until a fire burned down the mansion and many of her clansmen to the ground. As the sole remaining Blanctorche, she lives with her butler, Jacques, near the remains of her family's home.

### Tales of Ash

#### KOF: XI

Elisabeth initially invites both Benimaru Nikaido and Duo Lon to France to reveal that she knows of the betrayal of Ron and the burning of the Hizoku village. They inform her of Ash's theft of Chizuru Kagura's Yata Mirror and she decides to join them. With the trio banded with the interest to take down Ash, they form the Rival Team and enter KOF XI.

In her team's ending, after the Tournament's conclusion, she eventually finds and scolds Ash for seeming to forsake their mission. Though surprised by Ash's new powers (after he steals Iori Yagami's Yasakani Jewel), she swears to stop him.

#### KOF: XIII

Before meeting with Duo Lon and Shen Woo, she revisits the burned down mansion where she and Ash spent their childhood with a handful of photographs from the area in her hand. During her meeting with her guests, she becomes aware of their intents to join the King of Fighters XIII tournament with her and Ash's location in Paris. Although she just missed him, Elisabeth knows that he was there and fortifies her will to stop him.

She reunites with Ash in the final act of the tournament only moments after Ash erases Saiki from existence. She yells her protest to his selfish decision, stating that she wanted to bring Ash back home with her. When he disappears with his apologies, Elisabeth mourns over the only memento he left behind: his headband.

### Shun'ei Arc

#### KOF: XIV

Prior to the the fourteenth tournament, Elisabeth was contacted by Kukri, who helped her to recall her memories of Ash. In exchange for reviving Ash, Kukri sought the cooperation of the Blanctorche family, to which she accepted without any hesitation.

After the events of of the tournament, Verse's destruction unleashed many souls to spread worldwide. Elisabeth is informed by Kukri that he found Ash's body in the Ukraine Carpathian Mountains, and reveals that Ash was among the many people whose souls were trapped inside of Verse's body.

#### KOF: XV

Prior to the fifteenth tournament, Kukri meets up with Ash and Elisabeth in a cafe in Southern France and explains his backstory to them, although he tells them that he made it up. Kukri is annoyed at depsite everything he did to try and revive Dolores, Ash was revived instead. During a live interview of The King of Fighters, Dolores appears on screen, shocking Kukri. Due to this sudden news, Kukri storms out of the establishment, with Elisabeth following after him.

At the conclusion of the tournament, all is well. Kukri goes with Dolores back to their homeland. Ash, Elisabeth, Duo Lon and Shen Woo eat together at a buffet of crabs.

Elisabeth and Ash goes back to their home, reminiscing old times leisurely.

## Neo Geo 2: Match of the Century

*Elisabeth's life in this timeline is the same as her The King of Fighters counterpart up until The King of Fighters XIII.*

A few months after Ash sacrified himself to destroy Saiki, Elisabeth hears that her adoptive brother may be being cloned by the WAREZ conglomerate and enters the second NEOGEO Battle Coliseum tournament (once again hosted by Goodman) in order to find the clone and drain Ash's DNA out of his body so she can start finding a way to bring him back to existence.

When the tournament ended, Elisabeth returns with no good results in her attempt to bring Ash back, however, a mysterious hooded man contacts her to offer himself to bring back her adoptive brother in exchange to cooperate with her family, Elisabeth, with no hesitation, accepts the man's offer and resumes her mission to bring Ash Crimson back to life.

## Personality

She is a very serious and strict high class member of nobility. Once she has decided to do something, she'll do whatever it takes to get it done. Perhaps due to her upbringing, she doesn't find it urgent to always keep her promised meetings with her teammates of lower stature. Though she is the one who invites them to her dwelling, she arrives tardy and usually denounces them within a few moments of their conversation.

She fondly thinks of Ash as her younger brother, but she has since prepared herself to stop him at any costs. Elisabeth finds condolence with her pleasant, elderly butler, as he is the only one near her who knows the details of her past with Ash.

## Abilities

* **Translocation** - Elisabeth can translocate herself at incredible speeds.
* **Ictiokinesis** - She has the power to control light.
	+ **Create Light** - She can create light out of nowhere.
	+ **Light Attack** - Elisabeth can create five short ranged projectiles of damaging light.
	+ **Light Beam** - She can trap her opponents in a beam of light.
	+ **Light Field** - She can also create damaging light in the area around her.
* **Unexplained Power** - Elisabeth can sometimes sense Ash's presence and uses this ability to affirm his whereabouts. She was also the only one who could still remember him after he was removed from the timeline.
* **Bow Summoning** - In her climax in KOF XV, Elisabeth can summon a light bow. After hitting the opponent with her arrow, she transforms into a light bird.
* **Sleep Resilience** - Elisabeth can easily stand up to three consecutive nights without sleeping, similarly to Ryuji Yamazaki.

## Fighting Style

Elisabeth attacks with a short ranged riding crop. She also uses magical light powers to trick and trap others. Her fighting style is very similar to the French martial art of Savate. Elisabeth abolished the crop in ***The King of Fighters XV***.

## Fanon Appearances

### Game Appearances

* Neo Geo 2: Match of the Century - Playable character
* KOF: The King of Fighters XVI - Playable character
* The King of Fighters: Random Definition - Playable character
* Neo Geo Battle Arena - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: Warriors - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: Masters - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: Class C - Playable character
* The King of Fighters: Crossover Calamity - DLC character
* The King Of Fighters: Begining of the Scourge - Playable character
* SNK vs Capcom 2: SVC Clash - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: Memorial - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: Memorial Lv2 - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: Memorial Lv3 - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: Disaster in the Story - Playable character
* MUGENGERS: The Orochi's Origin - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: The First Step - Playable character
* Playmore Conflict: Dark Legends - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: Memorial - Playable character