Saber (Fate/Mythos - Pyrrha Alexandra)

*"My name is Pyrrha Alexandra, daughter of the divine warrior Sophitia Alexandra. Unlike her, I became a puppet for the darkness, a disgrace to my family's name. I'm so sorry."* - Pyrrha Alexandra.

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

## Profile

### Identity

Saber's true identity is **Pyrrha Alexandra**, the timid and untrained daughter of the legendary Sophitia Alexandra and the most recent wielder of Soul Edge. Pyrrha is the daughter of Sophitia and Rothion, the older sister of Patroklos, the niece of Cassandra and Lucius, and the granddaughter of Achelous and Nike. Kidnapped while young by the Soul Edge Worshipper Tira after seeing the dark potential in her and to spite the Alexandra sisters for their constant interference, she knows very little over her family with what she does know being not the complete story due to the lies and half-truths brought by Tira.

Unlike her brother, who is arrogant and revels in battle, Pyrrha is notably far more cowardly and reluctant. She is usually afraid of fighting opponents and only does when she has no choice. In one of her victories, she runs away upon defeating the opponent. She is described as "a balanced fighter who relies heavily on her shield to block and parry attacks".

### Appearance

Despite being the older sister of Patroklos, Pyrrha's appearance is more reserved and youthful than her brother. She bears a strong resemblance to her mother, Sophitia. Pyrrha is quite beautiful, with shoulder-length blonde hair, green eyes, pale skin with rosy cheeks, pink lips, small freckles and a blue ribbon on her right side of her head. She wears an elegant white dress with long leather brown and white boots, a brown shirt and gloves.

Overall, her outfit styles seem to follow a chained-heart theme as different variations of it have several chains (real or stylized) as well as stylized hearts on it. This becomes most obvious with one of her clothing style's armlet, which shows a heart in a birdcage, surrounded by chains. The same pattern is recurrent in Pyrrha's second clothing style.

### Personality

Pyrrha appears weak willed, being reluctant to fight her opponents. On occasion, she even seems to regret winning as she cries after a battle, denying her own fault. The way she fights combined with her words make her participation in the battles look very forced, which is unlike any other fighters in her universe. This is due to her having grown up being seen as a bad omen. She taught herself to avoid conflict and apologize even as others turned their back on her. She has a sweet, somewhat fragile and sad personality. Her gentleness is reminiscent of her mother Sophitia when she was young, who later on became tougher because of the turmoil and her involvement with the swords.

In a semi-alternate continuity, while still meek and shy, Pyrrha has notably become more confident; being able to stand up to Tira, saying she is no longer a tool, and knocking out Dampierre when he attempts to look up her skirt. Rather than being reluctant, Pyrrha smiles more often, and many of her battles and words express her more cheerful personality.

### Relationships

#### Her Master

Due to her submissive and weak-willed nature, Pyrrha is perhaps one of the most obedient Sabers. This mean it is very rare for to actually disobey a command if it less the morally righteous. While more compassionate masters are no willing to use her that way, more evil masters would use this submission for their agenda, irreverent of her happiness.

#### Tira

About 17 years ago, she was abducted by Tira when she was only a child to be used as leverage for Sophitia's service. When her mother sacrificed herself so Pyrrha could live, Tira would take the young Pyrrha under her "care" as Tira saw her as the next wielder of Soul Edge after her master died. As she was pretty much raised by Tira, Pyrrha became dependent on the mad assassin. Though, she appears to be unwilling to work with her at times, Pyrrha does considers Tira to be her only friend. Therefore, she usually trusts Tira's judgment, even when it appears cruel in nature.

#### Viola

She and Viola met once after she was once rescued from Tira. Viola sensed a dark and dangerous aura inside her but her feelings toward Pyrrha, while understandably cautious, is still mostly warm.

## Abilities

Pyrrha's moveset is heavily based on her mother's and aunt's, Cassandra Alexandra, style (also possessing moves that involve use of her buttocks, like Sophitia's Bottoms Up, and Cassandra's Hip Charge), however with her original moves, it's strongly suggested that Pyrrha has little to no experience in battle. This is most visible in her stance, her guarding stance and her clumsy throws, which are causing a lot of commotion in other fighters' circles.

This is unlike any other fighter in her world, since all of them are either martial artists, trained warriors, or practitioners of a self-created style. Also, like the rest of her family, she isn't the best at ranged combat. Despite these problems, she is generally considered as a high-tier foe for her opponents.

### Notable Skills and Techniques

* **Magic Resistance** (C Rank): Due to the capabilities of the Saber-class, Pyrrha is somewhat resisted to most types of human magic.
* **Independent Action** (C Rank): Pyrrha is able to stay in the world for one day without a Master.
* **Divine Blessing** (C+ Rank):
* **Guard Impact** (B Rank): A defensive skill that all warriors from her world possess. It is executed when a fighter quickly guards when an opponent's attack connects. Pushing forward will result in a "counter", while pulling back will execute a "parry". Both have the same general effect: the opponent's attack is deflected and they suffers a significant loss in their Soul Gauge, while the defender sustains no damage.

#### Other Skills

* **Seraphim Meteor**:
* **Jet Stream Rush**:
* **Ascension**:
* **Plasma Blade**:

### Noble Phantasm

#### Trinity Strike

Trinity Strike is Pyrrha's Noble Phantasm, being the representation of her skills and flaws yet potential to be very dangerous if she continues her path. At first, Pyrrha will shy away from her opponent, which symbolizes her hesitance and unwillingness to fight. She then stabs her foe thrice with her sword as it glows with a photokinetic aura.

Pyrrha's Phantasm is considerably low on damage compared to other such skills and is unable to lead into combos. However, this attack benefits as a finisher for her strikes that send the opponent into the air, such as the "Seraphim Meteor", "Jet Stream Rush", "Ascension", or even "Plasma Blade".

## Quotes

* *"Just stay back, or I'll kill you!"* - Pyrrha.
* *"I'm sorry... I have no choice."* - Pyrrha.
* *"Well then, best of luck."* - Pyrrha.
* *"Patroklos, I'll give it my all."* - Pyrrha to Patroklos.
* *"Oh God... this can't be my fault!"* - Pyrrha.
* *"I'll remember you. You fought well."* - Pyrrha.
* *"Not my fault... You brought this on yourself!"* - Pyrrha.
* *"No, I don't want to get hurt. I don't want to die."* - Pyrrha.
* *"Oh God... this can't be my fault!"* - Pyrrha.
* *"I-I can't fight anymore."* - Pyrrha after being defeated.
* *"I will be used by you NO LONGER!"* - Pyrrha to Tira.
* *"What's your name? Hey, what's that thing you're holding, miss?"* - A young Pyrrha to Tira.
* *"You'll have to get﻿ through me first!"* - Pyrrha to Nightmare.
* *"Stop hurting me, stop rejecting me, stop killing me!"* - Pyrrha before becoming Pyrrha Omega.

### Crossover Quotes

* *"You revolting fiend. Get away from me. Get away!"* - Pyrrha to Ghirahim.
* *"No! I refused to allow the darkness to take over me! I will never! Never!"* - Pyrrha to Darth Vader.
* *"Sorry miss but I think you have mistaken me for someone else. (...) Both our names are Pyrrha? I guess that's the reason for this little mistake."* - Pyrrha to Ruby Rose.

## Gallery

*Pyrrha's "battle" stance**Baby Pyrrha in the hands of Sophitia*
## Trivia

* It's possible that Pyrrha is a victim of what is known today as Stockholm syndrome in regards to her relationship with Tira, despite what Tira has put Pyrrha through.
* The name "Pyrrha" in Greek means fire. The choice of her name might be a reference to a Pyrrhic victory. Pyrrha shares her name with a figure in Greek mythology. In the Creation of Man, Pyrrha is wife to Deucalion, who are found by Zeus to be the only humans worthy to live and destroy the rest of humanity with a flood. In order to repopulate the Earth, Pyrrha and Deucalion are told to throw stones over their shoulders, which then grew into a host of men and women.

## References

* https://soulcalibur.fandom.com/wiki/Pyrrha
* https://8wayrun.com/wiki/pyrrha/
* https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Pyrrha\_Alexandra
* https://www.giantbomb.com/pyrrha-alexandra/3005-19173/
* https://queensblade.fandom.com/wiki/Pyrrha\_Alexandra