Alter Ego (Fate/Crossover - Lisette)

**Alter Ego** (アルターエゴ, *Arutā Ego*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

*"Admit it. I was the only one who gave you what you needed most... what you wanted the most..."* - Lisette

For the Berserker version; here's the link to that version of Lisette

## Profile

### Identity

Alter Ego's true identity is **Lisette**, a young girl who, according to Harpae, is very ill. Unlike the other characters, Lisette does not display any interest in helping Goldia in her quest to find her lost memories. She is the fourth character to be introduced to Goldia.

Once, there was a girl named Goldia die Heilige, born of a wealthy family. Doted upon by father and mother alike, Goldia lived a childhood free of hardship and toil. But Goldia’s mother, Elise, harbored a dark secret that would tear Goldia’s life apart one fateful day.

Elise once lived in a small, destitute village. One day, she heard a rumor of someone who could grant the wishes of anyone who dared to seek them out. Someone who wasn’t quite human. Far from it, this wish-granter was a strange boy who could only be described as a demon.

Such an individual was untrustworthy. But still, for a single chance at happiness, Elise struck a deal with that strange boy. In exchange for prosperity, Elise promised the name of her daughter to that demon, damning her daughter in the process.

For almost a decade, sweet innocent Goldia had nary a clue of the fate that awaited her. But then, with the passing of Elise nigh, Goldia was handed a letter written from her mother’s deathbed, a letter that confessed her misdeeds.

Reading that letter, Goldia fell into a deep denial and shattered into three personalities: Fleta, the young and bratty princess who allowed Goldia to maintain the pretense of the innocent child. Harpae, the responsible and righteous woman who carried out Goldia’s duties in her stead.

And then there was Lisette.

Poor, poor Lisette who had neither Fleta’s innocence or Harpae’s righteousness. No, Lisette had instead all the anger — all the madness that Goldia developed from reading that letter. Any wrong Goldia committed — any wrong that any of Goldia’s reflections committed, they were all blamed on Lisette.

Lisette was the one who threw that tantrum. Lisette was the one who scribbled over those notes. Lisette was the one who made Goldia rip her own hair and stab herself with her quill.

Lisette, Lisette, Lisette. It was always Lisette’s fault.

And Lisette hated it. Lisette hated being the scapegoat. Lisette hated being reviled simply by existing. And most of all, Lisette hated Goldia, the one who created her to solely to suffer this existence of torment and flagellation so Goldia did not have to.

…And yet, deep inside, Lisette also loved Goldia, for Lisette’s purpose was to protect Goldia by taking on Goldia’s pain instead. This existence of hating yet loving Goldia was too much for Lisette to bear by herself, and so Lisette slumbered away in Goldia’s mind, casting away these impure feelings of hatred to her own reflections, not unlike how Goldia did to Lisette.

And so, the Sleeping Maiden of Horrors persists: Her fitful slumber giving birth to twisted landscapes of self-torment and endless reflections of hatred and grief alike, awaiting for the day when Goldia ventures through her own mind.

But whether that fateful meeting will lead to destruction or reconciliation… who can say?

### Appearance

Lisette has long, unkempt blonde hair, parted sloppily in the middle, and violet eyes. She wears a button-up white shirt with a high, ruffled black collar and cuffs, with a purple brooch pinned to the collar. Lisette also wears a brown buckled corset, and her skirt has black fabric sewn into the waistband. She wears dark purple tights and black ballet-slipper shoes laced up to her mid calf. Her skin is very pale, and she wears a flowered ribbon on the left side of her head. She is always seen holding a pair of scissors in each hand.

Lisette's face is often shrouded in shadow, which hides one or both of her eyes from view. As with the other characters, her eyes glow red when angry. In her good ending her face is visible, and the dark circles beneath her eyes make it appear as though she is sleep-deprived or has been crying.

In GoldenerTraum, Lisette recieves a small redesign. Her blonde hair is fuller, albeit still unkept, and part of her hair is tied up with a flowered, lace ribbon. Her collar is a dark purple and more ruffled, and the purple brooch is replaced by a lavender rose. Her shirt is no longer a button up, and the cuffs of her sleeves have been replaced by dark purple belts with gold buckles. Her sleeves ruffle out at the ends. The fabric sewn into her waistband has been changed to the same dark purple as her collar, as has numerous belts attached to it. Two of the belts are buckled together, while two are left undone. Lisette retains her ballet-slippers shoes, with an addition of a lavender rose on the top of each shoe.

Instead of holding a pair of scissors in each hand, Lisette instead holds solely a gold pair in her left. A red ribbon is seen tied to the scissors in the shape of a bow.

### Personality

Thanks to her Chimeric Reflection skill, the “real” Lisette, despite her extraordinary high rank in Mad Enhancement, remains a rather calm individual. The effort needed to maintain her reflections, leaves Lisette exhausted most of the time, meaning she spends most of her time sleeping, and on the rare occasions she’s awake, she’ll typically speak in short, almost disjointed, phrases.

However, Lisette’s reflections are not nearly as self-controlled as Lisette herself. Being the raw, unfiltered emotions of Lisette, Lisette’s reflections indulge gluttonously into whatever emotion Lisette had cast aside to create them, oftentimes appearing to be unstable madwoman as a result.

…Most dangerous of all, however, the simple fact is that deep down, Lisette resents being a Servant. Being an entity subservient to the wishes of another reminds Lisette too much of how she used to be an alter that existed solely so Goldia wouldn’t have to experience her own pain and distress. Those feelings would be magnified ten-fold if Lisette were to be summoned in a Grail War and would find out that the path to the Root could only be unlocked with the death of all seven Servants — including herself.

Furthermore, even if Lisette herself recognizes that her Master might not entirely be at fault, the fact remains that the Mad Enhancement skill that she is summoned with forcibly drives her insane, which continuously forces Lisette to create more and more reflections simply to prevent herself from going insane. Thus, Lisette’s dislike for the Mad Enhancement skill festers into resentment for the Master that summoned her with this skill.

It’s this resentment that any Master would have to carefully manage, for if Lisette’s resentment grows too much, it would be inevitable that she would create a reflection that embodies that resentment — and consequently, attempt to kill her own Master if only to free herself from her own misery.

## Abilities

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* Mad Enhancement (A Rank): A skill that boosts one’s parameters in exchange for their reason. The skill should be at rank A, wherein all parameters receive a rank-up, but one’s reason is mostly lost. It should have been a skill that would have driven Alter Ego into an insatiable bloodlust.

Yet, due to Alter Ego’s Chimeric Reflection Noble Phantasm, Alter Ego herself receives none of the penalties of this skill. At the same time, however, Alter Ego also receives none of the bonuses that would come with this skill. Effectively, the skill has been lost to Alter Ego.

…But that madness has to be cast somewhere, in the end.

Presence Concealment (A Rank): A skill that hides one’s presence. Alter Ego herself does not possess this skill. Rather, it is her reflections that are produced through Alter Ego’s Chimeric Reflection that actually have access to this skill.

At rank A, it is possible for the presence of Alter Ego’s reflections to disappear completely and become nearly impossible to be detected. The rank of this skill drops considerably when Alter Ego’s reflections prepares an attack, but the moment that reflection chooses to cease its attack, the rank of this skill returns to normal.

With multiple reflections active, it can seem as if Alter Ego was capable of teleportation, for one reflection may vanish right when another reflection appears.

#### Personal Skills

* Witch Trial (B- Rank): A skill denoting one who draws out impulses of suspicion towards one’s self without even intending to do so. Alter Ego’s very nature was to be a scapegoat to receive the blame for the wrongdoings of not just her original self, but the other “reflections” that her original self created as well. It receives a demerit because not all suspicions were wholly unjustified… if one chooses to ignore the fact that Alter Ego, by virtue of her existence, was forced to carry the majority of her original’s destructive impulses.

Due to this skill, all who come to know of Alter Ego’s existence, while failing to know the nature of Alter Ego’s existence, will become predisposed to blame and stigmatize Alter Ego for any and all misfortune, and view Alter Ego’s actions in the most negative light possible.

This skill has no effect against those who know the reason why Alter Ego bears this skill, however. It is difficult, after all, to hate someone once you know that from the very onset of their creation, they received nothing but hate from all those around them.

* Contradictory Mind (C Rank): A skill that allows the switching of alignments.

Alter Ego loves the Maiden of Glimpses whom she was created to protect. Alter Ego hates the Maiden of Glimpses who unknowingly created Alter Ego to suffer in her stead. These two conflicting emotions defines Alter Ego’s entire existence. She would lash out at the Maiden of Glimpses in hatred — then recoil in guilt and shame as she harmed the one she loved.

The effects of this skill have been resolved by Alter Ego’s Chimeric Reflection Noble Phantasm: Reflections created via this Noble Phantasm that are the result of Alter Ego’s anger and hatred are of the Chaotic Evil alignment. Reflections created via this Noble Phantasm that are the result of Alter Ego’s other emotions are of the True Neutral alignment. Alter Ego herself is also of the True Neutral alignment.

* Weak Constitution (A- Rank): A weakness struck by the nature of frail health. A skill that affects only Alter Ego, and not her reflections. Alter Ego’s numerous reflections may have been a dangerous threat, but Alter Ego herself was a fragile maiden who locked herself deep, deep within her own world, sleeping for most of her existence, waking only near the end of her life to reconcile with the Maiden of Glimpses — her original self.

At rank A, Alter Ego is affected with a chronic fatigue, requiring a massive amount of effort to accomplish any physical task. A risk of a sudden status drop is also accompanied with every action Alter Ego takes. These effects only apply to physical tasks. Tasks requiring magical energy, such as Alter Ego maintaining her reflections, are not affected by this skill.

As a result, Alter Ego spends most of her time in a hibernation-like state, only barely lucid to the world around her as she conserves her magical energy to instead maintain her reflections to act in her stead.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Schnee Schere; "Shatter the Curse"**

A Noble Phantasm that appears to be a pair of delicate golden scissors that Alter Ego uses as weapons, with the letter “L” engraved onto on of the blades. The scissors are proof of Alter Ego’s connection to the Maiden of Glimpses, Alter Ego’s original personality. The scissors also serve as a symbol of Alter Ego’s desire to harm that very same girl: Out of both revenge for the Maiden of Glimpses unwittingly tormenting Alter Ego… but also out of love for the maiden, for had Alter Ego managed to “shatter” the Maiden of Glimpses, she could finally free her from the cursed purgatory the Maiden of Glimpses had found herself in — even if it meant death for both of them.

Alter Ego typically uses this Noble Phantasm as a simple weapon to stab enemies with or as a throwing implement to impale enemies — effectively, the Noble Phantasm is used in a manner not unlike how a knife would be used. Furthermore, the Noble Phantasm has Anti-Alter Ego properties. That is, this Noble Phantasm is particularly effective against those who are either existences split from another, or are an existence who has had another split from themselves.

With sufficient anger, Alter Ego (or more likely, one of Alter Ego’s reflections), can invoke a True Name release with this Noble Phantasm. Upon doing so, Alter Ego lunges forward with startling speed as she attempts to stab her target with this Noble Phantasm. The speed and precision of the stab is such that the stab cannot be dodged, only blocked.

…And if one chooses to block the stab, if one chooses to deny the violence and resentment that has defined Alter Ego all her life, then the stab will become lethal. It matters not how sturdy one’s defenses are, Alter Ego’s stab will shatter the defender and their defenses as if they were nothing more than glass.

Conversely, if one chooses to simply to allow the stab to occur, if one chooses to allow Alter Ego to finally vent her rage without punishment for once in her life, the damage of Alter Ego’s assault would be greatly reduced — the strike will never hit a vital spot, and the damage is akin more to being stabbed by actual scissors rather than a Noble Phantasm. Furthermore, what damage is caused from the attack can quickly and easily be mended.

The scissors may appear to be fragile for a Noble Phantasm. However, the scissors are Alter Ego’s violent impulses cast into a physical shape. As such, so long as Alter Ego harbors those destructive feelings, Alter Ego can produce as many copies of these scissors as necessary.

#### **Chimeric Reflection; "An Evening Stroll within the Mirror, and so I remain pure"**

Hatred towards the one who chose her to bear the sins of all the other personalities. Rage against the society who had nothing but contempt for her. Sorrow for her inability to plead her innocence.

Such emotions jeopardized Alter Ego’s ability to protect the one she loved. And so, this Noble Phantasm was formed so Alter Ego could nominally remain pure and protect the Maiden of Glimpses… even as she resented her.

A Noble Phantasm that passively operates — and as such does not require a True Name release, the Noble Phantasm enables Alter Ego to cast off “impure feelings” — that is, emotions and other thoughts that are too overwhelming for Alter Ego to retain, to create copies of herself. These “reflections” of Alter Ego are identical to Alter Ego parameter-wise. They even possess the same skills as Alter Ego outside of the Weak Constitution skill and are able to utilize Alter Ego’s Schnee Schere.

Though it may initially seem that Alter Ego can use this Noble Phantasm to form an army of reflections to overwhelm her opponents, Alter Ego’s reflections may not necessarily possess the mindset for combat, even if they possess the ability, for each reflection of Alter Ego that is created is controlled first and foremost by whatever “impurity” Alter Ego had cast off to form that reflection.

Casting off feelings of wrath and anger, for example, would create an incredibly aggressive reflection — one that is able and willing to inflict harm on others. But on the other hand, casting off feelings of sorrow or shame would likely create an reflection so absorbed in their own self-torment that they lack the willingness to defend themselves. Some of these reflections may be so absorbed in their own torment that they may only have a tenuous grasp on external events around them.

All of these reflections are ultimately autonomous from Alter Ego. Other than being able to choose what “impurity” defines the reflection’s existence, Alter Ego is unable to exert any other influence on these reflections. Furthermore, Alter Ego is unable to receive any information from these reflections. Apart from being sustained by Alter Ego’s magical reserves, these reflections are by all means independent existences from Alter Ego. As these reflections are born out of Alter Ego’s desire to protect herself, however, these reflections will never purposefully endanger Alter Ego.

Thanks to this Noble Phantasm, Alter Ego is effectively immune to most mental manipulation thaumaturgy, as she can simply “cast off” the effects of said magecraft to another reflection instead. Indeed, this is what Alter Ego has done to her Mad Enhancement skill — discarding both the bonuses and penalties of the skill and passing the effects of the skill onto her reflections instead.​

### Quote

* *"Admit it. I was the only one who gave you what you needed most... what you wanted the most..."* - Lisette
* *"So someone has summoned me... I am… Lisette… an Alter Ego… If there’s something you need me to do… Ask one of my reflections instead. I need to rest now… That’s the only way I can help you."* Lisette after being summoned
* *"She did a lot of wrong to me… But so did I… That’s why, one day… I can forgive her…"* - Lisette to Goldia
* *"I still don’t like them… But Goldia… wants me to get along with them… Maybe… they’ll change also…?"* - Lisette to Fleta and Harpae
* *"Don’t trust him… We’re like this… because of him…"* - Lisette to The Strange Boy
* *"It’s strange… They’re like me and the others… But we like Goldia, and they… don’t like their mother… But I think I understand how they feel…"* - Lisette to the Sakura servants

### Gallery

#### Fate/???

* Ascensions

1st Ascension2nd Ascension3rd AscensionFinal Ascension
* Craft Essence

Bond CE: Midnight Circus
## References

https://pocketmirror.fandom.com/wiki/Lisette

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/summon-a-servant-mark-vi-the-dark-six-f-sn-crossover-servants.370875/page-651?post=93145454#post-93145454