Lancer (Fate/Crossover - Rachel)

Lancer (ランサー, *Ransā*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

"Night has lifted, dawn has come." — Rachel

## Profile

### Identity

Lancer's true identity is Rachel, a fiend hunter from the Holy Vigoor Empire. She is the lead female character of Ninja Gaiden and Ninja Gaiden Sigma, and is something of a tragic heroine. Rachel and her twin sister Alma are afflicted with a blood curse that turns humans into fiends. By the events of Ninja Gaiden, the curse has consumed Alma. Believing there is no cure for their condition, Rachel seeks Alma through much of Ninja Gaiden in order to kill her to redeem her soul.

### Appearance

Rachel is a tall statuesque woman with fair skin, golden blonde hair, light blue eyes and a curvaceous and buxom figure. She has a number of different styles in Ninja Gaiden, but she primarily wears her hair pulled in a loose updo style ponytail, with some hair wrapped around the remaining hair that falls loosely, her hair is center parted and she has sidelocks that frame her face. She has notably full lips that she adorns with darkish red lipstick.

She is usually seen wearing a skin-tight black leather combat suit cut in ways that reveal her skin, it is a leotard that is compressed and cut in ways that reveal her midriff and large breasts. She also wears black thigh-high boots with various belts and knee arsenals, on her left arm she has a red layered Spike shoulder guard. She also often wear earrings with her outfits that vary in style depending on if they're her combat oriented Vigoor gear or her more casual outfits.

### Personality

Rachel at first appears to Ryu as a ruthless and strong hunter who wonders if Ryu is strong enough to stand up against the fiends, for that matter she acts alone making her way through the Vigoor empire until she explains her story to Ryu, who saves her life afterwards.

As the story continues Rachel starts to trust Ryu, giving some information on how to reach Doku, but keeping her strong attitude and tough demeanor.

However at heart Rachel is more sensitive and emotional giving up to her feeling towards her sister Alma, despite her being a fiend she chooses not to finish her off, revealing her weakness to the enemy.

By the end of Ryu's journey Rachel appears to be less of a hot head and more caring, as she rushed to a volcano to save Ryu and standing aside of Ryu when Murai reveals his treason.

Rachel is a battle hardened warrior who is determined to hunt down and kill all demons. Though she feels the need to put on a tough face when dealing with people, she is a kind, generous and loyal soul whose only wish is to help people. Her cursed lineage has caused her to become a Fiend Hunter, but she truly fights to protect others.

### Relationships

#### **Ryu Hayabusa**

Hayabusa and Rachel's relationship was initially complicated due to Rachel's coldness towards Hayabusa, while Hayabusa didn't like Rachel when she was testing him during the Dark Dragon Blade Incident in Ninja Gaiden. Despite their differences and ideals, the two have come to mutual terms, forming a working relationship as well as a close friendship, and slay the evil Fiends together whenever they meet, with Rachel slowly beginning to trust Hayabusa over time because of him rescuing her from enemy capture multiple times while she was on a crusade to slay her own twin sister, who had become evil due to the fiend blood in her veins. Her respect and admiration for Hayabusa can be seen in Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate when she says he's like having the strength of a hundred others. In the 6th entry of the series, her respect still shows, and she even thanks him for a satisfying fight upon emerging the victor.

#### **Momiji**

Although they have highly contrasting personalities, Rachel and Momiji seem to have a mutual respect for each other, perhaps united by their common aim to protect the innocent. They form working partnerships very often and help each other out on their missions. They have a full tag alliance and seem perfectly in synch with one another, proclaiming "Evil, begone!" together in unison for their tag intro. After a match, Momiji declares that the match goes to them and Rachel voices her approval as they both gaze at each other with respect and admiration for one another.

## Abilities

Rachel's blood curse endows her with superhuman strength and an innate ability to sense the presence of fiends. She is not very agile, however, and depends mainly on her strength to deliver slow-but-devastating blows to her opponents. In Ninja Gaiden her signature weapon is a War Hammer, but in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 she replaces the War Hammer with the Inferno Hammer and gains the Type 666 Heavy Machine Gun. As a hunter of Fiends, you'd need to have top-notch reflexes, and Rachel fits the description, being able to block, dodge, or counter the devastating attacks of Fiends with relative ease. Rachel is skilled in the Magical Arts, making use of two spells: the Blades of Oroborous, and Magic of the Raging Aphrodite.

Rachel's fighting style is an improved version of SPARTAN-458's: she utilizes brawler style attacks, but Rachel doesn't seem to use any formal martial art or style.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Blades of Ouroboros; "Sorcery of Fiend's Blood"**

The Blades of Ouroboros is a type of sorcery Rachel can use due to the cursed blood she possesses. When she uses her magic, orbs of energy form around her and it creates rays made from the energies of fire and lightning which can cut through her targeted enemies like sword blades. She can also use this sorcery to power-up her normal attacks, such as when she used her War Hammer to break the Temple tower in half.

#### **Magic of Raging Aphrodite; "Bloody Thorns of the Love Goddesses' Tears"**

A spell that eviscerates enemies with the thorns of deadly roses. The blood-loving roses from the hereafter spawn a whip of thorns that spins at breakneck speed, tearing nearby enemies to shreds.

The demonic roses that dance above the carnage are described as being the crimson tears of the Goddess Aphrodite in tales of old.

## References

https://ninjagaiden.fandom.com/wiki/Rachel

https://koei.fandom.com/wiki/Rachel

https://deadoralive.fandom.com/wiki/Rachel

https://deadfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Rachel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel\_(Ninja\_Gaiden)