Caster (Fate/Crossover - Hades: Izanami)

**Caster** (キャスター, *Kyasutā*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

"*Hahaha... you would dare judge me with the arbitrary rules? I shall enlighten you... I am neither good nor evil. I am death itself.*
*" - Izanami*

## Profile

### Identity

Caster's true identity is **Izanami** (イザナミ), better known by her full title Hades: Izanami, is the former Imperator of the World Void Information Control Organization. In reality, she is the Drive of The Origin and the purported embodiment of death itself manifested in the body of Ragna the Bloodedge's younger sister, Saya.

As the highest ranking political official and commander of the N.O.L., she preferred to act using Department Heads Captain Hazama Honoka and Colonel Relius Clover as her proxies while she ruled the organization from the shadows. The Ikaruga War was enacted on her behalf by her underlings to ensure her awakening by overthrowing the original Imperator, Tenjo Amanohokosaka, and sacrificing an untold number of lives in the conflict to speed up the process.

She was soon awakened following the defeat of the Sword of the Godslayer, Mu-12, to act as Hazama's Observer after he had forcibly shut down the Takamagahara System. Upon her awakening, she proceeded forward with her mission to bring upon the day of reckoning and return the world to nothing.

### Personality

Izanami is a being devoid of any emotion bar subtle hubris and a lust for nothingness. She acts only in accordance to her nature as the destructive power of The Origin, feeling her duty is to bring true death back to the world that was devoid of it thanks to countless time loops. She is incredibly intelligent and specializes in manipulating others around her to realize her goals.

Izanami calls herself a Goddess of Death even though she is technically not one. Regardless, she displays complete confidence in her abilities, knowing that no one can kill her. Despite her immortality, she does not usually indulge it, preferring those under her to do the work instead. When addressing others, she delivers her words with a cold tone, addressing other as if they are insects beneath her; this is not an unusual act, however, as she genuinely believes that she is superior to all others.

When around Ragna, her demeanor sometimes changes because of the influence her vessel has on her. As their souls have been mixed, it is unknown if this is truly just Saya or if Izanami relishes in the pleasure of tormenting him. Her language and tone will sometimes change as she begs him to try and save her. On the other hand, she has an amicable relationship with Relius Clover, as the two have engaged in philosophy and have similar ambitions for the world's destruction, although both are willing to discard one another with little hesitation.

Despite all her confidence and beliefs about others being below her, Izanami has engaged with the philosophy of whether or not she has a soul thanks to being the Drive of The Origin. She has questioned her own existence and wants to know what exactly a soul is and its relation to a Drive. Her thirst for this knowledge is insatiable.

## Abilities

Due to her unique existence as a Drive that gives her abilities unlike any other being. Izanami is, in some sense, immortal - and unique in that she normally cannot be killed by even the Immortal Breaker. Upon her manifestation as a Servant, this immortality was severely reduced to "mere" incredible survivability. As she possesses Saya, Izanami has an immense amount of aptitude with Ars Magus, allowing her to wield a Nox Nyctores class weapon, the Gigant: Take-Mikazuchi, with no visible strain.

Her regular weapon choice is the Yasakani no Magatama, a weapon that usually takes the shape of her crown. In its active form, she uses it to fight against opponents, creating complex and difficult to block attacks with its three segments. In gameplay, her Drive is Exodus Arc, which allows her to change Magatama's form to either fight at long or close-ranges, with the former sacrificing the ability to block. Via her unique abilities, she can generate large balls of blue fire, seemingly teleport, generate skulls and skeletons in battle, stop time, and has physical strength strong enough to impale her opponents with her bare hands.

Although not immediately apparent, Izanami does have some weaknesses. Saya can stir up emotions and cause her to lose her composure, and she can be absorbed by others who have fragments of The Origin's soul, although she's shown to be able to do so herself, attempting to absorb Noel into herself before Ragna intervenes. Saya's body is also weak, and thus she regularly requires rest in-between battles with other Heroic Spirits to avoid overtaxing her vessel.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Eternal Darkness** - "*Soul-Shredding Harvest at World's End*"

Upon grabbing an opponent, she launches them high into the air and calls upon the spirits of the afterlife to aid her in dragging her opponent into the netherworld as she divebombs them into the ground.

#### **Gigant of Demise** - "*Gigant: Take-Mikazuchi*"

Utilizing a great deal of Magical Energy, Izanami summons forth Take-Mikazuchi and commands the monster to unleash a massive beam from its mouth to obliterate the opposition.

### Gallery

* Ascensions

1st Ascension2nd & 3rd AscensionsFinal Ascension
* Craft Essence

Bond CE: Nightmare Repetition
## References

https://blazblue.fandom.com/wiki/Izanami

https://blazblue.wiki/wiki/Hades:\_Izanami

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Hades:\_Izanami