Assassin (Fate/Crossover - Shura)

**Assassin** (アサシン, *Asashin*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

*"It's time to play. Here I come!"* — Shura

## Profile

### Identity

Assassin's true identity is **Shura**, simply a killer, one who had never tasted satisfaction. She eventually began to destroy evil spirits to keep things challenging. She slayed many demons, until one day she became possessed by one. But even then, she did not stop killing. She continued her aggressive way of life, until the world was calling her "Shura", meaning "Bloodshed".

The spirit that had possessed her was in search of a powerful body so that it could return from the dead. As for the woman, she simply wanted someone worth killing. Together, they transformed from two strong warriors to a single, even stronger warrior.
The spirit still searches for a perfect body, with the woman still looking for someone strong enough to satisfy her.

### Appearance

Shura has obvious Japanese influences in her design including her weaponry and dragon design on her clothes. She wears a black vest top with black underwear and chaps. These are accompanied by blue arm and leg wraps complete with red sandals. Her long hair is tied into a thin ponytail and she has a fringe covering her face. A prominent feature is the grotesque skull of a demon strapped to her left shoulder.

### Personality

Shura can be considered one of the most sadistic and sinister characters in the series. She likes to tease and goad her opponents before she defeats them. Some of her intro quotes reflect this like "Aww...you're so cute." and "I'll teach you a thing or two." She often makes suggestive remarks during combat including "Bad, bad child!" and "I'll tease you all you want!" giving her a somewhat dark and sexually suggestive humor. In addition, her backstory reflects her dark persona, her life focused on satisfying her insatiable appetite for a worthy opponent. Even after she was possessed, her desire to kill still continued.

Overall, Shura is a dark character with a penchant for killing. Her desire for satisfaction leads her to be suggestive and provocative during fights and she is often left unfulfilled with weaker opponents.

### Relationships

#### **Taki**

Toki kept a watch over her during his time as the Fu-Ma clan leader. Meaning they both are connected in someway.

## Abilities

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* Presence Concealment (E Rank): The skill to remain undetected by anything. Though Shura would prefer to strike head on, and thus that is why this skill be very low.

#### Personal Skills

* Naked Twin Blades (B Rank): A skill that doubles the strength of ones use of the blade. Shura is shown to be a master swordswoman of both Twin Katanas. She also seems to possess two wakizashi swords, but she doesn't seemed use them. Though she claimed to said that she could wield them with ease.

* Vengeful Spirit (A Rank): The skill that enhances one with dark and evil spiritual origins. Shura's travels involves her slaying many evil spirits and becoming possessed by such spirit. Her skill can increase her strength, and cause harm to different types of spirits.

* Demon Slayer (B Rank): The skill that increase the effectiveness against Demonic-type Servants and other enemies. Although she is not an huge expert of the sort, Shura is a natural in demon slaying. In her life, Shura has slain many demons in order to become stronger.

* Battle Continuation (B Rank): This skill allows the servant to continue the battle, no matter what condition they are in. Shura has shown some endurance when fighting numerous foes for a challenge, willing to be much stronger than before.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Raijin-Maru & Fujin-Maru; "Twin Blades of Brutal Storms"**

Raijin-Maru & Fujin-Maru is one of Shura's weapons that she wields. There are two forms of the weapon, each with a different power implanted.

Both are identical in stats but slightly different in appearance. The swords are named after the gods Raijin and Fujin of Japanese mythology.

### **Fukushū Kokoro; "Spirit of Lustful Hate"**

A mysterious spirit that Shura came across during her carnage against many demons, one such demon left it's deceased form and possesses her in order to find the perfect body to replace it's former one. The skull implanted in Shura's shoulder is speculated to be the demon Shura slayed right before it possessed her.

The spirit can communicate with Shura and and enhance her skills and power, together merged as one, they become a powerful and dangerous warrior to be faced.

## References

https://soulcalibur.fandom.com/wiki/Shura