Saber (Fate/Mythos - Lucia)

*"Dante told me... devils, never cry!"* - Lucia.

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

## Profile

### Identity

Saber's true identity is **Lucia**, a professional devil hunter who was adopted by Matier as her daughter and apprentice. She is one of the greatest hunters of the Protectors, a clan of Devil Hunters that resides in Vie de Marli. In truth, she is actually an artificial demon created by the modern sorcerer Arius who had abandoned her for being defective and uncontrollable. The truth of her demonic origin weighed heavily upon her, until Dante's words, "Devils never cry" reinvigorated her spirit.

Tall and lithe, Lucia is a deadly beauty with dark skin. She wears her bright red hair in a braid over her left shoulder. The most notable pieces of her wardrobe are her short, white cape, and her exposed midriff. She later worked alongside Dante to defeat both her creator and his benefactor, the demon god Argosax. She would later become an on-and-off member of the Devil May Cry organization while still being with the Protectors.

#### History

Lucia lures Dante to her island home so that Matier, her mother, may ask him to help them to defeat Arius, a sorcerer and millionaire who plots to merge with the demon god Argosax and take over the world. Matier asks Dante to help Lucia to find the remaining parts of the Arcanas, the four ancient, sacred relics used to seal Argosax away from this world and the artifacts which Arius is so desires for. Dante accepts, and he and Lucia start their quests separately.

Much later, Lucia meets Arius. Arius reveals that she is actually a mannequin, like the Secretaries, and was created by him. He says that she was a "defect" and so was about to be disposed of when Matier found her. He also tells her that a mark on her left shoulder - "X" (Chi) (pronounced "Kai") - is actually her real name. Then he demands that Lucia gives him the Arcanas that she have already found. After she angrily rejects, he says that "the world is already warped" and that "everything that belongs to the devils will eventually revert to its original form", including Lucia, and leaves her, uncertain about her own future.

Despite this, Lucia continues her mission to find all the remaining parts of the Arcanas. When she gathers them all, she gives Arcana to Dante, asking him to bring them to Matier for her. After that, she leaves to finish Arius by herself, but is unsuccessful and gets captured. Later Dante comes to rescue her, and gives out all the Arcanas despite Lucia's protests. After Arius and Dante fight, the sorcerer uses his hostage to pull them both out of the building. However, Dante transforms into a devil and they fly to safety. Lucia then asks him why he saved her to which he replies that "every hero has a weakness". There she also meets with Matier, who confirms that they are not tied by blood, but also says that their ties are bound by history and experience, which are much deeper then blood. Then after Lucia thanked her mother for the truth and love, she goes after Dante.

Lucia and Dante manage to enter the Uroboros Corporation's skyscraper building again, just to see that the sun has completely eclipsed and that the ritual cannot be stopped. After something in it goes wrong, it is revealed that Dante had switched the Medaglia coin with his own. Dante attacks the distracted Arius and defeats him. Watching this seemingly end, Lucia attacks Dante and asks him to kill her. She tells him about her doubts and then asks him to kill her again. Before Dante can decide anything, the door to the Demon World opens, even though the ritual was incomplete. Lucia says that she will go because she is "expendable", to which Dante suggests to leave it to fate. After heads fall once again, he takes a motorcycle and enters the Demon World.

After Dante leaves, Arius, now completely turned into a vengeful undead monster, rises out of hellfire from the ruins of the building that had been the giant, Nefasturris, but Lucia puts this twisted abomination to rest. Shortly after, she is seen near the closed portal between the four separate Uroboros skyscrapers, waiting for Dante. Matier is also here, and comforts her, saying that she should not worry as "everything is just as it was with Sparda". Lucia then gets the coin Dante gave to her and reveals that both sides are heads. Much later, Lucia is shown waiting in Dante's shop, flipping his coin continuously. She then hears a motorcycle outside the shop and goes out running.

Several years later after Dante returns from Hell and the events revolving around Fortuna take place, it is revealed that Argosax's right-hand man Balrog has somehow made it to the Human World. Lucia, under the orders of Matier is sent to deal with the demon.

### Appearance

Tall and lithe, Lucia appears as an attractive woman with tan skin. She wears her bright red hair in a braid over her left shoulder. The most notable pieces of her wardrobe are her short, white cape and her exposed midriff. She also has deep emerald green eyes, which help accent both her tanned skin and bright red hair. She wears brown leather gloves that have white lining, and various brown leather gear on her outfit: the holsters for her blades, the pouches for her throwing knives, as well as a series of leather clasps to help keep her cape in place.

Her red hair, white cape, and grey top/pants are meant to mirror the color scheme of Dante. Her red hair to go with his red cloak and her white cape/grey clothing meant to go with his silver hair.

### Personality

Lucia takes her job as both a guardian and servant seriously, being frank and to the point when speaking. However, she possesses a soft and kinder side, as seen as she shows kindness and caring for Matier on multiple occasions (even despite later learning they're not related by blood), and Dante, who she placed her trust into with no objection of any sort.

Lucia is also very selfless, and upon finding out she was a demon created by Arius, she asks Dante to kill her to prevent her from going insane and killing innocent people, as Arius said she would. She is also shown openly worrying for Dante's safety when he claims he intends to enter the portal. Years later, it's revealed that Lucia has feelings for Dante after the two of them reunite in Vie de Marli and defeat the fire demon, Balrog.

However, due to her nature as a protector, Lucia doesn't possess that much human interaction other than her fellow protectors and other demon hunters. In human interaction, Lucia is quite awkward which is also exacerbated by her not knowing really much of anything outside her home and profession. This is shown in her journey to meet with Dante as she got easily lost which getting to her destination. Lucia is also very shy as she rarely speaks to people other than the one she personally knows that she will though she will speak to strangers if required though reluctantly.

She does possess a humorous side. Upon finding out that Dante's coin is actually a two-headed coin, she grins while giggling and fondly refers to him as "That macho...".

### Relationships

#### Her Master

Similar to other Saber-class servants, Lucia is dutiful and loyal to her master. She would follow almost any command without question and complete them as quickly as humanly possible. She is usually stoic and to the point, not willing to mince words which can make her seem blunt to others. Though she is usually quiet, she would not hesitate speak her thoughts if she wishes to.

Her loyalty however isn't 100% as due to her compassion and heroic nature, as she will refuse to do to any mission that proves to be harmful and malicious in nature even if they are needed.

#### Dante

To say that Lucia has a crush on Dante would be an understatement. She truly loves the half-human demon hunter due to what he had done for her. He was the one who gave her the inner strength to push onwards and to accept her true self after she found out her unnatural origins. He had also saved her life multiple times and refused to kill her after finding out that she was a demon, due to seeing the humanity in her.

#### Matier

Despite later learning they're not related by blood, Lucia deeply loves her mother and cares greatly about their history together. She trusts her mother's opinion and so will listen without question which is reciprocated with Matier holding the utmost faith in both her daughter's sense of justice and duty, knowing that she will succeed in her mission.

Despite not being her biological mother, Matier reassures Lucia that their lack of blood relation is irrelevant, and that they are "bound by history and experience, which runs much deeper than blood", and doesn't think any less of Lucia for being adopted.

#### Arius

While simply her target at first, her connection with him was closer than she originally thought. While she is one of the demons he created, she holds no loyalty to him and only seeks to stop from what he is doing which would endanger humanity. While first shaken by the information that she was his abandoned creation, she would move past that thanks to both Dante and her mother and would only treat her creator as a madman desiring to rule the world.

In their final battle, she noticed the irony that the artificial demon that is her has more humanity than her human creator and so would kill Arius without regret, finally ending that part of her history.

## Abilities

### Notable Skills and Techniques

* **Magic Resistance** (B Rank): Due to the capabilities of the Saber-class and her artificial demon blood, Lucia is resisted to most types of human magic.
* **Independent Action** (C Rank): Lucia is able to stay in the world for one day without a Master.
* **Artificial Demon Physiology** (B+ Rank): As an artificial demon through a combination of magic and science, she is genetically weaker than normal demons though is still strong enough to fight against greater demons.
* **Devil Trigger** (A Rank): As a demon, artificial or otherwise, Lucia is able to enter into Devil Trigger which greatly increases her strength, durability and speed for a long time. It also gives her ability of flight with no limitations.
* **Blade Mastery** (B Rank): Thanks to her training with the Protectors, Lucia has learn master the use of every single bladed weapon though she prefers using swords and daggers
* **Power of the Gods** (C+ Rank):

## Quotes

* *"Til next time, son of Sparda."* - Lucia to Dante.
* *"You defeated... Arius... There's just one thing left... Kill me! Kill me and everything will be over!"* - Lucia to Dante.
* *"I thought... I was a descendant of the clan that protects Vie de Marli... the ones who have the blood of the devils... But the truth is... I... was created by Arius... I could become a monster and attack the humans at anytime! Now, kill me... It's your job to hunt devils."* - Lucia to Dante.
* *"You fool! Everyone is destined to die!"* - Lucia to Trismagia.
* *"You must be Dante's friends, my name is Lucia. I assisted him in his battle against the sorcerer Arius and his demonic benefactor, Argosax. I hope I am not forcing myself in this group."* - Lucia, meeting the companions of Dante.
* *"You are just as crazed and deluded as Arius. Abandoning your humanity with the most sickest of reasons. Tainting the legacy that she made. You are not human, just a devil in human skin!"* - Lucia to Gilles de Rais.
* *"Ahhh... To gain the admiration of the King of Knights. Oh... my apologies, it seems like I haven't introduce myself. I am Lucia of the Protectors, Devil Hunter of Vie de Marli. It's a pleasure to meet you, your majesty."* - Lucia to Artoria Pendragon.
* *"Ah.... Well, your music is interesting at least though I'm not a fan of it. Not saying your music is bad or anything Ms. Bathory, I just don't like it."* - Lucia to Elizabeth Báthory.
* *"You will harm this world no longer, Baal! Your plans for the eradication of humanity will not succeed! By my duty as a Devil Hunter of Vie de Marli, I shall take you down no matter what!"* - Lucia to Baal.
* *"Demon God born from the unity of seventy-two, I shall make my words clear. Whatever you believe is right is irreverent, I shall not let you bring upon the end of humanity. I am Lucia, Devil Hunter of Vie de Marli, and tonight I will show you the enduring will of humanity. After all, as someone very close to me has said once before, devils never cry."* - Lucia to Goetia.

### Crossover Quotes

* *"So there are clans in Japan that oppose that protect humans from demonkind. I have heard stories of them but to see one in person, your legend does not do you justice."* - Lucia to Samanosuke Akechi.
* *"It is rare for me to see another succubus, even rarer for that succubus to actually revel in fighting."* - Lucia to Morrigan Aensland.
* *"No, it does not matter what you are. You are a threat to humanity so I will strike you down, abomination. **Permanently**."* - Lucia to Nemesis T-Type.
* *"You may not be a demon but I will not allow you to summon the great darkness. I swear, I will show you that even Death can cry."* - Lucia to Death.
* *"Wha-... What even are **you**?"* - Lucia to the Doom Slayer.
* *"You may hold the appearance of an angel but you are no angel. You are vile as the demons you work with, inside and out. And like those demons, you will fall by my hand."* - Lucia to the Khan Maykr.
* *"For the supposed ruler of Hell, you don't seem as malicious as the demons of my world. Regardless, if you make trouble, you will answer to me!"* - Lucia to Lucifer.
* *"You claim to be beyond even Mundus? I want you to show me how."* - Lucia to Ghost Rider.
* *"Dante has certainly made some... **strange** friends."* - Lucia to Deadpool.
* *"I'm truly sorry for your plight, but I cannot condone your actions or methods."* - Lucia to Spawn.
* *"You work to reform demons? How unusual, but your compassion is much appreciated, nonetheless. Still, it is my duty to ensure they cannot harm the innocent."* - Lucia to Charlotte Magne.

## Gallery

*Lucia's Devil Trigger**Lucia in Diesel clothing**Lucia in more Diesel clothing**Lucia using her Devil Trigger*
## Trivia

* As she had to make clear more than once, even though her name is the same as St. Lucia, it doesn't mean they are the same person.
* It is unclear if her fellow Protectors have found out she is an artificial demon.

## References

* https://devilmaycry.fandom.com/wiki/Lucia
* https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Lucia\_(Devil\_May\_Cry)
* https://capcom.fandom.com/wiki/Lucia\_(Devil\_May\_Cry)