Saber (Fate/Crossover - Ragna the Bloodedge)

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

"I'll show you the power of the Azure! " - Ragna the Bloodedge

## Profile

### Identity

Saber's true identity is Ragna the Bloodedge, He is the wielder of the Azure Grimoire and Aramasa, and an SS-Class criminal hunted by the world-spanning government, the Novis Orbis Librarium. As a child, his orphanage was destroyed in a great fire caused by his younger brother Jin, possessed by the spirit known as Yūki Terumi (when he’s still in possession of Hazama Honoka’s body prior being separated in Chrono Phantasma event), who cut off his right arm and disappeared alongside having their younger sister Saya kidnapped by Terumi. Ragna survived thanks to the timely intervention of the vampire Rachel Alucard, who grafted the Azure Grimoire into his new arm. After undergoing training under the legendary hero Jubei Mitsuyoshi, Ragna set out to use his power to destroy the N.O.L. in revenge. His arrival in the 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi has led to a chain of events which threaten the balance of the universe.

### Personality

Often, Ragna is described as being rough around the edges. He frequently swears and displays antisocial behaviour. However, he is actually kind to those who he cares about, and will stop at nothing to make sure they are safe. He's rarely open about his feelings towards others, with this trait most notably displayed in his interactions with Rachel Alucard and his brother, Jin Kisaragi. Ragna often charges in blindly without thinking ahead, but there have been times when this attitude has worked out for him. Few people mean more to Ragna than his family.

Even though he can come off as serious for most his interactions with people, Ragna does have a sense of dry humor and often displays it when he's around Taokaka. He's also understanding of the younger cast, and has been seen playing with the Kaka Kittens, as well as going along with Tao's eccentric behaviour. Ragna has also been known to buy meals for both Tao and Platinum the Trinity when he thought they were starving, despite not knowing either of them at the time.

Ragna used to hold a stigma against all Boundary Interface Prime Field Devices but over time, he came to accept them. Before he moved on to the World of the Gods, he began to drop his antisocial behaviour, and was willing to sacrifice himself in order to save everyone from Doomsday and Susano'o. He forgot about no one during this time, even saving Tenjo Amanohokosaka, whom he had never met.

### Relationships

#### **Jin Kisaragi**

Both Sabers are brothers, and both have a intense rivalry against one another. Jin as an unheathly obbession for when he sees Ragna nearby, wishing for them to kill each other.

#### **Noel Vermillion**

As Archer is his reincarnated sister Saya, she is one of the few individuals Saber genuinely cares for.

#### **Rachel Alucard**

Caster is the one who saved Saber from the brink of death. Though he gets annoyed by her insults to him, he still feels that she cares for him.

#### **Tsubaki Yayoi**

Ruler and Saber can't stand each other, though their animosity lays more on her part, as she blames him for the misfortunes brought upon her friends.

#### **Hazama**

Saber has a deep hatred towards Assassin, enraged when in first sight of him. This due to the fact he is responsibile for his misfortune and suffering, which Assassin takes great pleasure of exploiting by taunting him relentlessly.

#### **Ruby Rose**

Saber and Lancer have met before in an alternate reality where the fates of different worlds merged, and for the champions of each world to return home, they had to fight each other for the Keystones. The two of them have since become good friends, and she finds his Blood Scythe a cool weapon.

## Abilities

Befitting of his title as the Grim Reaper, Ragna possesses great power, although he seldom uses it to its full extent. Having spent nearly all of his adolescence under Jubei, Ragna is at the peak of physical fitness, and finds little difficulty in wielding his oversized sword - the Aramasa. Aramasa can deliver heavy blows with large blade, and can transform into a scythe at Ragna's command. Even with Aramasa alone, Ragna can defeat scores of NOL soldiers without exerting himself.

What defines Ragna as the Grim Reaper is the power of the Azure Grimoire. Having had the device for most of his life, Ragna demonstrates great mastery over it. The grimoire has an aura that drains the souls of those around it, and heals Ragna with the lives it takes. This is an artificial Drive given to Ragna, as he was born without one. It is called Soul Eater, and in gameplay, it performs the same function by restoring health to Ragna every time he lands a successful Drive attack. Because the Azure Grimoire is essentially a cauldron, Ragna has an endless supply of seithr at his disposal, and he has demonstrated the ability to summon various dark energies that resemble parts of the Black Beast, such as the Beast's claws, breath, or heads, like with his signature Dead Spike ability. Aramasa works well with the Azure Grimoire as Ragna channels the latter's power through the sword. Ragna can absorb the wishes and dreams of the chosen using Soul Eater, although his body has to pay a heavy toll to continuously do so.

Before the incident at the church, Ragna had no gift in Ars Magus, and was completely unable to use it. The Azure Grimoire has remedied his aptitude, and he is capable of using several different Ars. One allows him to become completely invisible to man and beast, and is something he uses to move between Hierarchical Cities without being detected; another allows him to drastically slow his descent from high falls. In order to contain the incredible power from the Azure Grimoire, Ragna wears a seithr regulator on the back of each hand, but their limits can be released, which is represented as him being in Unlimited mode in gameplay if he does so. To a further extent, he can also remove his Idea Engine limiter, which made him strong enough to match the God Susano'o, but also makes him uncontrollable and had a risk of destroying his physical body.

As an artificial human, Ragna is capable of resisting the power of the Azure Grimoire, and takes time for it to completely corrupt and destroy his body. Furthermore, Ragna has an accelerated healing factor because of the device, and has survived numerous attacks that would kill an ordinary human. He has survived having lost both of his arms, and being stabbed by a Nox Nyctores. Ragna's will to survive is what has allowed him to withstand incredible pain. Despite his brutish nature, Ragna can come up with quick plans and solutions, and occasionally displays flashes of academic brilliance, such as immediately recognising Fuzzy as a vampire. Years under Jubei's tutelage has taught him much about the world and its history, and Ragna is a capable cook who specialises in barbecue.

Unfortunately, Ragna has many weaknesses, though most of his weaknesses have been solved over time. His headstrong nature leads him to make rash decisions, although he has mellowed over time and become more level-headed. The Azure Grimoire will certainly kill him, or worse, turn him into a Black Beast, which contributes to the reason he rarely using his power to its full extent, essentially forcing him to hold back at many occasions. At first, Hazama can nullify his Azure Grimoire with his own superior version, but this has been solved with Idea Engine which he got from a dying Lambda. Whenever he is around Celica A. Mercury, he loses sight in his right eye and cannot use the Azure Grimoire, including merely moving it - his right arm, practically paralyzing it, but Kokonoe has since solved this with a Noise Canceller. Connected to the weaknesses above, as stated by Kagura, Ragna also relied too much on the Azure Grimoire, throwing his power around without skills or precision, which put him at disadvantage on the scenario where he can't use his Azure Grimoire, like when he's around Hazama or Celica, but Ragna has grown out of that after understanding the meaning of his power, becoming a much more powerful and efficient fighter, starting with him besting Nu without the Azure Grimoire. His Soul Eater also only works when fighting against people that actually have souls. Therefore, he is at a disadvantage against someone like Fuzzy, because he summons soulless monsters like ghouls and a Bone Dragon.

### Skills

#### Class Skills

Magical Resistance (D Rank): Due to constant combat between the Armagus users, he had learned to adapt to dispel many spells that is used by the ordinary ars armagus user to high levelled ars armagus users. Though he does not actually possess a means to dispel actual magic such as the spells used by Nine and such magic users.

Riding (D Rank):
He has been through countless travels when Saber was alive as he had gone through many Hierarchical Cities in the pursuit of Yuuki Terumi's whereabouts as well as trying to destroy couldrons along the way.

#### Personal Skills

Battle Continuation (B Rank): He had suffered through innumerable battles with wounds that would otherwise have made him perished these would include being impaled numerous times by armagus infused blades, being slashed many times by the Interfectum Malus: Ōkami (a weapon of the gods that could cut off people without the interference of a paradox), and has kept going even when all odds were stacked against him.

Innocent Monster (A Rank): When Saber was still alive he had a notorious reputation to be classed as an S class criminal by the NOL due to the many people that he had incapacitated as well as the many Cauldrons that he has sought to destroy. This made him the subject to the biggest bounty upon any criminal recorded in history, firmly acknowledged by most of the human populace as the “Grim Reaper”. This causes his limbs to look far more like the Black Beast's miniaturized limbs and it immediately sends fear to his opponents from his very mention of his name and his presence, though this would not affect anyone who knows of Saber's true history.

Prana Burst (Darkness) (B Rank): Being the wielder of a Blue Grimoire, Saber is able to manipulate darkness in the form of the various body parts of the Black Beast through his Drive.

Ars Armagus (A Rank): This form of thaumaturgy is not the same as any magecraft used in the Nasuverse as this relies entirely on Seithr (the traces of the black beast’s in the atmosphere to be used as energy for many applications) instead of the mana that is around. He had been taught many techniques and developed himself many techniques that rely on the Seithr that the Blazblue produces naturally. Using the seithr comes so naturally that most Drive-users pale in comparison in how well he can use the seithr around to his favour. Saber is also capable of using a concealment Magic Formula to help hide him from both man and beast.

Blood Kain (B+ Rank): Saber is able to use his Blue Grimoire to greatly enhance his physical abilities and strengthens his Drive, although it wears down his own life force during its duration even to the point of the Grimoire being able to nearly corrupt his entire person.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Blazblue; "the Cauldron’s Pale Blue Light (Evolved)"**

Chant: Restriction 666 released, dimensional interference field deployed. Now engaging the Idea engine! Blazblue, activate!

The Azure Grimoire (also known as the Blazblue) is said to be the most powerful of all of the grimoires, although Saber’s own Blazblue was once the prototype for Yuuki Terumi’s own Blazblue which later evolved into something that surpassed Terumi’s due to the fusion of the Azure Grimoire and the Idea Engine that Lamda-11 (with Nu-13’s soul) had given him. This had let his Blazblue to overcome Yuuki Terumi’s own Blazblue making him more adept in using the Blazblue as well as making him more powerful.

There are things that the Blazblue lets Ragna do and his subsequent Drive comes from the Blazblue which basically lets him regain health by corroding the opponent’s soul each time he had touched them – this is one of the main reasons why he is called the Grim Reaper. Aside from also boosting up the output of his Ars Magus, he is also able to form the many body parts of the Black Beast like the Claw, the wings, the head etc… Though at the cost of using the Blazblue is the inevitable corroding of his soul as well as the fact that the damage that he had taken is “remembered by the soul” meaning that his vitality would permanently reduce each time he takes damage. Even if the wounds may look as if they had been already healed.

#### **Black Onslaught; "Devourer of Shadow Darkness"**

Utilizing the power of the Blue Grimoire, Ragna strikes the opponent with a small uppercut reverse-grip slash, then turns his sword into a scythe and slashes the opponent repeatedly, draining their soul almost entirely before disintegrating them with a final stab.

### Gallery

#### Fate/???

* Ascensions

Ragna Render Art
* Craft Essence

Bloodedge
## References

https://blazblue.fandom.com/wiki/Ragna\_the\_Bloodedge

https://blazblue.wiki/wiki/Ragna\_the\_Bloodedge

https://blazbluextag.fandom.com/wiki/Ragna\_the\_Bloodedge

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