Rider (Fate/Crossover - Shoko)

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

## Profile

### Identity

Rider's true identity is Shoko, a black haired girl with green skin who died many years before the events of Adventure Time, and is revealed that she is one of Finn's past lives. According to Shoko herself, she was mutilated and abandoned by her parents at a young age, which resulted in her taking the path of a common criminal. She supposedly only has one arm because her parents sold her right arm for a computer before dropping her off at a dojo to give her fighting skills. Her parents never returned to the dojo; thus, Shoko was left without any parents or guardians. She later befriended a tiger, who is also believed to be one of Jake's past lives, and the two began to roam the lands of Ooo in search of work.

### Personality

Due to her parents' abuse and her lack of a proper upbringing, Shoko had a warped view of morality and common sense. For example, she seemed genuinely surprised when Princess Bubblegum told her that parents are responsible for taking care of their children. She was also indifferent about criminal activity, such as stealing, as long as she would be paid with coin. This was seen when she casually took on the job of stealing Princess Bubblegum's amulet. In addition, dialogue between her and the Bath Boy Gang leader suggested that she had taken lesser, but still similar jobs in the past.

Although Shoko cared little about what was right or wrong, she was generally very kind towards those close to her, such as her tiger. Shoko also showed signs of guilt over befriending Princess Bubblegum for the purposes of stealing her amulet. She began to tear up when Princess Bubblegum presented her a mechanical arm for helping her in the Candy Kingdom. Despite this, Shoko's fear of the Bath Boy Gang forced her to carry out the theft of the Princess's magical amulet. However, years after her death, Shoko was able to redeem herself by making Finn return the amulet on her behalf.

## Abilities

Despite only having her left arm, Shoko was a skilled fighter. This was seen when she quickly defeats a Bath Boy Gang member while carrying buckets with little trouble. She accredited this to her time training at a dojo during her youth after her parents left her there and never came back.

Shoko is also a capable thief as she was hired by the Bath Boy Gang's leader to steal Princess Bubblegum's amulet. For the job, she cleverly decided to befriend the Princess rather than attempt to steal the item outright. Shoko also seems to easily work her new mechanical arm, even with the short amount of time she possessed it.
Her tiger appears along with her as her own familiar, and they work well together in a situation.

As a Ghost:

Shoko became a ghost shortly after she fell into a toxic river that once flowed through the Candy Kingdom when it had yet to be contained or neutralized. Upon being immersed, a newly formed Gumball Guardian attempted to rescue her, but the waste proved too noxious for their bodies within the seconds they attempted to fish her out. Shoko was mutated and later emerged as a long amorphous creature. She then crawled up to a hill, in front of a tree sapling, and died. On that very hill, Finn's future tree house grew, where her corpse was in the branches, holding Princess Bubblegum's amulet.

As a ghost, she resembled the form she took during her death. Shoko first appeared as a large slug-like creature with long, green hair in the Castle with Finn as he was hiding. Shoko came out through the wall and gazed at Finn as her hair slowly filled the room. Finn broke through the wall to the next room to escape from her, thinking that she had killed all of his friends and that she was after him too. He later found out though that the party was just a prank by Jake and that Jake had no clue who she was, that he must have imagined it. He then decided to forget the experience by putting it "in the vault."

Shoko, in her ghost form, made a minor reappearance in "King Worm" when Finn unleashed his subconscious fears to escape his dream. This reveals that although Finn put the memory of her "in the vault," he is still subconsciously afraid of her or at least of his memories as her. In "Sky Witch," Princess Bubblegum passes what seems to be a painting or picture of Shoko as a ghost in Maja's house.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Swift Blade Hands**

Shoko gets on top of her tiger and rides on it to the targeted servant.
Shoko draws out her knife, she cuts through the enemy's upper half, stunning them. Her tiger follows after, sheathing it's claws out to thrash the servant. They finish with a barrage of synergy attacks with a cross slice in the end.

#### **Phantom of Amorphous**

This Anti-Unit (Self) Noble Phantasm is based on when Shoko mutated into a beast and became a unrestful spirit. Shoko will transform into her Ghost form, as a ghost, Shoko was able to phase through walls, which was preceded by a ripple effect on the space and a humming sound. Her green hair grew to fill the library that Finn was hiding in, as if trying to reach him. She seems to be able to take possession of items or produce hallucinations. This will continue until she successfully consumes the enemy.

She can be reverted with command seal or let the effects wore off.

## References

https://adventuretime.fandom.com/wiki/Shoko