Berserker (Fate/Crossover - Bane)

**Berserker** (バーサーカー, Bāsākā) is the Servant of Albert Wesker in the ??? Holy Grail War.

 "*I am not a **joke**. I am not a **riddle**! I am not a bird or a cat or a penguin! I'm not a scarecrow or a plant or a puppet! I am not your broken friend! I am not your regretful teacher! I am not a child's fairy tale! I am not a circus act here to amuse and frighten you! I am not another of your madmen howling at the moon! And I... I am not... I am not some **rich boy** playing dress-up! **I am BANE !***" - Bane, Batman Vol 3, #18

## Profile

### Identity

Berserker's true identity is **Bane**, the man who broke Batman. Born the son of martial artist turn gang lord Edmund Dorrance, Bane was raised his entire life in the Santa Priscan prison Peña Duro to carry out his father's sentence by Santa Prisca's corrupt government. Hardened by his rough upbringing, Bane smuggled books into prison and honed his body and mind to the pinnacle of human perfection to defend himself. Eventually, he rose to become the prison kingpin. Haunted by visions of a bat in his dreams since childhood, Bane made it his mission to defeat Batman to prove himself by overcoming the symbol of his fear. By adulthood, a scientific research team looking to create super soldiers experimented on him with the experimental super-steroid, Venom. Bane was the only test subject to survive its usage and he would procure it for his mission. Arriving in Gotham, he would become one of Batman's greatest foes.

His greatest achievement was orchestrating a breakout at Arkham Asylum to wear down Batman physically and mentally, before infiltrating the Batcave and savagely beating him, culminating in Bane breaking his spine.

### Relationships

#### **Albert Wesker**

Berserker knows how dangerously treacherous his master is, having experience with other, devious individuals. At the same time, he knows his talents are invaluable to Wesker's plans. As such, both of them use each other for their own ends without any true loyalty towards on another, as they both await for the most opportune moment to dispose of one another when they outlive their usefulness.

#### **Batman**

As his archenemy and the symbol of the creature that haunted his childhood nightmares, Berserker seeks to defeat Avenger by breaking both his spirit and body. His achievement of this feat from Knightfall is something he very much holds in high regard.

#### **The Joker**

Though a fellow member of Batman's rogue's gallery, Bane has a rather difficult time getting along with Joker due to his sheer depravity making him very unreliable.

## Role

### Fate/???

Summoned by Albert Wesker after he traveled to Japan to enter the Holy Grail War, and killed a Magus for his catalyst. Berserker's wish for the grail is both peace of mind and, like his master, world domination. Though he outwardly serves as Wesker's muscular enforcer, he knows Wesker sees him as a pawn to be disposed of when the time is right, and thus he plots his own usurpation of his Master.

## Abilities

Berserker is a world-class fighter and tactical genius from spending his life in prison honing his body and mind to psychical and mental perfection. His deadly mix of brute strength and cunning intellect allows him to easily match his nemesis, Batman.

Despite his brutish appearance, Berserker's intellect and eidetic memory allowed him to master at least nine different language, several forms of martial arts, and various Sciences, History, Geology, and Medicine, among other subjects. He is able to match wits with not only Batman, but also the immortal terrorist mastermind Ra's al Ghul, besting him in a chess game despite having never played it before. In fact, he is one of Batman's few enemies to ever deduce his secret identity, which he was able to do within a year.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Venom**

The super-serum that grants Berserker his superhuman strength. It is injected into his system though the tubes on his body, greatly amplifying his Strength and Endurance by two stages and accelerating his healing to let him recover from extreme wounds. Combined with his Mad Enhancement, this makes Berserker a nigh-unstoppable physical force at maximum dosage.

However, it is highly addictive and over-dosage can turn him insane, with his Mad Enhancement exacerbating it even further. For these reasons, Berserker only uses it when absolutely necessary as a last resort.

## References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bane\_(DC\_Comics)

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Bane\_(New\_Earth)

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Bane\_(Prime\_Earth)

https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Bane

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Bane\_(Post-Crisis)