Assassin (Fate/Crossover - Chester)

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

*"I have... absolutely no intention of dying here."* — Chester

## Profile

### Identity

Assassin's true identity is **Chester**, a characters who appears as a main antagonist in Soulcalibur III's side-story, Chronicles of the Sword.

Chester is portrayed as a man without desires or goals. Everything he achieves is meaningless to him, turning into nothing seconds after having obtained it. He feels he's alive only on critical moments, those when his life is on the line, but even then, its unfulfilling at the end.

For one day he was traveling inside a war-stricken town, he spotted a girl with a doll and remembered his younger days and how he enjoyed playing with dolls. At that moment, he thought on playing at a large scale, using the kingdoms and their leaders as tokens of his own game.

He started his plans convincing the younger member of the Halteese's Royal family, Demuth, to rebel and form a kingdom of his own. He then worked as advisor for Dalkia's queen while serving Demuth as Prime Minister. Chester moved the pieces, assuring Maletta's growing into an independent kingdom while diverting Dalkia's attention towards Grandall. When the time was right, Chester backstabbed Demuth and seized Maletta as his own, but his plans were ultimately foiled by the apparition of the cadet, who defeated all his units and Chester himself on Chronicle 10.

A year later, Chester appeared as emperor Strife's advisor and tactician, helping him taking care of the cadet. Even though Chester planned various officers to kill him, the cadet defeats every enemy and finally confronts and kills Chester at Grandall's capital city, Parousia, at 19th chronicle once and for all.

## Abilities

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* Presence Concealment (D Rank): Chester can hide himself from the action, watching from the sidelines and see how the events will play out in the end. Though he can choose how to involve himself in the plot while in hiding.

* Independent Action (A Rank): His class skill represents how Chester has shown no loyalty towards his kingdoms and prefers to play out things his own way. This could also apply to his relationship with his master, has he can act on his own without one for a couple of days.

#### Personal Skills

* Military Tactics (B Rank): Chester had become a royal advisor on the three countries of Dalkia, Maleeta and eventually Grandall. Eventually having military knowledge of the war.

* Submersive Activities (A Rank): This skill presents how Chester had played a part in the Mantis War. He manipulated the three kingdoms into a war, as if they were chess pieces on play, and even securing Maleeta as an independent kingdom until he was defeated.

* Disengage (D Rank): Chester has shown to not willing to die so easily. So much so that we would escape the moment of near death, even if he as to leave his own allies behind.

* Thieves' Guild Dagger Arts (B Rank): Chester was once a leader of a gang of thieves called the Brigand. During his time on this guild, he picked up their own skills with a dagger, equiped with bombs and more of their effective tricks.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Kingslayer; "Deception of the Chess Pieces"**

A dagger, which closely resembles an axe, paired with a skull-shaped bomb, the weapons of choice for Chester. This weapon is the representation of Chester's betrayal towards the kingdom he swore loyalty to, a weapon that represents the art of Backstabbing.

This weapon is most suitable for experts who know when to strike their opponents. It has guarantee a successful sneak attack on the target, the feeling of deception effecting whoever it has it's sight on, but they only have the bare minimum killing power.

## References

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