[The Green Flame] Katou Danzo and Haruka Kisaragi

Servants



Class: Assassin



Alias: Black Kite



True Name: Katou Danzou



History: An infamous spy and thief who, technically speaking, is descended from the Fuuma, an infamous clan of ninja who were most active during Japan’s Warring States period. Numerous reports detailing Katou Danzou’s exploits have been documented over the years, most often reporting on their prowess as an illusionist, sorcerer and puppeteer. That last detail would be what would come to make its mark upon the Throne of Heroes as, contrary to popular belief, the ninja who came to be known as Katou Danzo not only wasn’t a man but wasn’t even human at all but rather a highly sophisticated karakuri doll.



The date of their actual creation has been lost to time and remains a total mystery to Danzo themselves but based on their own intact memories, they were built as part of a joint-effort by the first head of the Fuuma and a black magician as an autonomous agent of the clan. Despite being a doll with no true will of her own, Katou Danzo nonetheless accomplished the vast majority of her duties, enough that records and rumors of them are discussed well into present-day literature. It was this continued scrutiny of their exploits that eventually lead to her being recorded as a Heroic Spirit and an unusual one at that.



Because of their nature as a karakuri doll, the period of activity where Katou Danzou was active is unusually extensive, enough so that not only were they created by the first head of the Fuuma but having been active long enough to serve the fifth head of the clan. However, by the time of the period’s end, Danzo much of these experiences and memories would have become lost, the passing of time and constant assignments degrading her memory and physical status. Unfortunately, it was at this point in time that serves as the basis for her identity in the Throne of Heroes…



Personality: A spirit who is as mechanical emotionally as she is physically. In her lifetime, she didn’t possess free will, instead serving the will of the Fuuma as its blade. Despite her emotional detachment, there are glimpses of a caring and dutiful personality, most likely dating back to some point in time when Danzou was most active within the Fuuma. However, due to the degradation of her memories of the past, much of the circumstances surrounding those traits elude her. It’s for that reason that she often attempts to understand and discover what it means to possess a free will like the humans that surround her.



Weapon of choice: Between her status as a karakuri doll and being created by both a Sengoku Era mage as well as the first head of the Fuuma, Katou Danozu possesses a wide selection of weaponry within her body. Curved blades hidden within her limbs, firearms stored within her fingers, wires that extend the reach of her arms (but don’t call it a rocket punch), even wooden missiles dating back to the mage that created her…Katou Danzo possesses everything a ninja of her caliber could need to accomplish her tasks.



Noble Phantasm:



Mechanical Doll Illusionary Arts – Bull Swallowing - Rank C, Anti-Beast:



The application of a technique described in one of several accounts regarding the illusion of swallowing up a bull, it produces a vacuum to draw foes in and then pulverizing them via compression. Its range is surprisingly large for an assassination technique and, thanks to a Mystic Code included by Danzou’s creator, it possesses demonic-slaying properties. Incidentally, it’s noted as being capable of employing illusions to objects disappear and reappear before people’s eyes making it unexpectedly versatile in non-combat situations.








Black Arts Decapitation Method – Moon Flower – Rank C, Anti-Unit:



Through the use of an illusionary moon flower and substitution techniques, Danzou is capable of decapitating a single target from a distance. However, due to the preparation involved and the gruesome result of the method, it’s a Phantasm that Danzou actively avoids using unless something or someone forces her hand.



Skills:



Class Skills:



Presence Concealment, Rank A: The ability to hide one’s presence as a Servant. Perfectly suitable for spying, it is possible to disappear completely and become nearly undetectable. However, upon preparing to attack, the rank drops considerably.



Personal Skills:



Synthetic Limbs (Mechanical Doll), Rank A++: The flesh itself has become a man-made mechanism, through the use of wooden machinery in the case of Katou Danzou. At Rank A, not only are her limbs artificial but so too is the rest of Danzou’s body. The culmination of the joint-effort between the first Fuuma and infamous mage that created her.



Ninjutsu, Rank A: A generalized term for the various techniques employed by ninjas. Intelligence, combat, torture and so forth, they all vary across the many schools that existed in the Warring States period. In the case of Danzou, because she was imprinted with the skills of the first Fuuma Koutarou, her Ninjutsu techniques are of the Fuuma clan.



Mechanical Doll Illusionary Arts, Rank B+: Techniques that utilize both karakuri and genjutsu (illusions) as their core, they can be considered to be something of a specialty for Danzou given her own status as a karakuri. Fittingly, they’re especially suited to infiltration, spying and combat. However, due to one of her Phantasms revolving around its use and producing unseemly results, using it in combat situations generally doesn’t sit well with Danzou.



Subversive Activities, Rank C: The Mastery of traps and their use in degrading the enemy’s strength and numbers before commencing battle. Though more suited to spying and assassinations, Danzou possesses enough Mastery to reduce the enemy’s combat strength by some twenty percent.



Physical appearance:







A beautiful young woman that would blend in perfectly among the populace were it not for the obvious doll joints and seamlines that run across her frame. Incidentally, many of these seamlines hide various kinds of equipment such as bladed weaponry or firearms and even some wheels.



Clothing and Armor : An outfit befitting a ninja is the best way to describe Danzou’s attire with her most noticeable accessory being the flowing red scarf around her neck. Notably, her clothing does absolutely nothing to hide her nature as a karakuri doll as her joints are on full display.