Yamato Takeru

Yamato Takeru is a legendary ancient Japanese prince whose story is told in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki; this iteration debuted in Fate/Samurai Remnant. He has sometimes been called "Japan's King Arthur" due to similarities in their legends. The son of a great emperor of the Yamato, Takeru was ordered by his father to kill anyone who refused to submit to Yamato rule, though in truth this was just a ploy to outcast Takeru after he had murdered his brother. Takeru reveled in the killing, finding purpose in his desire to kill. When his wife killed herself as a sacrifice to clam the rage of a sea God, Takeru was overcome with rage and sadness. With his wife gone and his father still outlasting him, Takeru went on a killing spree that expanded beyond the guidelines his father initially set. Now a broken, empty soul, Takeru would kill anyone and everyone that he came across, be they innocent people or powerful gods. After months of slaughter and destruction, Takeru would finally be slain, and in his final moments he would come to regret spending his life doing nothing but maiming and killing countless people, guilty or innocent.

Now a Heroic Spirit, returned to his youthful body and age, Takeru is given parole from death, which he uses to explore all of life's beauty and wonders, often being completely overwhelmed by even the littlest things in both human society and in nature. He is extremely curious about just about everything, with a willingness and desire to learn and be taught about anything and everything he sees and does not understand. Considering the time period he is from, Takeru finds himself in his own personal heaven in the modern age, with no shortage of new things to learn about, whether they be as technologically advanced as a smart phone, or something as simple as a bicycle. He even struggles to grasp certain commonplace contemporary concepts, such as being unfamiliar with the concept of paper. Additionally, they often find it challenging to comprehend modern metaphors and idiomatic expressions. No matter what it is, Takeru is happy to learn about it.

His Heroic Spirit class is "Saber", being a master of swordsmanship. Should the need to fight or battle anyone arise, he will use his power as a Saber-class servant to cut down any foe in his path.

However, his curiosity is second only to his extreme appetite and desire to eat only the most delicious of cuisine. Takeru is easily distracted by the smell or sight of a good looking meal, and will sometimes literally salivate at the sight or smell of something that might be delicious. Whenever Takeru is not curiously exploring the world, he is impatiently waiting for his next meal. His favorite food is rice and miso soup. He sees agriculture as a symbol of peace to be lauded

Takeru displays impulsive and self-assured traits, having somewhat if a strong ego. He perceives most, if not all people as fragile and susceptible to harm. Whenever something doesn't go his way, he very easily and quickly gets annoyed and pouty.

Takeru was, and still is, a master swordsman, one of the best in fact; his skill and abilities in swordplay and battle far surpasses the realm of normal humans. He wields his own personal magic sword named Amenomurakumo-no-Tsurugi. It is an uchigatana-length sword with a jagged, curving blade. He carries a second sword suspended on his waist in a scabbard, though that sword is merely for decoration. Amenomurakumo-no-Tsurugi has the ability to possess and manipulate water around him, allowing him to perform magical feats such as changing the flow of a river, or jetting water below his feet to surf across any body of water.

His first of three "Noble Phantasms", an extremely powerful magic that is unique only to him, allows him to temporarily assume a divine state of being, essentially becoming harmonized with the surrounding world. By revealing this power, he instantly gains access to godly powers, the effect of which is up to him to decide.

His second "Noble Phantasm" is an ability that allows him to conceal and cloak his sword in a magic floating body of water, hiding its presence from any onlookers.

His third "Noble Phantasm" is a swordsman technique where he slashes and unleashes eight watery sword slashes simultaneously. These slashes resemble the eight-headed serpent Yamata-no-Orochi, which the sword originates from.

The great power of these "Noble Phantasms" come at a great cost of energy. Takeru will not be able to use these abilities often, as they will take all of his energy to use and leave him exhausted and in need of rest afterwards. Because of this, these abilities should rarely be used, if ever at all.

He has amber colored eyes. His hair consists of bushy forelocks and sidelocks with a single "antenna" sticking into the air. He wears the rest of his hair, which fades from black to white near the end, in a long, narrow braid which falls down their back or over his shoulder. He wears a long, white tunic in a traditional East Asian style with baggy black trousers and sandals. He also wears two pairs of bracelets, one pair set with a green stone, as well as a wide metal choker and a beaded rosary around his neck. The other clothes he wears lean more on the feminine side, but that is only because the clothes of a girl remind him of the clothes of his time.

He is short, measuring at around 154 cm (or five feet) tall. He has an androgynous body type, with both masculine and feminine traits, even the way he dresses can be described as such. However, he is undeniably a male due to the presence of, well... certain body parts. Despite this, he never refers to himself as a man, nor a woman.