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Saber (Nero Claudius) - Fate

Overview

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus is the True Name of (Red) Saber in the Nasuverse. Because there are several other characters who look like Nero in the Nasuverse, fans have dubbed her Red Saber as a quick way to differentiate her. She is not Saber of Red, a title that belongs to a character named Mordred in the Nasuverse, who also tends to wear red outfits.

Aliases

Nero Claudius has a few nicknames, including “Emperor of Roses” and “Whore of Babylon.”

Appearance

Red Saber has light blonde hair and green eyes. Her hair is usually tied up in a bun at the back with braids surrounding the bun. Her face is nearly identical to Saber (Artoria Pendragon), but her body is curvier. She is typically illustrated wearing a the Ball Dress of Rose, a classical, formal style red dress with a big skirt and long red sleeves. The torso area of her dress is white and exposes some of her skin. The front of her skirt is white, covered with a more see-through fabric than the red parts. Her shoulder pads are poofy and oversized while the rest of her sleeves are streamlined to hug the shape of her arms.

Another popular look for Nero is when she’s dressed up in the Bondage Bridal Gown, as seen in Fate/Extra CCC. She has earned the name Saber Bride by the fans when she looks like this. In this outfit, Nero is wearing something that looks like a modernized wedding dress. She wears a white veil and a white skin suit covered with many belts and straps. It comes with a light skirt that looks burned and tattered at its edges. She has ankle shackles with short chains on them. The Unshackled Bridal Gown is the same dress, but the top is split open down to her waist, revealing a large portion of her breasts.

Personality

In the Fate/EX series, the protagonist Hakuno Kishinami (male or female as selected) is her Master. Like Gilgamesh, Red Saber is haughty and oozes self-confidence, but she considers her Master as her equal. Nero believes she must always speak like an emperor. She constantly wants to feel on top of the world, and feels that is only achieved if she doesn't do everything perfectly without fault. When asked to name all the Servant Classes, she is not able to, as she feels some are not important enough to remember. She feels only her Class, the Saber Class, has any worth.

She understands that she has a different value system from most other people. For example, she can not really fathom a sweet and tender kind of love, only valuing her selfish type of love. When she was alive, she loved her people in the way she truly believed was the right way. But because of this, she did not receive real love in return.

Nero does not like to be called “princess” because she believes herself a grown woman. She prefers to be called “empress.” The tone of her voice is masculine, and she feels her soul’s orientation is actually half and half, meaning both binary genders. As such, she loves Hakuno no matter what gender he/she is.

Roles

Fate/Extra
In Fate/Extra, Nero is a selectable Servant by the player. In the first week of the Holy Grail War, she meets Shinji Matou and Rider. She thinks Shinji is similar to a talking rat. Hakuno feels bad after Red Saber and he/she kills Shinji. Red Saber is moved by this display of kindness and comforts her/him about this.

Last/Encore
In Last/Encore, Saber is paired with a male Hakuno. They go to the Moon Mile Ladder and meet Shinji Matou. He explains he is the mayor of the floor and has postponed the Holy Grail War for a period of peace between Masters. He basically says Servants are merely recyclable tools. Hakuno rejects Shinji’s skeevy offer to break off from Saber, and a tussle ensues. But Rin appears and rescues Nero and and Hakuno. During the game, Hakuno and Nero have to go up several floors and battle Masters and Servants so that Hakuno can accomplish his goal at the end.

Fate/Extra CCC
In the end, Saber rescues Hakuno and uses Aestus Domus Aurea to create a place where she and Hakuno can get married.

Abilities

Red Saber wields an oddly shaped sword titled Aestus Estus: The Original Flame. It is red and black.

Noble Phantasm
Aestus Domus Aurea: Anti-Team class. Also known as Golden Theater of the Deranged. With it, she makes three strikes with her sword and then sticks it in the ground. From that, she can create a mental landscape, much like the effects of a Reality Marble.

Development

Nero’s character is based off of the real person, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus, who was the Fifth Roman Emperor in from 54 to 68 CE. As such, during Red Saber’s life, she was known as a scheming tyrant who oppressed religious peoples, especially Christians.

Other Appearances

The Nasuverse is a multiverse with several parallel worlds, and Nero has appeared in several distinct forms and iterations throughout many of these worlds. As of February 2020, she has appeared in All Around Type-Moon, Capsule Servant, Carnival Phantasm, Chibichuki!, Fate/Extella Link, *Fate/Extra CCC, Fate/Extra Last Encore, Fate/Grand Order, and Koha-Ace.

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