Assassin ( Nameless Samurai)

By Jeremiah

• September 2, 2015

Age: Unknown

Gender: Male

Species: Earth Pony

Appearance: Assassin's appearance is that of a samurai swordsman with long indigo mane and indigo eyes. He wears a traditional light purple umanori hakama and kimono, light purple tabi and black geta with purple haori and tekkou and carries his sword, Monohoshi Zao on his back.

Cutie Mark: It is unknown if he has a cutie mark, as it is unknown if he truly exists or not.

Personality: Assassin is quiet and composed, and while his general tone has a mocking nature to it, he takes it to another level with Caster. He is honorable in battle, always maintaining a degree of bushido, and he is not the type who would attack defenseless women and children. He willingly keeps Saber from exposing her name without any ulterior motives, and he prematurely stops their fight to keep an opponent from spying on her Noble Phantasm and possibly going after the weakened winner of the battle. He has no actual goal in participating in the Holy Grail War. He is not a Heroic Spirit, so there is no advantage to winning for him. He reveals his "true name". He eagerly awaits Servants to battle. <br /><br />He greatly dislikes Caster. <br /><br />Aloof from the world and having a somewhat elusive personality but, as expected, he is a warrior who likes fair and square contests. Due to living in an age where casualties happened in a daily basis

Backstory: Assassin's supposed identity is that of the mythical Japanese swordsman, Kojirou Sasaki an ancient sword-pony. His true name was unknown, and to be more specific, he never had a true name.<br /><br />Kojirou is known as a master swords-pony whose existence is doubted even though his name remains recorded in history. He did not actually exist, so it would be impossible to summon the real thing as a Servant. The person summoned in his place is not a Heroic Spirit, but an existence closer to that of wraiths.<br /><br />This individual was the stallion of an ordinary farming family, living an ordinary farm life and separated from ordinary common sense. He met a master swordsman who had retired deep into the mountains, and began his ordinary life in the mountains himself. He was enthralled by the swordsmanship of the master, and he began training under him the next day. The master swordsman only taught him the refined behaviour of a swordsman; a communion with nature and the master swordsman did not instruct him on anything related to sword techniques. After one month, the master swordsman drew his last breath, and he completely threw himself into the path of a swordsman.<br /><br />The reason he is summoned is simply because he can execute that legendary technique. He spent much of his life simply trying to figure out the best method to cut down a swallow, and although he realized the method was impossible for a human, he had nothing else to do and kept on practicing. While determination is normally the key to success, he simply noticed that it had succeeded. <br /><br />The legendary Kojirou is known as cool and elegant, so Assassin's pursuit of sword technique, sophistication, and finding joy in dueling with strong foes is reminiscent of that character. Differing from the legend, his katana is longer, 1.5 meters compared to 90 centimeters and engraved with Bitchu Aoe...<br /><br />While the Kojirou in the modern era is an invention, a blend of details from the lives of many nameless and forgotten historical swordsmen.