Lancer (Fate/Prototype: Fragments)

Lancer (ランサー) is the Lancer-class Servant in the First Holy Grail War of Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Blue and Silver. She is able to be summoned by the Protagonist in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.

Identity
Lancer's identity is Buryunhirude, the goddess of war from Northern Europe. She was a queen who was not able to join hands with her beloved hero and invited ruin from her sadness.

She is treated as Brünnhilde (ブリュンヒルト) in Wagner's opera, appearing as a Valkyrie, a shieldmaiden, who escorts the souls of the dead to the Valhalla. Her circumstances were also a tragedy in which she despaired from love and raised her hand against her loved one.

Appearance
Lancer has a delicate body and long hair, and she enters battle clad in armor unrecognizable to Saber. Beautiful as there was a night being there that was so beautiful that it was to the point that she could steal men's eyes. Noted by Archer as he had felt it like it was obvious. If that, wasn’t a person who was properly alive under the midday sun. Some didn’t mean to call her a phantasmal beast, it was just just, because it was implicating that she suited the quietness and darkness of the night. They grasped that she was a woman of the night, a shadow woman. Her gorgeous silver armor was shining beautifully on the woman’s figure. Her huge lance looked heavy and huge to an impossible point, and yet it was being lightly carried in her hands. There was just one expression on that face. Sorrow. It was, only just that. Brilliant, cheerful, and bright. She was a woman who had abandoned all of those things herself. Even if she had witnessed countless hells she floated a smile, while everything and anything about her was the same, anything and everything was also different too. Ah, it wasn’t just sorrow. The woman, weakly smiled. An ordinary man would’ve been a goner from that smile. It was a beautiful smile that the woman expressed. Despite the feeling the end of that sorrow and grief in that smile. Her long eyelashes vibrated. Even if she exposed her eyes which were like amethysts. She was a woman who suited the silence of the night, even now, she was a woman whose body was drenched by the night itself. With a lance, that was a huge lump of metal that was easily probably more than her own height, gently, carried in one hand.

Personality
Lancer speaks very politely and fights with respect. She does not appear to be the kind of person who would fight with dishonor, and she demonstrates sincerity, recognizing the qualities of her opponents, like when she fights with Saber and praise his heroism and gentlemanly attitude.

Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Blue and Silver
Lancer is the first opponent faced by Manaka Sajyou and Saber. She allied with Archer to eliminate Saber. But she disappears somewhere whilst Saber and Archer are fighting Rider. When they were in danger, she appears with "Lapis Philosophorum" otherwise known as  "The Philosopher's Stone," neutralizing the Reality Marble. Lancer received it from Caster who was commanded by Manaka Sajyou to deliver it to Saber. Lancer uses her lance to crack Ramesseum Tentyris to deliver it to Saber.

Other appearances
Brynhild makes up one third of the existence of Passionlip in Fate/Extra CCC, and her power is lent to the Noble Phantasm Brynhild Romantia.

Abilities
Lancer utilizes a long, gigantic and heavy spear with a large blade reminiscent of a shield. She is noted as being very fast, to the point of almost disappearing from sight entirely and even Saber has difficulties keeping up with her at first, before getting used to her speed. She has an attack pattern in which her spear comes down on her opponent from five different directions, all with different speeds. However, she seems to make a habit of repeating this pattern, which leads to enemies who survive the very first rounds being able to find a gap in her attacks, after a time.

She has also shown the ability to wrap her body in fire, and she carries a small bottle with a red liquid inside, though, it has not been specified what the purpose of it is.

Development
Shirow Miwa is the character designer for Brynhild. Her design was first revealed for Fate/Grand Order.