Rani VIII

Rani＝VIII (ラニ＝VIII) is the Master of Berserker in Fate/Extra.

Background
Sialim Eltnam Re-Atlasia (シアリム・エルトナム・レイアトラシア) created the homunculus known as Rani VIII with the intention to see if it was possible for not just alchemists but for humanity to continue existing in the cyber world, which would mean having to give up their physical bodies.

Appearance
Rani is a young girl who appears to be of Indian descent with wavy light purple hair with part of it tied into a ponytail. She has purple eyes, a tan complexion, wears glasses and has a bindi on her fore head as worn in India. She wears a purple fable collar with a dark purple gem in the center. Under that she wears a white shirt with a deep V, leaving a portion of her chest bare, and black tight shorts. Over that, she wears a white lab coat with the emblem of Tsukumihara Academy on it. On her hands are multiple golden bracelets and small thin white gloves. On her legs she wears long white and purple socks and black shoes. She seems to be from southern part of India due to her complexion.

In Fate/Extra CCC, Rani is seen wearing the alternate navy sailors uniforms she wears black tights with her normal bracelets and wears black shoes.

Personality
Rani is an intelligent, calm, polite, yet emotionless young girl. She doesn't seem to follow any will of her own, and instead refers herself as a tool of her professor.

Fate/Extra
Rani is, like Sion, an Atlas alchemist, but also a homunculus like Illya. She was created specifically to take part in the Holy Grail War.

Her servant is Berserker. Like most of his class, he has barely any personality left, although he does seem to follow her orders without question and willingly protects Rani during the battle with Rin, even giving her a "gentle smile" before being destroyed if you choose to save her. If he weren't summoned as a Berserker, he had the qualifications to be any other class besides Caster.

As noted, during the game, a crisis will occur and the player is given the choice of coming to the aid of either Rani or Rin Tohsaka. While both will survive regardless, if you choose to save Rani, her Berserker will sacrifice itself and she will become their ally during the latter stages of the Holy Grail War. After recovering from the shock of being deprived of what she saw as her one purpose for existing, she comes to support and care for the main character.

If the player sides against her, she survives Lancer's Gae Bolg attack. She hands over a Knifeshape pendant to help identify Hakuno, the knife absorbs residual prana while doing so, it puts phemenal amount of stress to the brain. The feedback would normally be enough to kill someone if a magic circuit wasn't present. This confirms Rani's suspicion about Hakuno existence as a self-aware NPC. They will also end up fighting Run Ru and her Lancer in the fourth round as a result. They must fight her and Berserker in the sixth round of the Holy Grail War. After her defeat, she slightly smiles showing signs of sadness and says goodbye to Hakuno.

In the manga adaption, both Rani and Rin survived and they both help support Hakuno.

Fate/Extra CCC
Rani also appears in Fate/Extra CCC. Rani is featured in the Student Council shot trailer along with Leo, Rin, Shinji & Monji meaning Rani will be a member of the student council in Fate/Extra CCC.

Abilities
She is an Atlas Alchemist, Rani claims that she possesses the knowledge of the Atlas Alchemist but it pales compared to her professor. She is also skilled in Astrology that surpass even Caster, she uses her Astrology to help Hakuno learn more about Archer's identity. She can create the Vorpal Blade with her alchemy but she requires a Malachite as the catalyst to recreate the blade. The Vorpal Blade has an effect on types of monstrosity such as the Jabberwock. Even with her skills, the blade would shatter when it is used and she can only transmute it once. Rani's pure computational ability surpasses Leonardo B. Harwey. She has a self destruct mode called "Helm to the Northern sky: Mode Osiris", it is a last resort move in the case of her mission failure. It was intended to destroy the Moon Cell. Her body was design to have her Magic Circuits overload and her Etherlite heart would explode causing meltdown to the arena and causing shockwaves of data corruptions.
 * gain_con(128); - A Codecast that strengthens her Servant's defense.
 * gain_mgi(128); - A Codecast that raises her Servant's magic.