Rider (Fate/Grand Order - Ushiwakamaru)

Rider (ライダー) is a Rider-class Servant able to be summoned by the Protagonist in the Grand Orders of Fate/Grand Order.

Identity
Rider's True Name is Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸), who is better known with her adult name.

This ill-fated commander is so famous that there is no one in Japan who does not know her name. It would be no exaggeration to say that Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) is the most famous military commander in Japanese history. Probably only someone like Oda Nobunaga possesses a popularity that rivals hers.

Although she was blessed with talent and charisma, she was abandoned by her brother , and was defeated together with her attendant Benkei.

Legend
There are many obscure points in regards to history, and especially the early half of her life from before raising an army is wrapped in mystery.

It has been told that at eleven years-old, while she was under the care of the, Ushiwakamaru met with the onmyouji Kiichi Hougen (some theories say that he was also the Kurama Tengu) and was awarded with the arts of war.

Appearance
Rider is a young girl clad in armor.

Personality
Ushiwakamaru is a genius swordsman that wholeheartedly adores her older brother. She was constantly persecuted by those around her in life due to her exceedingly great talent.

While there is no doubt that she was an excellent tactician, Yoshitsune lacked something vital. That is fear towards the battlefield. All throughout life, she was incompatible with the other military commanders. That Yorimoto even held killing intent towards Yoshitsune was probably something that she never came to understand in her entire life. For, since she was a genius, having concern towards abilities was something that did not exist in her.

A beautiful swordsman who is disciplined. Despite her beautiful appearance, showing an appearance like a flower blooming in the midnight, she is without self-assertion. She sometime speaks as necessary, but she does not have a talkative disposition that can express a beautiful voice that would draw 10,000 people to listen to in ecstasy. Also, she does not boast her outstanding arts of war, instead proving it with nothing but results and at the scene of battle. It is possible to say that this person is a paragon of knighthood that discerns propriety and speaks with actions before words... and, someone simply seen as a genuine fighting machine.

Because her character is straightforward and not a falsehood, all the established things she undertakes completely becomes the "shortest, fastest straight line". When ordinary people do this, they usually fail and reflect on their failure, and subsequently from that, they consider... and polish a variety of plans... The problem is, she is a super genius. Because she does not fail at these things, she has grown to as she is now with this unmanageable nature.

In battle, she is cold-hearted, cool-headed and the personification of the most suitable hand, but ordinarily, she is a little girl who earnestly wishes "to become her older brother's power, to become the head's strength, and to want to help this splendid figure." To address this in few words, "a faithful dog with a broken brake." She is faithful, bright and friendly, but somewhere, she is missing a screw... no, it becomes unclear of its whereabouts.

Her talents sublimated up to its utmost limits, and her extraordinary loyalty, becomes intertwined, and a person who is aware of "this unthinkable genius who has no real reason to hold any confusion at herself" may just not seem to understand how one might harbour fear at that. On the other hand, how she treats her subordinates is surely demonic. "Die so you can make an easy place for me to fight. That is your role."

Relationships
"The man calls himself Benkei... and I understand the gist of it, but it is extremely bold of him to do so. I'll mess with him for fun. Then I can kill him behind the temple when I'm bored of him." Artoria Alter categorizes these three as the "disappointing trio". They may act like they have common sense, but since they're really just weirdos, they fit together well. "When I speak my mind, most people seem to be stunned, but Jing Ke and Martha keep on going like nothing strange happened. I've never met someone so easy to talk with!" Shyly happy to have her as an anscestor and to get to know her. Feels like she's a mother. Vaguely feels that "their roots are similar".
 * Musashibou Benkei
 * Jing Ke/Martha
 * Minamoto no Yorimitsu

Babylonia: The Absolute Frontline in the War Against the Demonic Beasts
Gilgamesh summons Ushiwakamaru, along with Benkei. Ushiwakamaru, along with Benkei and Leonidas, accompanies Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight in Babylonia. When Mash and the Ritsuka struggled to escape from Gorgon - the demonic form of Medusa possessed by Tiamat, she stands her ground in order to buy time for the pair to escape. Though fought gallantly and managed to deal some damage to Gorgon, Rider was eventually defeated and killed.

Her soul is later corrupted and she is raised as undead to fight off the Ritsuka when they try to defeat Tiamat.

Salomon: The Grand Time Temple
Ushiwakamaru is amongst the "Babylonia" Singularity Servant to aid Chaldea against Demon Gods Pillar.

Abilities
Rider is a genius swordsman. Her mount is a white horse called Tayuuguro.

Tengu's Art of War (天狗の兵法) is a skill derived from the anecdote of having learned the arts of war from a Tengu; an existence beyond humans. It provides bonus to close-combat power such as swordsmanship, archery and spearmanship, as well as Skills such as Military Tactics and Magic Resistance.

One of her five Noble Phantasms expressed by Shana-oh's Wandering Tales is Jumping the Eight Ships at Dan-no-Ura.

Creation and Conception
Yuuichirou Higashide and Nasu Kinoko are the scenario writer for her in Fate/Grand Order. Mineji Sakamoto is the character designer for Ushiwakamaru.