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Name: Fuyuka Terasawa (reincarnation); Fate Testarossa Harlaown (pre-incarnation)
Age: 25
Appearance: Looks exactly like Fate, except with shoulder-length black hair.

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Occupation: Private detective

History: Fuyuka was the only child born to Akiyuki and Rei Terasawa. She grew up in Tokyo, Japan, and was a more or less typical Japanese child... for the first nine years of her life. That all changed when both her parents were gunned down by a mugger, leaving her an orphan. From that point forward, Fuyuka was raised more or less by her extended family and neighbors, including the kindly Tamura family, whose own daughter Natalie served as the orphaned girl's only friend.

Though she became quiet and withdrawn, Fuyuka also gained a sense of reliance and determination from her ordeal. Forced to be self reliant, she put herself through her remaining education, determined to make a difference in other people's lives. However, before she could complete high-school, Natalie's family left Japan, leaving Fuyuka behind. Though they still kept in touch, things were never quite the same.

Isolated now more than ever, Fuyuka finished school and sought a career in law enforcement, eventually entering criminal investigations. There, she eventually became a detective, working murder cases much like the ones involving her parents.

Fuyuka remained in that position, until tensions with her superior officer forced her out. She became a private investigator, and though she did well enough, she became frustrated by having to take jobs that existed outside the realm of stopping criminals. Throughout this time, she worked with corporations in both Japan and America, leading to her apply for dual citizenship.

It was on a foreign case that everything changed for Fuyuka. An executive in a certain company hired her to investigate suspected wrong-doing by higher-ups in the company he worked for. During her investigation, in which she discovered evidence implicating the man, Fuyuka encountered an armed assailant whose goal seemed to be to eliminate her. A stand off occurred, resulting in the death of a security guard. In the wake of the incident, Fuyuka was left traumatized by the man's death. In addition, her employer recanted any knowledge of hiring her (Fuyuka suspected he was being threatened), allowing the CEO of the company to blackmail her into remaining silent less he press charges against her.

As she was in America at the time, Fuyuka elected to stayed with Natalie, who had come to live in Locke City, all the while working to move past the incident and find a way to get out of the situation she'd found herself in. During her stay with Natalie... Wise Snake happened, triggering her emergence as a number.

[STE in-game history]

A short time after the appearance of Wise Snake, Fuyuka first made herself known as someone who wished to investigate the matters concerning Numbered. Before long, she began making alliances and introducing herself to Numbered while conducting her own investigations, leading to her discovering what she would discover to be "Project Jump" in a facility controlled by Thunder Corp. Fuyuka was able to escape with her life, but the injuries she suffered forced her to reveal her activities to her best friend Natalie, as well as the feelings she held for her. Natalie did not return Fuyuka's feelings at the time, and Fuyuka resolved to keep less secrets from her in the future.

Fuyuka also elected to support a young man named Jesus "Chuck" Reyes, who attempted to infiltrate the Blood Keys, but unbeknown to her, he was secretly a mole for the mafia. Fuyuka would later deduce this fact, only sharing the information with a select few, but she was unable to prevent Chuck's victimization at the hands of the mafia as well as his later death. Fuyuka also made an effort to support disaster relief in Las Vegas in the wake of the appearance of Refined Shell.

Around this time, she developed a friendship with Kevin Steele, who she discovered was the reincarnation of Fate's adopted brother, Chrono. She, Natalie, and Kevin resolved to form a more formal friendship and rely upon one another. However, shortly after the final confrontation with the mafia, Fate lost her echoes, leaving Bardiche to disappear. Fate did, however, leave a contingency plan in place to remind herself of what happened as well as maintain her contacts, and she kept tabs on everything as best she could.

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ABILITIES

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Fate has prominent and powerful magical abilities, due to her extensive training and origins. Much like her mother, she developed an aptitude for electrical-type magic attacks, and at a young age progressed to the point that she could perform some abilities without using magical incantations.

Like most mages, Fate uses an Intelligent Device known as Bardiche to transform and summon her Barrier Jacket, an active field spell that protects her body from damage. It is in this state that she is able to use most of her magical abilities. The Barrier Jacket consumes magical power when active, and the higher the defensive power, the greater the magical consumption. She is able to use magic due to the presence of something called a "linker core" inside her body.

As a combatant, Fate's specialty lies in mid-range and melee-style attacks, emphasizing speed over power and endurance. Regarded to being one of the fastest characters in the Nanoha universe, Fate is able to keep up with almost anyone without the use of speed-enhancing spells, the effects of which only make her even faster. Like Nanoha, to whom she is extremely close, she is skilled at aerial combat.

When transformed, Bardiche takes the form of a weapon; usually that of a polearm. Bardiche has since been upgraded into Bardiche Assault, which combines the Mid-Childa technology with the ancient Belkan cartridge system, which enhances individual spells/attacks. Bardiche also has a rudimentary artificial intelligence and assists Fate in combat situations.

Fate's transformed state is capable of taking two forms: Impulse Form and Sonic form. Impulse Form is her standard combat form, with more or less balanced defense. This form allows her the ability of flight, alongside Bardiche's various attack spells. Among them, she can uses spells for defense and attack, the most powerful of which being her Plasma Smasher, a projected beam of electricity. Meanwhile, Sonic Form grants her greater speed at the cost of her Barrier Jacket's defensive power. As stated before, her proficiency is in melee combat, but she does have some shooting-type spells at her disposal. She can also electrify parts of her body as per her aptitude with electrical attacks.

When transformed, Bardiche takes several forms: Assault Form, Haken Form, and Zanber Form. Assault Form is the standard configuration, and in this state Bardiche's shooting spells are easier to cast. In Haken Form, Bardiche resembles a scythe with a projected blade of energy. Finally, Zanber form has the weapon take the form of a sword with an electrical energy blade.

It should be noted that the Mid-Childa style of magic Fate uses is predominantly non-lethal, though still very damaging. Additionally, she is capable of communicating with other mages telepathically. Finally, Fate is adept at the creation of familiars, beings made entirely of magic.

For a list of the individual spells Fate is able to use, please look here. If anything else or any kind of elaboration is required, please just say so, and I will provide.

Note: This covers Fate's abilities as of StrikerS. As Bardiche will be echoes back in his incarnation from StrikerS, past incarnations of the device's version of abilities will be incompatible. The potential to progress to the versions in later spinoffs is viable, however.

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