Saber of Black (Siegfried)

Saber of "Black" is the Saber-class Servant of Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia as part of the Black Faction in the Great Holy Grail War of Fate/Apocrypha. He was designed by TYPE-MOON and illustrated by KN for the original canceled online game project.

Saber's identity is Siegfried, the Dragon-Blooded Knight, a national hero of Germany that has many different depictions in the various legends attributed to him. His most famous role is likely the epic poem Nibelungenlied, "The Song of the Nibelungs." Born a prince of the Netherlands, he wielded the precious sword Balmung which he received from the Nibelungen family, and he fought in many campaigns and adventures since he was a young man. His most well known feat was being crowned dragon-slayer by battling the evil dragon Fafnir for the treasure of the Nibelungen family and killing with the sword. He bathed in the blood of the dragon, and obtained an invincible body.

While bathing in the blood, a single linden leaf happened to stick to his back, making it his one weak point that would bring about his irrevocable death. Adding to the growing ranks of the Burgundians, he brought them many victories, and married Kriemhild, sister of the Burgundian king, accessing the throne of Netherlands. After a trick to marry the Burgundian king to the queen of Iceland, Brünnhilde, he was assassinated by a vassal of the Burgundians who struck him on his weak point. He had surmounted every field of battle without a single defeat, until losing his life at the blade of betrayal striking him in his back. This connects to the revenge tragedy of his wife Kriemhild for the murder of her husband in the later half of the tale.