Ieyasu Tokugawa

"' I've been in someone else's hands since I was little. My fate has never been truly mine. '"Ieyasu Tokugawa is the Rider Class Servant summoned to fight the Holy Grail War of Yggdrasil both in the First and Second Arc.

Biography
Born with the name Matsudaira Takechiyo, she was daughter of a feudal lord named Matsudaira Hirodata. The Matsudaira clan was characterized by several internal conflicts due to different reasons: some members wanted to take sides with the Oda, others with the Imagawa clan. At five years old the girl was sold to the Imagawa clan by decision of her father but was later captured by Oda Nobuhide. On that occasion she risked dying but luckily she was spared.

Takechiyo changed her name to Matsudaira Motoyasu and began serving the Imagawa clan, she was seventeen at the time. She led the siege of Terabe, a castle in the hands of the Ogasawara clan who was allied to the Oda clan. Despite her talent in the art of war and her fame among the soldiers, the girl wanted to abandon the Imagawa clan and join the Oda clan with the aim of increasing the strength of her clan. With the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto, she allied with Oda Nobunaga. at twenty-five Matsudaira Motoyasu changed her name to Tokugawa Ieyasu. Respected by the soldiers and loved by the people, the girl accompanied Nobunaga in various battles but was noticed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the man, a great ally of Nobunaga, didn't want to be obscured by Ieyasu and began to compete with her. Despite the blind loyalty to Nobunaga, Ieyasu was jealous of her, wanted to be as powerful as she was. Ieyasu wanted to be like Oda Nobunaga, wanted to be respected and feared in the same way, but she couldn't risk being blamed for treason and so she never tried to take power and continued to serve Nobunaga brooding this feeling. With the death of Oda Nobunaga several battles began between men who wanted to gain power but Ieyasu wasn't involved. Hideyoshi managed to replace Nobunaga but Ieyasu didn't accept it and tried to manipulate Oda Nobukatsu to obtain an alliance and fight against Hideyoshi, however after the Komaki-Nagakute campaign there was a truce between the two forces and Ieyasu had to give up her ambitions once again. Hideyoshi died two years later and Ieyasu exploited the chaos that was emerging to establish her dominion, however she was hampered by Ishida Mitsunari. This time Ieyasu didn't allow him to put his feet above her head and decided to fight to the end to get what she yearned for: absolute power. After the battle of Sekigahara, Ieyasu officially became the most powerful person in all of Japan. The girl founded the Tokugawa shogunate and remained in power for two years then abdicated in favor of Tokugawa Hidetada and died some time later.

Personality
Ieyasu Tokugawa is a very strict girl who doesn't like to lose. She never underestimates the enemy and fights by exploiting every opening in her favor. Due to her background, Ieyasu has a very competitive nature and never runs away from a challenge and expects her Master to do his best to win. She doesn't like weak people but approves those who work hard to get results, she doesn't even like to be submissive to her Master, not surprisingly she hates being the Servant of Yukiko Kumahira. Ieyasu Tokugawa also appears to be very cynical and therefore has no problem using her Noble Phantasm which forces civilians to fight for her.

She has a distorted idea of honor, in fact when civilians fight for her, she doesn't think she's dishonorable because they are the ones who "chose" to die for her.

Hiro Sunahara
Ieyasu is very critical of Hiro, in fact she doesn't like the fact that he's such a weak Master and she doesn't like him to trust Yukiko. She considers him very naive but wants to encourage him to change. When he opposes Yukiko, she's with him, showing that she is proud of his efforts to change.

Cleta
Ieyasu Tokugawa often fights with Lancer, aka Cleta. The two Servants are very fierce and don't give a moment of respite in any battle. In their first fight Cleta was the one who had the advantage over Ieyasu, in their second fight instead Ieyasu proves to be good enough to be able to face Cleta.

Gaius Julius Caesar
The relationship between Ieyasu and Caesar is very complex. The two Servants respect each other but it's also true that they hate each other in a particular way. Caesar criticizes Ieyasu and considers her a girl who has never managed to create her own power but rather has always chased other figures of power. On the other hand, it's clear that Ieyasu sees in Caesar the Demon King, Oda Nobunaga, in fact in both of their battles she sees Nobunaga in the rival. But despite this, in the first battle, Caesar shows that she has a particular respect for Ieyasu.

Holy Grail War of Yggdrasil
Ieyasu Tokugawa fights in the Holy Grail War of Yggdrasil

First Arc
Ieyasu Tokugawa is summoned by Hiro Sunahara, who collaborates with Yukiko Kumahira to get the Grail and win the war. During the war Ieyasu shows her disdain for Yukiko and continually criticizes Hiro because he trusts too much her and is not a strong Master. She faces Cleta, the Lancer of Tetsuya, but is saved by Thomas de Camoys After Hiro discovers Yukiko's true identity, he's enslaved by the latter and consequently Ieyasu is forced to take orders from her. Ieyasu faces Nostradamus in a battle on a train but cannot defeat him. Then she faces Caesar but is defeated, however Yukiko forces her to continue fighting and then Ieyasu, ashamed of having let Yukiko submit her, decides to commit suicide.

Second Arc
Ieyasu appears as Nishijima Kazuki's Servant. Ieyasu fights against Cleta and almost manages to kill her; she fights again against Cleta and also against Glasya-Labolas, but is in difficulty against the demonic Servant and is forced to withdraw. Ieyasu, then, faces Caesar and uses her Noble Phantasm, thus forcing her opponent to kill civilians, at the end Ieyasu is killed by Caesar.