Elisabeth Blanctorche/Story

=The King of Fighters series=

Past
Elisabeth is the last known remaining Blanctorche, a family of nobles in France who supposedly protect the innocent and are tasked with stopping Those from the Past. She is the childhood friend of Ash Crimson and they were raised in the same mansion together. She used to act as his older sister figure, until a fire burned down the mansion and many of her clansmen to the ground. As the sole remaining Blanctorche, she lives with her butler, Jacques, near the remains of her family's home.

The King of Fighters XI
Elisabeth initially invites both Benimaru Nikaido and Duo Lon to France to reveal that she knows of the betrayal of Ron and the burning of the Hizoku village. They inform her of Ash's theft of Chizuru Kagura's Yata Mirror and she decides to join them. With the trio banded with the interest to take down Ash, they form the Rival Team and enter KOF XI.

In her team's ending, after the Tournament's conclusion, she eventually finds and scolds Ash for seeming to forsake their mission. Though surprised by Ash's new powers (after he steals Iori Yagami's Yasakani Jewel), she swears to stop him.

The King of Fighters XIII
Before meeting with Duo Lon and Shen Woo, she revisits the burned down mansion where she and Ash spent their childhood with a handful of photographs from the area in her hand. During her meeting with her guests, she becomes aware of their intents to join the King of Fighters XIII tournament with her and Ash's location in Paris. Although she just missed him, Elisabeth knows that he was there and fortifies her will to stop him.

She reunites with Ash in the final act of the tournament only moments after Ash erases Saiki from existence. She yells her protest to his selfish decision, stating that she wanted to bring Ash back home with her. When he disappears with his apologies, Elisabeth mourns over the only memento he left behind: his headband.

The King of Fighters XIV
Prior to the the fourteenth tournament, Elisabeth was contacted by Kukri, who helped her to recall her memories of Ash. In exchange for reviving Ash, Kukri sought the cooperation of the Blanctorche family, to which she accepted without any hesitation.



After the events of of the tournament, Verse's destruction unleashed many souls to spread worldwide. Elisabeth is informed by Kukri that he found Ash's body in the Ukraine Carpathian Mountains, and reveals that Ash was among the many people whose souls were trapped inside of Verse's body.

The King of Fighters XV
Prior to the fifteenth tournament, Kukri meets up with Ash and Elisabeth in a cafe in Southern France and explains his backstory to them, although he tells them that he made it up. Kukri is annoyed at depsite everything he did to try and revive Dolores, Ash was revived instead. During a live interview of The King of Fighters, Dolores appears on screen, shocking Kukri. Due to this sudden news, Kukri storms out of the establishment, with Elisabeth following after him.

Maximum Impact series
Elisabeth's life in this timeline is exactly the same as her mainline counterpart prior to The King of Fighters XI.

The King of Fighters: Another Day
Elisabeth appears in the 4th and final episode of The King of Fighters: Another Day, where she and Ash is seen leaving South Town on a boat.

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