Bardiche

Bardiche (バルディッシュ) is an Intelligent Device created for Fate Testarossa by Linith, and is upgraded to Bardiche Assault (バルディッシュ・アサルト) in A's. He refers to Fate as "sir" despite her gender, signifying that he may be as old-fashioned as his namesake, and also only speaks English, although he may just be Midchildan translated into English for the viewer. His magical color is yellow.

Etymology
Historically, a "" is a type of polearm that was used in medieval and renaissance Europe, especially in Eastern Europe and Russia.

Fans also jokingly refer to Fate's car in StrikerS as "Cardiche" because it has the same color scheme as Bardiche.

Appearances
So far, Bardiche appeared alongside Fate in the original series, the A's manga, A's, StrikerS manga, StrikerS, ViVid, and Force.

Bardiche Assault is the upgraded form of Bardiche after being badly damaged in the first fight with Signum's Laevatein in A's. Due to his request, Bardiche is upgraded with a revolver-style cartridge system. Like Raising Heart, Bardiche was officially renamed to Bardiche Assault but similar to how Nanoha still calls her device Raising Heart, Fate still calls hers Bardiche.

In Force, he is upgraded to an experimental "5th Generation Device", which could turn mana into physical energy to confront anti-magic effects.

Primary continuity
Bardiche has assumed following forms/modes in the primary continuity:

Bardiche's Zanber Form is almost identical to the "Zankantou" (Colossal Blade in the Atlus translation) wielded by 's in. As a result, fans sometimes jokingly claim that Sanger is Fate's father. In the present SRW continuity Sanger never piloted the Thrudgelmir, and it is instead piloted by, similar to how Fate is an enhanced clone of Alicia Testarossa (this version of the Thrudgelmir was introduced after the airing of A's).

Movie continuity
The available forms/modes have been altered slightly in the movie continuity:

Functions
Bardiche is one of two Devices in the series (along with Graf Eisen), that have been subjected to Recovery.