History Characters / SoulEdge

* IGotBigger: Siegfried experiences the most height growth out of the cast as the series progresses. He starts out at 157 cm at age 16, then 165 cm at age 19, 168 cm at age 23 and 172 cm at age 40. This coincides with his CharacterDevelopment, going from a haughty brat in his debut at 16 to a dignified, serious man at 40. His height growth does seem to be inordinately long, as he grows only 3 cm in the four years between 1 and 2, but he has grown another 4 cm between ''IV'' and ''V''. This would logically mean Siegfried grew for at least another 5 years after the age of 23, which is odd, because most people stop growing in their early 20’s, at the latest. The height change is ''V'' also doesn’t seem to be a Retcon, because he looks both broader and taller.

* {{Retcon}}: Siegfried's very short initial height in ''Soul Edge'' -- 157 cm (5'2"), as listed in his bio -- is subject to a retcon in ''Legends'' (although it is non-canon), where he is supposed to be 16 years old, but is the same height 165 cm (5'4") as he is at age 19 in later games. In ''VI'', where he is age 19, his short stature is again retconned, with him being 172 cm (5’ 8”) and the same height he is at age 40 in ''V''.

->'''Origin:''' [[FeudalJapan Bizen, Japan]]

--> '''Mitsurugi''': The name's Mitsurugi! Don't forget it!

--> '''Mitsurugi''': The name's Mitsurugi! Remember it!

--> '''Siegfried''': Sinners need no mercy... or sympathy.

-->'''Siegfried:''' Ugh... I will ''not'' surrender to this nightmare!

--> '''Li Long''': It was nothing personal.

-->'''Cervantes''': I salute your courage... for challenging me.

* ActionGirlfriend: She's the one who took on the battlefield, not her husband, [[TheBlacksmith Rothion]].
* AntiVillain: In ''SCIV'': see ForcedIntoEvil.

* ArmorIsUseless: In ''Soulcalibur'' she has an extra costume where she's dressed from head to toe in armor. Not that it affected her gameplay.

* ChildishBangs: More noticeable in her character models, but her main costumes almost always have her have a full fringe of bangs over her forehead. This emphasizes her innocence and purity, as well as slight childishness and naïveté, especially because she has them even after multiple games of fighting.

* ForcedIntoEvil: Sophitia's daughter Pyrrha has been captured and bound to the evil Soul Edge, meaning that if the sword is destroyed, so is her daughter's soul. Sophitia is forced to fight on the side of the villains and spill blood to save her daughter's life. The worst part of it is that her proximity to Soul Edge, her despair, her dread of doing something [[MoralEventHorizon which can never be redeemed]], and [[EvilFeelsGood the overall exhilaration]] she tries to deny are all pushing her toward a permanent FaceHeelTurn. To rub salt in the wound, she's killed before she ever got a chance to redeem herself.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Her altruism is [[PurityPersonified her defining character trait]] throughout the series. She originally took up arms against Soul Edge after being [[TheChosenOne chosen by Hesphestus]] and is [[ReligiousBruiser wholly devoted to serving him.]] Years later (''SCIV''), Tira and Soul Edge used it to their advantage by infecting her daughter, Pyrrha, with a Soul Edge fragment. Meaning, if the Evil Sword were to be destroyed, Pyrrha would die along with it; [[ForcedIntoEvil leaving Sophitia no choice but to defend Soul Edge.]]

* TheHeroine: Was definitely the protagonist of ''Soul Edge'', as it was canonically her who defeated Cervantes, and she shares some similarities to other fighting game protagonists, such as being the newbie-friendly all-arounder. However, she became a side character come ''Soulcalibur'' and other characters such as Xianghua, Siegfried, and her son Patroklos would become the canon POV characters of the following games.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Her shield and sword were enchanted to protect her, and augment her own skills.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Her love for her daughter Pyrrha causes her to make a FaceHeelTurn in order to save her life.

* MissionFromGod: She began her journey when Hephestus appeared before her and gave her the Omega Sword to destroy Soul Edge on his behalf.
* MsFanservice: Of the GorgeousGaijin variety, she was introduced in ''Soul Edge'' by having Hephaestus appear to her while she was skinny-dipping, and her ending again features her bathing naked in a lake. She has the most extra costumes of all ''Soul Edge'' characters -- a bikini and a skimpy outfit -- at at time when alternate costumes were a rarity. Her fanservice levels continue to skyrocket in the later games with her increasingly diaphanous outfits.

* ThePaladin: Her mission and the divine nature of her quest qualify her for this character class.

* {{Retcon}}: Having supposedly died at the end of ''SCIV'', her website profile now states she's "[[HesJustHiding missing]]" instead of "deceased".

* {{Stripperiffic}}: This has become more and more prominent over the course of the series, which is ironic given what kind of character she is. In ''SCIV'', her shirt is ''see-through'' ([[NippleAndDimed aside from on her nipples, naturally]]), has cleavage in front and on the side, and her skirt is very short, causing a PantyShot practically whenever she kicks, is knocked down, or there's wind blowing in the arena during every match.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Of Nightmare's Malfested gang in ''SCIV''. As said above, she's none too thrilled about her FaceHeelTurn, but ''has'' to fight for the sake of her children. Also, back in ''Soul Edge'', she was actually the only one in the roster who was altruistic, selfless, and unambiguously good, fighting for the good of the world and innocent people instead of personal reasons.

* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Her overall look is many centuries older than the series’ 16th Century setting, and far more in line with ancient Greece than the Ottoman period. This is somewhat mitigated by the fact that Sophitia’s worship of the “old Gods” is also anachronistic for the period, and is noted in-series. She does, however, appear in a more period-correct Greek bridal outfit in her ''SC'' ending depicting her wedding to Rothion.

* BigBad: Of ''VideoGame/SoulEdge'', ''Soulcalibur'',and ''SCII'', being the physical form of Soul Edge.

* IGotBigger: Grows from 168 cm at age 22 to 171 cm at age 24 to 173 cm past age 29 making him taller than his rival, Taki eventually. Oddly, he grows past 22 when most people have stopped growing and grows again after 4 years of no growth.

* IGotBigger: Not as himself, but his new human host is 5 cm taller at 182 cm. This is notable because he was shorter than his daughter at 177 cm for several games and because this carried over to ''SCVI''.

* BonusBoss: In ''SCIII: Arcade Edition''.

-> In ''SCII'', he regains enough pieces of Soul Edge to recreate one of his original weapons and became a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Zombie Pirate]], then went to look off for more pieces. In ''SCIII'', he finds out that his body is starting to decay because Soul Edge's influence has been sealed off. To preserve himself, he decides to [[OffingTheOffspring take his daughter Ivy's]] [[SoulEating soul]]… and he succeeds according to ''SCIV''. He reached his final evolution of '''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Ghost Zombie Pirate]]''', then headed to Ostrheinsburg once again to claim Soul Edge as a whole and [[GodhoodSeeker become a god]].

* GhostPirate: He's killed by Sophitia and Taki in the first game and resurrected by Soul Edge as a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Ghost Zombie Pirate]]... with a gun and [[AGodAmI delusions of godhood]].

-> In ''SCII'', he regains enough pieces of Soul Edge to recreate one of his original weapons and became a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Zombie Pirate]], then went to look off for more pieces. In ''SCIII'', he finds out that his body is starting to decay because Soul Edge's influence has been sealed off. To preserve himself, he decides to [[KickTheDog take his daughter's soul]]... and he succeeds according to ''SCIV''. He reached his final evolution of '''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Ghost Zombie Pirate]]''', then headed to Ostrheinsburg once again to claim Soul Edge as a whole and [[GodhoodSeeker become a god]].

* BigBad: Of ''Soul Edge'', and an unlockable character in every game in the series.

* CharacterDevelopment: He starts out in ''SE'' [[BelievingTheirOwnLies convinced that somebody else killed his father]], sought Soul Edge to kill them, and is cocky and arrogant in battle. After all the turmoils of his possession by Nightmare, he becomes less arrogant and starts his quest for redemption. On a more minor note, he also stops being a HeManWomanHater after his debut appearance. In ''SCIV'', he goes a bit too far in this direction and becomes a borderline KnightTemplar. In ''SCV'', he seems to have completed his quest for redemption (he no longer mentions words such as "atonement" and "redemption" in his win-quotes) and becomes OlderAndWiser, not to mention having a more active role in saving other people from the malfested, instead of focusing only on his issues.

* HeManWomanHater: Downplayed because it is not a major character trait of his. In ''Soul Edge'', Siegfried patronizingly refers to Seong Mi-Na and Sophitia as "little girls" and to Taki as an "impetuous female", which is notable because he is one of the only characters to act this way, although it was common for the time period. Ironically, he was [[TheNapoleon shorter than Seong Mina]] [[HeightAngst and shorter than Sophitia by a good deal in this game.]] In ''Legends'', Siegfried reacts with anger and outrage when he finds out that the contact he is meeting up with, Ivy, is a woman, and also when he finds out that the Masked Emperor is also female. This is not present in later games, showing he has grown out of this trait and matured.

* KidHeroAllGrownUp: He does a lot of growing both in height and bulk from his debut at age 16 to his appearance at age 40. He is rather slender, but by the 17 year time skip in ''SCV'', he has grown both taller and broader. This is helped by him debuting at a diminutive 157 cm tall, and looking rather childish, and then growing throughout the series, even after age 23, growing a whole half a foot.

* TheNapoleon: Has shades of this in his debut appearance because he's the shortest playable character and is very aggressive. He calls Seong Mina and Sophitia "little girls”, despite both women being taller than him, hinting at HeightAngst. He grows out of this trait after his debut appearance, although his [[IGotBigger growth spurts]] afterwards probably helped with this insecurity. Luckily for him, he grows a whole 15 cm or nearly half a foot, making him taller than both women. This also applies to the Legends’ manga, where he is angry that Ivy towers over him.

* NotDrawnToScale: In ''SCV''’s Story Mode he is drawn taller than Patroklos by several inches when he is actually 2 inches shorter than him. This could be a case of ShortTeensTallAdults.

* PintSizedPowerHouse: He's 5'2" (157cm) when he debuts at age 16 and [[LightningBruiser can still kick your ass.]] Notably, he is the shortest or second shortest male character and short in general for most of the series, even after a series of growth spurts kick in. It is only until his final growth spurt after ''SCIV'', that he is now taller than at least two men. Amusingly, three of his throws, "hilt impact", "calamity fall" and "silent pride" require him to pull his foes lower so he can grab them, as he is shorter than at least half of the cast. "Hilt impact" almost seems like the opponent is helpfully kneeling down so that he can connect the hit. Even with them kneeling, there are still at least a handful of characters who are too tall for him to connect the hit.

* ShortTeensTallAdults: In his debut game, along with Seong Mina. Not only was he very short, he and Seong Mina were the only teenagers in the cast at age 16 and they were shorter than the rest of the cast by at least half a head. What makes this stand out even more is that he is even shorter than the same age, below average height Seong-Mina, who was 159 cm in this game.

* VillainousFaceHold: One of Siegfried's throws, Hilt Impact, involves him grabbing his foe by the jaw and leveraging their head so he can strike them in the face with his sword hilt. It is a notable throw because it either forces his foe to kneel down or they helpfully kneel down for him so he can connect the hit. It replaced a throw from his debut appearance called brutal smack, which is instead a clinch around his opponent’s neck, which makes sense, because the whole cast is taller than him and he can’t reach most of their faces, although Hilt Impact is still an impractical throw because most characters are still too tall for him to reach their faces even with his growth spurts. Interestingly, he switches to this throw after his debut appearance when he was a villain when he goes on his path for redemption.

* ShortTeenTallAdults: In his debut game, along with Seong Mina. Not only was he very short, he and Seong Mina were the only teenagers in the cast at age 16 and they were shorter than the rest of the cast by at least half a head.

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* CoolTeacher: By sheer happenstance, she met Xianghua's father, [[DrunkenMaster Kong Xiuqiang]], who trained her for over a year in the Ling-Sheng Su style of staff fighting.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Seung Mina? Syung Mena? Seong Mi-na is the most commonly seen variant.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Zigzagged. Her outfit in ''SCII'' is basically a bra and {{loincloth}}, but unlike most of the ladies in the series, whose outfits have got skimpier with each new game, ''SCIV'' sees Mi-na actually cover up more than she ever has. In fact, one of her alternative outfits is a quite conservative ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanbok hanbok]]''. And then ''VI'' happened, and Seong Mi-na was given her most fanservicey costume to date.

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->'''Origin:''' [[UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire Ober-Getzenberg, Holy Roman Empire (Germany)]] [[note]]At the time the series is set, the modern-day nation of Germany was part of the larger Holy Roman Empire, and not yet a distinct country.[[/note]]

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->'''Origin:''' [[UsefulNotes/TurksWithTroops Athens, Ottoman Empire (Greece)]] [[note]]At the time the series is set, modern-day Greece was under Ottoman Turk control and would not gain independence until 1830.[[/note]]

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->'''Origin:''' [[UsefulNotes/TheCityStateEra Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily (Italy)]] [[note]]At the time the series is set, modern-day Italy was separated into several distinct city-states and kingdoms.[[/note]]

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->'''Origin:''' [[UsefulNotes/SouthKorea Jirisan, Joseon Kingdom (South Korea)]] [[note]]During its reign, the Joseon Kingdom consolidated its effective rule over the current territory of Korea, up until 1897.[[/note]]

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->'''Origin:''' [[UsefulNotes/SouthKorea Jirisan, Joseon Kingdom (South Korea)]] [[note]]During its reign, the Joseon Kingdom consolidated its effective rule over the current territory of Korea, right up until 1897.[[/note]]

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->'''Origin:''' [[UsefulNotes/{{England}} London, Kingdom of England]] [[GoingNative (raised in the New World)]] [[note]]The series is set prior to the Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1603, and the Kingdom of Great Britain was not yet established.[[/note]]

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->'''Origin:''' [[ImperialChina Peking, Ming Empire (China)]] [[note]]At the time the series is set, the modern-day nation of China was part of the historic Ming Empire.[[/note]]

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->'''Origin:''' [[UsefulNotes/{{TheKingdomOfSpain}} Valencia, Kingdom of Spain]]

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