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** Or a medieval version of [[BlazBlue Hazama]].
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** Or a medieval version of [[BlazBlue [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Hazama]].
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* SirSwearsalot: ''Easily'' the mouth foul-mouthed character in the series.
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* KnightTemplarParent: To Amy, although she apparently doesn't take him seriously. [[spoiler:Point in case: her ending in ''IV''.]]
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* KnightTemplarParent: To Amy, although she apparently doesn't take him seriously. [[spoiler:Point [[spoiler:Case in case: point: her ending in ''IV''.]]
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A French noble who was marked for death due to supporting an acquaintance who was corrupted by the Evil Seed. He is saved by a young girl named Amy. He decides to take revenge against those who did him wrong by obtaining Soul Edge, but there is a second objective: to repay Amy for helping him, by creating a better world for her. He eventually finds Nightmare and fights him, but loses the battle. However, as Nightmare attempts to kill him, Siegfried begins to resurface and Raphael exploits this vulnerability by stabbing Soul Edge's eye. This releases Siegfried from the sword's control, and Raphael collapses.
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A French noble who was marked for death due to supporting an acquaintance killing a noble who was corrupted by the Evil Seed.Seed in self-defence. He is saved by a young girl named Amy. He decides to take revenge against those who did him wrong by obtaining Soul Edge, but there is a second objective: to repay Amy for helping him, by creating a better world for her. He eventually finds Nightmare and fights him, but loses the battle. However, as Nightmare attempts to kill him, Siegfried begins to resurface and Raphael exploits this vulnerability by stabbing Soul Edge's eye. This releases Siegfried from the sword's control, and Raphael collapses.
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Hair Of Gold has been renamed and this isn\'t example. It\'s not just a hair colour.
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This is a list of characters from the SoulSeries that made their debut or made an appearance in in the third game of the series, ''Soulcalibur II''.
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* MegaManning: Borrows from pretty much ''everyone'' in ''II'', leading to some pretty [[GameBreaker broken]] string of moves.
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* MegaManning: Borrows from pretty much ''everyone'' in ''II'', leading to some pretty [[GameBreaker broken]] string strings of moves.
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* KaleidoscopeEyes: In every installment barring ''V'', Raphael's eye color has changed. He's gone from {{blue|eyes}} (''II'') to amber (''III'') to {{red|EyesTakeWarning}} (''IV'' and ''V'').
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* KaleidoscopeEyes: In every installment barring ''V'', Raphael's eye color has changed. He's gone from {{blue|eyes}} blue (''II'') to amber (''III'') to {{red|EyesTakeWarning}} (''IV'' and ''V'').
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[[spoiler: [[WordOfGod Daishi himself]] has confirmed that Raphael had died in the fourth game, and the ''Soulcalibur V'' artbook outright confirms htat his body has become the new vessel for Nightmare. There are many theories surrounding Raphael at this time, but the two most common are that he is either a ghost or his story takes place after the story mode of ''V'', and he is set free when Soul Edge and Soul Calibur are returned to Astral Chaos.]]
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[[spoiler: [[WordOfGod Daishi himself]] has confirmed that Raphael had died in the fourth game, and the ''Soulcalibur V'' artbook outright confirms htat that his body has become the new vessel for Nightmare. There are many theories surrounding Raphael at this time, but the two most common are that he is either a ghost or his story takes place after the story mode of ''V'', and he is set free when Soul Edge and Soul Calibur are returned to Astral Chaos.]]
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Rendered unconscious in ''IV'', he awakens in a dungeon in ''V'', and returns to his home to find that Amy has disappeared. Understandably pissed, he sets out on a new quest to find her.
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I don\'t think he is so much dead in 5 as, well, just freed from Soul Edge\'s control. Compare to Siegfried\'s story in Soulcalibur 1, which is set after Nightmare\'s defeat and most of the other character\'s plots. Of course, Raphael\'s plot got cut for time from the final game...
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* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong?]]
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* TheUnchosenOne: While Sophitia fights because the gods told her to, Cassandra decided Sophitia shouldn't have to fight Soul Edge anymore now that she has a family, so she set out to do it herself.
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* TheUntwist: Raphael is, in fact [[spoiler: the new host body for Nightmare/Soul Edge in Soulcalibur V.]] This is made more clear by the facts that [[spoiler: their bodies are the same size, they share the same voice actors in both English and Japanese, and their faces are identical(though viewing Nightmares face requires equipping specific items in the character editor.]]. [[AllThereInTheManual Supplemental material]] including an artbook released shortly after Soulcalibur V do everything but outright state it.
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* HappilyEverAfter: What happened to Yunseong, Mi-Na, and Hwang after Soulcalibur IV? [[spoiler: TokugawaIeyasu took over Japan and ended war against Korea, giving them no further reason to pursue Soul Edge. So they went home.]] According to the [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] [[AllThereInTheManual artbook]] for Soulcalibur V.
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* ScreamingWarrior: [[HeroicMime Regardless of the above]], he ''does'' [[{{Kiai}} yell a lot.]] He's quite good at it.
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* HotChickWithASword
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* UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}: She's a native. Of the region at least -- a good portion of her move-list uses native Tagalog words. Her name Talim is itself the Tagalog word for "Edge" or "Sharp."
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* UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}: She's a native. Of the region at least -- a good portion of her move-list uses native Tagalog words. Her name Talim is itself the Tagalog word for "Edge" or "Sharp."" Can be easy to miss, however, as there's little else identifiably Filipino about her.
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** Definitely noticeable by ''V'', where his voice sounds patterns (in Japanese at least) sound much less calm and more unhinged, as though composed, like he just got out of an insane asylum. checked in to a mental hospital.
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A Hylian hailing from ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series. Travels to the Soul world to destroy Soul Edge, which had threatened Hyrule. Exclusive to the [[NintendoGameCube GameCube]] version.
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A Hylian hailing from ''TheLegendOfZelda'' ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. Travels to the Soul world to destroy Soul Edge, which had threatened Hyrule. Exclusive to the [[NintendoGameCube GameCube]] version.
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Many men turned lizard by Astaroth's evil cult. Served Lizardman and Nightmare in ''Soulcalibur'', and turned shard-seeker for the cult in ''II''. In ''III'', they were oblivious to Astaroth's cult smashing, and wandered the lands. In ''IV'', they gathered around Aeon Calcos, who become their leader again. They obey his every order without question, even killing innocents if necessary.
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Many men turned lizard by Astaroth's evil cult. Served Lizardman and Nightmare in ''Soulcalibur'', and turned shard-seeker for the cult in ''II''. In ''III'', they were oblivious to Astaroth's cult smashing, and wandered the lands. In ''IV'', ''I'', they gathered around Aeon Calcos, who become their leader again. They obey his every order without question, even killing innocents if necessary.
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[[spoiler: His body is outright confirmed to be the vessel for the new Nightmare, going under the alias of Dumas. Whether the Raphael that appears in-game is a ghost, or whether his story occurs after the events of the game's story mode, is up for debate.]]
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** Thanks to his fencing prowess, the headgear also gives him the air of a [[TheThreeMusketeers Musketeer of the Guard]].
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: He wants Raphael's ultimate goal is to make create a better new world for his adoptive daughter Amy. His primary methods of doing this are as follows: manipulating events from behind the scenes, killing innocent people to quench his vampirism, in the process turning them into undead, malfested slaves under his command, and being a complete asshole to anyone who gets in his way.
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-->Voiced By: YasunoriMasutani (Japanese), Paul Jennings (''Soulcalibur II''; English), Charles Rubendall (''Soulcalibur III'' onward; English)
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-->Voiced By: YasunoriMasutani (Japanese), Paul Jennings (''Soulcalibur II''; English), Charles Rubendall Klausmeyer (''Soulcalibur III'' onward; English)
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** On the other hand, the ocarina actually first appeared and was a key source of MagicMusic in [=ALttP=], whilst [=OoT=] was Link's first 3-D depiction, so the arguments for Link being a composite character here are kind of shaky.
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!!{{Spawn}} (Al Simmons)
Origin - ''Detroit, Michigan US''
Weapon(s) - Double-blade axe
Todd [=McFarlane=]'s {{Badass}} demon appears in the series due to a deal with Namco to publish his character Necrid in exchange for toys created of the series' characters. Malebolgia sends him to the Soul World to retrieve Soul Edge. Exclusive to the {{Xbox}} version.
-->Voiced by: AkioOhtsuka (Japanese), Victor Stone (English)
* AnAxeToGrind
* BadassCape: Only seen in the intro (see "NoFlowInCGI" below).
* DealWithTheDevil
* TheCowl: Literally and figuratively (except for in his 2P costume, which removes the cowl, revealing his [[NightmareFace burnt and horribly disfigured face]]).
* GlowingEyesOfDoom
** MonochromaticEyes: Green.
* NoFlowInCGI: In-universe, his cloak is said to have taken the form of an axe in this game. This trope is the real-life reason as to why.
* SirSwearsalot: ''Easily'' the mouth foul-mouthed character in the series.
* UnstoppableRage: Put bluntly, Spawn is eternally pissed and it's easy to set him off.
!![[TheLegendOfZelda Link]]
Origin - ''Hyrule''
Weapon(s) - Sword and shield
A Hylian hailing from ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series. Travels to the Soul world to destroy Soul Edge, which had threatened Hyrule. Exclusive to the [[NintendoGameCube GameCube]] version.
-->Voiced by: NobuyukiHiyama
* BattleThemeMusic: An arrangement of the ''Zelda'' theme plays when he fights in the Eurydice Shrine.
* CompositeCharacter: Has the look and [[NobuyukiHiyama voice]] of his ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' incarnation (his ending even mentions him playing an ocarina), but [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast the intro shows him drawing the Master Sword from the Lost Woods and two of his unlockable weapons are the Cane of Byrna and Bug-Catching Net]].
* EasterEgg: Winning with Link causes the ItemGet chime to replace the normal victory fanfare. There's also the matter of the game's rendition of the ''Zelda'' main theme.
* HeroicMime: Even with all the opportunities given, he still doesn't speak here.
* JackOfAllStats
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Link is abysmal-tier in ''Soulcalibur II'' ([[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros he's used to it]]), but his throw is incredibly easy to ring people out with, making many Weapon Master stages a cinch.
* ScreamingWarrior: [[HeroicMime Regardless of the above]], he ''does'' [[{{Kiai}} yell a lot.]] He's quite good at it.
!![[{{Tekken}} Heihachi Mishima]]
Origin - ''Japan''
Weapon(s) - His own fists with steel wrist guards
-->Voiced By: DaisukeGouri (Japanese), Victor Stone (English)
He is transported to the 16th century after his blood made contact with a shard of Soul Edge, making him relive the shard's memories, and wants to test his strength against ancient warriors. Exclusive to the [[{{Playstation2}} PS2]] version.
* AnimeHair
* BadassGrandpa
* BadassMustache
* BadassNormal
* BaldOfAwesome[=/=][[BaldOfEvil Evil]]
* BloodKnight
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His "weapons" are metal armguards he uses to deflect blows from weapons. His ultimate weapon? He takes the armguards off and fights at his peak. Heihachi is so strong he can Guard Impact Soul Edge, wielded by Nightmare itself, with his bare skin. And then punch it to death. Again, this is a pensioner with no cybernetic or mystical enhancements at all. He's just that good.
* ContinuityNod: His 10-hit combo is his most powerful move.
** He also refers to Kazuya in one of his quotes ("I'd love to show this to that idiot son of mine!") and name drops his pet bear Kuma when defeating Inferno ([[InsultToRocks "Even Kuma is stronger than you!"]]).
* ExtremityExtremist: Uses his [[BareFistedMonk bare hands]] against weapon-wielders.
** Protected by armguards (unless he's using his InfinityPlusOneSword).
* RecoveryAttack: Only character in the series with one, as it comes from ''Tekken''.
* TitleDrop: And not of ''Soulcalibur''. His ultimate "weapon" (bare fists) is named "Tekken."
!!Berserker
Origin - ''Holy Roman Empire (Germany)''
Weapon(s) - Battle axe
Men turned berserk by the Evil Seed. In ''II'', they're also used as labyrinth guardians in the side-game. Comes in 3 variants.
* AnAxeToGrind
* {{Expy}}: Duplicates Rock's movelist.
!!Assassin
Origin - ''Persia (Iran)''
Weapon(s) - Scimitar
Assassins from Astaroth's cult. Ditto Berserker above. Comes in 3 variants.
* {{Expy}}: Duplicates Hwang's movelist. This has lead to some believing that Assassin (if there is only one such character) ''is'' Hwang.
!!Lizardmen (Fygul Cestemus experiments)
Origin - ''Grand Shrine of Palgaea, Persia (Iran)''
Weapon(s) - Short sword and shield
Many men turned lizard by Astaroth's evil cult. Served Lizardman and Nightmare in ''Soulcalibur'', and turned shard-seeker for the cult in ''II''. In ''III'', they were oblivious to Astaroth's cult smashing, and wandered the lands. In ''IV'', they gathered around Aeon Calcos, who become their leader again. They obey his every order without question, even killing innocents if necessary.
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!!Raphael Sorel
Origin - ''Rouen, French Empire''
Weapon(s) - Rapier
-->Voiced By: YasunoriMasutani (Japanese), Paul Jennings (''Soulcalibur II''; English), Charles Rubendall (''Soulcalibur III'' onward; English)
A French noble who was marked for death due to supporting an acquaintance who was corrupted by the Evil Seed. He is saved by a young girl named Amy. He decides to take revenge against those who did him wrong by obtaining Soul Edge, but there is a second objective: to repay Amy for helping him, by creating a better world for her. He eventually finds Nightmare and fights him, but loses the battle. However, as Nightmare attempts to kill him, Siegfried begins to resurface and Raphael exploits this vulnerability by stabbing Soul Edge's eye. This releases Siegfried from the sword's control, and Raphael collapses.
In ''III'' he returns to Amy, severely injured from his Soul Edge-induced scars. As he recovers, he starts noticing changes within himself. He noticed his skin began to turn pale white, and his eye color had changed to red. He also noticed that he felt very weak during the day, and a powerful thirst at night. By the time he had even considered the fact that he was being "malfested," however, the process was already completed. Both himself and Amy had become vampires, no longer able to co-exist with humans. Thus, Raphael concluded that if he and Amy could not change for the world, then the world would change for them. And so he began infecting people and turning them into his minions, but this would not last long as a traveler began curing the people by giving them "Holy Stones." He set out to take the stone, but upon touching it he was burned and repelled, and Raphael destroyed the stone. He set out to once again find Soul Edge to destroy the other Holy Stones and create the perfect world for Amy.
Raphael eventually comes to believe in ''IV'' that the "Holy Stones" are actually fragments of Soul Calibur, the polar opposite of Soul Edge (though they aren't: they are parts of Kilik's mirror). Thinking that Soul Calibur is even more powerful than Soul Edge, he now seeks to use its power to finally give Amy her world.
Rendered unconscious in ''IV'', he awakens in a dungeon in ''V'', and returns to his home to find that Amy has disappeared. Understandably pissed, he sets out on a new quest to find her.
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* AnimalMotifs: Bats, as befitting of a vampire. This is most obvious is V, where both his costumes are covered in bat symbols.
* AmbiguouslyGay[=/=]MistakenForGay: When he first appeared. Nowadays, not so much.
* AntiVillain ([[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type III]]): Somewhat.
* AristocratsAreEvil
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* DanceBattler: Very much a ''male'' equivalent of the LadyOfWar archetype with his artsy fencing techniques and rhythmic kicks. His weapon demonstration even involves him dancing before picking up his sword.
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench
* FanNickname: "Raph."
** Also Ralph, for some reason.
* FrenchJerk
* KaleidoscopeEyes: In every installment barring ''V'', Raphael's eye color has changed. He's gone from {{blue|eyes}} (''II'') to amber (''III'') to {{red|EyesTakeWarning}} (''IV'' and ''V'').
* KnightTemplarParent: To Amy, although she apparently doesn't take him seriously. [[spoiler:Point in case: her ending in ''IV''.]]
* LargeHam: "Would you like a taste of my power?!"
* LaughingMad
* {{Lolicon}}: A few of the tropes below give off some rather... unfortunate subtext.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy:
-->"As of right now, this world truly belongs only to Amy and me! So why should the two of you even have been here?! The mistake has been corrected! '''[[NoblewomansLaugh OH HO HO HO HO HO!]] [[LaughingMad HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!]]'''"
** Definitely noticeable by ''V'', where his voice sounds less calm and more unhinged, as though he just got out of an insane asylum.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: He wants to make a better world for his adoptive daughter Amy.
* NiceHat: In ''V'', which gives him a striking similarity in appearance to [[Manga/VampireHunterD D]][=/=]Film/VanHelsing. There is definitely some twisted irony behind this observation.
** Or a medieval version of [[BlazBlue Hazama]].
** Thanks to his fencing prowess, the headgear also gives him the air of a [[TheThreeMusketeers Musketeer of the Guard]].
** Before the official announcement, people thought he was [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro]] based on his window on the character select screen.
** It's likely based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankou "Ankou,"]] a [[TheGrimReaper personification of death]] from early French folklore who is often depicted wearing a wide-brimmed hat, as shown [[http://perlbal.hi-pi.com/blog-images/103841/gd/1187000939/L-Ankou.jpg here.]]
* PapaWolf
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's 49 by the time of ''V'', but still looks 32, thanks to his vampirism.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: In ''IV'', one of Raphael's throws (that only works on females) as well as his [[FinishingMove Critical Finish]] involve biting the neck and drinking deep. He's corrupted not by another vampire but by the evil of Soul Edge.
** His vampirism also halted his aging, [[OlderThanTheyLook leaving him physically at 32]] in ''V''.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RedRightHand: His eyes.
* RoyalRapier
* SpannerInTheWorks: Raphael might have possibly saved the world due to being foolish enough to face down Nightmare in ''II''. If he hadn't thrust his rapier into Soul Edge's {{eye|sDoNotBelongThere}}, Siegfried might not have been able to finally break free of Soul Edge's control.
* TragicKeepsake: In ''V'' he is seen holding one of Amy's hairbands and is looking for her, meaning something bad may have happened to her during the timeskip. This only serves to fuel the theory of "Viola = Amy" even more.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: His alternate costume in ''V''.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
!!Talim
Origin - ''Nayong Anito ng Hangin, South-East Asia (Philippines)''
Weapon(s) - Elbow blades
-->Voiced By: YukariTamura (Japanese), Julie Parker (''Soulcalibur II''; English), HyndenWalch (''Soulcalibur III'' onward; English)
Talim is a priestess ([[LastOfTheirKind the last priestess]], to be specific) of a tribe who worship the winds. She seeks to restore the balance of nature by purging the powers of the two swords. She heads out and tries to catch the forces of evil, and ends up getting entangled with Yun-seong and Seong Mi-na.
Her whereabouts as of ''V'' are currently unknown.
* ActionGirl
* ApologisesALot
* BadassAdorable
* BareYourMidriff
* BlowYouAway
* TheCape: The sort of hero she is.
* CatGirl: In her ''Soulcalibur IV'' alternate costume -- comes complete with paw-shaped mittens and boots.
* TheCutie: To a point.
* DualWielding: Her weapons are bladed tonfas.
** DualTonfas
* FragileSpeedster
* GirlishPigtails: This varies depending on her costume, but she sports either two or four pigtails.
* InHarmonyWithNature: Specifically, the [[BlowYouAway wind]]. It comes with the job.
* [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Her Kind]]: Due to turmoil caused by the influences of Spanish and Portuguese culture in the region, she was reared to be the last priestess (Babaylan).
* LittleMissBadass: One of the youngest fighters, along with Amy. Talim is 15, while Amy could be anywhere from 12 to 14 years old.
* TheMessiah: She never hates anyone, but only has the purest intentions. This is especially evident in her ''SCIV'' ending...
* {{Miko}}: Of a sort, due to the religious role she plays in her culture.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: How she can block and parry attacks from a giant axe wielded by a [[http://soulcalibur.wikia.com/wiki/File:Height_Comparison.jpg 6'8" golem]] remains a mystery...
* NiceHat: As seen in her ''Soulcalibur III'' alternate costume and her ''Soulcalibur IV'' main costume.
** Also seen in her unlockable third ''Soulcalibur II'' costume.
* UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}: She's a native. Of the region at least -- a good portion of her move-list uses native Tagalog words. Her name Talim is itself the Tagalog word for "Edge" or "Sharp."
* PurityPersonified: Easily the sweetest character in the series.
* WaifFu: She's only 4'8" (144 cm) tall.
* YinYangBomb: Her ultimate weapon(s) in ''Soulcalibur IV'' makes her the only character, besides Algol (the final boss), that can use Soul Edge and Soul Calibur ''at the same time''. Kilik and Zasalamel carry something similar, but not quite.
!!Hong Yun-seong
Origin - ''Jirisan, Korea''
Weapon(s) - Chinese sword
-->Voiced By: KosukeToriumi (Japanese), Jim Singer (English)
A student of Seong Mi-na's father, and AscendedFanboy of Hwang. Following his hero's example, he goes after Soul Edge in order to prove to him he's a great fighter. He gets ludicrous levels of stubborness in ''IV'', where Talim, Mi-na, ''AND'' Hwang all tell him the sword's pure evil, only for him to dismiss them and continue under the excuse "I want to see it by myself."
[[spoiler: As of ''V'', he and Seong Mi-na returned to Korea, and were hailed as heroes. History then plays out as normal, meaning that Korea no longer has a part in the current events.]]
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: Both his and Mi-na's endings in ''SCIV'' result in this as a result of him being [[GrandTheftMe possessed]] by [[ArtifactOfDoom Soul Edge]].]]
* {{Expy}}: A more direct one of Hwang.
* FieryRedhead
* HotBlooded: "I'm gettin' pumped up!"
* HumanPackMule: A few endings of Mi-na's have this fate befall him.
* IdiotBall: By this point, he's actually starting to believe there might be some truth to the whole "Soul Edge is evil" thing, but still wants to see for himself.
* IdiotHero: Hwang tells him '''not''' to go after Soul Edge, but he goes anyway, and he's not even listening to Seong Mi-na anymore.
* PatrioticFervor: His goal to find Soul Edge is a direct result of his hopes to protect his homeland. There's also this exchange with Mitsurugi in ''III'', the second he sees him:
-->"Enemy of my country... prepare yourself!"
* ShonenHair: He sports an impressively spiky quiff.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Hong Yunsung?
* SurferDude: His look in ''SCIII''.
!!Cassandra Alexandra
Origin - ''Athens, Ottoman Empire (Greece)''
Weapon(s) - Short sword and shield
-->Voiced By: ReikoTakagi (Japanese), Debra Jean Rogers (English)
Sophitia's younger sister. She heads out to destroy Soul Edge so that her family can live in peace. As of ''IV'', she fought against Raphael but got tricked and lost her shard of Soul Edge, and later follows Siegfried's trail believing he has the "Holy Stone" that can destroy Soul Edge (well, he does have ''one'' big crystal that can do that, anyway...)
Is succeeded by Pyrrha in ''V''. [[spoiler:[[AllThereInTheManual Was sucked into Astral Chaos following the defeat of Soul Edge in IV.]]]]
* ActionGirl
* AssKicksYou: She has several moves that are this, and even her Critical Finish is a shield-assisted ass-smash.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: As of ''II''.
* DumbBlonde: While there isn't any canon evidence of her intelligence (or lack of), the supplemental manga and ''Broken Destiny'' campaign has her fulfill this role.
* {{Expy}}: The original idea was for her to replace her big sister Sophitia.
* {{Fanservice}}: [[LampshadeHanging "You like this kind of stuff?"]]
* FanNickname: "Cass" or "Cassie."
* GenkiGirl
* HairOfGold
* HotBlooded
* HotChickWithASword
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery
* LargeHam: "I guess this means I'm the best!"
* LittleMissSnarker: She comes across as quite sarcastic and even downright bitchy sometimes:
--> "Were you looking forward to winning? ''Oh, I'm sorry....''"
--> "Oh my, how stupid are you?"
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe
* MamaBear: Sort of. Wanted to spare her sister from fighting to save her children, so she stole Sophie's weapons and set off to fight the evil.
* MiniDressOfPower: By ''IV'' it's become mini to the point of non-existence.
* OperaGloves
* PossessionImpliesMastery: Same deal as her sister.
* PluckyGirl
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: An interesting example of a completely mundane character displaying a lack of this -- despite being skilled with Sophitia's weapons, she doesn't know how to take care of them. Her ''Soulcalibur III'' profile mentions she got Rothion to fix them up after ''II'', and in ''III'' [[spoiler:her weapon breaks when she uses it to destroy Soul Edge. [[QuickTimeEvent If]] Sophitia finds out in her ending, she sends her straight to the forge to fix it... cut to Cassandra having a sobbing fit, wailing that she ''doesn't know how''.]]
* ThighHighBoots: [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/cassandra-sc4-art.jpg Sports a pair in]] ''IV''. It closely resembles her Player 2 costume from ''SCII'' with a different color scheme.
* [[spoiler: TrappedInAnotherWorld: ''[[AllThereInTheManual New Legends Of Project Soul]]'' indicates that Cassandra was dragged into Astral Chaos during the defeat of Soul Edge at the end of ''IV'', which explains why she vanished without a trace for 17 years without even trying to find her nephew and niece. No comment has yet been released if Pyrrha Omega tearing open Astral Chaos by claiming Soul Edge allowed Cassandra to escape.]]
* ValleyGirl: A fairly subtle version, but it's there in her vocalization (in English) and precocious personality.
--> "Have you looked in the mirror recently?"
!!Necrid
Origin - ''Unknown''
Weapon(s) - Pure energy capable of taking any form
A man that got trapped into Soul Edge's dimension and corrupted into a monstrosity. He got free during the climax of the first game, and sought Soul Edge as it can appease his inmense pain. Created by Todd [=McFarlane=] as a home version-exclusive character.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere
* MegaManning: Borrows from pretty much ''everyone'' in ''II'', leading to some pretty [[GameBreaker broken]] string of moves.
* OneShotCharacter: Yeah, pretty much. Just about everyone else in the series who was playable and even largely inconsequential side-characters has received ''some'' sort of mention in later installments. Necrid... has not.
* ShapeshifterWeapon
* TheUnintelligible: Speaks in incomphrensible gibberish, to the point that his quotes are labelled as basic emotions conveyed by his speech.
* WasOnceAMan: Noted in its bio and surmised by Talim in their Destined Battle.
!!Charade
Origin - ''Unknown''
Weapon(s) - All weapons
An unnamed man once sought fame, and was convinced by a merchant to buy and start hoarding shards of Soul Edge. The man was killed by thieves after bragging about his possessions on town. The man's obssession with fame and strength permeated the shards, who animated his corpse, which gave them a semi-sentient form. It looks to become one with Soul Edge out of raw instict, and got its wish in ''IV'', as it merged together with all the shards.
* DemBones
* DittoFighter: Just like Inferno and Edge Master.
* EyeBeams
* EyelessFace: Well...
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: It has a giant eye in his ribcage. Makes even less sense than Nightmare's mouth.
* FacelessEye: See above.
* {{Flight}}: By assuming a comet-like form.
* NoBiologicalSex
* PosthumousCharacter
* PutOnABus: As usual for the DittoFighter characters, its story just... stopped. It comes out of nowhere for an event match in ''III'', and then finally joins with the rest of Soul Edge in ''IV''.
* ShapeShifting: How it changes to match each player character's style, it readjusts its skeleton.
** ShapeshifterVisualCue: Played with. All of its forms are a brown skeleton with a giant eye in its torso. However, they all also have the habits of the character it's masquerading as, mostly useful to this audience in distinguishing it as Sophitia from it as Cassandra (Cassandra is ironically bouncier).
** ShapeshifterWeapon: Surprisingly averted.
* WasOnceAMan
!!Raphael Sorel
Origin - ''Rouen, French Empire''
Weapon(s) - Rapier
-->Voiced By: YasunoriMasutani (Japanese), Paul Jennings (''Soulcalibur II''; English), Charles Rubendall (''Soulcalibur III'' onward; English)
A French noble who was marked for death due to supporting an acquaintance who was corrupted by the Evil Seed. He is saved by a young girl named Amy. He decides to take revenge against those who did him wrong by obtaining Soul Edge, but there is a second objective: to repay Amy for helping him, by creating a better world for her. He eventually finds Nightmare and fights him, but loses the battle. However, as Nightmare attempts to kill him, Siegfried begins to resurface and Raphael exploits this vulnerability by stabbing Soul Edge's eye. This releases Siegfried from the sword's control, and Raphael collapses.
In ''III'' he returns to Amy, severely injured from his Soul Edge-induced scars. As he recovers, he starts noticing changes within himself. He noticed his skin began to turn pale white, and his eye color had changed to red. He also noticed that he felt very weak during the day, and a powerful thirst at night. By the time he had even considered the fact that he was being "malfested," however, the process was already completed. Both himself and Amy had become vampires, no longer able to co-exist with humans. Thus, Raphael concluded that if he and Amy could not change for the world, then the world would change for them. And so he began infecting people and turning them into his minions, but this would not last long as a traveler began curing the people by giving them "Holy Stones." He set out to take the stone, but upon touching it he was burned and repelled, and Raphael destroyed the stone. He set out to once again find Soul Edge to destroy the other Holy Stones and create the perfect world for Amy.
Raphael eventually comes to believe in ''IV'' that the "Holy Stones" are actually fragments of Soul Calibur, the polar opposite of Soul Edge (though they aren't: they are parts of Kilik's mirror). Thinking that Soul Calibur is even more powerful than Soul Edge, he now seeks to use its power to finally give Amy her world.
Rendered unconscious in ''IV'', he awakens in a dungeon in ''V'', and returns to his home to find that Amy has disappeared. Understandably pissed, he sets out on a new quest to find her.
[[spoiler: His body is outright confirmed to be the vessel for the new Nightmare, going under the alias of Dumas. Whether the Raphael that appears in-game is a ghost, or whether his story occurs after the events of the game's story mode, is up for debate.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Bats, as befitting of a vampire. This is most obvious is V, where both his costumes are covered in bat symbols.
* AmbiguouslyGay[=/=]MistakenForGay: When he first appeared. Nowadays, not so much.
* AntiVillain ([[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type III]]): Somewhat.
* AristocratsAreEvil
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* DanceBattler: Very much a ''male'' equivalent of the LadyOfWar archetype with his artsy fencing techniques and rhythmic kicks. His weapon demonstration even involves him dancing before picking up his sword.
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench
* FanNickname: "Raph."
** Also Ralph, for some reason.
* FrenchJerk
* KaleidoscopeEyes: In every installment barring ''V'', Raphael's eye color has changed. He's gone from {{blue|eyes}} (''II'') to amber (''III'') to {{red|EyesTakeWarning}} (''IV'' and ''V'').
* KnightTemplarParent: To Amy, although she apparently doesn't take him seriously. [[spoiler:Point in case: her ending in ''IV''.]]
* LargeHam: "Would you like a taste of my power?!"
* LaughingMad
* {{Lolicon}}: A few of the tropes below give off some rather... unfortunate subtext.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy:
-->"As of right now, this world truly belongs only to Amy and me! So why should the two of you even have been here?! The mistake has been corrected! '''[[NoblewomansLaugh OH HO HO HO HO HO!]] [[LaughingMad HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!]]'''"
** Definitely noticeable by ''V'', where his voice sounds less calm and more unhinged, as though he just got out of an insane asylum.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: He wants to make a better world for his adoptive daughter Amy.
* NiceHat: In ''V'', which gives him a striking similarity in appearance to [[Manga/VampireHunterD D]][=/=]Film/VanHelsing. There is definitely some twisted irony behind this observation.
** Or a medieval version of [[BlazBlue Hazama]].
** Thanks to his fencing prowess, the headgear also gives him the air of a [[TheThreeMusketeers Musketeer of the Guard]].
** Before the official announcement, people thought he was [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro]] based on his window on the character select screen.
** It's likely based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankou "Ankou,"]] a [[TheGrimReaper personification of death]] from early French folklore who is often depicted wearing a wide-brimmed hat, as shown [[http://perlbal.hi-pi.com/blog-images/103841/gd/1187000939/L-Ankou.jpg here.]]
* PapaWolf
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's 49 by the time of ''V'', but still looks 32, thanks to his vampirism.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: In ''IV'', one of Raphael's throws (that only works on females) as well as his [[FinishingMove Critical Finish]] involve biting the neck and drinking deep. He's corrupted not by another vampire but by the evil of Soul Edge.
** His vampirism also halted his aging, [[OlderThanTheyLook leaving him physically at 32]] in ''V''.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RedRightHand: His eyes.
* RoyalRapier
* SpannerInTheWorks: Raphael might have possibly saved the world due to being foolish enough to face down Nightmare in ''II''. If he hadn't thrust his rapier into Soul Edge's {{eye|sDoNotBelongThere}}, Siegfried might not have been able to finally break free of Soul Edge's control.
* TragicKeepsake: In ''V'' he is seen holding one of Amy's hairbands and is looking for her, meaning something bad may have happened to her during the timeskip. This only serves to fuel the theory of "Viola = Amy" even more.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: His alternate costume in ''V''.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
!!Talim
Origin - ''Nayong Anito ng Hangin, South-East Asia (Philippines)''
Weapon(s) - Elbow blades
-->Voiced By: YukariTamura (Japanese), Julie Parker (''Soulcalibur II''; English), HyndenWalch (''Soulcalibur III'' onward; English)
Talim is a priestess ([[LastOfTheirKind the last priestess]], to be specific) of a tribe who worship the winds. She seeks to restore the balance of nature by purging the powers of the two swords. She heads out and tries to catch the forces of evil, and ends up getting entangled with Yun-seong and Seong Mi-na.
Her whereabouts as of ''V'' are currently unknown.
* ActionGirl
* ApologisesALot
* BadassAdorable
* BareYourMidriff
* BlowYouAway
* TheCape: The sort of hero she is.
* CatGirl: In her ''Soulcalibur IV'' alternate costume -- comes complete with paw-shaped mittens and boots.
* TheCutie: To a point.
* DualWielding: Her weapons are bladed tonfas.
** DualTonfas
* FragileSpeedster
* GirlishPigtails: This varies depending on her costume, but she sports either two or four pigtails.
* InHarmonyWithNature: Specifically, the [[BlowYouAway wind]]. It comes with the job.
* [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Her Kind]]: Due to turmoil caused by the influences of Spanish and Portuguese culture in the region, she was reared to be the last priestess (Babaylan).
* LittleMissBadass: One of the youngest fighters, along with Amy. Talim is 15, while Amy could be anywhere from 12 to 14 years old.
* TheMessiah: She never hates anyone, but only has the purest intentions. This is especially evident in her ''SCIV'' ending...
* {{Miko}}: Of a sort, due to the religious role she plays in her culture.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: How she can block and parry attacks from a giant axe wielded by a [[http://soulcalibur.wikia.com/wiki/File:Height_Comparison.jpg 6'8" golem]] remains a mystery...
* NiceHat: As seen in her ''Soulcalibur III'' alternate costume and her ''Soulcalibur IV'' main costume.
** Also seen in her unlockable third ''Soulcalibur II'' costume.
* UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}: She's a native. Of the region at least -- a good portion of her move-list uses native Tagalog words. Her name Talim is itself the Tagalog word for "Edge" or "Sharp."
* PurityPersonified: Easily the sweetest character in the series.
* WaifFu: She's only 4'8" (144 cm) tall.
* YinYangBomb: Her ultimate weapon(s) in ''Soulcalibur IV'' makes her the only character, besides Algol (the final boss), that can use Soul Edge and Soul Calibur ''at the same time''. Kilik and Zasalamel carry something similar, but not quite.
!!Hong Yun-seong
Origin - ''Jirisan, Korea''
Weapon(s) - Chinese sword
-->Voiced By: KosukeToriumi (Japanese), Jim Singer (English)
A student of Seong Mi-na's father, and AscendedFanboy of Hwang. Following his hero's example, he goes after Soul Edge in order to prove to him he's a great fighter. He gets ludicrous levels of stubborness in ''IV'', where Talim, Mi-na, ''AND'' Hwang all tell him the sword's pure evil, only for him to dismiss them and continue under the excuse "I want to see it by myself."
[[spoiler: As of ''V'', he and Seong Mi-na returned to Korea, and were hailed as heroes. History then plays out as normal, meaning that Korea no longer has a part in the current events.]]
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: Both his and Mi-na's endings in ''SCIV'' result in this as a result of him being [[GrandTheftMe possessed]] by [[ArtifactOfDoom Soul Edge]].]]
* {{Expy}}: A more direct one of Hwang.
* FieryRedhead
* HotBlooded: "I'm gettin' pumped up!"
* HumanPackMule: A few endings of Mi-na's have this fate befall him.
* IdiotBall: By this point, he's actually starting to believe there might be some truth to the whole "Soul Edge is evil" thing, but still wants to see for himself.
* IdiotHero: Hwang tells him '''not''' to go after Soul Edge, but he goes anyway, and he's not even listening to Seong Mi-na anymore.
* PatrioticFervor: His goal to find Soul Edge is a direct result of his hopes to protect his homeland. There's also this exchange with Mitsurugi in ''III'', the second he sees him:
-->"Enemy of my country... prepare yourself!"
* ShonenHair: He sports an impressively spiky quiff.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Hong Yunsung?
* SurferDude: His look in ''SCIII''.
!!Cassandra Alexandra
Origin - ''Athens, Ottoman Empire (Greece)''
Weapon(s) - Short sword and shield
-->Voiced By: ReikoTakagi (Japanese), Debra Jean Rogers (English)
Sophitia's younger sister. She heads out to destroy Soul Edge so that her family can live in peace. As of ''IV'', she fought against Raphael but got tricked and lost her shard of Soul Edge, and later follows Siegfried's trail believing he has the "Holy Stone" that can destroy Soul Edge (well, he does have ''one'' big crystal that can do that, anyway...)
Is succeeded by Pyrrha in ''V''. [[spoiler:[[AllThereInTheManual Was sucked into Astral Chaos following the defeat of Soul Edge in IV.]]]]
* ActionGirl
* AssKicksYou: She has several moves that are this, and even her Critical Finish is a shield-assisted ass-smash.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: As of ''II''.
* DumbBlonde: While there isn't any canon evidence of her intelligence (or lack of), the supplemental manga and ''Broken Destiny'' campaign has her fulfill this role.
* {{Expy}}: The original idea was for her to replace her big sister Sophitia.
* {{Fanservice}}: [[LampshadeHanging "You like this kind of stuff?"]]
* FanNickname: "Cass" or "Cassie."
* GenkiGirl
* HairOfGold
* HotBlooded
* HotChickWithASword
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery
* LargeHam: "I guess this means I'm the best!"
* LittleMissSnarker: She comes across as quite sarcastic and even downright bitchy sometimes:
--> "Were you looking forward to winning? ''Oh, I'm sorry....''"
--> "Oh my, how stupid are you?"
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe
* MamaBear: Sort of. Wanted to spare her sister from fighting to save her children, so she stole Sophie's weapons and set off to fight the evil.
* MiniDressOfPower: By ''IV'' it's become mini to the point of non-existence.
* OperaGloves
* PossessionImpliesMastery: Same deal as her sister.
* PluckyGirl
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: An interesting example of a completely mundane character displaying a lack of this -- despite being skilled with Sophitia's weapons, she doesn't know how to take care of them. Her ''Soulcalibur III'' profile mentions she got Rothion to fix them up after ''II'', and in ''III'' [[spoiler:her weapon breaks when she uses it to destroy Soul Edge. [[QuickTimeEvent If]] Sophitia finds out in her ending, she sends her straight to the forge to fix it... cut to Cassandra having a sobbing fit, wailing that she ''doesn't know how''.]]
* ThighHighBoots: [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/cassandra-sc4-art.jpg Sports a pair in]] ''IV''. It closely resembles her Player 2 costume from ''SCII'' with a different color scheme.
* [[spoiler: TrappedInAnotherWorld: ''[[AllThereInTheManual New Legends Of Project Soul]]'' indicates that Cassandra was dragged into Astral Chaos during the defeat of Soul Edge at the end of ''IV'', which explains why she vanished without a trace for 17 years without even trying to find her nephew and niece. No comment has yet been released if Pyrrha Omega tearing open Astral Chaos by claiming Soul Edge allowed Cassandra to escape.]]
* ValleyGirl: A fairly subtle version, but it's there in her vocalization (in English) and precocious personality.
--> "Have you looked in the mirror recently?"
!!Necrid
Origin - ''Unknown''
Weapon(s) - Pure energy capable of taking any form
A man that got trapped into Soul Edge's dimension and corrupted into a monstrosity. He got free during the climax of the first game, and sought Soul Edge as it can appease his inmense pain. Created by Todd [=McFarlane=] as a home version-exclusive character.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere
* MegaManning: Borrows from pretty much ''everyone'' in ''II'', leading to some pretty [[GameBreaker broken]] string of moves.
* OneShotCharacter: Yeah, pretty much. Just about everyone else in the series who was playable and even largely inconsequential side-characters has received ''some'' sort of mention in later installments. Necrid... has not.
* ShapeshifterWeapon
* TheUnintelligible: Speaks in incomphrensible gibberish, to the point that his quotes are labelled as basic emotions conveyed by his speech.
* WasOnceAMan: Noted in its bio and surmised by Talim in their Destined Battle.
!!Charade
Origin - ''Unknown''
Weapon(s) - All weapons
An unnamed man once sought fame, and was convinced by a merchant to buy and start hoarding shards of Soul Edge. The man was killed by thieves after bragging about his possessions on town. The man's obssession with fame and strength permeated the shards, who animated his corpse, which gave them a semi-sentient form. It looks to become one with Soul Edge out of raw instict, and got its wish in ''IV'', as it merged together with all the shards.
* DemBones
* DittoFighter: Just like Inferno and Edge Master.
* EyeBeams
* EyelessFace: Well...
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: It has a giant eye in his ribcage. Makes even less sense than Nightmare's mouth.
* FacelessEye: See above.
* {{Flight}}: By assuming a comet-like form.
* NoBiologicalSex
* PosthumousCharacter
* PutOnABus: As usual for the DittoFighter characters, its story just... stopped. It comes out of nowhere for an event match in ''III'', and then finally joins with the rest of Soul Edge in ''IV''.
* ShapeShifting: How it changes to match each player character's style, it readjusts its skeleton.
** ShapeshifterVisualCue: Played with. All of its forms are a brown skeleton with a giant eye in its torso. However, they all also have the habits of the character it's masquerading as, mostly useful to this audience in distinguishing it as Sophitia from it as Cassandra (Cassandra is ironically bouncier).
** ShapeshifterWeapon: Surprisingly averted.
* WasOnceAMan
