#DAISUKE KISHIO SOULCALIBUR IV SERIES#

In an artwork piece showing Nightmare, the blade seems to be leaving decomposing shards and pieces of flesh, as if he is weakening, although there are weapons he can obtain which show a restored or ' completed' version of himself, the latter of which is covered completely in a grotesque composite slab of eyes and meat. One side of the sword featured an enlarged blade to greater fit Nightmare's fighting style.Īfter having sustained damage after the events of Soulcalibur and recovering Charade in Soulcalibur II, a portion of the blade is missing, and the flesh area is exposed and forced to grow to accommodate for his missing portion, to the point of creeping over the hilt himself. By the time Nightmare arose, the weapon transformed into a giant sword with flesh filling the blunt side of the blade and the eye at the base of his hilt. When Siegfried took hold of the sword, the hooks gripped his hand tight to keep him from discarding the sword. In Soul Edge, he was a normal sword with a flesh-like hilt and handguard with hooks on the latter part. When he first gained his parasitic powers, he was a broadsword with a collection of flesh growing at the hilt and handguard area with a yellow eye. While Soul Edge is commonly depicted as a sword, he takes on many shapes and forms throughout the series, either through time periods or various characters wielding him. Many people have fragments of the cursed sword inside their body, such as Astaroth and Maxi, and others keep a fragment or fragments of it some do so merely in order to test their own powers, such as Mitsurugi and Rock. The curse's newest victims are Amy, Voldo, Raphael, Sophitia, and Pyrrha and its newest allies are Tira, Solnhofen, and Johan Dürer. Normally, the Evil Seed transforms the person infected into a demonic monster and feeds off the host's inner sinful deeds of bloodlust, controlling and manipulating their actions, and forcing the user to take the souls of whom they defeat in battle, as it does to Zasalamel when he obtained it, Siegfried, Nightmare, Charade, Night Terror, Aeon Calcos, Necrid, and Cervantes de Leon, from the main series, and Geki and Maki from Soulcalibur Legends, as well as other people mentioned in characters' backstories. Soul Edge's curse is called malfestation, and is inflicted not only upon those who wield the sword itself, but those who come into contact with its shards. When Siegfried took the sword, he created the Evil Seed, a manifestation of the sword's evil energy that caused disastrous negative effects. Either way, it is not unusual for the player to lose the battle as a result of wielding the weapon - without the opponent actually landing the finishing blow - thereby living up to its in-game legend of 'consuming' its wielder.

In the games, a common trait of selecting Soul Edge as a combative weapon is that it depletes the health of the player whilst giving increased attack power or even draining an opponent's health upon contact. Only those with great mental discipline can retain their will while wielding this weapon. The weapon is also known to be a shape-shifter – which form it takes depends on its current owner. Soul Edge is distinguished by its animate eye.Ĭonsistently referred to as the Evil Sword throughout the series, Soul Edge has a reputation for devouring souls. Its blade soaks in blood and in power, and it remains a polished red. Those who grasp its hilt are unable to escape its curse, as its spirit invades the mind like a parasite and drives its wielder insane. When originally forged, Soul Edge was just an ordinary sword, but after being bathed in blood and hatred countless times, the sword turned into a demonic weapon and gained a wicked soul, which the games called Inferno.

#DAISUKE KISHIO SOULCALIBUR IV SERIES#

Soul Edge is the central antagonist in the Soul series of fighting games and namesake to the first installment. Siegfried Schtauffen ( Soul Edge, Soulcalibur, Soulcalibur II, and Soulcalibur VI as Nightmare) Can take various forms based on the wielder

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