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This is a list of characters from the [[Soul Series]] that made their debut or made an appearance in in the third game of the series, ''Soulcalibur II''.
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Origin - ''Rouen, French Empire''
Weapon(s) - Rapier
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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.
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.}}
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* [[Animal Motifs]]: Bats, as befitting of a vampire. This is most obvious is V, where both his costumes are covered in bat symbols.
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]/[[Mistaken for Gay]]: When he first appeared. Nowadays, not so much.
* [[Anti-Villain]] ([[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type III]]): Somewhat.
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]
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* [[Laughing Mad]]
* [[Lolicon]]: A few of the tropes below give off some rather... unfortunate subtext.
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]:
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** Definitely noticeable by ''V'', where his voice sounds less calm and more unhinged, as though he just got out of an insane asylum.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Raphael's ultimate goal is to create a 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.
* [[Nice Hat]]: In ''V'', which gives him a striking similarity in appearance to [[Vampire Hunter D|D]]/[[Van Helsing]]. There is definitely some twisted irony behind this observation.
** Or a medieval version of [[
** Thanks to his fencing prowess, the headgear also gives him the air of a [[The Three Musketeers (novel)|Musketeer of the Guard]].
** Before the official announcement, people thought he was [[
** It's likely based on the [[wikipedia:Ankou|"Ankou,"]] a [[The Grim Reaper|personification of death]] from early French folklore who is often depicted wearing a wide-brimmed hat, as shown [https://web.archive.org/web/20120512060921/http://perlbal.hi-pi.com/blog-images/103841/gd/1187000939/L-Ankou.jpg here.]
* [[Papa Wolf]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: He's 49 by the time of ''V'', but still looks 32, thanks to his vampirism.
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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]
Origin - ''Nayong Anito ng Hangin, South-East Asia (Philippines)''
Weapon(s) - Elbow blades
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Talim is a priestess ([[Last of Their Kind|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.
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Apologises a Lot]]
* [[Badass Adorable]]
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
* [[Blow You Away]]
* [[The Cape (trope)]]: The sort of hero she is.
* [[Catgirl]]: In her ''Soulcalibur IV'' alternate
* [[The Cutie]]: To a point.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Her weapons are bladed tonfas.
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* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: This varies depending on her costume, but she sports either two or four pigtails.
* [[In Harmony with Nature]]: Specifically, the [[Blow You Away|wind]]. It comes with the job.
* [[Last of His Kind|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).
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: One of the youngest fighters, along with Amy. Talim is 15, while Amy could be anywhere from 12 to 14 years old.
* [[The Messiah]]: 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.
* [[Muscles Are Meaningless]]: 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...
* [[Nice Hat]]: As seen in her ''Soulcalibur III'' alternate costume and her ''Soulcalibur IV'' main costume.
** Also seen in her unlockable third ''Soulcalibur II'' costume.
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* [[Purity Personified]]: Easily the sweetest character in the series.
* [[Waif Fu]]: She's only 4'8" (144
* [[Yin-Yang Bomb]]: 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.
Origin - ''Jirisan, Korea''
Weapon(s) - Chinese sword
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A student of Seong Mi-na's father, and [[Ascended Fanboy]] 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."
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* [[Human Pack Mule]]: A few endings of Mi-na's have this fate befall him.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: 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.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Hwang tells him '''not''' to go after Soul Edge, but he goes anyway, and he's not even listening to Seong Mi-na anymore.
* [[Patriotic Fervor]]: 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:
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* [[Shonen Hair]]: He sports an impressively spiky quiff.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Hong Yunsung?
* [[Surfer Dude]]: His look in ''SCIII''.
Origin - ''Athens, Ottoman Empire (Greece)''
Weapon(s) - Short sword and shield
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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...)
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* [[Genki Girl]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]
* [[Kicking Ass in All Her Finery]]
* [[Large Ham]]: "I guess this means I'm the best!"
* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: She comes across as quite sarcastic and even downright bitchy sometimes:
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* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]
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* [[Possession Implies Mastery]]: Same deal as her sister.
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: An interesting example of a completely mundane character displaying a lack of
* [[Thigh-High Boots]]: [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|[[Trapped in Another World]]: ''[[All There in the Manual|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.}}
* [[Valley Girl]]: A fairly subtle version, but it's there in her vocalization (in English) and precocious personality.
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Origin - ''Unknown''
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* [[Was Once a Man]]: Noted in its bio and surmised by Talim in their Destined Battle.
Origin - ''Unknown''
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* [[Was Once a Man]]
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 [[
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* [[An Axe to Grind]]
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* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Put bluntly, Spawn is eternally pissed and it's easy to set him off.
Origin - ''Hyrule''
Weapon(s) - Sword and shield
A Hylian hailing from ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' series. Travels to the Soul world to destroy Soul Edge, which had threatened Hyrule. Exclusive to the [[Nintendo
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* [[Battle Theme Music]]: An arrangement of the ''Zelda'' theme plays when he fights in the Eurydice Shrine.
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* [[Heroic Mime]]: Even with all the opportunities given, he still doesn't speak here.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]
* [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman]]: Link is abysmal-tier in ''Soulcalibur II'' ([[Super Smash Bros.|he's used to it]]), but his throw is incredibly easy to ring people out with, making many Weapon Master stages a cinch.
* [[Screaming Warrior]]: [[Heroic Mime|Regardless of the above]], he ''does'' [[Kiai|yell a lot.]] He's quite good at it.
Origin - ''Japan''
Weapon(s) - His own fists with steel wrist guards
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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 [[
* [[Anime Hair]]
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* [[Bald of Awesome]]/[[Bald of Evil|Evil]]
* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: 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.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: 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 ([[Insult to Rocks|"Even Kuma is stronger than you!"]]).
* [[Extremity Extremist]]: Uses his [[Bare-Fisted Monk|bare hands]] against weapon-wielders.
** Protected by armguards (unless he's using his [[Infinity+1 Sword]]).
* [[Recovery Attack]]: Only character in the series with one, as it comes from ''Tekken''.
* [[Title Drop]]: And not of ''Soulcalibur''. His ultimate "weapon" (bare fists) is named "Tekken."
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.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]
* [[Expy]]: Duplicates Rock's movelist.
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.
Origin - ''Grand Shrine of Palgaea, Persia (Iran)''
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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.
Maze and labyrinth guardians. Come in several variants.
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]
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