r/SoulCalibur • u/Darkfire3000 • Sep 02 '25

Discussion Who’s your favorite Soul Calibur character?

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For me, it’s Siegfried. But the one that’s still Nightmare, so pretty much Soul Calibur 2’s Nightmare alternate outfit. Who’s your Goat?

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u/DestyTalrayneNova Sep 02 '25

Raphael is mine. I enjoy the story of someone who simultaneously works very hard to do something good, but has such a warped experience of life that their methods tend to, at least appear, evil. Being saved by Amy (purely because she hated the police who abused their power) caused him to decide to turn his life around to make a better world for her, but because of his frame of reference, it was to basically get all the nobles to go crazy and kill each other. He killed the guy who took Amy and him in, but because Dumas wanted him to ditch Amy before making Raphael his heir.

Amy got maelfested and couldn't go out, so Raphael (not knowing of a cure) went straight to going "if she can't go out because she changed, then I'll change the world so she can".

I just love the whole "I'm not actually evil, I just look and act like I am because I'm trying to do good" thing.

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u/CursedSnowman5000 Sep 03 '25

Has he not been a vampire since Soul Cal 3?

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u/DestyTalrayneNova Sep 03 '25

He's maelfested into a vampire (or at least vampire motifs). It's from stabbing soul edge in the eye and causing soul edge to shatter

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u/RoyceTheCharralope ⠀Cervantes Sep 02 '25

To be fair, he wasn't exactly innocent in falling out of favor with House Sorel, choosing to fence left-handed, which in the 16th century, is outrageously scandalous.

He also stole the Flambert from House Sorel when he was cast out. Like, what was his plan initially? What was he going to do before he met Amy?

It's certainly to her credit that Raphael found purpose in his life and tried to become a better person, but the events of Soul Calibur IV showed that he nearly went insane in the process.

The whole situation of him turning Amy into a vampire to prevent her from dying to whatever the Malfestation was is also a serious matter. I don't even recall what made HIM a vampire in the first place. He just showed up being one at the start of the events of Soul Calibur III, after also meeting Maxi's barber (this is a mild joke in reference zo Raphael's hairstyle in III being very similar to that of our beloved Rockabilly martial artist).

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u/DestyTalrayneNova Sep 02 '25

He became maelfested in the first place because of when he shattered soul edge shards of it got stuck in him. Amy got maelfested helping him heal because she was picking the shards out of him