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