Nightmare
You shall become my nourishment!

Facts

In a way, Soul Edge is a parasite and Nightmare is the body it controls. It is believed that Nightmare is Inferno, since Inferno is the "soul" of evil blade. This is based on the theory that the armor act as a temporary host while Tira looks for a new, more powerful one. For Nightmare's SC1 story, refer to Siegfried's story.

Game Appearances

Soul Calibur 3 (2005)
Soul Calibur 4 (2008)

Endings

Age

Existed since ancient times as Soul Edge

Birthplace

Unknown

Height - Weight

168cm - 96kg

Birth Date

Unknown

Blood Type

Unknown

Weapon

Soul Edge (Zweihander Type)

Weapon Name

Soul Edge (Phantom)

Discipline

Style memorized by the armor

Family

Controls a loyal servant, Tira.

Soul Calibur 3

In the instant that the spirit sword pierced the cursed sword, no one notcied the will of Soul Edge escape from the sword. It escaped into the remains of the armor worn by nightmare, armor which had struck fear into countless men.

Lacking Soul Edge, however, it could not even move this bodiless, empty shell of a host.

After a time, a man with a scythe came to visit the place. He seemed to understand everything that had happened, and exchanged a wordless conversation with the cursed sword. After a few moments, the man agreed to help.

The man with the scythe performed a ritual of ancient arts. The energy of the cursed sword and the swirling spirits of this place were woven together and bound into the remains of the armor. The soul of the cursed sword regained its body, and a tremendous, bizarre sword appeared in its hand.

The memory atached into the armor had taken on physical form.

Having acquired a new body, Soul Edge unleashed its hunger upon the lang, devouring all in its path. The souls of those who fell before it would find peace not even in death.

"More... more!" In order to maintain its body, and in order to increase its evil energy, the Azure Knight sought stronger, richer souls.

In the end, the twisted compass directing its path would surely point towards freeing Soul Edge itself.

Rumors of a merciless butcher and the terror of the azure nightmare spread throughout Europe once again.

Soul Calibur 4

The secret art had freed Soul Edge from the Embrace of Souls in the Lost Cathedral. Nightmare took the cursed sword in hand while the blade's former puppet took up the spirit sword and stood in challenge. The swords clashed. The resulting storm sent a wave of destruction rushing outward from the epicenter of the battle. The temporary vessel that was Nightmare could not withstand the malestrom; he and Soul Edge fell into a dimensional warp. But the cursed sword followed the lingering hatred and tormented gosts that gave Nightmare shape and managed to return to Ostrheinsburg.

The azure armour lay slumped on the throne. Soul Edge stretched its evil roots into the scarred, broken metal. The waves of destruction created when the swords clashed spread across the entire world, awakening the scattered shards of the cursed sword. Metal fragments both large and small gathered like particles of light and fell in a dazzling rain upon Ostrheinsburg. Years earlier, these pieces of Soul Edge had been scattered as the Evil Seed, but now it was calling them home. The cursed sword drank them all in.

Soul Edge sank roots deep into the land that was so intimately tied to its fate. Ostrheinsburg became a cursed city, a vessel that would consume souls to further strengthen the evil sword. The blade sat on the throne at the center of the cataclysm, and waited for the time when once again, it would clash with the spirit sword, Soul Calibur.


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