Taki

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Soul Edge

Taki is a highly skilled ninja working as a demon hunter. As an orphan, she was brought up by a ninja master named Taki. She is an expert spy and a great schemer in this age of the Civil War. Many military commanders employed ninjas, but Taki works for herself.

Taki does not have a base of operations for she is one of a ninja clan now living in seclusion. Among this ninja clan, many have extraordinary abilities that have been lost or forgotten by the general population.

Having been blessed with supernatural powers, Taki chose to travel throughout Japan to conquer the evil and vindictive demons who threaten ordinary people. Taki forged her own weapons which she did with great love and care. Among all her custom weapons, her favorite was "Rekki-Maru" which held supernatural powers within. However, "Rekki-Maru's" power had began to weaken and about this time, rumors concerning an "Evil Sword" began spreading from southern countries.

The seal at the shrine which confined the ancient Fury demons was weakening. Taki was called to solve this problem. The shrine was full of evil spirits, demons, and ghosts. "Look at them all! Nothing like a good challenge."

She drew her faithful "Rekki-Maru" and sliced at the demon leader. "What's happened here?" The demon still stood before her. After several attacks, the spirit vanished. She was extremely surprised.

"This can't be possible. I usually kill these things in one stroke!" Her sword "Rekki-Maru" was displaying an unusual loss of power. After sealing the shrine, Taki began to think about what was happening. Something was affecting her beloved sword, but what could it be?

She knew there was no such thing in Japan. "What of that rumor of the evil sword, 'Soul Edge'? The sword must be close. There's no other explanation for this strange phenomenon." Taki decided to investigate this evil sword.

"If there's even the slightest chance of saving my favorite sword "Rekki-Maru", I would travel the world for it."

Soul Calibur

Taki was a member of a ninja clan sworn to defeat evil demons.

Believing that her beloved sword Rekki-Maru was resonating in sympathy with the evil sword Soul-Edge, Taki crossed the sea to seek the truth. While abroad, she managed to obtain a fragment of the evil sword.

Returning to her homeland, Taki failed to meld the fragmend into her own sword. However, when Taki attempted to fuse the same fragment with the sword Mekki-Maru, the two materials joined together immediately and an evil aura began to emanate from the sword's blade...

In order to pit Mekki-Maru against the remaining Soul Edge, Taki travelled to foreign lands once again.

Yet in the dark recesses of her heart, Taki felt the desire to master the immense power of the demonic blade.

Soul Calibur 2

After defeating the dread pirate Cervantes, Taki attempted to fuse a fragment of Soul Edge she removed from Sophitia's body in the demonic blade, Mekki-Maru. Much to her surprise, Mekki-Maru began to surge with even greater evil energy.

Taki feared that the leader of the Fu-Ma clan, Master Toki, would take Mekki-Maru away, so she left the clan and became a renegade ninja. She searched for Soul Edge in the hopes of destroying both swords by pitting them against one another. Unfortunately, by the time she found Soul Edge, its wielder, Nightmare, had already been defeated.

Perhaps it was the fact that she lacked a plan to destroy Mekki-Maru, but Taki's desire to master the sword began to grow.

One day, several Fu-Ma Ninjas appeared before her. Unlike previous encounters, these pursuers attempted to capture her, rather than trying to kill her. Searching through the strewn remains of the ninjas, Taki came across a familiar metal fragment.

Toki was undoubtedly searching for the information about Soul Edge. That would explain why the ninjas attempted to take her alive.

Knowing the effects of Soul Edge on its wielders, Taki knew she could not let it get into the hands of Master Toki.

Soul Calibur 3

Taki was concerned about Soul Edge, but at the moment, she was more worried about Toki, the leader of the Fu-Ma clan. She deliberately leaked some information she had obtained about fragments of the evil blade in order to divert the attention of the Fu-Ma clan. After successfully scattering the agents sent by Toki, she headed for Japan.

The Fu-Ma clan was a group that hid themselves from the world and lived to exorcise demons and beasts. Taki followed their activities and made contact with a faction of the Fu-Ma clan that opposed Toki. They revealed that he was in Hoko temple, located in the capital. Taki faced off against Toki in the shrine beneath the temple. Her former master's appearance had changed to that of a demon. Toki was drawing in all of the swirling spirits and energy of the temple. But no matter how powerful her opponent, Taki would not let it overwhelm her.

It was a fierce battle.

What gave Taki her slight advantage was ironically the Fu-Ma techniques that Toki himself had taught her, and Mekki-Maru, the sword that he sought after.

Gravely injured from the ordeal, she sought to put an end to her former master. As Taki started to swing the final blow, a weak voice reached out to her.

"Taki... is that you? It is very dark..."

Taki was caught off guard. There was no sign of madness in his voice. She opened her mouth to call out her master's name, but Toki's eyes suddenly opened wide. An unidentifiable aura-like entity emerged from his mouth and disappeared into the darkness.

Taki made preparations to leave the country at dawn. There was no doubt that Toki was heading for the evil blade. Soul Edge's presence was weak at the moment, which made it the perfect opportunity to pursue it.

The life of a ninja is fleeting. Now, after all this time, Taki found herself ruminating over this as she became a crimson shadow running through the night.

Soul Calibur 4

Taki was there when the two opposing swords were unleashed and Siegfried and Nightmare fought. But the two blades did not destroy each other as she had hoped. Instead, both grew more powerful than ever before. Together, they sparked a cataclysm and Taki only barely escaped the ensuing malestrom. The Lost Cathedral was obliterated, but Soul Calibur and SOul Edge survived. Even now, the dreadful power of the two swords linked them and brough them closer. They would have to be obliterated one at a time, lest they should come together again. She soon learned that the cursed sword lay in Ostrheinsburg, and that Siegfried was heading to the same location. There was no more time. She set out on her own journey.

Taki witnessed everything at the Lost Cathedral. Siefgried had appeared to be seemingly torn asunder by the overwhelming torrent of power, but the spirit sword intervened and kept him alive. Would he be able to cling to his human reason and somehow control the immense power that resided within him? She could not leave that answer to chance. She made her decision, and she would do what must be done.