Zasalamel

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Soul Calibur 3

Zasalamel was originally born into a tribe that protected the holy sword. He was banished from the tribe, however, when he violated an edict due to his arrogance. Eventually, he began to pursue the art of reincarnation. He found this secret art, obtained the power for his own, and became a being that could cross the ages.

Reincarnation, however, was a painful ordeal, and eventually, he lost all joy in living. There was nothing to be gained with infinite time. The price of eternal life was the loss of a peaceful death.

Wishing death, he once took possession of Soul Edge. Not even a death brought on by the evil sword could break the cycle of reincarnation. He then turned his hope to the spirit sword and returned to his birthplace, but his tribe had disappeared, leaving no trace of Soul Calibur.

After reaching his current reincarnation, Zasalamel tracked the whereabouts of Soul Edge from the massacres caused by the Evil Seed and Nightmare, and also learned that the spirit sword had finally appeared. It was the perfect chance to obtain both of them at once. Both the cursed sword and the spirit sword, however, lacked their true strength.

In order to revive the cursed sword, he brought the Azure Knight back to life and created conflict within the mind of Siegfried, the one who possessed both swords. Zasalamel searched out survivors of Nightmare's carnage and directed them towards Siegfried. the strong hatred and hostility that they bore would surely be enough to shatter Siegfried's will.

If the cursed sword grew in power, then the spirit sword would regain its strength as well.

When the conflict between those two opposing forces reached its peak, would he be able to use that ultimate power to achieve a final death?

Soul Calibur 4

This is it, he thought. This power will put an end to my cursed life once and for all!

Zasalamel felt certain of it as he stood before the opposing swords' rushes of power. At last, he would be able to escape this endless cursed cycle of reincarnation. But just then, a wonderous vision appeared before him; towering structures that seemed to reach as high as heaven itself and steel boats that flew freely through the skies. The birth of a plan for leaving Earth and striking moonward, then the achievement of that goal. And the creation of new life, the province of the gods themselves! He was witnessing the futurel the sum of all human potential.

To Zasalamel, it was a revelation. For the first time in ages, the will to live swelled inside him. He had to be there when that vision became a reality! He had to see it happen!

After returning to the real world, Zasalamel noticed the auras of the spirit sword and cursed sword were at a dreadful pitch. "Perfect," he thought. His close encounter with the two swords' natures meant that surely next time, he would be able to bend Soul Calibur and Soul Edge to his will. Yet someone stood between him and that goal; a man of tremendous strength and will who had slept deep within the spirit sword, and was now awakened. The Hero King. To think that this legendary figure actually existed....

"Fascinating," thought Zasalamel. Such an mighty being was a worthy foe to stand between him and his ambition. If the path he walked stretched to the ends of eternity, then he would build his life to come atop this Hero King's broken remains.