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These are descriptions of the various mystical weapons in the Soul series of video games.

Soul Edge

Soul Edge was created by human hands. At first it was just an ordinary sword, but after being bathed in blood and hatred countless times, the sword turned into a demonic weapon and gained a wicked soul called Inferno. Those without strong wills are unable to escape the curse of its evil powers. While it burns fiercely with the regret of lost souls, its blade shines with an icy gleam.

The first known bearer of Soul Edge was a king, whose strong will conquered the malign intelligence of the blade. However, his son was not so strong, and quickly fell under the influence of Inferno. Jealous of his father's power, he stole Soul Edge and and instantly came under the possession of the evil sword. In a desperate battle against the deranged prince, the mighty king defeated Soul Edge, but at the cost of his son's life. Swearing vengence against the cursed blade, which was now nowhere to be found, he forged the holy sword Soul Calibur (see below).

Several hundred years later, Soul Edge mysteriously appeared once again in a secret auction. While it was unknown why it now existed as two blades instead of one, the evil spirit of the sword could not be mistaken. The swords were obtained by an english curio dealer. But on the way back, his ship was attacked by the dreaded pirate Cervantes and he got ahold of the wicked swords. Possessed by its will, Cervantes went on a murderous rampage, the souls of those he slew feeding the cursed blade.

Many years later, Cervantes was attacked by Sophitia Alexandra, the daughter of a Greek baker and blessed by Hephaestus. She managed to destroy the smaller of the two blades, sending its shattered pieces across the world. Cervantes himself was killed by a demon huntress named Taki, who helped the terribly wounded Sophitia home.

It was at that point that Siegfried Schtauffen, a young German knight, arrived seeking the legendary Soul Edge. Unwilling to be so casually claimed, Inferno possessed the dead body of Cervantes and fought him, but ultimately lost. While it flowed back into Soul Edge, the mad Siegfried took the evil sword for his own. Unable to contain its power, evil energy flowed out of Siegfried and all over the world, creating a phenomena known as the Evil Seed.

Soul Edge now had a bearer worthy of its taint - Nightmare. Completely consumed by the sword, Siegfried went on insane killing sprees, murdering without distinction to feed the evil blade. By absorbing souls and gathering fragments of Soul Edge, the cracks in the blade began to heal. It was almost complete when two brave souls, Kilik and Xianghua stormed Ostrheinsburg Castle. After a vicious battle, Nightmare lay defeated, and Xianghua used Soul Calibur to shatter Soul Edge. But the power of the blade was not so easily dispelled - taking Soul Calibur, Inferno escaped into a dark abyss of its own creation.

Siegfried was himself again, but the effects Soul Edge had left on him were strong. Every time he slept, Siegfried would awake to the corpses of those he had slain in the night. Gradually he slipped into Nightmare once again, and began reforging Soul Edge. After succeeding in restoring many of the sword's original powers, Nightmare was challenged by a swordsman searching for the legendary blade, Raphael. Their battle was intense, but Nightmare stood victorious in the end. With his last strength, Raphael made a desperate attack, and managed to strike his sword into the very center of the cursed blade. Screaming in agony, Nightmare fell back, and within his mind Siegfried reawoke. After a fierce mental struggle, Siegfried regained his mind. Suddenly, shining from the core of Soul Edge, the holy sword Soul Calibur appeared to him, released from its entrapment within the evil blade. Taking Soul Calibur, Siegfried drove it into its eternal enemy, piercing eye and silencing the power of Soul Edge. However, it was not enough to destroy the cursed sword, and now both blades lay locked in an embrace, seemingly anulled of all power.

Inferno, thrust out of Soul Edge by Soul Calibur, transferred itself into the remanants Nightmare's armor, but could not manipulate the bodiless husk. It is then that a strange man named Zasalamel appeared. Agreeing to help Inferno if it assisted him in finding the two swords of legends, Zasalamel used his ancient powers to bind it to the armor. Even though the new Nightmare no longer holds Soul Edge, the evil energy from the demonic sword was imprinted on his armor and took on a physical form. Thus the Phantom Soul Edge was born. Its power is dwarfed by the real cursed sword, but as Nightmare once again begins his quest to search for his missing blade, this Soul Edge begins to grow stronger. The real Soul Edge is now in the possession of Siegfried Schtauffen, who is seeking a way to seal the evil sword forever.

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