Raphael Sorel

## Personal Info

Birthplace: Rouen, French Empire (France)

Birthdate: November 27, 1558

Age: 32-49

Gender: Male

Height: 5’10 (178)

Weight: 159 (72)

Blood Type: A

Weapon: Rapier

Weapon Name: Flambert

Style: La Rapiere des Sorel

Soul: Domination

## Stages

South France Mansion: Library (2)

Romanian Valley: Castle Siege (3)

Ostrheinsburg Castle Throne Room (4)

Dark Capital Ostrheinsbug (BD)

Unknown Forest: Dark Night (5)

## Themes

No turning Back (2)

Endless Warfare (3)

Reing of Doom (4)

Blood Thirst Concerto (5)

the rapier and medicine as his playmates. His cool, unemotional demeanor created
many enemies, but his quick and precise decision-making and execution skills
solidified the foundation of his family amongst the nobles. Unfortunately,
Raphael was cast out one day when he made a critical mistake; during the Evil
Seed incident, he had killed a noble in self-defense: a noble that had long
supported their family. Outraged by this, his own family cast him out, and even
aided the town in the pursuit of Raphael.

Raphael hid himself in an impoverished town to escape from
his pursuers. There he met a little girl named Amy, who hid the weakened
Raphael from his enemies. For the little girl, helping Raphael was only a
simple deed motivated out of spite for the soldiers. For Raphael, however, it
marked the first time he owed his life to someone else. He felt emotions that
he had never experienced before, and Amy became an irreplaceable presence in
Raphael's life.

Convinced that the chaos of the war was no place to live a
meaningful life, Raphael took Amy and left the poverty-stricken town. But even
with the new surroundings, he could not get Amy to open her heart to the world.

One day, in the library of the mansion he acquired under
dark pretenses, Raphael found a letter with references to the Evil Seed. It
wasn't long before he made the connection between Evil Seed and Soul Edge.

What if such a sword were thrust into the hands of the
pathetic nobles? It would all be worth it if the petty, war-mongering nobles
could be eliminated to secure a meaningful future for Amy. But in order to
accomplish his goal, Raphael needed Soul Edge; he was determined to obtain the
sword by any means necessary.

In his quest for Soul Edge, Raphael faced off against
Nightmare in the land of Ostrheinsburg.

Nightmare won.

His body weakened, his breath haggard, and his consciousness
fading, he looked up to see the giant, ghastly sword wielded by the embodiment
of a nightmare. He muttered Amy's name; for an instant, an emotion that was
neither anger nor pride flared up inside him, and he overcame his pain and
forced his body to move. The desperate strike he unleashed hit its mark,
piercing the center of Soul Edge. That was all he remembered. The last thing he
saw before he lost consciousness was the sight of his opponent writhing in
pain.

### Soul Calibur 3

He should have been dead. Yet, for some reason, the Azure
Knight had left without delivering the final blow. Raphael dragged his
grievously wounded body back to his mansion. He spent several days on the brink
of death, but he eventually recovered. At this time, however, he did not notice
the evil energy radiating from the wounds he had received from Soul Edge—energy
that was now eating into his body. The phenomenon of malfestation—he had come
across this terminology during his research into the cursed sword. By the time
that word flashed through his mind, it was already too late. The symptoms even
spread to Amy, who had nursed him back to health. Likely she had been infected
when she came into contact with his blood...

Raphael escaped with Amy to Wallachia, a distant land in Romania, where they took shelter in a castle ruin that stood in the mountains.

Amy had been transformed into a being that could not interact with the normal world. Raphael decided that he would change the world for her. His plan, woven from threads of madness, proceeded slowly but surely, infecting nearby lands with evil energy.

But one day, an incident occurred in which some people who
had been transformed to evil returned to normal by the power of a Holy Stone.
Threatened by this object, Raphael decided to go on a journey to discover the
true nature of the "Holy Stone" and obliterate it from this world.

Just as he made his decision, an army appeared at the base
of the castle. They had noticed the abnormality of the area and come to attack
its source.

Raphael bid farewell to his beloved Amy and descended below
to the world that refused to accept them.

### Soul Calibur 4

To Raphael, Amy was everything. He even schemed to turn the
whole world evil—to "malfest" it—for the sole purpose of creating a
world Amy could call home. But the Holy Stone caused his plans to unravel by
bringing some of the townspeople he had transformed back to their senses.

That meant a power even greater than the evil sword must
exist. He needed another way to accomplish his goals, and so he vanished into
the darkness to find it. After extracting some useful information from the
creatures of the dark, he arrived at an answer: he must find a tribe that
called themselves the "guardians of the spirit sword." Though
themselves lost in the darkness of history, they had continued to pass down
their lore: the story of Soul Calibur, the one weapon that could stand against
the cursed sword Soul Edge.

This was the answer he had been seeking! Raphael looked
heavenward, up at the night sky. Countless lights darted across his vision, and
he followed them until they vanished over Orstrheinsburg, where he had once
confronted Soul Edge. The series of lights were proof that the cursed sword was
reviving. If Soul Calibur was once again fated to stop it, then it would
inevitably appear there, at the castle.

Raphael now waits for Soul Calibur to appear so he can
obtain her for himself and create the ideal world for himself and his beloved
daughter.

### Soul Calibur 5

How long had he been dreaming? How long had he climbed that endless spiral
staircase? Somehow, he knew her room was at the top...

France had been devastated by war, and Raphael, head of the once-proud Sorel
legacy, was devastated by a betrayal that cost him everything. But then he met
someone, someone who took him in and sheltered him in his hour of need, and
suddenly none of it mattered. Her name was--

"Amy!"

He awoke with a start to find himself in a dark dungeon cell, thick with
grime and the stench of death. He had no memory of how he had gotten there, but
that wasn't important—he had to find Amy.

When Raphael burst out of the prison, everything outside looked different
than he remembered...but no matter. This world was but a fleeting dream,
destined to be transformed into a new and better place—a world twisted to the
needs of he and his beloved.

"Don't worry, Amy... I'll be with you soon."

A force of madness was loose upon the world, a man who would stop at nothing
to find his beloved.

## Endings

### Soul Calibur 2

After defeating Nightmare and Inferno, Raphael came to
understand the true nature of the blade that so many sought after. He vowed not
to allow the weapon to possess him, as it had its predecessor, and grasped the
hilt. Then he began to make his way back home to Amy. The last line of the
epilogue text reads, "No one knows what was spared and what was destroyed
during that time".

### Soul Calibur 3

An infected Raphael is seen stumbling through the forest with Soul Edge in
his hand. He then falls to the floor.

#### A

Raphael gets back up on his feet and continues on through
the forest. The screen fades, and then shows a still sick Amy sitting on a
table with books scattered on the floor. "Amy, I'm back." Raphael
says as he enters the room. As he comforts Amy, he says "Now... let us
go... to our very own world." Raphael and Amy walk out of the room.

#### B

The screen fades to black, and then shows Kilik healing an
ill Amy. As Kilik leaves the room, Amy looks out the window, waiting for
Raphael's arrival. The screen fades to black once more, and then shows Raphael
continuing through the forest saying "Amy, we're very close... Very soon,
we shall have our own world."

### Soul Calibur 4

Having obtained Soul Calibur, Raphael returns to
Osthreinsburg with Marienbard and Auguste to create his new world for him and
Amy. He says to the sword, "Now, Soul Calibur, create a new world for Amy
and me!" After nothing happens, Raphael asks Marienbard, "Is Soul
Calibur really the sword they claim it to be?" "Yes," she
replies. He then realizes his mistake and kills the two servants at his sides
using Soul Calibur. Raphael then says to himself, "As of right now, this
world truly belongs only to Amy and me." He then asks his two dead
servants, "So, why should the two of you even have been here? The mistake
had been corrected!" Raphael then laughs triumphantly.

The text-only epilogue states that a new world was created.

## Critical Finish

**Pale Moon Dust**: He knocks his opponents back with a hit, stabs his
sword into the ground, and attacks the opponent by biting their neck,
reinforcing the idea that Soul Edge has turned him into a vampire. However,
what he says varies depending on who he uses it on. Using it on someone other
than Amy, he says (before he bites them), "On your knees! I shall make you
one of my minions!" He then bites them on the neck, crouching over them
while they scream. After vampirizing his opponent, he gets up, wipes his mouth,
and says, "Perhaps I shall make you Amy's pet!" If he does this on
Amy, he will say, "It's over!", and when he's through, he says,
"Mmmm...sweet nectar."

Raphael also has a throw he can use in battle that is almost exactly like
his critical finish, save for the speech elements. This move also changes
depending on whether the opponent is male or female. If the former, Raphael
doesn't bite their necks but places his hand on their abdomen area and drains a
moderate amount of health from them. If it's the latter however, Raphael will
bite them on the neck instead, shouting "Nice Try!" when he's
through.

## Critical Edge

**Royal Vexation**: Raphael begins his Critical Edge by saying "Now
you'll see..." and performs an uppercut with his rapier. While the enemy
is in mid-air, he shouts "...The extent of my power!", stabs them
quickly three times and delivers a fourth finishing stab while rose petals fly
about.