Cervantes de Leon

## Personal Info

Birthplace: Valencia, Spanish Empire (Spain)

Birthdate: January 1, 1536?

Age: 48-72?

Gender: Male

Height: 5’9 ½ (177)-5’11 ½ (182)

Weight: 176 (80)-196 (89)

Blood Type: O

Weapon: Wicked Sword (SB), Longsword (SC-5), Pistol Sword (SC-5)

Weapon Name: Soul Edge (SB, 2-3), Acheron (SC, 4-5), Nirvana
(SC-5)

Style: Possessed (SB), Memories of Soul Edge (SC-5)

Soul: Corruption

## Stage

Valencia Port (SB)

Adrian and Fortress (SC)

Pirate’s Alcove (2)

Pirate Raid (3)

Ice Coffin of the Sleeping Ancient (4)

Sailor’s Rest: Twilight (BD)

Adrian (5)

## Theme

Bravely Folk Song (SB)

Castaway into Darkness (SB)

Leaving the World Behind (SC)

Eternal Struggle (2)

No Regrets (3)

Halcyon Harbor (BD)

Storm Bringer (5)

He decided that if that was what happened to sailors that
swear allegiance to Spain, he would forsake it and become a pirate. One day, he
received a message from the "Merchant of Death," Vercci. It was a
request to find Soul Edge. At first Cervantes dismissed the offer, but finally
accepted since Vercci was the merchant who gave him the artillery for his ship.
After a year of searching, Cervantes found information pointing to an antiques
dealer with a "strange article". There was no specific evidence that
said article was Soul Edge, but Cervantes was a pirate, and could find some use
for the ship's goods even if Soul Edge was not there. Cervantes attacked the
ship, and nobody heard from him again for more than twenty years. He obtained
Soul Edge from within his efforts and it eventually drove him mad as it had
devoured his own soul and caused him to go into a psychotic state of insanity,
leading Cervantes to slaughtering his own crew under the dark and malevolent
power of Soul Edge itself. His insanity made him kill anyone who had came
seeking the sword for their own reasons. Li Long was the first to confront him
in an attempt to possess Soul Edge, but was defeated by him thanks to Soul
Edge's own overwhelming power. Realizing that he was not strong enough to
defeat Cervantes, Li Long had decided to make an immediate escape, with
Cervantes pursuing him in an attempt to kill him and absorb his soul. However,
Li Long successfully fled from the scene of the battle. In the end, the
combined efforts of Sophitia, Taki, and Siegfried had led to both Cervantes'
defeat and supposed death, but as it turns out, this was not the end of
Cervantes.

By making use of the fragments of the cursed sword within his body,
Cervantes succeeded in preserving his own will. With Soul Edge and the Adrian,
he devoured the souls of brawny men of the sea.

Then Tira appeared on board the Adrian with a huge flock of
ravens, claiming that she is a servant of the evil sword. She tells Cervantes
that a powerful entity has appeared, and it was the one who temporarily
destroyed the other half of Soul Edge. Then Tira leaves. Cervantes did not plan
on sharing the same goal as hers, but he had to destroy the entity in order for
him to stay alive.

So he picked up an old sword that he used long ago, and even
this sword soon became evil. With such great power, Cervantes was sure that no
one can stop him.

Years later, as the 17th century dawned, strange rumors began to stir among
the men of the sea. They spoke of a giant ship with a skull on its bow,
captained by the legendary Cervantes. No one truly believed it, of course —more
than half a century had passed since the great pirate last stalked the
Atlantic.

What they didn't know —what they couldn't have known— was that Cervantes had
broken free of Soul Edge's control, and escaped from the other dimension. He
had returned to his world at the height of his powers.

"I'll make damn sure those fools remember the name of Cervantes, Lord
of the Seven Seas!"

Of this world once more but no longer bound by its rules, Cervantes set sail
once again...

His ship appeared across the seas once more as even the warships of the
great naval powers were sent down to their watery graves.

"Raise another and make sail, me hearties! Cervantes de Leon sails
again!"

### Soul Calibur 2

With both blades of Soul Edge, the hellfire was his to command. The long emptiness
had come to an end. Now he had everything, even Inferno was his to command. The
world slowly slipped into darkness.

=== Soul Calibur
3 ===
Cervantes
uses his ship to bridge to another one. There he slaughters several sailors on
it, only leaving a few alive. The dead ones are then taken over by ghosts.

#### Input

Cervantes turns on the ghosts and gets ready to attack.

#### No-Input Ending

Cervantes laughs and orders them to kill the crew,
then you can hear their screams.

### SC4

Algol is thrown to the ground, and Soul Calibur is shattered
beside him. Cervantes then picks up Soul Edge, declaring that reawakening the
sword is all that matters, and that Algol served no purpose. Insulted, Algol
attempts to rise, supporting himself on the broken Soul Calibur.

"You dare mock me?" He says, "My battle, my
resurrection?!"

Cervantes replies, "If you truly wish to meet your end
in battle, then I will perform the last rites!" Cervantes then kills
Algol, and proclaims that this is the power he has longed for. {C}"Do you
fear me, gods?" he cries "Then strike down with a lightning bolt of
despair!"

The screen fades to black, Cervantes laughing in the
background, and these words appear: "With this power, he has reached the
realm of the gods. The grim mythology has just started."

## Critical Finish

**Tartarus Griet**: Cervantes slams the opponent to the ground, throws
them into the air with his swords, and then teleports above them to fire a
soul-charged bullet, which sends them hurtling down to earth.

## Critical Edge

**Cursed Roman Fire**: Cervantes brandishes his pistol sword and shouts
"Get ready! Now die!" and fires off a powerful blast. If timed right,
it can also hit off the ground as well.