Setsuka (Character)

## Personal Info

Birthdate: 1567

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Height: 5’6 (167)

Weight: 115 (52)

Blood Type: A

Weapon: Iaito

Weapon Name: Ugetsu Kageuchi

Style: Shinden Tsushima-Ryu Battojyutsu

Soul: Devotion

## Stages

Jyurakudai Villa (3)

Jyurakudai Villa: Virgin Snow (4)

Jyurakudai Villa: Twill Damask and Brocade (BD)

## Themes

Ephemeral Dream (3)

Innocent Vision (4-BD)

Her caretaker worked as a bodyguard in the region. He taught
Setsuka the technique he used to protect his patrons, and it would eventually
become the way she protected herself, but it was the joy she felt when he
praised her that made her devote to the training. Time passed, and Setsuka grew
into a beautiful woman. She learned to ignore those who still looked her with
disdain, letting nothing trouble her.

One day, her master entrusted her with a letter, whose
destination was far away. It would take her many months to travel there and
back. Her master saw her uneasy look, and reassured her that her home will be
always there for her. Setsuka left and, after a long journey, found the man to
whom the letter was addressed. The old martial artist ran a dojo in a small
village, and asked Setsuka many times to stay and train there, but she refused
his invitation and started her long way home.

Upon her return, she found her master lying on the floor
injured. Although he would not reveal how he received the wounds, she was
certain that he lost a duel. The injuries he received would prevent him from
wielding a sword ever again. But still, the man tried to behave as always, even
if Setsuka couldn't hide her concern. His lessons become more strict and demanding,
but he also showered her with overwhelming love, something new to her. Even if
their modest lifestyle couldn't afford luxuries, he bought her an elegant
long-sleeved kimono. As she blushed under the man's smile, her feelings for him
grow stronger than ever.

It was not fondness as a father nor reverence as her master.
It would not be until after his death that she would come to recognize those
feelings as love. Visiting his grave, she recalled the words he had spoken on
his deathbed. .."I did not teach you this art for the purpose of revenge.
..One who lives by the sword harbors no regret." That fateful fight had
been the most exciting moment of his life. He taught her his fighting style so
she can carry on the art, as he wanted her to live freely, unbound of hate or
fear. Before dying, he told her his enemy's name: Heishiro Mitsurugi.

She shed no tears when her master died. Only later she
realized her feelings and finally understand what it meant to fall in love. Her
master didn't want her to live bound to feelings of revenge, but she was
decided. With undying love in her heart, she went on a lone journey with a
target in mind: a wandering swordsman who challenged swordsmen throughout the
land, which no one saw him after he crossed the sea several years later in
search of a swordsman named Nightmare. With few clues, she decided to track
down Nightmare, believing it would lead her to Mitsurugi.

Soul Calibur 4

Setsuka continued her search for Mitsurugi, encountering no problems in
picking up his trail, as he had been through many towns questioning the
residents about Nightmare. People warned Setsuka that he was too powerful for
anyone to battle, telling her that he had emerged from countless wars
victorious.

These stories about Mitsurugi did not frighten Setsuka. It was all the
better for her. Once she found him, she planned to rise to his challenge. She
wondered if she was strong enough. Setsuka never knew if she even surpassed her
deceased master. By learning to have faith in herself, she resolved to become
stronger, practicing constantly. Every time she slashed her sword, she felt her
pace quicken. Setsuka hoped to obtain the excellent speed that her master had.

Soul Calibur 5

After her fight with Mitsurugi, Setsuka understood how
mistaken she was to pursue revenge. She took up the name Neve and travelled to
Istanbul where she became a self-defense teacher to orphaned children. She also
taught Patroklos her fighting style during this period and told him that he
must not indulge revenge in his heart as she did, advice that ultimately went
ignored.

## Endings

### Soul Calibur 3

Rejecting Soul Edge, Setsuka sees a woman about to stab a
man from behind. Setsuka queries her motives, before she deflects an attack
from the woman, knocking the weapon to the floor:

#### A

Setsuka acknowledges the fact the woman is killing for
revenge and comments "If that will make you happy, then I won't stop
you" leaving her to proceed.

#### B

Setsuka will kick the knife away and tell her revenge is pointless, before
walking away with her.

The same woman is featured in Mitsurugi's ending, where she is taken hostage
by a samurai Mitsurugi is about to kill. The man she was about to kill is the
same samurai who took her hostage. This may imply that this ending takes place
after Mitsurugi's.

### Soul Calibur 4

Setsuka stands victorious over the fallen king, Algol. Then
Soul Edge and Soul Calibur fall near her feet. "So they vanished,"
Setsuka comments. Algol then asks her why is she hesitating, for he does not
need her mercy. Setsuka merely shows Algol her blade, stating that her weapon
"is weeping" and does not want to become an instrument of hatred.
Setsuka points her blade at Algol's throat, stating that she has put an end to
what he was, and what he has become. She then turns her back to him as she
sheathes her weapon and opens her umbrella, walking slowly away. As she leaves,
she tells Algol that whatever he makes of his life from there on is up to him.

A text-only epilogue reveals that in a secluded grave in
Japan where snow silently fell, an umbrella has been laid in memorial,
suggesting that Setsuka has finally found peace and moved on, letting go of her
thirst for vengeance.

## Critical Finish

**Divine Shadow Strike**: Setsuka sprints forward and swings a devastatingly
fast blow at her opponent. The screen goes black, and a gray line slashes to
the left. Then, the screen splits vertically, showing her several yards behind
her opponent. She says "You won't even know what hit you". Then the
opponent falls as she sheaths her sword and then says "Yet another
opponent unworthy of my blade!" as cherry blossoms fall around her.