Nightmare

**Nightmare** is the main antagonist in the *Soul Bringer* series. He is the physical manifestation of the Evil Sword Soul Edge. Nightmare was originally created as the alter-ego of Siegfried Schtauffen, when he held of Soul Edge and was consumed by the sword's will. Since then, Nightmare took on multiple alias, most notably Inferno, Graf Dumas, and finally [DATA EXPUNGED].

In the Soul Bringer series, the most recent form of Nightmare is much more ruthless and destructive than its previous incarnations, not only wanting to kill innocents and consume their souls for power, but also to desiring to cause a universal cataclysm.

## Appearance

Nightmare's form varies for each incarnation. But nearly all forms take the appearance of a dark knight wearing dark blue armor, consisting of a breastplate, a single gauntlet on his left arm and a pair of greaves. A covered helm with a single horn adorns his head, which observes all of his face except his dark red eyes.

Where his right arm should he is replaced with a large, menacing claw made of an unknown, sinister red substance resembling tendrils.

## Personality

In addition to being very ruthless and destructive, Nightmare is shown to be very misanthropic, having an extreme hatred towards humans and wishing to destroy them. He would do anything just to get rid of all humankind on Earth, even if it means destroying the very fabric of the Universe that harbors all life.

Nightmare is very anti-social, having very little allies that share his views, and showing no remorse for the loss of his allies at the hands of his enemies, as sees them as nothing more than pawns in his actions.

## History

Many years ago, a powerful, but ruthless sword called Soul Edge was created to achieve one goal: the extinction of all life across the Universe. However, without a potential host, it would not be able to achieve this goal. In order for this to work, Soul Edge manifested on Earth and took control of an undead pirate named Cervantes De Leon, and nearly unleashed an apocalyptic event that would later be referred to as "The Evil Seed". However, this attempt was thwarted by to heroic warriors: Sophitia Alexandra and Preston Garvey, which let to one of the two incarnations of Soul Edge being destroyed, and Cervantes' body disintegrating into nothingness.

Years later, a young knight named Siegfried Schtauffen went searching for the sword in the hopes that he could bring back his father Fredrick. Having waited so long for a new host to find, Soul Edge took no hesitation in consuming Siegfried's body with evil, turning him into Nightmare. The Azure Knight would recruit an army of evil individuals who shared his goal for universal cataclysm, including a ruthless golem named Astaroth, a reptilian mutant named Aeon Celos, and an arrogant alchemist named Ivy Valentine. Under Nightmare's command, these warriors formed an army consisting of malfested humanoids and lizard men to conquer the world, murdering anyone who got in their way and stealing their souls to empower Nightmare himself.

Nightmare nearly succeeded, but his plans were stopped by an angelic warrior named Lady Emeraldblade, who managed to defeat all his allies with ease before destroying Soul Edge, causing Nightmare to dissipate and freeing Siegfried in the process.

Lady Emeraldblade thought she succeeded, but after more than four hundred years' time, a new and more powerful Nightmare would rise, bringing the same death and destruction he had brought so many years ago and fulfill his goal of destroying the universe.

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