Arthur (Soul)

## Personal Info

Birthplace: Southampton, British Empire (Britain)

Birthdate: June 8, 1559

Age: 28-32

Height: 5’7 (171)

Weight: 142 (65)

Blood Type: AB

Weapon: Katana

Weapon Name: Gassan

Style: Tenpu-Kosai-Ryu Kai (SC), Tsujikiri-Ittou-Ryu (3)

Under the tutelage of his new stepfather, Arthur was taught
Japanese and proper etiquette. Still, he was disliked and criticized by many,
and his stepfather eventually gave him up to a noble under the excuse that it
was to teach him manners. He eventually ended up serving as a warrior for the
noble, and because he presented an obvious target, he learned to fight
effectively in order to survive. It is also during one of the many battles he
fought that he lost his eye.

Eventually, Arthur would find a lover and have a child, but
despite his new family, he continued fighting. Frustrated that most people
around him saw him only as a curiosity and not as a man, Arthur set his sights
on the legendary Soul Edge in order to prove himself and his family in their
eyes. Thus he set out on his first quest for the legendary sword.

During his search for Soul Edge, Arthur was unable to find
the sword itself and was only able to retrieve a single one of its shards.
Still, he was satisfied with his accomplishments and finally returned to marry
his lover. He gave the fragment of Soul Edge to his new wife who kept it with
her always and returned to fighting in order to support his family.

One day, after returning from a battle, he found his wife
ill from a mysterious ailment. He sought help from a physician but was
ultimately unable to save her from death. Grieving over the loss of his wife, a
man approached him about his wife's illness. In a fit of rage, Arthur drove the
man away but not before he heard him suggest that the ailment was caused by the
Soul Edge shard.

Feeling responsible for his wife's death, Arthur soon
decided on what he must do. He would destroy Soul Edge so that it could no
longer cause such tragedy as had befallen him. With his daughter in tow he set
out once again, his quest for Soul Edge renewed. It could be said that Arthur
traveling with his infant child bears some resemblance to the basic premise of
Lone Wolf and Cub.

For the merchant, he only took Arthur in as part of his collection of things
from the West, but a 10 year old boy couldn't have understood such peculiarity
of an adult. He was very happy to have someone to call father. He learned
Japanese and the Japanese manners so as to please his stepfather. The Japanese
people disliked and criticized "the foreign boy who acts like a
Japanese" and eventually, his stepfather offered him to a noble in the
excuse that it was to teach him manners.

In the battlefield, his appearance was a target. Arrows, blades and lead
bullets attacked him. To stay alive, he had no other way but to fight
recklessly. And one day, after countless battles gave him confidence about his
skills, he realized what he was. Neither a Japanese, nor a foreigner, but a
swordsman without roots.

The Japanese just look at him with curiosity, not as a man. But there was no
way he could be European again, having forgotten his mother tongue already.

An ineffable anxiety and nervousness overwhelmed him.

What to do to be recognized as a man? The only way was to fight. Achieve
what no one else can by accomplishing brilliant exploits! Without knowing what
to accomplish, he left his home and wandered the battlefields. To become
stronger, he risked his life many times. As a result, he lost an eye that
people said was like a jewel and what he gained were countless scars,
self-confidence that he couldn't lose to anyone, and a lovely woman who used to
be a prostitute, who followed him like a shadow.

By the time a baby of mixed bloodline was born, a rumor reached his ear. The
evil knight of the West, and Soul Edge. It was like an oracle to him, who
didn't know what to do with his life. If he defeats that knight and obtains
that sword that's called invincible, this time, people might recognize his
skills, then his love and his baby won't be seen as strangers.

Leaving behind the woman and the baby, he went aboard a ship again after 20
years. At the moment a cannon signaled the departure of the ship, the
long-forgotten scenery of his homeland came back to him like an illusion.

Soul Calibur 3

Arthur's journey to find Soul Edge was perilous indeed, especially with such
a lack of information in a foreign land. Nightmare eluded him, and he was
constantly reminded of his powerlessness. He had begun to grasp the vastness of
he world and realized that no matter what, humans were only humans. He now
appreciated what was important in his life, and understood that his current
goal was trivial and meaningless.

After a year of searching, Arthur gave up and headed back for Japan. The
only piece of proof of his journey he carried with him was a single fragment of
Soul Edge. When he arrived and finally saw his partner again after so long, he
said nothing, and embraced her. He presented her with the fragment of Soul
Edge, not needing it any longer. They were married and he returned to his life
as a soldier in order to feed his family. No matter how much he accomplished,
he was treated no differently. However, the curious stares of the native
Japanese no longer bothered him.

For a time, life didn't change. Two years after he was married, a pandemic
broke out in his village. Fortunately, nobody in Arthur's family was affected
by the disease. His wife was ecstatic, believing the Soul Edge fragment to be a
good luck charm. The epidemic passed and the village returned to normal, but
his wife became mysteriously ill. One day, Arthur returned home and heard the
sound of a body collapsing to the floor. He opened the door to find his wife on
the ground with his daughter crying next to her. Her breath was shallow, but
her eyes were gleaming with life. Recognizing this situation as an emergency,
he brought the best doctor he could find to examine her. All he could do was
tell Arthur that his wife was dying. He could do nothing but watch as his
wife's condition worsened, until one day she passed on to the next life.

A short man, dressed in strange robes, visited Arthur shortly after his
wife's passing. He claimed to be a traveling physician who visited because he
had heard of his wife's condition. However, engulfed in anger and sadness, Arthur
barked at the man to go away.

"Probably caused by the fragment..." the man muttered as he left.
Those words stunned Arthur. He scrambled to call after the man for more
information, but he was nowhere to be seen.

After the funeral, he put his crying daughter to bed and contemplated the
words he was left with by the physician. If it was true, then the person
responsible for his wife's death was none other than Arthur himself! Arthur
knew what he had to do. The cursed sword had to be destroyed. In order to undo
his wrongs, he must prevent similar tragedies from ever happening again. Arthur
prepared for the journey ahead, and boarded a ship with his daughter to foreign
lands once again. He had yet to lay his eye on the cursed sword, but his
unclouded gaze seemed squarely locked into it.

## Endings

### Soul Calibur

Arthur gets Soul Edge and is attacked by pirates, carrying
guns. He then proceeds to engage their battles. He's never heard from again.