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Kilik was found as
a baby on the doorstep of the Ling-Sheng Su Temple, widely considered to
be the greatest martial arts school in China. After the monks of the temple
gave up their search for the child's parents, they decided to raise him
as an orphan. Eventually, he was regarded as the temple's finest student
and was hired as one of the school's teachers, leading him to be the elected
candidate for inheritor of the holy bo staff, Kali-Yuga, one of the three
sacred treasures of the temple. His fighting moves take advantage of the
rod's long reach and have a wide area of efficacy, enabling him to keep
enemies at a distance.
One night, his
"sister", Xianglian, visited him as he was deep in thought, and
revealed that she had become elected for inheritor of the holy mirror Dvapara-Yuga.
But she also divulged the details of a conversation she had overheard: that
only two of the treasures still existed at the temple, because the Krita-Yuga
had been stolen years ago by her biological father and that the monks had been
hiding this the entire time. She had been nominated for the Dvapara-Yuga
instead, because she had told the master of the temple that she felt unworthy
to inherit the Krita-Yuga, considering her family history, and her selfless
reflection was a prominent feature of her inheritance of Dvapara-Yuga.
However, the night before the succession ceremony, the Evil Seed down on the
temple, and an evil presence overwhelmed the inhabitants. Sensing the evil,
the monks who were preparing for the ceremony immediately transferred
ownership of the holy artifacts to Kilik and Xianglian. Minutes later,
everyone in the temple lost their sanity except Xianglian. With madness
combined with his great skills, Kilik killed many temple members as everyone
fought one-another. Xianglian realized the power of the mirror and slung it
around Kilik's shoulder, causing him to regain his sanity as she lost hers.
When Kilik had completely regained his senses, he realized that the monks had
slaughtered each other. He tried to leave, but the only other known survivor,
Xianglian, blocked his way, now totally corrupted by the Evil Seed, and
attacked him. He tried to avoid hurting her, but was forced to kill her in
self-defense.
An old man, the Edge
Master, adviser and teacher of the Ling-Sheng Su martial arts, found
Kilik's unconscious body in the temple. He set the corrupted temple on fire
and carried Kilik home. After two days, Kilik finally awoke, and Edge Master
told him the truth: Kilik and Kali-Yuga had been infected with the Evil Seed,
the source of which was the demonic sword, Soul Edge. The only thing
protecting his sanity was the Dvapara-Yuga, and he could never remove the holy
mirror from his shoulder at any time. Wrought with grief that his life had
come at the sacrifice of Xianglian's, Kilik trained with Edge Master for three
years, trying to learn to control the evil within himself and Kali-Yuga. Once
his training was complete, Edge Master gave him the final test of destroying
the Soul Edge, and Kilik embarked on that quest to purify himself and his
weapon.
On his journey, Kilik
traveled to an Indian Port to request a pirate ship to take him where he
wanted to go. He met the Japanese pirate of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, Kyam, who instantly took a liking to him, and granted Kilik's request for
boarding, provided the ship's captain, Maxi,
agreed when he returned. As Kilik waited for Maxi, a mysterious ship
approached, which resulted in an attack, led by Astaroth.
Maxi returned and Kilik assisted him during the attack. Astaroth managed to
remove Dvapara-Yuga, causing Kilik to lose sanity and attack Maxi. Maxi
suppressed Kilik long enough to put Dvapara-Yuga back on him and they
continued to fight, but every member of Maxi's crew was left dead, and Maxi
decided to aid Kilik in his quest. Later, the two met Xianghua,
a member of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Guard, who aided them in their travels.
(Although neither Kilik nor Xianghua knew that Xianglian was her long-lost
sister.) With Maxi and Xianghua's help, Kilik stormed Ostrheinsburg Castle and
defeated Nightmare, although
Maxi was thought to be killed and the Dvapara-Yuga was destroyed. Kilik
figured out he had learned to control the demonic powers within him and
Kali-Yuga as he kept his sanity after Dvapara-Yuga was destroyed.
After Nightmare's
defeat, Xianghua and Kilik were challenged by the demonic entity, Inferno,
within a demonic void. Kilik was too weak to fight, so Xianghua fought in his
stead. During the battle, her keepsake Tai Chi jian transformed into the holy
sword, Soul Calibur, allowing her to defeat Inferno. In the end, however, she
was forced to leave the sword behind in order to drag Kilik to safety as the
void collapsed.
 
 
 
 
  
 
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