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During the events
of Soul Calibur 2, Amy was a poor orphan
who lived on the streets of Rouen. Her parents died of a plague that had
spread across all of Europe during this time period. She had no other family
to go to after the lost of her parents. One day she came across a man named
Raphael,
who was being chased by the local authorities. She hid Raphael from the
soldiers who were pursuing him; she hid him only through spite to the soldiers,
who ran her poverty stricken town. As Raphael had never owed his life to
anyone before, he felt he must protect and repay her. He felt something
he never had before for Amy, so took her in to his home and looked after
her as his own daughter, to repay her for the kindness she had shown to
him.
Raphael returned from
a vicious battle with the wielder of Soul Edge, Nightmare. Raphael collapsed
before Amy's eyes and she nursed him back to consciousness. When he came
round he told her that through the battle he had become infected by the
evil seed, and by handling his blood, she was also now infected. Amy had
always found it hard to open her heart to the world, but now she couldn't
even try because she was too different from everyone else. She was no longer
human. She went with Raphael to the castle he bought in Romania. She sat
in a dim room seeing the torches and troops gathering there. Raphael left,
saying he will be out for a while. He took care of the troops and the noises
ceased. But eventually they returned, but he didn't. he left her. And now
the noises and light spread violently in the world he made, bringing it
to ruins. She stood up and went to the exit. She bitten the words from
those days and smiled. For she must protect this world that he made.
Before the events of Soul
Calibur 3, Raphael
had left Amy and their castle home behind. She knew he had done it for her
sake, because he wanted her to be happy more than anything else in the world.
She understood, nevertheless she was restless without him. Amy recalled the
days before they arrived in these lands, when they had lived in the west. And
she remembered the day he had returned from a long journey. He had collapsed
on the floor at once, having incurred deep wounds. Far from ordinary wounds,
these were infected and gave off a strange stench. After several days they
showed no signs of healing. When she tried to clean the wounds, the viscous
fluid that stuck to her skin was the wrong color: a baleful shade close to
black.
By the time he began
to recover, the aberrations had spread over his whole body, as well as to the
girl who had nursed him. The shadows that had seeped out of the darkness had
stained them the same color. This was the power of Soul Edge, a phenomenon
called "malfestation". Amy understood that the two of them had
stepped beyond the boundaries of humanity. "Be
a good girl. I'll be back in a while."
Those were the last
words to her, but Amy had to ponder them for a moment. Even the most dutiful
fledgling takes flight when the longing for its parents grows too strong.(The
cursed sword, Soul Edge. Did he leave in order to find it again?) A
single butterfly was being tossed about on the cold night winds like a lonely
star drifting far from heaven; like a soul freed from all its burdens.
Silently, with all her feelings tucked away where none could read them, Amy
pushed open the door.
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Page Updated:
Jan. 5th, 2023
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Another rapier user
for the Soul Calibur series? I guess that's cool... Amy's fighting style is different
enough from Raphael's to make her stand out in some ways, but overall, her
moveset isn't quite as fleshed out, as authentic, or as flashy as Raphael's.
It was interesting how Amy debuted in the
Soul Calibur 2 intro but her character didn't develop until SC3,
when she became playable. It was a good utilization of "time passing"
for the Soul series, since Amy clearly grew up in the SC3
timeline. Amy's moveset and style did evolve nicely from SC3 to SC4, and her gothic
lolita outfits were always cool designs. On the downside, she's got a well-deserved reputation for
being somewhat of a "cheap" character with her just-frame pokes and
ridiculous combos (especially in SC4). In my opinion, she's not a bad design
for Soul Calibur but also not quite one of the "best" of the
series.
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