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Descending from
the same school as Hwang Sung Kyung,
the Soul Calibur series' other Chinese swordsman, Hong, builds on his sword
skills with a Korean-influenced suite of kicking techniques. For a time, he
was a conscript in an army and navy mustered to carry out an invasion of
Japan, but from a close comrade he found a different quest, for a sword said
to be able to bring about the salvation of his country. His name is also
spelled Yun-Seong.
As a child, Yun-seong
had idolized Hwang Sung Kyung,
but now he was no longer a personal hero, but a goal to surpass. Yun-seong
wished more than anything to challenge him to a duel. One day, news reached
the Seong Dojang that Hwang was returning from his long journey. Yun-seong saw
this as the perfect opportunity to force him to acknowledge his fighting
skills, personally entertaining the idea of becoming stronger than his former
hero all along. However, his challenge was rejected as Hwang was more occupied
with attempting to rejoin the military to help defend Korea in the impending
invasion by Japan. Seong Mina,
daughter of the dojang's owner, saw this brooding student of her father
bitterly angry on account of the rejection of his challenge and handed him a
Seong family heirloom: the dao White Storm that, according to legend,
possessed the ability to reflect the innermost thoughts of those who wielded
the blade. That night, Yun-seong studied the image of himself in the dao and
reflected, leading him to the self-realizations that it was foolish to
challenge Hwang for personal reasons as Korea was in a state of peril and that
if he could obtain the "Sword of Salvation" that Hwang had failed to
find, Yun-seong would finally be recognized and his challenge would be
accepted. He immediately packed his belongings, took the dao, and left the
dojang in pursuit of the "Sword of Salvation", unaware that Seong
Mi-na would soon embark on a journey to bring him back home.
During his journey,
Yun-seong heard rumors that the "Sword of Salvation" was an evil
sword. He arrived in a village inhabited by children who survived a war
between neighboring nations over a fragment of Soul Edge that resulted in the
destruction of a fortress city where they once lived. He announced that he was
searching for Soul Edge, and was greeted happily by the children, except one -
Talim, who told him
about the dangers of the sword. The children's leader, a sick boy, was
startled when the sword was mentioned. Thinking that he knew something, Yun-seong
waited for an opportunity to question the boy.
But the opportunity
never came, for the boy would always avoid him. Talim tried to treat the boy,
but to no avail. Seeing her disheartened, Yun-seong would talk to Talim every
chance he could get, and she started to lighten up towards him. As the boy's
condition deteriorated, Talim announced she would try a drastic treatment, but
the boy refused. Yun-seong stopped him from arguing with Talim and spoke to
him alone.
The boy told Yun-seong
that he was the son of the lord of the fortress city, who went insane when he
obtained a fragment of Soul Edge. He performed terrible human experiments,
using his own son as a test subject, resulting in the dark energy within the
boy's body. The neighboring cities attacked and the lord was killed, while the
boy rescued the children who were going to be used as test subjects. After
hearing his story, Yun-seong handed the boy his dao, White Storm, telling him
of its ability to show what lies inside the heart of whoever holds it. The boy
looked into the blade and thanked Yun-seong.
After the ritual,
Talim left the village, but Yun-seong went after her, still having a few
unanswered questions. Before he left, the boy told Yun-seong that the wielder
of Soul Edge, Nightmare, was in the
lands of the west. Yun-seong set out to find out the truth about Soul Edge.
Eventually, Yun-seong
caught up with Talim and the two of them continued their journey together.
They came across an Egyptian temple that was destroyed, and Yun-seong became
more convinced that Soul Edge does exist. Then Seong Mi-na found them, and she
told him the Soul Edge will not protect their homeland. Yun-seong had a
feeling that she will drag him back home, so he left her and Talim while they
were asleep.
As he got nearer to
Ostrheinsburg, he encountered Hwang, who also told him that Soul Edge was
evil. However, Hwang did not stop Yun-seong from continuing with his quest,
allowing the young warrior to find out for himself. As the two of them go
their own ways, Yun-seong carried on with faith in his strength.
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
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