Prologue
WHEN man has something taken away from him, and is forced to realize his weakness, man will seek to obtain power. The evil sword, Soul Edge, rumored to be like the Holy Grail or the Philosopher's stone. The holy sword, Soul Calibur, created solely to destroy Soul Edge and cast its evil away forever.
These two swords always linger in the shadows when man truly seeks to acquire power. In the 16th century, three desired this power: Sultan Barbaros, of the Ottoman Empire, seeking to conquer the world and rule it in eternity. Masked Emperor, of the Holy Roman Empire, seeking to protect his people from all that threaten them… and one other… a boy, who had lost everything. This is a story of those three lives and the two swords. Chosen by history, a man shall become a hero. Engraved into history, a hero becomes a legend.