After taking a nice hot shower, I came up with a story idea! That idea happened to involve Soul Calibur...hmm...seems just about right.
Astaroth was a giant. A muscular, green, staggering giant. He was barely over seven feet tall and his feet could crush just about anything unfortunate enough to be under them. However, he wasn't very fast: nearly anything smaller than him could outspeed him; the only exceptions were sloths, many turtles and tortoises, snails and slugs, and whales. To make up for his speed, he had brute strength, [nearly] equaling to that of Nightmare himself. To top it all off, he had a stare that can render anyone into a frozen state in seconds.
Astaroth fled from the troubles that Soul Edge has caused for him. The only good that came out of it was the willpower he obtained to take control of his life and hopefully steer it in the right direction; the direction he felt was right. But until then, he was stuck in a secluded forest, far from any form of civilization. He didn't know where to go from this point on.
"Let me see...if I keep going Northward, I might...no. That'll be dangerous. How about if I go...no." Astaroth said lowly to himself. No one was around him but even still, he spoke softly.
Out of frustration, Astaroth punch a tree. He shattered it into two pieces and caused it to collapse in the area behind him. He then began to think again about where he should go next.
"I can't stay here forever. I'll be discovered soon if I do..."
Area Unknown
"In conclusion, Nightmare is making an attack on us. And it looks as if it'll occur quite soon." The deep-voiced armored solider said, standing before his mighty leader.
"Define 'soon', Char." The leader said.
"That I cannot predict well sir. I feel all we can do is prepare and wait for an attack."
"Hmm...how big is the army?"
"Small, sir. But his men are bigger than both of us not combined."
"Big size comes with great slowness."
"Indeed sir."
"But big size also comes with great power." The leader rose from his throne and began to walk down the steps with his golden staff at hand.
"Indeed sir."
"You think you men'll be able to take out Nightmare's army?"
"Certainly, sir. We may be small in size compare to the army but we are large in numbers."
"Good. Please take care of this issue ASAP. I have things to tend to and I'm not letting Nightmare get in the way of it."
"If I may ask sir, what does 'ASAP' mean again?"
"As soon as possible."
"Thank you sir. We'll get the job done as quickly as possibly."
"Thank you." And with that, the leader left the room with Char going in the opposite direction to prepare the army for combat.