Prologue

It has been almost a year since the second war of Soul Edge. Talim, Seung Mina, and Hong Yunsung defeated Inferno at the Ostrheinsburg Chapel, and returned what was left of Soul Edge to its rightful place. The right half of the sword was missing. Talim thought nothing of it. After all, what can someone do with half a sword? Talim, Sueng Mina, and Hong Yunsung returned to their homelands as heroes. With Soul Edge returned, the world was now quiet and peaceful.

...Or was it?

Cervantes, leader of the criminal organization Black Wind, and Nightmare, the orgional yealder of the dreadful sword, survived, and gathered loyal soldiers to search for the sword so they may wield it for their own uses. If each were to find a half of Soul Edge, the world could be plunged into a war that could last thousands of years with no forseeable end in sight. It would end in a stalemate, with the entire planet left in ruins.

But is there something more? Could both of these cruel leaders be decieved by another who seeks Soul Edge?

These days, Talim trains fighter to become warriors in the Holy Guard of the Wind Deity. Seung Mina and Hong Yunsung have become engaged. Today, the couple travel many miles in order to attend Talim's coming of age ceremony, in which she also will pick a man to be her husband.