The mystical sword of the legends, the “Soul Edge”, ended up in the hands of the dread pirate Cervantes of Spain. For the next 25 years he stayed dormant on the remnants of a Spanish port town, taking the souls of those who reached him during their search of the sword.

The game is set in the year 1590, four years after the events of Soulcalibur. The wave of slaughters that terrorized Europe reached a sudden end. The knight in azure armor, Nightmare, and his followers were successful in collecting enough souls and were about to start the restoring ceremony on the ruins of the once-proud Ostreinsburg Castle.

17 years after the events of Soulcalibur IV, Patroklos, the son of Soul series veteran Sophitia, while her daughter, Pyrrha is the deuteragonist. Ezio Auditore da Firenze from the Assassin’s Creed series stars as the guest character.