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Siegfried
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| Fullname | Siegfried Schtauffen |
| Nickname | A Soul In Purgatory, The Innocent Darkside, Innocent |
| Voiced By | Crispin Freeman/Roger Craig Smith Soulcalibur III/Soulcalibur IV |
| Weapon Type | Zweihander |
| Weapon Name(s) | Faust (SB), Requiem (SC, SCIII), Soul Calibur (SCIV) |
| Fighting Style | Self-Taught |
| Age | 16 (Soul Edge) 19 (Soulcalibur) 23 (Soulcalibur II-Soulcalibur IV) |
| Birthdate | February 6, 1568 |
| Alignment | Good |
| Family | Father Frederick, killed by Siegfried Mother |
| Birthplace | Ober-Getzenberg, Holy Roman Empire |
| Height | 5'6" |
| Weight | 132 lbs. |
| Hair Colour | Blonde |
| Eye Colour | Blue |
| Blood Type | A |
Siegfried Schtauffen (Jīkufurīto Shutaufen) is the main character designed for the Soul Series of fighting games. Siegfried made his first appearance in Soul Edge and has returned for Soul Calibur, Soulcalibur III and Soulcalibur IV. He can also be seen in Soulcalibur II as an unlockable costume for his temporary alter-ego, Nightmare. The spin-off title Soulcalibur Legends was released in 2007, with Siegfried being the central character. He is one of the very few characters to appear in every game in the series.
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[edit] Weapons
[edit] Faust
Faust is the name of the Zweihander that Siegfried used in Soul Blade.
It is probably the sword that Siegfried used to kill his father. It was broken in the fight with Soul Edge. A Zweihander, by the way, is not the same thing as a broadsword, or bastard sword.
[edit] Requiem
Requiem is the name of Siegfried's Zweihander sword in SC1.
Between his two stints as Nightmare, Siegfried got a new sword named Requiem and embarked on a journey of atonement. Every time Siegfried killed a demon, it was fueled by his desire to distance himself from his past.
[edit] Stages
[edit] Story
In Germany, the oppressed peasants revolted against the Holy Roman Empire. With its forces weakened by the Italian Wars, the German peasants finally had a fighting chance. One of the champions of the people, a brave knight name Sir Frederick, met a lovely woman named Margaret while on campaign, and spent one night with her. When Frederick returned after 9 long months of battle, he found that Margaret had given birth to their son, who he name Siegfried, after the famous hero.
A few years went by and Frederick spent a lot of his time teaching his son swordsmanship. He embarked upon a foreign crusade, promising his return to Margaret. However, without his father's guidance, Siegfried fell in with the wrong crowd. He soon became the leader of a band of thieves known as "Schwarzwind," which means "Black wind."
The band came up with a plan. They would attack the knights who ran away from the crusades. They were bound to have lots of valuables. That night, they ambushed a group of war-weary soldiers. They were tired, and were no match for "Schwarzwind". Siegfried killed the commander himself. He held the commander's severed head in triumph, but as the moonlight shone upon it, Siegfried let out a blood-curdling scream...
He was holding the head of his own father! This terrible situation caused Siegfried to snap. He took off running into the forest. As he went more and more insane, he decided that his father had been murdered by someone else. After hearing about Soul Edge, he decided that his father's killer could only be defeated by that one weapon...
[edit] Ending
Siegfried drops to one knee. He looks at the bigger blade of Soul Edge, which is sticking out of the ground. He inches towards it.
[edit] Bad Ending
Siegfried grabs the sword. He holds it over his head in victory, only to have it clamp down on his hand (in a very cool way) and transform him into Nightmare. The scene shifts to him standing on a cliff, overlooking a village.
[edit] Good Ending
Siegfried hoists Faust over his head and shatters Soul Edge. The scene switches to Siegfried standing on top of a mountain, crying and sobbing about what to do next. It seems that he had finally realized that it was he who killed his father.
[edit] Canon Ending
Siegfried defeats Cervantes/Inferno, takes Soul Edge, and turns into Nightmare.
Siegfried hardly kept his sanity by suppressing the memory of killing his own father, if you can call what he went through "sane." Siegfried was the leader of a group of brigands known as the Schwarzwind (Black Wind), who made their stronghold on the edge of the roman empire. He left on a journey to find Soul Edge after his father's murder. He managed to find it next to the corpse of Cervantes. When he reached for it, the corpse attacked. After he had slain the corpse he took Soul Edge.
He obtained Soul Edge to avenge the unavengeable. Soul Edge told Siegfried that by devouring souls, his father would be resurrected. Upon realizing that he was responsible for his fathers death, he became enslaved by the sword.
Siegfried eventually grew into Nightmare. He finally succeeded in resurrecting his father, Frederick, but it was a mere illusion of his weak soul.
Siegfried accepted responsibility for his sins and tried to distance himself from society, afraid that he might kill again. However, every time he woke up, he was surrounded by the bodies of the people he had killed in his sleep.
[edit] Ending
The time had come... with countless souls stolen from brave warriors, the evil sword now transformed into an apparition of his father.
Frederick: Siegfried, my dear son...
Siegfried: F...father...!
Frederick: Pierce me with this sword.
Siegfried: What?!
Frederick: I'm nothing more than an illusion. Reflect back upon your sins and repent.
Standing before his father's grave, he whispered to himself, "Is redemption possible?" And so he embarked upon a journey with atonement at his cross to bear, embracing within his heart the last wishes of his father.
There was nothing to stand in the way of the wind that cut through this valley. The evil within him had been exorcised, and now the warrior cast his eyes upon the windblown valley.
His childhood memories, the valiant figure of his father, the beginning of his madness, and the Schwarzwind (Black Wind).
Man: Siegfried, where have you been for the last three years?
Siegfried: I shall tell you about it someday.
Familiar faces, new faces... it seemed the Schwarzwind was alive and well.
Siegfried: Demons are on the attack! Prepare to fight, men!
And thus a new wind began to blow...
[edit] Canon Ending
He eventually becomes Nightmare again.
As Nightmare plundered souls and recovered fragments of Soul Edge, the cracks in the blade began to recover slowly. His goal of recovering the evil sword edged towards completion. He returned to Ostrheinsburg Castle. His stronghold. This land that once tasted the blood of many was a fitting place to restore Soul Edge.
A lone man appeared in the castle, seeking Soul Edge. He wielded a thin blade in his left hand. The two of them faced off in the ruins of the chapel, and the place became alive with flying sparks and blood. At the end of the battle, Nightmare was victorious. He stepped forward to finish the man off. Deep within his eyes shone the light of an innocent man seduced by the blade. Siegfried struggles as if trying to fight off a nightmare. The spirit of the evil sword sneered at him.
"Your strikes were weak. Fragile. Pathetic. Just like human souls."
"Silence... I will not obey you any more. I will atone for what I have done..."
"The depth of human greed astounds me. You sill seek forgiveness, after all you have done?"
"No! But one must reflect on one's sins and move onward."
"...Even if the path leads only to darkness? Only death awaits you in the end."
"Is it because it is finite that people cling to the joys of life?"
"...Can you not hear them-the wails of the souls that were swallowed unto the abyss by your hand?"
"I am eternally sorry for what I have done...but listen to me!"
"...He sought death. He revered it. Death is beautiful. Your father, too, knew it's allure."
"Yes, if I could, I would return to that time-"
"He must parish. You shall cast his body into the darkness. He shall stagnate and rot, steeped in despair, as you squeeze the final gasp from his lungs!"
"No! That's an illusion! I can see it... I can see the proud way he faces his end!"
The battle being waged in Nightmare's mind cause him to stand still. Beyond him, the badly beaten body of the man trembled. Only the his pride allowed the man to move. Drawing on the last of his strength, the man unleashed a final blow on the enemy. The strike pierced the centre of Soul Edge.
Nightmare let out an inhuman cry. Inside him, the crazed, wounded mind of the evil sword clawed at his consciousness. But, he stood with an iron will against the raging storm. The time had come. The eyes that had turned red with evil were restored. And the flame of sanity relit. He who had remained the host body to the evil sword for so long had regained his will. In response to the rapidly weakening evil, light poured out like the coming of the dawn.
When it was over, Siegfried thought back in a daze over what he had done. It had been like a reflexive action. A sword had appeared along with the light. As if guided by something, he grabbed the sword and thrust it into the evil eye that was the core of Soul Edge. It was the holy sword Soul Calibur, which had been trapped by the evil sword.
The blow, however, was not enough to destroy the evil sword. The evil energy of the sword had quieted, but the good sword had gone silent, too. As if it had lost it's power.
"This isn't enough..." Forcing his brain into motion, he began to think. He threw off the detestable armour and smashed it to pieces. Then, picking up the two swords, he left that land. "I will seal away Soul Edge for all eternity and atone for my sins. This I swear!"
His bloody fate would not release him so easily, however. From time to time, the feeling of that grotesque right arm rose from his memory. The residue of the nightmare tormented him. Occasionally, those whose lives had been affected by Nightmare appeared to fight. Each time he was forced to face them, he was filled with guilt. At the same time, Siegfried did not realize that another dark omen was on the horizon.
Indeed. There was no way for him to know that the azure nightmare would soon reawaken.
[edit] Ending
Siegfried stares down at Soul Edge, and several versions of Nightmare appear. They tell him that it's a sin for him to be alive at all. They surround him and are about to attack...
[edit] Input Ending
Siegfried counter-attacks and kills them all. Their words echo in his mind. "You have no right to live!" He say's that living will be his redemption.
[edit] Non-Input Ending
They all get struck by lightning. Siegfried looks to the sky, as a thanks to his father, who he's sure is responsible for it. He says that he will live on.
Siegfried pressed his hand against the armor that covered his heart. A terrible scar marked him there. The maelstrom of power unleashed when Soul Calibur and Soul Edge clashed in the Lost Cathedral had torn his body apart. But the sword whose destiny it was to destroy the cursed sword resonated with Siedfried's soul and saved his life.
Siegfried's brothers-in-arms, his comrades, cared for him. But his mind was made up: he would brush aside the outstretched arms that tried to help him. No one would touch his heart, no man or woman would sway him from his path until the cursed sword was destroyed for all time.
Before him, a black shadow lay heavily over the cursed city of Ostrheinsburg. His journey of repentance was coming to an end.
[edit] Pre-Battle Cut Scene
[edit] Ending
His ending takes place in the stage, Tower of Rememberance - Encounter. Siegfried and Nightmare strike each other, simultaneously crossing over to the other side. It takes a long time for Nightmare to fall. Then Siegfried says, "With this, it ends. Our kind should never exist in this world, not ever again." Siegfried sticks Soul Calibur in to the ground, then he, Nightmare and the stage begin to slowly turn into ice.
[edit] Canon Ending
Siegfried defeats Nightmare, shortly after Nightmare falls He quickly stand up Hilde appears and attacks Nightmare with Her spear destroying Him in the process, them Siegfried beg for Her to kill Him to atone for His sins. Hilde walked directly to Siegfried and rised Her sword in His shoulder and She declared to Siegfried that He is forgived for all of His sins that He made.(when He was Nightmare)
[edit] Trivia
- Siegfried isn't technically in Soul Calibur II, but he does exist as a Nightmare's third costume.
- After finishing Story Mode with Siegfried in SCIV, you you will be able to buy Soulcalibur in its 'Final Form'. It looks like the Player 1 Soulcalibur, but it has improved stats and a whitish glow.
- Siegfried's English voice actor (Crispin Freeman) is also the voice actor of Bruce Irvin from the Tekken series.
- His names comes from Sigfrido, A Nordic Legend. Ironically Hilde has a similarity with the name of Sigfrido is lover, Brunhilde.
[edit] Character Relationships
- Son of Margaret and Frederick, whom he killed accidentally before the events of Soul Edge.
- Love interest of Cassandra,since Soul Calibur III.
- Enemy and former alter-ego of Nightmare.
- Defeated Nightmare in Soulcalibur III.
- Defeated Abyss in Soulcalibur III.
- Fought and defeated Inferno in Soul Edge.
- Met Hilde on his way to Ostrheinsburg in Soulcalibur IV, whose help he denied.
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