Siegfried and Nightmare

rdf:langString Siegfried and Nightmare

rdf:langString Siegfried Schtauffen and Nightmare

rdf:langString Siegfried Schtauffen and Nightmare

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rdf:langString English

rdf:langString Nightmare

rdf:langString Nobuyuki Hiyama

rdf:langString Patrick Ryan

rdf:langString Siegfried

rdf:langString Fumihiko Tachiki

rdf:langString Roger Craig Smith

rdf:langString Kōsei Hirota

rdf:langString Yasunori Masutani

rdf:langString Ted D' Agostino

rdf:langString Siegfried and Nightmare in Soulcalibur IV

rdf:langString Kouji Mitsunaga

rdf:langString Takuji Kawano

rdf:langString Nightmare: Aya Takemura

rdf:langString Soul Edge

rdf:langString Siegfried Schtauffen (ジークフリート・シュタウフェン, Jīkufurīto Shutaufen) and Nightmare (ナイトメア, Naitomea) are two interconnected fictional characters in Soulcalibur, a series of fighting games by Namco. Introduced as a tragic hero in the 1995 game Soul Edge, Siegfried has been a mainstay and lead character for most of the series, especially Soulcalibur Legends, until Soulcalibur V. Nightmare is an evil, mutated form of Siegfried that later becomes an entity entirely separated from Siegfried in Soulcalibur III onward, the living incarnation of Soul Edge / Inferno (インフェルノ, Inferuno). Siegfried is a young German knight that, driven mad after unknowingly killing his father, becomes possessed by the evil sword Soul Edge and physically transforms into the demon known as Nightmare. Though Siegfried does temporarily regain his sanity after Nightmare is defeated by Xianghua in Soulcalibur (only to be taken over by Soul Edge again shortly after), it is not until after the events of Soulcalibur II that he is freed from the sword's control entirely and went on to pierce the cursed sword using Soul Calibur. He then seeks atonement for the atrocities he committed as Nightmare. In their final confrontation in Soulcalibur IV, Siegfried successfully destroyed Soul Edge and freed himself from the evil power. Nightmare first appeared in one of the possible endings for the Siegfried character in Soul Edge. In the sequel Soulcalibur, he was given a name and featured as a central character. Ever since then, Nightmare has been the owner of the powerful evil sword Soul Edge, and thus the objective of most other characters in the story. Appearing in every game of the series, Nightmare has served as a recurring antagonist in contrast to the protagonist role played by Siegfried, as well as serving as Siegfried's archenemy.