This is the evil sword Soul Edge after recovering all of its fragments, including Soul Calibur, and becoming whole once more. At this point, not even Soul Calibur could stand against it.
The complete form of the sword has three appearances in the series. In Soulcalibur II, when wielded by Nightmare, it still holds the vague shape of its zweihander appearance, but appears to be made entirely out of organic material, with teeth, flesh and an abundance of eyes covering its entire surface, making it the most grotesque version thus far in the series. In Soulcalibur III, it lacks the eye, and is a brown sword with horns and teeth. This version is used by Night Terror and later appears as Nightmare's player two weapon in Soulcalibur IV.
In Soulcalibur IV, a nigh-complete Soul Edge appears and it is used by Nightmare as his primary weapon, and looks more like a traditional sword than Soul Edge had in some time. This version of the sword is complete in almost all sense, other than that it lacks Soul Calibur.
Variants[]
Every single playable character in Soulcalibur II, not just Nightmare, had an unlockable "Soul Edge (Complete)" weapon. Each version of Soul Edge took the form of that character's signature weapon and was made entirely out of organic material with teeth and eyes being a common feature.
- Astaroth
- Cassandra
- Cervantes
- Heihachi
- Ivy
- Kilik
- Link
- Maxi
- Mitsurugi
- Necrid
- Nightmare
- Raphael
- Seong Mi-na
- Sophitia
- Spawn
- Taki
- Talim
- Voldo
- Xianghua
- Yoshimitsu
- Yun-seong
Complete versions of the Soul weapon - without the wicked blade being in control - have also appeared in the series. In Soulcalibur IV, Kilik can wield the Embrace of Souls, while in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, Siegfried can wield the complete Soul sword under the name Broken Destiny.