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Talim
Talim
Talim, as she appears in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny.
Birthplace Philippines Village of the Wind Deity, Southeast Asia (present day Philippines)
Birthdate June 15, 1576
Age 15 (Soulcalibur II-Soulcalibur IV)
Height 4'8 (144 cm)
Weight 93 lbs (42 kg)
Blood type Unknown
Weapon Dual Elbow Blades
Weapon name Syi Salika & Loka Luha
Fighting style Wind Dance
Family Father, Sanput
Mother, Lidi
Grandmother & Village Elder, Kalana
Bird, Alun
Appears in Soulcalibur II
Soulcalibur III
Soulcalibur IV
Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny
First game Soulcalibur II
English voice actor Julie Parker (Soulcalibur II)
Hynden Walch (Soulcalibur III & Soulcalibur IV)
Japanese voice actor Yukari Tamura

Talim (タリム, Tarimu) is a character in the Soul series of fighting games. She continued in Soulcalibur III, then in Soulcalibur IV as an unlockable character, and has appeared in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny.

The designers of Soulcalibur II created Talim around the concept of her signature elbow blades in order to distinguish her from the other characters. The initial character design was templated for a young girl, which the makers felt that the series lacked. Through the series, her main costume designs have had ornate tribal accesories.

What lies in her soul is Purity.

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[edit] Biography

In the Village of the Wind Deity (Nayong Anito ng Hangin) located in Southeast Asia (Philippines), there lived a tribe of people who could control the winds. Talim was the granddaughter of this village's elder, Kalana, and daughter of its shaman, Lidi. Due to turmoil caused by the influences of Spanish and Portuguese culture, she was reared to be its last priestess (Babaylan). The day that the Evil Seed spread across the world, Talim felt the winds, and an evil aura that devoured everything in its path surged into her body, causing her to lose consciousness for days. Years later, when Talim was fifteen years old, a man from the west brought with him a strange metal fragment, claiming it to be a vitality charm. Talim, however, recognized the evil energy as the same energy she had experienced years before and left on a journey, believing that if she were to return the fragment to its rightful place, peace would eventually be restored, despite the elders' misgivings. Talim always rely to the signs of wind. She learned from her ancestors the traditional wind-reading, as in early years ago, wind is always a sign if a bad climate comes or bad wind coming in the village could be a bad sign as a devil is coming.


Having collected several of the fragments, she eventually learned that the source of the evil energy was an evil sword called Soul Edge. Sensing another source of evil energy, Talim traveled to a mountain range. She arrived at a small watermill, where a group of small children lived. Learning that one of the children was ill, Talim entered. Talim realized that the boy himself was giving off the evil aura. Talim could not just leave him, so she decided to tend to the boy.

A young man paid them a visit about the time that she had grown accustomed to life in the watermill. He was a cheerful young man who carried a long sword and went by the name of Hong Yun-seong. He announced that he was searching for clues regarding Soul Edge. Upon hearing this, Talim warned him about the dangers of the sword. At first, the young man made Talim apprehensive, but she felt no evil from the young man and eventually came to accept him as he chose to stay in the watermill.

After much thought, Talim came up with the idea of passing the evil energy through her own body and out into the wind currents flowing through the sky. Through days of treatment, the evil energy was released little by little, but the impurities that remained behind in Talim's body slowly piled up. Talim's ability to read the wind grew weaker and weaker...

She was losing something that had always been with her, something more important than words could express. Seeing her sunk in sorrow, Yun-seong said to her, "There are some things you can't do anything about. When that happens, you just have to do what you can!" His words were largely meaningless, but hearing him say them somehow gave her courage.

Despite her best efforts to treat him, the boy's symptoms worsened, and he was running out of time. Talim pondered the risky idea of releasing all of the evil energy from within the boy into the wind at once. But, the boy flatly refused her idea. His body hurt too much, and he just wanted to stop placing the burden on all of them. It was Yun-seong who finally stepped forward to convince him.

When the ritual ended, not a single remnant of evil energy was left in either of their bodies. In the instant that Talim had opened the boundaries of her heart, something had exorcised the evil energy.

After watching over the boy to make sure he had recovered, Talim set out on a new journey, with the children's many thanks echoing in her ears. Something waited for her to the west...

In Soulcalibur IV, Yun-seong catches up with Talim, though he still believes that Soul Edge is the one thing that will give him power to protect his homeland. The two are eventually found by Seong Mi-na, who sees Yun-seong as a younger brother to her.

She also warns the young warrior that Soul Edge is evil, and he won't be able to protect the things that he cherishes the most, but he still did not listen. He leaves them that night while they were asleep. When they discovered that he was gone, Talim tells Mi-na that he's headstrong, but he's a good person, and hopefully he makes the right decision. After telling Mi-na about the blue sword (Soul Calibur) that she keeps receiving visions about, the two go their separate ways.

Talim then sensed that Soul Edge was getting stronger, and through the visions that she had been seeing, she realized that Soul Calibur, the spirit sword, was no different from Soul Edge. The two swords threaten the very fabric of nature. Talim had to hurry, for she can hear the winds screaming.

[edit] Personality

Talim is a kind-hearted girl. She never loses that attitude even to the most evil of all opponents. She is also fearless and dedicated to purify evil and to make the world peaceful. She has the ability to feel and read what the wind says alerting her when danger comes.

[edit] Endings

[edit] Soulcalibur II

In order to restore the world to its original state, Talim returned the sword to its rightful place. The hellfire lost its sustenance. In the blink of an eye, it changed its form and scattered into the winds. The spritual energies led astray righted their course and flowed toward this place. Talim must have sensed the change in the winds, for she looked to the sky and smiled.

[edit] Soulcalibur III

As Talim holds Soul Edge above her head, she asks the wind to lend her it's strength. Suddenly, a giant tornado appears and starts to spin around her.

Input Ending Soul Edge is then lifted into the air and disappears. Yun-seong walks over to Talim and asks her if it's all over now. "Yes...Now, finally" she replies. Talim stumbles back after growing weak, but Yun-seong catches her. A disappointed Yun-seong says "Aww man... so Soul Edge is really gone?" "You still haven't given up?" Talim eagerly replies. Then she gets mad at Yun-seong and starts chewing him out by saying "It's not okay". Then Yun-seong runs away, while Talim shouts "Wait! I'm still not done talking to you!" and chases after him.

No Input Ending Soul Edge shocks her, and is then lifted into the air and disappears. Talim drops to her knees, and as she looks back into sky, she sees a flock of black birds fly by.

[edit] Soulcalibur IV

After defeating Algol, Talim tells him that she places no blame on him, nor will she question what the two swords are. She then says that the two swords do, however, threaten nature, so she will return them to their true forms, along with Algol. As Algol looks up at Talim, Algol becomes shocked. Standing next to Talim is his son, Arcturus. He walks up to Algol and the two clasp each other's hand. The screen then fades to white, where Talim can be heard saying "Oh wind, I beg of you, bring peace and tranquility to all."

A text-epilogue then appears, stating that the world will now return to it's natural form, and the cries of the winds have disappeared.

[edit] Fighting Style

Talim is a close-range character who fights with her trademark wind dancing attacks. Her battle style heavily relies on seemingly quick and random strikes all around the opponent. Her special stances place her in wild acrobatics to overwhelm the opponent. She has good mind games and mix-ups in the game, due to her small stature and the deception of fast attacks. However, her body tends to jut out before her weapons, making most of her attacks interruptible. In addition, she has perhaps one of the smallest ranges of any character but speed can tell as she represents pure wind speed making her Critical Finish style more natural asking for the wind to be with her and aid by strong whirlstorm. For the attacks that do land on the opponent, they deal a relatively low amount of damage. Also, plenty of her attacks ironically often put her at a disadvantage even on hit and therefore, open for heavy punishment. Her repertoire lacks any auto-Guard Impact option, so a Talim player is hard-pressed to find opportunities to gain the advantage. Because of these shortcomings, even experienced Talim players often list her as a low-tier character. Overall, most of her attacks are risky and provide little potential rewards. Like any other low-tier character, Talim is seldom used in tournaments, so a Talim player may take advantage of the opponent's unfamiliarity with Talim's fighting style and come out on top.

[edit] Weapons

[edit] Stages

[edit] Village of the Wind (SC2)

This is Talim's home village. It commands a startling view of the mountains and the sea, and the number of windmills within the village signify their devout faith. The villagers here are some of the few indigenous people left who still worship the Wind Deity while Southeast Asia becomes more influenced by Spanish and Portuguese culture every day.

[edit] Water Mill Valley (SC3)

The valley is lined with many gigantic water mills that generate power and provide fresh water to nearby inhabitants. It is also drawn through a nearby aqueduct and carried to the other side of the mountain to be used for crop irrigation. Talim seems to have grown fond of this area for its symbolism of the harmony for man to work with nature. Or, possibly, because this form of nature (water) was different from that which her own village had grown to cherish (wind).

[edit] Distant Marsh (SC4)

Talim's Soulcalibur IV stage. This stage is set in a lush swampland. Ancient ruins covered in vines provide 3 walls for the area. The now-extinct dodo bird can be seen walking about the stage which suggests the location of this marsh is the island, Mauritius, as this was the only known location of dodo birds. However, the non-native hippo can also be seen bathing in the sun which implies the location may be entirely fictional. Whenever a character performs a Critical Finish, the dodos will run away from the stage before the Critical Finish is performed.

[edit] Sleeping Marsh (SCBD)

Same stage as in Soulcalibur IV, except it is set at night.

[edit] Quotes

[edit] Soulcalibur II

  • "Don't worry Talim, believe in yourself."
  • "Calm down, Talim... okay."
  • "I won't back down!"
  • "Do you really want to do this?"
  • "I'm not going to run! I must fight!"
  • "Wind, guide me."
  • "I am one with the wind."
  • "Prepare yourself!"
  • "Well, let's begin."
  • "I won't hold back!"
  • "I won't run away!"
  • "Please, let me through."
  • "Believe in yourself, Talim."
  • "I can do this!"
  • "There's a reason why I cannot yield."
  • "You're full of nothing."
  • "What sorrowful eyes."
  • "Please, let me through."
  • "Why do you fight?"
  • "I will be like the wind!"
  • "Prepare yourself!"
  • "Well, let's begin."
  • "I've made up my mind."
  • "Do you really want to do this?"
  • "There's a reason why I must win"
  • "I can't let you go on. This sword is evil."
  • "Please..."
  • "I'm sorry! Please try to understand!"
  • "There is no other way, correct?"
  • "Who's responsible for this?"
  • "What's going on?"
  • "Go. Return to that from which you came!"
  • "You will not leave this place!"
  • "My heart is still pounding."
  • "I've got to go on."
  • "Okay! I won! Hah, ahaha!"
  • "I must fight. It's not over yet."
  • "Don't worry, you'll be okay."
  • "I can do this!"
  • "This isn't over yet."
  • "You did your best. I respect that."
  • "You're full of nothing."
  • "I was just lucky."
  • "Won't you please give up?"
  • "Conflict lies within you."
  • "I don't want regrets."
  • "My hands are still burning."
  • "I will follow my own path."
  • "Am I okay? My heart is still bounding."
  • "I must keep going!"
  • "Please take care."
  • "I must hurry on!"
  • "Phew. That was dangerous."
  • "Come on... hit!"
  • "Go... away!"
  • "Wind!"
  • "Now!"
  • "Go!"
  • "I see you!"
  • "Forgive me!"
  • "More!"
  • "Strike!"
  • "Here I come!"
  • "I must..."
  • "Don't get up!"
  • "There!"
  • "Payback!"
  • "You want more?"
  • "How's this?"
  • "Are you okay?"
  • "Oh, no!"
  • "Please... hit!"
  • "Please... stay down!"
  • "Winds!"
  • "I can do this!"
  • "I'm sorry!"
  • "Here's more!"
  • "Hit!"
  • "Please... don't get up!"
  • "Don't!"
  • "My turn!"
  • "Want more?"
  • "What?!"
  • "Why?"
  • "How?"
  • "UGH..."
  • "No!"
  • "How could this be?"

[edit] Soulcalibur III

  • "Some things can only be conveyed through battle."
  • "I cannot lose this fight!"
  • "I'm sorry, but I have to defeat you!"
  • "This isn't the right thing to do."
  • "I'm sure I can do it!"
  • "Please, don't stand in my way."
  • "Is there no other way to solve this?"
  • "I won't give anything less than my all."
  • "Okay, I'm ready!"
  • "I have to do my best!"
  • "I can make it... I've already come this far!"
  • "Wind, share with me your courage!"
  • "The wind is shaking..."
  • "There is a stagnant wind around you."
  • "I'm going to do my best!"
  • "I must win this fight."
  • "I must calm down... okay."
  • "I will not yield!"
  • "Okay, I won't hold back!"
  • "I won't run away!"
  • "I can't run away! I have to do this!"
  • "Okay, let's begin."
  • "Wind, guide me!"
  • "Please, prepare yourself!"
  • "Don't worry, believe in yourself."
  • "I've made up my mind."
  • "Your eyes... have so much sadness."
  • "Isn't there any other way?"
  • "Please let me through."
  • "Why? Why do you wish to fight?"
  • "There's still time... please stop this."
  • "I won't have any regrets... I've made up my mind."
  • "I can do this... I can still fight!"
  • "The devastation is spreading... I must hurry."
  • "I will not soon forget this fight."
  • "Please, don't get up."
  • "Oh, that was scary!"
  • "Is... is it really over?"
  • "Please, listen to the voice of the wind."
  • "I will follow the wind, whatever it may go."
  • "I gave it all this fight."
  • "I will never give up, never!"
  • "Okay, I have to keep this up."
  • "I hope I'm making some progress."
  • "I must continue my journey!"
  • "I must do this... there is no one else!"
  • "If I had a choice, I would never... but..."
  • "I know this will be difficult... but..."
  • "The wind is calling me... I must move on."
  • "I can do this. I can't give up!"
  • "I've got to keep going!"
  • "I must go... this isn't over yet."
  • "I must hurry on!"
  • "Okay. I won."
  • "You're... so empty inside."
  • "I will be like the wind!"
  • "My heart is still pounding."
  • "I still have a way to go."
  • "Please, have more respect for life."
  • "I see doubt within you."
  • "Won't you please give up?"
  • "Phew... that was close."
  • "I don't want regrets."
  • "I was lucky this time."
  • "My hands are still tingling."
  • "I am one... with the wind!"
  • "I will follow my own path."
  • "Don't give up just yet, okay?"
  • "Great job, you can take a break now."
  • "Come one!"
  • "I'm not done!"
  • "Don't get up!"
  • "Get there!"
  • "I got it!"
  • "In that case!"
  • "How's this?!"
  • "Go through!"
  • "Believe."
  • "Please... don't get up!"
  • "Wind!"
  • "Now!"
  • "Get there!"
  • "What did you say?!"
  • "Please... get there!"
  • "Why?!"
  • "No!"
  • "Hurts..."

[edit] Soulcalibur IV

  • "Please, don't stand in my way."
  • "I will not yield!"
  • "I'll just do my best!"
  • "Okay, I won't hold back!"
  • "I'm not afraid anymore."
  • "What's this? What's happening?"
  • "You will be hurt as well, so why?"
  • "You. You've been manipulating this."
  • "The wind and the stars are crying!"
  • "So, you won't change your mind then?"
  • "I'm sorry, but you're wrong."
  • "I won't give anything less than my all."
  • "I have to keep this up!"
  • "Wind, be with me."
  • "That's a nice breeze."
  • "I'm okay. I can still fight."
  • "Yes. Okay. I see."
  • "No! You are human?"
  • "There's no wind around you. How's that possible?"
  • "Even so, I must stop you."
  • "Wind, be calm."
  • "I place no blame on you."
  • "I won't even question what these swords are."
  • "However, they threaten the very fabric of nature."
  • "So, I'll return them to their true forms."
  • "And you as well."
  • "Oh wind, I beg of you, bring peace and tranquility to all."
  • "Wind!"
  • "Storm!"
  • "Now... come on!"
  • "I'm sorry!"
  • "Now... don't get up!"
  • "I got it!"
  • "Lightning!"
  • "Lightning... strike!"
  • "Strike!"
  • "Get there!"
  • "Please!"
  • "Please... fall!"
  • "Are you serious?"
  • "Wind, hear me."
  • "No...it's not okay."
  • "Go through!"
  • "Wind... go through!"
  • "No!"
  • "Over here!"
  • "I'm not done!"
  • "Winds are swirling."
  • "Wind, guide me."
  • "Wind, to me."
  • "Thank you."
  • "No!...Why?!"

[edit] Trivia

  • In Soulcalibur III, Talim's weapons, and fighting style are available under the discipline Soul of Talim to characters created under the Saint class.
  • In Seong Mi-na's Story Mode in Soulcalibur IV, Talim accompanies her after Mi-na defeats her, Kilik, and Xianghua. After they defeat Tira and some other servants of Soul Edge in the 4th stage, Mi-na places Talim in charge and carries on to fight Algol.
  • Talim was smallest character in the Soul series, until Amy appeared.
  • Talim is nicknamed "The Last Priestess of the Winds".
  • Taking into consideration her Soulcalibur IV ending, Talim apparently has the power to bring back the dead, or at least create illusions of them, a power also possessed by Zasalamel.
  • Occassionally when playing through Story Mode as a Custom Character, after fighting Talim, Seong Mi-na, and Yun-seong on the Sailor's Rest stage, Talim will follow the character "for some reason". After either the third or fourth stage, depending on when the character fought Talim, a message will appear saying "You leave Talim in charge and continue on."
  • All of Talim's stages in the Soul series represent the elements of nature: Village of the Wind (wind), Water Mill Valley (Water), Distant Marsh/Sleeping Marsh (Earth).
  • Eileen from the Virtua Fighter series has some moves that are similar to Talim's, animation wise.
  • Like the other characters in the series, her fighting style was changed drastically between Soulcalibur II and Soulcalibur III, thus the player would have to re-learn her.
  • Talim can be the nicest character in the series.
  • Her weapon is based on nightsticks according to the attacks.

[edit] Costumes

Talim has a medallion depicting a crescent moon and the sun, in addition to a loose, mainly green sleeveless and strapless top and white shorts. A similar costume was also shown in Soulcalibur III, but with a hat added on. In both cases, she wore boots that went halfway up to her knees. Finally, in Soulcalibur IV she also wears a hat similar to the one she wore in Soulcalibur III, gloves, sandals, transparent pants, and a top with a tiny vest. In all cases she had her midriff and belly button showing. It is often claimed that Talim's medallion references Pac-Man, though the thin curved crescent moon bears little to no resemblance to Pac-Man, especially considering that the sun (the supposed 'dot') is larger than the crescent moon itself.

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Gallery

Height Comparison

Talim from Soulcalibur II

Talim again from Soulcalibur II

Talim Render from Soulcalibur II

Talim portrait from Soulcalibur II

Talim Verses Raphael

Talim Verses Astaroth

Talim from Soulcalibur III

Talim art from Soulcalibur III

Talim art from Soulcalibur III

Talim wallpaper from Soulcalibur III

Talim portrait from Soulcalibur III

Near Talim is the son of Algol, Arcturus

Talim in Soulcalibur IV

Talim's alternate costume in Soulcalibur IV

Talim art from Soulcalibur IV

Talim art from Soulcalibur IV

Talim Verses Tira

Talim wallpaper from Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny












Main characters in the Soul series
Algol | Amy | Astaroth | Cassandra | Cervantes | Charade | Dampierre | Edge Master | Hilde | Hwang | Ivy | Kilik | Li Long | Lizardman | Maxi | Mitsurugi | Necrid | Nightmare | Olcadan | Raphael | Rock | Seong Han Myeong | Seong Mi-na | Setsuka | Siegfried | Sophitia | Taki | Talim | Tira | Voldo | Xianghua | Yoshimitsu | Yun-seong | Zasalamel
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