Zasalamel
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| Zasalamel | |
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 Zasalamel, as he appears in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. | |
| Birthplace | Unknown due to his ability to reincarnate |
| Birthdate | 5 May (of his current incarnation) |
| Age | Unable to determine due to his ability to reincarnate |
| Height | 5'11 |
| Blood type | B |
| Weapon | Death scythe |
| Weapon name | Kafziel |
| Fighting style | Original style |
| Appears in | Soulcalibur III Soulcalibur IV Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny |
| First game | Soulcalibur III |
| English voice actor | Keith Silverstein |
| Japanese voice actor | Hiroshi Tsuchida |
Zasalamel (ザサラメール, Zasaramēru), is a character in the Soul series of fighting games, a character with no allegiances except to himself who performs mostly evil actions. Zasalamel is one of the three starting new characters included in the fourth instalment of the saga of video games, Soulcalibur III, alongside Tira and Setsuka. He first appeared on the first promotional trailers of the game as a darkened silhouette, under the titles of both The Enigma and The Mastermind before his real name was revealed. In the game itself, his fighting style and weaponry repertoire is available, in the Character Creation Mode, to characters created under the Saint class. Zasalamel reappears in Soulcalibur IV, and in its portable remake, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny.
What lies in his soul is Anguish.
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[edit] Biography
As stated in his profile, he hails from an ancient tribe that was tasked with the protection of Soul Calibur, the sacred sword and Soul Edge's opposite. This was many, many years before the game's set timeframe. Zasalamel was angered by the sect's edicts that forbade the use of the sword; which didn't allow the tribe to use the weapon if a crisis were to occur. When trying to take Soul Calibur in his hands, he was discovered and shunned from the tribe. Zasalamel spent his time later in pursuit of ancient and forbidden knowledge thought lost, until he learned the lost art of magical reincarnation. (as he is able to cast spells as he sees them.)
The spell worked perfectly: although he continued to age, and eventually died, his soul was immediately reborn in another body, a body that would grow up to be identical to his original body, even including his signature golden eye. In addition, he retained all the memories from his original life, and continued to exist as Zasalamel. This would occur over and over across many generations, living and dying and being reborn, and Zasalamel gradually lost the joy of living as his existence waned and the pain of death increased. However, there was no way to "turn off" the spell; he would keep being reincarnated for all eternity, and committing suicide, no matter how many times he did it, would only start the cycle over again earlier than usual. In an attempt to end what he considered his "curse", Zasalamel set his eyes on Soul Edge. He would use its soul-devouring properties to destroy himself once and for all, and release himself from the circle of eternal reincarnations. However, even being killed by the sword was not enough, so Zasalamel turned his hopes to Soul Calibur, but when he reached the place where his tribe existed in his original life, he found no traces of life or the holy sword.
[edit] Soulcalibur III
Tracking Soul Edge once again, he decided to confront Soul Calibur as well. He hoped that he may be able to obtain both of them at once; but he discovered that Soul Edge, which had just lost its wielder, Siegfried Schtauffen, aka "Nightmare", had lost half of its mass and become sealed, and that Soul Calibur had been infected by evil, gradually losing its power. In order to restore both blades to their power and complete his plan, he revived the will of the evil sword in the form of a new Nightmare which had no host. In order to aid the sword in its restoration, he needed to create conflict within the mind of Siegfried, the bearer of both blades, by leading survivors of Nightmare's past massacres towards him. If Soul Edge regained its power, so would Soul Calibur in order to confront it.
Zasalamel then takes a role as lead antagonist in most of SCIII's characters' story modes, attempting to eliminate them as he sees them as potential obstacles to his desperate plan to end himself. Zasalamel has an event of his own in the game's story mode, Tales of Souls, in which he lures the characters into his stage, the Clock Tower, where he attacks the character first with a falling gear. The player can avoid the gear with a quick input and avoid starting the match with slightly less health. This also goes for Zasalamel himself, who accuses the other Zasalamel of being some kind of copy. Zasalamel then appears during the last events of the mode, to either confront the player as a sort of "sub-boss" battle or to take the power of both swords to transform into the game's final boss, the twisted creature known as Abyss.
[edit] Soulcalibur IV
It seems his plans in SCIII were totally foiled, as he is still alive in Soulcalibur IV. Zasalamel begins the game with the intention, once again, of using the combined powers of the spirit swords to end his immortality and his life, finding final peace in death.
He has since had a change of heart with the discovery of the giant tower. His new goal is to command that tower and be worshipped as a god. This goal cannot be achieved as long as the resurrected hero king Algol lives.
He is now shown in a vision how great mankind would become, so he aspired to protect the swords and see this future realized.
[edit] Endings
[edit] Soulcalibur III
In the spiritual realm, Zasalamel is circled by the two floating swords. Zasalamel absorbs the power of Soul Edge and Soul Calibur into his scythe and a bright white light appears.
- Input Ending: Zasalamel's thoughts are heard as he chronicles the end of his curse in a study filled with books. Now that the curse has ended, Zasalamel has decided to write down all that he experienced during his many lives. All he has to do is wait until his time comes.
- No Input Ending: Nothing seems to happen, however. He is still the same, immortal and cursed after the light fades and his scythe is gone. Zasalamel sinks to his knees with misery and questions why he can't die. He hits the ground with his fists and laughs insanely. He states how everything is over, then says how he has no choice but to continue "this meaningless existence".
[edit] Soulcalibur IV
Zasalamel defeats Algol and creates a green orb that absorbs both the powers of Soul Calibur and Soul Edge. 400 years later, a reincarnated Zasalamel is a successful billionaire in New York City in the United States in 21st Century (perhaps the Tekken era). He looks on the horizon and says to himself that as time goes on, he will continue guiding humanity onto the right path. He then leaves with his assistant in a helicopter for a business trip.
A text-epilogue then appears, stating that he will live on forever as a guide for mankind, encouraging progress.
[edit] Weapons
[edit] Kafziel
Zasalamel's standard white and gold scythe. It comes from the name Cassiel, an Angel of Death in Jewish lore, appointed to take the lives of kings[source?].
[edit] Irkalla
Abyss' standard, and only, weapon. Irkalla is in fact Zasalamel's Kafziel being corrupted by the same energies that mutated Zasalamel himself. His Irkalla has special effects Abyss' Irkalla doesn't have. In both Soulcalibur III and Soulcalibur IV, Irkalla is Zasalamel's ultimate weapon.
[edit] Other Weapons
[edit] Stages
[edit] Clock Tower
Zasalamel's stage. It is a stone clock tower stated to be located at the corner of a quiet temple outside the edge of an unnamed town. The stage is placed on the top tier, with the glass clock and the inside mechanism serving as background. It is said Zasalamel visits this place ever since it was constructed since it's the only place which reminds him of the passage of time, having lost his sense of time over the course of his countless lives. He also uses the stage in the Tales of Souls mode as setup to trap those searching Soul Edge, attempting to strike them first with a falling gear before deciding to fight the player.
[edit] Lost Cathedral – Ruins
Abyss' stage. It's actually the remains of the Lost Cathedral, the stage of both Siegfried and Nightmare in Soulcalibur III. The stage is created after Abyss releases his energies, which destroy the temple of purity and corrupt it. While actual layout of the stage doesn't change much, if at all, the background is completely different. The visible ground is red and appears to be at-least partially made of lava, the remaining structure are wrecked or burning, and a volcano is visible in the background. In the Arcade Version of the game, the stage is given to one of the sub-bosses, Inferno, while Abyss is given Night Terror's stage.
[edit] Grand Labyrinth - Corridor of Suspended Time (SC4/SCBD)
[edit] Critical Finish
Zasalamel knocks his opponent back and starts drawing a symbol in the air. A void appears behind the opponent and Zasalamel throws them into it, ending his Critical Finish with a "Farewell!"
[edit] Fighting Style
[edit] Trivia
- It is said that his golden left eye contains his soul, which stays with him in all his incarnations.
- Zasalamel may originally be Babylonian, judging by the names of his attacks being figures of Babylonian myth and legend.
- It seems that the only known way to play as Revenant in Soulcalibur IV is to play through Zasalamel's Story Mode.
- In the Story Modes of Siegfried, Kilik, and Algol in Soulcalibur IV, Zasalamel creates illusions of those who are close to these three and who are now dead. In Siegfried's, Zasalamel creates his father Frederick, who Siegfried accidentally killed. In Kilik's, he recreates Xianglian Kilik's beloved adopted sister and Xianghua's biological sister, and in Algol's, he recreates Arcturus, Algol's son who the king was forced to kill thousands of years ago when the youth was possessed by Soul Edge.
- Zasalamel's Soulcalibur IV ending is the second to involve modern times, the first one being Soul Edge's ending in Soul Edge.
- Zasalamel and his alter-ego Abyss are the only characters in Soulcalibur III's Tales of Souls Story Mode to be fought in everyones story (even of if the player uses Zasalamel).
[edit] Relationships
- Alter-ego of Abyss.
- Made Nightmare capable of existing without a host in the events before Soulcalibur III.
- Defeated Kilik and Ivy before the events of Soulcalibur III.
- Master of Revenant, and the recreations of Frederick, Xianglian, and Arcturus.
- His Destined Battle in Soulcalibur III is Tira.
[edit] Series' Appearances
[edit] Gallery
 Zasalamel from Soulcalibur III |
 Zasalamel render from Soulcalibur III |
 Zasalamel render from Soulcalibur III |
 Zasalamel art from Soulcalibur III |
 Zasalamel art from Soulcalibur III |
 Zasalamel wallpaper from Soulcalibur III |
 Zasalamel portrait from Soulcalibur III |
 Zasalamel from Soulcalibur IV |
 Zasalamel's alternate costume in Soulcalibur IV |
| Main characters in the Soul series |
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| 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 |
