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A list of characters debuting in the fourth game of the series, ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburIII''.

* For Kilik, Xianghua, Maxi, Astaroth, Ivy, Nightmare, and Yoshimitsu, check the ''Characters/{{Soulcalibur}}'' sheet.

* For Mitsurugi, Taki, Siegfried, Sophitia, Rock, Voldo, Hwang, Seong Mi-na, and Cervantes, check the ''Characters/SoulEdge'' sheet.

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This is a list of characters from the ''VideoGame/{{Soul|Series}}'' series who made their debut in the fourth game of the series, ''Soulcalibur III''.

* Characters/SoulEdge (for tropes on Mitsurugi, Taki, Siegfried, Sophitia, Rock, Voldo, Seong Mi-na, Hwang, Li Long, and Cervantes)
* Characters/{{Soulcalibur}} (for tropes on Kilik, Xianghua, Maxi, Astaroth, Ivy, Nightmare, Lizardman, and Yoshimitsu)
* Characters/SoulcaliburII (for tropes on Raphael, Talim, Yun-seong, and Cassandra)
* Characters/SoulcaliburIV
* Characters/SoulcaliburV
* Characters/SoulcaliburVI
* Characters/SoulcaliburLegends
* Characters/SoulcaliburNonPlayableCharacters

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Implied; Strife does not beat around the bush when he makes his disdain for Chester known in the second half of the story in spite of his service to him, especially when he oversaw the assassination of the Cadet in chapter 3. After all, he ''was'' an obstacle to him at one point and a known advisor of Aurelia.
* UriahGambit: On the giving end, as Strife keeps sending the Cadet to difficult battles without backup. He, however, doesn't count on them actually winning the battle for him. Justified in two cases; the first is in that he ''wants'' the cadet to be killed off, and the second in regard to the Cadet's fight with the Maletta is that Chester is Strife's ally and so he wants to stop the Cadet from being able to foil his plans.

->The PlayerCharacter and the protagonist of Chronicles of the Sword, said to be the most influential figure in the war. You can freely customize the character's appearance and job, the latter which affects the weapon disciplines.

->A high-ranking Dalkia soldier and the leader of the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Klessirpemdo]].

* LukeIAmYourFather: Mooncalf is her mother. When Mooncalf attempted to escape Halteese, the royal family took young Luna from her, and they never meet each other until Mooncalf's death.

* ThemeNaming: She's named after the moon. Also, with the exception of Chronicle 9, every Chronicle that involves her as an enemy unit will have moon-related titles (Battlefield Moon, The Moon Wears Silver Armor, and Guardians of the Moon).

->'''Faction:''' [[TheEmpire Grandall Empire]] (Entirety), [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Kingdom of Maletta]] (Chapter 7-10)

* DragonWithAnAgenda: There are strong implications that Chester was under Strife's command from the beginning given Grandall soldiers attempted to kill the Cadet twice, the first which he was directly involved with in a "bandit attack", and he's revealed to be his right-hand by the 2nd half of the story. However, it's quite clear Chester had plans of his own separate from what Strife wanted given he was attempting to stir up conflict between the 3 kingdoms so that he could create his own, only for it to end up in ruins because he didn't foresee the cadet interfering with his attempts to kill off members of the Halteese Republic.

* FalseFriend: Almost anyone he works with ends up being stabbed in the back. Demuth and Hyle? Ends up being usurped and imprisoned. Strife? While he doesn't outright harm him, he does inspire Girardot to rebel which further drives him into madness, which Strife most likely knew about due to making his hate for Chester known after their second assassination attempt against the Cadet was organized.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Downplayed; Chester was ultimately the one who organized the Mantis War to create his own kingdom, Maletta, and even after the end of the war he'd inspire Girardot to create his own rebellion to ensure that there would be yet another war. However, he was only Strife's advisor from behind the scenes who both saw eachother as a mean to their ends, but at the end of the day Chester had a more insidious playbook with his actions while Strife was more overt in his intentions and was trying to kill the Cadet from the beginning.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Zig-zagged; It's never explicitly stated, but despite Chester's hand in the Mantis War, it wasn't without reason. Strife had been taking the opportunity to silently amass his armies while Chester was creating conflict ''specifically'' because he had plans to TakeOverTheWorld, but Strife wasn't the only player on the board with such plans. Whether he or Chester is the bigger bad is left strictly up to the player's interpretation, but arguably Strife could contest for this role since it's strongly implied Chester's assassination attempt after the Cadet's training was complete was on Strife's orders.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Implied; Strife does not beat around the bush when he makes his disdain for Chester known in the second half of the story in spite of his service to him, especially when he oversaw the assassination of the Cadet in chapter 3.

* CainAndAbel: Inverted; Demuth, the younger brother of Halphas and another unnamed brother, has them both disposed of by Mooncalf so that he can seize power.

* DespairEventHorizon: After the destruction of Halteese, Chester suddenly usurps him and declares himself as the true king of Maletta. Realizing that no one except Hyle are on his side, he crosses this. When The Cadet encounters him, he's shown to be drunk.

* PoisonusFriend: Almost anyone he works with ends up being stabbed in the back. Demuth and Hyle? Ends up being usurped and imprisoned. Strife? While he doesn't outright harm him, he does inspire Girardot to rebel which further drives him into madness, which Strife most likely knew about due to making his hate for Chester known after their second assassination attempt against the Cadet was organized.

* VillanousBreakdown: Aurelia has one after her defeat at the hands of the Cadet.

* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: After Gidarot's death, they realize who they've been fighting for this entire time, and they form an alliance known as the Arthias to rebel against Strife.

->'''Faction:''' [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Kingdom of Maletta] (Chapter 7-10)

->'''Faction:''' [[TheEmpire Grandall Empire]] (Entirety), [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Kingdom of Maletta] (Chapter 7-10)

* TheChessmaster: Chester stirs the events of war from behind the scene, mostly by manipulating the leaders of the kingdoms, and eventually Gidarot when he runs out of kingdoms to manipulate.

* VillainDecay: Downplayed; He's still every bit the villain he was during the Mantis war, but given his plans to run a kingdom have fallen to ash, he's basically back to being Strife's lapdog...but the rebellion lead by Gidarot didn't just happen by ''itself''.

* LaResistance: A year after the mantis war, Gidarot leads his own rebellion against Strife, with his army composed of lowly peasants and commoners, disgruntled soldiers, [[FarmerAndTheViper and even nameless Halteese grunts should the player rescue them during Maletta's attack]].

* MildlyMilitary: Gidarot's rebellion is basically this; From domestic servants to renegade soldiers, and even children as evidenced by Feofan, he's relying on every recruit he possibly can bring down Strife in the second half of the campaign. Sadly for him, it doesn't work as he, and possibly either Feofan or Rudiger, are killed off along with most of his rebellion.
* NotWhatISignedOnFor: Gidarot vehemently expresses this to Strife when he realizes that he's sabotaging every effort of the Cadet's to stop the Maletta and Dalkia. Eventually this angers him enough to outright rebel against Strife.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Gidarot uses the color purple to represent his rebellion against Strife after the Mantis War, most likely to represent just how much he's able to lead through respect rather than fear.

->'''Faction:''' [[TheEmpire Grandall Empire]] (Chapter 1-15), [[NGOSuperpower The Arthias]] (Chapter 16-20)

->'''Faction:''' [[TheEmpire Grandall Empire]] (Chapter 1-18), [[NGOSuperpower The Arthias]] (Chapter 19-20)

->'''Faction:''' [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Kingdom of Dalkia]] (Chapter 4-11), [[NGOSuperpower The Arthias]] (Chapter 19-20)

->'''Origin:''' [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy Kingdom of Dalkia]]

->'''Origin:''' [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy Grandall Empire]]

->One of Grandall's top general and the instructor of the Parousia Military Academy, Girardot is considered the empire's best tactician and soldier. He's also the mentor to The Cadet and fights alongside him during the war with other kingdoms. A year after the war, however, the general becomes disgruntled with Strife's attempts to kill him and the Cadet, and launches a rebellion against Strife under Chester's suggestion.

->'''Origin:''' [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy Grandall Empire]]

->'''Origin:''' [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy Grandall Empire]]

->'''Origin:''' [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy Kingdom of Dalkia]]

->'''Origin:''' [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy Halteese Republic]]

* ObviouslyEvil: Many, many characters in the main series apply, but Strife is a conventional example. The nature of [=CotS=] leads most players to suspect that you'd end up fighting him right from the start, if the brutal orders he issues you and that 90% of your allied units end up rebelling against him didn't seed that already. There's also the small fact that his name is fittingly [[GoodRepublicEvilEmpire Emperor '''Strife''']].

* ObviouslyEvil: Many, many characters in the main series apply, but Strife is a conventional example. The nature of [=CotS=] leads most players to suspect that you'd end up fighting him right from the start, if the brutal orders he issues you and that 90% of your allied units end up rebelling against him didn't seed that already. Oh, and the small fact that his name is, y'know, [[GoodRepublicEvilEmpire '''EMPEROR STRIFE''']].

* UriahGambit: On the giving end, as Strife keeps sending the Cadet to difficult battles without backup. He, however, doesn't count on them actually winning the battle for him.

[[folder:Chester ('''''Contains major spoilers''''')]]

[[folder:Emperor Strife Astlar ('''''Contains major spoilers''''')]]

[[folder:Girardot Argezas ('''''Contains major spoilers''''')]]

* MildlyMilitary: Gidarot's rebellion is basically this; From domestic servants to renegade soldiers, and even children as evidenced by Feofan, he's relying on every recruit he possibly can bring down Strife in the second half of CotS. Sadly for him, it doesn't work as he (and possibly either Feofan or Rudiger, his own son) are killed off along with most of his rebellion.

* TheLeader: The Cadet is always assigned as the leader of their own units. First after they graduated from the military academy, then as the leader of the anti-rebellion unit, and then as the leader of the rebel unit after Girardot's death.

* MentorOccupationalHazard: Girardot gets killed shortly after he's fought near the end of the game.

[[folder:Girardot Argezas]]

->One of Grandall's top general and the instructor of the Parousia Military Academy, Girardot is considered the empire's best tactician and soldier. He's also the mentor to The Cadet and fights alongside him during the war with other kingdoms.

->A list of the characters appearing in the game's RPG mode known as ''Chronicles of the Sword'', which takes place in an AlternateUniverse to the main game and has a MedievalEuropeanFantasy setting. Most of the listed characters are bosses fought in said mode, [[DefeatMeansFriendship some later]] [[HeelFaceTurn redeemed]] to [[DefeatMeansPlayable become units of the player]].

->The youngest of the three sons of Halteese' Royal Family. He sought to lead his own kingdom Maletta, only to be betrayed and thrown away by Chester.

[[folder:Chronicles of the Sword characters]]

!!The Cadet

!!Abelia Schillfelt

!!Luna

!!Demuth Beel Zebus Halteese

!!Queen Aurelia Dichala Dolce

!!Chester

!!Emperor Strife Astlar

->The emperor of the Grandall Empire, and the FinalBoss of Chronicles of the Sword mode. His fear and ambition drives him to hate The Cadet, and leads himself and Grandall astray during the war.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: No one seems to respect Strife as the emperor, as his subordinates keeps questioning his, well, questionable decisions. His blood relatives conspired to kill him, and even Girardot, who seems loyal at first, ends up rebelling against him.

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: While his job is Swordmaster, his stats exceeds beyond even a level 99 Swordmaster, at just level 63, mind you. At least Ende from Chronicle 19 plays by the same rules.

!!Girardot Argezas

->The BigBad of the Chronicles of the Sword, and the one who's responsible for starting the war between kingdoms known as "Mantis War".

* BigBad: While Chester isn't the FinalBoss, he's still the villain with largest scope in the story.
* TheChessmaster: Chester stirs the events of war from behind the scene, mostly by manipulating the leaders of the kingdoms.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: When Halteese is ravaged by Malleta army, The Cadet chooses to rescue the surviving Halteese army, much to Girardot's chagrin.

* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:There are strong implications that Chester was under Strife's command from the beginning given Grandall soldiers attempted to kill the Cadet on atleast two occasions, the first which he was directly involved with in a "bandit attack", and he's revealed to be his right-hand by the 2nd half of the story. However, it's quite clear Chester had plans of his own separate from what Strife wanted given he was attempting to stir up conflict between the 3 kingdoms so that he could create his own, only for it to end up in ruins because he didn't foresee the cadet interfering with his attempts to kill off members of the Halteese Republic]].

** First, he and several bandits disguises themselves as Grandall soldiers to attack Dalkia, prompting Dalkia to declare counterattack against Grandall. When Grandall and Dalkia are busy fighting against each other, he, alongside Demuth and newly formed Maletta, destroys Halteese and their royal family. Then, he quickly declares himself as the king of Maletta and throws away Demuth, and with the new kingdom under his clutch, he plans to rise during the resulting chaos between Grandall and Dalkia, and possibly destroys both kingdom. Fortunately, [[SpannerInTheWorks The Cadet]] thwarts his plan.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Chester was ultimately the one who organized the wars between Kingdom of Dalkia and Halteese Republic to create his own kingdom, Maletta, and even after the end of the war, he'd inspire Girardot to create his own rebellion to ensure that there would be yet another war, while acting as Strife's advisor and helping him kill The Cadet like he'd wanted to since the beginning which in turn would grant Chester revenge over his fallen kingdom.

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