In 1584, about a year after the Evil Seed ravaged the world, the hero (dubbed the Conduit) awakens from a violent nightmare involving Soul Edge and a mysterious realm. Libra of Soul Note: due to the number of in-game side missions, this is solely based on the linear story This runs concurrently with the main plot in the Soul Chronicle and on occasion the player character will encounter other characters from the main story. Mostly centered in Asia, the player must go through a journey to prevent Azwel from recreating the Evil Seed all the while dealing with their own malfestation.

In this mode, the player creates a custom character that serves as the protagonist. The second story mode, named the Libra of Soul, takes place shortly after the Evil Seed event of 1583 wherein Siegfried acquired the Soul Edge and became Nightmare. In addition, every character is also given an individual story line detailing their backstories or serving as side stories to the main plot, one of the characters’ story timeline chapters takes place after the first main story, a year before the events of the original trilogy. The first main story is centered around the character of Kilik as he ventures out to confront the Soul Edge and Nightmare and takes place mostly in Europe. In this mode, the story is told similar to a visual novel with illustrated, voiced cut scenes telling the plot and are broken up by matches acting as significant battles in-story. The Soul Chronicle is the main plot of the story, concerning the main characters and the immediate threat of Nightmare. In addition, the story is divided into two separate modes. The plot of Soulcalibur VI begins from a remake of the second Soul game entry, taking place from 1583 to 1590. It takes place after the events of Soulcalibur V (which is during the Soul Chronicles of Cassandra, Amy and Zasalamel's stories) where Cassandra from the original timeline tells her past self about the grim future of the Alexandra family, Amy's original future-self is revealed to be Viola, and Zasalamel receives a vision from his future self that causes him to abandon his plan to seek death and decide to lead humanity to a brighter future.

Soulcalibur VI serves as a sequel and a reboot to the series, taking place during the 16th century to revisit the events of the first Soulcalibur game/second Soul series game entry to 'uncover hidden truths'.

^c Unlockable, banned from online matches and official tournaments Plot ^b Downloadable content (number denotes the season in which the respective character is a dlc) DLC Guests are not part of the game’s storyline

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