Cervantes de Leon
Cervantes de Leon is a male video game character who features in Soulcalibur.
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Biography
Original Timeline
Cervantes de León (Japanese: セルバンテス・デ・レオン, Hepburn: Serubantesu de Reon) was the human son of Philip de Leon who was a privateer sent on a special mission from the Spanish King to loot in the name of Spain. One day, they sailed for an English ship with the intention of looting it only to find out too late that it was actually a warship. Thus, their ship was taken by surprise and was destroyed with Philip dying along with everyone else. Upon learning of his fathers death, Carvantes was devastated as he grew up full of pride over his father being a great sailor. He decided to become a sailor himself but the demise of his father made him consider that only death waited for those that swore allegiance to Spain. Thus, he decided to forsake Spain and instead became a notorious pirate where he operated on the high seas. During this time, he received a message from Vercci who was the infamous 'Merchant of Death' who desired the legendary sword named Soul Edge.
Cervantes attacked the ship, and nobody heard from him again for more than twenty years. He obtained Soul Edge from within his efforts and it eventually drove him mad as it had devoured his own soul and caused him to go into a psychotic state of insanity, leading Cervantes to slaughtering his own crew under the dark and malevolent power of Soul Edge itself. His insanity made him kill anyone who had came seeking the sword for their own reasons. Li Long was the first to confront him in an attempt to possess Soul Edge, but was defeated by him thanks to Soul Edge's own overwhelming power. Realizing that he was not strong enough to defeat Cervantes, Li Long had decided to make an immediate escape, with Cervantes pursuing him in an attempt to kill him and absorb his soul. However, Li Long successfully fled from the scene of the battle. In the end, the combined efforts of Sophitia, Taki, and Siegfried had led to both Cervantes' defeat and supposed death, but as it turns out, this was not the end of Cervantes.
Nightmare, the new master of Soul Edge, unknowingly resurrected him using the fragments of Soul Edge still lodged inside Cervantes' body, but all his memories of his past life had vanished. Once again, Cervantes seeks the demonic blade with renewed fervor and strength. Over the course of the next three years, Cervantes sailed in a ghost ship, plundering and maddening ships across the world, as his memories gradually returned, along with the desire to search for Soul Edge again, even though he knew it had robbed him of his free will. During Cervantes' search for Soul Edge, he realized that the second sword had been shattered as well when he found a few shards of the second sword. He pondered as to whether or not Soul Edge had been definitively conquered, but at that moment, the shards melded together on their own to create a bigger piece of the sword. For the next four years, Cervantes began his quest to steal souls and collect additional fragments. Eventually, they took the form of a legitimate sword. Cervantes' new goal was to regain Soul Edge, and to do that, he needed as many of the fragments as he could find. By making use of the fragments of the cursed sword within his body, Cervantes succeeded in preserving his own will. With Soul Edge and the Adrian, he devoured the souls of brawny men of the sea.
Cervantes sailed around his homeland of Spain, seeking souls to sustain both himself and his half of Soul Edge. But one day, the presence of the other half of the evil sword suddenly disappeared, and he himself began to crumble. Cervantes then realized that the fragments of Soul Edge that were sustaining his life were slowly losing their power. Then Tira appeared on board the Adrian with a huge flock of ravens, claiming that she is a servant of the evil sword. She tells Cervantes that a powerful entity has appeared, and it was the one who temporarily destroyed the other half of Soul Edge. Then Tira leaves. Cervantes did not plan on sharing the same goal as hers, but he had to destroy the entity in order for him to stay alive.
New Timeline
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Cervantes was shown as a male ghostly pirate with peach skin, long white hair with a violet tint and blue eyes and sported a full mustache. His attire consisted of a traditional pirate captain's uniform. When under the influence of Soul Edge, his skin gained an unnatural purple tint and his eyes turned yellow with the scelera turning black. He retained this appearance with very minute modifications into Soulcalibur. After returning from the dead as a specter, his skin even paler than before and his eyes purely white, although his moustache has grown past his cheeks and reaching his hairline. His attire had also changed to feature lighter colors and armor with the additions of gauntlets and greaves and wore a new jacket loosely on his back. He was known by a variety of names that included the Immortal Pirate and the Dread Pirate.
In personality, Cervantes was ruthless, arrogant, and merciless, embodying the cruelty of a pirate captain even before Soul Edge twisted his soul. He demonstrated an unquenchable lust for power, plunder, and dominance, often mocking or belittling his opponents in battle. After his resurrection, his personality grew even darker, reflecting his corrupted state—he exuded hatred, sadism, and an obsession with reclaiming Soul Edge at any cost. Despite his arrogance, he also displayed cunning, showing patience in manipulating others or ambushing foes when it suited his needs.
Cervantes is a callous, evil man whose only goal in life is to satisfy his own ego. Before Soul Edge's corruption, he took all sorts of illegal jobs as a pirate, and he made a name for himself across the seven seas. Upon coming into contact with Soul Edge, however, Cervantes' own soul was stolen, and he became little more than a slave to Soul Edge's will, driven insane by its power.
Powers and abilities
In terms of abilities, Cervantes was an undead human empowered by the cursed Soul Edge, which granted him superhuman durability, strength, and resistance to death. His physiology allowed him to sustain damage that would have killed ordinary men, continuing to fight despite grievous wounds. In battle, he wielded dual swords with unmatched ferocity, incorporating both wide slashing motions and precision stabs, combined with acrobatic movements. His supernatural powers included teleportation, summoning spectral energy blasts, and using the dark aura of Soul Edge to enhance his strikes. These abilities, paired with his pirate combat instincts, made him one of the most dangerous warriors across the seas and battlefields
Cervantes was a mid to close range rushdown character who relies on moves that knock down and launch the opponent for heavy damage output with the 2 swords. His attacks are linear and easily avoided, but once Cervantes connects with something he becomes extremely dangerous. The pistol sword is used for small attacks, checking the opponent, and attack throws, while the long sword is used for major blows. He can use both swords to stun the opponent and has a special stance (Dread Charge) used for his most powerful attacks (Geo Da Ray, Dread Slash). Dread Charge is capable of catching the enemy off guard if they don't know what move is next, but it has an extremely slow startup and most of the attacks that come out of the stance are easily punishable, so it should be used with extreme caution.
Notes
- Cervantes de Leon was created by Project Soul where he featured in the Soulcalibur universe.
Appearances
- Soulcalibur:
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