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.
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 mustache 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.
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
Cervantes is 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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