Returning
Yuki-Onna (Natsu's Moveset)-The young descendant of the Japanese Snow Maiden, is now a full-fledged kunoichi. With the evil swords power still active, she vows to defeat it.
Heihachi (Mitsurugi's Moveset)-
Huang Shan (Maxi's Moveset)-17 years passed since his eldest brother, and Sun Xiulan's death. He now has two children with Cao Ling, but with Soul Edge's power coming once again, he went to continue on fighting for his brother's honor.
Alejandro Rivera (Cervante's Moveset)-A pirate in command for Cervantes.
Scarlet (Ivy's Moveset)-The female confident to Ivy.
Camilla Borsheim (Pyrrha's Moveset/Originally Talim's Moveset)-The youngest daughter of the Borsheim family from Denmark-Norway. With ht two swords still active, Camilla traveled to fulfill her duty to obtaining Soul Calibur.
Somenosuke (Yoshimitsu's Moveset)-A member of the Manji Clan, and now a bodyguard to Yoshimitsu II.
Not Returning
Sun Xiulan (Xianghua's Moveset)-A Sun family princess, and a descendent of the Three Kingdoms Emperor, Sun Quan. During SC3, her relationship with Huang brothers, Tai and Shan, would eventually turn into a love triangle. Her mission to stop Soul Edge's power from erupting was thwarted after she was impaled by Nightmare in the tower. She died in Huang Tai's arms. Her last words were, "Maybe this is a sin that must not be forgiven.", referencing her role in the love triangle.
Kenji (Taki Moveset)-During the travel from Portugal to Japan, an African mother was pregnant with her son. The mother, luckily run away from the base and fallen to the front of the Fu-Ma Clan village. The ninjas helped the mother give birth to her son, before she later died from illness. Decades later, the ninjas would raise the woman's son and name him Kenji. Kenji went to destroy the power of Soul Edge after Taki failed many times to do so. After the disappearance of the tower, he went to travel to the newly discovered, South America, living a new life.
Huang Tai (Yun-Seong's Moveset)-The eldest of the Huang brothers. The death of his lover Sun Xiulan saddened him, and caused him to go into a bitter rage towards Nightmare. He was easily killed by Nightmare. Siegfried dug graves for Huang Tai and Sun Xiulan, putting them next to each other.
O'Koi (Setsuka's Moveset)-The onna-bugeisha daughter of a blacksmith, her intention was to challenge Heihachi. After the loss of Heihachi, she went by the bushido honor and committed seppuku in front of him.
Goddess Sky (Seigfried's Moveset)-Her mission had been fulfilled. Once Hellina was defeated and the tower disappeared into thin air, Goddess Sky turned into stone.
Hellina (Nightmare's moveset)-The female creation of Charade was defeated. The original Hellina was killed by Goddess Sky, but rumors circulate that another naive woman's soul formed into another. (Yeah, sounds like Nightmare's storyline. I know. lol)
Leonardo (Raphael's Moveset)-Portuguese warrior in search for great power. He was quickly defeated by Raphael and Amy.
Aqua (Zasalamel's moveset)-Many scholars want to locate the legendary underwater island of Atlantis, but many have failed, yet only few can witness it. Aqua is one of the few, actually residing there. Hearing of a power that could freeze even the largest bodies of water, Aqua vowed to stop it to save her hometown. She failed to destroy it personally, but the sword itself was destroyed by another individual. With her homeland safe, she returned back to Atlantis.
Cao Ling (Hilde's moveset)-Cao Ling is the descendent of the Three Kingdoms warlord Cao Cao. She felt saddened of the death of her rival, Sun Xiulan, that she vowed to live at peace with her family.
Aoi-Hime/Oeyo (Seong Mina's Moveset)-The youngest daughter of Oichi and Nagamasa Azai, and the niece of Nobunaga Oda. Two years after SCIV, she would wed Ieyasu's son and heir Hidetada Tokugawa and give both to four children. One of them was the heir of Hidetada after he resigned from being Shogun.
Emilia Borsheim (Kilik's Moveset)-The second youngest daughter of the Borsheim family. After the tower's disappearance, she went to live her life at peace.
Natalia Borsheim (Cassandra's Moveset)-The second eldest daughter of the Borsheim family. After the tower's disappearance, she went to live her life at peace. She gave birth to one daughter, before she died of illness.
Larsaine Borsheim (Sophitia's Moveset)-The eldest daughter of the Borsheim family. After the tower's disappearance, she went to live her life at peace, giving birth to two children.
Black Wolf (Lizardman's Moveset)-A warrior from the Apache tribe, who assisted Rock with destroying Astaroth, and with the help of Maxi, succeeded to killing him. Black Wolf would later go back to his tribe to take care of his family.
Kit (Tira's Moveset)-Her whereabouts are unknown (She was intended on being a bonus character)
Griffin (Astaroth's Moveset)-His whereabouts are unknown (He was intended on being a bonus character)
Rosetta (Amy's Moveset)-A woman from the discovered Brazil in search for Soul Edge to resurrect her father. She never got to succeed her plan as she was stabbed by Shura's swords. In retaliation, Rosetta decapitated Shura. Shura's head rolling into the molten lava. Rosetta called out her father's name before she fell to the platform.
New Characters
Huang Shu/Lady Huang (Hilde's Moveset)-The eldest daughter of Cao Ling and Huang Shan.
Sun Xiuying (Leixia's Moveset)-The youngest sister of the late Sun Xiulan. While she was young, she had heard stories involving the two powerful swords, and assumed that her sister's death involved the two. With the swords rumored to have revived again, Xiuying exited from the Sun palace to find out about the swords, and fight for her sister's honor.
Álvaro (Astaroth's Moveset)-An heir to be of his father, the king of the Congo Kingdom.
Harumi (Possible Setsuka's Moveset, or Taki's moveset)-The daughter of Li Long and Chie, head of the Fuma ninja clan. Because of her unique beauty, the Fuma clan was put into a marriage alliance with Tokugawa Ieyasu, marrying her and Ieyasu's son, Nobuyoshi. Nobuyoshi, however, was sick since birth, dying at the young age of 20, but during the marriage, Harumi heard a lot about Soul Edge and Soul Calibur from her late husband. Still in search for her father, Harumi, 4 years after Nobuyoshi's death, would set out to discover about the two swords.