Basic Info
Soul Calibur V is a weapon based fighting game made by Project Soul (Namco Bandai). It is the 6th installment in the Soul franchise and has a roster of 28 characters, including boss, DLC and guest characters. However 2 of these styles may not be used by creation characters (bonus character Algol and guest character Ezios) and an extra style, the style of Devil Jin from Tekken, can be used for original characters. Here I will include a brief introduction to some of the characters in the Character edit section of the site, for those who may be unfamiliar with them.
Viola
Viola's origins seem to be a mystery, she is a young woman with grey hair who has lost her memory. She seems to be able to use magic (as seen by the way she controls her orb while fighting) and can tell the future, an ability that has caused her much heartache from the towns she has lived in. This heartache was due to her uncanny ability to predict terrible things befalling people, leading some of them to believe she had cursed them, rather than accurately predicted their future. Now she travels with a werewolf named Zwei with whom she has bonded over being outcast from society, she also fights with Zwei in the military group Schwarzwind who wish to destroy the evil sword Soul Edge and it's weilder, Nightmare. There are rumous and speculation that Viola may actually be a character from the previous game called Amy, the daughter of the vampire Raphael Sorel, as she has lost her memory but shares many physical similarities with her.
Hilde
Hilde, full name, Hildegarde Von Krone, was a princess and commander of the country Wolfkrone during the events of Soul Calibur IV, since then her country was destroyed by the evil sword Soul Edge. Hilde now has two children, but still continues to fight in her countries name, hoping to rebuild it no matter the cost. She fights alongside the military group Schwarzwind with her good friend, and leader of the group, Siegfried Schtauffen, hoping to create a better future for her children, even if she doesn't live to see it. Hildegarde was the only female character to return to Soul Calibur V who has actually physically aged during the 17 year gap, unless of course Viola is at a later date proven to be Amy.
Leixia
Yan Leixia is the daughter of Chai Xianghua, a character who had been in previous installments in the series. Leixia is also the daughter of a Ming Empire general, and so is treated like a princess, her journey in Soul Calibur V is a chance for her to escape the palace where she lives and meet new and interesting people. She finds herself a ninja to look after her on her travels, and the two of them meet up and start travelling with a friend of her mothers, named maxi and his young friend, Xiba. It is also speculated due to information from the japanese art book that Xiba is also her estranged half brother, who had to be abandoned when he was a baby or he would have been killed. Leixia is also in possession of the Dvapara-Yuga, one of the three sacred treasures, which has the ability to purify all.
Natsu
Natsu is a young demon hunting ninja who lives in the Fu-Ma ninja clan. Having lost her parents, she was raised by the clan elder Chie and studied extensively under the experienced ninja, and character from previous installments in the series, Taki. She harbours within her the demon arahabaki which makes many of the other ninjas in the clan distrusting of her, wishing for her to be cast aside claiming she is too dangerous. One day a young princess came to her clan looking for a bodyguard, and when she met natsu for the first time, was incrediby impressed by the demon inside her and that she could control it. Natsu was so happy to have met some one who wasn't scared of her, she gladly agreed to be the bodyguard so long as she could also look for her master Taki on the journey, who had gone off on a mission and hadn't returned.