Bond One-Liner: 'With my blade, I shall forge a new world!'.The Birds of Passage and Lord Dumas all found that out the hard way. Berserk Button: Never come between him and his daughter Amy.If it wasn't for Amy, he'd be dead, and he knows it. The moment he was no longer useful, everyone from his 'friends' and his actual family, betrayed him just as he betrayed others, with the same intentions he had before. Being Evil Sucks: Raphael learns the hard way that he isn't the only one trying to further their own goals.Badass Normal: Because he's no longer a vampire, Raphael only has his skills to rely on in battle.Authority Equals Asskicking: Was the head of House Sorel and by far its greatest warrior as he carved through his own family and the king's soldiers while on the run.Aristocrats Are Evil: A disgraced French noble on the lamb, and if not an outright villain at this point in the timeline, he's about as far from traditional heroism as Voldo is from composing poetry.Ambition Is Evil: Desires power to rule over the world.That said, he's still not a good guy by any stretch of the imagination.

Not only is this shown with Amy, but he also patches the wounds of a commoner, has a genuine friendship with his fencing instructor, treats his servants with decency, and didn't even resort to poisoning Dumas until after he wanted to get rid of Amy. Affably Evil: Most of the time, so long as you're in his good graces, he's pretty friendly to be around.Adaptation Origin Connection: In the New Timeline, it's revealed that Azwel, a character who didn't exist back then, leads him on the path to Soul Edge.Here, that's not wrong, but the guy he got it from, Lord Dumas, wanted Amy sent away to an orphanage just for her being a former street urchin, which makes it a lot harder to feel sorry for him when Raphael poisons and murders him for it. In the Original Timeline, it was mentioned he got it under 'dark pretenses'. Even the method of which Raphael attained his wealth is given this treatment.Raphael is given many more Pet the Dog moments, often in regards to Amy, than he was portrayed with in the Original Timeline.Adaptational Early Appearance: In the original timeline, Raphael didn't make an appearance until Soulcalibur II.That said, he can be quite vulnerable to mistakes himself: His attacks are quite linear (as the primary point - no pun intended - of a rapier is thrusting forward) and it's clear that his vertical attacks are much stronger than his horizontal options, so Raphael has to try to be unpredictable but always precise and controlled in his movements. He can poke an enemy from mid-range very well and also punish any misses or mistakes the opponent may make. Raphael's gameplay focuses on quick strikes and mix-ups, with many of his attacks having relatively low damage but are very fast.

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