[b]Soulcalibur V[/b](ソウルキャリバーV) is the sixth installment of Namco's Soul Series of fighting games.

The game takes place during the 17th century, 17 years after the events of [i][[Soulcalibur IV]][/i], with [[Nightmare_(soulcalibur)|Nightmare]]'s death by the hands of [[Siegfried Schtauffen|Siegfried]]. The main protagonist is [[Patroklos Alexander|Patroklos]] and the deuteragonist is [[Pyrrha Alexandra|Pyrrha]], son and daughter of [[Sophitia Alexandra]] and Rothion Alexander and nephew and niece of [[Cassandra Alexandra]].

h4. Returning Characters

* [[Aeon Calcos]]
* [[Algol]]
* [[astaroth (soulcalibur)|Astaroth]]
* [[Cervantes de Leon]]
* Edge Master
* [[Geo Dampierre]]
* [[Hildegard von Krone]]
* [[Isabella Valentine]]
* [[Kilik]]
* [[Maxi]]
* [[Mitsurugi Heishirou]]
* [[nightmare (soulcalibur)|Nightmare]]
* [[Raphael Sorel]]
* [[Siegfried Schtauffen]]
* [[Tira]]
* [[Voldo]]
* [[Yoshimitsu (namco)|]]

h4. New Characters

* [[Elysium (soulcalibur)|]]
* [[Patroklos Alexander]]
** [[Alpha Patroklos]]
* [[Pyrrha Alexandra]]
** [[Pyrrha Omega]]
* [[natsu (soulcalibur)|Natsu]]
* [[viola (soulcalibur)|Viola]]
* [[Xiba]]
* [[Yan Leixia]]
* [[zwei (soulcalibur)|Z.W.E.I.]]

h4. Guest Characters

* [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
* [[devil jin|Devil Jin (style)]]
* Harada Katsuhiro (Harada_TEKKEN)