Isabella Valentine

Born of cursed blood, raised amid decay and madness, and tricked into binding her life's essence to the font of the same corruption that had overshadowed her life since her conception, Isabella "Ivy" Valentine risked her very soul to unlock spells and secrets potent enough to threaten even that unholy power itself: Soul Edge. First, Ivy sought the root of the curse that had driven her aristocratic father insane, and learned of Soul Edge's existence. Then, she sought knowledge about the maleficent blade, and learned she had in fact been born of it's former wielder's, Cervantes', deranged desires. When she delved into forbidden arts to create a weapon, a living sword-whip, strong enough to break Soul Edge, its new wielder, the wicked Nightmare, tricked her into infusing it with Soul Edge's own power, and unwittingly collecting souls to feed the same nemesis she sought to destroy. Lost and betrayed, hunted by her own true father, and tainted by experiments beyond human understanding, Ivy Valentine still fights Soul Edge, its minions, and its innate hold over her own soul with cold determination, but she is no hero. Twisted and tormented by her cruel fate, neither the innocent nor wicked will be spared if they stand in the way of her revenge. She has long since left the path to redemption, a mere distraction from the road of conquest, paying the price of her power with the blood of the vanquished. Ivy Valentine has earned her title, "The Twisting Blade of Solitude", many times over. Will you dare defy her, or become just another pawn or victim to her dark schemes of revenge and self-annihilation?