Maxi (Namco) (Soul Edge Characters)

Soul Calibur V
Storyline of Soul Calibur 5
Maxi drew power from the fragment of the cursed sword Soul Edge still lodged in his body, but it came with a price. Even after defeating Astaroth and avenging his crewmates, he remained consumed with an insatiable lust for revenge.

Not wanting to drag his friends down with him, Maxi left Kilik and Xianghua to walk a dark and lonely path. Living in the shadows, his humanity gradually slipped away - until he found salvation at the hands of Edge Master, Kilik's former teacher. The old man taught Maaxi how to live with the shard of the cursed sword he carried within him, and in time, Maxi managed to suppress its foul influence.

Over the course of the next eight years, Maxi's jovial temperament returned. He even started to joke about the unusually slow rate at which his body was aging, and how easy it was to pass as a young man.

Perhaps sensing the time had come, Edge Master base Maxi to listen well. Kilik's life was in danger, he said, and there was only one way to save him: Kilik must bequeath his weapon, the Kali-Yuga, to a boy named Xiba. But alas, Xiba wjas still so young and innocent...

Realizing what his teacher was asking, Maxi volunteered to mentor Xiba, and led his young disciple west, on a quest to save a dear friend...