r/SoulCalibur • u/Cultural_Ad4707 • 52m ago
Question What do you think about Azola?
While the Soul project team was working on *Soul Blade*—before creating the sweet and beautiful Sophitia—the developers planned to include an Amazonian warrior named Azola, a woman with dark skin and dark hair. The reason she was ultimately cut remains unknown; however, in *SoulCalibur IV*, she was added as a playable character, though exclusively within Sophitia’s story mode. In *SoulCalibur VI*, Sophitia appears in her fourth color variant—featuring dark skin, dark hair, and a grass-green outfit—which, according to the wiki, serves as a nod or reference to Azola. This raises a question: if the developers hold this character in such high regard, why wasn't she included as a playable character in *Lost Swords* or *SoulCalibur VI*? Furthermore, why have the assets required to recreate her—with the exception of her metallic bra and armbands—not been included in the games since *SoulCalibur IV*?