Astral Chaos is a realm that exists in the Soul series. It is one of the two realms to appear, the other being the regular human realm. The Astral Realm is the home realm of Soul Edge and Soul Calibur created from the memories of the former, and serves as the resting place of those devoured by Soul Edge as well as the realm Inferno retreats to should Soul Edge be shattered. Additionally, this is the realm in which Inferno challenges all who grasp Soul Edge in order to corrupt them. The Night Terror is the personification of the Astral Chaos itself.
Lost Souls exist here, both winged and horned as well as Malefic monstrosities. Cassandra resided here for an indeterminate amount of time.
On occasion Astral Chaos will show up in the human realm via rips from the fabric of space-time continuum called Astral Fissures, which is one of the few ways normal people can enter it. However, to do so is a great risk as the chaotic energies corrupt and warp those who remain for long periods of time, as seen via Malfested.
The flow of time also appears to be distorted, non-linear and indeterminate inside Astral Chaos, as seen when Cassandra fell through time years before and met a past version of herself.
Astral Chaos stages[]
- Catastrophe (Soul Edge)
- Chaos (Soulcalibur)
- Chaos (Soulcalibur II)
- Lost Cathedral - Ruin (Soulcalibur III)
- Chaos - Spiritual Realm (Soulcalibur III)
- Chaos (Soulcalibur Legends)
- Denevér Castle: Eye of Chaos (Soulcalibur V)
- Astral Chaos (Soulcalibur V)
- Astral Chaos: Pathway (Soulcalibur V)
- Tower of Glory: Spiral of Good and Evil (Soulcalibur V)
- Tower of Glory: Most Holy Dichotomy (Soulcalibur V)
- Utopia of the Blessed (Soulcalibur V)
- Astral Chaos: Tide of the Damned (Soulcalibur VI)
Trivia[]
- It is the home realm of Soul Edge/Inferno and Soul Calibur/Elysium, thus they always reside here and also exist in the normal world at the same time.
- Edge Master (non-canon), Cassandra (original timeline), Necrid, Night Terror, and Algol currently reside here, with Algol wishing to take control of the realm. According to Soulcalibur: Lost Swords, Sophitia's unconscious body is trapped there as well.
- Kilik, Xianghua, Patroklos, Siegfried, Pyrrha, and Cervantes are characters that have been in Astral Chaos at one point or another.
- According to official art book, it's the same place where Cassandra supposedly disappeared during the events of Soulcalibur IV, trying to reach her sister.