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"Death to all those who oppose me."
— Aurelia

Aurelia Dichalha Dolce Dalkia[1][2] (オーレリア・ジカルハ・ドルシェ・ダルキア Ōreria Jikaruha Dorushe Darukia?) is a fictional character in Namco's Soul series of fighting games. She appears in Soulcalibur III’s side-quest mode Chronicles of the Sword as the queen of one of the empires and final boss of Chronicle 12. She's also an unlockable Bonus Character in the main game. She represents the "Sickle" Create-a-Fighter discipline.

Appearance[]

As a woman of considerable wealth, Aurelia dresses in a regal manner. As a Queen, she wears a dress befitting a monarch. Gold is a prominent color in her costume which resembles a royal gown. Her crown is decorated with an elaborate golden metal piece that resembles thorns. She wears white gloves, a dark belt decorated with gold circles and a diamond necklace.

Her appearance compliments her royal origins, while the golden themes found within her costume imply a woman of greed and vanity.

Biography[]

Aurelia was one of the concubines of the King of Dalkia, and due to her status she was not capable of gaining any inheritance after the king's death. At some point she began a secret relationship with the leader of the Dalkian Army and the king's personal guard named Roin, and together they plotted the King's death through poisoned food.

After the king's death, Aurelia quickly seized control of the kingdom. Suspicion was raised against her, since the death was still unresolved and it was too sudden, but Aurelia received help from Roin and the army and she successfully obtained leadership of Dalkia.

Her first action was the reinstatement of aggression towards Halteese, but she would eventually raise arms against Grandall as well, mostly by the use of Chester, who acted as an adviser.

After that, Aurelia spent most of the chronicles in Dalkia's castle, sending troops against the player's army and giving comments on their victories. Finally, in Chronicle 12, the player assaults the capital Revless and Aurelia confronts them as the last boss, after Roin's attempt at fending them off at the castle's entrance. Aurelia's fall dictates Dalkia's defeat and the end of the war.

Profile[1][]

"Happiness" could be a fearful word.
If someone had designed humans to pursue happiness, there should have been limits set to the means of doing so for this woman.

The woman who mourned the death of the King Dalkia could not hold her laughter once she entered the secret cell in her room.

Her peers trusted the proud, resilient and beautiful woman, unaware of her arrogant and greedy true nature.

If anybody knew of her true personality, it was Roin, the military commander.
When she took the throne, many objected for she was just a concubine and not a real heir to the throne.
However, it was welcomingly accepted by the military that clenched the real power.

Ascending to the throne while poisoning was still not ruled out as the king's cause of death, brought suspicion on her, but it was again the king's guard that testified for her.

A possessor of unmatched intellect and leadership, she did not have to hide her true personality for long.

Withdrawal from the peace treaty with Halteese and declaration of war against Grandall.
Such eagerness to go to war, what would bring happiness to this woman?

The poisonous fangs that she bears searches for the next "happiness" to thirst on.[1]

Personality[]

As a queen, Aurelia display's a haughty, regal disposition and expects everyone to do as she commands. She is generally disparaging to her foes in battle, often belittling them. She seems to enjoy punishing opponents with her chain sickle, seemingly thinking that they are merely for her own amusement.

She is shown to be very treacherous, selfish, and greedy, poisoning the King in order to further her own standing.

Gameplay[]

Aurelia uses the sickle discipline, giving her access to a long chained sickle. Style wise, her move set is similar to Ivy, but her style focuses more on the sickle as a whip like weapon rather than as a sword which Ivy balances well. Having good ranged strikes, Aurelia has damaging horizontal and vertical strikes she can use to hit opponents recklessly approaching her. Her style also has numerous moves that involve hitting the opponent multiple times, and she can quickly become an annoyance with her ease of knocking the opponent down and placing them in stun states. Her damage output is also decent, and it can quickly add up with maelstrom of attacks that hit her opponent multiple times in succession.

She is able to also go into a special stance from certain attacks where she swings her Sickle in one hand (similar to Ivy in Soulcalibur II where she was able to do the same with her sword in it's whip state) and can use follow ups from it that range from a multi hitting horizontal strike, a mid vertical strike with good reach, or a slower low kick that trips up and launches her opponent in the air with a rising sickle thrust. Certain other moves are also adept at drawing the foe closer to her more damage and pressure, and she also has access to a couple guard breaks she can use to pack on the offense when her opponent is guarding. Her best guard break is a mid ranged sickle lash that will cause a crumple fall up close while long range use will grab the foe and force them towards her, resulting in a knockback she can use to reset the gap in her favor. Her range can also be a good asset for dealing with whiffed moves.

While Aurelia can be formidable, she has a few glaring weaknesses; Her speed isn't the best, and she must play at about mid range to safely be able to use most of her move set since her attacks are quite telegraphed and faster characters can easily overwhelm her up close. Her range is also somewhat flawed as alot of her attacks that can hit stepping foes are easy to crouch and duck. Defense is also not a strong suit for her either, as she is very lacking in defensive moves like unique guard impacts or moves that can avoid highs or even lows when being pressured, and her move set is amongst one of the more limited of the disciplines, even having very little decent lows to help her open up defensive adversaries.

Overall, Aurelia can be considered an easier to use, albeit limited version of Ivy with more of an emphasis on her sword's whip state, making her adept at being able to deal with opponents from a distance more offensively.

As an opponent in Chronicles of the Sword, she uses the style normally, but the area where she is fought makes getting hit by her very dangerous since her attacks will cause paralysis, an effect in the mode that will automatically cause the victim to enter a stunned state and fall, making being able to defend against her difficult if she manages to counter hit you or hit you when trying to get back on your feet.

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Quotes[]

  • You dare to get in my way, fool?
  • Out of my sight, you pathetic cur!
  • Curse your weakness in your afterlife.
  • Death to all those who oppose me.
  • I shall take you on myself.
  • Is playtime over now?
  • You shall burn in hell!
  • Get up!
  • This is...the end!
  • What? Is this the best I can do?!
  • Ready?
  • So, you've come.
  • Worthless servant of Strife, you shall pay with your blood... for daring to defy me!
  • Give it up!
  • Shut up!
  • Time to die!
  • You're open!
  • How irritating!
  • You're not going anywhere!
  • You fool!
  • How pathetic!
  • How pathetic.
  • How's that?

Trivia[]

  • Aurelia's entire costume is made from Create-a-Fighter parts, but her body build is unique.
  • Aurelia also has two different costumes, unlike other bonus characters throughout the series whose costumes highly resemble their first one.
  • Despite wearing a diamond shaped choker in her artwork, Aurelia doesn't wear it in the game. The choker does make an appearance in later games known as Ruby Necklace which can be used in creation.
  • Aurelia can be seen wearing the diamond choker in the Chronicle intro dialogues, where is is colored purple.
  • In Chronicles of the Sword, Aurelia is the boss of Chronicle 12, and marks the end of the first half of the story. She also appears commenting events on some chronicles' starts.
  • The Jurakudai Villa (Setsuka's stage) serves as Aurelia's castle interior during her boss battle.
  • Aurelia's Destined Battle during Quick Play is Ivy.
  • Some of Aurelia's animations are either borrowed or edited from Spawn's from Soulcalibur II, such as his jumping, guarding, Guard Impact, 8-Way Run, and crouching animations.
  • Aurelia and any custom characters using her style (sickle), are the only characters in Soulcalibur III who do not have access to an unblockable attack. The only unblockable attack she has is only accessible from Soul Charge.
  • Aurelia's weapon Black Widow is also the 4th weapon that Ivy uses in Soulcalibur Legends.
  • Aurelia is the oldest human female character in the series, at the age of 36.
  • There are several differences in Aurelia's official artwork and her in-game character model. As mentioned before, Aurelia does not wear the diamond choker in game. In game her hair is green in both her costumes, but in the artwork it looks blonde. Her character artwork features her belt as being a dark green rather than the purple it is in game. Her dress is also longer in the official artwork and she seems to be wearing pointed shoes rather that the brown boots she wears in game.
    • Furthermore, there are a couple more differences in her character select screen icon: her hair is purple and she's wearing a purple version of the diamond choker depicted in her artwork.
  • Aurelia's weapon, Black Widow, reflects her act of murdering her husband to further her standing. In pop-culture, a "Black Widow" is a woman who marries a man and then kills him, in order to gain his riches as his legal wife and heir.

Series' Appearances[]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "SOULCALIBUR III". NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k ソウルキャリバーIII | キャラクター | オーレリア・ジカルハ・ドルシェ・ダルキア | バンダイナムコゲームス公式サイト. Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
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