After he barely survived an encounter with Nightmare, Raphael and his adoptive daughter Amy were corrupted by Soul Edge's essence. Amy became a person who couldn't interact with the normal world, so Raphael decided to change the world for her. From his castle in Wallachia, he plans to infect the nearby lands with evil energy, though his progress is halted by the Holy Stone. He's a vampire and he's an expert fencer and duelist. He's cold, intelligent, calculating, sadistic and sophistcated.