 During the seventeen-year gap of "Soulcalibur IV" and "Soulcalibur V", the two reunited where Kilik had an intimate meeting with Xianghua that conceived Xiba, but left her before Xiba was born.He then spent his time trying to close the astral gates, where he touched the souls of those who had wandered the Astral Chaos and made him able to learn their styles.Kilik's name is derived from Turkish "kılıç", meaning "sword."