 It was once a man who collected fragments of Soul Edge but was murdered and in his final moments had him mutated into Charade.It mimics fighting styles and weapons by scanning the minds of its opponents, represented in "Soulcalibur II" by his use of a random fighting style from one of the other game's characters.In the arcade version of "Soulcalibur II", Charade served as the final boss, and was unlocked for players to use after the game had been in operation a certain amount of time.