Prior to Soulcalibur, Ares ordered Kunpaetku to acquire Soul Edge. Fygul Cestemus then created yet another Astaroth, who set out to find the cursed blade. Astaroth, learning of the blade's crippled state, decided to help the Azure Knight, Nightmare, complete the blade by collecting souls. Astaroth was planning to betray Nightmare and take the blade for himself, but before he was able to, he was killed by Kilik, Maxi, and Xianghua, who sought to destroy Soul Edge.