Cervantes de Leon/2019

"Fear the name of the dread captain Cervantes!"

- One of Cervantes's catchphrases.

In 2019, Cervantes de Leon (セルバンテス・デ・レオン) was revived by GeizNightmare, alongside Astaroth, Aeon Calcos, and Tira as one of his legions. However, Cervantes, who retains his free will, quickly betrays the new Azure Knight and continued his quest to claim Soul Edge from him. He is the main antagonist of the second half of Taki Gaiden: The Kunoichi Who Leapt Through Time in the second season.

Personality
Cervantes will go in extreme lengths to regain Soul Edge after he is inadvertently revived by Nightmare. Even going as far as to turn against the Azure Knight when his second death was undone. Cervantes is also thoroughly cunning, he takes advantage with his uneasy alliance with his hated archenemy, Taki and her allies in order to save from the cursed sword's control and eventually betraying them when it's all said and done.

Family

 * Ivy Valentine - biological daughter

Powers and Abilities

 * Malfestation: As Soul Edge's first wielder, Cervantes is transformed into its malfested puppet. The result of his transformation gave him the following:
 * Undead physiology: As a result of being unknowingly resurrected by Nightmare, Cervantes is now revived as a reanimated corpse, with glowing veins as seen with most malfested.
 * Soul Edge Fragment Empowerment: Even after losing the cursed sword, Cervantes still has shards of Soul Edge embedded into his body.
 * Soul Absoprtion: Like most malfested, Cervantes can devour his victim's souls, even without wielding the cursed sword.
 * Time Manipulation: Thanks to his secret alliance with, in return, the latter bestowed him his Time Jacker powers to the undead pirate. This allowed Cervantes to obtain the Soul Edge Ultimate Ridewatch, in the process reclaiming the cursed sword. This means, combining with the power to stop time along with the fully-powered Soul Edge's ability to devour souls with little to no effort, making Cervantes an extremely dangerous adversary. He now has complete access to Swartz's time powers after he devoured his soul.

Weapons

 * Acheron & Nirvana (Longsword and pistol sword)

Portrayal
Cervantes is voiced by Hiroshi Shirokuma (白熊 寛嗣).

In the English dub, he is voiced by Patrick Seitz, who also voiced the character in Soulcalibur VI.