Necrid was created in 2003.

The characters in Soul Calibur 2 are:Rapheal,Talim,Yunsung,Cassandra,Mitsurugi,Taki,Voldo,Nightmare,Astaroth,Ivy,Kilik,Xianghua,Maxi,Sophitia,Seong-Mina,Charade,Yoshimitsu,Cervantes,Lizardman,Assassin,Berserker and Necrid.

Inferno is in the game but is not playable.

Also there are three guest characters that appear depending on the console you have the game on here is who they are:GameCube=Link,XBox=Spawn and PlayStation2=Heihachi.

::Characters That Are In Soul Calibur 4::

1. Amy

2. Astaroth

3. Cassandra Alexandra

4. Cervantes de Leon

5. Ivy

6. Kilik

7. Lizardman

8. Maxi

9. Mitsurugi

10. Nightmare

11. Raphael Sorel

12. Rock

13. Seong Mi-na

14. Setsuka

15. Siegfried Schtauffen

16. Sophitia Alexandra

17. Taki

18. Talim

19. Tira

20. Voldo

21. Xianghua Chai

22. Yoshimitsu

23. Yun-seong

24. zasalamel

25. Shura

26. Algol

27. Algol Fear

28. Hilde

29. Kamikirimusi

30. Scheherazade

31. Ashlotte

32. Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice

33. Darth Vader

34.Yoda

::Missing Characters From Previous Games::

Abyss

Abelia

Arthur

Assassin

Aurelia

Berserker

Charade

Chester

Demuth

Edge Master

Girardot

Greed

Han-myeong

Hualin

Hwang

Inferno / SoulEdge

Li Long

Lizardman (Generic)

Luna

Lynette

Miser

Necrid

Night Terror

Olcadan

Revenant

Strife

Valeria