The divine words of Hephaestus led Sophitia on two journeys. The first time, she succeeded in destroying one half of the Soul Edge, but received grave injuries by the flying shards of the shattered blade. The second quest took place a few years later when she learned that the remaining Soul Edge continued to wreak havoc.

During the second journey, Sophitia found out that someone else had destroyed the demonic sword, and so she returned home to Rothion, her betrothed. They married shortly thereafter and were blessed with two children. They led a happy life until the day they encountered a particular metal fragment.

Her children scrambled and fought violently over a metal shard that Rothion received from a mysterious customer. The evil aura the fragment emanated caused Sophita's old wounds to ache.

"Had the shards of the demonic sword infected me with their dark energy before they were removed from my body?..." Sophitia thought in horror. But that would explain her children's frenzied reaction over the piece of metal.

Sophitia's younger sister, Cassandra, saw her bewildered reaction, and ran out with the metal shard. A few weeks passed before Sophitia made up her mind.

Sophitia intended to free her children from the evil sword's curse and insure a safe return of her sister, who had left on a journey to destroy Soul Edge on Sophitia's behalf.

In Sophitias hands were the new sword and shield that her beloved husband had forged for her.

Legends say Hephaestus, the god of fire and forge, built the main shrine on top of the summit. THis is evidenced by the stairway that leads up to the shrine--then enormous steps are impossible for mortals to climb. Humans built this gallery around the giant stairway for their priests' use.

In one corner of this meticulously built gallery is the place where a blacksmith couple gave an offering of a sword and a shield to Hephaeatus.

The arms have disappeared from the alter, however... Who could have taken them?