Golba

Golba (ゴルバ, Goruba) is the final boss and main antagonist of Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny. He shares similar design motifs with the character General Donald Morden from the Metal Slug series. However, it is not confirmed whether or not the two characters are related. He is voiced by Norio Wakamoto.

Story
Golba was one of sons of Lesphia's king, and after his brother became the prince chosen to be the future ruler, he attempted a coup d'etat. After failure, he wasnt executed but was exiled from the country isntead. He came to America and became an officer in american army, and eventually became a veteran of the Independence War. Due to the comrades he made during the war, he has personal and influential connections around the world. During that time he managed to gather some amount of people under his command and also formed an assassin organisation of which Angelica is a member. Next Golba assaulted his brother and his wife (Suzuhime's parents) during their sea voyage which led into the events of Edge of Destiny. Golba retreated back to USA after failing to obtain Suzuhime's sword (a symbolic item, without which he couldnt rule Lesphia). Since he wanted to caputre Suzuhime (to possibly use her as a bargaining chip against Lesphia), and also to find a strong military commander for the Lesphia nation, he opted to lure some strong warriors in and so arranged most of events mentioned in Edge of Destiny's characters storyline intros. During that time he also weakened countries around the world using his military connections and various tricks.

Golba's main objective is to protect Lesphia, then supply it with military power to shape into powerful kingdom, which then allows him to conquer the weakened by his exploits Europe. This is because his participation in American War of Independence made him believe that creation of such powerful nation can become a menace to Europe. Golba does not pay much attention to Asian region since Europe is his main interest.

Personality
A natural gentlemen who seems to respects his challengers. He believes his many crimes around the globe are for a just cause and doesn't feel guilty about his actions.

Fighting Style
As a contrast to Draco, Golba is a quick and fearsome close-ranged character. He relies thrusts from his rapier for high damaging hits. In stark contrast to previous bosses of franchise, Golba uses no magic, no special powers, and nothing remotely resembling special moves. Instead his whole concept is "generic fighter with heightened stats" as he has heightened damage output, speed, range and pushback on all his attacks. This essentially makes him a character who has no real weakness.

Music

 * Stand and Fight - Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny

Game Appearances

 * Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny