Even though it's just a rumour... WTF??? I hope the developers won't prove to be as cruel as that, seeing the always pure&noble Sophitia like that would be 1000 times worse than Liu Kang's return as a zombie! I know that this sort of tragedy would probably benefit the game's new storyline, but still...
At least I can hope that if that's true, her regular character might still be playable in the game as a hidden character ; maybe when her children finish story mode they will return her to her normal self or something along the lines of Heihachi in Tekken 5.
Anyway, I'll be even more anxious to hear official word about this now.
Sophitia was on "Evil Side" on Soul Calibur IV. And will be a passing of 15 years from story.
If the story main characters are the Sophitia children (Patroklos, as new Sophitia and Pyrrha as new Cassandra), Sophitia would be a good Nightmare.
And she will be replaced by her son, so she will NOT appear as "normal character").
I would like to see a 32 years old Taki and a 34 years old Amy. And I liked to see Taki's replacement.
I know Ivy has turned to a statue at the ending of Soul Calibur 4. So she will be on Soul Calibur 5 with bigger boobs (it this is possible).
PS: If I remember, Phyrra is the older sister. She was the one kidnapped by Tira on SC 4. So, she could be a "carbon copy" of Sophitia, anyway.