# Phantom Blade Zero story, characters and voice cast

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Last verified: 2026-11-02
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The set-up of Phantom Blade Zero without spoilers past the opening hour: who Soul is, why he has 66 days, the main faces you meet, who plays them, and where the Phantom World came from.

Spoiler level: Opening premise only, as described on the store page and Wikipedia.
Soul, an assassin for the Order, is framed for murdering his master. Left with a wound to the heart and 66 days to live, he roams the Wulin to unravel the conspiracy, hunted by his own side. [Official]

## The premise

Soul is an elite assassin of the Order, a powerful organisation in the martial world. He is framed for the murder of its patriarch, Mu Tianmiao. In a duel, he and his former blood brother Zuo Shang fatally wound each other's hearts. The Flesh Sculptor then offers him a choice: a hollow heart that would heal him but erase all emotion, or a tainted heart that will kill him in 66 days. Soul takes the tainted heart. [Press]
The store page sets the tone: “Through rain and blood, kindness and vengeance”, a journey “in search of a heart”. [Official]

## The Phantom World

The setting mixes golden-age wuxia cinema with punk fantasy, which S-GAME calls kungfupunk: martial arts and cold steel alongside mechanical prosthetics, crumbling industrial ruins and modern rock. The store names the world's mysteries: Memory Flowers, the Wulin and the Discordance, Transcension, the Lady of the Veil and Inanis' Dreamscape. [Official]
It began as Rainblood: Town of Death, an RPG Maker game that creative director Soulframe Liang made as a student about twenty years ago. [Official]

## Main characters

ProtagonistSoulThe Order's assassin, framed and running out of days.

The OrderMu XiaokuiThe young mistress of the Order. She is also a boss. [Press]

Blood brotherZuo ShangSoul's former blood brother, from the opening duel. [Press]

Bastion of MóMó YuanLeader of the Bastion of Mó, revealed in the 11-minute pre-order trailer. [Official]

## Voice cast and performers

| Character | Performer |
| Soul | Roger Craig Smith (English voice); Jia Xiongkai (Chinese) [Press] |
| Mó Yuan | Donnie Yen (face and motion capture, English voice) [Press] [Official] |
| Mu Xiaokui | Zhang Jinzhi [Press] |
| Zuo Shang | Zhang Xince [Press] |

Character models were built from 3D scans of the cast. [Press]

## The people behind it

- Soulframe Liang: creative director and CEO of S-GAME. [Official]
- Donnie Yen: creative consultant since 2023, shaping the kungfu style and action design. [Official]
- Yang Liu: action director, leading a team of martial arts performers for motion capture. [Official]
- Michael Chang: art director, who drew the concept art for every character and most environments. [Official]
- Caisheng Bo: music director, who wrote more than ten hours of music largely on his own. Jane Zhang sings the theme song “Heart Lake”. [Official] [Press]
- Choreography guidance came from lion dance masters in Guangdong, sword masters from Mount Emei and monks from the Shaolin Temple. [Official]

## Story FAQ

**Q: Who voices Soul in Phantom Blade Zero?**
Roger Craig Smith in English and Jia Xiongkai in Chinese.

**Q: Is Donnie Yen in Phantom Blade Zero?**
Yes. Donnie Yen plays Mó Yuan, leader of the Bastion of Mó, with face and motion capture and the English voice. He has also been the game’s creative consultant since 2023.

**Q: What is Phantom Blade Zero about?**
Soul, an assassin for the Order, is framed for murdering its patriarch. Mortally wounded, he accepts a tainted heart that gives him 66 days to live, and uses them to uncover the conspiracy.

**Q: Is Phantom Blade Zero connected to Rainblood?**
Yes. Creative director Soulframe Liang made the RPG Maker game Rainblood: Town of Death as a student about twenty years ago, and it introduced the Phantom World.

## Sources

Labels: Official S-GAME or Steam store data · Press named outlet or Wikipedia · Guide site third-party guide, treat numbers as provisional.

- Official [Steam store page (app 4115450)](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4115450/Phantom_Blade_Zero/) · 2026-11-02
- Press [Wikipedia: Phantom Blade Zero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Blade_Zero) · 2026-11-02
- Official [S-GAME, pre-orders announcement (Steam post)](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4115450/view/1840944183775581) · 2026-08-13
- Official [S-GAME, “Reason and Madness” (Steam post)](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4115450/view/1847920302231212) · 2026-10-28
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