| “ | I must win for the people of Poland. OSU! | „ |
| ~ Lidia Sobieska |
Lidia Sobieska is a supporting character in the Tekken series, making her debut in Tekken 7 as DLC in the Season 4 Pass. She is a karateka that serves as the Prime Minister of Poland.
She is voiced by Aleksandra Nowicka.
Appearance[]
Lidia has platinum blonde hair which she ties into a high ponytail. She has blue eyes, with a scar through her left eye. She wears winged eye make up and glossy red lipstick.
Likewise, Lidia is a politician and therefore dresses formally, donning a white dress shirt underneath a black vest and blazer whilst a light gray coat, which contains a pin featuring the Polish white eagle, is worn on top of them. She also wears a brown knee-length pencil skirt with black trim, pantyhose as well as black pumps with white accents.
Personality[]
Lidia is motivated by duty to her country and her family legacy. She believes she ought to follow in her grandfather's footsteps and serve as a political leader for her country, and fight for justice when confronted by aggressive powers like the Mishima Zaibatsu. She bold and fearless, seemingly unfazed by the threats that her aide warns her about, and unafraid to confront Heihachi Mishima when he refuses to withdraw Tekken Force from Poland. She is a dedicated karateka, and, in her Tekken 7 character reveal trailer, accidentally slips into speaking as though she is in the dojo whilst on the phone with her aide, suggesting she is more comfortable in a martial arts setting than a political one.
Biography[]
Tekken 7[]
Lidia Sobieska is the Prime Minister of Poland and uses Polskie Karate as her fighting style. Born into a family of prominent politicians, Lidia was more than intent on pursuing her training in Karate than following in her father's footsteps. However, after Lidia's father was murdered in a helicopter explosion before her eyes, she vowed to never give into coercion by the unjust.
Lidia sent a request to Heihachi Mishima, the head of the Mishima Zaibatsu, to withdraw Tekken Force from Poland. In an ostensibly pleasant response, covertly full of threat, Heihachi informed her he would do no such thing. He complimented Lidia on her ascension to head of state at such a young age, and informed her that she should co-operate with the Zaibatsu or find herself in a perilous situation.
Heihachi invited her to participate in the King of Iron Fist Tournament if she had any objections to this. Given that Lidia will enter the game, it seems clear she indeed has objections, and her main motivation is to free Poland from Zaibatsu's control.
Tekken 8[]
Lidia Sobieska, the "fighting prime minister" of Poland, is a world champion in traditional karate and is loved by the people as one of the strongest politicians in politics. Therefore, under her motto, "She will never yield to unjust power,'' she faced the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation with a resolute attitude, and she has won the trust of many countries.
However, even though she is attracting attention as one of the world's next-generation leaders, Lidia is keenly aware that she cannot protect people just by being pretty. She believed that now was the time for "righteous power" to provide hope for everyone, but it was not easy for her to gather enough force to stand up to the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation. There, Lydia conducts espionage activities through various routes to find out her next move, including building a cooperative relationship with Yoshimitsu, the leader of the Manji Party who excels in covert operations.
As Lidia looked through her numerous reports, one thing that caught her eye was the information that Eddy Gordo, who was once close to her family, had become the leader of the Tekken group. Lidia learns of Eddy's hard-working and honest past, and in order to find out what changed him, she rescues Eddy from death with Yoshimitsu's help. Through a conversation with Eddy, who reunited for the first time in 10 years, she understands the unavoidable circumstances that led to his crime, and gains a new insight into her life.
Since then, with the help of Eddy, Lidia has converted even some of the enemy Tekken people, and created a mixed force that swallows up both the clouds and the clouds. At the same time, G Corporation, which had won the conflict with the Mishima Zaibatsu, intensified its armed invasions of other countries, and the world's turmoil continued to accelerate. While Lidia leads public opinion and has an international conference adopt a resolution to impose sanctions on G Corporation, she rushes to plan a strategy and expand her military strength in preparation for the upcoming decisive battle.
Unforgotten Echoes[]
Lidia convinced an international congress to adopt sanctions against G Corporation, and continued developing alliances with likeminded organisations. She sent Eddy to meet with Lars Alexandersson, leader of Yggdrasil, and to a Mishima Zaibatsu base in South America to recruit more Tekken Force members interested in changing their ways.
On the back of intel provided by a mysterious source, Lidia led UN forces into New York and freed the city from G Corporation’s control, preventing major casualties and earning her acclaim worldwide. Regardless, Lidia felt guilt over being unable to prevent Kazuya Mishima’s rampage from taking place at all. She then travelled to meet the person who provided the intel, Reina. Reina referred to the letter Heihachi Mishima had sent Lidia; Lidia was alarmed, as she had not made anyone else privy to the letter’s existence. She suspected that Reina must be linked to Heihachi in some way. Reina and Lidia fought and, at the close of their fight, several spears rained from above, surrounding Lidia. A voice called out to Lidia, telling her she was the ‘peerless warrior’ the Tekken Monks had been seeking but that they first had to determine whether she was worthy. The spears began to exude black smoke with hallucinatory properties, and they appeared to transmute into Tekken Monks. Lidia fought with them and was able to best them all, causing them to disappear into red smoke. The voice praised her technique and spirit. Reina then spoke with Lidia, telling her that the Tekken Monks were an organisation that even the Mishima Zaibatsu lacked data on, and that they’d disrupted every attempt by anyone to search for Heihachi Mishima. Lidia asked Reina if she meant for her to seek out the Tekken Monks, and Reina confirmed that she did, telling Lidia to think of it as the fee for the intel she had provided.
Lidia located a Tekken Monk stronghold and travelled there alongside Eddy and Yoshimitsu. Once there, Lidia was challenged by Tekken High Priest Seiryu. She bested him and thanked him for an enlightening fight. Black smoke began to fill the room, and the voice of Tekken High Priest Suzaku rang out. He told Lidia that he would test her mettle. An apparition of Devil Kazuya, Shadow Kazuya, formed from the black smoke, and Lidia fought and defeated it. Suzaku then finally greeted her in his physical form, deeming her a model of perfect equilibrium between mind, body and technique. He introduced her to another Tekken Monk: Heihachi Mishima. Suzaku explained that Heihachi had lost all his memories and had been training in Mishima-style alongside the Tekken Monks in hopes of completing the Star Crusher Trial and attaining the Mishima-style Ultimate Technique. Lidia joined the Tekken Monks as their guest and assisted in Heihachi’s training.
Some time later, Lidia observed Heihachi training with Seiryu and was impressed by his prowess. However, Seiryu noted that Heihachi’s mind was wavering, causing imbalance in him. Lidia wondered whether the imbalance might be connected to his memory loss.
Lidia witnessed Heihachi go through a ceremony to rid himself of the evil within.The next morning, Lidia meditated and trained with Heihachi to ensure he was ready for the trial later that day.
That night, after Heihachi completed the Star Crusher Trial, Eddy and Yoshimitsu found Lidia while she was training and told her that something terrible had happened. The three discovered that Heihachi's past attitude had returned and that he had taken out scores of the Tekken Monks, Seiryu and Suzaku among them. Lidia, Eddy and Yoshimitsu fought Heihachi, but they were unable to defeat him.
Abilities[]
Lidia is strong enough to win six world championships in karate, as well as smart enough to start law school at 16 and graduate at the top of her class. In her introductory trailer she casually throws down with Bryan, Dragunov, and Miguel and wins handily.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Applicably, given her position as Poland's Head of Government, she shares her surname with that of House Sobieski (with her feminine name, Sobieska) a Polish noble family of the 16th and 17th centuries. The most prominent Sobieski was John III, King of Poland from 1674 to 1696.
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