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== The rise of Dracula is a big plot point in the new continuity, if not The Biggest ==
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate revolves around both Simon and Trevor, apparently through time. Konami has said that Lords of Shadow 2 will be the last of the Lords of Shadow arc, which leads to the thought that this is the last one to do with {{spoiler|Dracula's Origins}}. If Simon and Trevor are thrust into this time, logic would dictate it's a big deal. Why not just use Gabriel again if it wasn't?
== The Morrises inherited the Vampire Killer Whip so the Belmonts can cleanse themselves of the taint left by Dracula after Richter's [[Brainwashed|Brainwashing]] in ''Symphony of the Night''. == While it can be argued that Soleiyu was the first Belmont to be corrupted by Dracula in the series (or, before then, Simon with his curse), Soleiyu had ''just'' come of age to inherit the whip, and had not been given it when he was turned (and Simon didn't turn evil through the curse, it just tried to kill him); Richter was the first Belmont to be a full-fledged Vampire Hunter, whip and all, to fall to the Dark Lord's thrall. Also, {{spoiler|the Whip's Memory you fight in ''Portrait of Ruin'' - which was the memory of the last master the whip had - is Richter, not any of the other Belmonts}}, meaning that the Morrises gained control of the whip sometime after ''Symphony'', soon enough for Richter ''not'' to be able to give it to his heir in between. The only explanation for why the Belmonts would give the whip to the Morrises for safe-keeping for so long, is that the events of ''Symphony'' corrupted the line to the point where they ''couldn't'' wield it properly, and needed to cleanse themselves of the corruption before they could be "accepted" by the whip again.▼
== The Morrises inherited the Vampire Killer Whip so the Belmonts can cleanse themselves of the taint left by Dracula after Richter's [[Brainwashed|Brainwashing]] in ''Symphony of the Night''. ==
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* Or Richter could've been the end of the Belmont bloodline. He doesn't strike me as the "having kids" type. And he looked rather dashing in that unbuttoned high-collared shirt with his loose, blowing brown hair.
** Where did Julius come from, then? Plus, in Portrait of Ruin, it outright says that the Belmonts are prophesied not to use the whip until the Final Battle in 1999- a statement implying a continued existence.
*** There are alternative theories on the Julius part.
** Also, Annette Renard would like to have a word with you.
*** ANNETTE PWNZ J00. * cough* Seriously though - even if Richter didn't have kids (unlikely, in that time period, for this to be the case) - does anyone really truly honestly think the family doesn't have ''any other'' candidates
** Richter being the last Belmont is definitely Jossed by ''Order of Ecclesia''; {{spoiler|the villagers you save in the game are direct descendants of the Belmonts}}. However, {{spoiler|they ''have'' been kept hidden for at least 50 years (Richter's last appearance was in 1797, and ''Order of Ecclesia'' takes place somewhere in the mid-1800s}}}, so it's likely this WMG is viable.
*** This troper always assumed it was a "not until the destined battle, slow down there Rick-box" kind of thing. Like, the Belmonts ''can't'' use it as dictated by destiny until blah blah blah fishcakes.
*** This (JET-programmer of a) troper hopes that ''fucking godawful tedious shitwagon'' sound drama monstrosity is never ever made anything like canon, because it's like they found some Japanese teenybopper's badfic and made it into a script. Richter's an emotard, Maria's a damsel in distress, there's some bunch of Gary Stus running around, and it's generally utter shit. This troper loves her some IGA, don't get her wrong, but between that and Judgment (it's only sold like 4000 copies over here lolsob), she wants to beat him with his hat. At least the Pachi-Slot game is pretty. :(
== The "Castle B" in
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== The events of the proposed game ''Castlevania: Resurrection'' caused a temporal paradox in the timeline, and the series retcons are an effort to resolve it. ==
While the game was never released, information about the storyline is still accessible to us. Apparently there was a battle against a countess and Dracula in the year 1666 that was stopped by two Belmonts: Sonia (a 15th century Belmont introduced in Castlevania Legends) and Victor (a 19th century Belmont who attempted to flee the family duty, and who had a passing resemblance to Tim Curry). Unfortunately, such events do not stand up well in the space-time continuum, and a paradox was inevitable. The only way to save the timeline from imploding upon itself was to ensure that it could never happen. Specifically, by removing both characters from history. Thus, the events of Castlevania Legends ''no longer happened'', and the question of how the Belmont line got its start was resolved with the introduction of a man by the name of Leon. Meanwhile, removing Victor from the 19th century led to the complete absence of the Belmont clan from that moment forward, so other families were forced to fight Dracula in their place. (How Julius managed to reemerge in 1999 is not explained.) It can also be noted that these actions also removed every moment in the series in which Death stood on two legs, but this may just be coincidental.
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* It's possible the army sent in a small detachment (judging by the grenade-wielding Soldier Zombies, though those could have come from an earlier war) and is keeping things secret from Hammer, knowing that he could handle himself (since there's evidence he was supposed to be a playable character at one point).
** The descriptions on the Zombie soldiers and officers make it pretty clear that they died in the last battle. It's never explained exactly what happened before the final battle, so it's possible that Dracula was able to gain enough power to be an open threat. In which case the world's governments would have sent in the troops simply because of the threat, even if they didn't believe it was a centuries-old personification of Darkness in the form of a Vampire. The reason they sent Hammer in alone could have been ''because'' they didn't believe the reports of the survivors (indeed, there might not have been any), and sent Hammer in for an initial investigation.
*** I don't buy it; whenever Soma is told an account of what happened in 1999, the only things that are mentioned definitively is that Julius, Alucard, and a Belandes (probably Yoko's mother) took down Dracula and the Hakuba Shrine cast a spell that sealed him and his castle up in the eclipse; there's no mention ''at all'' of any "Castle War" or soldiers helping them, just them three and the Shrine. In fact, the ''only'' evidence that there was, in fact, a Castle War going on is in the descriptions of ''two measly zombie enemies'', and that's hardly conclusive. I maintain that, [[Portal (
**** The zombie soldiers are a [[Continuity Nod]] to ''Symphony of the Night'', which had Eastern Church soldier zombies from a similar, medieval attack on Castlevania. That, combined with Castlevania III talking about Dracula's attempted conquest of Europe, shows that he's not all that concerned with keeping up [[The Masquerade]]. Sure, the final destruction was really ''caused'' by the heroes, but that doesn't mean the government didn't also stage a military operation against this demonic castle that suddenly appeared out of nowhere. There's no doubting that there were modern soldiers who died in Castlevania: it's likely that they just didn't do any good, and after the massacre the world still had to rely on Julius to do the job right.
** What if the zombies were actually just soldiers who were already dead in 1999 (or killed then) and resurrected to battle Julius and his gang? The "Demon Castle War" the description refers to is just the battle between Julius, his allies, and the monsters of the castle.
** We know Julius, Alucard and a Belandes were present at the shrine during the eclipse in 1999, that doesn't mean they couldn't have brought backup. Though I'm thinking they decided against
== Dracula doesn't come back every hundred years, he comes back when evil is waxing ==
Early games have said that Dracula comes back every one hundred years. Of course, with sequals up the wazoo, and an attempt to put everything into a semi-coherent timeline, this theory, taken at face value, doesn't fly. However, if one assumes that the forces of darkness ebb and flow like tides, and that there is a cyclical pattern that repeats roughly every hundred years, then it starts to make sense. Dracula could, in theory, be resurrected at any time, but it's far easier to do so when Evil is at a high point. As well, every major appearance by Dracula is followed by a
* This also explains Bloodlines and Portrait of Ruin. Before those times, Humanity never had the capacity for such bloodshed and death in such a short time. So many deaths at once caused an unexpected 'jump' in Evil, letting Dracula come back early.
** Really, after World War 1 and World War 2, the normally cyclic flow of evil was thrown off-kilter, hence his return in 1999.
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He's not as malicious as The Master, and he's certainly no Doctor, so it's probably the Time Lord at work, trying to stop Hector's quest out of amusement. Not to mention the anachronistic, but gentleman's outfit does suit his character.
== Speaking of Time Lords, Near from [[
Oh, he ''was'' quietly amusing himself as different detectives (including L) throughout the ages, but his experience with [[Shinigami]] meant he was hired to clean up the "Galamoth Incident." The Time Storm that got him involved in meant he wasn't present during the Time Lord's erasure.
** I was just about to propose that ''Soma'' is Near, because of the white hair and coat.
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== Dracula keeps losing to the Belmonts on purpose ==
With the power of the Crimson Stone and Death as his personal servant, each demise-and-resurrection allows Dracula's soul to return to the Crimson Stone over and over, multiplying his accumulated power exponentially. This is the reason he becomes more powerful from game to game. It's all part of a massive [[Xanatos Gambit]] to reach the pinnacle of his power, and either he finally acted on this seriously in 1999 and was narrowly and finally defeated, or even ''that'' was part of his Gambit and he's using Soma and the others post-1999 as [[Unwitting Pawn
== ''Kid Dracula'' is a cutesey, overstylized retelling of Alucard's early days, when he still supported and worked with his father. ==
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"Magical being" refers to his ability to use magic, not his origin. For that, you need to go back to ''Kid Dracula''.
In both versions, you fight Galamoth for the first time after ascending a long vertical tube of mechanical platforms to a space-like vista. In the Game Boy version, his sword is replaced by a light saber, and his body turns out to be a robot piloted by one of the "alien people" from a previous stage. The Famicom version goes on to a flying ship complete with [[Wave Motion Gun]], and both versions go on to have boss fights against large robots, one of which is several screens tall. The final form of Galamoth has a head that vaguely resembles the titular villain of ''[[Alien (
This is a bit too consistent to be a mere throwaway gag.
Combine the above three WMGs, and you are left with an alien invasion that took place before the end of the 15th century and was thwarted by Alucard. The perpetrator was forced into Dracula's service, but continues to scheme to overthrow his master. It's not very realistic, but hey, [[Rule of Cool|who wouldn't want to have]] [[Attack of the 50
== More specifically, Galamoth is a [[Gradius|Bacterian]], who had
Bacterians are inherently dark, "demonic" creatures. Now, possibly Galamoth, after several temporal displacements seeking to gain power, ended up in [[Otomedius|Kokoro Belmont]]'s universe. After being defeated by her he went back in time to make the Belmont clan not exist by helping Dracula. However he noticed he could be much more powerful if he used his nature as a creature "born from the greed of mankind" and become the Dark Lord, so Kid Dracula happened.
== Soma is not the only time Dracula has resumed a human personality ==
Since Dracula is inexplicably stated to be Vlad Tepes in Symphony of the Night and the games starring the Morris family, yet in Lament, he's Matthias
Perhaps it means after a certain time a Belmont had kicked his ass for good, the Powers That Be decided to let Dracula be reborn as a Human - Namely, Vlad Tepes. However circumstances worked against him for becoming a decent human being - between being a Political Hostage as a child, and the death of his wife... again, he manages to find Death and reforge their agreement. Thus, becoming a vampire again.
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*** Every time there has been an assassination attempt against Mina, Genya has been there to intervene. Not even the most powerful Castlevania villains have any history of defeating him.
*** Also, recall that in the good ending of Dawn of Sorrow, Soma mentions, in so many words, that his confrontations with the Dark Lord candidates had all but convinced him that the return of the Dark Lord was inevitable. It's likely that when he confronted Celia, Mina was in fact the only reason he thought he had left to stay human.
*** If Mina getting hurt is the catalyst for Dracula's return, I'd hate to see what happens if [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|someone cuts him off in traffic, takes the last Fudgsicle, or he's been in a lineup for two hours.]]
== Lisa/Elisabetha is a construct that's part of [[The Grim Reaper|Death's]] [[Gambit Roulette]] to create a never-ending battle between good an evil ==
Since Symphony of the Night, it has been stated Dracula's main motive is [[Love Makes You Evil|the death of his beautiful wife]], the first from a plague, causing Matthias to [[Rage Against the Heavens]] and made [[Deal
Notice the women looked exactly alike, they even have very similar names, since Lisa is a shorten form of Elizabeth. This can't be just
Maybe it's his boney bosom buddy Death. Death is one of the few constants in every game, and always at hand. Notice he has nothing to say to Dracula's reincarnation Soma, though you would expect him to.
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Galamoth knew that this child was Dracula's son. Thus, his backup plan was to send the Time Reaper back in time to kill Dracula and prevent him from ever being born. This caused the events of ''Castlevania Judgment''.
When the Time Reaper was defeated, he became loyal to the new dark lord, "Kid Dracula". When Galamoth made another attempt at the throne, he helped his new liege defeat him. This explains why he appears in the Game Boy game, but not the original. And, of course, this explains all the [[UFO
== Dracula and Death are [[Ho Yay|lovers]], and for centuries he has been a proponent of social change. ==
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Which is why none of the characters look like themselves. They are actually illusions of themselves created out of Aeon's mind by the Time Reaper to give Aeon hope in finding the "Chosen one" who can destroy the time rift and save time. Thus the game takes place over a millennia or so while Aeon keeps sending the false characters into the rift to fight the Reaper, possibly while Galamoth is already ruling the world in the [[Kid Dracula]] era. Every time a character goes to fight the Reaper, Aeon is sent back to the beginning of the scenario and has to play it out again.
When Kid Dracula defeats Galamoth, Aeon is freed and time and history reasserts itself, stranding Galamoth in the
== Death is actually [[Irregular Webcomic|Death of Being Whipped to Death by a Belmont]]. ==
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== Saint German, Aeon, or perhaps some other Time Watcher, is responsible for the Stopwatch. ==
Lament of Innocence explained that most of the Belmont Legacy Weapons, aside from the Vampire Killer, were other weapons that Leon picked up from fallen adventurers during his travels. The only exception is the Stopwatch. Where did such a powerful tool come from? Who else but those with power over time, and who are capable of freezing time by themselves. While they don't directly interfere, it's still within character to leave the Belmonts a tool to aid them in their quest.
* This troper wants to say it's St. Germain, since Judgment is uuuhhhh. Special. Like a short bus. And likely not going to end up core-canon since it sold so badly, and [[
== Sonia Belmont was a narcissist. ==
Ok, not a WMG so much as my attempt to re-canonize Legends by explaining away all the discrepancies as being due to semantics and an [[Unreliable Narrator]]. The actual timeline of the Belmont/Dracula feud goes as such:
* In the eleventh century, the events of Lament of Innocence occur. Leon Belmont and Mathias Cronqvist are
* Lisa
* Sonia Belmont's grandpappy dies whilst fighting Dracula's minions, and the young Miss Belmont takes up her inherited Vampire Killer whip and goes on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] against the Lord of Darkness. She succeeds, technically becoming the first Belmont to fight and defeat Dracula, and later develops several of the vampire hunting tactics that will be passed down the subsequent generations (read: the subweapons).
* Sonia Belmont gives birth to Trevor Belmont, whose father was a normal human totally unrelated to anything else whom Sonia met decades after the events of Legends.
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His defeat at the hands of Dario was not only the result of his age, but also increased weakness from continued use of the whip.
== Hammer is an absolute badass, he's just [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|somewhat modest and silly when he's not in combat]]. ==
In Aria, you find Hammer in the library. Right after a BOSS. And he doesn't act at all like he was needed to be rescued or anything. And he sells various weapons he happens to find lying around the castle, implying that he's capable of handling the monsters. If he was an [[Easily Angered Shopkeeper]], I'd bet he'd pull an RPG on Soma (or the Positron Rifle) if he tried any funny stuff.
** [[Bald of Awesome|The hair]] is a dead giveaway.
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== Taking a cue from a vampire movie they haven't ripped off yet, the Belmonts couldn't hold the whip because they were tainted. ==
The reason the Belmonts couldn't use the whip for a century is because a Belmont was turned while trying to [[Tanz
* Wait, wasn't it the brainwashing from Symphony of the Night that left the taint? It ''is'' rather shortly after that, chronologically, that we start getting other heros covering for the Belmonts....
** Is it then? What an illogical way to taint an entire bloodline for two-hundred years. =(
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== God is evil. ==
[[God Is Evil|God is really evil]], and Dracula was
* Law of opposites. In order for good to exist, evil has to as well. So, by comparison, a mysterious, unpossessive God can be Good simply because His plan is beneficial in the long run; and a pandering, manipulative Satan can be Evil simply because his plan is to use others and then dispose of them once their usefulness is gone.
** That still implies God somehow NEEDS evil to be good or to exist which calls into question how good or god-like he can be if he requires evil to be that way.
*** Let's say you asked a friend to loan you a dollar. If he did, then you would consider it a good thing. Specifically, because he had the option to not give it to you. If asking for it automatically made him give it to you, then you would consider it "business as usual" and wouldn't make any moral judgments.
**** That merely implies neutrality not evil, plus having a choice to be evil and having a opposite evil being are two different things. A friend can be good without having a jerk evil friend to compare him to.
** Only one cult leader made this claim. Thus far,
== Lisa was executed because she was becoming a witch. ==
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== Dracula has no control over how Castlevania manifests ==
Wall meat? Random useful items laying around randomly? A gothic cathedral? Angels? Alucard once said that Castlevania is a "Creature of Chaos" in reference to how the castle is never
== The kidnapped women in Rondo/Dracula X Chronicles were supposed to be a means to resurrecting Lisa ==
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== ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'' is a result of Shanoa destroying a good deal of Dracula's Power. ==
A big deal is made in ''[[Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia|Order Of Ecclesia]]'' that Dominus is the only thing that can destroy Dracula besides the Vampire Killer whip. (And Alucard.) It even plays out that Dracula cannot be destroyed by Shanoa herself. Dominus is also Dracula's Power directly channeled. Perhaps, because of this, the direct use of Dominus on Dracula did far more damage than just putting him down until he gets resurrected again. Given that Dominus is likely related to the Power of Dominance talked about in the [[Castlevania Sorrow|Sorrow series,]] it seems that Dominus destroyed Dracula's ability to control all his minions, as well as Castlevania itself, leaving him with only a crumbling castle and a few human and vampire servants in Bram Stoker's tale.
Elizabeth Bartley manipulating events to start World War 1 and carting Dracula's remains around Europe wasn't just for giggles and a resurrection, it was the only way to reestablish Dracula's Power of Dominance. A single soul was good enough before, but now he needed tens of thousands to fuel his return.
== The real reason Richter wasn't around to help [[Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia|Shanoa]] kill Dracula in the 1800s ) was because... ==
He was chasing after another [[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World|Richter]] that stole his first name. I was always wondering why Richter couldn't help out since he was still technically alive (1800 or so is just a few years after SOTN, so...).
** No Richter got killed by a zombie unceremoniously because he's a bloody useless character. Maria was the only one who was any good in the first place.
** That and whoever was aware of what Barlowe was planning was too lazy to get a Belmont on the job like they did with Trevor ages ago, so yeah.
== Maria, as portrayed in ''Judgment'', is an anime character undergoing metamorphosis into realism. ==
Look at her portrayal in ''[[Rondo of Blood]]''. Anime artwork, blatant [[Token
Now look at her portrayal in ''[[Symphony of the Night]]''. Mature, realistically drawn, and seems to fit well with the other characters in the ''Castlevania'' series. She's practically a different person altogether.
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Her character in ''Judgment'' comes from halfway between the two games. See where this is going?
She's changing. Her Obata artwork can only be described as an anime character drawn in a realistic style. Her moves include both awe-inspiring magic and ridiculous cartoony effects. This is a difficult time for her, and as her mind is still largely anime-based, she latches onto the [[A
== The Belmonts founded the fighting style used by Ryu and Ken. ==
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== Maria is either a younger Princess Peach, or a relative of sorts ==
I blame the fact that she has the same colour scheme as her in ''Rondo of Blood''. Oh hell, every little girl was doing the blonde hair and pink dress those days.
** We can blame Toru Hagihara for merely deciding to copy said colour scheme
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* ''Portrait of Ruin'' is hard because the protagonist isn't a Belmont nor does he have any special powers, but isn't as hard as ''Circle of the Moon'' because he at least has the real Vampire Killer.
* ''Order of Ecclesia''. Shanoa has to resort to using a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] to defeat Dracula, but who could blame her? This is easily the hardest Castlevania game since ''Circle of the Moon'', after all.
** Except that Julius is <s>[[Touhou|the strongest]]</s> the strongest Belmont yet (even in his age), armed with the Vampire Killer, and teamed up with Alucard ([[My Friends and Zoidberg|and Yoko]]) in the
== The Time Reaper is the result of the romance between [[Discworld|Susan Sto Helit]] and [[
Unfortunately, since both of its potential purposes were already filled by other [[Anthropomorphic Personification
* Now that, my friend, is a great [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]. Congrats.
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== Lament of Innocence was the victim of a total rewrite and / or severe timeline error. ==
Ok, ''Lament'' is set about 400 years before ''Castlevania III''; thing is, this creates a massive hole in the timeline. I think it's possible the intent was to set it ''slightly'' before ''CV3's'' time as the origin story of Dracula. Mathias "Cronqvist" was probably going to be [
* It was rewritten, because if the plot had originally went as planned, the designers would've had to account for ''Alucard.''
== The ''Legends'' retcon never truly took place in-universe. ==
Going off some other bits of info
If nothing else, this troper is curious as to why Simon (or Judgment!Simon, at least), a supposed full-blood human, would have ''red'' eyes.
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Might not make much sense, allow me to explain.
* Dracula is obviously Dark type but with a lot of Fire abilities (like how many pure Water Pokemon get Ice attacks). Dark because of all his evil balls and shit he fires (Dark Pulse?), and Fire type because of his hellfire abilities and fiery attacks (likely mini Fire Blasts). He also knows Teleport inherently. Soul Steal is kind of a mix between Giga Drain and Pursuit.
* He also has several [[One
* Dracula's evolution methods are usually getting owned enough (maybe canonically he "gains experience" and levels up, then evolves mid-battle as he's a cheat). However, in [[Portrait of Ruin]], he only evolves with Death's power - maybe it's an alternate method of evolution, like how Death becomes a "held item" and is used up on evolution, akin to Gligar or Sneasel's evolution methods. He evolves mid-battle
* [[Order of Ecclesia]] is one of two things - either he is holding an Everstone (and has levelled up more without evolving, hence the bat and wolf attacks, which are likely new moves not named yet), or after half of his health is depleted, he goes into daruma mode (Hihidaruma anyone), and gets insanely strong. After that, he uses his Demonic Meggiddo, which is a new Reversal type attack which is useless at high health (in this version anyway, in [[Portrait of Ruin]] version you only need to hold the Death item to do it well). Dominus is basically like Explosion (hence why it "kills" Shanoa), but Shanoa is holding the Albus item which allows her to survive at the end of the game.
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== Julius was the mightiest Belmont of all time, perhaps harnessing the power of all of the Belmonts before him. ==
This would explain his role in the "final" sealing of Dracula's castle in 1999. As an added bonus, it might also explain why the first phase of Death in [[Aria of Sorrow]] was just his
== As a variant of the above explanation, Soma's presence allowed or convinced Death to remanifest. ==
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== {{spoiler|The creature that Dimitri tried to gain dominance over in The Abyss was Satan}} ==
== [[Death]] wasn't present in ''[[Haunted Castle (
Specifically, making sure that people who die go to the afterlife like they're supposed to. This actually works to Dracula's benefit, because Simon can't die more than a few times before his fate catches up with him.
== [[The Igor|Igor]] was once a time traveler, but is now [[Ret
He travelled between various time periods, stealing Dr. Frankenstein's plans for the Creature and bringing it to Count Dracula during the 17th century. During the events of [[Castlevania Judgment]], however, he was lost in the time rift and went [[Ret
== Galamoth helped the heroes in the battle of 1999. ==
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He's still looking for love, it seems, and the ladies have done little to anger him. It's not implausible to think that he'd be happy slaughtering all the human males and keeping the females around. This may lead to a decreased gene pool, of course, but you know him and eternal unlife.
== Chaos is actually a [[R-Type|Bydo.]] ==
A bit of [[Out
== Juste is suffering from some kind of OCD in regard to interor decorating ==
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== God gave Mathias [[My Greatest Second Chance|a second chance]] in the form of Soma. ==
[[It Was His Sled|As we all know]], Soma is the [[Reincarnation]] of Dracula. If you compare him to his previous incarnation Mathias/Dracula, it seems as if fate went out of its way to ensure that Soma didn't turn to evil as well.
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[[Rule of Symbolism|Compare this to Soma.]]
The first difference would be in their appearances. Mathias is a [[Shiny Midnight Black|raven]]-haired [[Bishonen|bishie]] who dresses predominantly in dark colors. Soma is a [[White
Also of note is that he ''values'' the bonds he's cultivated with his allies (including the descendants of the two clans that took up arms against Dracula the most as well as Dracula's prodigal son). When Mathias succumbed to his anger at God, he hastily threw away any and all of his previous relationships in his fanatical quest to spite God. Of special note is his [[Victorious Childhood Friend|relationship with Mina]]. Mina is heavily suggested to be the next incarnation of both Elisabetha and Lisa, much like Soma is Dracula. Destiny seems to be perpetually making these two attract like magnets. However, whereas it was Mathias' love for Elisabetha/Lisa [[Love Makes You Evil|that turned him evil]], it was Soma's love for Mina (and vice versa) that ultimately ''spared'' him from this very same fate (as best seen in ''Dawn'', where it is his thoughts of Mina that allow Soma to suppress and expel the numerous souls invading his body, thus preventing them from overwhelming his body and turning him into the next Dark Lord).
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== Why Soma Cruz wasn't in Judgment. ==
Aeon, during a battle with himself, might say that two of the same person in the time rift could really mess things up. Since Soma is Dracula, and Dracula is already there, things would mess up.
* This raises questions as to what happens with ''[[Castlevania: Harmony of Despair]]''. One of things Soma can do? He can absorb Dracula's soul. Multiple times. And the 8-Bit Version too. [[Timey
== Lords of Shadow takes place snugly with the others ==
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== Dracula's power began to wane after the events of ''[[Symphony of the Night]]'' ==
In every single game in the timeline afterwards (besides the ''Sorrow'' series, since he's dead), Dracula has had trouble with his [[One
* In ''[[Order of Ecclesia]]'', he doesn't transform at all.
* In ''[[Castlevania Bloodlines]]'', he needs Drolta Tzuentes to distract you while he transforms.
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== A 3DS or Cafe game will finally show what happened in 1999 ==
The main character will be Julius (natch), but it will be like Julius mode in
* Julius: duh, uses Whips
* Alucard: duh, uses swords
* Charlotte: [[Irony|Now hates being called "old"]], possibly using magic to be physically young.
* Lt. Hammer: A [[Generation Xerox]] of Hammer, finds love during the game to account for Hammer's birth in 2001, uses knifes, guns and throwing weapons, playing like Grant in the ([[Difficulty
Jonathan shows up part way to deliver the Vampire Killer.
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== Julius has an sibling, who the Belmont line continues along ==
The reason they weren't the hero of 1999 is not that they were younger, but that they wanted a quite life as [[Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance|an interior decorator]] instead of trying to stop demons from killing them.
== [[Castlevania: Harmony of Despair]] is orchestrated by the Time Travellers. ==
St. Germaine and Aeon. Okay, this is kinda obvious, but it had to be said.
== The Time Travellers are trying to redeem Death, and are starting "new" fights with Dracula back in time to get at him. ==
Heck, St. Germaine was even trying (rather annoyingly) to talk Zead into surrendering in [[Curse of Darkness]]. The problem is, Death only has a personality when Dracula is around. (Hence his silence in the [[Castlevania: Chronicles of Sorrow
== Death hates [[Time Master
Even in the early games of the series, the [[Clock Tower]] was a recurring landmark, and usually [[That One Level]] at the same time. The minions Dracula placed in charge have varied from game to game, from generic bosses such as mummies and werewolves to named characters such as Grant and Annette. In fact, Death was only the boss of the clock tower twice in the early days: ''Dracula X'' and ''64'' (even then, only if you were Reinhardt).
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== The monsters escaped after Castlevania ==
This explains why there are no monsters in Dracula's Castle in Simon's Quest, but there are everywhere else, they got away from the castle. Dracula's influence is needed to make monsters, but they don't die with him, if he dies, the monsters gain free will, and so, they got away, and spread around Romania, to be destroyed by Simon when he looked for Dracula's remains. Without Dracula's influence, no monsters could be created in his castle, and he was re-killed so quickly, that he had no time to make monsters, this explains why he's easy. Next, the monsters in Harmony Of Dissonance were creations of {{spoiler|Maxim's will}}, and since Castle B is more or less a creation of his mind, he has more control over it's monsters, the Merchant is also a monster, but made with {{spoiler|Maxim's}} good side. In Symphony Of The Night, {{spoiler|Richter's brainwashing gave him the same will to do this, this is why he could summon the monsters in the Arena}}, monsters in Aria Of Sorrow are leftovers from the battle of 1999, and when we get a game featuring the battle, the bosses who were left over shall be [[Bonus Boss
== Eric Lecarde fought Elizabeth Bartley to hold her off while John Morris went to battle Dracula. ==
A relatively minor theory for how the events of ''[[Castlevania
* Hey, it makes perfect sense, so I don't see why it wouldn't happen.
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== The Castlevania is, in fact, the Scholomance. ==
No, not the Scholomance from [[
== About Joachim Armster ==
So, we know from [[Castlevania: Lament of Innocence]] that Joachim Armster, the vampire who is imprisoned by Walter for attempted rebellion, was once human. So what caused his current predicament? There are two possible theories:
* First possibility is that Joachim was like Leon, except of course, unluckier. His girlfriend was kidnapped by Walter, so he attempted to fight Walter, but lost, losing his girlfriend and his life. But for whatever reason, Walter decided to vampirize him just [[For the Evulz]], and that's how Joachim became a vampire.
* Second possibility is spoileriffic: {{spoiler|Joachim ''was the kidnap victim''. Remember what happens to Sara? Perhaps Joachim was just some scholarly lord or something, with a [[Battle Butler]] as his guard or so. So Walter somehow decided to kidnap Joachim, forcing the latter's guardian to try to reclaim his master, but he failed. Besides, considering that Walter vampirizes Sara before Leon even meets him face-to-face, it's also possible that Joachim was vampirized right after he got kidnapped. But anyway, Joachim's guardian failed to save him, and Joachim then tried to off Walter with his newfound powers, but failed and got imprisoned. The theory of Joachim being the kidnapped victim due to possibly being a [[Non
== Dracula's curse is the Bubonic Plague. ==
I was watching a documentary, the other day and it briefly talked about the Black plague, and said it was in the 1400s. Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse,takes place in the late 1400s. It then hit me: Dracula's Curse IS the plague. Considering the fact we really don't know much about the curse since its pretty much just in the title, it could be the plague. The next chronological game, Curse of Darkness's, opening narration talks about how, even after Dracula died, his curse rages on, but this time it goes more in depth about the curse. Its plaguing the land, AND the people. Dracula's curse left the land to rot while poisoning the minds of its inhabitants, who pillaged and scourged it without remorse. Sounds like a plague doesn't it? It is also said that during Castlevania 1 right before dying Dracula, put a curse on Simon,and is said to have non-healing wounds and cursed the land just as he did in CV 3. One of the effects of this curse as shown in curse of darkness, is the dark sides of humans. The villagers "help" in Castlevania 2: Simon's quest may have been trying to genuinely help Simon but the curse made them give cryptic or pointless info. Also it is possible that Simon could of had the plague as well as the curse. This makes Simon Belmont EVEN MORE BADASS. Also even if I am mistaken about that Dracula could of caused the plague, he certainly could of benefited from it, seeing how if the world is in an very miserable state, Dracula could potential be revived earlier than 100 years.
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== Gabriel Belmont sired Mathias Cronqvist. ==
While keeping watch over the remainder of his
== Vlad Tepes Dracula is a thin-blood, and diablerized both Mathias Cronqvist and Gabriel Belmont. ==
In the early 15th century, Gabriel Belmont and his childe, Mathias Cronqvist, settled in the province of Wallachia in the guise of the wealthy Ruthven family. Gabriel took the name Tabak Ruthven, the "head" of the family, and Mathias took on the role of his "son", Lambach Ruthven. After Mathias Embraced Vlad Tepes, he discovered that Vlad was a thin-blood and abandoned him. Vlad, coveting the power of the Crimson Stone, tracked his sire down and diablerized him, gaining not only Mathias' power, but also Walter Bernhard's Malkavian abilities. He then used his new power to cripple and diablerize Gabriel so that his control over the Crimson Stone could not be disputed. Until 1999, the four
== Zobek's warning of Satan's return referred to the Demon Castle War of 1999. ==
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It might be a stretch to include this in canon, but if the Bram Stoker novel can fit... and they more or less made it clear that "Grandpa" was supposed to be THE Dracula...
Anyway... shortly after his defeat in
Until Alucard located him. Maybe he wanted to protect his now sane father, or maybe he wanted to destroy Dracula while he was weak. Either way, Death knew this would be bad... and sent the entire Munster family forward in time by roughly 20 years(the time warp that led to the 1980s series ''Munsters Today''). Alucard lost track of Dracula and Death had 20 years free to work on the process without having to worry about Dracula being killed or turned forever from evil. Eventually, Death succeeded in finding a means to restore Dracula's powers, memories and evil nature, which led to the events of 1999.
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Of course, that's one workable theory... another is that, during one period of resurrection, a second Dracula was created out of "junk" material, which was left to wander around. He THINKS he's Dracula but has no idea about the Belmonts or anything else, in which case he's not even the real Dracula, but a leftover copy made of qualities that Dracula wasn't gifted upon rebirth(and also avoids any conflict with anything that could explain the events of 199 or what led to them, should they ever be revealed). Either WMG could explain why Grandpa, who was supposedly Dracula, didn't display most of the usual vampire traits or even any of the same behavior as any of the Castlevania versions, or even the Bram Stoker or Bela Lugosi versions.
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