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movies, by putting Count Dracula at the head of the pack, and having other
monsters serve as bosses (Frankenstein, The Mummy Man, etc.) Vampires have
been part of lore and legends throughout history. However, they were first made
popular through Bram Stoker's Dracula, written in 1897. Yet how well does Bram
Stoker's story fit into the CastleVania lineage?
Please note that the Castlevania timeline is very inconsistent. There are a few
loop holes - for one, the American Castlevania 3 instruction manual specifically
states that Trevor's adventures take place 100 years before Simon's, whereas the
official Japanese version has Christopher (and the Gameboy titles) following
Trevor's Adventure. This was likely a mistranslation, however. Also, the
resurrection dates are not always exactly 100 years, but this can be acceptable.
This official timeline was previously found at Konami Japan's Castlevania page,
which has since been dismantled, for whatever reason. Similarly, some games
(like the Nintendo 64 games, Castlevania Legends and Circle of the Moon) have
been taken out of the official timeline for reasons that aren't entirely apparent.
They are included here to give the full story of the series.
There's also some confusion about the games featuring Simon Belmont. For all
intents of purpose, the MSX Vampire Killer, NES Castlevania, SNES Super
Castlevania IV, arcade Haunted Castle and X68000/PSX Castlevania Chronicles
are just different versions of the same story. They also all have the same name in
Japan (simply Akumajou Dracula.) Therefore, they are counted as one. The only
real difference between any of them is that Haunted Castle has the unnamed main
character fighting to save his newly-wed wife (called Selena on a Japanese
fansite, though who knows how canon that is) from Dracula. Similarly, both the
PC Engine and SNES Dracula X are considered the same game.
By nature, vampires must have blood from others to survive. Vampires often
make victims drink blood from their veins, thus infecting them. When they die,
then that person would come back to life as a vampire. Vampires can only come
out at night, as they are much weaker in daylight (as they cannot use many of
their powers.) Unlike many vampire movies and novels, vampires do not burn
into ash at sunlight. Garlic and crosses repell them, while holy water can inflict
burns on vampires. Although they remain primarily in human form, they can also
turn into a bat, a wolf, or turn into mist to float around freely.
Christopher Belmont set forth to prove this to him. During the confrontation with
Christopher, Dracula felt it would be better to turn tail and run. He would not
stand a chance against a Belmont, so hid until a time of weakness would reveal
itself.
1591 - Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge
Fifteen years later, Dracula discovered Christopher's son, Soleiyu. He kidnapped
the young boy, forcing Christopher to be more careful in his second battle with
Drac, for one mistake and Dracula would have Soleiyu killed. Christopher found
and rescued Soleiyu, who had be brainwashed by the forces of evil, and set forth
to destroy the Count with raging fury.
1691 - Castlevania
Another hundred years passed, and Dracula rose from his sleep with a plan. If he
was defeated again, he would not sleep alone! He began reaking havok and
quickly drew the attention of a new Belmont. Simon was the great-grandson of
Christopher, and had been trained with the experience of two great Vampire
Hunters before him. However, all the training he had would not prepare him for
what Dracula had planned. Simon made it to Dracula with all the skill of a
warrior, and promptly slayed him.
1698 - Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
Simon thought that his torments were over when he
defeated Dracula. What did not know was Dracula had
placed a curse on him before their battle had ended, and
slowly Simon would fall ill and die. One of the village
elders told him that the only way to break the curse was to
resurrect Dracula and burn him. Simon would need the
Count's body parts to do this, and the Count knew it. The
Count had previously ordered his followers to scatter his body and guard it's
pieces with their lives. He knew that he'd be sacrificing an early resurrection, but
it was worth it to him. He would sleep his hundred years, and when he awoke,
Simon would be long dead and the Belmont family lineage with him. Simon set
forth to gather Drac's parts. He resurrected the Count and burned him, lifting the
curse.
1748 - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Lydie Erlanger, Transylvanian youth, has been kidnapped and brought into the
mysterious castle in the fog. Her friend, Juste Belmont (grandson of Simon) and
Maxim Kischine, must enter the once again and slay the forces within. Once
inside, Maxim begins to act funny - in his jealousy, could he be conspiring
against the Belmonts? It is discovered that Maxim tried to recover the body parts
end, Carmilla is defeated and Dracula is destroy yet again. This game has also
been retconned by Koji Igarashi.
18?? - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Some time after the events of Symphony of the Night (as well as some events
mentioned in the Castlevania Radio Drama, the Belmont family seems to be
absent. With no one to carry on the vampire hunting and slaying of the 1800's,
different organizations were created. The story in this game deals with one such
organization, called the "Order of Ecclesia", whose practitioners used magic in
the form of Glyphs to perform amazing feats in order to vanquish evil. A set of
powerful glyphs, meant to hold back and contain Dracula's Magic (named
'Dominus'), were created by the Order and an exalted member of the Order, a
woman named Shanoa, was to perform a ritual to become the human vessel of
Dominus, in order for the magic to be dispelled completely. The ritual fails,
however, when a rogue Ecclesia member named Albus steals the glyphs. At the
request of her mentor, a priest named Barlowe, Shanoa, now without memories
and seemingly emotionless due to the botched ritual, sets forth to discover the
truth behind Albus's intentions.
In truth, Albus, who has cared for Shanoa for years, akin to a brother, but quite
possibly had some feelings beyond such for her, actually stole the Dominus
Glyphs because he had figured out that Barlowe, a corrupt priest, was actually
going to use them to sacrifice Shanoa to Dominus, and revive Lord Dracula and
be given immense power. Fearing that Shanoa would die, he carefully stole the
Glyphs as to not kill Shanoa, but instead blank out her memories. Albus
sacrifices his own sanity though, since just being in the vicinity of Dominus can
drive an ordinary person mad. Albus has taken small samples of blood of the
people of Wygol, a village nearby, because they are, in fact, Belmont descendants
and he thought that a ritual with their blood would give him the power to be near
Dominus without going mad (this was not entirely accurate).. Depending on the
villagers you have saved by the time you fight Albus, you can alter the course of
events and change the ending. On the best ending, Albus perishes but fuses his
essence with the glyph as Shanoa absorbs it. After giving up the last of the
Dominus trio in a fight, Albus dies, but his soul tells Shanoa of all of the events.
He also reveals that Dominus is not meant to ward Dracula's Magic, but is rather
made FROM Dracula's Magic... and is actually Dracula's Essence. He also tells
her that it was no accident that she lost her memories and that in fact, Barlowe
had used her memories as a sacrifice in order to control Dominus. Shanoa faces
a corrupt Barlowe in battle, and upon his defeat he offers up his own life to
ressurect Dracula. With no one left on her side, and no one knowing of Ecclesia
at all, she alone must venture into a newly-risen Castlevania to destroy the
Count...
When reaching the Keep, Shanoa must use Dominus to destroy Dracula... or
destroy herself. At the last moment, it is revealed that the life that is sacrificed
does not need to be hers, and Albus's soul, fused into the glyphs, offers itself as a
sacrifice. This restores Shanoa's emotions and she smiles upon request by
Albus's fleeting soul. These events are not recorded and all knowledge of
Castlevania rising, Ecclesia, Shanoa, and Albus, fade into obscurity.
1844 - Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Through the necromancy of his followers, Dracula is once drawn back into land
of the living earlier than usual. However, his body is not fully regenerated. After
destroying local villages, he begins to kidnap children, looking for a suitable
soul. It is then when man-beast Cornell steps in and attempts to stop this plan, for
his adopted sister Ada is one of those captured. Although he saves his sister, he is
not entirely successful in destroying the Count. This game has also been
retconned by Koji Igarashi.
1852 - Castlevania 64
Eight years down the road, a man of Belmont lineage
named Reinhart Schneider, and a small girl, descendent
of Sypha named Carrie Fernandez, continue to
investigate the missing children from the local village.
All signs point to Castlevania. They discover a
frightened child named Malus, whom they attempt to
help out of the castle, only to learn that this young one
is actually harboring the soul of Dracula within him. In
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, you also play as a gun-wielding knight named
Henry, one of the children Cornell freed several years prior, to rescue other
village kids that are still remaining. This game has also been retconned by Koji
Igarashi.
1897 - Bram Stoker's Dracula
As documented in Bram Stoker's Dracula, it was in 1897 that Dracula rose again,
by unknown means, and had Jonathan Harker as his guest. In a final showdown,
Quincey Morris and Jonathan Harker dug a knife into the chest of the sleeping
Dracula. Quincey, however, did not survive the gash inflicted by gypsies under
the influence of the Count's hyponotism. Although the book does not mention
this, Quincey's son, John, was hiding in the background, and had witnessed the
whole event. It is also not mentioned that Quincey was a member of the Belmont
family lineage. Logically, this is improbable...there is no way a little two year old
(since John was born in 1895) could follow his father across the countryside to
Romania to witness the final battle. And Quincey must be a widow, since he tried
to court Lucy early in the novel.
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