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In 1792, Maria's parents were killed, and she was captured, along with several other young women, and taken to Dracula's castle. Richter Belmont saved Maria from Shaft, one of Dracula's servants, who was attempting to cast a spell on her. Once Maria is rescued, she becomes playable and uses various magically enhanced animal attacks for combat.
Alucard was intended to be a mirror image of his father, as evidenced by his name, his father's name spelled backwards. [1] The original Castlevania games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) contained references to the Universal Horror films, with Alucard being a tribute to Lon Chaney Jr.'s role as Count Alucard from the 1943 film, Son Of Dracula.
A new series with a new cast of characters set in the Castlevania universe was confirmed in May 2021, which would not be a direct spin-off of the original Castlevania series, but rather a stand-alone sequel, focusing on Richter Belmont, Trevor and Sypha's descendant, and Maria Renard fighting vampires and demons in 1792 during the French ...
Simon Belmont (シモン・ベルモンド, Shimon Berumondo, Simon Belmondo) is a fictional character who serves as the first protagonist to appear in the Castlevania series. He appears in Castlevania , Vampire Killer , Haunted Castle , Castlevania II: Simon's Quest , Super Castlevania IV , and Castlevania Chronicles , and acts as a supporting ...
Castlevania (/ ˌ k æ s əl ˈ v eɪ n i ə /), known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula, [a] [2] is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise created by Konami.The series is largely set in the castle of Count Dracula, the arch-enemy of the Belmont clan of vampire hunters.
After Jonathan passes the test and defeats the Memory of the Whip, an entity bearing the likeness of Richter Belmont, he is warned against overusing it, as the Vampire Killer drains life force of a non-Belmont wielding the full power, eventually killing the user as it did Jonathan's father.
By inputting Richter Belmont's name as the username, the player can play as Richter, [12] who uses a whip as his main weapon and various sub-weapons. [13] In the Sega Saturn version, the port included in the PlayStation Portable game Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles , and in the PlayStation 4 port, Castlevania Requiem , Maria Renard is ...
In Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge, it is revealed that Dracula escaped and survived until 1591, when he kidnapped Christopher's son Soleil and tried to turn him against his father. Christopher defeats Dracula again and saves his son. Castlevania: Rondo of Blood takes place in 1792 and stars a new Belmont named Richter. This was the first ...