History Characters / Castlevania

* EasyAmnesia: Starts the game with no memory of the past year of his life until Lydie was kidnapped, though he says that the castle is familiar to him, with more and more memories coming back to him as the game goes on. It turns out that [[spoiler: it was actually his evil self that kidnapped Lydie, bringing her to Castlevania. However, since the castle was partially created from his own mind, Maxim was able to protect her by losing his memories, concealing her location from his other self.]]

* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler: The BigBad of the game is Maxim’s other self that was created from the evil power within Dracula’s remains and Maxim’s repressed resentments regarding Juste and Lydie. The evil Maxim is trying to gain control over the good, and if one dies, so does the other. Castlevania being split across two dimensions reflects this duality, with the real Maxim being encountered in Castle A, while the evil version is in [[DarkWorld the more decayed and dark Castle B.]]]]

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Admits that he tried to be this to Juste, but feels the opposite.
--> Maxim: The day you inherited the title of Vampire Hunter... I felt as if a wall had been erected between us... and for that reason I set out on my expedition. I wanted to be better than you and relieve you of your fate.

* ICannotSelfTerminate: If Juste goes to the final boss room in Castle A, [[spoiler: he finds Maxim himself at the heart of the castle. Maxim is still sane, but admits that he’s reaching his limit, and asks Juste to kill him before he can be taken over by his evil self. Juste refuses, so [[SuicideByCop Maxim instigates the fight himself to force Juste into killing him.]]

* GoodIsNotSoft: Leon feels lucky to have met such a sweet lady, with a nice personality. Until she becomes the [[spoiler:Vampire Killer]] in the hope of stopping [[spoiler:Mathias]], as the Belmonts use her to plow through his forces.
* HeroicSacrifice: She doesn't want others to suffer her fate, so she made a pact with Leon and Rinaldo to bind her soul to the Whip of Alchemy.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The Belmonts are using the soul of Leon's lover all this time.
* SamusIsAGirl: A rare weapon example; the [[WhipItGood Vampire Killer]] '''is''' Sara.

* TrueCompanions: What he believes he and Trevor to be right from the start in the original Japanese script of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'''.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Nathan ''Graves''. Vampires beware!

* StopOrIllShootMyself: Threatens to commit suicide if Dracula doesn't back off. [[YouGotSpunk Dracula is amused]], but undeterred, not caring whether she follows through.

* BerserkButton: Messing with his mother is a terrible idea, as the succubus learned the hard way.

* NiceHat: A top hat, at that.

* NiceHat: Gives these out as rewards for clearing her quests.

* NiceHat: Only in his ''[=PoR=]'' self.

* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: Her KnightTemplar status in ''Judgment'' in a nutshell. She is willing to kill anyone who is a monster or otherwise has dark powers, even if they use them for good (granted, she did not know who any of them were, as she had not canonically met [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Alucard]] in this timeline) and [[{{Hypocrite}} although she herself is a witch]]. Justified as Dracula's dark forces are the reason her fellow witches were being persecuted.

* DemotedToExtra: Trevor reappears in ''Curse of Darkness'', Sypha gets to have a lot of descendants, Grant was given nothing at all until ''Judgment''.

** He also once again took a leave of absence in [[WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017 the Netflix series]], not being seen at all throughout the series. The most he gets is a mere mention of the off-screen "Pirate of the Roads".

* TrueCompanions: What he believes he and Trevor to be right from the start in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse CV3]]''[='=]s Japanese script.

* ThemeNaming: Danasty is taken from the name of a family that were enemies of Vlad Tepes: Dinesti.

* DefrostingIceQueen: ''Judgment''-unique. According to her ''Judgment'' personality, she [[VanHelsingHateCrimes persecutes all that even dare wield dark powers]], and is a bit bitchy in doing her job. By the end of ''Dracula's Curse'', however, it is implied that she... got better by spending time with Trevor (or [[BreakTheHaughty being captured and petrified then saved by Trevor does humble her a bit]]). This is totally absent in ''Castlevania III''[='=]s JP iteration, where she's formal and amiable. In the ''Pachislot III'' re-interpretation, she is also much warmer from the get-go.
* DemotedToExtra: Many fans have expressed concern that Sypha is nowhere to be seen in the ''Pachislot Akumajo Dracula'' games, while Trevor is aided by a new girl, Angela. To be fair, her being Trevor's wife might have something to do with it, but it still brings up questions, since she can defend herself just fine. The justification is that ''Pachislot I'' & ''II'' is supposedly taking place in an AlternateUniverse of ''Curse of Darkness'', and Sypha is not present there by default.
** She does show up ([[FanservicePack with a new design closer to her original design, but being more obviously feminine than mysterious]]) in the third pachislot title, which is set during the events of ''III''.
* FantasticRacism: In ''Judgment'', she evidences a hatred of any who bear any connection to the darkness. This means her storyline-important fights are against Cornell and Shanoa, and she gets extra-vehement dialogue before a fight with Golem or Alucard.

%%* HotWitch

%%* JigglePhysics: In ''Judgment''.
* KnightTemplar: The Sypha in ''Judgment'' shows that she was this before she met Trevor and Alucard, as she's quick to try and kill any creature of the night (including [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Cornell, Alucard]], [[GentleGiant Golem]], and [[BadPowersGoodPeople Shanoa]]), labelling them "evil without chance of redemption". [[{{Hypocrite}} You would think as a witch, she'd know personally that not all creatures of the night are evil.]]

* SamusIsAGirl: In ''CVIII'' due to a translation error in the scene where she offers to join Trevor using male pronouns to refer to her. Should Trevor have her with him when he defeats Dracula, in the ending animation, she takes her hood off, revealing her [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold long blonde hair]], and leans against him. However, her gender was never hidden in the original Japanese, or in any games after ''CVIII''.
* SheWhoFightsMonsters: Her KnightTemplar status in ''Judgment'' in a nutshell. She is willing to kill anyone who is a monster or otherwise has dark powers, even if they use them for good (granted, she did not know who any of them were, as she had not canonically met [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Alucard]] in this timeline) and [[{{Hypocrite}} although she herself is a witch]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In the credits, her name is listed as "Syfa Velnumdes" despite it being "Sypha Belnades" in the manual (the Japanese version displays it as "Sypha Velnumdes" in English). Either way, the last name might be a corruption of "Fernandez", as noted with Carrie Fernandez (see below).
** In ''Harmony of Dissonance'', her name is inadvertently spelled as [[MyHeroZero Cipher]] in English (an item called "Cipher's Charm" is actually "Sypha's Charm" and the translators missed the ''CVIII'' reference). Considering how little story she's had thus far (only existing so the Belmonts can have magic), it's almost fitting... until ''Judgment'' fixed her name back to Sypha.

%%* SilkHidingSteel: Only in ''CVIII''.

* BadassBaritone: His original ''Symphony'' English voice[[note]] Robert Belgrade [[/note]] is fantastically smooth.

* BadassLongCoat: He has a cape and a black-and-gold frock coat.

* {{Bishonen}}: He's a tall, slender young man with beautiful long platinum hair. {{Averted}} in his original ''[=CVIII=]'' design, where he looks more like a stereotypical vampire — though still handsome going off of his manual art.

* CannotCrossRunningWater: In ''Symphony,'' stepping in water reduces Alucard's HP until he finds a certain item. It's one of the few vampiric weaknesses he retains.

* FogOfDoom: Alucard can actually ''become'' a poison gas cloud after obtaining a certain upgrade in ''Symphony,'' which allows him to use his mist form to damage enemies.

* {{Hellfire}}: In ''Symphony,'' he can use his father's iconic triple-fireball attack, and even the "Dark Inferno" variation.
* HeroesPreferSwords: He's one of the relatively few ''Castlevania'' protagonists to use a sword.

* IWorkAlone: In ''Symphony of the Night'', he really doesn't play well with others. He trades information with Maria, but doesn't exactly work with her, and after dealing with Richter, tells him and Maria to go away while he takes care of Dracula personally. In later games, [[CharacterDevelopment he's over this]], though he's still better as a mastermind and planner than actually fighting alongside Julius or Soma.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Alucard can use shields in ''Symphony.''

* NotSoStoic: While he is usually TheStoic, there are times where Alucard reacted in surprise or in outright panic, such as in the "Nightmare" level in which the Succubus posed as his mother about to get burned on the stake. Once the deception falls apart, Alucard is genuinely angry, although it is TranquilFury.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's never addressed as "Adrian" in any game. (The only time any character addresses him with his given name is in ''Nocturne of Recollection,'' a radio drama explaining the aftermath of ''[=SotN=]''.)

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's physically eighteen, but he is immortal.

* SealedGoodInACan: Once or twice canonically (after ''III'' and ''[=SotN=]'', although Maria ''may'' have been able to talk him out of the latter; he also did this in ''[[CanonDiscontinuity Legends]]''), with the large gaps between his appearances accounting for this trope at least a few more times.

* SummonMagic: ''[=SotN=]'' introduced us to Alucard's {{familiar}}s.

* TranquilFury: The Succubus learned the hard way that impersonating Alucard's mother was a ''terrible'' idea, and after defeating her, he feels no remorse when condemning her soul to wander in the dream world for all eternity.
* VegetarianVampire: Alucard absolutely refuses to drink human blood for any reason. Being a {{Dhampyr}}, he doesn't actually need to (he consumes normal food in ''[=SotN=]''), but his suppressed bloodthirst is still there. Also, he doesn't mind absorbing ''monster'' blood.

%%* EveryoneLovesBlondes

Four years later, when Richter vanishes, a grown-up Maria tries to investigate the castle herself, but she ends up meeting Alucard and works together with him. She saves Richter, and develops feelings for Alucard, and is able to convince him to remain awake. (If you get the Best Ending, Maria runs after Alucard, leaving Richter on the cliff. In the [[AudioAdaptation audio drama]] ''Nocturne of Recollection'', Maria and Alucard are living together.)

* ACupAngst: Only in ''Judgment''; she's obsessed about her chest size and admires the other females' assets. Ironic considering how [[YoungerThanTheyLook endowed]] she was in ''Rondo of Blood''.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: ''Dracula X'' makes her related to Maria. However, this isn't so much as mentioned in any other source material (except the manual for ''Symphony of the Night'', but that was only because the translator was more familiar with ''Dracula X'' than ''Rondo of Blood'').

-->'''Maria:''' "I'll make you mine forever!"

%%* ShipTease: With Ada.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Zig-zagged. He talks down to the heroes for being amateurs compared to him, when he is never shown accomplishing what they do on-screen and [[spoiler:gets turned into a vampire in the bad ending]]. However, in the good ending, [[spoiler:he sees through Malus's deception and tosses holy water on him, forcing him to reveal his true form]].

%%* ChurchMilitant

* IncompatibleOrientation: She can NoSell the Charm spell used by one of the bosses of ''Portrait of Ruin''. Presumably, this is because Charlotte is straight, and said boss is female.
* JustAKid: Everyone ridicules her as this, and she doesn't like it. ''[[MadArtist Brauner]]'', of all people, is the only one who doesn't treat her like this.

* TheTease: Not really a core part of her character, but hold Up long enough when using her and she'll twirl around, face the screen, place her arms behind her head, and strike a pose before asking "Well? Not bad, huh?" She does it even better in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDespair Harmony of Despair]]'', where she sounds a bit older and opts for a more flirtatious-sounding "You like that?"

* WhiteMage: Also has some healing abilities (though mostly towards ailments) and stat-boosting spells. Throw in a time-stopping spell and one that negates projectiles, and she becomes more of a [[TheRedMage Red Mage.]]

* FireIceLightning: Her three spells she can cast when you play as her. Also meant as a ContinuityNod to Sypha's spells in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse]]''.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Is taken out of the action in ''Aria'' by being stabbed, with an ordinary knife. No other character has been so easy to take down, and indeed, come ''Dawn'', she can take quite a few stabs from random mooks.

* LadyOfWar: Namely in ''Dawn of Sorrow''[='=]s Julius Mode, as well as ''Harmony of Despair''.

%%* SquishyWizard

%%* SharpDressedMan

* VerbalTic: He is in love with the word "time". Loves making puns with it, too.

%%* DistressedDamsel

%%* SmurfettePrinciple

%%* InTheHood

* RapunzelHair: She lifts her long hair up quite easily, to show off her SexyBacklessOutfit.

** ''Characters/SuperSmashBrosEchoFighters''[[note]]Richter[[/note]]

!Appeared in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines Bloodlines]]''

[[folder:John Morris]]

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The son of [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Quincy]] Morris from Bram Stoker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' novel. He witnessed his father's defeat of Dracula and swore to live up to his name. When Elizabeth Bartley tries to revive Dracula, he sets out with his buddy Eric Lecarde, wielding the Vampire Killer, and successfully defeats both of them.\\\

Unfortunately, since the Morrises are only distant relatives to the Belmont Clan, the Vampire Killer drained his life away, and he was never able to fully heal the wounds that he received from Dracula. He trained his son Jonathan as best he could and gave him the whip, dying before he could explain the whip's true nature. Well, at least if you trust what ''Portrait of Ruin'' has to say about the matter.

* AscendedExtra: For Quincy Morris in general. In the ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' novel, Quincy is generally nonconsequential and often AdaptedOut as Abraham van Helsing and Jonathan Harker take the most heavy-lifting to outwit and defeat Dracula. In the ''Castlevania'' canon, Quincy takes part in defeating Dracula more definitely, but also left behind a legacy of vampire hunters despite being just partial Belmont that helps the world stave off Dracula's threat, as both John and his son can attest.
* BlessedWithSuck: He's blessed with the power to kill Dracula by wielding the Vampire Killer, but that [[{{Retcon}} cursed him with the inability to heal his wounds since he's only part Belmont]].
* BroadStrokes: In Stoker's novel, Quinc''e''y Morris was one of Lucy's suitors and no children of his are mentioned.
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:The Vampire Killer consumed his soul between ''Bloodlines'' and ''Portrait of Ruin''.]]
* DubNameChange: Johnny Morris in the Japanese version, which is not much of a difference, as Johnny is technically a common nickname for John.
* MightyGlacier: He's a bit less nimble than Eric, but he hits a ''lot'' harder.
* PosthumousCharacter: Some of John's character is revealed in ''Portrait of Ruin''.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Since he didn't know how to properly use the Vampire Killer, he wasn't able to survive his injuries after beating Dracula.

* CoolBigSis: To Mina Hakuba.

* LongingLook: He does this to Yoko in ''Dawn of Sorrow'', according to Soma's chats with her.

* DamselInDistress: Leon journeys to the Castle of Eternal Night to rescue her from Walter. [[spoiler:He ends up arriving too late, as Walter turns her into a vampire so he could derive pleasure from Leon seeing the horror and tragedy of the situation.]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: She considers being a vampire this. Also, [[spoiler:she's still stuck inside the whip, even after Julius "permanently" kills Dracula, and later Soma]].

* KnifeNut: This aspect of him is played up in ''Judgment''.

* BadPowersGoodPeople: Alucard is a textbook example. He is a (half-)vampire and the son of Count Dracula himself. He has most of Dracula's dark powers -- he can turn into [[VoluntaryShapeshifting a wolf, a bat]], or [[SuperSmoke mist]], he can conjure Dracula's famous [[{{Hellfire}} "Hellfire"]] attack, he can gain health from monster blood and from [[YourSoulIsMine stealing their souls]], he can control lesser monsters and summon spirits, and he can identify people by the scent of their blood. He would be an extremely powerful vampire lord, if not for his heart of gold and his heroic devotion to doing good.

* CannotCrossRunningWater: In ''Symphony,'' stepping in water reduces Alucard's HP until he finds a certain item. It's one of the few vampire weaknesses he retains.

* DarkIsNotEvil: He has all the traditional vampire powers, including some of his father's {{signature move}}s such as Hellfire, but uses them for good.

* MagicKnight: Alucard primarily fights with swords and rods, and secondarily with his vampire powers and items, but he does have several spells available to him as well.

--> '''Maria:''' Not the talkative type, I can see?

--> '''Hector:''' That matters not. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge I've come to exact my revenge upon you!]] For the death of [[TheLostLenore Rosaly]]!

* LittleMissBadass: Her [[LethalJokeCharacter abili]][[MagikarpPower ties]] put ''Richter'' to shame. In ''Judgment'', she's the final boss for Eric in Story Mode, and he comments in awe that her abilities are said to be greater than those of the Belmonts.

--> "I'll make you mine forever!"

-->'''Shanoa''': Rest in peace, Albus.

--> '''Albus:''' You can't hit me.

--> '''Monica:''' (''right after being saved'') Oh! Wh-What did I do to deserve to be saved by such a beautiful angel?

-->'''Daniela''': Oh, are we done already? Well, that's rather disappointing, isn't it?
-->'''Shanoa''': ''Disappointing?''
-->'''Daniela''': You're not that rascal from before.

-->'''Marcel''': [...]It's neither a devil, nor wearing a jersey...

A descendant from the Belmont Clan, he's inherited the Vampire Killer whip as well as the duty of destroying Dracula whenever he arises. He was raised in the ways of the church and abhors attacking women and children, a trait that comes into question when he comes across a female vampire named Rosa in the abbey grounds. Even after her demise at the hands of [[TheGrimReaper Death]], he remains resolute, successfully destroying Dracula's new incarnation and proving that even the damned are worthy of forgiveness. Unfortunately, he's very difficult to play as, and thus only those with the maddest of superskills (and stubbornness aplenty) reach the end of his story.

* KnifeNut: The first and most basic of the fabled vampire hunter sub-weapons that Reinhardt can use.

* ThePaladin: Reinhardt is undoubtedly one of the most devout vampire hunters in Castlevania, making the sign of the Cross at the game's start, he prevents Rosa's suicide saying that God forbids suicide even if you are a vampire, and he also [[spoiler:prays to God for Rosa's absolution, giving her his cross to hold and reassuring her that she would be welcomed in Heaven, as she lays dying in his arms]]. Deconstructed, as Reinhardt was raised in the ways of the Church and his father's teaching to protect women and children, yet as a good Paladin, he has no qualms about destroying vampires wherever he finds them... up until he meets Rosa, a vampire who laments her curse and the damnation of her soul. By the game's end, Reinhardt has come to believe ''anyone'' can be saved and forgiven. His unshakeable faith is rewarded when [[spoiler:Rosa is resurrected, healed from her vampirism, thanks to her sacrifice and Reinhardt's bravery]].

-->"I have the power to subdue Dracula himself. You had no chance. Dracula knows this. He used you merely to delay me."

* AntiVillain: Although she is a vampire and acts as a boss in Reinhart's story, she does not willfully oppose Reinhardt and Carrie, and she only fights Reinhardt due to being compelled by Death.

* FateWorseThanDeath: She considers her existence as a vampire to be worse than death, since she believes that her cursed soul has been tainted by sin and can no longer find peace or forgiveness.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Rosa is the only blonde vampire in ''Castlevania 64'', as well as the only heroic one.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Reinhardt deduces that it was Dracula's curse that made her a vampire. Rosa sacrifices herself when she believes that Reinhardt can kill Dracula and prevent anyone else from suffering her fate.

--> '''Jonathan:''' Being family means being connected by the heart. Ties of blood and soul are insignificant. When I learned of why my father did what he did, I understood. You used a curse to manipulate your "dear daughters"! Now THAT'S sad!

--> '''Aeon:''' "You are not the one. Then I must go myself."

--> '''Aeon:''' You will pay for disrupting the flow of time. Your hour is ''up!''

!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Takahiro Yoshimizu

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Her KnightTemplar status in ''Judgment'' in a nutshell. She is willing to kill anyone who is a monster or otherwise has dark powers, even if they use them for good (granted, she did not know who any of them were, as she had not canonically met [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Alucard]] in this timeline) and [[{{Hypocrite}} even though she herself is a witch]].

* JigglePhysics: In ''Judgment''.

* SilkHidingSteel: Only in ''CVIII''.

* BreakoutCharacter: When Alucard was brought back from ''Dracula's Curse'' eight years later in ''Symphony of the Night'' with a new appearance and some nifty new tricks under his belt, Alucard's popularity skyrocketed to the point that he became just as synonymous with the franchise as its chief family of protagonists and their mortal enemies (if not ''moreso''), with his prominence within canon shifting to reflect these changes. It doesn't hurt that Alucard is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld practically]] [[{{Immortality}} immortal]], making him the sole recurring hero with the best chance of reappearing in a ''Castlevania'' should the circumstances call for it.

Anna is Irina's daughter and Serge's little sister. She's a polite little girl with a sensitivity for the supernatural, which sadly, also [[BlessedWithSuck makes her vulnerable to]] [[DemonicPossession possession]]. Her quests revolve around Tom, a cat who protects Anna by keeping spirits at bay.

* DefectorFromDecadence: Seeing his clan wipe out an entire village and leave Ada as the only survivor made Cornell [[TrainingFromHell work vigorously to control his beast form]] [[MoralityPet for Ada's sake]].

* RatedMForManly: Quite the rugged-looking individual, in particular because his design stands out among the other Kojima-designed or redesigned heroes. He doesn't have a bishonen version, and his muscular frame also helps in marking him as this.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The US version of ''Bloodlines'' has his portrait [[RatedMForManly look like]] [[http://www.castlevaniadungeon.net/Games/cvbforeign.html a man.]]

* DemonicPossession, EnemyWithin, FinalBoss, and RivalTurnedEvil: [[spoiler:He sometimes gets possessed by the evil from Castlevania. He is trying to fight that possession, but eventually fails and becomes a FinalBoss.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Annette has lavendar hair in ''Rondo of Blood'', though it was changed to a shade of blonde in ''Dracula X'' and ''Rondo'''s PSP remake, which became her standard appearance.

* {{Meganekko}}: Iris sports a pair of glasses in the PSP remake.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Tera has teal hair, though it was changed to black in the PSP remake.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Or purple, depending on the costume.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: His hair turned purple as he got older rather than gray.

* CallingYourAttacks: "Guardian Fist!" "(Sacred Beast name), appear!"