History Characters / Castlevania2017DraculasArmy

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Netflix subtitles give his name as [=FlysEyes=].

* DemonOfHumanOrigin: Not only are they forged out from human corpses, Season 3 shows that some of the souls bound to their bodies used to be human themselves, such as [=FlysEyes=] being a Greek philosopher in life.

* TheLegionsOfHell: They are an endless horde of demons summoned by Dracula with the purpose of laying waste on mankind.

The BigBad of the series and the '''"King of Vampires"''', Vlad {{Dracula}} Ţepeş. A powerful vampire whom secluded himself in his castle before being visited by a woman named Lisa, that event would end up changing his life forever. Unfortunately the Church got a hold of his wife and burned her at the stake after condemning her as a witch. Consumed by sorrow and pure raw rage, he now seeks vengeance on all of humanity for his loss, condemning them all to genocide... [[spoiler:After his death in Season 2, he is now in Hell alongside his beloved wife. Before being pulled back out of it by Death and Saint Germain in the fourth season's finale.]]

* DropTheHammer: He is able to magically summon a warhammer to use in combat. It's also the tool he uses for his Forgemaster craft.

* CassandraTruth: He and Isaac seem to be the only ones capable of seeing how Dracula's plan (or lack thereof) would logically end-- With the needless extinction of humanity followed by the vampires slowly starving to death. He still believes in Dracula's cause, and isn't even fully insubordinate, but would rather it be done effectively so that neither species fully dies. He attempts to privately raise these concerns with Dracula, Carmilla, and Isaac, but is respectively [[spoiler:threatened, beaten, and killed by them]], because he was exactly right, but no one was willing to admit it out loud.

* MasterSwordsman: Ratko doesn't wield a massive greatsword like Striga, or a bizarre, exotic flail like Dragan. In spite of this, he's more than a match for Trevor with a plain longsword, which lends ''some'' credit to his claims of being "the best vampire war-fighter in three hundred years." Trevor only kills him after not one, but three bystanders risk their lives to distract him, one of them dying in the process.

* RecurringElement: He is essentially this season's version of Godbrand, a vampire [[TheBrute brute]] who has a high opinion of himself and calls out their respective leaders on their perceived faults. The difference is that Godbrand, for all his faults, [[KnowWhenToFoldEm knows his limits]], and decided against antagonising Dracula. Ratko, on the other hand, has ''no idea'' what he's up to when he antagonizes Varney.

* SmallNameBigEgo: A more subtle example than the [[spoiler:deliberately]] over-the-top Varney, but Ratko's MotiveRant reveals that he considers himself "the best vampire war-fighter in three hundred years", and resents his designation as Varney's subordinate immensely, claiming he has had to "hide his skills" so as not to arouse suspicion. Though he does give [[spoiler:Trevor]] a reasonably tough fight, he is by no means the most dangerous vampiric opponent in the show (in particular, sharing a season with the unstoppable GeniusBruiser Striga makes him look downright pathetic, and his fellow lieutenant Dragan proves to be far more of a challenge to the heroes), and his extended TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Varney is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:a demonstration of how spectacularly he's misjudged his boss]].

* BigBadWannabe: Convinced that he's the "best vampire warfighter of the past three hundred years" and that Varney and the rest of the remnants of Dracula's army are simply holding him back from his full potential as the apex predator of the planet. Given that the best he can do is give the WeakButSkilled Trevor Belmont a moderately challenging fight while the latter is dealing with poorly-maintained and/or unfamiliar equipment, it's downright hilarious hubris (for context, any seriously powerful foe usually requires all three heroes to work as a team to overcome them).

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Discussed. When Isaac decides to spend time to repair the city and bury the dead that can't be reanimated, [=FlysEyes=] argues that night creatures exist to kill and destroy. Isaac counters by offering the demon a berry, causing [=FlysEyes=] to remember the first time he ate a berry in his first life. Isaac then points out that a being that exists solely to kill wouldn't be able to enjoy a simple pleasure like that, so there must clearly be more to them than that.

* BaldOfEvil: Isaac is bald in this continuity rather than being a EvilRedhead like in the games.

* AnythingThatMoves: While it is never demonstrated in the series proper, but multiple characters make reference to his libido. When he's off-camera, his allies tend to joke that he's probably somewhere trying to sleep with someone or something.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A guy by the name "Ratko" with a penchant for disregarding the customs of war to win? Now, where did we see something like that [[RealLife IRL]]? Exactly, say hello to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ratko_Mladic Ratko Mladić]], a former [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republika_Srpska Republika Srpska]] army bigwig currently sitting behind bars for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

* {{Foil}}: Although the two never meet or interact on-screen, he nicely contrasts Striga, another military vampire of seemingly Slavic origin. The difference between them is that while Striga is a BloodKnight who believes that WarIsGlorious and [[CodeOfHonour should be conducted honorably]], Ratko is a CombatPragmatist who will use every dirty trick in the book to win, and dismisses the open army-to-army warfare that contitutes Striga's bread and butter as "prancing around on a field".

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: [[spoiler:When Dragan has his men bring the rebis to where Saint Germain is conducting the ritual, the latter makes to open the spirit barrier that keeps others out. Varney casually takes over and clears a hole big enough that they can move in with a wave of his hand. No vampire demonstrates the ability to manipulate soul energy in the series prior, yet somehow, a grimy [[SmallNameBigEgo bottomfeeder]] like Varney can do it? A tiny hint that there's more to him than at first glance...]]

* CombatPragmatist: He's more than happy to gang up on Trevor with the night creatures under his command, and talks at length about how pragmatic he considers himself.

--> See [[Characters/Castlevania2017Dracula Dracula]].

* NervesOfSteel: Isaac always keeps a calm face, even when he's fighting vampires. [[spoiler:In their confrontation, Carmilla snarls and curses like a cornered beast while Isaac doesn't lose his cool once.]]

* {{Irony}}: Dracula wished for his two Devil Forgemasters to get along better in season 1.[[spoiler:He gets his wish at the end of season 4, while he is dead and can't witness it]].

* StockholmSyndrome: Hector falls for his captor, Lenore. [[spoiler: Even when he helps Isaac take the castle, he insists on her being spared and seems to still have some serious fondness for her, fitting his idealistic nature. When she wants to die, Hector allows her to and shows her nothing but sympathy despite her abuse and manipulation of him.]]