History Characters / CastlevaniaAntagonists

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!Main Villains
[[folder:Dracula]]
->See [[Characters/CastlevaniaDracula Dracula]].
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[[folder:Death]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka (''Rondo of Blood''), Creator/MasaharuSato (''Symphony of the Night'', ''Lament of Innocence'', ''Curse of Darkness'' and ''Harmony of Despair''), Takuo Kawamura (''Harmony of Dissonance''), Creator/TetsuInada (''Aria of Sorrow'', ''Dawn of Sorrow''), Yukitoshi Hori (''Curse of Darkness'' as Zead), Yasuhiko Tokuyama (''Portrait of Ruin''), Masaru Suzuki (''Order of Ecclesia''), Kōichi Sakaguchi (''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment''),
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Dennis Falt (''Symphony of the Night''), Tom Wyner (''Lament of Innocence'', ''Curse of Darkness'', ''Portrait of Ruin'', ''Harmony of Despair''), Ken Lally (''Curse of Darkness'' as Zead), Patrick Seitz (''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles The Dracula X Chronicles]]'', ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderofEcclesia Order of Ecclesia]]''), Douglas Rye (''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'', ''The Adventure [=ReBirth=]''),

->"''Then for the Master, I'll feast on your soul this night!''"

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TheGrimReaper, stealer of souls, possibly the ruler of Hell and apparently Dracula's right-hand man. If nothing else, [[HeterosexualLifePartners his closest confidant]]. It's hard to say how this came about, although many suspect the Crimson Stone ever since that has been added to the continuity. A recent game has suggested that a higher power may be responsible.\\\

As he is a [[{{Shinigami}} god of death]], one would expect the protagonists of the series to be incapable of killing him. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Somehow, they manage it.]] Fortunately, he is never gone for long, ensuring a long career of SinisterScythe battles that have made him [[BestBossEver beloved]] and [[ThatOneBoss feared]] by the fanbase.\\\

Outside of battle, his role is inconsistent. At times, [[EnemiesWithDeath he is only there to fight]]. At other times, he drives the plot, bringing the revival of his lord to fruition by any means necessary. He has been known to interact with the protagonists more often than his lord, as he tries to dissuade Alucard from interfering, compares notes with Juste, manipulates Hector under a false identity, and shares a common enemy with the vampire hunters when Brauner arrives. He is always loyal to Dracula (although this does not include Soma, his master reincarnated), and is LawfulEvil. Dialogue from ''Judgment'' and ''Curse of Darkness'' hints that he has strong hate toward time travellers.
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* AffablyEvil: Despite being EnemiesWithDeath, the Belmonts tend to get little or no enmity from the Grim Reaper. Death tends to be somewhat polite towards his enemies, and is even on a FirstNameBasis with Alucard (as seen in ''Symphony of the Night''). In the Japanese dialogue for said game, he even addresses him with [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseLanguage keigo]].
* AscendedExtra: Started off as a standard recurring boss in the series, and one that didn't even appear in every game (note the first two Game Boy games and ''Haunted Castle''). ''Rondo of Blood'' gave him a few lines during his fights, but it was ''Symphony of the Night'' that gave him significant dialogue and solidified his role as Dracula's trusted confidant.
* AttackReflector: Try to use a subweapon on his second form in ''Rondo of Blood'' or in the fight against him in ''Lament of Innocence'', and he'll summon a [[InstantRunes hexagram]] to take the hit and send nigh-undodgeable projectiles your way.
* BadassLongRobe: It's ''Death''.
* BaldOfEvil: As "Zead" in ''Curse of Darkness''. In other games, it's justified in that he's a skeleton.
* BattleButler: Very {{samurai}}-like in personality.
* BigBadEnsemble: In the games where he becomes DragonAscendant, he usually shares the title of BigBad with another villain. In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'' with Brauner and in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance'' with [[RivalTurnedEvil Maxim]] are a couple of examples.
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: He is notably hesitant to fight Alucard in ''Symphony of the Night'', even going so far as to spare him entirely during their first encounter so that Alucard might reconsider his choices. Likewise, he would rather not have Soma Cruz dead, as without Soma there is no hope of Dracula's return.
* TheDragon: The most loyal of Drac's servants.
** Despite initially battling Soma due to him [[RefusalOfTheCall rejecting his destiny as the next Dark Lord]], in the IGA-approved LightNovel "Akumajō Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku", Death asks Soma to be the next Dark Lord and peacefully leaves him alone when he says no.
* DragonAscendant: In the games where Dracula has yet to revive, Death usually steps onto center stage in order to carry out his master's wishes.
* EnemyMine: Subverted in ''Portrait of Ruin'': he almost makes an offer to team up with Jonathan and Charlotte to defeat Brauner, but Jonathan rejects him since he's still working for Dracula, after all. [[UnwittingPawn They still wind up helping him, regardless.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: Often cast with a cold, menacing baritone to further emphasize the horror of his presence.
* ExpressiveSkull: Usually averted, but ''Dawn of Sorrow'' gives his eyes more movement, allowing him to make angry glares. ''Portrait of Ruin'' likewise gives his skull a permanent scowl.
* FinalBoss: In ''Lament of Innocence''.
* FourIsDeath: In most of his {{Metroidvania}} incarnations, he has 4,444 HP.
* GameOverMan: He does appear on the Game Over screen for a few games, but most notably taunts the player in the PSP version of [=SotN=].
* TheGrimReaper: Or {{Shinigami}}, his name in Japan.
* HeroKiller: In the "Vampire Killer" trailer for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', he came close to killing [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]] by slicing his soul out of his body. Luckily, [[BigDamnHeroes Simon wasn't having any of it.]]
* HypercompetentSidekick: He tends to be a fair bit more active in the plot than Dracula, and he's known for usually being a more difficult boss fight.
* InstantCostumeChange: In both of the ''Dracula X'' games, he switches costumes at least once in the story.
* KaizoTrap: As if he himself isn't hard enough to fight, in some games, some of his attacks remain active after you deal the killing blow, such as in ''Chronicles of Sorrow'' and ''Order of Ecclesia'' (and in case of ''Aria'', he throws his scythe not as a DeathThrows, but rather ''LastDitchMove''), meaning you can die ''after'' beating him.
* KarmicDeath: Puns aside, in a few games after the protagonist wins Death is destroyed in some ironic fashion. For example, in ''Rondo of Blood'' he's decapitated by his own scythe after Richter defeats him on top of the haunted ship they're fighting in.
* LawfulEvil: [[invoked]]In-universe. The ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'' manual explicitly states him as such. Oddly, this is the only canonical example of CharacterAlignment in the whole series.
* LightIsNotGood: ''Rondo of Blood'' depicts his sickles as spawning from one-pixel particles of light sent out from his body, with many games after it using variations of this effect. Leon from ''Lament of Innocence'' also acknowledges that he is a divine being, even while lumping him with the forces of darkness that he is sworn to destroy.
* MasterOfDisguise: While he later gives himself away early on in ''Curse of Darkness,'' he does so as Zead manipulating Hector and Isaac to fight each other to make one of the two into Dracula's new body.
* MisterExposition: In an odd move in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance'', when he figures out what's going on with the castle(s) and Maxim, he explains it to Juste. This happens well before his boss battle.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Considering ''Lament'''s reveal that Death aided Dracula centuries before he ever tried to kill humanity, and his opposition to Brauner in ''Portrait'' even as he sought to accomplish what Dracula had failed to do so often, it's likely that Death is not so much devoted to Dracula's goals as he is devoted to Dracula himself. As long as it is in Dracula's best interest, he will abide vampire hunters or even aid time travelers.
* NotMeThisTime: Inverted in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin''. Death was completely unaware of a vampire other than Dracula having control of Castlevania during the events of the game until the protagonists (who deduced that Dracula was not responsible for Castlevania's return) accused him of working for Brauner (the vampire in question).
* OldRetainer: Alucard describes him as an "old man" in the redub of ''Symphony of the Night'', and he has been in service to Dracula for at least five centuries by the time of ''Symphony''.
* OneWingedAngel: Sometimes transforms into a skeletal dragon thing with scythes for arms. [[ClippedWingAngel Often is much easier to defeat in this form.]] He does have other OneWingedAngel forms, and a list of them can be found [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/form-reaper.htm here.]]
* ThePlan: Loves to use these to help Dracula revive.
* PowerFloats: He's almost always seen floating in midair without visible means (excepting his wings in ''64'') and is often portrayed without legs. The only exceptions to this are ''Legends'', ''Judgment'' (which limits him to temporary flight that uses meter), and an arguable example in his second form in ''Rondo''.
* PraetorianGuard: Slogra and Gaibon report directly to him, and he himself often acts as a PraetorianGuard to Dracula on occasions where he is the last line of defense in Castlevania.
* PutOnABus: In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventure''. [[TheBusCameBack He came back big time in the remake.]]
* SdrawkcabAlias: In ''Curse of Darkness'', he uses the alias [[GratuitousEnglish "Zead"]].
* SinisterScythe: He's Death, what did you ''expect''? He ups the ante with a wicked ''[[DoubleWeapon dual-bladed]]'' scythe in ''Aria of Sorrow'', and in ''Castlevania: The Adventure [=ReBirth=]'', he gets [[LaserBlade laser scythes]]. That's before getting into the million sickles he can summon out of thin air...
* SoftSpokenSadist: He prefers a collected, cold tone of voice and rarely ever raises it.
* SoulPower: In games where he has a wider moveset, he will often summon apparitions of skulls or other varieties of spirits as projectiles.
* SpamAttack: As mentioned above, one of his most common attacks consists of conjuring countless sickles from thin air.
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!Appeared in ''Castlevania'' / ''Simon's Quest''

[[folder:Medusa]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Haruko Kitahama (''Lament of Innocence'')
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn (''Lament of Innocence'', ''Portrait of Ruin'')

->"''With that body, you'll make an excellent statue.''"

One of the three Gorgon sisters, she is one of the few bosses in the series to appear in nearly every game, in some form or another, mainly by [[GoddamnBats the annoying Medusa Heads]] or in the flesh.
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* FinalBoss: For Henry's mission in ''Legacy of Darkness''.
* FlyingFace: Appears as one in both the original game and ''Lament of Innocence''.
* GorgeousGorgon: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for the most part, where she looks more hideous or disturbing than beautiful.
* TheGhost: Stheno and Euryale are mentioned in her description, but never appear in the main timeline.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: She turns to stone upon defeat.
* KarmicDeath: In a few games, after being beaten, she's TakenForGranite herself.
* KingMook: Technically one for the Medusa Heads, but she has also been referred to as "Queen Medusa".
* MistakenForGranite: In both her debut appearance and her ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' cameo, she starts off looking like a mundane stone bust of a woman before revealing her snake-haired monster form. In the "Vampire Killer" trailer for the latter game, she uses this to sneak up on and frighten [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]].
* MookMaker: She sheds snakes that quickly slither along the ground to attack you. ''Portrait of Ruin'' has her shedding Medusa Heads instead.
* ScaledUp: ''Portrait of Ruin'' lets her turn into a giant snake for an attack.
* ShesAManInJapan: Rather than show her bare breasts, the Western release of ''Dracula's Curse'' turned her into a man for the haunted ship's midboss fight, naming her the Snake Man Sentinel.
* SnakePeople: When not depicted as a giant floating head, she's usually depicted as a lamia-like creature, taking a page from ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981''.
* SnakesAreSinister: It's Medusa. Comes with the territory.
* TakenForGranite: Her most well known ability is her petrifying gaze, though she doesn't posses it in every version.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting:
** In Portrait of Ruin, she can briefly turn into a giant snake.
** Something similar occurs in ''Bloodlines'' where Elizabeth turns into Medusa for the first phase in her boss battle.
* YouNoTakeCandle: In ''Portrait of Ruin,'' her manner of speech sounds simplistic when she shouts "SHATTER HUMAN" after petrifying you. This is a sharp contrast to her appearance in ''Lament of Innocence,'' where she was quite eloquent.

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[[folder:The Creature]]

FrankensteinsMonster in all but name, flat head, neck bolts, and all. Has appeared in numerous Castlevania titles. He is identified as Frankenstien in earlier games, though later ones settle on naming him 'The Creature.'
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* AnachronismStew: Appears in games that take place before the original ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' story took place.
* ChainsawGood: Has one for his right hand in ''Legacy of Darkness''.
* CollapsingCeilingBoss: A frequent attack is to stomp the ground or punch the wall, causing debris to fall from the ceiling.
* DegradedBoss: On-again, off-again. This began with ''Circle of the Moon'' with enemies called "Frankens" appearing in the Eternal Corridor.
* DishingOutDirt: Mainly uses attacks that involve throwing rocks or bricks.
* DualBoss: A Flea Man, identified in the English manual as Igor, accompanies him in the original game. This was the main threat of the fight -- the Creature just stands back and lets him fight Simon.
** ''Two'' of him appear in a room in the Nest of Evil in ''Portrait of Ruin''.
* DubNameChange: His name was initially Frankenstein; however, since this was actually the name of the scientist in the original story, it was later changed to "Franken" in Japanese and "The Creature" in English.
* FleshGolem: Was made out of pieces of corpses, sewn together and reanimated through an undisclosed method.
* FrankensteinsMonster: Inspired by the [[Film/Frankenstein1931 original film by Universal]].
* GatlingGood: Has two built into his arms in ''Portrait of Ruin''.
* HypotheticalCasting: The first game suggests that the Creature would be played by Boris Karloff, who inspired the principal appearance of the Monster in the aforementioned film by Universal.
* KingMook: Goliath in ''Order of Ecclesia'' is a larger version of the Creature with many more powerful attacks.
* LightningBruiser: Can become this in some games. In ''Symphony of the Night'', his rolling attack is fast and hits hard.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Makes use of it in some fights.
* MightyGlacier: In games where he's not a LightningBruiser, he moves at a plodding pace but hits like a truck, often backed with a high health pool.
* MiniBoss: Only in ''Bloodlines'' and ''Chronicles''.
* MoreDakka: He can fire missiles out of his arms in ''[=PoR=]''.
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!Appeared in ''Harmony of Dissonance''

[[folder:Dracula Wraith]]
->See [[Characters/CastlevaniaDracula Dracula]].
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!Appeared in '''Rondo of Blood'' [=/=] ''Dracula X'' [=/=] ''Symphony of the Night'''

[[folder:Galamoth]]
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An extremely large, demonic-looking being who resembles a dinosaur. Though originally introduced as the BigBad in the ''VideoGame/KidDracula'' games, he made his first proper appearance in the ''Castlevania'' series in ''Symphony of the Night'', followed by a cameo in ''Aria of Sorrow'' and a significant yet unseen villainous role in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment''. Not much has been confirmed about him, but from what has been clearly established, he directly opposes Dracula and seeks to replace him as the lord of darkness. For some reason, he has spent far more time fighting Dracula's offspring.
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* BreathWeapon: He breathes fire in ''Kid Dracula''. Given his appearance, this may also qualify as DinosaursAreDragons.
* BusCrash: Implied. Is a background villain that wants to oppose Dracula. According to ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow'', one of Dracula's abilities, and possibly his most powerful, is the power of Dominance, which lets him take the souls of defeated enemies. What do you find hidden in a lantern, which according to WordOfGod contains the souls Dracula has stolen? That's right, Galamoth's soul, suggesting that some time before Dracula's death, he finally settled things with Galamoth and won.
* CoolSword: Wields a standard sword in ''Boku Dracula-Kun'' and a LaserBlade in ''Kid Dracula''. He also holds a circular blade in his off hand in ''Symphony'', but never actually uses it.
* EvilVersusEvil: Each time, the forces of good favor Dracula as the dark lord.
* TheGhost: Despite his involvement in ''Judgment'''s plot, he never appears in the game, save for a SayMyName from the Time Reaper.
* GreaterScopeVillain: In ''Judgment'', he was the one who sent the Time Reaper back in time.
* ImmuneToFate: Given that he's the only villain to date to attempt to change history in his favor, and his soul's purpose in ''Aria'' is to prevent a TimeMaster enemy from turning back time, he likely possesses this ability in some form.
* InconsistentSpelling: He was known as [[JapaneseRanguage Garamoth]] in ''Kid Dracula''.
* MagicKnight: Wields both magic and swords.
* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: His attempt to remove Dracula from power by changing history in ''Judgment''.
* NotInTheFace: His rather hilarious weakpoint in ''Symphony of the Night''.
* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: He has so much HP that his bestiary entry ''doesn't display it.''
* RentAZilla: Though several other bosses in the series outsize him.
* ShockAndAwe: In all of his appearances, right down to his special ability in ''Encore of the Night''.
* TheStarscream: Depending on his true role in relation to Dracula.
* {{Superboss}}: In ''Symphony'', he is found in the Floating Catacombs, a completely optional area in the Inverted Castle, and is stronger than Dracula himself. He also plays this role in ''Encore'', in which he is located in the Royal Chapel instead and drops the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Alucard Sword]].
* WalkLikeAnEgyptian: In addition to his ''Symphony'' outfit's influences, he is animated in a manner that keeps him in constant profile.
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[[folder:Legion]]

A recurring boss ever since its introduction, with its design almost always being the same -- a tentacled, orb-shaped being surrounded by a shell made out of corpses.

Generally, its boss fight consists of the trying to break off the shell to reveal its core, then killing the core.

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* BodyOfBodies: It usually appears as a ball of corpses.
* DegradedBoss: Appears as a common enemy in ''Circle of The Moon'', though having a remarkably different form.
* DubNameChange: Called [[Literature/CatsCradle Granfalloon]] in ''Symphony of the Night''
* EldritchAbomination: Even without the shell, it would still qualify.
* EnergyWeapon: Its core's primary attack in all of its appearances, except for in ''Curse of Darkness''.
* FetusTerrible: In ''Aria of Sorrow'', its core resembles a fetus in a circular cage.
** The shell in the same title also has the resemblance of a curled up fetus.
* FlunkyBoss: Often summons zombies by having them detach from the shell. In ''Harmony of Dissonance'', it instead summons either maggots or miniature versions of itself.
* IAmLegion: Literally. Its MonsterCompendium entry in many games often alludes to the Biblical Legion.
* SequentialBoss: In ''Curse of Darkness'', defeating its shell will cause Nuculais to burst from the core.
* StatusEffects: Can inflict curse in ''Harmony of Dissonance'' and ''Circle of the Moon''.
* {{Superboss}}: It, especially as Nuculais, is among the most difficult bosses in ''Curse of Darkness '', found under Garibaldi Temple.
* UndergroundMonkey: Strangely there are two versions of it in ''Harmony of Dissonance'', differenciated by a title in parentheses. The normal version is called "Legion ([[AngelicAbomination Saint]])" while the second version is called "Legion ([[UndeadAbomination Corpse]])". Nothing about the "Saint" version is saintly, appearing exactly like the one in ''Symphony'', while the "Corpse" version is more of a misnomer since it's made of bones.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Walter's years of hunting humans came to an end with Death painfully tearing his soul away.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: He was known as [[JapaneseRanguage Garamoth]] in ''Kid Dracula''.

* DropTheHammer: Has one in ''Symphony of the Night'', along with a RollingAttack

* AffablyEvil: Despite being EnemiesWithDeath, the Belmonts tend to get little or no enmity from the Grim Reaper. Death tends to be somewhat polite towards his enemies, and is even on a FirstNameBasis with Alucard (as seen in ''Symphony of the Night''). In the Japanese dialogue for said game, he even addresses him with {{Keigo}}.

* WhipItGood: He uses his own shackles as a chain-whip starting in ''Haunted Castle'', although he only used it two more times in ''Bloodlines'' and ''Chronicles''.

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!Appeared in ''Legacy of Darkness'' [=/=] 64

[[folder:Ortega]]

Cornell's childhood friend, Ortega is a fellow man-beast soldier and master of the martial arts. He is Cornell's best friend, but also rival. Ortega is often frustrated because it seems that whatever he does, Cornell does better.
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* {{Expy}}: Of Diaz from ''VideoGame/HybridHeaven''. Musclebound dark-skinned blonds with Spanish names that bear a grudge against the main characters (Diaz was impersonated by Johnny Slater and had his reputation ruined because of it, Ortega felt that he was always overshadowed by Cornell) and were eventually consumed by their thirst for revenge.
* OneWingedAngel: Turns into a Chimera for his boss fight.
* PantheraAwesome: His man-beast form is that of a were-lion
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Upon defeat, he realizes that he made a horrible mistake, and helps Cornell one last time before dying.
* TheRival: Who eventually becomes a RivalTurnedEvil.

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[[folder:Actrise]]

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A witch who valued her beauty more than anything else in the world. She entered Dracula's service by sacrificing 100 children, including her own daughter. Is defeated by Carrie Fernandez.

* CardCarryingVillain: She is proud of all of her atrocities, and scorns Carrie for the "weakness" of being a decent person.
* DarkChick: To Dracula.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Seems polite and amiable, but is a monster of the worst kind and makes it known.
* ForcedTransformation: She may not be a vampire herself (it's not clear), but her magic can turn unwilling victims into vampires, as she does with Camilla Fernandez and J.A. Oldrey.
* GemstoneAssault: Befitting her vain nature, she creates magic crystals with her power and uses them to shield herself as well as attacking others.
* GlamorFailure: Upon her defeat, her face horribly rots away before she is destroyed completely.
* GreenEyedMonster: Is all but stated outright to envy Carrie's superior power and to covet it for herself by making her a vampire slave.
* HotWitch: Is as beautiful as she is evil, and has the magic power to back them both up.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She even says she loves nobody but herself.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Elegant and refined, and considerably powerful.
* NightmareFace: Her horrifying true face is seen just before she dies.
* OffingTheOffspring: As said multiple times here, she's killed her own daughter.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Actrise always remains poised and even, speaking of atrocities as if discussing her last meal.
* StaffOfAuthority: Carries a stylish golden one.
* VainSorceress: Her motivation for killing her daughter? Remaining young and beautiful.
* WickedWitch: She gleefully sacrificed 100 children, including her own daughter, just to get in Dracula's good graces!
* WouldHurtAChild: At least a hundred of them, and probably more afterwards. She certainly has no qualms about harming 12-year-old Carrie.

[[folder:Gilles de Rais]]
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Michael Guinn (''Castlevania 64'')

->"''So you thought you had won? To save the world is not so simple.''"

A vampire servant to Dracula. He is one of the three responsible for bringing Dracula back into the world in 1844 and again in 1852.
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* BattleButler: Has the look of one.
* GeniusBruiser: Serves as one, especially during Reinhardt and Carrie's quests.
* FinalBoss: If you make it to the keep in 11+ days, he has already turned Charlie Vincent into a vampire, making it impossible to face Dracula himself. He also [[ActuallyADoombot takes Dracula's appearance]] in Carrie and Rienhardt's quests.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real UsefulNotes/GillesDeRais was certainly not a vampire, but he did end up becoming a mass murderer after the death of Joan of Arc. That said, there's also a [[HistoricalVillainDowngrade downgrade]]: The real Gilles de Rais was mainly responsible for the sacrifice of children. In this verse, the task was relegated to Actrise.
* SoulJar: He carried Dracula's soul inside him until it could be reincarnated in Malus's body.
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[[folder:Ortega]]

Cornell's childhood friend, Ortega is a fellow man-beast soldier and master of the martial arts. He is Cornell's best friend, but also rival. Ortega is often frustrated because it seems that whatever he does, Cornell does better.
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* {{Expy}}: Of Diaz from ''VideoGame/HybridHeaven''. Musclebound dark-skinned blonds with Spanish names that bear a grudge against the main characters (Diaz was impersonated by Johnny Slater and had his reputation ruined because of it, Ortega felt that he was always overshadowed by Cornell) and were eventually consumed by their thirst for revenge.
* OneWingedAngel: Turns into a Chimera for his boss fight.
* PantheraAwesome: His man-beast form is that of a were-lion
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Upon defeat, he realizes that he made a horrible mistake, and helps Cornell one last time before dying.
* TheRival: Who eventually becomes a RivalTurnedEvil.

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[[folder:Carmilla]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/SayakaOhara (''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'')
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/KarenStrassman (''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'')

->"''But isn't this world hellish already? People are intrigued by darkness, and covet power and chaos.''"

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A devoted servant and worshiper of the Dark Lord, she has been actively involved in his resurrection on several occasions.\\\

In ''Circle of the Moon'', she acts as the main antagonist. Carmilla manages to revive Dracula, but not to full power, so she planned to sacrifice the vampire hunter Morris Baldwin during a lunar eclipse of the full moon. She also enthralls Hugh Baldwin to her will to help prevent Nathan Graves' interference. While ultimately defeated, Carmilla still manages to complete the ritual to restore her master.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: Her skull-riding appearances, although blatantly naked, have no actual parts.
* ChainPain: She uses a chain in ''Judgment''.
* CuteMonsterGirl: she's usually a GiantWoman wearing little or nothing at all, except for ''Circle of the Moon,'' in which she's more of a cute and well-dressed (but still well-endowed) vampire girl. Either way, she tends to be more human-looking and attractive than most of the other evils lurking in the castle, including the [[LooksLikeOrlok Orlok-esque]] male vampire Brauner and the more overtly monstrous MsFanservice Succubus.
* DepravedBisexual: Laura, the CatGirl seen in ''Rondo'' and ''[=PoR=]'', is her servant and apparently her lover. Now factor this into her [[TheVamp vampish]] nature towards pretty much anyone else, and...
* TheDragon: Only in ''Circle of the Moon''.
* FullFrontalAssault: Her [[OneWingedAngel true form usually]] is that of a [[BarbieDollAnatomy naked]] woman riding ontop of a [[DemBones giant skull]].
%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: She believes that darkness is the true nature of humans, and hopes that Dracula will bring it out. Unlike Dracula, she shows no enmity towards mankind.
* IconicItem: Her mask, which first served as her appearance in ''Simon's Quest'', has made frequent reappearances. It appears in ''Rondo of Blood'' before falling apart to reveal a skull for her boss battle, and she uses a mask-adorned iron maiden as her hyper move in ''Judgment''. It also shows up in the Cave of Skeletons in ''Harmony of Dissonance'' alongside many other {{Mythology Gag}}s, and serves as her appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
* MovesetClone: Her appearance in [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaDraculaX the SNES port of Rondo of Blood]] gives her Shaft's moveset rather than her original strategy.
* MsFanservice: Especially in ''Judgment'', where she dresses like a dominatrix. Though her other appearances where she is completely nude and lies seductively over a giant skull also counts.
* PimpedOutDress: In ''Circle of the Moon'', in a stark contrast to [[{{Stripperiffic}} every]] [[FullFrontalAssault other]] [[BarbieDollAnatomy appearance]].
* PoisonousPerson: In ''Judgment'', she can shoot a poisonous gas that inflicts continuous damage.
* PsychoSupporter: To Dracula, with heavy implications of MadLove.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Her namesake is... [[Literature/{{Carmilla}} well]]...
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Camilla in ''Simon's Quest'' and ''Circle of the Moon''.[[note]]In the former, she's only generically referred to as a "female vampire" in the Japanese manual and "Vampira" in the English manual, but her name is revealed via a clue book found in Debious Woods. In the latter, it is a genuine translation error, as her Japanese spelling was corrected to "Carmilla" by that point.[[/note]]
* TearsOfBlood: A common battle strategy from either her skull or her mask. It's no wonder "Bloody Tears" was used as her theme in ''Judgment''.
* TheVamp: Very much so in both ''Circle of the Moon'' and ''Judgment'', where she wishes for humanity to give into their true nature which she perceives as darkness and is implied to have had a part in corrupting Hugh. In ''Judgment'', she outright revels in pain and suffering, commenting in her win quotes that her foes will "Come to enjoy this" and tries corrupting people to their true natures or being a true child of the night. Especially Alucard and Cornell.
[[/folder]]

!Appeared in ''Harmony of Dissonance''

[[folder:Dracula Wraith]]
->See [[Characters/CastlevaniaDracula Dracula]].
[[/folder]]

!Appeared in '''Rondo of Blood'' [=/=] ''Dracula X'' [=/=] ''Symphony of the Night'''

[[folder:Galamoth]]
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An extremely large, demonic-looking being who resembles a dinosaur. Though originally introduced as the BigBad in the ''VideoGame/KidDracula'' games, he made his first proper appearance in the ''Castlevania'' series in ''Symphony of the Night'', followed by a cameo in ''Aria of Sorrow'' and a significant yet unseen villainous role in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment''. Not much has been confirmed about him, but from what has been clearly established, he directly opposes Dracula and seeks to replace him as the lord of darkness. For some reason, he has spent far more time fighting Dracula's offspring.
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!Appeared in ''The Battle of Old Castle''

[[folder:Christopher Bee]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/christopher_bee.jpg]]

An actor who was slated to play the role of Dracula.
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* CameBackWrong: He was killed while making the film adaptation of Simon Belmont's fight with Dracula... only to be killed and raised a zombie.
* CanonForeigner: Zig-zagged. While his name is in the credits of the first game as the "actor" playing Dracula, this is his only appearance.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His name is obviously based on that of famous movie vampire Creator/ChristopherLee.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Victor Frankenstein]]
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_frankenstein___01.jpg]]

[[/folder]]

!Appeared in ''Portrait of Ruin''

[[folder:Stella and Loretta]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Mariko Suzuki
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Karen Strassman (Stella), Creator/StephanieSheh (Loretta)

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Brauner's twin vampire daughters (not really) who appear occasionally to antagonize the duo.

* ActionGirl: They're both powerful vampires. [[spoiler:They're also shown to be pretty strong even before they were vampires in their own mode.]]
* AnimeHair: Stella's hairstyle is... rather complicated to pull off.
* BadassAdorable: Loretta is a powerful vampire [[spoiler:(not originally)]] witch and considerably cuter than her older twin sister.
* BlowYouAway: Stella's attacks seem to be wind based. One of her attacks is called "Hurricane", and her Furious Wave appears the same as Shanoa's Pneuma Glyph which is also wind based.
* BoobsOfSteel: Stella, she is the more powerful fighter of the two (even taking into account Loretta's stronger magic) and proudly displays a bust that would make a succubus envious.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Brauner.]]
* ClimaxBoss: The two of them are fought late in the game, and how you deal with them determines what ending you get.
* DaddysLittleVillain: They play with the trope due to [[spoiler:being BrainwashedAndCrazy while they [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruct]] the DaddysGirl trope, since them rushing to help their ''actual'' father was what caused them to be vampirized]].
* DualBoss: The second fight has both sisters fight alongside each other.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Loretta's clothes look more fitting on a doll than on a human, but she looks well enough in it.
* {{Expy}}: Of Suiseiseki and Souseiseki from ''Manga/RozenMaiden''.
* ForegoneConclusion: Sisters Mode [[spoiler:occurs before Jonathan and Charlotte arrive at the castle, and reveals just how they came to be under Brauner's thrall.]]
* AnIcePerson: Loretta's attacks all involve the use of ice magic.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Stella's PimpedOutDress, which doesn't seem that practical considering the above trope.
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseSiblingTerminology: In the Japanese audio, Loretta, the younger twin, addresses Stella as "Onee-sama," which is extremely respectful. In the English localization, she alternates between calling Stella by name and calling her "Sister."
* LukeIAmYourFather: They are actually the daughters of Eric Lecarde, and are thus able to help Jonathan power up his whip and defeat the vampire menace.
* MoreDakka: Loretta's [[spoiler:method of attack as a playable character is to fire off ice crystals at a blazingly fast speed.]]
* PowerFloats: The perks of being vampire twins. [[spoiler:When playable, floating is their default movement — even though they're not vampires yet.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Stella is the more aggressive and emotional red oni to Loretta's blue oni.
* SiblingYinYang: Stella is relatively emotional and a swordswoman, while Loretta is a cool-headed spellcaster.
* SingleMindedTwins: They are very focused on taking out Jonathan and Charlotte, and they wish to help their father by any means necessary. This is somewhat subverted by the fact that they have their own personalities though.
* SpannerInTheWorks: If you think about it, Stella qualifies as this: she drops the pendant that allows the heroes to realize that [[spoiler:they're brainwashed and that they can be cured, which then allows her and Loretta to open the gate to Brauner]].
* StiffUpperLip: Stella seems to believe in this, as they have a duty to carry out. When Loretta seems ready to cry over how [[spoiler:Eric died before their eyes]], Stella scolds her and tells her to remember their dignity. [[spoiler:Not that it stops Stella from completely breaking down in the end.]]
* SwordAndSorcerer: Stella and Loretta, respectively.
* SwordBeam: Stella, especially during the first fight against her.

[[folder:Brauner]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/HisaoEgawa
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/JamiesonPrice

-->"''This... is '''ART!'''''"

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An artist whose daughters were killed during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, Brauner [[MadArtist went insane]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation from the grief]] and decided to become a vampire and KillAllHumans. He decided to use Castlevania as his base of operations for this purpose, but also decided that Dracula's failure rate was too great for the Dark Lord to be allowed to join in on the fun. So he used his paintings to keep Dracula's power sealed up and easily controllable (Death was ''not'' amused).\\\

It is worth noting at this point that in the whole of the ''Castlevania'' series, Brauner is the only character to call out Dracula for dying so ridiculously often and never accomplishing anything.\\\

Later, Brauner noticed an interloper within the castle halls. This interloper turned out to be Eric Lecarde. Brauner ambushed and killed him... just as Eric's daughters burst into the room, attempting a BigDamnHeroes moment. Brauner, noticing that they bore an uncanny resemblance to his own daughters, instantly concluded that they must be his own daughters reincarnated and vampirized them in order to convince them of the same (all while the dying Eric looked on helplessly).\\\

When Jonathan and Charlotte showed up some time later, Brauner wasn't happy about it, but underestimated the heroes. Unfortunately for him, Stella and Loretta were a bit ''too'' loyal to his cause, and tried to destroy Jonathan and Charlotte themselves (despite his repeatedly telling them to stay back, out of harm's way, and let him handle the situation). This just ended up giving Charlotte and Jonathan the opportunity to cure the sisters of their vampirism and brainwashing.\\\

When Brauner found out what had happened... well, he was rather [[UnstoppableRage upset]]. He promptly tried to destroy the heroes with his artistic powers, only to be crushed in battle. As he lay in his weakened state, he admitted that justice might not have been on his side after all, but adamantly refused to admit that his victorious opponents might have the moral high ground. That was all he got to say before Death showed up to finish him off and fully awaken the soul of Dracula.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Brauner is a delusional, hopeless wretch of a man by the time Death kills him, and his death is appropriately pitiful and ignominious. Even in the bad ending, where he lives, Brauner can't bear to fight the heroes any longer if it means putting his "daughters" in harm's way, and so he abandons his scheme entirely.]]
* ArtAttacker: He uses his paintings to [[ArtInitiatesLife summon monstrosities]] during his boss fight. He also uses blood to paint traps that makes dodging the aforementioned monstrosities harder.
* BarrierMaiden: Played straight and subverted. He's placed his paintings around Castlevania with the intent of them all acting as a seal upon Dracula and to drain his power to use for himself. In other words, his presence is what keeps Dracula from fully resurrecting. The subversion is that he ultimately has the same goal as Dracula: kill all of humanity.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Apparently [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Brauner Brauner]] became a vampire and had two daughters in World War 1.
* BigBadEnsemble: With Death for most of ''Portrait of Ruin'', although the plot mostly focuses on Brauner.
* CallingYourAttacks: "'''BLOOD ART TECHNIQUE!!!'''"
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His own two deceased daughters, which caused his StartOfDarkness, and — brainwashed or not — Stella and Loretta, enough so that he's willing to completely forsake his own goals in the bad ending to protect them.
* FictionalizedDeathAccount: The real Brauner lived until 1966. [[spoiler:He's finished off by Death after Jonathan and Charlotte defeat him, 22 years early.]]
* HijackedByGanon: {{Invoked}} by [[spoiler:Death]] personally in case of him, who was already waiting to [[spoiler:off him and unseal Dracula from the get-go]].
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Brauner may be inspired by, or the ''Castlevania'' equivalent of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Brauner Victor Brauner]], except here he's planning on destroying all of humanity with Dracula's power.
* KickTheDog: He does this to Eric in the way mentioned above.
* LargeHam:
** "A PAINTING OF THE SOUL!!!"
** "I'LL MAKE YOU MY MASTERPIECE!!"
* LooksLikeOrlok: The pale features, bald head, vampiric designs — the overtones are obvious.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: His love for his original daughters was so strong that he was desperate to be reunited with them, even if it meant becoming a vampire and taking Eric's daughters as his own.
* MadArtist: Duh. Thankfully, he doesn't have a WaxMuseumMorgue.
* MyGreatestFailure: His failure to protect his daughters is what made him a MadArtist in the first place.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If he didn't allow Stella and Loretta to open the door to his quarters, then the heroes would not have been able to stop him.
* PetTheDog: His concern for Stella and Loretta appears genuine. He tries to keep them out of harm's way, and [[spoiler:during the bad ending, he shows up and begs you to stop hurting them. He then aborts his plan rather than endanger them further]].
* PurpleIsPowerful: Has a rather nice suit, and is one of the few antagonists to manage to outclass Dracula by sealing him away and using his power for himself. Not to mention that he managed to kill [[spoiler:Eric Lecarde]].
* TragicVillain: Brauner differs from most of ''Castlevania's'' usual one-note Dracula servants/worshipers and vampires in that he's got a tragic backstory to rival Drac himself: Brauner's two beloved daughters lost their lives in WWI, driving him insane with grief and causing him to forsake his own humanity out of disgust with them. Even though what he does cannot be excused, Brauner is ''still'' motivated chiefly by the death of his daughters while fervently believing Stella and Loretta to be their reincarnations, even abandoning his own evil goals to ensure they're not harmed any farther in the bad ending. At the end of the day, Brauner's just a pitiable, insane wreck of a man whose unceremonious murder at the hands of Death comes off as more ignominious and tragic than karmic.

!Appeared in ''The Battle of Old Castle''

[[folder:Christopher Bee]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/christopher_bee.jpg]]

An actor who was slated to play the role of Dracula.
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* CameBackWrong: He was killed while making the film adaptation of Simon Belmont's fight with Dracula... only to be killed and raised a zombie.
* CanonForeigner: Zig-zagged. While his name is in the credits of the first game as the "actor" playing Dracula, this is his only appearance.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His name is obviously based on that of famous movie vampire Creator/ChristopherLee.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Victor Frankenstein]]
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_frankenstein___01.jpg]]

[[/folder]]

!Appeared in ''Bloodlines''

[[folder:Elizabeth Bartley]]

A vampiress and Dracula's niece. She was executed in the 1600s but was revived by the witch Drolta in the eve of the Great War to revive Dracula.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: Since Bartley wasn't further explored, some sources like the ''Anniversary Collection'' refer to her relation to Dracula as a "claim" and cap it off with a ConfusedQuestionMark.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: According to the backstory, Bartley arranged the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, which triggered UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* BigBad: She serves as this with Drolta as her {{Dragon}}.
* ClimaxBoss
* CompositeCharacter: With Carmilla in ''Judgment''. Carmilla's profile mentions bathing in the blood of virgins, a pastime that the real Bathory would do. But it should be noted that Eric's ending in that game mentions that he went after Dracula's niece rather than Carmilla herself.
* EasyModeMockery: She dies after fighting her as Medusa on Easy mode. The Normal and Hard modes have the full fight.
* GreaterScopeVillain: She inadvertently led to the death of Brauner's original daughters and his transformation into a vampire.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Like good old Vlad Tepes, Elizabeth Bartley is based on a historical figure, UsefulNotes/ElizabethBathory — her name is even rendered identically in Japanese.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The first phase of the fight has her take the form of Medusa.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Drolta Tzuentes]]

Drolta is an mysterious old witch and a servant of Elizabeth, being the one who revived her. She obstructs the vampire hunters' quest by controlling demons.
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* TheDragon: She serves as one to both Dracula and Elizabeth, appearing as the second phase of the final battle.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Drolta was based on one of Bathory's real-life servant, Dorotya Semtész, which is also made more clear in Japanese.
* IneptMage: She is described as an "amateur witch" whose spell "inadvertently" brought Elizabeth Bartley back to life in the American manual, though the European and Japanese manuals do not mention that part.
* MagicFromTechnology: She constructed the game's first boss, the Armor Battler, as well as the similar mecha-knights seen in the fifth and sixth stages.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: She is named Drotia Tzuentes in the European manual, which is closer to the Japanese version.
[[/folder]]

!Appeared in ''Portrait of Ruin''

[[folder:Stella and Loretta]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Mariko Suzuki
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Karen Strassman (Stella), Creator/StephanieSheh (Loretta)

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Brauner's twin vampire daughters (not really) who appear occasionally to antagonize the duo.
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!Appeared in ''Aria of Sorrow'' [=/=] ''Dawn of Sorrow''

[[folder:Graham Jones]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/TetsuInada
->"''I was born on the very day that Dracula was destroyed... So, in short, that means that I AM Dracula!''"

The founder and missionary of a religious group who appears in ''Aria of Sorrow''.

* AffablyEvil: He's very polite and friendly to Soma... but only because he doesn't see him as a threat. Once Soma mentions his own powers, Graham starts [[FauxAffablyEvil going off the deep end.]]
* BackgroundBoss: His second form, taking cues from Dracula's final form in ''Symphony of the Night''.
* BigBad: For ''Aria of Sorrow''. He may not actually be the new Dark Lord, but that won't stop him from seeking his power.
* BodyHorror: He explodes into a fountain of blood when going OneWingedAngel and the result is no less pretty.
* DevilComplex: He wholly believes that he is the new Dark Lord.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: The game ends with his defeat if you fail to equip the right souls before fighting him. However, if you do, the game continues after his death and onto the actual climax.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Doesn't care about anything besides claiming Dracula's power and the castle for himself.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: He believes himself to be Dracula's reincarnation, and is bent on his desire to gain all of his powers.
* LightIsNotGood: He has a light color scheme and his second form of his boss fight looks angelic, but he's anything ''but'' good.
* OneWingedAngel: His second form is akin to Dracula's form in ''Symphony of the Night'', save that instead of being dark and demonic, he's cushioned between two angelic-looking women whose internal organs are on display and a laser ring of death is shown above.
* {{Reincarnation}}: He possesses magical powers due to having been born at the exact moment of Dracula's death, and thus believes that he is the reincarnation of Dracula.
* SinisterMinister: He's the head of a religious cult that worships Dracula.
* VillainousBreakdown: He starts on one when he learns about Soma's power of dominance, and reaches its peak when you fight him.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has white hair, but beneath his polite appearance lies a man who wants to become the Dark Lord. The biggest act that lead to him being pegged as evil is stabbing Yoko.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He's convinced that being born in the exact moment that Dracula died makes him Dracula reincarnated. Not only is he not Dracula's reincarnation, ''Dawn of Sorrow'' reveals that he wasn't even the only person born in that moment.

[[folder:Chaos]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chaos.gif]]

The true root of Dracula's power, and the embodiment of the evil and darkness in humanity's souls. It gets destroyed by Soma at the end of ''Aria of Sorrow'', although its power still exists...
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* AmbiguousSituation: While It can be assumed both the Crimson Stone and the Power of Dominance are involved, how exactly Dracula gained access to Chaos’ powers is left unsaid.
* TheAntiGod: Since it's the reason Dracula has been able to do much of anything and can choose other Dark Lords, it's probably safe to assume that Chaos is the real anti-God.
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: According to the novel ''Akumajō Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku'', as long as humans continue to exist, Chaos will still be able to take form and have its power manipulated.
* BackgroundBoss: Second form. Its weakspot is the core of the Chaotic Realm seen in the center of the screen during the fight.
* ChaosIsEvil: Very much so [[spoiler:considering it's the source of Dracula's power]].
* FaustianRebellion: It's the source of Dracula's power, and Soma, the reincarnation of Dracula, kills him.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Being more of a force than it is a character, it has no motivation of its own.
* GodOfEvil: Once again, Drac would be nowhere without Chaos.
* GreaterScopeVillain: It's this for the series, since it's the ultimate source of [[spoiler:Dracula's power]].
* NonStandardGameOver: Failure against this boss results in a cutscene where Soma becomes the new Dracula, prompting Julius to hunt him.
* TrueFinalBoss: Of ''Aria''.

[[folder:Celia Fortner]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Yuka Shioyama
->"''We do not desire the dark lord, per se. For [[GodIsGood god to be perfectly good]], there must be a being of perfect darkness.''"

The head priestess of a cult known as "With Light". She fervently believes that [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil good cannot exist in the universe without an equal evil to balance it]]. With this in mind, she seeks to find someone to step up to the position of lord of darkness in Dracula's absence, or coerce Soma to change his mind.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Regardless of if she's killed by a pissed-off Soma or a power-hungry Dmitrii, nobody's sorry to see her go.]]
* BigBad: Essentially, she moves forward the plot, she's the one who wants to resurrect Dracula after all, and took every measure possible.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Sure, get Soma to become the new Dracula by (not really) killing his girlfriend in front of him and goading him to focus his hatred on you so the dark forces consume him. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong]]
* {{Expy}}: She's a more powerful and sane version of a similar cultist and head priestess from another Konami property; [[VideoGame/SilentHill3 Claudia Wolf]].
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler:If she manages to turn Soma into Dracula, [[GoneHorriblyRight he promptly kills her]]. If the honor goes to Dmitrii, he uses her as a sacrifice.]]
* NoblewomansLaugh: Every time she teleports herself or someone else, she gives off one of these.
* NonActionBigBad: Unlike most ''Castlevania'' center antagonists, she's never shown fighting herself at all.
* SummonMagic: She never actually fights, but calls forth demons to her aid. She is likely responsible for the various monsters that appear throughout the game.
* TargetedToHurtTheHero: Kills [[spoiler:(a doppelganger of) Mina in front of Soma's eyes in an effort to make him give in to his darkness]].
* TheUnfought: Soma never has the chance to fight her, as she [[spoiler:is killed offscreen by Dmitrii, with her corpse serving as a sacrifice to aid him against Genya]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dario Bossi]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Takahiro Fujimoto

->"''Hunh? Whaddaya sayin'? I wanted to pummel that uppity jerk myself!''"

A potential dark lord candidate, he is a criminal born on the same day as Dracula's demise. He possesses the ability to control fire.
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* AvengingTheVillain: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. He is less annoyed that Soma killed Dmitrii and more that ''he'' wasn't the one to do it.
* BroughtDownToNormal: In the true path, Soma refrains from killing Dario and instead goes after Aguni, stopping his power at the source. He promptly flees.
* DealWithTheDevil: Strengthens his fire magic through a pact with Aguni.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: His true colors, he is only confident due to his flame powers. Once Aguni is taken care of and Soma grimly affirms Dario has been BroughtDownToNormal, he screams in terror and runs away.]]
* DumbMuscle: A sort. He is powerful, but it's hard for him to connect the dots and he sucks at planning things out.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is nothing but rude and disrespectful, especially to his own allies.
* PlayingWithFire: Has the ability to control fire. [[spoiler:Defeating the demon, Aguni (if you have Paranoia's soul, that is), allows Soma to render him completely powerless.]]
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: During the second fight against him, you can see Aguni in the mirror in the background whenever Dario passes in front of it. If you have Paranoia's soul, you can enter the mirror and [[spoiler:fight Aguni himself. If you defeat Aguni, you cripple Dario and at the same time, spare his life. See BroughtDownToNormal]].
* PunnyName: His name is based on "Mario Rossi," the Italian equivalent to "[[MrSmith John Doe]]".
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Dmitrii's blue. Not only he dresses in red, but also controls fire and spends most of dialogues with NoIndoorVoice.
* TheSocialDarwinist: He seems to have this going on, asserting that power is about the survival of the fittest.
* StupidEvil: He only really cares about getting as much power as he can, with no planning or cares about how to go about it.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: As with the usual references to Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure, Dario shares his initials with series antagonist [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO Dio Brando]] and his first name with Dio's father. In a similar way, Dario is also named after Creator/DarioArgento, another prolific name in horror for his work on ''Film/DawnOfTheDead''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dmitrii Blinov]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Hidehiko Kaneko

-->"''You dare pity me? Soon you shall be the one that will be pitied upon.''"

A potential dark lord candidate who was born on the same day that Dracula died. He possesses the ability to mimic any attack with which he is hit.
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* AffablyEvil: He is far less malicious than Dario, and repeatedly states that he is merely interested in learning the meaning behind his abilities. [[spoiler:Until the end.]]
* AssholeVictim: He [[spoiler:eventually copied the Power of Dominance from Soma, only for it to outright turn against and kill him.]] And just like [[spoiler:Celia]], he deserved it.
* BackFromTheDead: Via a GrandTheftMe on a doppelganger.
* BigBadWannabe: Both he and Dario are this by definition of being Dark Lord Candidates, but Dmitrii came closer to the goal than Dario did. He seems to supplant Celia by sacrificing her at the end of the game, gaining enough power that even Genya couldn't defeat him... and then it turns out that he can't control it.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Unable to control the souls of the demons he absorbed, they merge together into one being and violently erupt from his back. The face he makes right before this happens makes it clear that this is ''immensely painful''.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The first time we see him, although the creature is called Malachi in this game.
* EldritchAbomination: His second death spawns one in the form of Menace, a gigantic amalgamation of every soul he absorbed.
* EvilIsNotAToy: The dark lord's power overcomes him, killing him and turning his souls into Menace.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Official artwork shows him [[https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/File:Dos_wp_dm_1024.jpg smoking a cigarette]]. This is the only instance of him doing such.
* GrandTheftMe: Has his soul absorbed by Soma, copies his power of dominance, and then manages to possess a doppelganger to use as a new body.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dmitrii learns the hard way in the GoldenEnding, [[ThisCannotBe to his disbelief]], that the power of dominance he copied from Soma isn't so easily contained and that, according to Arikado, his soul can't withstand a power that intense. His condition only continues to get worse even after he shoves Arikado away, and it isn't too long before the demons under his dominance burst out of his back, leaving him to die as a result before fusing together to form [[FinalBoss the Menace]].
* InsufferableGenius: He is quite knowledgeable and has little patience for Dario's stupidity.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He's the only villain in the series to ever defeat Alucard, with the help of human sacrifices and a "calamitous demon". Soma arrives after the battle is over.
* PowerCopying: His inherent ability.
* PowerupLetdown: His only available attack is the last soul ability with which he was hit. As a result, he can be forced to assume a particularly wimpy offense.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Dario's red. Not only is he dressed in mainly blue, but he is also calm for most the time and plots his plans carefully.
* TheStarscream: He promptly takes the position of BigBad from Celia upon his revival. Though to be fair, him or Dario taking over was always the plan from the start.
* WalkingSpoiler: He has little screentime before his death early in the game, making it hard to talk about him without mentioning his role in the GoldenEnding.
* YourSoulIsMine: When defeated, he promptly dies and Soma absorbs his soul, to his horror.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Menace]]
Unlike Soma, Dmitrii could not control the Power of Dominance and is consumed by it. Dmitri is forcibly fused with the souls of countless demons, creating this gigantic and terrifying amalgamation.
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* AttackItsWeakpoint: It can only be killed by destroying the three heads on its chest, knee and [[NestedMouths in its mouth]], the last of which resembles Dmitrii. The chest head needs to be destroyed in the first phase.
* BodyOfBodies: Composed of a multitude of demons (and Dmitrii). It's almost like a humanoid counterpart to Legion.
* FinalBoss: Of ''Dawn of Sorrow'', Soma needs to slay this foul creature before it escapes the Abyss.
* FlunkyBoss: Menace's only means of direct attack are a relatively straightforward punch and a simple stomp, both of which are very slow and very heavily telegraphed. The real challenge in the battle is trying to hit him while simultaneously dodging his [[Literature/TheLangoliers rather familiar-looking]] flying minions. [[DownplayedTrope Slightly downplayed]] by the fact that his minions do not register in the bestiary as individual entities, suggesting they may be part of Menace himself.
* FusionDance: The result of one.
* DropTheHammer: A OneHitKill can be done to it in ''Harmony of Despair'', involving the player(s) luring it to a switch in the upper-left corner of the map and pressing it, releasing a hammer and killing it instantly upon impact. On harder difficulties it will not deal a OneHitKill, but still deal a ton of damage.
* MovesetClone: It has a similar moveset to the Golems and Treants found throughout the game.
* SkullForAHead: Its head is skeletal in appearance, but it is notable for having two mouths. One of which has another head in it.

[[/folder]]

!Appeared in ''The Battle of Old Castle''

[[folder:Christopher Bee]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/christopher_bee.jpg]]

An actor who was slated to play the role of Dracula.
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* CameBackWrong: He was killed while making the film adaptation of Simon Belmont's fight with Dracula... only to be killed and raised a zombie.
* CanonForeigner: Zig-zagged. While his name is in the credits of the first game as the "actor" playing Dracula, this is his only appearance.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His name is obviously based on that of famous movie vampire Creator/ChristopherLee.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Victor Frankenstein]]
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shaft]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/JinHorikawa (''Rondo of Blood''), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (''Symphony of the Night'') and Dai Matsumoto (''The Dracula X Chronicles'')
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Jeff Manning (''Symphony of the Night''), Creator/TonyOliver (''The Dracula X Chronicles'')

->"''Servants, come forth from the gates of Hell! Attack! Rid my master's castle of this pest!''"

[[quoteright:221:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-SHAFT-2_1588.JPG]]

Shaft was an evil priest who revived Dracula during the time of ''Rondo of Blood'', and he helped the old Count kidnap multiple young women. Later, he was instrumental in keeping Richter BrainwashedAndCrazy during ''Symphony of the Night''.

* ArcVillain: For both of the ''Dracula X'' games, as he is the one who works to resurrect Dracula in their respective plots.
* BaldOfEvil: Not that you would know it since his head is almost always covered.
* CrystalBall: His signature — he primarily uses green crystal balls to attack during his boss fights.
* DiabolusExMachina: Richter kills him ''twice'' — as both a human ''and'' a ghost — in ''Rondo''. He should have been DeaderThanDead, yet even ''this'' doesn't stick, as Shaft goes on to [[DemonicPossession enslave Richter]] so that Alucard can take the spotlight in ''[=SotN=]''.
* TheDragon: To Dracula, and played this role to a brainwashed Richter.
* EvilSorcerer: His narrative role.
* EvilSoundsDeep: In ''Symphony of the Night'', he's played with a menacing baritone.
* FasterThanTheyLook: During ''Rondo of Blood'', in which he somehow manages to jump around the room like a ninja.
* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: The third attack he is capable of with the orbs, which sends them bounding all over the room.
* {{Necromancer}}: His main choice of magic, which he uses to revive the four bosses from Simon's journey into Castlevania, as well as preserving his own soul after being killed by Richter.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He is ironically responsible for detecting and unlocking Maria's magical potential in the remake. In the original version, he simply caught her trying to be a hero.
* PlayingWithFire: Shafton Fire, where he sets his orbs on fire and sends them towards their target.
* ScaryBlackMan: Most of his sprites give him a darker skin tone than his art would suggest.
** Averted in the ''Dracula X Chronicles'' where he is just as pale-skinned as his artwork.
* ShockAndAwe: Shafton Lighting, where he uses his orbs to cast bolts of lightning.
* SinisterMinister: He ''is'' technically a priest.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: One major clue to [[spoiler:the fact that he is possessing Richter]] in ''Symphony of the Night'' is the incantation that [[spoiler:Richter]] uses to summon monsters to attack Alucard: it's the exact same thing Shaft says when summoning monsters to fight Richter in ''Rondo of Blood'''s PSP remake.
* SoulJar: He preserves his soul in one of his trademark crystal balls after being killed in ''Rondo of Blood''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Galamoth]]
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An extremely large, demonic-looking being who resembles a dinosaur. Though originally introduced as the BigBad in the ''VideoGame/KidDracula'' games, he made his first proper appearance in the ''Castlevania'' series in ''Symphony of the Night'', followed by a cameo in ''Aria of Sorrow'' and a significant yet unseen villainous role in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment''. Not much has been confirmed about him, but from what has been clearly established, he directly opposes Dracula and seeks to replace him as the lord of darkness. For some reason, he has spent far more time fighting Dracula's offspring.
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[[folder:Succubus]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Rika Fukami (''Symphony of the Night''), Haruko Kitahama (''Lament of Innocence'')
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Barbara Whitlow (''Symphony of the Night''), Creator/MelissaFahn (''Lament of Innocence''), Creator/KarenStrassman (''Portrait of Ruin'', ''The Adventure [=ReBirth=]'', US and European version), Jessica Straus (''The Dracula X Chronicles'') Creator/WendeeLee (''Order of Ecclesia'', ''Harmony of Despair''), Creator/PhileceSampler (''The Adventure [=ReBirth=]'', Japanese version)

->"''If I'd known this would happen, I would have... fought you in the guise of your loved one...''"

A total of three of these devils appear as bosses throughout the series. The first one was a minion of Walter's taking on the guise of Sara in order to attack Leon. The second one was a minor foe that appeared under Dracula's employ. The third and most well-known debuted first. She took the form of Lisa in order to lull Alucard into joining Dracula's side. Several other succubi appeared throughout the series as minor enemies.

* AndIMustScream: The fate of the ''Symphony'' Succubus upon Alucard killing her. "Death in the dream world will set your soul wandering for eternity, demon." Though she was asking for it, as Alucard said before the battle that she [[{{Foreshadowing}} deserves a fate worse than death]], her response, being more or less [[TemptingFate "Bring it on"]].
* BurnTheWitch: The ''Symphony'' Succubus recreates the moment of Lisa's death in order to break Alucard.
* ChestMonster: The ''Symphony'' Succubus uses a fake Save Point. In one room is a real save point and, just across the hall, is another room that looks like a different-colored save point, but will in fact trigger a "nightmare" cutscene and the battle with her.
* CuteMonsterGirl: In comparison to the two before her, the Succubus from ''Rebirth'' seems more like this than hot.
* DemotedToExtra: After the first appearance of the Succubus, more and more of them have appeared as lesser enemies, with a palette swap called Lilith appearing as a weaker version.
** EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first time this happened, the Succubus was the ''weakest'' version of her group, with Lilith being the ''strongest''.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: After beating her in ''Symphony'', at least in the original version. The ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles Dracula X Chronicles]]'' port made her final cry sound a lot more like a death cry than a... [[TheImmodestOrgasm you know]].
* DoppelgangerSpin: The Succubus does this as part of her attack chain in ''Symphony'', filling up the top of the screen with duplicates.
* DreamWeaver: The circumstances of the fight in ''Symphony'', in keeping with the [[GeniusBonus original legend of the incubus]]. She tries to mess up Alucard's memories through dreams.
* GreenThumb: ''Lament of Innocence''[='=]s Succubus can grow poisonous flowers across the field that can poison Leon.
* FullFrontalAssault: The official art for the ''Symphony'' design shows that Succubus has exposed breasts with defined nipples. Most official uses of this artwork either cut off above the nipples or covers them with something. Her in-game sprite also has her chest and crotch exposed, with her clothing consisting of an open-bust corset, long gloves, and thigh-high boots.
* KarmicDeath: She tried to appear as Lisa, Alucard's dead mother, to tempt him into joining Dracula. Little did she know that the topic of Lisa was a RelativeButton for [[MommasBoy Alucard]], who was not pleased with the fact that a demonic monster tried to sully his memory of Lisa. [[AndIMustScream She ended up having her soul wander for eternity, never knowing rest.]]
* MovesetClone: Only in ''Circle of the Moon''. The Succubus as well as her stronger counterparts (Nightmare, FallenAngel, Lilim, and Lilith), all fight in a similar manner to the Harpy and the Siren.
* MsFanservice: Par for the course for any succubus, she is a scantily-clad and irresistible woman with the power to charm her foes. As mentioned above, she had been designed with her chest completely nude.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The Succubus from ''Rebirth'' is internally called "Vampire" in the game's files.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: One of their known tactics is to appear as a loved one to a hunter so they wouldn't be attacked so easily. Lament of Innocence's Succubus did this to Rinaldo and laments that she didn't attempt it with Leon. Symphony of the Night's turned into Lisa in order to try and break Alucard. Both Aria and Dawn of Sorrows Succubi appear as Mina and Yoko respectively, but attack you if you get too close or if your back is turned.
* SpotTheImposter: One of the ''Lament'' Succubus' attacks is creating two clones of herself, and if you strike the wrong one, you'll be hit with paralysis. The real one can be recognized by the rose petals she leaves in her wake.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Natch. They wear only stilettos, [[OfCorsetsSexy a corset]], and a babushka. The ''Rebirth'' Succubus is completely nude.
* TheShadowKnows: In SpotTheImposter above, one other way to tell the real Succubus from the clones is the fact that the real succubus casts a shadow, unlike the clones.
[[/folder]]

!Appeared in ''Legacy of Darkness'' [=/=] 64

[[folder:Actrise]]

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A witch who valued her beauty more than anything else in the world. She entered Dracula's service by sacrificing 100 children, including her own daughter. Is defeated by Carrie Fernandez.
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!Appeared in ''Lament of Innocence''

[[folder:Walter Bernhard]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Yukimasa Kishino
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/JamiesonPrice
->"''Welcome. I have been waiting, Leon.''"

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A powerful vampire who rules the forest called Eternal Night. [[WhoWantsToLiveForever As he finds his immortality to be boring]], he seeks a challenge, playing life and death games with brave humans and upping the ante by stealing that which is most precious to them. His latest act is spiriting away Sara Trantoul, Leon Belmont's betrothed.

* AndIMustScream: His final fate; essentially he's reduced to a battery for Dracula's magic.
* AssholeVictim: After what he did to Leon, Sara, Justine, and Rinaldo, [[spoiler: few people are sad to see him get [[YourSoulIsMine his soul stolen by Death]] and used to turn Mathias into Dracula]].
* BadassBaritone: God Bless you, Jamieson Price.
* BadassCape: Coupled with his darkly-colored armor and clothing, Walter is one of the more physically-imposing (humanoid) villains.
* BigNo: When being betrayed by Death, right after giving a speech affirming he'll be brought back to life.
* BloodKnight: Seeks excitement as a means to [[WhoWantsToLiveForever pass the time]]. He achieves this by playing life and death games with humans, and due to having NighInvulnerability thanks to the Ebony Stone, not one has managed to kill him.
* ClimaxBoss: He's not the final boss, but you'd be forgiven to think so given his defeat brings a lot of the main plot points thus far to a head.
* EvilIsBurningHot: Displays use of Dark Inferno, as Dracula does.
* EvilOverlord: Ruled the castle long before Dracula did.
* EvilRedhead: Tying in with the old tradition of vampires being redheads, particularly of the moroii variety.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He speaks politely and courteously, but is more motivated by his desire to slake his boredom and {{Troll}} tendencies. Case in point, [[spoiler:he turned Rinaldo's daughter into a Vampire who then slaughtered her own family, turned Sara into a Vampire when Leon got to him, and he even turned Joachim into a vampire if only to give him CruelMercy by locking him away into effective solitary confinement, to starve but not being able to die because of it]].
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: He wants others to come after ''him''. See BloodKnight above.
* ItAmusedMe: His reason for pulling his nightly games, besides his BloodKnight tendencies. It's also why he would kidnap humans and turn them into vampires so he could get off from the horror and tragedy that would result from these transformations. [[spoiler:This is what happened to two of his victims: Sara Trantoul and Justine Gandolfi.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNyRZkcmk9A Dark Night Toccata]].
* KarmicDeath: His death comes at the culmination of Rinaldo, Leon and Sarah's combined rage, with the lattermost becoming the most necessary component to completing the Vampire Killer which would annihilate his protection from the Ebony Stone. [[spoiler: Furthermore, much like Sarah, his own soul also becomes confined into an object to empower someone else, in this case Matthia's Crimson Stone as opposed to Leon's Vampire Killer.]]
* KickTheDog: He kidnapped Justine, turned her into a vampire, and let her loose on her own family until she was killed by the only survivor, her father Rinaldo. He later did the same to Sara, kidnapping and turning her into a vampire so he could derive pleasure from the suffering of her betrothed, Leon Belmont. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This ends up biting him in the ass when Leon (with Sara's consent) turned Sara into the Vampire Killer and defeated him with it.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: He ends up defeated with a whip that contained the souls of two women who died because they contracted vampirism from him, and also loses his magical protections when Leon destroys the Ebony Stone. [[spoiler: Furthermore, much like how Sarah's soul was used to empower the Whip of Alchemy into the Vampire Killer, Walter's own soul becomes trapped in the Crimson Stone to empower Matthias.]]
* MeaningfulName: Walter's name stems from the Germanic root ''wald'', meaning "to rule". Translated into Slavonic, it becomes ''volod'', which has a name form: "[[{{UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler}} Vlad]]"
* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: He has NighInvulnerability thanks to the Ebony Stone, except [[spoiler:when faced by the awesome power of the Vampire Killer]].
* PeekABangs: Acts as a veil, a way of representing his magical powers, and separates himself from normal men.
* PredecessorVillain: He's essentially a proto-Dracula. His magic and demon form are less refined versions of Dracula's own, and he uses a giant castle that may or may not have become Castlevania in the future.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His armor and hair is predominantly red while his cape is black, and he does what he does because it amuses him.
* TheNightThatNeverEnds: Thanks to wielding the Ebony Stone, his castle and the forest around it, aptly called "Forest of Eternal Night", is constantly shrouded under darkness and night. [[SubvertedTrope This gets subverted when Leon destroys it thanks to Vampire Killer.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:He was deceived by Mathias and Death into believing that the Ebony Stone would revive him after his defeat and allow him to control Death. Instead, Death claims Walter's soul and uses it to create the Crimson Stone.]]
* WickedCultured: Look at the areas in his castle. House of Sacred Remains and its semi-religious architecture, the Ghostly Theatre, the Garden Forgotten by Time and the Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab. The man clearly has some interest in the arts and sciences.

[[folder:Joachim Armster]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/HiroshiKamiya
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/MichaelLindsay

->"''It's too bad... You aren't Walter.''"

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Once a human, Joachim was turned into a vampire by Walter Bernhard. He now harbors an [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] to defeat Walter and become the new master of his castle, but was bested in combat by Walter and imprisoned in the castle's prison as punishment.

* AmbitionIsEvil: How he ended up in the Dark Palace of Waterfalls. Initially lured in by the promise of eternal life as a vampire, Joachim betrayed Walter and attempts to kill him in order to usurp his position and power. However, thanks to the Ebony Stone, Walter remained undefeated and proceeds to punish Joachim.
* AxCrazy: As a result of being imprisoned and starved. His [[https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/castlevania/images/1/14/Cloi-joachim-armster2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080227230948 artwork]] really helps drive home just how disturbed he is.
* BadassLongCoat: He wears a stylish purple one.
* BarefootLoon: Has no shoes in one piece of concept art, and is completely mad after years of being imprisoned and tormented by Walter.
* BerserkButton: His defeat at the hands of Walter and his imprisonment are very sore spots, and he cannot stand it when anyone mentions them.
* CannotCrossRunningWater: As a vampire, water is like acid to him, and a waterfall is what prevents him from escaping his prison.
* CruelMercy: What was done to him by his former master. Walter spared his life after defeating him, only to lock him up in a solitary prison, leave him to perpetually starve and to unwillingly guard one of the keys to Walter's inner sanctum.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: After beating the game as Leon, Joachim becomes a playable character.
* EnergyWeapon: His piercing mode has this as his magic attack, [[InstantRunes creating a magic circle]] with his swords before throwing a high damage laser beam forth.
* {{Expy}}: He's a villainous rival to a man in red, controls multiple summoned swords, relies solely on his magic and {{Limit Break}}s to fight, and is characterized mostly by his ambitions to kill the man in red. He's got numerous parallels to Vergil of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' fame.
* FemmeFatalons: A male example. He sports claw-like nails not only on his fingers, but according to his [[https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/castlevania/images/1/14/Cloi-joachim-armster2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080227230948 artwork]], on his toes as well.
* {{Foil}}: To Walter. Color scheme and appearance.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: One of the two ways he wields his swords in his playable mode, piercing them into enemies for high damage at the cost of something of a reload time.
* KamehameHadoken: One of his [[LimitBreak limit breaks]].
* LaughingMad: When he [[spoiler:finally defeats Walter and becomes lord of his castle]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Melencholy Joachim," his boss theme.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: As should be expected from Ayami Kojima at this point.
* MasterOfTheLevitatingBlades: He never touches his swords when they butcher his enemies.
* MindOverMatter: Uses psychokinesis to wield ''[[DualWielding five]]'' swords.
* NoIndoorVoice: He tends to yell out loud when ending his sentences.
* PointyEars: He has noticeable pointy ears, even on his in-game model.
* PowerFloats: He floats while using magic. In his playable mode, he ''never'' uses his feet. Not even to stand on pressure plates.
* PowersDoTheFighting: This is how it appears when you play as him: He just floats there while his swords hack away at everything without him moving a muscle unless he uses his LimitBreak.
* PurpleIsPowerful: He wears purple, and is a powerful [[{{Telekinesis}} telekinetic]] vampire.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes glow red before his battle with Leon.
* ReverseShrapnel: One of his two ways he wields his swords in his playable mode, carving away at enemies with lowish damage but also a low reload time. His magic attack in this form has him increase the blades' size before spinning them around himself like a murderous blender.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Apparently he was lured into the castle by promises of immortality and vampirism by Walter. But he wanted to be the lord of the castle instead. After attempting a betrayal (and it failing due to the Ebony Stone), Walter decided to reward his desire for supremacy in the castle by making him the lieutenant who guards the Green Orb. In the Dark Palace of Waterfalls, which is basically the castle's sewer system and latrine. Where Joachim is stuck in a room that is "locked" by a waterfall at its entrance, and [[CannotCrossRunningWater since it's like acid to vampires]]... well, [[FateWorseThanDeath you do the math]].
* SlouchOfVillainy: Does this [[spoiler:after killing Walter and taking his castle in his non-canon ending]].
* SoreLoser: Hints at this with his conversation before challenging Leon:
-->'''Leon:''' Why is a vampire locked away here?
-->'''[[HairTriggerTemper Joachim:]]''' '''[[BigShutUp Shut up!]]'''
-->'''Leon:''' [perplexed]
-->'''Joachim:''' Damn Walter, I would have won weren't not for his ebony stone.
* TranshumanTreachery: He was initially lured to the castle by Walter offering him immortality and power through vampirism, and he clearly seems to enjoy this fact.
* VillainProtagonist: Becomes this in his playable mode. He is notably the only [[DefeatMeansPlayable playable]] ''Castlevania'' villain.

!Appeared in ''Castlevania'' / ''Simon's Quest''

[[folder:Medusa]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Haruko Kitahama (''Lament of Innocence'')
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn (''Lament of Innocence'', ''Portrait of Ruin'')

->"''With that body, you'll make an excellent statue.''"

One of the three Gorgon sisters, she is one of the few bosses in the series to appear in nearly every game, in some form or another, mainly by [[GoddamnBats the annoying Medusa Heads]] or in the flesh.

* FinalBoss: For Henry's mission in ''Legacy of Darkness''.
* FlyingFace: Appears as one in both the original game and ''Lament of Innocence''.
* GorgeousGorgon: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for the most part, where she looks more hideous or disturbing than beautiful.
* TheGhost: Stheno and Euryale are mentioned in her description, but never appear in the main timeline.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: She turns to stone upon defeat.
* KarmicDeath: In a few games, after being beaten, she's TakenForGranite herself.
* KingMook: Technically one for the Medusa Heads, but she has also been referred to as "Queen Medusa".
* MistakenForGranite: In both her debut appearance and her ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' cameo, she starts off looking like a mundane stone bust of a woman before revealing her snake-haired monster form. In the "Vampire Killer" trailer for the latter game, she uses this to sneak up on and frighten [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]].
* MookMaker: She sheds snakes that quickly slither along the ground to attack you. ''Portrait of Ruin'' has her shedding Medusa Heads instead.
* ScaledUp: ''Portrait of Ruin'' lets her turn into a giant snake for an attack.
* ShesAManInJapan: Rather than show her bare breasts, the Western release of ''Dracula's Curse'' turned her into a man for the haunted ship's midboss fight, naming her the Snake Man Sentinel.
* SnakePeople: When not depicted as a giant floating head, she's usually depicted as a lamia-like creature, taking a page from ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981''.
* SnakesAreSinister: It's Medusa. Comes with the territory.
* TakenForGranite: Her most well known ability is her petrifying gaze, though she doesn't posses it in every version.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting:
** In Portrait of Ruin, she can briefly turn into a giant snake.
** Something similar occurs in ''Bloodlines'' where Elizabeth turns into Medusa for the first phase in her boss battle.
* YouNoTakeCandle: In ''Portrait of Ruin,'' her manner of speech sounds simplistic when she shouts "SHATTER HUMAN" after petrifying you. This is a sharp contrast to her appearance in ''Lament of Innocence,'' where she was quite eloquent.

[[folder:The Creature]]

FrankensteinsMonster in all but name, flat head, neck bolts, and all. Has appeared in numerous Castlevania titles. He is identified as Frankenstien in earlier games, though later ones settle on naming him 'The Creature.'

* AnachronismStew: Appears in games that take place before the original ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' story took place.
* ChainsawGood: Has one for his right hand in ''Legacy of Darkness''.
* CollapsingCeilingBoss: A frequent attack is to stomp the ground or punch the wall, causing debris to fall from the ceiling.
* DegradedBoss: On-again, off-again. This began with ''Circle of the Moon'' with enemies called "Frankens" appearing in the Eternal Corridor.
* DishingOutDirt: Mainly uses attacks that involve throwing rocks or bricks.
* DropTheHammer: Has one in ''Symphony of the Night'', along with a RollingAttack
* DualBoss: A Flea Man, identified in the English manual as Igor, accompanies him in the original game. This was the main threat of the fight — the Creature just stands back and lets him fight Simon.
** ''Two'' of him appear in a room in the Nest of Evil in ''Portrait of Ruin''.
* DubNameChange: His name was initially Frankenstein; however, since this was actually the name of the scientist in the original story, it was later changed to "Franken" in Japanese and "The Creature" in English.
* FleshGolem: Was made out of pieces of corpses, sewn together and reanimated through an undisclosed method.
* FrankensteinsMonster: Inspired by the [[Film/Frankenstein1931 original film by Universal]].
* GatlingGood: Has two built into his arms in ''Portrait of Ruin''.
* HypotheticalCasting: The first game suggests that the Creature would be played by Boris Karloff, who inspired the principal appearance of the Monster in the aforementioned film by Universal.
* KingMook: Goliath in ''Order of Ecclesia'' is a larger version of the Creature with many more powerful attacks.
* LightningBruiser: Can become this in some games. In ''Symphony of the Night'', his rolling attack is fast and hits hard.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Makes use of it in some fights.
* MightyGlacier: In games where he's not a LightningBruiser, he moves at a plodding pace but hits like a truck, often backed with a high health pool.
* MiniBoss: Only in ''Bloodlines'' and ''Chronicles''.
* MoreDakka: He can fire missiles out of his arms in ''[=PoR=]''.
* WhipItGood: He uses his own shackles as a chain-whip starting in ''Haunted Castle'', although he only used it two more times in ''Bloodlines'' and ''Chronicles''.

[[folder:Carmilla]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/SayakaOhara (''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'')
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/KarenStrassman (''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'')

->"''But isn't this world hellish already? People are intrigued by darkness, and covet power and chaos.''"

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A devoted servant and worshiper of the Dark Lord, she has been actively involved in his resurrection on several occasions.\\\

In ''Circle of the Moon'', she acts as the main antagonist. Carmilla manages to revive Dracula, but not to full power, so she planned to sacrifice the vampire hunter Morris Baldwin during a lunar eclipse of the full moon. She also enthralls Hugh Baldwin to her will to help prevent Nathan Graves' interference. While ultimately defeated, Carmilla still manages to complete the ritual to restore her master.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: Her skull-riding appearances, although blatantly naked, have no actual parts.
* ChainPain: She uses a chain in ''Judgment''.
* CuteMonsterGirl: she's usually a GiantWoman wearing little or nothing at all, except for ''Circle of the Moon,'' in which she's more of a cute and well-dressed (but still well-endowed) vampire girl. Either way, she tends to be more human-looking and attractive than most of the other evils lurking in the castle, including the [[LooksLikeOrlok Orlok-esque]] male vampire Brauner and the more overtly monstrous MsFanservice Succubus.
* DepravedBisexual: Laura, the CatGirl seen in ''Rondo'' and ''[=PoR=]'', is her servant and apparently her lover. Now factor this into her [[TheVamp vampish]] nature towards pretty much anyone else, and...
* TheDragon: Only in ''Circle of the Moon''.
* FullFrontalAssault: Her [[OneWingedAngel true form usually]] is that of a [[BarbieDollAnatomy naked]] woman riding ontop of a [[DemBones giant skull]].
%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: She believes that darkness is the true nature of humans, and hopes that Dracula will bring it out. Unlike Dracula, she shows no enmity towards mankind.
* IconicItem: Her mask, which first served as her appearance in ''Simon's Quest'', has made frequent reappearances. It appears in ''Rondo of Blood'' before falling apart to reveal a skull for her boss battle, and she uses a mask-adorned iron maiden as her hyper move in ''Judgment''. It also shows up in the Cave of Skeletons in ''Harmony of Dissonance'' alongside many other {{Mythology Gag}}s, and serves as her appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
* MovesetClone: Her appearance in [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaDraculaX the SNES port of Rondo of Blood]] gives her Shaft's moveset rather than her original strategy.
* MsFanservice: Especially in ''Judgment'', where she dresses like a dominatrix. Though her other appearances where she is completely nude and lies seductively over a giant skull also counts.
* PimpedOutDress: In ''Circle of the Moon'', in a stark contrast to [[{{Stripperiffic}} every]] [[FullFrontalAssault other]] [[BarbieDollAnatomy appearance]].
* PoisonousPerson: In ''Judgment'', she can shoot a poisonous gas that inflicts continuous damage.
* PsychoSupporter: To Dracula, with heavy implications of MadLove.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Her namesake is... [[Literature/{{Carmilla}} well]]...
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Camilla in ''Simon's Quest'' and ''Circle of the Moon''.[[note]]In the former, she's only generically referred to as a "female vampire" in the Japanese manual and "Vampira" in the English manual, but her name is revealed via a clue book found in Debious Woods. In the latter, it is a genuine translation error, as her Japanese spelling was corrected to "Carmilla" by that point.[[/note]]
* TearsOfBlood: A common battle strategy from either her skull or her mask. It's no wonder "Bloody Tears" was used as her theme in ''Judgment''.
* TheVamp: Very much so in both ''Circle of the Moon'' and ''Judgment'', where she wishes for humanity to give into their true nature which she perceives as darkness and is implied to have had a part in corrupting Hugh. In ''Judgment'', she outright revels in pain and suffering, commenting in her win quotes that her foes will "Come to enjoy this" and tries corrupting people to their true natures or being a true child of the night. Especially Alucard and Cornell.

!Appeared in ''Harmony of Dissonance''

[[folder:Dracula Wraith]]
->See [[Characters/CastlevaniaDracula Dracula]].
[[/folder]]

!Appeared in '''Rondo of Blood'' [=/=] ''Dracula X'' [=/=] ''Symphony of the Night'''

[[folder:Shaft]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/JinHorikawa (''Rondo of Blood''), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (''Symphony of the Night'') and Dai Matsumoto (''The Dracula X Chronicles'')
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Jeff Manning (''Symphony of the Night''), Creator/TonyOliver (''The Dracula X Chronicles'')

->"''Servants, come forth from the gates of Hell! Attack! Rid my master's castle of this pest!''"

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Shaft was an evil priest who revived Dracula during the time of ''Rondo of Blood'', and he helped the old Count kidnap multiple young women. Later, he was instrumental in keeping Richter BrainwashedAndCrazy during ''Symphony of the Night''.

* ArcVillain: For both of the ''Dracula X'' games, as he is the one who works to resurrect Dracula in their respective plots.
* BaldOfEvil: Not that you would know it since his head is almost always covered.
* CrystalBall: His signature — he primarily uses green crystal balls to attack during his boss fights.
* DiabolusExMachina: Richter kills him ''twice'' — as both a human ''and'' a ghost — in ''Rondo''. He should have been DeaderThanDead, yet even ''this'' doesn't stick, as Shaft goes on to [[DemonicPossession enslave Richter]] so that Alucard can take the spotlight in ''[=SotN=]''.
* TheDragon: To Dracula, and played this role to a brainwashed Richter.
* EvilSorcerer: His narrative role.
* EvilSoundsDeep: In ''Symphony of the Night'', he's played with a menacing baritone.
* FasterThanTheyLook: During ''Rondo of Blood'', in which he somehow manages to jump around the room like a ninja.
* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: The third attack he is capable of with the orbs, which sends them bounding all over the room.
* {{Necromancer}}: His main choice of magic, which he uses to revive the four bosses from Simon's journey into Castlevania, as well as preserving his own soul after being killed by Richter.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He is ironically responsible for detecting and unlocking Maria's magical potential in the remake. In the original version, he simply caught her trying to be a hero.
* PlayingWithFire: Shafton Fire, where he sets his orbs on fire and sends them towards their target.
* ScaryBlackMan: Most of his sprites give him a darker skin tone than his art would suggest.
** Averted in the ''Dracula X Chronicles'' where he is just as pale-skinned as his artwork.
* ShockAndAwe: Shafton Lighting, where he uses his orbs to cast bolts of lightning.
* SinisterMinister: He ''is'' technically a priest.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: One major clue to [[spoiler:the fact that he is possessing Richter]] in ''Symphony of the Night'' is the incantation that [[spoiler:Richter]] uses to summon monsters to attack Alucard: it's the exact same thing Shaft says when summoning monsters to fight Richter in ''Rondo of Blood'''s PSP remake.
* SoulJar: He preserves his soul in one of his trademark crystal balls after being killed in ''Rondo of Blood''.

[[folder:Galamoth]]
[[quoteright:148:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/galamoth_pose.gif]]

An extremely large, demonic-looking being who resembles a dinosaur. Though originally introduced as the BigBad in the ''VideoGame/KidDracula'' games, he made his first proper appearance in the ''Castlevania'' series in ''Symphony of the Night'', followed by a cameo in ''Aria of Sorrow'' and a significant yet unseen villainous role in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment''. Not much has been confirmed about him, but from what has been clearly established, he directly opposes Dracula and seeks to replace him as the lord of darkness. For some reason, he has spent far more time fighting Dracula's offspring.

* BreathWeapon: He breathes fire in ''Kid Dracula''. Given his appearance, this may also qualify as DinosaursAreDragons.
* BusCrash: Implied. Is a background villain that wants to oppose Dracula. According to ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow'', one of Dracula's abilities, and possibly his most powerful, is the power of Dominance, which lets him take the souls of defeated enemies. What do you find hidden in a lantern, which according to WordOfGod contains the souls Dracula has stolen? That's right, Galamoth's soul, suggesting that some time before Dracula's death, he finally settled things with Galamoth and won.
* CoolSword: Wields a standard sword in ''Boku Dracula-Kun'' and a LaserBlade in ''Kid Dracula''. He also holds a circular blade in his off hand in ''Symphony'', but never actually uses it.
* EvilVersusEvil: Each time, the forces of good favor Dracula as the dark lord.
* TheGhost: Despite his involvement in ''Judgment'''s plot, he never appears in the game, save for a SayMyName from the Time Reaper.
* GreaterScopeVillain: In ''Judgment'', he was the one who sent the Time Reaper back in time.
* ImmuneToFate: Given that he's the only villain to date to attempt to change history in his favor, and his soul's purpose in ''Aria'' is to prevent a TimeMaster enemy from turning back time, he likely possesses this ability in some form.
* MagicKnight: Wields both magic and swords.
* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: His attempt to remove Dracula from power by changing history in ''Judgment''.
* NotInTheFace: His rather hilarious weakpoint in ''Symphony of the Night''.
* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: He has so much HP that his bestiary entry ''doesn't display it.''
* RentAZilla: Though several other bosses in the series outsize him.
* ShockAndAwe: In all of his appearances, right down to his special ability in ''Encore of the Night''.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: He was known as [[JapaneseRanguage Garamoth]] in ''Kid Dracula''.
* TheStarscream: Depending on his true role in relation to Dracula.
* {{Superboss}}: In ''Symphony'', he is found in the Floating Catacombs, a completely optional area in the Inverted Castle, and is stronger than Dracula himself. He also plays this role in ''Encore'', in which he is located in the Royal Chapel instead and drops the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Alucard Sword]].
* WalkLikeAnEgyptian: In addition to his ''Symphony'' outfit's influences, he is animated in a manner that keeps him in constant profile.

[[folder:Legion]]

A recurring boss ever since its introduction, with its design almost always being the same — a tentacled, orb-shaped being surrounded by a shell made out of corpses.

Generally, its boss fight consists of the trying to break off the shell to reveal its core, then killing the core.

* BodyOfBodies: It usually appears as a ball of corpses.
* DegradedBoss: Appears as a common enemy in ''Circle of The Moon'', though having a remarkably different form.
* DubNameChange: Called [[Literature/CatsCradle Granfalloon]] in ''Symphony of the Night''
* EldritchAbomination: Even without the shell, it would still qualify.
* EnergyWeapon: Its core's primary attack in all of its appearances, except for in ''Curse of Darkness''.
* FetusTerrible: In ''Aria of Sorrow'', its core resembles a fetus in a circular cage.
** The shell in the same title also has the resemblance of a curled up fetus.
* FlunkyBoss: Often summons zombies by having them detach from the shell. In ''Harmony of Dissonance'', it instead summons either maggots or miniature versions of itself.
* IAmLegion: Literally. Its MonsterCompendium entry in many games often alludes to the Biblical Legion.
* SequentialBoss: In ''Curse of Darkness'', defeating its shell will cause Nuculais to burst from the core.
* StatusEffects: Can inflict curse in ''Harmony of Dissonance'' and ''Circle of the Moon''.
* {{Superboss}}: It, especially as Nuculais, is among the most difficult bosses in ''Curse of Darkness '', found under Garibaldi Temple.
* UndergroundMonkey: Strangely there are two versions of it in ''Harmony of Dissonance'', differenciated by a title in parentheses. The normal version is called "Legion ([[AngelicAbomination Saint]])" while the second version is called "Legion ([[UndeadAbomination Corpse]])". Nothing about the "Saint" version is saintly, appearing exactly like the one in ''Symphony'', while the "Corpse" version is more of a misnomer since it's made of bones.

[[folder:Succubus]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Rika Fukami (''Symphony of the Night''), Haruko Kitahama (''Lament of Innocence'')
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Barbara Whitlow (''Symphony of the Night''), Creator/MelissaFahn (''Lament of Innocence''), Creator/KarenStrassman (''Portrait of Ruin'', ''The Adventure [=ReBirth=]'', US and European version), Jessica Straus (''The Dracula X Chronicles'') Creator/WendeeLee (''Order of Ecclesia'', ''Harmony of Despair''), Creator/PhileceSampler (''The Adventure [=ReBirth=]'', Japanese version)

->"''If I'd known this would happen, I would have... fought you in the guise of your loved one...''"

A total of three of these devils appear as bosses throughout the series. The first one was a minion of Walter's taking on the guise of Sara in order to attack Leon. The second one was a minor foe that appeared under Dracula's employ. The third and most well-known debuted first. She took the form of Lisa in order to lull Alucard into joining Dracula's side. Several other succubi appeared throughout the series as minor enemies.

* AndIMustScream: The fate of the ''Symphony'' Succubus upon Alucard killing her. "Death in the dream world will set your soul wandering for eternity, demon." Though she was asking for it, as Alucard said before the battle that she [[{{Foreshadowing}} deserves a fate worse than death]], her response, being more or less [[TemptingFate "Bring it on"]].
* BurnTheWitch: The ''Symphony'' Succubus recreates the moment of Lisa's death in order to break Alucard.
* ChestMonster: The ''Symphony'' Succubus uses a fake Save Point. In one room is a real save point and, just across the hall, is another room that looks like a different-colored save point, but will in fact trigger a "nightmare" cutscene and the battle with her.
* CuteMonsterGirl: In comparison to the two before her, the Succubus from ''Rebirth'' seems more like this than hot.
* DemotedToExtra: After the first appearance of the Succubus, more and more of them have appeared as lesser enemies, with a palette swap called Lilith appearing as a weaker version.
** EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first time this happened, the Succubus was the ''weakest'' version of her group, with Lilith being the ''strongest''.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: After beating her in ''Symphony'', at least in the original version. The ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles Dracula X Chronicles]]'' port made her final cry sound a lot more like a death cry than a... [[TheImmodestOrgasm you know]].
* DoppelgangerSpin: The Succubus does this as part of her attack chain in ''Symphony'', filling up the top of the screen with duplicates.
* DreamWeaver: The circumstances of the fight in ''Symphony'', in keeping with the [[GeniusBonus original legend of the incubus]]. She tries to mess up Alucard's memories through dreams.
* GreenThumb: ''Lament of Innocence''[='=]s Succubus can grow poisonous flowers across the field that can poison Leon.
* FullFrontalAssault: The official art for the ''Symphony'' design shows that Succubus has exposed breasts with defined nipples. Most official uses of this artwork either cut off above the nipples or covers them with something. Her in-game sprite also has her chest and crotch exposed, with her clothing consisting of an open-bust corset, long gloves, and thigh-high boots.
* KarmicDeath: She tried to appear as Lisa, Alucard's dead mother, to tempt him into joining Dracula. Little did she know that the topic of Lisa was a RelativeButton for [[MommasBoy Alucard]], who was not pleased with the fact that a demonic monster tried to sully his memory of Lisa. [[AndIMustScream She ended up having her soul wander for eternity, never knowing rest.]]
* MovesetClone: Only in ''Circle of the Moon''. The Succubus as well as her stronger counterparts (Nightmare, FallenAngel, Lilim, and Lilith), all fight in a similar manner to the Harpy and the Siren.
* MsFanservice: Par for the course for any succubus, she is a scantily-clad and irresistible woman with the power to charm her foes. As mentioned above, she had been designed with her chest completely nude.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The Succubus from ''Rebirth'' is internally called "Vampire" in the game's files.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: One of their known tactics is to appear as a loved one to a hunter so they wouldn't be attacked so easily. Lament of Innocence's Succubus did this to Rinaldo and laments that she didn't attempt it with Leon. Symphony of the Night's turned into Lisa in order to try and break Alucard. Both Aria and Dawn of Sorrows Succubi appear as Mina and Yoko respectively, but attack you if you get too close or if your back is turned.
* SpotTheImposter: One of the ''Lament'' Succubus' attacks is creating two clones of herself, and if you strike the wrong one, you'll be hit with paralysis. The real one can be recognized by the rose petals she leaves in her wake.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Natch. They wear only stilettos, [[OfCorsetsSexy a corset]], and a babushka. The ''Rebirth'' Succubus is completely nude.
* TheShadowKnows: In SpotTheImposter above, one other way to tell the real Succubus from the clones is the fact that the real succubus casts a shadow, unlike the clones.

!Appeared in ''Order of Ecclesia''

[[folder:Barlowe]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/KoujiIshii
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/MichaelMcConnohie

The leader of Ecclesia and Shanoa's adoptive father. He has tasked Shanoa with hunting down Albus, her childhood friend and surrogate brother, and retrieving the Dominus glyphs he stole.

* AxCrazy: Reveals himself as such after the AwfulTruth comes out.
* BigGood: He's the noble leader of the Order of Ecclesia, which he founded to oppose Dracula. [[spoiler:Later subverted. He created the Dominus glyphs in order to finally defeat Dracula, but he spent so much time with them that he went insane because the glyphs actually contained portions of Dracula's power and influence. What he also didn't tell Shanoa is that using all three at once will kill the user. Since Dominus are just fragments of Dracula's power, using them will also resurrect Dracula himself. Insanity or not, Shanoa was still groomed by Barlowe to be a sacrifice no matter what the intentions were.]]
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:He's the final boss of the first act, after you find out Albus' real motives and what the Dominus ritual ''really'' does.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler:His dialogue as he beats up Shanoa for defying him is heavily reminiscent of an abusive parental figure.]]
* FallenHero: [[spoiler: The Japanese data confirms that he really was the wise, fatherly mentor he now pretends to be. Dracula's influence is bad for your mental health...]]
* FireIceLightning: He uses the three elements in battle.
* GratuitousIambicPentameter: Every line of text dialogue he says to Shanoa after she loses her memory is structured in this fashion. Right up until the beginning of the boss fight.
-->''Poor fool; if only I could make you see.''
-->''Now die, and YIELD DOMINUS TO ME!''
* LargeHam: When he drops the mask.
* LaughingMad: During the fight with him, he does this during his Tonitrus attack. He later does so just before he sacrifices himself to break the seal on Dracula's remains.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Sapphire Elegy" within Ecclesia's first act. [[spoiler:Later gets a DarkReprise of the song Trace of Rage in the form of "Lament To The Master".]]
* MaskOfSanity: Was brainwashed and driven insane by Dracula before the events of the game, but keeps his former personality as a Mask to manipulate the other characters.
* MoleInCharge: Subverted. By Shanoa's comments, Barlowe was not originally insane, but working so long on the seal and/or spending time near Dracula's corruptive essence was enough to make him into a Dracula worshipper. Confirmed in the Japanese data.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He's really a crazy Dracula worshipper who wants to resurrect Dracula by breaking the seal keeping him from coming back. However, the very power he intended to use to break the seal was also very much capable of killing him again, [[CastFromHitPoints albeit at the cost of the user's life]].
* PowerFloats: He spends most of his boss fight hovering high in the air.
* PunctuatedPounding: Combines this with TeleportSpam.
-->[[spoiler:Die, Shanoa! *warp punch* How dare you- *warp punch* Even forgetting- *warp punch* Who raised you- *warp punch* You... *warp punch* '''stupid disciple!''']]
* TreacherousAdvisor: He's been driven crazy, or controlled by Dracula from the get-go. He lies to Shanoa about Albus stealing her memories, neglects to mention that using Dominus can and will kill her, and that the "vessel" is actually a seal keeping Dracula from resurrecting.
* WalkingSpoiler: And for a very, very good reason.
* VillainousBreakdown: Completely drops all pretence of sanity when he realizes that Shanoa isn't buying his lies anymore.

!Appeared in ''Legacy of Darkness'' [=/=] 64

[[folder:Actrise]]

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A witch who valued her beauty more than anything else in the world. She entered Dracula's service by sacrificing 100 children, including her own daughter. Is defeated by Carrie Fernandez.

* CardCarryingVillain: She is proud of all of her atrocities, and scorns Carrie for the "weakness" of being a decent person.
* DarkChick: To Dracula.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Seems polite and amiable, but is a monster of the worst kind and makes it known.
* ForcedTransformation: She may not be a vampire herself (it's not clear), but her magic can turn unwilling victims into vampires, as she does with Camilla Fernandez and J.A. Oldrey.
* GemstoneAssault: Befitting her vain nature, she creates magic crystals with her power and uses them to shield herself as well as attacking others.
* GlamorFailure: Upon her defeat, her face horribly rots away before she is destroyed completely.
* GreenEyedMonster: Is all but stated outright to envy Carrie's superior power and to covet it for herself by making her a vampire slave.
* HotWitch: Is as beautiful as she is evil, and has the magic power to back them both up.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She even says she loves nobody but herself.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Elegant and refined, and considerably powerful.
* NightmareFace: Her horrifying true face is seen just before she dies.
* OffingTheOffspring: As said multiple times here, she's killed her own daughter.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Actrise always remains poised and even, speaking of atrocities as if discussing her last meal.
* StaffOfAuthority: Carries a stylish golden one.
* VainSorceress: Her motivation for killing her daughter? Remaining young and beautiful.
* WickedWitch: She gleefully sacrificed 100 children, including her own daughter, just to get in Dracula's good graces!
* WouldHurtAChild: At least a hundred of them, and probably more afterwards. She certainly has no qualms about harming 12-year-old Carrie.

[[folder:Gilles de Rais]]
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Michael Guinn (''Castlevania 64'')

->"''So you thought you had won? To save the world is not so simple.''"

A vampire servant to Dracula. He is one of the three responsible for bringing Dracula back into the world in 1844 and again in 1852.

* BattleButler: Has the look of one.
* GeniusBruiser: Serves as one, especially during Reinhardt and Carrie's quests.
* FinalBoss: If you make it to the keep in 11+ days, he has already turned Charlie Vincent into a vampire, making it impossible to face Dracula himself. He also [[ActuallyADoombot takes Dracula's appearance]] in Carrie and Rienhardt's quests.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real UsefulNotes/GillesDeRais was certainly not a vampire, but he did end up becoming a mass murderer after the death of Joan of Arc. That said, there's also a [[HistoricalVillainDowngrade downgrade]]: The real Gilles de Rais was mainly responsible for the sacrifice of children. In this verse, the task was relegated to Actrise.
* SoulJar: He carried Dracula's soul inside him until it could be reincarnated in Malus's body.

[[folder:Ortega]]

Cornell's childhood friend, Ortega is a fellow man-beast soldier and master of the martial arts. He is Cornell's best friend, but also rival. Ortega is often frustrated because it seems that whatever he does, Cornell does better.

* {{Expy}}: Of Diaz from ''VideoGame/HybridHeaven''. Musclebound dark-skinned blonds with Spanish names that bear a grudge against the main characters (Diaz was impersonated by Johnny Slater and had his reputation ruined because of it, Ortega felt that he was always overshadowed by Cornell) and were eventually consumed by their thirst for revenge.
* OneWingedAngel: Turns into a Chimera for his boss fight.
* PantheraAwesome: His man-beast form is that of a were-lion
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Upon defeat, he realizes that he made a horrible mistake, and helps Cornell one last time before dying.
* TheRival: Who eventually becomes a RivalTurnedEvil.

!Appeared in ''Bloodlines''

[[folder:Elizabeth Bartley]]

A vampiress and Dracula's niece. She was executed in the 1600s but was revived by the witch Drolta in the eve of the Great War to revive Dracula.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: Since Bartley wasn't further explored, some sources like the ''Anniversary Collection'' refer to her relation to Dracula as a "claim" and cap it off with a ConfusedQuestionMark.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: According to the backstory, Bartley arranged the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, which triggered UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* BigBad: She serves as this with Drolta as her {{Dragon}}.
* ClimaxBoss
* CompositeCharacter: With Carmilla in ''Judgment''. Carmilla's profile mentions bathing in the blood of virgins, a pastime that the real Bathory would do. But it should be noted that Eric's ending in that game mentions that he went after Dracula's niece rather than Carmilla herself.
* EasyModeMockery: She dies after fighting her as Medusa on Easy mode. The Normal and Hard modes have the full fight.
* GreaterScopeVillain: She inadvertently led to the death of Brauner's original daughters and his transformation into a vampire.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Like good old Vlad Tepes, Elizabeth Bartley is based on a historical figure, UsefulNotes/ElizabethBathory — her name is even rendered identically in Japanese.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The first phase of the fight has her take the form of Medusa.

[[folder:Drolta Tzuentes]]

Drolta is an mysterious old witch and a servant of Elizabeth, being the one who revived her. She obstructs the vampire hunters' quest by controlling demons.

* TheDragon: She serves as one to both Dracula and Elizabeth, appearing as the second phase of the final battle.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Drolta was based on one of Bathory's real-life servant, Dorotya Semtész, which is also made more clear in Japanese.
* IneptMage: She is described as an "amateur witch" whose spell "inadvertently" brought Elizabeth Bartley back to life in the American manual, though the European and Japanese manuals do not mention that part.
* MagicFromTechnology: She constructed the game's first boss, the Armor Battler, as well as the similar mecha-knights seen in the fifth and sixth stages.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: She is named Drotia Tzuentes in the European manual, which is closer to the Japanese version.

!Appeared in ''Portrait of Ruin''

[[folder:Stella and Loretta]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Mariko Suzuki
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Karen Strassman (Stella), Creator/StephanieSheh (Loretta)

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Brauner's twin vampire daughters (not really) who appear occasionally to antagonize the duo.

* ActionGirl: They're both powerful vampires. [[spoiler:They're also shown to be pretty strong even before they were vampires in their own mode.]]
* AnimeHair: Stella's hairstyle is... rather complicated to pull off.
* BadassAdorable: Loretta is a powerful vampire [[spoiler:(not originally)]] witch and considerably cuter than her older twin sister.
* BlowYouAway: Stella's attacks seem to be wind based. One of her attacks is called "Hurricane", and her Furious Wave appears the same as Shanoa's Pneuma Glyph which is also wind based.
* BoobsOfSteel: Stella, she is the more powerful fighter of the two (even taking into account Loretta's stronger magic) and proudly displays a bust that would make a succubus envious.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Brauner.]]
* ClimaxBoss: The two of them are fought late in the game, and how you deal with them determines what ending you get.
* DaddysLittleVillain: They play with the trope due to [[spoiler:being BrainwashedAndCrazy while they [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruct]] the DaddysGirl trope, since them rushing to help their ''actual'' father was what caused them to be vampirized]].
* DualBoss: The second fight has both sisters fight alongside each other.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Loretta's clothes look more fitting on a doll than on a human, but she looks well enough in it.
* {{Expy}}: Of Suiseiseki and Souseiseki from ''Manga/RozenMaiden''.
* ForegoneConclusion: Sisters Mode [[spoiler:occurs before Jonathan and Charlotte arrive at the castle, and reveals just how they came to be under Brauner's thrall.]]
* AnIcePerson: Loretta's attacks all involve the use of ice magic.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Stella's PimpedOutDress, which doesn't seem that practical considering the above trope.
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseSiblingTerminology: In the Japanese audio, Loretta, the younger twin, addresses Stella as "Onee-sama," which is extremely respectful. In the English localization, she alternates between calling Stella by name and calling her "Sister."
* LukeIAmYourFather: They are actually the daughters of Eric Lecarde, and are thus able to help Jonathan power up his whip and defeat the vampire menace.
* MoreDakka: Loretta's [[spoiler:method of attack as a playable character is to fire off ice crystals at a blazingly fast speed.]]
* PowerFloats: The perks of being vampire twins. [[spoiler:When playable, floating is their default movement — even though they're not vampires yet.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Stella is the more aggressive and emotional red oni to Loretta's blue oni.
* SiblingYinYang: Stella is relatively emotional and a swordswoman, while Loretta is a cool-headed spellcaster.
* SingleMindedTwins: They are very focused on taking out Jonathan and Charlotte, and they wish to help their father by any means necessary. This is somewhat subverted by the fact that they have their own personalities though.
* SpannerInTheWorks: If you think about it, Stella qualifies as this: she drops the pendant that allows the heroes to realize that [[spoiler:they're brainwashed and that they can be cured, which then allows her and Loretta to open the gate to Brauner]].
* StiffUpperLip: Stella seems to believe in this, as they have a duty to carry out. When Loretta seems ready to cry over how [[spoiler:Eric died before their eyes]], Stella scolds her and tells her to remember their dignity. [[spoiler:Not that it stops Stella from completely breaking down in the end.]]
* SwordAndSorcerer: Stella and Loretta, respectively.
* SwordBeam: Stella, especially during the first fight against her.

[[folder:Brauner]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/HisaoEgawa
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/JamiesonPrice

-->"''This... is '''ART!'''''"

[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brauner_8.png]]

An artist whose daughters were killed during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, Brauner [[MadArtist went insane]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation from the grief]] and decided to become a vampire and KillAllHumans. He decided to use Castlevania as his base of operations for this purpose, but also decided that Dracula's failure rate was too great for the Dark Lord to be allowed to join in on the fun. So he used his paintings to keep Dracula's power sealed up and easily controllable (Death was ''not'' amused).\\\

It is worth noting at this point that in the whole of the ''Castlevania'' series, Brauner is the only character to call out Dracula for dying so ridiculously often and never accomplishing anything.\\\

Later, Brauner noticed an interloper within the castle halls. This interloper turned out to be Eric Lecarde. Brauner ambushed and killed him... just as Eric's daughters burst into the room, attempting a BigDamnHeroes moment. Brauner, noticing that they bore an uncanny resemblance to his own daughters, instantly concluded that they must be his own daughters reincarnated and vampirized them in order to convince them of the same (all while the dying Eric looked on helplessly).\\\

When Jonathan and Charlotte showed up some time later, Brauner wasn't happy about it, but underestimated the heroes. Unfortunately for him, Stella and Loretta were a bit ''too'' loyal to his cause, and tried to destroy Jonathan and Charlotte themselves (despite his repeatedly telling them to stay back, out of harm's way, and let him handle the situation). This just ended up giving Charlotte and Jonathan the opportunity to cure the sisters of their vampirism and brainwashing.\\\

When Brauner found out what had happened... well, he was rather [[UnstoppableRage upset]]. He promptly tried to destroy the heroes with his artistic powers, only to be crushed in battle. As he lay in his weakened state, he admitted that justice might not have been on his side after all, but adamantly refused to admit that his victorious opponents might have the moral high ground. That was all he got to say before Death showed up to finish him off and fully awaken the soul of Dracula.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Brauner is a delusional, hopeless wretch of a man by the time Death kills him, and his death is appropriately pitiful and ignominious. Even in the bad ending, where he lives, Brauner can't bear to fight the heroes any longer if it means putting his "daughters" in harm's way, and so he abandons his scheme entirely.]]
* ArtAttacker: He uses his paintings to [[ArtInitiatesLife summon monstrosities]] during his boss fight. He also uses blood to paint traps that makes dodging the aforementioned monstrosities harder.
* BarrierMaiden: Played straight and subverted. He's placed his paintings around Castlevania with the intent of them all acting as a seal upon Dracula and to drain his power to use for himself. In other words, his presence is what keeps Dracula from fully resurrecting. The subversion is that he ultimately has the same goal as Dracula: kill all of humanity.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Apparently [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Brauner Brauner]] became a vampire and had two daughters in World War 1.
* BigBadEnsemble: With Death for most of ''Portrait of Ruin'', although the plot mostly focuses on Brauner.
* CallingYourAttacks: "'''BLOOD ART TECHNIQUE!!!'''"
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His own two deceased daughters, which caused his StartOfDarkness, and — brainwashed or not — Stella and Loretta, enough so that he's willing to completely forsake his own goals in the bad ending to protect them.
* FictionalizedDeathAccount: The real Brauner lived until 1966. [[spoiler:He's finished off by Death after Jonathan and Charlotte defeat him, 22 years early.]]
* HijackedByGanon: {{Invoked}} by [[spoiler:Death]] personally in case of him, who was already waiting to [[spoiler:off him and unseal Dracula from the get-go]].
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Brauner may be inspired by, or the ''Castlevania'' equivalent of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Brauner Victor Brauner]], except here he's planning on destroying all of humanity with Dracula's power.
* KickTheDog: He does this to Eric in the way mentioned above.
* LargeHam:
** "A PAINTING OF THE SOUL!!!"
** "I'LL MAKE YOU MY MASTERPIECE!!"
* LooksLikeOrlok: The pale features, bald head, vampiric designs — the overtones are obvious.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: His love for his original daughters was so strong that he was desperate to be reunited with them, even if it meant becoming a vampire and taking Eric's daughters as his own.
* MadArtist: Duh. Thankfully, he doesn't have a WaxMuseumMorgue.
* MyGreatestFailure: His failure to protect his daughters is what made him a MadArtist in the first place.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If he didn't allow Stella and Loretta to open the door to his quarters, then the heroes would not have been able to stop him.
* PetTheDog: His concern for Stella and Loretta appears genuine. He tries to keep them out of harm's way, and [[spoiler:during the bad ending, he shows up and begs you to stop hurting them. He then aborts his plan rather than endanger them further]].
* PurpleIsPowerful: Has a rather nice suit, and is one of the few antagonists to manage to outclass Dracula by sealing him away and using his power for himself. Not to mention that he managed to kill [[spoiler:Eric Lecarde]].
* TragicVillain: Brauner differs from most of ''Castlevania's'' usual one-note Dracula servants/worshipers and vampires in that he's got a tragic backstory to rival Drac himself: Brauner's two beloved daughters lost their lives in WWI, driving him insane with grief and causing him to forsake his own humanity out of disgust with them. Even though what he does cannot be excused, Brauner is ''still'' motivated chiefly by the death of his daughters while fervently believing Stella and Loretta to be their reincarnations, even abandoning his own evil goals to ensure they're not harmed any farther in the bad ending. At the end of the day, Brauner's just a pitiable, insane wreck of a man whose unceremonious murder at the hands of Death comes off as more ignominious and tragic than karmic.

!Appeared in ''Aria of Sorrow'' [=/=] ''Dawn of Sorrow''

[[folder:Graham Jones]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/TetsuInada
->"''I was born on the very day that Dracula was destroyed... So, in short, that means that I AM Dracula!''"

The founder and missionary of a religious group who appears in ''Aria of Sorrow''.

* AffablyEvil: He's very polite and friendly to Soma... but only because he doesn't see him as a threat. Once Soma mentions his own powers, Graham starts [[FauxAffablyEvil going off the deep end.]]
* BackgroundBoss: His second form, taking cues from Dracula's final form in ''Symphony of the Night''.
* BigBad: For ''Aria of Sorrow''. He may not actually be the new Dark Lord, but that won't stop him from seeking his power.
* BodyHorror: He explodes into a fountain of blood when going OneWingedAngel and the result is no less pretty.
* DevilComplex: He wholly believes that he is the new Dark Lord.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: The game ends with his defeat if you fail to equip the right souls before fighting him. However, if you do, the game continues after his death and onto the actual climax.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Doesn't care about anything besides claiming Dracula's power and the castle for himself.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: He believes himself to be Dracula's reincarnation, and is bent on his desire to gain all of his powers.
* LightIsNotGood: He has a light color scheme and his second form of his boss fight looks angelic, but he's anything ''but'' good.
* OneWingedAngel: His second form is akin to Dracula's form in ''Symphony of the Night'', save that instead of being dark and demonic, he's cushioned between two angelic-looking women whose internal organs are on display and a laser ring of death is shown above.
* {{Reincarnation}}: He possesses magical powers due to having been born at the exact moment of Dracula's death, and thus believes that he is the reincarnation of Dracula.
* SinisterMinister: He's the head of a religious cult that worships Dracula.
* VillainousBreakdown: He starts on one when he learns about Soma's power of dominance, and reaches its peak when you fight him.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has white hair, but beneath his polite appearance lies a man who wants to become the Dark Lord. The biggest act that lead to him being pegged as evil is stabbing Yoko.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He's convinced that being born in the exact moment that Dracula died makes him Dracula reincarnated. Not only is he not Dracula's reincarnation, ''Dawn of Sorrow'' reveals that he wasn't even the only person born in that moment.

[[folder:Chaos]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chaos.gif]]

The true root of Dracula's power, and the embodiment of the evil and darkness in humanity's souls. It gets destroyed by Soma at the end of ''Aria of Sorrow'', although its power still exists...

* AmbiguousSituation: While It can be assumed both the Crimson Stone and the Power of Dominance are involved, how exactly Dracula gained access to Chaos’ powers is left unsaid.
* TheAntiGod: Since it's the reason Dracula has been able to do much of anything and can choose other Dark Lords, it's probably safe to assume that Chaos is the real anti-God.
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: According to the novel ''Akumajō Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku'', as long as humans continue to exist, Chaos will still be able to take form and have its power manipulated.
* BackgroundBoss: Second form. Its weakspot is the core of the Chaotic Realm seen in the center of the screen during the fight.
* ChaosIsEvil: Very much so [[spoiler:considering it's the source of Dracula's power]].
* FaustianRebellion: It's the source of Dracula's power, and Soma, the reincarnation of Dracula, kills him.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Being more of a force than it is a character, it has no motivation of its own.
* GodOfEvil: Once again, Drac would be nowhere without Chaos.
* GreaterScopeVillain: It's this for the series, since it's the ultimate source of [[spoiler:Dracula's power]].
* NonStandardGameOver: Failure against this boss results in a cutscene where Soma becomes the new Dracula, prompting Julius to hunt him.
* TrueFinalBoss: Of ''Aria''.

[[folder:Celia Fortner]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Yuka Shioyama
->"''We do not desire the dark lord, per se. For [[GodIsGood god to be perfectly good]], there must be a being of perfect darkness.''"

The head priestess of a cult known as "With Light". She fervently believes that [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil good cannot exist in the universe without an equal evil to balance it]]. With this in mind, she seeks to find someone to step up to the position of lord of darkness in Dracula's absence, or coerce Soma to change his mind.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Regardless of if she's killed by a pissed-off Soma or a power-hungry Dmitrii, nobody's sorry to see her go.]]
* BigBad: Essentially, she moves forward the plot, she's the one who wants to resurrect Dracula after all, and took every measure possible.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Sure, get Soma to become the new Dracula by (not really) killing his girlfriend in front of him and goading him to focus his hatred on you so the dark forces consume him. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong]]
* {{Expy}}: She's a more powerful and sane version of a similar cultist and head priestess from another Konami property; [[VideoGame/SilentHill3 Claudia Wolf]].
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler:If she manages to turn Soma into Dracula, [[GoneHorriblyRight he promptly kills her]]. If the honor goes to Dmitrii, he uses her as a sacrifice.]]
* NoblewomansLaugh: Every time she teleports herself or someone else, she gives off one of these.
* NonActionBigBad: Unlike most ''Castlevania'' center antagonists, she's never shown fighting herself at all.
* SummonMagic: She never actually fights, but calls forth demons to her aid. She is likely responsible for the various monsters that appear throughout the game.
* TargetedToHurtTheHero: Kills [[spoiler:(a doppelganger of) Mina in front of Soma's eyes in an effort to make him give in to his darkness]].
* TheUnfought: Soma never has the chance to fight her, as she [[spoiler:is killed offscreen by Dmitrii, with her corpse serving as a sacrifice to aid him against Genya]].

[[folder:Dario Bossi]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Takahiro Fujimoto

->"''Hunh? Whaddaya sayin'? I wanted to pummel that uppity jerk myself!''"

A potential dark lord candidate, he is a criminal born on the same day as Dracula's demise. He possesses the ability to control fire.

* AvengingTheVillain: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. He is less annoyed that Soma killed Dmitrii and more that ''he'' wasn't the one to do it.
* BroughtDownToNormal: In the true path, Soma refrains from killing Dario and instead goes after Aguni, stopping his power at the source. He promptly flees.
* DealWithTheDevil: Strengthens his fire magic through a pact with Aguni.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: His true colors, he is only confident due to his flame powers. Once Aguni is taken care of and Soma grimly affirms Dario has been BroughtDownToNormal, he screams in terror and runs away.]]
* DumbMuscle: A sort. He is powerful, but it's hard for him to connect the dots and he sucks at planning things out.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is nothing but rude and disrespectful, especially to his own allies.
* PlayingWithFire: Has the ability to control fire. [[spoiler:Defeating the demon, Aguni (if you have Paranoia's soul, that is), allows Soma to render him completely powerless.]]
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: During the second fight against him, you can see Aguni in the mirror in the background whenever Dario passes in front of it. If you have Paranoia's soul, you can enter the mirror and [[spoiler:fight Aguni himself. If you defeat Aguni, you cripple Dario and at the same time, spare his life. See BroughtDownToNormal]].
* PunnyName: His name is based on "Mario Rossi," the Italian equivalent to "[[MrSmith John Doe]]".
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Dmitrii's blue. Not only he dresses in red, but also controls fire and spends most of dialogues with NoIndoorVoice.
* TheSocialDarwinist: He seems to have this going on, asserting that power is about the survival of the fittest.
* StupidEvil: He only really cares about getting as much power as he can, with no planning or cares about how to go about it.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: As with the usual references to Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure, Dario shares his initials with series antagonist [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO Dio Brando]] and his first name with Dio's father. In a similar way, Dario is also named after Creator/DarioArgento, another prolific name in horror for his work on ''Film/DawnOfTheDead''.

[[folder:Dmitrii Blinov]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Hidehiko Kaneko

-->"''You dare pity me? Soon you shall be the one that will be pitied upon.''"

A potential dark lord candidate who was born on the same day that Dracula died. He possesses the ability to mimic any attack with which he is hit.
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* AffablyEvil: He is far less malicious than Dario, and repeatedly states that he is merely interested in learning the meaning behind his abilities. [[spoiler:Until the end.]]
* AssholeVictim: He [[spoiler:eventually copied the Power of Dominance from Soma, only for it to outright turn against and kill him.]] And just like [[spoiler:Celia]], he deserved it.
* BackFromTheDead: Via a GrandTheftMe on a doppelganger.
* BigBadWannabe: Both he and Dario are this by definition of being Dark Lord Candidates, but Dmitrii came closer to the goal than Dario did. He seems to supplant Celia by sacrificing her at the end of the game, gaining enough power that even Genya couldn't defeat him... and then it turns out that he can't control it.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Unable to control the souls of the demons he absorbed, they merge together into one being and violently erupt from his back. The face he makes right before this happens makes it clear that this is ''immensely painful''.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The first time we see him, although the creature is called Malachi in this game.
* EldritchAbomination: His second death spawns one in the form of Menace, a gigantic amalgamation of every soul he absorbed.
* EvilIsNotAToy: The dark lord's power overcomes him, killing him and turning his souls into Menace.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Official artwork shows him [[https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/File:Dos_wp_dm_1024.jpg smoking a cigarette]]. This is the only instance of him doing such.
* GrandTheftMe: Has his soul absorbed by Soma, copies his power of dominance, and then manages to possess a doppelganger to use as a new body.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dmitrii learns the hard way in the GoldenEnding, [[ThisCannotBe to his disbelief]], that the power of dominance he copied from Soma isn't so easily contained and that, according to Arikado, his soul can't withstand a power that intense. His condition only continues to get worse even after he shoves Arikado away, and it isn't too long before the demons under his dominance burst out of his back, leaving him to die as a result before fusing together to form [[FinalBoss the Menace]].
* InsufferableGenius: He is quite knowledgeable and has little patience for Dario's stupidity.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He's the only villain in the series to ever defeat Alucard, with the help of human sacrifices and a "calamitous demon". Soma arrives after the battle is over.
* PowerCopying: His inherent ability.
* PowerupLetdown: His only available attack is the last soul ability with which he was hit. As a result, he can be forced to assume a particularly wimpy offense.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Dario's red. Not only is he dressed in mainly blue, but he is also calm for most the time and plots his plans carefully.
* TheStarscream: He promptly takes the position of BigBad from Celia upon his revival. Though to be fair, him or Dario taking over was always the plan from the start.
* WalkingSpoiler: He has little screentime before his death early in the game, making it hard to talk about him without mentioning his role in the GoldenEnding.
* YourSoulIsMine: When defeated, he promptly dies and Soma absorbs his soul, to his horror.

[[folder:Menace]]
Unlike Soma, Dmitrii could not control the Power of Dominance and is consumed by it. Dmitri is forcibly fused with the souls of countless demons, creating this gigantic and terrifying amalgamation.
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* AttackItsWeakpoint: It can only be killed by destroying the three heads on its chest, knee and [[NestedMouths in its mouth]], the last of which resembles Dmitrii. The chest head needs to be destroyed in the first phase.
* BodyOfBodies: Composed of a multitude of demons (and Dmitrii). It's almost like a humanoid counterpart to Legion.
* FinalBoss: Of ''Dawn of Sorrow'', Soma needs to slay this foul creature before it escapes the Abyss.
* FlunkyBoss: Menace's only means of direct attack are a relatively straightforward punch and a simple stomp, both of which are very slow and very heavily telegraphed. The real challenge in the battle is trying to hit him while simultaneously dodging his [[Literature/TheLangoliers rather familiar-looking]] flying minions. [[DownplayedTrope Slightly downplayed]] by the fact that his minions do not register in the bestiary as individual entities, suggesting they may be part of Menace himself.
* FusionDance: The result of one.
* DropTheHammer: A OneHitKill can be done to it in ''Harmony of Despair'', involving the player(s) luring it to a switch in the upper-left corner of the map and pressing it, releasing a hammer and killing it instantly upon impact. On harder difficulties it will not deal a OneHitKill, but still deal a ton of damage.
* MovesetClone: It has a similar moveset to the Golems and Treants found throughout the game.
* SkullForAHead: Its head is skeletal in appearance, but it is notable for having two mouths. One of which has another head in it.

[[/folder]]

!Appeared in ''The Battle of Old Castle''

[[folder:Christopher Bee]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/christopher_bee.jpg]]

An actor who was slated to play the role of Dracula.
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* CameBackWrong: He was killed while making the film adaptation of Simon Belmont's fight with Dracula... only to be killed and raised a zombie.
* CanonForeigner: Zig-zagged. While his name is in the credits of the first game as the "actor" playing Dracula, this is his only appearance.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His name is obviously based on that of famous movie vampire Creator/ChristopherLee.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Victor Frankenstein]]
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_frankenstein___01.jpg]]

[[/folder]]

!Appeared in ''Curse of Darkness''

[[folder:Isaac]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Moriya Endo
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' [[Creator/LiamOBrien Liam O'Brien]]

->"''You deserve a most gruesome fate for the humiliation you brought upon me three years ago!...''"

[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-3D-Isaac_6132.jpg]]

The other Forgemaster. Not particularly happy with Hector's betrayal of Dracula, blaming the man for the fact that Trevor was able to get to Dracula at all (he says this outright in the Tokyopop manga). He has a devious and original scheme with which to get back at Hector, but [[HijackedByGanon in truth it's not even really his scheme at all... Dracula is not the nicest of employers]].

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Although their [[TheRival rivalry]] started out friendly, Isaac soon came to resent Hector for one-upping him in everything.
* AxCrazy: Just listen to him or watch some cutscenes involving him. He's clearly unhinged, in no small part to losing Dracula due to Hector's betrayal. He's absolutely writhing with hatred.
* BladeOnAStick: During his first boss battle, he wields the sinister halberd called "Chauve Souris" (Bat), a large spear with bat wing-like blades. When you manage to forge it, it's actually stated in the description that this is Isaac's favored weapon.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Stated outright to be his deal by Julia in the end. Dracula is a horrible boss.
* BigBad: In ''Curse of Darkness'', since he is the target of Hector's revenge who pursues him across Wallachia. [[spoiler:He later gets [[HijackedByGanon hijacked by Dracula]], though.]]
* CombatStilettos: And he's a ''dude''. High noblemen in Europe [[TruthInTelevision have been known]] to wear heels, so it's not much of a stretch.
* CreepyBlueEyes: He has greyish blue eyes, which only serve to add to his creep factor.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: As a spear-wielder, Isaac has the same moveset as Hector. However, while Hector can unleash the finishing moves only after the required number of hits, Isaac can spam them randomly after only one attack. For example, he can use the Twister attack after one blow, while Hector normally needs at least 3 moves before using it, and so on.
* DepravedHomosexual: Oh boy. In addition to his existing genocidal impulses his [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains revealing leather outfit]] and {{Yandere}} attraction to Hector, to the point of having Hector's beloved wife murdered as punishment for his betrayal, are all portrayed very creepily as further signs of his overall depravity.
* EvilCounterpart: A Forgemaster as Hector, but if Hector realized a HeelFaceTurn, Isaac is loyal to Dracula.
* EvilLaugh: During both his boss battles, usually when he uses a special attack.
* EvilRedhead: The EvilCounterpart to Hector, with fire-engine red hair in contrast to Hector's [[MysticalWhiteHair mystical white.]]
* FieryRedhead: He has red hair and is more impulsive.
* {{Foil}}: To Hector. [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Whereas Hector is masculine, Isaac is very effeminate]] and [[RedOniBlueOni less level-headed]]. Their sense of dress and appearances are also mirrored. In a sense, Isaac represents everything Hector isn't. This is also mirrored by their Innocent Devils: Abel is Silver colored, while The End summonable by Hector is golden instead.
* LaserBlade: Wields one in your second battle with him.
* MaliciousSlander: What caused Rosaly's death. He spread rumors about her being a witch to punish Hector for humiliating him and betraying Dracula, causing Rosaly to be wrongfully convicted and burnt at the stake by humans.
* MeaningfulName: Biblically so. This goes for him and for his primary familiar, Abel, as both of their names pertain to Isaac in some way.
** Isaac was the son of Abraham in the Bible, who at God's request was to be sacrificed to him until he was stopped at the last moment by an Angel of God. [[spoiler: Isaac was nothing more than a sacrificial pawn to be spent and have Hector fall to the Curse, and unlike the biblical Isaac who was spared at the last moment, our Isaac becomes the sacrifice Death uses to revive Dracula.]]
** Abel was the youngest child of Adam and Eve, whose sibling was Cain. [[CainAndAbel As most who've read the trope are aware]], Cain killed Abel out of envy of God's favor to him. [[spoiler: Isaac is similar to Abel in that he was ultimately killed by someone who he was once close to, yet he also shares Cain's notions of envy (Hector was more favored by Dracula after all) and murderous outrage.]]
* MoreThanMindControl: Both straight-up and with Drac-trojan. His resentment of Hector is cranked up to eleven... with a heaping load of Dracula's anger and envy on top, because Hector's gone and hooked up with a blonde healer (like Lisa)... jealous much, Dracula?
* PeekABangs: His hair covers his left eye, not that it affects him in battle any.
* RecurringBoss: He is fought twice in the game, first in the Cordova Town where he uses a lance and his Devil-type familiar, and the second time in Dracula's Castle where he uses a LaserBlade. That last part doubles as a SequentialBoss, since he summons different types of familiars to fight against you.
* RivalTurnedEvil: Mostly out of spite and jealousy, but exacerbated by [[spoiler:[[DemonicPossession Dracula's influence]]]].
* SissyVillain: Don't underestimate him because he's fabulous. He may wield a pink lightsaber, but he will destroy your face.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: An uncommon male example that goes beyond WalkingShirtlessScene. No shirt? Check. Tight, dangerously low-slung leather pants? Check. [[CombatStilettos High-heeled boots]]? Check''mate''. Combined with the decorative bits of metal and intricate tattoos on his torso, the overall effect is something like "gothic bondage stripper".
* UnwittingPawn: Dracula takes advantage of his jealousy to [[spoiler:[[DemonicPosession hijack him]] for his own ends]].
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], every time you fight him, he's stronger... But at the end, you end up defeating him.
[[/folder]]

!Appeared in ''Castlevania'' / ''Simon's Quest''

[[folder:Medusa]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Haruko Kitahama (''Lament of Innocence'')
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn (''Lament of Innocence'', ''Portrait of Ruin'')

->"''With that body, you'll make an excellent statue.''"

One of the three Gorgon sisters, she is one of the few bosses in the series to appear in nearly every game, in some form or another, mainly by [[GoddamnBats the annoying Medusa Heads]] or in the flesh.
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