History Tearjerker / Castlevania2017

* [[AlasPoorVillain Lenore's]] death. She crosses the DespairEventHorizon out of both [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone severe guilt at what she'd put Hector through after coming to genuinely like him]], and the realizations that not only would continuing to live just mean spending an eternity in a GildedCage under Isaac's rule, but that there's nothing to her life any more after losing her sisters and power. With that, [[SuicideBySunlight she walks out to see the sunlight for the first time]], and spends [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HwO2sCy4ao her last moments]] fondly smiling at Hector before dissolving to dust.
-->'''Lenore:''' Is that all there is to it? (''[[WhenSheSmiles genuinely smiles]] when she sees [[YouAreNotAlone Hector has joined her outside]]'') [[FamousLastWords Hector, you]] ''[[FamousLastWords are]]'' [[FamousLastWords a silly man!]]

* Saint Germain's entire arc in this season. He commits murder, allies with vampires and night creatures to bring Dracula back from the dead, all so he can force Dracula and Lisa's spirit into a [[MacGuffin Rebis]] with which to control the Infinite Corridor, and finally see his true love again. Only to discover that the supposed alchemist guiding him was [[BiggerBad Death]] in disguise, manipulating him for the purpose of having more souls to consume from the resulting genocides. After realizing what he's done, he sacrifices himself to give Trevor a chance to defeat the spirit. The last thing he sees before he dies is his love, staring at him from the Infinite Corridor... [[AllForNothing before she turns away from him, leaving him to bleed out and die alone in agony]].

* Saint Germain's entire arc in this season. He commits murder, allies with vampires and night creatures to bring Dracula back from the dead, all so he can force Dracula and Lisa's spirit into a [[MacGuffin Regis]] with which to control the Infinite Corridor, and finally see his true love again. Only to discover that the supposed alchemist guiding him was [[BiggerBad Death]] in disguise, manipulating him for the purpose of having more souls to consume from the resulting genocides. After realizing what he's done, he sacrifices himself to give Trevor a chance to defeat the spirit. The last thing he sees before he dies is his love, staring at him from the Infinite Corridor... [[AllForNothing before she turns away from him, leaving him to bleed out and die alone in agony]].

*** This point is extra poignant if you've seen the end of Season 2, where during his fight with Alucard, Dracula smashes into Alucard's old bedroom and has an emotional meltdown when he realizes he's hurting his and Lisa's baby boy, showing he still loves his son...which makes THIS scene especially heartwrenching when you realize he's so blinded by rage, he doesn't realize what he's doing to his son.

* [[FromBadToWorse Alucard has gotten even worse since last season]], if that were even possible. ''More'' corpses are displayed on spikes outside of Dracula's castle, meaning more people came to try and kill him for whatever reason. Alucard himself is completely disheveled, unwashed, [[TheAlcoholic drowning his sorrows with wine]], and barely registers the dried corpses of Sumi and Taka [[LastDisrespects as he steps outside to take a piss]].

* As if that was possible, [[FromBadToWorse Alucard has gotten even worse since last season]]. ''More'' corpses are displayed on spikes outside of Dracula's castle, meaning more people came to try and kill him for whatever reason. Alucard himself is completely disheveled, unwashed, [[TheAlcoholic drowning his sorrows with wine]], and barely registers the dried corpses of Sumi and Taka [[LastDisrepects as he steps outside to take a piss]].

* Saint Germain's entire arc in this season. He commits murder, allies with vampires and night creatures to bring Dracula back from the dead, all so he can force Dracula and Lisa's spirit into a [[MacGuffin Regis]] with which to control the Infinite Corridor, and finally see his true love again. Only to discover that the supposed alchemist guiding him was Death in disguise, manipulating him for his own purposes. After realizing what he's done, he sacrifices himself to give Trevor a chance to defeat the spirit. The last thing he sees before he dies is his love, staring at him from the Infinite Corridor... [[AllForNothing before she turns away from him, leaving him to bleed out and die alone]].

* [[AlasPoorVillain Lenore's]] death. She crosses the DespairEventHorizon out of both [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone severe guilt at what she'd put Hector through after coming to genuinely like him]], and the realizations that not only would continuing to live would just mean spending an eternity in a GildedCage under Isaac's rule, but that there's nothing to her life any more after losing her sisters and power. With that, [[SuicideBySunlight she walks out to see the sunlight for the first time]], and spends [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HwO2sCy4ao her last moments]] fondly smiling at Hector before dissolving to dust.

* [[AlasPoorVillain Lenore's]] death. She crosses the DespairEventHorizon out of both [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone severe guilt at what she'd put Hector through after coming to genuinely like him]], and the realizations that not only would continuing to live would just mean an eternity in a GildedCage under Isaac's rule, but that there's nothing to her life any more after losing her sisters and power. With that, [[SuicideBySunlight she walks out to see the sunlight for the first time]], and spends [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HwO2sCy4ao her last moments]] fondly smiling at Hector -- who followed her outside -- before dissolving to dust.
-->'''Lenore:''' Is that all there is to it? (''[[WhenSheSmiles genuinely smiles]]'') [[FamousLastWords Hector, you]] ''[[FamousLastWords are]]'' [[FamousLastWords a silly man!]]

-->'''Trevor:''' "I love you!"
-->'''Sypha:''' "Trevor... I know!"
-->'''Trevor:''' "You'd better know. Just remember, Trefor is a terrible name!"
* Saint Germain's entire arc in this season. He commits murder, allies with vampires and night creatures to bring Dracula back from the dead, all so he can force Dracula and Lisa's spirit into a [[MacGuffin Regis]] with which to control the Infinite Corridor, and finally see his true love again. Only to discover that the supposed alchemist guiding him was Death in disguise, manipulating him for his own purposes. After realizing what he's done, he sacrifices himself to give Trevor a chance to defeat the spirit. The last thing he sees before he dies is his love, staring at him from the Infinite Corridor...[[AllForNothing before she turns away from him, leaving him to bleed out and die alone.]]

* Lenore's death. After realizing there's not much to her life anymore, and living would just mean continuing to live in a cage. She walks out to see the sunlight for the first time, and spends her last moments smiling at Hector.
* After two weeks, Trevor's presumably dead, causing Sypha to distance herself from everyone for two weeks. And when she tries to leave to go find The Speakers, Alucard tries to persuade her to stay and help build Belmont. It's very clear she's trying her best not to cry the whole time. [[DisneyDeath Thankfully, Trevor turns out to be alive,]] but the whole scene still stings.
* Lisa and Dracula deciding that it's best to stay away from the castle, hoping to give their son some closure and let him move on with his life. While it's probably best for Alucard, it still stings that he'll never know that his parents are alive (and more importantly, that his father is sane once more).

* Lisa and Dracula deciding that it's best to stay away from the castle, hoping to give their son some closure and let him move on with his life. While it's probably best for Alucard, it still stings that he'll never know that his parents are alive (and more importantly, that his father is sane once more).

* It's a brief moment but when [=FlysEyes=] eats a berry for the first time, he mutters in shock, "Memories..." It's a stark reminder that all of Isaac's Night Creatures were once men.

'''Sypha:''' I'm not sure...but it's like he's a cold spot in the room. It's not like your sadness.\\

-->'''Dracula:''' It's your room... [[VillainousBSOD My boy... I'm- I'm killing my boy...]] Lisa... [[HeelRealization I'm killing our boy.]] We painted this room. We... made these toys. It's our boy, Lisa... your greatest gift to me... [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone and I'm killing him.]] I must already be dead.

* The last scene of this episode, and the season as a whole, is Alucard breaking down in tears, grieving for his parents because they're both dead now, [[SelfMadeOrphan one by his hand.]] You ''will'' want to give Alucard a hug.

* [[DownerEnding The ending to the entire season as a whole]]. It's fitting that the episode's name is "Abandon All Hope", as while the worst of it is over, [[TheBadGuyWins the only people to come out ahead are the bad guys]]. To whit:
** Trevor and Sypha stop the attempted resurrection of Dracula, but are left embittered, [[TookALevelInCynic Sypha especially]], by their failure to save even a single person in Lindenfeld from being sacrificed and the revelation that their supposed ally, the Judge, was a serial killer who targeted children.
---> '''Trevor:''' We've spent a couple of months living ''[[KnightInShiningArmor your]]'' life. Adventures and victories. And now, we're living ''[[KnightInSourArmor MY]]'' life.
** Sumi and Taka betray Alucard out of misplaced paranoia, believing he's not teaching them enough and is lying about the castle not being able to move anymore. This forces Alucard to kill them both in self-defense, and also kills any sense of hope and desire for companionship as he shuts himself away even further while deciding to use their corpses as a warning to anyone who comes too close to the castle. By skewering them on pikes outside his front door. ''Just like his father once did''.

** Hector is tricked into wearing a slave ring that makes it impossible for him to disobey Carmilla and her sisters and makes his Night Creatures loyal to them, and Lenore plans to make him her sex slave. While the end of Season 2 implied Hector was nothing but a "pet", the end of Season 3 solidifies it. The only hints that hope isn't ''completely'' lost for Hector are that he's given free rein of Carmilla's castle and the expression on his face as he examines his ring.
** Hector's fate is doubly awful when you consider how poetic it is. The man who thought all humanity deserved and needed to be reduced to pets at the hands of vampires is reduced to a HumanPet at the hands of Carmilla's council, who at absolute best see him as a pitiful animal himself. It's clear for every second of that realization that Hector is ''horrified'' by the concept he himself touted as merciful.
** Isaac continues to grow in power and by the end of the season, he's killed enough innocent people to make an entire army of Night Creatures, and he shows no signs of stopping his mad conquest even though he's seen proof that not all of humanity is bad.

** Hector's fate is doubly awful when you consider how poetic it is. The man who thought all humanity deserved and needed to be reduced to pets at the hands of vampires is reduced to a HumanPet at the hands of Carmilla, who at absolute best sees him as a pitiful animal himself. It's clear for every second of that realization that Hector is ''horrified'' by the concept he himself touted as merciful.

** Hector is tricked into wearing a slave ring that makes it impossible for him to disobey Carmilla and her sisters and makes his Night Creatures loyal to them, and Lenore plans to make him her sex slave. While the end of Season 2 implied Hector was nothing but a "pet", the end of Season 3 solidifies it. The only hints that hope isn't ''completely'' lost for Hector are that he's given free rein of Carmilla's castle and that he has a determined expression on his face as he examines his ring.

** Hector is tricked into wearing a slave ring that makes it impossible for him to disobey Carmilla or her sisters and compels him to make the army they want, and Lenore plans to make him her sex slave. While the end of Season 2 implied Hector was nothing but a "pet", the end of Season 3 solidifies it.
** Isaac continues to grow in power and by the end of the season, he's killed enough innocent people to make an entire army of monsters. He also shows no signs of stopping his mad conquest even though he's seen proof that not all of humanity is bad.

---> '''Alucard:''' Well... I suppose I could have put up big signs all over the place. "Do not enter." "Danger of death." "[[TitleDrop Abandon all hope]]." heh... That sort of thing. [[LikeFatherLikeSon But this seemed to work well enough... for dead old Dad]].

---> '''Alucard:''' Well... I suppose I could have put up big signs all over the place. "Do not enter." "Danger of death." "[[TitleDrop Abandon all hope]]." heh That sort of thing. [[LikeFatherLikeSon But this seemed to work well enough for dead old Dad]].

---> '''Alucard:''' Well... I suppose I could have put up big signs all over the place. "Do not enter." "Danger of death." "[[TitleDrop Abandon all hope]]." That sort of thing. [[LikeFatherLikeSon But this seemed to work well enough for dead old Dad]].

---> '''Trevor:''' We've spent a couple of months living ''[[KnightInShiningArmor your]]'' life. Adventures and victories. And now, we're living ''[[KnightInSourArmor my]]'' life.
** Sumi and Taka betray Alucard out of misplaced paranoia that he's not teaching them enough and is lying about the castle not being able to move anymore. This forces him to kill them both in self-defense, and also kills any sense of hope and desire for companionship as Alucard shuts himself away even further while deciding to use their corpses as a warning to anyone who comes too close to the castle. By skewering them on pikes outside his front door. ''Just like his father once did''.

** Hector is tricked into wearing a slave ring that makes it impossible for him to disobey Carmilla or her sisters, and makes his creatures loyal to them instead. While the end of Season 2 implied Hector was nothing but a "pet", the end of Season 3 solidifies it.
** Isaac continues to grow in power and by the end of the season, he's killed enough innocent people to make an entire army of monsters, and he shows no signs of stopping his mad conquest even though he's seen proof that not all of humanity is bad.