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** ''Chapter VIII: The Dark Lord Returns'': [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Galamoth again]], [[DevilComplex Graham Jones]], [[EvilSorceress Celia Fortner]], and [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Soma]] [[FinalBoss Cruz]]]].

* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Chapter IV: The Legendary Simon Belmont'' centers on the exploits and battles against Dracula of, you guessed it, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI Simon Belmont]].

* BackForTheFinale: A section of ''Chapter VIII: The Dark Lord Returns'' focuses on the events of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'', thus allowing one last hurrah from long-since passed away characters such as [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI Simon Belmont]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Maria Renard]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines Eric Lecarde]], and [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Shanoa]].

** Likewise, [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfShadows Zoe Belmont]] is killed helping her nephew [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI Simon]] flee from the monsters that attacked them after Dracula's defeat in ''Order of Shadows'']].

--->But there is a lesson to be learned: history is destined to repeat itself, darkness will always be present, but heroes will always rise up to meet it.

* PowerDegeneration: Dracula ends up suffering from this in his repeated attempts to kill [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI Simon Belmont]]. By the time of ''VideoGame/HauntedCastle'', it has gotten so bad that he can't even summon [[TheDragon Death]] anymore, and Simon ends up feeling pity for him.

** [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfShadows Desmond Belmont]] is established here to be the father of none other than [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI Simon Belmont]].

---> [[spoiler:Soma was dead, and Dracula had returned.]]

---> If the humans wanted a Dark Lord, they would have him.

** ''Chapter VI: A World Without Belmonts'': [[spoiler:[[TreacherousAdvisor Barlowe]]]], [[TheResenter Hugh Baldwin]], [[ActuallyADoombot Gilles de Rais]] and [[VainSorceress Actrise]].

* BigBadWannabe: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Dario Bossi and Dmitrii Blinov]]. Sure, both of them do put up a good effort when trying to out-perform [[AntiAntiChrist Soma Cruz]] as a Dark Lord candidate. But neither of them prove to hold a candle to the true threat: [[spoiler:[[RogueProtagonist Soma himself]]]].

* CanonWelding: Through an off-hand mention of Kokoro in ''Chapter VIII: The Dark Lord Returns'' and an acknowledgement that she is indeed [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Julius]]'s younger sister, the events of ''VideoGame/{{Otomedius}}'' are welded into the ''Castlevania'' franchise.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Through the lack of mention that it was actually a doppelganger, this fate implicitly falls upon [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Mina Hakuba]].]]

* MercyKillArrangement: [[spoiler:Per the events of ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]'', Soma Cruz ends up making one with Julius Belmont, for the latter to kill him if he becomes Dracula. [[DownerEnding Julius ends up having to fulfil his end of the deal.]]]]

* PassingTheTorch: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon Nathan Graves]] does so to [[VideoGame/Castlevania64 Reinhardt Schneider]], and likewise [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Jonathan Morris]] does so to [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Julius Belmont]]. Both instances are accompanied by mini-comics depicting the predecessor handing over the [[AncestralWeapon Vampire Killer]] to their successor.

* SketchySuccessor: Dracula's human reincarnations display this: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Soma]] doesn't really manage to accomplish anything out of his reign of terror, whereas [[VideoGame/Castlevania64 Malus]] manages to raze an village and kidnap numerous children]].

* YouCantFightFate: When it's spelt out to him that he's Dracula's reincarnation, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Soma Cruz]] tries to resist the calling and remain on the side of good. [[spoiler:A pity Celia Fortner forces his hand...]]

** ''Chapter VIII: The Dark Lord Returns'': [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Galamoth again]], [[DevilComplex Graham Jones]], [[EvilSorceress Celia Fortner]] and [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Soma]] [[FinalBoss Cruz]].]]

* BackForTheFinale: A section of ''Chapter VIII: The Dark Lord Returns'' focuses on the events of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'', thus allowing one last hurrah from long-since passed away characters such as [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI Simon Belmont]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Maria Renard]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines Eric Lecarde]] and [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Shanoa]].
* BigBadWannabe: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Dario Bossi and Dmitrii Blinov]]. Sure, both of them do put up a good effort when trying to out-perform [[AntiAntiChrist Soma Cruz]] as a Dark Lord candidate. But neither of them prove to hold a candle to the true threat: [[spoiler:[[RogueProtagonist Soma himself]].]]

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Through the lack of mention that it was actually a doppelganger, this fate implicitly falls upon [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Mina Hakuba]]]].
* DecapitatedArmy: Averted at one point, with fatal consequences. [[spoiler:Dracula's defeat in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfShadows'' doesn't stop him from influencing a pack of werewolves into attacking Desmond right after the game's events. This ends up costing Desmond, Dolores and Zoe their lives.]]

* GraveMarkingScene: ''Chapter VII: The Heroic Morris Clan'' ends with [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Jonathan Morris]] visiting the tombstone of his DisappearedDad [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines John]].]]

** Alucard's involvement in the events of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' is kept secret, with Trevor, Sypha and Grant receiving all of the credit.
** [[spoiler:As per canon, the events of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'', and Shanoa's heroism become this. [[HumbleHero Shanoa doesn't really care]].]]

** Likewise, [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfShadows Zoe Belmont]] is killed helping her nephew [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI Simon]] flee from the monsters that attacked them after Dracula's defeat in ''Order of Shadows''.]]

** Maria Renard. After being saved by Richter, she helps him out by gathering intel on the other missing women - thus allowing Richter to successfully find them before it's too late.

* HistoryRepeats: Ultimately, it becomes apparent that there is absolutely no way to banish evil from the world for good. The last words of ''Chapter VIII: The Dark Lord Returns'' however do indicate that even though darkness is eternal, so are the heroes fighting against it:

* HolyBurnsEvil: The Vampire Killer is shown to inflict burns on those tainted by Dracula's dark presence. [[spoiler:Like Richter Belmont after ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'']].

* MercyKillArrangement: [[spoiler:Per the events of ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]'', Soma Cruz ends up making one with Julius Belmont, for the latter to kill him if he becomes Dracula. [[DownerEnding Julius ends up having to fulfil his end of the deal]].]]

* RefusalOfTheCall: Victor Belmont (of the ill-fated ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaResurrection'') quickly runs away from home in favor of becoming a mercenary-for-hire. He does however manage to give Alucard the Vampire Killer.

** [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Shanoa]] is said to be a distant descendent of both [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness Hector and Julia]].
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:The Demon Castle War of 1999 ultimately amounts to nothing. Julius, Alucard and humanity as a whole go through great hardship to try and bring a permanent end to Dracula... and then he manages to come back in 2036, resulting in the death of the teenage boy he used as a vessel and the ViciousCycle beginning all over again.]]

---> [[spoiler:Soma was dead, and Dracula had returned]].

* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: It is the ghost of [[VideoGame/Castlevania/LamentOfInnocence Sara Trantoul]] who appears to Simon Belmont to remind him that there is a way to stop the curse that Dracula inflicted upon him, thus beginning ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest''.

''The Perfect Castlevania Timeline'' is a web video series created by [=GamerThumbTV=]. As suggested by the title, the series is a chronology, divided into eight chapters, of ''all'' of the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games, as told through BroadStrokes.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Through the lack of mention that it was ActuallyADoombot, this fate implicitly falls upon [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow Mina Hakuba]]]].

* LancerVsDragon: The section focusing on ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines]]'' has Eric Lecarde fight Elizabeth Bartley, while John Morris takes it upon himself to deal with Dracula.

* PassingTheTorch: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon Nathan Graves]] does so to [[VideoGame/Castlevania64 Reinhardt Schneider]], and likewise [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Jonathan Morris]] does so to [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Julius Belmont]]. Both instances are accompanied by mini-comics depicting the predescessor handing over the [[AncestralWeapon Vampire Killer]] to their successor.

* ArcVillain: Dracula serves as the OverarchingVillain and the main antagonist throughout the entire series, but every part has a significant BigBadEnsemble and/or BigBadDuumvirate. In order:

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Shanoa]] is said to be a distant descendent of both [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness Hector and Julia]].

* Arc Villain: Dracula serves as the OverarchingVillain and the main antagonist throughout the entire series, but every part has a significant BigBadEnsemble and/or BigBadDuumvirate. In order:

** [[spoiler:The events of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'', and Shanoa's heroism become this. [[HumbleHero Shanoa doesn't really care]].]]