History WesternAnimation / CastlevaniaNocturne

** The real life Belmont clan were mercenaries from around what is now known as France, so it actually makes sense in context; the name is derived from "Bello Monte" wich means "beatiful mountain". The lineage continues to this day; tough it's not publicly known if they do hunt vampires in their spare time; their ancestors were feared on the battlefield.

** In ''Rondo of Blood'', Annette was an ordinary woman with no combat ability, save for a bad end where she was turned into a vampire; in ''Nocturne'', she claims lineage from the Creole God of iron and war. This grants her the ability to reshape metal and the earth into whatever shape she wants, frequently weaponry, with which she uses in fights to great effect.

Set during UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, the series will follow Richter Belmont (Edward Bluemel), Maria Renard (Pixie Davies) and Annette (Thuso Mbedu) as they fight to prevent the rise of a "vampire messiah" in the form of Erzsebet Báthory (Creator/FrankaPotente). The series premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} September 28, 2023. [[https://x.com/netflix/status/1710324145156673787?s=46&t=7YT7yMPCw2VMMwQUxWj5_A A second season is in development]].

Set during UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, the series will follow Richter Belmont (Creator/EdwardBluemel), Maria Renard (Creator/PixieDavies) and Annette (Thuso Mbedu) as they fight to prevent the rise of a "vampire messiah" in the form of Erzsebet Báthory (Creator/FrankaPotente). The series premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} September 28, 2023. [[https://x.com/netflix/status/1710324145156673787?s=46&t=7YT7yMPCw2VMMwQUxWj5_A A second season is in development]].

** Downplayed with Richer whom is still extremely badass and unlike the games has explicit magic running through his blood due to Sypha being his ancestor. However in the games Richer is touted by Alucard as the WorldsStrongestMan being “supreme” among the Belmont clan and overall only truly rivalled by Julius, Juste and Simon. Here Richer is still a rookie vampire hunter and while he does epically power up when unleashes his magical potential, [[spoiler: he’s nevertheless outclassed by BigBad Erzsebet :and has to be saved from Drolta killing him by Alucard in the climax.]]

** In episode 7, [[spoiler:the Abbot is struggling with Erzsabet's demand that he sacrifice his and Tera's daughter to her as a gesture of submission and to confirm his commitment to their DealWithTheDevil. Emmanuel specifically calls out to God in his prayers not to remain silent in his moment of need, as he's well aware his actions have almost slipped past the PointOfNoReturn. At that moment, Maria, acting ahead of the other's plans to assault the abbey, enters the room and warns him to leave the building before the attack happens, in the process of trying to connive him letting slip her desire that he actually be a father to her for once. Despite the opportunity to flee and turn aside from his path, as well as potentially earning the love of his estranged daughter, Emmanuel fails to see the LastSecondChance for what it is, believing that God sent Maria to him so that he can sacrifice her to Erzsabet and send her soul to heaven]].

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler:During the final battle of Season 1, Abbot Emmanuel quotes scripture to justify his willingness to sacrifice his and Tera's daughter, Maria, to Erzsabet. Specifically, he quotes the ''Binding of Isaac'', wherein Abraham was commanded by God to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Tera reminds him that God did not allow Abraham to carry through with the sacrifice, offering a ram to take Isaac's place -- [[{{Foreshadowing}} something which ultimately comes to pass]] when Tera offers herself to Erzsabet in Maria's stead, telling Emmanuel "''I'' am the ram!"]]

** Drolta was a minor character in ''Bloodlines'' being a wretched old witch that brings her mistress Erzsébet back to life. Here she’s a Morrigan-esque extremely powerful LightningBruiser Succubus vampire with FlamingHair whom equals Richer in combat and nearly kills him and Maria on two seperate occasions.

** Downplayed with Richer whom is still extremely badass and unlike the games has explicit magic running through his blood due to Sypha being his ancestor. However in the games Richer is touted by Alucard as the WorldsStrongestMan being “supreme” among the Belmont clan and overall only truly rivalled by Julius, Juste and Simon. Here Richer is still a rookie vampire hunter and while he does epically power up when unleashes his magical potential, [[spoilerhe’s nevertheless outclassed by BigBad Erzsebet :and has to be saved from Drolta killing him by Alucard in the climax.]]

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Olrox in ''Symphony of the Night'' was a pale, gaunt figure who clearly took visual inspiration from Orlok of ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}'', and he was an even more monstrous bat creature in ''Lords of Shadow''. In ''Nocturne'', he is instead a handsome dark-skinned man with long hair.

** In general terms, all the "French" characters in the show derived from the games are from Transylvania/Romania originally due to the AdaptationalLocationChange. [[note]]Even Maria Renard, whose localized surname ''is'' French, yet also a BlindIdiotTranslation that stuck. In Japanese it's ラーネッド, (Rāneddo), closer to "Rarned" or rather a transliteration of "Learned".[[/note]]

* AgeLift: Maria in ''Rondo of Blood'' was just 12 years old. Here, she is clearly at the least a young adult.

* CompositeCharacter: ''Nocturne'''s version of Tera, rather than being based on her ''Rondo of Blood'' or ''Dracula X Chronicles'' appearance, instead uses a large portion of Annette's character design from ''Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles'', and additionally has magic abilities similar to Sypha Belnades. [[spoiler:She also ends up fulfilling Annette's [[FaceMonsterTurn classic role]] by being forcibly turned into a lesser vampire by Erzsebet, albeit as a HeroicSacrifice here to spare Maria a FateWorseThanDeath.]]

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Richter word-for-word calls the assault on the Abbey this, failing ''all'' of their objectives in hopes of crippling Erszebet's growing army of Night Creatures. Not to mention [[MentorOccupationalHazard Tera]] being forced to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice herself]] to Erszebet to save Maria's life, [[FaceMonsterTurn becoming a vampire in the process]] leaves them in far worse shape than how they came in as they forced to flee; the only thing keeping this from being an earnest DownerEnding for their predicament for how woefully underprepared they were to face the BigBad this early is [[BigDamnHeroes the timely arrival]] of Alucard to save them from the brink.]]

* ContrivedCoincidence: Richter [[spoiler:just so happens to wander into the same bar where his grandfather, Juste, was eating dinner.]]

Set during UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, the series will follow Richter Belmont (Creator/EdwardBluemel), Maria Renard (Creator/PixieDavies) and Annette (Thuso Mbedu) as they fight to prevent the rise of a "vampire messiah" in the form of Erzsebet Báthory (Creator/FrankaPotente). The series premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} September 28, 2023.

* ContinuitySnarl: A minor one, but [[spoiler:as Annette kills her old slave master, she does so by trapping him a cage made of cross-shapes, which burns him at the touch. Trevor in the previous series explicitly called attention to the fact that crosses [[DoingInTheWizard do not]] ''actually'' have a holy effect against vampires on their own, instead disorienting them severely due to their SuperSenses having a difficulty comprehending [[BrownNote geometric shapes in close proximity]]. So while her former slave master is appropriately disoriented that he cannot escape, even in bat form, he shouldn't actually have been ''physically'' burned by touching them by just making them from the environment without proper consecration.]]

* AscendedExtra: Olrox was just another boss monster to fight in his two video game appearances without much bearing on the plot, though he did have one significant role as the BigBad of the novel ''Castlevania: Reminiscence of the Divine Abyss'', which is set after the events of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow''. In ''Nocturne'', he's the one responsible for killing Richter's mother and turns out to be a major supporting character.

%%* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[spoiler: While there's every reason to believe the show can be entirely wrapped up in eight episodes unlike the previous four-season series, by the end of the eighth episode it's clear this will not be the case, necessitating at least one more season (if not more) to wrap up the plot]]. (ZCE. Can be put back if you explain how it counts as this example.)

* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: [[spoiler:Erzsbet causes one in the final episode, allowing the vampires to walk around during the daytime.]]

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler:During the final battle of Season 1, Abbot Emmanuel quotes scripture to justify his willingness to sacrifice his and Tera's daughter, Maria, to Erzsabet. Specifically, he quotes the ''Binding of Isaac'', wherein Abraham was commanded by god to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Tera reminds him that God did not allow Abraham to carry through with the sacrifice, offering a ram to take Isaac's place -- [[{{Foreshadowing}} something which ultimately comes to pass]] when Tera offers herself to Erzsabet in Maria's stead, telling Emmanuel "''I'' am the ram!"]]

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler:During the final battle of Season 1, Abbot Emmanuel quotes scripture to justify his willingness to sacrifice his and Tera's daughter, Maria, to Erzsabet. Specifically, he quotes ''The Binding of Isaac'', wherein Abraham was commanded by god to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Tera reminds him that God did not allow Abraham to carry through with the sacrifice, offering a lamb to take Isaac's place -- [[{{Foreshadowing}} something which ultimately comes to pass]] when Tera offers herself to Erzsabet in Maria's stead, telling Emmanuel "''I'' am the lamb!"]]