History Characters / Castlevania2017Antagonists

* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:Not only is he humiliated by one of Dracula's goblins before killed in the most gruesome way, in Season 2, his corpse is reanimated by Hector to further advance the plans of the Bishop's enemies.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Trevor incredulously asks him how he believes the demons came because people weren't religious enough, pointing to the death of the archbishop as proof this can't be the case, the bishop responds, "The archbishop had certain... ''interests'' that I believe compromised his ability to protect the city and the country. We disagreed on matters of... clerical discipline." This could either be a reference to the archbishop's seeming laziness (he seen being carried around before he was seen able to stand up) or to something [[PedophilePriest worse.]] In any case, it's left ambiguous what he was "interested" in that so disgusted even the bishop. [[UnreliableNarrator However]], given the bishop's remark about the archbishop wanting to keep things in Targoviste simple, the archbishop's interests simply might not line up with the bishop's own, and in terms of clerical discipline, we know that the bishop's own men are hardly the righteous sort. [[AmbiguousSyntax For all we know]], it was the ''Archbishop'' who had the standards in this case.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Trevor incredulously asks him how he believes the demons came because people weren't religious enough, pointing to the death of the archbishop as proof this can't be the case, the bishop responds, "The archbishop had certain... ''interests'' that I believe comprised his ability to protect the city and the country. We disagreed on matters of... clerical discipline." This could either be a reference to the archbishop's seeming laziness (he seen being carried around before he was seen able to stand up) or to something [[PedophilePriest worse.]] In any case, it's left ambiguous what he was "interested" in that so disgusted even the bishop. [[UnreliableNarrator However]], given the bishop's remark about the archbishop wanting to keep things in Targoviste simple, the archbishop's interests simply might not line up with the bishop's own, and in terms of clerical discipline, we know that the bishop's own men are hardly the righteous sort. [[AmbiguousSyntax For all we know]], it was the ''Archbishop'' who had the standards in this case.

* TooDumbToLive: The Church's zealotry in killing heretics nearly doomed Wallachia and humanity. Not only did they provoke Dracula by killing his wife on no grounds, they also almost completely eradicate the Belmont family and the Speakers, taking away humanities' best defenders against vampires and monsters.

* TheGrimReaper: Downplayed. He looks the part, with the skeletal appearance and the scythe, and Trevor mentions that it's one of his names, but he's not actually the real embodiment of death (as in, [[{{Psychopomp}} the one to personally bring death to every being on Earth]]), but rather more of a "[[ElementalEmbodiment death elemental]]", a primal, ancient magical being that feeds on the energies of death and grows stronger from them. Trevor also adds he did inspire the Grim Reaper iconography, but ancient peoples did not understand what they were seeing and assumed that he was the incarnation of death. As Trever explains to Sypha, ancient people "were trying to make of what they saw".

-->"''Why is it that only human hands can reach into Hell? Don't you think that's weirdly fucked up?''"

[[folder:The Final Villain '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]

* TokenGoodTeammate: No character associated with the Church is presented in a positive light, with the sole exception of one nameless priest whom Trevor orders to bless some water to help fight against Dracula's hordes in "Monument". He's on screen for all of four seconds with no dialogue. [[note]][[OneSceneWonder He's decently popular because of this]].[[/note]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the video games, the Church was the primary organization opposing Dracula with several good guys such as Sypha being associated with them. Here, they responsible for everything going wrong and serve as one of the primary antagonists of Season 1.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: All of his fellow monks live in ridiculously disgusting squalor, but Sala takes it a step further by never wearing the sandals his acolytes do. His nails are black, which could be either from dirt, rot, or frostbite.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Although in all fairness, he couldn't have known how it would backfire. Bringing back Dracula and trapping him with Lisa to drive him to new heights of madness was a good plan and it almost works if not for Trevor killing the Rebis. However, because he brought them both back for a moment, the backlash of the spell unraveling means that both Dracula and Lisa are resurrected in new bodies. Dracula would have probably been brought back by someone else eventually, but Death's method ensured that he had his MoralityChain with him, and thus he has no desire to destroy humanity.

*** That's an understatement. Alucard was losing badly and was two seconds away from being overwhelmed by the sheer number of monsters. And that was before fighting Dragan and his EliteMooks, a battle that main trio almost lost and Alucard was this close to being staked in one vs one against just one of said elite mooks. Alucard alone against all four of them would have been instant death, if the horde of monsters and vampires didn't kill him before he even got that far. The only thing that Death needed to do to win was wait for five more minutes.
*** Had he simply stepped back and let St. Germaine work, he would have won. However, when Germaine ignores and insults Varney one too many times, Death had to change his guise to the Alchemist and then to Death just to satisfy his own ego at being recognized. The reveal also shook Germaine's resolve, meaning that Death had to convince him to continue the ritual that he had been previously eager to perform. The extra few minutes this wastes gives Trevor the time needed to catch up and interrupt the ritual.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The guy gets impaled by both a pitchfork and a [[BladeOnAStick spear]].

* MixAndMatchWeapon: Of a more mundane variety, [[spoiler:after being revived as a night creature]]. He trades out his hidden dagger for a strange yet sturdy staff that has a [[CarryABigStick club-like head on one end]] and the other being [[BladeOnAStick very pointy]]. Surprisingly, after Trevor breaks it. The vampire hunter gets lots of mileage from the pieces of his broken staff-spear. Even trying to use it against Dracula.

*** That's understatement. Alucard was losing badly and was two seconds away from being overwhelmed by the sheer number of monsters. And that was before fighting Dragan and his EliteMooks, a battle that main trio almost lost and Alucard was this close to being staked in one vs one against just one of said elite mooks. Alucard alone against all four of them would have been instant death, if the horde of monsters and vampires didn't kill him before he even got that far. The only thing that Death needed to do to win was wait for five more minutes.

* CoolCrown: Sort of. The top of his skull is fashioned into spikes that make it look like he's wearing a crown.

* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Is the victim of a WhipItGood version of this trope from Trevor, as the former uses his vampire killer to try and snatch the cross-shaped stave off of his hands, which leads to him [[{{Fingore}} losing his right index finger]]. Although judging by the Vampire Hunter's cheeky apology, that was probably intentional.

* TokenGoodTeammate: No prominent character associated with the Church is presented in a positive light, with the sole exception of one nameless priest whom Trevor orders to bless some water to help fight against Dracula's hordes in "Monument".[[note]][[OneSceneWonder He's decently popular because of this]].[[/note]]

* TheGrimReaper: Downplayed. He looks the part, with the skeletal appearance and the scythe, and Trevor mentions that it's one of his names, but he's not actually the real embodiment of death (as in, [[{{Psychopomp}} the one to personally bring death to every being on Earth]]), but rather more of a "[[ElementalEmbodiment death elemental]]", a primal, ancient magical being that feeds on the energies of death and grows stronger from them. Trevor also adds he did inspire the Grim Reaper iconography, but ancient peoples did not understand what they were seeing and assumed that he was the incarnation of death.

* YourHeadAsplode: How he finally [[{{Pun}} bites it as Trevor stabs him with the [[ItOnlyWorksOnce God-Killing dagger]] in the head, causing his head to crumble and rupture away before [[DefeatEqualsExplosion finally exploding violently]] with enough force to obliterate not only Death's entire body, but a whole section of Dracula's castle in the aftermath.

* YourHeadAsplode: [How he finally [[{{Pun}} bites it as Trevor stabs him with the [[ItOnlyWorksOnce God-Killing dagger]] in the head, causing his head to crumble and rupture away before [[DefeatEqualsExplosion finally exploding violently]] with enough force to obliterate not only Death's entire body, but a whole section of Dracula's castle in the aftermath.

* YourHeadAsplode: [How he finally [[{{Pun}} bites it as Trevor stabs him with the [[ItOnlyWorksOnceGodkilling dagger]] in the head, causing his head to crumble and rupture away before [[DefeatEqualsExplosion finally exploding violently]] with enough force to obliterate not only Death's entire body, but a whole section of Dracula's castle in the aftermath.]]

* YourHeadAsplode: [How he finally [[{{Pun}} bites it as Trevor stabs him with the [[ItOnlyWorksOnce God-killing dagger]] in the head, causing his head to crumble and rupture away before [[DefeatEqualsExplosion finally exploding violently]] with enough force to obliterate not only Death's entire body, but a whole section of Dracula's castle in the aftermath.]]