History Characters / CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow

* HeelRealization: He is fully conscious of his actions and that he is required to resort to more and more extreme methods to triumph... [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope not that it stops him.]]

* SoreLoser: Upon being defeated by Gabriel in the first game, he tells him that he'll introduce Marie to "such pleasures" in Hell out of spite. Gabriel knows better, though, and the taunt doesn't faze him. Blowing up the earth (or trying too) is also due to the fact that he might actually die.

* VillainousBreakdown: Has one in 2 after he realizes that Gabriel outmaneuvered him; according to the guide his split decision to destroy Earth is mostly a temper tantrum due to the fact Gabriel and Alucard could very well kill him.

* BrawnHilda: The Toymakers narration of Toy Knight details that he is fighting for his love, who bares the trope's name.
* CoDragons: with one of them being a literal dragon.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: In a boss fight against Toymaker, you'd more or less expect him to come right after you in a mech. He does, but randomly throws in these two at the beginning and middle of his fight, narrating a story using them.

* KnightInShiningArmor[=/=]BlackKnight: In The Toymaker's narration, the Toy Knight is a knight in shining armor to his kingdom. His being an enemy and having a dark color scheme also put him into the black knight category.

* NoNameGiven: Actually Averted, the Toy Knight's real name is Sir Walter Degrais, and the Toy Dragon's name is Sarengazlix (or something similar). Whether or not this name was made up, or if the knight puppet was actually the name of a person before being bound to a puppet, is unclear.

* ShieldsAreUseless: Toy Knight carries a solid-looking shield, but it doesn't deflect any attacks

-->'''Voiced by''': [[Series/GameOfThrones Richard Madden]] (adult), Stuart Campbell (young)

-->'''Voiced by''': [[spoiler:Richard Madden]]

-->'''Voiced by''': [[spoiler:Richard Madden]]

** Finaly, his design also resembles a Manticore, another recurring monster in the series.

* TheOldGods: Is one of the last survivors of the [[ClassicalMythology Greek Gods]].

* SoreLoser: Upon being defeated by Gabriel in the first game, he tells him that he'll introduce Marie to "such pleasures" in Hell out of spite. Gabriel knows better, though, and the taunt doesn't faze him.

* TooKinkyToTorture: She seems to invoke this trope to some degree, as she gasps in pleasure when Zobek [[EyeScream puts his cigarette out in her ''eye''.]]

* MagicKnight: He uses his Void, Chaos and Blood powers for both [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation creating weapons]] and "classic" magic such as [[Fireballs fireballs]] or blizzards.

* MagicKnight: He uses his Void, Chaos and Blood powers for both [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation creating weapons]] and "classic" magic such as [[Fireballs]] or blizzards.

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* TheObiWan: Taught Gabriel how to fight with Light and Dark magics.
* TheOldGods: Is one of the (if not the) last survivors of the [[ClassicalMythology Greek Gods]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: He only fought Gabriel and destroyed his town to prolong the inevitable.

[[caption-width-right:350: "I walked the path before me with the blood of both enemies and allies with relish..."]]

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: His true parentage is never revealed in-story.

* HopeSpot: The ending of ''1'' is this for him. [[spoiler: After he is resurrected, he becomes a nigh-IdealHero, prepared to banish Satan and save the world for the Lord. [[StartOfDarkness And after all is said and done...]]

* MessianicArchetype: The ChosenOne? Check. Betrayed by his companion? Check. Is killed, but then came BackFromTheDead? Check. Saves the world? Twice. [[spoiler:And then inverts this by becoming a SatanicArchetype.]]

* OddFriendship: With Laura during the ''Reverie'' DLC.

* TheAce: He was the greatest warrior of the Brotherhood, as stated in the ''Lords of Shadow 2'' intro movie.

* AntiHero: [[UnscrupulousHero Type IV]].

* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:After being killed by [[EvilAllAlong Zobek]], Marie asks the [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent spirits of the dead]] to resurrect him. As a result, Gabriel comes back more powerful and determined than ever.]] The game even outright declares that [[spoiler:Gabriel became an angel for the duration of his fight with Satan]].

* DramaticIrony: Several occurences throughout the story.

* HopeSpot: The ending of ''1'' is this for him. [[spoiler: After he is resurrected, he becomes a nigh-IdealHero, [[BadassPreacher prepared to banish Satan and save the world for the Lord.]]]]

* KnightInSourArmor: Before he goes [[spoiler:HeWhoFightsMonsters]].

* HealingFactor: As a matter of fact it is so rapid that any injury dealt to hos body regenerates ''in less than two seconds.'' But, it also has the [[CursedWithAwesome unfortunate]] side effect of not allowing for him to be killed by conventional means.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In ''Mirror of Fate''. If he did not turn [[spoiler: Trevor]] in the end of the game, [[AnachronicOrder he wouldn't have returned in the second act]] and, together with Simon, successfully ram a stake through his chest. [[CompleteImmortality Not that it had any lasting impact, but still.]]

* PerpetualFrowner: [[FallenHero Taking into account]] [[DespairEventHorizon all the stuff]] [[{{Tragedy}} that had happened to him]], yes, he has every right. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming But when he does eventually crack a smile...]]

* StatuesqueStunner: She is definitely the tallest woman in the game (taller even than Gabriel), and [[JustForPun she can stun you alright]].

* CastingAShadow: His specialty. Satan can call forth gigantic globs of black, slimy darkness and can even dissolve into numerous wiry tendons when he wishes to possess someone.

* AintTooProudToBeg: When Gabriel steals his power, The Forgotten One soundly [[KnowWhenToFoldEm gives up]] and implores his better to have mercy upon him...only to find that the being standing in front of him now has no mercy to spare.

* PlagueDoctor: It seems like he's actually wearing a sort of opera mask [[spoiler:considering its position and cracked eye holes when its on the Reaver]] But the outfit, along with his Vermin-like Scavens make it apparent.

* BlindObedience: Follow their father's will no matter what which, in the conclusion of the story, [[AbusiveParents ends badly for all of them.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: Each of the three basks in being immoral and won't stop at nothing until [[BiggerBad Satan]] is reborn.

* [[WellDoneSonGuy “Well done, children!” acolytes]]: The Acolytes would do absolutely anything to gain their father's support and approval. [[YouHaveFailedMe They don't succeed.]]

* EvilGloating: His FatalFlaw which Dracula exploits.

* MeaningfulName: Shares the name with the Mesopotamian god of war and pestilence that is often compared to the Christian Devil. His last name is also a direct reference to the ''Meslam'', the god's chief temple at Cutlah, with ''Meslamtaea'' meaning “the one that rises up from Meslam". Knowing his [[{{Satan}} father]], this was probably intentional.

* SuperSmoke / BallOfLightTransformation: Can invoke these to quickly move around.

* BodyAndHost: Is the inner demon that branded Dracula to itself, but [[{{Synchronization}} cannot live without him.]]

* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:It's all of Dracula's evil and vampiric identity. The face it ultimately shows is even his.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: Normally, Agreus was the death that complimented Pan's life, and the two kept the balance by making sure every spring led to a fall. Unfortunately, with Pan's death in the first game Agreus was free to run unchecked, making it DarkIsEvil.

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Pan's death had left Agreus mentally deranged, leaving him to slaughter anyone who would dare to approach him, including Dracula's servants and bystanding Brotherhood Knights.
* TheHunter: Basks in the spirit of the hunt, and forces Dracula into a game where the latter is his ''prey''. However, when the vampire successully evades him in his maze and reclaims the fragment of the Mirror, this turns into TheHunterBecomesTheHunted.

* SkullForAHead: A ram's skull, he also has a familiar like Pan that's an owl that also has just a skull for a face.

* TheChosenOne: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. This is what Roland ''himself'' thinks he is. Dracula can even quip about it in one of the loading screens, stating that this paladin isn't exactly the first one to claim the title of [[TheChosenZero humanity's last hope]].

* HopelessBossFight: [[ForegoneConclusion Trevor's confrontation with him in the finale of ''[=MoF=]'' is this.]]

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* HopelessBossFight: [[ForegoneConclusion Trevor's confrontation with him in the finale of [=MoF=] is this.]]

* MadeOfIron: Manages to shrug off normally fatal injuries from Carmilla and [[spoiler:Satan]]. In ''Mirror of Fate'', he brushes off the Daemon Lord's tail spike ''through his abdomen''.

** ChainPain: The spiked chain upgrade allows to saw through different obstacles, as well as tame and ride various rabid monsters like Wargs and Trolls.

* {{Leitmotif}}: A rather grim forte-piano piece that is 'Dracula's Theme'. It plays in the main menu, but its echo can be heard at several points in the story, like during [[spoiler: his encounter with Carmilla, reunion with Marie, and the end-fight against Satan.]]

* BlackSwordsAreBetter

* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: Fortunately, he ''does'' leave his PoweredArmor behind for Alucard to use.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: In ''2''. You wouldn't expect a [[AlwaysChaoticEvil vampire]] with [[PowerOfTheVoid demonic]] [[PlayingWithFire powers]], a [[CastingAShadow fiendish]] [[RedBaron alias]], a [[BloodKnight penchant for]] [[BeatStillMyHeart ripping out hearts]], and a whip made of his own blood to be fighting on [[KnightInSourArmor the side of good]], would you?

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* CouldntFindAPen: Scrawled various [[MadnessMantra sayings and denunciations]] on the walls of the [[BlackBugRoom Forbidden Wing]] at some point during his ravings. In [[RustproofBlood blood]] no less. And [[AltumVidetur Latin.]]

* BrokenAngel: Five consecutive centuries in a comatose sleep had turned him into this: [[BroughtDownToNormal a shambling and wheezing wreck]]. Still, considering he's a vampire, it doesn't take him... [[WouldHurtAChild ah]], long to [[LiquidAssets recover his youthful looks and powers.]]

* BrokenAngel: Five consecutive centuries in a comatose sleep had turned him into this: [[BroughtDownToNormal a shambling and wheezing wreck]]. Still, considering he's a vampire, it doesn't take him... [[WouldHurtAChild ah]], long to [[ResetButton recover his youthful looks and powers.]]

* FanDisservice: She's unconventionally attractive in her human guise, but her demonic form is outright ''hideous.''

* MagicalIncantation: Says one in order to [[spoiler:call [[{{Satan}} his father]] into the world]]. At least some of it is directly heard by {{Dracula}} and {{Alucard}}, and it is [[CardCarryingVillain not even trying to hide its meaning]].
-->'''Guido Szandor:''' In the name of Satan, Lord of the Earth, King of the World. I order the forces of darkness to pour its infernal power over me. Let the gates of Hell open wide, and from the great abyss greet me as your brother and friend! I order everything to be as I command!
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* TearOffYourFace:[[spoiler: Has this happen to him in a CruelAndUnusualDeath, courtesy of [[{{Satan}} his father]].]]