History Characters / CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowAntagonists

-->''"That creature you call a son will follow you in death"''

%%* BlackMagic

* DirtyCoward: In the second game, this winds up being his undoing.

* [[DecompositeCharacter Decomposite]] [[CompositeCharacter Composite Character]]: While she obviously is the ''Lords of Shadow'' take on the Succubi from Castlevania, particularly the ''CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' one, she also has very visible elements of Carmilla, and even Laura, particularily those that didn't make into their ''Lords of Shadow'' incarnations. Detailed more under {{Expy}} bellow.

* [[BadAss Badass]]: Is a frightfully skilled [[MasterSwordsman swordsman]], with powerful magic at his disposal. [[spoiler: He gives Alucard, a very powerful vampire in his own right, a beast of a fight at the end of ''Revelations''.]]

%%* {{Badass}}

* WomanInBlack: In ''1'', she wears a black, hooded mantle [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver that is also embroidered with red patterns]].
%%** RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver

[[folder: Bernhard Castle]]

Castlevania has always been a [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight creature of chaos]], but with Dracula's return in ''Lords of Shadow 2'', the castle has developed sentience and seeks to impede Dracula so that he will never leave again, even if it means killing him. For the most part, it accomplishes this by spawning corrupting blood that turns everything it touches against him, even if they were loyal just moments before. [[spoiler:The true form of it is referred to as "Inner Dracula," an EldritchAbomination with Dracula's face that represents the most brutal aspects of his vampiric nature, as well as the hatred towards humanity the real Dracula has started to cast off by the time you fight it.]]

* EvilGloating: So much that he has separate ''move'' where he just stands still and roars/taunts. Knowing the [[ThatOneBoss difficulty of the battle]], it is vital that you utilize it. He [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy ceases doing so]] in the later stages of his battle, though.

* BadassBoast / BossBanter: ''Loves'' to give these during the battle, even when he's getting his ass handed to him.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard / ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Impaled through the jaw on his own hammer.

* IWasQuiteTheLooker: She was ''drop dead gorgeous'' as [[spoiler:one of the founders of the Brotherhood Of Light]].
** And in her human form for ''Lords of Shadow 2''.
* MindOverMatter: In ''2'', she is also shown using lightning-based telekinesis to her advantage.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: When her plan to bend Dracula to her will fails, she tries to vent her frustration on Marie. [[PreMortemOneLiner Guess how]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice that]] [[DiesWideOpen ends]].

* RasputinianDeath: Gets staked, smashed, impaled on a steeple, and then staked again so hard that the stake ''breaks off in her chest''. Blimey.

* ShockAndAwe: Emits discharges of lightning in both games in both forms.

* VillainsNeverLie: During their pre-battle dialogue, Carmilla predicts Gabriel's fate.

* MotiveRant: In ''1'', goes on a fairly long monologue about his motivation and gambit once he reveals his true nature.

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Until ''Lords of Shadow 2''.]]

* IHateYouVampireDad: It's heavily implied that Laura liked her former life far more than her present undeath.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tells Gabriel he's nothing but a murderer and a failure whom God will never forgive at the climax of their battle. It doesn't stop Gabriel from snapping Satan's neck.

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

* DimensionLord: Was the sovereign of the elemental plane of darkness before the Bernhards' magic had whisked him away.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Trevor bisects him across the waist using the dagger-like knob of his combat cross and ungodly strength.

A PlagueDoctor-esque...wizard/zombie/ghost-thing(?) that has stayed alive via a mysterious curse. He lights the lanterns of Dracula's castle, in an attempt to keep intruders away. Should somebody come in anyway, he attacks them with his lantern staff and calls rat and crow-like corpses called Scavens to devour them with a whistle.[[spoiler:After he is defeated by Simon, he is eaten by the Scavens he calls upon, and his body transforms into the Reaver, a huge putrid Scaven that is made up of countless corpses, and mindlessly eats any living thing it finds.]]

* DepravedBisexual: Just like Carmilla from the original continuity, she's ''very'' affectionate towards her slave girls, referring to them as ''my sweet" and...touches them in places. All the while trying to seduce Simon.

* BadBoss: The moment she senses the player, she smashes open a nearby canister of toxic chemicals to flood the room, regardless of the human workers still around.

* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: And Satan's first acolyte as well.]]
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: When she goes down, [[spoiler: her whole body flares up in a discharge of pure energy, powerful enough to send Dracula tumbling through the air.]]

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Her full name could be roughly translated to 'Chief of the Wolves.'

* PeekABangs: She sports a one-sided version that covers half her face.

* MarionetteMaster: Animates the statues of the Riders of the Storm for his boss battle.

* AndYourLittleDogToo: Abducts Trevor right before its boss battle in attempt to expel him from Dracula's life. [[PapaWolf It goes as well as one would expect]].

* MasterSwordsman: He is ''very'' skilled with his blade, [[spoiler: though Alucard outmatches him.]]

* KatanasAreJustBetter: And he draws the Masamune out of HammerSpace, no less.

--> '''Daemon Lord:''' '''''[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge WHERE IS HE?!]]'''''
%%* SealedEvilInACan
%%* WeCanRebuildHim

* FullyEmbracedFiend: She has no qualms with slaughtering wayward Brotherhood Knights that venture forth in hopes of defeating her mother, often using her innocent appearance to her advantage. She even [[LampshadeHanging giggles about it]] in ''Reverie''.

* IHateYouVampireDad: It's heavily implied that Laura liked her former life far more than her present un-death.

* OffscreenTeleportation: When she runs into Gabriel for the first time. In ''Reverie'', she is seen using her [[SuperSmoke mist form]] as a tool for evading enemies and passing through grates.

[[folder:Laura]]
!!Laura
-->'''Voiced by''': Grace Vance ''[=[ENG]=]'', Yumi Kikuchi ''[=[JP]=]''

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7058e18115f4fc58f450dcbc62efeeaa.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Tell me, would you have the souls of the innocent on your conscience for eternity?"'']]

Laura is the "daughter" of Carmilla, who was taken from her true parents and turned into a vampire centuries ago. She first meets Gabriel in Bernhard Castle and challenges him to a game of supernatural chess. Gabriel beats Laura, and in a fit of spite, the vampire attempts to kill Gabriel, only to change her mind and spare him when she sees Gabriel and the spirit of his dead wife embracing.

After the end of the main game, Laura enlists a distraught Gabriel to stop the Forgotten One, a mighty demon whose prison was weakened when Gabriel slew the Lords of Shadow. The two develop a strong friendship during this time, [[spoiler:but in the end, Laura sacrifices herself to give Gabriel the power he needs to enter the Forgotten One's prison and prevent the demon's escape]].

* AffablyEvil: She seems quite genuine in her good manners when she encounters Gabriel and even offers him essential information in exchange for a single game of chess.
* AnimeHair: She looks like a kid version of Music/AmyWinehouse.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Presents a harsh one in the opening of ''Reverie''. Gabriel avoids giving an answer. See also her character quote.
--> '''Laura:''' I know how you're feeling. [[DespairEventHorizon Alone...betrayed.]] [[{{Foreshadowing}} You get used to it]], you know...
--> '''Gabriel:''' ''(dispassionately)'' That isn't true, or you would not have spared me that day.
--> '''Laura:''' Do you now regret it?
* AscendedExtra: She starts as an antagonist during your quest to kill Carmilla, only to become a playable character when trying to stop the Forgotten One during the ''Reverie'' add-on.
%%* BeehiveHairdo

* FullyEmbracedFiend: She has no qualms with slaughtering wayward Brotherhood Knights that venture forth in hopes of defeating her mother, often using her innocent appearance to her advantage. She even [[LampshadeHanging giggles about it]] in ''Reverie''.
--> '''Laura:''' I admit that the bloodlust bothered me a little at first, but now I love its flavor. Yummy!
* HolyBurnsEvil: Invokes this in ''Reverie'' when she refuses to enter a chapel where the mechanism's activation gem in stashed away, leaving Gabriel to retrieve it on his own.
* IHateYouVampireDad: It's heavily implied that Laura liked her former life far more than her present un-death.
* ImmortalImmaturity: As a part of her EnfantTerrible. Laura cannot swallow losing her own game of magical chess, soldiers breaking her toys, and a number of other nuisances [[DisproportionateRetribution she is fully-prepared to microwave the wrongdoer's head for]].
* MarionetteMaster: At one point, she uses over-sized burlap puppets of her own making to fight Gabriel while she hides off-screen.
* MoralityPet: She becomes this to Gabriel in ''Reverie''. [[spoiler:Her death is the final nail in the coffin for him. Yet, later, after he becomes Dracula, he would have a tomb built for her, which implies he remembers her fondly.]]
* OddFriendship: With Gabriel. She warms up to him by the end of ''Reverie'', and even asks him not leave her behind.
* OffscreenTeleportation: When she runs into Gabriel for the first time. In ''Reverie'', she is seen using her [[SuperSmoke mist form]] as a tool for evading enemies and passing through grates.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She looks like a young girl, but thanks to her mom, she's a lot older than Gabriel.
* PowerFloats: She rises into the air when she feels like looking Gabriel in the eye.
* ThePowerOfLove: She's understandably envious of Gabriel when she sees him and the ghostly phantom of Marie embracing, and departs without finishing him off. Later, the narration states that then she had recalled her true mother's arms around her and the moments of her past life she doesn't want to let go.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: And they have white ''pupils'', no less!
* ShockAndAwe: Able to unleash lightning bolts of the [[AgonyBeam Palpatine variety]], just like her mother.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She has a tiny purpose in the main game and a larger role in ''Reverie'', but her impact on the story is ''tremendous'' by any standard. [[spoiler:[[AndThenJohnWasAZombie She turned Gabriel]].]] Enough said.
* SoreLoser: She does not take kindly to losing her mandatory mini-game of vampire chess.
* SpoiledBrat: The years have not been kind on her mental and emotional maturity.
* {{Telepathy}}: How she employs Gabriel's services in the beginning of ''Reverie''.
%%* UndeadChild
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: It's quite jarring seeing a child beg a grown man to put her out of her misery and end her accursed existence.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lieutenant Brauner & Commander Olrox]]
!!Lieutenant Brauner & Commander Olrox
-->'''Voiced by''': ''Unknown'' ''[=[ENG]=]'', Taro Yamaguchi ''[=[JP]=]''

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elite.png]]

Twin brothers who act as Carmilla's chosen emissaries.

* AdaptationalWimp: Played straight. In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'', Brauner is a MadArtist who could bring to life entire paintings. In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', Olrox can turn into a fifteen-foot demon who can spew columns of light from his mouth. Here, they're just textbook vampires with no extraordinary qualities.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Contrasting hairstyles is the only way to tell them apart, really.
* AnArmAndALeg: Brauner gets his right hand amputated before his own blade is embedded into his skull.
* {{Animorphism}}: Being vampires, they have standard shape-shifting abilities. Strangely enough, [[ScratchDamage Gabriel can block their dozens-of-bloodsucking-bats attack]].
* BossOnlyLevel: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. In the case with Brauner, you'll run into a half-a-dozen of lesser vampires before fighting him. With Olrox, you'll have to work out a minor puzzle after his death.
* BraidsOfAction: Olrox has a long, ash gray one.
* ClipItsWings: Gabriel ''rips'' Brauner's wings out mid-fight.
* CoDragons: They're Carmilla's greatest champions.
* DreadlockWarrior: Brauner.
* MarathonBoss: Olrox takes the trophy for being the toughest boss in ''whole'' of game (barring the [[SequentialBoss Forgotten One]]) to wear down. With minuscule margin for error, his ceaseless lunges and TeleportSpam, ''and'' him ''regenerating'', you ''will'' die. The associated trial ("remain fully concentrated for sixty seconds straight," i.e., "don't get hit ''and'' keep hitting ''Olrox'' every seven-eight seconds") does not help.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're lesser demons who deceived their kindred and embraced vampirism as Carmilla rose to power.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Both are fans of this. Olrox plays it straight, Brauner...[[CatchAndReturn not as much]].

[[folder:Lords of Shadow]]
!!Tropes that apply to the Lords of Shadow in general:

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:They're the heroic Founders of the Order turned into monsters.]]
* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:The Lords of Shadow are [[TheHeartless the evil sides]] of the founders of the Brotherhood of Light, which they cast away in a ritual that would give {{God}} the upper hand in his war against Lucifer.]]
* TheGhost: [[spoiler:The good halves]] of the Lords of Shadow are often mentioned, but not shown at any point in the story.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[{{Pride}} Arrogance]] and the [[KnightTemplar burning desire to triumph over the spawn of Satan]] is what had rallied [[spoiler:the Founders to abandon their mortal bodies in search of power]].
* MonsterProgenitor: [[spoiler:After the Founders of the Order ascended into Heaven]], the Lords of Shadow became the first of the yet-unseen monsters. Cornell became the first lycanthrope, Carmilla the first vampire, and [[spoiler:Zobek]] the first Necromancer. Then they had proceeded to twist and corrupt those lesser than them into bloodthirsty beasts akin to themselves.
* {{Synchronization}}: The Lords of Shadow are still connected with their [[spoiler:angelic counterparts. Killing one automatically condemns the other]].
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Every Lord of Shadow has a fiendish true form in addition to their standard human guise, and this transformation sequence cannot be thwarted by any means.

!!Cornell
-->'''Voiced by''': Richard Ridings ''[=[ENG]=]'', Banjō Ginga ''[=[JP]=]''

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f5b7b3bbaeaef310a43c34d2f5365ce8.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Perhaps he is willing to sacrifice himself for you? For the greater good? I however, am not."'']]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see Cornell's portrait in Reverie.]]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/31d7d17f5c67df84eea893043c9db1db.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

->''"My acolytes were not lying - a warrior from the Brotherhood, here on Lycan soil!"''

Lord of the Lycans, and [[spoiler:one of the original founders of the Brotherhood of Light]].

* {{Animorphism}}: His true form is a gigantic, hulking werewolf.
* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: First of the werewolves, and also the most powerful.
%%* {{Badass}}
* BadassBaritone: In his human form, complete with a magnificent guttural chuckle.
* BadassBeard: His normal form has a cool beard. It even carries over to his lycanthrope form.
* BadassBoast / BossBanter: ''Loves'' to give these during the battle, even when he's getting his ass handed to him.
* BarbarianLongHair: With a receding hairline, but badass, nonetheless.
* TheBrute: But doesn't seem to be a DumbMuscle by any definition of the trope.
* CanisMajor: For the second part of his boss fight, he morphs into his truly monstrous lycanthrope form.
* DemotedToExtra: Cornell is the only original Lord of Shadow who has no screen time in the sequel.
* DropTheHammer: In his human form, he fights with a massive sledgehammer only he can wield.
* EliteMook: The Lycans in the prologue are a precursor for him.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He's this in lycan form.
--> '''Cornell:''' My sons will feast on your corpse once I finish with you!
* FatalFlaw: According to Laura in ''Reverie'', Cornell's [[{{Pride}} overconfidence]] had made him blind to the threat that Gabriel represented until it was too late.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard / ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Impaled through the jaw on his own hammer.
* InNameOnly: Cornell in the original continuity is a NobleDemon who desperately sought a cure for his condition for the sake of his human adopted sister. This Cornell is a FullyEmbracedFiend who gladly sends his pack out to hunt innocent villagers and has at least one genocide (the Aghartians) under his belt. That said, [[spoiler:the actual Cornell is probably more like this, as the demon controlling his body isn't the same thing]].
* LargeAndInCharge: He's the largest werewolf we see by a very large margin.
* LargeHam: Just like everyone else.
* LightningBruiser: Do ''not'' take for granted that you're out of his reach just because you're standing on the other side of the arena.
* MrExposition: Is not hesitant to reveal the truth about [[spoiler:the Founders' ascension as heavenly spirits]] to Gabriel.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Is centuries old, but looks like he's in his early forties.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Quite. In fact, he's the [[MonsterLord first lycanthrope to be created]].
* {{Power Tattoo}}s: Has them in his werewolf form. And [[PowerGlows they glow red]].
* SprintShoes: The Brotherhood had gifted him with Cyclone Boots, back when [[spoiler:Cornell was still human. Upon becoming the Lycanthrope Dark Lord]], he improved on their design and power by fusing them together with shadow magic.
%%* WalkingShirtlessScene
* WakeUpCallBoss: As the first Lord of Shadow that you confront, he can prove more difficult than you would have thought.

!!Carmilla
-->'''Voiced by''': Sally Knyvette ''[=[ENG]=]'', Hōko Kuwashima ''[=[JP]=]''

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/07a99e050e67377933be46823c626ca7.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"You are a fool, Gabriel. You think I don't know who you are?"'']]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see Carmilla's portrait in Reverie and her appearance in Lords of Shadow 2.]]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e8da539dbe1e309fdf66c2e2db7c589f.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

->''"Look upon Carmilla! Am I not beautiful!?"''

The Lord of the Vampires and [[spoiler:one of the original founders of the Brotherhood of Light]].
----
* AbsoluteCleavage: In the first game.
* AllLovingHero / FriendToAllLivingThings: Pure and [[ChasteHero chaste of soul]], Carmilla was renowned for her love of all living creatures. A renowned and skilled healer, she had used her talents for good, before her downfall had turned her into a powerful, yet pitiful shadow that was the Vampire Queen.
* {{Animorphism}}: Can turn into a gigantic bat demon in ''1''. In ''2'', she can summon her true form's spectral apparition.
%%* BareYourMidriff
* BettyAndVeronica: Carmilla is the Veronica to Marie's Betty in ''Lords of Shadow 2''.
* DeliciousDistraction: Carmilla is this to Dracula in ''2''...[[PerfectPoison at first]].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler:When Dracula spears her through the mouth at the end of her battle in ''2''.]]
* DoppelgangerSpin: Halfway through her battle in ''2'', she creates duplicates of herself while [[EvilLaugh laughing]] and making waltz jokes at Dracula.
-->'''Carmilla:''' Come on, don't miss a step.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As a human, she was disgusted by Dr. Frankenstein's experiments on living humans to create artificial life. As a vampire, she decided to punish him for those atrocities.
-->'''Brotherhood Knight Scroll:''' Carmilla cruelly punished Frankenstein for his crimes. One such punishment was the removal of his fingers, which lie still somewhere within the castle.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: When she [[OneWingedAngel transforms]] in ''1''.
* FlunkyBoss: In the first part of the battle, she summons 10 vampires, which you must defeat (or trick her into killing them, which is the trial for the level). When she transforms, she often summons two vampires to aid her. She stops after the first QTE.
* ForceField: In both games, her first chosen tactic is to shield herself with one while [[FlunkyBoss her minions do the dirty work]].
* HemoErotic: When Dracula bites Carmilla's neck in ''Lords of Shadows 2'', she reacts as though she's receiving sexual pleasure from it.
* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: She's madly in love with Dracula. [[MadLove Poor thing.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By Dracula in ''2''. ''Twice''.
* ItIsBeyondSaving: Her stance on humanity in ''1''.
* IWasQuiteTheLooker: She was ''drop dead gorgeous'' as [[spoiler:one of the founders of the Brotherhood Of Light]].
** And in her human form for ''Lords of Shadow 2''.
* MindOverMatter: In ''2'', she is also shown using lightning-based telekinesis to her advantage.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: When her plan to bend Dracula to her will fails, she tries to vent her frustration on Marie. [[PreMortemOneLiner Guess how]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice that]] [[DiesWideOpen ends]].
* MsFanservice: {{Justified|Trope}}; it makes it easier for her to get close to her unsuspecting children-to-be. [[NotDistractedByTheSexy It doesn't faze Gabriel for a second, however]].
** FanDisservice: When she transforms into a giant bat-like creature.
* NotSoDifferent: {{Invoked|Trope}} when she compares Gabriel to the other Lords of Shadow. Gabriel isn't convinced.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Is centuries old, but looks like she's in her late twenties or early thirties.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: In the first ''Lords of Shadow'', Carmilla has a rather unsettling appearance; unnaturally tall and slender, with [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette chalk-white skin]] and [[BlackEyesOfEvil lifeless black eyes]]. In ''Lords of Shadow 2'', she has become a stunningly beautiful woman; this is because the incarnation of her we see in ''2'' is constructed from Gabriel's memories, both of his actual encounter with her and of a picture of her human form he saw once in ''Reverie''.
* PoisonousPerson: Not elemental powers ''per se'', but her entire ''being'' is saturated with a special venom she uses to poison Dracula. She's a ''literal'' PoisonousPerson.
* PowerFloats: In ''1'', she can levitate, thanks to her Seraph Shoulders.
* RasputinianDeath: Gets staked, smashed, impaled on a steeple, and then staked again so hard that the stake ''breaks off in her chest''. Blimey.
* SoftSpokenSadist: While trying to trace Dracula's whereabouts in the library of ''2''.
--> '''Carmilla:''' Only I understand your anguish. I love [[{{Yandere}} your pain]] and [[InLoveWithYourCarnage your fury]].
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: This works against Carmilla when she disguises herself as Marie, because she still speaks like TheVamp.
%%* SexyWalk
* ShockAndAwe: Emits discharges of lightning in both games in both forms.
* SpotTheImposter: In ''2'', transforms into Marie before her fight, forcing Dracula to choose between them. [[note]]The beauty in this is that the game juggles her and true Marie's positions every time it is loaded. Caution is advised.[[/note]]
* StatuesqueStunner: She is definitely the tallest woman in the game (taller even than Gabriel), and [[JustForPun she can stun you all right]].
* TheVamp: Tries to seduce Gabriel with promises of pleasure and power before they fight.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: Her character description in the second game states that she is madly in love with Dracula. Unfortunately for her, he will never reciprocate. See also IgnoredEnamoredUnderling.
* VillainsNeverLie: During their pre-battle dialogue, Carmilla predicts Gabriel's fate.
* WalkingSpoiler: She and later [[spoiler:Zobek]] predict the events of Gabriel's terrible future.
* WeatherManipulation: Conjured a perpetual blizzard around her castle and surrounding lands so sunlight wouldn't bother her vampiric warriors.
* WhatTheHellHero: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. She soundly chews out Gabriel for his eagerness to destroy [[spoiler:those who had founded his holy order]]. See also EvenEvilHasStandards.
-->'''Carmilla:''' You would kill those [[spoiler:who founded your own Holy Order?]] You are even more cold-blooded than I. Who is the real monster here, Gabriel?
* WeCanRuleTogether: Tempts Gabriel by saying she could introduce him to many things and many pleasures if he stays. He doesn't buy it. In fact, he doesn't even seem to care.
* WomanInBlack: In ''1'', she wears a black, hooded mantle [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver that is also embroidered with red patterns]].
%%** RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver
* {{Yandere}}: To Dracula in ''Lords of Shadow 2''. And ''how!''
-->'''Carmilla:''' ''(shrieks)'' I'll take [[EyeScream your eyes out]] if you look at [Marie] again!
* YourMindMakesItReal: Her appearance, mannerisms, and demeanor in ''2'' is composed of Dracula's memories of his encounter with her in ''1'', as well as seeing her human portrait in ''Reverie''.
-->'''Carmilla:''' And if you were never to wake again...would it matter?

!!Lord of the Dead [[spoiler:(Zobek the Necromancer)]]
-->'''Voiced by''': [[spoiler:[[Creator/PatrickStewart Sir Patrick Stewart]]]] ''[=[ENG]=]'', [[spoiler: Makoto Terada]] ''[=[JP]=]''

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8b154055149e357f2ec2a753a4f31021.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I needed to control you at the end... Once you had murdered them. I knew you would never be able to challenge me whilst wearing it."'']]

->''"Finally, it is time for the truth. Let us remove...our masks..."''

The final Lord of Shadow. He cast the spell that separated the Earth from the Heavens, and was also personally involved with the death of Gabriel's wife.

'''Note:''' For tropes applying to the Lord of the Dead before TheReveal, see [[spoiler:the Zobek section]].

* AffablyEvil: He's incredibly polite. Oh, to be sure, there's a strong likelihood that he'll betray you eventually no matter which side of the fence you fall on and he's definitely evil as heck, but he speaks with a high degree of etiquette even to his enemies.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Granted, he was already pretty evil beforehand.
* CompositeCharacter: Of Death and Shaft from the original series.
* DemonicPossession: Was possessed by Satan. Granted, as a Lord of Shadow, he was already a malevolent EvilOverlord before that, but it probably contributed to his more extreme OmnicidalManiac tendencies.
* DramaticIrony: In the finale of ''1'', he laments on how his fellow Founders had failed to notice just how powerful they could become if they combined their existing abilities and troops. Guess what Gabriel ends up doing.
%%* EvilGloating
%%* EvilLaugh
* EvilOverlord: Ruler of the Necromancers.
* EvilPlan: Had Gabriel's wife killed and separated the Earth from the Heavens in order to make Gabriel go on a quest to obtain the God Mask.
%%* EvilSorcerer
* {{Expy}}: Of Death from the original ''Castlevania'' series, as his monster form in ''Lords of Shadow 2'' demonstrates. According to [[WordOfGod Dave Cox]], he also takes elements from Shaft from ''Symphony of the Night''.
* FallenHero: Was a Brotherhood Founder turned into the final Lord of Shadow.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: A double subversion in ''Lords of Shadow 1''. Zobek had restored the luminous power of the dead spirits as a part of his plan to acquire the God Mask. After he eliminates Gabriel, [[FakingTheDead and is promptly cremated by Satan]], this power had [[CameBackStrong resurrected the former]], allowing for Gabriel to banish Satan and [[GoneHorriblyRight prevent the end of the world]]. [[spoiler: However, it doesn't stop Gabriel or Alucard from using the necromancer to further their goal of destroying both him ''and'' Satan in ''Lords of Shadow 2''.]]
* TheGrimReaper: Molded his form in ''Lords of Shadow 2'' to be fitting to the folklore version of the grim reaper, making him appear far more like Death than he did in the first game.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Helps you for most of the game, then turns out to be the final [[EvilOverlord Lord of Shadow]] and EvilAllAlong. But then it's revealed he was [[DemonicPossession possessed]], and centuries later he tries to recruit Dracula to [[VillainProtagonist stop the second coming of Satan]] [[spoiler:only to turn on you again when he learns Dracula was plotting with Alucard to let Satan be resurrected so he can kill him for good, and then do the same to Zobek]].
* LargeHam: Once he is...[[IncrediblyLamePun unmasked]].
* MacGuffinDeliveryService: Shows up mere seconds after [[UnwittingPawn Gabriel]] finishes reassembling the God Mask, and [[OneHitKill electrocutes him]] with his AgonyBeam.
* ManipulativeBastard: While under the effects of possession, he manipulates Gabriel and everyone else to make sure the hero obtains the God Mask.
* MurderByCremation: The dark force possessing him lights him on fire after he takes the God Mask. He [[UnexplainedRecovery gets]] [[BackFromTheDead better]].
* MotiveRant: In ''1'', goes on a fairly long monologue about his motivation and gambit once he reveals his true nature.
* {{Necromancer}}: Well, he ''is'' Death. Reanimating the dead is his specialization.
%%* NeverFoundTheBody
* SinisterScythe: In ''Lords of Shadow 2'', he fights with a massive, barbed scythe, and it is forged out of ''human souls.''
* SkullForAHead: In ''2'', his true form features a jawless, human skull with some of its teeth missing.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Tries to gain the knowledge of Hell itself, and ends up BrainwashedAndCrazy for his trouble.
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Until ''Lords of Shadow 2''.]]
%%* UnwittingPawn
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Delved into the depths of Hell in search of knowledge and power. His attempt had netted him the Devil Mask, but, as a direct result, he was corrupted and possessed by the Devil himself.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Gets [[MurderByCremation set on fire]] seconds after he kills Gabriel and takes the God Mask.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Satan]]
!!Satan (Lucifer The Fallen)
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JasonIsaacs ''[=[ENG]=]'', Tomokazu Sugita ''[=[JP]=]''

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/50829537ec8bf841986edead4965b651.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"What now, Prince of Darkness? Are you going to kill your son... again?"'']]

->''"It is my divine right to rule by [[{{God}} His]] side as an equal...or perhaps more than that."''

The true BigBad of ''Lords of Shadow''. When Death breached into Hell in his endless quest for knowledge, Satan brainwashed the Necromancer to be his pawn in the fallen angel's bid to obtain the [[MacGuffin God Mask]]. Through most of the story, Satan is a background influence, controlling Death from the shadows and quietly haunting the dreams of any unlucky enough to stand in the way of Gabriel's quest.

When Death obtains the completed God Mask from Gabriel at the end of the game, Satan [[MurderByCremation lights his pawn on fire]] and takes the mask for himself. Satan then plans to use the God Mask as means to re-enter Heaven, and even offers Gabriel a place at his side, but Gabriel refuses the fallen angel's offer. Following a battle between the two, Gabriel snaps Satan's neck, sending the angel back to Hell.

However, this is not the end of the fallen angel. In the modern day, Satan prepares for a second chance to breach the mortal plane, and to take revenge on all who ruined his plans centuries before.
----
* AbusiveDad: Cares little for his own offspring, [[{{Foil}} in contrast to]] [[GoodParents Dracula's despair at having to fight his own children.]]
* ArchEnemy: To Dracula.
* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Is the ManBehindTheMan for the entire first game, and the FinalBoss.
* BigBad: The overall main antagonist of the series, though Dracula serves as an InterimVillain in ''Mirror of Fate''.
%%* BlackMagic

* [[BadAss Badass]]:Is a frightfully skilled [[MasterSwordsman swordsman]], with powerful magic at his disposal. [[spoiler: He gives Alucard, a very powerful vampire in his own right, a beast of a fight at the end of ''Revelations''.]]

* [[BadAss Badass]]:Is a frightfully skilled [[MasterSwordsman swordsman]], with powerful magic at his disposal. [[spoiler: He gives Alucard, a very powerful vampire in his own right, a beast of a fight.

%%* ManipulativeBastard

* {{Necromancer}}: [[CaptainObvious Well]], he ''is'' Death. Reanimating the dead is his specialization.

->''"I know how you're feeling... Alone... betrayed... you get used to it, you know."''

Laura was the "daughter" of Carmilla, who was taken from her true parents and turned into a vampire centuries ago. She first meets Gabriel in Bernhard Castle and challenges him to a game of supernatural chess. Gabriel beats Laura, and in a fit of spite the vampire attempts to kill Gabriel, only to change her mind and spare him when she sees Gabriel and the spirit of his dead wife embracing.

After the end of the main game, Laura enlists a distraught Gabriel to stop The Forgotten One, a mighty demon whose prison was weakened when Gabriel slew the Lords of Shadow. The two develop a strong friendship during this time, [[spoiler: but in the end, Laura sacrifices herself to give Gabriel the power he needs to enter the Forgotten One's prison and prevent the demon's escape.]]

* AnimeHair: She looks like a kid version of Amy Winehouse.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Presents a harsh one in the opening of ''Reverie''. Gabriel avoids giving an answer. See also her character quote.
--> '''Laura:''' I know how you're feeling. [[DespairEventHorizon Alone... betrayed.]] [[{{Foreshadowing}} You get used to it]], you know...

* AscendedExtra: Starts as an antagonist during your quest to kill Carmilla, only to become a playable character when trying to stop the Forgotten One during the ''Reverie'' add-on.

* [[IHateYouVampireDad I Hate You, Vampire Mom!]]: Heavily implied that Laura liked her former life far more than her present undeath.
* ImmortalImmaturity: As a part of her EnfantTerrible. Laura cannot swallow losing her own game of magical chess, soldiers breaking her toys, and a number of other nuisances [[DisproportionateRetribution she is fully-prepared to microwave the wrongdoer's head for.]]
* MarionetteMaster: At one point, she uses oversized burlap puppets of her own making to fight Gabriel while she hides offscreen.
* MoralityPet: She becomes this to Gabriel in ''Reverie''. [[spoiler: Her death is the final nail in the coffin for him. Yet, later, after he becomes Dracul, he would have a tomb built for her, which implies he remembers her fondly.]]
* OddFriendship: With Gabriel. She warms up to him by the end of ''Reverie'', and even asks him not leave her behind.
* OffscreenTeleportation: When she runs into Gabriel for the first time. In ''Reverie'' she is seen using her [[SuperSmoke mist form]] as a tool for evading enemies and passing through grates.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She looks like a young girl, but thanks to her mom is a lot older than Gabriel.
* PowerFloats: She rises into the air when she feels like looking Gabriel in the eye.
* ThePowerOfLove: She's understandably envious of Gabriel when she sees him and the ghostly phantom of Marie embracing, and departs without finishing him off. Later, the narration states that then she had recalled her true mother's arms around her and the moments of her past life she doesn't want to let go.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: She has a tiny purpose in the main game, and a larger role in ''Reverie'', but her impact on the story is ''tremendous'' by any standard. [[spoiler: [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie She turned Gabriel]].]] Enough said.
* SoreLoser: She does not take kindly to losing her mandatory minigame of vampire chess.

* {{Animorphism}}: Being vampires, they've standard shapeshifting abilities. Strangely enough, [[ScratchDamage Gabriel can block their dozens-of-bloodsucking-bats attack]].
* BossOnlyLevel: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. In case with Brauner, you'll run into a half-a-dozen of lesser vampires before fighting him. With Olrox, you'll have to work out a minor puzzle after his death.
* BraidsOfAction: Olrox has a long, ash gray one.
* ClipItsWings: Gabriel ''rips'' Brauner's wings out mid-fight.
* CoDragons: Carmilla's greatest champions.
* DreadlockWarrior: Brauner.
* MarathonBoss: Olrox takes the trophy for being the toughest boss in ''whole'' of game – barring the [[SequentialBoss Forgotten One]] – to wear down. With minuscule margin for error, his ceaseless lunges and TeleportSpam, ''and'' him ''regenerating'', you ''will'' die. The associated trial, – “remain fully concentrated for sixty seconds straight” i.e. “don't get hit ''and'' keep hitting ''Olrox'' every seven-eight seconds” – does not help.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're lesser demons who deceived their kindred and embraced vampirism as Carmilla rose to power.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Both are fans of this. Olrox plays it straight, Brauner... [[CatchAndReturn not as much]].

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: Heroic Founders of the Order turned monsters.]]
* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:The Lords of Shadow are [[TheHeartless the evil sides]] of the founders of the Brotherhood of Light, which they cast away in a ritual that would give God the upper hand in his war against Lucifer.]]
* TheGhost: [[spoiler: The good halves]] of the Lords of Shadow are often mentioned, but not shown at any point in the story.
* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters They Who Fight Monsters]]: [[{{Pride}} Arrogance]] and the [[KnightTemplar burning desire to triumph over the spawn of Satan]] is what had rallied [[spoiler: the Founders to abandon their mortal bodies in search of power.]]
* MonsterProgenitor: [[spoiler: After the Founders of the Order ascended into Heaven]], the Lords of Shadow became the first of the yet-unseen monsters. Cornell became the first lycanthrope, Carmilla the first vampire, and [[spoiler: Zobek]] the first Necromancer. Then they had proceeded to twist and corrupt those lesser than them into bloodthirsty beasts akin to themselves.
* {{Synchronization}}: The Lords of Shadow are still connected with their [[spoiler:angelic counterparts. Killing one automatically condemns the other.]]
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Every Lord of Shadow has a fiendish true form in addition to their standard human guise, and this transformation sequence cannot be thwarted by any means.

* BadassBeard: His normal form has a cool beard. It even carries over to his lycanthrope Dark Lord form.
* BadassBoast[=/=]BossBanter: ''Loves'' to give these during the battle, even when he's getting his ass handed to him.
* BarbarianLongHair: With a receding hairline, but badass, nonetheless.

* CanisMajor: For the second part of his boss fight he morphs into his truly monstrous lycanthrope form.

* DropTheHammer: In his human form fights with a massive sledgehammer only he can wield.

* FatalFlaw: According to Laura in ''Reverie'', Cornell's overconfidence had made him blind to the threat that Gabriel represented until it was too late.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard[=/=]ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Impaled through the jaw on his own hammer.

* MrExposition: Is not hesitant to reveal the truth about [[spoiler: the Founders' ascension as heavenly spirits]] to Gabriel.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Quite. In fact, he's the [[MonsterLord first lycanthrope to be created.]]
* [[PowerTattoo Power Tattoos]]: Has them in his werewolf form. And [[PowerGlows they glow red]].
* SprintShoes: The Brotherhood had gifted him with Cyclone Boots, back when [[spoiler: Cornell was still human. Upon becoming the Lycanthrope Dark Lord]], he improved on their design and power by fusing them together with shadow magic.

* AllLovingHero[=/=]FriendToAllLivingThings: Pure and [[ChasteHero chaste of soul]], Carmilla was renowned for her love of all living creatures. A renowned and skilled healer, she had used her talents for good, before her downfall had turned her into a powerful, yet pitiful shadow that was the Vampire Queen.
* {{Animorphism}}: Can turn into a gigantic bat demon in ''1''. In ''2'', she can summon her true form's spectral apparition.

* BettyAndVeronica: Veronica to Marie's Betty in ''Lords of Shadow 2''.
* DeliciousDistraction: Carmilla is this to Dracula in ''2''... [[PerfectPoison at first]].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler: When Dracula spears her through the mouth at the end of her battle in ''2''.]]
* DoppelgangerSpin: Halfway through her battle in ''2'', she creates duplicates of herself while [[EvilLaugh laughing]] and making waltz jokes at Dracula.

* ForceField: In both games her first chosen tactic is to shield herself with one while [[FlunkyBoss her minions do the dirty work.]]

* MindOverMatter: In ''2'' she is also shown using lightning-based telekinesis to her advantage.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: When her plan to bend Dracula to her will fails, she tries to vent her frustration on Marie. [[PreMortemOneLiner Guess how]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice that]] [[DiesWideOpen ends.]]
* MsFanservice: Justified; it makes it easier for her to get close to her unsuspecting children-to-be. [[NotDistractedByTheSexy It doesn't faze Gabriel for a second, however]].

* NotSoDifferent: Invoked when she compares Gabriel to the other Lords of Shadow. Gabriel isn't convinced.

* PoisonousPerson: Not elemental powers per se, but her entire ''being'' is saturated with a special venom she uses to poison Dracula. She's a ''literal'' PoisonousPerson.
* PowerFloats: In ''1'' she can levitate, thanks to her Seraph Shoulders.

--> '''Carmilla:''' Only I understand your anguish. I love [[{{Yandere}} your pain]] and [[InLoveWithYourCarnage your fury.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: She and later [[spoiler: Zobek]] predict the events of Gabriel's terrible future.
* WeatherManipulation: Conjured a perpetual blizzard around her castle and surrounding lands so sunlight wouldn't bother her vampiric warriors.
* WhatTheHellHero: Exaggerated. She soundly chews out Gabriel for his eagerness to destroy [[spoiler: those who had founded his holy order]]. See also EvenEvilHasStandards.
-->'''Carmilla:''' You would kill those [[spoiler: who founded your own Holy Order?]] You are even more cold-blooded than I. Who is the real monster here, Gabriel?

* WomanInBlack: In ''1'', wears a black, hooded mantle [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver that is also embroidered with red patterns.]]

-->'''Carmilla:''' And if you were never to wake again... would it matter?

* ChromaticArrangement: Red (Thunder), Blue/Violet (Wind) and Green (Lightning). The FighterMageThief trope might apply as well. Thunder [[MightyGlacier who is slow, but robust]] and manages to outlive its brothers, Wind is who [[FragileSpeedster incredibly fast, yet weak]], and Lightning who, if you're not careful, [[GlassCannon can inflict hefty damage, but falls first]].

* 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.

-->'''Voiced by''': [[spoiler:Creator/RobertCarlyle]]

* AndYourLittleDogToo: Abducts Trevor right before its boss battle in attempt to expel him from Dracula's life. It goes as well as one would expect.

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Especially once its true form is revealed. See [[http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/File:InnerDracula01.png here]] for a full take on it, including both the far less humanoid head form and the more humanoid one without a face.]]
* {{Expy}}: It's basically the ''Lords of Shadow'' continuity's answer to [[spoiler:Chaos]] from the main series. Like [[spoiler:Chaos]], it is the [[spoiler:the root of all of Dracula's demonic powers and an EldritchAbomination to boot.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: In ''Revelations'', it is not hesitant to call Alucard out on he is 'dishonoring' his father by butchering his servants. Without even so batting an eye at the fact that it is sending out said servants to stash away Dracula's relics as well as dispatching him

* ThePowerOfBlood: The only thing keeping it alive is Dracula's vampiric powers [[spoiler:since it ''is'' them]] and the blood of his many, ''many'' victims over the centuries.

* DimensionLord: He fights by opening up starry dimensional rifts and either teleporting into them or summoning a storm of blades from them.

* PraetorianGuard: Serves as a personal bodyguard to Zobek and acts as the necromancer's muscle in ticklish situations.

-->'''Voiced by''': Grace Vance

-->'''Voiced by''': ''Unknown''

-->'''Voiced by''': Richard Ridings

-->'''Voiced by''': Sally Knyvette

-->'''Voiced by''': [[spoiler:[[Creator/PatrickStewart Sir Patrick Stewart]]]]

-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JasonIsaacs

* DramaticIrony: In the finale of ''1'', he laments on how his fellow Founders had failed to notice just how powerful they could become if they combined their existing abilities and troops. Guess what Gabriel ends up doing?

* GoneHorriblyWrong: A double subversion in ''Lords of Shadow 1''. Zobek had restored the luminous power of the dead spirits as a part of his plan to acquire the God Mask. After he eliminates Gabriel, [[FakingTheDead and is promptly cremated by Satan]], this power had [[CameBackStrong resurrected the former]], allowing for Gabriel to banish Satan and [[GoneHorriblyRight prevent the end of the world]]. [[spoiler: However, it doesn't stop neither Gabriel, nor Alucard from using the necromancer to further their goal of destroying both him ''and'' Satan in ''Lords of Shadow 2''.]]

This is the character page index for ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' AlternateContinuity Antagonists and Adversaries.

[[folder:Baba Yaga]]
!!Literature/BabaYaga
-->'''Voiced by''': Eve Karpf

->''"Baba good woman, Baba not lie."''

An old witch that lives in the Woes Moor.

%%* EvilMakesYouUgly
* ImAHumanitarian: Comments that she has eaten many knights in the past.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:By Zobek, apparently.]]
%%* ObviouslyEvil
%%* ThirdPersonPerson
%%* WickedWitch
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zobek's Lieutenant]]
!!Zobek's Lieutenant
-->'''Voiced by''': [[spoiler:Creator/RichardMadden]]

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/46b612bf98fe3360118f90c95fa5270f.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I was looking for a Dragon... but all I see is a lizard!"'']]

->''"You're slow... I can easily anticipate your blows!"''

A black knight who wields the legendary sword Masamune. Who exactly he is and all of his past beyond that is unknown. He serves as Zobek's muscle since Zobek can't directly act for fear of the acolytes finding out where he is. [[spoiler:For the better part of ''Lords of Shadow 2'', he is actually Alucard, who killed and replaced him after an intense battle before the start of the main game, at the end of the ''Revelations'' DLC.]]
----
* BlackKnight: With a red tint on his right arm.
* BladeLock: Does this when parried [[spoiler:by Alucard, but Alucard is the better swordsman and always wins out]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Just like his master, delivers a few marvelous ones just before his boss fight.
-->'''Lieutenant:''' Well, well... So it was your presence we felt. We thought it was your father... My master is going to be so disappointed!
* DimensionLord: He fights by opening up starry dimensional rifts and either teleporting into them or summoning a storm of blades from them.
* TheDragon: To Zobek.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Alucard perforates him with the Crissaegrim in mid-air.]]
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: Fortunately, he ''does'' leave his armor behind for Alucard to use.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: And he draws the Masamune out of HammerSpace, no less.
* PraetorianGuard: Serves as a personal bodyguard to Zobek and acts as the necromancer's muscle in ticklish situations.
* SwordBeam: Uses two, one that's narrow and needs to be dodged, and one that's wide and needs to be jumped.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lords of Shadow]]
!!Tropes that apply to the Lords of Shadow in general:

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: Heroic Founders of the Order turned monsters.]]
* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:The Lords of Shadow are [[TheHeartless the evil sides]] of the founders of the Brotherhood of Light, which they cast away in a ritual that would give God the upper hand in his war against Lucifer.]]
* TheGhost: [[spoiler: The good halves]] of the Lords of Shadow are often mentioned, but not shown at any point in the story.
* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters They Who Fight Monsters]]: [[{{Pride}} Arrogance]] and the [[KnightTemplar burning desire to triumph over the spawn of Satan]] is what had rallied [[spoiler: the Founders to abandon their mortal bodies in search of power.]]
* MonsterProgenitor: [[spoiler: After the Founders of the Order ascended into Heaven]], the Lords of Shadow became the first of the yet-unseen monsters. Cornell became the first lycanthrope, Carmilla the first vampire, and [[spoiler: Zobek]] the first Necromancer. Then they had proceeded to twist and corrupt those lesser than them into bloodthirsty beasts akin to themselves.
* {{Synchronization}}: The Lords of Shadow are still connected with their [[spoiler:angelic counterparts. Killing one automatically condemns the other.]]
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Every Lord of Shadow has a fiendish true form in addition to their standard human guise, and this transformation sequence cannot be thwarted by any means.

!!Cornell
-->'''Voiced by''': Richard Ridings

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f5b7b3bbaeaef310a43c34d2f5365ce8.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Perhaps he is willing to sacrifice himself for you? For the greater good? I however, am not."'']]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see Cornell's portrait in Reverie.]]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/31d7d17f5c67df84eea893043c9db1db.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

->''"My acolytes were not lying - a warrior from the Brotherhood, here on Lycan soil!"''

Lord of the Lycans, and [[spoiler:one of the original founders of the Brotherhood of Light]].
----

[[folder: Bernhard Castle (Spoilers)]]