History Fanfic / CastlevaniaNocturneOfRuin

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Menace appears as Maria and Oliver are trying to escape Castlevania to get Loretta to a hospital.

'''''Castlevania: Nocturne of Ruin''''' is a ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' FanFic written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1673539/Draconic Draconic]], which can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7153898/1/Castlevania-Nocturne-of-Ruin here]].

* CompositeCharacter: The author admitted to doing this regarding [[FightingAShadow Shadow Stalker]], basing him off of a {{TabletopGame/YuGiOh}} card of a similar name, Night Stalker, and combining him with Zephyr, treating the two as brothers of sorts.

* FamousAncestor: Oliver of the Order of Ecclesia, and the fic's shopkeeper, is descended from Shanoa.

* MythologyGag: Count Orlock is accompanied by a SwarmOfRats, much like in his [[{{Film/Nosferatu}} film of origin]].

* NamedByTheAdaptation: The Flying Armor from Dawn of Sorrow is given the name Geist.

** Catoplebas. While they have [[TakenForGranite petrifying breath]] and are stated to be dangerous by Alucard, as he also points out, they're not aggressive and don't actively attack people; he even pets one.
*** ShownTheirWork: This is because "actual" catoplebas are in fact wildebeest.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Count Orlock. He has the most stereotypical [[VampireVords accent]] and believes that women are property and can't do magic. Whenever Charlotte blasts him with magic, Orlock goes after Jonathan instead.

* ShoutOut: Among the many classical music records found in the ballroom, Charlotte finds one called [[{{Manga/FullMetalAlchemist}} Lapis]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_439qLQzHs Philosphorum]].
** Also appearing are the velociraptors from [[{{Film/JurassicPark}} Jurassic Park]]. Jonathan notes that the raptors are up to something when he sees them in Camilla's lair. They even serve as a WolfpackBoss while Stella fights Camilla, with them all being vaporized by Gergoth's corrosive breath.
* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: InUniverse. In the dance hall, Johnathan and Charlotte dance to [[{{VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesTheCrystalBearers}} Althea's Waltz]] just before the fight with Joachim. Maria and Alucard meanwhile watch [[{{Film/KingKong1933}} ''King Kong'']] without needing to fight. The Lecarde sisters do not get these pleasures since they have to fight the Blood Dryad, and are thus rather unhappy that everyone else got to have funny while they were fighting for their lives.
* TragicMonster: Lyudmil from ''Nocturne of Recollection''.

->'''Scarlet:''' Trust me, you don't want to know what my last name is. You'd end up spending over an hour coming to grips with how blatantly sexual it sounds. That's an hour we just don't have. Naturally, I treasure everyone of its four syllables.

* YourVampiresSuck: Count Orlock. He is written as being extremely unlikable and incredibly stupid.

* {{Reincarnation}}: Mariabella Fox is revealed to be the reincarnation of Maria Renard, and grows more and more aware of her past life as she explores the castle, to the point that [[spoiler:Maria Renard herself actually starts speaking to her in her head]].

** Also appearing are the velociraptors from [[{{Film/JurassicPark}} Jurassic Park]]. Jonathan notes that the raptors are up to something when he sees them in Camilla's lair. They even serve as a WolfpackBoss while Stella fights Camilla, with them all being vaporised by Gergoth's corrosive breath.
* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: In the dance hall, Johnathan and Charlotte dance to [[{{VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesTheCrystalBearers}} Althea's Waltz]] just before the fight with Joachim. Maria and Alucard meanwhile watch [[{{Film/KingKong1933}} ''King Kong'']] without needing to fight. The Lecarde sisters do not get these pleasures since they have to fight the Blood Dryad.

* TheCameo: [[spoiler:Greatest Five. Each Belmont summoned through the Whip's Memory has some words they want to say to Walter. Leon and Sara even hold a discussion with Dracula, referring to him as Mathais, pointing out that they are NotSoDifferent, and even learning of how Mathias had Sara kidnapped.]]

** Also appearing are the velociraptors from [[{{Film/JurassicPark}} Jurassic Park]]. Jonathan notes that the raptors are up to something when he sees them in Camilla's lair.

* ArtShift: Lampshaded in the story. Jonathan notes that [[spoiler:Dracula]] looks different from when he and Charlotte encountered him in ''Portrait of Ruin'', comparing him to the cover of Bram Stoker's original book. [[spoiler:Dracula now goes by his design from ''[=SotN=]'' rather than the Creator/BelaLugosi design in ''[=PoR=]''.]]

** Walter's is based on Dracula's second form from the SNES ''Dracula X''.

* CompositeCharacter: The author admitted to doing this regarding [[FightingAShadow Shadow Stalker]], basing him off of a {{TabletopGame/YuGiOh}} card of the same name and combining him with Zephyr, treating the two as brothers of sorts.

** BiggerBad: Alastor's grandfather, Walter.

* FiveBadBand:
** BiggerBad: Walter
** BigBad: Alastor
** TheDragon: Joachim Armster
** TheDarkChick: Camilla
** TheBrute: Count Orlock
** EvilGenius: Lyudmil [[spoiler:against his will]]

** Alastor transforms into Dracula's second form from the X68000 game and its PS1 port.

* {{Reincarnation}}: Mariabella Fox is revealed to be the reincarnation of Maria Renard, and grows more and more aware of her past life as she explores the castle, to the point that [[spoiler:Maria Renard hersef actually starts speaking to her in her head]].

* MirrorMatch: One of the defenses used by the Book of Binding is a doppelganger of Maria, based on her appearance in {{Videogame/CastlevaniaJudgment}}. Upon her defeat, she leaves behind her staff, which Mariabella uses as a subweapon.

** Alucard's voice gets deeper when commanding the shadows to dissipate from the keep, based on Robert Belgrade's portrayal in the original [=PSX=] version of [=SotN=]

* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: In the dance hall, Johnathan and Charlotte dance to [[{{VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesTheCrystalBearers}} Althea's Waltz]] just before the fight with Joachim. Maria and Alucard meanwhile watch {{Film/KingKong1933}} without needing to fight. The Lecarde sisters do not get these pleasures since they have to fight the Blood Dryad.

* NamedByAdaptation: The Flying Armor from Dawn of Sorrow is given the name Geist.

* MythologyGag: Count Orlock is accompanied by a SwarmOfRats, much like in his [[Film/Nosferatu film of origin]].

Set three years after the events of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'', the fic opens with Jonathan, Charlotte, and the Lecarde sister attending college at Cornell University, only to be called back into action when Oliver, a member of the [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Order of Ecclesia]], arrives at their doorstep, revealing that Castlevania has reappeared, but under the control of Alastor Bernhard, the grandson of Walter Bernhard who seeks to take back the power and castle that {{Dracula}} stole from his family so long ago, and [[VideoGame/Castlevania64 Camilla Fernandez]]. The gang makes their way to Castlevania, joined by new friend Mariabella Fox.

* ArtShift: Lampshaded in the story. Jonathan notes that [[spoiler:Dracula]] looks different from when he and Charlotte encountered him in Portrait of Ruin, comparing him to the cover of Bram Stoker's original book. [[spoiler:Dracula now goes by his design from ''[=SotN=]'' rather than the Creator/BelaLugosi design in ''[=PoR=]''.]]
* BigBad: Alastor Bernhard
** BiggerBad: Alastor's grandfather, Walter

* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Greatest Five. Each Belmont summoned through the Whip's Memory has some words they want to say to Walter. Leon and Sara even hold a discussion with Dracula, referring to him as Mathais, pointing out that they are NotSoDifferent, and even learning of how Mathias had Sara kidnapped.]]

** Charlotte is revealed to be descended from Carrie Fernandez by Oliver

** Catoblepas. While they have [[TakenForGranite petrifying breath]] and are stated to be dangerous by Alucard, as he also points out, they're not aggressive and don't actively attack people; he even pets one.
*** ShownTheirWork: This is because "actual" catoplepas are in fact wildebeest.
** All of the monsters found in Camilla's lair. Of note is Gergoth, fitting with the bestiary entry in both Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin, which they rescue before it goes insane from imprisonment.

** Orlock transforms into his second form from [=SotN=].
** Alastor transforms into Dracula's second form from the X68000 game and its PS1 port
** Walter's is based on Dracula's second form from the SNES Dracula X.
** [[spoiler: Alucard's is only triggered after being turned to stone and is based on the gargoyle he occasionally turns into under the same conditions in [=SotN=]]].
** The Malachi after eating Charlotte's Tomb of Arms transforms into the [=UltiMalachi=].

* TragicMonster: Lyudmil from Nocturne of Recollection.

** In the final chapters [[spoiler:Dracula]].