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This page deals with the characters from Castlevania: Bloodlines.
For the Dracula himself, see Castlevania – Dracula.
The son of Quincy Morris from Bram Stoker's Dracula novel. He witnessed his father's defeat of Dracula and swore to live up to his name. When Elizabeth Bartley tries to revive Dracula, he sets out with his buddy Eric Lecarde, wielding the Vampire Killer, and successfully defeats both of them.
Unfortunately, since the Morrises are only distant relatives to the Belmont Clan, the Vampire Killer drained his life away, and he was never able to fully heal the wounds that he received from Dracula. He trained his son Jonathan as best he could and gave him the whip, dying before he could explain the whip's true nature. Well, at least if you trust what Portrait of Ruin has to say about the matter.
- Ascended Extra: For Quincy Morris in general. In the Dracula novel, Quincy is generally nonconsequential and often Adapted Out as Abraham van Helsing and Jonathan Harker take the most heavy-lifting to outwit and defeat Dracula. In the Castlevania canon, Quincy takes part in defeating Dracula more definitely, but also left behind a legacy of vampire hunters despite being just partial Belmont that helps the world stave off Dracula's threat, as both John and his son can attest.
- Blessed with Suck: He's blessed with the power to kill Dracula by wielding the Vampire Killer, but that cursed him with the inability to heal his wounds since he's only part Belmont.
- Broad Strokes: In Stoker's novel, Quincey Morris was one of Lucy's suitors; no children of his are mentioned and he dies dealing the deathblow to Dracula. Though as the only protagonist in the novel not to be one of its narrators (and thus have the least known of his thoughts and history), his backstory has the most room for expansion.
- Bus Crash: The Vampire Killer consumed his soul between Bloodlines and Portrait of Ruin.
- Dub Name Change: Johnny Morris in the Japanese version, which is not much of a difference, as Johnny is technically a common nickname for John.
- Mighty Glacier: He's a bit less nimble than Eric, but he hits a lot harder.
- Posthumous Character: Some of John's character is revealed in Portrait of Ruin.
- Wound That Will Not Heal: Since he didn't know how to properly use the Vampire Killer, he wasn't able to survive his injuries after beating Dracula.
Eric is a nobleman whose fiancee was vampirized by Elizabeth Bartley. He goes along with John to defeat Dracula, using the Alcarde/Alucard Spear.
After learning that John became cursed, Eric opted to have his family become the guardians of the Vampire Killer, so the power and curse do not get misused. Unfortunately, when Eric investigates a recently raised castle before Portrait of Ruin, he gets ambushed by the vampire Brauner and is killed, and watches his daughters Stella and Loretta vampirized by Brauner. His spirit resides in the castle, and he helps out Jonathan and Charlotte in their quest.
His appearance is different in each game for some reason: in Castlevania: Bloodlines he's a Bishōnen with a typical "fantasy adventurer" outfit, in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin he's a Cool Old Guy with a Cowboy outfit, and in Castlevania: Judgment he's a Wise Beyond Their Years child wearing a quite elegant suit.
- Always Second Best: Even though he is smarter than John, he'll always be second best because he uses the Alucard Spear, which in itself was made to do nothing but charge the Vampire Killer, something which frustrates him to no end. Actually, it's amazing he was never a Rival Turned Evil because of this.
- American Kirby Is Hardcore: The US version of Bloodlines has his portrait look like a man.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He acts condescending towards pretty much everyone in Judgment.
- Badass Cape: Wears one in his debut.
- Badass Longcoat: In Portrait of Ruin, as Wind.
- Barbarian Long Hair: More so in America.
- Bus Crash: He died sometime before Portrait of Ruin started proper, though he appears in the main story mode as Wind.
- Crusading Widower: Eric Lecarde was driven to vengeance following his fiancee Gwendolyn's vampirization by Elizabeth Bartley.note
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Especially so in the Japanese version where, in addition to having a long, golden and flowing hair and a Magic Skirt, Eric sports much more feminine facial features and a pointy jaw, easily rivaling Alucard as the most effeminate-looking male character in the series. This is mostly averted in the western release where Eric has more masculine facial features and a square-shaped jaw, although the European boxart does not change it. Also averted with his appearance in Portrait of Ruin, due to age chiseling away his softer features.
- Dashing Hispanic: He is native from Spain and just like Inigo Montoya, he is also driven to avenge a loved one (in this case, his fiancee).
- Fragile Speedster: Granted, he's not weak by any means, but he doesn't take or dish out hits as well as John. Unlike John, though, he has more mobility options, such as his High Jump making vertical sections in game a joke.
- Inconsistent Spelling: Not him, but his signature weapon — it's known as the Alcarde Spear in its first appearance.
- Magic Skirt: Only for his Bloodlines self.
- Second Love: His first love and fianceé was vampirized, giving him the impetus to fight in Bloodlines. At some point prior to Portrait of Ruin, he fell in love again and married, siring twin daughters.
- Ambiguously Related: Since Bartley wasn't further explored, some sources like the Anniversary Collection refer to her relation to Dracula as a "claim" and cap it off with a Confused Question Mark.
- Been There, Shaped History: According to the backstory, Bartley arranged the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, which triggered World War I.
- Big Bad: She serves as this with Drolta as her Dragon.
- Composite Character: With Carmilla in Judgment. Carmilla's profile mentions bathing in the blood of virgins, a pastime that the real Bathory would do. But it should be noted that Eric's ending in that game mentions that he went after Dracula's niece rather than Carmilla herself.
- Easy-Mode Mockery: She dies after fighting her as Medusa on Easy mode. The Normal and Hard modes have the full fight.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Given she did start World War I, she inadvertently behind the death of Brauner's original daughters and his transformation into a vampire during World War II, kickstarting the events of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: Like good old Vlad Tepes, Elizabeth Bartley is based on a historical figure, Elizabeth Báthory — her name is even rendered identically in Japanese and in her appearance in Castlevania: Nocturne.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: The first phase of the fight has her take the form of Medusa.
- The Dragon: She serves as one to both Dracula and Elizabeth, appearing as the second phase of the final battle.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: Drolta was based on one of Bathory's real-life servant, Dorotya Semtész, which is also made more clear in Japanese.
- Inept Mage: She is described as an "amateur witch" whose spell "inadvertently" brought Elizabeth Bartley back to life in the American manual, though the European and Japanese manuals do not mention that part.
- Inconsistent Spelling: She is named Drotia Tzuentes in the European manual, which is closer to the Japanese version.
- Magic from Technology: She constructed the game's first boss, the Armor Battler, as well as the similar mecha-knights seen in the fifth and sixth stages.
