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This page deals with the characters from Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.

For the Dracula himself, see Castlevania – Dracula.


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    Trevor Belmont 
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Voiced by (Japanese): Kiyoyuki Yanada (Symphony of the Night) Yasunori Masutani (Curse of Darkness and Grimoire of Souls), Takashi Kondo (Castlevania: Judgment)
Voiced by (English): Terrence Stone (Curse of Darkness), Gideon Emery (Castlevania: Judgment), Michael Turpin (Grimoire of Souls)

"No matter who may challenge, my clan will not falter."

Leon's descendant and the first Belmont to succeed in killing Dracula. When Trevor was young, he went into exile as the people feared the Belmont Clan's powers. But when Dracula strikes and the Church is unable to stand against him, Trevor answers the Church's pleas for help and takes up the Vampire Killer whip that was passed down through his ancestors, traveling around Wallachia to save the land and win the people's trust. It works, and the Belmonts are no longer feared. He also gets to marry one of his allies, Sypha Belnades.

He reappears in Curse of Darkness as an uneasy ally for Hector. He ends up getting wounded by Isaac, but survives the overall ordeal. Unfortunately, he loses his headband in the process.


  • All of the Other Reindeer: At his time, his family was feared due to their power, prompting him to fight Dracula to prove that his family is good.
  • Badass Longcoat: In CoD and all Pachislot slot machines, including III, which takes place in the Dracula's Curse storyline.
  • Barbarian Long Hair: More so in Dracula's Curse. In Curse of Darkness, with Kojima's design, he's more of a Long-Haired Pretty Boy (although still relatively macho-looking).
  • Battle Couple: Along with Sypha. Though inverted in that they're a fighting duo first before getting married.
  • Big Brother Mentor: Grant sees him as this, along with being a part of his True Companions.
  • Divergent Character Evolution: In Dracula's Curse, he looks nigh-identical to Castlevania I Simon in both his game sprite and official art of the time. He was redesigned to be more visually distinct for later games (as was Simon).
  • Dub Name Change: In Japanese versions, his name is Ralph Belmond in Dracula's Curse and Ralph C. Belmont in Symphony of the Night. Because of this, he's also referred to as "Trevor C. Belmont" sometimes, such as in the Anniversary Collection.
  • Eyepatch of Power: Has this in Judgment.
  • Good Old Fisticuffs: Gets a few physical combos sprinkled into his CoD moveset.
  • Good Scars, Evil Scars:
    • He has a scar on his face around his left eye in Curse of Darkness. It's stated in the Judgment manual that it (along with another scar on his chest) was incurred during his fight with Dracula, although he also wears an eyepatch in that game; presumably, he wears it since it's still healing, as he threatens to pay Dracula back for his scars but doesn't specifically call any attention to his eye.
  • Henpecked Husband: Subtly and hilariously implied with his winning quote against Sypha in Judgment:
    I fought fair and won the day. If only that was true in the household.
  • Hero Antagonist: At first, to Hector in CoD.
  • Honor Before Reason: In Curse of Darkness, he's very much a "fight first, ask questions later" kind of guy. He attempts to kill Hector without bothering to check which Devil Forgemaster he is.
    Trevor: Wait! That crest... Are you the Devil Forgemaster?
    Hector: That whip... could he be?
    Trevor: Answer me! Are you the devil forgemaster?
    Hector: I am.
    Trevor: Then this is the hour of your death! *cracks whip*
  • Jack of All Stats: Out of the four heroes in Dracula's Curse, he's the balanced one. Strongest basic attack. Greatest variety of subweapons. Tied for strongest defense. Second-longest attack range.
  • Knight in Shining Armor:
    • Personality-wise in Curse of Darknesshe's quick to point out to Hector that he didn't beat Dracula alone; he had a LOT of help from people just as brave as him.
    • Literally according to Grant in Akumajou Densetsu. He offers to join as the speedster because Trevor's heavy armour's gotta be slowing him down.
  • Leitmotif: "Beginning" is strongly associated with Trevor, and he has "Belmont The Legend" as his boss theme in Curse of Darkness.
  • Mysterious Middle Initial: "C." What it stands for is unrevealed, but it's most likely meant to be "Christopher", whom is mentioned in the original Japanese manual of Castlevania as Simon's ancestor and was used in a different game.
  • Official Couple: With Sypha.
  • Put on a Bus: In Curse of Darkness, Trevor all but disappears after he's attacked by Isaac while he's weakened from his battle with Hector. Julia mentions that she's hospitalized him, but he isn't in any condition to fight.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Both his encounter in Curse of Darkness and the Fake version in Portrait of Ruin drop Beef Curry.

    Grant Danasty 
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Voiced by (Japanese): Masaya Onosaka (Castlevania: Judgment)
Voiced by (English): Kirk Thornton (Castlevania: Judgment)

"You ain't seen one quick as me before!"

A pirate whose family was killed by Dracula. Grant opted to take revenge for his family, but was quickly beaten and turned into a monster that guards the clock tower. Trevor beats some sense into him and he ends up becoming his friend, fighting Dracula by his side. He later helps rebuild Wallachia. Can crawl on walls, throw knives, and bears an eerie resemblance to the Hunchback/Fleaman-type enemy, the Ripper.


  • Badass Normal: Neither holy, nor magical/supernatural, nor a Belmont.
  • Badasses Wear Bandanas: One of his trademark accessories, especially in the Metroidvanias.
  • Deadpan Snarker: In Judgment. It doesn't hurt his reputation as the "Spider-Man" of Castlevania.
  • Demoted to Extra: Trevor reappears in Curse of Darkness, Sypha gets to have a lot of descendants, Grant was given nothing at all until Judgment and even then has yet to be seen again in canon.
    • What's more, while Julius Mode in Dawn of Sorrow was conceived and plays out like a colossal Shout-Out to Dracula's Curse, it lacks a Grant counterpart in any form; you can switch between Julius, Yoko, and Alucard. Apparently they were originally going to include Hammer in Julius Mode as the Grant analogue, but seemingly couldn't justify a hearty tough guy like Hammer playing like a Fragile Speedster.
      • Even more, in the 3rd Pachislot games, revolving around Dracula's Curse, Grant is absent while Trevor, Sypha, and Alucard got in (and Sypha even gets a 3D render of her original, non-Judgment art, while Alucard also gets a 3D render of his Bishōnen form in Symphony of the Night). The best Grant got is a 8-bit cameo in the exposition demo.
      • He does get a bone thrown at him in Judgment, though; he's recognized as one of the "Legendary Three Heroes" and rises to prominence as the man who helped rebuild Wallachia.
      • Another thrown bone, although extremely obscure: a novel serving as a sequel of Dawn of Sorrow featured a descendant of Grant called Michelle Danasty, as a secondary protagonist along with an apprentice of Julius unaffiliated with any big families, Curtis Lang.
    • He did get an appearance in Symphony of the Night and Portrait of Ruin, appearing as a trio of zombie bosses along with Trevor and Sypha.
    • He also once again took a leave of absence in the Netflix series, not being seen at all throughout the series. The most he gets is a mere mention of the off-screen "Pirate of the Roads" in Season 3.
  • Earn Your Happy Ending: At the end of the day... he got a wife and descendants.
  • Fragile Speedster: Second worst constitution, but makes up for it with wall-climbing.
  • Ghost Pirate: According to the manual. Perhaps it's just referring to his cursed zombie-like form in the clock tower. Then again, there are those mummy wrappings...
  • Lean and Mean: Subverted in Castlevania: Judgment. He definitely looks the part where he's skinny to the point of appearing like a skeleton, and he has a wry wit, but he's described as a champion of justice, and in his Epilogue, would be referred to as the hero who rebuilt Wallachia.
  • Pirate: He has this design in Dracula's Curse.
  • Pretentious Pronunciation: Simon pronounces his surname "DAH-nah-stee" in the former's story, but in Shanoa's story Grant himself pronounces it "Da Nasty" when he introduces himself.
  • Punny Name: Apparently not intentional.
  • Romantic Runner-Up: To Trevor in regards to Sypha. According to Judgment, he was so jealous of this status that he didn't even show up to their wedding. However, he gets over it and wishes the couple good tidings in the future.
  • Sleeves Are for Wimps: In Dracula's Curse.
  • Spell My Name With An S: It's Danusty in the game, but DaNasty in the manual and Danasty in Judgment.
  • Theme Naming: Danasty is taken from the name of a family that were enemies of Vlad Tepes: House Dinesti.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Implied by the Fake Grant in Portrait of Ruin to be pork ramen.
  • True Companions: What he believes he and Trevor to be right from the start in the original Japanese script of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: Grant is usually depicted as one in artwork for Dracula's Curse (both Japanese and American), even though he's clearly wearing a vest and/or undershirt in-game (more accurate artwork here).
  • Wall Crawl: His unique ability in Dracula's Curse, also being able to ceiling crawl.

    Sypha Belnades 
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Voiced by (Japanese): Ami Koshimizu (Castlevania: Judgment)

A witch who disguised herself as a man, considering that at the time witches were meant to be burnt on a stake. Sypha escaped and was soon found by some monks at a monastery. Instead of killing her, they granted her sanctuary and out of gratitude Sypha became one of the Church's top agents. Upon Dracula's take over of Wallachia, the Church sent out a secret hunting party formed from their best agents in a effort to stop him but her men were slaughtered while Sypha herself was eventually captured by Dracula and was turned into stone by a cyclops. Later, she was freed from her curse when Trevor kicked the cyclops' ass and she ends up joining his quest, revealing her gender only in the end of the battle. She fell in love with Trevor and ended up marrying him, thus augmenting the Belmont Clan with magical power.


  • And I Must Scream: Trevor finds her petrified in stone and frees her, and it was implied that she was conscious the whole time.
  • Black Magician Girl: Not so rough in personality, but you get the idea.
  • Boomerang Bigot: In her Judgment appearance, she is extremely prejudiced against those who are in any way aligned to darkness, even if it's only the source of their powers. This despite the fact she's a witch who calls upon the spirits of the dead to grant her Elemental Powers. Her storyline's boss fight is against Carmilla, who calls her out on this.
    • Justified, though: Carmilla's forces were behind the demonization of the witches, leading to the Muggles persecuting the survivors.
  • Buxom Beauty Standard: She's very well endowed, to Maria's envy, who refers to Sypha's chest as "sacred gifts".
  • Church Militant: Not only is Sypha one of the Church's top agents, its highly implied she was the founder of a entire order of witches in service of the Church, which would go on to include Charlotte Aulin and her descendant Yoko.
  • Cleavage Window: She sports one in her Pachislot art.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Her backstory was fleshed out in Judgment, stating that the creatures of the night under Carmilla flat out slaughtered her brethren in front of her before she was taken to the monastery. It does explain why she's that much of a Knight Templar.
  • Dashing Hispanic: It's garbled in the English translation, but in the original it's implied she originated from Spain due to her surname.
  • D-Cup Distress: Hates her large bust as they "just get in the way" according to her rebuke of Maria in the latter's Judgment story.
  • Defrosting Ice Queen: Judgment-unique. According to her Judgment personality, she persecutes all that even dare wield dark powers, and is a bit bitchy in doing her job. By the end of Dracula's Curse, however, it is implied that she... got better by spending time with Trevor (or being captured and petrified then saved by Trevor does humble her a bit). This is totally absent in the Japanese script, where she's formal and amiable. In the Pachislot III re-interpretation, she is also much warmer from the get-go.
  • Demoted to Extra: Many fans have expressed concern that Sypha is nowhere to be seen in the Pachislot Akumajō Dracula games, while Trevor is aided by a new girl, Angela. To be fair, her being Trevor's wife might have something to do with it, but it still brings up questions, since she can defend herself just fine. The justification is that the first two Pachislot games supposedly take place in an Alternate Universe and replace Curse of Darkness, and Sypha is not present there by default.
  • Fantastic Racism: In Judgment, she evidences a hatred of any who bear any connection to the darkness. This means her storyline-important fights are against Cornell and Shanoa, and she gets extra-vehement dialogue before a fight with Golem or Alucard. Justified, as Dracula's dark forces are the reason her fellow witches are being persecuted, and it won't be until she meets Alucard for real in Dracula's Curse that she realizes that Dark Is Not Evil.
  • Fire, Ice, Lightning: Her three basic elemental spells.
    • Judgment adds earth and wind-elemental spells to her repertoire.
  • Girliness Upgrade: Ever since her debut, she has been getting less mysterious and the fact that she's a woman has become more blatant. First, impersonators never seem to put on her hood, then Judgment gave her a nice pair of breasts, but with a different overall design. Pachislot gave her an upgrade of her classic outfit, but in addition to her hood often falling down, revealing golden hair and an obviously feminine face, she's also given a pink skirt.
  • Hot Witch: Oh yes she is, especially in Judgment where she is younger than even in Dracula's Curse to Trevor's amazement.
  • In the Hood: Her outfit in Dracula's Curse. Occasionally in Pachislot too, but it tends to go off.
  • Jiggle Physics: In Judgment, to her annoyance, as she rebukes Maria in the latter's story.
  • Knight Templar: The Sypha in Judgment shows that she was this before she met Trevor and Alucard, as she's quick to try and kill any creature of the night (including Cornell, Alucard, Golem, and Shanoa), labeling them "evil without chance of redemption". You would think as a witch, she'd know personally that not all creatures of the night are evil. Though it's justified as Dracula's dark forces are the reason her fellow witches are being persecuted.
  • Lady of Black Magic: She's feminine, graceful, and a capable witch.
  • Magic Wand: In artwork, as well as Judgment.
  • No Ontological Inertia: She is restored from her petrification as soon as the cyclops dies.
  • Official Couple: With Trevor.
  • Samus Is a Girl: In Dracula's Curse due to a translation error in the scene where she offers to join Trevor using male pronouns to refer to her. Should Trevor have her with him when he defeats Dracula, in the ending animation, she takes her hood off, revealing her long blonde hair, and leans against him. However, her gender was never hidden in the original Japanese, or in any games thereafter.
  • She Who Fights Monsters: Her Knight Templar status in Judgment in a nutshell. She is willing to kill anyone who is a monster or otherwise has dark powers, even if they use them for good (granted, she did not know who any of them were, as she had not canonically met Alucard in this timeline) and although she herself is a witch. Justified as Dracula's dark forces are the reason her fellow witches were being persecuted.
  • Spell My Name With An S: In the credits, her name is listed as "Syfa Velnumdes" despite it being "Sypha Belnades" in the manual (the Japanese version displays her given name as "Sypha" in English). Either way, the last name might be a corruption of "Fernandez", as noted with Carrie Fernandez (see below).
    • In Harmony of Dissonance, her name is inadvertently spelled as Cipher in English (an item called "Cipher's Charm" is actually "Sypha's Charm" and the translators missed the reference to Dracula's Curse). Considering how little story she's had thus far (only existing so the Belmonts can have magic), it's almost fitting... until Judgment fixed her name back to Sypha, where it's stayed ever since.
  • Squishy Wizard: Lower constitution than Grant, but damn it, those spells!
  • Sweet Polly Oliver: In her first game, she was introduced doing this to help avoid being persecuted. Subsequent appearances have dropped this angle.
  • Silk Hiding Steel: Only in Dracula's Curse as she has the potential to be a Game-Breaker.
  • Taken for Granite: This turns horrific when you realize that her original (Japanese) dialogue implies that she was conscious and aware the whole time she was a rock.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Implied by the Fake Sypha in Portrait of Ruin to be cream soda.

    Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes (Alucard) 

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Click to see him as Arikado. 
Voiced by (Japanese): Ryōtarō Okiayu (Symphony of the Night, Dawn of Sorrow, Harmony of Despair, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate), Hikaru Midorikawa (Aria of Sorrow), Mamoru Miyano (Castlevania: Judgment, Nocturne of Recollection)
Voiced by (English): Robert Belgrade (Symphony of the Night), Yuri Lowenthal (The Dracula X Chronicles, Castlevania: Judgment, Harmony of Despair, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate) Chris Nelson (Grimoire of Souls)

"You will never touch this world again. In Mother's name, I swear it!"

If there's someone else surpassing the Belmonts' popularity... it's this guy. Adrian is Dracula and Lisa's son. Unlike Dracula, he got to hear his mother's last words: to not hate humans. When his father begins his war on humanity, Adrian rebels, takes the name Alucard, and... goes into a slumber, waiting for a potential ally to help him beat his father. Originally he offered his services to Trevor Belmont after being bested, but his first experience with a Belmont was actually Sonia (at least before IGA removed her adventure from the timeline), which explained why he was asleep when Trevor found him in the first place. After beating his father, Alucard promptly got himself back to his slumber again...

...only to awaken again over three hundred years later. Nobody's around to investigate Dracula's castle, so Alucard goes in himself. He meets up with Richter's ally Maria, who tells him of Richter Belmont's disappearance. He later finds that he's been Brainwashed by the dark priest Shaft and used in a plot to resurrect Dracula. Alucard frees Richter and defeats his father once again, last seen retreating to his slumber before Maria gives chase to attempt to talk him out of it.

He resurfaces again in 1999, masterminding Julius Belmont's final defeat of Dracula. When the castle appears within an eclipse in 2035, Alucard (as his new identity of Japanese government agent Genya Arikado) goes in to help Soma Cruz and guide him in his discovery of his identity as Dracula's reincarnation.


  • Alucard: Adrian took this name as a way to oppose his father.
  • Amazon Chaser: Sonia's a female Belmont; it was almost a given that she'd gear up to effortlessly send Drac right back to Hell. At the very least, Alucard holds her in this regard.
  • Antagonistic Offspring: A heroic example, against his father Dracula.
  • Animorphism: Can transform into a bat and a wolf.
  • Anti Anti Christ: To a lesser extent than Soma, but still — Alucard is the son of the de facto personification of evil itself, and has no interest in becoming a Dark Lord like his father.
  • Ascended Extra: In Dracula's Curse, Alucard's introduction was widely overlooked, mostly due to his generic look and a very limited, somewhat mediocre set of abilities. In Symphony of the Night, he not only comes back, but he also becomes a Breakout Character.
  • The Atoner: A few games have hinted that part of Alucard's "family business" with Dracula is to atone for his father's wrongdoings.
  • Badass Cape: His Symphony sprites show his cape flowing around as he kicks ass.
  • Badass Longcoat: He has a cape and a black-and-gold frock coat.
  • Badass in a Nice Suit: As Arikado, he wears a black suit and dyed his hair black.
  • Bad Powers, Good People: Alucard is a textbook example. He is a (half-)vampire and the son of Count Dracula himself. He has most of Dracula's dark powers — he can turn into a wolf, a bat, or mist, he can conjure Dracula's famous "Hellfire" attack, he can gain health from monster blood and from stealing their souls, he can control lesser monsters and summon spirits, and he can identify people by the scent of their blood. He would be an extremely powerful vampiric lord, if not for his heart of gold and his heroic devotion to doing good.
  • Bag of Spilling: In Castlevania III, he could turn into a bat and throw Hellfire right from the get-go. In Symphony, he inexplicably has to search for and regain most of his abilities, although all of his spells can be used right from the start, as long as you know the inputs.
  • Berserk Button: Dishonoring his mother's memory is a terrible idea, as the succubus learned the hard way.
  • Big Good: Overall takes up this role in the games that chronologically take place after Symphony of the Night, especially as Arikado.
  • Breakout Character: When Alucard was brought back from Dracula's Curse eight years later in Symphony of the Night with a new appearance and some nifty new tricks under his belt, Alucard's popularity skyrocketed to the point that he became just as synonymous with the franchise as its chief family of protagonists and their mortal enemies (if not moreso), with his prominence within canon shifting to reflect these changes. It doesn't hurt that Alucard is practically immortal, making him the sole recurring hero with the best chance of reappearing in a Castlevania should the circumstances call for it.
  • Cannot Cross Running Water: In Symphony, stepping in water reduces Alucard's HP until he finds a certain item. It's one of the few vampiric weaknesses he retains.
  • Characterizing Sitting Pose: In Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, when he sits on chairs in Dracula's castle, he always leans back and crosses one leg over the other. This probably demonstrates that he feels relaxed in his father's home, or his disdain for the evil forces inhabiting the castle.
  • Chick Magnet: What can we say? Vampires Are Sex Gods.
  • Combat Stilettos: He wears high-heeled boots in Symphony.
  • Cool Sword: His signature Alucard Sword, an heirloom he inherited from his mother.
  • Dark Is Not Evil: He has all the traditional vampiric powers, including some of his father's signature moves such as Hellfire, but uses them for good. He also wears mostly black outfits.
  • Deadly Gas: Alucard's Poisonous Cloud form inflicts poison damage to any enemy in contact with it.
  • Dhampyr: Lisa is human, Drac is a vampire... you get the idea.
  • Early-Installment Weirdness: The Alucard from Dracula's Curse looked middle-aged, was significantly weaker than Symphony's Alucard, and lacked the personality he showed in SotN. He didn't really develop his identity until his own game.
  • Expy: Not originally, but his post-Symphony of the Night depiction has a lot in common with the eponymous protagonist of the Vampire Hunter D franchise: both dhampirs and sons of Dracula, exceptionally powerful and beautiful, stoic and with a strong sense of justice, determined to protect humankind from vampires, etc.
  • Flash Step: His special attack with the Alucard Sword has him using this, going behind the enemy before slashing them twice and going back to his original position. His Wing Smash and Wolf Dash abilities also have him move at supersonic speeds, but only in Bat and Wolf form, respectively.
  • Fog of Doom: Alucard can actually become a poison gas cloud after obtaining a certain upgrade in Symphony, which allows him to use his mist form to damage enemies.
  • Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Well, Friendly Neighborhood Dhampyr.
  • Good Is Not Nice: Very cold and aloof, but firmly on humanity's side and is very protective of his allies.
  • Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: He has platinum blond hair, and he is firmly noble-hearted, fighting against his own father to save humanity.
  • I Hate You, Vampire Dad: Played with. Although Alucard hates Dracula, Dracula is still fond of him. However, this hatred is more focused on what Dracula has become - Dracula's Curse and Symphony of the Night make it explicit that Alucard takes no pleasure in striking down his own father, even being wracked with guilt the first time he does so.
  • Hellfire: In Symphony, he can use his father's iconic triple-fireball attack, and even the "Dark Inferno" variation.
  • Heroes Prefer Swords: He's one of the relatively few Castlevania protagonists to use a sword. His signature sword is an heirloom from his mother.
  • Hunter of His Own Kind: Although Alucard isn't technically a vampire, he still counts for this trope.
  • Intangibility: In his Mist form, Alucard effectively becomes intangible, and also invulnerable, as no enemy whatsoever can hurt him while in this form.
  • Interspecies Romance: With Sonia, in Legends. Possibly with Maria, after Nocturne of Recollection.
  • I Work Alone: In Symphony of the Night, he really doesn't play well with others. He trades information with Maria, but doesn't exactly work with her, and after dealing with Richter, tells him and Maria to go away while he takes care of Dracula personally.Although...  In later games, he's over this, though he's still better as a mastermind and planner than actually fighting alongside Julius or Soma.
  • Last-Name Basis: As "Arikado". None of the future characters call him "Genya". (Which makes it even more of a transparent disguise when you consider that Japanese name order is family name first.)
  • Leitmotif: "Castle Dracula" from Symphony has been used frequently to represent Alucard. "The Tragic Prince" from the same game also sees use as this.
  • Lightning Bruiser: Alucard is easily the most powerful playable character of the franchise. His strength is immense, manifested through a variety of weapons, subweapons and spells, and he's also an agile leaper and runner, and capable of a Flash Step with his own sword or a very quick back-dash (which has itself become something of a meme, since it's faster than his front run).
  • Long-Haired Pretty Boy: He has platinum blond hair that falls all the way down his back. (As Genya, it's shoulder-length, and black.)
  • Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Alucard can use shields in Symphony, including one that goes with his signature sword. Both are heirlooms from his mother's side of the family.
  • Magic Knight: Alucard primarily fights with swords and rods, and secondarily with his vampiric powers and items, but he does have several spells available to him as well.
  • Meaningful Name: Besides "Alucard" being the reverse of "Dracula", "Arikado" means "having horns" in Japanese, hinting at his dark heritage, and "Genya" means "illusion" or "mirage", hinting that it's an alias.
  • Momma's Boy: He is wholly devoted to his mother.
  • Nice Guy: Granted, he's not the most sociable, but once Alucard opens up, he shows himself to be a very polite and compassionate man with an unwavering dedication to justice.
  • Nigh-Invulnerability: As long as you have sufficient MP, Alucard can stay in Mist form, in which he is completely invulnerable.
  • Not So Stoic: While he is usually The Stoic, there are times where Alucard reacted in surprise or in outright panic, such as in the "Nightmare" level in which the Succubus posed as his mother about to get burned on the stake. Once the deception falls apart, Alucard is genuinely angry, although it is Tranquil Fury. Not so tranquil in the heat of battle, as he is quite expressive when he orders his father "back to the abyss" after defeating him.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: He's never addressed as "Adrian" in any game. (The only time any character addresses him with his given name is in Nocturne of Recollection, a radio drama explaining the aftermath of SotN.)
  • The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: The reason that he's not more prominent in the series as the killer of Dracula is because he's not this: any defeat that he hands to Dracula is fleeting, even more so than the Belmonts, and he only eventually succeeds in defeating Dracula when he foregoes direct combat and helps Julius Belmont win in 1999.
  • Paper-Thin Disguise: It's pretty obvious that "Arikado" is just an alias the first time you meet him in Aria. But in case it wasn't clear enough, Yoko almost lets his real name slip when you meet her.
    • "Arukado" is also the Japanese translation of "Alucard," so to any Japanese speaker, it would already be painfully obvious.
  • Progressively Prettier: He looks like a craggy, middle-aged man in Dracula's Curse. In all subsequent appearances, he's a top-grade Bishōnen.
  • Really 700 Years Old: He's physically eighteen, but is 400 in SotN. Justified, he is immortal.
  • Sealed Badass in a Can: Whenever Alucard goes to sleep, his Alucard equipment goes with him.
  • Sealed Good in a Can: Once or twice canonically (after Dracula's Curse and SotN, although Maria was able to talk him out of the latter; he also did this in Legends), with the large gaps between his appearances accounting for this trope at least a few more times.
  • Slouch of Villainy:
    • Inherited from his father, even though he's not a villain. You can make him sit on chairs in Symphony of the Night. Serves no practical purpose other than to show off the attention to detail in his sprites.
    • In Dawn of Sorrow's Julius Mode, Alucard is the only character who can sit in chairs, probably because they could reuse the old sprites for him.
  • The Stoic: Alucard is a rather taciturn individual, and keeps his composure most of the time.
    Maria: Not the talkative type, I can see?
  • Summon Magic: SotN introduced us to Alucard's familiars.
  • Super Smoke: Alucard's Mist form. Initially, he can only turn into Mist for a few seconds, but with the correct relics, he can stay in this form as long as he doesn't run out of MP, and inflict damage as a Poisonous Cloud.
  • Spell My Name With An S: His middle name is either Farenheights or Fahrenheit. It's most likely supposed to be Fahrenheits.
  • Tall, Dark, and Handsome: As Arikado. The suit definitely helps too.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Anyone who played Dracula's Curse would know that Alucard was not the most optimal member of the team despite his bat transformation perk. Come Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Alucard is a One-Man Army that plows through Dracula's castle single-handedly and brought it down with an array of magics and weaponry.
  • Tranquil Fury: The Succubus learned the hard way that impersonating Alucard's mother was a terrible idea, and after defeating her, he feels no remorse when condemning her soul to wander in the dream world for all eternity.
  • Vegetarian Vampire: Alucard absolutely refuses to drink human blood for any reason. Being a Dhampyr, he doesn't actually need to (he consumes normal food in SotN), but his suppressed bloodthirst is still there. Also, he doesn't mind absorbing monster blood. He even comments on his distaste for human blood in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
  • Visible Silence: When he first meets Maria in Symphony of the Night, Alucard doesn't speak much. He finally replies to her questions after a long ellipsis. He repeats this behavior after beating the Succubus.
  • Voluntary Shapeshifting: Alucard can transform into 3 different forms:
    • He can turn into a wolf. That form is mostly used for fast travel in corridors once you get the adequate relics, as it doesn't have a good standard attack on its own.
    • He can turn into mist. In that form, Alucard is invincible, allowing him to safely evade attacks. This form is necessary in order to access some areas, including the one in which you get the Bat Form relic.
    • He can turn into a bat. That form allows him to fly, unlocking a lot of areas which were unattainable without it. The bat form can spit fire and use a sonar, allowing Alucard to see in the dark. This form is rather slow, and it is better to use the Rocket Boots to travel vertically.
  • Worf Had the Flu: Dawn of Sorrow post-game implied that the Arikado disguise limits his power. As such, his defeat at the hand of Dmitri was this.
  • You Don't Look Like You: From Symphony of the Night onward, Alucard looks absolutely nothing like he did in his debut appearance in Dracula's Curse.

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