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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2017, 02:47:43 PM »
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It may just be me, But I think that Galamoth  looks like Huitzilopochtli Crossed with Quetzalcoatl, and  Aztecs have links to vampires. 

But that's just in my head canon, and I'm most likely wrong.
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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2017, 03:18:47 PM »
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hard to say




the amount and gold motif of the armor definitely lines up a bit with aztec battle dress in places, but not enough for me to think that's the intent

likewise, it also has elements that feel a bit mesopotamian or babylonian

there's also some distantly egyptian and african-feeling vibes in some spots too, etc etc

dude's all the hell over the place with thinking up what culture inspired his design, he's too "specific but vague" to really nail anything down unless the source designer themselves drops the hammer on it


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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2017, 03:26:41 PM »
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hard to say




the amount and gold motif of the armor definitely lines up a bit with aztec battle dress in places, but not enough for me to think that's the intent

likewise, it also has elements that feel a bit mesopotamian or babylonian

there's also some distantly egyptian and african-feeling vibes in some spots too, etc etc

dude's all the hell over the place with thinking up what culture inspired his design, he's too "specific but vague" to really nail anything down unless the source designer themselves drops the hammer on it

Maybe he's a just a T-Rex that loves  history ?
But yeah I agree he's all over the place.
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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2017, 08:15:26 PM »
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I'm going to take a punt and say given Galamoth's size, skin tone and the fact that he's "Space Emperor King Galamoth" in Kid Dracula, there could be a link or inspiration with the Anunaki, who were supposedly giant, amphibious, from Nibiru ("Space"), and obviously holds or held an important title. (Noting that in SOTN he is just called 'Galamoth'.)

Do people consider Kid Dracula as canon?
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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
« Reply #19 on: December 08, 2017, 10:12:27 PM »
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Do people consider Kid Dracula as canon?

IGA made it cannon I believe. But to me that's a bit silly. I see it as a spoof on Castlevania in a SD kinda way.
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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2017, 12:39:16 AM »
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Do people consider Kid Dracula as canon?

As much as Bram Stoker's Dracula. Meaning that I, at least, consider it a version of actual events on the CV timeline that we have not seen yet.
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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
« Reply #21 on: December 09, 2017, 12:55:12 AM »
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-Do Dracula's vessels actually affect Dracula's powers and how?

Yes. His vessel has to be appropriate for his resurrection, or it will take too long to be perfect for Dracula to inhabit, and will make him vulnerable. Case in point: Curse of Darkness. Dracula's exclamation at his own incomplete transformation due to an imperfect vessel reveals that this is what allowed Hector to snatch victory.

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I'm asking mostly because of that virgin girl from Rondo.

The virgin girl is not a vessel, but a sacrifice. While the vessel does technically qualify as a "sacrifice", Dracula's body is already whole by the time she is sacrificed for him. Hence, he's not wearing a meat-suit in Rondo.

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-Is it possible that Galamoth is a vampire but we only see him in his monster form?

He could even be purely a man turned into a demon by his own will. Gergoth is this case: Cursed creation until he turned into a very powerful, monstrous creature. Brauner is another--turned into a vampire by sheer hatred of humanity. It's even explained (albeit possibly non-canonically) on that lost manga that Lament's Medusa was a human woman turned monster due to grief. So... yes-ish?

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And given the fact that he has a Reaper I'm assuming he has a crimson stone? If anyone has any info on him (if possible from SotN, Judgement or other manuals) just drop some info please.

We know absolutelly jack squat about how the Time Reaper works, but Death knows that the Time Reaper is some kind of expy of himself.

The biggest assumption possible I can make is that the Time Reaper comes from chaos, yet is not a servant to the Crimson Stone. Otherwise why is it serving Galamoth and not Dracula -- the OG Crimson Stone owner?

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Would it be possible for a Belmont to become Dracula's vessel, at what conditions and would Dracula then be able to use Vampire Killer?

Would not be possible, I believe. A Belmont (anyone, actually) has to be infused with Dracula's magic and succumb to his influence to be a good vessel, something the Belmonts are inherently immune to as per Order of Ecclesia's explanation -- Albus tried Belmont blood to control Dominus, but failed to realize that the property that allows the Belmonts to resist Dracula's influence is somewhere else. Mind control against a Belmont is another story, however**...

Even if he could possess a Belmont, he would not be able to wield the whip as it is holy. As per the Ricordanza novel, a character gets possessed by Death and, when he tried holding his generic holy whip, his hand burns, hurting him. That's just a generic holy whip, so imagine what the Vampire Killer itself would do. Probably make the possessed individual explode if they as much SNIFF it.

Crisis also said that this is essentially the plot of Belmont's Revenge -- it's not. Dracula is draining Soleiyu's power to make himself whole, and not "using Soleiyu as vessel" as in "inhabiting his body". Dracula turned into mist to escape the previous battle with Christopher, being too weak to turn back. His goal now is suck enough power from Soleiyu (that he gained by reaching adulthood) to enable his body to manifest again, not to use him as a vessel.

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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2017, 01:50:29 AM »
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I'm going to take a punt and say given Galamoth's size, skin tone and the fact that he's "Space Emperor King Galamoth" in Kid Dracula, there could be a link or inspiration with the Anunaki, who were supposedly giant, amphibious, from Nibiru ("Space"), and obviously holds or held an important title. (Noting that in SOTN he is just called 'Galamoth'.)

Hmmm, actually, you may have a point. The Anunaki were all over the place in ancient civilizations, hence the amalgamation of different motifs on his character design.

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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
« Reply #23 on: December 11, 2017, 03:46:01 AM »
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Hmmm, actually, you may have a point. The Anunaki were all over the place in ancient civilizations, hence the amalgamation of different motifs on his character design.

That as well as the style in which his sprite is configured, which appears Egyptian, actually dates further back to Ancient Sumerian artwork. 
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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
« Reply #24 on: December 25, 2017, 11:46:06 AM »
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oh ok if we're seriously talking about doing this

Who tries to fight Galamoth and what does she turn into when she promptly fails?

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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
« Reply #25 on: December 26, 2017, 11:35:34 PM »
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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
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Re: Few questions about Drac, Galamoth...
« Reply #28 on: December 27, 2017, 09:26:10 AM »
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