Topic: Castlevania: Umbra of Sorrow (1999 Fan Project)

[Dracula9]

today is "make the inventory system" day

kill me now

please

In other news: Certain enemies are starting to adopt classic Mortal Kombat arcade bullshit AI. :v

where have you learned this falsehood my child

[VladCT]

Bit of an exaggeration; when I read "adapting" I thought responsive AI over set-pattern behavior, kinda like how fighting game AI is usually.

[Dracula9]

oh

all that meant was basically that y'all ain't farming final guards or whatever for easy XP, because they ain't staying the exact same the entire game anymore

[Shiroi Koumori]

oh

all that meant was basically that y'all ain't farming final guards or whatever for easy XP because they stay the exact same the entire game

Booo... I love XP farming.

[Dracula9]

there will never be a better pun

[BLOOD MONKEY]

there will never be a better pun

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Shiroi Koumori]

there will never be a better pun

That right there is cooked to perfection!

[The Puritan]

Literally just had saucy, tasty beef brisket for dinner.

Synchronicity FTW.

[Lelygax]

I can tell some things:

-It's a he.
-On myth and legend, he's not known as a vampire. Here he is a vampire, but there is still a strong connection with his own lore.
-We took bits of things from the series to make them into a single character. This character will retroactively be some of the unnamed entities that have already appeared on the series, having now finally "shown himself".
-He's not as powerful as Olrox and Carmilla, but he still holds command over one of Dracula's "properties".

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I can only think about two entities with this kind of description, if they appeared more than one time in the series:

-Wraith: Like in Simon Wraith, Fake Trevor/Sypha/Grant, but more importantly in Castlevania 3 it appears like a spirit before entering in the coffin to revive a fallen boss body and control it.

-Doppelganger: It appeared a lot of times too, yet I don't see how it would be linked to ashes, it can morph (one of Dracula's magical "properties").


Now if you meant properties as some item or monster, I can go as far to think its Doctor Frankenstein. I've discarded Walter as a possibility since you said its a new vampire and appears in myths and legends, even having its own lore.

[Dracula9]

Both incorrect.

Additional hint:

There is a particular something in Aria that is never given any real explanation. This character is related to that something.

[Shiroi Koumori]

There is a particular something in Aria that is never given any real explanation. This character is related to that something.

The rubber duck on the pool/bathtub? 

[Lelygax]

The rubber duck on the pool/bathtub? 

I was going to say that there is so many unexplained things that its almost like finding a  hay in a needlestack, and then you remind me about even more random things

The two most absurd things being Death trying to stop Soma and boss killing another one (Balore killing Giant Bat), for a bonus shot I'll use a hint to something that Im thinking for a time: Ashes, For ashes you need to burnm one of Dracula properties/powers is fire. Flame Demon is from hell and can be connected to Lucifer/Satan. From where I got this? Well, Satan's face is all over Aria's castle when you teleport.

I'll dismiss the "Satan's Ring" item because I know it was meant to be translated as Dark Lord's Ring. I really doesn't wanted to think it was Satan/Lucifer/Pazuzu because that reminds me of LoS, yet he hasn't appeared in the original timeline yet. Also he gets stronger with darkness in people's hearts and was said to appear in 1999 (even if they said that the prophecy was talking about Dracula, it could be talking about both)


I could go on and on, so its better if I stop here since I would consider that cheating lol

[DarkDiablo1995]

The rubber duck on the pool/bathtub? 

Welp, we're in trouble. Sesame Street has officially fallen in cahoots with Count Dracula now

[Shiroi Koumori]

Welp, we're in trouble. Sesame Street has officially fallen in cahoots with Count Dracula now

Rubber ducky you're the one ~♪

I was going to say that there is so many unexplained things that its almost like finding a  hay in a needlestack, and then you remind me about even more random things

That duck is memorable. With two succubi in the tub. Yeah. Very very memorable.

[theplottwist]

The rubber duck on the pool/bathtub? 

lol

The duck is returning. It's part of the Castlevania mythos and one of the billion other homages we pay to the entire Castlevania lore (not within the world of the game, but dev mythos -- the duckies exist in Castlevania for a reason beyond nonsense. It's a reference to a real person who considered ducks "scarier than Dracula").

So keep an eye out for the duck.

The two most absurd things being Death trying to stop Soma and boss killing another one (Balore killing Giant Bat), for a bonus shot I'll use a hint to something that Im thinking for a time: Ashes, For ashes you need to burnm one of Dracula properties/powers is fire. Flame Demon is from hell and can be connected to Lucifer/Satan. From where I got this? Well, Satan's face is all over Aria's castle when you teleport.

You're thinking too hard. It's not Satan nor Flame Demon. It's a character that has never appeared on Castlevania before, but had plenty of room to do so.

Also, when I say "property" I'm talking "estate", not "qualities". Dracula owns a number of things, and this character is assigned as master of this thing in particular.