Topic: Adrian Tepes

[Omegasigma]

Farenheights is his mothers surname, but since his father is Dracula, Vlad Tepes, its to wonder if Lisa and Dracula married? and it would mean today wouldn't his full name be
Adrian Farenheights Tepes? or Alucard Farenheights Tepes?
it would all depend if alucard would want to take on his family name (moniker) which i figurehe'd not due since it would be following his father's shadow, unless he'd clear the family name of evil... just my thoughts from an artistic stand point.

[Steve]

Lisa's last name has never been given.  And considering the era during which she lived, she may not have even had one.

[Kale]

wmen didn't have last names back then? >.> What?

[Quasar]

No one had last names back then. Tepes is not a last name. It is in fact a post-mortem moniker given to Vlad III Draculea, which means "Impaler". Draculea was not a last name either. It was an inherited title meaning "Son of the Dragon". This was due to his father, Vlad II Dracul, being a member of the Holy Roman Empire's Order of the Dragon.

How any of this is supposed to apply to the Castlevania universe is anybody's guess. It's probably not meant to; the designers seem to treat Tepes as a last name, so it's neat but historically inaccurate.

[Kale]

Oh Iknowabout the Dracul/Dracula being more like anickname. But I always thoght Tepes was his last name.

[Mortificator]

No one had last names back then. Tepes is not a last name. It is in fact a post-mortem moniker given to Vlad III Draculea, which means "Impaler". Draculea was not a last name either. It was an inherited title meaning "Son of the Dragon". This was due to his father, Vlad II Dracul, being a member of the Holy Roman Empire's Order of the Dragon.

How any of this is supposed to apply to the Castlevania universe is anybody's guess. It's probably not meant to; the designers seem to treat Tepes as a last name, so it's neat but historically inaccurate.

The 15th century wasn't that long ago. Normal people had last names (at least in some countries), but Vlad wouldn't since he was part of the monarchy. But yeah, Tepes wasn't the real Vlad's last name, though it's interesting how it's used as such in Castlevania.

Lisa's last name has never been given.  And considering the era during which she lived, she may not have even had one.

From whatever source material the writer for the CV3 movie was given, he seems to think Farenheights is Lisa's last name. Though to be fair, he thought Grant was a pirate.

[thernz]

Well, Alucard's surname is Farenheights and since Dracula has a different surname than Alucard, Alucard's surname is probably Lisa's.

[Steve]

In Reply To #22

Fahrenheit is Alucard's middle name.  His surname is Tepes, just like his father.

[Quasar]

The 15th century wasn't that long ago. Normal people had last names (at least in some countries), but Vlad wouldn't since he was part of the monarchy. But yeah, Tepes wasn't the real Vlad's last name, though it's interesting how it's used as such in Castlevania.

You're right, actually. I did a little more research and it seems last names really started to catch on in Europe in the 1000's AD, though not evenly through geographic distribution and social stratification.  I'm not sure what the case was in Romania at that time, although come to think of it there are some contemporary examples, such as Stephen Bathory, Dracula's own cousin.

[outofthegamer]

Last names may have been around since 1000 AD, but not the same kind of last names we have now. Last names back then were not passed down as Family names. If your dad was named Erik (and you lived in scandinavia) then your last name would be Erikson--but your dad's last name might've been Hanson (Hans' son) People in other parts of europe were named for their occupation: Smith (blacksmith), Thatcher (some kind of farming duty), Tepes (impaler).

Tepes was not a name used by anyone...ever! The real dracula signed his name "Vlad Dracula" because his father was nick-named "Dracul". If Alucard was real, he would not have the name Tepes or Farenhiet. He was not Adrian the impaler, so no one would call him Tepes; and Farenheit is a German name.

The main problem here is trying to connect video games with reality. It just doesn't work. Don't try to analyze why certain fictional characters have certain names--it's all just made up!!

[Mortificator]

Like I said, some people of that time did have last names of the same type used today. Quasar brought up Stephen Bathory, and other contemporaries include Christopher Columbus and Henry Tudor.

And I'm sure we all know Castlevania is removed from reality (the wall meat was my first clue). This is just something to talk about.