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General Castlevania Discussion / Nocturne Season 2 Coming in January

« Last post by Reinhart77 on September 20, 2024, 09:30:27 AM »

We've got a new trailer for Nocturne Season 2 and a release date of January.

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/castlevania-nocturne-season-2-release-date

I've got a couple predictions/expectations for how season 2 might use Alucard:

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#1 - Alucard will be revealed to be Richter's father.
We still have no idea who Richter's father is.  He still held onto his mother's last name. I'm guessing that if his father's last name was technically Tepes, the family would "definitely" want to hide that fact and keep it Belmont. In past alternate canon games, Alucard was revealed to be the likely father of Trevor Belmont and actual father of Simon Belmont, so making him the father of Richter in this canon would be a remixed nod to those events. There's an opening for the role of Richter's father and who else could it possibly be?

#2 - Alucard will become evil instead of Richter
Alucard's "early" appearance in this continuity harkens back to Symphony of the Night.  But Richter hasn't really had enough time to shine yet as the main protagonist, I feel it's way to early to have him go evil.  But I think there's always been a chance in the franchise that Alucard could "go bad" one of these days, but we've only gotten hints of it in flashbacks (like the radio drama or Death implying he was once on their side) or fears of what might happen if his human half was destroyed. Having Alucard go bad would still fit in with themes of Symphony of the Night of the guy who killed Dracula becoming the bad guy, even if the details are remixed.  He got close in the first animated series when he started putting corpses on sticks in front of his castle, but he never went "over the edge". It's time we got to see on screen what that might be like.  He could become the "new Dracula" like he was afraid would happen if his human half died in Grimoire of Souls or maybe he's simply manipulated by the forces of darkness like Richter in SotN.  Then again, maybe Tera turning into a vampire is enough treading on that theme.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: New Collectionon: Castlevania Dominus Collection

« Last post by Reinhart77 on September 19, 2024, 11:31:22 PM »

i eventually realized that some of the bosses in Portrait of Ruin are really more like puzzles.  if you don't figure out the puzzle, you'd better hope you don't take a hit.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Theory: Were Maxim and Lydie's Ancestors in Simon's Quest?

« Last post by Reinhart77 on September 19, 2024, 11:14:41 PM »

Oo yes, the possibility that the bracelets could have ties to the crystals is fascinating.  Awesome that the new theory can actually identify which trader was whose ancestor.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Theory: Were Maxim and Lydie's Ancestors in Simon's Quest?

« Last post by Eric Roman on September 17, 2024, 04:47:38 PM »

This got tasty quick, I dig it. 

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Theory: Were Maxim and Lydie's Ancestors in Simon's Quest?

« Last post by The Puritan on September 16, 2024, 11:59:31 PM »

Reinhart77's initial theory turned out to be quite the rabbit hole. As a foreword, I'll just say I'm willing to take back what I said about Lydie being a civilian.

What were the colors of the Crystals, where were they located, and what magic is associated with them?
These details may add some tasty nuance to your theory. 

White Crystal
Found in: Jova
Effect: Reveals floating blocks in Berkeley Mansion

Blue Crystal
Found in: Aljiba
Effect: White + drains Yuba Lake to allow access to Rover Mansion

Red Crystal
Found in: Aldra
Effect: Blue + summons a tornado at Deborah Cliff

It's not really the magicks and locations that caught my attention though. It's the colors, especially of the latter two. But first, here are two things we're aware of:

• The Crystal Traders were other vampire hunters (Reinhart77 admits the Vampire Killer concept art might have been for unused villagers, but the Traders' sprites sure look like they're wearing armor just like the Vampire Killer, so they've gotta be one and the same)
  
• Simon finished his Quest™ with the Red Crystal while the two Traders have the Blue and White respectively

Fanon and speculation ahoy:

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If we ignore the White Crystal for a bit, we're left with Red and Blue. Castlevania lore just so happens to have two closely connected items of those exact colors. And they show up just fifty years later.

https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Bracelets_of_Brotherhood

And guess who gave those bracelets to Juste and Maxim?

https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Lydie_Erlanger

My addendum to Reinhart77's theory: Simon and his two vampire hunting buddies held onto their respective crystals. All three had grandkids: Juste, Maxim, and Lydie, who would grow up together as childhood friends. Years later, Lydie turned Simon's and Grandpa Kischine's Red and Blue Crystals into mementos of their friendship. The Red became part of JB's Bracelet and the Blue became part of MK's Bracelet. Both allowed Juste to save Maxim and Lydie during HOD.

This brings up an interesting idea. Maxim went on a "training expedition" when he was really hunting for Dracula's relics. He just might have used the Blue Crystal power in his bracelet to drain a lake in search of those relics, like Simon did before him.

As for the White Crystal, who knows? Maybe Lydie made an EL Bracelet for herself. Or maybe it became part of something else entirely. Something that would help another hero save the day by letting him see through evil illusions.

https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Holy_Glasses

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Theory: Were Maxim and Lydie's Ancestors in Simon's Quest?

« Last post by Eric Roman on September 14, 2024, 07:30:02 PM »

What were the colors of the Crystals, where were they located, and what magic is associated with them?
These details may add some tasty nuance to your theory. 

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: New Collectionon: Castlevania Dominus Collection

« Last post by Eric Roman on September 14, 2024, 07:26:02 PM »

I understand G-Supps is the lower-caffeine version, collabs include various independent illustrators like and subscribe. 

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Fan Stuff / Re: Castlevania The Lecarde Chronicles May 2013

« Last post by Aceearly1993 on September 14, 2024, 04:17:48 PM »

https://github.com/Aceearly1993/lecarde-1/releases/tag/v0.5.8

The demand of different controller labels pushes me forward in making an update before I was assuming it's definitive.

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Fan Stuff / Re: CASTLEVANIA THE LECARDE CHRONICLES II April 2017

« Last post by Aceearly1993 on September 14, 2024, 04:16:28 PM »

https://github.com/katriellucas/lecarde-2/releases/tag/v1.5.3

The demand of different controller labels pushes me forward in making an update before I was assuming it's definitive.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Theory: Were Maxim and Lydie's Ancestors in Simon's Quest?

« Last post by LuxKiller65 on September 14, 2024, 06:00:14 AM »

I don't think Igarashi meant anything much other than copy SotN on the GBA. I love HoD, but the story? Eh...