Errrrrrr, the Vampire "ORC" you can see in all trailers of LOS2... is cool... Gabriel jump and kill him with the void sword.. seriously, it's a good design, I do not see the problem....
On the other hand seems to be no time travel, young Trevor is a "ghost" of the castle (Carmilla?). I guess all the current state of the castle is related to the Toymaker, I guess that Gabriel has to regain all his power. The game looks good, although I do not like the white wolf was Gabriel (I know I know, it was obvious from the medallion) but still thought it might be Alucard.