It's a portal to the Nether. Obviously.
But the castle from Lament of Innocence isn't the one that Dracula takes up residence in right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nether_Providence_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nether_Providence_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania) ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nether_Providence_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nether_Providence_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania) ?
Yeah, the more you go down into the crypt, the more you see meat growing on the walls and corpses, until it becomes a full, throbbing tube. Where you fight Legion, I always considered it a sort've womb(Legion is the egg and Nucleas is the embryo/fetus within). You even fight odd embryo monsters on your way down to the boss room.(click to show/hide)
there is also that part in curse of darkness the pathway 2 legion (wich is completely optional so i can see how some of yuo have may have overlooked it). as yuo recall it starts as a typical basement of the church or chapel or whatever that building was, and as you descend deeper it gradually starts to become moar organic, almost as if you're entering the belly of a monster through its intestines. explain that?
Taking from that, I guess the parasites infest dead flesh and assimilate it into a larger living(or unliving) organism.
So, Slayer, your theory is basically John Carpenter's Thing, only with dead flesh rather than any flesh?Theory, yes. And it's a odd one at that. Who knows, the Undead Parasite(or parasites) could be common in the Abyss(note, when you travel to the Abyss in DoS, there are a lot of areas that are full meaty, like your are within a living organism). Different realms, different rules. It might be the equivalent of War of the Worlds, where the Martians are uber powerful, and nearly wipe us out, but are weak against our diseases(yet to us, a common cold isn't that deadly). Kryptonite harms Superman, but it isn't as deadly to other people. I think, where ever these Undead Parasites originate from, perhaps they aren't as harmful to, say, demons. They are probably like fleas or Athlete's Foot. But, crossing over, coming in contact with the flesh of dead human bodies, the parasites go out of control, gorge themselves and assimilate the flesh, mutating into more complex and grotesque forms.
Reminds me of that whole scene in Poltergeist when that portal to the netherworld tries to "devour" the kids in their room, literally becoming a giant meaty gullet, trying to suck them in:
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EDIT: The fact that the room of the Undead Parasite is down the House of Sacred Remains (a church-like place) gives that awesome vibe in the stage.
That thread necromancy, though.
Normally when I think about anything like this I just handwave it away because "This castle is a creature of chaos, it may take many incarnations" and such. But the castle from Lament of Innocence isn't the one that Dracula takes up residence in right?
Basically according to Iga it doesn't seem to be the same Castle as Dracula's. However, the Castle should have started to crumble once
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That's debatable. I know myself and others have debated about this and I'm quite certain it was plottwist ;p
Basically according to Iga it doesn't seem to be the same Castle as Dracula's.
I think assigning the ownership logic between Dracula and his castle to Walter and his castle is not a safe path to take, because, truly, we do not know the nature of Walter's castle.
We've even saw a castle powered by the Abyss which crumbled only after the entrance to it, which kept it whole, was sealed. There is also the matter of Castle Proserpina which, even belonging to Elizabeth, didn't crumble after her defeat, but only after Dracula's.
Although its fairly obvious that Dracula's Castle crumbles in response to losing contact with its master, I don't think the same rule applies to all castles we see crumbling.
I'd posit the following new hypothesis for Walter's Castle: It doesn't work by ownership, but by the time of the day. It merely crumbled because dawn drew near and the power of the night previously held by Walter was gone by the time Leon defeated Death. No night left, castle crumbles.
This does work with ownership too: Walter never ceased to be the castle's owner, but was merely unable to keep it up, for obvious reasons. The castle was kept up after his death simply because the night had still not ended.
Beyond that, the manual for The Adventure says that Dracula had "built a dark castle at the outskirts of Transylvania" to conduct rituals on it every night. If HE built it, and if the castle is a symbol of his magic, then there is no way the castle was Walter's or anyone else's. It has always been Dracula's. If it was magical from the get go is debatable, but the castle was certainly built by Dracula.
@X I don't see how it's Death's Castle. It was always assumed to be Walter's Castle until the end where Mathias reared his head. Also Mathias commands Death to face Leon, if Leon failed the Castle wouldn't have necessarily crumbled. Assuming that the forces of Darkness (regardless of who is master) were holding the castle together given it's nature (the 5 orbs etc) one would assume the master sits upon the throne i.e. Walter or Joachim in his own non-canon ending.
Theory, yes. And it's a odd one at that. Who knows, the Undead Parasite(or parasites) could be common in the Abyss(note, when you travel to the Abyss in DoS, there are a lot of areas that are full meaty, like your are within a living organism). Different realms, different rules. It might be the equivalent of War of the Worlds, where the Martians are uber powerful, and nearly wipe us out, but are weak against our diseases(yet to us, a common cold isn't that deadly). Kryptonite harms Superman, but it isn't as deadly to other people. I think, where ever these Undead Parasites originate from, perhaps they aren't as harmful to, say, demons. They are probably like fleas or Athlete's Foot. But, crossing over, coming in contact with the flesh of dead human bodies, the parasites go out of control, gorge themselves and assimilate the flesh, mutating into more complex and grotesque forms.
I really DO love the idea of the Undead Parasite. Something otherworldly(origins in the supernatural), but also somewhat sci-fi. Reminds me of that whole scene in Poltergeist when that portal to the netherworld tries to "devour" the kids in their room, literally becoming a giant meaty gullet, trying to suck them in:
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It's an interesting way to look at the supernatural. Even, in that movie, when they(spoiler to those who haven't seen it)(click to show/hide)