It may result in the scene from the matrix where Smith absorbs Neo and he is defeated :p
Interesting that(click to show/hide)
It's interesting evidence. Something to ponder.
Not Dracula Wraith but the actual Dracula's soul could be all 3; as is Dominus.
The Iga timeline states that "each slain vampire only adds to the growing power of Dracula", which seems to contradict it holding only one soul.
As for Mathias not having "received/ absorbed" Walter's power, that's not true.
Therefore, Mathias was already The Lord of the vampires by LOI's ending. He turns into a swarm of bats and flies off. Mathias doesn't one day become "Dracula" by some magical occurrence, it is stated in LOI's ending he goes into foreign Lands and eventually assumes the title of "The Lord of Vampires/ King of the Night" which imo is a reference to the Dracula name. At least the timeline alludes to this.
It specifically does say that each slain vampire's soul adds to the power of Dracula (not Mathias) so it implies to me he took the name long before his war on humanity.
The only difference between Lord of the Vampires and Dark Lord imo is that post-Lisa's death (CVIII) he wages his war on humanity, that's the essential difference. Everything else is white noise.
On a side note if Dracula's soul is absorbed into the CS over and over, it wouldn't be Death doing it for him, in nearly every CV game Death is defeated shortly prior to Dracula. Dracula would be absorbing his own soul over and over again.
Which was why I said "if" as this was thought to be the case some time ago by certain theorists. Just because it is in the makai, doesn't mean it can't be absorbed by him with the stone upon re-entry to the human realm. Anythings possible, some people are inside the box, others are outside playing a little game of what-if..
OOE may shows us this with the vessel that contains Dracula's soul. By that logic it can't be in the "makai" but be in a vessel, yet here we are. Or if one believes it can, then this is no different from being in a stone and in the makai, ya dig.
I'm not sure why if Alucard s Dracula in SOTN why would he need to 'seal Dracula/ his remains"?
It doesn't make sense Alucard would need to seal Dracula after the final battle, as Alucard Richter and Maria all leave.
OOE also doesn't mention Dracula's remains, it mentions Ecclesia/ Barlowe having the vessel to Dracula's soul, which Barlowe initially believes can only be broken with Dominus. I don't recall remains being mentioned per se.
Is this radio thing even canon?
These type of discussion always makes me want to check out the Japanese dialogue of the games. And as usual my detective work shed some light on a certain matter. The ending narration from LoI simply says Dracula eventually called himself Maō and Devil (Dracula).
These type of discussion always makes me want to check out the Japanese dialogue of the games. And as usual my detective work shed some light on a certain matter. The ending narration from LoI simply says Dracula eventually called himself Maō and Devil (Dracula). They fancied up the English translation a little bit by giving Mathias these two fancy titles. However, I do think this doesn't make plottwist's point invalid. Everybody assumes the bit that says Mathias becomes the Dark Lord took place inbetween LoI and CV3, with a large chunck of time before and after, but this event might very well have taken place shortly before the latter. In fact, it makes more sense that way to me.
So are we all in agreement then that the English version is never canon, ever? Even if there's a FIRE!
Seems to be the case. The localization team seem to never respect the true intention of the creators when it comes to Castlevania, after all.
I like to think of Dracula as what happens to Soma in the bad ending of Dawn.
He had the potential to become the Dark Lord, but wouldn't do it. He'd walk in the edge of becoming evil incarnate, but not do it for the little bit of humanity that still existed inside him - humanity that led him to open his heart for Lisa.
But just as Lisa is killed, Dracula loses his shit and climbs that last little step that was keeping him from becoming the Dark Lord. Just like Soma does upon witnessing "Mina" die by Celia's hand.
I actually have this long-time desire to do an animation of Dracula going berserk and attacking the village that executed Lisa, butchering every single person there and razing the place to the ground, with the final shot being him finding and holding her charred body and shedding the last of his tears amidst flames and carnage.
Just when I've almost forgotten it, something always brings it back to memory, though this time was pretty straightforward.
Do it. But with Sandlers Dracula.
I wonder what was Dracula doing that he missed the big public-execution commotion happening right in the middle of the village. We know that Alucard was there, tho.
I always had this lingering suspicion that Dracula was manipulated into becoming the dark lord, and the burning of Lisa was part of the plan. It's way too convenient for Dracula to simply miss the burning of his wife at the stake. Plus, if I were Dracula, I'd keep my wife protected by at least two familiars so if shit goes down, they protect her and I can come to the rescue.
There wasn't a SINGLE Peeping Eye watching the town, nothing! Dracula, being the all-powerful teleporting vampire he is, failed to rescue her in time.
Someone conspired to turn Dracula into the Demon King, I'm telling you! :rollseyes:
I wonder what was Dracula doing that he missed the big public-execution commotion happening right in the middle of the village. We know that Alucard was there, tho.
I always had this lingering suspicion that Dracula was manipulated into becoming the dark lord, and the burning of Lisa was part of the plan. It's way too convenient for Dracula to simply miss the burning of his wife at the stake.
I like to think of Dracula as what happens to Soma in the bad ending of Dawn.
He had the potential to become the Dark Lord, but wouldn't do it. He'd walk in the edge of becoming evil incarnate, but not do it for the little bit of humanity that still existed inside him - humanity that led him to open his heart for Lisa.
But just as Lisa is killed, Dracula loses his shit and climbs that last little step that was keeping him from becoming the Dark Lord. Just like Soma does upon witnessing "Mina" die by Celia's hand.
I actually found something that ties into this pretty nicely. In the "Encyclopedia of Castlevania", it says Dracula became a vampire because of wife's death, he then met Lisa, etc. Then it says: "Once more [Dracula] regained his human heart".Isn't it strange that Brauner also became a Vampire due to his daughters' deaths, albeit under different circumstances.
Also note Alucard has also been said to have a human heart. It then says Lisa died due to the witch trails, and Dracula becomes the Dark Lord who starts his war on humanity. So I interpret this to say Dracula actually became or was becoming a good guy again because of his love for Lisa. In a sense, it seems like it's going to be a redemption story for DraculaSo he may have stopped cursing God for a while then. Since LOI's premise of Mathias' vampirism was to live and curse God eternally, maybe he stopped all of that when he and Lisa met. This would also explain why Lisa wasn't so freaked out by all of his vampiric and occult activities. Maybe he toned it right down or stopped altogether for her. Sotn's manual does mention that "for some reason he [Dracula] has chosen not to take away her [Lisa's] human form".
but then everything goes to hell. I like that story dynamic.Reminding me of Berserk a lot. Love it.
I'll end up getting a sum of money to pay you and Shiroi to translate everything from A to Z in these games. I really do not understand why in freaking hell these localization teams keep getting these details wrong or adding unecessary flourishes to them. Changing this ONE line in english changed the whole idea.
The localization team seem to never respect the true intention of the creators when it comes to Castlevania, after all.
I wonder what was Dracula doing that he missed the big public-execution commotion happening right in the middle of the village. We know that Alucard was there, tho.
I found the answer to this, too. Dracula's profile on the Japanese CoD website mentions the accident happen during the middle of the day, during which Dracula's power is diminished. Presumably, the fact that he couldn't go out in the sunglight also played a part in it.
I found the answer to this, too. Dracula's profile on the Japanese CoD website mentions the accident happen during the middle of the day, during which Dracula's power is diminished. Presumably, the fact that he couldn't go out in the sunglight also played a part in it.
Without any prior knowledge of this page I did always assume the events described to be the case. It would not have made any sense otherwise. It is however interesting to note that Alucard is not affected by sunlight like his father is.