Topic: Demon Castle War Peiced together.

[KaZudra]

I believe Judgment mentioned that Alucard gave the spear to Eric, which does not neccesarily indicate a family relation between the two.

I know, hence the may or may not part.

[affinity]

It's still a good theory that currently can't be proven or disproven.   There might be a relation maybe.   

[Flame]

On the Lecarde Alucard similarity

isnt that a translation thing? I recall the original name being supposed to be Ricardo, like Belnades is supposed to be Fernandez. with the spear the "Alucard" spear to compliment Vampire Killer.

[Odile Kuronuma]

Yes it's Rikādo in Japanese. It's similar to Ricardo, just as Arukādo is similar to Alucard.
Also the Alucard spear is called Alcarde in the Bloodlines English manual.Things like this happen when translating from Japanese.

[KaZudra]

On the Lecarde Alucard similarity

isnt that a translation thing? I recall the original name being supposed to be Ricardo, like Belnades is supposed to be Fernandez. with the spear the "Alucard" spear to compliment Vampire Killer.

yeah, but later games clear up the translation error with Judgement and PoR fixing those errors.

but one thing is clear, Sypha is not directly related to any of the other Belnades since she hooks up with Trevor in the end.
Also, it seems that the Power is usually inhereted by the Females as the Belmonts to the males.