Topic: Shanoa's real name

[crisis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cwbbxVaNY8

At 1:05 IGA says "Shanoa" is just a codename. What could her real name be??

[shelverton.]

Hm, I remember this interview... but, I don't recall this subject was ever touched upon in the actual game, was it?
I sometimes skip dialogue in games though  (yes, I'm that kind of person).

[darkwzrd4]

Who knows.  For all we know, she could be some kind of decendent of the Belnades family.  Though I doubt it.  I get the feeling that it's one of those things that we aren't suppose to ever learn.

Hm, I remember this interview... but, I don't recall this subject was ever touched upon in the actual game, was it?
I sometimes skip dialogue in games though  Embarrassed (yes, I'm that kind of person).

You realize that by skipping dialogue you may be missing key parts of the game's story.  Oh well, to each their own.

[shelverton.]

You realize that by skipping dialogue you may be missing key parts of the game's story.  Oh well, to each their own.

Yeah, and I've learnt my lesson a few times, getting stuck in peculiar places just because I missed valuable information. Usually I don't skip dialogue when I play RPGs or Adventure games, and I actually don't remember skipping dialogue in OoE. Then again, I hardly play story-driven games anymore... when I was younger I definitely had more patience. 

[Reinhart77]

I was hoping that Shanoa would turn out to be Nathan Grave's mother, since both his parents had fought Dracula together.  If OoE was really in the mid-1800's though, doesn't work so well.

Actually, she kind of resembles Hugh Baldwin, maybe she's his daughter?  Albus resembles Nathan Graves a bit, maybe he's his kid?  Then something horrible happened to both of them?

[whitedragon_nall]

Aos/DoS/OoE SPOILERS!


I've always imagined Shanoa to be a great great great great grandmother of Soma. I don't remember if it was ever really explained why Drac's soul picked him in the first place. Perhaps because some remnants of the Dominus remain in his soul.....or something similar to that.

[Lumas]

Who knows.  For all we know, she could be some kind of decendent of the Belnades family.  Though I doubt it.  I get the feeling that it's one of those things that we aren't suppose to ever learn.

I agree I dont think we were even suppose to really know anything about her. Thats one thing I hated about OoE was the fact the lead character had such a dull personality in my opinion.

[Reinhart77]

Aos/DoS/OoE SPOILERS!


I've always imagined Shanoa to be a great great great great grandmother of Soma. I don't remember if it was ever really explained why Drac's soul picked him in the first place. Perhaps because some remnants of the Dominus remain in his soul.....or something similar to that.

Very good idea!  I like it.

[Lumas]

Aos/DoS/OoE SPOILERS!


I've always imagined Shanoa to be a great great great great grandmother of Soma. I don't remember if it was ever really explained why Drac's soul picked him in the first place. Perhaps because some remnants of the Dominus remain in his soul.....or something similar to that.

That would work but wouldn't she also have to be the great great great great grandmother of Dmitri and Dorrio since they were born with the same powers as Soma unless others had the power of Dominus with in them and passed it on.

Which Im sure this has been mentioned but Dominus sounds like a latin form of Dominance.

[shelverton.]

Unless IGA plans to put Shanoa in another game, or at least refer to her in some way in a new game, she's one of the most pointless characters in the history of Castlevania. It's always easier to put a Belmont in a game cause you don't have to explain that much - he/she is related to all the other Belmonts. End of story. But a character that doesn't even have a surname comes off as really anonymous in a series where it's always been about continuity (well, not always, but sorta).

It would've been kinda easy for IGA to connect OoE with something - Like you said; AoS/DoS could've been an option. (Though it would've been even better if he had been planning ahead with his goddamned storyline, and maybe mentioned Shanoa in AoS/DoS as some kind of OMFG LEGENDARY ANCESTOR  . Except he didn't know what games he'd be doing next, and therefor closed all sorts of opportunities for connection with characters from the past. If I was writing a long ass storyline, I'd be do A LOT of planning ahead, like, just come up with some random name and get back to it someday when I knew what to do with it. It's not that bloody hard, is it?) I know he comes up with the gameplay first, and then writes the story, but seriously... where there's a will, there's a way.

[Danial]

That would work but wouldn't she also have to be the great great great great grandmother of Dmitri and Dorrio since they were born with the same powers as Soma unless others had the power of Dominus with in them and passed it on.

Which Im sure this has been mentioned but Dominus sounds like a latin form of Dominance.

They weren't born with the same powers.  The only reason Dario, Dmitrii, and Graham are thought to be Dark Lord candidates is because they were born at the same time as when Dracula died.  They each had powers of their own, but Soma was the only one with the power of Dominance, which is a power exclusive to Dracula's soul as far as they have shown.  Ironically, Soma was born seventeen years after Dracula's death and the birth of the other three candidates.  Those cults were barking up the wrong tree.

[Lumas]

Unless IGA plans to put Shanoa in another game, or at least refer to her in some way in a new game, she's one of the most pointless characters in the history of Castlevania. It's always easier to put a Belmont in a game cause you don't have to explain that much - he/she is related to all the other Belmonts. End of story. But a character that doesn't even have a surname comes off as really anonymous in a series where it's always been about continuity (well, not always, but sorta).

I have to agree and also state that I find OoE to be pointless over all given they didn't give an exact year when it happened. That whole "mysteriously vanished from the history books" thing is just a cop out in my opinion. Shanoa over all is a very lame "code name" and even it was her real name she didn't have a surname that could possibly link her to other characters in the series. I know OoE was suppose to break way from the usual Castlevania story but it was pourly executed since every story though self contained is linked to one another in some way. OoE isn't linked other then Dominus is obviously related to the same powers Soma uses. Thats it. Shanoa is as bland as a character as they come (and take it from me I know bland I'm from the town of Bland.) She doesn't have any memories (wow like that hasn't been covered in fifty million other games) and no emotions except towards the end of the game. To be honest if any game really deserves not to be mentioned in the time line its OoE.

[Reinhart77]

at least Dracula remembered her in Judgment.

[Munchy]

Chu-know-uh?

[Koutei]

Perhaps, IGA has not decided the real name of Shanoa.
from japanese magazine "game side" (february 2009)

Q: What is the bloodline of Shanoa?
     Belnades? Aulin? Shaft?

IGA: Solly, I have not decided anything.