Topic: Things not explained but you'd like to know in Castlevania

[Chernabogue]

I wonder why Juste decorates a room in the castle that he is going to destroy anyway?

I lol'd. That's so true and indeed stupid.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

I lol'd. That's so true and indeed stupid.

I wondered why he did that aswell.

Does seem pretty stupid when you think about it.

[X]

Juste decorating an empty CV room was another useless IGA gimic. He could've had something else in there that would've vastly contributed to the actual game itself, but failed to do so.

-X

[Puwexil]

The furniture contributed plenty, by way of being thoroughly excellent. It's so quaint that I find it difficult to be bothered by it, had I the inclination in the first place.

[Chernabogue]

Why does the Creature/Frankenstein's Monster appear in the Castlevania timeline, BEFORE Dr. Frankenstein created it in the 17th/18th century?

It may be a simple confusion from the developpers, but I think I'd share it.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

I think you can just chalk that one up to "Rule of Cool".

[Chernabogue]

I think you can just chalk that one up to "Rule of Cool".

Yeah, having Boris Karloff starring in CV isn't bad. :p

[whitedragon_nall]

I've always figured that The Creature's appearance in Castlevania still kinda makes sense since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein hasn't been confirmed as canon in the timeline. We can't include those events since they technically never happened. I've just assumed he was 'created' on a different date in the timeline...unless there is a bestiary entry that says otherwise.

[darkwzrd4]

I've always figured that The Creature's appearance in Castlevania still kinda makes sense since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein hasn't been confirmed as canon in the timeline. We can't include those events since they technically never happened. I've just assumed he was 'created' on a different date in the timeline...unless there is a bestiary entry that says otherwise.

Well, they never say it's Frankenstein's monster.  They just call it the creature.  I doubt that there was just one mad scientist experimenting with the idea of artificial life.  Especially in Dracula's castle.

[Ridureyu]

He was Frankenstein way back in the first few games...

...But they also had "hunchbacks," and all.  I'm still pretty certain tha tthe switch to 'flea men" was out of a desire to stop, y'know, offending people.  It's kind of like why D&D has the following:

Drow: Evil subrace of elves. Big identifying feature is black skin.

Duergar: Evil subrace of dwarves. Big identifying feature is black skin.

Svirfneblin: Not evil, but unpelasant subrace of gnomes. Big identifying feature is dark brown skin.

  Humans do not have an evil, dark-skinned subrace.  GEE, I WONDER WHY.

[knightmere]

I would like to know if Barlowe was actually a evil character or was corrupted by Dominus as some have suspected.  OoE had a very interesting plot, but this is a rather glaring hole that should have been explained.  

[Ridureyu]

It could go either way.  I assumed he had been corrupted, but was always one of those "For the greater good" people, which is what gave Dracula an inroad.  You know, this is the fellow who thought nothing of grabbing a random orphan kid and tattooing her full of doom magic.  That, and there are lots of references to Ecclesia once being a fairlyy decent size (Shanoa is "one of the female spellcasters," for example), but clearly by the time of the game, it's down to three people.  They probably quit as he got more and more extreme over the years.  But this is all just my interpretation.

[X]

Huh  Humans do not have an evil, dark-skinned subrace.  GEE, I WONDER WHY.

That's because evil comes from within and that makes us far more dangerous then most evil races in the D&D universe.

-X

[Chernabogue]

I would like to know if Barlowe was actually a evil character or was corrupted by Dominus as some have suspected.  OoE had a very interesting plot, but this is a rather glaring hole that should have been explained.  

I think Barlowe was rather mad since the very beginning of OoE. He'd be a dark priest, like Shaft, hiding in secret and trying to get Dracula back. Dominus may have made him go completely mad in the end, but it may bot have been the main source of his madness. It could also been Drac's soul, trapped in the same room.

[A-Yty]

Why does the Creature/Frankenstein's Monster appear in the Castlevania timeline, BEFORE Dr. Frankenstein created it in the 17th/18th century?

It may be a simple confusion from the developpers, but I think I'd share it.

Dracula's Magic