Topic: AoS plothole

[Akumajou Jason XX]

^Mina also tells Soma about that legend in AoS. Amaterasu, the sun goddess, hides from Susanoo in a cave. As a result, the world becomes dark, which subdues Susanoo's anger. Because of that, the power of an eclipse is said to seal away evil intentions, according to Mina. Hence, the Habuka family's magic has "the power to control even gods".

Ah, very true.  It's been seven years since I last played Aria, so my memories of the entire plot are sketchy at best.  The Amaterasu legend certainly helps tie it all together a bit more.

[jestercolony]

The Castle itself may be an actual demonic entity, but it might be possible that after the Castle was sealed off into an eclipse it lost its ability to rebuild itself and stays the same? I mean, since it is sealed off, its not apart of the actual material plane, so it doesn't need to shapeshift or something. Just throwing my two cents in

[zangetsu468]

Castlevania itself is a creature of darkness, so wouldn't sealing the Castle inside the eclipse be sealing the creature? It may be unable to change and shapeshift because of the seal. Just maybe sealing the VK inside also attributed to this.

Also, after the destruction of Dracula in 1999, is it necessary that Castlevania manifests when The Dark Lord's return is imminent? If so, during the events of DOS, there was still potential for Castlevania to return during these events, the point of luring Soma to Celia's fortress (the replica of Castlevania) was to awaken the Dark Lord.
Maybe because the original Castle is still sealed inside the eclipse it will rarely be seen again, but this would mean the new Dark Lord can still manifest regardless.

[Inccubus]

The Vampire Killer is probably suppressing it's chaotic power. Makes sense to me.

[Lelygax]

You see, we know that Dracula's Castle appears when Dracula is about to come back.

It seems that you misunderstood the concept, only in some games Castlevania vanishes completely or crumbles totally, you can see it in Curse of Darkness too, you can even explore some areas.

We also know that it can be summoned right before Dracula is back. This seems to be the case in Bloodlines. The castle seems to be in awfully good shape with no Dracula there, but we know that Elizabeth Bathory and Drolta are pursuing Dracula's ressurrection. It being there may have been Elizabeth's doing.

Awfully good shape? What about the castle keep? It seems to be more like a abandoned castle to me.

And in CVII, it's in total disrepair. There is nothing above ground level, only subterranean catacombs. When the castle collapses, I find it plausible for it to look just like it does in CV2.

Sure, because this time it totally crumbled.

In AoS we can see that the entrance area is crumbling. Think about Castlevania as a body, without Dracula its like a empty shell, it stay there unchanged so what remains of it, stays there.

[Abnormal Freak]

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