Topic: Dmitrii Blinov - A Lost Opportunity

[Nagumo]

Well, at least it isn't an amusement park. But the idea of the castle being a modern construction seems kind off silly to me. I wonder which construction company they hired and if any awkward questions were raised.

[X]

The cult would have had to do things from a shady sort of angle in order to build a replica of castlevania without drawing any kind of attention to themselves. Hiring construction companies that are next to criminal, money laundering as I doubt they'd have the funds for such a project, dummy corporate fronts and the like. All of this would have to be strictly an 'underground' sort of thing lest Arikado's organization finds out about the project before it could even begin. Heck, even making deals with the Mafia would net Celia some quick cash considering she has powers that they don't.

[Chernabogue]

The cult would have had to do things from a shady sort of angle in order to build a replica of castlevania without drawing any kind of attention to themselves. Hiring construction companies that are next to criminal, money laundering as I doubt they'd have the funds for such a project, dummy corporate fronts and the like. All of this would have to be strictly an 'underground' sort of thing lest Arikado's organization finds out about the project before it could even begin. Heck, even making deals with the Mafia would net Celia some quick cash considering she has powers that they don't.

Or simply summon demons to do the work. With all those monsters, a few ones could help xD

[zangetsu468]

@X/Nagumo The first stage is called Lost City, so it isn't too far of a stretch to imagine the cult chose an area with existing landscape/ architecture which was still fairly remote and built on top of this. Since there is a whole abandoned city fronting Castle, it's still feasible that it could be built, going relatively unnoticed.

[Dracula9]

inb4 it all took place on Battleship Island

[Lelygax]

Maybe Celia summoned these demon bricks from Haunted Castle one by one to construct all of this

[DragonSlayr81]

I personally though DoS's castle Walter's Castle(LoI), just renovated over the centuries and modernized by the cult. All the areas of Walter's Castle are accounted for(Garden, Waterfall, Theater-like area, Chapel, Alchemy Lab, Keep), as well as the Prison of Eternal Torture, which I can see the Condemned Tower and Mines of Judgement being built on. Other newer areas were built centuries later. I mean, if you take it that LoI happened in 1094 and we never return to it. Within that time(between LoI and DoS), a LOT of things could've happened, different nobles could've reconstructed the castle, towns were built around it, and it's dark history summoned those with evil intention. It lacks the great power of Dracula's Castle, but I could still see it being a sacred "unholy place" to Dracula sympathists(it basically was where Mathias became Dracula, after all). Symbolism and all, especially for Dark Lord candidates.

That's just me, though.

[Lelygax]

But this castle was on Japan isnt it? Walter's castle was on Europe.

[DragonSlayr81]

But this castle was on Japan isnt it? Walter's castle was on Europe.

Was it? I don't recall them saying it was specifically anywhere. And while the intro takes place in Japan, the arrival of Soma and crew in the snowbound area could've been somewhere different altogether. Besides, other than Soma, Mina and Yoko, nobody else is Japanese, nor the cultists. Celia, Dmitri and Dario seemed very European.

[Shiroi Koumori]

But this castle was on Japan isnt it? Walter's castle was on Europe.

Nope. I believe it was somewhere in Europe.

[Chernabogue]

It's not precised that Celia's castle is in Europe, but I think she would try to build a replica of the castle at the location of Dracula's original castle, or even of its ruins (since it's now in the eclipse). Plus, Soma & co. travels "a few days" to get there.

[Dracula9]

And the geography of the place, as seen in the Lost Village, is very European. Soma and crew carpooled.

Now, that is indeed an interesting theory, DragonSlayr. Since I don't myself believe that the Bernhard castle is Castlevania, that's a concept I can really get behind.

[DragonSlayr81]

And the geography of the place, as seen in the Lost Village, is very European. Soma and crew carpooled.

Now, that is indeed an interesting theory, DragonSlayr. Since I don't myself believe that the Bernhard castle is Castlevania, that's a concept I can really get behind.

I thought this up after hearing the castle wasn't Castle Dracula(Castlevania), and kinda picked up on how some of the areas were pretty much similar to the ones in LoI(particularly the "garden" area, which not many CVs feature an enclosed garden area). I saw DoS's castle as an evolution of Walters(my theory) and always felt, if there were cults dedicated to Lord Dracula, a place such as Walter's Castle would be considered sacred for the fact it was literally the place "Dracula" was born.

That and how sometimes, you see on the second screen a image that is most DEFINITELY that of Walter's Castle(the render from LoI).




Coincidence, maybe, but I do think within a little less than 1000 years, something could've transpired in that area. I mean, hell, a lot of the great modern cities aren't THAT old and blew up considerably fast by comparison. Within the time of LoI and DoS(which is still decades in the future), things could've happened, cities could've been built, castles renovated, people moved in, moved out, yadda yadda yadda.

And yeah, i was also under the impression that Walter's Castle wasn't Castlevania either. Dracula goes and finds his own abode. Walter's Castle's like Carmilla's Castle(CotM) or Castle Proserpina, different castles sorta like Castlevania, but not.

[Dracula9]

Yeah. It's like I said in the Dracula's Castle thread, all these other castles may contain similar powers of darkness as Castlevania does, but the lack of a connection to Chaos is what makes Dracula's true castle so powerful.

[DragonSlayr81]

Yeah. It's like I said in the Dracula's Castle thread, all these other castles may contain similar powers of darkness as Castlevania does, but the lack of a connection to Chaos is what makes Dracula's true castle so powerful.

It's very much like Dracula himself. He's become the Dark Lord, the lord of all vampires(all others bow to him). Doesn't mean there aren't other powerful vampires, it's just Dracula rules them all.