Castlevania

The dark living castle of evil, Castlevania has risen and has unleashed numerous demons that now plague the countryside. Which of Veeky Forums's brave heroes shall rise to the occasion and go forth to slay the Dark Lord?

I donno, I think that the lord of that castle has kind of gotten an unfair bad rap.

Maybe we should give him a chance?

How dark a lord are we talking, here?

>Servant of the Anti-God
>Murderer of countless living beings
>Turns those he kills into undead slaves to his will, tortures them until they break, has them turned into Lycans, or subjects the to the other horrors of the castle
>Just "an unfair bad rep"

Yeah right. Like i would believe that one.

I don't know, seems legit to me. Why not give him a chance?

Which Castlevania? Old School Classic or Lords of Shadow

Nobody is falling for the act Dracula. Its time you pay for your crimes!

I feel like letting Eastern Europe be subsumed into a massive fortress of vampiric horror is just what we need right now to keep a certain migrant group from reaching the West.

It's too late they've already invaded.

I don't know what you're talking about, I am clearly a much better dresser than that Dracula fellow. Look, I am wearing white, would Dracula do that?

I literally just saw you swap out your normal coat for that one, you vile fiend. No more lies! Have at you monster!

No need, the Dark Lord will just kill himself with his fuckboi reincarnation.

Again.

Very well, here, good sir, is incontrovertible proof I am not that fiend. Look, and wonder, as I appear in a mirror? Could your dread Dracula do that?

Not now Dr. Acula, we're discussing whether that Alucard guy is Dracula.

Damn. He has a point.

. . . Well, I am convinced.

Its a magical illusion. I literally saw the shadows coalesce into your figure on that mirror. Hell, its even fucking wriggling! I'm fairly certain that reflections don't do that, monster!

I dunno. He's wearing white AND casts a reflection. Plus.... that stache!

You fool! It's all a trick to lure you in! To get you to let your guard down so that he may consume you! We have to destroy him before he destroys us!

Don't worry, Richter, I'll take father

I've always thought about running a modern campaign set against the backdrop of the Battle of 1999. The PCs would be modern soldiers escorting Julius Belmont across a demon-infested countryside, fighting for dear life knowing that they can't do shit against such supernatural horrors. All they can do is get Julius to Castlevania to seal the demon castle inside Vampire Killer...

Well fine then, what have you done to prove you aren't this Dracula, hmm? I see you strutting around with whips and chains like a BDSM convention, and vampires are all about that, right?

At least someone around here isn't fooled by his obvious facade. You do what you have to my friend, I shall handle his vile hordes inevitably coming to interrupt the battle in the defense of their lord.

First off, we aren't drinking blood whilst desecrating the bodies of the innocent! Second off, we aren't drawing demonic bats towards us like carrion, abomination!

Soma did nothing wrong.

Actually given the setting (Japan, 2036, so post-3I), the white hair and red eyes, and the ability to project an impenetrable concentric hexagon force field by end game, are we sure he's not an Angel?

Shit, what would an Angel-Dracula look like in terms of metaphysical biology? An Adamite soul wormed through with a Lilin parasite? Multiple S2 organs? With that sort of power you could juggle starships and conquer entire worlds rather than NEET it up in a crumbling ruin of a medieval castle.

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Castlevania isn't exactly a 'normal' castle if you haven't noticed. For one, fully cooked turkey dinners can be found in the candles and the walls, along with pot roasts, it is far, far larger than any castle has a right to be, then there is the fact that it is literally ALIVE and reconfigures itself specifically to kill you. Doesn't help it literally connects to the the Chaotic Realm where the Anti-God, Chaos resides, who is far worse than any Angel.

Koreans?

Adam destroyed a continent, flooded the world, knocked the Earth off its axis, and killed billions of people just stretching and waking up. I'll grant you, Chaos is pretty nasty, but that's a tough hurdle to clear.

Yeah, ADAM is definitely nasty, but Chaos is the thing who provides Dracula with the power to control beings who could probably destroy the world on their lonesome given half the chance. Then you add in the time shenanigans that Dracula likely has as a result of the Power Of Dominance that Chaos grants him, and that makes this thing pretty nasty all in all. But I do agree that in terms of raw physical power, Adam has most Castlevania characters beat.

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