"Welcome aboard, O Prince. Shall I guide thee 'cross the river?"

—The Ferryman

The Ferryman
GALLERY
Japanese name	渡し守
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Role	Ferryman
Date of birth
Date of death
Age
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Appearance(s)	1698: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest 1792: Castlevania: Rondo of Blood 1797: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 1844, 1852: Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Weapon(s)
Abilities
VOICE ACTORS
English	Kyle Hebert (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) (PSP version)
Japanese	Masaharu Satō (Symphony of the Night)
OTHER INFORMATION
Relatives
Music theme

The Ferryman is a character (or multiple characters) from the Castlevania series. His role in the games is simple: he waits to transport the hero across a river (seeing as swimming isn't an option). Sometimes it requires specific items, but nevertheless, he'll take the hero where the hero needs to go.

The Ferrman appears in Rondo of Blood as a minor character, transporting them across bodies of water in two occasions. He does not ask for Richter or Maria to give him an item, and, in fact, will supply them with items if they speak to him after he has transported them.

He appears in Symphony Of The Night as well, but in two forms. The first form he appears in-that is, the first the player can see- is his Rondo Of Blood incarnation, which is considered to be a cameo appearance. To see this, the player must go to the Outer Wall and descend to the lowest possible point, then go to the telescope at the far left and hitting "Up."

This will make Alucard look through the telescope, and he will see the Ferryman from RoB rowing on the river.

The second incarnation in this game appears in the Underground Caverns where he will ferry Alucard over damaging bodies of water after he obtains the Merman Statue and until he obtains the Holy Symbol, which allows him to swim without being damaged.

Mythology connectionsEdit

It is somewhat obvious that The Ferryman was based about the Greek Mythology character, Charon. Charon was the ferryman of Hades, transporting people across the river Acheron. He required a price, a Greek coin called obolus. The price is very similar to the item requirement in the Castlevania games as well.