Vampire

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Vampires are beings of Darkness who tend to feast on the blood of humans. Vulnerable to sunlight, Vampires only roam during night. The most infamous Vampire is the arch-nemesis of the Belmonts, Count Dracula. Other vampires include:

Contents 1 Master Vampires 2 Dracula Follower Vampires 3 Half Vampires 4 Victims of Vampirism 5 Cured Vampires 6 Trivia

[edit] Master Vampires

Powerful vampires who answer to no one.

• Dracula
• Walter Bernhard
• Brauner

[edit] Dracula Follower Vampires

Ancient vampires devoted to Dracula. Their contract with Dracula allows for them to be reborn with the Castle.

• Carmilla
• Gilles de Rais
• Elizabeth Bartley
• Olrox
• Blackmore

[edit] Half Vampires

Half human half vampire dunpeals who can choose whether to follow the ways of the vampires or the ways of the humans.

• Alucard Tepes (the half-human son of Dracula)

[edit] Victims of Vampirism

Humans who were turned into vampires against their will, often to the great lament of their loved ones. These victims were unable to return to being humans and were usually slain by heros.

• Joachim Armster - Circumstances of his turning by Walter are unknown
• Gwendolyn - Eric Lecarde's love interest
• J. A. Oldrey - Henry Oldrey's father. Turned by Gilles de Rais
• Camilla Fernandez - Carrie Fernandez's cousin, turned by Gilles de Rais
• Charles Vincent - In the bad ending of Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
• Sara Trantoul (not completely turned) - turned by Walter
• Rinaldo's daughter - turned by Walter

[edit] Cured Vampires

On rare situations a vampire can be cured from their Vampirism, so far only those who have been unwillingly turned to vampires seem to have been cured. When using the vampire cures on other undead it has been known to destroy them (such as using the Undead Killer or Sanctuary spell).

• Rosa
• Stella
• Loretta
• Vincent Dorin (if the player chooses to do so)

[edit] Trivia

While they are a present theme in Castlevania, the vampires don't have much fullfilment in the series, unless assisting Dracula in his ressurection or ascend to power. Their appearences and attributes change from game to game, but they usually appear as antagonists throught the series, fighting against the heroes or taking someone they care about away. The vampires have enhanced strength and senses, and for being undead, they are virtually immortal. As children of the night, is said they have power over darkness.

They show to possess advanced powers, but not to match to the Dark Lord himself, but vary among their appearences, such teleportation, shapeshifiting into bats and mental powers. Other attributes are their pale skin and different colored eyes (varying between scarlet red, light blue) in their appearences. Some even have demonic appearences such Olrox or J.A. Oldrey.

Some can say vampires lack souls and therefore lack a conscience for their acts, explaining why their indiscriminate killing of the humans and have to be destroyed. In contradiction, it's said the Crimson Stone can turn the souls of vampires into power for it's master, indicating that they indeed have souls but do not connect to their "evil" behavior.

In the games (just like the vampire lore), they are highly vulnerable to Holy Water and the Cross subweapons, as they cause great deal of damage to the vampires. They also are affected to sunlight, as they are beings of darkness.