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Added by Artwork0Vampires are a race of immortal undead beings, known in the Castlevania series for being the primary antagonistic forces that threaten to cover the world in darkness and chaos.
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History & Analysis
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Vampires are undead, supernatural beings, whose origins come from Slavic and ancient world folklore. Believed to have originated from the reanimating corpses of restless souls of the dead, heretics of established religion, users of black magic, or even those that have sold their souls to be the incarnate of dark gods and devas, they are known to feast upon the blood of living beings, are endowed with dark powers, like superhuman physical prowess, shapeshifting, flight, teleportation, electrokinesis, pyrokinesis, and immortality. They are able to grant vampirism to others by feeding their own blood to their victims, and can only be slain by sunlight, with anointed and holy items, or by destroying their hearts.
Castlevania VampiresEdit
- Nintendo 64 and Lords of Shadow universe, see Vampire (disambiguation).
Vampires in Castlevania are slightly different from their real world basis; where they retain most of their real world traits, they also are granted the ability to use black magic, and some are able to draw upon the very origin of all evil itself, Chaos, to augment their power at the cost of corrupting themselves even further.
Dracula has also demonstrated a power unique to Castlevania as well, able to channel and absorb the evil and malice of humankind to resurrect himself every 100 years, summon lesser demons, curse lands around him to rot, plague and famine, and corrupt men's hearts even further. It is likely that this power is given to him as he is chosen by Chaos to be a Dark Lord, and only available to chosen beings.
Their history in the Castlevania series portrays them as a great evil that terrorize mankind. Where their origins are not clearly established, nothing is truly known about them other than the fact that vampires have existed long before the rise of Dracula and are beings born of Chaos.
Known Appearances in the Castlevania SeriesEdit
Master VampiresEdit
Powerful Vampires who answer to no one.
Dracula Follower VampiresEdit
Ancient Vampires devoted to Dracula. Their contract with Dracula allows for them to be reborn with the Castle.
DhampirsEdit
Dhampirs are the halfbreed children of a vampire and a human, who can choose whether to follow the ways of the vampires or the ways of the humans.
- Alucard (the dhampir son of Dracula)
Victims of VampirismEdit
Humans who were turned into vampires either against their will or when left with no other choice, often to the great lament of their loved ones. These victims were unable to return to being humans and were usually slain by heroes.
- Joachim Armster - Circumstances of his turning by Walter are unknown
- Gwendolyn - Eric Lecarde's love interest
- Sara Trantoul (not completely turned) - turned by Walter
- Rinaldo's daughter - turned by Walter.
Cured VampiresEdit
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).
- Stella
- Loretta
- Vincent Dorin (if the player chooses to do so)
TriviaEdit
- While they are a present theme in Castlevania, the vampires don't have much fulfillment in the series, unless assisting Dracula in his resurrection or ascension to power. Their appearances and attributes vary from game to game, but they usually appear as antagonists throughout the series, fighting against the heroes or taking someone they care about away. The vampires have enhanced strength and senses, and being undead, they are virtually immortal. As children of the night, it is said they have power over darkness.
- They are shown to possess advanced powers, but are no match to the Dracula himself, although they vary among their appearances, such as teleportation, shapeshifting into bats, and mental powers. Other attributes are their pale skin and different colored eyes (varying between scarlet red and light blue) in their appearances, some of them being of demonic nature such as 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 why they have to be destroyed. In contradiction, it's said the Crimson Stone can turn the souls of vampires into power for its 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 by sunlight, being creatures of the darkness.
- Vampires: Gilles de Rais and Olrox are all parodies of Dracula.
Enemy DataEdit
- Note: See Dracula/Enemy Data for data on Dracula
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| Magic-wielding vampire. Rules upper part of castle. | Strong: Dark Level: 25 HP: 666 Exp: 500 | Guard: Life Vessel, Echo of Bat | Olrox's Quarters | |
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| ' | HP: 40 (day), 80 (night) | Villa | ||
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| ' | HP: 40 (day), 80 (night) | Villa | ||
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| ' | HP: 120 | Villa | ||
 
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| HP: 40 (day), 80 (night) | Castle Center | ||
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| ' | HP: 120 | Villa | ||
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| ' | HP: 40 (day), 80 (night) | Castle Center | ||
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| ' | HP: 40 (day), 80 (night) | Castle Center | ||
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| ' | HP: 40 (day), 80 (night) | Castle Center | ||
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| ' | HP: 40 (day), 80 (night) | Castle Center | ||
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| ' | HP: 300 | Castle Center (Carrie-Only) | ||
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| ' | HP: 160 | Castle Center (Reinhardt-only) | ||
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| ' | HP: 160 | Castle Keep | ||
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| ' | HP: 170 | Castle Keep (if game time > 16 days) | ||
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| ' | HP: 60 during day (50 on Easy, 70 on Hard), x2 at night | Villa | ||
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| ' | HP: 60 during day (50 on Easy, 70 on Hard), x2 at night | Villa (Reinhardt and Carrie) | ||
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| ' | HP: 70 during day (60 on Easy, 80 on Hard), x2 at night | Villa (Reinhardt and Carrie) | ||
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| ' | HP: 30 | Castle Center | ||
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| ' | HP: 60 during day (50 on Easy, 70 on Hard), x2 at night | Villa (Cornell only) | ||
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| ' | HP: 144 during day (128 on Easy, 160 on Hard), 180 at night (160 on Easy, 200 on Hard) | Villa (Cornell only) | ||
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| ' | HP: 120 | Villa (Reinhardt and Carrie) | ||
 
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| HP: 30-40 | Drop: x3, usually Red Jewel, Gold, or Power-Up, frequently Attack Item | Castle Center | |
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| ' | HP: 30 | Drop: x2, usually drops 300 Gold or Power-Up | Castle Center, Art Tower | |
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| ' | HP: 30 | Drop: Usually drops 300 Gold or Red Jewel, always 1 during day and 2 at night | Castle Center, Art Tower | |
| ''Abil: ??? | HP: 3500 Exp: +1 level | Drop: Alucard Mail Steal: ~2 gold, 86 silver | Marble Gallery | |
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