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Vampires 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 & AnalysisEdit

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.

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).

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
Enemy Data: Vampire
Image Name - Game
Description
Statistics Items Location
Olrox-1-Olrox2 92. Olrox  (Orlok) [ edit ]
Symphony of the Night
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
64-VP1 Vampire Villager  (Vampire [Male]) [alt] [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
' HP: 40 (day), 80 (night)
Villa
64-GDR Vampire Villager 2  (Vampire [Male]) [alt] [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
' HP: 40 (day), 80 (night)
Villa
64-VP3 Vampire Villager 3  (Vampire [Male]) [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
' HP: 120
Villa
64-VP2
64-VP41
Vampire Villager 4  (Vampire [Male]) [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
64-VP42 HP: 40 (day), 80 (night)
Castle Center
64-FMV Undead Maiden  (Vampire [Female]) [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
' HP: 120
Villa
Femalevamp2 Lesser Vampire Maiden  (Vampire [Female]) [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
' HP: 40 (day), 80 (night)
Castle Center
64-VPB Vampire Butler  (Vampire [Butler Type]) [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
' HP: 40 (day), 80 (night)
Castle Center
64-VPM Vampire Maid  (Vampire [Maid Type]) [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
' HP: 40 (day), 80 (night)
Castle Center
64-VMC Vampire Maid [Chief]  (Vampire [Maid Chief Type]) [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
' HP: 40 (day), 80 (night)
Castle Center
64-FNW Camilla Fernandez  (Fernandez Warrior) [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
' HP: 300
Castle Center (Carrie-Only)
64-ROS Rosa  [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
' HP: 160
Castle Center (Reinhardt-only)
64-VPG Vampire Gildre  (Gilles de Rais) [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
' HP: 160
Castle Keep
64-CVV Charlie Vincent  [ edit ]
Castlevania 64
' HP: 170
Castle Keep (if game time > 16 days)
LOD-VP1 Vampire [Male]  [ edit ]
Legacy of Darkness
' HP: 60 during day (50 on Easy, 70 on Hard), x2 at night
Villa
LOD-VP2 Vampire [ Male 2 ]  [alt] [ edit ]
Legacy of Darkness
' HP: 60 during day (50 on Easy, 70 on Hard), x2 at night
Villa (Reinhardt and Carrie)
LOD-VP3 Vampire [ Male 3 ]  [alt] [ edit ]
Legacy of Darkness
' HP: 70 during day (60 on Easy, 80 on Hard), x2 at night
Villa (Reinhardt and Carrie)
64-VP2 Vampire [Male 4]  [ edit ]
Legacy of Darkness
' HP: 30
Castle Center
LOD-MOD Master Oldrey  [ edit ]
Legacy of Darkness
' HP: 60 during day (50 on Easy, 70 on Hard), x2 at night
Villa (Cornell only)
LOD-GDR Gilles de Rais  [ edit ]
Legacy of Darkness
' HP: 144 during day (128 on Easy, 160 on Hard), 180 at night (160 on Easy, 200 on Hard)
Villa (Cornell only)
64-FMV Vampire [Female]  [ edit ]
Legacy of Darkness
' HP: 120
Villa (Reinhardt and Carrie)
Femalevamp2
LOD-VPF2
LOD-VPF3
Vampire [Female 2]  [ edit ]
Legacy of Darkness
LOD-VPF4
LOD-VPF5
LOD-VPF6
HP: 30-40
Drop: x3, usually Red Jewel, Gold, or Power-Up, frequently Attack Item
Castle Center
LOD-VPB Vampire Butler  [ edit ]
Legacy of Darkness
' HP: 30
Drop: x2, usually drops 300 Gold or Power-Up
Castle Center, Art Tower
LOD-VPM Vampire Maid  [ edit ]
Legacy of Darkness
' HP: 30
Drop: Usually drops 300 Gold or Red Jewel, always 1 during day and 2 at night
Castle Center, Art Tower
Olrox 
Encore of the Night
''Abil: ???
HP: 3500
Exp: +1 level
Drop: Alucard Mail
Steal: ~2 gold, 86 silver
Marble Gallery

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