Drolta Tzuentes

FOUND IN: 1917 - CastleVania: Bloodlines Drolta is a very minor character in the series, as she is only mentioned in the Castlevania: Bloodlines manual, but she is worthy of mention. A sorceress, she was dabbling with black magic and accidentally resurrected Elizabeth Bartley. Some of her powers were used to create nasty bosses, like Drolta's Mecha-Knight.

Elizabeth Bartley

FOUND IN: 1917 - CastleVania: Bloodlines Elizabeth Bartley was found kneeling over the dead body of a townsperson, blood dripping from her exposed fangs. She was tried as a witch, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, a novice sorcerer practicing black magic accidentally brought her back to life. Bartley then sought out to resurrect her uncle, Count Dracula! As you can see there is much resurrection in Bloodlines. In the game, she first takes the form of Medusa, but soon her real form is revealed... she will surround herself with orbs and toss fireballs. The amount of times you must hit the Countess to do damage depends on the orbs floating around her. Bartley was based off of Transylvanian noble, Elizabath Bathory. This woman often bathed in blood, thinking that it would make her younger. She even killed many of her own servant girls simply to obtain more blood to soak in. For this, she is known as the Blood Countess.

Actrise

FOUND IN: 1852 - CastleVania 64 A sinister witch that serves her lord Dracula. A stage performer at heart, she excels at necromancy and other dark arts. She taunts Carrie Fernandez all throughout her quest into Castlevania before fighting her at the very end.

Ortega

FOUND IN: 1844 - CastleVania: Legacy of Darkness From the same man-beast tribe as Cornell, Ortega has been his life long friend. The two had always been competing, and Cornell was always the one that came out on top. However, Ortega joins powers with the Count Dracula in hope to finally draw the strength to beat Cornell.

Gilles de Rais

FOUND IN: 1844 - CastleVania: Legacy of Darkness 1852 - CastleVania 64 The lord of the castle before it is reinhabited by Dracula's henchmen, Gilles is turned into a vampire and seeks only to serve his lord and master, Dracula.

Carmilla

FOUND IN: 1830 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon Carmilla was based off of a character in a 1870 novel by Sheridan Le Fanu. She was supposedly this beautiful lesbian vampire who wore mask...which hid the fact that she was a countess long dead. Carmilla's mask, found in Laruba Mansion in Castlevania 2, flies around the screen and cries bloody tears, which explode and scatter when they hit the ground. She also appears in Dracula X for the Turbo Duo. After the mask shatters, a spirit riding a skull will fly around the screen, similarly crying bloody tears...only this time, they catch fire and bounce around. Carmilla remains on the floor, and if you get caught, she will kiss you, stealing hearts. When the skull is destroyed, Carmilla's true form will be revealed...a horned creature that leaps around rapidly and kicks like a karate master.

The Succubus

FOUND IN: 1094 - Castlevania: Lament of Innocence 1797 - CastleVania: Symphony of the Night The Succubus is a mystical demon that descends upon and has sexual intercourse with a man in his dream state. During this, the Succubus would steal his soul. In Symphony, the Succubus tries to impersonate Alucard's mother, Lisa, in order for him to do his father's bidding. When her true form is revealed, she can extend the wing fingers to skewer Alucard and create many false duplicates of herself in the sky. The one which doesn't shoot orbs would be the real Succubus. In Lament of Innocence, she is even more insidious. After impersonating Leon's love Sara, the demon attempts to stab him in the back before he realizes the tricks being played on him. Similar to the Symphony Succubus, she will create duplicates of herself, and shoots a multi-directional beam that's rather hard to dodge. She also attacks with monster vines that spread all over the room.

Walter Bernhard

FOUND IN: 1094 - Castlevania: Lament of Innocence Walter rules the castle in the forest of Eternal Night. Like most vampires, it seems, Walter's become bored with eternal life and seeks to entertain himself by kidnapping young women and laughing sadistically as he crushes their rescuers. He has in his possession the Ebony Stone, which grants him a fairly high rank amongst his undead brethren.

Mathias Cronqvist

FOUND IN: 1094 - Castlevania: Lament of Innocence Although he doesn't appear to be an enemy from the outset, just listening to the intro should clue you in that something is fishy. He used to be a master tactician and friend of Leon, until his wife Elizabeth fell ill and died. Angry at life, he fell ill. Just when Leon's love was kidnapped, Mathias just happened to know where Sara was taken. (highlight spoilers) As it turns out, Mathias turned to the dark side and merely used Leon to kill Walter so he could steal his Ebony Stone. He disappears at the end, and becomes Lord of the Night, king of all vampires. It's assumed that he later changes his name to Vlad Tepes and becomes the one we all know as Dracula.

Shaft

FOUND IN: 1792 - Dracula X: Rondo of Blood 1797 - CastleVania: Symphony of the Night The Dark Priest Shaft is the leader of a cult of madmen that resurrect and follow their lord Dracula. When first fought in Dracula X, he will summon four monsters from Castlevania 1: the Phantom Bat, Queen Medusa, a Mummy, and Frankenstein's monster. Then he will attack Richter himself. Jumping from one side of the screen to the other, he commands two orbs that can do a variety of attacks, including shooting lightning or firing flames. Shaft truly refuses to die, as the next level has either Richter or Maria facing his ghost. Hovering around, the Ghost Shaft will summon bats to attack from the background, in addition to summon monstrous behemoths from the ground, and hellish winged apparitions who breath fire and swoop down on targets.

Graham Jones

FOUND IN: 2035 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Born in the year 1999, Graham is a leader of a small cult suspected of attempting to resurrect Dracula. He belives it is fate to inherit the powers of the fallen dark lord, so he explores the castle in hope of finding the legendary power for himself. Although he seems kind, his ambitions are the purest of evil.

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