Post by Number4429 on Nov 3, 2011 1:21:01 GMT -5
It has come to my attention there is some confusion over the timeline/storyline of castlevania. As a result I did some research, and expert Belmontists have agreed the following to be the canonical story line of all the Castlevania games.
1094-CV:Lament of Innocence
The story begins in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, where our hero Leon Belmont. It is the time of the crusaders, and Leon's wife is kidnapped. His friend tells Leon that his wife was taken away by a vampire, who lives in the forest known as Eternal Night. Unable to convince the church to assist him, Leon gives up his sword and title to find his wife (Sara) by himself. Upon entering the evil forest, Leon comes across a mysterious old man named Rinaldo, who bequethes to Leon a whip enchanted with the power of alchemy. With this begins the Belmont legend, and the origin of the feud between the Belmonts and Count Dracula.
1476-Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse
Next in the line of active Vampire Hunters was Trevor Belmont. He was called to action when Dracula was prematurly risen by some of his followers (whom he promptly slaughtered and sacrificed for thier services). The Count now had two purposes, to cover the world in darkness, and to destroy the Belmont family once and for all. Trevor, had the help of three brave fighters: Grant DaNasty, Sypha Belnades, and Alucard, son of Dracula. With their help, they managed to defeat Dracula.
1479-Castlevania:Curse of Darkness
Dracula had been slain, but his curse still ravaged the land. This installment focuses on a young man named Hector, who had preciously been part of Dracula's clan as a Devil Forgemaster. Having foresaken his master, Hector escaped, but his freedom was not without a price - Isaac, once a dear friend, accused Hector's lover of witchcraft, and had her burned. Filled with anger, Hector ventures through the land, not only seeking revenge, but searching for a cure to the plague and pestilence. He crosses pathes with Trevor Belmont, who also seeks to free the country from the curse. At first enemies, the two eventually team up to destroy Isaac and the remnants of Dracula's followers.
1576 - The Castlevania Adventure
Dracula rises from his hundred year hibernation, sure that his plan had worked and that he no longer had to fear the Belmont family. He was dead wrong. Christopher Belmont set forth to prove this to him. During the confrontation with Christopher, Dracula felt it would be better to turn tail and run. He would not stand a chance against a Belmont, so hid until a time of weakness would reveal itself.
1591 - Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge
Fifteen years later, Dracula discovered Christopher's son, Soleiyu. He kidnapped the young boy, forcing Christopher to be more careful in his second battle with Drac, for one mistake and Dracula would have Soleiyu killed. Christopher found and rescued Soleiyu, who had be brainwashed by the forces of evil, and set forth to destroy the Count with raging fury.
1691 - Castlevania
Another hundred years passed, and Dracula rose from his sleep with a plan. If he was defeated again, he would not sleep alone! He began reaking havok and quickly drew the attention of a new Belmont. Simon was the great-grandson of Christopher, and had been trained with the experience of two great Vampire Hunters before him. However, all the training he had would not prepare him for what Dracula had planned. Simon made it to Dracula with all the skill of a warrior, and promptly slayed him.
1698 - Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
Simon thought that his torments were over when he defeated Dracula. What did not know was Dracula had placed a curse on him before their battle had ended, and slowly Simon would fall ill and die. One of the village elders told him that the only way to break the curse was to resurrect Dracula and burn him. Simon would need the Count's body parts to do this, and the Count knew it. The Count had previously ordered his followers to scatter his body and guard it's pieces with their lives. He knew that he'd be sacrificing an early resurrection, but it was worth it to him. He would sleep his hundred years, and when he awoke, Simon would be long dead and the Belmont family lineage with him. Simon set forth to gather Drac's parts. He resurrected the Count and burned him, lifting the curse.
1748 - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Lydie Erlanger, Transylvanian youth, has been kidnapped and brought into the mysterious castle in the fog. Her friend, Juste Belmont (grandson of Simon) and Maxim Kischine, must enter the once again and slay the forces within. Once inside, Maxim begins to act funny - in his jealousy, could he be conspiring against the Belmonts? In spite of this obstacle, Juste puts a stop to all of these plans, and the world is safe again.
1792 - Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
Once again, Count Dracula comes back to the mortal plane and he awakens having learned a small lesson from his last endevor. This time he learned of a Belmont named Richter. He observed Richter for a while and learned that he had a girlfriend, Annette Renard, and several friends in the village. His time act was now. He kidnapped Annette, her sister Maria, and a few other villagers. Richter set forth on his long journey, not knowing if things would turn out for the better. However, when Richter rescued Maria, she swore she would become a vampire hunter too, and joined the Belmont on his quest. Together they freed all of the captives, and slayed Dracula yet again.
1797 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Four years after Richter's battle with the Count, darkness came yet again. A Dark Priest named Shaft, was hungry for ultimate power and thought he could achieve this with the help of Dracula. He set forth to resurrect Drac yet again, but first he would remove a major obstacle in his path, Richter Belmont. He placed a spell upon Richter and actually managed to get him to side with evil. This large shift in power caused Alucard to awaken from his slumber - the same Alucard who had purposefully put himself to sleep in hope of ridding existence of his cursed bloodline. Now Shaft had to be stopped to prevent all of mankind from being extinguished. During the raid of the newly appeared castle, he crosss paths with Maria several times, discovers the source of Richter's defection, and defeats Dracula yet again. After this battle, Richter settles down and passes the Vampire Killer to the Morris family.
18?? - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Some time after the events of Symphony of the Night (as well as some events mentioned in the Castlevania Radio Drama, the Belmont family seems to be absent. With no one to carry on the vampire hunting and slaying of the 1800's, different organizations were created. The story in this game deals with one such organization, called the "Order of Ecclesia", whose practitioners used magic in the form of Glyphs to perform amazing feats in order to vanquish evil. A set of powerful glyphs, meant to hold back and contain Dracula's Magic (named 'Dominus'), were created by the Order and an exalted member of the Order, a woman named Shanoa, was to perform a ritual to become the human vessel of Dominus, in order for the magic to be dispelled completely. The ritual fails, however, when a rogue Ecclesia member named Albus steals the glyphs. At the request of her mentor, a priest named Barlowe, Shanoa, now without memories and seemingly emotionless due to the botched ritual, sets forth to discover the truth behind Albus's intentions.
1897 - Bram Stoker's Dracula
As documented in Bram Stoker's Dracula, it was in 1897 that Dracula rose again, by unknown means, and had Jonathan Harker as his guest. In a final showdown, Quincey Morris and Jonathan Harker dug a knife into the chest of the sleeping Dracula. Quincey, however, did not survive the gash inflicted by gypsies under the influence of the Count's hyponotism. Although the book does not mention this, Quincey's son, John, was hiding in the background, and had witnessed the whole event. It is also not mentioned that Quincey was a member of the Belmont family lineage. Logically, this is improbable...there is no way a little two year old (since John was born in 1895) could follow his father across the countryside to Romania to witness the final battle. And Quincey must be a widow, since he tried to court Lucy early in the novel.
1917 - Castlevania Bloodlines
Not long after the death of Dracula, a witch practicing black magic accidentally resurrected Elizabeth Bartley, one who was tried and convicted of being a vampire years before. She was, in fact, the niece of the Count Dracula, and decided to try to raise her uncle. This is not a simple task - through devious manners, she begins the first World War in order to harvest souls for her dark purpose. John Morris, along with his long time pal Eric Lecarde, knew that they had to stop Bartley and Dracula once again.
1944 - Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
World War II is drawing to an end, but many have still perished. Much like in Bloodlines, the evil Count Brauner has used the souls of the departed to resurrect Dracula's castle. Jonathan Morris, the son of John Morris, as well as his friend Charlotte, has ventured into the castle to take him down, and fight his soulless vampiric daughters. However, Jonathan is unable to wield the Vampire Killer whip passed down by the Belmont clan, since he is not of true blood.
1999 - The Demon Castle Wars
As Nostradamus predicted, Dracula once again rises to terrorize the Earth. Julius Belmont, along with a group of unnamed compatriots, finally succeeded in destroying Dracula for good and eliminating his threat forever. Or so they thought. There is no game that chronicles the "Demon Castle Wars", though they are referenced.
2035 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Thirty six years after Dracula's final defeat, Japanese high school student Soma Cruz and his friend Mina Hakuba enter into a shrine, only to emerge inside Castlevania. There they encounter Graham Jones, a cult leader who looks to assume the power of Dracula for his own. He is aided by Yoko Belnades, descendent of Sypha, and a mysterious man named Genya Arikado, who bears a resemblance to a particularly familiar vampire. With their help, Soma must stop Graham, and discover why he has been summoned into the evil haunted castle.
2036 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
A year passes after Soma has escaped from Castlevania. Life continues as normal, until a cult member named Celia challenges Soma. Much like the dark priest Shaft, she wishes to resurrect Dracula, but cannot with Soma being in possession of lord vampire's soul. Soma once again teams up with Julius Belmont, Yoko Belnades and Genya Arikado to invade's Celia's fortress and stop her underlings, both of whom also candidates for the next resurrection of Dracula.
Note: This was pulled from "http://castlevaniadungeon.net/storyline.html"
I have only edited out non-canon parts of the story. I take no credit for the work posted above.
1094-CV:Lament of Innocence
The story begins in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, where our hero Leon Belmont. It is the time of the crusaders, and Leon's wife is kidnapped. His friend tells Leon that his wife was taken away by a vampire, who lives in the forest known as Eternal Night. Unable to convince the church to assist him, Leon gives up his sword and title to find his wife (Sara) by himself. Upon entering the evil forest, Leon comes across a mysterious old man named Rinaldo, who bequethes to Leon a whip enchanted with the power of alchemy. With this begins the Belmont legend, and the origin of the feud between the Belmonts and Count Dracula.
1476-Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse
Next in the line of active Vampire Hunters was Trevor Belmont. He was called to action when Dracula was prematurly risen by some of his followers (whom he promptly slaughtered and sacrificed for thier services). The Count now had two purposes, to cover the world in darkness, and to destroy the Belmont family once and for all. Trevor, had the help of three brave fighters: Grant DaNasty, Sypha Belnades, and Alucard, son of Dracula. With their help, they managed to defeat Dracula.
1479-Castlevania:Curse of Darkness
Dracula had been slain, but his curse still ravaged the land. This installment focuses on a young man named Hector, who had preciously been part of Dracula's clan as a Devil Forgemaster. Having foresaken his master, Hector escaped, but his freedom was not without a price - Isaac, once a dear friend, accused Hector's lover of witchcraft, and had her burned. Filled with anger, Hector ventures through the land, not only seeking revenge, but searching for a cure to the plague and pestilence. He crosses pathes with Trevor Belmont, who also seeks to free the country from the curse. At first enemies, the two eventually team up to destroy Isaac and the remnants of Dracula's followers.
1576 - The Castlevania Adventure
Dracula rises from his hundred year hibernation, sure that his plan had worked and that he no longer had to fear the Belmont family. He was dead wrong. Christopher Belmont set forth to prove this to him. During the confrontation with Christopher, Dracula felt it would be better to turn tail and run. He would not stand a chance against a Belmont, so hid until a time of weakness would reveal itself.
1591 - Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge
Fifteen years later, Dracula discovered Christopher's son, Soleiyu. He kidnapped the young boy, forcing Christopher to be more careful in his second battle with Drac, for one mistake and Dracula would have Soleiyu killed. Christopher found and rescued Soleiyu, who had be brainwashed by the forces of evil, and set forth to destroy the Count with raging fury.
1691 - Castlevania
Another hundred years passed, and Dracula rose from his sleep with a plan. If he was defeated again, he would not sleep alone! He began reaking havok and quickly drew the attention of a new Belmont. Simon was the great-grandson of Christopher, and had been trained with the experience of two great Vampire Hunters before him. However, all the training he had would not prepare him for what Dracula had planned. Simon made it to Dracula with all the skill of a warrior, and promptly slayed him.
1698 - Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
Simon thought that his torments were over when he defeated Dracula. What did not know was Dracula had placed a curse on him before their battle had ended, and slowly Simon would fall ill and die. One of the village elders told him that the only way to break the curse was to resurrect Dracula and burn him. Simon would need the Count's body parts to do this, and the Count knew it. The Count had previously ordered his followers to scatter his body and guard it's pieces with their lives. He knew that he'd be sacrificing an early resurrection, but it was worth it to him. He would sleep his hundred years, and when he awoke, Simon would be long dead and the Belmont family lineage with him. Simon set forth to gather Drac's parts. He resurrected the Count and burned him, lifting the curse.
1748 - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Lydie Erlanger, Transylvanian youth, has been kidnapped and brought into the mysterious castle in the fog. Her friend, Juste Belmont (grandson of Simon) and Maxim Kischine, must enter the once again and slay the forces within. Once inside, Maxim begins to act funny - in his jealousy, could he be conspiring against the Belmonts? In spite of this obstacle, Juste puts a stop to all of these plans, and the world is safe again.
1792 - Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
Once again, Count Dracula comes back to the mortal plane and he awakens having learned a small lesson from his last endevor. This time he learned of a Belmont named Richter. He observed Richter for a while and learned that he had a girlfriend, Annette Renard, and several friends in the village. His time act was now. He kidnapped Annette, her sister Maria, and a few other villagers. Richter set forth on his long journey, not knowing if things would turn out for the better. However, when Richter rescued Maria, she swore she would become a vampire hunter too, and joined the Belmont on his quest. Together they freed all of the captives, and slayed Dracula yet again.
1797 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Four years after Richter's battle with the Count, darkness came yet again. A Dark Priest named Shaft, was hungry for ultimate power and thought he could achieve this with the help of Dracula. He set forth to resurrect Drac yet again, but first he would remove a major obstacle in his path, Richter Belmont. He placed a spell upon Richter and actually managed to get him to side with evil. This large shift in power caused Alucard to awaken from his slumber - the same Alucard who had purposefully put himself to sleep in hope of ridding existence of his cursed bloodline. Now Shaft had to be stopped to prevent all of mankind from being extinguished. During the raid of the newly appeared castle, he crosss paths with Maria several times, discovers the source of Richter's defection, and defeats Dracula yet again. After this battle, Richter settles down and passes the Vampire Killer to the Morris family.
18?? - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Some time after the events of Symphony of the Night (as well as some events mentioned in the Castlevania Radio Drama, the Belmont family seems to be absent. With no one to carry on the vampire hunting and slaying of the 1800's, different organizations were created. The story in this game deals with one such organization, called the "Order of Ecclesia", whose practitioners used magic in the form of Glyphs to perform amazing feats in order to vanquish evil. A set of powerful glyphs, meant to hold back and contain Dracula's Magic (named 'Dominus'), were created by the Order and an exalted member of the Order, a woman named Shanoa, was to perform a ritual to become the human vessel of Dominus, in order for the magic to be dispelled completely. The ritual fails, however, when a rogue Ecclesia member named Albus steals the glyphs. At the request of her mentor, a priest named Barlowe, Shanoa, now without memories and seemingly emotionless due to the botched ritual, sets forth to discover the truth behind Albus's intentions.
1897 - Bram Stoker's Dracula
As documented in Bram Stoker's Dracula, it was in 1897 that Dracula rose again, by unknown means, and had Jonathan Harker as his guest. In a final showdown, Quincey Morris and Jonathan Harker dug a knife into the chest of the sleeping Dracula. Quincey, however, did not survive the gash inflicted by gypsies under the influence of the Count's hyponotism. Although the book does not mention this, Quincey's son, John, was hiding in the background, and had witnessed the whole event. It is also not mentioned that Quincey was a member of the Belmont family lineage. Logically, this is improbable...there is no way a little two year old (since John was born in 1895) could follow his father across the countryside to Romania to witness the final battle. And Quincey must be a widow, since he tried to court Lucy early in the novel.
1917 - Castlevania Bloodlines
Not long after the death of Dracula, a witch practicing black magic accidentally resurrected Elizabeth Bartley, one who was tried and convicted of being a vampire years before. She was, in fact, the niece of the Count Dracula, and decided to try to raise her uncle. This is not a simple task - through devious manners, she begins the first World War in order to harvest souls for her dark purpose. John Morris, along with his long time pal Eric Lecarde, knew that they had to stop Bartley and Dracula once again.
1944 - Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
World War II is drawing to an end, but many have still perished. Much like in Bloodlines, the evil Count Brauner has used the souls of the departed to resurrect Dracula's castle. Jonathan Morris, the son of John Morris, as well as his friend Charlotte, has ventured into the castle to take him down, and fight his soulless vampiric daughters. However, Jonathan is unable to wield the Vampire Killer whip passed down by the Belmont clan, since he is not of true blood.
1999 - The Demon Castle Wars
As Nostradamus predicted, Dracula once again rises to terrorize the Earth. Julius Belmont, along with a group of unnamed compatriots, finally succeeded in destroying Dracula for good and eliminating his threat forever. Or so they thought. There is no game that chronicles the "Demon Castle Wars", though they are referenced.
2035 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Thirty six years after Dracula's final defeat, Japanese high school student Soma Cruz and his friend Mina Hakuba enter into a shrine, only to emerge inside Castlevania. There they encounter Graham Jones, a cult leader who looks to assume the power of Dracula for his own. He is aided by Yoko Belnades, descendent of Sypha, and a mysterious man named Genya Arikado, who bears a resemblance to a particularly familiar vampire. With their help, Soma must stop Graham, and discover why he has been summoned into the evil haunted castle.
2036 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
A year passes after Soma has escaped from Castlevania. Life continues as normal, until a cult member named Celia challenges Soma. Much like the dark priest Shaft, she wishes to resurrect Dracula, but cannot with Soma being in possession of lord vampire's soul. Soma once again teams up with Julius Belmont, Yoko Belnades and Genya Arikado to invade's Celia's fortress and stop her underlings, both of whom also candidates for the next resurrection of Dracula.
Note: This was pulled from "http://castlevaniadungeon.net/storyline.html"
I have only edited out non-canon parts of the story. I take no credit for the work posted above.
