Why Dracula Became a Vampire - Castlevania

[@Emperor_Mob]

Review your favorite Castlevania games at warpstarmedia.com/?s=castlevania This is the origin story for dracula in the main Castlevania canon, NOT the Lord of Shadows games. A lot of people have said that the Netflix anime is more in line with Lord of Shadows. This is not really the case. There are a lot of facts in lord of shadows that contradict the anime. For example: in LoS Alucard was born a human and became a vampire later. In the anime and the normal games Alucard was born half vampire. In LoS Alucard and Trevor are the same person. In the anime and in the other games they are entirely separate people. I don't dislike the Lord of Shadows series, but this is the origin of the normal aeries and the anime

[@matthewdietzen6708]

Not to mention LoS Dracula and Alucard are Scots.

[@adibyasin5495]

Yes, LoS is a reboot version of Castlevania, is not canon to the original timeline from all the previous games of Castlevania and in the Netflix...the Netflix one is canon to the timeline based on the Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse...the LoS has nothing to do with this

[@ralphjb]

The normal series, yes. The anime makes no mention of Mathias Cronqvist, the stones, nor any of the story of Lament of Innocence. The most egregious sin it commits, in my opinion, is downplaying the importance of a Belmont being the one who kills Dracula, as well as the Vampire Killer itself.

[@Emperor_Mob]

It does however mention Leon in season 1

[@Roland_Duson]

It's pronounced teh-pesh.

[@mitchellbewick3097]

This explains his outrage and motivation in the Netflix "Castelvania" series so much. - He became an immortal to spite god after death (or should that be Death) took his first wife - Regained his humanity with Lisa, his second wife - Couldn't handle it after she was executed in the "Name of God" - And went on a mass murder spree, attempting the genocide of the human race Alucard was right, his war on humanity really was "History's Longest Suicide Note."

[@Ivory5547]

I really understand Dracula and his reasons on the Castlevania series. I still think that he was generous, giving one full year to the people of Wallachia to get out of the city, regred of their actions or anything. If it was me, I whoud not wait even five minutes to kill everyone on that city.

[@mitchellbewick3097]

@@Ivory5547 Dracula needed to gather an army. Even immortal blood suckers require time to prepare. But I agree. Should have wiped the city off the map and then done the year, so everyone knew he was serious.

[@DANTVSVERGIL]

Well, Lisa, much like Sypha’s family. Where’s executed by the church. They were executed by scared townsfolk. Basically the same reason why the Belmonts were Exiled. They didn’t understand their power so they ran them off. For Sypha, they didn’t like the fact that she was from a family of witches so executed them, she ended up running away and was brought in by the Orthodox Church and raised by them. But, the shows Dracula and Mathias would technically be two different people. Much like most of, if not all of, the Shows versions of the Characters as opposed to their game counterparts. A big give away for that is that the Belmonts still have Leon’s sword. Which he would have had to have given away as it was his status symbol as Baron.

[@inviciagaming6403]

@@Ivory5547 calm the fuck down firebrand

[@ashaleeclarke2623]

Wow

[@Rannulfus]

"There was once this guy who wasn't Dracula, but then he stopped dying and said he was, so I guess we call him Dracula now."

[@Emperor_Mob]

Where is this quoted from?

[@Rannulfus]

@@Emperor_Mob it's not, it kinda just popped into my head after watching. I imagine it's something Bill Wurtz, the "history of the entire world, I guess" guy, would say though

[@ProperDaveXD001]

I heard it in Trevors voice...

[@Rannulfus]

@@ProperDaveXD001 valid

[@shepherdstar14]

Very good quote, you might be a creative writer for the next castlevania

[@ryanartward]

Now I'm hoping for a Netflix Castlevania Prequel series.

[@Emperor_Mob]

Same, a show about another belmont would be awesome

[@evilhutdug4665]

I think they’re making another one in the same world

[@JV-km9xk]

It's possible. After the season 4 finale, DMC and a spin off set in the Castlevania universe are next.

[@Raximus3000]

@@JV-km9xk I have my doubts Capcom will let them touch Devil May Cry with a ten foot stick. Plus i do not want to see Dante throwing f bombs like a 12 year old who just saw his parents react to him saying that word.

[@JV-km9xk]

@@Raximus3000 It was already confirmed to have DMC next. I agree with that, I hope to keep all characters as they were.

[@en4135]

To sum it up. 1. Lost his wife to death. 2. literally enslaved death Or the "spiritual incarnation" of it 3. Purposely tainted his own mortal soul and denied it to god by achieving immortality. 4. Spited god further by declaring himself the immortal enemy of all of gods creation. 5. eventually became a depressed recluse. 6. Fell in love with a mortal woman who drew out the good parts of him. 7. That woman was killed by servants of god in the name of god 8. Driven to practical insanity he tries to destroy the world. 9. Spends over a thousand years in war against humanity. 10. Is only ever defeated by things he created, IE his son or the Belmont line. The story of Castlevania is that of the destructive spiral of a single man.

[@zapperil]

11. Permanently destroyed in 1999 , and reincarnated as a Japanese boy born in 2017. No , i'm not kidding , that actually happened

[@rgbarrios0331]

12. Japanese boy's friend (quite possibly Dracula's first and second wife's reincarnation) was killed by a cult leader to draw out the evil within him. [Bad Ending]

[@motivation7982]

more like death enslaved him since death is the one that keeps him alive despite his fatigue in his place as dracula...

[@en4135]

@@motivation7982 Nah Death is completely enthralled by Dracula but even then after his initial transformation it's not solely Death that keeps returning Dracula to the mortal realm. He succeeded in escaping the cycle of life by creating his own cycle that was only finally broken by Julius and Soma nearly a thousand years later.

[@motivation7982]

@@en4135 wrong. Dracula is a medium for Chaos, that's why everytime he's ressurected he becomes more and more of a monster with no feelings. Death is a creature born from Chaos. He only serves Dracula but he is loyal to Chaos. In Aria of Sorrow, Soma is Dracula's reincarnation because he possesses his soul. But even then, Death still fights him. Death isn't enslaved by Dracula, Death only really follows him because of the crimson stone. Everything you have said so far has been pulled out of your bottom

[@cheezezlayer493]

so basically methias is dracula the bestfriend of the first belmont hunter leon belmont

[@Emperor_Mob]

Yep

[@runtergerutscht4401]

Wait so there are two bros, one becomes a vampire, the other a vampire hunter. While the vampire hunter doesn't succeed in killing the vampire, his descendants battle vampires for generations until the vampire is dead.... Anyone else get JJBA vibes here?

[@WarKing77]

Sounds like Castlevania copied this theme from JoJo.

[@alexkoi4850]

JoJo was released in 1987. Castlevania in 1986. Though, the whole concept of a family hunting vampires and demons was established way before in literature. No one copied anyone, is pure inspiration.

[@xxrieanrinei4922]

@@WarKing77 castlevania is older kid.

[@SmooveShotta]

Feel like all members of the belmont clan should call dracula methias just to annoy him lol “dracula van tepes? Na yo momma named you methias so ima call you methias”

[@Emperor_Mob]

I wonder if maybe his name got lost. But if they do know it they should totally do this

[@SmooveShotta]

@@Emperor_Mob right? Loll imagine that being his true weakness to kill him for good, hit him with the vampire killer while yelling methias

[@Emperor_Mob]

XD nice

[@Frankcastlepunisher74]

Does that mean my name is Saihtem? *brrrr*

[@Chimerathedragon]

@@Emperor_Mob I would like to Imagine during one of his revivals he actually lost his memory, I mean once you get Chaos involved who is the opposite to God pretty much anything can happen, for all we know Chaos gave him and rest of the world a false memory of Dracula (probably not but you get my point anything can happen) but Head cannon is that Methias during a revival lost his memory and after living for a few centuries got the Name "Vlad Dracula tepes" which would explain at least to me why he was destined to go through his origin again except being a Vampire the second time around

[@Ivory5547]

I really understand Dracula and his reasons on the Castlevania series. I still think that he was generous, giving one full year to the people of Wallachia to get out of the city, regred of their actions or anything. If it was me, I whoud not wait even five minutes to kill everyone on that city.

[@Emperor_Mob]

Same. I guess he tried to be sort of generous for his wife's sake

[@LawFerryAC]

Well he said he needs one year to create and gather his armies

[@miciso666]

dracula. i gave them a chance. and what did they do? like sheep tried to defy me once more. but no more games... this town is MINE!

[@bigt100]

@@miciso666 they even partied and celebrated the day they killed his wife bruh they had it coming tbh idk why he wanted to kill all of humanity when everyone in wallachia were the ones doing the shii

[@rinneganitachi4840]

Nah i would only kill the priests and the Cardinal maybe some other sick fucks but not all of the familyes and kids...or maybe i would erase them all and keep cloning them for blood if i was to go full dark side :)

[@B-rex395]

I heard that Netflix was planning to create spin offs that take place in the castlevania universe. I wonder if one of these spin offs will be a prequel featuring Leon and Mathias.

[@Avarice666]

There is so much they could pull from. It seems like since they started with Trevor (which I personally think that the best way to start since it introduces so many series characters) then you'd think Simon would be next since he is the son of Trevor and Sypha and the first of the Belmont Clan to have magic in their blood. He is also one of the strongest and most important Belmonts ever only be eclipsed by the strongest Belmont ever...Richter. I haven't seen the new final season yet so if it sets something else up then then forgive my ignorance.

[@satoozy965]

@@Avarice666 isn't his son's name Christopher ?

[@Avarice666]

@@satoozy965 In the original series yes and Simon would be Christopher or Soleil's (Christopher's son) son. If they are going off the Mirror of Fate/Gabriel Belmont series then no. I'm also not sure if the "Adventure" games are considered canonical but good call out my friend

[@rifasclub]

@@satoozy965 Cristopher isn't his son, he is his direct descendant 100 year later. Simon's is Cristopher's direct descendant 100 years later, Juste is Simon's grandson, Richter is whether Juste's son or grandson and Julius is Richter's direct descendant 243 years later. The 6 Belmont protagonist chronologically are Leon, Trevor, Christopher, Simon, Juste, Richter and Julius.

[@miciso666]

so they did the old castlevania. and the ps2 series kinda. would be cool if they showed the more modern ones... aria/dawn of sorrow. ecclesia. and cotm.

[@philanle4556]

The success of this animated series leads me to expect an upcoming 2d sidescroller to match

[@Emperor_Mob]

Have you seen blood stained ritual of the night? It's made by a lot of the sotn team and it's pretty good

[@ChaosDraguss]

Ain't that just Castlvania 3 minus one character?

[@rokuspace]

@@ChaosDraguss Pretty much, yeah. (Poor Grant)

[@saloz9483]

god no. Ill stick with the games story and characters.

[@philanle4556]

The last sidescrolling castlevania was released in 2008, I still think it's about time for another

[@PhumKaeos]

i find it funny that Mathias became immortal and yet he aged, or maybe he just changed his look to a bit more wise older Alpha male

[@biphronte]

In the games his appearance depends if he is in full power, when he is revived prematurely he looks older but if he's in full power looks more resemblance to Mathias

[@fernandofigueroa2408]

In the netflix series,Varney aka Death appears that he aged as well even though that he was a vampire/spirit

[@ashwolf2006]

@@fernandofigueroa2408 death has been known to change his appearance in the castlevania games, in order to fullfill his duties. for example in curse of darkness he disguised himself as a monk. and in the castlevania novels he took on the form of julius's apprentice to stop olrox.

[@SirAlex0014]

So let me get this straight his wife dies so he decides to make his best friend kill his wife then expects that friend to want to live forever with him? This guy is horrible. He literally destroys his Best Friends life, causes him to give up his Nobility, causes him kill his wife, causes him to fight a master vampire because HE lost his wife and wanted to "SPITE God."

[@Emperor_Mob]

That's it. He's a total jerk

[@Raximus3000]

This is what happens when you have a god complex, area control freak and a japanese villain mastermind with absurd knowledge.

[@mobolajiade-aina8643]

It's pretty funny actually. Bro's just an angsty teen

[@sethmiles9436]

Do you think they'll change this backstory in the anime?

[@Emperor_Mob]

Interesting thought. Most stuff in the anime at least vaguely lines up with the games. So hopefully they'll stick to the original story

[@Ronnie_aus_Schnaxlreuth]

@@Emperor_Mob Can Dracula use his powers without the Crimson Stone?

[@Joker-jw1iq]

@@Ronnie_aus_Schnaxlreuth Yes

[@Joker-jw1iq]

@@Ronnie_aus_Schnaxlreuth He only used the stone to get the power after that he doesn't require it

[@iamimpossiblekim]

Why not just watch it it’s out? And all they change is he takes on the vlad the impaler origins instead of the holy knight origins but I believe the rest since the introduction of the Belmont’s stays the same

[@Angelique-m8l]

Dracula's "Fall" is akin to Anakin Skywalker's fall There are many similarities

[@Emperor_Mob]

Like his son defeating him

[@andrewpenny4676]

Or like omni man.

[@TheFLAMEXD]

Did Dracula kill children?

[@grahamstrouse1165]

@@TheFLAMEXDDracula killed anything and everything.

[@FriendlyGhost-rf7tq]

or Lucifers fall this is classic story line it is pretty much every were

[@TaigaXsenpai]

interestingly even after becoming immortal Dracula wasn't evil at first. He only hated God and wanted to humiliate him by becoming immortal by his own means. However, he didn't hate humans. He had certain distain as he viewed them as hypocrites for worshipping tyrannical God. However, he didn't kill them unless they attacked him first. (which was pretty common due to religious bigotry) He isolated himself from humans to perform his research. He still could find attachment to humans as he taught Isaac and Hector. What pushed him over the edge was his second wife death. This is when he took name Dracula.

[@Guciom]

If you played the games, you would know Mathias DESPISED humanity and would do horrible experiments on them. He was not this misunderstood, tragic character. He outright stated "fuck god! fuck humanity! I'm isolating myself from all of that!".

[@anthonypolonkay2681]

It's kinda dumb to claim "tyrannical god" just because someone YOU liked dies. And honestly more dumb to try to call the definition of the abrahamic god "tyranical" like dued. If you have absolute certainty that it exists (like the do in castelvania) that god is directly responsible for all of existance, transcends space, time, and all other measures of existance, and is the complete arbiter of what is considered good, and evil. It's nothing short of a hissy fit to acknowledge the existance of such a thing, and follow up by trying to say it is in the wrong.

[@zenmaster8826]

Not evil my foot... haha! Before lisa, vlad became hungry for power and did everything he can to acquire it.. including sacrificing his humanity and leon’s wife

[@marthlink5015]

Sure he saw the flaws in the religious wars of his time. But Matthias/ Dracula is a villain to his core and a coward. He is unable to face loss, unable to face death, and unable to accept fate/god. So he rebukes it like a child and tears at everyone and everything around him to drag them too down to the pit of hell with him- He swore affiliation to Lucifer after also feeling pity for Lucifer and his fall from grace- He became the Son of Satan and swore allegiance for alot of his magical power and control over night creatures which are direct enemies of mankind and their creator. Alucard is the more perfect form of Dracula and not a coward, but brave and a guardian of humans even when he can't fucking stand their stupidity he'll just go to sleep XD.

[@sportsavant2937]

@@marthlink5015 Actually Mathias is not a coward. Why do you have to accept your fate and destiny when it is a shitty one? Why don't you want to change it if you could. The guy accomplished a feat that allows him to go against fate. I don't view that as running away or cowardice. At the same time, I don't like the idea of you sacrificing yourself so that dumb evil people can live their lives. That to me is not noble but idiotic. And what makes humans to special that someone else has to sacrifice themselves to protect them? I just don't get it. In every story like X-Men, justice league where we have people with superpowers getting treat like crap by humans. Yet, they still want to sacrifice themselves to protect their very tormentors? Isn't that Stockholm's syndrome? The villians in those stories are correct. They are a superior race, they should be the one making rules and having authority.

[@MRCAVALIER34]

Leon is voiced by Dave Wittenberg, who is also voices Kakashi Hatake in Naruto.

[@greengardens6959]

He also voiced Kefka in Dissidia Final Fantasy and Teddy in Persona 4 The voice range the man have is incredible :D

[@delphidelion]

Leon: From this day on the belmont clan will hunt the night! Batman: ...

[@Emperor_Mob]

The Wayne family must be an offshoot of the Belmonts lol

[@miciso666]

after many years still cant beat dracula... all until an underage kid shows up. who was supposed to get dracula's soul. and fight julius belmont. defied dracula soul. because he was in love. took dracula's soul. beat chaos. who kept reviving dracula. beat death. beat a whole cult. inherited over 200+ souls. meanwhile the belmonts : we got a whip.

[@clisen1093]

So Death and Dracula go waaay back

[@Emperor_Mob]

All the way back 👌

[@DarkMirria1]

Yep. Death, ironically, became his new best friend and confidant.

[@jackmack4181]

“IT WAS THE TEN YEARS OF RAPE” - Alucard (Dracula

[@kenz16v55]

How did that happened?

[@marinatedweasel5424]

Come again?

[@projectx1635]

bruh this is a hellsing reference

[@kenz16v55]

@@projectx1635 omg now i remembered that scene with alucard holding a cross.

[@jackmack4181]

@@kenz16v55 hellsing abridged reference

[@patrickleblanc613]

Excellent lament of innocence synopsis. Something interesting of note= Walter had possession of the sister stone to the crimson stone, the ebony stone, aka the stone of eternal night. Also both stones are made with alchemy and are essentially byproducts of supposedly an alchemist true goal, to find/create the philosopher's stone.

[@Emperor_Mob]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@persephoneblack888]

Lament of Innocence was one of my favorite games in the Castlevania series (and I've played a lot, everything from the Gameboy to the N64 games and more). I remember having to whip Sara to death in the start of the game though (to get the vampire killer) and I was like "dang that's brutal" lol 😆 I know it was brief but still.

[@spotsthecat7913]

Not in the start of the game, but in the beginning of the end after you met Walter for 1st time. But i agree LoI is a great game and even miles better than N64 titles imo

[@teddykazandjiev]

If Castlevania gets another season it would be awesome for trevor to discover this connection between Dracula and Leon. Leon exists in the animated series and we even see his portrain at the Belmont hold and it was said that he left France to hunt Dracula. For me that means the animated series acknowledges this plotline here because it is strange for someone to just leave their home in the middle ages to hunt some vampire on the other end of the world. But if that vampire was your best friend now corrupted you would feel responsible.

[@mikevg5200]

THIS! I've been looking for how Dracula and the Belmont feud came to be, many thanks good sir.

[@itzjezzeify]

3:50 oh man, that song brings back memories lol

[@dodongbalbas5643]

Mathias Cronqvist sold his soul to become immortal. Transformed into the lord of vampires to defy God for the early death of his beloved wife. A few centuries later, he met another woman who looks exactly like Elisabetha(Lisa Fahrenheit) falls in love with her even given birth to an offspring, but humans accused her of being a witch and burns her at the stake. This time Dracula is on a suicide mission to take revenge on every human being. If we look closely at the story Castlevania. It really is a love story revolving around Dracula and the woman( or in this case women) he loves most

[@karenritter2574]

Awesome game. "I swear to you, no more shall suffer your fate." Leon as he kills Sarah.

[@SirMcAwesome]

I thought Dracula was meant to be the original vampire. But if that's not the case, who was and how did vampires come into existence? Or were they just always around?

[@Emperor_Mob]

That's not something the Castlevania series talks about I don't think

[@SirMcAwesome]

@@Emperor_Mob I see, thanks for answering. It's a shame but it's also cool to have a bit of mystery to the lore and leave it up to our imagination.

[@kekasaurusrex3645]

@@SirMcAwesome Dracula being an Original Vampire means he wasn't turned into to one by being Sired. He took the Soul of an Original Vampire.

[@pliskenx51mm83]

It's kind of like Hellsing Ultimate. Where vampires and other super natural evils have been around for thousands of years. They just aren't common or well known to the masses.

[@FriendlyGhost-rf7tq]

@@pliskenx51mm83 and Dracula him self is not even that old

[@c.galindo9639]

Nice to know something about the clan who hunt him for centuries. Dracula will never be at peace with his own actions.

[@Mikemic2218]

Thank you for exploring the origins of dracula in the game series. Most people don't know this when watching the netflix series.

[@zenmaster8826]

Annoying how netflix only people empathize with dracula.. they dont know he’s the asshole in the beginning.. there’s a reason why he’s known as a monster before lisa

[@gv82089]

To be fair, the show doesn't go by the game canon, it's more of its own thing where they just made up a new origin for Dracula

[@Eventzz0]

Never played the games but thoroughly enjoyed watching the show. Great video.

[@Emperor_Mob]

Thanks for watching!

[@jamesroe8159]

You missed out dude the games were awesome

[@dorout1]

These are the godly games I grew up with. Rich stories/lore full of elaborate detail with minimal graphics. No. It is not nostalgia. It is called having standards.

[@Wellness718]

This is an underrated comment lol

[@migangelmart]

WHAT A TERRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE NOSTALGIA

[@kyrusbrightfuljr.2830]

So wait, I thought Gabriel Belmont was Dracula? This skit is very interesting, and I need to get more involved in more of the Castlevania games and storylines.

[@respiratoryfailure3780]

There's this speculation that Lisa was a reincarnation of Elisabetha, his first wife and kind of makes more sense if you think about it. Like his first wife's name was spelled and how Lisa was the only the only woman he ever loved.

[@Emperor_Mob]

Yeah, it makes sense. I don't think it's ever explicitly stated though. Lisa and Elizabeth are definitely kinda representative of each other at the least

[@jalenikezeue4114]

From This Day forward The Belmont clan Will Hunt The Night ✝👊🏻⛓❤️🛡🔪💀

[@GothicXlightning]

on second Note: i did had a level of sympathy and understanding for Mathias suffering and is easy to for me to understand why a man would break under tragic experiences such this.. but the second Mathias threw DEATH on Leon that is when he loses all my sympathy you just don't do that to the Belmont you know also thank you for adding the intro theme from CV64 Reinhardt schneider the Belmont will always be another tragically underrated badass

[@nbHawkeye]

He could've just have a talk with Leon, that might have helped him to get over his grief but no, he betrayed his best friend in life becoming an unholy being.

[@TaigaXsenpai]

After death of his first wife Mathias hasn't become evil yet. He didn't kill humans he only isolated himself. The death of his second wife turned him into monster.

[@nbHawkeye]

@@TaigaXsenpai Mathias or rather Dracula at that point has killed humans in the Anime canon, meeting Lisa was what made him rethink his ways and her death is what sent him down a spirale of hate and his plan like in the games became to slaughter humanity for what they did to her. it would also make sense that the game canon version of Dracula did kill humans, we never really learned about what happened after he became a vampire and left Leon to die. Leon actually never fought Dracula himself, he never saw him again and the first Belmont to encounter the evil count was Trevor. There is also the fact that he told Death to kill Leon after he said no to the offer of becoming a vampire as well.

[@squattingheads]

Tbf Leon had sworn an oath to destroy him. THAT lost all my sympathy for him. Dude, your best friend found a way to live forever. Just because it’s not for you, just leave him be

[@Unlimi-PT]

@@squattingheads what part of Mathias got Leon's fiancee killed do you not understand

[@majerjines7726]

5:03 ok that changes the scene when dracula gets hit by the morning star like damn anyone else feel different about that scene?

[@runtergerutscht4401]

I think the morning star is an unrelated, different weapon

[@devilcraft4281]

@@runtergerutscht4401 OG Game canon actually has the Morningstar be an upgrade/form to the Vampire Killer, not a separate weapon like the animated series had it be.

[@gv82089]

The show and games are not connected canonically

[@LokiSeidrGod]

I thought this would be Gabriel Belmont on the series like on the castlevania ps4 game. Where he killed the shadows but since there has to be evil to be good he had to be the substitute of the shadows hence becoming Dracula. Cause the one on the series kind of reminds me of Gabriel.

[@geojones1174]

It isn’t canon even tho the backstory made perfect sense on why Dracula exist and the Belmont hunt him.

[@satansjihad6353]

LoS is a reboot with a different timeline

[@leiwolf27]

If you ever played Symphony of the Night you would of seen that both Alucard and Dracula take their image from that game. Lamont of innocence is the game at the beginning of the timeline. Lord of Shadows is set in another universe

[@faith4657]

@@leiwolf27 i don't understand

[@caesarion4975]

@@faith4657 their are two timelines from my understanding the original which covers most games and the lords of shadow which tells it own story both are canon but they are desperate canons

[@grumpycat6665]

As a man married to a Romanian .. The S in Tepeș has a “ shh” sound . So it would be Tepeshh .

[@swilliams21231]

I do like the LoS Dracula origin story a bit better with Gabriel’s turn. But the canon origin story is still fantastic in how it all played out.

[@AyubuKK]

After watching the show, it’s really nice to hear all this extra lore.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

Same

[@gv82089]

The show and games are not connected canonically

[@Shoto185fr]

Can you make a video how lenore and the others becam vampires?

[@user-rl2rw3tp6s]

Good 💡 idea

[@wolframduenas]

I dont think lenore has lore

[@MrYFM2]

I don't think any of them besides Carmilla has any backstory or lore as of yet. We'd most likely (or at least I hope to) see one in season 4.

[@Shoto185fr]

@@MrYFM2 oki

[@VincereMalum]

Stryga, Morana, and Lenore are all Netflix Original characters. They do not have any lore beyond that. They are not in the video games. The only one that is on the video games is Carmilla, and Carmilla’s goals in the Netflix series are the complete opposite of her video game counterpart.

[@AngelStarStudios]

I love this video! We're making a game based on Dracula, so I had to check it out.

[@DyspareEmbodied]

Well done video. Beautifully told. 👏

[@master11213]

6:08 now Dracula in the show knew what Leon meant back then

[@kimjongwin]

Definitely enjoy the revised lore where Belmont becomes Dracula. So tragic. Great voice acting in that game as well

[@GothicXlightning]

It felt good that Simon Belmont was the very first hero that showed in this video although i also think Leon is a great underrated Belmont and i know how much i love Lament of innocence and all 3DVania games is just strange and almost funny that the name DRACULA was never mentioned within the CV Lament of innocence games i guess in my mind i been wanting to believe that Mathias was just another powerful vamp lord aside of Dracula who became years later or whatever the case, i still totally prefer the Gabriel Belmont and the animated series version of Dracula as the Real Lord Dracula but either way it was a good put together video was cool to see Leon in it too

[@nbHawkeye]

My guess is that he just changed his name, after all Mathias Cronqvist died that day and the King of the Night was born.

[@sykune]

The castlevania show show Leon Belmonts picture so I would believe that lament of innocence is canon to the shows timeline, as the Belmonts did hunt the night until they were persecuted and their house burnt down. Even Dracula knows of the Belmonts so they had been at war with him for sometime. I mean was not very impressed with Trevor meaning he may have faced other Belmonts and probably killed them, as it seems Trevor was the first Belmont to actual kill Dracula

[@nbHawkeye]

@@sykune I also saw a picture somebody made on how Dracula would look like without a beard on Reddit and besides having a little bit more chin he looks exactly like Mathis Cronqvist did.

[@DavyDave1313]

That was amazing man. I only ever played castlevania ***circle of the moon and portrait of ruin. I gotta tell you those two games (GBA/DS) confused tf out of me lol

[@miciso666]

aria/dawn of sorrow. kid shows up with his girlfriend. inherits dracula's soul. inherits the souls of every enemy. beats chaos. beats a cult. so kinda dracula preventing dracula from coming back. or dracula becoming the good guy.

[@DraculaTepes420]

Ah the belmonts, they are a persistent annoyance.

[@kimvitug2682]

Usibg that Judgement version of Vampirekiller ost gave me the goosebumps

[@swordsmanfabian18]

Leon Belmont was part of the 1st Crusade, so these events take place in or around 1096 AD, a full 400 years before the events of Trevor Belmont, and nearly 600 years before Simon Belmont.

[@DiegoCS-]

Año 1094, específicamente. Es un dato canónico. Un año antes de la primera Cruzada.

[@blair5475]

I wonder how longer the first vampire lived for

[@Wbfuhn]

The whole mess would have been solved if the stones were destroyed. Destroying the stones would stop it. Since death would appear, one could bargain with death to put a stop to the stones having an effect.

[@riteousrighthand6144]

Lament of Innocence was so awesome!

[@edwardcasamassima283]

Huh... I can see a lot of inspiration from the movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula" by Francis Ford Coppola

[@shin-oni4223]

I would love to see this game get a HD remaster someday

[@Emperor_Mob]

That'd be awesome. An entire remake would be good. It's so sad to see a good series like this die out

[@gargoyles9999]

Church: You can’t go you have to fight heresy Leon: hey Popey I think the Crusade can survive without me for five minutes while I destroy the literal monster in our backyard

[@lightsoulja]

Was even Mathias a real friend to begin with? He allowed his FRIEND's lover to be capture by a vampire after he himself has lost his own wife. Then he had the audicity of asking Leon to join him in immortality. Not a friend at all if you ask me. I wouldn't want my Friend to go through the same pain as I, putting his lover's life in danger after I already lost mine.

[@WerewolfKweef]

I liked the Lords of Shadow Dracula origin more I think, but good vid and thanks for posting

[@definitely_not_dr]

CRUSADE!!!!! ehh whats the point if were just gonna die... IMMORTALITY!!!!

[@Emperor_Mob]

Mwa Ha Ha!

[@RyuKaguya]

ahhh lament of innocence i loved that game.

[@Robdoggierob]

Very well done video Mob. Thank you for putting this together.

[@Emperor_Mob]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@caesarstrundova8003]

Lament of innocence was my favorite Castlevania game.

[@Jason-bz6uw]

This is "Lament of innocence" in a nutshell. My favorite castlevania game.

[@vsgvictorystrikegaming2229]

It's said throughout history that he was made into a vampire because he sold his soul to the devil for power after the death of his first wife.

[@cutevirus6842]

Im looking forward COoEclessia. :) The battle between Shanoa & Albus include Master Barlowe would be an awesome fight. Even it happen on Nintendo DS i think the potential for a great fight & action already clear :D.

[@Emperor_Mob]

I thought the DS Castlevania games were some of the best!

[@DisKorruptd]

4:45 "And the Vampire Killer was born" *shows the metal flail called the morning star, instead of the leather whip called the Vampire Killer*

[@Emperor_Mob]

In most cases the vampire killer and the morning star are used interchangeably in the core series

[@gv82089]

It's the same whip in the games lmao

[@123arskas]

If we apply this to the Netflix Castlevania series then shouldn't Dracula be hugging his first wife in Hell instead of the second wife? Or did he just ignored her and kept on loving the second wife? I mean it'd too lame that he became Dracula for the first wife but didn't choose her to be with when reaching Hell.

[@Emperor_Mob]

Reminds me of the question in the bible where Jesus is asked about a woman with seven husbands, in heaven which man would be her husband

[@123arskas]

@@Emperor_Mob What answer did he give?

[@Emperor_Mob]

Matthew 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven.

[@DANTVSVERGIL]

It’s a different Dracula. A main give away to this is that the Belmonts still have Leon’s Longsword. Which should’ve been given away in his pursuit of Sara after she was taken. The fact that they still have it would mean that Sara wasn’t taken and the whole thing with the Vampire Killer being made never happened. Another give away to the Morningstar being completely different is Dracula’s complete dismissal of the Morningstar, by saying “The Morning Star whip...well played, Belmont. But I am no ordinary vampire to be killed by your human Magics. I am Vlad Dracula Tepes, AND I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!” VK was made specifically to hurt Vampires, as Leon himself stated when he finally unlocked that form, he could feel the hatred for Vampires radiating off from the whip itself. So if the Morning Star was suppose to be the Vampire Killer, Dracula wouldn’t be saying “Well played”, he’d be shitting himself.

[@123arskas]

@@DANTVSVERGIL Look again, Leon wasn't strong enough to even Defeat Dracula back then. Thus the morning star might've not worked on him before and thus he was confident it won't work again on him. Besides I started my comment with " If ".

[@RaymondKarlVeasey75]

Mathias Cronqvist Is An Excellent Tactician. Castlevania Is Awesome! Great Video!

[@dracula7919]

In the night came the killers with the cross, in the light of the moon were the lives are lost. In the dark when your blood is calling, In the dusk when the fevers crawling. - POWERWOLF

[@domoniquehatch2417]

One thing about Castlevania it gave you something to understand

[@chefboiardeeznutz9881]

Wish I had played the games. Theres so much in this series to keep up with.

[@Emperor_Mob]

There's still time! Just pick one up! I haven't played them all either. I recommend Symphony of the Night

[@chefboiardeeznutz9881]

@@Emperor_Mob Wasnt symphony of the night made on PS4?

[@chefboiardeeznutz9881]

@@Emperor_Mob I mean remade to play on it lol

[@Emperor_Mob]

It's on a lot of systems. Idk about remade, but it's available on PS4. That's actually how I played it

[@chefboiardeeznutz9881]

@@Emperor_Mob Yeah, I meant like where you're able to play it on PS4. I wouldnt mind getting it.

[@kingsarf7544]

So Dracula was not the first vampire right I see🧐

[@gv82089]

The show and games are not connected canonically

[@RobertoRodriguez-bf5mi]

I might be the only one but i like Dracula origin in Lord of shadows alittle better its like damn he started as a belmont and noww his family hunts him

[@Bowfella]

Well you see, Vlad found this wierd stone mask.

[@Just_a_tch]

By any chance, was this "stone mask" made by an ancient aztec god of fitness?

[@bryceknowles1380]

@@Just_a_tch PILLAR MAN THEME STARTS PLAYING

[@Multienderguy37]

The stone mask actually makes an appearance in the games.

[@rafagames6355]

Music was a little loud, it was hard to hear your voice at times

[@Emperor_Mob]

Sorry about that. I'm a little green

[@MasonTheStoryteller]

too bad Warren Ellis never read this part of the wiki.....

[@MrOrcshaman]

It would have bloated the story in the series, wasn't needed

[@DarkMirria1]

He should’ve played the game 100% imo.

[@gv82089]

​@@MrOrcshamanit would have made it better imo

[@praveenloganathan7495]

So the sixth Hokage and the teacher of Team 7, Kakkashi is the first Belmont. I'm in.

[@lonestar7938]

Anyone ever play the game Castlevania & the lords of showdow ? The game came out I think in 2010-2011 in that game you play the protagonist Gabriel Belmont who later becomes Dracula. After defeating the lords of shadow he needs to drink from a very old vampire to become what he’s given he’s life to kill, he needs to drink to become a vampire to be able to enter hell & fight a very powerful demon who’s only objective is to end all life, that demon was seals away with the combine strength of all 3 lords of shadow.

[@Astra.Kiro.EGYPT27]

Being an IMMORTAL would be an torturous neverending, existence...it would probably end up driving the weak ones Insane.

[@stars-and-clouds]

The content is great but I wish your voice was louder and clearer than the background. I kept losing track of what you're saying many times.

[@julilolmo19]

Good video man The KZbin algorithm is finally doing something right apart from recommending me Lady Dimitrescu videos

[@Emperor_Mob]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bludarbiter6529]

That was awesome!! Great video

[@Emperor_Mob]

Thank you!

[@Shoto185fr]

Cool video thank you

[@TheTruthIsGonnaHurt]

*Matheus:* I will change my name to Dracula Skywalker. Because.. why not. Everyone else is changing there name to Skywalker.

[@ivanvoloder8114]

I have a questions if anyone could answer. How does Gabriel Belmont fit in all of this??? Was he the 2nd Dracula? Who is Walter and how he become the vampire lord???

[@Emperor_Mob]

There are two different stories or cannons. In one Gabriel is dracula and in one Mattias is.

[@kingjoker8399]

You forgot to say Dracula basically became the vampire who’s literally the evil version of god

[@Raximus3000]

More like the counter balance. Last line was about can god be good if there is no evil lord of darkness to balance him out?

[@kingjoker8399]

@@Raximus3000 that’s more into lord of darkness timeline so there are 2 different game timelines well it’s more even one where hector was the main character but the origins of Dracula is the same but 1 which is the lord of shadows so the main time line from what you know in the video about Dracula but he never explained how the crimson ruby basically made him a evil version of god himself, in future games you learn about this, hell in the future games he even said he’s became god, now their is the lords of shadows timeline which involves a Belmont named Gabriel in that game you fight 3 lords which is a demon , a wolf man and a vampire they had this mask which can stop this powerful demon known as the unknown and they prevented satan himself from coming to earth, so when you kill these 3 lords you learn that they was humans who left and went into heaven without dying so when they force themselves in their they left their dark sides on earth which made the wolf , the vampire and the demon which all of them are basically the name of fan favorite castlevania characters like the vampire is carmilla but her story is this woman who force herself on Gabriel so he won’t reach the truth which is to gain peace he would have to sacrifice everything but he thought he was ready but he didn’t understand until after beating the unknown in the dlc but after beating 2 lords the last lord appeared which is the demon and he reveal himself to be death then magically satan comes in

[@kingjoker8399]

@@Raximus3000 after all that Satan beats death he runs away and Gabriel beats satan but he finds out that he’s gods chosen, instead of forcing the power of god like in the other timeline he end up earning it but after that he had to beat the unknown after defeating him he became a vampire known as the prince of darkness and his mission is to have his vengeance against god cuz his mission was for him to fall into darkness which made him fight his own clan for years like he killed Trevor which was his son and Trevor became alucard and Simon shows up in one game to beat Dracula and the second game doesn’t matter it’s the same thing he beats evil lords, death and satan but this time he’s in the 2000 which wasn’t a good thing those are the differences sorry for typing a lot

[@kindle184]

@@kingjoker8399 Lord of shadows games are non canon. And follow stupid story. Whereas in original version dracula is just a man who stole the power of vampire from a vampire who got vampire power from devil.

[@kingjoker8399]

@@kindle184 I just said lords of shadows ain’t canon dumbass actually read what I said

[@SpiralingOceanWhirlpool4729]

+Mob where did you get these soundtracks

[@Emperor_Mob]

All the music in this video is from the Castlevania games

[@mfairus3781]

I like the vid so much i subscribed. Yeayy!!

[@Emperor_Mob]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@Maghadathigidis]

A video about carmilla’s intentions in the video game and in the series would be a banger ! I’m kinda confused cause if i remember correctly, she wasn’t pictured like an “angry want to conquer the world dominating leader” kinda person in the games. But i was young, i might be wrong

[@Emperor_Mob]

Yeah she's not like that in the games, but I don't think she has much character either

[@saldzbob9972]

She orchestrated a witch hunt on sypha's people.

[@nazarivera9074]

Am confuse cause Dracula s real name isn't Matias its vlad tepes .

[@Emperor_Mob]

He changed his name at some point. His birth name according to the lore is Matias

[@DarkMirria1]

Mathias goes into hiding at the end of Lament of Innocence and over the centuries he changes his name for that reason. Tepes, meaning The Impaler, is a title he earned along with Dracul/Dracula meaning Dragon & Son of the Devil. Tepes does become his new family name in the games though as his son shares it.

[@user-rl2rw3tp6s]

Awesome 😎 video sir do more on the other vampires

[@BlaiddPatches]

I remember this game. How about Castlevania Lord Of The Shadow? When Gabriel Belmont became...

[@mr_0n10n5]

Ironic that it was Mathias' progeny will take arms against him in the end 😭

[@FatMcfly12]

Theres a lot of info missing but this is a great video

[@melting__lead]

We need this from Netflix

[@Emperor_Mob]

That would be cool

[@Nicknock-rw4go]

While I like the main canon backstory of Dracula, I MUCH prefer the backstory of Dracula from 'Castlevania Lords of Shadow' as it is more compelling, interesting and creates a greater connection between Drac and the Belmonts because in the LoS series... SPOILERS!!! Dracula's original identity was that of Gabriel Belmont, who was bound by destiny and didn't exactly choose too become Dracula.

[@andrewpenny4676]

Man Dracula and omni man and anakin for father of the year.

[@Gmex_ONE]

Really great video 👍😃

[@Emperor_Mob]

Thanks 🙏

[@Gmex_ONE]

@@Emperor_Mob no prob! I was checking out ur other vids too. I will say I am into vampire lore so I really like this video. The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine also has amazing vampire lore, idk if u have played it or not but if u haven’t def check it out.

[@NotForgottenCheese]

you left out the context here he changed his name be it means the dragon and at this point he was mad at humanity for the death of his wife

[@Emperor_Mob]

If I'm not mistaken the lore never specifies when he changes his name. As to the dracula meaning dragon: I think the title was awarded to the father of Vlad the impaler and he inherited it from his father

[@NotForgottenCheese]

@@Emperor_Mob I think it depends on source I was going off a video series don’t know yours but it’s sounds more based the story story of vlad the impaler more then anything else but that is on surface level really don’t know

[@Boopboop-e4t]

@@Emperor_Mob you are correct.Vlad's father Dracul means "The Dragon" while i can remember that Dracula means "Son Of The Dragon"

[@mr.starktony6134]

Would that make vlad Tepesh Dracula. “Mathightus vlad tepesh dracula”

[@mr.starktony6134]

Also alucard from hellsing could very well be the same alucard in castlevania as he could have renounced his human attributes after some life changing event in his life between the two time lines

[@Emperor_Mob]

Hellsing Alucard is named dracula

[@PantherJaguar]

Is there another game or source that explains when Mathias changes his name to Dracula? I was surprised Lament of Innocence didn't show the name change to confirm they are the same person and only implied it in the epilogue after the credits.