Prologue

The story that shall be told has been a story lost between myth and legend. Of demons and gods, of good verses evil,light and darkness, the epic battle of the champion of holiness and the personification of evil. Some call it a story, some history, some romantic fiction. I will let you be the judge...

The powers of good and the powers of evil have always been in a constant struggle for the control of this realm. Since the beginning of time, the battle has raged, light verses dark. Armageddon on a lesser scale if you will. But once every one hundred years, the forces of good suddenly begin to weaken. During this time, the forces of darkness try to gain the upper hand by sending the Dark One's most ruthless and evil creature. A man who sold his soul to the Dark One for immortality, Who pays the price of his choice by drinking the blood of man and enjoying the dark power, he possesses. The personification of evil himself: Count Vlad Tephesh Dracula.

Every coming, Dracula tries to take over the land of Romania with his demonic hordes in hopes of one day to remake this world into his own image. To baptize and to cleanse this world with the flames of chaos and destruction.Many brave men and women have tried to defeat this dark knight at every resurrection. And all of them meet the
same fate as their ancestors, that is all but one.

The Belmont clan, a clan that is old as time itself, has always had a champion of the word and of the superhuman abilities to combat this creature of the underworld. Every time that Belmont has been able to defeat Dracula and stop his mad takeover of Europe. It had all started in 1475, The first was a young woman of the name Sonia Belmont who first confronted the dark prince and destroyed him. This would only be the beginning of a battle that not just threatens all of Europe, but the existence of the Belmont's themselves. After the battle with Dracula, the people for fear of their superhuman and spiritual capabilities exiled Sonia and the Belmont clan from Romania.

In 1492, Dracula arose from his grave to continue his campaign of terror. The people began a desperate search for the Belmonts and were able to find one. His name was Trevor Belmont. Trevor hearing the news of Dracula's return began his trek to Castlevania to rid the world of this evil foe and With the help of Grant DyNasty, Sypha Blenadas and Alucard: Son of Dracula, Trevor was able to stop Dracula like his ancestors before him.

One hundred years pass and in 1592, Dracula came to this mortal plane again. This time he was determined to dominate Europe but also to set a trap for the next Belmont who dares to oppose him. That unfortunate soul is Simon Belmont. Simon performed his duty well and defeated the Count in a fury of whiplashes and spiritual power that could be felt to the ends of the planet. But his victory came with a price. During their epic battle, Dracula wittingly cast a spell on Simon that would cause him to slowly grow ill and die. Simon went to the aid of a town elder only to learn that the only way to lift Dracula's curse was to find the remains of Dracula and to burn them. With the Belmont Bloodline at stake, Simon's Quest to find the remains of Dracula began. Many foes and minions of Dracula tried to stop Simon but in the end, his task came to fruition and the curse was lifted.

When Dracula arose again in 1692, he went as so far as to kidnap the son of a Belmont in hopes to gain an upper hand in this battle. The Belmont of that time was Christopher Belmont. With his son in the hands of Dracula and the fate of Europe at stake, Christopher began his trek to Castlevania despite the fact that it could mean the death of his own son. With the rage of the dark knights treachery and the burning desire to end another era of evil, the descendantof Simon against all odds saved his son from the hands of death and put down the blood-thirsty monster. Dracula went down with hatred in his cold heart for the Belmonts.

As Dracula returned yet again in 1792, he had the defeat from Christopher Belmont still on his mind.A new plan was forming as he watched the movements of the Belmont of that time of his resurrection. His name was Richter Belmont. Richter had a girlfriend name Annette and many other close friends. Friends that he could use to his own ends. His kidnapping plan went into action in the hopes that this time his scheme will work and will cause the downfall of the Belmonts. Dracula unfortunately underestimated Richter for he was the strongest of all in the Belmont bloodline. Even with his strength, Richter was cautious about his journey to Dracula's land. His friends were in danger, too many innocents at risk of dying. Nevertheless, Richter handled the situation delicately and rescued all of his friends before confronting the bane of his clan. The battle of Richter and Dracula was a phenomenon that rocked the realms of light and darkness. Their powers rippling through the fabrics of time and space itself, threatening to destroy our world. Fortunately that fate never came to pass. In the end, Richter stood victorious. Europe was safe once again.

But four years later under the glare of a full moon, Richter mysteriously vanishes and Castlevania rematerializes too early for its time. The Dark priest called Shaft who was responsible for Dracula's resurrection was able to poses Richter for his means of being Lord of Castlevania. With the ultimate vampire hunter as a guard to stop any would be heroes, Shaft prepares to resurrect Dracula. With the balance of power tilted in such a way, it results in the awakening of Alucard: Son of Dracula.

The same Alucard who helped Trevor Belmont in defeating his father and later entering into an eternal sleep in hopes of ending his fathers blood legacy. With the help of Richter's sister-in law Maria Renard, Alucard learns and cures Richter of the madness that claimed his mind.Alucard tells Maria to take Richter out of Castlevania so that he can confront his father and destroy the person that dared to tempt fate. Maria was reluctant at first for she was beginning to have feelings for Alucard but in the end she complied. With the innocent out of harms way, Alucard went out and battle his father one last time.
Little is known about the battles in Castlevania after the two vampire killers departed. All that Richter and Maria ever saw of it was of Castlevania returning to whatever realm it came from and of Alucard leaving the remains unscathed. Richter thanked Alucard for saving him and apologized for the pain he must have felt as Alucard killed his own father.He in return gave the two some wise words to live by and said his farewell. With the sun to his back,
The son of Dracula ran toward the shadows. Maria chasing after him.

Fifty years later, the followers of Shaft continued their practice of Black Magic in hopes of fulfilling their master's work. The result was the return of Castlevania fifty years before its appointed time and the continued dark deed of awakening Dracula from his grave. Richter at this time was now married and could not confront Dracula again for his wife feared for him and for the children he might leave fatherless. Richter's solution was to tell his younger cousin, who was also trained in the art of vampire slaying, of the upcoming evil. His name was Reinhard Schneider . Schneider, though not as strong as Richter, was more than willing to take up the challenge. With the help of Carrie, a young magician, they saw to it that Shaft's minions were stopped and Dracula's resurrection was averted.

With the deaths of Shaft's minions, the spell they used to bring Dracula's home to this day and age could never be used to return it to the realm of its origin. Even the young magician could not even begin to comprehend the dark spell the Shaft's minions had used. So there is where Castlevania will remain till time and the elements reduced it into rubble. Schneider hoped that this was the last time the house of Belmont would fight Dracula. Sadly, he was wrong.

In 1897, during the courses of dark nature, Dracula "naturally" returned to his home in Romania at the crumbling remains of Castlevania. Learning of the changing of the times, Dracula prepared to leave his medieval domain in search of greener pastures and richer blood. With the help of a real estate agency in London, Dracula bought and moved to Carafax Abby and began his plans to take over England. In need of blood, Dracula first took the life of a young neighbor girl by the name of Mistress Lucy and prepared to take the life of the soon to be wed Mina. Before this was done, Dracula was found out by Mina's fiancee, Jonathan Harker. With the help of Dr. Abraham Van Helsing and Jonathan's friend Quincy Morris, they drove Dracula out of England where he retreated to his home in Romania.

When it was later learned that Dracula had kidnapped Mina, the three vampire hunters raced toward Castlevania. The fight to save young Mina was a fierce battle as Jon, Quincy, and Van Helsing battled their way past Dracula's hired thugs. Quincy was mortally wounded during the battle but was able to help Jon Harker in defeating Dracula and saving Mina from the fate worse than death. History would never tell that Quincy Morris was a descendant of Richter Belmont or that a Belmont had stopped Dracula yet again. All that was said is that Jon and Mina were reunited and that Quincy's body was returned to his family back in Texas. It appears that the Belmont Bloodline has finally been severed, or has it?

Quincy had a son of the name of John Morris who learns of his fathers death. Curious on why his father fought a creature of the night, John begins to study his lineage. Here is where he learns of his destiny of becoming a vampire hunter and of his connection to the Belmont's family tree. He was the last of the Belmonts, despite the fact that he is a Morris, the blood of a Belmont flows through his veins. A Belmont that is to one day fight the personification of evil like his father before him and his father before him. From that day forward, John swore that he would be ready to battle the forces of darkness whenever they beckoned to this domain. Little did John realize that the battle he was preparing for was coming real soon.

In 1917, the major conflict called the Great War began in earnest. Evil loves it when people die by the hundreds. Evil loves it even more when someone uses this to their advantage. Evil's emissary this century would be Elizabeth of Balory. A product of an inexperienced witch, she was resurrected to this world with no meaning or purpose at first. But with the help of evil's persuasion, she decides to resurrect her long dead uncle Dracula.

With evil’s way of persuasion, Elizabeth begins to gather the forces of the netherworld to prepare for Dracula's new reign of global terror. A global terror that would pale by comparison to the attrosoties of this ongoing “Great war“. As the countess did this, she also began to collect souls of dead soilders thru out the course of the war. Draula’s reserrection required their souls to fully regenerate him to his powerful status. Within the secret confines of the Countess Elizabeth’s Castle Prospernia, the coming darkness grows stronger in preparation.

But once again, heros emerge to stand tall against the darkness...

After years of training and watchfullness of current events, John Morris steps into the light. With the knowledge of a mysterious lettter that was delivered to him, Morris travels to the remains of Castlevania to find it overrun with demonic hords. The very hords that Elizabeth left behind to defend the master’s lands. Using the legendary weapon that his father used so very long ago, John fought against the evil tide. But one against many is only so much for one person to handle. Morris might’ve died that day if not for the appearance of a lone stranger.

A young Spaniard came across Castlevania as well that night. A young man looking for adventrue and hoping to meet a nosferatu in the old castle. The young man has heard the stories of vampires and had hoped in becomeing a great vampire hunter one day. So after studying all he can about these creatures and burning with the desire and determination to rid them from this world, this young man set out for grand adventure. His name is Eric Lacarde.

Armed with the Alcarde spear, a weapon passed down the generations in his family, a weapon which twisted at the base causes a blossom of blades to erupt from the spearhead, Eric jumped into the fray of battle and helped John defeat this phantom menace to Romania.

After the battle, John explained the story of his bloodline and the neverending battle against evil to Eric. John first feared that Eric would not believe this tall tale but ot his suprise the young Spaniard was not only willing to belive but also volinteered his services to help John in fighting Dracula. Eric’s only request was that John would train him in the art of vampire slaying along the way

A new alliance was formed and the two vampire hunters began thier adventure. Their travels tooking them to places like the sunken city of Atlantis to the recently haunted Leaning Tower of Pisa. John and Eric traveled to Germany of all places to stop Elizabeth’s army in getting better equiped with weapons of this time era. The two even went to the Palace of Versile in France where they learned of Elizabeth of Balory plot in resurrecting Dracula.
Elizabeth tried her best to stop the two would be heros but in the end had inadvertenly lead them to England. From their, John and Eric learned the locatin of Castle Prospernia. Despite it being on the coast of Wales, on a mysterious non-exsisting island, Balory “invited” them in so she and Dracula’s old friend Death, could finish them off.

Balory and Death both failed.

Morris and Lecarde slew the Countess and chased off the spirit of Death, ending their mission of destruction.

But thier deaths were not in vain...

With the use of Balory’s dark life essence, Dracula had attained enough power to be resurrected. His remains, already being in Castle Prospernia, regenerated in the coffin he was layed to rest; in was Dracula reborn into the world. But to his suprise, not only was he no longer in Castlevania or his homeland Romania, a Belmont decendant from Texas and a young Spaniard man were their to greet him.

Unlikely heros, But don’t count them out just yet...

Though Dracula was weak, he put up enough resistance to make the seasoned vampire hunters sweat in their fight to destroy him. Dracula was like a trapped animal. Fighting for his unlife. Again the hatred for the Belmont’s, along with the new found loathing for this Spaniard, burned in his soul like a flaming super nova. But good overcame hate once again. Dracula was defeated.

Morris and Lecarde, from thier vantage point off the coastline, watched Castle Prospernia sink into the English Channel. It not only took the remains of Dracula to the ocean bottom, but it also took away any chance for evil to resurrect Dracula again.

It is now the late 20th century. Morris and Lacarde have passed on but with the changing of the times and beliefs of the people, they were unable to train the next generation in the art of vampire slaying. But what does that matter? Dracula’s remains lay at the bottom of a foreign ocean. With no chance of their return, humanity could finally breathe easier knowing that their children would never have to fear the likes of vampires.
The world changed with the years passing. High mind and alternative thinking came to play. With the increase of modern technology and the evolution of the sciences, the people of earth began to see the stories and legends of demons, werecreatures and vampires nothing more than simple legened and no longer fact. It would seem that the Legend Of Dracula had finally come to an end.

Alas, it was only to start a sinister cycle once again...

Soon.....