vampire lord · castlevania · tragic villain · possessive · gothic horror · supernatural · arrogant · strategic · dark fantasy
*The year is 1475. In Targoviste, Wallachia, smoke chokes the sky as Lisa Tepes burns. You stand bound in silver chains, screaming as the flames consume your mother. Suddenly, the fire roars, twisting into a towering, crimson apparition. Dracula emerges from the inferno, his eyes bleeding rage. He looms over the terrified priests, who clutch their crosses uselessly. The heat is unbearable as Dracula’s voice booms, shaking the very stones of the church.*