Castlevania bloodlines
The Story of Castlevania Timeline
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Titles Artists
Simon Belmont
CASTLEVANIA 1986 Noriyasu Togakushi
CASTLEVANIA II SIMON’S QUEST 1987 The Belmont from the 17th century is one of the most popular vampire Desmond Belmont Simon Belmont Juste Belmont hunters from the family. SUPER CASTLEVANIA IV Masahiro Ueno 1991
CASTLEVANIA CHRONICLES Ayami Kojima 1991
Christopher Belmont
CASTLEVANIA Illyana THE ADVENTURE Nobuya Nakazato 1989 HE faced Dracula 100 years after Trevor Belmont and 100 years Soleiyu Belmont before Simon Belmont CASTLEVANIA II Toru Hagihara BELMONT’S REVENGE 1991 Trevor Belmont Christopher Belmont
Trevor Belmont
CASTLEVANIA III Noriyasu Togakushi Marie Belmont Sypha Belnades DRACULA’S CURSE 1989 Gabriel Belmont’s son. He is feared for his supernatural powers and is ostracized because of it. CASTLEVANIA CURSE OF Ayami Kojima DARKNESS 2005 Gabriel Belmont Trevor Belmont Christopher Belmont
Loretta Lecarde Eric Lecarde John Morris
Maria Renard Eric Lecarde
Stella Lecarde CASTLEVANIA Teisaku Seki BLOODLINES The son of Quincy Morris and the son of Maria Renard (John and Eric, 1994 respectively) face off with Dracula’s niece, Elizabeth Bartley.
Quincy Morris John Morris Jonathan Morris
Richter Belmont
Lydie Erlanger Annette Renard CASTLEVANIA DRACULA X 1995 Known as possibly the strongest Belmont, ever. He succesfully defeats Dracula and Ayami Kojima then disappears shortly afterwards. CASTLEVANIA Reinhardt Schneider DRACULA X Juste Belmont Richter Belmont CHRONICLES (Belmont) 2007
Adrian Fahrenheight Tepes Richter Belmont Maria Renard (Alucard) Adrian Fahrenheight Tepes “Dracula” Vlad Tepes CASTLEVANIA (Alucard) SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT The son of Dracula who believes Ayami Kojima in and fights for mankind against 1997 his father.
Maria Renard Eric Lecarde
Sonia Belmont
Sara Trantoul
CASTLEVANIA Kazunobu Uchida The first and only female Belmont to face LEGENDS and defeat Dracula. She was written off of the official story canon and placed in Sonia Belmont an alternate timeline. 1998 Leon Belmont
Reinhardt Schneider Cornell (Belmont) Annette Renard Rosa CASTLEVANIA 64 1999 Reinhardt was often teased for being a Belmont, so he decided to change his name. Victor Belmont Yet the Belmont blood lends strength CASTLEVANIA towards his quest against Dracula. Yasuomi Umetsu Reinhardt Schneider LEGACY OF Richter Belmont DARKNESS (Belmont) 1999
Cornell, from the Blue Cresent Moon tribe, fights against the count using his transformation powers, to free his ? Cornell captured sister, Ada.
Nathan Graves Hugh Baldwin Morris Baldwin CASTLEVANIA CIRCLE OF THE MOON
2001 Morris Baldwin Hugh Baldwin
Morris Baldwin stavedoff Dracula with Nathan’s father in the past. He hands down the Vampire Kazuko Fujihara Killer to Nathan to defend humanity from Dracula once more.
Deceased vampire hunters Nathan Graves
Juste Belmont
CASTLEVANIA HARMONY OF DISSONANCE Lydie Erlanger 2002 The grandons of Simon Belmont is also Ayami Kojima considered one of the most powerful Simon Belmont Belmonts to have ever lived.
Juste Belmont Richter Belmont
Soma Cruz Soma Cruz Genya Arikado
CASTLEVANIA ARIA OF SORROW 2003 Ayami Kojima Maria is Annete’s baby sister. “Dracula” Vlad Tepes Soma Cruz Alucard is suspected to be CASTLEVANIA DAWN Eric Lecarde’s father. OF SORROW 2005 Koji Igarashi Adrian Fahrenheight Tepes Genya Arikado (Alucard)
Leon Belmont
Sara Trantoul CASTLEVANIA LAMENT OF INNOCENCE Ayami Kojima The first Belmont to fight Dracula before he was replaced with Gabriel, Sonia Belmont 2003 within the storyline.
Leon Belmont
Jonathan Morris
CASTLEVANIA PORTRAIT OF RUIN Koji Igarashi
2006 The son of John Morris. His childhood fried is John Morris Jonathan Morris Charlotte Aulin.
Shanoa
CASTLEVANIA ORDER OF ECCLESIA
2008 Masaki Hirooka From the Order of Ecclesia, Shanoa fights off Dracula ? Shanoa in the 18th century.
Adrian Fahrenheight Tepes Shanoa Soma Cruz Charlotte Aulin Jonathan Morris CASTLEVANIA (Alucard) HARMONY OF DESPAIR
2010
Ayami Kojima These heroes are pulled from their respective timeline and back into castlevania. They must find pieces of the book, The Grimoire, to return ? Charlotte Aulin peace to the world.
Gabriel Belmont Gabriel Belmont “Dracula” Vlad Tepes
Gabriel Belmony is the very first Gabriel Belmony (now known as Dracula) fights (Transformed) Dracula schemes up a plan to rid the world of the CASTLEVANIA Juan Antonio Alcázar Belmont who travels into hell to his son Trevor and ultimately transforms him greater evils alongside his son, Alucard. After LORDS OF & fight off Satan but becomes the dark into Alucard. He grows tired of his new form over 1000 years wandering the Earth, he finally SHADOW Jose Luis Vaello prince, Dracula, in the process. and seeks peace... seeks to pass on into oblivion... 2010
CASTLEVANIA Carlos Zarzuela LORDS OF SHADOW & MIRROR OF FATE Victor Cerezo 2013
CASTLEVANIA LORDS OF SHADOW Jose Luis Vaello II & Diego Gisbert Llorens 2014
Castlevania BLOODLINES Artwork he Belmont clan has been feuding with Dracula and evil since the 11th century when the Dark Prince’s story began. Noriyasu Togakushi artist TThe long-winded battles’ origin began with Leon Belmont, originally. It was re-written in the 21st century (less than 20 Masahiro Ueno designer years after the original introduction in 1986) to star Gabriel Belmont who has become the manifestation of Leon Belmont, Ayami Kojima artist Matthias Cronqvist, and Walter Bernhard (who in that storyline, was absorbed by Matthias). While noting the re-writing Nobuya Nakazato designer of the story, this infographic captures the timeline of the main characters appearances within the Castlevania canon. It also features the names of those who led in the production of the artwork, whether they be artists, designers, or producers Toru Hagihara programmer alongside the titles that have arisen from the less than 20 year span of the Castlevania franchise. As the timeline of the Teisaku Seki designer sequential titles place the characters outside of the natural order of their descendancy, a family tree is also presented inside Kazunobu Uchida artist of this infographic. Yasuomi Umetsu illustrator References Kazuko Fujihara designer The Castlevania Dungeon – http://www.castlevaniadungeon.net/features/whoswho.html Koji Igarashi producer Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania Castlevania – http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Castlevania_Wiki Masaki Hirooka illustrator J. A. Alcázar & J. L. Vaello artists
C. Zarzuela & V. Cerezo designers Morris BLOODLINE J. L. Vaello & D. G. Llorens artists
Quincy Morris John Morris Jonathan Morris
Belmont BLOODLINE
Sara Trantoul Marie Belmont Sypha Belnades Illyana Lydie Erlanger Annette Renard Rosa
Sonia Belmont Soleiyu Belmont Desmond Belmont Simon Belmont Victor Belmont Julius Belmont
Reinhardt Schneider Leon Belmont Gabriel Belmont Trevor Belmont Christopher Belmont Juste Belmont Richter Belmont (Belmont)
Trevor Belmont gets changed into the In the middle of the 11th vampire, Alucard, after a devastating Maria is Annete’s baby sister. century, Gabriel becomes the encounter with Dracula. Genya Arikado Alucard is suspected to be immortal Dracula. Top secret gov’t agent, Genya Arikado, Eric Lecarde’s father. Dracula BLOODLINE is Alucard in disguise. Renard BLOODLINE Cruz BLOODLINE Walter Bernhard Elizabeth Bartley Dracula’s niece Loretta Lecarde Soma Cruz is the reincarnation of Dracula. Matthias absorbs Maria Renard Eric Lecarde Soma Cruz Walter’s soul with the power of the “Dracula” Vlad Tepes crimson stone to become Dracula. Adrian Fahrenheight Tepes Stella Lecarde Matthias Cronqvist (Alucard)
Lisa Baldwin BLOODLINE Elisabetha Cronqvist
Morris Baldwin Hugh Baldwin
Nathan Graves Hugh’s childhood friend