In all other instances, for any game we don't highlight here, assume Death is simply a boss without any dialogue, there to be disposed of before the hero moves on with their quest.ĭeath first appears in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence seemingly as an lieutenant to the (nominal) villain of the game, Walter Bernhard - Bernhard has one of the great vampiric treasures, the Ebony Stone, and Death agrees to serve him due to the power Walter has (granted him by the stone).
CASTLEVANIA ANIME GRIM REAPER SERIES
However, there are a few key games in the series that give Death a slightly larger role than simply, "show up in this room, act cool, then die." These specific moments are the ones we will highlight for Death biography. Despite showing up in most of the games he really doesn't have much of a story Death is Death and that's the long and the short of it. While many characters in the series have detailed biographies, Death is a bit of an exception. Character History: Castlevania: Lament of Innocence How can he be neutral if he wants to end everything? This has then gone on to color many other depictions of Death (most of them unfavorable), giving us the villain we know now. As one of the four horsemen (joined by his pals War, Famine, and Pestilence, the three of which who have yet to show up in the Castlevania series), Death is supposed to bring on Armageddon, which has certainly put a pall over his perception among the masses. Not that Castlevania is the only place to truly consider Death evil. That doesn't prevent him from trying, time and again, a companion-coyote to Dracula's own Wile E. Of course, in continuity, Death is never successful at this pursuit (which certainly shows that while Death might want to take an active hand, even he cannot resist the machinations of Fate). He's the right-hand man of Dracula, a willing servant who battles the Belmonts (and other heroes) in an attempt to reap their souls early, sending them straight to Hell. In Castlevania, though, Death is very evil. But Death himself isn't normally viewed as evil: death is a natural occurrence and Death himself is simply a figure embodying that function. In dark times, such as great famines or when plagues were spreading across the land, the figure of Death would be considered quite scary, sweeping across the land, scythe in hand, as he reaps whole fields of souls. Known in pop culture as "the Grim Reaper", traditionally Death is seen as an anthropomorphic figure, the shadowy skeleton cloaked in tatters who comes to collect the souls of the dead and usher them into the afterlife. "What, Death isn't in this game? How strange!" Death is indelible to the series at this point that it's more noticeable when he doesn't appear then when he does.
While Belmonts come and go, Death has been a constant presence in the series, showing up (arguably) in more games than even Dracula himself (in the main series, Death only misses out on three titles: The Castlevania Adventure, its direct sequel Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge, and the arcade spin-off of the series Haunted Castle). If there is any other character aside from Dracula it would be Death.
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