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Now first of all i wanted to thank Matthew's blog about the cosmology of Castlevania, it made searching for supporting statements a lot easier and its a great blog of its own which you can check out here: Matthew Schroeder/Cosmic Castlevania: A Series Analysis
Otherwise lets move on to the actual CRT
Statements and feats
>Over the course of time, Dracula has resurrected many times... when people lost faith... and craved chaos and destruction...
>"The castle is the symbol of the chaos within humans and as long as people exist, it will not be completely sealed."
>"We were born out of the chaos in humans. There is no use in understanding each and every individual human being.")
>""Humans are…… strong. But, it is a fact that Dracula's castle can be summoned from the chaos that are within them."
>"What have you misunderstood? I am Death. Human death only comprises a part of chaos. They can come back again as zombies or skeletons, but without a soul, dead bodies cannot be revived.
-That giant monster was made from numerous bones.
-Using every characteristic of each living thing that lived on earth, it did not resemble any living thing----- the monster's body is wrapped in shadow, and Death paid his respect towards the creature's pure power.
-Without wasting time, he diffused his magic across the world, following the traces of magical current; he finally arrived at the castle
>Michelle had promised herself to use Julius', Yoko's and other predecessors' quest records as a source of information to improve her knowledge on those things.
>As a start, the castle has an infinite supply of zombies and drawn by the castle's magic, numerous other monsters appeared, perhaps their existence is allowed by a part of the magic that governs the original Dracula's castle.
>Perhaps, people who sought to resurrect Dracula had called upon those countless monsters."
>Personifying the dead seafloor and existing to overwhelm the surrounding light. It would not be strange if just by looking at him, an ordinary person's heart would be devoured.
>Genya Arikado: The path you took was the most challenging one. You did well. For God to be good, evil is an absolute necessity in this world. In the future, someone may follow again in Dracula's dark footsteps. At that time, perhaps we'll meet again. Farewell... In my mother's name, I send thanks to you.
>Celia: You fear that you will imperil innocents for who you are and can become. Am I not correct?
>Soma: ...yes. I fell for your ruse. Why would you want to resurrect the dark lord?
>Celia: We do not desire the dark lord, per se. For God to be perfectly good, there must be a being of perfect darkness.
>Soma: That has nothing to do with me. If this world does need a perfect dark being, one should emerge. Isn't that how it works?
>Celia: Perhaps that is so. And perhaps it is not. What is true, however, is that the power of darkness steadily grows faint. The lord of darkness must be enthroned without fail. And not a moment too soon.
>Soma: Tell me. Just what is the dark lord?
>Arikado: What Celia told you wasn't necessarily wrong. The dark lord is the entity opposite to God.
>Soma: Then that means there will always be a need for a dark lord. All because I ducked out from becoming the next in line!
>Arikado: Don't misconstrue me! Perhaps there is a need for the dark lord...but there is no reason at all for you to become the dark lord.
-???: Strange... I sense a dark power within you... Who are you?
-Julius Belmont: I did sense Dracula's powers at work within him... but it's difficult to believe that he's Dracula... rather... I think... No, forget it. It is nothing more than a hunch.
-Julius Belmont: ....... When I fought you, I felt the evil spirit within you. But there's more... I also sensed Soma's spirit. And that's more than enough to stop me.
-Julius Belmont: What is it?
-Soma Cruz: From here, I will set off to fight against my own fate. If I lose the battle... and become the reincarnation of evil, I want you to kill me."
-Genya Arikado: Your soul and Dracula's magical powers are one and the same. No matter what we did, this day was destined to come. That being so, I decided to awaken you somewhere I could use MY powers.
-"Soma Cruz: Your weapon?"
-"Julius Belmont: Yes. It's a whip that was handed down to me. It's called "Vampire Killer." In 1999, I sealed it in this castle to weaken his spirit and magical powers."
-Soma Cruz: So what should I do?
-Genya Arikado: Order the castle to open the portal! It has felt your power and may obey!
-Soma Cruz: Alright. I'll give it a try. I command you... to open! Return all of us living beings to where we came from!
-It is said that the giant clock tower is a symbol of Dracula's castle. Within it are crushing giant moving contraptions and gears that are several times the height of a human.
Curtis and Michelle continued on climbing up and up.
Relying on the few scattered scaffoldings, they attacked the medusa heads and monsters that crowded their surroundings.
Although they have been through various places of the castle, they still have not caught sight of the children. While defeating numerous monsters, up until now Michelle had not doubled her speed.
From the first monster that she saw and defeated, it is certain that she had developed far more experience in actual battle.
It was said that there are areas in the castle where teleporters instantly allow you to return to the entrance even from the farthest side of the castle. It was then discovered that the castle exists on top of another dimension.
-Those creatures living in Dracula's castle is not just the lord of the castle, Dracula.
Michelle had promised herself to use Julius, Yoko's and other predecessors' quest records as a source of information to improve her knowledge on those things.
As a start, the castle has an infinite supply of zombies and drawn by the castle's magic, numerous other monsters appeared, perhaps their existence is allowed by a part of the magic that governs the original Dracula's castle.
Perhaps, people who sought to resurrect Dracula had called upon those countless monsters.
This should be mentioned in the verse page, but Castlevania has possibly one of the most powerful Soul hax in fiction. First of all there is Elizabeth Bathory who through her own exploits controlled tens of millions of Souls through her starting World War 1 and the souls of the dead. Brauner another vampire use World War 2 as a means to control aproximately 62 Million Souls through all the dead in the second World War. here is a stament:
"A vampire who lost his daughters to war 30 years ago, the obssessive artist Brauner believes that humans will continue to create war and ruin as long as they exist. Using the Second World War as his means to establish this belief, his ultimate goal is to save the world from the destruction of man by annihilating the human race. Fueled by rage, Brauner has resurrected Dracula's castle by harvesting the tortured souls killed in the war. With no interest in Dracula himself, the castle is merely a tool to bring his greatest wish into fruition."
Then there is the fact that Olrox could possibly control infinite souls through that statement as ridiculous as hard to believe as that sounds. Now you may ask what of Dracula himself? Well its known that Dracula is the master of the Abyss/Hell and that he has control over it, due to the Abyss being an Universe of its own and it brimming with Souls and demons this could give Dracula control over countless to possibly infinite Souls if the Olrox feat is anything to go by. Also there is the notion that the Castle itself controls countless of Souls and has beend dubbed a "Spirit World", this is supported by several enemy entries of ghost like creatures being doomed to wander the castle. Also Dracula can control robots themselves and robotic enemies are part of his army, Alucard for example can Soul Steal these otherwise soulless robots and inanimate objects.
Simplified summary
Soma: Passive Power Null, Attack Reflection, Concept hax type 2 and resistance to it, resistant to Fate hax, possible Mind hax, extrasensory perception, void and existence erasure
Chaos: Fate hax, Power Null, Concept hax type 2, possibly High D existence, Avatar creation
Dracula: Concept hax type 2, some stuff scaled from Soma's souls, Type 6 immortality
Death: Concept hax, possibly Fate hax, resistance to sealing, Morality/Mind Manip, BFR, resistance to Power null
Shanoa: Danmaku, Magnetism, Air and Fire Manipulation, Weather creation, Creation, homing attack
The Belmonts and cast: Power Null and Attack Reflection and resistance to them, immortality negation
Julius: Extrasensory perception, limited gravity manip
Charlotte and Jonathan: Gravity Manip, dimensional BFR, limited Teleportation
Alucard: Fear hax
Bosses: 4-B, possibly 4-A
Verse page: Mention Soul hax proficiency
Otherwise lets move on to the actual CRT
Statements and feats
>Over the course of time, Dracula has resurrected many times... when people lost faith... and craved chaos and destruction...
>"The castle is the symbol of the chaos within humans and as long as people exist, it will not be completely sealed."
- The main point here is that only the Castle and Dracula are dependent on the chaos of humans not the concept itself. This itself also shouldn't imply that Dracula or the Castle literally can't exist without humans, otherwise their entire goal of eradicating humanity would be going against themselves
- Chaos still exists, Soma only severed his ties with him
- Chaos created Death which will get interesting later on
>"We were born out of the chaos in humans. There is no use in understanding each and every individual human being.")
- The creation of Death through Chaos is mentioned again, note that this shouldn't imply that Death or Olrox are dependent on humans
>""Humans are…… strong. But, it is a fact that Dracula's castle can be summoned from the chaos that are within them."
- The concept of Chaos existing within humans is the reason the Castle and Dracula continue to come back.
>"What have you misunderstood? I am Death. Human death only comprises a part of chaos. They can come back again as zombies or skeletons, but without a soul, dead bodies cannot be revived.
- Death mentions that the death of humans is but a fraction of what Chaos actually is
-That giant monster was made from numerous bones.
-Using every characteristic of each living thing that lived on earth, it did not resemble any living thing----- the monster's body is wrapped in shadow, and Death paid his respect towards the creature's pure power.
- Death confirms that he has influence over every living being, not just humans and there is this quote made from Aeon "You govern the fate of death, but even fate is a truth wound by time.", this implies that Death can control the fate of death within living beings i.e Fate Manipulation.
- This honestly makes a lot of sense as Death has influence and knowledge of every living being as shown above, him controlling the fate of death is a likely possibility, also this should somewhat bump Death's intelligence
-Without wasting time, he diffused his magic across the world, following the traces of magical current; he finally arrived at the castle
- Death can diffuse his magic across the planet. This means that in a literal sense Death has thought based control over his Deathly influence
>Michelle had promised herself to use Julius', Yoko's and other predecessors' quest records as a source of information to improve her knowledge on those things.
>As a start, the castle has an infinite supply of zombies and drawn by the castle's magic, numerous other monsters appeared, perhaps their existence is allowed by a part of the magic that governs the original Dracula's castle.
>Perhaps, people who sought to resurrect Dracula had called upon those countless monsters."
- Olrox can create a structure made of infinite size, possibly Reality Warping, though this is important later on
>Personifying the dead seafloor and existing to overwhelm the surrounding light. It would not be strange if just by looking at him, an ordinary person's heart would be devoured.
- Olrox can passively absorb the souls of his victims just by them perceiving him
>Genya Arikado: The path you took was the most challenging one. You did well. For God to be good, evil is an absolute necessity in this world. In the future, someone may follow again in Dracula's dark footsteps. At that time, perhaps we'll meet again. Farewell... In my mother's name, I send thanks to you.
>Celia: You fear that you will imperil innocents for who you are and can become. Am I not correct?
>Soma: ...yes. I fell for your ruse. Why would you want to resurrect the dark lord?
>Celia: We do not desire the dark lord, per se. For God to be perfectly good, there must be a being of perfect darkness.
>Soma: That has nothing to do with me. If this world does need a perfect dark being, one should emerge. Isn't that how it works?
>Celia: Perhaps that is so. And perhaps it is not. What is true, however, is that the power of darkness steadily grows faint. The lord of darkness must be enthroned without fail. And not a moment too soon.
>Soma: Tell me. Just what is the dark lord?
>Arikado: What Celia told you wasn't necessarily wrong. The dark lord is the entity opposite to God.
>Soma: Then that means there will always be a need for a dark lord. All because I ducked out from becoming the next in line!
>Arikado: Don't misconstrue me! Perhaps there is a need for the dark lord...but there is no reason at all for you to become the dark lord.
- This is mentioned several times that there needs to be a balance for the world of Chaos and Order/God, this would mean that Chaos is actually also part of the universe and parallel universes aswell (Omnipresence), which is supported by the fact that his own Universe has galaxies spinning in the background in a chaotic manner and from the fact that there several demons and things normally connected to Chaos present in parallel universes and dimensions. Combining all of the above and the statements of Chaos powering everything, demons and supernatural entities being just facets of it, creating conceptual entities such as Death and the concept of human Death only being a fraction of it, the fact that it likely precedes its own Concept through God, is stated to be necessary for the world and for God to be good leads me to believe that Chaos is a Type 2 conceptual entity (Not to be confused with Abstract Existence) i.e mostly being transcendant of things in the Universe of castlevania.
- A possible counter argument against this would be saying that Chaos was literally created from humans. This is quite hyperbolic and too literal for an entity that is supposed to be the force opposing the Judeo-Christian God of the Castlevania verse who created the Universe i.e before said concept even existed. This also doesn't make sense as Chaos was stated to be the source of all Chaos and evil to begin with: "The root of all Chaotic things", implying that it is the reason conceptual Chaos even exists.
- Otherwise due to the above Soma should get a specified Conceptual Manipulation Type 2 for hurting Chaos, Dracula Type 2 aswell for controlling Chaos' power and the Eldritch one himself should get Type 2 for creating the embodiment of Death (a conceptual entity/embodiment) and controlling concepts such as Chaos, Evil/Darkness, possibly Death etc. Death should also get Conceptual Manipulation, due to him being able to control Death in a literal sense, as evidenced above
- Soma should also resist Conceptual Manipulation Type 2, as he severed his connection with Chaos and quite clearly resisted the Chaos in his own heart and the influence of it
-???: Strange... I sense a dark power within you... Who are you?
-Julius Belmont: I did sense Dracula's powers at work within him... but it's difficult to believe that he's Dracula... rather... I think... No, forget it. It is nothing more than a hunch.
-Julius Belmont: ....... When I fought you, I felt the evil spirit within you. But there's more... I also sensed Soma's spirit. And that's more than enough to stop me.
- Pretty consistent, Extrasensory perception for Julius
-Julius Belmont: What is it?
-Soma Cruz: From here, I will set off to fight against my own fate. If I lose the battle... and become the reincarnation of evil, I want you to kill me."
-Genya Arikado: Your soul and Dracula's magical powers are one and the same. No matter what we did, this day was destined to come. That being so, I decided to awaken you somewhere I could use MY powers.
- Soma's destiny/fate is mentioned several times, these statements with these images https://imgur.com/a/0O6oFo8 mentioning that Soma was fated to become the Dark Lord are pretty consistent and should give Soma a resistance to Fate Manipulation and Chaos should have Fate Manipulation due to him being the reason Dark Lords exist
-"Soma Cruz: Your weapon?"
-"Julius Belmont: Yes. It's a whip that was handed down to me. It's called "Vampire Killer." In 1999, I sealed it in this castle to weaken his spirit and magical powers."
- The whip can nullify/weaken Dracula's powers and soul, this was so effective infact that Dracula was unable to ressurect himself for a good while. This is supported by the fact that the Vampire Killer can actually destroy magical projectiles/attacks etc. just through touching them which is shown here https://imgur.com/a/AS7A2Dg .
-Soma Cruz: So what should I do?
-Genya Arikado: Order the castle to open the portal! It has felt your power and may obey!
-Soma Cruz: Alright. I'll give it a try. I command you... to open! Return all of us living beings to where we came from!
- Possibly Mind Manipulation for Soma
- Soma should get Existence Erasue and Void Manipulation through the Power of Dominance, it was mentioned several times that this is Dracula's power, so Soma should scale to this due to literally having it
- Soma should have passive Power Nullification through the "Dead Crusader Soul", which completely nullifies physical attacks, projectiles, magic and even Hax (He also has the Final Guard soul which does the same thing, but has to be activated). Jonathan can also equip the Blocking Mail which has a 10% chance to nullify any incoming attack. Here are some examples https://imgur.com/a/845AS58 . Also there is the "Giant Ghost Soul" which reflects almost any projectile in the game, i.e Attack Reflection https://imgur.com/a/vQluAZJ . This would obviously scale to Dracula and Chaos who should get the same thing as its a fodder demon who has this power.
- Through other images and examples, the Castlevania cast can nullify certain magic and powers through their power alone and primarily the Vampire Killer. Also they can reflect certain projectiles as seen with the Jonathan images. As with a certain tradition they also resist this, as you cannot nullify or reflect their projectiles when you fight against them, this is evidenced in the Julius, Richter and even Trevor fights in the various games. Trevor in this case being a zombie clone, but it still should scale to the actual Belmonts. Here are some examples taken from Julius https://imgur.com/a/4mxI6oX
- Alucard should get passive Fear Manipulation from the Dragon Helm which as you can see https://imgur.com/a/1D6XZ8A clearly states that it frightens enemies. Though it also mentions lowering defense of enemies, which from my view is just a purely gameplay related claim and the first words are lore related.
- Julius can break away parts of the Castle and suck in Soma through his sheer power in Grand Cross https://imgur.com/a/1KZfGuI . This should give him Gravity Manipulation and Soma a likely resistance. Another thing about Julius' Grand Cross is that in Dawn of Sorrow he destroyed or nullified a part of the Castle that was blocked with pure dark power, this is just a supporting feat for the Belmonts being able to nullify things with their power
- Death should get a resistance to sealing as he was able to break out of Soma's Seal in Dawn of Sorrow as shown by the Novel
- I would like to finally give the bosses a proper tier. The idea is to scale them to Brauners dimensions which have stars and celestial objects in them, bosses power said dimensions, this would make them 4-B and at the highest 4-A powerscaling from Brauner himself.
-It is said that the giant clock tower is a symbol of Dracula's castle. Within it are crushing giant moving contraptions and gears that are several times the height of a human.
Curtis and Michelle continued on climbing up and up.
Relying on the few scattered scaffoldings, they attacked the medusa heads and monsters that crowded their surroundings.
Although they have been through various places of the castle, they still have not caught sight of the children. While defeating numerous monsters, up until now Michelle had not doubled her speed.
From the first monster that she saw and defeated, it is certain that she had developed far more experience in actual battle.
It was said that there are areas in the castle where teleporters instantly allow you to return to the entrance even from the farthest side of the castle. It was then discovered that the castle exists on top of another dimension.
-Those creatures living in Dracula's castle is not just the lord of the castle, Dracula.
Michelle had promised herself to use Julius, Yoko's and other predecessors' quest records as a source of information to improve her knowledge on those things.
As a start, the castle has an infinite supply of zombies and drawn by the castle's magic, numerous other monsters appeared, perhaps their existence is allowed by a part of the magic that governs the original Dracula's castle.
Perhaps, people who sought to resurrect Dracula had called upon those countless monsters.
- The statements above mention Olrox's castle which was made out of infinite zombies, Olrox is noticebly inferior to Dracula and his castle was is inferior to the real deal so this would give credence to Dracula's castle being infinite in size. Another thing is the mentioning of it being ontop of another dimension, wether or not this is a direct confirmation of 4-D is irrelevant as its a fact that the Castle is its own dimension seperate from the real world as stated in Aria of Sorrow. And there is this https://imgur.com/a/pt6ptXl which shows celestial objects inside it, these all together make it seem like the Castle is a Universe of its own, which makes sense given the statements. Also considering that its stated several times that its clearly a sentient being, affecting things in the real world through its influence and being called "Creature of Chaos" show that it is a living being and thus a living universal space-time continuum on its own
- Now if you take all of this together who would this scale to? Does this mean we get 4-D Soul Steal? Does this mean we get 4-D Vampire Killer? Nope, noone of the characters get "4-D anything" at all as they are unable to hurt the Castle or affect it in any meaningful way, other than sealing it maybe which itself doesn't count as the physical castle is just a shell of the dimension which actually is inside. Dracula also is NOT 4-D, but he may have some powers on that level if he can control the Castle due to having a hand in its creation. Chaos is possibly 4-D though, as the Castle is just a facet of its being and the he is possibly one with the Chaos Realm which is its own Universe, this would give Chaos "Higher Dimensional Existence" and "Large Size type 8" due to the possibility of the Chaos Realm being Chaos itself. This may bump up the Castle specific hax resistances for the Belmonts and protags, otherwise nothing.
This should be mentioned in the verse page, but Castlevania has possibly one of the most powerful Soul hax in fiction. First of all there is Elizabeth Bathory who through her own exploits controlled tens of millions of Souls through her starting World War 1 and the souls of the dead. Brauner another vampire use World War 2 as a means to control aproximately 62 Million Souls through all the dead in the second World War. here is a stament:
"A vampire who lost his daughters to war 30 years ago, the obssessive artist Brauner believes that humans will continue to create war and ruin as long as they exist. Using the Second World War as his means to establish this belief, his ultimate goal is to save the world from the destruction of man by annihilating the human race. Fueled by rage, Brauner has resurrected Dracula's castle by harvesting the tortured souls killed in the war. With no interest in Dracula himself, the castle is merely a tool to bring his greatest wish into fruition."
Then there is the fact that Olrox could possibly control infinite souls through that statement as ridiculous as hard to believe as that sounds. Now you may ask what of Dracula himself? Well its known that Dracula is the master of the Abyss/Hell and that he has control over it, due to the Abyss being an Universe of its own and it brimming with Souls and demons this could give Dracula control over countless to possibly infinite Souls if the Olrox feat is anything to go by. Also there is the notion that the Castle itself controls countless of Souls and has beend dubbed a "Spirit World", this is supported by several enemy entries of ghost like creatures being doomed to wander the castle. Also Dracula can control robots themselves and robotic enemies are part of his army, Alucard for example can Soul Steal these otherwise soulless robots and inanimate objects.
Simplified summary
Soma: Passive Power Null, Attack Reflection, Concept hax type 2 and resistance to it, resistant to Fate hax, possible Mind hax, extrasensory perception, void and existence erasure
Chaos: Fate hax, Power Null, Concept hax type 2, possibly High D existence, Avatar creation
Dracula: Concept hax type 2, some stuff scaled from Soma's souls, Type 6 immortality
Death: Concept hax, possibly Fate hax, resistance to sealing, Morality/Mind Manip, BFR, resistance to Power null
Shanoa: Danmaku, Magnetism, Air and Fire Manipulation, Weather creation, Creation, homing attack
The Belmonts and cast: Power Null and Attack Reflection and resistance to them, immortality negation
Julius: Extrasensory perception, limited gravity manip
Charlotte and Jonathan: Gravity Manip, dimensional BFR, limited Teleportation
Alucard: Fear hax
Bosses: 4-B, possibly 4-A
Verse page: Mention Soul hax proficiency
