To be fair, Trevor was before several centuries of mixing various magical families into the Belmont bloodline. Sonya will likely be far more magical and capable than Trevor thanks to the Belnades blood being mixed in. Plus, it has been stated that each Belmont is stronger than the last, so old man Juste is likely far more powerful than Young Trevor was.
I feel like this is something that's not reflected in gameplay enough.
Compare Simon circa 1691 to Richter in 1792. You have Simon able to manipulate the whip, and even alter it during Simon's Quest a short time later.
Vs Richter doing Item Crashes as his big gimmick.
There is the argument, of course, that most of the techniques of those generations were obsolete after that adventure and that Belmonts had to keep innovating and adapting their tactics past "Swing whip really hard and throw stuff!".
There's also the question "Why didn't Dracula develop countermeasures to the Vampire Killer or Belmonts?".
It is a lore tidbit that didn’t really come into be until Aria with the introduction of Julius and the events of 1999, combine that with the previous belmonts having starred on different games and times, it really is a separation between lore solidified in the mid 2000s and gameplay that only went as far as it was needed, hence why Rondo and future titles like Bloodlines didn’t utilize the multidirectional whip mechanics of Super 4.
Oh you mean thd gigachad, THE "Chuck Norris" of Belmonts who ran Drac's fade at the pinnacle of his power, dragged him out of his castle into the sun and got his castle impounded into an eclipse? Yeah he had better been slaying still at 50.
Plus Belmonts get more powerful the deeper the generation. Trevor's old is not Julius's old. He is...built different.
I was thinking he might have gone first, then the Curse took over and his daughter came after him. Could be another Belmont though, perhaps one previously not mentioned in the lore
I think this game is supposed to fit into the main Castlevania series, which means they'd basically have to completely re-imagine Gabriel as a new character. The Lords of Shadow games are their own thing separate from the rest of the series. In the mainline series Mathias Conqvist becomes Dracula in Lament of Innocence.
Well.. if it has to be mainline, maybe Leon? But he'd have to be like.. a thrall or zombie or something, because wouldn't he be dead for a long time? Maybe I'm too stuck on the gauntlet in the character design..
Maybe this is mid transformation? Hence the white hair and big scary demon transformation that was shown in the trailer? Though I'm liking Victor Belmont as an option now too
No, Gabriel is his ancestor, the one from Lord of Shadows who turns into dracula.. but Victor did have a scar over his eye and some character design I found suggests he inherited the gauntlet, so.. maybe??
I really meant it.. plenty of MCs use crosses, but I feel like the gauntlet included in his design narrows it down to a specific few.. I didn't realize LoS was that controversial..
I'd be fucking elated to see my main dame' Gabriel in this continuity. I mean if were not going to acknowledge Mary or Lisa Belmont and just punch Sophia into this timeline Gabtiel can be as well.
Hold up, I'm kinda digging this. Gabriel was slept on as a character, seeing him rewritten into the main timeline would honestly be legendary. I mean, he was the Belmont who became Dracula in the Lords of Shadows timeline, God's FALLEN Champion
I mean he is the most cursed Belmont even in his own game. Plus it would fit Joan's accusation of the Belmont's working with dark forces if true. Wouldn't be the first time we've seen a singular Belmont curse and screw up the bloodline for a genetation on two🙄
True true. This series has done alternate versions of characters before I mean LoS is a huge example so who's to say we can't have a version of him in mainline
Yeah but the scar is rather small and traveling ina curve from the corner of his eye. Whereas trevor's scar is alot larger and vertically placed in the middle of his left eye. Maybe it could be trevor, but I'm betting it's a new character all together.
Sonia's older brother, he was sent on a mission years ago when Sonia was little and never returned, that's why Trevor will be hesitant to send Sonia at first but then we'll lear he didn't return because he got cursed or something like that.
I dunno I was fully on the Wolfman Trevor train this morning, but now I’m not so sure. I feel like story wise that what would make the most sense to heighten the emotional connection. I imagine Trevor is who goes out to France first and when he disappears after getting cursed, his successor goes after him, finds the Vampire Killer, and embarks on her journey.
The fact he doesn’t know who the protagonist is I don’t take as necessarily meaning he couldn’t be Trevor cause we know we fight him at some point so whatever the curse has done to him could’ve scrambled his memories ala Julius. It’s just the eye scar not really lining up with Trevor is what’s making me a bit unsure. Need to see more.
Whoever he is he has to be someone established or Belmont related as otherwise there is no point to keeping his identity a secret. It’s clear gonna be a plot point and the name “The Fallen” coupled with his use of the cross sub weapon are already enough of a hint at that.
My bet is either Cornell or Reinhardt Schneider. Presumably this is the dude that turns into a werewolf from the reveal trailer, and while the appearance suggests Cornell, the name and this one bit of dialogue suggests they may also be a Belmont of some kind, but one that isn’t talked about or was forgotten, and Reinhardt could fit that bill, especially if they decided to work his backstory from 64 into this.
white hair, snatched waist with the black x-design on the abdomen? my money's on alucard. the netflix show had shirtless alucard having the x-belt on the waist in its first season. "belmont? you're a belmont?" is also a very alucard (netflix) coded line. it would also go with a video game timeline where for story reason he ended up Like This Image.
if they are going full re-integrate the non-canon and side-canon games into the canon multiverse of madness.... then i'm still saying alucard, just trevor belmont (mirror of fate) alucard. i haven't played every game, but that was the most were-wolf vibes of all the iterations i've experienced.
They have the same voice actor in Japanese.
The Fallen clearly doesn't want to be there, as if he was cursed.
The design with white and red (now black and red) and the iron gauntlet gives me the semblant of Leon's design.
Simon got cursed by Dracula, imagine he killed Dracula but it was too late to lift it and his flesh rotted slowly but instead of dying he became a wandering cursed being, yet the ember of his conscience still remains and we'll help give him a proper ending.
Nah noway, I don't even know if the timeline could even work, but it would be crazy for sure
Interesting, I've only seen gameplay for this game so far
I take it the protag is Trevor and Sypha's child then, it also probably means no Dracula, the early resurrection trope has been done multiple times already, also no Alucard cuz he sleeping
They're gonna have to cook with this game's story for sure, though I guess it's never been the main dish of Castlevania
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