Listed below are recurring characters from the Castlevania video games.
Protagonists Simon Belmont
is the first protagonist to appear in the series. He has appeared in Castlevania, Vampire Killer, Haunted Castle, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, Super Castlevania IV, Castlevania Chronicles, Castlevania Judgment, and Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, as well as in other games, such as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Christopher Belmont starred in three Castlevania games as a protagonist, two for the Game Boy and one for the Wii. He was a pre-existing character in the Castlevania universe even before the games he starred in were released, as he is mentioned by name in the Japanese manual for the first Famicom Castlevania title, as the last Belmont to have defeated Dracula, one hundred years before Simon. The two Game Boy games were Castlevania: The Adventure and Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge; in the former, Christopher sets out to defeat Dracula, while in the latter, he has to rescue his son, Soleil Belmont, after he is kidnapped by Count Dracula. He also appears in the Nintendo Wii game Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, which is a remake of The Adventure. He also was the protagonist in the limited Castlevania: The Belmont Legacy comic book series released by IDW Publishing.
Trevor Belmont Trevor Belmont, known as in Japan, appears in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, Castlevania: Judgment, Akumajo Dracula Pachislot, and as a supporting character in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness.
In Castlevania III, Trevor defeated Dracula with help from Grant Danasty, Sypha Belnades and Alucard. He later marries Sypha Belnades and has children with her, adding the prodigious magical powers of the Belnades line to the Belmont line, which would be most prominently seen in Juste Belmont.
He later plays a secondary role in Curse of Darkness, where he investigates the rise of Dracula in the region. He confronts the Devil Forgemaster Hector, and although he initially treats Hector with contempt, he aids him in his quest. After Isaac injures him, Julia LaForeze gets to him in time, but he is unable to help in the battle. Meanwhile, Hector succeeds in stopping Isaac and sending Dracula's castle back into the abyss, effectively lifting the curse placed three years prior. In the game, he is unlocked after beating the game with Hector.
He, along with Sypha Belnades and Grant Danasty, later makes a cameo appearance in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, when zombies impersonate them to antagonize Alucard. These zombies also appear in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, as Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin trek through the Nest of Evil.
As shown in Castlevania: Judgment, by the time of Simon Belmont's era, Trevor Belmont is looked up to by his future descendants, along with his wife Sypha, his ally Alucard, and his friend Grant, who are known as the "Greatest Three". This pushes Simon, who is trapped in the Time Rift, to seek them to prove his worthiness. According to the Bradygames Official Guide, Trevor is approximately tall.
In the Lords of Shadow series, Trevor is the son of Gabriel and Marie Belmont. He debuts in Mirror of Fate, which reveals that, under orders from Pan, who foresaw Gabriel's turn to darkness, the Brotherhood of Light kept his existence secret from his father, and he was not told of his parentage until adulthood. Shamed by his lineage, he ventures to Dracula's castle to defeat his father and avenge his mother, but falls to Dracula and is impaled by his own combat cross. The Mirror of Fate reveals the truth of his father's circumstances to Trevor, leading him to pity Dracula and reveal his identity as he dies. Horrified, Dracula attempts to revive Trevor by making him drink his blood, but seemingly fails. Never knowing Trevor's true name, Dracula buries him within his castle in a coffin bearing the name "Alucard". Thirty years later, Trevor reawakens as a vampire and takes on the name Alucard, after what was engraved on the coffin. He returns in the sequel Lords of Shadow 2, where he plays an important part in his father's journey of redemption.
Trevor is voiced by Richard Madden in Mirror of Fate.
Sypha Belnades Sypha Belnades, known in Japan as , appears in Castlevania III and Castlevania: Judgment. She is a priestess, although she introduces herself as a vampire hunter to Trevor in Castlevania III's Japanese version, and witch of the church, who uses elemental magic in battle, Sypha hid her gender to become a vampire hunter, and fought for the church to destroy evil, despite her sister witches being hunted down by the church. In Judgment, she went on a journey to confront and destroy Dracula, but ended up in the Time Rift and took it upon herself to defeat those tainted by darkness, regardless of their alignment. After the Time Reaper is defeated, she is returned to her own era and continues her journey to destroy Dracula, but is defeated by his minion, the Cyclops, and imprisoned in stone. She is freed when Trevor Belmont kills the Cyclops, and aids him in his battle against Dracula. After Dracula's death, she and Trevor married, adding her magical aptitude to the Belmont bloodline.
In the manual included with the Japanese Dracula's Curse, it is stated she lost her parents when she was young and was found wandering near a monastery in Wallachia, where she was adopted by the monks there. Judgment elaborates that she belonged to a coven of witches who were executed as a result of Dracula's scheming. Judgment's storyline reveals that Grant had carried a torch for her since their first meeting in Castlevania, but lacked the resolve to confess to her his feelings and let her slip into Trevor Belmont's arms. Despite this, Sypha is said to have missed her friend when he chose to refuse his invitation to her marriage, patching up their friendship only after Grant's return from the Rift. Sypha, Grant and Trevor are known in Belmont history as The Greatest Three, supreme friends and warriors who are an example for their descendants to follow.
In Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate, Sypha Belmont, née Belnades, is the wife of Trevor and the mother of Simon. She tries to comfort Trevor when he learns of his parents' fate, and sees him off as he ventures forth to battle Dracula. Following Trevor's death, Dracula's forces are unleashed and she is attacked, telling Simon to escape as she is killed by one of Dracula's werewolves. Years later, her soul is found by Simon beneath Dracula's castle, though he is unaware of her identity, and she joins him to protect him on his quest.
She is voiced by Charlotte Emerson in Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate.
Alucard
is the dhampir son of Dracula and a human woman named Lisa. He appears in Castlevania III, Aria of Sorrow, Dawn of Sorrow, Judgment, Legends, and stars in Symphony of the Night. As a reference to the movie Son of Dracula, Alucard is "Dracula" spelled backwards. This is a title Alucard seems to have adopted for himself, as his actual full name is Adrian Fahrenheit Ţepeş.
Alucard also appeared in Captain N: The Game Master, voiced by Ian James Corlett.
Alucard appears in Mirror of Fate, the second game in the Lords of Shadow series. It is revealed that this version of Alucard was originally Trevor Belmont, the son of Gabriel and Marie Belmont, before he was turned into a vampire. Trevor grew up not knowing of his true origin until the Brotherhood of Light reveals to him who his parents were. Believing that Dracula murdered his mother in cold blood, he decides to pursue him in hopes of destroying him and bringing peace. During the fight, Trevor is defeated and stabbed with his Combat Cross. As he is dying, through the Mirror of Fate he finally realizes the truth of what happened to Gabriel and feels sorry for him, calling him his father. Dracula learns who Trevor was through the Mirror of Fate, and feeling remorseful for killing his own son, tries to bring him back to life by making him drink his blood, which seemingly fails. After this, Dracula places Trevor in a coffin with the name Alucard, since he never learned his real name. Many years later, Alucard awakens, now with pale white skin, white hair, and glowing orange eyes. He meets up with Dracula and his own son, Simon, and tries to finish what he started, angry that he turned him into a vampire. Dracula asks Alucard to join him in remaking the world and destroying the Brotherhood, but Alucard refuses. Dracula proceeds to attack Simon for being a Belmont, wishing to end the Belmont bloodline due to his hatred of his past life. Alucard and Simon manage to defeat Dracula and part ways as Dracula's castle crumbles.
Alucard also appears as a supporting character in the sequel, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, playing an important role in his father's journey of redemption. He is playable in the DLC Revelations, which takes place shortly before the events of the main game. In the Lords of Shadow series Alucard is voiced by Richard Madden.
Rose Belmont is the daughter of Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belnades. She appears as the main protagonist of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse. She was born shortly before Belnades passed away due to her affliction with Dracula's curse during the events of Castlevania III, and subsequently inherited the curse as it manifested in her right arm. At a certain point in her life, Trevor began training Rose as a prospective member of the Belmont clan, with the intent of having her succeed him in becoming a vampire hunter when she was ready.
For Belmont's Curse, Rose is voiced in Japanese by Yui Ishikawa, while she is voiced by Abby Trott in English.
Richter Belmont has starred as a protagonist in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (and its remakes), Symphony of the Night, and Akumajō Dracula: The Medal (an arcade medallion slot game). His first appearance is the main character in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. In Symphony of the Night, a direct sequel which takes place five years later, he became a brainwashed primary antagonist; however, completing the game unlocks an option to play the entire game as Richter. However, there is an alternate ending to Symphony of the Night that suggests that he was the cause of Dracula's return. He is also playable in an extra mode in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.
Hero of the Castlevania: Dracula X games and a major character in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Richter had to battle legions of Dracula's monsters to save his love interest Annette. In Symphony of the Night, Richter mysteriously disappears upon investigating Dracula's recently reconstructed castle. It is later revealed that he was brainwashed by Shaft, a dark priest and servant of Dracula. Players will end up facing Richter: physically defeating him will result in the game ending early, whereas freeing him from Shaft's control will continue the game.
In his first two appearances, as well as the prologue for the third, Richter wears a headband and a blue uniform. In Symphony of the Night, only in the Saturn version following the prologue, his hair is noticeably longer and his attire appears more regal, matching Ayami Kojima's redesign of the character (the PlayStation version reuses the Rondo of Blood sprites). He also gains a few new abilities, notably a dash, a slide attack, and a super jump that doubles as an uppercut.
In Portrait of Ruin, Jonathan Morris fights a recreation of Richter (called "Whip's Memory") in a test created by Stella and Loretta Lecarde to unlock the Vampire Killer's full power, as he is the last known Belmont to wield the whip before Julius Belmont killed Dracula in 1999. Richter also appears in the game as one of the Five Greatest. Richter appears in the 2018 crossover fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a playable character alongside his ancestor Simon, to whom he has a similar set of moves, being labelled as an "echo fighter". Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania features Richter Belmont as a playable character.