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Warning: This post contains SPOILERS for Castlevania: Nocturne and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Set 300 years after the events ofNetflix’sparent series,Castlevania: Nocturne is returning fans to the vampire-hunting scene in order to take down a new threat with a brand-new Belmont slayer at the helm: Richter Belmont.
Castlevania: Nocturne - Every Episode, Ranked
Nocturne is Castlevania’s new series that takes place 300 years after the original show; here’s every episode, ranked.
Erzsebet Bathory is the primary antagonist present in the spin-off series, and fans are wondering what became of the main show’s antagonist, Dracula and whether he’s alive or dead during the events of Nocturne. We explain if Dracula is alive during the events of Castlevania: Nocturne.
Is Dracula Alive In Castlevania: Nocturne?
Yes, Dracula is alive during the events of Castlevania: Nocturne, however, the antagonist does not appear and is not part of the narrative. The former villain is only briefly mentioned a few times.
Castlevania season 2 showed Trevor Belmont (Richard Armitage), Sypha Belnades (Alejandra Reynoso), and Alucard (James Callis) killing Dracula (Graham McTavish) and sending him to Hell. However, the subsequent seasons showed Death (Malcolm McDowell) attempting to bring Dracula back from Hell using the Infinite Corridor and the Rebis. At the end of season 4, Death is defeated, and Dracula and Lisa (Emily Swallow) are given a second chance at life under mysterious circumstances. Instead of returning to his castle and his bloodthirsty ways, Dracula decided to settle down with Lisa in the darkened English town of Whitby in order to make the most of their second life together. Since Dracula never wanted to turn Lisa into a vampire, it’s certain that she perished during the300-year gapbetween the end of the main Netflix series and the start of Nocturne, but since Dracula is immortal, it’s all but confirmed that he’s still alive providing no one tried to kill him in the interim.
Castlevania: Nocturne - Ending Explained
Castlevania: Nocturne has a lot of moving pieces that all come together at the finale of the season; here’s all that happened.
Nocturne ended with Erzsebet (Franka Potente) keeping her promise to plunge the world into darkness by enforcing a full eclipse, allowing her undead army to thrive and spread across the world. The antagonist also evolved into the goddess Sekhmet, which poses a real threat against Richter (Edward Bluemel) and his company in season 2. Since the entire world was plunged into darkness, it seems reasonable to suggest that Dracula knows about it wherever he is, and there’s a chance he may show up in season 2 to lend a hand, or possibly return to his evil ways to help Erzsebet.
Nocturne is known to be adapting the 1993 video game by Konami Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and its sequel Symphony of the Night, with season 1 covering most of the former’s plot. This implies that the second season will follow the events of Symphony of the Night, and Dracula serves a prominent role in the sequel facing his son, Alucard. Rondo of Blood also featured Dracula as the main antagonist. However, Nocturne decided to make Erzsebet the villain instead, which will continue in season 2. This means there’s a chance that Dracula will have no part in Nocturne at all, and instead, Erzsebet will be the sole antagonist.
Dracula’s Son Alucard Makes A Nocturne Cameo Instead
After Erzsebet brought about the total eclipse and let her vampires run wild while changing into Sekhmet, Richter, Annette (Thuso Mbedu), Maria (Pixie Davies), and Mizrak (Aaron Neil) managed to escape thanks to a sacrifice made by Tera (Nastassja Kinski), who allowed herself to be turned into a vampire. The group was swiftly pursued by Drolta (Elarica Johnson), who very nearly dealt a killing blow had she not been impaled by a familiar silver sword.
That’s right, Alucard (James Callis), Dracula’s son, made a last-minute appearance in Nocturne in order to save the group from the overpowered vampire. Season 1 concludes with Alucard vowing to help Richter and his company defeat Erzsebet and put a stop to her uprising, which will all take placein season 2of the spin-off. The second run is still to be green-lit by Netflix, but considering the major cliffhanger that season 1 ended on and the fact that the story is incomplete, fans are confident that season 2 will follow fairly quickly.
Another point to take away from Alucard’s return is the fact that the Symphony of the Night video game makes Alucard the primary protagonist in the narrative instead of Richter. That’s because the sequel title takes place four years after the events of Rondo of Blood when Richter has gone missing. It turns out that Richter is being held at Dracula’s castle, and he’s under the spell of Dracula’s servant, Shaft, who plans to resurrect the vampire. With season 1 of Nocturne ending on a severe cliffhanger, it seems likely that Richter will remain the protagonist alongside Alucard in order to defeat Erzsebet instead of the Belmont and the Dhampir trading places to fight the return of Dracula, who has had no part in Nocturne’s narrative thus far.
