The eternal struggle of good versus evil spans across centuries in the Castlevania universe. From the Belmonts to Alucard, there have been a lot of heroes to contend with the Prince of Darkness himself: Dracula. There have been a lot of Castlevania games with sequels and prequels alike, and this has resulted in a convoluted, confusing timeline.
Keep in mind that this will be focusing only on the main timeline of games, so reboots/remakes like the Nintendo 64 games and the Lords Of Shadow games will not be featured. Also, games like Order Of Ecclesia and Harmony Of Dissonance will be excluded for having the least impactful events on the timeline, though their presence is acknowledged.
13 Castlevania: Lament Of Innocence – 1094
The earliest story in the timeline focuses on the first member of the Belmont family: Leon. Leon’s love has been captured by the vampire, Walter Bernhard. Leon gets help from Renaldo, who bestows him with the Whip Of Alchemy. However, Leon is too late, and his love is cursed to become a vampire herself.
With her sacrifice, her soul is imbued into the whip to create the iconic Vampire Killer whip seen throughout the series. Leon Belmont gets his revenge on Bernhard, only for his dark soul to be used by Leon’s widower friend Mathias Cronqvist who orchestrated the whole game’s plot. Mathias rejects his humanity and becomes Dracula: the immortal enemy of the Belmont family for the rest of eternity.
12 Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse – 1476
After centuries of gaining power, Dracula remarried and even had a son named Adrian. Unfortunately, this results in his new wife being murdered by humanity, thus sparking Dracula’s war on the Earth. Meanwhile, the Belmont family is all but extinct and exiled for their monster hunting ways.
The remaining family member, Trevor Belmont, picks up the family whip and begins his journey to destroy Dracula. This requires the help of Dracula’s son, who renames himself Alucard, an alchemist named Sypha, and a thief named Grant. This crew works together and effectively destroys Dracula and saves the world from evil… for now. This is also the plot for the Castlevania animated series on Netflix.
11 Castlevania: Curse Of Darkness – 1497
Swapping perspectives to one of Dracula’s own servants: Hector, who betrayed Dracula after his defeat in Castlevania III. Hector hated his old master’s evil ways and decided to live a regular life after his death. As per usual with the Castlevania world, the main character is never safe, and this results in one of Dracula’s other servants named Isaac killing Hector’s wife.
Hector vows to avenge his dead wife and kill Isaac. However, that plan changes when he denies to go down such a dark path. This foils Death’s plan of using Hector’s body as a vessel for Dracula’s resurrection. Instead, Dracula returns through Isaac’s body, but Hector battles his old master back to the grave.
10 Castlevania: The Adventure – 1576
One century after Alucard’s defeat of his father, the prophecy of Dracula returning when the world’s faith in God is forgotten is proven true. This time, the task of defeating the Prince Of Darkness goes to Christopher Belmont on his own.
Unlike his ancestor, Christopher has a more straightforward story: a quest across the land to slay monsters and destroy Dracula. It is a result of the original GameBoy’s limitations, after all, but it turns out that Christopher was not as thorough at killing the vampire as he might have thought.
9 Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge – 1591
Not to be confused with Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, which comes later in the timeline and actually came out before this game. Confusing? Get used to that. Anyway, Dracula escaped Christopher Belmont’s grasp and is forced to hide and regain strength after the events of the previous game.
When Dracula returns, Christopher is older, but his son, Soleil Belmont, was ready to take on the family business. That is, until Dracula turns Soleil into a demon, resulting in a veteran Christopher Belmont to take on Dracula once again. This time, Christopher makes sure to finish his enemy properly and save his son’s life.
8 Castlevania – 1691
Finally, the timeline reaches the original game released on the NES. Another century has gone by, and, yet again, Dracula is resurrected during dark times. Rising to the occasion, Simon Belmont wields the iconic whip and takes on the armies of darkness before the main villain himself.
There’s not much in terms of plot to talk about, but Dracula came prepared for the Belmonts this time. Before Simon could strike a final blow, Dracula places a curse upon him, thus setting up his return in the very next game.
7 Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest – 1698
Dracula’s monsters still lurk across the land with pieces of his body being scattered, ready for resurrection. Simon treks across the cursed land to different manors that hold the different pieces of the vampire villain. Upon destroying them all, Simon battles the phantom of Dracula.
Simon’s story ends with Transylvania being saved from Dracula’s darkness. Simon would only be seen once again in Super Castlevania IV, which is just a remake of the first game, and later on, he’d be a playable character in Super Smash Bros.
6 Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood – 1792
One-hundred-one years after the events of the original Castlevania, the evil priest Shaft—yes, that’s his name—resurrects Dracula via a satanic ritual. If that’s not bad enough, Shaft also kidnapped a variety of women for Dracula to choose as his new bride.
One of those women just so happens to be the loved one of Richter, the latest Belmont. Determined to save his fiancee, Richter teams up with a woman with powers named Maria, saves all the kidnapped women, defeats Shaft, and fulfill’s the family legacy by destroying Dracula.
5 Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night – 1797
One of the most iconic games in the series, Symphony Of The Night sees the return of Richter, who is used by the evil Shaft to resurrect Dracula once again. With no other Belmont left, who will save the day? Well, centuries since his last return, Alucard resurrects to battle his father once again.
With help from Maria from the last game, Alucard destroys Shaft, saves Richter Belmont, and kills his father yet again. All this patricide must be wearying for poor Alucard, as he returns to his eternal slumber once again. This game marked the beginning of the Metroidvania-style of gameplay
4 Castlevania: Bloodlines – 1914
Richter Belmont gave up the Vampire Killer to the Quincy Morris who fended off Dracula between games. In 1914, Dracula’s niece Elizabeth and a dark sorceress start World War I as a means to spread death and chaos for Dracula himself.
Morris’ son John and Eric LaCarde work together to battle evil across Europe. They defeat Elizabeth, the sorceress, and—no shocker here—battle Dracula himself. However, since John Morris is not a Belmont, the use of the Vampire Killer drains him of life with each use. This takes its toll a few years later, and Morris passes away.
3 Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin – 1944
Thirty years later, World War II has erupted and is creating even more havoc and death. A vampire named Brauner takes advantage of this, but, for a refreshing twist, it is not to resurrect Dracula. Instead, he raises Dracula’s castle and takes control of it to become the new Prince Of Darkness.
Insert Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin, the new playable characters. They work together to unlock the true power of the Vampire Killer, ridding it of its poisoning effect on the user. The two heroes defeat Brauner, only to be ambushed by Dracula and Death, who are also defeated by the Vampire Killer.
2 Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow – 2035
Aria Of Sorrow takes place in Japan with the hero, Soma Cruz, being drafted into a new war against evil. He teams up with the Julius Belmont, who has picked the family legacy back up, along with Yoko Belnades and Alucard under a new alias of Genya Arikado.
The twist here is that Graham Jones, the man who truly believed he was the reincarnation of Dracula, is nothing more than a crazed fanatic. Dracula has actually been reincarnated as Soma Cruz. However, Soma destroys the evil inside of himself, thus stopping a true resurrection of Dracula.
1 Castlevania: Dawn Of Sorrows – 2036
Now a cultist named Celia Fortner, who wishes to use Soma as a means to resurrect Dracula. This leads to another adventure for Soma, Yoko, Julius, and Arikado that pits them against an army of monsters in Japan.
It all culminates in a final battle against the cult leaders. One of them absorbs Celia and transforms into a giant monster as a final boss. Soma defeats them, resists the darkness, and defeats his inner Dracula yet again. This ends the original Castlevania timeline for good.
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