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Please stop... Master Alucard! Please let me die like this. I can now understand Mistress Lisa's feelings. Mistress Lisa wanted to protect your heart, the part of you that is human. I... hated humans. How foolish of me... ah... Master Alucard redeemed my soul... you're a human, don't hate humans...
Lyudmil is a character from the audio drama Castlevania: Nocturne of Recollection.
Lyudmil once served Adrian (Alucard) during the time shortly after his mother Lisa's execution. Lisa had healed Lyudmil's parents and many in his village, earning their gratitude. However, when Lisa was falsely accused of witchcraft, Lyudmil tried to aid her escape but failed. She was executed, and Lyudmil was branded a traitor by the villagers. This betrayal deeply embittered him, fueling his resentment toward humanity for their cruelty and hypocrisy.
Afterward, Lyudmil sought out Lisa’s son, Alucard, to share his grief and anger. Alucard reminded him of Lisa's final wishes, urging forgiveness rather than hatred. With nowhere else to turn, Lyudmil vowed to remain by Alucard's side and became his loyal servant, residing with him in Dracula’s Castle.
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One day, Lyudmil and Alucard spent time in the castle garden discussing the white flowers that Lisa had cherished. Lyudmil reminisced about traditions from his village, such as crafting flower crowns to give to young girls. When Alucard asked if he ever wished to return to his village, Lyudmil replied that he could not, as he would be executed as a traitor. Despite this, he felt he belonged at Alucard's side.
Over time, the longing to see his village proved overwhelming, and Lyudmil eventually returned, only to find it in ruins. Although the exact events are unclear, it is suggested that during Dracula’s vengeful campaign against humanity, Magnus, an incubus in Dracula’s service, destroyed the village and scattered its residents. Magnus gravely injured Lyudmil but left him alive as a means to lure Alucard. When Lyudmil awoke, he found Alucard by his side but had no memory of how he had been rescued. Magnus taunted Alucard, offering him Lyudmil's blood to save his life. Alucard resisted initially, though it is implied that he eventually succumbed. Alucard and his Imp companion later defeated Magnus in battle, though this encounter may have led Alucard to experience a brief period where he sought human blood. Magnus would later show Maria visions of Alucard preying on young maidens, though the truth of these visions remains uncertain.
At some point, Lyudmil became a vampire, although it is unclear whether Alucard was responsible. Consumed by hatred for humanity's betrayal of Lisa, Lyudmil lived as a demon for centuries. In 1798, one year after Alucard awoke from his long slumber, Lyudmil resurfaced, likely due to Magnus’s schemes, and began preying on maidens in a village where Alucard and Maria had settled. His actions drew the attention of Richter Belmont, along with the vampire hunters Cyril and Alexis, who investigated the situation. Lyudmil joined forces with Magnus to battle Alucard, Maria, Richter, Cyril, and Alexis.
During the confrontation, Lyudmil eventually broke free from Magnus's influence and turned against the incubus. However, the injuries Lyudmil sustained in the battle proved fatal, and he died in the presence of his friend Alucard.
Transformation: Vampires are able to turn into bats, wolves, fog, and other sorts of creatures as they please.
Super Strength: Vampires are incredibly superhumanly strong, even for the average creature of the night, being noted to be stronger than even Werewolves.
Super Speed: Vampires can move incredibly fast, to where all of them leave behind light projections due to how fast they're moving, while they can control their speeds even to approach speeds such as sound. They are normally beyond even other creatures in the castle such as the White Demon who moves at the speed of light at top speed.
Call Forth All Demons: A summoning attack Lyudmil used to attack Richter and later Magnus when he broke free from his control. As the name implies, he calls forth all demons to attack.
Other
Standard Tactics: Lyudmil summons all the demons to attack his enemies.
"Gaiden" means "Non-Canon" or "Alternate Timeline"
This stems from the belief that when Iga or a producer calls a Castlevania game a "Gaiden" it is therefore non-canon or an alternate timeline and can be dismissed. This, however, is not the case.
The term "Gaiden" merely just means a side story, spin-off, or a separate tale. The term "Gaiden" does not determine the canonicity of a work, it just lets you know if the game is a spin-off/side-story or if it's a main story. Take, for instance, the Kingdom Hearts series. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories would be considered a gaiden, as it's a side-story and spin-off title that isn't a mainline numbered title, however, it is in all manners canon and important to play to understand Kingdom Hearts II.
The same can be applied to Castlevania itself, Castlevania Symphony of the Night is a gaiden game. Yet it is very obviously canon and pretty important to play to understand more of Alucard's backstory. The idea of a Gaiden game for the Castlevania series itself would be any game not dealing with one of Dracula's main 100-year-resurrections, which in this case, even Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest is in a way a gaiden, despite being completely canon.
This is all to say that Gaiden does not at all mean "non-canon" or "alternate timeline" and should never be treated as such, the term itself has nothing to do with the canonicity of a product.
IGA Statements Quoted by a Fan
Any statements Iga has made about Judgment that don't come from this IGN interview or a sourced and reputable article are not usable. This is, of course, referring to the popular statements used when discussing Judgment's Canoncity about a fan asking IGA about the game's Canoncity on Facebook, here are some of them below:
Fan: You mentioned Legend of Cornell was an alternate continuity. However, Cornell appears in Castlevania Judgment, which I believe is not an alternate continuity. How does that work? is he from a different universe than the other characters? It is not really explained in the game itself so I was hoping you could give some clarification on the issue.
IGA: Judgment is a work that surpasses space and time and brings them together.
Fan: I get it. So, is the explanation I suggested in the previous reply possibly correct?
IGA: I don't think it's exactly correct. Judgment is a work born of thinking it would be fun to remove all the hedges and bring characters that appeared throughout the series together. I think that you need to view it as an event from another world which does not consider things like timelines or parallel dimensions at all.
Now these seem like pretty clear-cut statements until you start to try to find where these come from.
There is no way to find anything sourced or verifiably proven that this person spoke to Iga. Trying to look up the person didn't get any real results either.
Translation: Regarding the Famicom version and the X68000 version, the X68000 version is an arrangement based on the Famicom version. The arrangement of a game is the kind of thing where you add a lot of different things as needed, so honestly speaking, it think they both should be considered legitimate. In conclusion, I think they should be considered as the same scenario of fighting to defeat Dracula, just with a different middle part. The Super Famicom version is different as well... If you simply must have a clear answer, the Famicom version must be given deference."
Now the quote itself doesn't state remakes or remasters are non-canon despite what people believe. It's moreso a quote of Iga stating that all of them are the same scenario, just with differences. However, an interesting point is that Iga says the NES version should be given "deference", as in to defer to the NES version.
Overall due to the quote itself having no source, it is unusable. The way we will treat remakes, remasters, or ports here however is that they are all equally canon unless stated otherwise. Most of these tell the same story with the only real differences being extra background information added, such as Haunted Castle having it be Dracula stole Simon's wife, though the same overall story still applies even here. Iga himself has already expressed that the original Castlevania's story is pretty simple[183] and Simon having a wife does not affect anything in the overall narrative. Super Castlevania IV notes that Simon is a vampire, though this was due to a novel writer making him a vampire in their novel. The novel was originally supposed to be an adaptation of Super Castlevania IV but was then dropped and made its own thing. Super Castlevania IV itself is still canon, but the subplot of Simon being a vampire is not. The most recent timeline even acknowledges it as canon[184].
A: This is a potent ability but has nothing to do with Attack Potency, there is no quantification for "destabilizing the flow of time", along with this, even if it was taken as physically, then it would be overtime as the effects are not noticeable throughout most of Curse of Darkness. Thus this is merely potent Time Manipulation.
Q: Shouldn't Dracula and by proxy anyone that scales to him get tier 2 for him being able to sustain his castle?
Q: Shouldn't Castlevania characters that scale to Death have Infinite speed due to Death being able to kill distance itself with his attacks?
A: Killing distance to attack is not a speed feat, it's a method of Spatial Manipulation by circumventing and ignoring distance, while one can say the attack spawns on you instantly, this is not really something quantifiable. Along with this, it would only scale to characters comparable to Death during post-Dawn of Sorrow, as Soma notes Death is far faster than he remembered from his fight with him in Dawn of Sorrow[197].
↑Akumajou Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku "I had come to destroy evil. A spectacled vampire hunter confirmed this as his duty. In front of him is a [grotesque creature] whose dreadful power can be felt. The creature appears human but the instant he looked at it, all of his body’s cells cried out in terror. “The timing is bad, church person.” Whilst listening to the words said by the [grotesque creature], the young hunter kept on reminding himself. -----I am …… I ought to be a vampire hunter."
↑Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls Chapter 9 Vessel for the Lord
↑Akumajo Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku "Ever since the Middle Ages, every 100 years, this legendary castle would rise together with its master Count Dracula ----- And whenever it happens, it is said that a clan of vampire hunters will seal it.
Several hundred years have passed with battles with the [dark lord] Dracula. When suddenly, an end to it all has been foretold.
1999----- Thanks to the power of a clan in Japan, Dracula’s castle was sealed inside a [solar eclipse] to disappear forever. However, in this world, there is no such thing as forever. [They] had understood that Dracula’s regeneration cycle ought to have ended. Indeed, people have prepared for this but will it still exist?
The castle is the symbol of the chaos within humans and as long as people exist, it will not be completely sealed.
↑Castlevania: Lament of Innocence Bestiary No. 064
↑Castlevania Judgment True Story Mode, Aeon: Aeon vs. Alucard
↑Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness Master Oldrey Cutscene
↑WN: Last question. Why does Dracula keep putting meat inside the walls of his castle?
KI: You should ask, why do they eat it! I've thought about this stuff. I've actually thought about the candles. The candles are people's souls that were taken by Death or by the vampires. In Japan there are candles that represent life. So, when you release the souls from the candles by whipping them, they give you a "thank you" present. Thank-you hearts, or thank-you holy water. The meat, I have no idea.
↑Akumajo Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku "This ominous vortex of magic was similar to what he felt in the [demon castle]. Among all the magic Soma knows, this particular type of sophisticated [power] belonged to----- “……I know I am being rude……” Faster than he can remember, that husky voice rang in front of Soma----- From the shadow of the forest, a large shadow emerged. “……tch!”
↑Castlevania: Nocturne of Recollection Chapter 5: Recollection
↑Castlevania: Nocturne of Recollection Chapter 5: Recollection
