Maxim Kischine

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“	The day you inherited the title of Vampire Hunter... I felt as if a wall had been erected between us... and for that reason I set out on my expedition. I wanted to be better than you and relieve you of your fate.	„
	~ Maxim Kischine to Juste Belmont

Background

After Dracula’s second defeat at the hands of Simon Belmont in 1698, the people viewed him as a hero and began gathering around him. Soon enough, a peaceful village formed around the Belmont household. Nearly 30 years passed and the village became home to the powerful Kischine Clan, and the newest member of the clan, Maxim Kischine. Maxim grew up as an aspiring vampire hunter, alongside his friends Juste Belmont and Lydie Erlanger.

Juste in particular was the grandson of Simon, and thus viewed as a prodigy. Maxim, wanting to become one of the greats, made himself Juste’s rival. The two eventually competed for who would inherit the Vampire Killer whip, but Juste outclassed Maxim in every competition they had; inheriting the whip over Maxim.

Maxim, frustrated and jealous by Juste’s victory, decided to leave on a training expedition, and Juste had not heard from him in two years; until one day, suddenly, Maxim reappeared in town with wounds all over his body, and told Juste that Lydie had been kidnapped and taken to Dracula’s Castle. Astonished that Dracula’s Castle had risen despite it not having been a century since his previous defeat, Juste rushed over to the castle as fast as he could.

Maxim’s training expedition was actually a journey to find Dracula’s body parts and resurrect him, so that he could prove himself by taking the Dark Lord down. However, Maxim was possessed by Dracula in the process, and stole Lydie himself.

Thus, Maxim had developed two separate personalities; Maxim (his regular self,) and Dark Maxim (his possessed form.) This created two alternate dimensional versions of Dracula’s Castle, Castle A and Castle B, which Juste was forced to traverse. After doing so, and conquering both entire castles, Juste finally confronted Dark Maxim in his chambers. However, during their duel, Maxim noticed his bracelet on Juste’s arm, and regained his mind.

There, it was discovered that the being that possessed Maxim was not Dracula himself, but an unknown Wraith who took over Dracula’s form and powers. After the Dracula Wraith fuses himself with the parts of Dracula’s body, he and Juste have one final duel, where Juste fortunately prevails.

Being taken by Juste, Maxim was able to escape the crumbling castle and slowly came to his senses. Maxim, ashamed by what he had done, apoligzed to Juste and Lydie, promising to put their friendship back on track and return peacefully to the village.

Maxim’s future is entirely unknown, although it is known that his Stellar Sword ends up in the hands of the legendary Eric Lecarde; who himself would then pass it onto the vampire hunter, Jonathan Morris.

Personality

Need to Prove Himself: When Juste inherited the title of Vampire Hunter, Maxim felt that a wall had been erected between him and Juste, and thus he went out to gather Dracula's remains and destroy them, in order to prove himself an equal of Juste^[1].

General Information

Name: Maxim Kischine

Other Names: Dark Maxim (When possessed by Dracula Wraith)

Origin: Castlevania

First Appearance: Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

Company: Konami

Creator: Koji Igarashi

Actor: Takuo Kawamura

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Time Period: 1748

Timeline: Main Timeline

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Unknown

Story Role: Supporting Protagonist, Hidden Villain, Controlled Villain

Legacy: Worldwide Legacy (Maxim is noted to be a legendary swordsman)

Influence: Event Influence (Through Dracula Wraith using his jealously and evil within him to create a separate personality, he was able to resurrect himself as a version of Dracula)

Language: English

Classification: Rival of Juste Belmont, Child of the Night^[2] (When possessed by Dracula Wraith)

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: God^[3]

Occupation: Vampire Hunter

Affiliations: Juste Belmont (Long time friends and rivals^[4]), Lydie Erlanger (Childhood friend)

Enemies: Juste Belmont (While under the influence of the Castle, he views Juste as an enemy)

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status:

During his Time: Alive, Deceased in the bad endings (In the bad endings, Juste kills him in battle)
Modern Time: Deceased (As he existed back in 1700s, he is naturally dead from old age)

Date of Death: 1748 in the bad ending, Unknown otherwise

Alignment: Neutral Good (Maxim is a vampire hunter and friend of Juste Belmont that helps Juste with rescuing their friend Lydie. He feels ashamed for being a big part of the reason of her kidnapping and would rather tell her the truth and face punishment^[5]. Would rather be killed by Juste Belmont then become a pawn of Dracula's will^[6]. Maxim notes he wanted to free Juste from his cursed fate against Dracula^[7]), Chaotic Evil as Dark Maxim (Completely self-serving and wicked to the core, Dark Maxim goes to any lengths to be as wicked and unpredictable as possible, even kidnapping Lydie simply because of the wicked nature of it)

Protection Level: Global Protector (Maxim notes he wanted to free Juste from his cursed fate against Dracula^[8], where he went and replicated Simon's journey of gathering all of Dracula's remains^[9], as such Maxim is one that fights to stop Dracula, where in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, Dracula plans to take over all of Europe^[10], proceeded to amass an army to kill hundreds of soldiers to take over Europe, plagued the beautiful land located in the Southern Part of Romania into darkness by having devils attack it, planned to spread his evil grip to the rest of Europe^[11])

Threat Level: Global Threat as Dark Maxim (Dark Maxim has Dracula's Wraith possessing him, who has the image of Dracula, where in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, Dracula plans to take over all of Europe^[12], proceeded to amass an army to kill hundreds of soldiers to take over Europe, plagued the beautiful land located in the Southern Part of Romania into darkness by having devils attack it, planned to spread his evil grip to the rest of Europe^[13])

Codex Statistics

Key Regular | Possessed by Dracula's Wraith

Key Information

Regular: This key covers regular Maxim, without being controlled by Dark Maxim or Dracula's Wraith.
Possessed by Dracula's Wraith: This key covers Maxim during the events of Harmony of Dissonance where he's possessed by Draucla's Wraith.

Grade: A

Tier: At least 8-C, likely Far Higher, Higher with Double Spirit | At least 8-C, likely Far Higher, Higher with Double Spirit

Cardinality: Finite

Power Source: Chaos (All monsters and creatures are Creatures of Chaos^[14], where they are empowered by Chaos, always rebirthing from Chaos with each rebirth, the creatures takes a new form^[15])

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Building level (Potency), likely Far Higher (Went on a two-year training expedition after Juste inherited the title of Vampire Killer to be able to catch up to him^[16], due to his want and training to try and reach the level of Juste Belmont, he should be far superior to Golem from Castlevania Judgment, as he died to a random unknown hunter after his return from the time rift^[17]. Golem with his ultimate can shoot out a mouth blast that vaporizes everything it touches as far as the eye can see^[18] . Monsters like Gergoth^[19], can be fought by an era of hunter^[20], where Gergoth's mere stomps breaks large portions of the castle apart causing them to crash through multiple floors due to its sheer weight and size^[19]), Higher with Double Spirit (Maxim's super move has him move so fast that two afterimages of him clear and attack everything on the screen^[21]) | At least Building level (Potency), likely Far Higher (Fought Juste Belmont, who was considered the fiercest and most prodigious hunter even among the other Belmont’s, making him far superior to Golem from Castlevania Judgment, as he died to a random unknown hunter after his return from the time rift^[22]. Golem with his ultimate can shoot out a mouth blast that vaporizes everything it touches as far as the eye can see^[23] . Monsters like Gergoth^[19], can be fought by an era of hunter^[20], where Gergoth's mere stomps breaks large portions of the castle apart causing them to crash through multiple floors due to its sheer weight and size^[19]. . Monsters like Gergoth^[19], can be fought by an era of hunter^[20], where Gergoth's mere stomps breaks large portions of the castle apart causing them to crash through multiple floors due to its sheer weight and size^[19]. Gained power he believed surpassed Juste^[24]), Higher with Double Spirit

Durability: At least Building level, likely Far Higher | At least Building level, likely Far Higher

Striking Strength: At least Room Class (Potency), likely Far Higher | At least Room Class (Potency), likely Far Higher

Lifting Strength: At least Class 10 Went on a two-year training expedition after Juste inherited the title of Vampire Killer to be able to catch up to him^[25], due to his want and training to try and reach the level of Juste Belmont, he should be far superior to Hector's Battle-Type innocent devils who can move entire tree logs that are blocking roads out of the way^[26] where logs can weigh around 15 to 5 tons^[27] and Hector's battle-type innocent devils can lift open large iron doors that "no man could force open"^[28]) | At least Class 10 (As he has Dracula's Wraith possessing him, he should by this point have far surpassed the level of Hector's Battle-Type innocent devils)

Travel Speed: At least Superhuman regularly (Should be comparable to Leon Belmont, who was able to escape Walter's Castle while running from the top floor to the entrance, before the entire structure collapsed^[29]). At most Faster Than Light through full Aura (Maxim moves so fast that his very light projection cannot keep up with him enveloping a red aura around him^[30]. Maxim's super move has him move so fast that two afterimages of him clear and attack everything on the screen, with him moving so fast it looks like he didn't even leave his initial starting place^[31]) | At least Superhuman regularly. At most Faster Than Light through full Aura

Attack Speed: At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light (Can tag Juste Belmont, who can tag Dracula Wraith, who is an image of 1600s Dracula, who serves as the absolute evil, the opposite to God^[32], where for God to be perfectly good, there must be a being of perfect darkness^[33], being the entity opposite to God^[34], making him faster then enemies such as the Sky Fish who moves so fast that it appears as a beam of light and is only slowed down when time is stopped^[35] and the White Demon, who can move at the speed of light at short distances^[36])

Reaction Speed: At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light

Stamina: Superhuman (Should be similar to Juste Belmont. Maxim went on an entire expedition for two years searching for Dracula’s body parts. He then was able to travel home, raise Dracula’s Castle, and fight Juste Belmont, without rest)

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Stellar Sword, Tens of Meters with Shuriken and Maxim Mirage

Intelligence: Genius Intelligence (Able to utilize sub-weapons that possess great attack and power which in Castlevania requires one to have a high intelligence to be able to do^[37])

Knowledge: Master level (Could fight and pose a challenge to a reluctant Juste Belmont, showcasing incredible skill^[38], Went on a two year training expedition after Juste inherited the title of Vampire Killer to be able to catch up to him^[39], went and replicated Simon's journey of gathering all of Dracula's remains^[40]. A skilled user of his sword and shurikens, being a master all on his own and being second only to Juste Belmont. Maxim's super move has him move so fast that two afterimages of him clear and attack everything on the screen, with him moving so fast it looks like he didn't even leave his initial starting place^[41])

Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Expert Combatant (Maxim is able to dive kick while in the air, keeping the energy and strength from the kick^[50]), Penetration Damage (Physical Penetration & Bladed Penetration) & Weapon Mastery (Sword Mastery; Maxim is able to swing his sword so fast, it looks like a streak of light^[51]. Shuriken Mastery; Can throw his large shuriken deftly, having it always return to him no matter how he throws it^[52]), Magic & Principle Manipulation(Maxim naturally has magic, where doing his continuous somersault takes up magic^[53]. Where alchemy experiments with the principles of God's creation of the world^[54], along with being said to be as great a task as recreating God's creation of the Earth^[55]), Acrobatics & Multiple Jumps (Maxim is able to jump three times in the air^[56], while jumping he can pull off acrobatic movements like a flip in the air^[57]), Sheer Will (Maxim puts great resistance against his other side trying to take over his body, holding on to his true self until he reached his limit^[58]. Through the help of Juste and their bracelets, Maxim was able to overpower the spirit within him^[59]), Afterimage Creation (Can attack so fast he leaves behind a punch rush of afterimages^[60]. Maxim moves so fast that his very light projection cannot keep up with him enveloping a red aura around him^[61]. Maxim's super move has him move so fast that two afterimages of him clear and attack everything on the screen, with him moving so fast it looks like he didn't even leave his initial starting place^[62]), Healing (Maxim is able to heal himself from injuries he sustained^[63]), Energy Absorption (Maxim can get hearts out of objects and enemies, where hearts are a measure of one's stored energy, thus one is absorbing energy when gaining hearts^[64]).

Resistance to Possession (Maxim puts great resistance against his other side trying to take over his body, holding on to his true self until he reached his limit^[65])

Resistance to Dracula's Castle abilities (Without being possessed by Dracula's remains, Maxim is able to enter the castle without any adverse effects done to him^[66]). The Castle Abilities Include: Reality Warping (The Castle does not work on standard logic, where changing rooms can have one view a completely different background^[67], such as room with a blue sky that is reflecting up and downwards and having the clouds rotate at a fast speed^[68]), Transmutation (Beings that come near are subject to the castle's influence, such as a local barnyard owl which was mutated just from flying near it^[69]), Possession (The castle possesses objects with its magic, such as a ouija table^[70]), Sealing (Dracula's magic captured Aguni, a primitive god of fire^[71]. The Castle has doors sealed off without solving puzzles^[72]. This can extend to walls being sealed off where explosions will not affect it until the seal is gone^[73]), Mind Manipulation (Everything that enters the castle is under the control by the power of Dracula's castle^[74], the ghost of Eric Lecarde needed to cast a magic barrier to bind himself so he could be free from the control of the castle^[75]. The Castle corrupts the minds of those who enter it, such as making Maxim Kischine feel strange ever since coming to it^[76]. It also corrupted the mind of Hugh turning him against Nathan with Nathan noting he's being controlled by Dracula^[77]. The castle increases one's dark desires, allowing Dracula to easily control them^[78]. The magic of Dracula's power that empowers the owl enemy also spurs it to violence^[79]), Madness Manipulation (The Castle warped Gergoth, a once-gentle beast and drove it mad^[80]), Size Manipulation (Magically enlarged a toad through the use of demonic baptism^[81]), Fear Manipulation (Even while far away, Curtis and Michelle felt malicious intent from the castle where their bodies seemed to squeal "run away"^[82]. Michelle even being at the entrance to the castle had her body telling her to not go in and her leg muscles being petrified like stone^[83]), Curse Manipulation (The Curse status that spirits inflict^[84] comes from them absorbing the magic power around the castle. The Castle cursed a human to turn into a lizard man^[85]), Mortality Manipulation (The castle can bring inanimate statues to life to attack^[86]. Can cause the glass murals to come to life and attack^[87]), Soul Manipulation (Those that die in the castle become one of the floating spirits that wander the halls of the castle for eternity^[88]), Abstract Manipulation & Hell Manipulation (The castle can create a core of evil made from hatred, envy, anger and other dark emotions^[89]), Text Manipulation & Plot Manipulation (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power^[90], where is noted by Lucy that the "vital soul" of a monster is the cause of the grimoire chaos^[91] where creatures of the night's dark powers allowed them to rewrite the Grimoires to strengthen their dark powers greatly^[92], along with their vital souls causing the grimoires contents to be overwritten changing history to things such as Jonathan Morris is now at a disadvantage in battle^[93], or Charlotte fading from existence due to them messing with the history of the Grimoires^[94], Maria starting to fade because Richter's history is being rewritten^[95], where if the contents of the book change the creatures magic will keep growing and eventually overflow into reality, causing the grimoire to fall into chaos and even more monsters materializing into the real world^[96]. The text alterations also make the monsters stronger^[97]. With the real world and world of grimoires being considered the same or "equal"^[98], compared to the like of Brauner's painting worlds that are quantum multi-layered spaces requiring understandings of theories such as "Curse Amplification"^[99]. Death was going to use Dracula's magic to rewrite Dracula's defeat to Trevor making it where Dracula defeats Trevor Belmont instead where Dracula would go on living in the rewritten grimoire with each grimoire being its own world and the grimoires influence extends into reality^[100]), Law Manipulation (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power^[101], which alter grimoires, which do not adhere to the laws of reality^[102]), Power Modification (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power^[103], which the vital souls cause alterations of the Grimoire that can greatly limit the powers of those far stronger than them, such as Jonathan Morris' power being limited due to the alterations^[104]. The Chaos of the Grimoire destabilized the magic of the others^[105])

Went and replicated Simon's journey of gathering all of Dracula's remains^[106], giving him: Attack Reflection (Has the Rib of Vlad^[107], where Dracula's mere rib bone reflects all projectiles back^[108]), Nullification (Curse Nullification; With the Eye of Vlad, has the power to negate curses^[109]. Petrification Nullification; With the Heart of Vlad, has the power to negate petrification^[110]. Poison Negation; With the Rib of Vlad, has the power to negate poison^[111]), Statistics Boost (With Nail of Vlad, increases Juste's strength^[112]. With the Fang of Vlad, increases Juste's defense^[113]), Supernatural Luck (Dracula's ring increases the luck of those who wear it^[114])

Is a Creature of the Night, which gives:

Resistance to

All previous powers and abilities to a greater extent, Multiple Personalities (Multiple Souls; Maxim possesses two souls within him due to his suppressed desires and holding Dracula's remains, causing another spirit to be born within him^[162])

As he is possessed by Dracula's Wraith, he is the reason behind both of the castles and its effects, which should give him the natural abilities of Dracula's Castle, which include: Magic (The castle pulses with dark magical power^[163]. The castle uses magic to do things like re-animate corpses^[164], along with skeletons^[165]), Reality Warping (The Castle does not work on standard logic, where changing rooms can have one view a completely different background^[166], such as room with a blue sky that is reflecting up and downwards and having the clouds rotate at a fast speed^[167]), Transmutation (Beings that come near are subject to the castle's influence, such as a local barnyard owl which was mutated just from flying near it^[168]), Save and Load (The castles magic has rooms where one can sit on a chair and is enveloped in the angelic wings of light, allowing them to save their progress^[169], with these chairs being acknowledged in rooms in the castle with a description^[170]), Possession (The castle possesses objects with its magic, such as a ouija table^[171]), Bestowal (The castle enables one to keep their mind after dying, becoming a ghost^[172]), Mind Bestowal (The castle can bestow a mind through its magic^[173]), Soul Bestowal (The castle can bestow a soul through its magic^[174]. Imbued the Mud Man with a tormented soul^[175]), Power Bestowal (The castle grants enemies to attack under the power of magic^[176]. The magic of Dracula's power that empowers the owl enemy^[177]), Resurrection (Resurrection of Multiple Targets; The castle uses magic to return creatures of chaos back to life^[178]), Sealing (Dracula's magic captured Aguni, a primitive god of fire^[179]. The Castle has doors sealed off without solving puzzles^[180]. This can extend to walls being sealed off where explosions will not affect it until the seal is gone^[181]), Telekinesis (The Castle can lift parts of levels apart^[182]. The castle has blocks that float and levitate up and downards to crush opponents or send them into spikes^[183]), Immersion (Can bring paintings to life and have them attack^[184]), Mimicry (Physiology Mimicry; The castle contains mirror worlds where perfect clones of oneself can fight^[185]. The Castle can also do this without mirror worlds^[186], where they make a perfect copy that have all of their moves and sub-weapons, and can freely switch to a different person to copy their abilities^[187]), Teleportation (The castle has access to the teleporter seat, the seat of a device that allows instant movement across Valachia^[188]. The castle has objects that fade in and out while trying to platform on them^[189]), Invisibility (Parts of Dracula's castle are invisible such as invisible stairs^[190], and invisible platforms^[191]), Necromancy (The castle can raise the dead to attack whoever enters a room^[192]. The castle reanimates human bones as monsters by its evil magic^[193]. The Castle created the Executioner from numerous dead bodies^[194]), Fusionism (The Castle can create an abomination made from numerous dead bodies^[195]), Mind Manipulation (Everything that enters the castle is under the control by the power of Dracula's castle^[196], the ghost of Eric Lecarde needed to cast a magic barrier to bind himself so he could be free from the control of the castle^[197]. The Castle corrupts the minds of those who enter it, such as making Maxim Kischine feel strange ever since coming to it^[198]. It also corrupted the mind of Hugh turning him against Nathan with Nathan noting he's being controlled by Dracula^[199]. The castle increases one's dark desires, allowing Dracula to easily control them^[200]. The magic of Dracula's power that empowers the owl enemy also spurs it to violence^[201]), Madness Manipulation (The Castle warped Gergoth, a once-gentle beast and drove it mad^[202]), Elemental Manipulation & Chaos Manipulation (The castle infuses some enemies with chaos, giving it all elemental properties^[203]), Blood Manipulation (The casle imbues blood all over a skeleton, making them always return to life no matter what damage is done to them^[204]. The Castle has areas where its blood can form new enemies^[205]), Acid Manipulation (The castle has areas of acid rain falling^[206]), Size Manipulation (Magically enlarged a toad through the use of demonic baptism^[207]), Fear Manipulation (Even while far away, Curtis and Michelle felt malicious intent from the castle where their bodies seemed to squeal "run away"^[208]. Michelle even being at the entrance to the castle had her body telling her to not go in and her leg muscles being petrified like stone^[209]), Perception Manipulation (The Castle is able to warp the users perceptions, making a room where it is split into three parts that do not operate under standard spatiality and directionality^[210]), Poison Manipulation (The very waters of the castle are poisonous, killing one in an instant if they fall into it^[211]), Gravity Manipulation (3-D; The castle has rooms with reverse gravity^[212]), Curse Manipulation (The Curse status that spirits inflict^[213] comes from them absorbing the magic power around the castle. The Castle cursed a human to turn into a lizard man^[214]), Mortality Manipulation (The castle can bring inanimate statues to life to attack^[215]. Can cause the glass murals to come to life and attack^[216]), Soul Manipulation (Those that die in the castle become one of the floating spirits that wander the halls of the castle for eternity^[217]), Plant Manipulation (The castle can cause even the trees to attack^[218]. The castle can cause the plants and leaves to form a wraith^[219]), Forcefield Manipulation (The castle set up a barrier seal outside of it to make people unable to enter^[220]. Evil energy can create barriers blocking one until they defeat all enemies^[221]), Fire Manipulation (Can cause fire across an entire room just from causing a chandelier with candles to fall, setting everything, even people on fire^[222]), Portal Manipulation & Battlefield Removal (Application Based; The castle can create portals that send one to another dimension, where time is stopped^[223]. Brought a wandering merchant in through swallowing him into a dense fog^[224]. The castle has magic energies that seal the gateway to hell^[225]), Summoning & Glyph Creation (The Castle can summon creatures of chaos to spawn and attack whoever enters a room through enemies spawning from glyphs^[226]. The castle can make glyphs that teleport one outside of the castle by standing over it^[227]. A lot of these creatures are summoned from Hell^[228]), Water Manipulation (The Casles Waters seem to be very hazardous, as it instantly kills enemies upon touching them^[229]), Spatial Manipulation (3-D; The castle can shift the room to make it where Trevor needs to escape upwards that will instantly kill him if it reaches him^[230]. The castle can make blocks disappear and re-appear, making it difficult for one to traverse around the castle^[231]. The Castle made it, where the stairway Soma was walking up with Mina, went longer hen usual, trying to keep Soma from going to the Shrine and instead bringing him to the castle^[232]), Sense Manipulation (Caused Soma's senses to dim even entering the chaotic darkness near the Castle^[233]), Weather Manipulation & Electricity Manipulation (The Castle is the reason for a massive cloud that covered the entire sky^[234]. Can conjure thunderstorms around itself that can summon enemies during its flashes of lightning^[235]. Can summon enemies through the lightning bolts it makes^[236]), Dark Matter Manipulation (The castle contains dark matter within it that beings can use for weapon creation), Abstract Manipulation & Hell Manipulation (The castle can create a core of evil made from hatred, envy, anger and other dark emotions^[237]), Text Manipulation & Plot Manipulation (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power^[238], where is noted by Lucy that the "vital soul" of a monster is the cause of the grimoire chaos^[239] where creatures of the night's dark powers allowed them to rewrite the Grimoires to strengthen their dark powers greatly^[240], along with their vital souls causing the grimoires contents to be overwritten changing history to things such as Jonathan Morris is now at a disadvantage in battle^[241], or Charlotte fading from existence due to them messing with the history of the Grimoires^[242], Maria starting to fade because Richter's history is being rewritten^[243], where if the contents of the book change the creatures magic will keep growing and eventually overflow into reality, causing the grimoire to fall into chaos and even more monsters materializing into the real world^[244]. The text alterations also make the monsters stronger^[245]. With the real world and world of grimoires being considered the same or "equal"^[246], compared to the like of Brauner's painting worlds that are quantum multi-layered spaces requiring understandings of theories such as "Curse Amplification"^[247]. Death was going to use Dracula's magic to rewrite Dracula's defeat to Trevor making it where Dracula defeats Trevor Belmont instead where Dracula would go on living in the rewritten grimoire with each grimoire being its own world and the grimoires influence extends into reality^[248]), Law Manipulation (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power^[249], which alter grimoires, which do not adhere to the laws of reality^[250]), Power Modification (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power^[251], which the vital souls cause alterations of the Grimoire that can greatly limit the powers of those far stronger than them, such as Jonathan Morris' power being limited due to the alterations^[252]. The Chaos of the Grimoire destabilized the magic of the others^[253]).

Resistance to Time Stop (1-T; Areas in the Castle are unaffected by time being stopped, and blocks and objects will still fall^[254]. Noted that the stop watch has no effect on moving platforms in the castle^[255]. Christopher stopping time on an elevator does not stop the elevator from moving^[256], machinery still moves along^[257], and floating objects still float^[258]. With time in Castlevania being so potent that not even eternity can withstand time^[259], along with even artificial life being subject to the laws of time^[260])

Equipment

Whips

Stellar Sword

“	A sword with thin edges like five sheets that are overlapped and can be opened like a fan. The fully opened form shines like a star.	„
	~ Harmony of Dissonance Description

“	The blade of the legendary swordsman Maxim Kischine.	„
	~ Portrait of Ruin Description

An extremely powerful sword that attacks faster than the Vampire Killer whip, and is able to harm all enemies in the vicinity simultaneously.

Sub-Weapons

Shuriken (Stellar Sword (Opened Form)

“	A sword with thin edges like five sheets that are overlapped and can be opened like a fan. The fully opened form shines like a star.	„
	~ Harmony of Dissonance Description

A gigantic metal ninja star nearly as large as Maxim himself, which acts as a boomerang that returns after being thrown.

Notable Techniques

Somersault

A somersault Maxim can do while in midair, makes him invulnerable to attacks though it costs magic to use.

Double Spirit

Maxim's special move, he moves so fast that while his image can be seen in the center of the screen, two afterimages cross and attack everything on the screen, likely killing anything hit by this on screen.

Healing

Maxim bathes in a great amount of light around him as he recovers from any injuries he's sustained.

Other

Standard Tactics

Regular: Maxim will use his quick sword strikes along with his shurikens, acrobatic movement and special attacks such as double spirit.
Possessed by Dracula's Wraith: Maxim does much of the same strategy, with more vicious and bloodlusted intent.

Weaknesses

Unique Weaknesses: Maxim’s jealousy and pride can overcome him, which is what lead to his possession by the Dracula Wraith.
Creature of the Night Weaknesses: Creatures of the night become weaker when exposed to the morning sun^[261]. Garlic significantly weakens creatures of the night^[262], and causes demons to die if its placed on the ground^[263]. If a vital soul is defeated, the grimoire will revert back to its original content^[264].

Note

Contrary to popular belief, holy attacks and the whips in Castlevania can affect and harm people that aren't apart of the creatures of the night. Leon's doppelganger can use holy water and holy attacks against him in this fight along with the alchemy whip despite Leon being a pure and noble warrior^[265]. Simon's doppelganger can harm him with the vampire killer, despite Simon being a noble hero. Holy Water even works and harms enemies such as the "Holy Armor"^[266], a knight who has natural holy powers^[267]. Corrupted enemies such as Charlie Vincent, use holy water attacks on Carrie and Reinhardt^[268]. Characters like Jonathan Morris wear armor like the Holy Mail, an armor that reduces damage from holy attacks^[269].
The Sky Fish feat moving so fast that it appears as a beam of light and only slows once time is stopped^[270] is a natural indication of Faster Than Light travel as at the speed of light, time is zero from its perspective. Soma Cruz having a hard time catching up with it initially does not mess with his scaling either as we know it's an unquantifiable level into Faster than Light at the most.

Explanation

Usage of games like Castlevania Legends & Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

Castlevania Legends

The game was originally meant to be a prequel to all the other games in the Castlevania series, this can be seen with Sonia's boss fight against Dracula serving as the first time Dracula ever encountered a Belmont along with the ending of the game saying "this story marks the beginning of the Belmont family legend that has been passed on through many ages". Along with this, Sonia shared a relationship with Alucard, heavily implying that her child is between her and Alucard. The existence of Lament of Innocence already greatly messes with this. The game manual even mentions that Sonia was the first of the Belmont family to leave her name to posterity as a vampire hunter^[271]. Despite Leon Belmont being the one to start the legend of the Belmont Hunters being vampire hunters. Along with this, Trevor is canonically the first Belmont to defeat Dracula. Iga has gone out of his way to note too that Castlevania Legends was intentionally redacted from the timeline so that it doesn't conflict with the timing used in other titles.

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

Although it was in the original 2006 timeline, it was removed by Iga from the timeline, along with Castlevania (N64), Legacy of Darkness, and Legends.

Why abilities from them are still usable for main timeline

These games were at one point officially a part of the original timeline before ultimately being removed, making them hypotheticals that could be done. This is further supported by an interview in the History of Castlevania - Crescent of the Moon book, where executive producer of Castlevania Netflix Adi Shankar noted that even the "non-canon" games are parallel timelines in the overall multiverse, sharing the same spirit and lore^[272]. While one could argue his statement shouldn't be used, it comes from a book titled, "History of Castlevania - Crescent of the Moon", where it wouldn't make much sense if his statement was wrong and there was no correction over it. The book even has asterisks to give further context, yet they never claim him wrong. Along with this, it's consistent with the fact that most of the Castlevania games that are "non-canon" now were originally a part of the timeline. Thus this statement is usable. Thus abilities and the likes from these games can carry over to the main timeline games.

Trivia

In the bad ending, Evil Maxim's portrait was utilized when he told Juste that he would have to force him to change his mind (referring to Juste putting Maxim out of his misery), implying that his true persona barely restrained his evil persona enough to yell that out. This was confirmed in the Futabasha Castlevania: Byakuya no Concerto Official Guide, citing that he retained his "true nature" despite already becoming dangerously close to succumbing to his evil self.
In Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, an item known as the War Fatigues strongly resembles Maxim's own coat he wears. This is implied to be the same one or an identical one due to the item's location: it is placed inside the Entrance's castle grounds of Castle B right beside the castle's main gate. This is the exact same spot Maxim was standing on in Castle A at the beginning of the game.
Maxim is the only boss in Harmony of Dissonance to not drop a Magic Crystal (if one does not also count Dracula Wraith's first form. However, Dracula Wraith's second form does drop a Magic Crystal).
The weapon is called the Stella Sword in Japan. Stella is Latin for "Star".
In Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, the weapon can be hacked in the sub-weapon slot for Juste Belmont and Simon Belmont, though they cannot utilize its attack. If Juste has the star sub-weapon and picks up another sub-weapon, the dropped star visually turns into a High Potion. Collecting this High Potion will make Juste obtain the unusable Star sub-weapon.
- Reversibly, Maxim can use cheats to pick-up sub-weapons but is unable to utilize them except his own star sub-weapon.

Misconceptions

"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.

They come from both a timeline archive discussion on the Castlevania Wiki back on January 15th, 2012 and from a forum post from the same user as the wiki article.

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.

Some other issues fall under the inconsistencies within these Iga talks, the person claims that Iga confirmed that Order of Shadows and the Arcade are non-canon because they were intended from the very beginning to be such, however, an officially sourced interview has the lead game designer of Order of Shadows state that Iga was actively involved with ensuring the game was consistent with the current canon, this would be a weird thing to do if he intended it to be non-canon from the very beginning.

He also claims that Iga said Super Castlevania IV was an alternate continuity, when the wiki also notes Iga saying that the games are all legitimate and the same scenario of defeating Dracula, however this quote is also unsourced, they just claim Iga says this with no link or anything.

There is another one not related to the user who spoke to Iga, but a user on reddit who claimed that a magazine claimed that Castlevania: Circle of the Moon was stated to be in a "different time axis". Attempting to get it translated got no wording that said anything like that, with it not even mentioning anything about canon, timeline, time axis, or any other wording of the sort in a machine-translated attempt. Do note however that this is a machine translation so it could potentially be that it is there, but until a reputable and verifiable translator can confirm or deny this translation, the jury is out with it and it will not be used for the canoncity of Circle of the Moon.

Thus all of these quotes are merely hearsay until shown or proven otherwise.

Remakes/Remasters Being Non-Canon

This comes from an Iga quote that says:

"IGA: FC版とX６８０００版ですが、X６８０００版はFC版をベースにアレンジを加えたものになっています。ゲームのアレンジは、その時に応じて、色々と施されるものですので、正直どちらも正統であると思ってよいのではないかと思っています。結論として、ドラキュラと戦い勝つというシナリオで、中間部分の切り抜きが違うと考えてもよいのではないかと考えています。スーパーファミコン版も違いますし…。どうしてもと考えるのであれば、FC版を尊重すべきかと考えます。

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.

Of course, though, this has the same issue as the Judgment quotes, everyone claims Iga said this, but there is no source of him saying this. In fact, in Castlevania Chronicles, there's a reward interview you receive from Iga himself where he talks about the game, Iga pretty much explains how the game came to be and never says anything about the game not being canon or to defer to the original^[273], if anything he treats this as just an updated version of the original. Interestingly to note too, the original he's talking about is not Castlevania on NES but instead, he's talking about the computer version of Castlevania^[274], though it borrows a lot of elements from Castlevania NES.

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^[275] 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^[276].

Iga Only Allows Stuff He Works on To Be Canon

There is a weirdly believed idea in the fandom that Iga only considers works he worked on canon, however, an officially sourced interview has the lead game designer of Order of Shadows state that Iga was actively involved with ensuring the game was consistent with the current canon, along with this Iga did not work on a lot of Castlevania games considered canon, such as the NES trilogy and the Gameboy games. In fact, he has only made 12 Castlevania games, out of the 30 Castlevania games in total, and most of them from the older console eras are still a part of the canon. Thus Iga does not only allow stuff he works on to be canon.

Iga is a Producer of Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

A Nintendo Power magazine calls Iga the producer of Circle of the Moon, with Iga talking like he worked on the game in that interview. However Iga can be found nowhere in the credits of the game. Making this Nintendo Power issue questionable as to if they were talking to Iga or if the game was mixed up. Though we have direct in-game proof that Iga was not a producer of Circle of the Moon.

Elements and Statements can be used from Lords of Shadows for the main continuity

This argument comes from Adi Shankar saying that even "non-canon" games are parallel timelines in the overall multiverse, sharing the same spirit and lore^[277]. However, the Lord of Shadow games are directly noted in an interview with the lead developer, that the game has nothing to do with the canon, sharing none of the lore or original stuff for the characters. This directly conflicts with Adi Shankar's statement and it was very likely he was not even thinking of Lords of Shadows when making this statement but moreso games like Castlevania Legends. On top of this, Adi Shankar has no actual position within Konami, and being an executive producer for the Castlevania anime, thus he does not have any true say in terms of how Castlevania canon works and can only be used at most as a supporting piece of evidence.

Codex Statistics Questions

Q: Shouldn't the characters be around Tier 2 for defeating the Time Reaper who would've destroyed the very fabric of time^[278], attempted to destroy the specific era of time^[279], cause all beings everywhere to disappear, forever^[280] and that the age was on the verge of collapse^[281]?

A: We actually never get a direct outright method of Time Reaper's plan for doing this, from what Aeon mentions to Golem, if the Time Rift is not erased, all beings everywhere will disappear, forever^[282], implying that it's the Time Rift causing this, this is further backed up by the fact that in Time Reaper's boss fight, there is a vortex in the background consuming everything^[283], meaning this is an overtime feat that scales to no one physically.

Q: Shouldn't they get tier 2 for Dracula's influence destabilizing the flow of time^[284]?

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?

A: This goes under our Stabilization Feats standards, which treats sustaining feats are non-combat applicable Attack Potency normally, though in Dracula's case the Castle is speficially powered by the existence of a Dark Lord, and doesn't necessarily need their strength to rise. In the Castlevania novel, the castle rose without a Dark Lord as an example. Along with this, no one scales to the collapse of the castle, in Curse of Darkness Hector would've died to the collapse of the castle if^[285] Julia didn't come save him, and Isaac died within the castle^[286]. In other cases the Castle does not collapse^[287], but instead slowly fades away^[288]. At the end of Dawn of Sorrow Soma Cruz and Genya Arikado (aka Alucard) must escape the collapsing abyss.

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^[289].

Battle Records

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Juste Belmont - Fight^[290]
- Conditions: None.
- Location: Castle A/Castle B: Castle Treasury