Nathan Graves

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“	And we will be there to stop you. You can bet on that.	„
	~ Nathan to Count Dracula

Background

Nathan Graves is the son of two powerful vampire hunters, who several years prior, had been slain in a battle against Count Dracula. A man who fought alongside the two and was the one to finally slay Dracula, Morris Baldwin, ended up adopting Nathan into his family and trained him alongside his own son, Hugh Baldwin.

Nathan and Hugh would grow up to be rivals, and would both contend with one another over who should inherit the Hunter Whip from Morris; with Hugh always coming out on top. During their coming of age ceremony, to Hugh’s shock, Nathan was chosen to hold the Hunter Whip.

Many years later, Nathan and the Baldwin’s found out that a woman named Camilla resurrected Count Dracula during an arcane ceremony. The three hunters travelled to the newly-recovered Dracula’s Castle, only to have Morris be kidnapped and Nathan and Hugh cast aside. Hugh instructed Nathan to go home and leave things to him, although Nathan refused and traversed Dracula’s Castle on his own.

As Nathan continued fighting his way through Dracula’s Castle, he came to the terrible truth that Hugh was manipulated by darkness into siding with Count Dracula. Nathan, having gained immense power on his quest through the Castle, was able to defeat Hugh and make him come to his senses.

At last, Nathan was able to make it into Dracula’s throne room and confront the Dark Lord himself. While Hugh rescued Morris and got him to safety, he entrusted Nathan to fighting Dracula. Much to the Dark Lord’s surprise, Nathan was able to strike him down and claim victory.

Nathan fled from Dracula’s Castle as it crumbled behind him, and made his way back to Morris and Hugh. With Morris able to recover his strength, Hugh and Nathan reconciled for their biter rivalry and became friends at last.

General Information

Name: Nathan Graves

Origin: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

First Appearance: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

Company: Konami

Creator: Ebisu Etsunobu

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Time Period: 1830

Timeline: Circle of the Moon Timeline

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Unknown

Story Role: Main Protagonist

Legacy: Unknown Legacy

Influence: Event Influencer (Fought and defeated Dracula, saving the world from his darkness)

Language: English

Classification: Student of Morris Baldwin

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: God

Occupation: Vampire Hunter

Affiliations: Morris Baldwin (His Master), Hugh Baldwin (His training partner and rival)

Enemies: Dracula

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status

• During his Time: Alive
• Modern Time: Deceased (As he existed back in 1800s, he is naturally dead from old age)

Date of Death: Unknown

Alignment: Neutral Good (Kind-hearted, Nathan will do whatever it takes to destroy the creatures of the night as quickly as possible, in order to preserve peace in the world. He will go as far as to fight his rival, Hugh Baldwin, when he stands in the way of saving the world)

Protection Level: Global Protector (Fought and defeated Dracula, where in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, Dracula plans to take over all of Europe, 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)

Codex Statistics

Grade: S

Tier: At least 7-C, Higher with Tackle, Far Higher with Sheer Will

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and defeat Circle of the Moon Dracula, who serves as the absolute evil, the opposite to God, where for God to be perfectly good, there must be a being of perfect darkness, being the entity opposite to God, with such power making him far superior to Golem from Castlevania Judgement, as he died to a random unknown hunter after his return from the time rift. Golem with his ultimate can shoot out a mouth blast that vaporizes everything it touches as far as the eye can see getting these results. Can harm and fight against enemies stronger than characters who can take hits from neutron bomb, that have a yield range of 1-10 kilotons of TNT), Higher with Tackle (With Tackle, Nathan can charge and destroy blocks he couldn't prior), Far Higher with Sheer Will (Simon claims that the Belmonts and Morrises did not defeat Dracula because of the Vampire Killer, with the reason behind heroes' capacity to fight against evil lying not in their physical strength but the noble desire to drive away evil and usher in all that is good, the desire to protect the world for all of humanity, with the courage to fight to protect others being the true essence of a hero and a Belmont's strength, with this even applying for other heroes such as Shanoa, Maria, Charlotte, and even Arikado. Alucard notes that having something to protect surpasses the limits of strength)

Durability: At least Town level, Far Higher with Sheer Will

Striking Strength: At least Town Class (Potency), Far Higher with Sheer Will

Lifting Strength: At least Class 10 (Nathan should be comparable to Hector's Battle-Type innocent devils who can move entire tree logs that are blocking roads out of the way where logs can weigh around 15 to 5 tons and Hector's battle-type innocent devils can lift open large iron doors that "no man could force open"), Higher with the Heavy Ring (The Heavy Ring allows Nathan to push certain boxes he couldn't prior), Far Higher with Sheer Will

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Should be superior to Leon Belmont, who was able to escape Walter's Castle by running from the top floor to the entrance, before the entire structure collapsed), Higher with Dash Boots (Enables Nathan to dash at high speeds, reaching places he could not reach prior), Far Higher with Pluto + Griffin (With Pluto + Griffin, walking and dash speed are increased), Far Higher with Sheer Will

Attack Speed: At most Faster Than Light (Can tag 1800s Dracula, who serves as the absolute evil, the opposite to God, where for God to be perfectly good, there must be a being of perfect darkness, being the entity opposite to God, 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 and the White Demon, who can move at the speed of light at short distances), Far Higher with Sheer Will

Reaction Speed: At most Faster Than Light, Far Higher with Sheer Will

Stamina: Superhuman (Was able to invade Dracula’s castle, slay several monsters including a dragon and Death, overpower his rival Hugh Baldwin, and defeat Dracula himself, all without rest), far higher with Dash Boots (these boots are said to allow Nathan to sprint indefinitely)

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Hunter Whip (The typical whip is around 90 centimeters), Tens of Meters with throwing knives and axes, Varies with Card DSS (Card DSS can be simple whip enhancements, to attacks that hit all enemies on screen), Universal with Time Stop

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), Higher with Accessories (Intelligence increases while the intelligence ring is equipped. With Sage Armband, intelligence increases greatly while equipped)

Knowledge: Grandmaster level (Can fight and defeat Dracula, where he was a genius tactician as Mathias, who they called "Cronqvist the Wise")

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Powers and Techniques

Innate AbilitiesWith the Vampire KillerWith Equipment

Standard Abilities Granted From MagicUnique Abilities

• Magic (Through utilizing magic, one has to have a deep understanding of Quantum Physics to utilize it to its fullest, requiring understandings of theories such as "Curse Amplification")
  • Alchemy & Principle Manipulation (Magic comes from alchemy, a field that experiments with the principles of God's creation of the world, along with being said to be as great a task as recreating God's creation of the Earth)
• Non-Standard Interaction (Extra-Planar Interaction; Magic is able to interact with beings such as Camilla Fernandez, Physical attacks are difficult to land as Camilla lives in the Astral plane, and her earthly body is completely ethereal)
• Limited Immersion & Dimensional Travel (3+1-D; Magic users can align their magic with the magic of another to enter into painting worlds)
• Summoning (Magic can be used in order to summon weapons and items inscribed in grimoires)
• Soul Manipulation (Yoko through the use of magic discovered a new ability to draw the monster souls out and use them)

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Weapon Mastery
  • Whip Mastery: Nathan is able to utilize the Vampire Killer in attacks, being capable of spinning it around in quick fashion.
  • Firearm Mastery: Able to attack enemies with a gun.
  • Knife Mastery: Nathan throws knives at high and deft speeds.
  • Axe Mastery: Nathan throws axe at an arch, normally to deal with air based enemies.
  • Boomerang Mastery: Nathan throws and uses the crucifix as a boomerang, with it always coming back to him.
• Accelerated Development (Leveling, Physical Stats & Abilities; Nathan naturally grows stronger, faster, and more skilled as he journeys throughout the castle, leveling up)
• Information Analysis (Nathan is able to tell the name and level of an enemy he's fighting. Where seeing the amount of damage, names of enemies, and their data are normally done through special items)
• Sheer Will (Simon claims that the Belmonts and Morrises did not defeat Dracula because of the Vampire Killer, with the reason behind heroes' capacity to fight against evil lying not in their physical strength but the noble desire to drive away evil and usher in all that is good, the desire to protect the world for all of humanity, with the courage to fight to protect others being the true essence of a hero and a Belmont's strength, with this even applying for other heroes such as Shanoa, Maria, Charlotte, and even Arikado. Alucard notes that having something to protect surpasses the limits of strength)
• Contact Damage (Item Crashes allow one to deal damage to an enemy on contact, even if the item they have they cannot do an item crash with)
• Energy Absorption (Nathan 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).

Standard ResistancesCastle Resistances

• Resistance to
  • Attack Reflection (Can harm Dracula, where Dracula's mere rib bone reflects all projectiles back)
  • Poison Manipulation (Nathan can eventually recover from the effects of poison)
  • Curse Manipulation (Nathan can eventually recover from the effects of being cursed)
  • Ice Manipulation & Absolute Zero (Nathan can break out of being frozen, where to protect against ice attacks in series, one normally wears rings that help them resist against absolute zero)
  • Death Manipulation & Fate Manipulation (Temporal Fate; Nathan can take hits from Death, who is noted to govern the fate of death, being noted to have the power to govern the end of all living things, and can use his scythes to kill abstractions such as distance and sound. Death decides who lives and who dies), Petrification (Can take hits from Medusa Heads, who can turn one into stone upon contacting them. Nathan can recover frmo being turned to stone and break out of it)
  • Black Holes (With Jupiter + Blackdog, forms a black hole around Nathan, where all it does is drain some health from him and nothing more)

• Resistance to
  • Dracula's Castle's Abilities (Nathan is able to be dropped into the Abyss and still live, being unaffected by Dracula's Castle). 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, such as room with a blue sky that is reflecting up and downwards and having the clouds rotate at a fast speed)
    • 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)
    • Possession (The castle possesses objects with its magic, such as a ouija table)
    • Sealing (Dracula's magic captured Aguni, a primitive god of fire. The Castle has doors sealed off without solving puzzles. This can extend to walls being sealed off where explosions will not affect it until the seal is gone)
    • Mind Manipulation (Everything that enters the castle is under the control by the power of Dracula's castle, 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. The Castle corrupts the minds of those who enter it, such as making Maxim Kischine feel strange ever since coming to it. It also corrupted the mind of Hugh turning him against Nathan with Nathan noting he's being controlled by Dracula. The castle increases one's dark desires, allowing Dracula to easily control them. The magic of Dracula's power that empowers the owl enemy also spurs it to violence)
    • Madness Manipulation (The Castle warped Gergoth, a once-gentle beast and drove it mad)
    • Size Manipulation (Magically enlarged a toad through the use of demonic baptism)
    • Fear Manipulation (Even while far away, Curtis and Michelle felt malicious intent from the castle where their bodies seemed to squeal "run away". 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)
    • Curse Manipulation (The Curse status that spirits inflict comes from them absorbing the magic power around the castle. The Castle cursed a human to turn into a lizard man)
    • Life Manipulation (The castle can bring inanimate statues to life to attack. Can cause the glass murals to come to life and attack)
    • Soul Manipulation (Those that die in the castle become one of the floating spirits that wander the halls of the castle for eternity)
    • Abstract Manipulation & Hell Manipulation (The castle can create a core of evil made from hatred, envy, anger and other dark emotions)
    • Text Manipulation & Plot Manipulation (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power, where is noted by Lucy that the "vital soul" of a monster is the cause of the grimoire chaos where creatures of the night's dark powers allowed them to rewrite the Grimoires to strengthen their dark powers greatly, 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, or Charlotte fading from existence due to them messing with the history of the Grimoires, Maria starting to fade because Richter's history is being rewritten, 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. The text alterations also make the monsters stronger. With the real world and world of grimoires being considered the same or "equal", compared to the like of Brauner's painting worlds that are quantum multi-layered spaces requiring understandings of theories such as "Curse Amplification". 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)
    • Law Manipulation (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power, which alter grimoires, which do not adhere to the laws of reality)
    • Power Modification (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power, 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. The Chaos of the Grimoire destabilized the magic of the others)

Wields the Vampire Killer, which grants:

The Whip of AlchemyThe Vampire Killer

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Non-Standard Interaction
  • Metaphysical Interaction: The Whip of Alchemy can interact with ghost.
  • Elemental Interaction: The Whip of Alchemy can interact with enemies that are the mist itself.
• Air Manipulation (The Alchemy whip can create a large gust of wind with its finishing attack in a combo. The Alchemy whip can create wind blades around its user to protect them from all directions)
• Light Manipulation (The Alchemy whip can bring down holy light to attack the enemy)
• Holy Manipulation (Holy Whips cannot be touched by people weak to holy magic or else it will burn their hands and cause them to disintegrate).

• Resistance to
  • Mimicry (The Castle is unable to perfectly mimic Leon's weapons)

All previous powers and abilities to a greater extent.

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Anti-Type Weaponry (Can harm and kill anything related to vampires, even if they are a divine being)
• Extrasensory Perception (The Vampire Killer can sense who is a vampire, even those who are half-vampire such as Alucard)
• Magic (The Vampire Killer has been referred to as a magic whip)
• Contact Damage (Just through enemies merely touching the Vampire Killer they will be damaged by its effects)
• Non-Standard Interaction
  • Abstract Interaction: Can interact with and kill Death, the abstract concept of death.
  • Metaphysical Interaction: The Vampire Killer can interact with the creatures of the night which includes ghosts. This is also shown in Haunted Castle Revisited. Noted by Simon Belmont that the Vampire Killer will cleave one's soul.
  • Elemental Interaction: The Vampire Killer can interact with creatures of the night made of sand. Can interact with creatures of the night made of fire. Can fully disperse and destroy water bubbles instead of the attack just going through it.
  • Blood Interaction: Can harm and kill enemies made of blood.
• Nullification
  • Invulnerability Negation: The Vampire Killer can completely remove Walter's invulnerability to where he was immune to all other weapons prior other then the Vampire Killer.
  • Power Nullification: Julius sealed the Vampire Killer within Dracula's castle in order to rip away Dracula's soul and magic.
  • Energy Nullification: Should be comparable to other magical whips that have been used to negate Dracula's Demonic Megiddo. The Vampire Killer can nullify energy projectiles through hitting them, even those from Dracula. Can negate fire projectiles.
  • Electricity Nullification: Can completely disperse and nullify electricity attacks.
  • Seal & Forcefield Nullification: The Vampire Killer can easily break open barrier seals.
  • Transformation Nullification: Christopher with the Vampire Killer injured Dracula so bad to the point that he was unable to transform back into "human" form.
  • Abstract Nullification: The Vampire Killer can nullify and destroy the scythes from Death, who can use his scythes to kill abstractions such as distance and sound.
  • Pain Immunity Nullification: The Vampire Killer can make the White Dragon visibly react to pain and scream out in pain, where it is an immortal being immune to pain and suffering)
• Regeneration Negation (Holy; Christopher with the Vampire Killer injured Dracula to the point that his powers were greatly depleted and he was unable to do things like simply transform back into "human" form. Juste with the Vampire Killer could permanently kill Dracula's Wraith to where he'll fade from the world for good who regenerated from the complete destruction of his body)
• Immortality Negation
  • Ageless & Life and Death Immunity: The Vampire Killer can render immortal skeleton death gods like Death, mortal, having him bleed from attacks, giving him mortality as shown when Death dies to his own scythe cutting off his head and having blood spurt out, something not possible as a skeleton. The Vampire Killer can kill Death to the point that he requires Mathias to survive in order for him to rise from the dead. Death is a being unconstrained by mortality.
  • Immortal Metaphysical Aspect: Can harm and kill anything related to vampires, even if they are a divine being.
• Resurrection Bypassing (The Vampire Killer can kill zombies, who are corpses brought back to life from the power of hate)
• Purification (The Vampire Killer can purify people who was turned into a monster. Christopher with the Vampire Killer purified his son of the evil effects of Dracula)
• Fire Manipulation (Enemies fade into fire upon being struck with the Vampire Killer. Enemies burst into flames when struck by the vampire killer, with the flames attaching to anything it's connected to, such as a spider having its webs burst into flames too. The whip can have fire burst around the enemies even without them dying. Causes even objects like coffins to burst into flames. This is even shown in Lament of Innocence, once Leon has the vampire killer. This is even shown in graphic novels such as Belmonts Legacy)
• Explosion Manipulation (Trevor swinging the whip at the ground caused the ground to explode)
• Memory Manipulation & Soul Manipulation (The Vampire Killer holds the souls of the many Belmonts who once wielded it, the Vampire Killer could also possibly hold the souls of Belmonts who have not even touched it yet, as it was originally planned to have it summon Julius from the future but they ultimately didn't go with the idea)
• Lifeforce Absorption (Even if the The Vampire Killer accepts one as its master, it still chips away at one's life force with every lash. One must sacrifice their lifeforce in order to wield it)
• Deconstruction (The Vampire Killer can reduce one to just a skeleton)
• Light Manipulation (The Whip can create orbs of light to light up torches)

• Resistance to
  • Attack Reflection (The Vampire Killer can harm Dracula with attacks where Dracula's mere rib bone reflects all projectiles back)
  • Mimicry (Doppelganger is unable to mimic the vampire killer during the time of Lament of Innocence)

With Sub-WeaponsWith CardsDSSWith ArmorWith Hand and Arm GearWith Special ItemsWith Items

• Holy Fire Manipulation (With Holy Water), holy water that bursts into holy flames where it lands)
  • Deconstruction (Macroscopic; The Holy Water is capable of disintegrating walls and floors, due to them being made from evil beings)
• Time Stop (1-T; With Clock, stops enemies movements for a set period of time)

Action CardsAttribute Cards

• Healing (With Neptune, god of the seas, has the potential of healing, makes Nathan take MP damage from elemental abilities, while recovering his health)
• Summoning (With Saturn, god of agriculture and the father of Jupiter, has the potential of familiar, giving Nathan a familiar to summon. With Uranus, the former god of the heavens, has the potential of summoning, allowing Nathan to summon)
• Statistics Boost (With Mercury, the messenger of the gods, has the potential of strength and strengthens Nathan's whip and element. With Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, has the potential of enhancement, raising Nathan's base statistics)
• Weapon Creation (With Diana, goddess of the moon and hunting, has the potential of creation, creating various projectiles thrown when Nathan swings his whip)
• Power Modification (With Mars, god of war, has the potential of change, altering Nathan's whip into other weapons)
• Forcefield Manipulation (With Jupiter, the god of heavens and the leader of Olympus, has the potential of defense, creating barriers of various elements)
• Explosion Manipulation (With Apollo, god of the sun, music and prophecy, has the potential to create explosives)

• Petrification (With Cockatrice, the cockatrice is said to have the ability to turn things to stone, giving Nathan the power of stone)
• Fire Manipulation (With Salamander, a lizard bathed in flames and the embodiment of fire spirit, has the power of fire)
• Ice Manipulation (With Serpent, is said to be a dragon swimming in the sea, having the power of ice. Along with this to protect against ice attacks in series, one normally wears rings that help them resist against absolute zero)
  • Absolute Zero
• Plant Manipulation (With Mandragora, represented as a humanoid with roots instead of feet, has the power of plants)
• Earth Manipulation (With Golem, the golem is a mockery of a man made from clay, has the power of Earth)
• Poison Manipulation (With Manticore, has the body of a lion and the venomous tail of a scorpion, giving the power of poison)
• Air Manipulation (With Griffon, has the head and wings of an eagle with the body of a lion, grants the power of wind)
• Electricity Manipulation (With Thunderbird, the legendary Thunderbird is said to have been able to release lightning, bestowing the power of electricity)
• Light Manipulation (With unicorn, is said to have been white with a single holy horn on its forehead, has the power of light)
• Darkness Manipulation (With Black Dog, said to consume darkness and has the power of darkness)

MercuryJupiterMarsDianaApolloSaturnUranusPluto

• Healing (With Mercury + Unicorn, heals Nathan through every attack he does with the whip)
• Petrification (With Mercury + Cockatrice, bestows Nathan's whip with the power to turn to stone on contact)
• Fire Manipulation (With Mercury + Salamander, ignites Nathan's whip on fire)
• Ice Manipulation (With Mercury + Serpent, bestows Nathan's whip with ice)
  • Absolute Zero
• Plant Manipulation (With Mercury + Mandragora, turns the whip into a plant-like whip)
• Earth Manipulation (With Mercury + Golem, turns Nathan's whip into an earth elemental whip)
• Poison Manipulation (With Mercury + Manticore, bestows the whip with poison effect)
• Air Manipulation (With Mercury + Griffin, bestows the whip with wind elemental attacks)
• Electricity Manipulation (With Mercury + Thunderbird, bestows the whip with thunder elemental attacks and forms electricity around the whip)
• Darkness Manipulation (With Mercury + Blackdog, bestows the whip with darkness elemental attacks)

• Healing (With Jupiter + Mandragora, heals Nathan overtime)
• Transformation (Transformative Arsenal; With Jupiter + Cockatrice, Nathan turns himself into stone, damaging anyone he hits upon contact and being invulnerable to attacks)
• Fire Manipulation (With Jupiter + Salamander, causes two rotating flames around Nathan)
• Ice Manipulation (With Jupiter + Serpent, causes four rotating icicles around Nathan)
• Poison Manipulation (With Jupiter + Manticore, releases a poisonous cloud around Nathan)
• Air Manipulation (With Jupiter + Griffin, allows Nathan to run at high speeds, having a massive blade of wind in front of him as he travels)
• Forcefield Manipulation (With Jupiter + Unicorn, forms a barrier around Nathan)
• Black Hole Manipulation (With Jupiter + Blackdog, forms a black hole around Nathan)

• Transformation of weapon (Shapeshifting; With Mars + Golem, transforms Nathan's whip into a giant hammer)
• Petrification (With Mars + Cockarice, attacks with a whip transformed into a short sword that petrifies enemies on contact)
• Fire Manipulation (With Mars + Salamander, transforms Nathan's whip into a sword on fire)
• Ice Manipulation (With Mars + Serpent, transforms Nathan's whip into a sword with ice effects)
• Plant Manipulation (With Mars + Mandragora, transforms Nathan's whip into a sword with plant effects)
• Poison Manipulation (With Mars + Manticore, attacks with poison claws)
• Holy Manipulation (With Mars + Unicorn, attacks with a holy sword)

• Energy Projection (With Diana + Unicorn, shoots out a guided energy shell)
• Fire Manipulation (With Diana + Salamander, shoots out a fireball every time Nathan swings his whip)
• Ice Manipulation (With Diana + Serpent, three slivers of ice are released with each attack)
• Plant Manipulation (With Diana + Mandragora, three plumes of petals are released with each attack)
• Earth Manipulation (With Diana + Golem, causes an earthquake to be unleashed with each attack)
• Poison Manipulation (With Diana + Manticore, shoots out a poison shower when the whip is swung upward)
• Air Manipulation (With Diana + Griffin, a wind wave is unleashed with each attack)
• Electricity Manipulation (With Diana + Thunderbird, electricity fills the air when the whip is spun)
• Darkness Manipulation (With Diana + Blackdog, shoots out multiple darkness orbs around Nathan)

• Summoning (With Apollo + Golem, summons five stalagmites from the ground. With Apollo + Cockatrice, drops three comets from the sky. With Apollo + Unicorn, summons eight spears from the sky)
• Explosion Manipulation (With Apollo + Salamander, throws an explosive bomb)
• Ice Manipulation (With Apollo + Serpent throws an ice ball at the opponent)
• Plant Manipulation (With Apollo + Mandragora, throws a rose at the opponent)
• Poison Manipulation (With Apollo + Manticore, throws a poisonous bomb)
• Air Manipulation (With Apollo + Griffin, tosses out a tornado that shoots out blades of wings from the left and right)
• Electricity Manipulation (With Apollo + Thunderbird, throws balls of electricity at the opponent)
• Black Hole Manipulation (With Apollo + Blackdog, throws a black hole at the enemy)

• Summoning (Saturn grants Nathan the ability to summon familiars with the card combinations)

• Summoning (Uranus grants Nathan the ability to summon the beings within the attribute cards)
• Healing (With Uranus + Unicorn, restores 16% health. With Uranus + Black Dog, restores a bit of health to each enemy damaged)
• Petrification (With Uranus + Cockatrice, causes stone damage to all enemies on screen)
• Fire Manipulation (With Uranus + Salamander, causes fire damage to all enemies on screen)
• Ice Manipulation (With Uranus + Serpent, causes ice damage to all enemies on screen)
• Plant Manipulation (With Uranus + Mandragora, causes plant damage to all enemies on screen)
• Earth Manipulation (With Uranus + Golem, causes earth damage to all enemies on screen)
• Poison Manipulation (With Uranus + Manticore, causes poison damage to all enemies on screen)
• Air Manipulation (With Uranus + Griffin, causes wind damage to all enemies on screen)
• Electricity Manipulation (With Uranus + Thunderbird, causes electricity damage to all enemies on screen)
• Darkness Manipulation (With Uranus + Black Dog, causes dark damage to all enemies on screen)

• Power Modification (With Pluto + Serpent, sub-weapon number doubles when attacking)
• Duplication (With Pluto + Golem, projects an image of Nathan that attacks along with him)
• Transferal (With Manticore, sub-weapons use mind power instead of hearts)
• Statistics Boost (With Pluto + Griffin, walking and dash speed are increased)
• Invulnerability (Metaphysical Invulnerability; With Pluto + Unicorn, the body glows with light and cannot be hit by anything)
• Transformation (Transformative Arsenal; With Pluto + Black Dog, Nathan transforms into a skeleton)

• Social Influencing (Social Status; With Stylish Suit, Nathan will be popular while wearing this)
• Statistics Boost (Through various armors, normally boost a variety of stats whether it be defense, intelligence, strength and luck)
• Contact Damage (Spikes; With Needle Armor, plate armor covered in spikes)
• Magic (With Magic Robe, a robe that has magic within, magic comes from alchemy, a field that experiments with the principles of God's creation of the world)
  • Principle Manipulation
• Light Manipulation (With Shining Armor, armor that gleams with light)

• Statistics Boost (Through various hand and arm gears, normally boost a variety of stats whether it be defense, intelligence, strength and luck)
• Supernatural Luck I(With Gambler Armband, luck increases greatly while equipped. With Miracle Armband, luck increases while equipped. With Luck Ring, luck increases while equipped)
• Magic (With Magic Gauntlet, magical power lies within the gauntlet, magic comes from alchemy, a field that experiments with the principles of God's creation of the world)
  • Principle Manipulation

• Acrobatics (With Kick Boots, enables the wall kick to move up narrow spaces between walls)
• Multiple Jumps (With Double Jump, while in the air, Nathan can jump again. With Roc Wing, has an unlimited amount of jumps)
• Purification (With Cleansing, cleanses the poisoned water in the Underground Waterway)

• Purification (With Antidote, cures the poison status effect. With Cure Curse, cures the curse status effect)
• Restoration (With Heart, restores ten hearts to Nathan. With Heart High, restores twenty-five hearts to Nathan. With Heart EX, restores fifty hearts to Nathan. With Heart Mega, restores one hundred hearts to Nathan. With Mind Restore, recovers 30% mind power. With Mind High, recovers 50% mind power. With Mind EX, recovers 100% mind power)
• Healing (With Potion, restores twenty health. With Potion High, restores two hundred and fifty health. With Potion EX, restores all health. With Pot Roast, restores fifty health. With Spice Pot Roast, restores one hundred health)

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Equipment

WeaponsEquipment

Whips

• Hunter Whip: This is a powerful whip that had been passed down between vampire hunters, once wielded by Nathan Graves’ parents and Morris Baldwin; eventually passed down to Nathan. In the pause menu, it is referred to as the "Vampire Killer" in the pause menu.

Sub-Weapons

• Dagger: A collection of throwing daggers in Nathan’s possession, which can be thrown at enemies at high speeds.
• Axe: An axe made with silver, which Nathan uses to throw at his enemies.
• Holy Water: A jar of holy water that erupts into flames once it is released out of its container.
• Crucifix: This is a boomerang, which is shaped like a holy cross. It returns to Nathan after being thrown.
• Clock: A watch that allows Nathan to stop time for a brief moment.

Action Cards

• Mercury: A card for the messenger of the gods. This card powers up the Hunter Whip, increasing its strength and altering its elemental attributes.
• Venus: A card for the goddess of love and beauty. This card enhances Nathan’s base stats.
• Jupiter: A card for the god of the heavens and leader of Olympus. This card creates elemental barriers for Nathan.
• Mars: A card for the god of war. Attaching this card allows Nathan to alter the Hunter Whip into different weapons, such as swords.
• Diana: A card for the goddess of hunting and the moon. This card will create projectiles that fly off of Nathan’s whip when he swings it.
• Apollo: A card for the god of sun and music. Attaching this card grants Nathan multiple different abilities and techniques to use.
• Neptune: A card for the god of the sea. This allows for Nathan to recover his health, while also taking MP damage from elemental abilities.
• Saturn: A card for the god of agriculture. This card summons a variety of monsters that follow Nathan around and attack in tandem with him.
• Uranus: A card for the former god of the heavens. This card allows for Nathan to summon the creatures presented on the Attribute Cards.
• Pluto: A card for the god of the underworld. This card grants numerous strange abilities, including making him invincible, turning him into a skeleton, and summoning a shadowy clone of Nathan.

Attribute Cards

• Salamander: A card for a lizard bathed in flames, which is the embodiment of the flame spirit. This grants Nathan’s inventory with the elemental attribute of fire.
• Serpent: A card for a dragon serpent from the sea, which is the embodiment of the ice element. This grants Nathan’s inventory with the elemental attribute of ice.
• Mandragora: A card for a humanoid rooted in the ground, which is the embodiment of the plant element. This grants Nathan’s inventory with the elemental attribute of plants and life.
• Golem: A card for a goliath of a man made of clay, which is the embodiment of the earth element. This grants Nathan’s inventory with the elemental attribute of earth.
• Cockatrice: A card for a large bird said to turn things to stone, which is the embodiment of the rock element. This grants Nathan’s inventory with the elemental attribute of rock and stone.
• Manticore: A card for a lion with the tail of a scorpion, which is the embodiment of the poison element. This grants Nathan’s inventory with the elemental attribute of poison.
• Griffin: A card for an eagle with the body of a lion, which is the embodiment of the wind element. This grants Nathan’s inventory with the elemental attribute of wind.
• Thunderbird: A card for a large bird of thunder, which is the embodiment of the lightning element. This grants Nathan’s inventory with the elemental attribute of lightning.
• Unicorn: A card for a pure white unicorn, which is the embodiment of the light element. This grants Nathan’s inventory with the elemental attribute of light.
• Black Dog: A card for a dog said to consume darkness, which is the embodiment of the dark element. This grants Nathan’s inventory with the elemental attribute of darkness.

Items

• Dash Boots: Boots that allow Nathan to sprint indefinitely.
• Double: A necklace that allows Nathan to jump another time while mid-air.
• Tackle: Shoulder pads that allow for Nathan to tackle certain opponents with more force than he normally would.
• Kick Boots: Boots that give Nathan the ability to kick off walls, to perform a wall jump.
• Heavy Ring: A ring that bestows power upon Nathan, that lets him push things heavier than he could normally push.
• Cleansing: An amulet that disperses and eliminates all poison from bodies of water, cleansing them completely.
• Roc Wing: This wing grants Nathan a much higher jump than normal.
• Potion: Recovers a small amount of Nathan’s health.
• Potion High: Recovers a large amount of Nathan’s health.
• Potion Ex: Recovers all of Nathan’s health.
• Mind Restore: Recovers a small amount of Nathan’s magic.
• Mind High: Recovers a large amount of Nathan’s magic.
• Mind Ex: Recovers all of Nathan’s magic.
• Antidote: Restores Nathan of poisonous effects.
• Cure Curse: Purges Nathan of any curses he’s inflicted with.

Armor

Armor	Description	Stats	Drop
Bronze Armor	Armor made from bronze.	DEF +50	Skeleton Soldier, Axe Armor, Flame Armor
Chain Mail	Armor made from chains.	DEF +100	Forest Armor, Fish Head, Lizard Man, Flame Demon
Cotton Clothes	Clothes made of cotton.	DEF +20	Mummy, Mud Man, Flea Man, Hopper, Zombie, Skeleton Athlete
Cotton Robe	Robe made of cotton.	DEF +25, INT +100	Spear Skeleton, Were-Bear, Fox
Archer	Dark Armor Cursed Armor.	DEF +550, STR -10, INT -10, LCK -10	Lilim
Diamond Armor	Armor made from diamonds.	DEF +210	Ice Demon
Gold Armor	Armor made of gold.	DEF +80	Thunder Armor, Earth Armor, Were-Jaguar
Leather Armor	Armor made from leather.	DEF +30	Skeleton, Axe Armor, Brain Float, Electric Skeleton, Skeleton Knight, Skeleton Soldier, Skeleton Spear
Magic Robe	A robe that has magic within.	DEF +200, INT +300	Witch, Alraune
Mirror Armor	Armor polished to a mirror-like surface.	DEF +300	Devil
Needle Armor	Plate armor covered in spikes.	DEF +400, STR +10	Nightmare
Night Suit	A dark, black suit.	DEF +60, STR +20, INT +10	Hyena, Killer Bee, Golem
Ninja Garb	A black ninja suit.	DEF +80, STR +30	Franken, Were-Jaguar
Platinum Armor	Plate armor made from platinum.	DEF +150	Holy Armor, Dark Armor, Dullahan
Prison Garb	Clothes that were worn by a prisoner.	DEF +20, STR +5	Zombie Thief, Evil Hand, Clinking Man, Gargoyle, Ghoul
Rainbow Robe	A colorful robe.	DEF +140, INT +250, LCK +15	Forest Armor, Poison Armor, Ice Demon
Sage Robe	A robe said to have belonged to a sage.	DEF +250, INT +500	Lilith
Shining Armor	Armor that gleams with light.	DEF +500, STR +10, INT +10, LCK +10	Battle Arena
Silk Robe	Robe made of silk.	DEF +40, INT +140	Fox Archer, Wight
Soldier Fatigues	Fatigues normally worn by soldiers.	DEF +120, STR +50, LCK +10	Catoblepas, Franken
Steel Armor	Plate armor made of interlinking metal loops.	DEF +120	Ice Armor, Evil Pillar, Thunder Armor
Stylish Suit	You'll be popular while wearing this.	DEF +40, STR +10	Heat Shade, Harpy, Skeleton Boomerang

Head and Arm Gear

Gear	Description	Stats	Drop
Arm Guard	Protects the arms while equipped.	DEF +10	Bloody Sword, Beast Demon, Fleaman
Bear Ring	Ring with the curse of the bear.	DEF -100, STR -100, INT -100, LCK -100	Skeleton Medalist
Cursed Ring	Luck decreases greatly while equipped.	DEF +30, STR +30, LCK -100	Arch Demon, Beast Demon, Poltergeist
Defense Armband	Defense increases greatly while equipped.	DEF +100, STR -25, INT -25, LCK -25	Were-Horse
Double Grips	Their power is released when both are equipped.	DEF +75, STR +75, INT +25, LCK +25	Dark Armor
Gambler Armband	Luck increases greatly while equipped.	DEF -25, STR -25, INT -25, LCK +100	Mimic Candle
Gauntlet	Increases attack power while equipped.	STR +15	Merman, Earth Armor, Hopper, Werewolf
Hard Ring	Defense increases while equipped.	DEF +50, STR -10, LCK -10	Stone Armor, Medusa Head, Death Mantis
Intelligence Ring	Intelligence increases while equipped.	STR -10, INT +50, LCK -10	Evil Hand, Succubus
Luck Ring	Luck increases while equipped.	DEF -10, INT -10, LCK +50	Zombie Thief
Magic Gauntlet	Magical power lies within the gauntlet.	INT +10	Frozen Shade, Earth Demon, Poison Worm, Thunder Demon
Miracle Armband	Luck increases while equipped.	LCK +10	Boomerang Skeleton, Clinking Man
Sage Armband	Intelligence increases greatly while equipped.	DEF -25, STR -25, INT +100, LCK -25	Wind Demon
Star Bracelet	Its power depends on which arm it is on.	(left arm) STR +25, INT +25. (right arm) DEF +35, LCK +25	Harpy, Frozen Shade
Strength Armband	Strength increases greatly while equipped.	DEF -25, STR +100, INT -25, LCK -25	Demon Lord
Strength Ring	Strength increases while equipped.	DEF -10, STR +50, INT -10	Grizzly, Were-Bear
Toy Ring	Useless ring.	no effect	Skeleton Medalist, Evil Pillar
Wrist Band	Cotton armband.	STR +5	Bat, Ectoplasm, Devil Tower, Gremlins, Spirits, Will-o'-Wisps

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Notable Techniques

Item Crashes

Item Crashes are a technique utilized by Nathan that allow him to use special attacks with his sub-weapons. Performing an item crash takes more hearts then normally taken from the subweapon however in return the attack is capable of killing most enemies and greatly reducing a boss' health.

The item crashes are as follow:

Pluto + Salamander (No Subweapon)

Nathan leaps into the air and summons 128 stars, each one as strong as a strike from his whip. This is the strongest Item Crush Nathan has. 100 Hearts.

Thousand Edge

Nathan shoots 64 spears, an attack which is approximately as strong as 10% (22% in Shooter Mode) of his whip. He can switch his vision while continuing the Item Crush. During this period, he is invulnerable. 20 Hearts.

Spiral Axe

Nathan leaps into the air and throws eight spinning axes, which is as strong as 79% (158% in Shooter Mode) of his whip. 8 Hearts.

Hydro Storm

For 8.5 seconds, Nathan summons a rain of holy water which damages the enemy by 22% (39% in Shooter Mode) of his damage by whip. The rain hits all enemies approximately once every second. 20 Hearts.

Holy Cross

Nathan leaps into the air and casts a pillar of light surrounded by spinning crosses. It damages the enemy at 100% (198% in Shooter Mode) of his damage by whip. 15 Hearts.

Clock

Nathan summons four golden clocks which affect enemies more than a normal clock, and damages the enemy by throwing all clocks after the countdown reaches 0. The damage is as strong as Nathan's whip. 40 Hearts.

DSS Combinations

DSS Combinations are potent abilities available to Nathan Graves in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon through the Dual Set-Up System. Activating each combination requires one Action Card and one Attribute Card. Below is a list detailing the effects of all 100 possible combinations.

MercuryVenusJupiterMarsDianaApolloNeptuneSaturnUranusPluto

These abilities involve imbuing the Hunter Whip with various elemental powers.

Dual Set-Up System Combination: Mercury
Salamander	Name	Fire Whip
	Description	"Fire whip to attack enemies."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's strength by 5% and deals Fire damage. If a monster is very close to Nathan, it suffers roughly 50% more damage. 6 MP per use.
Serpent	Name	Ice Whip
	Description	"Ice whip. Frozen enemies can be used as platforms."
	Effect	This will decrease Nathan's strength by 29% and lessen the whip's range, but in return, his attack speed is noticeably increased. The whip deals Ice damage while this combo is in effect. Once a monster takes a hit that would otherwise kill it, it becomes frozen, and it can be stood upon as a platform if desired. Otherwise, Nathan simply needs to hit the monster one more time to kill it. This affliction is not permanent, however, and the monster will break after a few seconds. 2 MP per use.
Mandragora	Name	Whip of Thorns
	Description	"Whip of Thorns to attack enemies."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's strength by 10% and deals Plant damage. 6 MP per use.
Golem	Name	Earth Whip
	Description	"Earth whip to attack distant enemies."
	Effect	Increases the whip's range, but attacks slower. Deals Earth damage. 8 MP per use.
Cockatrice	Name	Stone Whip
	Description	"Stone Whip. Enemies turned to stone can be used as platforms."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's strength by 10% and deals Stone damage, but slightly slows his attack speed. Once a monster takes a hit that would otherwise kill it, it becomes petrified, and it can be stood upon as a platform if desired. Otherwise, Nathan simply needs to hit the monster one more time to kill it. Whatever the situation calls for, however, it must be done quickly; if Nathan is not quick enough, the monster will break free of its affliction. 6 MP per use.
Manticore	Name	Poison Whip
	Description	"Poison whip that will release a mist of poison."
	Effect	Decreases Nathan's strength by 11% and deals Poison damage. The whip is swung upward, and the ensuing clouds of poison deal minor damage for a few seconds. 6 MP per use.
Griffin	Name	Wind Whip
	Description	"Wind whip. Continuous attack will occur while attack is held."
	Effect	Decreases Nathan's strength by 13% and deals Wind damage. When the whip is held out, it strikes constantly instead of being spun around. 10 MP per use.
Thunderbird	Name	Electric Whip
	Description	"Electric whip. Will electrocute while attack is held."
	Effect	When the whip is held out, it deals constant Electricity damage instead of being spun. The damage dealt from keeping the whip out weakens the longer it is held out, however. 10 MP per use. In addition, the Hunter's Whip is slightly faster and has a slightly longer reach.
Unicorn	Name	Holy Whip
	Description	"Holy whip. Health is replenished with each swing of the whip."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's strength by 22% and deals Holy damage. Restores 1% of Nathan's HP with every swing. 20 MP per use.
Black Dog	Name	Darkness Whip
	Description	"Darkness whip to attack and envelop enemies in darkness."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's strength by 41% and deals darkness damage. Clouds of darkness will continue to deal damage a few seconds after being struck. Nathan's whip is somewhat slower (but not as slow as the Earth Whip). 40 MP per use.

Most effects of Venus boost Nathan's base stats.

Dual Set-Up System Combination: Venus
Salamander	Name	STR Boost
	Description	"Inflicted damage increases by 25%."
	Effect	Increases strength by 12% (in order to reach 25% damage boost, since the STR is squared). 4 MP per second.
Serpent	Name	DEF Boost
	Description	"Defense increases by 25%."
	Effect	Increases defense by 25%. 4 MP per second.
Mandragora	Name	LCK Boost
	Description	"Luck increases by 25%."
	Effect	Increases luck by 25%. 4 MP per second.
Golem	Name	Exploration DEF Boost
	Description	"Defense increases as the % of the map uncovered increases."
	Effect	Increases defense based on the amount of the map uncovered. 16 MP per second.
Cockatrice	Name	Walking EXP
	Description	"Gains experience points from walking."
	Effect	Gain 1 experience point roughly every three steps walking. Not running. 2 MP per second.
Manticore	Name	Double Hearts
	Description	"Gains double the amount of hearts received."
	Effect	Doubles the amount of hearts recovered per pickup. Small hearts restore 2, large hearts restore 10. 2 MP per second.
Griffin	Name	INT Boost
	Description	"Intelligence increases by 25%."
	Effect	Increases intelligence by 25%. 4 MP per second.
Thunderbird	Name	Exploration STR Boost
	Description	"Damage increases as the % of the map uncovered increases."
	Effect	Increases strength based on the amount of the map uncovered. 16 MP per second.
Unicorn	Name	DEF Emphasis
	Description	"Defense X 2 while inflicted damage is 1/2."
	Effect	Doubles defense, but reduce strength by 29%. 8 MP per second.
Black Dog	Name	STR Emphasis
	Description	"Inflicted damage X 2 while defense is 1/2."
	Effect	Increase strength by 41%, but halves defense. 8 MP per second.

Jupiter Combinations primarily grant defensive abilities, typically creating a shield with the selected element.

Dual Set-Up System Combination: Jupiter
Salamander	Name	Fireball Circle
	Description	"2 fireballs circle you in defense."
	Effect	Two fireballs slowly orbit you in defense. 4 MP per second.
Serpent	Name	Ice Ball Circle
	Description	"4 ice balls circle you in defense. These can freeze enemies."
	Effect	Four balls of ice quickly circle you in defense. They can freeze enemies. 4 MP per second.
Mandragora	Name	Regeneration
	Description	"If stationary, health will gradually replenish."
	Effect	After a few seconds of standing still, Nathan will slowly regain lost health, roughly 1% every second. 16 MP per second.
Golem	Name	Invincibility Duration Boost
	Description	"If damages, the invincibility duration is X 4."
	Effect	When damaged, the duration of Nathan's invincibility frames will quadruple. 4 MP per second.
Cockatrice	Name	Stone Form
	Description	"Transform into stone and become invulnerable."
	Effect	Turns Nathan to living stone, making him immune to status effects but greatly reducing his mobility. Contrary to the description, however, Nathan does not receive reduced damage. 8 MP per second.
Manticore	Name	Poison Cloud
	Description	"A cloud of poison spreads to protect you."
	Effect	Nathan exudes clouds of poison mist in random directions, dealing minor damage to enemies caught in it. 4 MP per second.
Griffin	Name	Sonic Wave
	Description	"While dashing, a sonic wave appears to protect you."
	Effect	While dashing, Nathan gains a sonic barrier in front of him. 4 MP per second.
Thunderbird	Name	Defensive Knock Back
	Description	"You will be sent flying when damaged, but take 1/2 damage."
	Effect	Every attack sends Nathan flying, but all damage taken is reduced by half. As an overwhelming number of attacks in the game already send Nathan flying anyways, this combination is perhaps the easiest way to double his Defense. 4 MP per second.
Unicorn	Name	Circular Barrier
	Description	"A circular barrier will surround you."
	Effect	A circular shield surrounds Nathan and protects him from every side (albeit to a limited extent from below), dealing Holy damage to anything it comes in contact with. 8 MP per second.
Black Dog	Name	Black Hole Barrier
	Description	"A black hole barrier will surround you, but HP is drained."
	Effect	A black hole will protect Nathan from every side, dealing darkness damage to anything it comes in contact with, but he takes 1% damage every second. Actually gives him the Poison status (it goes away as soon as the card combo is deactivated, but will simply return immediately upon returning to gameplay if cured with an Antidote). 8 MP per second.

Each Mars effect transforms the Hunter Whip into a unique, element-infused weapon. While any of the following card combinations are active, Nathan cannot continuously swing his whip by holding down the attack button.

Dual Set-Up System Combination: Mars
Salamander	Name	Fire Sword
	Description	"Attack with a fire sword."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's strength by 10% and deals Fire damage. The sword's attack can reach overhead. 8 MP per use.
Serpent	Name	Ice Sword
	Description	"Attack with an ice sword. Can freeze enemies."
	Effect	Decreases Nathan's strength by 29% and deals Ice damage. The sword's arc can attack overhead. Can freeze enemies. Very fast attack speed. 4 MP per use.
Mandragora	Name	Rose Sword
	Description	"Attack with a rose sword."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's strength by 12% and deals Plant damage. The attack itself flings petals, which deal 20% of the damage that the strike would have done, at the benefit of slightly increasing range. The sword's arc can attack overhead. 10 MP per use.
Golem	Name	Massive Hammer
	Description	"Attack with a massive hammer. Causes earthquakes."
	Effect	Swung overhead, it causes minor damage to any enemy on the ground (and Devil Towers, which are technically tied to the ground) where you strike. The hammerhead can deal direct damage equivalent to the whip during any part of the swing, though the distance required is extremely precise; hitting an enemy with the shaft of the hammer does nothing. Rather slow attack speed. 4 MP per use.
Cockatrice	Name	Tonfers
	Description	"Attack with tonfers. Can turn some enemies into stone."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's strength by 22% and deals Stone damage. Swung straight forward, with a hitbox similar to the whip but a slightly faster attack speed. Can petrify enemies. 12 MP per use.
Manticore	Name	Poison Claws
	Description	"Attack with poison claws."
	Effect	Decreases Nathan's strength by 11% and deals Poison damage. Strikes twice, but slightly lacking in terms of range. 8 MP per use (both strikes count as a single use).
Griffin	Name	Sword Draw
	Description	"Sword Draw. Holding attack longer will inflict more damage."
	Effect	Statwise, it increases Nathan's strength by 41%. However, the longer the button is held, the more damage it deals (and the further its range extends). After roughly three seconds, it is fully charged and deals roughly 10 times Nathan's whip damage. When activated, sliding and tackling also deal damage equal to a full charge. 16 MP per use.
Thunderbird	Name	Martial Arts
	Description	"Martial Arts. Hold attack to perform combinations."
	Effect	Consists of two jabs, a punch from the other hand, then a kick. The two initial punches deal half Nathan's normal whip damage, the offhand punch deals normal, then the kick deals twice the normal whip damage. Extremely fast attack speed (though there is some cooldown between combos,) but lacking in range. 16 MP per use (each part of the combo counts as a separate use).
Unicorn	Name	Holy Sword
	Description	"Attack with a holy sword."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's strength by 73%, and deals Holy damage. An extremely long sword that strikes straight ahead with no arc and a very fast attack speed. The sword is positioned behind Nathan during the attack's start-up time, doing damage to enemies in the way just as if they were hit by the main attack. 32 MP per use.
Black Dog	Name	Gun
	Description	"Attack with a gun."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's strength by 100%. Nathan draws a pistol and fires straight ahead. The opening and ending delay are very significant, however. 32 MP per use.

Each Diana combination generates a projectile of the corresponding element whenever the whip is swung.

Dual Set-Up System Combination: Diana
Salamander	Name	Fireball Whip
	Description	"A fireball is released with each attack."
	Effect	Each swing of the whip produces a fireball that travels at Nathan's dash speed. It has 400 base power and is not affected by any of Nathan's stats. 32 MP per use.
Serpent	Name	Ice Shard
	Description	"3 slivers of ice are released with each attack."
	Effect	Each swing of the whip produces three slivers of ice. It has short range, but can freeze enemies. The center one has 550 base power and the others 500. They are not affected by any of Nathan's stats. 64 MP per use.
Mandragora	Name	Petal Plume
	Description	"3 plumes of petals are released with each attack."
	Effect	Throws three roses with each swing of the whip. They travel in a cone shape. The center one has 660 base power and the others 600. They are not affected by any of Nathan's stats. 96 MP per use.
Golem	Name	Quake
	Description	"A quake is released with each attack."
	Effect	Every swing of the whip produces a ground-bound quake similar to the attack of the Earth Demon. 16 MP per use.
Cockatrice	Name	Rock Throw
	Description	"3 rocks are fired with each attack."
	Effect	Flings three stones with each swing of the whip. They travel in random arcs with each swing. They are half as strong as normal attack. 16 MP per use.
Manticore	Name	Poison Shower
	Description	"When the whip is swung upward, there is a poison shower."
	Effect	The whip is swung upward, producing a ball of poison. It dissipates on contact with a surface or enemy, causing damage for a few seconds after. 16 MP per use.
Griffin	Name	Wind Wave
	Description	"A wind wave is unleashed with each attack."
	Effect	When the whip is swung, it throws a wave of energy that moves in a straight line, passing through everything in its way, and deals extreme damage. It has 700 base power and is not affected by any of Nathan's stats. 128 MP per use.
Thunderbird	Name	Static Whip
	Description	"Electricity fills the air when the whip is spun."
	Effect	When the whip is spun, it deals more damage than a usual whip spin. The whip is charged with Electricity. 12 MP per use (beginning to spin the whip is considered a use, but continuing to spin the whip does not drain further MP).
Unicorn	Name	Guided Shell
	Description	"A guided shell is released with each attack."
	Effect	Each swing of the whip produces a white orb that tracks an enemy. 48 MP per use.
Black Dog	Name	Darkness Shells
	Description	"8 shells of darkness are released with each attack."
	Effect	Each swing of the whip produces 8 balls of darkness in a circle around Nathan. They deal 2 times a normal whip swing's damage. 32 MP per use.

Apollo combinations enable a special attack, triggered by pressing ↓ ←(→) ↑ + [Attack].

Dual Set-Up System Combination: Apollo
Salamander	Name	Bomb
	Description	"A bomb is thrown. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Throws an arcing bomb that explodes on contact. 20 MP per use.
Serpent	Name	Ice Ball
	Description	"An ice ball is thrown that can freeze enemies. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Throws a ball of ice that explodes into shards upon contact with an enemy or surface. Can freeze. 20 MP per use.
Mandragora	Name	Rose Thrown
	Description	"A rose is thrown. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Throws a rose that arcs in the air. It releases petals as it flies that deal damage for a few seconds after use. 40 MP per use.
Golem	Name	Raise Stalagmite
	Description	"A stalagmite is raised to attack. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Raises five spikes from the ground. Nathan is invincible for a moment while the attack is activating. 30 MP per use.
Cockatrice	Name	Comet
	Description	"A comet is dropped on the enemy. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Drops three comets from the sky. If they strike an enemy, they disperse into several pieces that deal reduced damage. Nathan is invincible for a moment while the attack is activating. 60 MP per use.
Manticore	Name	Poisonous Bomb
	Description	"A poisonous bomb is detonated. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Throws a poisonous bomb into the air. It dissipates when it strikes an enemy, dealing minor damage over several seconds. 10 MP per use.
Griffin	Name	Tornado
	Description	"A tornado is created. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Tosses out a minor whirlwind that flings blades of wind to the left and right. It lasts for a few seconds. 60 MP per use.
Thunderbird	Name	Lightning Ball
	Description	"A lightning ball is thrown. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Throws a ball of static that binds itself to an enemy and causes damage constantly until it vanishes, which happens a few seconds later. 80 MP per use.
Unicorn	Name	Arrow of Light
	Description	"An arrow of light is hurled down. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Eight spears fall from the sky consecutively, starting from the left and moving across. Nathan is invincible for a moment while the attack is activating. 80 MP per use.
Black Dog	Name	Black Hole
	Description	"A black hole is created. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Produces a black hole that stays on anything it touches, causing damage over several seconds. 120 MP per use.

All of Neptune's abilities activate upon taking specific types of elemental damage, restoring health at the cost of MP. The description for each ability appears in the DSS menu only after receiving the corresponding elemental damage. If MP is fully depleted, the effect ceases.

Dual Set-Up System Combination: Neptune
Salamander	Name	Fire Healing
	Description	"Fire attacks heal character while reducing MP."
	Effect	Fire attacks, such as the Skeleton Bomber's explosions, heal Nathan while reducing his MP. In general, attacks that make Nathan glow red and appear to be on fire while they knock him back have the Fire element. 3 MP per second.
Serpent	Name	Ice Healing
	Description	"Ice attacks heal character while reducing MP."
	Effect	Ice attacks, such as the Ice Armor's javelins, heal Nathan while reducing his MP. In general, attacks that can freeze Nathan, or that make him take on an ice-blue coloration while being knocked back, have the Ice element. 3 MP per second.
Mandragora	Name	Plant Healing
	Description	"Plant attacks heal character while reducing MP."
	Effect	Plant attacks, such as the tendrils of the Alraune, heal Nathan while reducing his MP. Plant attacks lack a clear visual cue to identify them. 3 MP per second.
Golem	Name	Earth Healing
	Description	"Earth attacks heal character while reducing MP."
	Effect	Earth attacks, such as the touch of the Golem enemy, heal Nathan while reducing his MP. Earth attacks lack a clear visual cue to identify them. 3 MP per second.
Cockatrice	Name	Stone Healing
	Description	"Stone attacks heal character while reducing MP."
	Effect	Stone attacks, such as the projectiles of the Evil Pillar, heal Nathan while reducing his MP. In general, attacks that can petrify Nathan, or in which Nathan takes on a stone-grey hue while being knocked back, have the Stone element. 3 MP per second.
Manticore	Name	Poison Healing
	Description	"Poison attacks heal character while reducing MP."
	Effect	Poison attacks, such as the powder of the King Moth, heal Nathan while reducing his MP. In general, attacks that can poison Nathan, or that make Nathan take on a purple coloration while being knocked back, have the Poison element. 3 MP per second.
Griffin	Name	Wind Healing
	Description	"Wind attacks heal character while reducing MP."
	Effect	Wind attacks, such as the blades of the Wind Demon, heal Nathan while reducing his MP. The Wind element lacks a clear visual cue to identify it. 3 MP per second.
Thunderbird	Name	Electric Healing
	Description	"Electric attacks heal character while reducing MP."
	Effect	Electricity attacks, such as the bolts of the Electric Skeleton, heal Nathan while reducing his MP. In general, attacks that make Nathan glow bright blue (as though electrified) as they knock him back have the Electric element. 3 MP per second.
Unicorn	Name	Holy Healing
	Description	"Light attacks heal character while reducing MP."
	Effect	Holy attacks, like the beams of the White Armor, heal Nathan while reducing his MP. The Holy element lacks a clear visual cue to identify it. 3 MP per second.
Black Dog	Name	Darkness Healing
	Description	"Dark attacks heal character while reducing MP."
	Effect	Dark attacks, like the rings of the Nightmare, heal Nathan while reducing his MP. This particular element is very common. In general, attacks that can curse Nathan, or that make him take on a greenish hue while knocking him back, have the Darkness element (though, there are a few exceptions to this rule). 3 MP per second.

All Saturn combinations summon a familiar with unique attack styles. Some familiars attack independently, while others strike in sync with Nathan.

Dual Set-Up System Combination: Saturn
Salamander	Name	Bat Familiar
	Description	"A bat familiar appears to attack in tandem."
	Effect	Summons a bat that shoots fireballs when the attack button is held. 4 MP per shot.
Serpent	Name	Ghost Familiar
	Description	"A ghost familiar appears. Will head toward enemies."
	Effect	Summons a ghost that follows enemies around. It causes minor damage very quickly, but requires MP per hit, causing very quick MP drain. 4 MP per attack.
Mandragora	Name	Owl Familiar
	Description	"An owl familiar appears to attack in tandem."
	Effect	Summons an owl that throws arcing projectiles while the attack button is held. 4 MP per shot.
Golem	Name	Hawk Familiar
	Description	"A hawk familiar appears to dive at nearby enemies."
	Effect	Summons a hawk that attacks independently of Nathan. It flies at enemies. 4 MP per attack.
Cockatrice	Name	Medusa Familiar
	Description	"A medusa familiar appears to attack in tandem."
	Effect	Summons a Medusa head that attacks while the attack button is held. 6 MP per shot.
Manticore	Name	Ghast Familiar
	Description	"A ghast familiar appears and will attack enemies."
	Effect	Summons a sentient cloud of gas. While it does not attack on its own, it will cause damage to anything that passes through it, excluding Nathan. 8 MP per attack.
Griffin	Name	Sprite Familiar
	Description	"A wind sprite familiar appears to attack in tandem."
	Effect	Summons a fairy that follows Nathan and shoots wind projectiles at enemies while the attack button is held. 8 MP per shot.
Thunderbird	Name	Crow Familiar
	Description	"A crow familiar appears and will electrocute enemies."
	Effect	Summons a crow that sparks with Electricity. When it touches an enemy, the electricity sparks higher and causes damage. 16 MP per attack.
Unicorn	Name	Cherub Familiar
	Description	"A cherub familiar appears to attack in tandem."
	Effect	Summons a tiny angel that fires holy arrows at enemies while the attack button is held. 32 MP per shot.
Black Dog	Name	Imp Familiar
	Description	"An imp familiar that has power up attacks when attack is held."
	Effect	Summons an imp that charges its attack while the attack button is held. When it is released, the imp unleashes a huge blast of energy. By jumping before attacking, Nathan can cause it to charge without having to sit still. 4 MP per shot.

Uranus combinations summon the avatars of the elements, typically dealing damage to all enemies on-screen before vanishing. They are called forth by pressing ↓ ←(→) ↑ + [Attack], with Nathan being invincible during the summoning.

Dual Set-Up System Combination: Uranus
Salamander	Name	Summon Salamander
	Description	"A Salamander will be summoned to attack. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Causes Fire damage to all enemies onscreen. 160 MP per use.
Serpent	Name	Summon Serpent
	Description	"A Serpent will be summoned to attack. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Causes Ice damage and freezing surrounding enemies. Varying damage. 120 MP per use.
Mandragora	Name	Summon Mandragora
	Description	"A Mandragora will be summoned to attack. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Causes Plant damage to enemies nearby or within center of screen. 100 MP per use.
Golem	Name	Summon Golem
	Description	"A Golem will be summoned to attack. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Causes Earth damage to all enemies onscreen. 100 MP per use.
Cockatrice	Name	Summon Cockatrice
	Description	"A Cockatrice will be summoned to attack. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Causes Stone damage to all enemies onscreen and can petrify. Most damaging summon though it can vary. 200 MP per use.
Manticore	Name	Summon Manticore
	Description	"A Manticore will be summoned to attack. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Causes Poison damage to all enemies onscreen. 60 MP per use.
Griffin	Name	Summon Griffin
	Description	"A Griffin will be summoned to attack. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Causes Wind damage to all enemies onscreen. 100 MP per use.
Thunderbird	Name	Summon Thunderbird
	Description	"A Thunderbird will be summoned to attack. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Causes Electricity damage to all enemies onscreen. Capable of damaging enemies offscreen. 200 MP per use.
Unicorn	Name	Summon Unicorn
	Description	"A Unicorn will be summoned to attack. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	The only non-damaging summon, the Unicorn restores 16% health. 100 MP per use.
Black Dog	Name	Summon Black Dog
	Description	"A Black Dog will be summoned to attack. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	Very minor Dark damage to all enemies onscreen. Restores a little bit of health each time an enemy is damaged. 100 MP per use.

Pluto combinations produce a mix of random abilities, with no consistent theme across their effects.

Dual Set-Up System Combination: Pluto
Salamander	Name	Item Crush
	Description	"Item Crush attack is unleashed. [↓ ←(→) ↑ + Attack]"
	Effect	By using the ↓ ←(→) ↑ + [Attack] combination, Nathan unleashes his current sub-weapon's Item Crush, a special attack. Each costs 4 MP and a number of hearts.
Serpent	Name	Doubled Sub-Weapon
	Description	"Sub-weapon number doubles when attacking."
	Effect	Each time a sub-weapon is used, the number thrown is doubled. 4 MP per second.
Mandragora	Name	Experience Boost
	Description	"Experience point gain increases by 20%."
	Effect	Increases experience gain by 20%. 4 MP per second.
Golem	Name	Image Projection
	Description	"Projects an image of yourself."
	Effect	Puts a shadowy form of Nathan a few paces ahead of him. It attacks in tandem with Nathan. 8 MP per second.
Cockatrice	Name	Timed Boost
	Description	"Defense increases depending on the elapsed game time."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's defense based on the total play time. +1 DEF for every 6 minutes. 6 MP per second.
Manticore	Name	MP Sub-Weapon
	Description	"Sub-weapons use mind power not hearts."
	Effect	Nathan's sub-weapons use up his MP instead of his hearts. This costs him 5 MP per heart that would have been used up normally.
Griffin	Name	Speed Boost
	Description	"Walking and dash speed are increased."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's walk and run speed, but not his jump distance. 4 MP per use.
Thunderbird	Name	Timed Attack
	Description	"Inflicted damage is increased depending on the elapsed time."
	Effect	Increases Nathan's strength based on the total play time. +1 STR for every 6 minutes. 4 MP per second.
Unicorn	Name	Invulnerability
	Description	"The body glows with light and cannot be hit with anything."
	Effect	Makes Nathan glow, making him completely invincible. He cannot hurt enemies, however. 20 MP per second.
Black Dog	Name	Skeleton Transformation
	Description	"Transforms into a skeleton."
	Effect	Transforms Nathan into a Skeleton. Any damage he takes will deal 9,999 HP of damage, resulting in instant death. In this state, his attack is only 45% of his original strength, but he has 12.5% chance of throwing a large bone that deals great damage (as strong as 3,000 strength). By equipping an accessory earned from a hidden enemy (the Skeleton Medalist), he can instead transform into a bear (5 MP per second).

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Other

Standard Tactics: Nathan will utilize his whip along with items, sub-weapons, armor, and card combinations that best suit the situation.

Weaknesses

• Unique Weaknesses: None notable.
• Armor Weaknesses: The Dark Armor is cursed and drops Nathan's strength, intelligence, and luck.
• Hand and Arm Gear Weaknesses: The bear ring inflicts the curse of the bear, dropping Nathan's defense, strength, intelligence, and luck. The cursed ring greatly decreases luck. The Defense Armband lowers Nathan's strength, intelligence, and luck. The Gambler Armband lowers Nathan's defense, strength, and intelligence. The Hard Ring lowers Nathan's strength and luck. The Intelligence Ring lowers Nathan's strength and luck. The Luck Ring lowers Nathan's defense and intelligence. The Sage Armband lowers Nathan's defense, strength, and luck. The Strength Armband lowers Nathan's defense, intelligence, and luck. The Strength Ring lowers Nathan's defense and intelligence.
• DSS Weaknesses: Using the card to turn him skeleton will have him die instantly to anything he's hit by.

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. 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", a knight who has natural holy powers. Corrupted enemies such as Charlie Vincent, use holy water attacks on Carrie and Reinhardt. Characters like Jonathan Morris wear armor like the Holy Mail, an armor that reduces damage from holy attacks.
• The Sky Fish feat moving so fast that it appears as a beam of light and only slows once time is stopped 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. 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. 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

• Nathan's name is translated as "Nathan Grabes" in the Japanese Circle of the Moon instruction booklet.
• Despite not being a Belmont, Nathan is capable of wielding and utilizing the full power of the Vampire Killer.
• Nathan and the Baldwins are vampire hunters that are somehow capable of taking on Dracula, despite it being the Belmonts and their bloodlines being the only ones capable of performing such feats, this could imply that the Baldwins and Graves are off-shoots of the Belmont family.

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, 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, 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 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.

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. 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, attempted to destroy the specific era of time, cause all beings everywhere to disappear, forever and that the age was on the verge of collapse?

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, 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, 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?

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 Julia didn't come save him, and Isaac died within the castle. In other cases the Castle does not collapse, but instead slowly fades away. 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.

Battle Records

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VictoriesLossesInconclusive

• Cerberus - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Catacombs

• Necromancer - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Audience Room

• Iron Golem - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Machine Tower

• Adramelech - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Chapel Tower

• Twin Dragon Zombies - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Underground Gallery

• Death - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Underground Warehouse

• Carmilla - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Underground Waterway

• Hugh Baldwin - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Observation Tower

• Dracula - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Ceremonial Room, Sealed Room

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