Actrise

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	“	It's a simple matter... sacrifice the lives of 100 children. I slew my own child to attain the prize of eternal life!	„
		~ Actrise to Carrie Fernandez on how she became a vampire

Background

Actrise is a prominent antagonist in Castlevania (N64) and Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness. A powerful witch, she collaborates with others in their effort to bring about the resurrection of their master, Count Dracula.

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Actrise is a woman driven by an insatiable desire for power and eternal beauty. To achieve immortality, she pledged her allegiance to Dracula, sacrificing 100 children—including her own child—in the process. This heinous act earned her a place as one of Dracula's top lieutenants alongside Death and Gilles de Rais. Together, the three worked tirelessly to orchestrate the resurrection of their Dark Lord. At some point, Actrise and Gilles turned J.A. Oldrey into a vampire, forcing his family, Mary and Henry, to sever ties with him. During Cornell's infiltration of Dracula's Castle, Actrise appeared briefly to taunt him after his victory over Gilles, hinting that Cornell's man-beast powers would provide a worthy challenge for Dracula. She reemerged after Cornell defeated Dracula, present in the throne room when Death sacrificed Cornell's wolf form to complete the Dark Lord's revival. After Dracula was reborn as a child, the three lieutenants devised a plan to thwart the two vampire hunters investigating the castle's dark happenings. While Gilles impersonated Dracula, Death and Actrise worked to obstruct the hunters' progress. As a fellow magic wielder, Actrise pursued Carrie Fernandez, offering her a chance to join Dracula's cause—a proposition Carrie rejected. Seeking to crush the girl's spirit, Actrise forced her into battle with a vampirized warrior from the Fernandez clan. Actrise confronted Carrie again atop the Tower of Sorcery. She shared her dark origin story, revealing her lack of remorse for her actions. Carrie, however, felt only pity for the "pathetic" sorceress, a reaction that enraged Actrise. Reminded of her lost child by Carrie's appearance, Actrise declared her love for no one but herself and vowed to kill Carrie, presenting her heart to Dracula. In a final showdown, Actrise unleashed her dark magic, summoning deadly crystal shards to defeat Carrie. However, her arrogance and overconfidence in her abilities led to her downfall. Overpowered by a descendant of the Belnades Clan, Actrise was ultimately defeated. As she died, she was sealed within one of her own crystals, which shattered, taking her with it. In her last moments, Actrise expressed disbelief at her defeat and failed to realize she had been nothing more than a disposable pawn in Dracula's schemes.

Personality

• Power-Hungry and Ruthless: Actrise is defined by her relentless ambition for power and eternal beauty, leading her to make heinous sacrifices to attain immortality. Her decision to pledge allegiance to Dracula came at the cost of sacrificing 100 children, including her own, illustrating her complete disregard for others in pursuit of her desires. This act solidified her position as one of Dracula's most trusted lieutenants, where she demonstrated an unwavering loyalty and a willingness to carry out any task to further her master’s dark agenda.

• Manipulative and Cruel: Actrise exhibits a sadistic pleasure in tormenting others, particularly targeting individuals like Cornell and Carrie Fernandez. She uses manipulation and psychological taunts to break the resolve of her enemies, such as forcing Carrie to battle a vampirized warrior from her own clan. Her cruelty is further displayed when she mocks and taunts Cornell during his quest, showcasing her penchant for exploiting the emotional vulnerabilities of her adversaries.

• Arrogance and Overconfidence: Actrise's belief in her magical prowess and superiority often blinds her to the limitations of her abilities. This overconfidence is most evident during her final confrontation with Carrie, where her hubris prevents her from anticipating her eventual defeat. Her inability to comprehend her role as a mere pawn in Dracula's schemes underscores her deluded sense of self-importance.

• Lack of Remorse and Self-Centeredness: Actrise is unapologetic about her past actions, including the murder of her own child, which she views as a necessary step in achieving her goals. She openly declares her love only for herself, emphasizing her narcissistic and self-serving nature. Her disdain for others, including her allies and victims, highlights her inability to form genuine emotional connections.

• Tragic and Resentful: While Actrise’s actions are undeniably villainous, glimpses of her past hint at a tragic undercurrent to her character. Her interactions with Carrie reveal a lingering bitterness and resentment tied to her lost child. This connection, however, only fuels her wrath, as she channels her pain into furthering her own ambitions rather than seeking redemption.

General Information

Name: Actrise

Nicknames/Other Names:

Origin: Castlevania 64

First Appearance: Castlevania 64

Company: Konami

Creator: Ebisu Etsunobu

Sex: Female

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Dracula's Castle

Story Role: Primary Villain, Monster

Classification: Witch

Species: Human (Formerly), Vampire

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology (Formerly), Vampire Physiology

In-Universe Creator: God

Occupation: None

Affiliations: Dracula (Attempting to restore Count Dracula to life), Death (Working together with Death to revive Dracula), Gilles de Rais (Working together with Gilles de Rais to revive Dracula)

Enemies: Carrie Fernandez (Stated she would gouge out Carrie's heart as a gift for Dracula)

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Deceased (Killed by Carrie Fernandez)

Date of Death: 1852

Alignment: Neutral Evil (Sacrificed the lives of 100 children in order to obtain eternal life, including killing her own child loving no one in the world other then herself)

Threat Level: Global Threat (Attempting to restore Count Dracula to life, where Dracula intended to cause a global war during the events of Castlevania 64, planned to wrap the world in darkness and crush all to his will)

Codex Statistics

Grade: S

Tier: At least 7-C

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Town level (Potency) (Vampires are considered far larger threats than standard creature of the night monsters, which would put her above creatures such as 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 fight and harm Carrie Fernandez, where Carrie notes herself that she has the power to subdue Dracula, with Actrise noting that Carrie has such power, it is almost terrifying despite her being only a child, she is a true Fernandez)

Durability: At least Town level, Higher with Crystals (Takes multiple hits for Carrie Fernandez to break them)

Striking Strength: At least Town Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: At least Class 10 (Vampires are considered far larger threats than standard creature of the night monsters, which should make her superior 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")

Travel Speed: At least Superhuman regularly (Vampires can assume the shape of a wolf, a bat or fog). At most Faster Than Light at top speed (Vampires are loved by the night, beyond even the typical Creature of the Night, making her 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. Vampires can move so fast that the light itself cannot keep up with them, leaving an afterimage behind. Alucard in his suppressed Genya Arikado form can still move so fast that an afterimage made of light is behind him)

Attack Speed: At most Faster Than Light

Reaction Speed: At most Faster Than Light

Stamina: Limitless (Vampires are loved by the night, making them so powerful that vampires like Walter Bernhard never been defeated before Leon Belmont gained the vampire killer)

Range: Standard Melee. At least Tens of Meters with Crystal Manipulation & Magic (Her crystals can spawn crystals underneath Carrie no matter where she is in the arena)

Intelligence: Supergenius Intelligence (Actrise is a master of magic, where magic requires one to have a deep understanding of Quantum Physics to utilize it to its fullest, requiring understandings of theories such as "Curse Amplification")

Knowledge: Grandmaster level

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Powers and Techniques

Is a Creature of the Night, which gives:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Even the smallest creatures of the night can destroy a bridge, one of Dracula's bats easily destroyed a stone ground block), Intimidation (Creatures of the nights appearances can cause one to have their body's cells cry out in terror), Immortality (Ageless; The biggest hindrance to humans when attempting to accomplish something is their limited lifespans, a limitation that cannot be overcome, however, dwellers of the darkness do not apply to the laws of the human world, ignoring such limitations. Immortal Metaphysical Aspect; Creatures of the Night can continue to exist even as a spirit and use their spirit form to form bodies out of inanimate material around them), Acausality (Causality Immunity; All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon. With their souls being completely free from time. The biggest hindrance to humans when attempting to accomplish something is their limited lifespans, a limitation that cannot be overcome, however, dwellers of the darkness do not apply to the laws of the human world, ignoring such limitations), Free Will (Creatures of the Night do not follow the hand of God and instead choose of their own free will), Empowerment (Creatures of the night are empowered by the night, becoming stronger when it's night time), Evolution (Creatures of chaos can inherit evil natures awakening into stronger enemies with new abilities and less weaknesses), Resurrection (Self-Resurrection; Creatures of chaos can be brought back to life from the power of hate. This has also been shown with slain heads reviving as an angry wraith), Regeneration (Mid-Godly overtime; Even the castle from Castlevania is a Creature of Chaos, where they are always rebirth from Chaos with each rebirth, the creatures takes a new form, with this state being referred to as a "regeneration cycle"), Invisibility (Creatures of Chaos possess a natural aura of darkness, which makes one unable to see those with an aura of darkness by the naked eye), Time Manipulation (Passive; All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon), Darkness Manipulation & Subjective Reality (Creatures of chaos very existence causes dark powers to flow beyond the control of the Elgos' grimoires, due to them collecting documented information on Dracula and his castle. Causing their power to materialize in the real world in the form of monsters. With the real world and world of grimoires being one and the same), Text Manipulation & Plot Manipulation (Passive; Creatures of the night's dark powers allowed them to rewrite the Grimoires to strengthen their dark powers greatly. It is noted by Lucy that the "vital soul" of a monster is the cause of the grimoire chaos. Their vital souls are 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 one and the same), Law Manipulation (Creatures of Chaos can alter grimoires, which do not adhere to the laws of reality), Power Modification (Creatures of the night alterations of the Grimoire 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).

Resistance to Ice Manipulation & Absolute Zero (All enemies in Castlevania III: Dracula's curse can eventually break out of being frozen from Sypha's ice magic. Along with this to protect against ice attacks in series, one normally wears rings that help them resist against absolute zero), Time Manipulation (All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon, with their souls being completely free from time. With time in Castlevania being so potent that not even eternity can withstand time, along with even artificial life being subject to the laws of time. Some creatures of chaos are immune to time stop, normally being boss-level creatures), Fate Manipulation (All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon, with their souls being completely free from time, with fate being a truth wound by time)

Is a Vampire, which gives:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Vampires are considered far larger threats than standard creature of the night monsters), Stealth Mastery (Vampires are able to attack stealthily in search of human blood), Disguise Mastery (Vampires will sometimes disguise themselves as villages in order to get near one), Immortality (Ageless; Vampires defy God's decree that life should be limited, and exist for eternity, with Mathias noting he has eternal life. Aeon notes that vampires exist for eternity. Walter is noted to be a vampire that has eternal life. The biggest hindrance to humans when attempting to accomplish something is their limited lifespans, a limitation that cannot be overcome, however, dwellers of the darkness do not apply to the laws of the human world, ignoring such limitations. Immortal Metaphysical Aspect; Vampires will someday come back to life despite them being killed due to being immortal), Acausality (Causality Immunity; All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon. With their souls being completely free from time. The biggest hindrance to humans when attempting to accomplish something is their limited lifespans, a limitation that cannot be overcome, however, dwellers of the darkness do not apply to the laws of the human world, ignoring such limitations), Free Will (Vampires do not follow the hand of God and instead choose of their own free will, defying God's decree), Enhanced Senses (Vampires can smell that Reinhardt Schneider and Carrie Fernandez smell different from the usual adventurer), Surface Scaling (Vampires can stand on ceilings), Flight (Vampires can either naturally levitate grow wings to fly, turn into a bat, or into mist), Immersion (Vampires can infuse magic into paintings to increase their power), Empowerment (Vampires are loved by the night, making them so powerful that vampires like Walter Bernhard never been defeated before Leon Belmont gained the vampire killer. Noted by Leon that the night should help Joachim Armster as well due to him being a vampire, with the only reason it doesn't is due to Walter holding the ebony stone), Resurrection (Even if one somehow manages to kill a vampire, they will someday come back to life despite them being killed due to being immortal), Transformation (Shapeshifting; Vampires can assume the shape of a wolf, a bat or fog. Vampires can disguise themselves as huamns), Teleportation (Vampires possess the ability to teleport freely. Even non-threatening vampires such as Rosa, fade out from view), Power Suppression (Vampires can submerge their own vampiric powers if needed), Life-Force Absorption (Vampires can consume one's lifeforce, allowing them to heal themselves through biting into a victim), Vampirification (Vampires can turn others into vampires, Walter turned Rinaldo's daughter into a vampire), Invisibility (Vampires possess natural aura of darkness, which makes one unable to see those with an aura of darkness by the naked eye), Time Manipulation (Passive; All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon), Animal Manipulation (Bats serve under the control of vampires, being freely spawnned by any vampire), Cloth Manipulation (A vampire's blood can transform clothes, such as Hector combining a vampire's blood with a prince's clothes to get Dracula's clothes), Electricity Manipulation (Vampires can sometimes have electricity form around them as they transform), Soul Manipulation (The candles in Castlevania are people's souls that were taken by Death or by vampires).

Resistance to Temperatures (Vampires bodies turn cold, with them feeling no heat), Biological Manipulation (Vampires biological functions are no longer required for them), Time Manipulation (All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon, with their souls being completely free from time. With time in Castlevania being so potent that not even eternity can withstand time, along with even artificial life being subject to the laws of time),Death Manipulation: "Death" loses all meaning for Vampires, as they defy God's decree that life should be limited, and exist for eternity. Where even if one "kills" a vampire they will simply just come back as they are not bound to death), Fate Manipulation (All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon, with their souls being completely free from time, with fate being a truth wound by time), Law Manipulation (Vampires defy God's decree that life should be limited, and exist for eternity)

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 (Magic users can align their magic with the magic of another to enter into painting worlds)

Flight (Levitated to the center of the arena when starting the fight against Carrie), Teleportation (Faded away upon having Carrie Fernandez fight against Camilla Fernandez), Binding (Physical Restraint; Can create a tornado of crystals that fully stop Carrie's movements), Curtain Fire (Multi-Directional; Shoots out multiple energy projectiles at once that home in on the target) Energy Projection & Homing Attack (Shoots out energy projectiles that home in on a target), Crystal Manipulation (Forms Crystals around herself to protect her from attacks, can spawn crystals underneath a target and attack them with it), Light Manipulation (Can shoot out a magic light that creates multiple crystals), Reflection Manipulation (Can shoot out an energy beam that reflects off the crystals she's made)

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Equipment

Nothing notable.

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Notable Techniques

• Blood Draining: Vampires can bite and drink the blood of their victims. Blood acts as a source of energy and life for vampires and reatures of the night, an example of this being Red Skeletons who endlessly regenerate, from any kind of damage due to it absorbing blood.
• Transformation: Vampires are able to turn into bats, wolves, fog, and other sorts of creatures as they please.
• Super Strength: Vampires are incredibly superhumanely strong, even ofr the average creature of the night, being noted to be stronger then even Werewolves.
• Super Speed: Vampires can move incredibly fast, to where all of them leave behind light projections due to how fast they're moving, while they can control their speeds to even approach speeds such as sound. They are normally beyond even other creatures in the castle such as the White Demon who moves at the speed of light at top speed.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Actrise starts by putting crystals around herself to protect herself from any attacks. While doing so she will spawn crystals underneath the target to attack them along with shooting out multiple energy projectiles that home in on the target. She will also shoot out a light that creates crystals around the area to shoot an energy projectile that will relflect off these crystals. She will also at times shoot out a tornado of minature crystals that completely halt a targets movements if it catches them, allowing her to easily attack them.

Weaknesses

• Creature of the Night Weaknesses: Creatures of the night become weaker when exposed to the morning sun. Garlic significantly weakens creatures of the night, and causes demons to die if its placed on the ground. If a vital soul is defeated, the grimoire will revert back to its original content.
• Standard Vampire Weaknesses: After a vampire is sufficiently weakened, the sunlight can kill them. Otherwise Vampires can stand out in the sunlight just fine. Though some weaker vampires can have the sun burn them overtime, killing them. Oak Stakes are able to break through the magic of a weakened vampire. Defeating a vampire will stop the effects of someone they have bitten, but only before they've turned. This is shown in Harmony of Dissonance where through Juste killing Dracula's Wraith, the bite marks on Lydie have vanished. Vampries refelections do not appear on mirrors, making them easier to identify.
• Unique Weaknesses: Actrise's belief in her magical prowess and superiority often blinds her to the limitations of her abilities. This overconfidence is most evident during her final confrontation with Carrie, where her hubris prevents her from anticipating her eventual defeat. Her inability to comprehend her role as a mere pawn in Dracula's schemes underscores her deluded sense of self-importance.

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.
• While vampires have some weakness to sunlight and can burn overtime in them, higher tier vampires, can stand out in the sunlight just fine without being weakened. It should also be noted even with Dhamphir's like Alucard, in original lore, he was considered a full vampire yet could stand out in the sunlight perfectly fine.

Trivia

• Throughout both games, her name is translated as "Actrise" and "Actrice". Nevertheless, even though the former is more commonly used, "Actrice" is more appropriate because it is the French word for "actress".
• Actrise's character art from Castlevania was drawn by Yasuomi Umetsu. However, her costume and coiffure are not historically accurate: the dress is an amalgamation of later fashions; she would have worn a bonnet instead of a hat.
• Actrise's theme is the eponymous 18th track on Castlevania: The Original Game Soundtrack (released in Japan and Europe). The slightly dissonant music features a tinkling piano and bells; the sinister, disjointed nature of the composition is indicative of Actrise's simmering madness.
• When defeated, her face will turn monstrous; presumably showing her true appearance, having surrendered her soul to Dracula.
• Actrise's boss battle theme is the same one used by J. A. Oldrey, his female victim, Rosa, and Malus, or more specifically, his true form as Dracula.
• Actrise is known to be able to turn people into vampires due to her actions to Oldrey and Camilla, and directly states that due to her sacrificing 100 children, Dracula granted her eternal life, heavily implying she herself is a vampire, she even has a similar face when defeated to vampire Carrie Fernandez and Reinhardt Schneider if they fail to cure their vamp status.
• Given Actrise's use of crystals during her boss battle, as well as her status as a witch, it is possible that the Tower of Sorcery has some connection to her.

Battle Records

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  • Location: Room of Clocks

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