Vampire Killer

“	A whip that destroys all that is associated with the dark creatures of the night. As a result of an ancient blood pact, it can only be used by a Belmont.	„
	~ Dawn of Sorrow library entry

Background

The Vampire Killer whip, also known as the Belmont Family Whip, Holy Whip, Mystical Whip, and formerly known as the Whip of Alchemy, is a recurring legendary whip in the Castlevania series.

Originally created as the Whip of Alchemy by an alchemist named Rinaldo Gandolfi, in order to slay the Vampire King Walter Bernhard, it was eventually passed down to Leon Belmont. The whip was fond of Leon and grew more powerful as a result of being wielded by him, but was still not powerful enough to defeat Walter.

Eventually, Leon found that Walter had transformed Leon’s betrothed, Sara Trantoul, into a vampire. Eager to preserve her soul in any way that he could, Leon turned to Rinaldo, who suggested that Sara’s vampiric soul be infused within the Whip of Alchemy before she died.

After doing so, the Whip of Alchemy grew a great hatred towards anything related to the creatures of the night, and became known as the Vampire Killer. Leon would go on to not only defeat Walter Bernhard, but spark up the feud with Count Dracula (then known as Mathias Cronqvist) that would last the next thousand years.

The Vampire Killer whip went on to be passed down through generations of Belmont’s, each wielding it to destroy creatures of the night. Eventually, however, Richter Belmont grew to believe that he was not worthy of the whip, and gave it away to the Morris Clan.

For a brief time, the Morris Clan was in possession of the Vampire Killer whip, although that clan was not recognized as worthy of the whip and thus it began to slowly drain their lifeforce. Come the 21st Century, the whip was returned to the Belmont Clan in the hands of Julius Belmont, who is the last known wielder.

Powers and Stats

Tier: At least 3-A | 2-C

Name: The Whip of Alchemy, The Vampire Killer, Belmont Family Whip

Origin: Castlevania

Age: 964 years old

Classification: Legendary Whip

Wielders:

Leon Belmont, Trevor Belmont, Christopher Belmont, Soleil Belmont, Desmond Belmont, Simon Belmont, Juste Belmont, Richter Belmont, John Morris, Jonathan Morris, Julius Belmont; every Belmont has the ability to wield it

Sonia Belmont, Sid Belmont, Reinhardt Schneider

Attack Potency: At least Universe level (Should be somewhat weaker than the Vampire Killer due to being completely incapable of harming Walter Bernhard, who the Vampire Killer could destroy; although it shouldn’t be too much weaker) | Complex Universe level (The whip’s power can destroy Count Dracula; Dracula is above Galamoth, let alone the Time Reaper, who Galamoth controls. The Time Reaper was going to destroy the entire Castlevania Timeline)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Durability: At least Universe level | Complex Universe level

Range: Extended Melee Range, Tens of Meters with fireballs

Powers and Abilities: Soul Manipulation & Adaptation (The Whip of Alchemy absorbed Sara Trantoul's vampiric soul, and used her soul to develop the ability to harm vampires), Reactive Evolution (As Dracula grows stronger with each resurrection, the Vampire Killer will adapt and grow stronger to slay him. It can adapt itself to make people unfit to wield it before it recognizes them as its rightful owner), Life Manipulation (If it is wielded by someone it does not consider a rightful owner, it will take life from them), Conceptual Manipulation (The Vampire Killer whip can destroy anything related to the vampires, including concepts such as the night, and death), Memory Manipulation (The whip can summon memories of its past wielders to fight for it), Personal Domain (The Vampire Killer contains a realm within it, in which it houses memories of its previous wielders), Extrasensory Perception (Due to containing Sara's soul, the whip can sense the presence of anything related to the vampires), Fire Manipulation (The whip's Item Crash engulfs it in flames. It can shoot projectile fireballs), Power Nullification (Sealing the Vampire Killer within Dracula's Castle caused for Dracula's spirit and magic powers to weaken tremendously), Regeneration Negation (Low-High; The Vampire Killer can kill Dracula, who is capable of fully regenerating from just blood. Mid-Godly; Can also kill the Dracula Wraith, who came back after his soul is obliterated), Immortality Negation (Types 3 and 7; Whip of Alchemy can destroy the undead)

Weaknesses: Can only be wielded by those it deems worthy, anyone who it deems unworthy will have their lifeforce slowly drained from them.

Key: Whip of Alchemy | Vampire Killer