Belmont Bloodline

“	Finally, I have my answer: My power is more than just this whip.	„
	~ Simon Belmont

“	Witness the power of the Belmont Clan.	„
	~ Simon Belmont

“	I will show you the might of House Belmont.	„
	~ Simon Belmont

“	I told you so. Do not underestimate the power of my bloodline!!	„
	~ Juste Belmont to Dracula Wraith

“	You took it easy on me... The strength of a Belmont... No... The strength of a vampire hunter is greater than this.	„
	~ Soma Cruz to Julius Belmont

Background

The Belmont Clan is a Clan of Vampire Hunters, who are featured at the forefront of the Castlevania series. Beginning with Leon Belmont in 1072, the Belmont lineage has existed for nearly one thousand years, with their sole purpose being to slay Count Dracula after each one of his resurrections.

When Leon Belmont first met the alchemist, Rinaldo Gandolfi, he was blessed with the ability to harness magical power. It was through this event that the Belmont Clan developed abilities unseen in any other family, as the ability to harness magic became an inborn power of all Belmonts after Leon.

Upon their 15th or 16th birthdays, the members of the Belmont Clan go through a ceremony that denotes their transition into adulthood; this ceremony blesses them with extremely powerful sacred powers, which further sets them apart from other families. As such, the magic passed through their family tree, and the sacred power bestowed upon them, lead to each of the Belmonts possessing the same abilities/resistances.

The physiology of the Belmonts is constantly referenced in the series as being a generalized thing, further confirming that all Belmonts are born with the same abilities. During the events of Castlevania Judgement, Simon Belmont constantly refers to the powers of the Belmont family, as well as confirming that his abilities spawn from more than just the legendary Belmont whip.

Uses

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics: Every Belmont is capable of preforming feats such as casually moving large blocks, and defeating monsters without any stat enhancers.

• Acrobatics: Every Belmont is able to leap from platform to platform without much difficulty, and are able to preform front and backflips. They can even do platforming while simultaneously fighting monsters.

• Weapon Mastery: All members of the Belmont Clan are naturally gifted in wielding several different types of weapons. This ranges from their proficiency with a whip, to their perfect aim with throwing knives and axes. They're also incredibly skilled with cross-shaped boomerangs, and jars of holy water.

• H2H Proficiency: The Belmonts are trained fighters who have shown the ability to fight even without a weapon. They have shown the ability to deliver powerful punches at blinding speeds.

• Non-Physical Interaction, Soul Manipulation, & Immortality Negation (Type 7): The Belmont Clan is capable of harming ghosts and other undead enemies, such as zombies. They can even harm and kill Death himself.

• Magic: The Belmont Clan wield magical powers. This power was granted by Rinaldo Gandolfi, who bestowed it upon Leon Belmont; from then on, magic was passed down through the Belmont family. However, their magical power is partly derived from the Fernandez Family as well.

• Extrasensory Perception: Members of the Belmont Clan could naturally sense that people such as Joachim Armstair were vampires. They can also all sense the Vampire Killer's reaction to vampires.

• Holy Manipulation: Members of the Belmont Clan receive great sacred power during the ceremony that marks their adulthood.

• Fire Manipulation & Damage Boost: The Belmonts can engulf themselves in flames in order to increase the damage of their physical attacks.

• Light Manipulation, Aura, & Afterimage Creation: The Belmonts can enshroud themselves in an aura of light. They have also shown to possess a passive aura that leaves afterimages.

• Statistics Amplification, Power Bestowal, & Empowerment: It is shown that the Belmont Clan greatly increase the power of the weapons that they hold, simply through having them in their possession. For instance, Rinaldo confirmed that the Whip of Alchemy is not complete, and yet Leon Belmont caused for it to strengthen to the point that Medusa thought it had reached its complete form.

• Accelerated Development: The Belmonts can learn things at a much faster rate than regular people. For instance, when Leon Belmont was granted the ability to use magic by Rinaldo Gandolfi, he was then able to preform magic spells without any knowledge of how the spells themselves worked.

• Social Influencing: The Belmont Clan was feared by society for their powers, and as such were ostracized from civilization. Later, when Simon Belmont rescued Transylvania from Count Dracula, the people were so moved that they formed a village around him.

• Dimensional Storage: Can hold tons of equipment and items in their pouch.

• Telekinesis: Belmonts are able to control the arc of their weapons and how they move around. For instance, Soleil Belmont could control the movement of his thrown swords.

• Reactive Adaptation: As Dracula grows stronger with ever resurrection, the Belmont Clan has had to reactively grow stronger to keep up with him.

• Corruption Negation (Type 3): The Belmont Clan can undo Dracula's magical corruption of humans. For instance, Trevor Belmont reverted Grant Danasty back into a human after defeating him, who had been transformed into a monster by Dracula's magic.

• Soul Manipulation & Power Mimicry: When a Belmont defeats an opponent of equal or greater strength, they will harness their soul and use their abilities as sub-weapons. Only Sonia Belmont has previously-captured spirits, though every Belmont should have this ability.

• Invulnerability: The Belmont Clan is able to make themselves temporarily invincible with Burning Mode. Although only Sonia Belmont has shown this ability, it's described as an inborn ability, meaning the other members of the Belmont Clan should possess it.

Resistances

• Extreme Colds: Can fight within snowy forests and icy waters without any negative effects.

• Extreme Heats: Can casually fight within the Alchemy Laboratory, which is surrounded by molten lava.

• Sleep Manipulation: The Belmont Clan can resist succumbing to sleep, as shown when Leon Belmont fought off Walter Bernhard's sleeping magic.

• Petrification: The Belmonts can break out of Medusa's petrification, which was shown to normally be permanent.

• Death Manipulation: Can consistently fight and withstand both physical and magical attacks from Death, who is the embodiment of death and uses his powers to bring death upon the living.

• Empathic Manipulation: The Belmonts remained unchanged by Dracula's curse over Europe, which shrouded people with misery and torment and filled them with bloodlust.

• Ice Manipulation: The Belmonts have been frozen by attacks before, from enemies such as Ice Demons and Frost Elementals, but can break out of it.

• Fire Manipulation: Constantly withstands fire attacks without any serious burning.