Vampire Killer

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“	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.

General Information

Name: The Whip of Alchemy

Origin: Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

First Appearance: Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

Latest Appearance: Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

Company: Konami

Creator: Hitoshi Akamatsu, Koji Igarashi

Age: Unknown

Classification: Alchemy Whip

In-Universe Creator: Rinaldo Gandolfi

Wielders: Rinaldo Gandolfi, Leon Belmont

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Other (The Whip of Alchemy was transformed into the Vampire Killer)

Protection Level: Global Protector (Used by Rinaldo and Leon Belmont to stop night creatures such as Walter Bernhard)

Name: The Whip of Alchemy (formerly), The Vampire Killer, Belmont Family Whip

Origin: Castlevania

First Appearance: Castlevania NES (Game release wise it's first appearance), Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (Chronologically its first appearance)

Latest Appearance: Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls, Castlevania: Nocturne (Non-Canon Netflix Adaptation)

Age: 964 years old

Classification: Legendary Whip

Creator: Created from a ceremony from Rinaldo Gandolfi, Leon Belmont, and Sara

Wielders:

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

Sonia Belmont, Sid Belmont, Nathan Graves

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Active

Protection Level: Global Protector (The whip is used by the Belmont Clan to hunt the night and protect the world from Dracula)

Codex Statistics

Key: Before Being Held by Leon Belmont | After Being Held by Leon Belmont

Key Information

• Before Being Held by Leon Belmont: This key covers before the Whip of Alchemy was wielded by Leon Belmont.
• After Being Held by Leon Belmont: This key covers after the Whip of Alchemy was wielded by Leon Belmont.

Grade: A | A

Tier: At most 7-C | At most 7-C

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At most Town level (Potency) (Noted to be stronger then any dead man's discarded sword, wielded by a Rinaldo who managed to use it to defeat his daughter, which should potentially put him in leagues with the likes of Golem from Castlevania Judgment, 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) | At most Town level (Potency) (The Whip became more powerful due to Leon holding it to the point that Medusa noted that it wasn't so powerful before believing the whip gained its complete form. Leon with it can fight and defeat a golem, who should be relative to the Golem from Castlevania Judgment, 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)

Durability: At most Town level | At most Town level

Range: Extended Melee (The typical whip is around 90 centimeters). At least Tens of Meters with Elemental attacks (The Elemental Attacks create massive AoE attacks massive iciciles. being able to freeze stone solid with a single touch and create thunder attacks from the sky)

Key: Leather Whip | Vampire Killer

Key Information

• Leather Whip: This key covers the leather whip form of the Vampire Killer, a weaker form it takes with inexperienced Belmonts.
• Vampire Killer: This key covers the true form of the Vampire killer, the form it takes once a Belmont has fully gained its power.

Grade: S (Can harm anything related to vampires, even if they are a divine being. A whip that is the bane of the children of the night)

Tier: At most 7-C | 7-C, Higher with each new wielder

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At most Town level (Potency) (For more inexperienced users, the whip takes the form of a leather whip, being a weaker form) | Town level (Potency) (Once turned into the Vampire Killer, it became a whip that was a bane of the children of the night. Leon could use it to fight and defeat the Forgotten One, a man-made monster eternally sealed away due to an enormous uncontrollable power, making it superior to Walter Bernhard), Higher with each new wielder (As Dracula grows stronger each time he revives, the Belmonts have had to keep up, meaning that the Vampire Killer also grew stronger overtime)

Durability: At most Town level (Unable to be broken) | Town level

Range: Extended Melee (The typical whip is around 90 centimeters). At least Tens of Meters with Elemental attacks (The Elemental Attacks create massive AoE attacks massive iciciles. being able to freeze stone solid with a single touch and create thunder attacks from the sky)

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Powers and Techniques

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 Alechemy 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 disentergrate).

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, 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. Death decides who lives and who dies. 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 wilded 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)

Fire Manipulation (With Whip of Flames, adds fire elemental damage onto the Whip of Alchemy and Vampire Killer. Being able to melt the ice off an ice blocked door in the Dark Palace of Waterfalls, along with setting stone itself on fire), Ice Manipulation (With Whip of Ice, adds ice elemental damage onto the Whip of Alchemy and Vampire Killer. Being able to freeze stone solid with a single touch), Absolute Zero (As the whip of ice is obtained from the ice elemental, a greater demon that harnesses artic chill, putting them above the Frost Demon, a demon that wields absolute cold and a total command of cold, making it superior to the likes of Cyril who can wield absolute zero and is seen as a standard ability from a creature of the night. Along with this to protect against ice attacks in series, one normally wears rings that help them resist against absolute zero), Electricity Manipulation (With Whip of Lightning, adds lightning elemental damage onto the Whip of Alchemy and Vampire Killer)

Ice Manipulation (With Blue Stone, adds ice to attacks made with a whip), Air Manipulation (With Green Stone, adds wind to attacks made with a whip), Fire Manipulation (With Red Stone, adds fire to attacks made with a whip), Electricity Manipulation (With the Yellow Stone, adds lightning to attacks made with a whip), Energy Projection (With the Bullet Tip, can fire an energy projectile from the whip when at maximum health, using the soul of Christopher Belmont), Statistics Boost (With Crushing Stone, enhances the whip with a charged attack that can break through stone)

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Other

Weaknesses: Inexperienced Belmonts cannot draw the full power from the Vampire Killer, with it taking a weaker form for them. Can only be wielded by those it deems worthy, anyone who it deems unworthy, will have their lifeforce, slowly drained from them. One will have a harder time using the whip to strike theose who carry the Lecarde family.

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.

Trivia

• According to a statement made by the head director of the three Famicom Castlevania games, Hitoshi Akamatsu, the inclusion of the whip as the player's weapon of choice is a reference to Indiana Jones, a fictional action-adventure film character who is famously known to wield a bullwhip.
• The first official instance in which the whip was referred to by the name "Vampire Killer" was in Castlevania: Bloodlines, where it appears as such in the instruction booklet and in the game itself of both the US and Japanese versions (the US version was actually released one day before the Japanese version, on March 17 and 18 of 1994, respectively).
  • However, technically, the very first time the name "Vampire Killer" was used to refer to the whip would be on a worldbuilding document sent to Electronic Gaming Monthly and other publications.
• According to an internal document shared by Konami's Chicago offices to Electronic Gaming Monthly as part of the prerelease of Castlevania: Bloodlines, the original intention was for there to be three whips throughout the series. The Vampire Killer would have been the Morris Clan's replica of the Belmont whip, here referred to as Excalibur in the document.
• In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, both hilts of Simon and Richter's Vampire Killers were redesigned to resemble their Lords of Shadow series counterpart, Gabriel's Combat Cross, while the chain whip part is the fully upgraded version of the whip from the main series.