Aeon (Castlevania)

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“	A mysterious character who appears in the "Time Gap" that serves as the stage for our story. He is the key to escaping from it. He is well-spoken and acts as if he sees through everything.	„
	~ Aeon's Official Background

“	This will just take a minute.	„
	~ Aeon when starting his hyper attack

His Hyper Attacks have special quotes to each character which includes:

“	Not even the storied Belmont Clan can stand against the power of time.	„
	~ Aeon to Simon Belmont during his hyper attack

“	You who bear a heavy cross, what does eternity hold for you?	„
	~ Aeon to Alucard during his hyper attack

“	Even the man named legend is like a babe in the face of time.	„
	~ Aeon to Trevor Belmont during his hyper attac

“	No matter how powerful the magic you wield, you will never surpass time.	„
	~ Aeon to Sypha Belnades during his hyper attack

“	You live for the sake of others. Your tale will be passed down for eternity.	„
	~ Aeon to Grant Danasty during his hyper attack

“	Jealousy of the whip does not excuse your arrogance with the lance.	„
	~ Aeon to Eric Lecarde during his hyper attack

“	You are fated to walk a difficult path. Enjoy yourself while you can.	„
	~ Aeon to Maria Renard during his hyper attack

“	You seek a dangerous power. It, too, is governed by time.	„
	~ Aeon to Shanoa during his hyper attack

“	Your quest for eternal beauty is doomed: nothing withstands time.	„
	~ Aeon to Carmilla during his hyper attack

“	Everything resolves in its own time, regardless of your desires.	„
	~ Aeon to Cornell during his hyper attack

“	Even artificial life is subject to the laws of time.	„
	~ Aeon to Golem during his hyper attack

“	You govern the fate of death, but even fate is a truth wound by time.	„
	~ Aeon to Death during his hyper attack

“	Even the Lord of Darkness cannot escape time.	„
	~ Aeon to Dracula during his hyper attack

“	Mimicking my form will not allow you to rule time.	„
	~ Aeon to his doppelganger during his hyper attack

Background

Aeon is an original character introduced in Konami's Castlevania Judgment.

Aeon belongs to a group tasked with overseeing and preserving the flow of time. When Galamoth attempts to seize Dracula’s throne by erasing the period in which Dracula exists, Aeon intervenes to restore temporal balance. He gathers the 13 Soul Keys, intending to find a chosen warrior capable of defeating Galamoth's envoy, the Time Reaper.

General Information

Name: Aeon

Origin: Castlevania Judgment

First Appearance: Castlevania Judgment

Company: Konami

Creator: Koji Igarashi

Actor

• Japanese Voice Actor: Hiroshi Kamiya
• English Voice Actor: Ezra Weisz

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Unknown

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown (His age is unlisted due to being a wanderer of time)

Homeworld: Unknown (Aeon has no era of his own to return to, merely wandering time eternal, observing all that occurs)

Residence: Unknown

Story Role: Temporal Entity, Mysterious Character

Classification: Member of Time Watchers, Guardian of Time

Species: Unknown

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: God

Occupation: Time Watcher

Affiliations: Saint Germain (Aeon and Saint Germain are apart of a group of time watchers), Simon Belmont, Alucard, Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, Grant Danasty, Eric Lecarde, Maria Renard, Shanoa, Carmilla, Cornell, Golem, Death, & Dracula (Enlists all 13 of them for help against defeating the Time Reaper)

Enemies: Time Reaper (Directly attempted to destroy the fabric of time)

Height: 185 cm

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment: Lawful Neutral (Aeon is a member of a group that watches over and preserves the flow of time, to this end they will prevent any changes to time, whether they be good or bad)

Protection Level: Cosmic Protector (Aeon preserves the flow of time and goes into action to correct the disturbance to the flow of time. Fought against Time Reaper for disrupting the flow of time. Aeon goes to meet souls in combat in order to mend the fabric of time. Notes that he can't allow that which disrupts the flow of time)

Codex Statistics

Grade: S

Tier: At least 7-C

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and defeat Time Reaper, who could fight 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 least Town level

Striking Strength: At least Town Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: At least Class 10 (Aeon goes to meet souls in combat in order to mend the fabric of time, which should make him 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 (Above characters like Leon Belmont, who was able to escape Walter's Castle while running from the top floor to the entrance, before the entire structure collapsed). At most Faster Than Light at top speed (Aeon can move so fast he creates afterimages from the light projections being unable to keep up with him)

Attack Speed: At most Faster Than Light (Can tag 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)

Reaction Speed: At most Faster Than Light

Stamina: Limitless (Aeon is a being that exists outside of time, having no era to return too, merely wandering time eternally and observing all that occurs)

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Weapon, Higher with Weapon Shapeshifting (The weapon can shapeshift and increase its range to cover a large portion of the battlefield), Universal with Time Stop

Intelligence: Cosmic Intelligence (Aeon wanders time eternally and observing all that occurs, being able to detect whenever the fabric of time is disturbed. Aeon's able to tell exactly when one lands into the time rift, and that a being from 10,000 years in the future, is trying. to destroy. the very fabric. of time)

Knowledge: Cosmic level

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Powers and Techniques

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), Summoning (Magic can be used in order to summon weapons and items inscribed in grimoires)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Sword Mastery; Aeon is the wielder of a large sword that he uses deftly in combat), Cosmic Intelligence & Cosmic Awareness (Aeon wanders time eternally and observing all that occurs, being able to detect whenever the fabric of time is disturbed. Aeon's able to tell exactly when one lands into the time rift, and that a being from 10,000 years in the future, is trying. to destroy. the very fabric. of time), Precognition (Perfect Precognition; Aeon is able to tell all moments that are meant to happen, even in rifts in time), Immortality (Ageless; Aeon wanders time eternally), Singular Existence (Heavily implied there is only one Aeon, to having a clone match will have Aeon state one is "mimicking his form"), Reality Separation (Chronolock; Aeon is a being that exists outside of time, having no era to return too, merely wandering time eternally and observing all that occurs), Personal Nonexistence (Aeon is described as a man who seems not to exist at all), 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), Energy Absorption (Aeon 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), Time Travel (Noted that as a guardian of time, Aeon has journeyed through the ages. Death calls Aeon a traveler of time. Noted by Alucard that Aeon "wanders through time"), Shapeshifting for his weapon (His weapon is able to shift and transform to be double-bladed, along with increasing its range to cover a large portion of the battlefield), Afterimage Creation (Aeon can move so fast he creates afterimages from the light projections being unable to keep up with him), Energy Projection (Can shoot an energy laser out of his weapon), Time Stop (Aeon can call upon time to fully stop his enemies in time, and can do this when his clock has a gold aura, working on those who naturally resist time stop, and affecting beings who souls are 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), Time Manipulation (Shown in the intro to the game to be speeding up the flow of time), Forcefield Manipulation (With Nullifying Barrier, Aeon conjures a barrier from his clock that nullifies attacks from all directions).

Resistance to Time Stop (Time Watchers are immune to being stopped in 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), Fate Manipulation & Death Manipulation (Aeon can take multiple hits from Death and his scythe, 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)

Resistance to Dracula's Castle's Abilities (Aeon can fight in the throne room of Dracula's castle, making him unaffected to the adverse effects of the 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)

Should have similar abilities to Saint Germain, which would include: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Cosmic Awareness (Saint Germain is a time watcher, knowing all about time and all of its events), Breaking the Fourth Wall (Saint Germain directly speaks with the player at the end), Flight (Able to casually levitate off the ground), Intangibility (Temporal Intangibility; Can pull a weapon from a time axis that cannot be seen), Energy Absorption (Saint Germain 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), Time Travel (Saint Germain is one who travels through time), Teleportation (Teleported away after sending his warning to Hector, teleported to Hector after he spoke with Zead. Easily teleported around Death's attacks. Can teleport around during his boss fight), Glyph Creation (Makes a gigantic glyph that shoots out fire), Healing (Through rewinding time, he can heal himself), Power Nullification (Saint Germain can break Hector's time stop entirely), Time Stop (Can stop Hector in 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), Time Manipulation (Can advance time causing objects to grow and decay quickly. Can rewind time to heal himself), Portal Manipulation (After finishing his speech to the player, he made a portal to leave the era of time he was in), Poison Manipulation (Can inflict poison with his attacks, which he can speed up the course of time to speed up the poison), Plant Manipulation (His advancement of time causes plants to grow and decay)

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Equipment

• Clock-blade: Aeon's main weapon of choice, it has a special effect where the clock's glow will gradually change as the battle goes on. With no glow, he can make vertical slashes with huge range, with blue glow, he can fire a massive laser, with green glow, the clock's hands will extend outward and sweep across the field like an actual clock, and once the clock reaches the maximum charge and glows gold, he can stop time.

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Notable Techniques

Fighting Style

Aeon’s large stopwatch transforms its two hands into blades that he uses for both a powerful charging slash combo and a swift stabbing combo. With his clock-blade and powerful magical abilities, Aeon proves to be a formidable opponent, capable of matching even the skills of warriors like Simon Belmont, Trevor Belmont, Shanoa, Death, and even Dracula himself.

Neutral Combo

Directional Combo

Jumping Attack

Nullifying Barrier

Aeon conjures a barrier from his clock that nullifies attacks from all directions. When successfully blocking an attack, Aeon's clock changes color, and its hands briefly point downward while it emits a glow. If Aeon completes a block without moving, he bows to his opponent, becoming invincible until the bow ends, after which he resumes his stance.

Nick of Time

Aeon performs a short slide toward his opponent and rises into a slash if he makes contact. If the opponent attempts to dodge, Aeon can home in like a magnet for another strike. This move also allows him to pass through long-range sub-weapons and many opponent projectiles, which can trigger a color change on his clock if successful.

Evading Move

Aeon performs an invincible backdash, leaving an afterimage and sometimes taunting his opponent.

Hour of Judgment

A unique effect occurs based on Aeon’s clock color, which frequently changes with blocks, health depletion, or over time.

Extension (Normal)

With no clock color active, Aeon extends his blade for a basic attack.

Suffer the March of Time (Time Beam)

When his clock glows blue, Aeon can unleash a powerful, unblockable blue beam by holding B, with a maximum combo hit of 45. In his alternate costume, the beam is red and resembles the Time Reaper’s. Aeon can also perform this attack midair, sitting cross-legged with his weapon on his lap.

The Clock Strikes Thrice (Three Clock Slices)

When the clock glows green, Aeon throws it into the air, extending the clock hands to cover a wide range with three slashes. This attack has exceptional range and is difficult to evade. Aeon can also perform it midair in a one-handed handstand on the bottom of his weapon.

Behold Absolute Power (Extended Time Freeze)

When the clock glows yellow, Aeon stabs the ground to freeze time, with everything turning color-inverted. In the air, he jumps with legs together, shouts "It's Time!", and performs a high stab before landing in a front flip.

Blades of Evil's Bane

Aeon leaps into the air for a downward stab with the clock hands aligned, the minute hand extending farther than the hour hand. Upon contact, the hands separate in opposite directions for significant damage.

Rift Betwixt Twin Blades

Aeon throws his opponent up and slashes them with twin blades like scissors. This is a throw move and cannot be blocked.

Hyper Attack: Requiem of the 13th Hour

Aeon’s Hyper requires over three seconds to initiate, leaving him briefly stationary with a clock appearing under his opponent, rendering them vulnerable. A strategic setup involves using Hour of Judgment and Behold Absolute Power to stop time, allowing Aeon to cast his Hyper uninterrupted. Once activated, Aeon snaps his fingers, shattering his opponent’s clock and freezing them indefinitely while he taunts or advises them on the insignificance of their desires compared to time. He then summons twelve clock-hand-like blades and one large minute-hand blade, saying "Time Marches On" as he releases time. The twelve smaller blades strike his opponent, followed by the final, larger blade before they hit the ground.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Aeon will use attacks with his clock-blade along with the manipulation of time.

Weaknesses: Like Saint Germain, Aeon seems to be that he can only fight in areas outside of time.

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

• The word "aeon" originates as the Latin translation of the koine Greek word ὁ αἰών (aion). It is sometimes spelt as "eon" and means "age", "forever" or "for eternity". It could also come from the Japanese word eien (永遠), meaning "eternity".
• The Eon spelling is further supported by his clock like weapon and the fact he is seen holding a pocket watch.
• He has a habit of using time related phrases such as "It's time!" and "Your hour is up!".
• Dio Brando, from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, utters the phrase: "Soshite toki wa ugoki dasu," when he stops time, which translates to: "Thus, time will move once more." Aeon can be heard saying this in the trailer and in his special attack. The English localization of the game has him say: "And... time marches on." instead.
• Aeon's theme in Judgment is "Darkness of Fear -arranged-", which as the title shows, it is an arrangement of "Darkness of Fear", the main theme of Judgment. Additionally, it becomes his battle theme when he is fought the second time in the Clock Tower arena, not the arranged version.
• Aeon occasionally mutters, "Oh, well done." when he lost his defenses. Aeon may be saying this to the player, breaking the fourth wall.
• Aeon has the longest Hyper Attack title.
• Aeon's pocket watch has 13 hours on its face. The clock like weapon he uses also has 13 hours in its face. This is similar to the central clock room in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, which strikes 13 before the secret passage opens.
• Aeon belongs to the same group Saint Germain is a part of, as confirmed by Koji Igarashi. This is alluded to on Judgment through Aeon's alternate costume, which is similar to Saint Germain's.
• His statement "In this place, I too am able to fight" gives him a similar weakness to Saint Germain where he cannot interact with reality but only observe it.
  • It could also refer to the fact that, as a guardian of time, he is not allowed to leave a mark on time, which would explain why he asked for aide from the other characters in the rift, and why he is otherwise unmentioned in any other Castlevania game since Judgment.
    • This is further supported by the fact that Order of Ecclesia can be connected to Judgment for extra content, and Shanoa is a character present in both. She is returned to her own time after the events of Judgment, but Aeon is never mentioned, despite Shanoa being a potential combatant of the Time Reaper, both before finding Albus and after being sent to find him by Barlowe.
• True to his time related name his attacks consist of using his weapon in many different ways (as a gun, spear, etc.) and using time based magic attacks, he can also clone his weapon for several attacks, giving it the appearance of the hands of a clock.

Battle Records

14 - 26 - 0

• Simon Belmont - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Eric Lecarde - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Grant Danasty - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Golem - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Carmilla - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Trevor Belmont - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Cornell - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Death - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Maria Renard - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Shanoa - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Sypha Belnades - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Alucard - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Dracula - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Time Reaper - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Alucard - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Alucard - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Carmilla - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Carmilla - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Cornell - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Cornell - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Death - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Death - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Dracula - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Dracula - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Eric Lecarde - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Eric Lecarde - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Golem - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Golem - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Grant Danasty - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Grant Danasty - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Maria Renard - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Maria Renard - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Shanoa - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Shanoa - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Simon Belmont - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Simon Belmont - [1]
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Sypha Belnades - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift.

• Sypha Belnades - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift.

• Trevor Belmont - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift

• Trevor Belmont - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Time Rift

None.