Shanoa

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“	I am the blade to banish all evil, and I've come to see you annihilated. The time of your destruction is at hand; die, Demon Lord Dracula!	„
	~ Shanoa to Dracula

Background

Shanoa (シャノア) is the protagonist of Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. She is a member of the Order of Ecclesia, a group dedicated to defeating Dracula in the absence of the Belmont clan. Shanoa possesses the unique ability to absorb Glyphs, which grant her access to magical weapons and elemental spells. Although she is often depicted wielding an ethereal crimson rapier, she can use any weapon provided by the Glyphs she acquires.

Shanoa can equip up to three Glyphs at once, functioning similarly to Soma Cruz's soul system. By combining these Glyphs, she can unleash powerful combos, either through magic or with large-scale weapons like a Holy Claymore or a flurry of daggers. Her weapons include scythes, axes, daggers, lances, hammers, and swords, while her spells summon elements such as fierce winds, lightning orbs, stone fists, fireballs, ice shards, or bursts of light and darkness. Additionally, her Glyphs allow her to traverse areas using magnetic forces or transform into creatures such as a cat-woman or a winged werebat.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Shanoa’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Shanoa was chosen as a vessel for Dominus by Barlowe. However, before the ritual could be performed, she was attacked by her adoptive brother and fellow Ecclesia member, Albus. Since that time, she has lost her emotions and memories. Upon awakening, Shanoa learned Barlowe's version of events and received the order to retrieve both him and Dominus from Albus. Shanoa sets out towards Wygol Village after her first encounter with Albus in an abandoned monastery, traveling through various dungeons in pursuit of him and to rescue the villagers he had trapped. Along the way, she helps them by completing side quests. The trapped villagers mention a "man" who imprisoned them with Torpor Glyphs. On several occasions, Shanoa encounters Albus carrying pieces of the Dominus Glyphs. It is revealed that he was behind the villagers' capture, offering Shanoa the two parts of Dominus as "gifts." Without hesitation, she absorbs them, believing it is part of her mission assigned by Barlowe. At Oblivion Ridge, Albus refuses to give Shanoa the third Dominus Glyph. He instead reveals the true nature of the glyphs: that Dominus is a copy of Dracula's power, and using it can have disastrous effects on one's soul. Feeling betrayed, Shanoa returns to Barlowe and explains the situation. She is then tasked with eliminating the corrupted Albus at the Mystery Manor. The events that follow at the manor are crucial in determining the game's ending. Depending on whether Shanoa successfully rescues all thirteen villagers or fails to save at least one, the ending will differ. There are two possible routes to the conclusion, which are determined after the fight between Shanoa and Albus. Bad Ending After the battle, Shanoa absorbs the final part of Dominus and returns to Barlowe in Ecclesia, believing her mission is complete. The only remaining task is to perform the spell beside the coffin to "save the world." Unbeknownst to her, it was all a lie and a manipulation by Barlowe. Instead of succeeding, Shanoa collapses, losing consciousness, and her efforts are presumably used to resurrect Dracula for Barlowe. The screen fades to black, showing the villagers who were not rescued, followed by the Game Over screen. Good Ending After the battle, Shanoa absorbs the final part of Dominus. During this process, she begins hearing conversations between Barlowe and Albus. It is revealed that Albus's plan to steal the Dominus was to protect Shanoa from the dangers of using the glyph. This scene hints at Shanoa slowly recovering her memories, as she refers to Albus as her "brother." The voice she hears belongs to Albus's soul, which had merged with the last part of Dominus. His final advice is to avoid casting the union of Dominus at all costs. Shanoa then heads back to Ecclesia to confront Barlowe. This time, Shanoa refuses to follow Barlowe's orders, and he reveals his true nature as a madman bent on Dracula's revival. Barlowe explains that the "vessel" in his room was actually a seal to confine Dracula, and he had been manipulating Shanoa all along to break the seal and resurrect the dark lord. A fight ensues, resulting in Barlowe's defeat. Despite Shanoa's objections, he offers his life to the seal, causing Dracula and his castle to rise again. With her memories restored, Shanoa regains her emotions and resolves to banish Dracula alone, as she is the only one capable of doing so. She confronts Dracula in his throne room. Initially, it seems her glyphs cannot defeat him, and he begins preparing a powerful spell to destroy her. However, if the union of the Dominus Glyphs is used, the spell is countered, and Dracula is killed by his own power. Shanoa falls dead, but Albus's soul appears before her one final time, offering his sacrifice for hers. His last request is for Shanoa to smile, and she sheds warm, happy tears for her brother as her memories and emotions fully return. She escapes the crumbling castle as the sun rises. It is later revealed that all records of Ecclesia were erased, leaving no trace of Shanoa's battle with Dracula. A Grimoire-created facsimile of Shanoa in Grimoire of Souls suggests that the world's leaders erased the history to cover up their manipulation by Barlowe.

Personality

• Serious and Stoic: Shanoa is a serious and introverted individual, often coming across as emotionless due to her difficulty expressing her feelings. Her amnesia, which causes her to forget her past and the people she once knew, plays a significant role in shaping her cold exterior. While her lack of memories makes it difficult for her to connect with her emotions, her true personality remains somewhat of a mystery.

• Tenacity and Drive: Despite the emotional barriers caused by her amnesia, Shanoa is driven by an intense desire to uncover the truth of her past and avenge the loss of her friend Albus. Her determination is unwavering, and she shows relentless focus in her mission to defeat Dracula and protect those she cares about, demonstrating an unyielding resolve.

• Artistic Streak: Beneath her serious demeanor, Shanoa possesses a creative side. During her visits to Wygol Village, she expresses an interest in photography, music, fashion, and illustration. She uses her Sketch Book to explore her artistic abilities, finding solace and purpose in her creativity as she seeks to regain some semblance of fulfillment beyond her quest for vengeance.

General Information

Name: Unknown (Her real name is unknown as Shanoa is just her codename)

Other Name: Shanoa

Origin: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

First Appearance: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

Latest Appearance: Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls

Company: Konami

Creator: Koji Igarashi

Actor

• Japanese Voice Actor: Hoko Kuwashima
• English Voice Actor: Michelle Ruff

Sex: Female

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: 20

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Ecclesia

Story Role: Main Protagonist

Classification: Member of the Order of Ecclesia, Glyph Master, Vessel for Dominus

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: God

Occupation: Vampire Hunter

Affiliations: Albus (Her adopted brother), Barlowe (Formerly)

Enemies: Barlowe, Dracula, Death

Height: 175 cm

Weight: Unknown

Status:

• During her Time: Alive
• Modern Time: Deceased (As she existed back in 1800s, she is naturally dead from old age)

Date of Death: Unknown

Alignment: Lawful Good (Shanoa lives to deliver the innocent from darkness, where she follows her sole purpose to destroy Dracula so people can look to the dawn without fearing the darkness)

Protection Level: Global Protector (Fought and defeated Dracula, where in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, Dracula plans to take over all of Europe, proceeded to amass an army to kill hundreds of soldiers to take over Europe, plagued the beautiful land located in the Southern Part of Romania into darkness by having devils attack it, planned to spread his evil grip to the rest of Europe)

Codex Statistics

Grade: S (Shanoa's glyphs are impressive, to where it's noted by Simon Belmont that her power is on par with the Belmonts)

Tier: At least 7-C, Far Higher with Sheer Will, Much Higher with Dominus

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and defeat 1800s Death, where Alucard notes that Death is a force to be reckoned with, where not one other of Dracula's henchman being able to compare, Dracula also 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, with such power making him far superior to 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. Can harm and fight against enemies stronger than characters who can take hits from neutron bomb, that have a yield range of 1-10 kilotons of TNT), Far Higher with Sheer Will (Simon claims that the Belmonts and Morrises did not defeat Dracula because of the Vampire Killer, with the reason behind heroes' capacity to fight against evil lying not in their physical strength but the noble desire to drive away evil and usher in all that is good, the desire to protect the world for all of humanity, with the courage to fight to protect others being the true essence of a hero and a Belmont's strength, with this even applying for other heroes such as Shanoa, Maria, Charlotte, and even Arikado. Alucard notes that having something to protect surpasses the limits of strength), Much Higher with Dominus (None of Shanoa's other attacks worked on 1800s Dracula, requiring her to use Dominus to defeat him in one hit)

Durability: At least Town level, Far Higher with Sheer Will

Striking Strength: At least Town Class (Potency), Far Higher with Sheer Will

Lifting Strength: At least Class 10 (Shanoa's glyphs are impressive, to where it's noted by Simon Belmont that her power is on par with the Belmonts, where the Belmonts are known as the most powerful and renowned vampire hunters within the world of Castlevania, during and before Trevor's time, the Belmont's were feared because of their immense power, which should make them 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"), Far Higher with Sheer Will

Travel Speed: Superhuman regularly (Comparable to 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 through full Aura (Shanoa's glyphs are impressive, to where it's noted by Simon Belmont that her power is on par with the Belmonts, making her comparable to Juste Belmont where Juste travels so fast that a light projection of him is left behind, enveloping with a blue aura around him), Far Higher with Sheer Will

Attack Speed: At most Faster Than Light (Can tag 1800s 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), Far Higher with Sheer Will

Reaction Speed: At most Faster Than Light, Far Higher with Sheer Will

Stamina: Superhuman (Traveled through entire towns and through various areas absorbing different parts of Dominus back to her, facing strong enemies along the way, finally going to Dracula's Castle in order to face off against Draucla without showing any real signs of tiring)

Range: Standard Melee, Varies with Glyphs (Her Glyphs have various different applications and range)

Intelligence: Supergenius Intelligence (Shanoa possesses a unique ability, allowing her to channel power through glyphs that are marked on her body, with glyphs being an artistic symbol representing the power that dwells within all things, with each symbol containing a great deal of magical energy that can be released if one properly channels magic through the glyph itself, 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". Able to utilize sub-weapons that possess great attack and power which in Castlevania requires one to have a high intelligence to be able to do), Higher with Sapiens Fio (With Sapiens Fio, temporarily increases intelligence and the effects of magical glyphs)

Knowledge: Grandmaster level (Can fight and defeat Dracula, where he was a genius tactician as Mathias, who they called "Cronqvist the Wise")

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Powers and Techniques

Magic & Principle Manipulation (Through utilizing magic, one has to have a deep understanding of Quantum Physics to utilize it to its fullest, requiring understandings of theories such as "Curse Amplification". Magic comes from alchemy, a field that experiments with the principles of God's creation of the world, along with being said to be as great a task as recreating God's creation of the Earth), 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 (Knife Mastery; Shanoa can use knife glyphs in combat. Sword Mastery; Shanoa can utilize sword glyphs in combat. Axe Mastery; Shanoa can use axe glyphs in combat. Lance Mastery; Shanoa can use lance glyphs in combat. Hammer Mastery; Shanoa can use hammer glyphs in combat. Sickle Mastery; Shanoa can use sickle glyphs in combat. Bow Mastery; Shanoa can use bow glyphs in combat), Sheer Will (Simon claims that the Belmonts and Morrises did not defeat Dracula because of the Vampire Killer, with the reason behind heroes' capacity to fight against evil lying not in their physical strength but the noble desire to drive away evil and usher in all that is good, the desire to protect the world for all of humanity, with the courage to fight to protect others being the true essence of a hero and a Belmont's strength, with this even applying for other heroes such as Shanoa, Maria, Charlotte, and even Arikado. Alucard notes that having something to protect surpasses the limits of strength), Accelerated Development (Leveling & Battle, Physical Stats & Abilities; As Shanoa journeys and battles against enemies she levels up and grows stronger, faster, more durable, and gains more abilities and resistances), Non-Standard Interaction (Abstract Interaction; Shanoa can interact with and kill Death, where Death is death, being the absolute presence, the awe, the religion, and the dark god. He refers to death itself as him. Noting that he is completely death and human death is only a part of Chaos. Olrox when seeing Death fight serious notes that he senses the overwhelming existence of death and states that death really exists), Immortality Negation (Ageless & Life and Death Immunity; Shanoa can interact with and kill Death to the point that he requires Dracula to survive in order for him to rise again, Death is a being unconstrained by mortality), Absorption (Shanoa can absorb magic from enemies, converting them into glyphs for her to use), Magic & Glyph Manipulation (Shanoa possesses a unique ability, allowing her to channel power through glyphs that are marked on her body, which are forged from the power that resides in all things, they allow her to unleash power on enemies, Charlotte compares glyphs to a seal, being able to activate them whenever one wants without any incantations), Regeneration (Unknown level; With Refectio, increases the rate of physical regeneration), Weapon Creation (Shanoa can create weapons with glyphs such as rapiers), Shielding (Can create shields from her glyphs to protect her from attacks), Body Control & Flight (With Volaticus, conjures a pair of wings, allowing the power of flight), Statistics Boost (With Rapidus Fio, a glyph of divine motion that enables faster movement. With Vis Fio, temporarily increases strength and the effects of physical glyphs. With Sapiens Fio, temporarily increases intelligence and the effects of magical glyphs), Binding (With Torpor, a glyph that incapacitates opponents), Shockwave Generation (With Pneuma, a glyph that creates squalls to sweep enemies away), Transformation (Shapeshifting; With Arma Felix, Shanoa is able to transform into a nekomata, granting her cat-like abilities. With Arma Chiroptera, Shanoa transforms into a bat-human hybrid, granting her bat-like abilities), Empowerment (With Arma Custos, grants the mighty power of Cerberus), Mimicry (Physiology Mimicry; With Arma Machina, grants every ability of an automaton), Summoning (With Dextro Custos, attack with the right head of Cerberus, guardian of Hell. With Sinestro Custos, attack with the left head of Cerberus, guardian of Hell. With Fidelis Caries, summon zombies that fight to the death. With Fidelis Alate, summon guardians to glide down from above. With Fidelis Polkir, summon Polkir to descend on enemies. With Fidelis Noctua, summons owls to soundlessly descend. With Fidelis Medusa, summons Medusa Heads in a strangely familiar pattern. With Fidelis Aranea, summon skull spiders to skitter about when needed), Necromancy (With Umbra, commands the malice of the dead. With Fidelis Mortus, summon a lively assortment of the dead), Intangibility (Phasing; With Paries, pass through solid walls), Curtain Fire (With Two Bows Union Glyph, Shanoa fires up a giant arrow, which causes a storm of smaller arrows to rain down), Invulnerability (With Two Shields Union Glyph, Shanao becomes invincible for two seconds but loses the ability to attack), Time Stop (With Dark Spell plus Light Spell Glyph Union, time stops and a large beam becomes of the entire screen, all enemies present will suffer severe damage), Resistance Manipulation (With Fortis Fio, temporarily increases constitution and physical resistance. With Fides Fio, temporarily increases mind and magical resistance), Luck Manipulation (With Felicem Fio, grants the user a temporary boost of LUCK. With Inire Pecunia, temporarily increases the amount of money received from enemies), Magnetism Manipulation (With Redire Glyph, a glyph to magnetize blades for additional effects. With Magnes, creates an attractive magnetic field), Air Manipulation (With A Weapon Glyph plus Pneuma Glyph Union, Shanoa unleashes the "tearing slash," a shortranged windstorm resulting from her flurry of punchs. With Two Pneumas Glyph Union, a giant (green) tornado forms around Shanoa, repeatedly damaging all enemies in its vicinity), Earth Manipulation (With Cubus Glyph, a cube that creates stones. With Lapsite, a glyph that pulverizes enemies with giant fists of stone), Fire Manipulation (With Ignis, call forth burning flames. With Vol Ignis, creates pillars of fire), Hellfire Manipulation (With Dominus Hatred, Dominus Anger, and Dominus Agony glyph union, Shanoa uneashes a terrifying firestorm that engulfs everything in darkness, killing all enemies, including herself), Portal Manipulation (With Two Flame Spells Glyph Union, Shanoa opens a portal from which flames wavily spew forward, damaging enemies up to four times), Ice Manipulation & Absolute Zero (With Grando, calls forth freezing ice. With Vol Grando, creates pillars of ice), Electricity Manipulation (With Fulgur, summons a ball of lightning. With Vol Fulgur, calls forth shocking electricity), Light Manipulation (With Luminatio, calls forth a ball of light. With Dominus Hatred, summons a pillar of light) & Homing Attack (With Vol Luminatio, calls a ball of light that tracks enemies), Holy Manipulation (With A Weapon Glyph plus Light Spell Glyph Union, Shanoa swings a holy sword whose swinging manifests as a large circle of damaging light), Smoke Manipulation (Through an incompatible combo union glyph, Shanoa unleashes a short-ranged plume of smoke), Plant Manipulation (With Two Rapiers Union Glyph, Shanoa stabs the rapier which releases damaging petals, each release being capable of hititng for triple damage), Darkness Manipulation (With Vol Umbra, commands the powers of darkness), Curse Manipulation (With Morbus, commands a forbidden curse), Energy Manipulation (With Nitesco, concentrate magic energy into a destructive beam. With Globus, unleashes an energy sphere. With Dominus Anger, unleashes a cluster of energy).

Resistance to Attack Reflection (Can hit Dracula, where Dracula's mere rib bone reflects all projectiles back), Petrification (Shanoa can break out of being petrified), Status Effect Inducement, Poison Manipulation, & Curse Manipulation (Shanoa has a powerful constitution, where having a strong constitution dictates and influences how fast one can recover from status effects such as poison or curse), Death Manipulation & Fate Manipulation (Shanoa can take hits from Death and his scythes, 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 (Shanoa can enter and fight within Dracula's Castle without any adverse effects)

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 cloud srotate 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), Text Manipulation & Plot Manipulation (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power, where is noted by Lucy that the "vital soul" of a monster is the cause of the grimoire chaos where creatures of the night's dark powers allowed them to rewrite the Grimoires to strengthen their dark powers greatly, along with their vital souls 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 considered the same or "equal", compared to the like of Brauner's painting worlds that are quantum multi-layered spaces requiring understandings of theories such as "Curse Amplification". Death was going to use Dracula's magic to rewrite Dracula's defeat to Trevor making it where Dracula defeats Trevor Belmont instead where Dracula would go on living in the rewritten grimoire with each grimoire being its own world and the grimoires influence extends into reality), Law Manipulation (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power, which alter grimoires, which do not adhere to the laws of reality), Power Modification (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power, which the vital souls cause alterations of the Grimoire that 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)

With the Dominus Agony, Shanoa shrouds herself in Dracula's magic, which would give her the abilities of Dracula's magic and that of the Castle, as the castle is directly steered by Dracula's power, this gives her:

As Mathias absorbed Walter's soul to become Dracula, he has:

Escape Prevention (Upon entering the forest Leon, Rinaldo noted that Walter made it so Leon could not leave), Darkness Manipulation (Due to the Ebony Stone, his demonic power allows him to make it eternally night in the forest under his control), Energy Absorption (Walter 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), Domination (Walter has demons under his control), Sealing (Walter sealed away the Forgotten One due to an enormous uncontrollable power it had), Blessed (Noted that Walter is beloved by the eternal night), Teleportation (Teleported Sara to his side), Electricity Manipulation (Walter uses electricity to appear before Leon), Telekinesis (Telekinetically returned Sara to Leon), Sleep Manipulation (Walter can put one to sleep), Invulnerability (Metaphysical Invulnerability) & Forcefield Manipulation (Passive; Walter is completely immune to attacks from Leon), Light Manipulation & Teleportation (Can create pillars of light that he teleports around), Energy Projection (Can shoot out energy projectiles), Homing Attack (Walter can shoot out energy projectiles that home in on the target), Explosion Manipulation (Can shoot out orbs that explode on impact. With Demonic Megiddo, can release a massive blast of energy that explodes outwards), Transformation (Transformative Arsenal; When using Demonic Megiddo, Water transforms into his stronger demon form), Fire Manipulation (Conjures multiple pillars of fire underneath the target)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Noted that Dracula's strength exceeds even that of a werewolf), Human Achievements (When disguising himself as Malus, he could masterfully play the violin), Weapon Mastery (Bow & Arrow Mastery; Dracula in his Malus form wields a bow and arrow that he can shoot deftly), Animal Taming (Dracula can tame bicorns), Intimidation (Put fear into Isaac who felt he spoke out of line from just a glance. Dracula is noted to be the most terrifying creature in existence), Large Size in some of his true forms (Supersized; Appeared this large when unleashing his true form against Reinhardt Schneider/Carrie Fernandez), Aura (Dracula merely pushing out his aura was enough to make Richter and Maria flinch. Dracula's evil aura is far greater then the fake Dracula he sent to fight Reinhardt and Carrie. Dark Lord Soma has a thick darkness and suffocating evil due to having Dracula's aura. Dracula has a natural aura of Darkness around him), Immortality (Ageless; Mathias through absorbing Walter's soul denied God's decree of limited life and lives for eternity. Life and Death Immunity; Death serves Dracula with unfailing loyalty, where Death 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), Reincarnation (Non-Cycle, Memory Remembrance; Despite being killed for good by Julius Belmont, Dracula's soul reincarnated into Soma Cruz), Regeneration (At least Low-Godly normally; Freely burned away his body to fly out with his soul to create a new form. Can regenerate from just his blood. Regenerated back a new body from just his head. His Wraith Spawn while heavily weakened regenerated from his entire body being destroyed. Mid-Godly with Regeneration Cycle; Dracula has a regeneration cycle that allows him to come back as long as chaos exist within humans, only being ended by sealing his castle within a solar eclipse), Reliance (On Humanity's Evil; Dracula will keep coming back to life due to the evil minds of human beings. It is noted that Dracula's resurrection is not fueled by his own magic but through the lust for power, jealousy of others, belief in evil, the human emotions that fuel his resurrection), Supernatural Resilience (Can live as just a head, using his head to form an amalgamation of five demonic faces with an exposed brain), Supernatural Luck (Dracula's mere eye grants one a boost of luck), Extrasensory Perception (Dracula's eyeball can see invisible objects. Dracula's eyeball can see something that has been cursed away from sight. Dracula could sense the connection between Annette and the Belmont family. Can see the Bitterfly, a mutated insect, visible only to magicians. Soma Cruz upon awakening to becoming Dracula could sense where Alucard was), Transformation (Shapeshifting; Dracula can transform into different manners of beast and alike, during his fight with Simon Belmont he turned into a large white creature. Appeared before Simon Belmont as a flock of bats. Mathias can transform into a bat. Can transform into a werewolf. Dracula used what remained of his magical powers to transform his body into mist after Christopher defeated him. Can turn into a beast that moves so fast it catches on fire. Body Morphing; Can morph his body to sprouted wings, allowing him to fly with that, asides from his occassional levitation. Has done this against Richter/Maria to unleash his full power), Flight (Dracula can fly in a manner of different ways he can either call upon the Power of Darkness, giving him a form with massive wings, transform into a bat, naturally levitate), Afterimage Creation (Moves so fast he leaves afterimages behind), Intangibility (Phasing; Upon appearing in his fight against Simon Belmont, his head phased through the floor and then the rest of his body appeared), Empowerment (Made a pact with an Evil God, allowing him to call upon its power to help him), Resurrection (Self-Resurrection; It is noted by the Elgos, a group that fully documents all of history within the Grimoires, that Dracula normally can only be resurrected once every 100 years without the influence of human emotions causing irregularities. Through this end he can gather the magic needed to revive through negative human emotions. Repeated Resurrection, Resurrection of the Deceased; Through absorbing human blood, even on his corpse, he can come back to life. The battle between Desmond Belmont and Rohan Krause was enough to revive Dracula. Dracula has also shown to be able to resurrect from merely a single drop of blood hitting his body. Resurrection of Multiple Targets, Resurrection of the Deceased; Dracula revived dark gods with his powers), Reality Warping (Passive; Merely through transforming Dracula warped the very background of his castle. Caused the entire background to become warped ad distorted. Against John Morris/Eric Lecarde, completely warped the background once entering his true form), Teleportation & Light Manipulation (In his fight against Simon Belmont, he freely teleported around in his first form. Brings down pillars of light that he uses to teleport around. Causes a beam of light to appear that he can teleport around with. Dracula's death causes the light beam to come across the entire castle and teleport it away. He can use his light pillar teleportation technique as a means to trick his opponent by creating several, with him only appearing out of one. Teleported to Shaft after sensing a connection Anette had with the Belmont family), Duplication (Can create four giant heads of his to attack with. Dracula can make a figment of his magic that is a re-enactment of memories stored within his powers), Empowerment (Dracula can call upon the Power of Darkness to gain a new form that greatly upgrades all of his statistics), Weapon Creation & Weapon Control (Dracula can create knives that he can freely control to throw at Simon), Non-Standard Interaction (Dark Matter Interaction; Dracula has objects such as dark matter in his castle meaning he can interact with them, which barely interacts with ordinary matter), Possession (Can put his soul within a painting and bring it to life to use as an attack. Dracula can possess Devil Forgemasters to bring himself back to life, such as when he possessed Isaac to resurrect himself. Dracula's remains created a second spirit within Maxim that possessed him leaving Maxim's body and possessing Dracula's remains spawning way to Dracula's Wraith. Merely absorbing Dracula's magic corrupts one and turns them into another Dracula), Statistics Amplification (Dracula's strength increases each time he revives. Every 100 years Dracula gets stronger and stronger. Noted by Richter to get stronger every reincarnation), Statistics Boost (The more Dracula's hatred increases, the more the power of Chaos empowers him), Statistics Reduction (It's noted that every 100 years the forces of Good mysteriously become weak and the forces of Evil gain a foothold into the world. One that wears Dracula's clothes will have their luck reduced, however it is noted by Simon that Dracula grows stronger ecah time he revives), Telekinesis (Was telekinetically lifting Simon's wife into the air with the affect breaking once he died. Could telekinetically lift the blocks around in his boss fight), Battlefield Removal (Forced Teleportation; Can teleport other targets, such as teleporting Simon's wife to his arms. Forcibly teleported him and Reinhardt Schneider/Carrie Fernandez to a different realm when unleashing his true form. Forcibly teleported him and Cornell upon transforming into his true form. Application Based; Upon transforming he caused him and Richter/Maria to be put into a new realm), Breath Attack (Can shoot out attacks and projectiles from his mouth. Can shoot fireballs out of his breath. Can shoot fire out of his mouth. Shoots out gylphs from his mouth. Shot a giant energy ball from his mouth in his true form), Energy Projection (Can shoot out eye lasers. Can shoot energy beams out of his eyes and hands. Can shoot energy projectiles out into 4 directions diagonally. Created energy orbs around him that he can shoot outwards to attack. Can shoot energy projectiles from the sky that split and attack anything on the ground. Can shoot out energy projectiles that split into 3 projectiles that attack in the air. Can shoot out three energy projectiles that expand. Can shoot out a laser attack that travels across the ground and expand outwards), Curtain Fire (Directional; Creates an energy ball that fires multiple small energy bullets in a 360 degree area. Multi-Directional; Causes an entire blood rain to fall, with over hundreds of droplets, where if even one hits, it will deal damage), Homing Attack (Can shoot out several energy projectiles that home in on the target), Shockwave Generation (Upon resurrecting, unleashed a massive shockwave that pushed all of the cult members back. Unleashed a massive shockwave in his true form), Power Bestowal (Dracula’s Nail grants the ability to break things one otherwise couldn’t, along with increase one's strength. Dracula's mere fang can increase one's defenses. Dracula's presence greatly powers the creatures of the night, making them stronger as time goes on. Noted that Dracula can grant humans immortality, with The Order attempting to resurrect Dracula in order to receive greater power and eternal life. Even while sealed and deceased, Dracula's darkness alone covered Barlowe, having his strength return to him and giving him the power to destroy his seal), Fusionism (Dracula was able to fuse the abilities of a bat with those a human, in an alternate timeline), Creation (Dracula's evil and magic is the reason why devil forging exists, which has one create a devil. Through merely the use of his remains and using Maxim's will a castle similar to Castlevania was created), Corruption (Dracula used his last bit of magic to turn Soleil Belmont into a terrible demon), Attack Reflection (Passive; Dracula's mere rib bone reflects all projectiles back), Nullification (Passive {For all of them}, Curse Nullification; Dracula's mere eye has the power to negate curses. Petrification Nullification; His mere heart has the power to negate petrification. Poison Negation; His mere rib has the power to negate poison. Sealing Nullification; The power of Dominus can completely rid seals. Easily broke a seal placed by the man-beast on a creature), Transmutation (Noted by Dracula that if Hector has betrayed him he would use his magic to transform him into an especially hideous demon where he shall crawl on the ground and drink sewage as a hideous monster), Summoning (Dracula can summon enemies to fight for him. Maxim corrupted by the spirit of Dracula's remains was able to summon a boss to fight Juste), Invisibility (Dracula possesses a natural aura of darkness, which makes one unable to see those with an aura of darkness by the naked eye), Immersion (It is either through Death's help or Dracula's magic that Soma is able to enter the grimoires, , which Lucy notes to be impossible with her being the only one able to send people into grimoires), Absorption (Dracula can absorb any darkness based attack), Lifeforce Absorption (Dracula can bite his enemies and drain their lifeforce to heal himself), Soul Absorption (Dracula is able to absorb Death's soul, and by proxy the soul of others), Power Mimicry (One of the Dark Lord candidates that inherit his dark powers, Dmitri Blinov, can perfectly copy techniques after just being hit by them, copied the Power of Dominance from Soma Cruz through touching his soul and copying his ability), Information Analysis (One of the Dark Lord candidates that inherit his dark powers, Dmitri Blinov, who scanned the the memories of Soma's past lives), Subjective Reality (Noted by Maxim that the Castle was forged from the fabric of his mind, bringing what was in Maxim's mind into reality), Erasure (Metaphysical Erasure; Dracula's magic can overpower and erase one's will and spirit, with Albus only surviving due to gaining the blood of the Belmont clan), Regeneration Negation (Atemporal), Immortality Negation (Life and Death Immunity), & Irreversible Damage (Through Dracula absorbing Death's soul Death was also destroyed along with Dracula, even though Death appearing in the books is through nothing more than him possessing his image written in the text, where he can reform himself endlessly and no damage actually mattered to him), Hellfire Manipulation (Dracula's fire attacks are all hellfire, as even Desmond using fire attacks channeled from him are describe as such. Can shoot out 3 fire projectiles at once from his cape. Can shoot out green fireballs everytime he jumps. Can create two pillars of fire to trap a target and then hit them with a pillar of fire in the middle, sometimes being impossible to dodge depending on the position the person in. Can shoot out large fireballs from his cape. Causes pillars of pinkish fire to rise up. Can create an entire tornado of hellfire. Can burn his body to the point of nothing remaining but his soul. Caused all of the candles in the background to light up and blind the entire room before he appeared. Can set fire enemies that track onto a target. Can conjure fire from glyphs that drop down and spread outwards. One of the Dark Lord candidates that inherit his dark powers, Dario Bossi, has the ability to create fires, being implicated in countless inexplicable fires, and burned an entire room. Along with this Dario can use fire to teleport), Holy Manipulation (Can use Demonic Megiddo, which contains holy power), Crystal Manipulation (Can cause various crystals to come out of the ground to attack his foes), Vacuum Manipulation (Can create a strong vacuum to pull one in so he can bite them), Matter Manipulation & Metaphysics Manipulation (Dracula's evil and magic is the reason why devil forging exists, with the mere remnants of his magic being so strong Hector can use them to create an Innocent Devil. Devil Forging has one to giving it a shape and soul, giving it a shell and applying stable power to the shell so the mass of energy without conscious can be transformed into a living devil), Blood Manipulation (Can spit out blood as an attack. Can create spheres of blood from his attacks. Causes an entire blood rain to fall, with over hundreds of droplets, where if even one hits, it will deal damage), Soul Manipulation (Dracula can use soul steal, to steal one's soul, absorbing their entire existence within him. Can disconnect his soul from his body. God is unable to help the souls of those terminated by Dracula's hand), Animal Manipulation (Can shoot bats out of his mouth. Can shoot out three bats to attack. Sends out bats to attack for him), Mind Manipulation (Dracula put Soleil Belmont under his vampire spell. The suppressed desires of Maxim Kischine caused another spirit to be created due to him holding the remains of Dracula. Dracula's remains alone are enough to consume their mind, even being noted by Barlowe that dominus devours the mind. Not even the sacred blood of the Belmont Clan was enough to keep Albus from subcumming to the effects of the Dominus), Memory Manipulation (Accepting the Dominus interferes with one's memories and emotions. Dominus was the source that took Shanoa's memories. Dracula's magic showed Hector visions of his past with a form of his child self trying to convince him to become a devil and promising to be friends if he does so), Empathic Manipulation (Accepting the Dominus interferes with one's memories and emotions, stripping Shanoa of all of her emotions to the point that she could not shed a tear for Albus despite everything he did for her), Fear Manipulation (Dracula's mere rib bone is enough to make an ordinary hero feel like a spineless coward), Death Manipulation (Metaphysical; One attempting to use the Dominus will cost them their life, Shanoa using it nearly killed her only being saved by Albus taking her place and having his soul fade away), Weather Manipulation & Electricity Manipulation (Caused dark clouds to appear and came from a bolt of lightning. Cause massive electricity around the area before appearing. Causes multiple lightning bolts to rain down as he appears. Sent down electricity attacks against Desmond. Sent out a massive electricity wave. Creates massive electricity orbs from his gylphs. Summoned electricity from his hand that went across a small area. Electricity formed around him while he transformed into his adult state. Easily pushed Cornell back with the electricity field around him), Curse Manipulation (Dracula placed a curse on Simon after Simon defeated him, one that could only be undone by finding the five body parts of Dracula, resurrecting him and then defeating him, though if Simon takes too long he will die from the curse regardless of killing Dracula. The Curse also weakened Simon to where he was starting off with a leather whip, which is a weaker form the whip takes for inexperienced users. After being defeated by Trevor and his friends, Dracula left a demonic curse that enshrouded all of Europe in misery and torment, this curse keeps festering even if Dracula dies, where Hector needed to put all of his life-force and energy into dispelling the curse, greatly tiring him to the point that he was ready to die in the collapse of the Castle if Julia did not come rescue him. Along with this, even with the curse being removed, the curse was far too deep within people, making its mark hard to leave them, with some characters having it where only death could erase the curse), Disease Manipulation (The demonic curse caused a hideous plague and dire famine), Morality Manipulation (The demonic curse had people's hearts turn black and murderous, where the weak were slain without pity. The curse gave Hector an immense thirst for vegeance, attempting to make him kill Isaac so that he could possess his body. Dracula can cloud one's senses in darkness, having the evil eat away at their souls), Madness Manipulation (Barlowe was driven made by the power of Dominus, making him willing to give his life to resurrect Dracula. Those that had evil eat away at their souls were driven to madness, having them make a pact with the devil. Brauner using Dracula's power was noted by Charlotte that just the sight of him could drive an ordinary person mad), Glyph Manipulation (Conjures gylphs across the ground that create explosions. The gylphs also summon enemies to attack), Explosion Manipulation (Creates massive explosions from his glyphs. Can shoot out explosive projectiles from his lower mouth), Bone Manipulation (Throws out bones to attack with in his true form during his fight against John Morris/Eric Lecarde), Water Manipulation (Creates giant water bubbles that attack the target), Hell Manipulation (Passive; Dracula's existence is the reason why evil around the land is called, with him being defeated, the evil vanishes), Time Manipulation (Passive; Dracula's existence and magic was destabilizing the flow of time. Shanoa with the dominus is using a power of Dracula's, where Aeon notes that power is governed by 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), Text Manipulation & Plot Manipulation (Passive; Vital Souls are all just a part of Dracula's powers, where is noted by Lucy that the "vital soul" of a monster is the cause of the grimoire chaos where creatures of the night's dark powers allowed them to rewrite the Grimoires to strengthen their dark powers greatly, along with their vital souls 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 considered the same or "equal", compared to the like of Brauner's painting worlds that are quantum multi-layered spaces requiring understandings of theories such as "Curse Amplification". Death was going to use Dracula's magic to rewrite Dracula's defeat to Trevor making it where Dracula defeats Trevor Belmont instead where Dracula would go on living in the rewritten grimoire with each grimoire being its own world and the grimoires influence extends into reality), Law Manipulation (Vital Souls are all just a part of Dracula's powers, which alter grimoires, which do not adhere to the laws of reality), Power Modification (Vital Souls are all just a part of Dracula's powers, which the vital souls cause alterations of the Grimoire that 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 Extreme Heats (Unaffected by moving so fast he catches on fire), Extrasensory Perception (Dark Lords are incapable of being sensed by the likes of Death), Attack Reflection (His reincarnation can attack and harm Graham Jones, where he's absorbed the power of the castle, and inherited Dracula's powers, where Dracula's mere rib bone reflects all projectiles back), Darkness Manipulation & Hell Manipulation (Dracula has a natural resistance to the darkness element. Dracula's mere ribs protects from the powers of wickedness), Holy Fire Manipulation (Can take holy water hitting him, with it only momentarily having him cry out in pain, before emerging just fine), Curse Manipulation (Dracula's mere heart clears curses), Time Manipulation (Noted that the stop watch has no effect on moving platforms in the castle and most bosses. 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), Sealing (Dracula's power allowed Soma to easily repel away a multi-layered seal called aurora a multilayered rectangular barrier ritual that was supposed to isolate Soma and then remove Dracula's powers from him. Even while greatly weakened, when the Aurora was used on Dracula, he greatly resisted it, requiring two master magicians to affect him. Dracula's power is so great that very few magical items can truly hold his magic within a seal, requiring the usage of an entire library worth of grimoires in order to truly seal away just his magic alone. The only reason Brauner was able to seal away Dracula was due to him not reviving completely otherwise his seals would be easily broken by Dracula's power), Fire Manipulation (Dracula is naturally strongly resistant to fire based attacks), Electricity Manipulation (Dracula is naturally strongly resistant to thunder based attacks), Poison Manipulation (Dracula is naturally immune to poison based attacks), Spatial Manipulation (Brauner using Dracula's power spatially segregated Dracula from the castle), Power Modification, Information Manipulation, Text Manipulation & Plot Manipulation (Dracula's magic and powers have no limits posed on it from the grimoires where heroes summoned from the catalogue are unable to stray too far from its contents and have limited actions they can do having summoned heroes have their powers greatly limited from their true strength), Fate Manipulation & Death Manipulation (Death serves Dracula with unfailing loyalty, where Death 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), Immortality Negation (The Vampire Killer is unable to strip Dracula of his immortality whereas 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, and can kill Death to the point that he requires Mathias to survive in order for him to rise from the dead)

Magic (The castle pulses with dark magical power. The castle uses magic to do things like re-animate corpses, along with skeletons), 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), Save and Load (The castles magic has rooms where one can sit on a chair and is enveloped in the angelic wings of light, allowing them to save their progress, with these chairs being acknowledged in rooms in the castle with a description), Possession (The castle possesses objects with its magic, such as a ouija table), Bestowal (The castle enables one to keep their mind after dying, becoming a ghost), Mind Bestowal (The castle can bestow a mind through its magic), Soul Bestowal (The castle can bestow a soul through its magic. Imbued the Mud Man with a tormented soul), Power Bestowal (The castle grants enemies to attack under the power of magic. The magic of Dracula's power that empowers the owl enemy), Resurrection (Resurrection of Multiple Targets; The castle uses magic to return creatures of chaos back to life), 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), Telekinesis (The Castle can lift parts of levels apart. The castle has blocks that float and levitate up and downards to crush opponents or send them into spikes), Immersion (Can bring paintings to life and have them attack), Mimicry (Physiology Mimicry; The castle contains mirror worlds where perfect clones of oneself can fight. The Castle can also do this without mirror worlds, where they make a perfect copy that have all of their moves and sub-weapons, and can freely switch to a different person to copy their abilities), Teleportation (The castle has access to the teleporter seat, the seat of a device that allows instant movement across Valachia. The castle has objects that fade in and out while trying to platform on them), Invisibility (Parts of Dracula's castle are invisible such as invisible stairs, and invisible platforms), Necromancy (The castle can raise the dead to attack whoever enters a room. The castle reanimates human bones as monsters by its evil magic. The Castle created the Executioner from numerous dead bodies), Fusionism (The Castle can create an abomination made from numerous dead bodies), 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), Elemental Manipulation & Chaos Manipulation (The castle infuses some enemies with chaos, giving it all elemental properties), Blood Manipulation (The casle imbues blood all over a skeleton, making them always return to life no matter what damage is done to them. The Castle has areas where its blood can form new enemies), Acid Manipulation (The castle has areas of acid rain falling), 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), Perception Manipulation (The Castle is able to warp the users perceptions, making a room where it is split into three parts that do not operate under standard spatiality and directionality), Poison Manipulation (The very waters of the castle are poisonous, killing one in an instant if they fall into it), Gravity Manipulation (The castle has rooms with reverse gravity), 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), Plant Manipulation (The castle can cause even the trees to attack. The castle can cause the plants and leaves to form a wraith), Forcefield Manipulation (The castle set up a barrier seal outside of it to make people unable to enter. Evil energy can create barriers blocking one until they defeat all enemies), Fire Manipulation (Can cause fire across an entire room just from causing a chandelier with candles to fall, setting everything, even people on fire), Portal Manipulation & Battlefield Removal (Application Based; The castle can create portals that send one to another dimension, where time is stopped. Brought a wandering merchant in through swallowing him into a dense fog. The castle has magic energies that seal the gateway to hell), Summoning & Glyph Creation (The Castle can summon creatures of chaos to spawn and attack whoever enters a room through enemies spawning from glyphs. The castle can make glyphs that teleport one outside of the castle by standing over it. A lot of these creatures are summoned from Hell), Water Manipulation (The Casles Waters seem to be very hazardous, as it instantly kills enemies upon touching them), Spatial Manipulation (The castle can shift the room to make it where Trevor needs to escape upwards that will instantly kill him if it reaches him. The castle can make blocks disappear and re-appear, making it difficult for one to traverse around the castle. The Castle made it, where the stairway Soma was walking up with Mina, went longer hen usual, trying to keep Soma from going to the Shrine and instead bringing him to the castle), Sense Manipulation (Caused Soma's senses to dim even entering the chaotic darkness near the Castle), Weather Manipulation & Electricity Manipulation (The Castle is the reason for a massive cloud that covered the entire sky. Can conjure thunderstorms around itself that can summon enemies during it's flashes of lightning. Can summon enemies through the lightning bolts it makes), Dark Matter Manipulation (The castle contains dark matter within it that beings can use for weapon creation), Abstract Manipulation & Hell Manipulation (The castle can create a core of evil made from hatred, envy, anger and other dark emotions), Text Manipulation & Plot Manipulation (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power, where is noted by Lucy that the "vital soul" of a monster is the cause of the grimoire chaos where creatures of the night's dark powers allowed them to rewrite the Grimoires to strengthen their dark powers greatly, along with their vital souls 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 considered the same or "equal", compared to the like of Brauner's painting worlds that are quantum multi-layered spaces requiring understandings of theories such as "Curse Amplification". Death was going to use Dracula's magic to rewrite Dracula's defeat to Trevor making it where Dracula defeats Trevor Belmont instead where Dracula would go on living in the rewritten grimoire with each grimoire being its own world and the grimoires influence extends into reality), Law Manipulation (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power, which alter grimoires, which do not adhere to the laws of reality), Power Modification (The vital souls are noted to be apart of the Castle's power, which the vital souls cause alterations of the Grimoire that 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 Time Stop (Areas in the Castle are unaffected by time being stopped, and blocks and objects will still fall. Noted that the stop watch has no effect on moving platforms in the castle. Christopher stopping time on an elevator does not stop the elevator from moving, machinery still moves along, and floating objects still float. 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)

Blessed (With Minerva Mail, armor blessed by a war goddess. With Valkyrie Mail, armor blessed by a war maiden), Damage Transferal (With Heart Cuirass, when taking damage, Shanoa loses hearts instead of health), Impact Resistance (With Rubber Suit, clothes that absorb impact to resist heavy blows).

Resistance to Penetration Damage (Bladed Penetration; With Military Wear, clothes made with a specialized fiber to be blade-resistant), Petrification (With Mirror Cuirass, mirrored armor protects the wearer from petrification), Curse Manipulation (With Minerva Mail, armor blessed by a war goddess, prevents the effects of curse), Poison Manipulation (With Valkyrie Mail, armor blessed by a war maiden, prevents poison effects)

True Sight (With Eye for Decay, allows Shanoa to see hidden breakable walls), Information Analysis (With L. Eye of God, views an enemy's remaining heath instead of the damage dealt), Radar Sensing (With Dowsing Hat, this mysterious hat sounds a tone if treasure is nearby), Blessed (With Minerva Mask, this mask was blessed by a war goddess. With Valkyrie Mask, this masked was blessed by a war maiden), Empowerment (With Arrow Helm, an enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Arrow. With Axe Helm, an echanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Axe. With Hammer Helm, an enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Hammer. With Knife Helm, an enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Knife. With Lance Helm, an enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Lance. With Rapier Helm, an enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Rapier. With Shield Helm, an enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Shield. With Sickle Helm, an enchnated helm that enables the Glyph Union: Sickle. With Sword Helm, an enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Sword), Power Modification (With Queen of Hearts, this unique helmet reduces heart consumption by half), Perception Manipulation (With R. Eye of Devil, views the world slowly), Probability Manipulation (With Treasure Hat, raises the probability that rare items will appear).

Resistance to Cold Temperatures (With Babushka, a flower-patterned hood to protect against cold), Light Manipulation (With Diamond Pins, a hair accessory to lower light damage), Electricity Manipulation (With Emerald Pins, a hair accessory to lower lightning damage), Darkness Manipulation (With Onyx Pins, a hair accessory to lower darkness damage), Fire Manipulation (With Ruby Pins, a hair accessory to lower flame damage), Ice Manipulation (With Sapphire Pins, a hair accessory to lower ice damage)

Statistics Boost (With Combo Boots, keep kicking without touching the ground to raise strength. With Mercury Boots, allows for faster movement speed. With Winged Boots, allows for faster movement speed), Blessed (With Minerva Greaves, full leg protection blessed by a war goddess. With Valkyrie Greaves, full leg protection blessed by a war maiden), Invulnerability (With Moonwalkers, the wearer is invincible while back dashing)

Statistics Boost (With Archer Ring, increases the power of archery type glyphs. With Blow Ring, increases the power of the strike attribute. With Diamond Ring, increases the power of the light attribute. With Emerald Ring, increases the power of the lightning attribute. With Emperor Ring, increases recovery effects. With Fortune Ring, increases luck. With Judgment Ring, increases Glyph Union's effectiveness. With Justice Ring, enemies killed increase attack power), Luck Manipulation (With Gold Ring, luck increases with the gold in Shanoa's wallter), Accelerated Development (Other, Physical Stats & Abilities; With Hierophant Ring, increases acquired experience)

Purification (With Anti-Venom, rmeoves poison from your body. With Uncurse Potion, dispels curses), Restoration (With Heart Repair, restores lost hearts. With Tonic, resores some of mind power. With High Tonic, restores a lot of mental power. With Super Tonic, completely restores mind power), Healing (With Potion, restores 50 health. With High Potion, restores 200 health. With Super Potion, restores all health)

Information Analysis (With Book of Spirits, display enemy names as Shanoa attacks), Fusionism (With Glyph Union, combines two glyphs together), Multiple Jumps (With Ordinary Rock, jump a second time while in midair), Aquatic Breathing (With Serpent Scale, move freely unwater)

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Equipment

Confodere

A short-range and weak Rapier Glyph used in early training.

Armor	Description	Stats	Found	Drop
Barbarian Belt	Piecemeal armor worn by barbarians.	STR +10, CON -10		King Skeleton
Body Suit	An open-chested, black bodysuit.	DEF +12, CON +1, INT +1	Tristis Pass
Casual Clothes	Everyday clothes for around the house (or castle!).	DEF +1	Start of game
Copper Plate	Bronzed chest armor.	DEF +8	Jacob's Shop	Lizardman
Corset Dress	A slightly uncomfortable dress.	DEF +20, INT +6, MND +12	Jacob's Shop
Cotton Dress	A simple cotton dress.	DEF +7, INT +1, MND +3	Monica's Quests
Crimson Mail	A beautiful suit of armor in translucent red.	DEF +15, STR +2, MND +3		Fire Demon
Empire Dress	An elegant dress with a high waistline.	DEF +20, INT +5, MND +7	Jacob's Shop
Gold Plate	A chest protector forged of gold.	DEF +40	Jacob's Shop
Heart Cuirass	When taking damage, you lose hearts instead of HP.	DEF +25	Dracula's Castle
Iron Plate	A steel breastplate.	DEF +18	Jacob's Shop	Red Smasher
Knight Cuirass	Cast-iron armor worn by knights.	DEF +28, CON +15, MND +8		Final Knight
Leather Cuirass	Leather chest protection.	DEF +5	Jacob's Shop
Military Wear	Clothes made with a specialized fiber to be blade-resistant.	DEF +5, Resist Blades	Minera Prison Island
Minerva Mail	Armor blessed by a war goddess. Prevents the effects of Curse.	DEF +40, STR +8, MND +7, Resist Curses	Large Cavern
Mirror Cuirass	Mirrored armor protects the wearer from petrification.	DEF +25, Resist Petrification		Gorgon Head
Party Dress	You'll be the belle of the ball in this gorgeous party dress.	DEF +24, INT +3, MND +9	Monica's Quests, Jacob's Shop
Platinum Plate	Fancy armor forged of white gold.	DEF +55	Jacob's Shop
Reinforced Suit	Clothes forged with artificial musculature.	DEF +8, STR +2, MND +2	Somnus Reef
Robe Decollete	This luxurious formal dress will have everyone talking.	DEF +32, INT +6, MND +30, LCK +5	Training Hall
Rubber Suit	Clothes that absorb impact to resist heavy blows.	DEF +5, Resist Strikes	Kalidus Channel
Sequined Dress	A dress embroidered with dazzling sequins.	DEF +12, INT +3, MND +7, LCK +2	Jacob's Shop
Silk Dress	A delicate silk dress.	DEF +15, INT +2, MND +5	Monica's Quests, Jacob's Shop
Silver Plate	For a spotless chest sheen, choose silver.	DEF +28	Jacob's Shop
Valkyrie Mail	Armor blessed by a war maiden. It prevents poison effects.	DEF +25, STR +4, MND +5, Resist Poison	Dracula's Castle
Wedding Dress	The wedding dress of your dreams costs more than a pretty penny.	DEF +26, STR +3, INT +2, MND +15	Jacob's Shop

Head Gear	Description	Stats	Found	Drop
Arrow Helm	An enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Arrow.	DEF +5	Boss Rush Mode
Axe Helm	An enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Axe.	DEF +5	Boss Rush Mode
Babushka	A flower-patterned hood to protect against cold.	DEF +3, INT +1, MND +2	Jacob's Shop
Barbarian Helm	Barbarians prefer this tough helmet design.	STR +5, CON -5		Skeleton Beast
Cabriolet	Women's hat with a collapsible hood.	DEF +2, INT +2, MND +1	Minera Prison Island
Caprine	Flowery hat composed of a corsage and lace.	DEF +4, INT +1, MND +1	Giant's Dwelling
Cotton Hat	A plain hat made of cotton.	DEF +1	Monastery
Crimson Mask	A translucent crimson mask.	DEF +4, STR +1	Tymeo Mountains
Crochet	An elegant, bell-shaped silhouette.	DEF +5, INT +3, MND +4	Jacob's Shop
Diamond Pins	A hair accessory to lower light damage.	INT +5, Resist Light	Jacob's Shop
Dowsing Hat	This mysterious hat sounds a tone if treasure is nearby.		Daniela's Quests
Emerald Pins	A hair accessory to lower lightning damage.	INT +3, Resist Lightning	Jacob's Shop
Eye for Decay	Allows you to see hidden breakable walls.		Peeping Eye
Garbo Hat	An elegant hat, in a style actresses will wear one day.	DEF +1, INT +2, MND +2, LCK +3	Monica's Quests
Hammer Helm	An enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Hammer.	DEF +5	Boss Rush Mode
Knife Helm	An enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Knife.	DEF +5	Boss Rush Mode
Knight Helm	Knightly head gear.	DEF +10, CON +5, MND +3		Great Knight
L. Eye of God	View an enemy's remaining HP instead of the damage dealt.		Boss Rush Mode
Lance Helm	An enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Lance.	DEF +5	Boss Rush Mode
Minerva Mask	This mask was blessed by a war goddess.	DEF +8, STR +3, MND +3	Large Cavern
Onyx Pins	A hair accessory to lower darkness damage.	INT +5, Resist Darkness	Jacob's Shop
Queen of Hearts	This unique helmet reduces heart consumption by half.	ATK +10, DEF +12, STR +7, INT +7, LCK +7	Clear Hard Mode
R. Eye of Devil	Views the world slowly.		Boss Rush Mode
Rapier Helm	An enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Rapier.	DEF +5	Boss Rush Mode
Ribbon	An adorable ribbon.	LCK +10	Anna's Quests
Royal Crown	A jewel-encrusted tiara.	DEF +5, STR +5, CON +5, INT +5, MND +5, LCK +5	Laura's Quests
Ruby Pins	A hair accessory to lower flame damage.	INT +3, Resist Fire	Jacob's Shop
Sapphire Pins	A hair accessory to lower ice damage.	INT +3, Resist Ice	Jacob's Shop
Shield Helm	An enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Shield.	DEF +5	Boss Rush Mode
Sickle Helm	An enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Sickle.	DEF +5	Boss Rush Mode
Stephanie	This hair accessory sports a fancy engraved dedication.	DEF +1, INT +8, MND +8		Draculina
Sword Helm	An enchanted helm that enables the Glyph Union: Sword.	DEF +5	Boss Rush Mode
Traveler's Hat	A large-brimmed hat fancied by travelers.	DEF +7, CON +3, INT +2, MND +3	Tristis Pass, Argila Swamp
Treasure Hat	Raises the probability that rare items will appear.		Daniela's Quests
Valkyrie Mask	This mask was blessed by a war maiden.	DEF +6, STR +2	Dracula's Castle

Leg Protection	Description	Stats	Found	Drop
Baggy Boots	Relaxed-fit boots that are popular with urban teens.	DEF +4, MND +3	Jacob's Shop
Barbarian Shoes	Why do barbarians wear open-toed sandals like this?	STR +5, CON -5		King Skeleton
Battle Boots	Battle boots that are easy to move around in.	DEF +4, STR +2	Jacob's Shop
Cavalier Boots	Boots worn by knights with their marching orders.	DEF +7, MND +4	Jacob's Shop
Combo Boots	Keep kicking without touching the ground to raise strength.		Jacob's Shop
Cossak Boots	Warm boots with fur-lined cuffs.	DEF +3, MND +2	Jacob's Shop
Crimson Greaves	Full leg protection cast in a deep red material.	DEF +6, STR +1		Fire Demon
Ghillie Boots	Traditional highland wear.	DEF +5, MND +3	Jacob's Shop
Gold Leggings	Become the girl with golden shins.	DEF +14	Jacob's Shop
Iron Leggings	Iron-clad shin protection.	DEF +4	Jacob's Shop	Gurkha Master
Knight Leggings	Knights wear these to stay protected, and so should you.	DEF +12, CON +4, MND +2		Final Knight
Mercury Boots	Not surprisingly, it allows for faster movement speed.		Dracula's Castle
Minerva Greaves	Full leg protection blessed by a war goddess.	DEF +10, STR +3, MND +3	Large Cavern
Moonwalkers	The wearer is invincible while back dashing.		Tymeo Mountains
Plat Leggings	Leggings hewn of breathtaking white gold.	DEF +20	Jacob's Shop
Sabrina Shoes	Flats with no heel.	DEF +2, MND +1	Jacob's Shop
Sandals	Traditional leather sandals.	DEF +1	Monastery
Silver Leggings	Shiny silver shin protection.	DEF +9	Jacob's Shop
Valkyrie Greaves	Full leg protection blessed by a war maiden.	DEF +8, STR +2	Dracula's Castle
Winged Boots	Not surprisingly, it allows for faster movement speed.		Irina's Quests

Accessory	Description	Stats	Found
Archer Ring	Increases the power of archery type glyphs.		Tymeo Mountains
Blow Ring	Increases the power of the strike attribute.		Misty Forest Road, Skeleton Cave
Chariot Ring	Ring of "The Chariot".	STR +3, CON +3, INT -2, MND -2	Tristis Pass
Death Ring	This means that *you* will die if you are hit.	STR +44, CON +44, INT +44, MND +44	Dracula's Castle
Devil Ring	Ring of "The Devil". Status increases as you receive damage.		Tymeo Mountains
Diamond Ring	Increases the power of the light attribute.		Jacob's Shop
Emerald Ring	Increases the power of the lightning attribute.		Jacob's Shop
Emperor Ring	Ring of "The Emperor". Increases recovery effects.	DEF +2	Tymeo Mountains
Empress Ring	Ring of "The Empress".	STR +2, CON -3, INT +2, MND -3	Tymeo Mountains
Fool Ring	Ring of "The Fool".	STR -3, CON -3, INT -3, MND -3, LCK +7	Monastery
Fortune Ring	Ring of "Fortune". Play time increases LUCK.		Mystery Manor
Gold Ring	Luck increases with the gold in your wallet!		Kalidus Channel
Hanged Man Ring	Ring of "The Hanged Man". Recover from jumps quickly.	DEF +2	Dracula's Castle
Heart Earrings	Jagged heart earrings.		Anna's Quests
Hermit Ring	Ring of "The Hermit".	STR -2, CON -2, INT +3, MND +3	Oblivion Ridge
Hierophant Ring	Ring of "The Hierophant". Increases acquired experience.	DEF +2	Misty Forest Road
Judgment Ring	Ring of "Judgement". Increases Glyph Union's effectiveness.		Dracula's Castle
Justice Ring	Ring of "Justice". Enemies killed increase attack power.	DEF +2	Monastery
Lovers Ring	Ring of "The Lovers". Increases hearts acquired.	DEF +2	Tristis Pass
Lucky Clover	Earrings shaped like four-leaf clovers.	LCK +3	Jacob's Shop
Magician Ring	Ring of "The Magician".	STR -2, INT +5	Kalidus Channel
Master Ring	Increases the rate of attribute point acquisition.		Complete all Villager Quests
Miser Ring	Your status increases depending on how much money you have.		Dracula's Castle
Moon Ring	Ring of "The Moon". Status increases at nighttime.		Dracula's Castle
Onyx Ring	Increases the power of the darkness attribute.		Jacob's Shop
Priestess Ring	Ring of "The High Priestess".	STR -2, CON +5, INT -2, MND +5	Minera Prison Island
Protect Ring	An enchanted ring to increase one's defense.	DEF +6	Minera Prison Island
Resist Ring	An enchanted ring to increase one's magic defense.	MND +6	Kalidus Channel
Ruby Ring	Increases the power of the flame attribute.		Jacob's Shop
Sapphire Ring	Increases the power of the ice attribute.		Jacob's Shop
Star Ring	Ring of "The Star". Increases MP recovery rate.		Dracula's Castle
Strength Ring	Ring of "Strength".	STR +5, INT -2	Minera Prison Island
Sun Ring	Ring of "The Sun". Status increases in daytime.		Dracula's Castle
Temprerance Ring	Ring of "Temperance".	DEF +1, STR +1, CON +1, INT +1, MND +1, LCK +1	Giant's Dwelling
Tower Ring	Ring of "The Tower". Less likely to be blown away.	STR -10, CON -10, INT -10, MND -10, LCK -10, Resist Knockback	Lighthouse
Thief Ring	Increases the drop rate of rare items.	LCK +7	Dracula's Castle
Wind Ring	Increases the power of the slash attribute.		Somnus Reef
World Ring	Ring of "The World". Decreases MP consumption.		Dracula's Castle

Potions

Potion	Description	Stats	Found	Drop
Anti-Venom	Removes poison from your body.		Monastery, Kalidus Channel, Ruvas Forest, Jacob's Shop
Heart Repair	Restores lost hearts.	Hearts +30	Monastery, Ruvas Forest, Jacob's Shop	Ladycat
High Potion	Restores 200 HP.	HP +200	Training Hall, Large Cavern, Jacob's Shop
High Tonic	Restores a lot of your MP.	MP +200	Monastery, Ruvas Forest, Jacob's Shop
Potion	Restores 50 HP.	HP +50	Kalidus Channel, Jacob's Shop
Super Potion	Restores all HP.		Kalidus Channel, Dracula's Castle, Training Hall	Wallman
Super Tonic	Completely restores your MP.		Training Hall
Tonic	Restores some of your MP.	MP +100	Tristis Pass, Argila Swamp, Jacob's Shop
Uncurse Potion	Dispels curses.		Misty Forest Road, Skeleton Cave	Ectoplasm

Food

Food	Description	Stats	Found	Drop
Amanita	Looks harmless, but appearances can be deadly poisonous.	HP -200	Tristis Pass
Black Drops	Increases your darkness attribute points.	Darkness +1000	Anna's Quests, Skeleton Cave, Giant's Dwelling
Blue Drops	Increases your ice attribute points.	Ice +1000	Serge's Quests, Tymeo Mountains, Dracula's Castle
Chamomile	Sweetly scented herbs with medicinal properties.		Kalidus Channel, Minera Prison Island, Tymeo Mountains, Somnus Reef, Oblivion Ridge
Choco Souffle	Cut it open to find delicious, warm chocolate sauce!	HP +200		Curse Diva
Coffee	This bitter blend uses authentic Transylvanian beans.	Hearts +6	Wygol Village
Corn Soup	The croutons are prepared with an old family recipe.	HP +30	Aeon's Quests, Jacob's Shop
Cream Puff	A light pastry prepared with fresh custard.	HP +30	Dracula's Castle
Crepes Suzette	Let's hope this is just named after somebody.	HP +220		Draculina
Croque Monsieur	A broiled ham and cheese sandwich.	HP +210		Ladycat
Curry	Indian curry prepared at a specialty shop.	HP +400	Jacob's Shop
Darjeeling Tear	Often referred to as the champagne of black teas.	Hearts +5	Monastery, Ruvas Forest
Earl Grey	Black tea scented with bergamot.	Hearts +5		Grave Digger
Eisbein	Ham it up with this salted pork shank.	HP +350	Dracula's Castle
Green Drops	Increases your lightning attribute points.	Lightning +1000	Serge's Quests, Dracula's Castle
Killer Fish BBQ	Killer Fish, lightly seasoned and grilled to perfection.	HP +450	Aeon's Quests, Jacob's Shop
Meat	Restores 29 HP. Yummy!	MP +29	Monastery, Wygol Villager, Ruvas Forest, Jacob's Shop	Merman, Armored Beast
Merman Meat	Flesh removed from an aquatic man-creature.			Lorelai
Milk	Low-fat milk. Two percent, to be exact.	Hearts +4	Wygol Village	Black Fomor
Minestrone	Hearty vegetable bean soup in a tomato broth.	HP +130	Jacob's Shop
Mint Sundae	Ice cream and soda, combined in a delicate dance of delicious.	Hearts +10	Dracula's Castle
Mocha Eclair	A pastry with a hint of coffee flavoring.	HP +50	Irina's Quests
Mushroom	This delicate mushroom is meant to stimulate the appetite.	HP +38	Tymeo Mountains
Pudding	A jiggly custard pudding. Look at it go!	HP +35		Lilith
Ramen Noodles	Pork ramen, medium oil, heavy seasoning.	HP +200	Jacob's Shop
Raw Killer Fish	This looks delicious! ...Where did you get it?	HP +80		Killer Fish
Red Drops	Increases your flame attribute points.	Fire +1000	Serge's Quests, Monastery, Dracula's Castle
Rice Ball	A salmon-flavored rice ball.	HP +26		Flea Man
Rotten Meat	Your ticket to a brand new echelon of stomach problems.	HP -200		Zombie
Salt	Simple rock salt.	HP +1	Needles, Fishhead, Forneus
Schnitzel	A thin Viennese cutlet.	HP +230	Mystery Manor
Spoiled Milk	It's milk you can chew!	HP -400		Ghoul
Tart Tatin	In apple tarts, upside-down is rightside-up!	HP +120	Irina's Quests
Tasty Meat	Restores 290 HP. Delicious!	HP +290	Somnus Reef, Dracula's Castle
Thick Steak	A high-quality cut of choice meat.	HP +1000	Aeon's Quests, Jacob's Shop
White Drops	Increases your light attribute points.	Light +1000	Misty Forest Road, Dracula's Castle

Relic	Description	Found
Book of Spirits	Display enemy names as you attack.	Monastery
Glyph Sleeve	Hold A and press L or R to swap glyphs.	Minera Prison Island
Glyph Union	Combine two glyphs by pressing up + Y and X.	Start game with it
Lizard Tail	Slide by pressing down + B.	Start game with it
Ordinary Rock	Jump a second time while in midair.	Skeleton Cave
Serpent Scale	Move freely underwater.	Lighthouse

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Notable Techniques

Glyph	Description	Hearts	Stats	Found
Blue Glyphs
Confodere	A rapier glyph Shanoa swings at short range.	5	ATK +6	Ecclesia, at game's start
Vol Confodere	A powerful rapier glyph swung normally.	10	ATK +11	Dullahan
Melio Confodere	A superior rapier glyph swung normally.	15	ATK +15	Dracula's Castle (Library)
Secare	A sword glyph Shanoa swings overhead at short range.	8	ATK +8	Bone Scimitar
Vol Secare	A powerful sword glyph swung normally.	10	ATK +14	Giant's Dwelling
Melio Secare	A superior sword glyph swung normally.	15	ATK +20	Spectral Sword
Hasta	A lance glyph stabbed forward.	5	ATK +9	Spear Guard
Vol Hasta	A powerful lance glyph stabbed forward.	10	ATK +16	Tristis Pass
Melio Hasta	A superior lance glyph stabbed forward.	15	ATK +23	Dracula's Castle (Barracks)
Macir	A hammer glyph swung overhead.	5	ATK +10	Monastery
Vol Macir	A powerful hammer glyph swung overhead.	10	ATK +18	Misty Forest Road
Melio Macir	A superior hammer glyph swing overhead.	15	ATK +25	Hammer Shaker
Arcus	A bow glyph that fires forward a single arrow.	15	ATK +6	Bone Archer
Vol Arcus	A bow glyph that fires arrows diagonally.	15	ATK +9	Somnus Reef
Melio Arcus	A bow glyph that turns to target enemies.	25	ATK +9	Misty Forest Road
Ascia	An axe glyph tossed high into the air.	15	ATK +8	Axe Knight
Vol Ascia	A powerful axe glyph tossed high into the air.	30	ATK +12	Somnus Reef
Melio Ascia	A superior axe glyph tossed high into the air and far across the screen.	45	ATK +16	Great Knight
Falcis	A sickle glyph swung overhead.	5	ATK +11	Minera Prison Island
Vol Falcis	A powerful sickle glyph swung overhead.	10	ATK +19	Miss Murder
Melio Falcis	A superior sickle glyph sung overhead.	15	ATK +28	Dracula's Castle (Arms Depot)
Culter	A knife glyph tossed forward.	8	ATK +3	Monastery
Vol Culter	A double knife glyph tossed forward, hitting for double the damage.	16	ATK +3	Red Smasher
Melio Culter	A triple knife glyph, hitting for triple the damage.	24	ATK +3	Dracula's Castle (Arms Depot)
Scutum	A shield glyph that hovers over Shanoa's head for protection against certain attacks.	5		Kalidus Channel
Vol Scutum	A powerful shield glyph that remains in front of Shanoa and offers protection from certain attacks.	5		Lizardman
Melio Scutum	A superior shield glyph that remains in front of Shanoa and offers better protection than Vol Scutum.	5		Dracula's Castle (Arms Depot)
Red Glyphs
Magnes	Shanoa creates an attractive magnetic field that allows her to hook onto floating magnets and toss herself in any direction, at varying lengths.	5	ATK +10	Monastery
Paries	Shanoa can pass through solid walls, moving within them, but only in specific locations.	5		Wallman
Volaticus	Shanoa conjures a pair of wings, allowing the power of flight.	20		Dracula's Castle (Final Approach)
Fidelis Caries	Summon zombies that fight to the death; they move about and damage enemies with whom they make contact.	80	ATK +2	Necromancer
Fidelis Noctua	Summon owls to soundlessly descend; the owl appears and rapidly attacks onscreen enemies.	80	ATK +3	Owl
Fidelis Mortus	Summons a lively assortment of the dead; Jiang Shi's zombie followers will appear and attack onscreen enemies.	80	ATK +5	Jiang Shi
Glyph Unions
Glyph	Description	Hearts
Two Rapiers	Shanoa stabs the rapier, releasing damaging petals, each hit dealing triple damage.	15
Two Swords	Shanoa swings a giant sword capable of hitting enemies half a screen away.	15
Two Lances	Shanoa stabs forward a giant lance capable of scoring two hits.	15
Two Hammers	Shanoa swings a giant hammer capable of hitting enemies half a screen away.	15

Neutral Combo

Neutral Combo
B+B

Directional Combo

Directional Combo
L.Stick+B+B+B+B

Jumping Attack

Jumping Attack
R+B

De Custos

De Custos
A+B

Sis Custos

Sis Custos
A+B (after De Custos)

Pneuma

Pneuma
L.Stick+A+B

Ignis

Ignis
R.Trigger+A+B

Dominus Odium

Dominus Odium
Charge A+B

Union Rapisto

Union Rapisto
L.Trigger+B

Glyph of Gales

Glyph of Gales
(X)

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Other

Standard Tactics: Shanoa uses glyphs and armor that best suit the situation, normally absorbing magic from the enemy she's facing in order to gain new glyphs.

Weaknesses

• Unique Weaknesses: Using the Dominus Glyphs sap Shanoa of her health. If Shanoa uses all of the Dominus Glyphs combined, it will kill her.
• Item Weaknesses: If Shanoa equips the Death Ring, she will die if you are hit.

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. Characters like Jonathan Morris wear armor like the Holy Mail, an armor that reduces damage from holy attacks.

Trivia

• In an interview for GameSpot, Koji Igarashi mentioned that "Shanoa" is a codename, which means her real birth name and bloodline are unknown.
• "Shanoa" may have derived from the French Chat Noir, meaning "Black Cat".
• The phrase "I am the morning sun, come to vanquish this horrible night!", said by Shanoa in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, does reference to the text "The morning sun has vanquished the horrible night.", used to signify the coming of daytime in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.
• Shanoa is one of the two female characters in the Castlevania series who are the main and only protagonists in their own games, along with Sonia Belmont.
  • Furthermore, Order of Ecclesia is the first "metroidvania" game in the series to feature a woman in the lead role.
• Michelle Ruff, Shanoa's English voice actress, performed Maria Renard in previous Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles and its portable games.
  • She also voiced three NPCs in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia: Anna, Monica, and Serge.
• Shanoa does not appear in the Beta version of Castlevania: Moonlight Rhapsody, along with Soma Cruz.
• Shanoa's design notably resembles certain characters from other franchises, such as Shiki from Samurai Shodown 64 (1997) and Millennia from Kagero: Deception II (1998). Common traits between these characters include: fair skin, pitch black and straight hair, apparels mainly themed in blue and black, but most prominently a wide cleavage on the back featuring very similar tattoos. However, it is unknown if these similarities were intentional.

• 

  Shiki from Samurai Shodown 64.

• 

  Millennia from Kagero: Deception II.

Battle Records

26 - 0 - 0

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

• Eric Lecarde - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift
  • Note: Fights against characters in the time rift are technically not the actual characters but one's desires being made within the time rift, such as why some characters like Dracula kill others in their story mode but the characters is alive and defeats Time Reaper in their own story mode, never meeting Dracula.

• Cornell - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift
  • Note: Fights against characters in the time rift are technically not the actual characters but one's desires being made within the time rift, such as why some characters like Dracula kill others in their story mode but the characters is alive and defeats Time Reaper in their own story mode, never meeting Dracula.

• Grant Danasty - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift
  • Note: Fights against characters in the time rift are technically not the actual characters but one's desires being made within the time rift, such as why some characters like Dracula kill others in their story mode but the characters is alive and defeats Time Reaper in their own story mode, never meeting Dracula.

• Alucard - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift
  • Note: Fights against characters in the time rift are technically not the actual characters but one's desires being made within the time rift, such as why some characters like Dracula kill others in their story mode but the characters is alive and defeats Time Reaper in their own story mode, never meeting Dracula.

• Maria Renard - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift
  • Note: Fights against characters in the time rift are technically not the actual characters but one's desires being made within the time rift, such as why some characters like Dracula kill others in their story mode but the characters is alive and defeats Time Reaper in their own story mode, never meeting Dracula.

• Trevor Belmont - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift
  • Note: Fights against characters in the time rift are technically not the actual characters but one's desires being made within the time rift, such as why some characters like Dracula kill others in their story mode but the characters is alive and defeats Time Reaper in their own story mode, never meeting Dracula.

• Golem - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift
  • Note: Fights against characters in the time rift are technically not the actual characters but one's desires being made within the time rift, such as why some characters like Dracula kill others in their story mode but the characters is alive and defeats Time Reaper in their own story mode, never meeting Dracula.

• Simon Belmont - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Time Rift
  • Note: Fights against characters in the time rift are technically not the actual characters but one's desires being made within the time rift, such as why some characters like Dracula kill others in their story mode but the characters is alive and defeats Time Reaper in their own story mode, never meeting Dracula.

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

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

• Arthroverta - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Monastery

• Giant Skeleton - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Minera Prison Island

• Brachyura - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Lighthouse

• Maneater - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Skeleton Cave

• Rusalka - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Somnus Reef

• Goliath - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Giant's Dwelling

• Gravedorcus - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Oblivion Ridge

• Albus - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Mystery Manor

• Barlowe - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Ecclesia

• Wallman - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Library

• Blackmore - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Underground Labyrinth

• Eligor - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Arms Depot

• Death - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Mechanical Tower

• Jiang Shi - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Large Cavern

• Dracula - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Final Approach

None.

None.