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Sep. 21st, 2019 08:10 pmPlayer Information
Name: Dia
Age: Over 21
Contact: PM preferred
Other Characters: n/a
Character Information
Name: Alucard
Canon: Castlevania (Netflix anime)
Canon Point: End of S2
Age: 20ish, according to canon
History: Castlevania wiki
Or the extreme tl;dr version: Dracula, who is also dad, tries to destroy Wallachia in a fit of grief after Lisa (mom) is executed under false accusations of witchcraft. Alucard attempts to not make that happen, is attacked, spends a year in recovery, then finds two friends to help commit a patricide! Oh, said friends are a magician of ridiculous power and the last son of a family dedicated to murdering Dracula. As you do.
Personality:
⤛Lonely: Sypha calls this one out explicitly in canon, comparing Alucard to a cold spot in a room, impossible to break through. Alucard's dealt with the extremely upsetting death of his mother being burned at the stake and then having to kill his own father, but that loneliness was there before all those things happened. Netflix canon declines to say if Alucard had friends or much contact with the world outside the castle, but it is likely that the answer is "he did not."
⤛Aloof: The loneliness mentioned above feeds into a certain sense of aloofness that Alucard has. Other parts of the Castlevania franchise mention that Alucard holds the world at arm's length due to his heritage, being of two worlds but fitting into neither. In Netflix canon, this is true especially as the trio enter the Belmont Hold, and Alucard has to process the fact that much of the hold's contents are related to the destruction of individuals such as himself.
⤛Strong moral compass and sense of responsibility: There is in Alucard a very strong understanding of right and wrong, although maybe it's low hanging fruit for anyone to say "hey, don't commit genocide out of grief?" What gives greater credence to his moral compass is how it couples to the fact he is a responsible dhampir. It would be so easy to leave the destruction of Dracula to anyone else, but it is Alucard who feels that he must be the one who brings down his father and all the madness that Dracula's grief has brought down upon Wallachia.
⤛Witty bordering on jackassery: One of the major traits in all three of the main Castlevania trio is their quick wit and ability to bounce off of each other. In the case of both Alucard and Trevor there is a very bad tendency for the wit to slam into taking things a step too far and just saying something hurtful/being an asshole.
⤛Intelligent: He says it himself, "my mother was a doctor and my father was a polymath." It crops up in little ways in determining courses of action and strategic moves, and in big ones. In particular, Alucard's quick repair of a viewing mirror by knowing the Chaldeic language is one of the prerequisites needed to finally lock down Dracula's moving castle.
⤛Dutiful: Alucard's a good son, and that's important. He makes a comment about how all are slaves to family desires in Castlevania in a way that sounds as if he would rather do anything else, but he does what it is his mother would have wanted in the end. That includes destroying the ultimate threat to humanity in the form of his father, despite the fact that it means causing himself more grief.
Abilities & Skills:
Abilities
⤛Understanding of magic and some ability to use it, kind of, urgh: Netflix canon makes it unclear Alucard's exact level of skill with magic (he is shown to be skilled enough to not only identify a magic object but repair it by re-etching the appropriate letters; he also has his own crypt that is a smaller, less advanced version of Dracula's moving castle). The video games simply state that he's about half as powerful as his father, with the canon wiki for the games citing skills like Hellfire and the fact he can seemingly change his identity. Until s3 happens and clarifies this, the point is unfortunately vague.
⤛Levitation/floating: Castlevania vampires and dhampirs can float, mostly because a) why not b) yelling "bat fight" is fun and c) Trevor Belmont has to make floating vampire Jesus jokes at some point in time.
⤛Superhuman strength and speed: Exactly what it says on the tin. Dhampir and vampires can move fast and knock shit around with alarmingly destructive results.
⤛Regeneration: If you cut him, he heals very quickly.
⤛Shapeshifting: He can turn into a large white wolf.
⤛Telekinesis: Alucard can move his sword with his mind, for bullshit reasons like "my dad can" and "it looks cool."
Practiced Skills
⤛Extraordinarily skilled at hand-to-hand combat
⤛Likewise skilled in swordsmanship with his weapon of choice being a longsword.
⤛Intelligent, as he is the son of two scientists and has access to a knowledge far beyond that of anyone else in medieval Wallachia
Inventory/Companions:
--His clothes (white shirt, black trousers, sort of extra coat, leather gloves)
--Sword
Choice: Witch
Reason: When your mother is executed on accusations of witchcraft (when she was just being a good scientist with an advanced understanding of medicine), you are very much bound to have emotions. Likewise, befriending a spellcaster/magician such as Sypha also brings about strong emotion. Going the witch route is an excellent way to explore the grief and long lasting emotions tied to what's come to pass in canon
Sample: With Geralt on the TDM | With Ursula on the TDM | General character work with a Leon Belmont
Name: Dia
Age: Over 21
Contact: PM preferred
Other Characters: n/a
Character Information
Name: Alucard
Canon: Castlevania (Netflix anime)
Canon Point: End of S2
Age: 20ish, according to canon
History: Castlevania wiki
Or the extreme tl;dr version: Dracula, who is also dad, tries to destroy Wallachia in a fit of grief after Lisa (mom) is executed under false accusations of witchcraft. Alucard attempts to not make that happen, is attacked, spends a year in recovery, then finds two friends to help commit a patricide! Oh, said friends are a magician of ridiculous power and the last son of a family dedicated to murdering Dracula. As you do.
Personality:
⤛Lonely: Sypha calls this one out explicitly in canon, comparing Alucard to a cold spot in a room, impossible to break through. Alucard's dealt with the extremely upsetting death of his mother being burned at the stake and then having to kill his own father, but that loneliness was there before all those things happened. Netflix canon declines to say if Alucard had friends or much contact with the world outside the castle, but it is likely that the answer is "he did not."
⤛Aloof: The loneliness mentioned above feeds into a certain sense of aloofness that Alucard has. Other parts of the Castlevania franchise mention that Alucard holds the world at arm's length due to his heritage, being of two worlds but fitting into neither. In Netflix canon, this is true especially as the trio enter the Belmont Hold, and Alucard has to process the fact that much of the hold's contents are related to the destruction of individuals such as himself.
⤛Strong moral compass and sense of responsibility: There is in Alucard a very strong understanding of right and wrong, although maybe it's low hanging fruit for anyone to say "hey, don't commit genocide out of grief?" What gives greater credence to his moral compass is how it couples to the fact he is a responsible dhampir. It would be so easy to leave the destruction of Dracula to anyone else, but it is Alucard who feels that he must be the one who brings down his father and all the madness that Dracula's grief has brought down upon Wallachia.
⤛Witty bordering on jackassery: One of the major traits in all three of the main Castlevania trio is their quick wit and ability to bounce off of each other. In the case of both Alucard and Trevor there is a very bad tendency for the wit to slam into taking things a step too far and just saying something hurtful/being an asshole.
⤛Intelligent: He says it himself, "my mother was a doctor and my father was a polymath." It crops up in little ways in determining courses of action and strategic moves, and in big ones. In particular, Alucard's quick repair of a viewing mirror by knowing the Chaldeic language is one of the prerequisites needed to finally lock down Dracula's moving castle.
⤛Dutiful: Alucard's a good son, and that's important. He makes a comment about how all are slaves to family desires in Castlevania in a way that sounds as if he would rather do anything else, but he does what it is his mother would have wanted in the end. That includes destroying the ultimate threat to humanity in the form of his father, despite the fact that it means causing himself more grief.
Abilities & Skills:
Abilities
⤛Understanding of magic and some ability to use it, kind of, urgh: Netflix canon makes it unclear Alucard's exact level of skill with magic (he is shown to be skilled enough to not only identify a magic object but repair it by re-etching the appropriate letters; he also has his own crypt that is a smaller, less advanced version of Dracula's moving castle). The video games simply state that he's about half as powerful as his father, with the canon wiki for the games citing skills like Hellfire and the fact he can seemingly change his identity. Until s3 happens and clarifies this, the point is unfortunately vague.
⤛Levitation/floating: Castlevania vampires and dhampirs can float, mostly because a) why not b) yelling "bat fight" is fun and c) Trevor Belmont has to make floating vampire Jesus jokes at some point in time.
⤛Superhuman strength and speed: Exactly what it says on the tin. Dhampir and vampires can move fast and knock shit around with alarmingly destructive results.
⤛Regeneration: If you cut him, he heals very quickly.
⤛Shapeshifting: He can turn into a large white wolf.
⤛Telekinesis: Alucard can move his sword with his mind, for bullshit reasons like "my dad can" and "it looks cool."
Practiced Skills
⤛Extraordinarily skilled at hand-to-hand combat
⤛Likewise skilled in swordsmanship with his weapon of choice being a longsword.
⤛Intelligent, as he is the son of two scientists and has access to a knowledge far beyond that of anyone else in medieval Wallachia
Inventory/Companions:
--His clothes (white shirt, black trousers, sort of extra coat, leather gloves)
--Sword
Choice: Witch
Reason: When your mother is executed on accusations of witchcraft (when she was just being a good scientist with an advanced understanding of medicine), you are very much bound to have emotions. Likewise, befriending a spellcaster/magician such as Sypha also brings about strong emotion. Going the witch route is an excellent way to explore the grief and long lasting emotions tied to what's come to pass in canon
Sample: With Geralt on the TDM | With Ursula on the TDM | General character work with a Leon Belmont