The next Castlevania series will follow Richter Belmont and Maria Renard. Here is everything you need to know about vampire hunters.
While the fourth season of Castlevania marked the end of the Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belnades story, the future of the acclaimed Netflix original animated series remains bright. A new series set in the same narrative universe has been officially announced, this time following vampire hunters Richter Belmont and Maria Renard in 1792 during the height of the French Revolution. And with their change of protagonists and time period, Richter and Maria have an even more famous place in the classic video game franchise than Richter’s ancestors, Trevor and Sypha.
Castlevania It has always been a generational story, following different members of the Belmont family as they fight the vampire warlord Dracula and his monstrous armies each time the count of Transylvania is raised from the grave periodically throughout the centuries. Just when Trevor and Sypha teamed up with Dracula’s son Alucard to fight the evil vampire in the 15th century, Richter and Maria took up their monster-hunting destiny to face Dracula in the 18th century when the villain engulfed Europe. in the dark once more. And the duo appeared together in not one, but two different main installments of the video game series.
Richter and Maria were introduced in 1993 Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, originally released for TurboGrafx-16 before being reworked in 1995 for the Super Nintendo as Castlevania: Dracula X. Set in 1792, Dracula rose from the grave and attacked a nearby village, setting it ablaze and kidnapping several young women, including Richter’s distant relative Maria and his beloved Annette. The 19-year-old vampire hunter set out to rescue the four women and defeat Dracula, and Maria became an active combatant against the forces of darkness after Richter freed her from the dark priest Shaft, even though she only had 12 years at the time.
1997 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night served as a direct sequel to Blood round, established four years later. After Dracula’s castle mysteriously reappears, despite a relatively short time since its defeat, Richter goes to investigate and abruptly disappears. Alucard awakens from his long sleep and teams up with Maria to search the castle for Richter, only to discover that Shaft has the Belmont under mind control as he plans to resurrect Dracula through dark magic. Alucard restores Richter and thwarts Shaft’s efforts, resulting in an imperfect rebirth of his father, which Alucard rejects to restore peace to Transylvania.
The description of the new series suggests a change in the European locale from the usual forests and mountains of Romania to a bloody vision of France. Both the video game franchise and the animated series established that Dracula’s castle was a movable structure, with Richter’s adventure avoiding Eastern Europe entirely for the French Revolution. And while the beginning of the Richter and Maria story is relatively self-contained, should the new series adapt? Symphony of the night, Alucard is set to make a big comeback to take up arms against his father once again, helping a new generation of Belmont.
Castlevania stars Richard Armitage as Trevor Belmont, Alejandra Reynoso as Sypha Belnades, James Callis as Alucard, Theo James as Hector, Adetokumboh M’Cormack as Isaac, Jaime Murray as Carmilla, Jessica Brown Findlay as Lenore, Bill Nighy as St. Germain. , Malcolm. McDowell as Varney and Marsha Thomason as Greta. All four seasons are available to stream on Netflix.
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