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| “ | It's so beautiful. Let go, Dracula. Go insane. Bring me everything I need to thrive. Murder the world, just so I don't have to be hungry anymore. | „ |
| ~ Death admiring Dracula's resurrection as a Rebis. |
| “ | Trevor: You're only a thing. You're only an old killer. You don't make anything; you don't live. You just eat and hide. Death: Is there a point to this? Are you dictating your f*cking obituary to me, Belmont? |
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| ~ Death's deadpan lack of regard for Trevor's critical summary of what Death is. |
Death, also known by his disguises Varney and The Alchemist, is the overarching antagonist of Netflix's 2017 animated series Castlevania, serving as the main antagonist of the fourth and final season.
As his name suggests, he is the elemental spirit of death itself. He seeks to resurrect Dracula, but as a completely insane monster, so that he would feed on countless deaths from Dracula's rampage.
He was voiced by Malcolm McDowell as Varney and his true self, who also portrayed Zarm in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Kesslee in Tank Girl, Jorhan Stahl in Killzone 3 and Dr. Calico in Bolt: The Video Game, his Alchemist form was voiced by Christine Adams and by Satoshi Tsuruoka in the Japanese dub.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- According to Trevor Belmont, Death disguises himself to serve power, suggesting that he may have influenced other powerful leaders, people, or vampires in the past to kill others.
- Was part of Dracula's court, where he may have contributed to deaths to other people, either under the orders of Dracula or by influencing Dracula and other members of his court to do the same. He even claims to have took part in the initial slaughter at Targoviste after Dracula's wife, Lisa, was killed by the church.
- He was the mastermind behind a large collaborative attempt to resurrect Dracula. This included:
- Manipulating Saint Germain to abandon his morals and leading him to murder multiple people.
- Ordering his night creatures to kill many humans at Targoviste during the search for the magic mirror to transport to Dracula's castle.
- Killing one person directly after he was unable to answer his question of where the mirror was.
- The deaths of multiple Danesti residents at Dracula's castle in order to provide enough souls to open the Infinite Corridor.
- His ultimate goal was to resurrect Dracula so that he can continue his goal of global omnicide, which would lead to the deaths of not only all humans but also all vampires through losing their food source.
- Desires to resurrect Dracula and Lisa together as a Rebis, knowing that the process would drive them both insane and drive Dracula to hasten his attempted omnicide.
- This indicates that he has no true loyalty towards Dracula, being willing to use him in a state that is almost certainly worse than death for his own selfish purposes.
- None of his cohorts were aware that Dracula would be resurrected without his sanity, with the possible exception of Saint Germain (he knew he would be different as a Rebis, but it is not clear if he knew that he would be insane). This meant that Death manipulated not just Saint Germain but everyone who was part of the plot to resurrect Dracula.
- When his plan is near completion, he reveals his true identity to Saint Germain so he can boast about himself and how easy it was to manipulate Saint Germain.
- Blackmais Saint Germain to complete the resurrection under the threat of death and never seeing his girlfriend again.
- Greatly enjoys seeing Dracula and Lisa together inhabiting a Rebis, despite them being in obvious agony.
- This is most likely because of their potential for mass-murder, though it may be in part to sadism.
- Attempts to murder Trevor Belmont after he foiled his plan to resurrect Dracula.
- Threatens to kill Trevor's girlfriend, Sypha Belnades, both for stopping his plan to resurrect Dracula and to spite Trevor.
- Constantly belittles Saint Germain and Trevor Belmont in their dialogue, looking down on them whilst boasting about himself.
- This ironically led to his defeat by Trevor, who Death underestimated during their battle.
- As shown through his dialogue and actions, he is completely self-centered with zero regard for anyone but himself.
- He views everyone as either someone to be killed or someone who can kill. This includes Rakto, his colleague at Targoviste, who he only likes because he is a good killer as opposed to genuinely liking who he is.
- Whilst definitely not without comedic moments, especially when disguised as Varney, he is taken very seriously in-universe upon his reveal as Death.
- Despite being a spirit and viewing himself as the manifestation of death, he has moral agency. He understands Saint Germain's love for his girlfriend but uses said love against him and choses to do evil, and displays clear sadism.
- Unlike his original counterpart, who was more honorable and affable and had more loyalty to Dracula, this version of Death lacks any of those honorable traits, and his niceness is just a facade to show his true monstrous self. Not to mention, he has no genuine loyalty to Dracula, only using him for his own agenda.
Trivia[]
- This is one of two adaptional Pure Evil versions of Death from the Castlevania series, the other being Zobek.
- Of these two, this version is arguably more evil, due to his goal of omnicide and manipulating many individuals instead of just one.
- Due to his ability to shapeshift and take different mortal forms along with being extremely cunning, manipulative, heartless and sadistic, it's possible Death may have orchestrated the entire series of events resulting in Lisa's death at the very beginning of the series, giving Dracula a reason to commit his genocide on humanity. If this were confirmed, it would make Death even worse.
External Links[]
- Death on the Villains Wiki
- Death on the Castlevania Wiki
- Death on the VS Battles Wiki
- Death on the Ultimate Evil Wiki
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