Death Mercury

According to the Bloodlines Electronic gaming Monthly fax, Death Mercury was one of three confirmed magic whips known since the 15th century, along with the Vampire Killer (utilized by the Morris Clan) and Excalibur (used by the Belmont Clan). This weapon mysteriously disappeared by the time of Castlevania: Bloodlines. This weapon has not been mentioned in any published material.
==Trivia==
*The EGM fax does not specify any attribute of the Death Mercury that might set it apart from the other two confirmed magic whips, nor does it specify who owned it.
**One possibility is that it was another whip used by the Belmonts, specifically the one not shown to produce fireballs like the Excalibur does and used by Trevor, Simon and Richter Belmont.
***In this scenario, the Death Mercury whip was originally owned by Trevor, who passed it down to Frederick Belmont's descendants, Simon and Richter, while the Excalibur was owned by Christopher Belmont and passed down his line.
***In this scenario, the whip vanishing could be a similar event to how in canon the Vampire Killer whip was lost to the Belmont family during the 19th and 20th centuries, explaining why it was the Morris Clan who was on the scene during the events of the Dracula novel and Bloodlines game rather than the Belmonts.
**An alternate possibility is that the Death Mercury was actually a magic whip used by Soleil Belmont, who is shown using a different whip than his father Christopher, who used the Excalibur at the time. This would require it to have properties unlike that of other magical vampire hunter weapons, which would reject any user who could be influenced by vampires. In this regard, it could be analogous to the Dark Pain whip used by Alucard in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate in an alternate continuity.
*As Mercury was known as the swift-footed messenger of the gods, the name Death Mercury may refer to its ability to bring a quick death.
Category:Whips