Dracula's Castle (animated series)

Dracula's Castle is a location in Netflix's Castlevania animated series. It is an enormous and presumably very old castle, home of the vampire lord Vlad Dracula Tepes, after who it is named. It was originally settled in Wallachia, Transylvania. The building employs a mixture of highly advanced technologies far beyond those the world possessed at the time, such as electricity and steam-generated power, combined with magical elements. By the use of these, the whole structure is capable of traveling through time and space.
==History==
The date of the castle's construction is unknown, although apparently it was a very long time before the events in the series. Lisa of Lupu visited it in 1455 and became the student and then wife of its owner, the vampire Vlad Dracula Tepes, shortly after their first meeting. At some point, they presumably left the castle and went to live at her house in Lupu.
After Lisa was executed by the Church in Targoviste in 1475 under false accusations of witchcraft, Dracula returned to the castle to summon an army. He dueled with his son, Alucard, within the castle and then focused on gathering an army of demons by utilizing the various technologies the castle put at his disposal.
One year later, in 1476, Dracula teleported the castle directly into the center of Targoviste. He unleashed his army of demons and destroyed the city in short order. Dracula's army was then deployed across the entirety of Wallachia with the objective of exterminating all humanity.
Some time later, while the combined troops of Dracula and his generals were advancing toward the port town of Braila with the objective of taking it over, a civil battle between the vampiric forces suddenly broke out, schemed by the calculative Styrian queen Carmilla as part of her plans to betray Dracula and continue the war by herself. After a successful surprise attack which took the life of innumerable units in Dracula's forces, the generals and the remaining soldiers retreated inside the castle and there they engaged in a fierce battle against Carmilla's own army. During the struggle, the castle was suddenly teleported to the Belmont Hold thanks to the workings of Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades and Alucard, who subsequently entered the battle themselves and defeated all the generals.
Since that day, the castle has remained at the Belmont Hold under the guard of Alucard, its now rightful owner.
==Overview==
Dracula's Castle is the home of Vlad Dracula Tepes. It is strongly implied that it was built by Dracula himself. During peacetime, the castle is Dracula's home and laboratory. In wartime, it is a weapon of such danger and potency as to be legend.
The building is both a technological and supernatural marvel; from its exterior, it can be seen to incorporate electricity and advanced mechanics in its workings. The Belmont family noted that it also used steam power and electric powered lights. Apart from technology that is centuries beyond what the outside world possessed at the time, the castle is also operated via supernatural elements. Dracula's study is shown to have glass that reacts to his magical abilities.
The whole structure is also capable of teleportation; a "traveling machine," as Dracula puts it. Dracula can make the building teleport to any location. This peculiar ability can be done softly or in an explosion of fire. When Dracula attacked Targoviste, the castle's teleportation event was like dropping a bomb on the city, destroying the city church instantly. Immediately afterward, Dracula released his army –which was housed inside the castle– directly into the city, completely ignoring any defenses Targoviste had.
==Appearances==
	
	
==Rooms==
Castlevania-entrance-hall.png|Entrance hallAn opulent hallway connected to one of Dracula's laboratories.
Lisa-is-awed-by-draculas-lab.png|LaboratoryThe lab that Dracula showed Lisa contains a library, astronomy equipment, a chemical lab, a small greenhouse and electrical experiments.
Study.png|LibraryThe room in which Dracula dueled with Alucard contained a magical machine composed of moving glass and electricity.
Alucard's Room in S3E9.jpg|Alucard's room from "The Harvest".
Antarctica map.jpg|Alucard's old roomWith the map of Antarctica on the wall.
Alucard in S3E1.jpg|Kitchen from "Bless Your Dead Little Hearts".
Alucard crying in his father study in S2E8.jpg|StudyThe room where Dracula made notes and studied newly published research from other vampires or human scientists and mages, or sit there and moped. It also contained a transmission mirror and a portrait of his beloved wife Lisa.
==Gallery==
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Jose-vega-45581784-2149637685047236-4303740964997955584-o.jpg|Artwork by Jose Vega.
Draculas lab.jpg|Castle laboratory - model sheet.
Castlevania Season 2 Background- Visdev of Dracula's Study by Danny Moll.jpg|Dracula's study room by Danny Moll.
Castlevania Season 2 Background- Alucard's Childhood Room.png|Alucard's childhood room by Jose Vega.
Castlevania Season 2 Background of Hector's Lab 1 by Justin Kauffman, Danny Araya, and Bo Li.jpg|Hector's laboratory by Justin Kauffman, Danny Araya and Bo Li.
Castlevania Season 2 Background- Isaac's Lab by Bo Li.jpg|Isaac's laboratory by Bo Li.
Castlevania Season 3 Dracula's Castle (Kitchen).jpg|The Kitchen from S3E1 by Bo Li.
Castlevania Season 3 Background- Alucard's Bedroom 1 by Tucker Roche.jpg|Alucard's bedroom from S3E9 by Tucker Roche.
Alucards childhood room1.png|Alucard's childhood room by Saskia Gutekunst.
Alucards childhood room2.png|Alucard's childhood room by Saskia Gutekunst.
Alucards childhood room3.png|Alucard's childhood room.
Alucards childhood room4.png|Alucard's childhood room.
Castlevania Season 1 Background- Dracula's Library.png|Dracula's library from "Witchbottle".
Castlevania Background- Dracula's Castle War Hall.jpg|War Hall by Bo Li.
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Jose-vega-45480413-2149637638380574-8107576491547557888-o.jpg|Artwork by Jose Vega.
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Castlevania Season 2 Background- Dracula's Library.jpg|Dracula's ruined library in "End Times".
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Castlevania Background Visdev- Dracula's Castle War Hall.jpg
Castlevania Background Visdev- Dracula's Castle War Hall Stairs.jpg
Castlevania Background Visdev- Hector's Lab.jpg
Castlevania Background Visdev- Carmilla's Room in Dracula's Castle.jpg
==Trivia==
*Even though the castle is probably one of the main influences that give the series its peculiar name, it actually is never called "Castlevania" within the show itself (even according to the authors).
==See also==
*Carmilla's Castle
Category:Castles
Category:Storyline Elements
Category:Castlevania (Animated Series) Locations