Aqueducts, Sewers and Waterways

Waterways, Aqueducts and Sewers are recurring environments in the Castlevania series.
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==Characteristics==
One of the most frequent steps Count Dracula takes every time he comes back to life is to poison the nearby towns' supplies of water, either by tainting their aqueducts or drainage systems, which in turn end up poisoning nearby lakes and other bodies of water, effectively killing hundreds of people in a short time. This decimates most attempts to retaliate against him, buying him time to regain his full power.
The most common hindrances present in these locations are the deployment of rapacious aquatic creatures, such as carnivorous fishes and Mermen, as well as the poisoned water itself, which makes traversing them a very dangerous task, as a single misstep could send an incautious adventurer to a watery grave. However, in many games the protagonist is eventually given some sort of means to safely traverse these areas, whether it is by letting them breathe underwater or by cleansing the entire area from poison. Further exploration is then emphasized in progressing underwater, often making these types of stages a mixture between waterways and submerged areas.
==Appearances==
*Castlevania - Block 3
*Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - Aqueducts
*Castlevania Chronicles - The Underground Aqueduct
*Castlevania: Rondo of Blood - Dinner of Flames, God, Grant Me Strength, Breaking Through the Front
*Castlevania: Dracula X - Stage 5'
*Castlevania (N64)/Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness - Underground Waterway
*Castlevania: Circle of the Moon - Underground Waterway
*Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - Aqueduct of Dragons
*Castlevania: Lament of Innocence - Dark Palace of Waterfalls
*Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Mortvia Aqueduct
*Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Buried Chamber
*Castlevania Judgment - Crystal Cavern
*Castlevania: The Arcade - Stage 3
*Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Castle Sewers
==See also==
*Environments
Category:Environments