Castle Entrances

The Castle Entrance is possibly the most familiar environment found in the Castlevania series, apart from the Castle Keep, having appeared in most installments under one name or another.
==Characteristics==
The area itself usually is a long hallway with roughly three or four sections, complete with standing pillars, tattered curtains, large square windows, and (usually) white plaster walls. The entrance hallways are sometimes separated by a basement in the middle, which is flooded and inhabited by Mermen. The state of the entrance varies from game to game, as in both Simon's Quest and Aria of Sorrow, the area itself was in ruins due to ill-use and disrepair. Eventually, even in spite of the castle's shapeshifting powers, the entrance was evidenced to have collapsed completely, as its ruins appear underground. Despite this, the buried ruins actually appear more refined than the entrance as it appeared in Aria of Sorrow, with the drapes intact and only a few collapsed walls, through which a lava-filled backdrop can be seen.
As the name implies, the entrance is normally the main (if not the only, depending on the game) entry point into the castle.
==Enemies==
Being usually the first area that the hero traverses within the castle, it tends to be filled with some of Dracula's lesser minions. The most common among these are his weakest undead servants, such as Zombies and Skeletons. Additionally, Bats often take residence here. In the flooded basement of the entrance, Mermen usually make their appearance.
A typical recurrence in the area is to feature hallways plagued by constantly respawning zombies. This was an occurrence in the very first Castlevania, and has been true for nearly every appearance of the castle entrance.
==Recurring locations==
* Castle Front Gate
* Castle Front Court
* Castle Entrance
* Castle Front Walls
* Entrance and Hall Corridors (Main Entryway, Connecting Corridor, Hallway, Knight Corridor, etc)
* Entrance Basement
* Castle Halls (Entrance Hall, Main Hall, Grand Hall, etc)
==Appearances==
*Castlevania - Block 1
*Vampire Killer - Block 1
*Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Dracula's Castle
*Haunted Castle - Banquet Room
*Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - Entrance
*Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Dracula's Castle Part 1
*Super Castlevania IV - The Castle Entrance, The Halls
*Akumajō Dracula (X68000) - The Monastery
*Castlevania: Rondo of Blood - Stage 2, Stage 2'
*Castlevania: Bloodlines - Ruins of the Castle Dracula, The Castle Proserpina
*Castlevania: Dracula X - Gate and Entrance to Evil Castle
*Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Entrance, Reverse Entrance
*Castlevania Legends - Stage 2
*Castlevania: Circle of the Moon - Triumph Hallway
*Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - Entrance
*Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - Castle Corridor
*Castlevania: Lament of Innocence - Castle Entrance
*Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - The Lost Village, Silenced Ruins
*Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Abandoned Castle
*Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Entrance
*Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Castle Entrance (Nightmare Gate)
*Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth - Stage 2
*Castlevania: Harmony of Despair - Lord of Flies, Origins
*Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Castle Hall
*Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Bernhard's Wing
*Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls - A Daring Advance, Castle Main Hall
*Castlevania: Moonlight Rhapsody - Entrance
==Gallery==
Castlevania - NES - Stage 1.png|Block 1(Castlevania)
VK E.png|Block 1(Vampire Killer)
Haunted castle screenshot4.gif|Banquet Room(Haunted Castle)
CVIISQ E.png|Dracula's Castle(Castlevania II: Simon's Quest)
CV3 E.png|Entrance(Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse)
BR E.png|Dracula's Castle Part 1(Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge)
Super Castlevania IV (USA)-11.jpg|The Halls(Super Castlevania IV)
Entrance - Chronicles - 01.png|The Monastery(Chronicles)
RB E.png|Stage 2(Castlevania: Rondo of Blood)
CastlevaniaBloodlines1.png|Ruins of the Castle Dracula(Bloodlines)
Dracula X - 10.png|Gate and Entrance to Evil Castle(Dracula X)
Castle entrance3.png|Entrance(Symphony of the Night)
CVL E.png|Stage 2(Castlevania Legends)
CotM E.png|Triumph Hallway(Castlevania: Circle of the Moon)
HoD-Entrance 01.png|Entrance(Harmony of Dissonance)
stage corridor1-2.png|Castle Corridor(Aria of Sorrow)
LoI E.PNG|Castle Entrance(Castlevania: Lament of Innocence)
Stage-silenced1.png|Silenced Ruins(Dawn of Sorrow)
Castle Entrances - Curse of Darkness - 01.png|Abandoned Castle(Curse of Darkness)
Stage-entrance2.png|Entrance(Portrait of Ruin)
Entrance - Order of Ecclesia - 01.png|Castle Entrance(Order of Ecclesia)
CVtAR E.PNG|Stage 2(Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth)
Hallway.jpg|Castle Hall(Lords of Shadow)
===Maps===
Castlevania Japanese Map Blocks 1-3.JPG|Castlevania Japanese manual map
Castlevania Block 1 Map.gif|In-game map|Castlevania stage map
Haunted Castle Stage 3 Map.gif|In-game map|Haunted Castle stage map
Dracula's Castle Simon's Quest Japanese Manual Map.png|Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Japanese manual map
Dracula's Castle NES Game Atlas.jpg|Castlevania II: Simon's Quest map from NES Game Atlas
Dracula's Curse Block 8 Map.gif|Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Belmont's Revenge Dracula's Castle Vs Boss Map.gif|Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge Stage selection map
Belmont's Revenge Dracula's Castle Stage 1 Map.gif|Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge Dracula's Main Castle Part 1
Super Castlevania IV Block 6 Map.gif|Super Castlevania IV
Castlevania X68K Block 1 Map.gif|Castlevania Chronicles (original)
Castlevania Arranged Version Block 1 Map.gif|Castlevania Chronicles (arranged)
Bloodlines Stage 1 Map - In Romania.gif|Castlevania: Bloodlines, Romania
Dracula X Stage 2 Map.gif|Castlevania: Dracula X
The Adventure ReBirth Stage 2 Map.gif|Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth
Lords of Shadow Castle Hall Map.png|Lords of Shadow (Chapter VI)
==See also==
*Environments
Category:Environments