Yoko Belnades

==Summary==
Yoko Belnades (ヨーコ・ヴェルナンデス Yōko Verunandesu) is a descendant of the Belnades Clan and a powerful witch, similar to her ancestor Sypha Belnades. She is very close to Mina Hakuba, the daughter of the owner of the Hakuba Shrine, and is like an older sister to her. She performs tasks for the Roman Catholic Church in their search for Count Dracula and the remainder of his powers.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Yoko Belnades
Origin: Castlevania
Gender: Female
Age: 24 in "Aria of Sorrow", 25 in "Dawn of Sorrow", 26 in "Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku"
Classification: Human, Witch
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Abilities=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Type 1; survive in the vacuum of space), Martial Arts, Dimensional Travel and Immersion (Scales off anyone who's capable of using magic, who can dimension hop into other worlds inside paintings), Magic, Quantum Manipulation and Spatial Manipulation (MagicCastlevania: Portrait of Ruin in Castlevania is able to warp Quantum Space barriers, which is stated to be a paranormal Phenomena, which makes itCastlevania: Symphony of the Night common for even creatures of the nightCastlevania: Portrait of Ruins BradyGames strategy guide page 151), Soul Manipulation (MagicCastlevania Nocturne of Recollection Chapter 6: Counterattack is capable of attacking/Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Double Jump Official Strategy Guide page 92 affecting the soulCastlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Double Jump Official Strategy Guide page 168 in theCastlevania: Curse of Darkness manga chapter 2 series), Sealing (via Magic Seals), Life Manipulation (Can absorb the lifeforce of enemies with her staffCastlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Double Jump Official Strategy Guide page 222), Telepathy (to Soma telepathically), Extrasensory Perception (Upscales from Sypha, who can sense other's magic), Holy Manipulation (The Belnades staff is Holy poweredHistory of Castlevania - Crescent of the Moon page 56), Air Manipulation (via Gale Force), Precognition (Witches can see into the futureCastlevania: Curse of Darkness), Elemental Manipulation Energy Manipulation, Homing Attack Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, and Light Manipulation (Is capable of using these different elemental powers and abilities), Absolute Zero (Ice abilities are shown to reach absolute zero across numerous different creatures and is deemed a normal ability even by creatures of the night), Healing, Immortality, Resurrection and Regeneration Negation (Mid-Godly and Types 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Is capable of negating the creatures of chaos' regeneration, who are capable of forming back their bodiesDemon Castle Dracula: Reminiscence of the Divine Abyss and souls with no issues, even Innocent devils are capable of regenerating their body and soul through magic. Is also capable of permanently killing the Creatures of Chaos, which can survive lethal blows easily,Castlevania: The Belmont Legacy Issue 3 Can revive endlessly,Castlevania: Symphony of the Night are beyond life and death due to being Conceptually Nonexistent, can possess other objects to exist, most of them are undead, some of them are souls and evil spirits, and they all are reliant onCastlevania: Portrait of Ruins BradyGames strategy guide page 2 the Chaos Entity, and bounded by it, always returning after being killed,Castlevania: Lament of Innocence with Chaos existing in an alternate dimension beyond the normal worldCastlevania: Aria of Sorrow), Power Nullification (can cut people's powers away with Magic Seals), Non-Physical Interaction (Can attack and kill Intangible, Non Corporeal, and Abstract Beings like Death, can also affect beings influenced by Dracula's magic, which makes them conceptually NonexistentCastlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Revelations - Castle Dwellers: Navigators), being a witch with the power of the dead, she has access to chaos magic, which guarantees the following: Statistics Amplification (The Powers of ChaosCastlevania: Grimoire of Souls chapter 3: Ash Banquet can make one strongerCastlevania: Grimoire of Souls chapter 4: That Witch Writhes), Statistics Reduction (The powers of chaos can make the targets weaker), Plot Manipulation and Text Manipulation (Creatures of Chaos can utilize the power of chaos to write cruel endings for their targets into Reality and rewrite the narrative of the worlds they reside in through the chaos in their soul which are one and the same as the real world; with the results of those changes overturning events in the story it's tied to and overflowing into reality)
|-|Resistance=Resistance to the Following: Illusion Creation (Can resist the effects of the castle which can create illusionsCastlevania: Harmony of Dissonance), Ice Manipulation and Absolute Zero (Can withstand ice attacks, which are are shown to reach absolute zero across numerous differentCastlevania: Curse of Darkness BradyGames official strategy guide page 132 creatures and is deemedCastlevania Nocturne of Recollection Chapter 3: Hunter a normal ability even by creatures of the nightCastlevania Nocturne of Recollection Chapter 5: Recollection), Curse Manipulation, Energy Absorption and Power Nullification (Can resist the effects of the Curse status effect which can drain one's Magic and nullify their ability to attackCastlevania: Portrait of Ruins BradyGames strategy guide page 17), Statistics Reduction (Can resist the Curse and Poison effects making one far weaker than normalCastlevania: Order of Ecclesia Brady Games strategy guide page 96), Mind Manipulation and Disease Manipulation (Can resistCastlevania Lords of Shadow: Lesser Lycanthrope the mental effects of a werewolf bite, which can inflictCastlevania Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate Act 2 diseases upon others), BFR (Can resist the Castle's power to send one to another dimensionHaunted Castle), Perception Manipulation (Can resist the castle's power to warp one's sensesCastlevania Bloodlines), Morality Manipulation (Can resist the effects of the castle, which can turn allies against each other), Void Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Time Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, Chaos Manipulation, Pain Manipulation, Dimensional Manipulation and Forced Duplication (Is able to resist the influence of the castle's Void and Chaos powers, which can forcefully duplicate one's being and conceptually removed from concepts of Pain, Time, and Existence, affect Gravity related limitations and separate them into numerous planes at once, is also unfazed by the gravitational effects of the castle), Magic, Quantum Manipulation and Spatial Manipulation (Can resist magicCastlevania: Portrait of Ruins BradyGames strategy guide page 158, whichCastlevania: Portrait of Ruin can warp Quantum Space barriers, which is stated to be a paranormal Phenomena, which makes it common for even creatures of the nightCastlevania: Portrait of Ruins BradyGames strategy guide page 151), Soul Manipulation (Can resist the effects of magic, whichCastlevania Nocturne of Recollection Chapter 6: Counterattack is capableCastlevania: Dawn of Sorrow of attacking/Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Double Jump Official Strategy Guide page 92 affecting the soulCastlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Double Jump Official Strategy Guide page 168 in theCastlevania: Curse of Darkness manga chapter 2 series), Technology Manipulation (Can resist the castle's influence, which can mess with satellite images), Law Manipulation and Physics Manipulation (Can resist the inverted castle's warpings on the laws of everything that functions in the castle), Fate Manipulation (Can resist the influence of the castle, which is capable of binding the Lost Soul, which is literal Fate itself,Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate which is capable of working on Type 4 Acausals) Biological Manipulation and Size Manipulation (Can resist the effects of the castle mutating the targets and growing them in size), Existence Erasure (Can resist the effects of Dracula's magic being able to erase beings from existenceCastlevania: Order of Ecclesia), Empathic Manipulation, and Memory Manipulation (Can resist Dracula's magic, which can devour the victim's mind, and affect one's memories and emotions), Biological Absorption (Can resist the effects of Dominus which can absorb one's entire being), Corruption (Type 1) and Madness Manipulation (Type 1, 2, and 3; Can resist being bitten by a vampire, which can drive one insane in the process and corrupt their very soul; can resist the magical effects of the Mandragora, which can drive oneCastlevania: Portrait of Ruins BradyGames strategy guide page 153 insane through its scream,Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Brady Games strategy guide page 135 and can resist the effects of Dracula's magic which can drive one insane by its mere presence), Death Manipulation (Can resist the powers of Death, who's capable of inflicting death with his normal strikes), Sound Manipulation (Can resist the effects of the Mandragora's scream which can inflict death to those who hear its cry), Plot Manipulation and Text Manipulation (Can resist the effects of the creature of chaos' presence, which can utilize the power of chaos to write cruel endings for their targets into Reality and rewriteCastlevania Grimoire of Souls Chapter 2: A City of Fog the narrative of the worlds they reside in through theCastlevania Grimoire of Souls Chapter 6: Accursed Cranium chaos in their soul which are one and the same as the real worldCastlevania: Grimoire of Souls chapter 7: Death's Reign; with the resultsCastlevania: Grimoire of Souls chapter 8: Demonic Visions of those changes overturning events in the story it's tied to and overflowing into reality), Body Puppetry (Can fight off the effects of the Imp controllingCastlevania: Portrait of Ruins BradyGames strategy guide page 147 the targets like a puppetCastlevania: Order of Ecclesia Brady Games strategy guide page 88 and the castle's influence toCastlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Castle Dwellers: Stone Golem control its targets like a puppetCastlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Castle Dwellers: Bloody Skeleton), Power Mimicry, Information Analysis and Power Absorption (Is capable of resisting the effects of Dracula's touch which can instantly copy one's abilities, analyze them throughout their entire lifetime and past lives, and absorb one's power), Time Stop (Is naturally unfazed by the Stopwatch), Subjective Reality (Can resist the effects of Dracula's magic which can bring what's in one's mind into reality), Poison Manipulation, Corrosion Inducement and Acid Manipulation (Is capable of resisting Poison, which can rot flesh on contact and is AcidicCastlevania: Portrait of Ruins BradyGames strategy guide page 111), Fear Manipulation (Can resist the Castle's power to inflict fear onto others, and withstand the Malachi's presence which can inflict fear upon those near its presenceCastlevania: Portrait of Ruins BradyGames strategy guide page 150 and withstand the presence of a vampire which can inflict fear onto others), Paralysis Inducement (Can resist the Imp's paralysis ability and can stare into a vampire's eye without being paralyzed on the spotDemon Castle Dracula: Demon's Blood, Blood Nightmare), Age Manipulation (Can resist the effects of EctoplasmsCastlevania Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate Act 1 which can age its targets), Deconstruction (Can withstand being in the waters of Dracula's castle which can deconstruct its targets), Resistance Negation (Can resist the effects of different creatures of the night which can bypassCastlevania: Circle of the Moon one's resistance to CurseCastlevania: Curse of Darkness BradyGames official strategy guide page 148 and Poison effect,Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Brady Games strategy guide page 134 can exist in the dimensional rift,Castlevania Judgement which can kill beingsCastlevania: Lords of Shadow Reverie: Founders' Quarters that are naturally resistant to death manipulationCastlevania: Lords of Shadow), Possession (Can resist the Une's effect to possess othersCastlevania: Order of Ecclesia Brady Games strategy guide page 135 and Dracula's magic to possess others)
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Attack Potency: Low Multiverse level (Should be comparable to Alucard and Julius Belmont, the former is capable of destroying the Time Reaper in his weaker state, who threatenedCastlevania Judgement Aeon's True Story Mode to eraseCastlevania Judgement Sypha's True Story Mode all theCastlevania Judgement Alucard's True Story Mode Castlevania timelinesCastlevania Judgement Golem's True Story Mode)
Speed: Infinite (Capable of keeping pace with and matching Death, who can kill distance itself to attack his enemies instantlyDemon Castle Dracula: Reminiscence of the Divine Abyss)
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable (Comparable to Dracula's weakened state, and is able to lift the entirety of CastlevaniaCastlevania: Curse of Darkness, which is anCastlevania: Aria of Sorrow entire world withCastlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 another dimension below it)
Striking Strength: Low Multiversal (Can harm Death with his own strikes)
Durability: Low Multiverse level (Capable of enduring attacks from Death)
Stamina: Superhuman (Can fight countless demons with little breaks throughout the castle)
Range: Standard Melee Range, likely Low Multiversal with magic (Can travel across numerous dimensions such as the Abyss)
Standard Equipment: Belnades Staff
Intelligence: Gifted (Is an expert on magic, which requires one to understand Quantum Physics to utilize it to its fullest.)
Weaknesses: None Notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Magic Seals: Powerful seals used to seal away any being that's deemed unkillable. There's 5 levels of seals, each of them is stronger than the last version, in case the weaker seals do not work.
*Holy Flame: Yoko shoots a blast of holy fire with her arm
*Blue Splash: A spell that generates blades of ice and shoots them in several directions at once
*Holy Lightning: Yoko creates orbs of lightning that home in on a target and also deal holy damage
==Gallery==
Yoko Belnades Aria of Sorrow.png|Yoko in Aria of Sorrow
Yoko Belnades Dawn of Sorrow.png|Yoko in Dawn of Sorrow
A Fleeting Respite - Castlevania- Dawn of Sorrow Music Extended|Yoko's theme in Dawn of Sorrow
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
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==References==
Category:Castlevania
Category:Witches
Category:Holy Users
Category:Fire Users
Category:Precognition Users
Category:Power Nullification Users
Category:Quantum Users
Category:Space Users
Category:Ice Users
Category:Electricity Users
Category:Magic Users
Category:Sealing Users
Category:Immortality Negation Users
Category:Regeneration Negation Users
Category:Absorption Users
Category:Non-Physical Interaction Users
Category:Air Users
Category:Flight Users
Category:Healers
Category:Homing Attack Users
Category:Characters
Category:Dimensional Travel Users
Category:Immersion Users
Category:Soul Users
Category:Castlevania
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Category:Heroes
Category:Protagonists
Category:Fantasy Characters
Category:Horror Characters
Category:Humans
Category:Statistics Amplification Users
Category:Statistics Reduction Users
Category:Text Users
Category:Plot Manipulation Users