Selena

is a non-playable character in the 1988 arcade game Haunted Castle. She is Simon Belmont's just married bride, who is kidnapped on their way home from their wedding by the evil Count Dracula, setting off the events of the game.
==History==
While heading home from the church she just got married with her beloved now husband, Simon Belmont, the sky suddenly darkens and a bolt of lighting sacrilegiously destroys the cross that adorns the top of the holy building. An ominous figure then emerges from the clouds: the malevolent vampire lord, Count Dracula, who quickly snatches Selena and takes her away to his castle before Simon can do anything.
Simon then embarks on a long and perilous journey to rescue her. He ultimately succeeds in this task and slays the vampire. The two lovers then watch from a nearby cliff as the castle crumbles.
==Background==
Neither Simon Belmont nor his bride were given a name in the actual arcade game Haunted Castle; however, their names were mentioned in the 1989 help video Konami Best Selection, where Simon's bride is called "Selena". It isn't clear if this should be considered to be official information for the game, though, as Haunted Castle is considered to take place in an alternate continuity, and Selena is not an exception.
The Devil Castle Dracula: The Battle of Old Castle indicates that Simon's girlfriend's name was Mina. The character Linda Entwhistle from the Worlds of Power: Simon's Quest children's novel is an alternative version of Simon's girlfriend who was not rescued at the end of the first Castlevania game. The character Illyana Belmont from the Castlevania: The Belmont Legacy comics is a similar character and is the wife of Christopher Belmont, who was taken by Dracula the day after their wedding.
It can be considered a bit unorthodox that in the Castlevania series, ammunition for sub-weapons comes in the form of classic stylized hearts. A theory to this could be that Hearts represent the love trail left by the hero's kidnapped sweetheart. Leftover data in the original Castlevania features a that were possibly intended to belong to someone significant to Simon Belmont for him to collect, but that this idea was eventually scrapped from the game. However, this concept could have been retaken for Haunted Castle; the Hearts Simon finds along the way could thus represent the love trail left behind by Selena to guide him through his quest. However, this is just speculation.
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*The Lords of Shadow mentioned character, Selena Belmont, was possibly named after this character. Further supporting this possible reference is that in both games, Simon and Selena share the trait of being husband and wife.
de:Selena
es:Selena
Category:Alternate Belmont Clan
Category:Female Characters
Category:Humans
Category:Women of Simon Belmont
Category:Haunted Castle Characters
Category:Haunted Castle Revisited Characters