Dark Lord Candidate

Dark Lord Candidates are individuals who were born on the exact time of Dracula's permanent demise caused by a solar eclipse on the Battle of 1999 (the only exception being Soma Cruz). These individuals would develop unique powers, each of which seems to be inherited from the powers of Dracula himself. Each candidate is valid to become the next Dark Lord if certain circumstances are met.
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==Background==
Every time Dracula is slain, he is reborn in order to balance the good of God with the evil of the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord candidates are children born at the same time of the Dark Lord's permanent demise, inheriting a sample of Dracula's power.
In Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Celia Fortner, the leader of With Light (a cult whose ideology is that for there to be ultimate good, there must be an ultimate evil), believes candidates can inherit the Dark Lord's true power and become the rightful King of Darkness. To do this, they must slay the one who possess the soul of Dracula and claim the throne of Dracula's castle; along with this comes the power of Chaos.
Although Graham Jones technically wasn't a formal Dark Lord candidate, his status regarding inheriting some magical abilities and being born the second Dracula was killed nonetheless inspired Celia to find similar individuals.
At the end of Dawn of Sorrow, Soma Cruz and probably Dario Bossi are the only ones still alive, making them the only known Dark Lord candidates in 2036, although the latter was stripped of his pyrokinetic abilities.
==Known Dark Lord candidates==
*Soma Cruz
*Graham Jones
*Dmitrii Blinov
*Dario Bossi
==See also==
*Dark Lord
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