Hector (Castlevania)

Hector is the protagonist of Castlevania: Curse of Darkness and is the former devil forgemaster of Dracula's court. He fled from Dracula's court after being horrified by Dracula's decision to wipe out humanity and gave up his powers. Later on, he befriended a women named Rosaly, who was a healer for the church, she took care of Hector from his injuries and he protect her from Dracula's monsters and defended the village from Isaac. 
After the utter humiliation and defeat he faced, Isaac watched over Hector from the shadows and spread a rumor that Rosaly is a witch. Due to Dracula's curse at the time, many believed in the rumor and burned Rosaly alive at the stake. Angered by this news, Hector knew this is the work of Isaac and went after him to avenge Rosaly.
He is voice by Crispin Freeman, who voiced Alucard from the Hellsing series, Itachi Uchiha, Siegfried Schtauffen, and Jeremiah Gottwald. Takahiro Yoshimizu voices Hector in the Japanese version.
==Appearance==
Hector is a 24 year young man, that's wears very gothic inspired clothing. Physically he has pure white hair and blue eyes and having pale skin. Hector wears a deep blue shirt with a vampiric-like gorget, two different gauntlets on each of his hands, and has a red sash and belt around his torso. He has black leather pants and high-knee boots.
==Personality==
In the game, Hector is shown to a very vengeful person wanting to kill Isaac for killing his lover Rosaly. He is very passive aggressive with every other character he encounters to the point of suspecting them to be working for Isaac. Hector vengeance is so extreme to the point that he work so hard to regain his strength and power to kill him. Even when Isaac is defeated, Hector attempts to kill him with Isaac's laser blade screaming "Die Isaac Die!" but he remembers what Julia told him about Dracula's curse. "Do not let the curse take hold of you! I'm certain that she would not wish you to pay such a price for your revenge." Hector later realized that Dracula's curse was fueling his hatred and vengeance for Isaac and almost leading him to become a host for his former master. 
Now realizing his mistake, he goes to confront Dracula alone and use his remaining powers to alter Dracula's dreadful curse. His interactions with Trevor shows he holds no ill-will towards him and almost thankful of Trevor for killing Dracula at the time.
==Biography ==
===Childhood===
Hector's childhood was rough and horrible. Growing in a time filled with superstition, Hector existence has been called to question by others due to his unusual relationship with animals and white hair. He was a subject for bullying and his parents rejected him with his mother wishing he was never been born and his father only caring for money and gold, barley noticing his son. One day, the church was lit on fire by animals that sympathized with Hector, telling him to go to Dracula's castle were he would live a "better life" and that he is free from his parents and fellow humans.
===Dracula's Castle===
After the fire, Hector fled to Dracula's castle, where he would be taken care by the master of the castle. Dracula taught Hector devil forging and other pieces of dark magic. Throughout his years, Hector believed that power like his is all that matters in the world and it doesn't matter if it's evil. Later on, he meets Isaac, who is also taught devil forging and both of them became friends of sorts. Despite both of their powers growing, Isaac later develop a sense of jealously towards Hector and his power. Dracula even favored Hector over Isaac due to Hector being more powerful and skilled compared to his partner. When Dracula's wife Lisa died by the hands of humans, Dracula decided to wage war on humanity with Hector and Isaac by his side. He wanted to have them spread his darkness and influence all over Walachia.
===Defection===
Dracula's war on humanity caused Hector to feel conflicted since he did not seek the deaths of others or humanity itself for that matter. With word of a Belmont on the loose, Dracula sent Hector to find the Belmont and kill him. Hector used this chance to flee from the castle and abandon his position as devil forgemaster. Afterwords, Hector develop an unwillingness to live and hopes to die by laying on the floor until he was a found by someone, who carry him to a nearby village and took care of him. It turned out to be a women named Rosaly, who was a healer for the church and took pity on Hector despite not knowing his dark past. She convinced him to stay in the village and treated his injuries, Hector is able to hide his presence by staying in the church. Due to Hector's sudden disappearance and never return with news on Belmonts death, Dracula started to suspect Hector on treachery and order Isaac to find and bring him back for punishment. Due Isaac's crazed state in mind and loyal allegiance, he agreed swearing to return with the traitor.
Later on, a werewolf that is working with Isaac detected Hector's scent but not his power and went to find him, leading him to the village. The werewolf later attack the church and after being begged by a pleading boy, Hector decided to help. Hector unleashed his dark powers to kill the werewolf but this lead Isaac to detect his power. Now knowing where Hector is, he killed the rest of his comrades to find Hector by himself to take credit. Isaac in his crazed state, decided to kill Hector instead of bringing him back believing a traitor like Hector does not deserve to live and that Dracula won't have to think about him any more. 
The two fought until they sense the fall of Dracula's castle and his death, knowing that the Belmont successfully killed their master. Isaac became enraged by this and blamed Hector for his failure to protect Dracula. Hector used Isaac's raged to defeat him and left him for dead.
=== Village life with Rosaly===
When Hector return to the village Rosaly managed convinced the man to stay and then live together ever since. Despite this, Hector is only willing to stay until his injuries are fully healed since they are others that are still after him and his status as a traitor might have spread through the land. Hector also did not know that when Dracula died, he placed a curse that negatively affected everyone in Europe. Witch hunts, plagues, and death continue to spread throughout Europe and became much worse for everyone especially the increased of paranoia for the Europeans. Despite this, Hector continue to live a healthy life in the village and became loved by children. However, Isaac still lived and is filled with an immense anger and hatred for Hector and spied on him. Due to the many and recent witch hunts that were happening, Isaac created a false rumor that Rosaly is a witch and has been selling poison apples to people. The villagers believe the rumor and killed Rosaly at the stake. 
When Hector return to the village to check on Rosaly's wellbeing, he found Rosaly dead at the stake with the accusation of being a witch. Enraged by this incident, Hector realized that Isaac is alive and the one who caused her death. He went to go find him and end his life for good as vengeance for taking Rosaly's life.
===Curse of Darkness===
Hector followed Isaac's trail and lead him to a castle that Isaac is living in. Isaac reveals himself and mocks Hector for following him because of petty revenge. Hector does not care what he says and tells Isaac that he knows that he is responsible for Rosalys death. Isaac leaves hoping that his former parter regains his strength and power. Hector promises to regain his devil forging powers and kill Isaac for good. 
While exploring the castle, Hector regain his devil forging powers and meets a "priest" named Zead. Zead claims that he is sent by the church to investigate the area because of dark creatures spreading terror all over Europe. Hector see the priest as harmless and continue exploring the castle, heading to the Baljhet Mountains. While there he meets a women named Julia, who seems to look like Rosaly. She offers Hector her assistance by selling any items that he needs. While arriving at a temple, he meets a very questionable individual named St. Germain, who tells Hector to not proceed further and stop on his quest to kill Isaac. Understandably, Hector is confused by this man words and believes that Germain works for Isaac but Germain denies this but warns Hector to not go after Isaac then he disappears. Hector is left confuse with the encounter but continues on and meets a man with whip, who is non other than Trevor Belmont, the Belmont who kill Dracula. Trevor attacks Hector Believing that he is the one causing the mayhem going around Europe. But after the fight, Hector tells Trevor that he is a former devil forgemaster that abandon his master and is not the one causing the chaos. He goes on to say that Isaac is the one causing all this and Trevor spares Hector's life but warns him not to get in his way.
While heading to the Mortvia Aqueduct, He encounters Zead and tells him that Isaac is heading to a nearby village in the forest but Zead runs away in a hurry and Hector once again see St. Germain. He tells Hector to not trust the priest and turn away from his quest but Hector tells him that nothing will stop him from seeking revenge. Hector heads to the forest and Germain goes after Zead. While heading to the village, Hector witness a fight between St. Germain and Zead, who seem to be very familiar with each other but none of them notice him in the area. Hector concludes that they are enemies and heads to Cordova town. He encounters Isaac again and engage in fight with him. The fight is later interrupted by Julia, who reveals herself to be Isaac's sister and Isaac took the chance to escape. 
Hector is shock by this news and suspects her to be in legion with her brother but she refutes this accusation by telling Hector to end her brother's suffering and that Isaac is effected by Dracula's curse, which amplified his violent tendencies. Hector accepts her request and continues on his quest to find Isaac. He heads to the clock tower encountering St. Germain again, he begins a fight with him due to being able to enter the barrier that he was in. St. Germain fights him as a way to test Hector abilities and strength. After his utter defeat, he allows Hector to continue on his journey and promises not to interfere with the timeline. Germain leaves and Hector heads to the Aiolon Ruins. Hector later witness a fight between Trevor and Isaac, who is angry that Trevor killed Dracula saying that he killed him through sheer luck. Isaac flees when he see Hector but Trevor declares that he will kill Isaac and does not want Hector involved. When Trevor leaves, Zead appears and tells Hector that Isaac entered a secret passage in the abandon castle. Hector gives St. Germain's regards which caused Zead to panic. Hector heads back to the abandon castle and encounters Trevor once again. Trevor wants to test Hector abilities and see if he gotten strong from their last fight. With Hector as the victor, Trevor promises to open the secret passage to Isaac by dropping a scent of his blood, which opens a portal.
Hector enters the portal and takes him to a dimension call the Infinite Corridor. After exploring the realm, he fights the Dullahan, who is the guardian of the Infinite Corridor. With the creature death, it releases the many souls that is trapped in the realm, one of them being Dracula. Dracula's castle rises and Trevor is stabbed by Isaac as a way to prevent the same mistake that lead to Dracula's demise. Hector is shocked at what he has done and encounters Isaac's sister Julia again. Julia tells him that Dracula might have risen again and ask Hector to put an end to this but Hector suggest Trevor to do it but she reveals that Trevor is greatly injured. With no choice in the matter, he goes into the castle and tries to end all of this. He see Isaac again and fights him with Hector as the victor. 
Hector tries to end Isaac's life once and for all but by remembering Julia's words, he realizes that he's need for vengeance is being fueled by Dracula's curse. Zead returns and reveal himself to be death in disguise as a holy man. He plan to resurrect Dracula by having his soul posses someone and that candidate was going to be Hector due to his immense power and Dracula favoring him over Isaac. Hector defeats death and goes up the castle to face his former mentor. Dracula returns through Isaac body and is not surprise to see the traitor. Hector questions his former master decision to kill humanity but Dracula claims that the strong decides the fate of the weak and sentence them to extension. Hector, not running away from fear this time, fights Dracula and his second form. Dracula finally dies and his soul lets go of Isaac's body. Hector does the final forge by using his power to change Dracula's curse into something harmless. 
Hector at first wanted to die in peace but is saved by Julia and escapes the falling castle. Afterwords, they return back to her shop and live happily together with his innocent devils by his side.
==Hector (Animated series)==
*Hector (animated series) at the Castlevania Wiki
*Hector (Netflix's Castlevania) at the Villains Wiki
==Gallery==
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File:Hector and his innocent devil.jpg|Hector and his innocent devil, The End.
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File:CoD-manga Vol 1.webp|Hector in the front cover of the Curse of Darkness manga.
==Trivia==
*In the game's cinematic, he is never seen with a weapon but only fighting with his fist. The only time he has a weapon is when he is fighting Isaac and the weapon is a laser blade.
*Hector is the only character in the series without a last name.
*Ironically Hector's actor, Crispin Freeman, voiced Mathias Cronqvist in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, who later becomes Dracula in the series.
*If going chronological order of the games, Hector is the first hero to defeat Dracula without having an association with the Belmont Clan.
*Hector's relationship with Rosaly and her sudden death is similar to how Dracula lost his wife Lisa.
==External links==
*Hector at the Castlevania Wiki
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