Soma Cruz

The Reincarnation of the Dark Lord Dracula

## Other

### Equipment

Valmanway, Longinus, Excalibur, Claimh Solais, Death's Scythe, Whip Sword, Rocket Propelled Grenade, Positron Rifle, Knifes, Guns, Swords, Spears, Axes, etc.

### Morality

Very Good (Extremely Evil if he fully becomes the Dark Lord)

### Status

Alive

**Soma Cruz** is the human reincarnation of the Dark Lord Dracula that lives in the 2030s.

## Overview

Soma is Dracula's reincarnation and can become the Dark Lord if presumably corrupted by the castle or giving into utter hatred. He does get the Power of Dominance, which enables him to "collect" the souls of creatures he defeats to gain some aspect of their power, becoming ever more powerful the more he fights.

Although Soma technically is a human and not a vampire or dhampir due to not accepting his destiny as Dracula, he nevertheless is capable of utilizing more vampiric traits, such as when using the Succubus soul to use the Blood Sucker ability.

## Powers and Abilities

Soma has a wide range of powers and abilities called 'souls' which are categorized as offensive, defensive, or tactical. He acquires these abilities through his Power of Dominance - the power to control and summon the souls of defeated monsters. This is a derivation of Dracula's primary power, the ability to command monsters.

Soma fights with a variety of weapons, including swords, spears, and axes. Many of his weapons are references to mythology and folklore, such as the Valmanway, Longinus, Excalibur, or Claimh Solais, (even Death's Scythe). The whip sword is a reference to the tradition of whips as primary weapons, but is the only weapon in Soma's possession that resembles a whip. Soma can also use handguns, a Rocket Propelled Grenade, and a Positron Rifle, in an interesting (and futuristic) departure from his former self.

* **Power of Dominance**: An unexpected sequence of events in Castlevania e caused Soma's dormant powers to be awaken with Dracula's primary ability, the power to rule over defeated monsters and demon's souls and to project them in a variety of forms according to their potential. These souls, from lowest to greatest will obey Soma and will support, protect and even fight alongside Soma to defeat his enemies. Though Soma dislikes and even fears this power, he will have to rely on it to brave the aberrations of Dracula's castle and live to tell about it. These souls can be projected in four different forms portrayed by their color (some souls may come in different soul types compared to another location which could be argued is an effect of changing situations and having to find new ways to use those same souls).
	+ **Bullet Souls**: The offensive souls of the group, the red Bullet Souls are based on all out physical damage, elemental damage, status changing and sometimes a combination of most to crush enemy defenses. Bullet Souls essentially serve as Soma's version of the common "Sub-weapon". These souls range from shooting rings of water, to lobbing grenades, to tossing out une seeds that grow into Unes.
	+ **Guardian Souls**: The protective souls of the group, the blue Guardian Soul can enhance Soma's statistic potential, guards Soma from additional damage, transform Soma into them, or even fight alongside Soma for additional damage, at the cost of magic reserves. The Devil guardian soul, for example, causes all of Soma's capabilities to greatly rise, but it drains his health as long as it's active.
	+ **Enchanted Souls**: The supportive souls of the group, the yellow Enchanted Souls boosts Soma's status with no additional cost of magic, though they may not boost Soma's status much, sometimes the help they give may be more than enough to decide between victory or failure in a fight. Some enchanted souls, such as the zombie soul, causes Soma to become far more powerful when he is afflicted by poison. A similar soul, the Ghoul Soul, allows for Soma to eat spoiled or rotten foods, all of which would normally cause him to fall grievously ill, and restore his health with it.
	+ **Ability Souls**: The movement souls of the group, the silver Ability Soul allows Soma to enhance his movement, such as a high jump, a double jump, underwater travel and breaking certain blocks.
	+ **Soul Combo**: Some Bullet and Guardian Souls resonate with one another and they can allow Soma to cast Bullet Souls for free when the Guardian Soul is activated.
* **Arms Mastery**: Soma, though at 19, has mastered a variety of arms such as basic swords, spears, axe, melee punches and hammers as well as the first one to wield firearms ranging from handguns to heavy weapons. Some of the weapons can be upgraded to have divine properties.
* **Arms Critical Attack**: Soma can project his mana through his weapon and gives the weapons special property of damage, such as speed, strength, length or distance and in some cases even releasing a weapons hidden powers such as the Gungner's ability to shoot a powerful lightning bolt in a similar fashion to the Item Crush ability that the Belmonts and similar hunters are capable of using with their sub-weapons.
* **Magic Seals**: Soma mastered Magic Seals, used to counter demons that regenerate their lives through the Portal of Darkness. The Gates of Darkness cannot function without the seals, like a cover to a hole. However, complicated seals can be created to ensure the caster have difficult time sealing the Gate within the given time. Soma has mastered up to level five seals within the time he invaded Celia's castle. In an alternate ending it is shown that magic seals can also be used as a form of binding spell which allowed Soma to seal Dario's Dark lord powers.

## Quotes

* *"It's true. I am Dracula. But I'm not what you think I am!"* - Soma to Julius Belmont.

* *"If I fail... please kill me."* - Soma.

## Image Sources

* (970987 mooshihead soma-cruz-fanart.jpg) Soma Cruz Fanart by Mooshihead
* (Aos1.jpg) Soma Cruz Artwork from Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
* (Dark Lord Soma.jpg) Dark Lord Soma by 御风之翼·Starcaller