Dracula's Legacy

## Legacy

Dracula, the most powerful vampire in the world, the apex of his kind, would die a broken man as a result of the actions of the church, forcing his son and heroes of humanity to rise up to end his madness. Though Alucard had committed the deed, he states that Dracula died long ago, when Lisa died. With his castle empty and the knowledge within too important to leave behind unattended, Alucard decides to take custody of the castle to ensure the knowledge within is not pilfered. Trevor even offers Alucard the remains of the Belmont Hold to also ensure the safety of the knowledge the Belmonts collected. Alucard, surprised and grateful, accepts. Trevor and Sypha then depart to forge a life together, leaving Alucard in the castle, where alone in a study, he grieves and weeps at the loss of his loved ones.

In the vampire world, the deaths of Dracula and his generals leaves a power vacuum, with abandoned night creatures and upstart vampire factions reeking havoc across the war torn region. Carmilla plots to assume control over vampire-kind herself, betraying and and enslaving Hector with the intentions of using his abilities as a Forgemaster to replenish her forces, returning to Styria with Hector in chains. In addition, within the desert he was banished to, Isaac resolves to continue Dracula's war on humanity as well as seek vengeance against Carmilla and Hector for their betrayal. Beginning with a group of bandits, Isaac kills humans unlucky enough to cross paths with him and forges their bodies into night creatures, raising his army over time.

Carmilla, along with her sisters, attempted to take control of the region, but unbeknownst to her sisters, Carmilla planned to take control of the entire world, creating a world where vampires would rule over the humans and feed on them forever like cattle. The revelation that followed created a split between the four, with Carmilla's delusions of grandeur eventually spelling death, and the destruction of all she had planned at the hands of a vengeful Isaac. who upon her death proclaimed himself King of Styria, rebuilding the nation and now having let go of his allegiance to Dracula.

## Attempted Resurrection

Not long after Dracula's death, a cult formed in the village of Lindenfeld with the hidden intention to bring him back from the dead. Sala, the head of the village's priory, prepared a dark ritual to open a portal to Hell through the Infinite Corridor. He was helped –and even inspired– in this task by a night creature known as the Visitor, whose blood would complete the ritual.

When the portal opened, Saint Germain, a man investigating the cult, discovered that Dracula was in Hell along with his wife Lisa. When Dracula tried to reach the portal, Saint Germain, with the help of Trevor Belmont, killed the Visitor and closed the portal. Saint Germain disappeared in the Infinite Corridor in the process, but prevented Dracula from returning back on Earth.

## Revival/Conclusion

Following the thwarted attempt of Dracula's resurrection at Lindenfeld, several other groups would plan to do the same covering six weeks of preparation and carefully planned timing to bring back the vampire lord. It was made clear that Dracula's role and image in both the human and vampire world was somewhat sacred. Though Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belnades would scour the countryside of Wallachia, stopping apparently unending hordes of Dracula cults and worshippers, it would not be enough. The goal of restoring the deceased Vlad Dracula Tepes became a goal shared by many, including the once just Count Saint Germain, whom had gone unhinged in his quest for meeting with his lover again, who had disappeared in the Infinite Corridor, a magical dimension gateway that could be used to traverse the universe, and even retrieve the dead. In order to once again pull Dracula and his wife out of Hell, a sacrifice needed to be made.

A band of vampire magicians had assembled a body sewn together of both male and female body parts. The disfigured hybrid was meant to imprison both Tepes and create a hermaphrodite; a dichotomy of two separate sexes intertwined in the same body. With the addition of incantations and the power/rage of Dracula, this abomination held the ability of becoming a Rebis, a tool strong enough to control the Infinite Corridor like the night creature at Lindenfeld, the Visitor. However, due to the sheer trauma of being ripped out of Hell and back in the land of the living, coupled with the fear of Lisa's torment, Dracula's rage would know no bounds and be nothing but hatred, malice and destruction incarnate. This unknown information served as the ultimate endgame of the true manipulator and deceiver of the series, Death.

The clouded Saint Germain, who had destroyed his humanity to save the woman he loved, believed he controlled the whole procedure. However, in truth he was deceived by an English vampire called Varney, disguised as the Alchemist which had goaded Germain to fully commit to his magician education, that in turn revealed to be the Grim Reaper himself.

Ultimately, this plan was orchestrated by the eternal death-eating creature, due to his anger over Dracula's demise. The vampire king's onslaught of the human race would have fed Death beyond compare and make him virtually the most powerful being on the planet. As a being unable to interact with warfare and magic, Death relied on murderous people such as Dracula to keep him well fed. Therefore, he desired to restore Dracula back to his original plan, only now even more uncontrolled and mad.

They managed to pull the Tepes couple into Dracula's castle and in the hermaphrodite, which was struggling to contain the two. Mercifully, their torture was cut short as Alucard, Trevor and Sypha destroyed the body, unknowingly freeing the Tepes's spirits. They woke confused, suddenly back in life. The next day, Dracula and Lisa took the clothes of some strangers ad rented a room at a house, where they tried to make sense of things. Inevitably, they decided that they were both been given a second chance and opted to utilize it. The Tepes realized that it would be for the better if their son was left alone for the time being and try to get some closure in life, seeing how much devastation was caused following both of their deaths. The unremarkably calm Dracula suggested that they traveled somewhere remote, a place of solitude fit for them. He said he had been reading about an English town called Whitby, near the coast with about twenty houses, little sunshine and fish. The two then stated that they would never get better without each other and fell asleep together at the bed, finally embracing one another and looking forward to a new, peaceful future.