Lenore (Netflix's Castlevania)

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## Base Breaking Character

### Powers/Skills

Charisma
Manipulation
Shapeshifting
Immortality
Super human spee and strength

### Allies

Striga
Morana
Carmilla (formerly)

### Goals

Trick Hector into becoming a slave for her sisters and have him create an army for them (succeeded then failed)

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

Many hate her for turning Hector into a slave and treating him like a pet.
Many are very divided on her relationship with Hector and how the series concluded it
Her death is viewed as pointless with some feeling it served no purpose within the story

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

Many love her complex relationship with Hector
She is viewed as a complex character

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Controversial Love Interest

**Lenore** is a major antagonist within *Castlevania: The Animated Series* and serves as a diplomat for Carmilla's court. She is part of the Council of Sisters and is one of the rulers of Styria. Lenore marks her first appearance in season 3 and becomes Hector's lover by turning him into a slave so she can provide him with things that her sisters won't.

She is voiced by Jessica Brown Findlay.

## What Makes Her a Base-Breaking Character?

### Why Do People Love Her?

* Her relationship with Hector is complex due to Lenore feeling sympathy for Hector's situation and wanted to help him. Though she manipulated him into becoming a slave, Lenore felt it was a better option than Hector being tortured or killed by her sisters. She did provide things for Hector in the end and was protective of him.
* Fans really like her design and find her cute and attractive.
* Her suicide was very tragic with many feeling sorry for her.
* Many people ship Hector and Lenore together not only by the complexity of it but also the dynamic between the two.

### Why Do People Hate Her?

* Many of her detractors despise her for rendering Hector to a slave and viewing him as her pet.
* Despite the complexity and Lenore feeling sympathy for Hector, detractors are disgusted by her relationship with him viewing it as a toxic relationship between the abuser and victim. They hate how the show represents it as a complex romantic relationship and felt no sympathy for Lenore as a character. It doesn't help the fact that the series writer, Warren Ellis, has received many allegations of sexual coercion from people he tutored. This lead some people to think that Lenore's treatment of Hector was not a mistake but done on purpose.
* Some people were disappointed with the conclusion to Lenore's story, where she ultimatly choose to commit suicide instead of being with Hector.
* Some detractors feel Lenore is poorly written and often express no sympathy for her.
	+ While not feeling sympathy for her, Many detractors hate her so much that they wanted her to die miserably after what she did to Hector.

## External Links

* Lenore on the Castlevania Wiki
* Lenore on the Villains Wiki
* Lenore on the Villanous Benchmark

## Navigation

Animated Films
PAL | Morag

Live-Action Television
Mia Sutton

Animated Television
*She-Ra and the Princesses of Power*
Shadow Weaver
*Castlevania*
**Lenore**
*The Dragon Prince*
Rayla
Other
Bowlboy

See Also
Paramount Base Breaking Characters