Simon Belmont

Simon Belmont is a character from Castlevania. He fought Dio Brando from JoJo in the first episode of Riot Rumble.

## Description

imon is a legendary vampire hunter from the 17th Century, the great-grandson of Christopher Belmont, and the grandfather of Juste Belmont. As a youth, he would be raised hearing stories of his famed ancestors and often wonder how he would compare to them. On Easter Day, 1691; A hundred years after Christopher last defeated Dracula, the Dark Lord was resurrected by a cult of Demon Worshipers during a Black Mass in an abandoned monastery, and his darkness soon spread across the land. Brash and quick to action, Simon would arm himself with the Vampire Killer and set out on a journey to stop the Count's reign of terror.

Simon would defeat Dracula's armies and demonic servants, and face off against the vampire much like his ancestors had. However, unbeknownst to him, Simon had not only failed to truly slay the Demon King but had also been infected with a dark curse. Over the following 7 years, Simon's would slowly be corrupted by the parasitic curse, and his body would begin to unnaturally wither and decay. Dracula's essence was taking hold of him, and once Simon died his body would serve as the host for the Count's new resurrection. To stop this, the dying Simon set off on a new quest across the demon-infested nation and gathering Dracula's severed remains he would revive the Dark Lord in a ritual, so that he could slay him once again, freeing himself of the curse.

Due to his bravery, Simon would become known across the nation as a Legendary and Renowned Vampire Hunter, and the Belmont Clan would no longer be hated and feared by the population. Instead, they would be regarded as heroes.

## Trivia

* According to a statement made by the head director of the three Famicom *Castlevania* games, Hitoshi Akamatsu, the inclusion of the whip as Simon's weapon of choice is a reference to Indiana Jones.
* Simon was originally planned to be named "Peter Dante".
* *Castlevania Judgment*, for Nintendo's Wii, marks Simon's third appearance in a 3D fighting game, after his bouts in *Battle Tryst* and *DreamMix TV: World Fighters*. Like many of the other playable characters, Simon is also able to use his traditional sub-weapons in the game.
	+ Keith Silverstein, Simon's English voice actor, also did the voice of Albus in *Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia*.
* The original concept behind the 2010 series reboot *Castlevania: Lords of Shadow* was to remake the original *Castlevania* starring Simon. While this idea was ultimately not followed through, *Lords of Shadow'*s protagonist, Gabriel Belmont, wears armor which is reminiscent of Simon's artwork and sprite from *Simon's Quest* (confirmed in an interview by developer David Cox). This is presumably a reference to Gabriel being the first main character of a new *Castlevania* series, as Simon was of the original franchise.
	+ Simon Belmont's sprite also appears in *Lords of Shadow* after enabling Cheat mode. The sprite copies Gabriel's movements.
* Simon Belmont was the initial protagonist of Paul Anderson's original script for *Castlevania: The Movie*. Several rewrites of this script took place and it's not known if he was still planned to make an appearance in the final cut. The project was ultimately canceled.
* At the end of the original *Castlevania*, the name listed in the credits under "The Hero" is Simon Belmondo, while in *Simon's Quest* it is consistently Simon Belmont.
* His interaction with Genya Arikado in *Grimoire of Souls* is technically the only time that he and Alucard directly interacted with each other canonically, as Simon and Alucard had previously interacted in *Captain N: The Game Master*.

### XVX

* Simon and his opponent are the first characters to appear in Riot Rumble.
* He's the first video game character to appear in Riot Rumble, with the next ones being Fox, Samus, Valentine, Litchi, Shadow, Demitri, Arcueid, Knuckles, Rayman, Shantae, Crash, Mei, Pyro and Sakuya.