Death (Netflix's Castlevania)

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## Entertainingly Detestable

### Alias

Varney
The Alchemist
The Grim Reaper
Thing (by Trevor Belmont)
Nightmare of London (as Varney)
Terror of the British Isles (as Varney)

### Powers / Skills

Immortality
Immense dark powers
Death empowerment
Control over the infinite corridor
Shapeshifting
Enhanced strength
High intelligence
Manipulation

### Goals

Manipulate Saint Germain into resurrecting Dracula as a Rebis (succeeded)
Drive Dracula insane to spread death on a global scale to end his hunger and become omnipotent
Kill Trevor Belmont (both failed)

### Most Entertaining Features

Having many comedic moments as Varney
Being a very competent manipulator

### Most Detestable Traits

His frequent boasting and complete lack of respect for anyone
Resurrecting Dracula and Lisa together as a Rebis

### Type of ED

Sadistic Manipulator

**Death**, also known by his disguises **Varney** and **The Alchemist**, is the overarching antagonist of Netflix's animated series *Castlevania*. He is an ancient elemental spirit that feeds on the death of all living creatures. Unsatisfied with the low frequency of deaths on Earth, he sought to resurrect Dracula so he could feed off the countless deaths caused by Dracula and gain ultimate power for himself.

His true form and **Varney** were voiced by Malcolm McDowell (who also portrayed Alex DeLarge in *A Clockwork Orange*) while **the Alchemist** was voiced by Christine Adams.

## His Qualities

### What Makes Him Entertaining?

* He spends most of his screentime as Varney, a laughable vampire who isn't taken seriously and has many comedic moments, such as when he asked Ratko if he wanted to marry Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belnades after the former talked about how pretty and smooth their skins were.
* He is a master manipulator who uses seemingly unrelated aliases to hide his true nature without any suspicion, only revealing himself once his plan became seemingly unstoppable. Hector was the only one who suspected something about Varney, and even he probably didn't know that he was Death in disguise.
* His reveal as Death is very shocking since his Varney persona came across as a harmless villain with a huge ego and no real skills other than wittiness.
* As Death, his raspy, non-authoritative voice, casual speaking habits, and frequent swearing is hilarious for an ancient death spirit whose existed since the dawn of life on Earth. He even childishly mocked Trevor Belmont when he fell down during their fight.
* Overall, Death is the most humorous and intelligent antagonist in the series. His frequent boasting is often played for laughs as opposed to being truly detestable.

### What Makes Him Detestable?

* He masterminded a large collaborative attempt to resurrect Dracula so he could continue his goal of destroying humanity. This resulted in the deaths of many innocent people including many residents of Danesti at Dracula's castle in order to provide enough souls to enter the Infinite Corridor.
* He ordered his night creatures to kill the humans at Targoviste while he searched for the magic mirror to transport himself to Dracula's castle.
* He manipulated Saint Germain into abandoning his morals and resurrecting Dracula and Lisa together as a Rebis, knowing that this would drive both of them insane and spread death on an unprecedented scale. When Dracula and Lisa are resurrected and inhabiting the Rebis, Death takes sadistic delight seeing them in agony.
* He is extremely arrogant as he frequently boasts about his own importance which everyone found annoying. Nobody respects him, including Ratko (who had enough of him and delivered a huge speech as to why he's better than Varney) and Isaac (who blocks Varney from ever calling him again).
* He attempts to kill Trevor Belmont after he thwarted his plan to resurrect Dracula, even threatening to kill his girlfriend, Sypha Belnades, just to spite him.
* He views everyone as either someone to kill or someone who can kill, only caring about killing and consuming as many souls as possible. He only likes Ratko and Dracula because they are good killers and resurrects Dracula and Lisa as a Rebis without their sanity to make the ultimate killing machine.
* Overall, Death is the most evil and heinous character in the series and is disliked by nearly everyone in the show due to his frequent boasting and complete lack of respect for anyone.

## External Links

* Death on the Villains Wiki
* Death on the Pure Evil Wiki
* Death on the The Ultimate Evil Wiki
* Death on the *Castlevania* Wiki