Hunter Whip

The Hunter's Whip makes it's only appearence in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon and is the main character, Nathan Graves, weapon. Unlike the chain whip know as Vampire Killer the Hunter's Whip is a leather whip and cannot be held limp. Instead, (when the attack button is held) Nathan will spin the whip very fast around his body doing minimal damage to anything that comes near.

Originally, not much is known about the Hunter's Whip. What is known is that it was used by Morris Baldwin and Nathan Graves parents to vanguish Dracula. However, when Nathan's parents died, Morris took their only son, Nathan as his disciple along with his own sone Hugh. Once they reached adulthood, Morris was to choose a succesor. Hugh though he would inherit the hunter's whip due to being Morris's heir and the fact he bested Nathan in their training. However, Nathan is choosen instead, breeding discontent betwenn Morris's two deciples.

In gameplay, the Hunter's Whip plays a more pivitol role in magic casting than with the Vampire Killer (odd since Vampire Killer used to be a whip of alchemy) Nathan is able to imbue his whip with different elements, have it shoot projectiles and even change it into other weapons such as swords and hammers.

The mere existance of another Vampire killing whip in the Castlevania series suggests that there are perhaps many whips in the Castlevania universe, all belonging to different families and all's purpose to kill dracula.