Aeon

For information on the character with the same name in Order of Ecclesia, please see Aeon the Chef.

Aeon is a character from Konami's Castlevania series. He appears in Castlevania: Judgment as an original character.

Character history
Aeon is a member of a group that watches over and preserves the flow of time. It is because of Galamoth seeking to take Dracula's throne by erasing the time that he lives in, Aeon goes into action to correct the disturbance to the flow of time by gathering the 13 soul keys and using them to find a chosen warrior to stop Galamoth's messenger, The Time Reaper.

Appearance in Castlevania: Judgment
Aeon first appeared in the fighting game Castlevania: Judgment, as the man behind most of the events of the game. Aware of Galamoth's plan to send the Time Reaper to destroy Dracula and change history, Aeon pulls together fighters from different parts of the Castlevania timeline, such as members of the Belmont Clan and their allies as well as Dracula himself and his allies, and puts them into a time rift. He then sets them against each other, and battles them himself, hoping to find the one with the most chance of defeating the Time Reaper. In his story, he defeats all the opponents, therefore requiring him to be the one to face the Time Reaper. Aeon manages to vanquish him, mending the rift in time and returning everyone to their respective eras. With no era of his own to return to, Aeon wanders the ages, observing all that occurs and reparing other rifts in time.

Judgment Quotes

 * Short description: The Guardian of Time
 * Before battle: "In this place, I too am able to fight."
 * Before battle: "To mend the fabric of time, I ask you meet me in combat."
 * Before fighting Alucard, Carmilla, Death, or Dracula: "Immortal one, you have ignored the passage of time long enough."
 * Before fighting Time Reaper: "You will pay for disrupting the flow of time! Your hour is up!!"
 * Before fighting himself: "Well, well. What do we have here?"
 * After battle: "Right on time. This moment was pre-ordained."
 * After battle: "I cannot allow that which would disrupt the flow of time."
 * After fighting Alucard, Dracula, Death, Golem, or Carmilla: "Immortals disrupt the flow of time, don't you see?"
 * After fighting himself " Time was on the brink of destruction, i will not allow you to destroy it."
 * During hyper attack: "Heed me time.....STOP." "This will just take a minute."(Comments to each character) "And....... time marches on." "Right on time."
 * During hyper attack with himself: "Heed me time... STOP. This will just take a minute. Mimicing my form will not allow you to rule time. And...... time marches on. right on time."

Described abilities:

 * Expert fighter: With his clock-blade and his formidable magical abilities, Aeon is more than a match for warriors such as Simon and Trevor Belmont, Shanoa, Death and even Dracula himself.
 * Control of time: Aeon's signature ability is to completely stop time around someone, rendering them helpless against him. Aeon may also possess other time-based powers, such as time-travel.

Judgement abilities:
Main Ability: Aeon's large stopwatch can extend it's two hands into blades for either an offensive charge slash combo or a quick stabbing combo.

Other Abilities

Nullifiying Barrier: Cast as the name implies a barrier that emanates from Aeon's clock that nullifys all attacks in all directions. A confirm block will change Aeon's clock color. Aeon's clock hands turn to normal size and point downwards toward the seven while it gives off a quick glow. If Aeon manages to block an attack and the player doesn't move him he will automatically bow to his opponent while he does this he's invincible until the bow is over and he goes back to his normal pose for a few seconds.

Nick of Time: Aeon gets down and does a short slide to his opponent if he is near and when he makes contact he rises and does a slash at his opponent. Aeon can also use this to go through long range sub-weapons and attacks which if successful it will change Aeon's clock color.

Evading Move: Backdashes while invincible. Aeon describes it as an after image of his backdash. He tends to taunt enemies while doing so.

Hour of Judgment: Extends his blade to slam on enemies in front of him. Aeon describes it as "Extention"

Hour of Judgement: A random effect depending on his clock color. It changes color frequently when Nullifying Barrier confirms a block, his health is depleting, or time passes a while. Rift Betwixt Twin Blades: Aeon throws an enemy up and slashes them with twin blades from his weapon like a pair of scissors. It cannot be blocked due to it being a throw.
 * Hour of Judgment (Same as above): When his clock has no color according to his move list.
 * Suffer the March of Time (A Time Beam): When his clock glows blue, it means he can to shoot a destructive blue beam. To activate hold B. Its maximum combo hit is 54. It cannot be blocked.
 * The Clock Strikes Thrice (3 Clock Slicers): When the clock grows green, Aeon will throw his clock in the air and the hands of the clock grows very long. As it falls down Aeon catches it on his left hand while bending over. The clock hand begins slashing three times, hence the name. Due to the lengh of the clock blades, they have incredible range and hard to evade and due to its height from the ground its hard to evade by jumping except by Dracula's "Jump"
 * Behold Absolute Power (Time Freeze extendedly): When the clock glows yellow, the name describes it; Aeon stabs the ground, time freezes and all affected inverts color.

Hyper Attack: Requiem of the 13th Hour.

Aeon's Hyper takes longer than three seconds to connect. While it connects he cannot move and the victim has a clock under them, and vulnerable. A good technique is to utilize Hour of Judgement, Behold Absolute Power. While time stops Aeon can cast his Hyper without worry of interference. After it connects, Aeon snaps his fingers and the victim's clock will shatter, freezing his victim for as long as he desires. He tends to taunt or advice his victim about how thier desires or themseleves are small compared to time. He then summons twelve blades that look like the little hand and one huge blade that looks like the long hand from his weapon and unfreezes time with the phrase "Time Marches On". The blades impales his victim with the first twelve and the last one hitting before his victim touches the floor. He seems to time his Hyper beforehand knowing how long it would take.

Trivia
Name origin:
 * The word Aeon originates as the Latin translation of the koine Greek word ὁ αἰών (aion). It is sometimes spelt as Eon and means "age", "forever" or "for eternity". It could also come from the japanese word eien (永遠), meaning "eternity".
 * The Eon spelling is further supported by his clock like weapon and the fact he is seen holding a pocket watch.
 * He has a habit of using time related phases such as "It's time!" and "Your hour is up!".
 * Dio Brando, from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, utters the phrase: "Soshite toki wa ugoki dasu," when he stops time, which translates to: "Thus, time will move once more." Aeon can be heard saying this in the trailer and in his special attack. The English localization of the game has him say: "And... time marches on." instead.
 * Aeon will say something different to every fighter during his hyper attack:
 * Against Simon: "Not even the storied Belmont Clan can stand against the power of time."
 * Against Alucard: "You who bear a heavy cross, what does eternity hold for you?"
 * Against Trevor: "Even the man named legend is like a babe in the face of time."
 * Against Sypha: "No matter how powerful the magic you wield, you will never surpass time."
 * Against Grant: "You live for the sake of others. Your tale will be passed down for eternity."
 * Against Eric: "Jealousy of the whip does not excuse your arrogance with the lance."
 * Against Maria: "You are fated to walk a difficult path. Enjoy yourself while you can."
 * Against Shanoa: "You seek a dangerous power. It, too, is governed by time."
 * Against Carmilla: "Your quest for eternal beauty is doomed: nothing withstands time."
 * Against Cornell: "Everything resolves in its own time, regardless of your desires."
 * Against Golem: "Even artificial life is subject to the laws of time."
 * Against Death: "You govern the fate of death, but even fate is a truth wound by time."
 * Against Dracula: "Even the Lord of Darkness cannot escape time."
 * Against Aeon: "Mimicking my form will not allow you to rule time."
 * Aeon's theme in Judgment is "Darkness of Fear -arranged-", which as the title shows, it is an arrangement of "Darkness of Fear", the main theme of Judgment. Additionally, it becomes his battle theme when he is fought the second time in the Clock Tower arena, not the arranged version.
 * Aeon's pocket watch has 13 hours on its face. The clock like weapon he uses also has 13 hours in its face.
 * Aeon may be from the same group Saint Germain is a part of, if not the man himself in a different form. In fact the latter is alluded to through Aeon's alternate costume, which could also include a top hat.

Fighting Style
 * True to his time related name his attacks consist of using his weapon in many different ways (as a gun, spear, ect.) and using time based magic attacks, he can also clone his weapon for several attacks, giving it the appearance of the hands of a clock.