Lord of the Castle

The Lord of the Castle is a title given to the one who controls any given Demon Castle. Dracula is the Lord of the Castle in most games, but there have been several different Lords of the Castle since Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. These include:


 * Walter Bernhard (1094, Walter's Castle, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence) - Walter had a castle in the forest of Eternal Night, where he would lure strong challengers for amusement.
 * Joachim Armster (1094? alternate ending, Walter's Castle, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence]]) - Joachim challenged Walter and defeated him in an alternate timeline and became the master of Walter's castle
 * Maxim Kischine (1748, Phased Castle, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance) - A new soul created inside of Maxim Kischine when he came in contact with Dracula's Relics created an incomplete castle that had two phased out layers to it.
 * Richter Belmont (1797, Dracula's Castle, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) - Manipulated into becoming the Lord of the Castle by Shaft.
 * Carmila (1830, Carmilla's Castle, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon) - Attempted to revive Dracula in her castle in Austria
 * Elizabeth Bartley (1917, Castle Proserpina, Castlevania: Bloodlines) - Elizabeth Bartley attempted to revive her uncle Dracula in her new castle in England and make it the new seat of Dracula's powers.
 * Soma Cruz (2035, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow) - Soma was unknowingly the Lord of Dracula's Castle during 2035. He absorbed the castle's powers after he had defeated Graham Jones, who also attempted to claim the Castle as his own.  He defeated Chaos in order to prevent himself from also becoming a Dark Lord.
 * Celia Forner (2036, Castle of Alchemy, [[Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow) - Celia created a replica of Dracula's Castle in Japan with the hopes of creating a new Dark Lord.
 * Soma Cruz (2036 or later in alternate future, Castle of Alchemy, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow) - In a bad ending, if Soma becomes the Dark Lord, he assumes mastery over the Castle that Celia had created and is defeated by his old comrades.
 * Olrox (2037, Akumajo Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku) - Was the lord of a castle and sought to defeat both humanity and chaos.

There have been several attempts to become or set up a new Lord of a Castle which had ultimately failed. Such attempts include:
 * Joachim Armster (1094 or earlier, Walter's Castle, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence) - The vampire Joachim rebelled against his master Walter and challenged him for the throne of his castle. Because he lacked the Ebony Stone, which Walter possessed, he was defeated and imprisoned and became one of the foes that must be defeated in Walter's game.
 * Alucard (1798, Dracula's Castle, Castlevania: Nocturne of Recollection) - The incubus Magnus attempted to goad Alucard into turning to evil by bringing back memories of his past and resurrecting Dracula's Castle. He had stated that Alucard's and Dracula's powers were one and the same.  Alucard did not take the bait however, and Magnus was defeated.
 * Brauner (1944, Dracula's Castle, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin) - Because the castles powers were in a weakened state, Brauner was able to harness much of its powers through the use of paintings. He was also able to prevent Dracula's return through these paintings.  The Castle was still Dracula's, however, and when he was defeated by Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin, Dracula was able to return.
 * Graham Jones (2035, Dracula's Castle, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow) - Graham Jones entered Dracula's Castle and gained much of its powers. When he reached the throne room first, he had believed that he had succeeded in becoming its master, and thus that everything in it belonged to him.  However, he was shocked to find out he was not Dracula's true successor when he was defeated by Soma Cruz.
 * Dario Bossi and Dmitrii Blinov (2036, Castle of Alchemy, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow) - Celia had created the Castle of Alchemy to give to the new Dark Lord. If the Dark Lord Candidates Dario Bossi or Dmitrii Blinov were to be able to kill Soma Cruz, they would be able to become the new Dark Lord and would become the lord of the castle.  Neither were up to the task, however.