Mathias Cronqvist

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Mathias was Leon's good friend. In the world of knights who lack education, he was a genius tactician who is even called Cronqvist the Wise. Because Mathias' family had books recording secret arts transmitted orally concerning alchemy, a science that experiments with the arcane, Mathias himself had a detailed knowledge of alchemy. His beloved wife, Elisabetha, died from illness while he was on an expedition. Mathias was grief stricken and bedridden and Leon was forced to continue the campaigns without his friend. When Leon's beloved was kidnapped, Mathias told him that it was the doing of a vampire who had a castle in the east.

In fact, Mathias had deceived Leon and was not likely really bed-ridden. In deep mourning, Mathias devised a plan to take revenge on God for stealing Elisabetha by becoming a vampire and living eternally. He used Leon, Rinaldo, Sara, and even Walter and his monsters, and using the Crimson Stone and a vampire's soul, he was reborn. He then offered Leon to join him and become immortal, because Leon suffered the same loss. Leon refused and vowed instead that his clan would forever hunt him. As time went on, Mathias named himself Dracula from "dracul" a word meaning dragon and devil. For more details on his later life, see Dracula.

Trivia

 * Mathias's name, as well as being shared by a saint (Matthew the evangelist, scribe of one of four gospels), may well be a reference to king Matyas (Matthias) Corvinus of Hungary. Matyas Corvinus had Vlad III Ţepeş as his vassal, at times, and once as a prisoner; this connection to the historical Dracula may have influenced the way IGA chose to name his antagonist.


 * The reasons for Mathias's fall and metamorphosis seem to be strongly inspired by Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula film of 1992. Both Mathias and Coppola's Dracula renounce God and seek and obtain immortality out of anger at the death of their wives. While Elisabetha Cronqvist does not commit suicide, she does pass away while Mathias is away during the first Crusade, 'fighting in God's name'. Further, she shares the name of Dracula's wife in the film.

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