Dracula (Lords of Shadow)

Gabriel Belmont will be the protagonist in the upcoming 2010 game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Gabriel is a member of the Brotherhood of Light, an elite group of holy knights who protect and defend the innocent against the supernatural. His beloved wife, Marie, was brutally murdered by the evil forces of darkness and her soul trapped for eternity. Her spirit guides him on his quest to rid the land of evil. He learns of an artifact, the God Mask, which has the power to bring back the dead and so sets off on a quest to retrieve it, in order to bring her back to the realm of the living. Gabriel wields a whip-like weapon called the Combat Cross.

From the official website
''Some years ago, a child was found on the door of one of the Brotherhood of Lights convents. It is not known who his original parents were though some suspected he was an unwanted bastard from a local wealthy landowner, most likely the Cronqvist family though this has never been proven.''

''The order gave the nameless boy the Christian name of one of the blessed archangels, Gabriel and raised him as one of its own members. The precocious child quickly proved to be extremely talented, developing a mastery of the fighting arts unprecedented in the Brotherhood.''

Gabriel took the surname of Belmont, after his love of mountains and the high places of the World.

''Prone to dark moods and occasional ambivalence, Gabriel was deeply affected by the death of his childhood sweetheart, Marie. Gabriel has embarked on this quest at the request of the elders of the Brotherhood, rejecting the help of his comrades and stoking a burning desire for revenge.''

Ending
Gabriel eventually becomes the vampire known as Dracula (Dracul in Romanian). He is found by Zobek in modern times, sitting on a throne in a dark chapel. Zobek tries to coax Dracula into helping him stopping Satan's return, as they would both become his playthings in revenge for their previous encounter. The two begin to fight and Dracula falls from his tower into a street full of people. Out in the street, Zobek reveals he knows what Dracula yearns for: an end to his current existence as neither dead nor living. He offers his old friend to end his immortality for his help, and Dracula vanishes.

Trivia

 * Gabriel's appearance is the result of input from Hideo Kojima. Kojima felt the main character needed to look more "heroic" than his original design implied. Kojima Productions also advised the team on facial animations and character design in general.
 * It also seems that he has a similar story to that of Van Helsing, of the movie and game with the same name, in which he does not remember anything of his past, and that he is also called Gabriel by Dracula when they first met for which he does not remember.