Mysterious Woman

While Simon Belmont was contemplating his fate among the graves of his ancestors, a mysterious woman appeared behind Simon standing in the morning mist. She explained to him that this feeling he had was due to a curse that Dracula had placed on him and that his life was in real danger[9]. In order to be free of this curse, he would have to collect Dracula's remains - his nail, heart, rib bone, eyeball, and ring, and after resurrecting Dracula and defeating him again, burn them all in the ruins of Castlevania. While this would defeat him for the time being, she warned him that even this might not be enough to defeat Dracula forever. She then vanished within the mist as mysteriously as she had appeared. Simon resolved to take up this challenge and began his new quest.

It is not known what the true nature of this mystery woman really was. Was she a spirit who dwelt in the graveyard Simon was visiting (like when the spirit of Sypha appeared to Simon in the graveyard in Captain N: The Game Master)? Was she an angel? Was she a damsel in distress who called upon Simon in a vision, as in Worlds of Power - Simon's Quest as Linda Entwhistle? She did not make any further appearances in the later in the game. Her character was referenced at the end of Simon's story mode in Castlevania: Judgment. She is the only woman in Simon's life who is considered canon, and yet her nature and relationship to him is unclear.