Devourer of Light

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For the Nocturne character with this nickname, see Erzsebet Báthory.

"The devourer of light who will eat the sun. She summons an eclipse, plunges the world into darkness, and gives her vampires eternal night."

— Richter Belmont after Erzsebet Báthory summons a solar eclipse

Devourer of Light is the eighth and final episode of the first season, and the 8th episode overall, of the Netflix original series, Castlevania: Nocturne.

Synopsis[]

With the Abbot poised to make an unthinkable sacrifice and Erzsebet's plans already in motion, Richter and his allies hurl themselves into battle.

Plot[]

With the solar eclipse in play, Drolta leads a pack of minions through the forest as Erzsebet transforms into an incarnation of Sekhmet. She then gets onto her chariot as Olrox quietly watches from the Vendée and disappears after she's out of sight.

Gazing at the solar eclipse, an astonished Richter wonders what had happened to the sun. Despite Tera claiming it's just an eclipse, Annette notes that it's Erzsebet's magic that's doing it. Richter confirms it, citing Erzsebet's reputation as proof of the fact. Templars surround them, and Mizrak tries to reason with them, but they refuse, forcing the group into combat stances.

At the abbey, Emmanuel prepares to sacrifice the bound and gagged Maria who laid on an altar as he quotes the story of Abraham and Isaac. As he does this, Richter and the others arrive and face off against the night creatures there, and Tera stops the abbot from performing the sacrifice, saying it's not God whom he surrendered to. Emmanuel questioned Tera why isn't there a ram to take Maria's place in the sacrifice.

Once Tera frees Maria as the mother and daughter embrace, Maria apologizes to Tera for acting cold toward her for the past few days. Tera reassures her that she's safe as she leads Maria away, and Richter gives the abbot two choices: surrender or die, as Olrox watches in the form of black mist above them. The abbot refuses, and so Annette leaves to the cellar where the Infernal Machine was as Tera reads the incantation from the tome to send it back to Hell.

Moments later, Drolta and her minions arrive, and Richter, Maria, and Mizrak prepare for battle.

Down in the cellar, Annette encounters a night creature and gets assistance from Edouard's singing while Jacques stands by his cell. She kills the night creature by pinning it to Edouard's cell and plunging her conjured sword into it.

Richter fights against Drolta on the Abbey's top floor, while Maria and Mizrak fight against the night creatures there. All while Tera continues to read from the tome. Amid the battle, Mizrak was saved by Olrox, who used his magic against the vampires who dared attack him.

Back in the cellar, Annette offers to release Edouard, but he refuses, stating that his work isn't done there yet. He hopes to reawaken the other night creatures' past life memories. Edouard tells Annette to head onward and complete her work.

Outside, Erzsebet arrives at the abbey. Inside, Tera continues chanting the incantation as Annette prepares to push the machine into Hell, but it's interrupted by Erzsebet's arrival. Erzsebet easily overpowers Richter and the others and heads toward Maria. Tera intervenes by casting a fire spell against Erzsebet and demands that Emmanuel to stand up against her. Maria said it was too late as Erzsebet defeated him a long time ago. Amused by the words spoken between Tera, Emmanuel, and Maria for having such a "primitive" minds. While Erzsebet reveals her intention, Acknowledged long ago, she was honored by so many human sacrifices, mostly virgin, asking Maria if she is a virgin. The Messiah confirmed that she did not want to kill Maria. But instead, she wants to give the young girl an eternal life as a vampire, which horrifies both Maria and her parents.

A night creature armed with a weapon intended to kill Edouard was sent by Erzsebet, who was annoyed by his singing. But was stopped by Jacques, who decapitates him.

By the field close to the Abbey, Olrox holds Mizrak back as he insists on returning to help. Despite Olrox's reasoning and expression of his love and concern for him, Mizrak rejects it, claiming that Olrox is nothing but an animal who lost his soul centuries ago and leaves to return to the Abbey to help the others regardless of whether or not he'll die at the hands of Erzsebet as Olrox sadly watch.

As Richter regains his whip, he tries to attack Erzsebet, but only to be thrown back against the wall.

Emmanuel said he had promised Maria paradise, not this. But Drolta said a "Paradise on Earth" is even better. In exchange for sparing her daughter, Tera offers herself instead, which shocks Maria, Emmanuel, and Richter. Erzsebet said that sacrifice has to be someone he loves; Tera confirmed he loves her. Drolta is intrigued by it as the holy man, tempted by sins of the flesh, is risking something worth damnation instead of any old temptations. Erzsebet said she wanted a virgin, and Tera said she's a Speaker, which caused Erzsebet to recognize Tera as the young woman who killed her own sister back in Russia. Tera promised that she will be a powerful and devoted vampire thrall to her. Maria begs her mother not to do it as Tera looks over to Emmanuel, stating she's the "ram" and that God has given him a "ram", and Erzsebet demands to know if he loves her. Emmanuel tearfully confirms it, saying that he loves her with all his heart. Upset by her mother's choice and her father not doing anything to prevent this from happening, Maria tries to attack Erzsebet but is knocked aside by her, who is caught by Richter. Tera tried to rush to Maria, only to be caught by Erzsebet in a tight grip.

The portal to Hell is closed, leaving Annette shocked as Edouard enters the room. He consoles her and tells her to escape. Reassures her that they will always be "warriors in arms" and "family in hearts" no matter as Annette escapes to meet up with the others.

Drolta then snaps her finger, causing the devotees to surround the group. Emmanuel demands that they be spared, as the Revolutionaries are their only target, but Drolta mocked him saying most of his night creatures are dead. Tera tells Richter to get Maria out of here as Erzsebet begins to suck her blood. Annette appears and fights against the vampire devotees until she escapes alongside Richter and Maria. Tera tearfully watches as Maria and her friends escape. Richter's group leaves the church; angry protesters meet them and pelt them. They soon regroup with Mizrak as Richter ponder if they made the right choice to leave Tera behind.

Erzsebet transforms Tera into a vampire by placing her blood in her mouth; Tera drinks Erzsebet's blood ravenously with an unquenchable thirst. Emmanuel watches in shock that the woman he loves is turned into an immortal creature. He knows Drolta never intended to spared the other, which she confirms, stating they are revolutionaries and that their main purpose is to crush them as she flies away to go after them.

Richter and the others continue to escape as he carries the unconscious Maria, as Drolta, followed by her minions, is hot on their trail. From the place where Mizrak departed from him, Olrox watches as black smoke billows from the church ruins; he turns around and leaves.

Before Drolta could attack Richter's group, Annette tosses her sword at Drolta, who dodges and makes a beeline for Richter. However, a mysterious man intervened by stabbing her in the neck with his sword. After removing it, Drolta quickly shrivel up, and the man introduces himself as Alucard, the son of Dracula to the others, and warns them they'll die if they dare oppose him. The vampires flee, leaving Annette wondering who Dracula is and Richter in complete disbelief that Alucard is real and not a myth. Alucard notes Richter as a Belmont and the whip and that he was on the brink of utter defeat. Still, Alucard hopes that he isn't too late to help.

Cast[]

Quotes[]

– Erzsebet: "I am Sekhmet. Goddess of war." (squeezes her fists.) "Mistress of dread. Lady of slaughter. She who mauls." (She walks to her glided chariot and rides past the palace while Olrox watches from a window. He transforms into mist and disappears.)

(A shocked Richter watches the unnatural eclipse transpire before his eyes. Tera, Mizrak, and Annette cautiously stand by his side.)

- Richter: "What the **** has happened to the sun?"

- Tera: "It's an eclipse. It's just the moon. It happens."

- Annette: (angered) "No. It's magic. It's Erzsebet."

- Richter: "Yes. The devourer of light who will eat the sun. She summons an eclipse, plunges the world into darkness, and gives her vampires eternal night. Ugh. ****."

- Annette: "While her Forgemaster Abbot makes an army of night creatures." (The Knights of St. John approaches the group, causing Mizrak to be alert for additional trouble.)

- Richter: "But one thing at a time. First, you blast his machine right back to hell while I rescue Maria." (Up to twelve knights stand between the group and the path down the alley leading to the abbey. Expecting a fight, Tera conjures a javelin made of ice while Mizrak attempts a peaceful approach. He walks towards the knights.)

– Mizrak: "Stand aside. You're doing the devil's work. Put down your swords and pray with me. Pray to God for forgiveness. We can end this madness." (None of the knights are persuaded. One draws his sword at Mizrak. He does the same while Annette conjures two metal blades of her own and Richter lights his hand with cyan flame.)

- Annette: (confidently) "Don't burn the place to the ground."

- Richter: "Good point. And try not to reduce it to rubble." (Mizrak charges toward the knights first.)

- Abbot Emmanuel: "And God said, 'Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah and offer him there for a burnt offering.' And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife. And Isaac said 'My father.' And he said, 'Here am I, my son.'."

- Tera: "It's not God you've surrendered to, Emmanuel."

- Abbot Emmanuel: "And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son"

- Tera: "God spared Isaac."

- Abbot Emmanuel: " Where is the ram, Tera? Why didn't God send a ram to die in her place?"

- Tera: "The monsters you create aren't serving God."

(Tera frees Maria from her restraints with an ice pick and embraces her.)

– Maria: (closes her eyes) "I'm sorry."

– Tera: (relieved) "You're safe. That's what matters." (She and Maria turn their heads toward Emmanuel.) "You think this will save your church? A pact with the devil?"

– Maria: (furiously) "The revolution will raze all your churches to the ground and salt the **** earth."

- Richter: "We can kill every one of your pets, or you can surrender. Let us do what we came here for."

- Abbot Emmanuel: (frantically) "It's you that should surrender. There are powers at work here of which you can only dream." (Maria and Tera walk toward Richter's side.)

- Richter: (pridefully) "Yeah? Well, all I see is a whole load of dead night creatures and dead monks. And I haven't even broken a sweat. Annette, go!" (Annette runs down a dark hallway. Tera opens the book and reads the spell in Enochian, slowly opening the portal to Hell.)

- Abbot Emmanuel: "Blasphemy upon blasphemy." (Tera walks away and continues reading the spell. Mizrak approaches Emmanuel to try and get through to him.)

– Mizrak: "Pray with me. Pray to God for this horror to end."

- Abbot Emmanuel: (worriedly to Richter) "You should have taken Maria and run."

- Richter: "I wish you'd stop talking."

- Abbot Emmanuel: (panicking) "Have you forgotten the eclipse? Did you think it meant nothing, the eating of the sun?"

- Richter: "I thought it might just be for mood. It is pretty spooky." (Drolta enters the abbey. Her looming, threatening shadow signaled her arrival.)

- Abbot Emmanuel: (frowning.) "I warned you, Richter Belmont." (Drolta walks inside accompanied by six of her followers.)

– Drolta: "Oh, look. The little girl and the boy who ran away." (Richter sighs. Cyan fire burns in his eyes, Maria calls forth a tiger familiar, and Mizrak draws his sword. Drolta charges toward the trio with a snarl.)

– Tera: (Try to incinerate Erzsebet but to no avail) "You can't let her kill our daughter! Emmanuel, please. Turn your night creatures on her. Fight her. Together we can defeat her."

– Maria: "You're wasting your breath. She defeated him long ago"

– Abbot Emmanuel: "Everything I do is for God."

– Erzsebet: "I don't want to kill her. Did you think I wanted to kill her? What primitive minds you people have. It never ceases to shock me. Of course, yes, back in the mists of time, longer ago than your primitive minds can imagine, when the Earth itself was young, back then I was honored many times with human sacrifice. A virgin, obviously. Are you a virgin?" (Maria look at her in terror) "But no, I don't want to kill her. On the contrary. I'm going to give her eternal life." (Maria and her parent become horrified by the decision)

– Mizrak: (Struggle from Olrox's hold) "We have to get go back. Coward! Let me go."

– Olrox: "You can't fight Erzsebet."

– Mizrak: "Then you fight her. You're a powerful vampire."

– Olrox: "Not powerful enough."

– Mizrak: "She'll kill them!"

– Olrox: If you go back she'll kill you. And I don't want you to die, Mizrak." (He let Mizrak go as the Knight of Saint John sees the Aztec vampire's sorrowful face).

– Mizrak: "You wouldn't understand. You're an animal which lost its soul centuries ago" (He rushes to go back to Abbey, leaving Olrox alone).

– Abbot Emmanuel: "I promised her paradise. Not this."

– Drolta: "But this is even better. Paradise on Earth"

– Tera: (She look over to Maria give her a comforting smile as she made her decision) "Take me." (taking Maria's place to become Erzsebet's thrall, shocking Maria, Emmanuel, and Richter)

– Erzsebet: "It has to be someone he loves."

– Tera: "He loves me. Ask him."

– Maria: "What are you doing?"

– Drolta: (Intrigued by Tera's decision)"Interesting. Maybe he does. The holy man, tempted by sins of the flesh. But it wouldn't be any old temptation, no, no, no, no, no. It would be something worth risking damnation for."

– Erzsebet: "But the virgin. Shouldn't I have a virgin?"

– Tera: "I'm a Speaker. A sorceress."

– Erzsebet: "I remember you. You killed your own sister." (recognizing Tera)

– Tera: "Think what a vampire I'll be. Powerful. Devoted."

– Maria: "Mum, please!"

– Erzsebet: "Do you love her?" (questioning Emmanuel)

– Tera: "I am the ram, Emmanuel."

– Maria: "What are you talking about?! What you are doing?!"

– Erzsebet: "Do. you. love her?"

– Tera: "God has given you the ram."

– Abbot Emmanuel: (Tears fell from his cheek as he made his decision)"Absolutely. I love her with all my heart." (tearfully)

– Maria: "No!"

- Alucard: "I am Alucard, son of Dracula, and if you fight me, you will die, like thousands of vampires before you." (to a group of vampires after killing Drolta as they ran away)

- Annette: "Who's Dracula?"

- Richter: "Are you really Alucard? I thought you were a myth."

- Alucard: "You must be Richter Belmont. Complete with whip. Hmm. And on the brink of utter defeat. I hope I'm not too late."

Devourer of Light

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Synopsis[]

Plot[]

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