Dungeons and Torture Chambers

Dungeons, Prisons, and Torture Chambers are common types of environments in the Castlevania series. In them, people or other creatures captured by Dracula's armies are held prisoners.

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Cells, cages, and torture instruments of all kinds are common sights in these foul places located deep below the castle. The fate of those unfortunates who end up in them is either to be kept alive to serve as human cattle and be devoured by the Dark Lord's gruesome pets, or as a reliable source of blood to sustain the vampire population.

Other times, people who were abducted from nearby villages are temporarily put in a cell to be later carried to the castle's arena, where they'll meet their untimely demise at the hands of dreadful creatures for the amusement of the audience. However, in most cases, these prisoners are taken to the castle's laboratory to perform horrifying experiments on them, as evidenced for these scientific facilities frequently being built right next to the cells. Yet other times, prisoners are just thrown into a cage and left there, forgotten, to rot away slowly until they die either of starvation or from natural causes. Rats are usually found lurking through the corridors of these areas, and the idea of prisoners hunting them down to eat should not come as a surprise.

Gruesome monsters can also often be found contained within some cells, being so savage and powerful that not even the dungeon's guardians can control them. It's not rare seeing one of these creatures break out from its cage and attack the player as they pass by.