Changes: Isaac (animated series)

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"Isaac is a Devil Forgemaster who is equally as cruel as he is loyal to Dracula. He'll do whatever it takes to make sure Dracula's plan come to fruition."

— Isaac's profile description

See also: Isaac

Isaac is a major antagonist in the Castlevania animated series, serving as one of Lord Dracula's two human generals in his army (the other being Hector).

He is voiced by Adetokumboh M'Cormack in the English version of the show.

Background

Isaac is a Devil Forgemaster under Lord Dracula's orders. He was abused by a former master and bears a grudge against him in addition to other humans who harmed him during his lifetime, including brigand magicians who wanted to sell his body parts and whom Dracula rescued him from. He joins Dracula on his revenge campaign against mankind. While Isaac had a very difficult childhood and was severely mistreated, he managed to travel across much of Africa and the Middle East as a child and learned magic from a renegade occultist's books.^[1]

Appearance and personality

Isaac's appearance greatly differs from his Curse of Darkness design. He appears as a tall, bald man with dark-colored skin. He wears the Devil Forgemaster uniform, the same outfit as Hector. He has the outward appearance and quiet, peaceful demeanor of a Sufi ascetic, but with a great intellect and hides his deepest emotions.^[1] He inflicts pain on himself in a masochistic way, as a penitence for his "corrupted" human body and soul. He is fanatically loyal to Dracula, because he was the only person who respected him as a human being. Isaac views Dracula as both as a master and as the only true friend he ever had, and will kill any threat to Dracula without a second thought. He is distraught when Dracula banishes him to a desert (in order to spare him from being slain by Trevor, Sypha and Alucard). After killing some bandits, Isaac decides to wage a war against humanity on his own, reviving the corpses of his assailants to serve in his army.

Powers and abilities

Expert combatant: Unlike his fellow Forgemaster, Hector, Issac has superb fighting skill, being able to kill a band of bandits effortlessly with his dual weapons. Issac also overpowered and slew Godbrand, who was an extremely strong vampire general.
Necromancy: Isaac can bring creatures back to life from the dead; unlike how Hector performs resurrections, the corpses he manipulates scream in pain while being revived and changed.
Devil Forging: Isaac has the power to create new creatures of the night from corpses; he forges using a dagger rather than using a hammer like Hector. Additionally, Isaac's creations have a red glow in their eyes, as opposed to Hector's blue.

Appearances

Season 2

Season 2
2-01. War Council	Yes
2-02. Old Homes	Yes
2-03. Shadow Battles	Yes
2-04. Broken Mast	Yes
2-05. Last Spell	Yes
2-06. The River	Yes
2-07. For Love	Yes
2-08. End Times	Yes

Quotes

Perhaps this is all loyalty buys in a world without love: pain in the night and death on your master's floor. Perhaps that's all that awaits me, too. But you didn't mind; you came home regardless. The lesson here is that I shouldn't care either. Dracula will bring a pure world into being; I believe that. I believe him. I want, of all things, a pure world, a clean world, where there is only loyalty and only love.

Gallery

Screenshots

Other

Trivia

Isaac's outfit design is based on his appearance in Akumajō Dracula: Yami no Juin - Fukushū no Jokyoku, a promotional Japanese comic booklet where he's seen wearing his full Devil Forgemaster uniform.
Unlike the two characters from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, from where they were based on, Isaac and Hector are not shown to be rivals in the animated series. In fact, Isaac mentions that he has respect for Hector.
Despite their origins in Curse of Darkness, in which they excelled in the art of summoning demons, the main occupation of both Devil Forgemasters in the animated series is to perform rituals similar to necromancy to bring people and animals back from the dead (probably victims of previous raids) or transmogrify their corpses into creatures of the night to enlist them in Dracula's army.
The scars Isaac has on his face were apparently made by himself as a result of his frequent self-inflicted punishments, implied to have been done with his own dagger due to their shape.
Isaac's physical appearance seems to be based on his voice actor, Adetokumboh M'Cormack.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Adetokumboh M'Cormack: The Frederator Interview

[Frederator-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Adetokumboh M'Cormack: The Frederator Interview

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 {{Q|Isaac is a Devil Forgemaster who is equally as cruel as he is loyal to Dracula. He'll do whatever it takes to make sure Dracula's plan come to fruition.|Isaac's profile description}}
 {{Seealso|Isaac}}
-'''Isaac''' is a major [[:category:Antagonists|antagonist]] in the ''[[Castlevania (animated series)|Castlevania]]'' animated series, serving as one of [[Dracula (animated series)|Count Dracula]]'s two human generals in his [[Dracula's Army|army]] (the other being [[Hector (animated series)|Hector]]).
+'''Isaac''' is a major [[:category:Antagonists|antagonist]] in the ''[[Castlevania (animated series)|Castlevania]]'' animated series, serving as one of [[Dracula (animated series)|Lord Dracula]]'s two human generals in his [[Dracula's Army|army]] (the other being [[Hector (animated series)|Hector]]).
 He is voiced by [[Adetokumboh M'Cormack]] in the English version of the show.
 ==Background==
-Isaac is a [[Devil Forgemaster]] under [[Dracula (animated series)|Count Dracula]]'s orders. He is a former slave bearing a grudge against his master. He joins Dracula on his revenge campaign against mankind. He had a very difficult childhood, he was severely abused. He traveled across much of Africa and the Middle East as a child and learned magic from a renegade occultist’s books.<ref name="Frederator">[http://frederator-studios.frederator.com/post/179434392922/adetokumboh-mcormack-the-frederator-interview Adetokumboh M'Cormack: The Frederator Interview]</ref>
+Isaac is a [[Devil Forgemaster]] under [[Dracula (animated series)|Lord Dracula]]'s orders. He was abused by a former master and bears a grudge against him in addition to other humans who harmed him during his lifetime, including brigand magicians who wanted to sell his body parts and whom Dracula rescued him from. He joins Dracula on his revenge campaign against mankind. While Isaac had a very difficult childhood and was severely mistreated, he managed to travel across much of Africa and the Middle East as a child and learned magic from a renegade occultist's books.<ref name="Frederator">[http://frederator-studios.frederator.com/post/179434392922/adetokumboh-mcormack-the-frederator-interview Adetokumboh M'Cormack: The Frederator Interview]</ref>
 ==Appearance and personality==
-Isaac's appearance greatly differs from his ''[[Castlevania: Curse of Darkness|Curse of Darkness]]'' design. He appears as a tall, bald man with dark-colored skin. He wears the [[Devil Forgemaster]] uniform, the same outfit as [[Hector (animated series)|Hector]]. He has the outward appearance and quiet, peaceful demeanor of a Sufi ascetic, but with a great intellect and hides his deepest emotions.<ref name="Frederator" /> He inflicts himself pain in a masochistic way, as a penitence for his "corrupted" human body and soul. He is fanatically loyal to [[Dracula (animated series)|Dracula]], because he was the only person who respected him as a human being. Isaac views Dracula as both as a master and as the only true friend he ever had, and will kill any [[Godbrand|threat]] to Dracula without a second thought. He is distraught when Dracula banishes him to a desert (in order to spare him from being slayed by Trevor, Sypha and Alucard). After killing some bandits, Isaac decides to wage a war against humanity on his own, reviving the corpses of his assailants to serve in his army.
+Isaac's appearance greatly differs from his ''[[Castlevania: Curse of Darkness|Curse of Darkness]]'' design. He appears as a tall, bald man with dark-colored skin. He wears the [[Devil Forgemaster]] uniform, the same outfit as [[Hector (animated series)|Hector]]. He has the outward appearance and quiet, peaceful demeanor of a Sufi ascetic, but with a great intellect and hides his deepest emotions.<ref name="Frederator" /> He inflicts pain on himself in a masochistic way, as a penitence for his "corrupted" human body and soul. He is fanatically loyal to [[Dracula (animated series)|Dracula]], because he was the only person who respected him as a human being. Isaac views Dracula as both as a master and as the only true friend he ever had, and will kill any [[Godbrand|threat]] to Dracula without a second thought. He is distraught when Dracula banishes him to a desert (in order to spare him from being slain by [[Trevor Belmont (animated series)|Trevor]], [[Sypha Belnades (animated series)|Sypha]] and [[Alucard (animated series)|Alucard]]). After killing some bandits, Isaac decides to wage a war against humanity on his own, reviving the corpses of his assailants to serve in his army.
 ==Powers and abilities==
+*Expert combatant: Unlike his fellow Forgemaster, Hector, Issac has superb fighting skill, being able to kill a band of bandits effortlessly with his dual weapons. Issac also overpowered and slew [[Godbrand]], who was an extremely strong vampire general.
-*[[Necromancer|Necromancy]]: Isaac can bring back creatures from the dead.
+*[[Necromancer|Necromancy]]: Isaac can bring creatures back to life from the dead; unlike how Hector performs resurrections, the corpses he manipulates scream in pain while being revived and changed.
-*[[Devil Forgemaster|Devil Forging]]: Isaac has the power to create new creatures of the night from corpses; although, unlike [[Hector (animated series)|Hector]], he uses a dagger instead of a hammer. Likewise, Isaac's creations have a red glow in their eyes, as opposed to Hector's blue.
+*[[Devil Forgemaster|Devil Forging]]: Isaac has the power to create new creatures of the night from corpses; he forges using a dagger rather than using a hammer like Hector. Additionally, Isaac's creations have a red glow in their eyes, as opposed to Hector's blue.
 ==Appearances==
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 Brokenmast.jpg
 Isaac (animated series) - 02.png|Young '''Isaac''' during his time as a slave
-Isaac (animated series) - 03.png|'''Isaac''' fighting an unknown adversary
+Isaac (animated series) - 03.png|'''Isaac''' fighting a bandit
-DpLFWEkVAAATreb.jpg|'''Isaac''' with [[Hector (animated series)|Hector]] and [[Dracula (animated series)|his master]]
+Isaac (animated series) - 04.png
+DpLFWEkVAAATreb.jpg|'''Isaac''' with [[Hector (animated series)|Hector]] and their master [[Dracula (animated series)|Dracula]]
+Godbrand_meets_his_maker.png|'''Isaac''' kills [[Godbrand]] to punish him for his treachery
+Isaac_scatters_the_ashes.png|'''Isaac''' scatters Godbrand's ashes in "[[Last Spell]]"
+Banished_to_a_desert.png|'''Isaac''' is sent to a desert in "[[For Love]]"
+I_might_like_an_army.png|'''Isaac''' starts building an army in "[[End Times]]"
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 <gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
 Isaac (animated series) - 01.png|'''Isaac''''s stats
-Forgemasters.jpg|Official art, with [[Hector (animated series)|Hector]] and [[Dracula (animated series)|his master]]
+Forgemasters.jpg|Official art, with [[Hector (animated series)|Hector]] and their master [[Dracula (animated series)|Dracula]]
+DxaP85EU8AAhrdJ.jpg|Official art
+Isaac (animated series) - 06.jpg|Official model sheet
+Isaac (animated series) - 07.jpg
+Isaac (animated series) - 08.jpg|Official sheet for '''Isaac''''s ceremonial dagger
 </gallery>
 ==Trivia==
+*[[File:43007716 244570156404934 3839427138847506432 n.jpg|right|120px]]Isaac's outfit design is based on his appearance in ''[[Akumajō Dracula: Yami no Juin - Fukushū no Jokyoku]]'', a promotional Japanese comic booklet where he's seen wearing his full [[Devil Forgemaster]] uniform.
-*Unlike the two characters from ''[[Castlevania: Curse of Darkness]]'', from where they were inspired from, Isaac and [[Hector (animated series)|Hector]] are not rivals in the animated series.
+*Unlike the two characters from ''[[Castlevania: Curse of Darkness]]'', from where they were based on, Isaac and [[Hector (animated series)|Hector]] are not shown to be rivals in the animated series. In fact, Isaac mentions that he has respect for Hector.
-*Despite their origins in ''Curse of Darkness'', where they excelled in the art of summoning demons, the main occupation of both [[Devil Forgemaster]]s in the animated series is to perform [[Necromancer|necromantic]] rituals to bring people and animals back from the dead (probably victims of previous raids) and transform them into creatures of the night in order to enlist them in [[Dracula (animated series)|Dracula]]'s [[Dracula's Army|army]].
+*Despite their origins in ''Curse of Darkness'', in which they excelled in the art of summoning [[Innocent Devils|demons]], the main occupation of both [[Devil Forgemaster]]s in the animated series is to perform rituals similar to [[Necromancer|necromancy]] to bring people and animals back from the dead (probably victims of previous raids) or transmogrify their corpses into creatures of the night to enlist them in [[Dracula (animated series)|Dracula]]'s [[Dracula's Army|army]].
-*The scars Isaac has on his face were apparently made by himself throughout his frequent self-inflicted punishments, implied to have been done with his own dagger due to their shape.
+*The scars Isaac has on his face were apparently made by himself as a result of his frequent self-inflicted punishments, implied to have been done with his own dagger due to their shape.
-*Isaac's physical appearance is based on his voice actor, [[Adetokumboh M'Cormack]].
+*Isaac's physical appearance seems to be based on his voice actor, [[Adetokumboh M'Cormack]].
-*Isaac's outfit design is based on his appearance in ''[[Akumajō Dracula: Yami no Juin - Fukushū no Jokyoku]]'', a promotional Japanese comic. He wears his full [[Devil Forgemaster]] uniform, similar to [[Hector (animated series)|Hector]]'s.
-<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
-43007716 244570156404934 3839427138847506432 n.jpg
-</gallery>
 ==See also==
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 [[Category:Humans]]
 [[Category:Male Characters]]
+[[Category:Necromancers]]
 [[Category:Season 2 Characters]]
 [[Category:Animated Series Characters]]