For those of you who don't know the Castlevania Storyline, maybe you can have a better idea, why we (Castlevania lover) love Castlevania series... Hehehe... And for those of you who know better then I do, please correct me if I'm wrong...

I'll give sites reference for Castlevania Storyline that I copied here... Hehehe... Thank's a lot for the guy who translated it to English from Japan, and who posted it in he internet... Hehehe... so here we goes...

I got this Castlevania Storyline from the internet... I should say thank's to the guy who translated and posted it at the internet :

Translator 'Abe no seimei' Thank you!

1094
After his bride was captured by the vampire Walter, Leon Belmont go on a raid against him and eventualy destroy the vampire.
The whip wielding the power to destroy evil, the vampire killer was born in the process.
Meanwhile, Leon's old friend Mathias Cronqyst loses his wife and become a vampire and afterwards the count Dracula.
Game: Lament of Innocence (ps2), vampire hunter: Leon Belmont.

1470's
Lisa, Dracula's second wife, is condamned to death by the Inquisition (for being convicted to be a witch).

1476
Ralph belmont, with the help of Sypha, Grant, and Alucard, challenges the Dracula, the demon lord opressing people.
Game: Castlevania 3 (NES), vampires hunters: Sypha Bernandes, Ralph C. Belmont.

1576
Dracula, who should be dead, accomplishes his first ressurection (it is said that the Bathory family might have been involved).
Christopher Belmont seals Dracula away.
Game: Castlevania Adventure (GB), vampire hunter: Christopher Belmont.

1591
Dracula take possession of the body of Soleiyu, son of Christopher, and tries to regain his powers completly.
Christopher seals him away for the second time.
Game: Castlevania Adventure 2 (GB), vampire hunters: Christopher and Soleiyu Belmont.

1691
One hundred years after he has been sealed, the day came for Dracula to rise again.
Simon Belmont goes on a journey to destroy the demon lord.
Games: Castlevania (NES, etc), Castlevania Chronicles (PS), vampire hunter: Simon Belmont.

1698
In order to get rid of the curse put on him by Dracula before being vainquished, Simon goes to battle again.
Game: Simon's Quest(Disk/Nes), vampire hunter: Simon Belmont.

1748
Fifty years after Simon's battle, Juste Belmont and his old pal, Maxim, enters a (Fake) Castlevania to rescue Lydie, a mutual friend of them.
Game: Harmony of Dissonance, vampire hunter: Juste Belmont.

1792
Dracula rises again thanks to the dark priest Shaft.
Richter Belmont, with the help of the young Maria Renard wich was held captive in the castle, destroys the the demon lord.
Games: Castlevania-Rondo of Blood(PCE), Castlevania XX(SNES), vampire hunter: Richter Belmont.

1796
During a full moon night, four years after his battle against Dracula, Richter mysteriously disapears.

1797
Richter, due to a curse put on him by Shaft, is used to make the demon lord rise again.

Alucard, Dracula's son, engages a tragic fight to rescue the soul of his father.
Game: Castlevania-Symphony of the Night (PS/SAT) (vampire hunter: Richter Belmont).

1897
Quincy Morris, related to the Belmont family, vainquish Dracula.
vampire hunter: Quincy Morris

1914
The vampire Elizabeth Bathory, Dracula's niece, is involved in the begining of WWI.

1917
The Morris, having sensed that vampires were at work behind WWI, go to Castlevania and stop the Dracula ressurection project.
Game: Castlevania-bloodlines (GEN), vampire hunter: Johnny Morris.

1999
According to the prophecy, the emperor of fear, Dracula the demon lord rises again.
Julius Belmont, with the help of his partners, put an end to Dracula's resurection cycle.
Demon lord Dracula DIES. vampire hunter: Julius Belmont.

2035
Castlevania, which was sealed in an eclipse, appears again in this world.
Soma Cruz, reincarnation of Dracula, is, helped by his friends, saved from the destiny of becoming the new demon lord.
Game: Aria of Sorrow (GBA), vampire hunter: Julius Belmont, hero: Soma Cruz.

2036Soma becomes the target of a cult planning to intronize a new demon lord. Other candidates to this title appear.
Game: Dawn of Sorrow (DS), vampire hunter: Julius Belmont, hero: Soma Cruz.

The following titles: Castlevania Legends (GB), Circle of the moon (GBA),
Castlevania 64 (N64), Legacy of Darkness (N64), are considered as "another story", and therefore are not included into the timeline.

They respectively take place in 1450, 1830, 1844, and 1852

Do you see swt? it's rather strange isn't it? at the latest year... the Belmont family which have the power to be the vampire killer only become sidekick for Soma Cruz... I think Soma first appearance is at GBA Advance...

I still don't know how to put image for each cover box game.. anyone can teach me how to put image here in the forum? please drop me a message... is it using the IMG tag for html?

And this is from another site...

The beginning of the Belmont conflict against Count Dracula seems to begin with Leon Belmont in Castlevania:
Lament of Innocence. The Belmonts were continually called to use their superhuman abilities and hard trained skills
for the side of Good. When Count Dracula and his army of darkness began to cast a shadow over all of Europe, a
Belmont was never far. The Belmont Clan would have their mettle tested many times, and always prevail. Their stories
are told with you, the player, as their guide.

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1094 -
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
It is the time of the crusaders, and our story focuses on Leon Belmont, hero
of the knighthood. One dark day, his fiance Sara is kidnapped. His friend, bedridden Mathias Cronquist, tells Leon
that his lady has been taken away by a vampire named Walter, who lives in the forest known as Eternal Night. Unable
to convince the church to lend him aid, he gives up his sword and his title to find Sara himself. Upon entering the
evil forest, Leon comes across a mysterious old man named Rinaldo, who bequethes to Leon a whip enchanted with the
power of alchemy. With this begins the Belmont legend, and the origin of the feud between the Belmonts and Count
Dracula.

1450 -
Castlevania: Legends
Several hundred years after Leon first encounters Dracula, you will find Sonia Belmont.
Perhaps thinking the Belmont clan is long extinct, Dracula comes out of hiding and sets out to cover the world in
darkness. What he didn't know was that a descendent of Leon still existed - Sonia Belmont, who happened to be
aquainted with his long delinquent son Alucard. She was successful in defeating Dracula, but her powers were so
strong that the people of Romania feared her, and thus had the Belmonts exiled from the land of Translyvania. This
game has been retconned by Koji Igarashi and is not part of the official timeline anymore.

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1476 - Castlevania 3:
Dracula's Curse
Next in the line of active Vampire Hunters was Trevor Belmont. He was called to action when
Dracula was prematurly risen by some of his followers (whom he promptly slaughtered and sacrificed for thier
services). The Count now had two purposes, to cover the world in darkness, and to destroy the Belmont family once
and for all. Trevor, had the help of three brave fighters: Grant DaNasty, Sypha Belnades, and Alucard, son of
Dracula. With their help, they managed to lay Dracula to rest Trevor was also victorious at gaining the trust of
Romania, which became once again home to the Belmonts.

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1479 - Castlevania:
Curse of Darkness
Dracula had been slain, but his curse still ravaged the land. This installment focuses on a
young man named Hector, who had preciously been part of Dracula's clan as a Devil Forgemaster. Having foresaken his
master, Hector escaped, but his freedom was not without a price - Isaac, once a dear friend, accused Hector's lover
of witchcraft, and had her burned. Filled with anger, Hector ventures through the land, not only seeking revenge,
but searching for a cure to the plague and pestilence. It is not long before he crosses pathes with Trevor Belmont,
who also seeks to free the country from the curse. At first enemies, the two eventually team up to destroy Isaac and
the remnants of Dracula's followers.

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1576 - The Castlevania
Adventure
Dracula rises from his hundred year hibernation, sure that his plan had worked and that he no
longer had to fear the Belmont family. He was dead wrong. Christopher Belmont set forth to prove this to him. During
the confrontation with Christopher, Dracula felt it would be better to turn tail and run. He would not stand a
chance against a Belmont, so hid until a time of weakness would reveal itself.

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1591 - Castlevania 2:
Belmont's Revenge
Fifteen years later, Dracula discovered Christopher's son, Soleiyu. He kidnapped the young
boy, forcing Christopher to be more careful in his second battle with Drac, for one mistake and Dracula would have
Soleiyu killed. Christopher found and rescued Soleiyu, who had be brainwashed by the forces of evil, and set forth
to destroy the Count with raging fury.

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1691 -
Castlevania
Another hundred years passed, and Dracula rose from his sleep with a plan. If he was defeated
again, he would not sleep alone! He began reaking havok and quickly drew the attention of a new Belmont. Simon was
the great-grandson of Christopher, and had been trained with the experience of two great Vampire Hunters before him.
However, all the training he had would not prepare him for what Dracula had planned. Simon made it to Dracula with
all the skill of a warrior, and promptly slayed him.

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1698 - Castlevania 2:
Simon's Quest
Simon thought that his torments were over when he defeated Dracula. What did not know was
Dracula had placed a curse on him before their battle had ended, and slowly Simon would fall ill and die. One of the
village elders told him that the only way to break the curse was to resurrect Dracula and burn him. Simon would need
the Count's body parts to do this, and the Count knew it. The Count had previously ordered his followers to scatter
his body and guard it's pieces with their lives. He knew that he'd be sacrificing an early resurrection, but it was
worth it to him. He would sleep his hundred years, and when he awoke, Simon would be long dead and the Belmont
family lineage with him. Simon set forth to gather Drac's parts. He resurrected the Count and burned him, lifting
the curse.

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1748 -
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Lydie Erlanger, Transylvanian youth, has been kidnapped and brought into
the mysterious castle in the fog. Her friend, Juste Belmont (grandson of Simon) and Maxim Kischine, must enter the
once again and slay the forces within. Once inside, Maxim begins to act funny - in his jealousy, could he be
conspiring against the Belmonts? In spite of this obstacle, Juste puts a stop to all of these plans, and the world
is safe again.

1792 -
Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
Once again, Count Dracula comes back to the mortal plane and he awakens having
learned a small lesson from his last endevor. This time he learned of a Belmont named Richter. He observed Richter
for a while and learned that he had a girlfriend, Annette Renard, and several friends in the village. His time act
was now. He kidnapped Annette, her sister Maria, and a few other villagers. Richter set forth on his long journey,
not knowing if things would turn out for the better. However, when Richter rescued Maria, she swore she would become
a vampire hunter too, and joined the Belmont on his quest. Together they freed all of the captives, and slayed
Dracula yet again.

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1797 - Castlevania:
Symphony of the Night
Four years after Richter's battle with the Count, darkness came yet again. A Dark
Priest named Shaft, was hungry for ultimate power and thought he could achieve this with the help of Dracula. He set
forth to resurrect Drac yet again, but first he would remove a major obstacle in his path, Richter Belmont. He
placed a spell upon Richter and actually managed to get him to side with evil. This large shift in power caused
Alucard to awaken from his slumber - the same Alucard who had purposefully put himself to sleep in hope of ridding
existence of his cursed bloodline. Now Shaft had to be stopped to prevent all of mankind from being extinguished.
During the raid of the newly appeared castle, he crosss paths with Maria several times, discovers the source of
Richter's defection, and defeats Dracula yet again. After this battle, Richter settles down and passes the Vampire
Killer to the Morris family.

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1830 - Castlevania:
Circle of the Moon
The dark priestess Carmilla seeks the return of her master, Lord Dracula. Using the life
power of the captured vampire hunter Morris Baldwin, two young disciples, Hugh Baldwin and Nathan Graves, must not
only save him but stop yet another resurrection of the evil lord Dracula. This game has also been retconned by Koji
Igarashi.

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1844 - Castlevania:
Legacy of Darkness
Through the necromancy of his followers, Dracula is once drawn back into land of the
living earlier than usual. However, his body is not fully regenerated. After destroying local villages, he begins to
kidnap children, looking for a suitable soul. It is then when man-beast Cornell steps in and attempts to stop this
plan. He is not entirely successful. This game has also been retconned by Koji Igarashi.

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1852 - Castlevania
64
Eight years down the road, a man of Belmont lineage named Reinhart Schneider, and a small girl, descendent
of Sypha named Carrie Fernandez, investigate the missing children from the local village. All signs point to
Castlevania. In Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, you also play as a gun-wielding knight named Henry, one of the
children Cornell freed several years prior, to rescue other village kids that are still remaining. This game has
also been retconned by Koji Igarashi.

1897 - Bram Stoker's Dracula
As documented in Bram Stoker's
Dracula, it was in 1897 that Dracula rose again, by unknown means, and had Jonathan Harker as his guest. In a final
showdown, Quincey Morris and Jonathan Harker dug a knife into the chest of the sleeping Dracula. Quincey, however,
did not survive the gash inflicted by gypsies under the influence of the Count's hyponotism. Although the book does
not mention this, Quincey's son, John, was hiding in the background, and had witnessed the whole event. It is also
not mentioned that Quincey was a member of the Belmont family lineage. Logically, this is improbable...there is no
way a little two year old (since John was born in 1895) could follow his father across the countryside to Romania to
witness the final battle. And Quincey must be a widow, since he tried to court Lucy early in the novel.

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1917 - Castlevania
Bloodlines
Not long after the death of Dracula, a witch practicing black magic accidentally resurrected
Elizabeth Bartley, one who was tried and convicted of being a vampire years before. She was, in fact, the niece of
the Count Dracula, and decided to try to raise her uncle. This is not a simple task - through devious manners, she
begins the first World War in order to harvest souls for her dark purpose. John Morris, along with his long time pal
Eric Lecarde, knew that they had to stop Bartley and Dracula once again.

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1944 - Castlevania:
Portrait of Ruin
World War II is drawing to an end, but many have still perished. Much like in Bloodlines,
the evil Count Brauner has used the souls of the departed to resurrect Dracula's castle. Jonathan Morris, the son of
John Morris, as well as his friend Charlotte, has ventured into the castle to take him down, and fight his soulless
vampiric daughters. However, Jonathan is unable to wield the Vampire Killer whip passed down by the Belmont clan,
since he is not of true blood.

1999 - The Demon Castle Wars
As Nostradamus predicted, Dracula once again
rises to terrorize the Earth. Julius Belmont, along with a group of unnamed compatriots, finally succeeded in
destroying Dracula for good and eliminating his threat forever. Or so they thought. There is no game that chronicles
the "Demon Castle Wars", though they are referenced, and could be the setting for a future game.

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2035 - Castlevania: Aria
of Sorrow
Thirty six years after Dracula's final defeat, Japanese high school student Soma Cruz and his
friend Mina Hakuba enter into a shrine, only to emerge inside Castlevania. There they encounter Graham Jones, a cult
leader who looks to assume the power of Dracula for his own. He is aided by Yoko Belnades, descendent of Sypha, and
a mysterious man named Genya Arikado, who bears a resemblance to a particularly familiar vampire. With their help,
Soma must stop Graham, and discover why he has been summoned into the evil haunted castle.

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2036 - Castlevania: Dawn
of Sorrow
A year passes after Soma has escaped from Castlevania. Life continues as normal, until a cult
member named Celia challenges Soma. Much like the dark priest Shaft, she wishes to resurrect Dracula, but cannot
with Soma being in possession of lord vampire's soul. Soma once again teams up with Julius Belmont, Yoko Belnades
and Genya Arikado to invade's Celia's fortress and stop her underlings, both of whom also candidates for the next
resurrection of Dracula.

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