Count Dracula Vlad Țepeș is the main villain of the Castlevania series, loosely based on the same character from Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula. He's the main villain and final boss of nearly every Castlevania game, and many heroes fight through his vast armies of night creatures to confront him. The most prominent of these heroes are the members of the Belmont Clan, who wield the sacred Vampire Killer whip — one of the few weapons that can destroy Dracula.

Despite Dracula's defeat in each Castlevania game he appears in, he will always come back to bring an eternal night for the next game. While Castlevania's Dracula possesses the usual vampiric traits of his literary predecessor, he's treated more like an "ultimate evil" that other monsters either directly serve or revere. Even Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin's Brauner, a vampire without loyalty to Dracula, acknowledges his immense power. Dracula proves his power when players finally fight him — standing taller than any hero, greeting them with his signature wine glass shatter, and even transforming into a stronger demonic form for the battle's final phase more often than not.

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