Overview

So if you didn’t already know, the whole of Castlevania concerns the attempts of a handful of individuals to thwart, stymie, repel, revoke, impede, obstruct, block, stop, hinder, frustrate, quash, or prevent the resurrection and eventual takeover of mankind by Dracula and his various agents seeing to such ends.  For the most part, Castlevania follows the exploits of a family known as the Belmonts, but several games have included allies and familial offshoots of the original “Belmont clan.”  As the legend goes, Dracula rises every 100 years (through various means) and the Belmonts are Transylvania’s premier vampire hunters, even possessing and passing down the famed Vampire Killer, a special whip imbued with power that makes it perfectly suited to (guess what) killing vampires and myriad other beasties.

The chronological releases haven’t followed the in-game timeline since the release of Castlevania III:  Dracula’s Curse, which followed the exploits of Trevor Belmont some 200 years before Simon’s adventures.  Confusing the matter further is Konami’s seemingly sporadic inclusion and removal of certain games from the “official” timeline of events.  Dealing with continuity errors like many parent companies of convoluted storylines, Konami neither validates nor invalidates the existence of these “outside” stories by acknowledging their place in an alternate universe of sorts.

Perhaps the most conspicuous example of these alternate continuities is the latest Lords of Shadow series.  While adopting elements from previous games, Konami still maintains that the events take  place in a different reality than the “main” series.  Since the Lords of Shadow games do comprise their own self-contained timeline, their events will be handled separately.  Otherwise, the “official” events in the timeline will be represented in green, while non-canon games are denoted in red.  For more detailed and specific information, visit the individual Timeline and Character pages.

Timeline – Canon and Non-canon

1094 A.D. – Lament of Innocence

1450 – Castlevania Legends

1476 – Dracula’s Curse

1479 – Curse of Darkness

1576 – The Adventure (The Adventure ReBirth)

1591 – Belmont’s Revenge

16xx – Order of Shadows

1691 – Castlevania (Vampire Killer, Haunted Castle, Super Castlevania IV, Castlevania Chronicles)

1698 – Simon’s Quest

1748 – Harmony of Dissonance

1792 – Rondo of Blood (Dracula X, The Dracula X Chronicles)

1797 – Symphony of the Night

18xx – Order of Ecclesia

1830 – Circle of the Moon

1844 – Legacy of Darkness

1852 – “Castlevania 64”

1897 – Quincy Morris defeats Dracula as a precursor to the events of Bloodlines.

1917 – Bloodlines

1944 – Portrait of Ruin

1999 – Julius Belmont slays Dracula “for good” – a precursor to the events of Aria of Sorrow.

2035 – Aria of Sorrow

2036 – Dawn of Sorrow

12,xxx – Castlevania Judgment

“Outside of Time” – Harmony of Despair

Lords of Shadow Timeline

10xx – Gabriel Belmont and Marie are married.

1046 – Trevor Belmont is born.

1047 – Lords of Shadow and Reverie (DLC) and Resurrection (DLC)

1067 – Simon Belmont is born to Trevor and Sypha.

1073 – 1103 – Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate

1073 – Trevor and Sypha are killed.

1103 – Simon and Alucard defeat Dracula.

1547 – Lords of Shadow 2 prologue.

2057 – Lords of Shadow 2