A character in Castlevania
Played by Graham McTavish
Castlevania · 43 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Castlevania: in 13 of its 43 quotes
Most scenes with: Alucard (4), Isaac (3), Lisa Tepes (2)
DraculaKill everything you see. Kill them all. And once Târgoviște has been made into a graveyard for my love, go forth into the country. Go now. Go to all the cities of Wallachia. Arges, Severin, Gresit, Chilia, Enisara! Go now and kill! Kill for my love. Kill for the only true love I ever knew. Kill for the endless lifetime of hate before me.
Dracula(wounded, but not seriously) The Morning Star whip... well played, Belmont. But I am no ordinary vampire to be killed by your human magics. I am Vlad Dracula Tepes, AND I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!
You don't travel much?
DraculaI can travel. This entire structure is a traveling machine.
But, you don't. Do you?
They won't be peasants anymore if you teach them. They won't live such short, scared lives if they have real medicine. They won't be superstitious if they learn how the world really works.
DraculaWhy should I do that?
To make the world better. Start with me, and I'll start with you.
DraculaI think I might like you.
[Dracula has just given Wallachia one year to make amends for sentencing his wife Lisa to death for witchcraft.]
DraculaOne year. It will take me one year to summon an army from the guts of Hell itself!
[A set of heavy doors open and Alucard appears.]
No.
DraculaWhat do you mean, no? That woman was the only reason on earth for me to tolerate human life!
Then find the one who did the deed. If you loose an army of the night on Wallachia, you cannot undo it, and many thousands of people just as innocent as her will suffer and die.
DraculaTHERE ARE NO INNOCENTS! Not anymore! Any one of them could have stood up and said, "No, we won't behave like animals anymore."
I won't let you do it. I grieve with you, but I won't let you commit genocide.
[Dracula growls and attacks Alucard.]
For twenty years now have I served you and God as the Arch-Bishop to Târgoviște Cathedral. Yet never before have I felt the love of God shine so upon this great city. A little more than one year ago, many of us suffered a vision during the God-willed punishment of a witch in our midst. The Devil himself came to us and threatened us with doom in one year! And yet, here we are. The Devil lied! Why should we be surprised?
[Clouds begin to cover the sun... ]
Do we not know the Devil for a liar? Do we not know his works to be illusions? Of course we do! Illusions and falsehoods hold no fear for us, for we are the righteous of Târgoviște, living as if cradled in the love of God!
[... and blood rains from the sky. As people scream, the cathedral's windows explode, raining huge shards that impale the Arch-Bishop and his canons, and Dracula's face appears in the sky.]
DraculaOne year. I gave you one year to make your peace with your God. And what do you do? Celebrate the day you killed my wife. One year I gave you, while I assembled my armies. And now I bring your death. You had your chance.
[Dracula has summoned his legions, all his generals, and his two Devil Forgemasters in the throne room to discuss plans to eradicate the human race.]
DraculaMy generals, we prosecute a good war. In killing my wife, humanity has proven to me that they don't deserve Wallachia. Wallachia will now become our seat. We will scour them off the land. We will continue to use the night hordes, all the creatures of terror that humanity once drove away. Afterwards, I think I will give Wallachia to them. (more to himself) Perhaps, that will be better.
[The generals are left confused as to what Dracula meant.]
DraculaHector, Isaac, present me with plans for our next steps today.
[Dracula turns and starts to walk away.]
(outraged) The only two humans in your inner court, and they are the ones who will plan our next attack?!
[Dracula stops walking and turns to face Godbrand.]
DraculaThe only two generals in my court who are not driven by thirst. The only two who are bound by loyalty and intellect. True. They are not vampires like you and I, Godbrand. And that is why I trust them. For we are about the business of wiping humanity from the Earth. And they still stand with me.
[Dracula exits the throne room, leaving the generals alone.]
What the hell was that? He summons us from all over the world, tells us it's war. We're finally putting the screws to the livestock and taking over. And now this? Turning the whole thing over to a couple of humans? What is this shit?
[Hector and Isaac follow after Dracula.]
Hey! Where are you two going?
We're going to talk to him.
Why would he want to talk to you rather than me? Perhaps he wants to meet with his own kind.
Godbrand, you've never met anything you didn't immediately kill, fuck, or make a boat out of.
I don't understand why our lord doesn't tie you up outside with the rest of the animals.
[Hector and Isaac exit.]
Bigot! I like boats! I'm a fucking Viking! We're supposed to make boats out of things!
Yes? You wished to speak to me, my Lord?
DraculaThat was a dramatic entrance, Carmilla.
It was not meant to disrespect you. It was intended to unsettle a room full of men. I prefer in such situations to arrive with as many advantages as possible.
DraculaAnd how is it that you're here?
Godbrand has been keeping me appraised of your castle's position. Your current location was also advantageous.
DraculaAnd why has Godbrand been in regular communication with you?
I suspect he still wants to sleep with me.
DraculaAnd will you?
[chuckles, turns away] My Lord! From another man, that would be impossible impertinence.
DraculaAnd yet... I prefer to know my Generals' ties and compromises.
I may...If all the other vampire males in the world drop dead, and half the females. Some of the animals.
Dracula[chuckles] Very good, Carmilla. Speaking of impertinence... You just denounced the choice not to turn my dead wife, in front of all my generals. [glares at her] What advantage, does my anger buy you?
None! It's a question they have all been asking themselves. I gave you an opportunity to address it, my Lord.
DraculaOh, so you were helping.
Of course, my Lord.
DraculaThen why have you only just arrived? You were summoned some time ago. Surely, I needed help much earlier.
Distractions at home. Securing my region. Villagers, pitchforks, torches. The usual.
DraculaHmm. Rejoin the others. Hector and Isaac, my Forgemasters, will be directing our next moves; I'm sure they would enjoy your help.
As you wish, my Lord. [leaves]
[Dracula sits alone in his study in front of the fireplace as Godbrand enters.]
May I speak to you?
DraculaApproach, Godbrand.
I have a question.
DraculaGo on.
If you kill all the humans, what are we gonna eat?
Dracula(looks up) What?
It's very simple, Dracula. If you kill all the humans, where does the continuing supply of human blood come from?
Dracula(exasperated sigh) I allow you to go on feeding raids when we change location. I have blood stored in cold canisters. There are animals in the lower levels. You won't go hungry, Godbrand.
Not right now, no. But later. I don't want to be rationing myself on fucking pig blood.
Dracula(glaringly) Careful.
Pig blood gives me the shits. I'm sorry, but there it is.
DraculaYou will be taken care of, Godbrand.
Yes, of course. Right. Except, what if we're not? What if you just wanna kill all the humans and you don't leave us enough to keep in camps to feed from?
[Dracula rises up from his chair and walks threateningly towards Godbrand until the latter is backed against a wall.]
DraculaI will not be questioned by you. I have told you how it will be. The humans will die. You will be taken care of. Little Godbrand. Little vampire. Little parasite. Little boot weevil who delights in making noise and pretending he is important and dangerous. Are you going to continue questioning me? Are you going to fight me, little Godbrand?
(pauses) No.
[Dracula keeps his face just inches away from Godbrand.]
DraculaThen why are you still here making your little noises? Get out before I slit you up the middle and bite out your heart.
[Godbrand scurries out of the room while Dracula sits back down in his seat, breathing heavily and tired out.
DraculaIsaac. I feel like the tone of the War Hall is turning against me. Even Hector looks at me, as if he no longer knows me.
I have respect for Hector, but he is a gentle soul. He's still a little boy. Probably the same little boy who didn't understand why he was beaten for keeping pets.
Dracula[chuckles, sits next to him] Well... His pets were reanimated dead animals. One can understand any parent's discomfort, at a dead cat doing a dance in the living room.
He really only wants pets, you see. He really only understands pets. That's how he perceives your war. To cull humans back to a small population and then keep them in pens; he understands that.
DraculaThat is partly my fault. He's a child in a man's body; that does make him easy to lie to.
You are Dracula. No one has a right to your true beliefs.
DraculaNot even you?
Not even me. You've given me purpose, and treated me with respect. A lie doesn't change that. You are unique; you don't owe anybody anything.
Dracula...You, Isaac, are the only one I've told the truth to. Because I believe you are the only one... who grasps the necessity of it all.
You rarely come to my working place. How can I be of service to you, Master Dracula?
Dracula[meets his eyes]... Are you still my friend?
Always.
Dracula...Then know, that you may be alone.
Your son is here.
DraculaAlucard has entered the castle?
And a woman who stinks of magic. And a hunter. To your study. [they reach Dracula's study] Behind me, Dracula. They will not reach you while I live!
Dracula[astonished] You would give your mortal life to preserve my immortal one?
To save your genius, your knowledge, and your will? Without question. I am just a Forgemaster. Yours is the wisdom of ages.
Dracula... You are the greatest of your people, Isaac. [behind them, Dracula's magic mirror begins to assemble] You have a soul, I think. Perhaps that is more valuable to the world to come than a dusty collection of books and apparatus. Or perhaps you simply deserve a better fate than to die instead of me.
I choose my death, as I chose my life.
Dracula[puts a hand on Isaac's shoulder] Then, I regret only that I have taken a choice for you.
[He hurls Isaac through a mirror, teleporting him away from the castle.]
No! Dracula! No!
[The portal closes, leaving Isaac alone in the desert. In the castle, Dracula turns back to the doorway, where Alucard is standing]
Father.
DraculaSon.
Your war is over.
Dracula[smirks] Because you say so?
It ends... in the name of my mother.
Dracula[sharply] It ENDURES in the name of your mother.
I told you before I won't let you do it. I grieve with you, but I won't let you commit genocide.
DraculaYou couldn't stop me before.
[Trevor and Sypha enter the study beside Alucard.]
I was alone before.
[The fight begins.]
Dracula(laughs contemptuously) You mean to stake me?
You want me to.
DraculaWhat?
You didn't kill me before. You won't kill me now. You want this to end as much as I do.
DraculaDO I?!
You died when my mother died, you know you did. This entire catastrophe has been nothing but history's longest suicide note!
[Dracula's fight with Alucard carries them into the latter's childhood bedroom in the castle. He freezes]
Dracula... It's your room. [his eyes clear] My boy. I'm- I... I'm killing my boy. Lisa... I'm killing our boy. We painted this room, we... made these toys. It's our boy, Lisa. Your greatest gift to me, and I'm killing him... I must already be dead.
[He does not resist as Alucard breaks off one of his bedposts, steps up to him and stakes him through the heart.]
DraculaSon...
Father...
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