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reborn father, Simon attempts
to defeat Dracula one final time.
Somewhat successful, Dracula
disappears in a red light, with his
son remarking that the likelihood
of his father still being alive to
be high. However, centuries
pass, and the present day comes
to be. Dracula, now withered,
weak and hiding in darkness,
is approached by his former
comrade and necromancer lord
with the news that Satan’s return
is imminent and his first port of
call is revenge on the man once
known as Gabriel.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Edition

Zobek
A founder of the Brotherhood of
Light and a supposed friend of
Gabriel’s, Zobek was originally
one of the three holy warriors
who ascended to heaven, leaving
his earthly body behind in the
process. Throughout Lords of
Shadow, Zobek encourages
Gabriel to retrieve and assemble
the pieces of the God mask to
resurrect his beloved Marie,
knowing all too well that the
mask never had the ability to do
so.

himself resented. However,
unbeknownst to him, Zobek was
being manipulated by an even
greater evil – Satan – whose idea
it was to use the Devil mask’s
power to manipulate Gabriel
into killing his wife.

Thinking himself victorious,
Zobek is presumably destroyed
by Satan before he can utilise
the God mask’s power, with
Lucifer claiming it for himself.
The traitor isn’t seen again until
the epilogue of Lords of Shadow,
where we learn that the former
lord has been seeking out the
At the climax of newly reborn Gabriel to warn
Lords of Shadow, him of Satan’s impending return
Zobek
reveals and quest for revenge after the
his real identity former defeated him centuries
to
Gabriel, ago.
informing
him
that his entire Trevor Belmont
quest has been a
ruse so he could Gabriel’s only son, hidden from
obtain the God him due to the foreseen darkness
mask.
Whilst in his future, Trevor Belmont
the three lords makes his first appearance
had formed an in Mirror of Fate as a human
uneasy alliance and father of Simon Belmont.
after their better Knowing that his father is none
halves
had other than Dracula, Trevor sets
ascended, none out to destroy his now inhuman
of them wanted parent in order to restore the
to part with their Belmont name to its former
piece of the mask, glory.
a truth that Zobek
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