Castlevania: Nocturne

No longer shall we be trapped on the edges of the world

in pitiful shadows.

The skies will break into obsidian black, and my glory will cover the Earth.

And yes, she was once the humble girl who they called mad.

But see?

She was the Messiah the whole time.

And now she has the blood of Sekhmet in her veins.

All will see, and all will bow.

She stands here, not only as your queen, but as your god.

Feast for your goddess! Drink! Dance!

Look at you.

I have some good news.

I know how you can secure the Abbot's loyalty forever.

He has a daughter.

Ah.

A daughter.

How delicious.

You'll have to speak to me sooner or later.

You know there are stepping stones right over there.

I know this is hard for you.

But if I would have told you, everything would have changed.

People would have found out.

You would have been the whore's daughter.

I knew if he and I kept it secret, we would keep you safe.

Maria, I loved him.

Perhaps if I had insisted he stayed with us and been a father,

he wouldn't have betrayed himself like this.

I don't know.

I'm sorry, Maria.

Richter!

You're all right.

So, you can do magic now.

Yes. It happened when I met my grandfather.

Oh.

- I've got a lot to tell you. - So have I.

Wait. You're wearing a headband.

Behold, the one before whom evil trembles, Devourer of Light,

Taker of Souls, Vampire Lioness, She Who Mauls, the Messiah of...

Yes, charmed to meet you.

You're meant to bow.

Countess?

Her Magnificence has heard much about you.

I'm flattered. For a god to have heard of me.

A god should know where all her dragons are.

Your voyage to Europe has not been in vain.

I've been told about the nauseating little revolution in the New World.

Watch how we will get them to eat their own vomit here in France.

Then you will see how to deal with your American upstarts.

The time for compromise is over.

We will not only extinguish their dissent...

But start an empire.

Exactly.

And once they see my beauty, all will worship me.

Forgive me, but you want to accomplish this through an alliance

with a man who will never worship you?

I'm a goddess.

Of course.

Bow, I said.

I will make the Abbot worship me.

Everyone has a weakness.

Priests.

Dragons.

Yes.

Once she conquers Europe, you will be her guide into America.

And you will deliver it to me.

Your Messiah.

I told you to bow.

I should have told you about Juste.

It's all right. I understand.

He was kind of...

Wounded? Withdrawn?

Bit of a dick.

Oh, yeah. Yes.

Annette, look.

Oh. You're back, are you?

Ah, shit.

Those were Edouard's?

Uh...

Look, about everything...

I just want to, uh, apologize personally to you and swear I'll...

I knew you'd be back.

I was more concerned than I wanted to be.

Oh.

The muscles, huh?

There's so few of us left.

We're going to get Edouard out.

Ooh.

How did that happen?

A bunch of vampires tracked me, hunted me down.

I don't know.

I was helpless, like I was a child again.

But we're not children anymore.

No.

When I had nothing to hold onto, and everything was gone,

I remembered the things that make me who I am.

The hopes, the pain, and the shit.

The love in this house.

And, I suppose for the first time, I really made a choice

about the kind of person I want to be.

A Belmont.

I left all six of them in a pile of ashes.

I won't let myself be afraid ever again.

But we are afraid.

It's not always bad.

It just means we have something to lose.

I suppose we'll be needing a new plan, then.

Does he use all the mouths to eat?

No.

We're concerned you still have limitations on the number you can make.

Soon, we'll have many more corpses for you.

Be assured you'll have enough.

If I may, Countess.

I've been thinking our first move

should be on the city of Nantes.

With that revolutionary stronghold gone,

we'll have a fortified position

from which to take Rennes.

And then, of course, onto Paris.

Before we make any plans,