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Maria Renard is a
vampire huntress and distant
blood relative of the Belmont clan (although in Castlevania: Dracula
X, she was rewritten to be the sister of Richter's beloved, Annette). In 1792, Maria was captured,
along with several other young women, and taken to Dracula's
castle. Richter Belmont saved Maria from Shaft, one of Dracula's servants,
who was attempting to cast a spell on her. Once Maria is rescued, she becomes
playable and uses various magically enhanced animal attacks for combat.
There exists an ending in which Maria confronts and defeats the Count instead
of Richter.
In the introduction sequence
to Symphony of the Night (a retelling of the final boss battle Akumaj?
Dracula X), if Richter's health completely runs out, a twelve-year
old Maria will appear and amplify Richter with her magic in his effort
to defeat Dracula. At the age of twelve, she has mastered how to use Animal
spirits for familiars, summoning Magic Spells and the four Celestial Beasts.
Four years after the defeat of
Dracula, Richter vanished. Maria immediately set out to find him. After
a year of searching, in 1797, she finally found Castlevania. In the castle
she learned that Richter was working in concert with the dark forces. With
Maria's help, the half-vampire Alucard
was able to break Shaft's hold on Richter and defeat Dracula. Depending
on certain player actions in Symphony, the player will receive different
endings. In one, Maria will admit to not being able to live without Alucard
and go after him. In another, she will resign herself due to the fact that
she cannot ease his torment and returns home with Richter.
In the Castlevania Judgment storyline, Maria
was adopted into the Belmont household after Dracula was defeated. She looked
up to Richter as an older brother. At some point, Maria had a new pet barn owl
named Osca which would take the place of her doves. Maria would have a hard
time being a young kid growing up around well endowed mature village women,
such as those she helped rescue and she became dissatisfied with her own lack
of development.
At the age of 15,
Maria sensed a strange unease among her animal friends. Beneath the light of a
full moon, she ventured out into a dark forest seeking answers. She had
entered a time rift and was greeted by a strange man who introduced himself as
Aeon. He explained that this realm was a
place where she would find what she desired, but that there would be trials
for her to pass. She was delighted at the prospect of receiving a present, so
she gladly accepted the trials. Perhaps this could cure her self-image
problems? She would fight several warriors from other time periods, including Shanoa,
who made the mistake of referring to her as a little girl, Sypha,
who didn't seem to appreciate the two "sacred gifts" that she had
been endowed with, and Carmilla,
a vampire who naturally had to be destroyed, but who was also irritatingly
"bigger" than her. When she returned from the time rift, time would
bring her what she desired. However, she soon found that her faith in
appearances would fade like a dream.
 
 
  
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
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