Barlowe

Barlowe's History

Within Ecclesia lies the remains of Dracula, a nearly indestructible relic that if destroyed, will prevent Dracula's resurrection. Barlowe's research has resulted in Dominus, a weapon powerful enough to perform such a task, and Shanoa is tasked with its use. However, right before Shanoa prepares to do so, Albus, another of Barlowe's disciples, steals Dominus and flees. Barlowe then orders Shanoa to locate Dominus and bring it (and Albus) back, if possible.

In actuality, Barlowe was presumably already driven insane and influenced by Dracula to get the dark lord revived, the relic in Ecclesia is actually a seal to confine him and the organization's true goal was the revival of Dracula. Barlowe's true intention was to have Shanoa sacrifice her life with Dominus to break the seal and resurrect the dark lord. In addition, Barlowe, after Albus refused to let Shanoa undergo the ritual due to realizing the cost toward her life, manipulated him by claiming he'll let him take Shanoa's place before sending him on what was ultimately a wild goose chase specifically to get him out of the way so he wouldn't interfere with the ritual. In the bad ending, after Shanoa finds all three Dominus Glyphs, she uses it on the seal and dies, releasing Dracula. However, the results of this action are not shown and it is initially unbeknownst to the player that Dracula was actually resurrected and not destroyed (although Barlowe briefly flashes a psychotic smirk as Shanoa dies, giving the player a slight hint about what's really going on).

However, should you meet the requirements for the good ending (rescuing all the villagers), Albus will warn Shanoa not to use Dominus, and she ends up refusing Barlowe's will. Barlowe then reveals his true intentions: to kill Shanoa and use her sacrifice to free Dracula from the seal. He tries to defeat Shanoa and fails; however, he succeeds in awakening Dracula by sacrificing himself to undo the seal on the vessel containing Dracula's soul, with Shanoa implying immediately beforehand that Dracula possessed Barlowe to do so.