Vampire Killer
What is Vampire Killer?
History of Vampire Killer
The Vampire Killer whip, also known as the Belmont Family Whip, Holy Whip, Mystical Whip, and formerly known as the Whip of Alchemy, is a recurring legendary whip in the Castlevania series. Originally created as the Whip of Alchemy by an alchemist named Rinaldo Gandolfi, in order to slay the Vampire King Walter Bernhard, it was eventually passed down to Leon Belmont. The whip was fond of Leon and grew more powerful as a result of being wielded by him, but was still not powerful enough to defeat Walter. Eventually, Leon found that Walter had transformed Leon’s betrothed, Sara Trantoul, into a vampire. Eager to preserve her soul in any way that he could, Leon turned to Rinaldo, who suggested that Sara’s vampiric soul be infused within the Whip of Alchemy before she died. After doing so, the Whip of Alchemy grew a great hatred towards anything related to the creatures of the night, and became known as the Vampire Killer. Leon would go on to not only defeat Walter Bernhard, but spark up the feud with Count Dracula (then known as Mathias Cronqvist) that would last the next thousand years. The Vampire Killer whip went on to be passed down through generations of Belmont’s, each wielding it to destroy creatures of the night. Eventually, however, Richter Belmont grew to believe that he was not worthy of the whip, and gave it away to the Morris Clan. For a brief time, the Morris Clan was in possession of the Vampire Killer whip, although that clan was not recognized as worthy of the whip and thus it began to slowly drain their lifeforce. Come the 21st Century, the whip, was returned to the Belmont Clan in the hands of Julius Belmont, who is the last known wielder.
