Where to Next?

If you haven't seen the timeline I threw together for Castlevania, check it out. I've spent the last few hours, as I just stand around at work and then drive home, wondering to myself where the series will go next. Of course, I have my own ideas on the subject.

The biggest gap in the timeline lies in 1999, when Alucard and Julius Belmont obliterate Dracula's body in the Demon Castle Wars, thus preventing him from ever rising again. However, I believe that Koji Igarashi is saving this one for his magnum opus. It will be (and should be) one for the ages.

Iga could also visit Bram Stroker's vision of Dracula and transform the story already adopted into Castlevania canon into a game. Such an adaptation is unlikely.

Alternatively, since the method of Dracula's revival is unclear in both circumstances, the next game in the series could explain how Dracula is revived. It would be a nice twist on the series to play as someone trying to bring the count back, or to have a futile quest. I'm a big fan of the Julius Belmont character, and I think it would be great for his characterization and arc if the Demon Castle Wars were a result of his failure to prevent Dracula's revival.

So, apparently Dracula has a brother or a sister, or an in-law version of either. His "niece", Elizabeth Bartley revived him by triggering World War I and harvesting the souls of the slain. Some explanation of her origins would be appreciated. Perhaps even going back as far as Lament of Innocence could fill in the gap. Maybe she is the daughter of his brother-in-law, the brother of his first wife, who's death pushed him over the edge and made in Dracula.

Anyway, I'll put together some more coherent thoughts and put them on the site.