RATKO HEADCANONS (based on character themes + real life vampire stuff? I guess?)
Look. You give me a character who's gotten absolutely no lore outside of one or two things, has so much potential, and then just toss his whole potential to the side? im going to go crazy, duh.
Anyway, I have a lot of headcanons based on the level of information I have on vampires, and im just gonna throw it all into this + my own personal little lore ideas and shit
So, onto the headcanons 😭🙏
#1: Hes actually serbian. However, he probably relocated to Russia really early on in his life and just considered himself mostly russian. If he has any russian DNA, he'd probably be half serb - half russian.
Geographic-specific: He was probably a member of the sorbs (white serbs) tribe, specifically of the group that relocated to southeast europe (what is theorised to be today's modern-day serbia).
He has overall conflicting themes in his character that allude to different regions. For example, he wears the uschanka: a russian military hat, and yet his name is of serbian-croatian origin (and literally means 'warrior'/'one who fights' in serbian-croatian).
#2: He was at least 486 years old by 1476, probably older. Maybe he was an average or decent fighter, got turned one night, we dont know. Lol
This has to do with the fact that the sorb tribe was last mentioned in the late 10th century (roughly 990AD), but this specifically references the ones who stayed in the Lusatian region, hence its the latest time they were mentioned. It also checks out and lines up with stuff he himself had said (e.g. that hes the best vampire war fighter in the last 300 years)
#3: he got turned during a battle, learned how to survive of his own (and feed intensely enough to survive if he couldn't find any food), and got experience like that. Maybe jumped between small armies here and there, but nothing really permanent.
#4: if you compare his height to scenes with Varney and Trevor, hes (apparently) huge. Also, vampires are freakishly tall in castlevania, so I image he'd be at least 7 ft tall. around that degree maybe.
#5: slavic vampires were historically seen as short and plump. Even in cases like Arnold Paole, one of the vampiress's turned was pale and slim in life, but became plumper and more red-tinted from feeding.
So in this headcanoning, I headcanon that hes at least a little chubby with all his muscularity, especially when it comes to the fact of Headcanon #3, where it mentions he probably overfed in case he couldn't feed at some point in time, or a human slipped from his hands, hes probably a little chubby as well as muscular.
#7: when it comes for Varney, he knew something was up. At least to a degree. I dont think he saw him once and knew something was up, but he had his suspicions.
Maybe im overlooking the argument but I think his accusation of Varney not being a vampire was tongue-in-cheek, however how Varney replied ("you dont know what I am, but I tolerate you solely because you're good at death, it nourishes me."), made him suspicious.
His suspicions were confirmed posthumous, as he got to see first hand death itself.
#9: his alliance with Varney/Death becomes a little more forced after he dies. mostly for his own gain (still). Seeing that if he has the elemental spirit of death itself on his side, hes got quite a bit of power from that.
#10: speaking of his alliance with Varney, if the two worked together just a little bit more, tried to hear eachother out and work a plan together, they probably would have won. Varney literally left him to fight to his demise, but if he hadn't, he could have had a better chance.
The two's relationship was solely self-sufficient on both sides. They wanted to win in their own ways, and it was that that ultimately destroyed them both.
#11: to add onto number 9, there's a chance that the working-togetherness wasnt actually agreed upon. After losing the fight against Trevor, he could have possibly bound his afterlife to Varney/Death until he's freed onto the earth again.
#1: Having more is a symbol of status to him (and a general symbol of status of that time. More = better), so he hunts for and pursues more.
He himself literally stated "I take everything everybody has. Then I hunt for more". So it makes sense he'd pursue every possible thing he can. Power. Companionship, status, etc. He'd probably make more time for power and status, but partnership was usually status for guys back in those times
#2: he fights with absolutely every single other vampire, probably with Dragan most.
Dont know how to explain it outside of that they're both Serbs. Serbs are notorious for fighting over silly stuff. Hes still allies with them, but he will fight with them for any reason.
Bad day? Fights. Lost a good hunt? Fights. Someone breathed too loud around him? Fights. The drama is too good to say no to
#3: probably has a list of insults hes individually memorised to direct at literally everyone. He has psychoanalysed everyone and he will use it in his verbal war path on any and everyone who bothers him.
#4: the bat he turns into is a greater noctule bat.
#5: he has the largest fangs out of the war court. not the longest, but definitely the largest.
There we go. Done. My jump into the Ratkosphere is complete (for now...). Have a good day yall
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