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The Requiem for Simon Belmont is a 60+ chapter novelization of the Castlevania 2, Castlevania 1, and Haunted Castle video games. At time of writing, the fic is still ongoing, and updates weekly.

The story follows Simon’s quest in present-day chapters. Between each present-day chapter, we’re given glimpses into Simon’s past. These vignettes of the past cover eight years worth of Simon’s life prior to the events of Castlevania 2. It affords the reader a unique perspective on the highs and utter lows of one of Castlevania’s most iconic heroes.

You can read the story on AO3 here.

This animation illustrates Simon’s eventual return to the ruins of Castlevania in chapter 60.

This animation is a collaborative effort between my spouse and I. I’ll be sharing some details about our process in another post. :)

For now, I’ll leave you with some wonderful summaries/reviews of TRFSB, written by a handful of incredibly kind and dedicated readers:

“TRFSB is a love letter to Castlevania/Haunted Castle and Castlevania 2. It fleshes out the story of those games, while still respecting canon.

The first chapter alone amazingly sets the mood for what is to come.

The characters are well-defined and have their own personality and agency; the reader truly starts to cheer and mourn with them. Original Characters like Gabriel (Simon's close friend), Laurent (Simon's grandfather) and Mathieu (Simon's and Selena's son) feel natural next to Simon and fit the story well.

A special mention goes to Selena (Simon's wife). While appearing in Haunted Castle, her character was kept as a blank slate, only serving as a reason for Simon to charge Castlevania. TRFSB's Selena is a well-written female character, fierce when she needs to be, soft when the situation allows it. She and Simon complement eachother well, and the gentle scenes between the two of them (and their son later on) are a welcome break from the often somber plot.

My personal conclusion: TRFSB is one of my favourite stories currently. I'm always excited to see it updated. Many of the characters (even Laurent) have grown dear to me, and I want to see Simon succeed in the end.

I warmly recommend it to anyone searching for Castlevania fanworks.” - FrozenKirby93

“Simon Belmont's journey to fulfill his destiny is paved with thorns and obstacles. His land and body wracked by a mysterious curse, he sets himself to solve the mystery of his condition and the possible return of the wicked Count. No monster, nor illness will stop him: he is a Belmont, and that is all he has ever known. A novelization of the events of the first two classics for NES, starring the most famous and noble of the Belmont clan.” - Beevean

Alternatively, “Simon goes through the Horrors in search of one joy (he doesn't find it)” - also Beevean

“If I had to say one thing to recommend The Requiem For Simon Belmont I would have to say it is so genuinely filled with love for not just the games it’s based on but the entire series as a whole. So much work is put into a game that’s been largely forgotten by the community. A true labor of love.” - Summerf0x

“TRFSB is for true Castlevania fans. No other fan work does these underrated classics justice. Simon finally gets the recognition, attention, and development he deserves in a project of exceptional caliber as well as obvious care and love for the franchise.” - Maria-Renard-kin

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Blossom but she has a curse

Bonus feat. Simon and the other two

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Have you played Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (1987)?

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I watched someone play it

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onDec 13, 2024

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Free will strikes again, these were some really fun doodles :3. I think Simon is allowed to be a little visual kei sometimes. Idk I just know he’d vibe with it. Explanations under a cut—

And also a couple unfinished doodles that were just intended to be rough pose/anatomy practice sketches, but ended up accidentally more detailed than intended 💀💀💀. It’s nothing graphic, but ⚠️slight artistic nudity warning⚠️ anyway in case d(>_< ).

Hehehe, this is based off of a photo from Malice Mizer live, it’s Simon in place of Mana and Fuma in place of Gackt. Very fun pose to draw!!! Especially cause it’s a pose with a whip and also cause idk why but I find poses with one or both arms up pretty easy to draw. And yeah yay, Fuma inclusion yippie :3!

I don’t have any other explanation for why this exists other than dresses are cool. So I made him one :D. The coord has a half caplet that connects to a shoulder paldron on the other shoulder by chain with a little cross. Under that there’s a blouse and skirt combo with patterns similar to his SQ armor and some rose thorn patterns around the ends of the sleeves and collar. Over that is a corset and under is a cage crinoline made to look like crosses peaking around the edge. Shoes carry outfit motifs like the roses on the bow tie and headdress and the lace throughout. Also, an eyepatch with cross on it because yeah, cute :3. I’d probably wear this if I had uh any skill in sewing at all (TwT ).

A not chibi version of the above outfit! Except probably without the crinoline with how the skirt fabric is sitting lol. Tbh I think Simon would probably be fine with this for a little bit and then get uncomfortable about having so many layers on. I don’t think he’d like tights at all 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀. Hmmm I’ll have to draw a version of it that’d be more comfortable for him hmm maybe tomorrow.

Another Simon holding Dracula’s heart artwork. Shout out to how this guy just carries this thing around for so long lol.

Simon facing off against his worst enemy: stairs! This one was practice drawing characters in backgrounds, since I’m so rusty at actually drawing those two things together (ToT ). I can draw a separate background fine, but the second I have to put someone in it I just completely forget what I’m doing XD.

This one is also a practice! He’s running up to the altar in Drac’s basement. The lighting was fun for this one, but I forgot to draw the whip in his hand 💀.

This one was an attempt at drawing a skeleton and keeping the same proportions in a drawing of someone (Simon) who is uh not a skeleton. Fun fact! It took me like 5 tries to get the skeleton to not just look like Papyrus Undertale cause holy heck do the skeletons from that game take a hold of some part of your art style and never let go 💀💀💀💀

CASTLEVANIA JUDGEMENT HAS HATS??? AS LIKE AN UNLOCKABLE?????????? So obviously I had to draw Simon (x2) with the bow options. Pink probs looks really nice with his hair tbh. And the striped bow was black and white so it fits with the Judgement design’s outfit. If I ever actually play this game again (I suck so bad at it), I’ll be trying to get these for the very important reason of Simon cute. :3

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Ok now these two. The first one was a different attempt at that Mana pose, but a bigger scale and a bit less exaggerated. I ended up having to do a ton of edits to it cause I kept making things too big or too small lol. And the second one is just a couple dynamic posing practices. They’re also excuses to draw more arm up poses cause they’re fun X3. He was just supposed to have like a generic placeholder rectangle er um uh there, but some of the sketchy lines ended up looking like what’s supposed to be in that spot, so I just didn’t wanna risk these being on main tags out in the open 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀. Though, tbh, I’ve seen more explicit things on the tags so eh, better safe than sorry tho (- w - )

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some castlevania requests from a few months ago!

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Angel Mummy ‘Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge’ Game Boy

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Simon's Ques be like:

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