Castle Dracula
The hunters return to Dracula's desolate fortress, where its vampire household and tombs are cleared before the Count can regain them.
Story so far
Castle Dracula remains high above a desolate Carpathian waste, the place where Jonathan Harker was imprisoned and the Weird Sisters fed. Van Helsing reaches it from the Borgo Pass while the Count's box approaches by road.
In the ruined chapel, Van Helsing destroys the three women in their coffins and seals Dracula's own lordly tomb with Sacred Host. The castle ceases to be a ready sanctuary just before the road battle below decides whether its master will return.
Appearance
A vast ruined fortress above snowy Carpathian forests, with broken battlements, sheer walls, desolate courts, dusty chambers, and an ancient chapel containing vampire tombs.
Role
The castle is Dracula's intended final refuge and ancestral power center, neutralized from within as his body is intercepted outside.
Relationships
Sources — 3 recorded facts, by chapter
- Dracula's vast ruined stronghold offers antique luxury within locked stone corridors, sheer cliffs, and an absolute absence of servants.
- The castle's locked prison expands into a labyrinth of forbidden chambers inhabited by wall-crawling Dracula and three hungry women.
- The hunters return to Dracula's desolate fortress, where its vampire household and tombs are cleared before the Count can regain them.