First seen in "Castlevania" (1986), Dracula is a vampire who was once defeated by Christopher Belmont a hundred years ago in Transylvania. He rises from the dead after his followers hold a black mass. Christopher's descendant, Simon Belmont, enters Dracula's castle and defeats him. Later titles introduce Dracula's son, the dhampir Alucard, who sided with Trevor Belmont against his father. In "Symphony of the Night", Alucard's mother was revealed to be Lisa, a human Dracula fell in love with. Her execution for false charges of witchcraft left him griefstricken. If a player discovers a special coffin in "Symphony of the Night", the Succubus attempts to use this to sway Alucard back to his father's side, but fails to do so.