


Her grandfather told her that it was time for her power to be unleashed. Sonia found her grandfather, mortally wounded. He did this out of revenge for the death of his wife at the hands of humanity. This Demon King had been invading European countries one by one with his army of monsters. However, tragedy suddenly stroke - the mansion where Sonia was raised was attacked by grotesque monsters serving Count Dracula. One night, when Sonia was 17 years old, she encountered a young man named Alucard. Sonia was born in a remote mountain village located in Transylvania. The progenitor of the Belmont Clan's vampire slaying ways in this universe was Sonia Belmont. However, the inhabitants of Wygol Village were descendants of the Belmont Clan, which resulted in the rogue Ecclesia member, Albus, abducting them in the hopes of finding a way to bypass the deadly aspects of his stolen Dominus glyphs and use them in order to ensure his adopted sister Shanoa didn't end up being killed from using them herself. Until that point, the Morris Clan took hold of the Vampire Killer, as the Belmonts were not allowed to touch it until that time. However, sometime after the events of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, the Belmonts vanished and did not appear again until 1999, when Julius Belmont came and defeated Dracula once and for all. Until the 19th century, the Belmonts steadily defeated Dracula during his resurrections. Trevor defeated Dracula, and after this display of heroism, the Belmonts were hailed as heroes and allowed to live among people once more. Their search gave results, however, when they found a youth who went by the name of Trevor Belmont. The Church was left with no choice but to find a Belmont, which proved to be a difficult task as they could not find one anywhere in Transylvania. At this time, no other person, man or woman, was able to stand up against Dracula's forces. Due to this, they were banished and lived away from civilization for a long time, until 1476 when Count Dracula waged war upon humanity. Sometime between the events of Lament of Innocence and Dracula's Curse, the Belmonts showed great power and this led to the people of Transylvania fearing them. Leon swears that his descendants will "hunt the night", starting with this the Belmont legacy of vampire hunters. Afterward, the Belmonts' sole duty became protecting Transylvania from darkness. It was in the same time period that the Vampire Killer -the Belmonts' primary weapon- was created. The Belmont Clan was not formed with the purpose of destroying creatures of the night until after Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, when Leon Belmont vowed to hunt the night.

For this purpose, they use as their main weapon the sacred whip known as the Vampire Killer, which has the power to destroy any entity of darkness and Dracula himself. Since the Eleventh Century, the Belmonts have been entrusted with the duty of slaying Count Dracula and various other creatures of the night. Nonetheless, despite their important role in the series' history, they are not the only protagonists seen throughout the franchise, although they typically play an integral role in most of the games' storylines. The Belmont Clan ( ベルモンド一族, Berumondo Ichizoku ?) is the most important and prominent clan in the Castlevania series, and its members are usually its main protagonists. Through their efforts, humanity avoided darkness, securing prosperity." - "Research Introduction" in Order of Ecclesia Each time Dracula returned from the dead, the Belmont clan fought him in shadows, wielding the holy whip. "Returning to life time and again since the ancient middle ages, the evil lord Dracula has driven people to terror.
