From his Castle Dracula watches the world as the 7 seals are broken. The 4 horsemen ride out, humanity suffers violent deaths, a great meteor strikes the world and the archangels arrive to cleanse the Earth The game starts with soldiers of heaven attacking the castle. Dracula swiftly defeats them and issues a warning to the remaining army. The angles retreat with Michael promising to return some day. Dracula tells them not to disappoint him. Over time creatures of darkness arrive at the gates of Castlevania seeking asylum. Understanding that he is their prince, Dracula relents and allows them passage but forges powerful souls that he entrusts to a secret few allowing them control over the monsters. He returns to his tomb to recover and await the angels return leaving Alucard in charge Upon awakening Dracula discovers that Heaven and Hell have gain footholds in his city so he sets out to recover his lost power. Through his journey he unlocks parts of the city and faces powerful monsters guarding them. He defeats the werewolf Cornell and the vampire Carmilla to reclaim the beast and cursed souls. He learns that with their demise he will lose control of the monsters as a corrupting force has compelled them to madness. He then faces Uriel and learns that heaven and hell were able to enter the city by the presence of humanity. To dispel his confusion Marie leads him to Aeon, a man who seems to have lost his mind but apparently harmless, Dracula leaves him alone. Dracula encounters Raphiel who instructs him to slay Jophiel who has gone mad with ecstasy. After doing so Raphiel thanks him and states that he will need two keys of Creation and Destruction to achieve his goals and points . Dracula the faces Zobek where the he learns the master manipulator has taken control of his prison. Pursuing Zobek he learns that Aeon is not who he claims but before he can say more Zobek is slain by Azrael who summons the three other horseman to attack Dracula. After defeating them and recovering the dead soul he travels back to Aeon intent on killing him before being stopped by Alucard Alucard leads Dracula to secrete underground Caverns where he discovers the remnants of human have been hiding. Aeon reveals he is actually their leader while a woman named Susan works as a healer and is a beacon of hope. Alucard revels that he was the one who let the Humans into the city and Dracula challenges him for the Dragon soul. Dracula and Alucard eventually stop fighting and Alucard give him the Dragon soul. Susan seems to have great power within her but needs Dracula to travel to the garden to retrieve herbs. In the garden he meets Ariel and learns about the corruption and the plan to start the world again. Returning with the herbs to the Caverns Aeon says he knows where the heart of the corruption lies Aeon leads Dracula to the Abyss where he betrays Dracula by sealing him their with the Dark God Galamoth. Aeon reveals that he has always served Galamoth and that he has come from a future that no longer existed once Drucula killed Satan. Galamoth is responsible for the corruption of the kingdom its plan is to rule creation so absolutely that nothing will ever exist except by its consent. Aeon states that he was the one who Heaven and Hell into the city and he has let the location of the Humans be known. Dracula kills Aeon and the Galamoth, gathering the Essence of Darkness, and battles his way out of the Abyss to make it back to the Caverns While Dracula fights Galamoth, Michael and the angles track down humanity. Alucard and Susan plead for their safety and Michael relents. Instead of executing them he judges them - disintegrating their bodies so the soul can be weighed. Angered, Alucard battles Michael but is out matched. Dracula arrives just in time to see his son die and swears vengeance on Michael and God himself. Susan promises to help him somehow and needs ingredients. Dracula returns to the Garden and Ariel where she transforms the Dark Gods Essence into the Key of Destruction. Susan has come up with a plan to confront Michael but to do so he must get the Tears of Michael. To do so Dracula travels back to the past when he first fought the Vanguard. Locating the Tears, Michael discovers his deception and savagely attacks and Dracula barely escapes. With Susan's help he summons Michael and Susan use a the Tears to cut him off from his Heaven power. Unfazed Michael slays Susan and fights Dracula. He is eventually defeated and Dracula gains the Essence of Light. Raphael forges the Essence into the Key of Creation and together the two keys unlock a doorway to the Ascended Realm. After entering Dracula faces Gabriel. Halfway through their battle the Archangel reveals that he is actually the spiritual half of Gabriel Belmont that ascended into Heaven before he became Dracula