#(also note that biography isn't included in the mobile version due to this already being a long post)

[reincarnight]

— mobile about + verses.

— basic information.

full name: soma cruz (来須 蒼真 kurusu sōma) title(s): reincarnation of count dracula

age: 18-20 (canon), 21+ (post-canon) birthday: 21 august 2017

gender: male (he/him) species: human

nationality: japanese occupation: high school student (aria of sorrow), university student

sexuality: hm (pending) marital status: single

current location: japan

close friends and allies: mina hakuba, yoko belnades, hammer, genya arikado and julius belmont.

— physical appearance.

height: 172 cm hair color: naturally white eye color: grey, appear almost silver

usual attire: a fur-lined, white trench coat with blue accents. black turtleneck. blue jeans and knee-high white boots. he isn't seen without mina's talisman post-dawn of sorrow.

— personality.

on the first impression, soma comes off as a serious individual. more often than not, he's blunt and doesn't beat around the bush. prior to aria of sorrow, he used to be less open and more difficult to approach.

he is friendly, loyal and deeply caring towards those closest to him; he's especially protective of his childhood friend, mina. he will be pissed if you hurt any of them.

while his friends and loved ones are his anchor, losing them might mean soma coming dangerously close to, if not completely, losing himself.

he's stubborn and set on doing what he believes is right. telling soma not to do something has a chance of him doing it anyway. in a similar way, he's adamant about not becoming the dark lord (or anything like his past self).

admittedly, he can be incredibly reckless and impulsive at times.

he has a strong sense of duty — and according to hammer, no sense of romance... which would be correct.

he's also shown to be a little naive (ie. taking graham jones at face value) and awkward at times. and maybe he's a little bit of a dork, but that side tends to show around friends.

he gets flustered when he's being teased about mina.

— abilities.

power of dominance. soma can gain dominance over the souls of monsters and demons he kills. basically, he can use their abilities as his own. it laid dormant until the solar eclipse of 2035.

yep, this power comes from him being dracula's reincarnation (soma's soul = dracula's soul/magical powers).

the souls he possesses can be divided into bullet souls, guardian souls, enchanted souls and ability souls, with the first two consuming his MP on use. he can only equip one bullet, guardian and enchanted soul at a time.

arms mastery. soma can wield a variety of weapons, such as swords, spears and maces. he has even wielded legendary weapons like balmung and claimh solais.

magic seals. used to counter demons that regenerate their lives through the portals of darkness. yoko belnades taught soma how to use them.

— miscellaneous notes.

following the original version of aria of sorrow, my version of soma was never an exchange student.

he has extended family living in europe; some of his family lineage can be even traced to romania.

he generally feels weird about wearing all black after aria of sorrow.

while rather uncommon, soma may experience flashes of (usually negative) emotions that aren't his own. or even more rarely, a fragment of his past self's memory resurfaces.

he has developed a habit of carrying a pocket knife on his person... just in case.

it's heavily implied that soma loses the souls he gained during dawn of sorrow. while i am cool with writing him that way in any post-canon verses, i also personally like the idea of him keeping them. therefore, that will be decided on a thread-by-thread basis.

— verses.

canon. self-explanatory, covers both games or anything that happens in-between the two.

post-canon. also a catch-all verse for any interactions in the modern world. soma is a student working on his degree; or maybe he has already graduated from university. but all things considered, he's living a pretty normal life... unless something decides to drag him back in.

pre-canon. everything leading up to the solar eclipse of 2035.

unawakened. follows the alternate ending of aria of sorrow, where soma is none the wiser to his identity as dracula's reincarnation. escaping the castle leaves him with a strange feeling... but hey, at least he now knows what to do if he ever finds himself there again.

bad ending. soma succumbs to the darkness within him and becomes the dark lord. this verse can take place during/after the bad ending of aria of sorrow or dawn of sorrow; i default to the latter as it's more of soma's choice in that instance.

time travel. for crossover interactions with other characters in the series; can work with non-castlevania characters as well. so, what do you do when you encounter a guy from the 21st century?

crossover. the default verse for any interactions that don't fit into other verses. soma is still from the 21st century japan & possesses the power of dominance. he's just confused about how he ended up here.

and anything else i can think of. i'm always down for aus/crossovers/whatever, so feel free to ask!