Zobek

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Zobek.

Zobek is a male video game character who features in Castlevania.

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Biography

Zobek (Japanese: ゾベック, Hepburn: Zobekku) was a male human born many years ago where he became a knight and warrior where alongside Carmilla and Cornell the three became the founders of the Brotherhood of Light. The three later came to ascend to Heaven where they left their darker sides behind in their bodies who became malevolent beings known as the Lords of Shadow. Zobek became known as the Lord of the Dead and headed the Necromancers who terrorised the lands. The three Lords formed an uneasy alliance amongst themselves though Zobek came to resent this status quo as he sought to gain power over his former comrades. Thus, he came to probe the depths of hell in order to find knowledge that would aid in his search for greater power. This resulted in him being unknowingly possessed by Satan who proved him knowledge of the dark arts. Zobek's true nature was hidden to the members of the Brotherhood of Light with him operating beside them whilst he achieved his own goals. Zobek maintained an uneasy truce with the other Lords of Shadows for centuries but resented his former comrades as curtailing his plans for further power. During his quest for further power, he journeyed into the depths of Hell and fought demons in order to become stronger. This journey saw him acquiring the Devil Mask which he placed on Gabriel Belmont during the man's sleep so that this would lead to him killing his wife Marie and child Claudia. In addition, Satan's influence resulted in Zobek achieving a greater mastery over the dark arts leading to him casting a spell that separated the Earth from the Heavens. This was done so to force his good counterpart in Heaven to contact the Brotherhood of Light in order to end this crisis. This saw the Brotherhood dispatch Gabriel Belmont on this quest with Zobek appearing as his ally where he spurred him into searching for the God Mask in order to resurrect his wife Marie. Later, he again influenced Gabriel into unknowingly killing Claudia, so that in the end he could use the Black Knight Golem's Dark Gauntlet to kill him if he became too powerful.

After Gabriel gained the final piece of the mask from the Necromancer, Zobek revealed himself as the true Lord of the Necromancers and the remaining Lord of Shadow. In the guise of his original human self, the Dark Lord of the Dead was able to walk among mankind as a member of the Brotherhood. Gabriel was shocked to see Zobek as the last Lord of Shadow; as the latter admitted the truth, he also confessed that through Gabriel's quest, he was pulling his strings, making him collect the God Mask's pieces for him so that he could gain its power. He even revealed to Gabriel that he himself under Zobek's control had killed Marie. As Gabriel fell into despair, the Dark Lord of the Dead electrocuted him, killing him slowly and painfully. The Dark Lord of the Dead then walked up to Gabriel's body and took the God Mask from him. He laughed triumphantly, but just as he was about to use the mask, he heard a voice in his head. The voice belonged to Satan, the Devil himself. Satan was the reason that Zobek had such powerful knowledge - and now that he was of no further use to him, Satan proceeded to burn him alive as he exited his host's body. After Gabriel defeated Satan, Zobek somehow escaped, leaving only his Devil Mask behind. He would later seek out Trevor Belmont's Combat Cross for unknown reasons. For this task, he dispatched a Necromancer to impede Simon Belmont's progress, having been promised by Zobek the return of his soul if he successfully delivered the Combat Cross to him. The Necromancer though proved no match for the Belmont and was swiftly killed by his opponent. In 2057, Zobek, alive and well, finds Gabriel hiding out in a church as a vampire calling himself "Dracul", meaning "the Dragon" or "the Demon", as the words are synonymous (in modern Romanian only). Zobek tries to coax Gabriel into helping him stop Satan's return, lest he take revenge on both of them. The two begin to fight and Gabriel falls from his tower into a street full of people. Out in the streets, Zobek reveals that he knows what Gabriel yearns for: an end to his current existence as neither dead nor living. He offers to free Dracula of his immortality in return for his help. Gabriel then vanishes, leaving Zobek to walk off into the night, promising his "old friend" that it would soon all be over.

By this point, Satan's Acolytes were preparing for the return of their mother. To stop his return, Zobek decided to seek an ally and went to find Gabriel who as Dracula resided within a cathedral. He came to ask for his aid as Satan's return risked both of them being condemned to an eternity of torment in Hell. However, Dracula attacked Zobek and attempted to bite his neck with the necromancer teleporting away. Before disappearing, he blasted Dracula out of the cathedral window onto the streets in the city outside. Zobek then approached him where he offered to end Dracula's cursed immortality if he helped him stop Satan.

Overview

Personality and attributes

After becoming a Lord of Shadow, he became known as the Lord of the Necromancers and as the Lord of the Dead.

It was said that the original Zobek was a good man and had been the founder of the Brotherhood of Light. After his ascent, the dark half of him became a Lord of Shadows and was capable of many evil acts. This version was the one who used his original identity to pass himself of as an ally to those unfamiliar with his true nature.

Powers and abilities

The grim spectre of death.

His skills in battle and combative magic allowed him to –alongside Carmilla and Cornell– fight against the massively powerful Forgotten One, who was the sovereign of the elemental plane of Darkness on equal grounds, although they were not powerful enough to destroy him. Zobek was highly capable in casting arcane spells, as he and the other founders were able to reopen the portal to the Plane of Darkness in the summoning chamber in the heart of Bernhard Castle, and upon managing to force the demon back to his realm, they also created a unique and immensely powerful spell that was bound to the life of the founders and worked even though their dark sides controlled their bodies. Only after two of the Lords of Shadow were killed did the seal weaken enough for the Forgotten One to escape. As the Lord of the Dead, Zobek retained the impressive combat prowess and physical abilities that his light side has. He was able to hold back the Ice Titan's hand to protect Gabriel and leap to its shoulder, as well as survive the fall to the ground. He also displayed incredible strength in Wygol Abbey, where he and Gabriel took turns holding up the stone roof as it nearly crushed them.

Upon being the Lord of the Necromancers, he was considered the most powerful member of the Lords of Shadow with his domain being over death and magic. This allowed him to control the deceased and giving them powers in exchange for their souls. He could transform himself into a more powerful form where he resembled a grim spectre of death and wielded a scythe made of bones.

Due to his position, he came to ruler over the Necromancers and could return their souls to them.

Notes

  • Zobek was voiced by actor Patrick Stewart where he featured in the setting of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.
  • The character was seemingly an adaptation of Death from the Castlevania series.

In other media

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Appearances

  • Castlevania: Lords of Shadow:
  • Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2:

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