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 | | When the games are converted for western audiences, they usually lose a heavy share of (additional info and facts about violent) violent and (A member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience) religious imagery and references, a fact that upsets Castlevania fans. |
 | | The series is loosely based on the mythology of (Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)) Bram Stoker's novel (Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips) Dracula. |
 | | Other weapons such as (A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing) daggers, (An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle) axes and vials of (Water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification) holy water can also be seen in several versions. |
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