

With much effort, John and Eric were able to finally end the menace of Dracula and Elizabeth after a final showdown in Castle Proserpina.

After learning that Elizabeth was nearby, they followed her in hot pursuit while fighting their way all across Europe. Together they traveled to the ruins of Dracula's castle but were unable to find any trace of the Vampire Lord. Two men, descendants of the legendary Belmont family of vampire hunters, named John Morris and Eric Lecarde, arose to counter the threat. It was Elizabeth Bartley who had plotted together with the dark sorceress Drolta Tzuentes to unleash an international global war and use the souls of the dead to revive their Lord, Dracula. It was said that a strange beautiful woman was involved within the shadows.

On June 1914 at Sarajevo, the Crown Prince of Austria was assassinated and resulted in a chain reaction of violence across the entire continent. The inhabitants sensed that a war would unfold sooner or later and countries formed several alliances, who in turn harbored feelings of distrust against each other. In the 19th Century, Europe's greatest nations had gone to great lengths to maintain a balance of power throughout Europe.
